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Dialogue

Chapter 2: Ice Queen

"You're still here? *sigh* Look, you introduced yourself and met me now leave. I swear you're like a dog."

After that comment, Kite's face started to turn red and gritted his teeth.

"Wh-what is your deal? Is this how you normally treat other people?"

Antoinette looked away and began to walk towards the door.

"Do you ever shut up? Jeeze, you really are such a dog. You won't stop barking."

And just like that she opened the door, went outside, and left, but not without one more "baka" and slammed the door shut. Kite tugged his hair and screamed at the top of his lungs in frustration. Afterwards, he stormed out of the house, ranting about Antoinette under his breath, until he was met by Sherry, who greeted him with a smile.

"So Kite-san, how did it go?"

"Oh, great! Just perfect! We REALLY connected today…"

"I'm guessing it didn't go well?"

Kite walked with Sherry over to the café to discuss.

"Honestly, how can anyone put up with that girl?"

"Antoinette's not a bad girl. Maybe if you at least connected with her, she will open up more."

Kite took his fork and stabbed his cake to death, using the cake as an anger management tool.

"I swear, the girl is about as inviting as a witch burning and she's about as open as a high-security vault. I'm still amazed that you've been able to put up with that for so long!"

Suddenly, Kite heard someone saying "Are you two talking about Antoinette?" behind him. Kite turned around sees Dirk with a smile on his face, while carrying two plates. Dirk sat down next to Kite and Sherry and patted Kite on the back.

"Antoinette can be cold sometimes, but she isn't as bad as she sounds."

Kite looked at him in bewilderment while Sherry innocently smiled at Dirk.

"Please tell me you're joking…"

"You can take some advice from Dirk, Kite-san!"

Dirk patted Kite's back and gave him a thumbs-up.

"All you need to do is just keep contacting with her and she'll open up to you in no time!"

"You two make it sound so easy…"

Kite placed his hat on his head and got out of his seat. He let out a huge sigh as he walked out the door.

"I can try to talk with her, but if she calls me a dog one more time, I'm calling it quits."

As Kite left the café, Dirk and Sherry decided to follow him. They walked across the bridge and found Antoinette walking towards the waterfall. Kite silently followed her with Dirk and Sherry tailing behind him. Antoinette sat down next to the river and looked at the water. Slowly, Kite approached her with caution as Dirk and Sherry hid in the bushes.

"Umm… h-hey…"

Antoinette turned her head slightly, gave Kite a small glance, let out a small huff and went back to looking at the water.

"What do you want?"

Kite's eyebrow twitched slightly, tightened his fist, and let go of it. He started to scratch the back of his head and looked away from her.

"S-so, why are you here all by yourself?"

"Hmph… I'm just thinking that's all…"

"I-I see…"

An awkward silence overcame the conversation and Kite started to get nervous. Suddenly, Antoinette broke the silence.

"Why are you still here? Shouldn't you be doing something? Like maybe, working on your farm?"

Kite's annoyance grew.

"Don't tell me what to do…"

"I'm done for the day."

Antoinette finally cracked a smile. It was the first time that Kite has seen her smile like that.

"I didn't realize you were a fast worker. You're not that bad… sit down and relax."

Kite blushed and sat down next to her and looked into the river with her.

"I wanna know more about you… Why did you come to this village?"

"I moved away from my old town to start over like the guy who came to my village. I realized that all my life I've been doing nothing to improve on how I live… so tell me, how come you're in this village?"

Antoinette looked at the water and shook her head.

"W-why should I tell you?"

"What? What's wrong with getting to know people?"

Antoinette stood up and brushed herself off. She walked away while Kite's eyes followed her.

"I'm going to the café."

Kite's smile suddenly turned back into a frown.

"So much for that conversation…"

In the bushes, Dirk and Sherry sighed in defeat with hopes that Antoinette and Kite would at least get along. Dirk patted Kite on the back.

"Don't let her get you down! Just keep trying!"

"You never seem to run out of optimism don't you?"

Kite walked back to his farm to get started on his work. As he started to plow the field, he started thinking.

"What was Antoinette's problem? At first I thought I was able to get through to her, but instead she just shut me out again… She's keeping something from me I know it…"

On the next day, Sherry was with Antoinette at the café. Marian gave both of them their orders, cheesecake for Antoinette and Puer tea for Sherry. Marian sat down with Antoinette and Sherry.

"So Antoinette-san, I've noticed that you talked with Kite-san."

Antoinette nearly choked on her piece of cheesecake.

"W-wh-where did you see that?"

"Well I saw the entire thing happen from the café. So what do you think of Kite-san?"

Antoinette regained her composure and huffed.

"Hmph. I don't want anything to do with that stupid dog…"

"Well anyway, Kite-san seemed like a very nice guy!"

Sherry gave Antoinette an innocent smile.

"You should at least try to get to know Kite-san for a bit!"

"I asked him why he came to the village. Isn't that enough?"

