Disclaimer: No I do not own Harvest moon or the short strip of lyrics from titanic!!!

A/N

Hello peoples, Okay, first of all, I really want to apologize to all of you guys. I'm really sorry I haven't updated in so long, and before anybody says anything, yes, I will be finishing this story. So here's a very short recap of why I haven't updated in so long. To put it bluntly, the hard drive on my computer crashed and so I had to replace it, which took forever. Plus, I'm an understudy for this ballet piece my school is doing and the girl I am understudying slipped and sprained her ankle, so I will now be taking her place for the Christmas show. It's a pain in the butt because it's hard to keep up with everything. Anyway, enough with my blabbering, this is the last chapter of this story, hope you enjoy!

kisa-chan-2006

Awaited Letters: chapter five

A Letter to end it all

It was finally the day Kai was coming back, and I was practically having a deadly asthma attack from the sheer anticipation I felt. Something told me I needed to calm down, but I couldn't, I had been waiting for this day for who knows how long.

Putting on a final layer of light pink lip gloss, Popuri stared forlornly at herself in the mirror. She breathed in a deep exited gulp of air, trying to calm herself down.

"Mary…do you think I need a bit more mascara? Maybe I need some eyeliner? Hmm…there's something missing…what do you think could be missing?"

Mary stepped into the room, show Popuri a confused look. "What do you mean 'something missing? I think you look pretty!"

Looking at her reflection once more, she dramatically shifted her gaze to where Mary was standing, who was holding one of her books in her hand. "But there is something missing, I know it! I know! I need some more blush! That will do the job perfectly!"

Before Popuri could get to the blush, Mary snatched it away, giving Popuri one of the most exasperated looks ever. "You don't need anything, you're pretty with or without makeup okay, and if you don't hurry up, you're going to miss the ferry."

A shocked look spread across Popuri's face like wildfire. "Oh My god, I'm going to be late. Sorry Mary, I'll come later to get my stuff, bye"

Jumping off of the tiny stool inn front of the vanity mirror, she slammed the door open and ran down the stairs, tripping all the way down. Opening the door, she closed it with such force that some of Basils flowers fell out of their vases and fell onto the floor, which caused a very distressing reaction by Basil.

Heels clicking on the heated pebble road, she ran as fast as she could towards the dock, her heart skipping beats in anticipation of seeing him again. Finally she reached Rose Square, gasping for a breath she could not manage to find, she walked along the creaky wooden staircase that led to the beach. Breathing in one last breath, she walked over to the pier, just in time to see the ferry coming closer and closer to its destination. Finally it pulled up towards the dock, opening the doors to inside of the ship.

She whispered quietly to herself as she made her way towards the ferry.

"He will be there…he will be there…oh god…please let him be here…"

She waited by the side, watching the few people step off of the ship and greet the people they were meeting, there was a visitor for the doctor, and some girl from the neighboring town, she said she was going to by the empty lot by the blacksmiths and make it into a house. She waited and soon enough somebody came out…but it wasn't who she expected. It was Kai's sister. Soon enough she singled Popuri out and walked over to her, carrying a letter in her hand.

Popuri felt hot boiling tears beginning to surface as Kai's sister came closer. When she reached Popuri she handed her the letter and a tear slipped down her face.

"I think he wanted you to have this…um…"

Before she could finish, Popuri stopped her and quietly said.

"What happened?"

His sister looked at the ground, a pained look overcoming the blank look that had accompanied her face when she first looked at Popuri.

"Before he got to the ferry…there…there was a...accident…the…I…I told the taxi driver to slow down…but Kai…he…"

My face grew hot with a feeling I have never felt before, there was a sharp immense pain overcoming my chest as I struggled to speak.

"Kai did what?" His sister stuttered and failed to speak what she was trying to say. Tears washed down Popuris' face as she grasped the other girls' shoulders and shouted, hot tears flying everywhere. "Damnit! Tell me, what did…what happened?"

His sister started crying and tried to say the words without stuttering.

"He didn't to be late so he…told the driver to speed up…it was raining and…they...we spun out of control….I…I told him to slow down! I really did…he…he just wouldn't listen to me."

I nodded my head slowly, slowly grasping her story. Slowly I whispered in a hoarse voice, letting go of the fierce grip I had on her shoulders. "What happened to him? Is he…"

She shook her head slowly, a feeling of relief slowly taking over me.

"I just supposed to say…he's not coming back…ever. He has a coma and we are having no luck in waking him up, I found this letter in his coat pocket, it was addressed to you…I have to go….I'm sorry."

She dropped the letter at my feet and coldly walked away, boarding the ferry. My knee's dropped to the ground as I sobbed, curling my body up on the gritty sand, I cried. Blistering tears of anguish leaking out of my eyes and slipping down my skin, leaving wet paths of salt where they had ran. I sobbed for hours until Ann and Cliff found me on the ground, crying out Kai's name in my sleep. Two day later I opened the letter, only to find a small blue feather enclosed in the envelope, with it was a little piece of paper with something written on it, this is what it said.

Dear Popuri,

In this letter, I have enclosed a blue feather. I hope you know how much you mean to me. I have been struggling to ask you this for a long time but I guess when you read this, all will be revealed. Popuri, to put it plainly, I love you, Popuri I love you more then I can express with words. I just hope you feel the same. My only question is…will…you marry me?

