Chapter 2: ...I need to do what now?
Raguna had woken up his usual time. Despite his nagging nightmare. The season was actually Fall... far away from Spring. Why it was even Spring in his dream eluded him, but it wasn't as if the season mattered, it was what always happened that seemed to bother him. He was watering his crops, completely absorbed into something else altogether. It was hard trying to deal with things alone... he needed to really have someone to consult to... besides, Mist. It wasn't like she didn't listen, but only telling one person wasn't helping him. Finally, he realized that he wasn't even watering any of his crops... but just some untilled land. How long was he doing that for...? He'd shook his water can, it was almost empty. He went to refill it and actually paid some attention to what he was doing, until he went to tend to his monsters, anyway. It was a surprised that none of them attacked him for his disregard of what he was doing and how poorly he seemed to be caring for them, at the moment.
Raguna was finished with all his work and with plenty of free time to spare. He wasn't really sure how he made that possible, since to him, he seemed to not being doing any of that in such a timely fashion. He couldn't really decide what he should do to occupy his day. It was a holiday... so his brother, Ivan, would be here... Ivan was a traveling peddler, or that's what he liked to be called, anyway. Eventually, some years later, Ivan had told him about who he was and who Raguna really was. It had even crossed Raguna's mind to just leave this village, so his little... well, big secret wouldn't be found out, but he couldn't find it in him to do that. The village of Kardia looked after each other, and they had looked after him in his time of need, leaving this village or them behind would like abandoning them completely.
Raguna sighed again. What was he going to do? It was pretty lonely not to have a real significant other to confide in. He then just decided he was heading to greet his brother, since he did only get to see him once a week. Then maybe just go to church... to fill up some of those hours he had remaining, something to keep his mind off of things. He began his walk. As soon as Raguna saw Ivan he waved, with a slight smile on his. His brother was always smiling. He really did like being out and about. "Hey. Don't you love it when the weather is nice like this?" Ivan would comment. It was sunny today... not a cloud in the sky. Raguna personally didn't mind rain all that much though, it was cool and cut the heat down in the Summer time. He would nod anyway, since better weather did make work easier, though... things weren't so muddy and hard to walk through.
Raguna talked for a while longer with his brother, about different things. Like, how things were going, even though, Raguna might've stretched the truth a little when telling him, what they've been up to, just some basic things. He then would tell his brother good-bye and say that he hoped to see him next week. After that, he went to church. Wesley was in the middle of prayer, so Raguna would quietly find a seat on a pew. Maybe he should pray for something? What, though? He really didn't have something that needed to have help with... it was the opposite. He'd sigh and just listen to Wesley. After he was doing preaching, everyone had gotten up to talk to each other. Raguna was tempted just to leave, but he could say hi to them, before sneaking off.
Raguna stood up, greeting everyone individually. Everyone seemed to be in a good mood. He wasn't in the mood to chitchat himself, though. So after he had said at least one thing to everyone there, he left. He began wandering around aimlessly. Maybe he should consider finding someone just for him. But... he knew all the girls, and really had no interest in them... and he sort of knew the guys... none of them really talked too much about themselves, except they're passions and the females they were interested in. Besides, it be somewhat awkward, for both him and any guy involved. He'd sigh, still awkwardness had to be better than this.
Somehow, Raguna made it to Emmet's bar, he reluctantly entered. It was afternoon, so not only Sabrina would be in, but Lukas as well. The poet would smile and wave. From what Raguna could remember, he was getting drunk before going into the cave with Rosetta's stone... the sad part was, the cave no longer beared that stone. Raguna had accidently found it when he was going through that cave. He just never really did anything with it. A weak smile was forced on his face as he waved back. He had thought about giving that stone Lukas a couple of times, but Rosetta really didn't like him. In fact, she had told Raguna to whack him with one his tools, if he showed up at the store. Poor guy. Raguna hadn't eaten yet, so he was hungry. He went over to Emmet to see what he had on the menu, not like really ever changed over the years. He was trying to decide what to order when he felt a small tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see Lukas. "Ugh... finding the White Stone is proving so hard... it just goes to show how tough love can be," Lukas would say, then added immediately, "You've been to all the caves... and in Toros, especially. Maybe you could help me find it. You're an adventurer after all, so you might have better luck than me." A smile still was on his face. Was he serious? Raguna was unsure of what to say. He definitely couldn't just tell him yes. It'd be wasting both their time looking a for a stone that wasn't even there anymore, but then, there was the fact he had the stone for so many years and didn't bring it to anyone's attention, and Rosetta... would he really give something like that to guy she had no interest in?
Raguna rubbed the back of his head. "Uh... I... don't know... I think if I did have a chance at finding it, I would've already found it," he'd answer. It wasn't a lie, since he did already find it, but it wasn't really the truth either, since he never admitted to having it. Lukas would only sigh. "Yeah... I know. It's like the fates from above are conspiring against it being found," he replied slightly down. Raguna couldn't help but feel sorry for him, he really did have his heart set on Rosetta, it was shame that she didn't feel the same way... actually, when he thought about it, none of the girls seemed to show any interest in the guys that liked them. He'd pat the poor poet on the back lightly, before remembering that he still had wanted to get something to eat. He'd hastily order something random and ate it in silence. At some point, Lukas had left his side and the bar all together, out look for his love's stone.
Raguna still had some of a day left, it was early evening, so he headed to the library. Some reading might do him some good. When entered the library, Russell greeted him with a "Good evening" and go back to what he was doing. Raguna would go to a shelf further back in the library. Normally, spells would be found there, but since he was the only that seemed to ever read those books and had gotten all the copies, Russell decided to just add some other books, as well. Raguna glanced through the books and different genres, but found it odd that there still was magic books... maybe Russell had figured someone still might want to read those. At any rate, Raguna would take some books off the shelf, just to look them over. That's when he noticed some other books... some behind the ones he taking out. Their back of the covers were facing him, so he couldn't clearly read them... it was like someone was trying to hide them. He gently put down the books he had, and reached for one with the back facing. He turned it over to read the cover.
Raguna would blink a couple of times. The title was strange and unfamiliar to him. What kind of book was this, anyway? His curiousity got the better of him, and he flipped through some of the pages. As he was doing this, his face was becoming bright red, it was extremely apparant what kind books these were... no wonder they were hidden. If the children got ahold of this kind of... of novel. This erotica was definitely not for children, but he just couldn't imagine Russell ever putting this on his shelves. He quickly shoved it back, backwards on the shelf, then just as quickly replaced the books that were hiding it. Who the hell was reading that? Some one obviously with an interest in it. It had to have been a girl though... because of what he read, it just didn't seem likely to be guy. Not with what was happening in that book. If it was girl from here though, he really misjudged one of the girls. Maybe there was more to them than Raguna had thought... either way, he headed back home. It was one of few places left to relax, and so, for the rest of the evening, he stayed at home, trying to figure out who's books those were. At least it kept his mind off other stuff, enough for him to actually have a peaceful sleep. Something he hadn't had for a long time.
Okay! Chapter 2 is finished! Huzzah. Someone have a heart attack, because I seriously thought I might end up neglecting it, like I did with the first. :D Comments please! Also, his secret is... Heh, sorry. I am unable to reveal such, yet. XD