Thank you all so much for the kind reviews so far! They mean a lot to me pahaha.
Anyways, I wasn't too pleased with how this chapter turned out, really. I had several possibilities of how to write it in my head, and I kept changing my mind every few seconds. :
I also just want to apologise for what seems like the lack of romance at the moment, but do not fret! That will be coming in later chapters...
Ohcrap I just realised I haven't been putting a disclaimer: I DON'T OWN HARVEST MOON IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM OKAY? Mhmm, now, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
"Ugghh..."
"Why do you drink so much, Kathy?"
"Because it feels good."
"Well, your obviously not feeling very good right now."
Molly had been enjoying the morning so far-having an opportunity to tease Kathy without the risk of getting physically attacked by her always made for a fun start to the day.
"Why can't you just be sympathetic for once?" Said girl groaned as Molly put down a glass of water beside her, along with some hangover tablets.
"Because it's your own fault...you could have easily stopped, but instead you decided to drink half of the bar's alcohol stock, including mine and Luke's drinks."
Sheepishly rubbing the back of her neck, Kathy gave a guilty smile before downing the small pills. "Yeah, well...you know that it's just part of my...my...my character! Yeah that's it."
"Whatever." Was all Molly said in reply, before walking over to the kitchen in order to prepare some breakfast for the two.
"Hungry?"
"Do you run a ranch?"
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"Whoever marries you will be a lucky man Molly! Man, your cooking is just too good!" a satisfied Kathy leant back in her chair as she finished the last of the omelette and pancakes which Molly had quickly whipped up.
"Yeah, well...I don't know." With a slight tinge of pink on her cheeks, Molly pushed around the remaining scraps of food on her plate.
"But...will a man really want to marry someone as plain as me?" She modestly thought to herself. "All I can do is farm and cook."
"Ahem."
"Oh! Sorry Kathy, I'll go wash these up for you right away!"
Before she could even grab the dishes, Kathy grabbed Molly's wrist and pulled her down again.
"Nu-uh, not until you explain everything to me just like you promised last night!"
Now turning a satisfying beetroot colour, all Molly could do was squirm around for a bit to stall time-she wasn't stupid, she knew Kathy wasn't going to let go of her anytime soon. But...she needed some time to think of what to there was to actually explain.
"Come on, lemme help you out." Again, it was almost like she was reading her thoughts, but this time, in a less helpful way.
"When did you start liking him?"
"KATHY WHY DO WE NEED TO DICUSS THIS?" an already flustered Molly squealed - the same squeal which had defined her from being a man earlier on in fact-the thought of this, however, just made the young girl squeal even more.
With a sigh, Kathy loosened her grip on Molly's wrist. "Because, Mol, I'm your best friend remember? I need to know these things in order to be able to help you. Remember how you helped me with Owen that time? We weren't even properly close friends like we are now back then, and yet you still helped me out anyways. So let me do the same for once okay?"
She had a point.
"O...okay then..."
With a smile, Kathy stood up and made her way over to Molly, whisking her away into the living room.
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"Oh...OH OH MOLLY THAT IS SOOOO CUTE! YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME BEFORE~"
"Well...w-well if you don't s...stop suffocating me... we won't be able to see the...the results of me telling you will we?"
"Oh yeah, sorry." Letting go off her friend, Kathy sat and took in what she had just said.
"It's so adorable..." she thought, " How oblivious they both are...yet, they have to find that out themselves."
Noticing the 'serious' air which was now beginning to surround Kathy, Molly thought that this would be a good time to escape.
"Well!" She stated a bit too happily, " I need to get back to the farm, my animals will be getting angry at me for not feeding them."
"Again?"
Lightly Punching Kathy on the arm for the previous remark, she quickly made her way out of the door, quickly calling behind her however.
"Oh, Kathy, don't try to do or think much today, you might hurt yourself."
"Tha-"
"But then again, you'd hurt yourself doing that on a normal day."
"Molly! Just get outta here you dope." Throwing a cushion from the couch at the girl just leaving the house, all Kathy could do was smile and sigh.
"She's such an idiot sometimes...in more way than one."
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"Hehe...you all happy today?"
Going around her chicken coop, the last round on her daily chores, Molly took the time to talk to each of her chickens individually, making sure that they were all healthy and happy.
The squawking she got in reply seemed to be them showing their appreciation for her never failing daily gesture.
But then again Molly knew better – they just wanted feeding.
Seeing to their demands, the farmer went straight over to their feed dispenser, only to realise that she hadn't stocked up on more food.
"Shoot, we're all out..." she muttered to herself before glancing at her watch. "4:40. Just enough time to go and buy some more from the Horn Ranch."
Mentally kicking herself for forgetting to buy some more feed a few days ago, Molly quickly made her way over to the ranch before their shops closing time.
What greeted her however, wasn't what she expected.
Slowing down her pace as she reached the specified building, Molly walked past a blushing Renee, Anissa and Luna, who appeared to be giggling at something in Luna's hands...something which seemed to be a picture. Or, more specifically, a photograph.
"Oh! Molly!" Renee was the first to see her, quickly warning Luna with her greeting to put the picture away.
"Hey...what was that? You never have anything to hide."
"Umm..."
