I DO NOT OWN HARVEST MOON. OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS.

A/N: Okay, so I wrote this real quick, my first TOT story. And I'm not sure how well I did. Well why don't you tell me? But first you've gotta read it. SO here we GO.

Introduction-

It wasn't hard to guess why Akari had moved to Waffle Town to start a farm. For eleven years, the first half of her life, she had lived on a farm with her father. She had always enjoyed the subdued atmosphere of the country lifestyle. But soon after her fathers passing she had been taken in by his sister, her aunt, who lived in the city.

Akari loved her aunt immensely, and even went to two years of college just to please her. But she could no longer stay in the city, thoughts of her fathers old farm still plagued her mind. So it had not been a surprise to Akari's aunt when she had announced her decision to move to a small town in the middle of nowhere.

That town, Waffle Town, had been her home for just over one year now. As she stood, brushing her horses mane she didn't regret moving here at all. She was content. Every morning she would wake up, water her plants, tend to her animals and then when the days work was done she would go and visit with the towns people.

"Akari!" Someone called from down the path. Or they would come visit her.

"Owen!" She called back, waving to her friend as he turned the corner of the road and came into view. Owen had been Akari's first friend in Waffle Town, aside from the overly giddy Maya. They had become friends because of Akari's lack of money. With a small amount of experience in mining, she had worked at the blacksmith's shop until she had saved enough money to get her farm running. Owen, who naturally played the gentlemen, had been very helpful every step of the way and the two quickly became friends.

The big burly man walked inside the barn, raising a hand slowly to gently pet the horse. The sight always amused Akari. He was such a large, tall man, who was rimmed with muscles. By the description you would think he would be quite frightening, yet Akari seemed more threatening than he did. It was not a description that would fit the man who stood in front of her, softly petting the horse, a small smile on his face.

Akari reached up, patting the mans head. He looked down at her in wonder.

"You just looked so cute." She said laughing. His face flushed and he quickly looked back over at the horse.

"You shouldn't say stuff like that to me."

"Ah.. Sorry." Akari was aware of the feelings he had for her, he had made them quite clear. Every day. She had always been slow with matters such as this, so it had taken a confession under Alan's tree for her to realize. Having never been in that position before, she hadn't been quite sure of what to do. She knew she didn't love him, so rejection was obvious, but how to go about that she wasn't sure. So she went with the only two words she could choke out, I'm sorry.


Well, actually this is kinda unexpected for me. I hadn't planned on making him in love with her already. But thats what came out. My characters make their decisions without me apparently. When did this happen?! I thought I WAS IN CHARGE. Oh well. Anyways, a forewarning, I love love-triangles. So yeah, please tell me what you thought. Good? Okay? Crap?