The day before the last of summer, I sat on the pier and fished... alone, for the first time in what felt like forever. And that was strangely okay. I wouldn't have wanted anyone else to subject themselves to this torrential rainfall if they didn't want to, anyway.
Okay, I suppose one thing was a little weird: there normally was one person who took every opportunity to stand out here in the rain no matter how violently it poured. It wasn't me.
I then remembered that said person was now either in or close to entering a loving relationship.
As I reeled in a tuna, I wondered what Stardew's resident goth boy and his purple-haired girlfriend were up to. Yeah, they realistically could have been in separate places doing separate things, but... it's just... it was raining, and Sebastian wasn't standing out here and contemplating life in it. It'd always felt like he was the ancient treasure buried away in some ruins that only came out when you solved his puzzle, to which rain was the answer. Now, though, even as the answer came pummeling down in bucketfulls, he wasn't here.
I was a little appalled at myself for the first possibility that came to mind. What if, as the rain pattered on the window, Sebastian's lips were delicately pecking at Abigail's, their hands desperately ran over each other's features... they were feeling themselves growing hotter in certain places...
At that point, that train of thought got uncomfortable. Though I'd be lying if I said I didn't want that kind of moment myself, with someone special. Then, a brief moment came by where I imagined myself and a certain yellow-haired individual in that scenario. That moment left just as quickly as it had arrived.
More likely, the new couple could have been looking for frogs together or something. Splashing in puddles as they chased after an innocent frog, maybe laughing together... maybe catching one and fawning over how cute it was (well, Abigail would probably do all the fawning while Sebastian silently fawned over her)...
Whatever those two were up to, it was enough for Sebastian to be absent from the pier on a rainy day. It made me feel a mixture of emotions; I quite frankly missed Seb a little, I wanted what he and Abby had... but more than anything, I was happy those two had each other. For that reason, and only that reason, I was glad to be fishing alone on a summer's day with pouring rain.