Hey so when I saw that there was no Saint Patrick's Day in Animal Crossing I decided to write this. Enjoy! Also a quick reminder, this story takes place during Animal Crossing City Folk.
Chapter 7: Lovesick, Stories Of Her Irish Heartbeat
It was a typical day so far. Everything was right. Until she came.
"SERIOUSLY?! YA FOOKERS DUN' CELEBRATE IRISH DAY 'ROUND THESE PARTS?!"
There she was, screeching in a horribly imitated accent about… Irish day?
"Natallia, calm down.." He reasoned with her, hoping that the out of towners who came for this day of the talent show wouldn't hear her and think she's insane.
"Fine, fine, but ye arseholes seriously don't know 'bout Irish Day?" She said, still a bit loudly, and still in her accent.
"Yeah, no. I have no clue what you're talking about, yip yip." Bones responded, confused.
"Irish Day?" She asked, dropping the accent that he realized was supposed to be irish. He gave her a blank stare, raised his ear, and cocked his head to the side.
"Saint Patrick's Day?" She questioned, using the real name of the holiday this time hoping it would ring a bell.
It didn't, as he still held the same expression.
She sighed. "The day where you have to wear green or people will pinch you?" Bones's ears shot up in realization. "OH!"
She facepalmed. "Wait, that's today?" He questioned.
"Yeah, am I the only one with a fookin' calendar?" She asked, horrendous irish accent returning. Bones chose that moment to realize sweet, innocent Natallia…
Was repeatedly cursing with a horrible accent.
His face must have gave his thoughts away, because she had a smug smirk on her face. "What?" She asked, smugly, dropping the accent once more.
"Nothing, it's just.. I'm not used to hearing you curse." He told her, still shocked. "Heh, sorry, I just watch too much Jacksepticeye so I associate irish accents with curse words now." She explained. "I actually curse a lot, just not really around you much.. It reminds me of the dream I had today actually. I think I cursed like, three times.." She trailed off.
"What was the dream about?" Bones asked curiously. "Uh, you don't want to know."
"What? Yes I do! Tell me!" He pressed. She sighed. "You sure you want to know?" She asked. "YES." He answered.
"You broke through my window, I think I had a Death Note, uh, you had an orange addiction, pretty sure I framed someone, I think I accidentally confe-.. Nevermind that, um, OH, Carmen came to visit.." Natallia tried to recall the details of her oddly vivid dream. Bones stared at her with pure confusion on his face.
Little did he know, she remembered every last detail of the dream, she was just pretending she didn't so Bones wouldn't question her any further and think she was insane.
...
"WHAT was the last thing you said?" Bones asked, after finally calming down from his panic attack.
"Okay, I have a confession to make. I'm secretly in love with you." She told the dream-version of her crush.
"..." He was silent. Until..
"HI, SECRETLY IN LOVE WITH YOU! I'M BONES DOGFACE MCGEE!" She facepalmed as everyone in town, excluding Carmen of course, yelled out "OOOHHHHH!"
"Bones seriously I love you." She told him. "... Wrong number."
"What? You're standing right there." The human informed him.
"Wrong address." He replied.
"What?"
"Leave a message after the beep." The dog told her. She waited.
"Beeeeepppp…" He mimicked the noise an answering machine would make. "Hey, Bones, this is Natallia and I love you."
Bones stopped for a second to assess the situation. "... Message deleted."
…
Bones blinked. "Yeah, you're right, that's pretty weird."
"Told ya so. What did you dream about?" Natallia decided to ask him.
"Well, I think that there was an ice cream eating competition, and I won, and then you sang me a song about eating ice cream while wearing a dress that looked like a cherry on top of a sundae!" He recalled excitedly. "Of course you did. Why not?" Natallia replied, trying to hide the jealousy of having a normal dream from her voice.
"Soooo… the talent show is soon!" He said, excited to see what Natallia had in store. "Yep, be right back I need to do something."
…
For the next hour and a half leading up to the talent show, irish jig music played from speakers a certain human placed in the trees until everyone finally got the hint to look at their calendars. Next thing you know, everyone is wearing green.
…
Bones sat excitedly, waiting for the talent show to start. He had no doubt it would be amazing.
Groucho and a few others were eliminated, unfortunately for them, although evil pun haters rejoiced over the bear's elimination. So far the judges liked Aurora and Purrl's reenactments of Frozen the best. They were doing a different scene each week. Although, Bones had little doubt that the judge's opinions would be changed after Natallia's second performance.
Dogs were loyal, after all.
Finally, after the other human's impressive magic act, Savanah's target shooting, and a few more, Natallia was up next.
She walked out, wearing another custom dress and her four leafed clover in her hair as not to get pinched. The dress was a lot simpler, and probably didn't take a long time to make. It was black, with white embroidery, and a red heart where her real heart also was beneath her skin.
"An Undertale reference no doubt.." The dog mused. Although he knew Natallia well enough to know an Undertale reference was surely not the only reason for the dress design.
