Well, it's my friend The Silver Arrow 's birthday on the twenty-eighth, and I may not finish her Christmas drawing on time because of all my volunteer work and appointments. So I've lengthened this story to make up for it. It's going to be in two parts. Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas as well.

This is part one, and I say happy birthday to Sil! ILY!

Let me rant a little. Sil loves Luke, so...guess what this fanfiction will be? Well, I hope this is satisfactory for you, in personality and plot. This is supposed to make you laugh, haha. This was really fun to write. Originally I was going to base this on her fan fic, Slice of Life. Then I was thinking that it would be more amusing to make a totally new one. By the way, I was stalking your profiles. Chicken & cookies. Nomnomnom. That's perfect, right?

The only people in this fanfic are: Silver, Diego, Renee, Kathy, Chase, Luke, very briefly Perry, and Gill is mentioned. There are no adults involved because the whole thing was getting too long.

I do not own Harvest Moon. Silver owns herself, and I own myself.

A Birthday Surprise

"Silver, Silver! Wake up, it's your birthday!" Young Diego screams in anticipation, jumping up and down while flopping her arms around. Tearing off her sister's covers, Diego runs in circles like a maniac. She's excited. Today is Sil, her older sister's birthday. Diego always gets excited during celebrations. The villagers tell her to shut up half the time. There's no use, because let's say Diego is a very happy person. If she's sad, she hides it. When she is angry, there are times when Diego evilly laughs.

Her sister, Silver is similar. She's not as loud, though, for starters, but also you should take her as the happy type.

Silver's favourite food is cookies. Chase, three days younger than Silver is constantly badgered to bake cookies. Chocolate to herb to orange – Sil doesn't care what kind. "Orange!" she likes to yell. "Gimme orange cookies!" If he protests, she says, "Respect your elders, Chase!" Chase sometimes refuses to bake cookies for her anyways, and Silver leaves in defeat.

However, every now and then, Chase cooks for Diego. She doesn't ask for his food but eagerly munches it down. "Thank you!" she's squeak, giving Chase a quick hug. The things Chase cook are unbelievable. Diego's favourite food is anything to do with grapes. You can find her in the fall munching on grapes. Chase figured that out quickly, and started whipping up grape recipes. Now, they know each other a bit too well. All in all, Chase is one of Diego's best friends.

Knock, knock!

"Get up, Sil!" Diego hollers. "I bet that's Luke knocking on the door, just waiting to give you a kiss!"

"Okay, that's it!" Sil shoots up and takes her sister by surprise. Jumping from herbed, Sil glomps Diego to the ground. Her mouth in a gape, Diego falls forward landing on her palms. Sil is still hanging onto her sister's neck, so they come crashing down anyway.

The weight of Sil pains Diego. That's the last time she gets any of Chase's cookies! What has Sil been eating? Or is Diego not eating enough, marking her as weak? Fortunately, Sil laughs and rolls off a groaning Diego.

"Don't tease me about Luke!"

Ah, Luke; the apprentice carpenter who girls swoon over. With thick, heavy muscles, Luke is just another boy to flirt with. He has a rivalry over two other good looking boys – Chase and Gill. What they are rivals about is a mystery…The three of them glare at each other half the time. The "non-rivals" such as Owen, Calvin, Julius, Jin, and others roll their eyes and ignore their stupidity – not that Gill is stupid...

If they rivalry is about girls, then no doubt Luke is winning. One of his best features is his cheerful personality. Completely clueless in situations and showing his crooked smile, he is just really cute. Or maybe his ravishing solid blue hair and golden cat eyes are what girls like…

Diego has a feeling Sil likes look… a lot. It's the way she glances at him with those eyes filled with joy because, well, Luke can easily make people laugh, Sil usually laughs the hardest. When he catches her by surprise, there's a light blush on her cheeks, and she scarcely stammers. Surprises are surprises, and Sil never sees them coming.

