BSS: Okay! To those that are still reading this horrid story of mine, I thank you soooooo very much! And I'm sorry if I'm not very good at these romance things, I'm not known to be very romantic to my friends… More like hateful, mean, and irritating. Yeah… Kinda like Chelsea here.

Chelsea: What are you talking about? Online, you're nothing like me! You act more like an otaku right now!

BSS: Ehhh? Really? I'm no otaku! Really, you should tell my friends that!

Chelsea: Tch. Forget it! It's too troubling to talk to you when you're like this!

BSS: Don't you pull a 'Vaughn' on me!

Chelsea: Just move onto the story! Otaku girl owns nothing but this story, and all of 'us' are owned by Natsume. Go, go, to the story!


Chapter 12- Gift-


Chelsea's POV-

I felt warm sunshine on my face. My eyes slowly opened, only seeing the bright sun. I quickly sat up in realization. My fever, My injured arm, … Vaughn helping me and coming over… My right hand instinctively went up to my left arm, and felt the gauze tied tightly around it. That's when I also remembered about the white bandanna. I was just about to get off of my bed, until I noticed something weighing me down.

My eyes moved to the area where the weight was on. Wolf Fang was there, and Vaughn's white bandanna was tied with his black one around his neck, completely clean too. That's when it hit me. I washed it last night, and pretty much stayed up all night to get the stupid thing clean, geez… what's with me and the urging influence to finish things once I start them…?

I took off the white bandanna from Wolf Fang's neck, and placed it inside of the washing machine once more in case of any small traces of blood was still on it. While the gentle "whirring" sounds echoed through the house, I placed my hand on my forehead to check my own temperature. My fever seems to have finally passed. I lightly smiled to this result, and got myself ready for the new beginning, on the 2nd day of spring! Yesterday was a holiday, and because of my injuries, I slept right through it…

I quickly replaced my night gown with my usual work clothes and my trusty bandanna, making sure that my clothes covered the gauze so that questions won't be popping out. I opened my tool box and took out the seeds I was saving for this day. I placed them inside of my rucksack. That's when I remembered what Vaughn said about my arm.

"Your arm should heal, but only if you let it rest."

I gave a pause, unsure if I can do my farm work with it. I carefully placed my hand over the injury, taking Vaughn's words into consideration.

'Hey! Who else do you think will work on the farm if you can't do anything? Natalie and Elliot are really busy today because of the large shipping day a few days ago!' A smaller Chelsea wearing a black T-shirt, a studded jacket, black boot-cut jeans, and jet black platform shoes gave her rant. (This is the first description of Hater Chelsea)

'But if you do that, Vaughn's efforts will go to waste, and get everyone worried if your arm gets worse!' Another smaller Chelsea wearing a light white dress, a light pink see-through scarf wrapped around her upper arms trailing down to her forearms, and pure white, low-heeled shoes reasoned. (Fluff/Angel Chelsea)

The two went at it for a while, and I just blocked them out. Knowing that the island trusts me with the work, I just can't miss a day no matter what. This injury was my fault anyways, and I still have many responsibilities to do, so I'll just live with the pain till then.

I moved toward my tool box and took out all of my tool and seeds that I saved for just this season. I left and took care of my animals, and soon planted 2 strawberry patches, 4 cabbage patches, 1 cucumber patch, and 5 potato patches. After I watered all of them, I made my way down to the animal shop for more food for my dog.

As I walked down the nice brick path, I noticed Natalie and Elliot carrying some large boxes, and gave some waves of hello to the siblings. Seeing that Julia just 'happened' to be with Elliot, I walked over to her to tell her about my dog's food shortage, and something that I needed to get straight.

"Hey Julia and her little other!" I said energetically with a mocking impression at the end. From what I just said, the couple blushed heavily in reaction.

"H-hi Chelsea." Julia was absolutely fluttered.

"Umm… I still have some work to do so I'll be going…" Elliot stuttered his sentence with a deeper shade of red on his face; he then turned around and walked back to his house.

I decided to get my question out of the way.

"Hey Julia. I got a question." Julia tilted her head in signal for me to go on. "You did say that the visit there is the day after Vaughn's birthday, right?" Julia nodded. "Right. When is Vaughn's birthday?" Right after that sentence, Julia gave a sly smile. I gave into a cold sweat.

"Ooohhh~. So you want to know~?" Julia asked in a devilish tone. I quickly denied on her thoughts.

"H-h-h-hey! I-it's not f-for what y-you t-think it's for!" I cleared my throat. "I just need to know when it is so that I could get prepared for the trip to Waffle Island!"

"Then why didn't you ask when will the trip to the island will be? You asked when Vaughn's birthday is!" I slightly blushed from her counter argument, but fought it down and stood my ground.

"J-just tell me already!" I stuttered; trying my best to not put a snide remark in that sentence for fear that she won't tell me.

"Tomorrow." Julia answered.

"Huh?" I questioned, wanting her to say it again.

