[Harvest Moon: A New Beginning] Rio to the Rescue

Just Friends

Rio rapped on Felicity's door hoping to wake her up. "Felicity? It's me! I need your help!!" There was no response. Rio sighed and knocked louder. "Felicity!! This is serious!!" Still nothing. Rio knew how Felicity hated being woken up in the morning, but this was important. She decided to try the trusty 'knock on the door and yell until she wakes up' method. "FELICITYYYY! WAKE UP! I NEED YOUR WISDOM AND ADVICE!" She knocked until she heard a thump and footsteps shuffling to the door.

Seconds later a frazzled looking Felicity opened the door. "Rio? Is that you?" She squinted through tired eyes. "Why are you here so early?" Rio pushed passed Felicity and made her way to the kitchen to start unpacking her bag.

When Felicity finally made it there, Rio had one big thermos, two mugs, donuts, and a bag of marshmallows on the table. She sat in one of the chairs and looked over at Rio. "Did someone die? Or are you having some kind of life crisis?"

"None of the above. Okay that's a lie. It's a life crisis...I think. I'm not really sure!" Rio grabbed a sprinkle-covered donut and took a bite. "It's about Neil."

Felicity grinned and filled one of the mugs with hot cocoa from the thermos. "Ooh, do tell!" She leaned back as Rio went on to tell the tale of her budding friendship with Neil. She smiled when Rio spoke about how Neil took care of her when she got sick. "That's adorable!"

Rio smiled. "It was pretty nice, but it gets worse." Rio continued with the story of her boy-talk with Neil and then concluded with her brilliant idea to set him up with Iroha.

Felicity sighed and shook her head. "What am I going to do with you?"

Rio smiled sheepishly and took another bite of her donut. With her mouth full she said, "Love me forever because I'm your best friend?"

"Well obviously!" She smirked. "Someone's going to have to since you keep setting up all of your potential boyfriends with other women!"

Rio tossed a crumb at Felicity and stuck her tongue out. "Whatever! He's not a potential boyfriend...he's just a friend."

"Just friends? That's what they all say...before they fall madly in love!"

"Who are 'they'?"

"Everyone, Rio!!" Felicity sighed and took another sip from her mug. "So what's the crisis about?"

Rio picked at another donut as she thought of how to put it. "Well, I'm not really sure. I felt pretty happy when I figured out who Neil was crushing on, but then I felt kind of...uncomfortable I guess? Like I wanted to be happy for my two friends but then I just kind of felt weird about the whole thing." She sighed, becoming frustrated. "WHAT THE HAY IS WRONG WITH ME?!"

"Really? Farm puns at a time like this?"

Rio shrugged. "When are puns not a good idea?"

"I suppose. Anyway, do you want my honest opinion?"

Rio rolled her eyes. "DUH! That's the whole reason I came all the way here at this hour."

"Well miss sassy pants, I think you have feelings for Neil."

"Well, obviously. He's my best friend!! And that's just like, a best friend thing right? I would feel weird about setting up Neil with Iroha because then I wouldn't get to hang out with him as much."

"You're pretty hopeless, you know that right?"

"Why?"

Felicity sighed. "I think we need to go see Allen."