A Place To Stay
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+G through L › Harvest Moon
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
29
Views:
4,680
Reviews:
5
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
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I do not own the rights to Harvest Moon or these characters. Stories are for entertainment only, and I make no profit off of this.
13
Claire stood up and brushed the soil off her pants once she had planted the last of the pineapple seeds in the ground. She smiled approvingly at her field. “This is going to be a wonderful harvest,” she said to her husband.
Cliff smiled at her. Just then, Gray arrived on the farm, wheeling something on a dolly.
“Here’s the mayonnaise maker you ordered. I’ll just put it in the barn then,” he grumbled.
Claire had hemmed and hawed about sinking that kind of money into a mayonnaise maker, but finally they had agreed that it was worth the investment. Mayonnaise sold for so much more than eggs. They also commissioned Gotz to expand the chicken coop, so that they could keep more chickens, and thus get more eggs for mayonnaise. It was a lot of money at once, but they had a tidy sum earned from spring crops, which they had also invested in pricey pineapple seeds. Pineapples took a long time to grow, almost a whole month, but they sold for 500G each. Plus, you could keep harvesting more pineapples from the same plant. They would really be able to turn a profit this season.
The next day, there wasn’t much to do, so they decided to go to the beach together. Popuri was already there with her boyfriend Kai, who ran the snack shack during the summer. Cliff bought Claire a shaved ice and they ate it happily, basking in the warm sun.
Popuri ran over, and sank down into the sand next to them. “So, how’s married life?” she gushed, eyes sparkling.
Claire beamed and laced her fingers into Cliff’s. “Just fabulous,” she said.
Popuri bit her lip. “Do you remember that I caught the bouquet at your wedding?”
Claire nodded. “Of course I do. Elli practically scratched your eyes out to get it!”
Popuri giggled a little. “Oh yeah. Well, anyway…” she continued, “that means I’m getting married next right?”
Claire scratched her neck. “Well, that’s the tradition anyway, or whatever you want to call it.”
Popuri nodded and blushed. “Well, when Kai got here a few days after your wedding, I told him all about it, and he said ‘Let’s elope!’ Can you believe that?”
Cliff raised his eyebrows, and Claire leaned forward. “Do you think he’s serious, Po?”
Popuri nodded vigorously. “Mmm hmm. He said when the summer is over, I can come with him. But…” she trailed off. “I don’t want to leave my mom and Rick. But I don’t like being away from Kai all year, either.”
Claire reached out and grabbed Popuri’s hand. “You have to do what you feel is right, okay? You’ve got all summer to decide. Just enjoy the season and your heart will tell you what to do.”
Popuri blinked at Claire. “Wow, that was really wise, Claire. Marriage has made you really smart!” She stood up abruptly. “Okay, I’m going to see if Kai needs help! See ya!”
Cliff nudged Claire. “Did you hear that?” he teased. “I’m making you smart.”
Claire giggled and poked him. “You make me dumb. I can’t think when you’re looking at me like you do.”
Cliff fixed a pathetic, loving look on his face. “Like this?” he pouted.
Claire blushed. “Yes, just like that!”
They had had enough of the summer sun, so they packed up their things and headed back home. They got into the shower together to rinse off the sand, and after a bit of friskiness, they finished up and got dressed.
Claire had planned a get together with Elli at the Clinic, so she set off, kissing Cliff lovingly. He settled down on the couch with a book as she left.
As Claire walked to the Clinic, she remembered talking to Elli the day after the wedding. She was curious to know what happened after Doctor’s drunken dirty dancing with Elli at the reception.
“Absolutely nothing!” Elli had fumed. “He played a big game at the party, getting happy hands and all, but then we get back to the Clinic and he passes out cold on the couch in the lobby! The nerve!” Elli pouted. “He got me all worked up, and then nothing. The man can’t handle his liquor. I’m going to have to change my strategy if I want anything to ever happen between us.”
“So what’s your strategy?” Claire had asked her.
But Elli didn’t have one planned out yet. She said she’d think about it, and her and Claire could get together for their regular tea time the next week to discuss it.