"Oh, it was just some picture of a hot celebrity!" Luna intervened, not trusting Renee or Anissa to find a believable excuse for what they were looking at. " Not anything that you'd be interested in, since we know you're not into that stuff."
Giving her a cute, 'we-weren't-doing-anything-wrong- kind of look, Luna just proceeded to stare at Molly until she finally gave in.
"Riiiight..." she eventually stated, still not entirely believing the girl.
Remembering her previous task however , Molly turned her back on the trio and when inside the ranch store to complete her more important task.
"Thank you, Hanna"
"It's no problem! Have a nice day."
"You too." Waving back at the kind woman, Molly was almost out of the door before the woman called after her again.
"Oh Molly, just be careful with what your doing from now on."
Confised, Molly turned around to face the woman. " Huh, why? Careful with what?"
"Well..." Hanna began, but suddenly feeling slightly awkward, decided not to tell the oblivious young girl standing in front of her the whole story. "Just...you know how sneaky Simon is. He'll take pictures when you least want him too."
Still seeming confused, Molly racked her brain for an instance in which Simon could have taken a photo of her. Seeming lost for a few minutes, it finally hit her.
"Oh Goddess he didn't did he?"
Slowly nodding her head, Hanna opened her mouth to say something, but Molly was already out of the door, and making her way to the three still standing and gawking at the pictures which has re-emerged.
"All right, give me those!" The small, yet fierce, girl quickly yanked the images out of an unsuspecting Luna's hands, and what she saw was what she was afraid off.
There, in all their glory, were several shots of what appeared to be Molly's hand down Kathy's skirt (Which in fact was just her retrieving the 'lost' key), and then, even more worse, there were pictures of the two sleeping in the same bed together, perhaps a little too close for comfort.
It seemed to be a habit of Molly's to turn a bright red colour, and this moment right now was proof of that. Grasping the pictures a bit tighter, Molly mouthed something along the lines off 'that-pervy-old-man-is-so-going-to-pay-for-this' before running off as fast as she could, her destination being that of the Brass Bar.
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"Why are you looking so nervous?" Inside the Brass Bar, (Who's tenders apparently hadn't seen the photographs yet) an un-amused like usual Chase was questioning a rather shaky Luke, who had already ordered three drinks in the last 5 minutes.
Not getting an answer, Chase pressed him further. "Did you ask Selena out again?"
"NO. Oh man, it is so much worse than that." Rising up in his chair, then instantly sinking back down into it again, Luke held his face in his hands, anticipating the extent of the fight which was going to come out of the situation. Desperately trying to keep it to a minimum, he came to the bar to not let the photos hit there as well, because, if Chase saw them, Molly would seriously let all hell break loose.
Raising an eyebrow, Chase eyed the man slowly before asking the obvious question of; "What could be more worse than that?"
Before Luke even had a chance to respond however, there was a huge bang as a fuming Molly kicked to door to the Bar open and stormed in.
His attention now turning to where the noise came from, the well known chef simply stated; "Careful Molly, we can't afford another door."
Ignoring his comment completely, Molly proceeded to stomp into the bar and look around. Her target however, was not found.
"Where's Kathy?" she said quickly and quite sharply, turning her attention a now bemused Chase.
"Well, maybe if you spoke a bit politer I would be able to tell you that..."
"Just tell me where she is, jackass."
Deciding that this was an opportunity to have some fun with Molly's temper, Chase was about to push his luck with her before Kathy came in from the bar's store room.
"KATHY." Running over to the confused woman, Molly quickly shoved the images in her face.
"Whoa, Moll, get them out of my face if you want me to see them pro...per...ly." after pushing her friends hands a bit further back, It took a few minutes for Kathy to register what she was seeing.
Now gaining the interest of a few of the customers (Apart from Luke, who was silently crying with his head on the table) the blonde bar tender's eyes flashed with what seemed to be rage.
"Oh whoever printed these is so dead." She whispered, before nodding at Molly, who in turn, repeated the gesture.
"Printed what? What are you so...angry... about...?"
Within their rage, the pair failed to notice a figure come up behind them to take a look at the pictures.
And when they did notice however, the damage had already been done.
A now furiously blushing Chase (Which was a rare sight admittedly) stood looking at his feet, not knowing what to do.
Panic instantly flooding over her, Molly tried to find some excuse.
"Uh well, it's not what you think Chase, h-honestly!" Biting her lip as she waited for his response, Molly could only worry about what he was going to think of her now.
"N-no, I know it's not that." He stated, to the shock of everyone.
"Huh?" Even Luke but this point had recovered significantly enough to lift his head up and wander what was going on.
"I've know you two long enough to know that you would never do something...inappropriate like that. And I also know all too well what Kathy gets like when she's drunk, and how Molly helps her in these situations. It just...makes me so angry at whoever printed these! Trying to get some cheap gossip, they don't even know that this happens all the time!"
"C-Chase?"
Moving so that he was now standing in front of them, a significantly angered Chase looked intensely at the two girls.
"Oh your right Kathy, they are so dead."
Hahaha well again, this was longer than what I expected. I hope you enjoyed like usual! And leave a review letting me know what you think! That way, I can write more of what you guys want to read. :3