Disclaimer: No I do not own the characters of Harvest moon, sadly. But, I do own the Game boy game! And it is fun.

A/N

Hello peoples and welcome to chapter three of Awaited Letters. I am so sorry that it took me forever to update. I really feel I am disappointing all my reviewers. I will at least update ever month, no later than that. Just school has been hectic and I also have other things, like my ultra time consuming babysitting job, or my extra curricular activities. I am no less than a perfectionist. (I have just revealed one of my "Very" bad points.) Everything has to be perfect or else it can't be posted on fan-fiction. Sadly enough, most of my stories are not perfect. Anyway, enough of my babbling—I sound like Manna—please enjoy this chapter of Awaited Letters.

See you at the end of the chapter!

kisa-chan-2006

Awaited Letters, Chapter Three

A Letter of Astonishment

Popuri sat behind the register, tapping her index finger on the hollow wood. She was growing impatient. When was Rick finally going to get here and take over for her. She had other things to do besides sit here and drum her fingers on the counter, impatiently waiting for a customer to walk in. Things like, Check the mail—mail was a first priority in her mind—Get Kai's letter—another "first Priority"—Write back to him—yet another one—and spend the rest of the day hanging out at the beach with Ann and Mary, chatting about the most common subject shared between teenage girls—boys.

As she sat there humming a lazy tune, she closed her eyes and exhaled a love-sick sigh.

"I wonder what his present is…" She whispered to no one in person.

The scattered noise the bells made while hanging on the door knob , startled her out of the dreamy state she had been preoccupied with. Straightening her dress, she plastered a fake smile on her face and sat up straight. (She didn't want the customers thinking she was lazy…even though she wasn't lazy…at all.)

Fortunately for her, it was only Harris the Policeman/Mailman.

She stopped herself in her tracks…Harris was the Mailman…why was he here unless they had mail. Jumping excitedly out of her chair, she stumbled across the room, knocking over a bucket of eggs in the process. Glancing over her shoulder at the mess of eggs, she decided to clean it up "After" she read and replied to the letter.

Eyes gleaming, she ran over to the table where he was sorting piles of junk mail. Swaying from side to side, she stood there smiling until he finally fished a white envelope out of the humongous pile of mail.

She snatched it from his hands and quickly proceeded in ushering him outside into the front yard, once he was outside she shouted

"Thank you!"

Then she slammed the door abruptly in his face.

Anticipation filled her eyes as she locked the door—Rick could survive—and plopped herself down on the couch. Eying the letter closely—it was just a plain envelope…nothing fancy—she giggled a bit and neatly ripped the letter open with her fingernail, and began to read.

Dear Popuri,

I'm so sorry I didn't write sooner, my boss decided I was in the way so he sent me off on a fishing boat for a week, so I didn't have a chance to mail this off.

Anyway, how the heck did Karen manage to get Rick drunk? I was always told—by him of course—that he was the "pro" at holding his alcohol. Guess not. I personally think he should get a job being a drinker; he sure would get paid a heck of a lot more than I do.

That's a totally crazy idea, I think he should go for it, he's got some raw talent and he needs to use it wisely. Just kissing!

Awww…Popuri, you're so adorable sometimes—scratch that, all of the time!

I will always think you are pretty, with or without a tan. Besides, girls with tans aren't always the most……beautiful women around. Trust me, you don't want to know all the itty bitty details…it's disgusting Well…most of them are pretty but the ones with the "Artificial" tans are gross. Yuck…which where I live is most of the population.

Anyways, the fur coats are pretty comfortable…only when it's really cold or it snows though. I'm warning you; don't wear one past the month of February. I don't want a hard-boiled girlfriend—for your sake and mine. (By the way, I'm speaking from my own experiences about the whole "Hard-boiled" thing.)

So has anything interesting happened since you wrote last? Things have been pretty dull around here. The most interesting thing that has been pretty recent since I got your letter was when the boss lost his glasses. He made all of us do a search until we found them.

Turns out, after six hours of searching non-stop for his glasses they were on the top of his head and he forgot they were there. It was totally hilarious.

Nothing else has happened though.

Okay, no for the really good part of the letter. Well…depends if you think it's good or not I guess.

Popuri…considering we've been together for a long time...uh...I've been wondering.

Would you mind if I moved to Mineral town…forever. I really can't take it up here…just all of the constant money worries and stuff…plus I need to be closer to you. Okay…that sounded really corny…I'm sorry.

But I really hope you don't mind or anything, but I am already packing my bags. I will be leaving in two weeks so I will arrive just in time for the Full Moon festival.

I promise I will give you your present when I get to Mineral Town, but things have been pretty hectic with packing and work and other stuff.

Well, I really hope your brother will forgive me for moving…but just maybe we might have a chance to become friends.

Maybe…

Anyway, here is that picture I told you about. He looked funnier in person but this is the best I could do!

You can show it to Ann or to anyone you like. It's meant to be funny. It sure did make me laugh. Well, I hope this wasn't too much of a shock for you…he-he.

I have to go, so I love you and I will see you really soon. Can't wait to see you!

Love you,

Kai

P.S. Don't forget, you owe me Milk and cookies BIG TIME, and maybe a date or two,

He-he.

Love you.

Floods of kisses

Kai

My eyes wide in shock I blinked a few tears back. Oh my, gosh…I had to prepare…I should go tell Ann or maybe I should reply. My mind was flooding with thoughts and I couldn't decide. The only thing I could think of was "He's coming to stay forever."

A/N

Well…was it good? Was it bad? Personally I don't think it's one of my best chapters ever…but you guys know how much I tend to give myself Self criticism .

Well…I will try to update WAY sooner than last time!

So be ready for the next chapter!

I don't really know if I'm going to have a happy ending or a sad ending so it's kind of up to you guys. When you review just put in with your review if you want it to be a "sad" ending or a "happy" ending.

That way I can tally up the votes and leave it up to my reviewers what they want for the ending.

Well, see you guys in the next chapter!

A very humble thank you to my lovely reviewers!

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