A/N: CHAPTER 4 IS UP!! Thank you all my readers! Special thanks to certain people! You give me motivation and ideas to write! Well, this chapter is dedicated to all who have been waiting for it!

You know, I'm kinda new to fanfiction dot net, so what is this beta reader thingy, anyway? Is it the norm to have someone beta your stories? Anyone willing to beta my stories? Am I asking too many questions? Am I being annoying? Am I? Am I? Am I?

Another thing is, actually I need a proper name for my story. I kinda name it what it is now because they was a wad of post it notes on my table… So yeah. Inappropriate. I haven't mentioned much about post it notes anyway. Suggestions?

Eh. Right, go ahead with the story.

Disclaimer: Harvest Moon is not mine. But this story is mine.

'I invited Akari to the Firefly festival… So WHY did it turn out like THIS??!!' Gill screamed in his mind. He stomped and crossed his arms angrily, glaring daggers at the back of the head of a blue haired boy with a bandana.

"Akari, sunshine of my heart! Let's go over to the other side! We can see fireflies better from there!" Luke shouted in hyper mode, and he swung his arm across Akari's shoulder, moving her towards his desired spot at the corner of Caramel Waterfalls.

Ohh, how Gill wished that idiot's head would just implode! It was suppose to be just him and Akari. Not with this loud idiot who was forever on a sugar rush. He wanted to show Akari all about the firefly festival by himself. Knowing Luke, he would just be too loud and noisy and he would scare all the fireflies away, ruining the atmosphere at the festival. Why was Luke even here anyway! Who invited him? Oh, right.

*Flashback*

"Hey Gill! Can Luke come along with us tomorrow? You know, to the Firefly festival!"

Gill stared at Akari. What? Why should Luke come along? Tomorrow is to be strictly Gill and Akari time alone. It's supposed to be private. With no uncivil, boisterous axe-wielding fools around. OF COURSE NOT.

"Up to you."

*End of Flashback*

Darn it. Why couldn't he just say "no"? Was it because he was afraid to see Akari's disappointed face? Gill clenched his fists tightly into a ball. Doesn't Akari know this is supposed to a romantic festival? Not that he had romantic feelings towards Akari or anything. Just that he wanted her to experience the festival in its proper setting. Yeah. That's it. It's not like Luke being around at the Firefly festival bugged (hahaha pun) him or anything. It's just… Argh. He couldn't explain.

"Come on Gill! Let's go let's go!" Akari grabbed Gill's hand and quickly pulled him along with them.

Gill sighed. This is going to be a long evening…

***

It was horrible.

Luke had shouted and screamed madly as soon as the first speck of light appeared and he jumped up and down, attempting to scoop the firefly into an empty bottle that held banana milk that Luke was chugging down loudly just a few minutes ago. The firefly was too smart for him and he failed miserably; instead, with a yell, he tripped and tumbled into the waters with a big splash. The rushing waters dragged Luke along across the river bed towards the edge of the waterfall, where he fell off, hit his head on a large jagged rock and died.

… At least, that was what Gill wanted.

Turns out the night went well, perfect even. Luke was well-behaved, and he had kept a respectful silence as the fireflies slowly floated out from the bush, circling about in a dance. When he spoke, it was nothing like the stupid things he usually said like "I FEEL LIKE A CHICKEN TONIGHT, WOOHOO" but instead, intelligent and thoughtful conversations that revolved around Akari's life so far at Waffle Island and other more impressive subjects like politics and the economy. If Luke had done something wrong, Gill would have been able to be smug about it and show Akari how much more superior he was compared to Luke. He wanted Luke to meet up to his expectations of being a brainless block of wood. But it seemed like people change when they were around Akari. Even Luke was trying to impress her.

This put Gill into a really foul mood.

***

Gill sighed heavily as he stared at the mountain of paperwork in front of him.

Gill thought he would be happy now.

Ever since the winds returned to Waffle Island and the seas were calmed, people started streaming into Waffle Island to stay. Many of them were familiar people, like Taylor, Phoebe and Luna with her family.

Luna… Ah. Her. Before she left the island, Gill use to think that they would somehow end up together one day. Luna liked him, he liked her. One day, without a word, she left the island. Gill felt he had been betrayed. But then, despite his feelings, even after she left, Gill continued to pin for her, and thoughts about her occupied his mind often. He thought about the day she would return to the island. A few years later, he knew she wasn't coming back and he retreated into his little shell he had been creating for himself the day she left him, and he changed, from a happy carefree boy, to the expressionless and distant man he was now.

But ever since Akari came to the island, the barrier was slowly chipped off and Luna started to appear lesser and lesser in his thoughts, till it was like she was never there in the first place. And when he finally saw Luna again, he felt nothing. She was just another girl now.

Yes, he did had a thing or two for Luna back when they were young children, but now it just felt like a silly thing in the past. She was just a passing fancy. Like there was this time when everyone was obsessed with 'Sailor Moon'; some anime about a few girls in sailor uniforms fighting baddies with kick-ass magic with weird names. Gill reckoned he only liked Luna because she had looked almost identical to one of the characters on 'Sailor Moon' that he thought was really adorable; some little kid with pink hair that could summon some sort of Pegasus unicorn hybrid thingy. Now that the 'Sailor Moon' craze was over, the feelings he had for Luna were over as well. (Eh, Sailor Moon fans don't kill me. I think it's a wonderful anime. I loved it… when I was 6.)

