Part 1

A boat docks in the pier of a small village resting next to the mountains and a dense forest. A young man named Kei gets off the boat and heads into the small village miles away from civilization. Even though he is a stranger to this village, he does know that he once came for a visit one Summer when he was only a child. He can hardly remember anything about this village, but he still manages to get around without getting lost.

The reason Kei is paying another visit to the small gathering known as Flowerbud Village is because he had recently received a letter saying that his grandfather had passed away. When he was only a child, he made a promise that he will someday take over his grandfather's farm in his place. Today, he is going to pay his respect by attending his grandfather's funeral, and then take over the farm as promised.

During the funeral, Kei feels something uneasy about the other villagers. Even though they all pay their respects to Kei's grandfather, he cannot see any signs of sadness in the other villagers. Even though nobody appeared to be happy about his death either, Kei expected to see at least someone crying at the funeral.

Another unusual feeling that he gets at the funeral is that he feels that he is being watched. There are too many people at the funeral to tell where that feeling is coming from. Many of the villagers are also wearing large black hoods, so seeing many of the villager's faces is difficult.

He tries his best to ignore the unusual feelings at the funeral. He is in a village close to the mountains and the forest after all. It's normal for people to act differently towards strangers. Since he was born in the city, he is used to the ways people behaved in his hometown. Since he will be living in a small village far from civilization, he will need some time to get used to the changes in culture and community.

After the funeral, Kei arrives at his grandfather's old house. Even though the building has to be hundreds of years old, it still holds up in pretty good shape. The house is big enough for a family of three to live comfortably with a full sized kitchen, large bedroom, bathroom, washroom, a log terrace outside, and stairs leading up to the roof. His grandfather had died several days before the funeral, however the house has been cleaned thoroughly several times before Kei arrived in the village. Not even a trace of dust or dirt on anything in the house. Even the bed where his grandfather slept on has been made. It almost seems like the house was prepared and cleaned especially for him to live in.

Ignoring the unusual accommodations, Kei knows that he will need to start his job as a farmer tomorrow. There is some food left in the ice box, so he makes himself something to eat. He then tours the farm on his own, and checks the buildings. Everything is in excellent condition for it's age, and ready to be filled with animals such as cows and chickens.

After the tour, the sun begins to set. It has been a long day for him, and so he returns to the house and get some rest. But as he sleeps, he dreams of some unusual things. He dreams of a large group of shadow figures with blue glowing eyes. One of the shadow figures have red glowing eyes instead. They all march towards him over a red colored moon in the sky. He wakes up several times that night. These odd dreams are unusual for him, but he feels that he may be having them because of the death of his grandfather. He tries his best to ignore them and have sweeter dreams. No matter how hard he tries, he keeps having the same dream over again.

Morning has come, but Kei is too tired to wake up just yet. He continues to sleep all the way until 11:00am. Even then, he feels groggy. After he fully wakes up, he walks over to the washroom where he cleans himself up for his first day on the job. After splashing himself with water, he takes a look at himself in the mirror. His brown eyes have large bags under them that are just to heavy to hide. He grabs a comb, and tries to brush his brown hair straight.

He knows that he should take a shower. But he woke up so late, that showering will have to wait until tonight. He walks over to the bedroom, and pulls out some of his grandfather's old farming clothes. Like the rest of the house, the clothes have been washed and pressed. He is too tired to ask why did someone go so far to make sure the house and clothes are clean. So he wears the heavy blue overalls over his white shirt. He then puts on the work boots, gloves, and rucksack. Finally, he wears the blue baseball cap that his grandfather always wore while he was still alive.

He takes another look in the mirror and sees a farmer ready for action. However, the farm is empty with no crops or animals to take care of. He brought some money from his hometown, but he is not sure if it's going to be enough to buy seeds and food for himself to live off of. Standing around is not going to get him anywhere, so he leaves the farm and checks what his small funds can get him.

