Heeey guys! So I started writing chapter 3, then turned it into an unfinished concept for a later chapter. Now I'm writing this new version of Chapter 3! YAY! So, enjoy!

Chapter 3: Spring, Stories of Seasons Changing

She had disappeared again. Of course. She never stayed long. Well that was a lie, she had, but not this time apparently.

Bones sighed. It'd been a month or so.

Well, that's okay. He'd be okay. He could handle another 3 months or so. That WAS usually how long she'd be gone. 4-6 months. Still, it was just not the same without the energetic girl.

Well, until he saw her.

Huh. Yay!

There she was, she was apparently able to fix her hair before he saw her. There was one detail off about her.

She was staring at literally everything in awe.

Oh, that's right. When she disappeared, it was still winter. Now it was spring.

That's right, the author forgot that important detail. Dang, sorry guys. Should've told ya this took place in winter before now. In February, in case you were wondering. It's March right now, for those who aren't reading this chapter as soon as it came out.

Bones stared at Natallia who stared at the ground and the trees. Wow. She was just.. Wow. This was entertaining as hell. Has she not looked out the window since she disappeared? Pffft… wow.

Natallia then noticed him.

She walked over casually.

"Wow. I really need to stop doing that. It's freaking spring now." Natallia remarked, referring to the disappearing she did.

"Yeah, seriously, I was worried you'd be gone for another 5 months, yip yip." Bones replied. Natallia suddenly had a thought. A morbid one at that.

"If someone murdered me and threw my corpse into the ocean, would anyone even notice? Or would they just think I was gone again until years later when I never come back?"

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(PLAYER POV)

I snickered. I knew I was going to add that quote in the story. I'd said it while I was actually playing and not typing out this chapter. I'd decided then I would add that quote to this chapter. I'd achieved my goal.

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(CHARACTER POV)

Bones stayed silent. "Thanks, now the next time you disappear I'll be stressed." Natallia chuckled. "Sorry!"

They stood in comfortable silence until Natallia finally spoke. "Man, the sunset is nice."

Bones looked at it too. "Yeah, I was thinking the same thing earlier. It kinda looks like a big, juicy orange." Bones grinned, remembering his love for food. What can he say, flavor is awesome.

"Yeah, a giant orange in the sky that will blind you if you look at it for too long." Natallia stated sarcastically. Bones chose to ignore this.

"We should eat oranges while watching the sunset." Bones grinned ecstatically at his idea. But, he couldn't get hold of an orange. The only orange trees in town belonged to the other human that lived here. Natallia, however grinned at this. "Stay right here."

Bones watched her dash away. He watched her, her form growing smaller and smaller in the distance, until she jumped off the cliff and landed in a tree. He hoped. He couldn't really see where she landed, but he knew she'd be fine. Geez, what is with that girl and jumping off cliffs lately?

She returned a few minutes later with 6 oranges.

"DID YOU STEAL THOSE?!" Bones screeched, worried they'd be arrested.

"Pfft, no! I have a little orchid over by my house. Couple trees by my house, and a small orchid next to a cliff. The other guy isn't the only one with fruit."

"Then how come I've never seen this?" Bones asked. Natallia shrugged. "I guess most of the time the oranges aren't there. I sell em' to Nook. Gotta pay off my debt somehow." Natallia then had a thought. "Although, they should've been there while I was gone, you should've seen them…"

Bones shuddered. "Actually, it makes perfect sense. I, uh, usually avoid that part of town while you're gone. Makes me feel kinda lonely without you there."

Natallia grinned mischievously. "What, you care about me or something?"

Bones's expression wa blank. "Yeah? I do, yip yip."

Natallia cracked up. Little did Bones know, she was making a Steven Universe reference, to An Indirect Kiss. Bones watched as she started crying a little as she collapsed onto the ground. "S-sorry, thats a r-reference tha-at yo-u didn't get!"

Little did Bones know, he walked right into this.

"Well, okay then." He chuckled a bit along with her. Her laughter was kinda contagious for him. After a bit, she calmed down and handed him an orange. They watched the sunset and ate oranges, and to be honest it was a magical experience.

Was it the sunset? The oranges? Or maybe each other?

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Probably the second one.

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Sorry, that was an inside joke between me and my brother. It was actually all of the above, really.

Well, I don't know what else to say. Sorry this was kinda short?

*Disclaimer, I don't own Animal Crossing or Steven Universe. If I owned Animal Crossing, why would I write a fanfiction about my own series? If I owned Steven Universe, I'd be helping with the animation so I could watch more episodes. Obviously.