Chapter Six: Drama
After reading Melody's letter Raguna felt deeply troubled. He hadn't meant for her to have grown such feelings towards him and he wasn't sure how he actually felt about that. Surely he had wanted to kiss her in all those moments they had, but he just wanted to remain friends with her. Why had he done this to himself?
It seemed lately that was all he seemed to be doing was kissing everyone around him. Well not everyone. He had liked Melody and he liked spending time with her and his other friends, but why was he ruining their friendship with certain actions he wasn't ready to commit to? Like what he did with Annette.
Raguna really regretted toying with her mind like that but like he thought he really had wanted to kiss her in that moment. He had meant to kiss everyone he had in the last couple of days. Everyone except the one he truly had wanted to kiss but was afraid. Afraid of himself and the overwhelming affection for the girl who was unattainable to him.
To be truthful though he had feelings for all these girls who lived in Trampoli with him and he wasn't really sure what each of these feelings meant. Everyone was sending him mixed signals and he just needed to figure out what to do from here on out, but to be careful of not hurting anyone deeply on the way.
"Sure hearts will be broken, mine included probably. But I just want to see how everyone feels about me. I can't be the only one who feels like this?" Raguna thought deeply to himself as sat at his kitchen table gently putting down Melody's letter.
He knew however that Melody was just a friend to him. He didn't want to ruin that friendship with a relationship that probably wouldn't work out in the end.
Raguna had so much work that he needed to make up on. He looked to the clock that hung over the fireplace and saw that it was close to one o'clock in the afternoon. He still had time for everything he needed to do.
He wouldn't respond to Melody's letter just yet. Raguna knew that needed to be done in person, but when was still a matter at hand.
So with that all out of the way, Raguna got up, stretched, and walked over to his forge and grabbed a couple of his extra iron on hand for Ganesha.
Remembering that Bianca also wanted him to make her dinner he went outside to his garden and picked up the necessary ingredients. The sun was blazing hot outside so when Raguna had gone back inside he felt an immediate rush of cold air on his body.
After he was done cooking, he set out for Ganesha's Blacksmith.
Upon knocking and entering her little shop he noticed that she was no where to be seen.
"Ganesha?" Raguna called out for her.
No response.
"Ganesha! I got your letter asking about the extra iron! Hello?" He called out for her again taking a few steps inside and looking around the dark interior.
Again no response.
Maybe she went out to mine some for herself? He thought when he finally noticed a note on her forge.
"Went out to the Lava Ruins, should be back before night fall. Leave a note of whatever you need done and I should get back to you in a couple days." - Ganesha
Oh great now he felt bad. She had really needed that iron and he took forever on getting back to her. Raguna wiped the sweat off of his forehead, rubbed his eyes and sighed. He then dropped the sack of iron for her by the door hoping she would notice it when she got home.
Raguna made sure the door was shut on his way out. As he turned around to start walking down the steps he almost crashed right into Marco on his way home.
"Oh Marco! I'm sorry I didn't see you there." Raguna said while trying to right himself and keep Marco from stumbling down the stone steps.
"Oh hi Raguna." Marco said with a hushed voice.
When Raguna stopped what he was doing he finally took a look and saw Marco's face. The young boy usually always had a cheerful smile and his eyes would shine mischievously. However today he had the most unpleasant frown and the air around him seemed downcast.
Raguna knelt down to Marco to put his hand under his chin and lift his head.
"Hey buddy what's wrong?"
He seemed so prideful and embarrassed like he did not want to be seen by anyone let alone be talked to. He backed away from Raguna and hung his head low, his bandana almost falling off his head.
"I don't really want to talk about it Raguna..." Marco said.
Raguna didn't really want to leave him alone in this kind of mood and Ganesha was off in the Lava Ruins and wouldn't get home till late at night.
"I know you don't feel like talking about it now, but if you did you would probably feel better sooner you know? I think I know what this is about."
Marco's eyes light up straight to Raguna's and blushed.
"You don't know anything! I don't even LIKE Candy!" He yelled.
"Okay! I didn't say that you did though Marco. I know that this has to deal with Ryan though. What exactly happened today?"
Marco started pushing around a rock with his foot not making any eye contact with Raguna.
"Candy and I were playing by the pond when Ryan came around...Candy started talking to him and completely ignored me. They didn't even try to include me and Ryan just kept sneaking looks at me. I didn't like it." Marco's fists clenched.
"Marco you didn't hit him did you?" Raguna said to him. Raguna didn't know how else to ask him but he wanted to try to be careful with that he said to Marco to not upset him further.
"No I didn't Raguna. But I won't lie. I really wanted to though. He is trying to steal Candy away from me! She is my only friend and I-" He stopped talking and his face just kept getting redder by the minute.
"So I had Torte creep up behind Ryan and flap his wings and quack loudly! It really scared Ryan and Candy turned around and told me she never wanted to see me again. That really hurt my feelings so I went home. When I turned around she was trying to help Ryan calm down and didn't even look upset." Marco looked like he wanted to cry. "Ahh young love," thought Raguna
"Awe I'm really sorry that happened Marco, but that wasn't really nice of you to do that to Ryan. He is new here and doesn't have any friends. Candy knows that and is trying to be a friend to him. I think you should too. Maybe you should tell Candy your feelings about this as well?"
Marco's face again lit up in a frenzy.
"Hah! Me tell Candy? Pfffft. I understand that I should be nicer to Ryan and if I was in his shoes I would want somebody to be on my side to help. Not that I would need it. Thank Raguna for listening to me. Tomorrow I will say sorry Ryan, but I'm not sure how things will go with Candy."
