Author's notes: This is a slow-burn romance x-reader with lemon/smut
After receiving a letter about your grandfather's death, and a lawyer arriving next asking you to claim the inheritance he left for you so that it won't go to the government, you moved into this small peaceful town called Mineral Town.
You were once a fashion designer, opened a shop and unfortunately sales were not so strong. Eventually you had to close it and look for another, it was then you received this grievous news.
At first you hesitated whether or not you should try farming but you remembered your childhood where you used to have a vacation at your grandpa's farm and where you get most of your artistic inspiration from.
You decided to take on this new job, afterall you own the farm, your time and money. You don't need to worry about the rent or having someone to close it down, all you need to worry now is your skills.
It has been a week since you've arrived in this town and everyone was talking about you. This does not make you comfortable at all, especially now that you're trying to revive the dead farm.
From time to time you would go out to buy seeds, feeds or animals, elusive of most people. You were afraid they would judge you since you were a city girl trying hard to be a farmer. Well you weren't wrong, every time you pass by the townsquare you'll hear couple of murmurs from the people there
"Oh I bet she's rich! I heard she was a fashion designer back in the city", exclaimed the blonde woman, "I wonder if she's still single…", said the lady with short black hair, "of course she is! Have you seen her bring a kid? No parent in a right mind will leave their kid in the city while they move here in the country! And she doesn't even look pregnant nor have any partner with her come along", the talkative woman with black pixie cut exclaimed.
You hurried your steps, getting annoyed with all the speculations everyone has about you. Trying your best to stay out of trouble, you avoid everyone but eventually was able to make a friend from the farm near yours.
Her name is Popuri, and she's the only person who welcomed you nicely when you first bought chickens and feed from their farm. "Don't be shy! Come on, take this egg, we boiled it in the spa!", she happily offered you as you smiled back shyly. The next day you came to bring her a small gift in return but instead you bumped into his older brother. 'O-oh I-i'm sorry miss!', the tall blonde man with glasses helped you up. "i-it's ok…" you looked at him awkwardly and then looked at the shop still closed. "U-um the shop still opens at 11am, but it's already 10:50 so I'm here to open it", he stated unlocking the door in the shop and letting you enter.
You enter confused as you did not see popuri inside. "Is there something you're looking for?", he stated as if reading your expression. "O-oh I was looking for popuri, she gave me a gift yesterday and I wanted to return the favor and give this to her", you unravel a chocolate bar wrapped in cloth. "She's gonna love that! But I think she's still out doing groceries, you can leave it on the table, i'll tell her when she gets home", smiling as you placed the chocolate and said a soft thanks as you head out. 'Her brother's kinda cute', you thought as you went back to your farm. 'Oh what was I thinking? I just moved in and now I'm starting to have crushes?!' you mentally slapped yourself.
You are finally able to clean up the weeds in your farm, plant a lot of seeds and raise some chickens. You are worried however that you might have been too excited in growing a lot of seeds, including the free grass seed you got from the blonde lady back in the supermarket. You sighed thinking how you will tend to all of this without getting tired easily, considering how you failed knocking some trees out in your first few days. All of those worries suddenly vanished when you heard a knock on your door. Hastily you open it and to your surprise, Popuri's older brother is there, standing at your door. Blushing in embarrassment since you just got out of shower with just a towel on. "A-a-ah! I'm sorry! G-get dressed first!" Popuri's brother exclaimed, also blushing. You quickly shut the door and went to get dressed. You opened the door once again and asked him why he was here. "I wanted to invite you to the cluck-cluck festival, since you already got chickens, maybe you want to enter the competition tomorrow", "cluck-cluck festival?" you said tilting your head. "Yeah, we hold that festival every spring where chickens would fight against each other in a pit! The winner gets to have their chicken lay golden eggs". Your eyes sparkled at the thought of the golden eggs and nodded immediately to join.
"I'll get your chicken then, mind showing me where the coop is?", "Oh it's this way-", "by the way the name is Rick" he smiled at you while you two chat on the way to the coop. Rick took your oldest chicken you brought from their farm and waved goodbye as they went on their way.
The day of the festival came and you cheered your chicken, apparently since your chicken is relatively new it was confused. It doesn't know what to do but just stare at you helplessly as it gets beaten up by other chickens. You had a heartbreaking defeat but you were more broken hearted to see your chicken in such a state. You picked it up gently, bursting out in tears. You ran away not finishing the competition, and brought it to the clinic hoping the local doctor could help your chicken but instead the people inside the clinic including doctor Trent and the nurse elli just burst out in laughter. Running away in embarrassment and anger, you hugged your chicken securely as you ran back to the farm not knowing what to do.
Rick saw what happened and as the competition finished he immediately went to your farm to help you out. "Y/N! Are you alright?", sobbing you looked at him "Do I look like alright Rick? My chicken almost got murdered! And the people in the clinic just laughed at me…" You tried to feed it or make it drink some water but your chicken won't move. "...i-it's my fault I placed my chicken in that competition..inexperienced" you continued to sob. "Here let me help" he took your chicken and brought it to their farm. He made your chicken drink water with dissolved medicine in it. "You can pick him up by next week, he'll be fine by then" "Oh thank you Rick!" you hugged him tightly which made him blush "I-it's nothing really, I just wanted to help since it's also my competition so it's partially my responsibility" he scratched the back of his head. You went home knowing that your chicken is in good hands.
The next week you came to pick up your chicken. You see your chicken lively chasing other chickens around their farm. You see Popuri and Rick tending to them as you waved at the siblings. "He's healed up fast, he ate a lot of feed before you came" Rick carried your chicken and gave it to you. "Thank you so much! How should I ever repay you?", "No, no you don't have to-", "No! I will find a way to repay you, I promise! I won't forget this! I owe you" you exclaimed as you waved goodbye going back to your farm. Rick was smiling watching your form vanish from a distance, a blush creeping from his cheeks. Popuri nudged him and said "I think you two fit each other~" "S-stop it Popuri!" Rick shrugged his sister off and hurried to go back inside the house. "I like her more than Karen!" Popuri yelled before her brother went in and slammed the door.
Rick laid on his bed still unsure of what he's feeling. The new girl does look cute, her blonde hair, those gorgeous eyes and porcelain skin. Oh god how smooth it looks especially that time when he saw her just wearing a towel on after a hot bath. Her skin is still soft and pinkish. Maybe he's just attracted to her because she's cute, he tried to reason with himself since he already committed to Karen. But that was still back then when they were young, he thought. He decided that maybe it is best to get to know her more but for now he has a problem to solve before sleeping, looking down at his bulge, thinking of Y/N especially with her towel on only turned him on.