As soon as he arrives into the village, he finds a flower shop. From the depth of his memory, he is able to recall that the flower shop is a place where he can buy seeds to plant crops. He takes a look at his fistful of money, and hopes that he has at least enough to buy some seeds to grow in the farm.

He walks in the flower shop. The room is filled with the fresh scent of flowers and soil. He then finds many shelves loaded with bags of seeds of all types. Some of the seeds cannot even grow in the current season. Luckily, he has studied a bit of gardening before he arrived in the village, so he is able to tell what seeds he needs.

However, the thing that catches his eye the most is the middle aged woman who runs the shop. She seems to be about 35-40 years old, but unlike most people he has seen before she has pink hair. In the city, many citizens dye their hair to be rebellious or unique in some way. But this woman's hair seems to be naturally pink. Another thing he finds unusual is that even though she has a friendly smile, her eyes are closed the whole time Kei has been there looking around.

He grabs several bags of turnip and potato seeds. The prices are fairly inexpensive, but he still wonders if he has enough to buy some food afterwards. But even if he can't afford much, he still believes that he can have at least one Harvest in before he runs out of food. So he goes on to the pink haired woman and places his purchase on the table.

The woman smiles warmly at Kei, but she still doesn't open her eyes. Even though her eyes are closed, Kei feels that she can still see him. He has no idea if she is blind, or if that's just the way she is. “Hi there! You're Tony's grandson, am I right?” she said cheerfully.

“Yes I am.” he answered. “My name is Kei, I inherited my grandfather's farm. So I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other.”

“My name is Lillia. Welcome to my shop!”

She smiles even more at Kei. At this point, the constant smiling is beginning to creep him out. Before he says anything he might regret, he pulls out his money and asks, “so, how much do I owe you for the seeds.”

Lillia pushes the seeds to Kei and says, “don't worry about it, just take them.”

Kei freezes for a moment. She is offering the seeds to him at no charge, but he is unsure if he should accept them or not. Accepting them would save him a lot of money. At the same time, he would feel like he is taking advantage of her.

“Thanks for the offer, but I couldn't possibly accept them for free,” he said to her.

She continues to smile and says, “don't worry about it, your money is no good here. Just take them, I insist.”

He then nods and accepts the seeds. He is more than willing to pay for them, but she insists that he takes them from her. He feels weird taking the seeds without paying for them, but he would rather not argue with her. He thanks her properly, and leaves the shop with the seeds in his hands.

After he leaves the shop, Lillia opens her eyes revealing her emerald colored irises. She snickers wickedly and says to herself, “so he's the one we've been waiting for. He doesn't look very bright, but I guess he'll do. I just hope that this plan works.”

Outside the shop, Kei takes a couple of deep breaths. She is a nice woman, but there is something about her smile that seems to scare him. Even though she makes him feel nervous, he knows that he will have to go back to the shop on a regular basis to get more seeds.

Soon enough, Kei starts to smell something sweet in the air. Across the road, he finds another shop. And by the smell of cookies and cakes in the air, he can quickly tell that it's a bakery. If there is one thing that Kei loves more than anything is sweets. Forgetting about his small budget, the sweet smell draws him into the bakery.

The inside of the bakery is a bit plain, but the irresistible smell of cookies, cakes, and pies make up for the decor. There is a display that showcases many different cakes and pies for sale. All of them look especially delicious. There are no factories anywhere nearby, so all of the sweets made in the bakery has to be fresh and hand made.

On the other side of the display, he finds the shop owner. A middle aged man of about 30 years old smiles for Kei. Unlike the flower shop owner Lillia, his smile is a bit more friendlier and much less scarier. “Hi there! You must be the new guy at the farm.”

He nods and answers, “Yes! My name is Kei. I inherited my grandfather's farm after he died.”

“I see. That's unfortunate, but we are glad to have you in the village,” said the shop owner. “My name is Jeff, I am the master of the bakery. I guess you passed by because you're hungry.”

