Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon.
Chapter 2
After a set of clean sheets and about ten feet of distance, I managed to sleep in Kasey's bed for most of the night (his load snores, all the way from the couch, kept me up for half the night). I slowly open my eyes to the now sunlit room; cool wind softly blows through the open window. I get up and look around the clean studio-room (I made Kasey tidy up before we fell asleep). The clock on the nightstand reads in red 9:17am. I stand up, stretching and yawing. Kasey doesn't appear to be around, I look over to the kitchen, were coffee is already made. I guess he's out in the fields; that means I have the small bathroom all to myself. I walk over to my suitcase and grab the first set of clothes I see: a long light green tunic shirt, a pair of light denim shorts and of course, underwear. I neatly fold the clothes; grab the towel Kasey gave me last night and head towards the bathroom. Without knocking I open the door, I walk in and bump into a shirtless Kasey stepping out of the shower
"Shit, Angela!" Kasey screams, quickly grabbing the nearest towel and wrapping it around his waist. I back off, hurriedly covering my face with my clothes, to hide both my embarrassment and slight blush
"Oh Goddess, Kasey! I'm so sorry! I thought you were out in the fields! I swear I didn't see anything" I peek over my clothes to see a slightly amused Kasey smirking at me; I look at the part of my clothes that's facing him, to find my somewhat childish undies
"Goddess!" I scream as I slam the door behind me. I run to the couch and turn on the TV, I need a distraction, oh Goddess, kill me now. I grab the pillow on the couch and press it to my face. I really need my own place- and soon! As I hear Kasey's footsteps behind the couch I slowly slide down to the floor, as if the floor would suck me in a black hole where I could hide forever. Okay I'm being a bit dramatic. I sneak a glance over the pillow to see Kasey looking down on me, luckily, fully clothed. I blush a bit as I grab my clothes and hold them to my chest, making sure this time, my underwear face me. Kasey clears his throat and sits beside me, I look at him shyly
"Look, Angela, I know we didn't have the best of beginnings and quite frankly I don't really like the idea of living with you," Kasey said, a bit sarcastically "but if we want to manage this next week, we have to get used to the idea that more awkward moments like that are going to happen…" I nod "…So may I suggest, let's just forget anything that happened and start over? I'll show you around town later, if you want"
"I'd like that…" I said as Kasey held out his hand
"Truce?" I shook it and smiled "Truce"
~ooOOoo~
I usually don't take long getting ready, in fact, I tend to be the kind of girl who grabs the first outfit in her closet, puts it on and walks away. However, due to recent events, I find myself in need of a long, hot shower. As I stand under the shower head, letting the water calm me down, I hear Kasey knocking on the bathroom door, for the fourth time already. It's not that I'm ignoring him on purpose; his screaming could be heard loud and clear, I just need some alone time.
"I'm telling you Angela, if you don't open that door right now!" I can hear Kasey's voice scream through the door. I take this as a hint, I decide to obey this warning, turning the shower off and getting dress.
"Angela! For Goddess sake! Have you drowned in there?" I decide to keep ignoring his amusing remarks; I gather my things and walk to the door. I wait until he knocks on the door once
"I'm warning you Angela!" there's another knock. I carefully open the door before he gets a chance to knock on it again
"What are you going to do, huh?" I say, grinning at a slightly stunned Kasey. He quickly collects himself
"Uh, nothing, nothing… Glad to see you are finally out of there. Well shall we get going?" Kasey walked outside, before I follow him, I go over to my suitcase and grab my wallet
"Angela! Hurry up!" I hear Kasey's voice call from outside
"Coming!" I call out, as I lock the door to the house
Outside the weather was absolutely perfect! The sun was high up, not a cloud in its way; a small breeze gently blew. Looking around the farmland, it looks like a completely different place from last night. It's as if the whole place came to life overnight. The grass gently dances with the soft breeze; assorted birds sign and fly around the fields. The field nearest the house, already watered, has tiny sprouts popping through the soil. I really am amazed; this is the sight I've been waiting to see! I look over at Kasey and smile; he looks satisfied as he sees me
"Did you water the plants?" I ask
"Of course I did, you dummy. Who else could it have been? The magical Harvest Sprites?" Kasey said with a chuckle, I stick my tongue out at him
"I didn't mean it that way. I just thought you got up a couple minutes before I did" I said thoughtfully, he laughs
"Yeah, well, you thought wrong. I always wake up at six, sometimes earlier. I get up, do my chores, shower and run some errands if needed"
"I see, I guess I should start following your example" Kasey smiled
"Come on, I'll show you around the great Lyra Farm!" Kasey walks towards the ratty looking buildings next to the house.
"At the moment there are no animals…" Kasey began "right before your grandfather died, he donated them to Horn Ranch"
"Why did he do that?"