Marco wiped his face on his arm and punched Raguna on the side of his shoulder. "Goodnight Raguna see yah tomorrow!"
Raguna couldn't help but smile at the boy.
When Marco went inside his home Raguna walked down to the plaza and sat down on a bench. Today felt like a good day. The wind gently blew across his face and the weather was just right, not too hot, not to chilly. No one was outside except for him and Danny who was cat calling for people to come to see his wares. That made Raguna shake his head with shame gleefully.
Thinking about wares Raguna had the perfect idea of a gift for Mist and Stella for helping him out when he got sick. For Lara he had something bigger planned however.
He walked up to Rosetta's store and rushed inside when he saw Danny start rushing towards him with his arms wailing.
"I"LL REMEMBER THIS RAGUNAAAA!" He yelled from outside.
Raguna knew he wasn't really that upset with him for shopping at Rosetta's. He hoped *gulp*
"Why hello! If it isn't Raguna coming to my store on such a lovely day. I hope you are buying something because I'm not in the mood for window shoppers today." Rosetta said to him with a wink from behind the counter dusting the shelves.
"Oh don't you worry I was actually looking to buy some fresh flowers." He said while fumbling with turnip seed packets. Rosetta perked up and almost fell off her stool.
"Flowers? What, *ahem* Do you need flowers for? Who I mean?" Dang was she ever noisy.
"Oh for Mist.." He teased her while batting his eyelashes like he was in love.
"Mist!" She said. Her face growing red.
"...and Stella. I just wanted to thank them for helping me the other day. If it wasn't for Mist I probably wouldn't be standing here right now." He told her.
Rosetta visibly relaxed thought her eyes squinted in concern.
"Why what happened Raguna? Not overdoing it in those Ruins are you?"
"Well not exactly. It was silly really. I was tending to my garden when a monster got me with his sword and I got poisoned. I didn't think anything of it but when I got home I was very sick. Mist found me and took me to the hospital." He said to her while eating an apple he got on the shelf.
"Raguna! You need to watch out when your in there. Stock up on some antidotes so you'll always have them with you. By the way your paying for that apple." She said with a smile.
Raguna threw the apple core at her to throw it away. "...So about the flowers?"
"You do know that there is a garbage can right behind you right? And come take your pick of different types, I have some pretty ribbon they would both like wrapped with them."
He walked up to the counter and waited as Rosetta threw a bunch of combinations of flower arrangements at him. He wasn't really good at choosing so he had her pick.
"I think Mist would like these," She set aside a combo for her, "Stella does love Toy Herbs.."
A good while later Rosetta had picked and put together lovely arrangements for both Mist and Stella. "They are going to love them! Your so sweet Raguna." She said looking up at them while holding her creations. "I hope so. Thanks Rosetta you know your the best." He told her.
She smiled at him and handed the flowers over.
He gave her the money and a little extra for all the work she put into making them. She politely declined but he had insisted. She opened the cash register with a little ding! and deposited the money.
He winked at her and left the shop. When Raguna walked out of the shop with his flowers in hand he looked up to the blazing yellow sun and could tell it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon. Time was slowly escaping Raguna and he would need to hurry to the church if he wanted to make it on time before Stella headed on out to the bar at six. He knew it could definitely make it on time, but things always seemed to pop up out of no where and before he knew it he was off doing something entirely else of what he wanted to do. Someone always needed his help.
Raguna thought he should go the short cut way and go past Melody's bath house, but he was too afraid of her seeing him and he wasn't quite ready for that talk yet.
So he started walking down towards the plaza and saw Eunice hanging some laundry by the inn.
"Hi Eunice, how's your day going?" He called up to her.
She turned around while shaking off some wet white towels.
"Oh hello Raguna! I'm doing fine and you?" She inquired.
She seemed rather busy and didn't want to be disturbed but she was too polite to say anything to him.
"Oh you know the usual. Talk to you later." He told and started walking towards his home.
"Bye!" She said and turned around to finish hanging her laundry.
As he got nearer to his house he could see Mist overlooking his field. He couldn't help but laugh to himself as he saw her admiring the turnips he had planted a while ago. That girl and her turnips.
Mist suddenly turned around and looked at Raguna having been alerted to his presence by him chuckling.
"I'll be looking forward to those turnips later Raguna!" She said with a smile.
Does that mean I'll have to give some to her now? He thought. He smiled back at her not saying anything.
He went up to her and gave her one of the bouquets, "Here Mist, these are for you. Its just a way of saying thanks for saving me the other night. I don't know what would have happened to me if it wasn't for you."
Mist looked up at Raguna with those day dreamy eyes and that bright closed lip smile of hers.
"Oh Raguna you didn't have to do this for me."
"Yes I did."
Raguna bent down a little to give her a friendly but sweet lingering kiss on her cheek.
"Awe Raguna. Your so generous!" She blushed.
Raguna smiled and said, "Those turnips should be done in a couple days, so when they're ready to be harvested I'll come by and drop some off for you."
"Okay *giggle* thanks Raguna." She told him and started walking up the hill he just came from.
"No, thank you!" He yelled so she could hear him.
He watched her walk away and was hypnotized by the swaying of her blue and white dress. Also the way the sunlight captured her figure really made her look beautiful..
He was lucky to have her as a close friend.
To be continued.
A/N
Okay I know I haven't updated this in a while but I'm back!
