Disclaimer: I do not own any Harvest Moon's Character, Place, and Plot that are mentioned in this story.
Finally, after Hikari finished what she had to do. There was the sound of the doorbell ringing. Slowly, as she walked towards the door, she lifted the peek hole cover to see who was it. Looking through, she thought to herself, "Is this a man or a woman?"
As she slowly opened the door completely. There stood a 'woman' whose hair color was purple with highlights. The length was close to her hip. She was really pretty. Except, the minute she spoke to Hikari... it sounded like a man's voice.
"Hi! The name is Julius, I hope you enjoy your stay here. I heard someone new was moving into Harmonica Town, and I decided to drop by. But, my oh my you look cuter in person than what they say at the office."
He held my hand out and handed me his business card." Wow, even your hands are small and thin. Oh, how wonderful! Oops, I must be talking too much that you didn't even get to introduce yourself. What's your name?"
Hikari started to feel sick because his hands were touching hers. She quickly pulled her hand back and answered, "Hi... I'm... Hikari..."
Feeling shy, Hikari hid behind the door. Just then, a muscular Red-headed appeared behind Julius. "Julius, I've been looking all over for you, my..."
The red-headed man stop, turn, stared at me and was shocked. "Sorry for being rude, my name is Owen, You must be the newcomer that everyone was talking about, welcome to harmonica Town! If you ever need my help feel free to ask me, what's your name?"
Before Hikari could even answer, Julius cut Hikari off and said, "Her name is Hikari, and what brings you here today, Owen?"
Owen grabbed Julius by the shoulder and they both walked away from Hikari's place while discussing their matter leaving Hikari in a state of confusion.
Hikari sighed and said,"... this was very unexpected... I hope I don't bump into any more weirdos later..."
Hikari stepped out of her home and locked the door behind her. She walked towards Flute Field where she met Craig, Ruth and their two children, Taylor and Anissa, at the Marimba Farm. Then, she went to Horn Ranch to meet and greet Cain, Hannah, and Renee. While she was walking to the Garmon Mine District, her eyes followed to the sight of a familiar person, she rubbed her eyes but the person was gone. She thought to herself," I must be tired.."
Upon her arrival at the Garmon Mine District, she went inside to the Carpenter's shop, where she met Dale, Bo, and Luke. Then, she went to the General Store where she met Barbara, Simon and their daughter Phoebe. Upon Hikari's destination to the Accessory Shop, she sees Julius and the owner, Mira. Hikari thought to herself," Ah.. great, it's Julius... darn it"
Once Hikari introduced to herself and had a small conversation with Mira. She was given an interesting fact that Mira lost her husband years ago to a terrible accident. Hikari gave her condolence to Mira. One last stop in the District, she met Ramsey and Chloe at the Blacksmith's shop. From there onwards, she went to Harmonica Town. When she went inside to Sonata Tailoring, she was caught in a surprise.
"Hi, you must be Hikari! There's finally a normal girl in this town! you will be my friend won't you?" asked Luna. Hikari felt pressured, she didn't know how to respond to this type of situation. The door had belled, a man with Orange Hair and Purple eyes stood by the open door and see Hikari looking very uncomfortable with Luna. He looked at Luna, sighed and said," Luna, I need you to fix Maya's clothes."
He threw the ripped dress, "I'll come back and get it tomorrow, make sure the stitching is well-blended..."
He gave Hikari a stare before closing the door. Luna mumbled," Geez... just when I finally met someone new..."
Luna rudely walked away from Hikari. Shelly came up and apologized to Hikari for Luna's behavior. Hikari told shelly that it was not a problem and she has to leave now for other matters. Shelly told Hikari to take care of herself. Hikari exit the shop and ran off to meet other people. Night-time has fallen Hikari was exhausted. After introducing herself to every single person in Harmonica Town, she had come out from the Mayor's office with a toolbox, which was a welcome gift given by the mayor.
Hikari wanted to grab a drink at the Brass Bar as a sense of accomplishment of what she has done today. She went inside and was welcomed by Maya. Maya couldn't help but giggle that she was standing next to Hikari. To Maya, Hikari is a Cute, Mysterious and quiet person. She couldn't help but stare at her in awe for the longest. Maya showed Hikari to her seat, Hikari asked a recommendation of what's the best drink here. Maya suggested that Hikari should try a Raspberry Cocktail. So, Hikari decided to order it. Meanwhile, Kathy came out from the backroom and scolded Maya for taking over her role. Maya argued," I only did it because you were too busy. you never praise me when I do good deeds."
Kathy exclaimed, " If I allow you to do it, you'll end up messing up, like what you did all the other times you clumsy cake." Maya and Kathy were both bickering at each other, Chase came out of his kitchen to see the commotion. Once he figures out what was happening he told both of them to quiet down as they were disturbing the customer. Maya turned, ran to Chase and hugged him.
"Chase, Kathy is being mean to me again." cried Maya.
Chase sighed, "Maya can you once not get in the way of somebody's work? I'm getting sick and tired of you doing this all the time. you need to learn how to composure yourself.
