DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. This is a fanfic written for entertainment only.

A/N: I'm bored and think that I need to do some not-in-first-person-view story. XD XD English is not my first language. Pardon the bad grammar and stuff... n.n;

"And this concluded my 200 birds," the brunette spoke as she placed the blue paper crane on top of the other 199 birds inside a box on the bed table in front of her.

"You're fast," another voice of a brunette joined in; it was a tone different from the feminine one of the other brunette. "I've folded only 58 birds," he continued, sighing slightly at the mentioned result of his work.

PAPER CRANES – SUMMER

Lillian chuckled. "You're slow as ever, Hiro."

The brunette doctor frowned at the woman's comment and paused from further folding the blue paper in his hand. This didn't go unnoticed by said woman and she chuckled again. "I'm just teasing," she said, a tone of amusement was clearly shown in her words.

"So do I," Hiro joined in the small laugh. "But really. I was never good in this kind of thing," he continued as he focused back at the task in hand, continued folding the square-shaped blue-coloured paper.

"You've improved though. The birds you folded now are much neater than the ones you did previously," Lillian said as she picked another piece of blue paper piled together next to the box on the table.

"It proved that I'm blessed with an excellent teacher," the man smiled, staring down at the finished product in his hand, his face somewhat beamed at the shape of the crane he made. He picked up the bird and tossed it into the same box Lillian tossed hers earlier. "159."

"Is that a compliment?" Lillian asked; eyes still locked at the object in her hand as she folded the wings part of the paper crane. "Or are you being sarcastic – meaning the opposite of said sentence?"

"Of course it's not the latter, that's for sure," the man grinned as he watched the hands of the brunette woman worked on the piece of blue paper.

Hiro's eyes followed every moment her slender fingers made. Each movement captivated Hiro; it was like when he was watching her mother when she was playing the piano – the way her fingers danced with the keys and the way her body swayed with every note produced by the instrument her mother loved so much made it hard for little Hiro to look at other direction. Of course, the doctor was still a little child at that time and he understand nothing of what her mother is doing or the song she's playing but such thing was never a reason to stop him from watching and listening to her playing; it was like he's been caught in a spell that will only be broken once her mother finished playing and call out her little prince's name, telling him with a smile that it's time for him to go to bed.

The doctor switched his gaze to the face of the brunette woman in front of him. She bit her lower lip – a habit that she always did when she was engaged in a process of making another of the paper cranes. It was something that she picked up ever since she was submitted into this building two weeks ago. There was a faint light of excitement in her eyes. Such gleam was only visible when she was doing things that she enjoyed; thing such as farming – the reason why she stayed in Konohana. She was one of the rare women Hiro met in his life that actually didn't mind having her hand dirty with the soil in her farm or bathed under the scorching light of the sun. She was one of the rare women that didn't mind climbing-and never once complaining about the distance-up and down the hills between Konohona and its rival village Bluebell just so that she can help the people at the other village with the requests they posted on the bulletin board of Bluebell.

She was one of the rare women that managed to make Hiro feel at ease with only her presence around him – his mother is the only other woman who can make him feel the same.

Hiro wondered when exactly the time he started to harbour this special feeling he has for the other brunette. Lillian is a kind and friendly person – with her cheery and happy-go-lucky attitude, it's not a peculiar thing that she managed to befriend everyone in Konohana as well as in Bluebell. His interest at this woman is above admiration; he knew this too well. Such feelings…when did it start? Is it after she managed to reunite Konohana and Bluebell? Is it when she dropped in to give him his birthday present seasons ago? Or is it during their first meet where she came into this building and introduced herself as the new farmer of Konohana and will stay in the village while her twin brother chooses to reside in the other? Hiro chuckled. If it was indeed the last of the three reasons, he supposed that he owe his father an apology – he told him that love at first sight is impossible and exists only in fictions he had read in the library he used to frequent back at the city.

"300," Lillian's voice brought him back to present time. "What's so funny?" she asked as the finished paper crane joined the others in the box near the stack of square-shaped blue-coloured papers on the table.

"Sorry," Hiro paused from chuckling. "Old memories of mine," he told her as she raised an eyebrow at his words.

"I sure hope it didn't involve any embarrassing moments of me that you came across when I was working at the farm."

"Oh? Of which event? Were you referring to the one where you climbed up the peach tree with a skirt so that you can put back the baby bird in its nest?" Hiro grinned as he noticed the tinge of pink slowly appeared on both her cheeks.

"W-what? Why on earth did you remember that?" she stammered, clearly embarrassed at what the brunette doctor told her. "You were not supposed-!" her words were cut short as she covered her mouth with both hands, coughing hard in the process.

Hiro immediately rose to his feet. "Lillian!" he reached forward to her, slowly rubbing her back. "Take a deep breath. There."

The brunette woman panted hard after the series of coughs ended. "T-thank you. I-I'm okay," she said out of breath.

"We'll stop here today," the doctor's hand leave the woman's back and started to clear the bed table, putting away the pieces of blue papers and then closing the box which was full with blue-coloured paper cranes. "You should rest."

Lillian nodded as she lied backwards, relaxing herself in the comfort provided by the soft pillow cradling her head. "Okay," she simply replied. "But you have to promise not to keep that image of you-know-what inside that memory album of yours," she giggled heartily at her own words.

"For Harvest Goddess sake," Hiro frowned, but soon his eyebrows relaxed and he let out a small laugh. "I think that picture of your white lace panty will be forever burned inside my memory."

"Hiro!"

"I'm just kidding!" the doctor laughed a little louder, pulling the white blanket upwards her body and tucked both her arms underneath it. "Now rest," he said as he planted a light kiss on her forehead. "I'll come again in an hour."

The lying woman nodded and smiled at him. "Sure," she replied and closed her eyes.

Hiro watched as her breath returned to normal, no longer panting like before. He picked up the box and blue papers and started to walk away, wanting to let the brunette woman rest.

"Hiro," her voice stopped him on his track and he turned around to her. "Don't slack off next time. We still need more paper cranes before we can reach a thousand. It's unfair if I did all the work folding them, no?"

Hiro can't help but smile at her comment. "As you wish, Princess," he grinned. "Sleep now, Lillian. You need to rest."

The doctor watched as Lillian smiled and slowly fall into a deep slumber. Hiro eyes were fixed on the sleeping figure and a sudden ache hits his heart. It's been two weeks since Lillian was admitted to the clinic. It's been two weeks Hiro watched the sudden coughs that attacked her. He felt pain at such sight, moreover when said action were accompanied by blood which later on tainted the white blanket and dress she was wearing.

Hiro cursed at his own disability to work on a cure for her. He's not going to give up though. No. He never ever thought of giving up on her. Not when she is his most treasured person in this village called Konohona – in his life minus his parents. He tightened his grip on the box under his left armpit.

"541 more to a thousand paper cranes."

NEXT: PAPER CRANES – FALL

A/N: Well, that's the end for Part 1 out of 4 of Paper Cranes. The story's setting will be the four season of a year in the game and will focus on Hiro and Lillian – well, it's obvious. Hehe. XD Mikhail is my favourite bachelor in ToTT but Hiro needs love as well so… XD I'll elaborate more on their relationship in next chapters. (n.n) Re-writing 'Wait There'. I feel like I'm rushing way too much on that. X"D