"I said that his birthday is on the 3rd! Which means TOMORROW!" Julia yelled in my ear, making sure that I get it this time. My finger went in my ear making sure that I didn't go deaf there.

"Okay! Okay! I can hear you!" I yelled angrily.

"Oh! By the way! If you want to get Vaughn something, he likes milk and sweets! Just in case!" Julia singed in a sinful way. I scoffed.

"Heh! Like I'll get anything for that jerk!" I sneered.

'Hey, hey. Don't you owe him? He did practically save your life yesterday, right?' Fluff Chelsea scolded.

'Heh! Like hell I'll give him something! That jerk face scared me on the first day I met him, and every time I tried to be nice for once in my life and tell him about the other evil deeds that my 'friends' do, he either ignores me, or calls me a distraction! I would've woken up sooner or later…' Hater Chelsea countered angrily.

'It doesn't matter! You still owe him nevertheless! Besides, you own him big time if you're doing work with an arm like that! You got to pay him back since all of his work went to waste. Get off of your lazy ass, and get him a present! It's his birthday tomorrow too!' Fluff Chelsea gave off a guilt vibe.

I soon gave in the Fluffy me, as her explanation was too good. I held my head in my hands, since my head started hurting from fighting with myself. I opened my eyes, and noticed that Julia was still looking expecting an answer.

"Fine." I sighed in defeat. After Julia gave a huff of satisfaction, I remembered the real reason on why I came here.

"Hey Julia, can I get some dog food? I'm running a little low." Julia gave a nod, and made her way to the Animal shop. Julia walked behind the counter and opened the storage closet.

"How many do you need?" Julia shouted from the distance.

"Five!" I shouted back. Just then I heard the barn door open. Out came Vaughn. Great! The last person I need to see! Wait. Why is he here? Yesterday was a holiday, so I understand that, but today wasn't, it was Monday… so he shouldn't be back until tomorrow… But he was leaving again on Thursday? I'm confused.

"Why are you here?" I asked absentmindedly. Vaughn raised an eyebrow, clearly annoyed. Then like he understood what I was thinking, he sighed.

"My schedule is a little mixed up, so I have to leave on Thursday to make up for the holiday." Vaughn explained. I gave a small "oh." I kept waiting for my dog food supply. After a while, an awkward silence formed. I started fidgeting in this odd air, and Vaughn seems to have noticed this odd silence as well. He started messing with the tip of his hat, trying to ignore the atmosphere. Just before I was about to lose it, Julia finally came out.


Julia's POV-

"Phew! That's a lot of dog food! Sorry it took me a while to drag it all up here." I huffed, bringing the last bag with me. "What's up?" I asked, questioning the odd air between the two. Just then, an idea popped inside of my head. I tried to hide my smirk, and made myself as innocent as possible.

"Hey Vaughn? Why don't you help Chelsea out with some of the bags? This is a lot of dog food, heavy too. That way, Chelsea won't have to make many trips. The most she can carry is only about two bags anyways." I suggested with an absolutely clueless voice, hoping that they will buy it, but from the way Vaughn's forehead gained a popped vein, he didn't buy it. To my surprise though, he accepted.

"Fine. I'll grab three, and you get two, alright." Vaughn quickly stated. He picked up three bags like they were nothing, and from the looks of it, Chelsea struggled to carry two, she looked pretty pissed at the difference between their strength. But really. This is new for Vaughn; usually he just flat out says 'no', I had to cover my mouth to hide the evil smile that was coming up.

What's this?

Vaughn seems to be showing interest with her, as his cousin, I know. Vaughn came down and picked up a bag from Chelsea, so that she only had to carry one. This is completely new! Vaughn showing acts of kindness? What's next? Pierre becoming a five foot tall guy? After a little, they finally left with the bags in their hands, and me, making my way to Sabrina's mansion. She has got to know about this. We need to make a few more adjustments on our plan for our Waffle Island meeting. I need to contact Chelsea's cousin too…


Chelsea's POV-

I ended up carrying only one bag, with still having a bit of trouble, while the six foot tall man can easily carry four of those bags. I was still pissed after discovering that Vaughn is that much stronger than me, but was dragged back to the fact that he was a bit out of character for helping me. Maybe I really should get him something on his birthday… He was kind enough to help me with the bags; I wonder what I should get him…

While I was daydreaming, we already got to my ranch. I was brought back to earth once Vaughn spoke.

"Where do you need these bags?" he questioned.

"Oh! Just bring it in the stable." I answered. He walked to the stable to drop off his delivery. I took my bag to my house to prepare for the next needed supply. I opened my kitchen counter and pushed the bag inside. I walked out of my house, and decided to go thank Vaughn, for that he helped me when he didn't have to.

