Hazzuh, I have written more. Yaaayyy.

I really feel inspired to be writing this, and I hope I wont rage quit on it like I did with my other incomplete story that I deleted XD.

Well... it's the new year so I wanted to express how well my writing has gotten over the few years i was on this site. I deleted What Life May Hold because I really wanted to forget about it and move on. Sorry to anyone who actually liked that story! This is the first story I have written and posted on this site in almost 3 years (^_^;) lol sorry.

I have a real passion for Rune Factory and I wanted to write a fic for it the second I finished the game back in 2008, but the thing was, didn't really know how! Well now here I am doing this. My love for Rune Factory and Harvest Moon is still as strong as it was 5 years ago. And by Rune Factory, I mean the original one with Raguna. Rune Factory 2 was a fail in my opinion (-_-). Too easy I think, but maybe that's just me...

Tides of Destiny was good.

Almost two weeks had passed since I found Raguna laying unconscious outside of my house. Luckily, he was managing with the farm. The first few days he was there, he had already met everyone who lived in Kardia, which I thought was pretty fast! He was the talk of the town and everybody seemed to know who he was when he introduced himself. Some where saying that I pulled the wool of over his eyes, whatever that meant.

"I guess rumors go around fast here?" Raguna asked while digging deep into the ground with the hoe, readying the soil for more seeds. I was sitting on the grassy ground near him eating some of the lunch I'd prepared for the two of us. I had my mouth full but nodded a fast nod.

"Once one person hears something, it should be all over town in less than a day! That's how things work here." I said after swallowing my food. "But I wonder..I didn't even say anything to anyone!" I then shrugged my shoulders, not really caring.

I liked to observed him while he was working because it really did fascinate me, the way his arm muscles would flex every time he dug into the soil with my..well, his hoe now. I wondered how he could stand doing it for so long. For me, after a few swings, I was already tired out! He had been doing it since I went over two hours before. The only time he stopped was to eat something with me.

"Raguna, why are you plowing so much field? I didn't give you THAT many seeds!" I told him laughing slightly. He laughed along with me and continued his work.

"The mayor told me that if I plow one hundred squares of field, he'll grant me a pass to Carmite Cave."

I almost dropped the hard boiled egg I was holding.

"Carmite Cave?...Why would you want to go there? Zavier says that there's a lot of monsters there recently.." I said, trying not to hint my large concern over him going.

"I don't know, I just feel like I should be going there." He told me honestly. I didn't say anything else and just continued to eat. I took a bite of my egg and chewed slowly, wanting to drop the subject. I didn't want to be thinking about him getting hurt.

I stood and grabbed the basket from its spot on the ground. "I should be on my way..." Raguna looked over his shoulder at me and smiled.

"So soon? You usually stay longer Mist." he chuckled warmly at me. I felt my cheeks get a bit warm.

"Well... I just remembered that I needed to go get a few things from Rosetta's. I'll be back tomorrow, okay?" I lifted my hand and waved goodbye to him smiling. He waved back to me smiling also, and then turned back to continue his work.

My legs started to feel heavy and it was hard to take the first step away from the field. If I didn't want to leave so much, why didn't I stay? I still don't know.

I started to walk towards town. I didn't really have a lot of things to do, just go get something from the general store, but I was probably going to go to the library to talk with Tori.

I stopped for a second before I walked in to the general store. I sometimes hated going inside because I always felt Rosetta's eyes glare into the back of my head when I wasn't looking. The tension really didn't feel that good, but I always brushed it off. It wasn't really a big deal.

"Good afternoon!" I greeted as I entered. Rosetta looked at me from where she was standing and gave me an annoyed look.

"Afternoon Mist!" Jean said from the counter smiling at me. He was once a good friend of my dad's and was very fond of me, but of course Rosetta, not so much. "I got those items that you asked for." he reached under the counter and pulled out large two sacks and a small one containing the items I had ordered specially from outside Kardia.

"Thank you for all this Jean!" I said happily, trying to take the two heavy sacks into my arms, also while still holding the basket. Like I said. HEAVY sacs. Jean obviously noticed that I was having quite a hard time and called over to Rosetta.

"Rosetta, please help Mist. Can't you see she's having a hard time?" Rosetta frowned when she looked at me. I knew she didn't want to help me, so I tried to act as if I didn't need any help.

"Oh no no!" I lied, "I have this all under control here. No need for help Rosetta!"

"Oh please Mist..." Rosetta sighed. "You look ridiculous. Here..." Rosetta took a sac from me and took the remaining one that was still on the counter. Lukas, who I hadn't even noticed until that moment, came up to us.

