anime26angel: Hi! Nice ta meet ya. Well, this is my story. My first (well,
not really. The first one I put up really sucked so I took it off ff.net)
so be nice!
Disclaimer: I don't own harvest moon back to nature, so back off natsume!
I do have the game, which I enjoy very much. Arigato! And now, on with the fic..
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Chapter 1
It's cold.
I stare at the metal doorknob in front of me. Should I open the door? Should I run back home? I placed a gloved hand on the icy doorknob, and prepared to open the door. I turn the knob, but before I entered the house, I pause and look into the window.
I search through the sea of faces, and I see my best friend Popuri, in the arms of her husband, Kai. Pink-haired and pregnant, she was happy. She was married to the man of her dreams, soon to be a mother, and her brother had finally accepted Kai as his brother-in-law.
I see Mary and Gray murmuring sweetly to each other. Kudos to the happy couple. Next to them, I see Cliff and Ann arguing for the probably the 10th time this evening. It's not like they're really arguing, they're just poking at each other for fun. Then, my eyes fall on the couple weaving through the crowd. Karen and Jack.
With eyes only for each other, they waltz around the room. Jack gently spins Karen, who spins gracefully into his arms. She looks at him lovingly, and kisses him softly.
I turn my face away from them, letting go of the ice-encrusted doorknob. I grab it once more, making sure the door was closed. When I heard the familiar click of a closing door, I took my hand off of the knob. I lean against the smooth wood, and sink to the snow-covered ground. I can feel tears running down my cheeks, neck, and my shattered heart.
I promised not to cry. I'm not gonna cry. I won't cry over him. But why do the tears still run?
With shaky resolve, I get up and wipe the tears from my eyes. There's no point in crying now is there? The wind rushes through the trees, which envelopes me in the chill of winter. It makes its way towards the ocean, leaving me in its path. I look at the starlit sky and watch the snowflakes drift lazily to earth.
The stars are beautiful tonight. Tonight is the Star Night Festival, when the stars shine their brightest on the darkest day of the year. Personally I thought it was odd. Winter 24th was supposedly the darkest day of the year and yet it was the night that the stars shone their brightest. Maybe that only happens here. It's also Christmas Eve, the day our Savior was born, a time of gift giving and love towards your fellow man.
Love.
I loathe the feeling and yet I yearn for it at the same time. Of course I am loved by my family and friends, but.... I want someone to love me, like, like... the way Kai loves Popuri. Or the way Cliff loves Ann, or the way Gray loves Mary, or the way a man loves a woman. But this is foolish thinking, no man could love me like that.
Yeah, yeah, I know. You'd probably say that there are millions of guys to choose from; I just have to find one. Or maybe you'd say that there's someone out there for me, I just have to wait till he comes along. Or maybe you'd say that I'm young and I've got my whole life ahead of me. Well guess what? I'm 18 years old and I still haven't found that man.
I've never been kissed.
I look at the solitary apple tree, standing amongst the barren fields. I wonder if I will be like that, alone. I used to climb that tree when I was little. I would sit in its branches when I wanted to be alone with my thoughts or to look at the stars. Jake didn't mind since he and Grandma were good friends. Memories of my childhood seeped through my mind, as I climbed up the snow-covered tree branches.
I reach the top and I contemplate my thoughts once more. Oh, you're probably wondering why I've never been kissed. Hmm. Someone once told me that there are different kinds of beauty that men are attracted to. I, on the other hand, don't fit any of these categories. Trust me on this. I've learned this from personal experience.
I don't know why I'm deemed as unattractive to guys. I know I'm not ugly, but I'm not as pretty as Karen. I can cook, but not as well as Ann. I'm smart but not as smart as Mary. Everyone thinks of me as a sweet person, but not as sweet as Popuri. Well, not as childish or naïve. Maybe it's a good thing that I'm not Popuri. She's my best friend, but at times..she's..she's really absent-minded. I don't understand how I manage to repel guys, I just do. I don't have a good explanation; it's just a fact of life that I've tried to accept.
Tried to.
Odd isn't it? I try to accept my fate and yet I end up rejecting it, hoping that I can change it.
I've fallen in love, but I ended up getting my heart crushed in the end. It just happened recently. I've tried to prevent myself from falling in love. But no matter how hard I try to avoid it, I end up falling. And this time, I'm afraid I've fallen too hard. I love him so much it hurts. I really thought he loved me. I guess I was wrong.
Again.
I sit in the crook of a snow-covered branch and lean against it. I look up at the starry sky and I see a shooting star! Maybe I should make a wish? Nah it wouldn't come true.
But it couldn't hurt to try.
I close my eyes and whisper to myself. "Star light, star bright, to this star I've seen tonight, wish I may, wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight."
I'm not telling you.