Now, what he wanted was somewhat something more exciting, something much more unpredictable. He didn't like people who stuck to their schedules everyday religiously, doing the same things over and over day after day. (He refused to admit he was one of them.) What he dreamed of was a girl like Akari… LIKE Akari. NOT Akari. Akari was just too… Argh. Something about her aggravated him so much.

How could she let herself slack off from her farm work and laugh over Luke's lame, unfunny jokes instead? What was she doing fishing at Caramel Falls with Toby when Waffle Ocean had so much bigger and better fish? And staying out late at night at the mines with Owen! She was a girl; how could she hang out with a guy so late at night? Blasphemous! What did she think she was here for? To farm or to seduce boys?! Being friendly my foot!

"Hiya Gill!" Gill was still thinking about all of Akari's faults and stupidity, when a voice suddenly cut his train of thoughts, silencing his mind.

Speak of the devil. He turned to the smiling, clueless girl in front of him and gave her a glare.

"What do you want?" His voice came out curt and borderline rude, but he didn't care. He was in no mood to talk to her. He wanted her out of his face. As soon as possible. NOW. He continued to hold a steely gaze at her, till he noticed there was a boy behind her. He shifted his glare to the guy instead.

Akari must have either not noticed his annoyance, or she just ignored it as she didn't seem to be fazed by his actions, and instead continued to smile. She placed a cup of tomato juice on his desk.

"I bet you know this already, but Chase is new here!"

"No I don't." Gill wasn't lying. He had been so caught up with thoughts about Akari that he hadn't touched much of the growing pile of paperwork on his table. Gill continued to stare at the guy called Chase, sizing him up. Light brown hair. Amethyst eyes. Bored look on face. Hmph. Nothing special about him. Big deal. Wait. Is he wearing hair clips!? Gill didn't know why, but he didn't like the vibes Chase gave him… Not that Gill ever thought fondly of anyone anyway.

"Well anyway, Chase is here to register himself! He's a cook! Isn't that cool?" What's so cool about a guy who plays with spatulas for a living?

"Please fill in these registration papers." Gill ignored Akari and passed the papers to Chase. Ptff. He wasn't like the other guys. He's not going to be smitten by her charms! He shall not entertain her nonsense! Ignore ignore ignore ignore ignore…

After what seemed like hours, Chase was done with the papers and he handed them back to Gill. Gill nodded and filed the papers away. He turned back to Chase with an expressionless face.

"Do you need someone to give you a tour around the island?" Gill asked, not because he was a kind, sweet little thing but simply because it was his job. Chase shook his head.

"Akari here said she would bring me around the island," Chase replied, a slightly smug look on his face as he watched Gill. Gill felt anger boiling up in him, but he kept quiet. Ignore ignore ignore ignore ignore…

Chase placed a hand behind Akari's back and lightly pushed her towards the door. Gill could have sworn Chase turned back and gave him a smirk. Gill had a sudden urge to punch the cook in the face, but because Gill wasn't an uncivilised barbarian, he suppressed it. Why was he getting so worked up anyway? He didn't care if Akari was wasting her time flirting away with guys instead of doing more productive work, like working part time at the Town Hall. Who cares if she likes Chase or not? Darn them all!

"!#$%^&...!" Gill cursed, as soon as they were out of sight. He took a huge gulp of the tomato juice Akari had left for him. He choked, and coughed slightly. Irritated, he balls his fist and slammed it against the table causing papers to fly everywhere.

Elli, who had been watching everything silently, sighed. She had been a nurse before she came to Waffle Island to work and she knew what Gill was suffering from could not be cured by any medicine in the world. She had been passive all these while but she knew she had to step in and save the poor boy.

"Did you see the way that guy was looking at Akari?"

"So what? I am busy, don't bother me with such trivial matters." Gill picked up the mess he made on the floor, and looked away from Elli.

"Don't you care?" Elli pressed on, despite Gill's unwillingness to continue the conversation.

"No."

"It's not just Chase that has an interest in her! You should claim her before anyone else does!"

"That is not my business."

"Soon you'll see her at the altar, getting married to someone else that is not you! All you can do by then is just watching her, wishing the guy was you and regretting that you didn't do anything about it!"

Gill snorted. "What nonsense are you sprouting, Elli? Do I look like I care?" He gave her an irritated look and continued with his paperwork.

"Gill, I am serious. She WILL be stolen from you."

Gill ignored Elli and continued to have the expressionless look on his face. Despite that, Elli was not fooled and did not miss the shaking and balling of his fists.

Elli smiled. The fire has been fuelled.

A/N: Okay, last part I lost my drive so pardon the lousy ending. Hmmm, next chapter's probably the last one. Phew. I never knew writing was so tiring. Actually, I had so many ideas, but when it came to writing it down, they kinda died. Oops. Can I just sell plots to others so they can write it down for me instead?

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