Curtain opens, anime26angel appears
anime26angel: ^_^ I'm sooo happy! Thank you, all of you for reviewing my fic! I'm sooo happy!!! ^_^ (practically squeezes the life out of the reviews, in a giant bear hug) ahem '_' (lets go of suffocating reviews)..Gomen!....here's chapter 4!
Tama-chan (the dog) comes flying in, lands on anime26angel's head
Anime26angel: Hmm? What is it?
(Zombie lawyer pops in, NATSUME, labeled across his chest)
AIEEE!!!!! I FORGOT!!!
(Grabs pitchfork and fends off zombie lawyer)
I DON'T OWN HARVEST MOON!!!! SO PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!!!!
(Zombie lawyer falls apart. Tama-chan flies off and brings back a broom, sweeping the remains of the zombie lawyer.)
sigh
thanks Tama-chan! Jack's p.o.v., enjoy!
Curtain closes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I closed my eyes and began singing a song that I heard in my childhood. One summer when I was 8 or 9, I visited my ojíisan on his farm. Jill couldn't come with me, since she caught the stomach flu.
On one hot summer afternoon, I decided to take a nap under the apple tree. I was awakened by the singing of a girl, who was around my age. Her song was cut short by the cracking of the branch she was sitting on. She came tumbling down, and I was the cushion that broke her fall.
When I had awakened from my state of unconsciousness, she apologized for falling on me. After I accepted her apology, we played and watched the sunset on Mother's Hill. As we made our way to the farm, she began singing the song she sang in the tree. She decided to teach it to me, and by the time we entered the farm, I knew the melody by heart.
Her parents were waiting at the farm, shaken with worry. The little girl told me earlier that she left her home because she was afraid that her parents would be mad at her for breaking a vase. My ojíisan prevented her from being yelled at by saying that, that, that? Funny isn't it? I can remember all of this information, but I can't remember that little girl's name! Well he said she was playing with me, and that she was okay.
After she left, I began singing the song the little girl told me as I set the table for dinner. Ojíisan said the name of the song was whispers in the moonlight. He told me that was the song that was played at Ojíisan's and Obasan's wedding. Obasan died due to leukemia, shortly after I was born. Ojíisan ruffled my hair and began to hum.
I don't remember the words anymore, but after all these years, I still remember the melody. I also remember the last time I saw that little girl. After our first meeting, we continued to play with each other until I had to go back home. On the day of my departure, I was sad that I had to leave my friend, but I promised that I would come back to visit.
And I haven't seen her since.
Yet I have always wondered what happened to that little girl. I wonder if she's still in this town. I asked Karen about it once, and she told me she didn't know that Ojíisan had a grandson until I came to town. I thought Karen would be the girl I promised. I think she had-
Suddenly, I heard the crack of a branch from the apple tree! I ran towards it, hoping to catch whoever was in the tree. I was just in time to catch the person, but I wasn't able to prevent myself from ramming into the tree. I fell backward, losing my hat in the process, with the tree branch falling on my head.
"Jack! Are you alright?"
"Elli?"
When the world came into focus, I saw her. Elli. She was wearing a blue winter jacket with matching gloves, jeans, boots, and a light blue turtleneck. Her hair was in disarray, the auburn locks framing her round face, flushed from the cold. Her eyes, illuminated by the moonlight and the millions of stars overhead, were filled with worry.
I knew I could drown forever, just by looking into her eyes. Her soft bro-
"Jack!"
"Um......"
"Are you alright? How hard did that branch hurt you? Does your head feel numb?" The nurse in her taking over, she began running her fingers through my hair, checking for bruises or cuts from the tree branch. I kinda enjoyed it. Satisfied that my head wasn't cut open, but dismayed when she felt a bruise forming on my head, she checked for cuts or bones I might have broken from ramming my face into the tree trunk.
As she continued to inspect my face, I noticed her face was mere inches from mine. My eyes scanned her face, from her creased brow to her lips. Soft pink lips. She finished her inspection, but continued to hold my face in her hands, hers only an inch away.
My heart began to beat in a rapid pounding motion that could rip it from my chest cavity, feeling her warmth as she caressed my cold cheek with her thumb. She closed her eyes, slowly closing the gap between us.
Hearing the creak of a rusting door, she released her hands from my face, looking up at the person at the door.