Natallia spoke nervously. "Uh, hi again everyone! Robin, Purrl, Bones, everyone else I know that I'm too lazy to name right now, all the out of towners, my awesome mom and my awesome brother! So. Um. Still don't know what to say at the beginning. I hope that you all.. CLOVE my performance!" She smiled at her stupid pun, gesturing to her four leafed clover in case her joke wasn't obvious enough. Some laughed, others groaned.
"But really, I.. HEART the fact you're all here today!" She gestured to the heart on her dress with a stupid grin.
"Sorry, not sorry. And I know you're all probably sick of romance songs, but trust me, the genre of the music I sing won't be all.. BLACK AND WHITE for long!" She did some stupid jazz hands and no gestures, knowing the color scheme to her dress was obvious enough.
A bit more of the audience was groaning now, but a decent portion still laughed. There was a black cat from out of town laughing as if it was the funniest thing he'd ever heard, while his friend was facepalming, sick of the constant puns constantly invading her life. (Subtle Miraculous Ladybug reference)
"Okay, okay, I'll stop now. Anyway, today I'll be performing Heartbeat Song, I hope you enjoy." She said, a bit more nervously.
"This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it! Been so long I forgot how to turn it up up up up all night long, oh up up all night long!"
The song started with its chorus. The beat then picked up.
"You, where the hell did you come from? You're a different, different kind of fun. And I'm so used to feeling numb."
"Now, I got pins and needles on my tongue. Anticipating what's to come, Like a finger on a loaded gun."
The beat sped up more.
"I can feel it rising, Temperature inside me, Haven't felt it for a long time.."
The chorus hit again, in full swing this time.
"This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it! Been so long I forgot how to turn it up up up up all night long,Oh up up all night long! This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it! Turn it on, But I know you can take it up up up up all night long, Oh up up all night long!"
The beat slowed again.
"I, I wasn't even gonna go out. But I never would have had a doubt, If I had known where I'd be now."
The beat sped back up.
"Your hands on my hips, And my kiss on your lips, And I could do this for a long time!"
This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it! Been so long I forgot how to turn it up up up up all night long! Oh, up up all night long! This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it! Turn it on, But I know you can take it up up up up all night long, Oh up up all night long!
The beat stayed the same but the pitch of Natallia's singing changed.
"Until tonight I only dreamed about you, I can't believe I ever breathed without you! Baby you make me feel alive and brand new! Bring it one more time, one more time!"
Most of the background music stopped, leaving mostly only Natallia's sweet voice.
"This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it, Been so long I forgot how to turn it up up up up all night long, Oh up up all night long!
The beat picked up again.
"This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it, Turn it on, But I know you can take it up up up up all night long, Oh up up all night long!"
"This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it! Been so long I forgot how to turn it up up up up all night long, Oh up up all night long! This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it! Turn it on, But I know you can take it up up up up all night long, Oh up up all night long!"
Natallia bowed about 2 seconds after the song finished. Everyone applauded and cheered. "Thank you people of Lavryn! Oh, and, um, out of towners too! THANK YOU EVERYBODY!" She called enthusiastically. "Well, okay then, thanks, I love you, bye!" She closed her act cutely and left backstage.
After Natallia got her phone back from her brother, she once again made sure the act was recorded so she could remember these wonderful times (And make sure she didn't suck), she congratulated him on his own act and went back into the crowd. She gave hugs to her steadily growing fan base, got a high five and gave an autograph to the pun-loving cat, got plenty of congratulations from her friends, and finally got to Bones.
"Man, you were awesome out there again!-" Before Bones could go off on a rant about how awesome Natallia's performance was and she could get embarrassed again, she cut him off. "Thank you, I really appreciate it, but I just came to tell you that I'm going to visit at my parent's house with my brother and I'm going to be out of town after the show." She told him. "... Oh. Okay. Will you be back for the rest if the talent show?" He asked, nervous this was her last performance.
"What? No, I'm only staying there overnight! I'll be back in time for my next performance, don't worry." She told the dog. He sighed in relief. "Wait, why are you visiting with your parents all of a sudden? Not that I'm against it, just curious." He asked.
"Cuz' it's Irish Day, would YE miss out on yer' mum's homemade cornbeef?" She asked, accent returning. Bones laughed, this catching him off guard.
"Now come on, let's enjoy the rest of this talent show."
…
Little did Natallia know, however, her mom forgot to put the corn beef in the crock pot before she left the house. So, the feast was postponed until tomorrow. But it was okay, that just meant Natallia had to come back to her childhood home again tomorrow.
Did someone ask for a longer chapter? BAM! I'm 80 percent sure this is longer! Happy Saint Patrick's day, everyone!
*Disclaimer, Welcome back everyone! In the red corner we have Animal Crossing, Saint Patrick's Day,YouTube, and Jacksepticeye! And in the blue corner we have Undertale, Frozen, Heartbeat Song, Irish Jig music, and Miraculous Ladybug. Now lets see what I own the least! Ready? FIGHT!
Oh, wait, a tie. Darn.
