Another break from my other fanfics.
Wrote this one a few months ago, but just remembered to post it now. I blame college.
Well, this one will be short. Probably 4 to 5 chapters? Not sure when I'll be able to write the other ones down, either. Such an irresponsible author.
And about Harvest Moon. Oh god. This game. It's been around for quite a while now, and I am honestly amazed at myself for not knowing of it sooner. The time I officially learned about and took an interest in the series was when a gamer friend of mine just had to rant about it to me when she got Animal Parade a few years ago during the summer and played it obsessively. Oh, and her favorite character is Wizard (whom I have known and grown to adore as well).
So since I started really late, which was also about the time I learned about emulators, I decided to start with the newest one around: A Tale of Two Towns. Now I know how captivating that game is. I picked Bluebell as my starting town, and I just can't choose between Ash and Cam (squee). And after I knew about A New Beginning that is exclusive to the 3DS, I just had to get one. And I did. Best decision in my life.
And so, here we are.
Special thanks to kureha-alpha from deviantART for her amazing artwork on Neil! Keep being awesome!
Part One: A Sweet Winter
Neil stared horrifically at the cake sitting right in front of him, with the cake patiently staring back at him, as if anticipating the moment when Neil would lift his fork and get a taste of its chocolatey goodness. Or in this case, chocolatey hell. As anyone would've guessed, today was Winter Harmony Day, and as per the town tradition, it is a day when girls would give chocolate to boys. Every girl in town knew he had something against sweet stuff, so most of them greeted him instead of giving him chocolate. However, there was this one girl who knew better than anyone how much he hated anything related to sugar, and yet still had the nerve to give him an enormous chocolate cake.
He already felt a migraine coming up even before he touched the cake. But what was he supposed to do? Flat out reject the gift? Even a pea-brain would know how rude it would be to reject a gift from a girl, and he sure as hell wouldn't want to see her disappointed face.
So he accepted it. He complained about how he doesn't like sweets as he took the gift from her hands, but he still accepted it. And that idiot still smiled at him even when he blatantly said he hates sweet stuff. At least her smile made him feel better about himself. However, that feeling quickly dispersed when he arrived home and realized that he'd have to deal with the gift.
'What am I going to do about that...thing?' Neil asked himself. He debated with himself for a while until he reached a conclusion, which led him currently sitting in front of the cake, conducting a staring competition with it and a fork at the side. 'It's a chocolate cake, and an enormous one at that. It must've been a chore to bake it, so does that somehow make me special?'
He remembered how she gave a similar cake to every boy in town. He was about to eat it, but then he didn't feel very special anymore, and his appetite disappeared. He looked at his own cake, and he noticed something. He quickly recalled that every cake she gave out was only plain old chocolate cake, while on his cake there were the words "Happy Winter Harmony Day" written in pink icing, with a drawing of a cow just under it.
The corners of his lips unconsciously tugged upwards as he reached for the fork and proceeded to bring a small piece into his mouth. He braced himself for the nausea he always feels whenever something sweet enters his mouth, but this time, nothing of the sort came. Instead, it was like a solid piece of happiness spreading out and melting in his mouth as he chewed sending warmth all over his body in this chilly winter day. It was a pleasing sensation, and he found himself craving for more cake, something that has never happened before. He continued to send the cake into his mouth until nothing but crumbs was left on the plate and he felt stuffed. Stuffed but happy.
Neil cannot recall a time when he devoured an entire cake all by himself, so this must be the first time it has happened, and he was more than willing to do it again, if only there were more cake and he still had room for more. This was the sweetest winter he has ever had, and even if he wouldn't say it out loud, he was looking forward to the next one already.
It's a bit short. I didn't plan on writing anything long anyway.
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