When I opened the stable, I quickly stopped. Vaughn was there with my horse knight, and he was quietly petting him. Knight seemed to enjoy it, and nudged his head to Vaughn's hand. Vaughn seemed to be enjoying himself, I'm guessing he finding Knight's company comforting. My eyes slightly widened from the drastic change from his personality. There, Vaughn seems to be more relaxed, and there was his rare small smile that I only got to saw once. I lightly smiled myself, seeing that Vaughn at least has a softer side to him. I decided to make a move now, if I stayed at that position any longer, he'll notice at some point.

"Hey Vaughn." I casually stated, like I just came here. Vaughn's smile dropped, as I expected, and turned around to me. "I just wanted to say thanks for helping me." Vaughn just gave a grunt of acknowledgement and just turned back to my horse. This time Vaughn spoke.

"Your horse is taken care of very well." He praised. My face started to heat up from the unexpected praise.

"T-thanks…" I answered.

Vaughn gave another grunt, and made his way to leave. After he left, I gave a small smile with a light blush. I turned to my horse and petted his muzzle.

"He really is a different guy than others, huh?" I whispered to my horse, a light hearted neigh escaping him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Spring 3rd~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chelsea's POV-

I placed the white bandana and the homemade chocolate I made into the small box. I learned how to make chocolate thanks to Sabrina, even though it took me a while to get her to cooperate and to get her to stop asking questions about Vaughn. The chocolate was just simple bit-sized squares, nothing special, Sabrina tried to get me to add some cutesy stuff on it, but this was a guy we were talking about, not a girl. I finished by putting the card on top of the tin foiled wrapped chocolates, and closed the box. Julia did say that he had a sweet tooth, so I hope that this is okay with him.

I couldn't hide the blush that was covering my face; this was the first time that I decided to give a birthday present to a guy. I placed the box in my rucksack and left my house. I made sure to have all of my chores done before I got to the Animal shop. To my 'luck' Julia was there. I held my rucksack closer to myself.

"H-hey Julia, you know where Vaughn is?" I struggled to keep on a straight face. Julia paused with a black face, and stared over my odd and shy-like position. Then right after, Julia gave a light smile.

"He's in his room upstairs." Julia's thumb sticks up and pointed to the stairs. 'Oh, and Chelsea, before you go and do "that"," Julia pointed at my rucksack. "I told Natalie if she and Elliot could help you on your ranch while we're gone, and she said yes, so you have nothing to worry about, okay?" Julia reassured. Yeah, I was worried about that, but that wasn't the main issue for me at this point. I gave a small nod, and made my way up the stairs.

There was Vaughn's door, and I was about ready to knock on it, but paused. I tried again, but another pause stopped me. I couldn't do it! I gave a quiet sigh, and took out the box. I placed the box on the ground, and stood back up. I knocked on the door, and quickly made my way to the stairs. I sat on the top stair and waited, hidden from him. I heard the door open; I peered over the wall covering me. Vaughn looked around for a person nearby, until his eyes went down to the box. Vaughn picked up the box, and opened it without making a sound. My heartbeat strengthened once he took the card.


Vaughn's POV-

I heard a knock on the door, and made my way to it. I opened the door to find nobody there. Was this a joke from Julia again? I looked around for anybody who was nearby, but didn't see anyone. I looked down and saw a white box. Was this part of the joke or something? Nevertheless, I picked it up, and opened it. Inside I found my white bandanna and something wrapped in tin foil inside of it. A card was put there also. I opened the card to read what it says,

I heard it was your birthday today, and so since you helped me out a lot, I decided to get you something. I cleaned your bandanna, and decided to make chocolates for you when I heard that you liked sweets, so here you go. This is to say thanks for helping me out, and I hope you enjoy the present.

Chelsea

I closed the card and gave a small smile. I took out the bandanna, and noticed that this thing was actually whiter than the day I lend it to her. I tied it around my neck, and took out the tin foiled object. The card mentioned chocolates, so I'm guessing these are the chocolates. I opened the tin foil cover and what it revealed was these little chocolate squares.

Nothing was on them, thankfully. Chelsea must not be the girly type, as most girls would probably put some kind of frosting on it. I took out a piece and put it in my mouth. The taste was very light, the sweetness was like a sugar coating over the chocolate, and once I bit in, the sweetness roamed inside of my mouth, and then it gave off a small bitter after taste. I admit, it really was good.


Chelsea's POV-

Vaughn put the piece of chocolate inside of his mouth, and he gave a light smile.

"Not bad." He muttered, still eating the chocolate. My face fumed, and was probably looking like a tomato. I quickly left the scene without being seen and made my way to the door, swooping past a smirking Julia. I sprinted out the door, my face still really red, and ran rest the way to my ranch to get ready for the trip.


BSS: Hey another cute scene! But truthfully, I'm a very good actor, and are sometimes really disgusted of these type of things, and I don't know why! :D

Sabrina: Aww. Don't say that, I'm sure you're really nice in real life!

BSS: hmm, No, not really... just ask my friends.

Sabrina:...

Julia: Umm, Well, I hope you guys come back for the next chapter, in which will be a special little extra edition!