Kei nods. Jeff then bows at him, and brings him to the only table in the shop. Even though the shop smells delicious, the village is very small, so there isn't much business coming in. Jeff then hands him a menu and says, “go ahead and choose what you would like. My assistant will be with you shortly.”

Kei thanks him, then Jeff returns to his spot where he checks on the register. Kei takes a good look at the menu, and sees a wide variety of cakes, cookies and pies that looks irresistible. He cannot make up his mind with so many choices.

As he is looking through the menu, a young girl approaches him. It takes him a minute to finally notice her standing by him waiting for him to decide on what he wants to eat. He looks up at her, and is immediately captivated by her lovely smile. She wears a long blue dress that seems to be out of fashion, but still looks cute on her. Her frilly white apron lightly powdered with flour gives Kei the impression that she bakes the cakes in the shop. Her medium brown shoulder length hair bounces as she moves. Everything about her has always been what he has been looking for in a woman.

She smiles at him and says, “well, hello there. You must be the new farmer!”

Kei stands up and says, “yes I am.” He extends his hand and says, “my name is Kei, I inherited my grandfather's farm. It's a pleasure to meet you.”

The young woman giggles and says, “the pleasure is all mine. My name is Elli, I'm the baker.”

They both smile at one another for a moment. They had just met, but already feel some sort of a connection between them. Even so, they are nervous and don't know what to say to one another. So rather than just standing there and staring at each other, Elli says, “so, have you decided in what to try today?”

“Oh yeah, I forgot about that!” said Kei bashfully. He then picks up his menu, and takes another skim past the list. But he still cannot decide on what he wants to try. So he asks, “Everything looks so good, I can't make up my mind. What do you recommend?”

“Well, you can try the walnut bread if you like. It's my grandmother's unique recipe,” she answered cheerfully.

“I'll have that then.” he responds. Elli then runs over to the back so she can get some walnut bread. But as Kei waits for Elli, he notices a change in Jeff's attitude. He feels that Jeff may be a bit upset for some reason. The only thing he did was barely have a chat with Elli.

After a few minutes, Elli brings out a plate with a generous serving of walnut bread. She sets the bread down on the table so that Kei can enjoy it. Rather than just returning to the back, Elli sits with him to have a casual chat. They learn that they have a lot in common. They both love sweets, they both love to fish, and they were both born in the season of Fall.

Soon enough, it's time for Kei to return to the farm. He says his goodbyes to Elli and Jeff, and leaves the bakery. After Kei leaves the bakery, Elli giggles and says, “what a nice guy he is. He's cute, and he likes sweets. I think I'm going to like having him around the village.”

“You best stay away from that guy,” said Jeff in a cold harsh tone.

Elli looks at Jeff and asks, “why? What's wrong with him?”

“Remember, he's Tony's grandson. So he belongs to the Yaminochigo.” he answered.

Elli gasps. She then looks at the door that Kei had just left the bakery from, and begins to feel sad. Even though they just met, Elli already started having interests in him. But she knows just as well as anyone else that someone else has already claimed him.

Time passes in the village. Kei has been working very hard in clearing out the field in his farm. When he arrived, his land was covered in rocks branches and weeds. It takes him some time to get used to the tools that once belonged to his grandfather. He also finds that raising crops is a lot harder than he originally assumed. He thought that all he needs to do is to water the seeds every day, and he'll eventually get crops. But he needs to factor in sunlight, weather problems, and other wild animals like rabbits.

He has been working so hard in the farm, that he rarely interacts with the villagers. He is so busy, that he can't even attend the festivals of the village. He does go the flower shop every once in a while to pick up new seeds, but the owner keeps giving him free seeds. The first time is understandable, but she refuses to allow Kei to pay for any seeds.

Elli has changed dramatically. When he first arrived at the bakery, he thought that Elli liked him. But now, she is trying her best to distance herself away from him. But at the same time, Kei also notices her watching him from that distance. As far as why Elli is acting so unusual is beyond his understanding.

