Chapter 5

Goodbye

Summer 1, 2005 (Wednesday)

It's been an entire season since Trei found himself five years into the future. After the last incident with Muffy and Trei, things have settled down between them. Trei has been getting to know his family little by little, and he has been getting along with them. Even so, he still knows very Little about Muffy, and even less about himself.

During the time between the last incident and now, Trei has also been getting to know his fellow villagers all over again. Some of the villagers have found him to be a little strange, but he was able to manage enough excuses for any odd behavior. Lumina has also been helping him with anything she could with his situation. Plus the Harvest Sprites continues to help Trei with the Farm work. No sign of Flik has been seen since early Spring.

He wakes up at 6:00am like he is supposed to. At first, he was having trouble adjusting to this new schedule. Now it's more like second nature to him. Wake up at 6:00am, does his work, comes home, then spends time with the family and friends. He has learned how to live without modern day conveniences, but he still misses his old life.

As Trei rubs his eyes and jumps out of bed, Muffy remains in the bed sleeping. Trei walks up to the calendar and notices that Spring has ended. It is now the first day of Summer. He rips out the Spring page, and takes a look at the new season. As he reads the calendar, he finds something written on it that wakes him up instantly.

“Summer 5 is Muffy's birthday?” he whispers to himself. After taking a moment to reflect on the incident of the first day of Spring, he says to himself, “I know for a fact that she is going to expect something special. If I don't do anything, she is going to kill me.”

After changing and preparing for the day, he goes off to work. As he works, he thinks hard about what to do for Muffy's birthday. But in the end, he came up with no ideas. He feels that asking Muffy directly would only make things complicated. Talking about it with random villagers would arouse suspicion. His only option is to talk to the only person in Forget-Me-Not Valley who somewhat understands his situation.

Summer 2, 2005 (Thursday)

Trei meets up with Lumina by the lake like they usually do. After greeting her, they sat down on the log where they can talk. Trei doesn't waste time in getting to his point. So he talks to her about his problem with Muffy.

“You want me to tell you what are Muffy's favorite things?” asked Lumina.

“Yeah, I still don't know her very well yet. She expects me to know everything about her, which makes it tough for me to ask her directly,” answered Trei.

“I'm sorry, but I really can't help you. To tell you the truth, I don't know Muffy too well either.” Trei takes a deep breath, and looks down feeling disappointed. Lumina looks up to the sunny blue sky and says, “It's strange, a whole season has passed, and you still have amnesia. According to a book I read about amnesia, partial memory loss should only last about a week.”

Trei starts to feel nervous, then says, “I see. . . I guess that I have a more severe case than I thought I did.” He feels bad about lying to her, but he knows that he needs to. After all, he is expected to regain memories that does not exist for him. He then asks, “so, what do you know about Muffy?”

“Before you got married with her, she always spent her days working in the Blue Bar. She sometimes go out for walks, but she never visited the Villa except for New Years. I think the best person to ask would be Griffin, he did live with her before she got married.”

“She. . . Lived with him?” asked Trei. He knows that Griffin and Muffy are close friends, but they are not related in any way. But he did not know until now that they used to live with each other. Trei places his hand on his head ans whispers to himself, “great, I married a woman who used to live with another man. My standards really dropped as the time passes.” He then takes a deep breath and says to Lumina, “but if I did ask Griffin, wouldn't he also ask about why am I asking him something that I should already know?”

“That is a problem, but I don't know who else to ask? I guess in the end, asking anyone would just make them feel uncomfortable,” answered Lumina.

“I know,” sighed Trei. He stands up and stretches his arms. “Thanks for your help Lumina.”

“It's fine,” said Lumina in a sad tne. She then takes a look at her watch and panics. “Look at the time, I have to get back home and start practicing!” Lumina then stands up in a hurry. As she stands, he foot catches onto her skirt causing her to lose balance. She shrieks as she falls catching Trei’s attention. Trei catches her before she fell on the ground and hurts herself. She looks back at him in the eyes while she is still in his arms. Memories of her past feelings for him start to flood her mind leaving her in a state of trance.

“You okay Lumina?” asked Trei.

