Not Quite as Planned
Note: My first Harvest Moon fanfic! And it's Sanjay and Rio! I've been obsessed with A New Beginning, and I finally managed to unlock Sanjay earlier today. I had already known about him so I was extremely excited to officially meet him. But while I had been waiting, I was very disappointed with the lack of creations involving the sweetheart, so I'm going to try to satisfy myself with my own work! Oh, and all chapters will be labeled by which character's viewpoint it'll be focused around.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon or any of its characters. I am merely playing around with these characters.
It was the last day of Fall, and all through the Pumpkin Festival celebrations Rio could think of nothing more than who would be moving into the mansion she had built earlier in the season and what kind of people they would be. When she had first built it, Rio had expected there to be a knock on the door the next morning, but when there hadn't been one, she had talked with Dunhill about it. Rio thought back on the conversation.
"Oh, they said they wouldn't be able to come during Fall, because one of them had some sort of meeting. Something along those lines. I would expect them to be here on the first day of Winter, then, since you already built their home. And by the way, I'd like to say that everyone is so happy with everything you've been doing for us, and we're all sorry we can't do a whole lot to help…"
After that she had tuned out as Dunhill had continued on talking about his plans for the town when all of his big restoration plans were done. Rio, of course, was perfectly happy to help out in the way she was. She loved knowing that it was because of her work, in combination with everyone's input and the plans, that the town was growing the way everyone had hoped it would. However, after a year and a half, it was getting a little lonely at her farm all by herself there. Sure, she had her animals, but you couldn't have a conversation with animals. They love to listen, but can't give you any sort of response.
By this time, the dessert house had been eaten and everyone was content. After checking with everyone to hear their thoughts on this year's festival, Rio rushed home. It was just barely after six when she got back to the farmhouse, but she couldn't stand the wait any more. Seeing the mansion on the way back home had been like mental torture. Rio had built it right by the path from her farm to the main village so she could say hello at any time (or they to her), but passing by it every time she needed to ship something or go search the forest for supplies or pick up some blueprints or ingredients… It was beginning to take its toll on her!
Rio quickly scribbled down the day's events in her journal, knowing she would regret later on not having written it down much more neatly, but at the moment she didn't care. All she could think about was getting to bed so she could be awake the next morning for their arrival. When she finished writing, Rio slammed the book shut and put it haphazardly into its place.
New neighbors, new neighbors, new neighbors! That was all that was running through her head.
Rio quickly shut off all the lights and dove right into bed, hardly taking the seconds needed to remove her shoes. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, and her dreams were filled with exciting adventures that resulted from her ideas of the stories the new villagers would have.