"Rosetta, I won't have you tiring yourself carrying such heavy bags! Please, allow me!" As he was about take one from her hands, but she jerked away from him.

"I didn't ask for your help, idiot." She said annoyed at him. Lukas had been in the village for about 5 months now, which he said was a little bit long, but he refused to leave Rosetta. He was in the store annoying Rosetta almost everyday, serenading her and what not. I was surprised she had kept her cool for that long. She started to the door and I quickly followed her, already forgetting about Lukas.

The walk to my house was mostly quiet, save for Rosetta groaning. "Jeez, what is in this big sac Mist?" she questioned, stopping a second to get a better grip on a bag she was holding.

"Oh just a few things that I need for daily life." I said honestly. Inside were things that could not be bought in the village.

"A few?" Rosetta was looking at me annoyed too."That's an understatement Mist." she turned and started walking again, not waiting for me to say anything back to her. She seemed really in a rush to get to my house. Most of the time, she would dread getting back home because Lukas would be there waiting for her. Silly Rosetta, what's got into her? Maybe it was because she really couldn't stand being around me.

As we walked down the stairs to get to my house, Rosetta seemed to quicken her pace as we started to walk toward Raguna's.

"Rosetta?" I questioned as she suddenly stopped and looked around, seemingly looking for something, or someone. It took me a moment to realize that she was searching for Raguna, but when I had realized it, she had already found him standing off where he stored the wood he chopped from the field. Rosetta casually walked over to him, walking with a little more grace than she was before.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Raguna." She greeted him softly, enough to switch his attention from what he was doing. He turned around a little bit surprised, but quickly smiled at her.

"Oh Rosetta, hello. And please, just call me Raguna." he told her warmly. Rosetta let out a small giggle that I had never heard come out of her before.

"Of course, I'll remember that." she said cheerfully. I stood in the background, really confused. What on EARTH had gotten into her? She was acting all bubbly, and unlike her usual self.

"I see that you have your hands full." Raguna chuckled as she seemed to forget that the bag was still in her hands and was starting to drop. She quickly readjusted the large sac, looking a bit embarrassed.

"This darn thing is so heavy, I had to help Mist bring them to her house because she had more than one," That was when Raguna finally noticed me farther away from the two of them.

"Mist, I didn't see you back there!" he laughed and I took that as my queue to join the conversation.

"I didn't want to intrude on you two." I told him a bit sheepishly, but maintaining my smile none the less.

"You're not intruding," he assured me, "I can help with those if you'd like." he motioned toward the sacs in my arms.

"Raguna, how sweet of you!" Rosetta told him gratefully, lifting the bags she was holding into his arms, Raguna taking them a bit unexpected. I was amazed at how he held them as if they were nothing.

"...Well, why don't we head off?" Raguna said talking a few steps forward, Rosetta quickly rushing to his side. I also caught up but didn't speak a word until we got to my house, but on the other hand, Rosetta exchanged as much small talk as she could with him.

"Just set them here." I told them as I carefully set down the sack in a storage space in my house. Raguna did the same and Rosetta set down her sack as well.

"Well now that that's done, I'll be going back to the store." Rosetta said, taking a step out of the door and then turning back again to look at Raguna, "I'll be back at your house today at sunset to pick up any shipments you might have." Rosetta reminded him, smiling playfully, "Don't forget kay?" and with that, she left and headed on home.

"Well..."I began and he looked back at me, "Thank you for helping me and Rosetta today. You didn't have to but you did. That was so nice of you!" Raguna chuckled and shook his head.

"It was nothing. If you ever need anything, just ask and I'll do what I can." he reassured me, "I mean, I do owe you my life after all you've done for me." I laughed lightly and nodded.

"Alright, I'll keep that in mind."

"He seems very nice..." Tori said quietly as she continued to put books away in the bookshelves. I had offered to help so she could get the job done quicker.

"He is." I confirmed, "But he always seems troubled. He tries to hide it though, I can tell."

"I would imagine." Tori replied. "That poor boy... He doesn't even remember his own name..."

"Have you met him yet Tori?" I asked curiously. She nodded.

"Yes, he came into the library the other day. He was looking for a book on healing magic." she frowned slightly,"but I was too nervous to make conversation with him."

"Don't be. It's alright, he's really friendly."

"It's not that..." Tori blushed when she looked away from Mist and put another book away. "He's just...very attractive." Mist sighed and smiled, continuing on her own stack of books.

"I know."