Part 2: A New Friend

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"huff! huff!"

i ran downtown to catch up with my grandfather, hoping that i wasnt late for work...

ghhh.,....all thanks to that blonde i bumped into earlier....

what was her name again? Caryl?

n-nevermind! snap out of your thoughts gray! grandpa is gonna kill you!

as i reached to the blacksmith place thing (i still dont know what its called, the first thing i saw was the angry face of my grandpa who was obviously furious at me for not being punctual...

"when can you EVER learn to be a hardworker gray? when will you ever learm???!"

oh no... here we go again...

"you just dont understand dont you, you never listen!"

"you dont listen to me as well grandpa!" i could help it, i just snapped.

"good morning~~" a high pitched voice came dashing in the place as the door opened. 

great.... it was just the person i wanted to see... (im being sarcastic)

it was... Carla... (i think that's her name)

once again, i snapped "what do you want???"

"gray!! that's not the way to treat costumers!"

after that, sudden realization came to me as i noticed what i just said to her.

she may be annoying but i knew what i did wat rude and impolite. after all, she is a girl.

"i...im sorry..." i twisted my cap to the right as i looked away from her. dammit...why is it so hard to be nice.... gray...say something nice! try explaining!

"i-its just that...my grandfather was being hard on me and i cant seem to learn how to work properly..."

wait...no gray...that wasnt really the proper thing to say...

"heehee~ ts called 'training'. pay attention more and you'll get the hang of it~'

at that moment i realized... she was right.

i guess this Clarrise girl isnt so bad after all.

"thanks Carly..." i manage to smile a bit. it's been awhile since the last time i remembered myself smiling actually

"err.... my name is Claire..." 

w-wow.... gray....that was embarrasing

"s-so sorry!" i apologized

"it's fine, i came here actually to give you...this!" she pulled out something from her rucksack... i-it was ore! copper ore!

"are you here to upgrade one of your tools?" grandpa butted in to ask her

"not really, i just came here to give this to gray since he's the first person i talked to when i moved in this town. i thought that he might like it since he works for a blacksmith~"

"a-are you sure you want me to have it?" i sincerely asked. no one ever gave me gifts before so i wasnt used to it

"ofcourse~ im more of a miner rather than a farmer actually~"

damn... i feel like being an ass from awhile ago...

i humbly accepted her gift.

"t-thanks~ i like having classy friends like you"

its the first time someone has ever done this to me.

i...i think its the first time i actually have a friend---

wait...wake up gray... dont get all cocky about this.

i still wont consider her sympathy.

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