"I'm not sure, but he was already old. He never really asked for help. I guess with his old age, taking care of the animals became too much, so before anything happened to them- or to him, he donated them" Kasey looks at me, I give him an assuring nod
"Anyways, this is the chicken coop and right over here is the barn" Kasey said, pointing at each building respectfully. We walked around the bigger building, behind the barn there's a small hot spring
"You can regain your energy" Kasey said as we walk towards the pond. There really wasn't much to see apart from the three different plots of lands and the watermill "…And that's basically it! Any questions, doubts, comments, suggestions?" Kasey said as we walked down the path, I giggle lightly as I shake my head "It's not much, but it's definitely home" Kasey added
"Now, where to?" I ask him. Kasey puts a hand to his chin, as if he were scheming something
"Let's head into Harmonica Town, I'll give you the tour. Seeing as you haven't eating anything, and you know, I'm a great guy, I'll treat you to lunch" He said with a wink, walking down the path, I playfully punched his arm
"Don't be silly"
We walk down the same path I took yesterday with Hamilton, as we cross a bridge bright and colorful buildings of all sizes start coming into view
"Welcome to Harmonica Town! Mostly all the buildings are different types of shops" Kasey explained. There's a faint smell of ocean salt in the air, well, duh, the town is surrounded by the ocean. I follow closely behind Kasey as he leads me up a small hill; he explains some of the buildings as we pass them: Photography Studio, Town Hall, Tailor, School, Clinic…
"And finally, our stop for now, Ocarina Inn" Kasey says, stopping in front of a peach colored building. Right outside the building was a strong looking man, maybe in his late twenties, with tan skin and sandy blond hair. His wears a cowboy hat and is completely oblivious to our presence; the guy is strumming away on his guitar. I look at Kasey curiously; Kasey turns his attention to the man. The man suddenly puts his guitar down and turns to look at us
"Kasey" the man spoke, nodding his head in Kasey's direction
"Nice to see you, Calvin" Kasey said, returning the nod. The man- Calvin, turns his attention to me
"Who might you be, miss?" Calvin says, extending out his hand, as if to shake my own
"My name is Angela, nice to meet you" I say weakly, as I extend my own hand. Calvin takes my hand and gives it a soft kiss. I could feel my face heating up, I look at Kasey a bit embarrassed
"The pleasure is all mine, Miss Angela" Calvin says with a smile, Kasey clears his throat
"If you don't mind Calvin, I'm treating Angela to lunch. If you could excuse us…" Kasey says, lightly pushing me through the door
"I'll see you around" I could hear Calvin call behind us, I look over my shoulder to see Calvin playing his guitar again
The Inn was bursting with energy; Many of the tables are busy with towns chatting busily over lunch. Over at the kitchen area a flustered looking older woman with pink hair was scolding a young strawberry blond waitress. Next to them a woman with blue eyes greeted us apologetically. On the opposite side of the Inn there's a man with greying hair concentrated on a book, I assume he must be the Innkeeper. I look at Kasey and he smiles before walking towards an empty table near the entrance.
"I guarantee you'll love the food here" Kasey looks over at the kitchen area were the older woman is attending a frying pan "Yolanda is an absolute genius when it comes to cooking" He finished with a wide grin
As if on cue the strawberry blond waitress comes over, humming a cheerful tune "Hello Kasey!" she says with a sing song voice "It's nice to see you today!" she adds with a big smile, Kasey quickly shifts, turning his attention to the young waitress, he returns her smile, although his looks a bit more mischievous
"It's always nice to see you, Maya" Kasey said, his voice tone even changed slightly, the waitress started giggling, covering her face with her face with her note pad, trying to hide a deep blush
"Oh stop it, Kase!" the waitress said, lightly touching Kasey's shoulder, he just chuckled, their conversation carried on, without any mention of my presence.
I'm starting to think I am either being completely ignored or there is simply an invisible force between us, so I do what any person in my situation would do – I cleared my throat, loudly.
"So, Kasey, is this the, uh, girlfriend you were telling me about nonstop?" I asked as innocently as I could manage. They both turned their heads towards me, the waitress blushing a deep shade of red and Kasey looked at me as if he was ready to murder me, I simply smiled
"Of course not, we-" Kasey began, his voice back to its normal tone, he was interrupted by the waitress
"I haven't seen you before, I'm Maya. Nice to meet you…?" Maya said, her voice sounding a bit disappointed
"I'm Angela, nice to meet you too," I said "and don't worry, I was kidding about the whole girlfriend thing" Maya just smiled
"Well, when you guys are ready to order just give a shout and I'll be here" the waitress said, skipping away to another table
~ooOOoo~
If you were wondering, Kasey did stick to his deal and paid for lunch. I also have to say that even though I only ate a Vegetable Sandwich and half a slice of Kasey's Blueberry Pie, it was the best lunch I've had since my mother's cooking, and that's a lot to say. Sadly, I did not inherit my mother's talents in the kitchen. Moving on, after lunch, Kasey continued his little tour of Castanet, after Harmonica Town, we went to the Garmon Mine district and after that we ended up in Flute Fields. I met a lot of people, unfortunately, remembering names is not particularly my forte; I just hope I can improvise next time I meet them around. Needless to say, when the tour finished and we were finally at the house, I quickly jumped in bed, exhausted from all the walking around. I think I can manage this life, my only worry is that of any girl my age, moving in a strange new place: would I fit in?
Authors Note:
Hello, once again.
I'm really sorry for the long wait between the previous chapter and this one; I really don't have an excuse, just college. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter, it took me a bit to have it finished and as always, thanks for reading~
-Fal