1¤ More than sleeping
Hello! This is my first story ever (yay!) so please feel free to give any advice/critic to it. I don't mind if it`s too harsh if it's an honest one Thanks and enjoy! PD: Please excuse the grammar; I'm not really an English speaker so any correction is welcome…
Disclaimer: I do not own Rune Factory Frontier
''Ugh'' Raguna rolled over in his bed for which seemed the 10th time that night. How come he couldn't sleep? Truth be told, he was really tired. For some reason that day he had finished his farming chores really early so he had spent the rest of the day on the caverns fighting monsters… He was pretty exhausted, but still he couldn't get some rest. Giving up with a deep sigh, Raguna got up off his bed, put on a pair of pants and reached for the entrance door, maybe some fresh air would help him clear his mind.
The air outside was really cold, now the fall was just ending, but it carried the cool essence of the midnight and it really helped him to relax… Even so, there was something missing… something that seemed out of place… Before Raguna could think much of it, another scent took his attention: it was a sweet scent, very delicate but at the same time somewhat intoxicating and underneath that scent was a merely noticeable taint of… turnips. It was the best perfume ever. One that he could recognize even miles away.
He looked around until he found the source of the odor; a small girl, whom soft hair gleamed silver from the moonlight , that was half seated on the north farm fence looking up to the clear starry night. He couldn't help but blush, she just looked gorgeous. After a few minutes standing there, just watching her, Raguna started to cross the 10 meters that separated them. They were about four steps apart when she noticed him with a start.
''Raguna!'' Mist exclaimed ''what are you doing here at middle of the night?''
''I could ask you the same'' said the guy smiling all the way until he was standing beside her ''I couldn't sleep'' he answered her question while gazing at the stars with the same dreamy expression the girl had a few seconds before.
''Me neither'' said Mist with a quiet voice.
Raguna averted his gaze from the sky and meet the eye of the girl. Her blue eyes reflected every spark of the night, somehow those peaceful and yet extremely vivid eyes drove him to a strange dreamlike state for a couple of seconds. Again, Raguna felt himself blushing and thanked the moonlight for washing the color off the world in that moment.
''So… is there something troubling you? I mean, considering you couldn't sleep and all'' Raguna asked, concerned for his friend.
''Not really, I just needed to…'' she seemed to vacillate an instant, then gave him a quick angelical smile (that made his heart skip a beat) and continued speaking looking into another direction ''I just needed to get some fresh air. You know, the midnight brings with it the air that changes from one day to another… It really helps you to relax somehow. Don't you think?''
Raguna just nodded. While Mist narrated him a new dream she had had the night before (which included a shoe, a wooly and a giant monster duck) the boy noticed how he needed her more and more each time. Then he realized what was that was keeping him away from resting: That day, in the whole that day, he hadn't seen Mist, not even once. He hadn't heard her 'good morning Raguna' or her complaints about turnips not growing all the seasons, hadn't seen her dreamy face, or her angelical expressions, hadn't sense her near him. Suddenly understanding that, a slow smile appeared on his face.
''Raguna, are you alright?'' asked Mist once she finished her story ''you look weird''
''I'm alright, it's just a bit cold out here'' Raguna said, his idiotic smile never vanishing from his expression.
''Do you want to share my scarf then?'' Offered the girl with a childish face that somehow managed to look really concerned (and cute). Raguna considered saying he could look for one himself at his house, but that though didn't last a second.
''If you don't mind, I would love to'' The boy wrapped himself in the half of Mist's scarf (which smelled just like her) The two friends stayed like that for a few more hours talking and laughing, until the girl couldn't resist anymore and fell asleep on Raguna's shoulder. The boy took her into his house and placed her on his bed and, as always when Mist spent the night in his home, he brought his big sofa and placed it beside the bed. He fell asleep almost instantly, still with a ghost of a smile on his face, amazed of his discovering: for him, that strange girl that had saved his life, that gave him a life and memories, that was the closest thing he had of a family, was also a need, an addiction that he needed more than sleeping.
So? How was it? How was it! If at least one person says that he/she like it I'll make another chapter. Deal?