Karen.
anime26angel: ^_^ I'm sooo happy! Thank you, all of you for reviewing my fic! I'm sooo happy!!! ^_^ (practically squeezes the life out of the reviews, in a giant bear hug) ahem '_' (lets go of suffocating reviews)..Gomen!....here's chapter 4!
Tama-chan (the dog) comes flying in, lands on anime26angel's head
Anime26angel: Hmm? What is it?
(Zombie lawyer pops in, NATSUME, labeled across his chest)
AIEEE!!!!! I FORGOT!!!
(Grabs pitchfork and fends off zombie lawyer)
I DON'T OWN HARVEST MOON!!!! SO PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!!!!
(Zombie lawyer falls apart. Tama-chan flies off and brings back a broom, sweeping the remains of the zombie lawyer.)
sigh
thanks Tama-chan! Jack's p.o.v., enjoy!
Curtain closes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I closed my eyes and began singing a song that I heard in my childhood. One summer when I was 8 or 9, I visited my ojíisan on his farm. Jill couldn't come with me, since she caught the stomach flu.
On one hot summer afternoon, I decided to take a nap under the apple tree. I was awakened by the singing of a girl, who was around my age. Her song was cut short by the cracking of the branch she was sitting on. She came tumbling down, and I was the cushion that broke her fall.
When I had awakened from my state of unconsciousness, she apologized for falling on me. After I accepted her apology, we played and watched the sunset on Mother's Hill. As we made our way to the farm, she began singing the song she sang in the tree. She decided to teach it to me, and by the time we entered the farm, I knew the melody by heart.
Her parents were waiting at the farm, shaken with worry. The little girl told me earlier that she left her home because she was afraid that her parents would be mad at her for breaking a vase. My ojíisan prevented her from being yelled at by saying that, that, that? Funny isn't it? I can remember all of this information, but I can't remember that little girl's name! Well he said she was playing with me, and that she was okay.
After she left, I began singing the song the little girl told me as I set the table for dinner. Ojíisan said the name of the song was whispers in the moonlight. He told me that was the song that was played at Ojíisan's and Obasan's wedding. Obasan died due to leukemia, shortly after I was born. Ojíisan ruffled my hair and began to hum.
I don't remember the words anymore, but after all these years, I still remember the melody. I also remember the last time I saw that little girl. After our first meeting, we continued to play with each other until I had to go back home. On the day of my departure, I was sad that I had to leave my friend, but I promised that I would come back to visit.
And I haven't seen her since.
Yet I have always wondered what happened to that little girl. I wonder if she's still in this town. I asked Karen about it once, and she told me she didn't know that Ojíisan had a grandson until I came to town. I thought Karen would be the girl I promised. I think she had-
Suddenly, I heard the crack of a branch from the apple tree! I ran towards it, hoping to catch whoever was in the tree. I was just in time to catch the person, but I wasn't able to prevent myself from ramming into the tree. I fell backward, losing my hat in the process, with the tree branch falling on my head.
"Jack! Are you alright?"
"Elli?"
When the world came into focus, I saw her. Elli. She was wearing a blue winter jacket with matching gloves, jeans, boots, and a light blue turtleneck. Her hair was in disarray, the auburn locks framing her round face, flushed from the cold. Her eyes, illuminated by the moonlight and the millions of stars overhead, were filled with worry.
I knew I could drown forever, just by looking into her eyes. Her soft bro-
"Jack!"
"Um......"
"Are you alright? How hard did that branch hurt you? Does your head feel numb?" The nurse in her taking over, she began running her fingers through my hair, checking for bruises or cuts from the tree branch. I kinda enjoyed it. Satisfied that my head wasn't cut open, but dismayed when she felt a bruise forming on my head, she checked for cuts or bones I might have broken from ramming my face into the tree trunk.
As she continued to inspect my face, I noticed her face was mere inches from mine. My eyes scanned her face, from her creased brow to her lips. Soft pink lips. She finished her inspection, but continued to hold my face in her hands, hers only an inch away.
My heart began to beat in a rapid pounding motion that could rip it from my chest cavity, feeling her warmth as she caressed my cold cheek with her thumb. She closed her eyes, slowly closing the gap between us.
Hearing the creak of a rusting door, she released her hands from my face, looking up at the person at the door.
Karen.