Claire arrived at the Clinic. She walked in, and was surprised to see Elli laid out on one of the patient beds, a pained look on her face. Doctor buzzed around frantically, mixing up tinctures and applying a cold compress to Elli’s forehead.
Claire rushed forward to her best friend. “Oh no, Elli, what’s wrong?”
Elli winced. “I’m having a migraine. Claire…I’m sorry. We were supposed to have tea together today.”
Claire shook her head. “That’s all right, Elli. I just want you to feel better. I’ll leave now so that you can rest.”
Elli grasped Claire’s wrist. “Wait, Claire. Stay with me a little while?” Elli glanced at the Doctor, whose back was turned just then. Elli looked up and winked at Claire. Claire was bewildered, but just nodded.
The Doctor turned around and cleared his throat gently. “I need to go upstairs and get a book.” He walked over to Elli and stroked her face lovingly. “I’ll be right back, okay?”
Elli looked up at him weakly. “Thank you Doctor. I’m sorry to be so much trouble,”
“Not at all, not at all,” Doctor blushed and stammered, hurrying away and up the stairs.
Claire turned on Elli. “What are you doing!?”
Elli smirked. “I realized he loves his patients dearly. So, to get him to start loving me, I have to be a patient first.”
Claire groaned and raised her eyebrows. “Is that really…ethical?”
“Everything’s ethical in love and war!” Elli pouted. “Now that you know my plan, shoo, shoo shoo! Leave me alone with Doctor. I need some of that bedside manner!” Elli cackled.
Claire widened her eyes and backed away. “Ooookay, weirdo. You have your fun.”
Elli smiled. “Thanks, you’re a doll. Now, shhhh, I hear him coming.”
Claire stuck her tongue out at Elli and turned to leave the Clinic. She encountered Doctor on her way out, clutching a thick book and hurrying back to Elli was.
“Oh, Doctor,” Claire gasped, loud enough for Elli to hear too. “Elli is having a pain in her chest! I think she needs her chest examined right away!”
Doctor nodded furiously, and Claire could hear a stifled laugh from Elli from behind the curtain. Claire rolled her eyes and hurried home, satisfied that she had repaid her debt to Elli.
Cliff smiled at her. Just then, Gray arrived on the farm, wheeling something on a dolly.
“Here’s the mayonnaise maker you ordered. I’ll just put it in the barn then,” he grumbled.
Claire had hemmed and hawed about sinking that kind of money into a mayonnaise maker, but finally they had agreed that it was worth the investment. Mayonnaise sold for so much more than eggs. They also commissioned Gotz to expand the chicken coop, so that they could keep more chickens, and thus get more eggs for mayonnaise. It was a lot of money at once, but they had a tidy sum earned from spring crops, which they had also invested in pricey pineapple seeds. Pineapples took a long time to grow, almost a whole month, but they sold for 500G each. Plus, you could keep harvesting more pineapples from the same plant. They would really be able to turn a profit this season.
The next day, there wasn’t much to do, so they decided to go to the beach together. Popuri was already there with her boyfriend Kai, who ran the snack shack during the summer. Cliff bought Claire a shaved ice and they ate it happily, basking in the warm sun.
Popuri ran over, and sank down into the sand next to them. “So, how’s married life?” she gushed, eyes sparkling.
Claire beamed and laced her fingers into Cliff’s. “Just fabulous,” she said.
Popuri bit her lip. “Do you remember that I caught the bouquet at your wedding?”
Claire nodded. “Of course I do. Elli practically scratched your eyes out to get it!”
Popuri giggled a little. “Oh yeah. Well, anyway…” she continued, “that means I’m getting married next right?”
Claire scratched her neck. “Well, that’s the tradition anyway, or whatever you want to call it.”
Popuri nodded and blushed. “Well, when Kai got here a few days after your wedding, I told him all about it, and he said ‘Let’s elope!’ Can you believe that?”
Cliff raised his eyebrows, and Claire leaned forward. “Do you think he’s serious, Po?”
