Living in the Moment

by Rendered Reversed

Tricked into possessing a seemingly unfarmable plot of land, Tom Riddle is forced to make things work and build up his new life from scratch in Mineral Town. He expected eventual success, a lot of hard work, and several painstaking seasons of the "outsider" reputation... but no one ever mentioned falling in love with a god. A life story told in 100 word snippets. TMR/HP SLASH

86. Chapter 86

Warnings: future SLASH (boy x boy), MAJOR NO-MAGIC!AU (Alternate Universe, specifically the Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town setting), possible OOC, life story

Pairings: TMR/HP, implied AD/GG, implied KS/NT (Kingsley x Tonks), onesided JP/LE

Standard disclaimer applies: I do not own Harry Potter or any brand you recognize in this story. J.K. Rowling is credited with the creation of these characters (I'm not fond of using OCs in my own fanfiction). I also do not own the Harvest Moon series by Natsume.

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"I felt betrayed. What kind of God just… stops like that? For the longest time, I ignored Him, refused to believe. Nothing changed, really, except for my growing resentment." The carpenter sighed. "I think it was a day in Spring, just one night that it came to me—the fact that I was being foolish."

"How could you be?" Tom interrupted. "He disappeared on you. Why would you think it's your fault?"

"The Harvest God is a being above us mere mortals," he replied. "I realized, when I looked at it from his point of view, it all made sense."

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Posted in its full form on Ao3, except for the sequel and the eventual epilogue :). I'll be posting 5 of these per a day (I think?), but because it's long that might become 10 a day.