Another thing that Diego notices are Luke's actions towards Sil: hugs are gentler, filled with meaning and love with Sil, while Diego's hugs from Luke choke her to death. He doesn't hug Diego very much, fortunately. On the other hand, Sil receives hugs all the time at unexpected moments.

She sees that Luke's cheeks occasionally glow a faint golden pink when around her sister.

Which is why, today, she will attempt to push the two together. Diego shoots to the door and teases, "Now, let's see who's behind our door, shall we?" Turning the knob, Diego swings it open and starts clutching her stomach while quaffing with laughter.

"M-m-my gods, Sil, y-y-you're going o-on a date with Renee and – ha-ha-ha – Kathy?" A blushing Renee smiles at the two and Kathy is leaning on the doorway, checking her nails. When they hear Diego's laugh, both of them jump in surprise.

In Renee's hands hold a dozen fried eggs. Still blushing, she says, "Happy birthday, Sil! My mom made some eggs because she thought you'd be pretty hungry on your birthday…" Crispy with half dribble yolk is the way the sisters like their eggs. Diego brings her nose close to the plate trying to get a whiff. Renee jerks her plate back, the eggs shaking a little.

"Last time I check, Diego, your birthday was last month." Shamefully hanging her head, Diego escorts Kathy and Renee inside their house. Renee says, "You're finally fourteen!"

Kathy pouts, placing a platter of Mexican chicken on the table. "I'll be fourteen in two seasons!" Silently, Diego adds, and a season after Kathy, I too will be fourteen. "By the way Dieg, this is some good chicken! Chase said you made too much to fit on the plate…so..."

Shrugging, a proud Diego pulls out some plates, spoons, and forks for their meal. "Yeah, because I woke up Sil like ten minutes ago, Chase and I were getting so hungry. We made and ate our share of food."

They haven't eaten any chicken since they arrived on the island three years ago. Where will they find chicken to kill on this island? Castanet is too humble.

"Kathy! Renee!" Sil swoops into the kitchen area, and hugs her friends. "You came for…" She glances at the clock and gasps. "It's 11 o' clock…Diego! Why didn't you wake me up?"

After she sets a table for three, Diego simply says, "I was making your amazing Mexican chicken with Chase for lunch time. One of your life time goals is to sleep for a day anyways." A strand of black hair falls into her eyes, and she brushes it off.

Sil's eyes widen. "My Mexican chicken…? Oh boy, oh boy!" Brightly taking a seat, she invites her sister and friends to join her. They uneasily pull open a chair and sit. She is that excited about chicken? "Hey guys…what happened to my chicken in the coop?" Renee has already started digging in her eggs, and her eyes widen mid bite.

Good hearted Renee would never hurt a chicken. What makes Sil think that her best friend would cook her prized chicken? Hannah would be appalled if Renee simply suggested the idea of cooking one of their chickens. Cain would throw a tantrum. "Stick to your fishing," they may yell.

Kathy acts as if Sil has not asked a question. "Mmm" she compliments a washing hand Diego. "Again I say, you and Chase make delicious chicken. What time did you wake up for this?"

"Like, about six o' clock." Diego wipes her hands on a piece of cloth. "And Chase and I took care of the chicken, Sil. It's not like we wouldn't on your birthday. The chicken we cooked was ordered from the city." She rolls her eyes and makes her way to the door.

Then Sil notices. "Diego, why didn't you set a place for yourself on the table?"

"I promised…Gill something, so I should leave…"

Gill, the snotty mayor's son was meeting up with her sister? They weren't even good friends.

"You're leaving…on my birthday?" A confused Sil is confused.

Diego POV

"Oh. My. Gosh." I squeal. There are no words to describe my feelings right now. A mixture of hope, excitement, surprise, awe, cheer, and you multiply it by ten – that may be how I'm feeling. I hug him. "You're amazing, do you know that?" She'll love this! I already do, and I'm jealous, too. Fingering the soft fabric, I say, "You know her so well."