Popuri nodded vigorously. “Mmm hmm. He said when the summer is over, I can come with him. But…” she trailed off. “I don’t want to leave my mom and Rick. But I don’t like being away from Kai all year, either.”
Claire reached out and grabbed Popuri’s hand. “You have to do what you feel is right, okay? You’ve got all summer to decide. Just enjoy the season and your heart will tell you what to do.”
Popuri blinked at Claire. “Wow, that was really wise, Claire. Marriage has made you really smart!” She stood up abruptly. “Okay, I’m going to see if Kai needs help! See ya!”
Cliff nudged Claire. “Did you hear that?” he teased. “I’m making you smart.”
Claire giggled and poked him. “You make me dumb. I can’t think when you’re looking at me like you do.”
Cliff fixed a pathetic, loving look on his face. “Like this?” he pouted.
Claire blushed. “Yes, just like that!”
They had had enough of the summer sun, so they packed up their things and headed back home. They got into the shower together to rinse off the sand, and after a bit of friskiness, they finished up and got dressed.
Claire had planned a get together with Elli at the Clinic, so she set off, kissing Cliff lovingly. He settled down on the couch with a book as she left.
As Claire walked to the Clinic, she remembered talking to Elli the day after the wedding. She was curious to know what happened after Doctor’s drunken dirty dancing with Elli at the reception.
“Absolutely nothing!” Elli had fumed. “He played a big game at the party, getting happy hands and all, but then we get back to the Clinic and he passes out cold on the couch in the lobby! The nerve!” Elli pouted. “He got me all worked up, and then nothing. The man can’t handle his liquor. I’m going to have to change my strategy if I want anything to ever happen between us.”
“So what’s your strategy?” Claire had asked her.
But Elli didn’t have one planned out yet. She said she’d think about it, and her and Claire could get together for their regular tea time the next week to discuss it.
Claire arrived at the Clinic. She walked in, and was surprised to see Elli laid out on one of the patient beds, a pained look on her face. Doctor buzzed around frantically, mixing up tinctures and applying a cold compress to Elli’s forehead.
Claire rushed forward to her best friend. “Oh no, Elli, what’s wrong?”
Elli winced. “I’m having a migraine. Claire…I’m sorry. We were supposed to have tea together today.”
Claire shook her head. “That’s all right, Elli. I just want you to feel better. I’ll leave now so that you can rest.”
Elli grasped Claire’s wrist. “Wait, Claire. Stay with me a little while?” Elli glanced at the Doctor, whose back was turned just then. Elli looked up and winked at Claire. Claire was bewildered, but just nodded.
The Doctor turned around and cleared his throat gently. “I need to go upstairs and get a book.” He walked over to Elli and stroked her face lovingly. “I’ll be right back, okay?”
Elli looked up at him weakly. “Thank you Doctor. I’m sorry to be so much trouble,”
“Not at all, not at all,” Doctor blushed and stammered, hurrying away and up the stairs.
Claire turned on Elli. “What are you doing!?”
Elli smirked. “I realized he loves his patients dearly. So, to get him to start loving me, I have to be a patient first.”
Claire groaned and raised her eyebrows. “Is that really…ethical?”
“Everything’s ethical in love and war!” Elli pouted. “Now that you know my plan, shoo, shoo shoo! Leave me alone with Doctor. I need some of that bedside manner!” Elli cackled.
Claire widened her eyes and backed away. “Ooookay, weirdo. You have your fun.”
Elli smiled. “Thanks, you’re a doll. Now, shhhh, I hear him coming.”
Claire stuck her tongue out at Elli and turned to leave the Clinic. She encountered Doctor on her way out, clutching a thick book and hurrying back to Elli was.
“Oh, Doctor,” Claire gasped, loud enough for Elli to hear too. “Elli is having a pain in her chest! I think she needs her chest examined right away!”
Doctor nodded furiously, and Claire could hear a stifled laugh from Elli from behind the curtain. Claire rolled her eyes and hurried home, satisfied that she had repaid her debt to Elli.