I opened my mother's cookbook when I went home. I went to the page where
her recipe for her dumplings where. I took out all the ingredients I needed
a started to cook. My food wasn't going to be as good as Ellen's I'm sure
but I wanted to try.
The next morning I Left home to seek out Niko's farm. I got directions from the Midwife. I was wearing blue jeans and a pink tank top. I hesitantly entered his farm. He was outside, weeding his garden.
"Hello. I hope I didn't come at a bad time." I called out to him.
He looked up and shook his head. "No. You came at a good time."
"Well I just wanted to give you these." I held out the dumplings, my face growing hot. "I don't know how good they'll taste but I thought you might like some."
"Dumplings? I love dumplings." he cam over and took them from me. I couldn't stop myself from blushing. "These smell delicious." He ate one, and smiled. "These are good. You haven't tried one yet?" he asked.
"No. Not yet." I answered. I didn't know what to tell him.
"Well here. Take one. I think these are the best dumplings I've had in a while." He held out the plate. I was just about to take one when...
"Hi, Niko. I hope I'm not interrupting your work. I just thought you might like these cookies." Mint held out cookies she had bought form the bakery.
"Thanks so much, Mint." he took the cookies and held the plate of dumplings out to her. "Here, you should try one of these."
Mint's nose turned up a little. She didn't want her cookies to be forgotten. "Okay." She ate one. "They're okay." she said after swallowing "But I can do better." with that, she walked off.
"Sorry about that." Why was Niko excusing Mint's behavior? It wasn't his fault. "I'll give you your plate back when I finish, okay?" he asked.
"Oh. You can keep the plate. I don't need it. Bye." I waved goodbye and left. I wondered if he liked me?
I went to the flower shop. I needed seeds. "Hello." I said to the shop keeper. I picked up a bunch of seeds and some flower seeds.
"Good choice." Mint told me. "You have good taste, but if you know what's good for you then you'll leave Niko alone. He's mine." I payed for my seeds and left. I pick berries and went home. I planted the half of the seeds but I was getting tired. I was about to take a break when Niko stopped by.
"Hey Yuki. You need a hand?" he called out top me from the edge of my felid.
"If you want to help you can." I said to him. He came over and started to plant seeds with me.
"So, why is your name Yuki?" he asked, trying to start a conversation.
"Well. When I was born, my mother thought my skin was soft and pale like snow. Yuki is snow in Japanese so she figured it was a good name." I told him the story of my name just liked my father used to tell me.
"Well, I don't know about soft but you are a pale a snow. My name isn't nearly as interesting. My mother loved the movie Niko The Unicorn when she was small so she named me Niko. See quite boring."
"That's not boring." I told him. Anything he said was not boring. "I think it's cute." We finished planting and I started to water the seeds. He stopped me though.
"Here use this. It's a sprinkler I got but I already had one so I don't need it."
"Thanks so much. How can I repay you?" Gawd I must sound dumb. I groaned.
"Well... you could buy me a drink at the bar." he said with a laugh. "If that's okay with you then we should be going."
"Okay..." I was as red as a tomato. I finished setting up the sprinkler and got up. I brushed the dirt from my knees.
He ordered a drink of beer, while I only got a glass of water. "Cheers." he said, taking a swig from his drink. When we finished our drinks he walked me home.
The next morning I Left home to seek out Niko's farm. I got directions from the Midwife. I was wearing blue jeans and a pink tank top. I hesitantly entered his farm. He was outside, weeding his garden.
"Hello. I hope I didn't come at a bad time." I called out to him.
He looked up and shook his head. "No. You came at a good time."
"Well I just wanted to give you these." I held out the dumplings, my face growing hot. "I don't know how good they'll taste but I thought you might like some."
"Dumplings? I love dumplings." he cam over and took them from me. I couldn't stop myself from blushing. "These smell delicious." He ate one, and smiled. "These are good. You haven't tried one yet?" he asked.
"No. Not yet." I answered. I didn't know what to tell him.
"Well here. Take one. I think these are the best dumplings I've had in a while." He held out the plate. I was just about to take one when...
"Hi, Niko. I hope I'm not interrupting your work. I just thought you might like these cookies." Mint held out cookies she had bought form the bakery.
"Thanks so much, Mint." he took the cookies and held the plate of dumplings out to her. "Here, you should try one of these."
Mint's nose turned up a little. She didn't want her cookies to be forgotten. "Okay." She ate one. "They're okay." she said after swallowing "But I can do better." with that, she walked off.
"Sorry about that." Why was Niko excusing Mint's behavior? It wasn't his fault. "I'll give you your plate back when I finish, okay?" he asked.
"Oh. You can keep the plate. I don't need it. Bye." I waved goodbye and left. I wondered if he liked me?
I went to the flower shop. I needed seeds. "Hello." I said to the shop keeper. I picked up a bunch of seeds and some flower seeds.
"Good choice." Mint told me. "You have good taste, but if you know what's good for you then you'll leave Niko alone. He's mine." I payed for my seeds and left. I pick berries and went home. I planted the half of the seeds but I was getting tired. I was about to take a break when Niko stopped by.
"Hey Yuki. You need a hand?" he called out top me from the edge of my felid.
"If you want to help you can." I said to him. He came over and started to plant seeds with me.
"So, why is your name Yuki?" he asked, trying to start a conversation.
"Well. When I was born, my mother thought my skin was soft and pale like snow. Yuki is snow in Japanese so she figured it was a good name." I told him the story of my name just liked my father used to tell me.
"Well, I don't know about soft but you are a pale a snow. My name isn't nearly as interesting. My mother loved the movie Niko The Unicorn when she was small so she named me Niko. See quite boring."
"That's not boring." I told him. Anything he said was not boring. "I think it's cute." We finished planting and I started to water the seeds. He stopped me though.
"Here use this. It's a sprinkler I got but I already had one so I don't need it."
"Thanks so much. How can I repay you?" Gawd I must sound dumb. I groaned.
"Well... you could buy me a drink at the bar." he said with a laugh. "If that's okay with you then we should be going."
"Okay..." I was as red as a tomato. I finished setting up the sprinkler and got up. I brushed the dirt from my knees.
He ordered a drink of beer, while I only got a glass of water. "Cheers." he said, taking a swig from his drink. When we finished our drinks he walked me home.