“I'm fine. I just tripped, and. . . Oh no!”

“Oh no? What happened?” asked Trei. Lumina points at the direction behind him. He turns his head, and finds Muffy standing there watching them. A look of shock can be seen on her face as she watches her husband with another woman in his arms. Trei releases Lumina, and she takes a few steps back away from him.

“Uh, Muffy? . . . I know what this looks like, but it's not what you think!” said Trei.

“So, this is why you have been acting strange since Spring? You've been seeing someone else?” said Muffy.

“No, it's not like that!” yelled Lumina. “We are just friends, I swear!”

Muffy doesn't believe her. She takes off back to the ranch crying. Trei wants to go after her, but he doesn't, feeling that he would only make things worse. Lumina apologizes to him, but he tells her that there is nothing to apologize for.

After giving Muffy enough time to herself, Trei returns home later that afternoon. He was expecting Muffy to be holding a rolling pin to whack him on the head like in the cartoons. However, he finds the house empty. Neither Muffy or Myo are anywhere in the house, and all of their possessions are gone as well. He finds a note on a bookshelf on the other of the room. He opens the note and it says, “Goodbye.”

“I can't believe this!” yelled Trei angrily. The fact that Muffy left him over a misunderstanding makes him feel abandoned. “I didn't do anything! I couldn't just let he get hurt, could I!? I know it looked a bit 'wrong', but she could at least talk to me first before packing her things!” He lets out a stressful sigh, and slams the note on the bookshelf. A book drops on the floor afterwards. “I don't care anymore, let her do what she wants. It's not like I'm in love with her or anything. . . I'm so hungry, I'll make myself something to eat.”

Trei goes to the kitchen, and makes himself a sandwich. When he returns to the bedroom, he finds the book that fell on the floor earlier. He walks to it and picks it up. The book is already open, so he takes a peek inside. He finds many entries in the book that are handwritten. “What is this? It looks like a diary or something. It must belong to Muffy.” He closes the diary, then says, “Even though she's not here, I just can't read it. She'll probably come back for it later, so I'll just put it away.”

Trei places the diary halfway into the bookshelf. But then he realizes that something is odd about the diary. He pulls it back out, and checks the entries.

“What the? This is MY handwriting!? This Diary is mine!?” Trei grows annoyed about the thought of keeping a diary. “First she has me cooking, now I'm writing diaries. What kind of man did she turn me into? I'm like her personal lap dog.” Getting upset is not going to help his situation. So he takes a deep breath, and walks back to the empty bed with the diary and sandwich in his hands.

He takes a moment to calm down. He looks at the diary and says, “Well, since no one can tell me what I've been doing for the last 5 years, I might as well read about it myself. After all, it is mine.”

He opens the diary once again, and flips to the first entry. He begins to read silently to himself.

Spring 1, 2000

After careful consideration, I decided to take over my father's ranch. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I owe him anything. I just wanted to see first hand at why did he wanted to live here instead of back at home in the city. Takakura promised that I could leave whenever I wanted to.

After a short tour of the ranch, Takakura offered me a tour of the entire village. I didn't know my way around, so I accepted his offer. Even though the village is small, the Valley is huge! I was grateful for the tour, I could have gotten lost without it.

I met quite a few people here in the Forget-Me-Not Valley. Some of them are very pretty. The first one I met was a girl maned Celia. She's gentle, quiet, cute, and a hard worker. She lives and works at a farm not too far from my dad's ranch. Then I met Lumina, she is 18 years old, about three years younger than I am. She's cute too, but she's out of my league. She lives in an expensive looking mansion with her aunt. Her family must be loaded in order for her to live in a big place like that.

The girl that caught my eye is one called Muffy. She is very pretty with long blond hair, and emerald green eyes. She wears a red dress that is a bit revealing, but her body is too amazing not to notice anyway. I am still very surprised to see her living here in Forget-Me-Not Valley. Usually, a girl like her would be living in the city. She's older than me, quite mature, and she has an amazing smile. She lives and works in a bar that another guy runs. I guess that she is his wife, since they are not related.