He does come across other villagers in Flowerbud Village, but he is sure that he has yet to meet everyone. Even though the village is small, it's still big enough. As soon as he has some extra time on his hands, he will properly introduce himself to everyone.

Spring is ending, and one of the last festivals being celebrated in this season is the Flower Festival. According to what he heard, the festival is tribute to the Harvest Goddess, in which they worship. Even though Kei is unfamiliar with a religion that worships a Harvest Goddess; it's part of their culture, so he'll need to learn to accept it.

Unlike the past festivals, Kai plans to attend the Flower Festival. The day before the festival, he goes over to the festival square first thing in the morning. In the square is a box and a stack of papers where he can vote for this year's goddess. Since the girl he likes the most is Elli, he decides not to vote for her.

However, as he is about to vote, he finds something interesting. During the short time he has lived in the village, he has met only four young girls. Elli from the bakery, Ann from the Green ranch, Karen from the vineyard, and Maria from the library. In the list of candidates, he finds the name Popuri written along with the others. Even though he rarely interacts with the villagers, he finds it hard to believe that he has not yet come across all the young ladies of the village.

Since he is not familiar with someone named Popuri, he goes ahead and votes for her. The reason he doesn't vote for Elli is because the winner of the festival dances with the Harvest King. The Harvest King is elected the year before, so there is no way that he can become the Harvest King. Everyone else is free to dance with whoever they choose. Kei wants a chance to talk to Elli, so he wants to use this as an excuse to chat with her.

The next day, Kei completes his work early, and heads to the square to attend the festival. He is shocked to see how well the square is decorated for the festival. The whole square is decorated with flowers, ribbons, and balloons. All the girls are in the back counting the votes to see who has won the title of goddess this year. Taking advantage of the festival, Kei takes the chance to meet and properly introduce himself to the other villagers he has not met yet.

After several hours of waiting, the girls one by one exit the back to reveal the winner of the Flower Festival. Elli, Ann, Karen, and Maria all walk out first to shower the path with flowers for the goddess. Finally, the winner is revealed, a young pink haired girl.

Kei stands there charmed by this girl's beauty. Similar to the flower shop owner, she has natural pink hair, but this girl also has red colored eyes as well. Since she was elected as goddess, she is wearing the goddess costume which is pink in color, and decorated from head to toe with real flowers. He finds it odd how the pink color of the dress seems to match the color of her hair. He wonders in each girl has a unique dress, or do they all wear the same one.

The winner's name is announced as Popuri, the girl that appeared on the list that he had voted for. However, even though he has never introduced himself to this girl, he has an odd feeling that he might have seen her before. He cannot put his finger at why does he have this strange familiar feeling as she stands waving to the crowd next to an old man who was crowned king last year.

After the announcement, everyone else scatters around to ask the guys and girls they like to dance. Kei goes ahead and approaches Elli in order to ask her to dance. Fortunately, he was taught the dance steps before the festival, so he feels confident that he can sweep her off her feet.

“Can I have this dance?” he asked catching Elli by surprise.

Elli turns around to face Kei. Even though she would love to accept his invitation, she remembers that she needs to keep her distance from him. So she bows and says, “I'm sorry, I would like to. But I already promised Jeff that I would dance with him.”

Kei sighs, feeling disappointed that Jeff already asked her prior to the festival. But he still smiled for Elli and said, “that's okay. But how about next time? Will you save the next dance for me?”

Elli blushes. She really wants to accept his offer, but she knows that she can't. Her heart is torn between what she wants to do, and what she has to do. She can no longer take the pressure, so she runs off out of the festival, and back into the bakery.

Kei scratches his head and says himself, “where is she going? I thought she was going to dance with Jeff? I just don't understand her at all.”

“Would you like to dance with me instead?” said the voice of a sweet young girl who has caught Kei by surprise. He turns around, and sees that the girl who had just asked him to dance is Popuri.