Maya looked up at Chase," But Chase... all I wanted to do was help..." Chase grabbed Maya's arm off of him.
He sighed and facepalmed, " Can you not hug me as if we are dating?" Maya crossed her arms and pouted. Hikari stood afar watching all three of them bickering. Hayden interrupted them and scolded each of them. After the scolding, Chase looked at Hikari's Direction. But, to Hikari's surprise, she felt nervous and anxious. She redirected her eyes down on the ground. To Chase, she thought the new girl hated him or something.
He sighed, " Girls...these days..." while heading back to the kitchen to cook.
After Hikari finished her drink, she paid and left tips on the table. On her way home, she felt a throbbing sensation on her head. She mumbled to herself, "I might have drunk a bit too much." Her eyes blurred, she was so close to reach to the door. But, she ended up collapsing in front of her house and soon her eyes slowly went into darkness.
Chase got off work and locked up the place, on his way home he saw what appears to be a human figure on the floor, he went closer and closer, then noticed Hikari was on the ground. To his dismay, he carried her back at his place to his bedroom. He felt her forehead, Hikari was covered in sweat. He wanted to change her clothes, but to respect her privacy he had to think another option. It was already 1:00 AM, he had no choice but to call Kathy. When Kathy arrived an hour later, she was shocked that Molly passed out cold. Chase gave her the instruction to change her clothes while he makes some porridge. After Chase was done, she wanted to see how Hikari was doing, so he knocked on the door to show respect. Kathy allowed Chase to come in, Hikari laid there like she was having the best sleep.
"Not sure what happened, but take care of her," said Kathy.
Chase replied, " Thanks Kathy you're a lifesaver. I wouldn't dare to touch her since she is a girl after all."
"You worry too much Chase, now go get some rest. I'll see you at work tomorrow," replied Kathy. It was 9 AM in the morning, Hikari slowly opened her eyes, her eyes wander around the room.
"Where am I?" she muttered. A sizzling noise came from the next room, she got up and exit Chase's bedroom. She saw Chase cooking in the kitchen. Hikari was moving closer to Chase, till Chase turn off the stove. Just when he turned around he yelled in fear.
"HOLY COW" he exclaimed. Hikari was caught in a surprise as well.
"Hikari, don't scare me like that," he said.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to... I just..." she couldn't find words to express herself. She felt guilty for scaring Chase. Chase couldn't handle the awkwardness well, so he grabbed a clean plate and a spatula to serve breakfast. Chase then walked towards Hikari with a plate of food and utensil on his hand.
In a calming voice, Chase said, "You must be hungry, here." Hikari extended her arms and hands out to grab both the plate and utensil from Chase's hand. She could smell the alluring aroma coming from one small serving size. With her mouth-watering, she hopped away to the table. But, she came to the realization that she forgot to brush her teeth. She felt panicked, as much as she wanted to eat first, her hygiene is her priority. She didn't want Chase to think she's gross.
With her being shy she asked, " You don't happen to have a spare toothbrush do you?" Chase stared at her and laughed.
"I do have a spare one." he chuckled. Chase walked to the bathroom, and Hikari followed behind him. He pulled the drawers from his storage box and handed Hikari a toothbrush. He also provided Hikari a toothpaste, in a happy tone he said," You can keep the toothbrush, don't worry about paying me back."
Chase walked out of the bathroom so Hikari can do her own things. Once, he reached back to the kitchen, he then heard a scream, he ran to check out what happened. To his surprise Hikari was on the ground looking pale, he asked, "what happened? are you okay?" Hikari pointed at the Daddy Long Leg spider sitting by the sink. Chase burst out laughing, he couldn't hold in his laughter any longer. Chase never met anyone as dramatic as Hikari. He helped Hikari get up and checked to see if her legs and hands was bruised or not. Luckily, Hikari didn't sustain any injuries. Chase took his slipper out of his foot and wack the spider.
"See, it wasn't that bad." he grinned. Hikari wasn't sure what went on with her. Her heart was beating so fast, she wasn't able to process what was on her mind. As Chase leaves to the kitchen again, Hikari closed the bathroom door and proceed on to what she was doing. After, a few minutes Hikari came out from the bathroom and then walked to the kitchen where she last placed her food. Chase had given her an Orange Juice right next to the plate. Hikari happily devoured the entire food on her plate.
"Chase, are you a god of chef sent by the heavens? This was so good!" a wide smile appeared on her face with sparkling eyes. It was the best food she had tasted since coming to Harmonica Town.
Chase looked at Hikari with a smile,"No, I'm just your average chef." The two exchange a long conversation till it hits 3 PM in the afternoon. Chase's impression of Hikari was changed due to this encounter. Hikari on the other hand was quite pleased with Chase and his cooking.
Hikari waved Chase good bye and left his place. She said,"I like this town more and more, maybe Kasey was right this town is so much better than the city."
While, Hikari walked happily back to her place. An unknown woman appeared by the dock,"So, this is Harmonica town... I can't wait to see her again." she chuckled.