Spring 5, 2000

Takakura and I were talking outside my house. Suddenly, we heard a girl screaming from somewhere inside the ranch. It was late, and I was not expecting any visitors, so I went to check it out. I was shocked to find Muffy in my ranch. I found her pinned against the side of the barn by the dog who was barking at her. Luckily, she was okay when I saved her. It would have been a mess if the dog bit her.

After chasing the dog away, I asked her why was she visiting at such a late hour. She told me that she was on her break, and she wanted to talk to me. So we sat by the pasture, and talked for a bit. I asked her about the guy she lives with, she told me that they are not in any relationship. She only lives in a spare room, that's all. I wasn't sure why, but I feel relieved to know that she is still single.

Spring 9, 2000

I decided to pay a visit to the mansion today. I found Lumina practicing on the piano, and her aunt was supervising her. She made a small mistake, and her aunt scolded her pretty harshly. I wanted to say something, but I was in no place to. After she was done scolding her, she went to her room leaving Lumina on the Piano. Lumina remained seated on the piano, I saw tears dripping on the keys. I thought I'd cheer her up, so I went up to her.

I said hi to her, and she looked back at me with her eyes filled with sad tears. I'm sure that was not the first time the old woman yelled at her. We went out to the garden to talk for a while, she had a lot on her mind. Lumina told me that she is Living in Forget-Me-Not Valley because she lost her parents when she was only 10 years old. She has no other family other than her aunt Romana. Her aunt does care a lot for her, but she expresses it the wrong way. Because she is from a wealthy family, she is expected to be a “perfect young lady”. This is quite stressful. Not only for Lumina, but for any young girl too. I can tell that she needs someone to talk to other than the people who live in the Mansion, so I decided to become her friend.

Spring 20, 2000

Carter gave me a part-time job at the excavation site today. We didn't find anything important, but I did get some interesting things he let me keep. Besides some old fossils, I found some copper coins and some moonstones.

I went to the bar to have a drink and polish off my findings. After I was done cleaning the coins and crystals, the copper coins shined with a bright luster. The moonstones glimmered with a rainbow light when held up. Muffy noticed what I was doing, and became very interested in the shining objects. I learned that Muffy likes things that are shining and sparkling. I decided to give her a coin that I finished polishing off as a gift. She was very happy at her gift, and promised to cherish it.

Summer 1, 2000

Griffin told me that Muffy's birthday is coming soon. I know that I do not have much money, but I wanted to do something special for her. Because of that, Griffin recommended me to a blacksmith in Mineral Town. He is very skilled, and can make jewelry out of any metals. I decided to pay him a visit.

Mineral Town is the next town from Forget-Me-Not Valley. It isn't too far away, but still took a few hours to walk. The Blacksmith called Saibara was very helpful, and even gave me a discount if I gathered the metals on my own. I was taken to the mines where I was able to gather the gold and silver I needed for the job.

Summer 5, 2000

Today is Muffy's birthday. She didn't look very happy. When I asked her what was wrong, she told me that ever since she came to Forget-Me-Not Valley, nobody had celebrated her birthday. I laughed at myself knowing the perfect idea to cheer her up.

I asked Griffin for permission to take Muffy out early. He knew what I had planned, so he allowed it. I took her to the Inn next door, and surprised her with a birthday party. She was so happy, she cried tears of joy. She had a great time at the party.

After the party, I escorted her back to the bar. But on the way back, we stopped for a moment and I handed her the gift that I had made back in Mineral Town. She opened the small white box, and inside was a rose shaped broach made of silver and gold. She embraced the gift, and promised that she would take care of it forever.

Summer 12, 2000

It was very late, and I was about to turn in for the day. But I heard a knock on the door, it sounded pretty urgent. I opened the door, and found Muffy standing outside. She appeared terrified for some reason.

I let her inside to see what she was upset about. She told me that she was on her way to the Inn to buy some ingredients. But she got the feeling that she was being followed. She didn't want to go back out that night, so she asked if she could spend the night with me. I was nervous about the idea, but I couldn't just turn her away.

Before anything happened between us, Griffin came over to the ranch to get her. Apparently, Muffy forgot her purse when she left the bar. Griffin ran after her to give her the purse to buy the ingredients. Muffy heard him running after her, but didn't realize it was him. She got scared, and ran to my house asking for help.