Kei is confused, so he asks, “I don't mind, but I thought you were supposed to dance with the Harvest King?”

She smiles and says, “The Harvest King is an old man. I already asked the mayor, and he already approved that I could dance with someone else!” She then grabs his hand, and pulls him into the crowd to dance. Kei hasn't agreed to dance with her, but as long as she's insisting, he thought that he might as well.

As soon as the music starts to play, Kei and Popuri begins to dance. Even though she has pink hair and red eyes, Popuri is a very attractive girl, so he doesn't mind dancing with her at all. He originally wanted to dance with Elli, but he is content with Popuri instead. But as they dance, he feels something unusual. He feels that for some reason, he feels that he knows this girl. There is something about her red eyes and pink hair that gives him deja vu.

After the festival is over, Kei walks Popuri home. As they walk together, they have a nice chat about their interests. Even though Popuri and Kei have very little in common, Popuri's love for flowers and nature is something he does appreciate.

What shocks Kei the most is that Popuri lives at the flower shop, and the owner is her mother. Even though he can clearly see the family resemblance with the pink hair, their personalities are somewhat different. Popuri is just as cheerful as her mother, but not nearly as scary.

After dropping Popuri off, he begins to head home. But as he is about to leave the flower shop, he gets a strong feeling that he is being watched. He quickly turns towards the bakery, and sees Elli peeking out of the window. The lights are out, and she is hard to see, but he does catch her watching him. Elli quickly hides as soon as she is found. He doesn't understand why does she constantly has to hide from him. He wishes that she could tell him what's wrong, but he gets the feeling that he will never know.

Summer arrives several days later. Popuri has been spending a lot of time with Kei and his farm. The first time Popuri arrived at Kei's farm, she brought some cake and cookies for them to enjoy. This is the only thing they have in common, their love for sweets. Unlike the festival, Popuri normally wears a white blouse, a long red skirt that nearly reaches the floor, a black corsage that shows off her feminine curves, and a green hair band that keep her waist long pink hair pushed back.

Popuri has also brings a lot of flower seeds to Kei's farm, and he helps her plant and grow them. But as they spend their time together, Kei continues to have the odd feeling that someone is watching him from a distance. Every once is a while, he would catch Elli in the corner of his eye hiding behind a tree.

Sometime in the middle of Summer, Kei walks out of the house, and gets ready for another day on the farm. Usually he would be visited by Popuri to tend to the flowers they are growing, but this time Elli decides to pay him a visit. Normally, Popuri would come around in the afternoon, but Elli is standing outside his house at 8:00am. The strangest thing about the visit is Elli's mood. As she stands there looking at Kei, there is a look on fear and uncertainty in her eyes.

Before Kei has the chance to say hi, Elli says, “Kei, I have something to tell you! Will you listen to me!”

He scratches his head in confusion, and he says, “sure, I'll hear you out. What do you want to tell me?”

Elli then looks around nervously. Even though she sees nobody nearby she doesn't want to risk getting caught. So she takes his hand and runs off dragging Kei behind her saying, “Not here! Please follow me to someplace where we can be alone!”

He has no idea why she needs to be alone to tell him what's on her mind. But he still follows her outside of the village, and heads into the forest. Elli doesn't stop until they arrive into a small clearing inside the forest. After catching his breath, he takes a look at his surroundings. The grassy clearing is partially covered in flowers and herbs that grow wild. He also finds a small freshwater spring nearby. By the density of the trees, Kei knows that they are pretty far into the forest.

“Elli, where are we?” he asked.

Elli turns to him, and stares deep into his eyes. She then says, “Kei, I'm planning on leaving Flowerbud Village.”

Kei's eyes pop open in shock. “leaving? But why?”

Elli shakes her head no, and answers, “that is not important. But what I need to tell you is that I want you to come with me!”

Kei is now more confused than ever. When they first met, they got along very well. Then Elli starts to avoid him soon afterwards. Now Elli wants to run away from the village with him. He cannot make any sense of Elli's actions.

