Disclaimer: I do not own harvest moon or any of the characters. Natsume does. I just mess with their lives and then put them back where they belong.
Jack sighed as the sun shone through the single window. It was about 6:30 a.m. and he rolled onto his side as he thought of the news he had received the other day. His grandfather had left him the farm, so what was he going to do? Say sorry, my girlfriend left me, my parents kicked me out, and I lost my job, but since I love pain so much I will turn this wonderful opportunity down and regret it for the rest of my life? Not an option, besides, he was really close to his grandpa and used to visit him often.
"Better get up." He muttered, standing up and rubbing his eyes. Food was waiting on the table for him, and he gulped it down. It wasn't his favorite kind of food, just riceballs, but he was in no mood to be picky. He had stayed up late the other day trying to fix up the field a little bit. He yawned and smoothed out his jeans, he had better get to work. Several hours later, he had made a lot of progress and there was barely any weeds left, but there were still tree stumps and rocks all over to deal with. He sighed, and decided to go get some seeds. He didn't have that much money, and it would help to get an early start. He set out to the main market area, smiling at the children playing nearby the bakery shop.
"Hi welcome! My mother knows everything about vegetables so if you have a question, you should ask her!" A really beautiful girl greeted him when he walked in, and he marveled at her pink hair. She was wearing a black and red dress that looked nice on her, and a black headband.
"My names Jack." He said, extending his hand out to her, and she giggled and shook it. "I'm Popuri. It's really nice to meet you Jack, stop by again soon sometime." She brandished a watering can, and went out to the greenhouse behind the store. Smiling from his first meeting with a girl his age here, he walked over to the older looking women behind the small counter, grabbing two bags of turnip seeds as he approached her.
"That'll be $400." She said, and he counted it out and handed it to her.
"Thanks! Please be sure to come again." She said, a sunny smile lifting his spirits. He nodded and left the store, humming a song as he went, and the second he stepped outside, he could smell baking cakes coming from the bakery. His stomach growled at him, and he looked to see how much money he had left. Enough for a cake maybe. He walked inside the door, and was immediately greeted by a girl in a blue dress and a white apron. She had short sandy blond hair, and a pleasant smile.
"Hi, welcome to the bakery. All the cakes are from my grandma's recipe so their really good." She said, smiling at him. He returned her smile and cheered to himself, this place was crawling with beautiful girls all over the place. As he bought his cake and returned home, he had a thought that just maybe, this wouldn't be so bad.