ZeroRei00: Thank you for the review! I know that Cam wasn't introduced properly, so there will be more dialogue between the two this chapter. I'm sorry it took so long to get this out. A family matter came up and it took a while to get sorted out. Expect more chapters soon!
Enjoy!
As Aria rode into town, stomach full of Jessica's delicious cooking, she thought about where to go next. After finishing what she had wanted to accomplish, she was free for the rest of the afternoon.
(I guess I'll just go rest in the town square. I've got nothing better to do.)
She rode Xanai over to the statue in the middle of the square. It was and interesting statue of a cow, sheep, and chicken. The sheep was standing on the cow, and the chicken on the sheep.
(It must be a symbol of Bluebell pride.) Aria giggled (It's kind of a strange way of showing it though.)
Surrounding the statue were four benches. Aria chose the one facing the town hall, took a seat, and looked at the sky. It was clear, with a few clouds left from the morning rain. Aria closed her eyes and felt the warmth of the sun, heard the sound of the birds twittering, and smelled the scent of spring flowers growing in the flower beds.
Aria reopened her eyes and began to look around. To her left was the carpenter's shop. The carpenter, Eileen, was outside chopping wood. In front of her stood the town hall, a great white building with a purple roof and neatly cared for flower beds outside the windows. Looking to her left, she saw Howard's Café. Howard was standing outside, so they must have been closed that day. Also to her left, she saw a flower stand. She was surprised to see a flower stand, considering this was an animal based town. But nothing surprised her more than who she saw standing behind the flower stand. Standing behind the flower stand making a bouquet was…
"Cam!" Aria quickly slapped her hands over her mouth. She hadn't meant to say that out loud!
Luckily, the purple clad man didn't hear. He just kept working on the bouquet, completely oblivious to Aria's shock.
But as Aria began to think about it, it really shouldn't have surprised her. She recalled that Jessica had said Cam and Ash loved the magic red flowers, so Cam must have put his passion into his work.
(I should see if he has flower seeds.) she thought to herself. (I still have a lot of space to fill in my fields, and Gombe doesn't sell flower seeds.)
"Stay here Xanai," she whispered, "I'll be right back."
The horse gave her an inquisitive look, but shook her mane in an understanding sort of way.
Aria began to walk over to the stand. When she got there, Cam didn't even look up from his work. She didn't know if she should interrupt him, or just leave. She reminded herself that she needed the seeds, so she quickly thought of what to say.
"I… I would like to buy something," she wished she sounded more confident.
He looked up and looked a bit surprised. He moved the bouquet he was working on (taking his time while doing so) over to the left side of the stand, and then stood in front of her.
"How can I help you?" he asked. His tone indicated that he didn't want to help her, but that he knew he had to, while his face was expressionless.
Aria looked at the three items for sell sitting on the stand. Two were pack of seeds, while one was a flower. The seeds were for carnations and marguerites.
"How much are the seeds?" she asked.
"The carnations are 250G, and the marguerites are 140G." He sounded like he was getting impatient.
"I'll take two packs of marguerite seeds."
He reached behind the stand, pulled out 2 packs, and handed them to her.
"Is that all?" he asked.
"Yes." Aria took 280G out of her pocket and handed it to him.
"Thanks." He said, and before she could blink, he had his bouquet back in front of him.
She casually walked over to the side of the stand and leaned on it, looking at his work.
"That's a nice bouquet," she stated. She mentally face palmed herself. She sounded like an idiot.
"Thanks." He grunted noncommittally.
Aria stood there for a few moments in awkward silence.
"I didn't know you ran a flower stand," she said.
"You'd be the first." He said sarcastically.
"How long have you lived in Bluebell?"
"How long do you plan on standing here?"
She felt irritated.
"There's no need to be rude."
"There's no need to be nosy."
"I just want to know you better!"
"Is my name not enough?"
"I want to be your friend."
"Good for you."
Aria was angry now.
"Are you enjoying this?"
"Maybe."
That was it! Aria was furious. This boy was insulting her, and not even looking her in the eye while doing it. His sarcasm was throwing her over the edge!
"Fine!" She yelled. Cam jumped in surprise, a shocked look on his face.
"If you just plan on sitting there insulting me while I just want to be your friend, then fine!"
She rummaged in her pocket and pulled a red flower out slamming it on the table.
"I was going to try to get to know you and then give you this, but apparently that isn't going to happen!"
She started to storm off, leaving a shocked Cam behind her.
"Aria…"
She whipped around. "WHAT?!"
She saw Cam a few feet away standing behind his stand, holding the flower.
"Thanks. I really like it." He still looked a little shocked. Not over her anger, but the fact she gave him a gift even after he was such a jerk.
She just huffed and stormed over to her horse. The horse gave her another inquisitive look.
"Don't ask," she said through gritted teeth.
Xanai got the message and Aria quickly mounted her. As Aria rode up the mountain, she looked at her surroundings. The green grass, the towering, majestic trees, the gorgeous spring flowers blossoming. They all calmed her. By the time she reached the other side of the mountain, she was completely calmed from her interactions with Cam. She rode Xanai over to the shipping bin. She found more items on her way back over, so she put them all in the shipping box and headed home.
After putting Xanai away, she watered her plants again and walked inside her house. A wave of exhaustion suddenly came over her. She was barely able to make it to her bed before lying down and going to sleep.
Hello! I had so much fun writing this chapter, so I hope you enjoyed reading it! I have another kind of "fanfic" I wrote yesterday. It's called The Flaw in His Love, and is about the Harvest King out of Harvest Moon Animal Parade. I would love it if you would read and review that along with this chapter. I love to know what you guys think and how I can do better! Thanks y'all!