At this point, Kei wants to know the truth once and for all. So he places his hands on Elli's shoulders and asks, “Elli, are you hiding something from me? Why have you been avoiding me all this time? Why are you asking me to run away with you? What's going on?”

Elli doesn't answer him. She only closes her eyes, and remains quiet for a moment. Kei begins to lose his patience, so he yells, “Elli, please don't ignore me! If something is happening, you have to tell me!”

Suddenly, Elli's eyelids open, and her brown eyes turn into a glowing blue color. Kei jumps back in shock, but the blue glow places him into a trance. Kei is now standing there helpless completely under Elli's control. She then walks up to him and embraces him tenderly. As she is holding him in her arms, she says, “I won't let the Yaminochigo have you. I want us to be together, forever. Please forgive me, I don't mean to force this on you, but I don't have any other choice.”

She then looks deep into his eyes once again, and kissed him on his lips. Afterwards, two large fangs grow inside her mouth. Just before he plunges them into Kei's neck, She hears her voice shrieking her name from a distance. She hides her fangs, and steps away from Kei.

At that moment, Kei wakes out of his trance. He has no idea what just happened. The last thing he remembers was trying to get Elli to tell him what is going on with her. He then notices Popuri approaching them. He has no idea how did she know where they would be.

Popuri walks up to Elli and yells, “what did you think you were doing!?”

Elli hangs her head down in shame and says, “I wasn't doing anything, I swear.”

Popuri then turns to Kei and asks, “did Elli say anything strange to you?”

“Um, no. We were just talking.” he answered. Even though he knows he is lying, he wants to keep the conversation between Elli and himself between them.

Popuri smiles, then takes Elli by the hand, “the mayor is looking for you, he has something important to tell you.”

Elli nods, and follows Popuri out of the forest. But just before she leaves, Elli whispers to Kei, “beware of the Crimson Moon. . .”

After they leave, Kei returns home to do his daily chores. All day, all that flood his mind are the odd words that Elli spoke. She wanting to leave the village all of the sudden. She wanting him to run away with her. And the Crimson Moon. As he thinks about it some more, he remembers that he had a dream about a red colored moon. As he recalls his dream, he also had a fuzzy memory that Elli's eyes were glowing like the shadows in his dream.

But as he tries to remember what happened after he started yelling at Elli, his head begins to hurt. The more he thinks about it, the worse he feels. So after his work is done, he goes to bed and sleeps in early. He can only hope he can make some sense out of things tomorrow.

The next day, Kei heads over to the bakery to see if he can talk to Elli. He enters the bakery, Jeff smiles and says, “why hello there Kei. What can I do for you?”

He walks up to Jeff and asks, “I came to talk to Elli. Can I please speak to her?”

Jeff's cheerful mood turns sour. He then turns around, and begins to count the money in his register. As he is doing so, he says, “I'm afraid that Elli doesn't live here anymore. She left Flowerbud Village last night.”

“She did?!” he asked shocked by news. “do you have any idea where did she go?”

“Last I heard, she went to live in Moondrop Village,” he answered. He went silent for a while. Kei wanted to say something, but he cannot find the correct words.

Jeff turns around to face Kei and asks, “did Elli say something to you?” Kei shakes his head no. “Please pay no mind to her, I know you and her got along pretty well, but she's been going crazy for some time now. Just forget about her, and pretend you never met her.”

Kei feels awkward by his reaction. Since they did work together, he was expecting him to be a bit more worried or saddened by Elli's departure. But it seems like he is almost glad that she is gone.

Jeff doesn't answer anymore questions about Elli, or what might have happened to her. There isn't anything else he can do about Elli, so he turns around and leaves the bakery. But as he walks back home, he tries once again to remember what happened when he spaced out. But the image is too blurry to make anything out.