Then, something caught Antoinette's eye. Kite entered the café and was not pleased by his arrival.

"Y-y-y-y-you… why are you always following me?"

"I'm not following you, I just wanted to know what you were about to say from our conversation yesterday."

"What I do doesn't concern you. Aren't you supposed to be working on your farm?"

"I'm already done."

"WHAT?"

Antoinette started to get angry and annoyed with him. Kite's presence alone just irks her very much.

"Look you dog! I told you that my business isn't any of yours now leave me alone!"

Finally, Kite couldn't keep his persona up anymore.

"Why do you always keep calling me that?"

"That's because you're always following me and wouldn't shut up!"

Lightning flew between Antoinette's and Kite's eyes. The argument heated up, so much so, that the people in the background started to slowly slink away from the café.

"This bitch…"

"Will you stop calling me a dog?"

"No because you are one! You dog!"

"Grrr…. Why you… you, ice queen!"

"Stupid dog!"

"Demon girl!"

"Water flea!"

"Flat!"

Antoinette blushed and covered her chest. Her right arm started to shake as she tightened her fist. Ken looked at her and found himself sweating bullets. Suddenly, Antoinette slugged him and knocked Kite out. She let out a huff and stormed off. Kite laid there unconscious as Sherry knelt down and tried to wake him up.

"K-Kite-san?"

Kite woke up and found himself in his room on his bed. He looked towards his side and saw Sherry sitting next to him.

"S-Sherry-san? Ugh… what happened?"

"Heheh… Antoinette-san… she…"

Just then Kite remembered everything.

"T-that girl! She hit me didn't she?"

"Heheheh… now now, Kite-san… There's no need to get so worked up about her…"

Kite hopped out of bed and threw the door open. He put on his hat and stormed down to the village. However, his rampage was stopped once Sherry grabbed a hold of his arm.

"Sherry-san, let go!"

"Kite-san… I know that what she said has made you angry… but at least take one more chance to make it up to her…"

"But she-"

Sherry looked at Kite with the look of concern on her face. Kite sighed and calmed down and Sherry gave him a big smile. Kite started to scratch the back of his head and looked to the side, stuttering.

"W…what can I do to make it up to her…."

"Well, tomorrow is the Flower Giving Festival! You can always give her flowers!"

"Doesn't that seem a little cliché?"

"Antoinette-san loves flowers!"

"Isn't there another option?"

Sherry glared at him.

"*sigh* Fine… well… what kind of flowers does Antoinette like?"

The next morning was the Flower Giving Festival, where everyone in town is to give as much flowers to as many villagers they can. The winner who gives the most flowers gets a prize. Kite walked around the village and gave flowers to Daisy and Freya. Meanwhile, Antoinette was cooped up in her room looking outside. Claude came into the room and tried to urge her to join everyone else.

"Antoinette, don't you want to be outside with the festivities?"

"*sigh* I just don't understand this festival… I mean you see flowers around the village every day, why do we need an entire week giving flowers to people?"

"Antoinette, it's not the thought about giving flowers, it's about connecting with others through giving flowers."

Antoinette returned to looking back through the window. She noticed Kite passing by her house as he was given flowers by Daisy.

"Tch… dumb dog…"

Then she realized that not a lot of people have given her flowers due to the fact that she closes out other people. Then, she saw that Kite had a huge bouquet of Magic Blue flowers sticking out of his bag. She blushed a bit after seeing the flowers, but shook her head, trying to get a dose of reality.

"It's probably for some other girl… he can keep them…"

Antoinette climbed back into bed and went back to sleep. A couple days passed and Antoinette was still cooped up in her room. Kite was outside wandering around the town, he had just given flowers to almost everyone who's there. Sherry walked up to him and asked if he found Antoinette yet.

"What? She still didn't come?"

"*sigh* I knew this was a bad idea from the start…"

"Don't give up, Kite-san! You just need to try harder!"

The next day was the final day. Antoinette woke up and decided to come out of the house. As she went outside, the winner had already been announced. Felix came onto the podium with a bullhorn in hand.

"And the winner of the flower giving festival is…Marian!"

Everyone cheered and congratulated Marian as she was given first prize. Antoinette looked around and saw that Kite was approaching her doorstep. She smirked a bit and huffed.

"Hmph… looks like you didn't win…"

Kite reached into his bag and took out the bouquet of Magic Blue flowers.

"Here…"

Antoinette blushed a bit and was left speechless.

"B-b-but the flower giving festival is over… why are you giving this to me now?"

Kite looked away for a bit not wanting to tell her the real reason why.

"…I can do whatever I want can't I?"

After a moment of staring at the flowers, Antoinette took the flowers and smiled softly.

"You're a terrible liar…"

"W-what?"

"Alright, I'll take them…"

She headed back into her house and gave Kite one last word.

"You're not such a bad guy… Thank you… Kite…"

As she walked through the door, Kite stayed and wondered about what just happened.

"D…Did she just thank me? And… did she just call me by my name?"