When she found out that it was Griffin who scared her, she became very angry. She became red as a tomato, and Griffin braced himself to get slapped. But she just stormed out of the house instead without saying anything. She may be pretty, but she is scary when she's mad. I'm glad that I never make her angry.

Summer 22, 2000

I went to the bar to have a drink after a hard day of work. When I got there, Muffy ran out of the bar. She was very upset about something. Naturally, I wanted to cheer her up. When I asked her what was bothering her, she told me that she broke several dishes in the bar. Griffin was not mad about it, but she still felt bad that she is causing trouble for him. After all, she is living in his home for free, and she had broken dishes several times before. I learned something new about her, she's pretty clumsy.

I asked her on a date so that she would have a chance to forget about her troubles. At first, she didn't want to. She said something about only going on dates with boyfriends. But she changed her mind pretty quickly. We got back from our date very late at night, but we enjoyed ourselves. We said our goodbyes, and we kissed for the first time. From now on, we are no longer friends.

Fall 15, 2000

Muffy and I have been gong on many dates since my last entry. Now I'm at the point where I've fallen in love with her. Some time ago, I was able to get a blue feather from some “friends”. Takakura told me that I can use the feather to propose to a girl. If she accepts it, we'll be officially engaged to be married. I thought that this was the best time to use it. I love her, and I am willing to make her my wife.

But things were not as simple as it seemed. I went to the bar, and told her how I felt about her. Then I offered her the blue feather hoping that she would accept my feelings. She was so happy, she cried tears of joy. But. . . She still said no. She told me a story that when she was younger, she used to be engaged. But the other guy left her for someone else anyway. She never wanted to experience that sort of pain again, so she turned me down.

I admit, I am hurt. She is the only girl that I ever loved. And because of her painful memories, I cannot be with her. Even though she turned me down, I need to move on with my life. Maybe I could fall in love with someone else.

“That explains why she acted so rash when she saw me with Lumina.” said Trei. He flips the page and continues reading.

Fall 20, 2000

I decided to talk to my good friend Lumina about my problem. She was pretty surprised of the fact that I asked Muffy to marry me in the first place. I asked her why. She told me that she had fallen in love with me. She has been waiting for me to ask her out for some time. I was very surprised to hear that she had feelings for me. I mean, she comes from a wealthy family, and I am just a simple rancher. I would have never guessed that she would have developed feelings for me.

I thought about it. I had the blue feather in my back pocket. I thought about asking Lumina to marry me instead. But I couldn't bring myself to do it. I did like her, but this feeling I have for her is not the same as the feelings I have for Muffy. I still have Muffy stuck on my mind, and I need to wait a bit longer before I can get over her.

Winter 22, 2000

I decided at the end of the year, I would move out of Forget-Me-Not Valley. I wanted to get that good paying job, and live my life in peace. Raising animals is too tiring, and sometimes I couldn't find the point of living here.

Winter 25, 2000

While I was sleeping, Muffy let herself inside my house. The first thing I remember this morning was hearing her voice as I slept. I thought I was dreaming, there was no way that I could have known that I would be seeing her again. But I opened my eyes, and there she was. I woke up with a jerk, she laughed at me when I did that. She sat next to me, and we talked. She told me about everything that has happened since we last spoke on Fall 15. She had trouble sleeping, eating, and everyone noticed that she was not happy. Just like how depressed I was when she turned me down, she felt the same way. She then admitted her own feelings for me, but she never asked for a second chance. But I still love her, so I took the blue feather and tried again. This time she said yes. We are now officially engaged. We decided to get married on the first day of Spring coming soon.

Winter 30, 2000

We announced to everyone that Muffy and I are about to get married tomorrow. Most of the villagers were very surprised to find out that we were getting hitched. Even though we didn't know each other for too long, I didn't care. I love her, and tomorrow, she'll become my wife.

Of all the villagers, Lumina was shocked the most. Even though she was in love with me, I did not take her hand. She is sad about my engagement to Muffy, but she's a strong girl. I'm sure that she'll get over me soon. I do feel bad about making her cry though.