At the farm, Kei finds Popuri tending the flowers by herself. Some of the flowers are in full bloom, so she goes ahead and picks them. Kei smiles at how cute Popuri looks as she picks the flowers that they planted together. So as he gets closer to her, Popuri stands up with an armful of flowers and says, “look at the flowers, aren't they pretty?”

Kei nods and says, “they all grew pretty healthy because of you.”

Popuri's cheeks turn a deep rosy color. She then walks up to Kei and says, “now that we have enough flowers, I think it's time to fulfill our promise.”

“Promise? What promise?” Kei asked.

Without answering him, Popuri tip toes up and kisses him unexpectedly. Out of shock, Kei jumps back and says, “what was that about?”

“It's called a kiss,” answered Popuri.

“I know it's a kiss, but why did you kiss me all of the sudden?”

Kei's thoughtless words hurts Popuri's feelings. She turns away from him and says, “I see, you did forget about our promise.”

“Popuri, what promise are you talking about?”

Popuri sighs and says, “When we were kids, you promised that someday we would grow flowers together. And then, you would marry me.”

Kei nearly faints out of shock. Things then go quiet for some time. Popuri is saddened that Kei had forgotten the promise made when they were children, and Kei tries hard to remember the promise. After a while, Kei begins to recall a time when he visited his grandfather's farm when he was 10 years old.

Sometime during the visit, he heard a scream for help by the mountains. That's when he met Popuri for the first time. She was trying to get a flower that grew on the side of a cliff, but she slipped and nearly fell. She held on a root sticking out of the side of the cliff screaming for someone to help her. Kei then climbed a nearby tree, and rescued her.

Popuri and Kei became good friends after that. One day while they were picking flowers near the mountains, Popuri asked him to make a promise with her. They made a promise that someday, Kei would inherit his grandfather's farm, and Popuri would help him grow flowers in the farm. Afterwards, Kei will then propose to Popuri.

“Oh, you mean that promise,” he said after remembering his past with Popuri. “But we were so young then, we can't just get married all of the sudden.”

“So, the promise was a lie?” she asked in a sad tone.

“No! Please don't misunderstand. I think we should get to know each other all over again. I mean, marriage is such a big step. We shouldn't rush into it!”

Popuri sighs and says, “Even if we were just kids, a promise is still a promise. I waited for you all this time to come back. Now that you're here, I thought we were going to be together. You promised that when we grow up, you would love me.”

“Yeah, I know.” he sighed.

“You promised that you would take care of me as long as you live.”

“Yeah, I do remember saying that,” he answered.

While still turned away, she smirks and says, “you even promised that you would die for me.”

Kei scratches his hair, and says, “yeah, I guess I did. But still, it's a bit too soon to think about marriage.”

Popuri begins to play with her pink hair and says, “I get it, you don't like me anymore. You like Elli more than me.”

“Hey I never said that!” yelled Kei.

Popuri then turns around showing off her sad puppy eyes. She then says, “it's okay, I understand. After all, not many guys like girls who have natural pink hair.” She then begins to walk out of the farm while saying, “goodbye Kei, I'm going home. I'll just forget about our promise, so you can go after Elli if you want.”

Watching her leave so sad makes him feel guilty. All this time, she had waited for him, and he just forgets about the promise he made with her. Even though they were only children when they made that promise, he still made that promise and meant it. He feels that it would be wrong to break it.

He hasn't known Popuri for longer than a few days, but he feels that she is a good girl. She's very attractive, and she likes sweets like he does. Rather than just letting her go, he says, “Popuri wait!”

She stops and looks back at Kei. He takes a deep breath and says, “Popuri, do you honestly think that I'll make a good husband for you?”

Popuri nods. Kei knows that what he is about to do is crazy, but he says it anyway, “Popuri, lets get married!”

Popuri's face beams with happiness. She runs up to him, and jumps into his arms. He is not sure if he made the right choice, but he is willing to go through with it. But as Popuri embraces him, she lets out an evil smirk while she is not looking.