Luke runs his palm over the fiery pattern. White cloth and flames – they'll totally match! "Yeah," he softly says. "We'll be matching." With a smile on his face, he places it in his jacket pocket. "Now, all we have to do is give this to her."

My hand flies up so fast I scarcely facepalm him. Calmly, Luke takes my hand and goofily grins. Luke is ever caught by surprise, isn't he? Not on my case, maybe, because I bet Sil makes him shake with surprise everyday!

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…I'm only joking, you know that.

"Nuh-uh." I say. "You need to do a favor for me." I feel so bad about lying to Sil about seeing Gill – I mean, seriously, Gill? He's such a weird kid. I don't think he has many friends…I try, but Gill pushes me away. Sil's not very good friend with Gill either, so she won't suspect a thing. In the end, this will all be worth it.

Luke leans in as I whisper my plan.

Silver POV

"Chase! Do you have chocolate cookies for me today? I kind of want chocolate…please?" I demand this the moment we walk in the Brass bar. Why Chase is working at the Brass Bar this early in the day is the question. He usually arrives to work at about six pm. Chase's birthday is in three days, then he'll be fourteen. That's pretty bad ass. Today is winter twenty-eight and I have a craving for cookies. Well…I always have a craving.

The only problem is that Chase doesn't make me cookies every day. He's the best cook on the island, and he brings his goodies to my little sister every once in a while.

Yeah, I'm very jealous of her.

The peach haired boy scratches his head and mumbles, "Wasn't the chicken enough for you?" Circles are dark under his amethyst eyes, and those lids are drooping down. Diego must have bothered him a lot about my wonderful Mexican chicken.

I WANT MORE CHICKEN! IT WAS SO GOOD!

"I loved the chicken," I laugh. "It was amazing. But…I want cookies." Behind me, Kathy and Renee groan. They've had enough of my cookie obsession. "Today's my birthday?"

Chase is washing his hands in a similar way Diego was this morning. Perhaps they picked it up on each other…? I still can't believe Diego ditched me for Gill.

Glaring at me, Chase says, "What will you do for me on my birthday?"

Hell. I haven't thought about that. Of course Chase has a condition. I thought about that. One thing I can't do is cook for Chase because he's too skillful for my level. I mouthed "help" to Kathy and Renee, and they shrug. You're on your own. What to do, what to do… Frowning, I reluctantly reply, "Anything you want, Chase."

He chuckles. Kathy whispers, "This may turn out to be a really bad…" I glance at her and roll my eyes. Almost urgently she adds, "You do know what he's going to ask, don't you? It's so obvious…he's gonna ask –"

"Your sister," Chase finishes wiping his hands and leans against the counter with a smirk on his face. Kathy pales, as if she knew this all along. She probably did… "Everyone except herself knows that I like her."

Chase likes Diego?

Chase likes Diego.

CHASE LIKES DIEGO! WHAAT?

Suddenly, it clicked. Okay, not really. All I know is that they would be a bad-ass couple! Since we moved here, the two were best friends. Chase and I are besties too, but Luke, Kathy, and Renee are my actual buds.

Luke… "Don't tease me about Luke!" Ugh, is it really that obvious that I like him? I figure we're only friends, because he hasn't tried anything on me. Out of all the girls, he pays attention to me the most, so I get something out of this.

That must be similar between Dieg and Chase. Chase hasn't made any moves, and he gives her more food than he makes me.

Grinning, I slap Chase's shoulder and say, "C'mon, because it's my birthday, why don't I give you your gift a little early?"

You must have liked that. You had to like that. I like how the introduction is so long, and then Diego's POV is so short. Diego's POV is going to be very brief. We have to concentrate on Sil, now! My friends are bothering me EVERYWHERE, so I had to wind it up. Sorry for da suckishness. My parents are rushing me, and after this moment, I may have no free time until AFTER Christmas.

Did you expect the Chase x Diego? Hahaha. Thumbs up & reviews for Sil x Luke! Hooray!

~diego