Since I've kept you waiting for a long time, I've decided to put a little something at the end of this chapter!
You're just going to check on Winter, tell Rose she's doing good, and leave. Neil reminded himself as he was heading towards Rose's farm the next morning.
When he got to the farm and was about to walk towards the barn, he noticed her crop fields were dry and her mail wasn't taken yet.
It's almost 7. Isn't she up by now? He wondered and only shrugged. The animal dealer was just going to have to check on the cow without having to talk to the farmer. It's what I came here to do, anyway.
When Neil opened the doors to the barn, he froze.
She fell asleep in the barn?
Winter was peacefully sleeping by the feeding bin while Rose slept in a sitting position with her back laying on the cow's back.
"Moo..." The farmer muttered in her sleep, slightly stirring.
"She even sleeps like a cow..." The animal dealer chuckled to himself as he walked towards the two.
The cow woke up at hearing Neil's footsteps and greeted him with a gentle moo.
"Yawn...Good morning, Winter." Rose opened her eyes and stretched out her arms, not yet noticing the blonde in the barn.
"How was your sle—Ack!" She exclaimed, finally noticing the animal dealer and scooting back with a whimper.
"You slept in the barn, you idiot." Neil told her as she stood up.
"Heh, I figured." Rose started with an embarrassed giggle, dusting off the hay from her clothes."Anyway, thank you for coming! I didn't expect you to come over so...early..." She looked up at him with a confused expression as she spoke the last sentence.
"Early? You overslept." Neil's voice rose and he looked back at her with an annoyed expression.
"Oh..." The farmer rubbed the back of her head, not yet getting the message.
"W-wait, I overslept?! What time is it? Oh Goddess, the crops and everything! I'm so sorry, Winter!" Rose spoke quickly, getting out the brush from her bag in a flash.
"If I have to go through this every morning..." The animal dealer then groaned to himself with a face-palm.
"What do you mean, every morning? I didn't ask you to check on Winter every day..." She asked, looking back at him as she brushed the cow.
"I've decided. I'm probably going to have to check on her every day until I can actually trust you with animals..." He crossed his arms.
He doesn't trust me with animals? Talk about not saying anything if there's nothing good to say! Rose inwardly groaned as she looked back towards the cow with a frown.
"That's alright, I guess. It's nice to have some good company around, anyway." She retorted, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
Neil was about to open his mouth to say something, but then decided he should just stay quiet and huffed.
"S-sorry for saying that..." Rose quickly added with a slightly panicked tone.
You better be.The animal dealer was about to say, but then changed his mind.
Give her a break. It's only been what, a week since she came, and you're already hating her?
When Rose finished brushing Winter, the cow gave a happy moo and nudged her leg.
She smiled and bent down to pet her head."You're a really nice cow, you know? I hope you can stay in this farm for a long time."
"Moo!"
Rose then stood up and let Neil step forward to check Winter.
"It was tough bringing Winter here yesterday." He started."She didn't want to move, so I had to push her until she noticed the farm and ran like mad into it. It must have been all the grass and space around the farm that she liked."
"Mm-hmm. When I came out of the house, she was just eating the grass like there was no tomorrow!" The farmer added with a giggle.
"Winter's doing well. There's a Cow Festival this Fall, so try to get first place in at least the Beginners' Class." He explained.
"Got it!" Rose started with a nod."Again, thank you for coming over and checking on Winter!"
"No problem." Neil started as he was about to leave the barn. "See ya later."
After Neil left, Rose decided to try to get used to the town and was now walking around, looking at the map in her hands.
"Hmm...I haven't gone to the other side of town much, so I might as we—" She was thinking out loud, until the map suddenly disappeared with a strong yank and she froze in surprise.
"Still using the map, I see." The farmer looked up to notice Allen, the map in his grasp.
Rose looked back at her hands where the map was a second ago and at Allen in confusion.
"H-how did you—?!"
"Surprised?" Allen asked her with a smirk and chuckled.
"You scared me..." She admitted with a slightly startled tone."I haven't gone to the other side of town, so I was about to go check it out." She then explained, trying to reach for the map.
"Aww, that's too bad." The hair stylist teased, pulling the piece of paper further from the farmer's reach."Looks like you're stuck at this side of town for now."
"...I could just go now and memorize where everything is...Hey, benefit of the doubt, right?" She asked with a sly smile.
Allen looked at her, raising an eyebrow."Fine, you've got me." He gave up and handed over the map.
"You know, you're something else."
"I guess I am!"
You're probably thinking: I waited three weeks and this is all I get? I know it's short, but I barely had any time to get on the computer. My school decided to fill the last two weeks with finals tests for every subject! Today was the last day of the finals tests, and the last day of school for me is in two days! Most people probably ended school earlier this month. Someone ended school the second day of June, I think, and I'm SO JEALOUS! Anyway, I've been waiting to write some things about Rose, like some facts or something like that, so here goes! Most of these facts are from before I registered for this website.
1. I actually created Rose before I even got Harvest Moon: A New Beginning. I was just reading the fogu on the game and getting all the info on it.
2. Rose's original name was Allana. (You'll find out why in a few seconds.)
3. Rose was originally created to be the female version of Allen. (Hence the name I gave her.) But being the big softie that I am, I couldn't make her as confident and cocky as he is, so I just decided to make her not related to him at all, except for the red hair and blue eyes.
4. Rose originally had a mini cow plush, which she named Winter. The cow plush fit in the palm of her hand, so I thought that was adorable. I might even bring the cow plush back!
5. In the fanfiction "Life In The School", Rose has a twin sister named Ivy. I might bring ivy into this, but there's already enough going on with Rose, but there's more ideas and stuff with Ivy! Your opinion?
6. Rose's appearance? This: art/Chibi-Roseline-456577088 Copy and paste that into the address, and you'll see how she looks! (That's just her as a chibi, I made her actual reference suck, but feel free to look at that as well! I've also got Ivy as a chibi here: art/Chibi-Ivette-456577104)
Also, I'll try my best to fix up Rose's personality a bit, but for now, all I can do is make her "A child in a woman's body." I'm not very good at making people act serious, so bear with me!
I hope you enjoyed reading this! As always, reviews are highly appreciated and ideas are accepted! ^^