The early morning sun shines through the window upon a face of pure white. Rustling in her bed, the young girl with red hair begins to stir as the morning has approached and her time to go off to the springs has arrived. Moving the covers slowly off of her so that she makes as little noise as possible, fearing that she might wake the other guests or even her father. Walking into the bathroom to freshen up a little bit, she grabs the toothbrush and toothpaste, turning on the faucet. After brushing her teeth, she drug the comb through her knotted hair.
"Its so much work to have your hair in a braid everyday and then forget to brush it out before you go to bed that night, sometimes I wonder if it is even worth it. Humph!" The red-headed girl said as she put the brush down and headed off of the door and to the hot springs like every morning.
Walking through town, she realized that no one was really up at this time except for three people. Herself, a pink-haired girl named Popuri, and the new farmer boy who just moved in at the beginning of the year. Heading up the path to the spring she thought about maybe having a different routine just to make people not be so confident about knowing everything about her. Like always, she was the first one there, shortly followed by a person she could call a friend, Popuri. "Good Morning, today is going to be a good day, I can just feel it." The young girl said when standing next to the Goddess Lake that was also located by the spring.
"Good Morning Ann!" Popuri said with a fake smile. She wasn't really in the best of mood.
Curious, Ann frowned and had a worried look upon her face. It was almost summer, which reminded her of why Popuri was so sad. A guy named Kai comes to the village every summer, but only stays for the summer. He flirts with all of the girls, except me of course, mostly with Popuri. She gets her hopes up then he leaves without saying a word to anyone, crushing the hearts of all the girls in town.
"Popuri, there is nothing to be upset about, maybe this time he will stay or maybe something better, maybe he will marry you. Wouldn't you like that?" Ann says, trying to make the desperate girl feel a little bit better. Popuri grins a grin like no one has ever seen before and lets of a high-pitched shrill of enjoyment.
Just then, the new farmer boy comes up the path. Not really bothering the two girls, the farmer picks up some bamboo shoots and some colored grass and puts them in his rucksack. Ann wanted to make him notice her. "Good morning Jack!" she said in her sweetest voice.
"Morning Ann, Popuri, you all have a good one, I have got to get back to the farm and finish harvesting, and taking care of my animals. Bye." He began walking down the path leading back towards his farm.
"Shoot! How am I going to get him to like me if he won't even talk to me, let alone look at me? I need to figure something out and quick." Ann stormed out of the springs leaving Popuri all by herself.
"I have to get things ready for Kai, even though Rick doesn't like him, I sure do!" Popuri skipped down the path and back towards her home at the Poultry Farm.