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If you didn't already know, this was Elli's p.o.v. Sorry if it's a little hard to follow!
Disclaimer: I don't own harvest moon back to nature, so back off natsume!
I do have the game, which I enjoy very much. Arigato! And now, on with the fic..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 1
It's cold.
I stare at the metal doorknob in front of me. Should I open the door? Should I run back home? I placed a gloved hand on the icy doorknob, and prepared to open the door. I turn the knob, but before I entered the house, I pause and look into the window.
I search through the sea of faces, and I see my best friend Popuri, in the arms of her husband, Kai. Pink-haired and pregnant, she was happy. She was married to the man of her dreams, soon to be a mother, and her brother had finally accepted Kai as his brother-in-law.
I see Mary and Gray murmuring sweetly to each other. Kudos to the happy couple. Next to them, I see Cliff and Ann arguing for the probably the 10th time this evening. It's not like they're really arguing, they're just poking at each other for fun. Then, my eyes fall on the couple weaving through the crowd. Karen and Jack.
With eyes only for each other, they waltz around the room. Jack gently spins Karen, who spins gracefully into his arms. She looks at him lovingly, and kisses him softly.
I turn my face away from them, letting go of the ice-encrusted doorknob. I grab it once more, making sure the door was closed. When I heard the familiar click of a closing door, I took my hand off of the knob. I lean against the smooth wood, and sink to the snow-covered ground. I can feel tears running down my cheeks, neck, and my shattered heart.
I promised not to cry. I'm not gonna cry. I won't cry over him. But why do the tears still run?
With shaky resolve, I get up and wipe the tears from my eyes. There's no point in crying now is there? The wind rushes through the trees, which envelopes me in the chill of winter. It makes its way towards the ocean, leaving me in its path. I look at the starlit sky and watch the snowflakes drift lazily to earth.
The stars are beautiful tonight. Tonight is the Star Night Festival, when the stars shine their brightest on the darkest day of the year. Personally I thought it was odd. Winter 24th was supposedly the darkest day of the year and yet it was the night that the stars shone their brightest. Maybe that only happens here. It's also Christmas Eve, the day our Savior was born, a time of gift giving and love towards your fellow man.
Love.
I loathe the feeling and yet I yearn for it at the same time. Of course I am loved by my family and friends, but.... I want someone to love me, like, like... the way Kai loves Popuri. Or the way Cliff loves Ann, or the way Gray loves Mary, or the way a man loves a woman. But this is foolish thinking, no man could love me like that.
Yeah, yeah, I know. You'd probably say that there are millions of guys to choose from; I just have to find one. Or maybe you'd say that there's someone out there for me, I just have to wait till he comes along. Or maybe you'd say that I'm young and I've got my whole life ahead of me. Well guess what? I'm 18 years old and I still haven't found that man.
I've never been kissed.
I look at the solitary apple tree, standing amongst the barren fields. I wonder if I will be like that, alone. I used to climb that tree when I was little. I would sit in its branches when I wanted to be alone with my thoughts or to look at the stars. Jake didn't mind since he and Grandma were good friends. Memories of my childhood seeped through my mind, as I climbed up the snow-covered tree branches.
I reach the top and I contemplate my thoughts once more. Oh, you're probably wondering why I've never been kissed. Hmm. Someone once told me that there are different kinds of beauty that men are attracted to. I, on the other hand, don't fit any of these categories. Trust me on this. I've learned this from personal experience.
I don't know why I'm deemed as unattractive to guys. I know I'm not ugly, but I'm not as pretty as Karen. I can cook, but not as well as Ann. I'm smart but not as smart as Mary. Everyone thinks of me as a sweet person, but not as sweet as Popuri. Well, not as childish or naïve. Maybe it's a good thing that I'm not Popuri. She's my best friend, but at times..she's..she's really absent-minded. I don't understand how I manage to repel guys, I just do. I don't have a good explanation; it's just a fact of life that I've tried to accept.
Tried to.
Odd isn't it? I try to accept my fate and yet I end up rejecting it, hoping that I can change it.
I've fallen in love, but I ended up getting my heart crushed in the end. It just happened recently. I've tried to prevent myself from falling in love. But no matter how hard I try to avoid it, I end up falling. And this time, I'm afraid I've fallen too hard. I love him so much it hurts. I really thought he loved me. I guess I was wrong.
Again.
I sit in the crook of a snow-covered branch and lean against it. I look up at the starry sky and I see a shooting star! Maybe I should make a wish? Nah it wouldn't come true.
But it couldn't hurt to try.
I close my eyes and whisper to myself. "Star light, star bright, to this star I've seen tonight, wish I may, wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight."
I'm not telling you.
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If you didn't already know, this was Elli's p.o.v. Sorry if it's a little hard to follow!