Awaiting your answer,

Kai

When I read this, I couldn't stop the tears and sorrow escape my heart in a flurried tidal wave if grief. I vowed to you I would never love another man, and I will continue to keep my word. I somehow knew this letter, would be the letter that was going to end it all.

Two years later

A grown up girl sat on the top o mothers hill, staring up at the clouds that passed by every few minutes, She hummed a little, singing a song that she learned from an old friend almost two years ago. Turning around, she was the exact image of her mother when she was that age. Turning around, she slowly made her way into the large field of flowers, picking more as she got deeper into the grass. Looking up from her bouquet of flowers she saw a person walking towards her into the field. It was her brother Rick, coming towards her with a very cross look on his face. Sighing loudly, she muttered incoherent things under her breath, most likely complaints of some sort. He came closer till he was almost standing in front of her nose. She blinked her eyelashes, giving him a questioning look as if to ask, "Why are you here?" It was then that he asked that same question, only out-loud.

He took a deep breath as if he was preparing to scream, 'or maybe he's trying to curb his anger?' She thought to herself. 'Well, whatever the matter, I guess I should at least listen to him…not that he makes much sense anyway…'

He cleared his throat making a clear sign that her wanted Popuri to keep all her attention on him. "What are you doing here Popuri?"

She shrugged her shoulders, giving him an innocent look, while plainly showing the bouquet of flowers to his eyes. "The question is dear brother, what are you doing here?"

He looked at her, eyes blank of emotion, he was getting angrier by the minute… 'I wonder why he's looking so cross…did something happen….'

Suddenly he grabbed her hand and tried to pull her through the tangle of grass and flowers. Growing frustrated, she whipped her hand away from his, giving him an angry glare. "You know Rick; it's really none of your business what I'm doing here in the first place. I am twenty-four; do I really need to make it clear that I don't need a babysitter?"

He brought his hands away from hers, and proceeded in rubbing his temples, while heaving out a huge breath of air. Stepping a little further away from her, he started to clench his fists, while taking in deep intakes of air. "Why don't you just come home and help run the farm? Since mom died, you haven't come over at all; you haven't even dropped by to say a "hello". I could really use your help you know; maybe you should consider this instead of lollygagging in a field full of flowers. I know what you're waiting for. It's not going to come back, you already know that."

Her face slowly turned red as a single tear slipped down her face.

"Rick you should leave…you have no right to tell me what I can and can't do anymore. I'm an adult; I will do as I please, without getting your permission first."

He grew angry as he almost shouted, taking her bouquet, he threw it on the grass, stepping on the delicate petals. "You should give up, he's gone, just except the facts Poppy, he's never coming back, and if he does, who says he'll love you anymore? You need to stop this immature act and actually get a grip on life. It's not all about romance."

She started to cry softly, picking up of what was left of the trampled flowers. She wiped the dirt from her hands off onto her skirt and wiped her eyes, accidentally leaving a small smudge of dirt right next to her left eye. "Just shut your mouth and leave, I don't need you bloody opinion. Let me ask you a question Rick. Did Karen love you at any moment in your life, besides these past two years?"

He evaded the question, as he walked out of the field, his face growing a dark red. Wiping his eyes he looked back at her and shouted at the top of his lungs. "If he ever comes back don't come to me crying if he breaks your hearts again!"

She walked over to the lake, looking at her disturbed reflection in the ripples. Sitting down on the soft green grass, she started to hum that familiar song.

"Near…far…wherever you are, I will always love you in my heart…"

Suddenly out of nowhere someone spoke quietly. "Where did you learn that song? Whoever you learned it from must have been deeply in love with you."

She spun around, almost knocking down a man who had short curly black hair with tan skin, who was carrying her broken bouquet of flowers while holding his hand out to her to help her up off of the ground. She grabbed his hand and stated to cry, shaking uncontrollably once off the dirt.

"This is just a dream…" she muttered, mostly to herself. "Why would he be here? He's not supposed to be here…"

A confused look spread across his features. "Why am I not supposed to be here? Should I leave?"

She looked up to him and gave his body a tight hug, dropping the forgotten flowers to the ground. He slowly hugged her back, while she started crying on his shoulder.

"I thought you would never come back…she…she said…"

He looked at her and wiped a tear off her face and held her hand tightly.

"Who was she to say I was never coming back?"

Popuri looked at him and grabbed onto him as tightly as she could. He stood there hugging her back for what seemed like forever.

Then he did a most unexpected thing, he kissed her. Slowly parting their lips, he kept his hand on her cheek.

"Besides, I'm still awaiting your answer to that last letter."

The wind stated to blow as a deafening "Yes!" was heard throughout the lake.

The end

A/N

So…I feel really weird that I have finally completed this story. I'm really sorry I was such a short story. I am going to make another story in a month or so, but I'm not sure it's going to be about Popuri and Kai. I was thinking about Gray and the new girl…or something like that. Well, hopefully, you guys don't hate me for ending it. Tell me what you thought of this chapter okay!

Until the next time!

kisa-chan-2006