Spring 1, 2001

We said our vows, and exchanged rings at the church in Mineral Town. I was so nervous about the whole thing, but I am sure I made the right choice. Mom and all my friends attended my wedding. Muffy was so beautiful in her wedding dress. She was so happy, nothing could stop her from crying.

She moved in with me right away. There was a pretty emotional goodbye between Muffy and Griffin. They are like family after all.

Spring 3, 2001

I heard rumors that you learn a lot of things about your wife after you marry her. I never expected it to happen so soon. Gotz had just finished remodeling our home, and we had a new kitchen installed. I was looking forward to some home cooked meals from now on, but there was a slight problem. Neither Muffy or I knew how to cook! This is a problem, but I know that we can overcome this hurdle together. We both decided to learn how to cook from Ruby at the Inn.

As we were learning, Ruby told me that I have a hidden talent for cooking. I was able to learn how to cook very easily and very quickly. However, Muffy was not doing very well in the kitchen. Everything she touched ended up getting burnt or broken. At the end of the lesson, Muffy felt pretty bad about not being able to learn anything today. I tried to comfort her, and tell her that as long as I learn how to cook, everything will be fine. But even so, she decided not to give up until she can learn how to perform her duties as a wife correctly. Me and Ruby decided to teach her together, Ruby can give her classes on Friday, and I'll practice with her on other days.

Spring 15, 2001

Muffy started feeling ill today. I thought it was because she was eating a lot. But just in case, I took her to see Doctor Hardy. He said that Muffy is fine, and I don't have to worry. As we left feeling relieved, he said “Congratulations”.

At first, I didn't understand what he meant by that. He did stare at Muffy a lot during the visit. But at home, Muffy admitted what the doctor was talking about. Muffy is pregnant!! I am still so shocked that we've been married only a short time, and we are already having a baby.

Summer 17, 2001

Muffy has to take it easy now that she is carrying a baby. I did all the work around the house and the ranch, and I did my best at cooking too. I decided to plant some apple trees in the farm because Muffy's favorite food is apple pie. But because we don't have any apples, and it would take a year for the trees to grow, I decided to make something else for her.

Ruby taught me how to make pound cake out of common ingredients I have handy at the ranch. But as I was making the cake, I had some better ideas for ingredients. Instead of normal ingredients, I used rare milk, butter, and eggs. The cows would produce special milk for about 10 days after giving birth. I used some milk from them, and I turned the rest into special butter. Sometimes the eggs from my chickens have a golden color to it, and tastes better than normal eggs.

At first taste, Muffy loved it! She then told me that Apple Pie was no longer her favorite food, now it's my pound cake. I felt pretty embarrassed when she told me that my cake is the best. Even Ruby can't make it taste the same way, even if she uses the same exact ingredients.

Because Muffy was so happy, I didn't really care about how well can I make the cake. Just seeing her smile makes me the happiest man in the whole world.

Winter 15, 2001

Our daughter was born today. We've officially upgraded from a happy couple to a family. She wanted me to name our little girl. I named her Myo or “Little Muffy”. Muffy thought it was a perfect name for her, even though she looks more like me. But it doesn't matter what she looks like, as long as we are happy.

This will be the last entry for this diary, but I'll start another one soon. It'll be about our daughter growing up. In closing, I am having a wonderful life, and I hope that things will stay this way forever.

Trei closes the Diary. He suddenly feels incomplete, like if there is a hole in his heart. He finally understands why did he fall in love with her, but it will be a while until he feels the same way he did in the diary.

He shakes his head and says, “I don't believe it, I think I'm starting to become just like my father. Muffy isn't perfect, and the man who married her knew that. I never knew that there was another side of her that I fell in love with long ago. Flik is right, all the problems we are having are my fault. But I just keep blaming them on her. I made this stupid wish, and I am making her feel unhappy because of it. I can't let things end this way, I'll have to make it up to her. But how?”

Trei places the diary on his lap, and thinks hard. “The only person I could talk to is Griffin, but I'm pretty sure that Muffy is at the bar too. I guess I have no choice, but to use what I've learned in this diary to make things right.