Disclaimer: I do not own the Harvest Moon series or any of the characters mentioned in this story. All original characters and lines belong to Natsume Games and other affiliated parties. This story is purely for entertainment purposes and not to be sold anywhere.

This is a work of fiction, any similarity or likeness to any events or persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

A/N: Here's an idea that has been on my mind lately but never typed out… at least until now! I'm going to take the Friends of Mineral Town/Back to Nature characters and applying Harvest Moon 64 relationship pairings to them. While silly in nature, I actually believe the HM64 pairings make more sense than the FoMT/BtN however I do favor FoMT/BtN as the better use of the characters.

Don't know the pairing difference of HM64 and FoMT/BtN? Oh man, are you in for a treat!

Anywho, this is a more serious approach to each character/pairing as you will soon see and for that, I must issue a warning:

WARNING!: Because the pairings of HM64 are different than FoMT/BtN, the theme of cheating and deception will be ever present in this story. So if you don't like the thought, please redirect your attention to another story. Thank you and enjoy!


Voice4TheMute Presents

I've been waiting for her. I've been waiting for a long time. And the longer I wait…the pain in my stomach grew worse…literally.

"Where is she…?" I groaned as I had my hands over my stomach, somehow believing that the gesture is making the pain subside.

"Quit your complaining. She'll be here in a few minutes." I heard my wife say to me as she stood beside me, her arms crossed in front of her chest. The look on her face was an odd combination of concern and disappointment, which would be concerning for me if it was the first time I've seen it. But the look was all too familiar. I'll be first to admit to anyone…our marriage is nothing but one big façade. One drunken mistake, one night of passion, and our fate was sealed forever. She doesn't love me. I thought she did at one point, but the way she looks at me, the way she talks, her gestures and disapproving stares…she doesn't love me at all. But the feeling's mutual. I don't love her either. I don't know what made me throw caution to the wind that night but I did and I regret everything. However, there is one thing that Sasha and I don't hate…and it's the thing that's been holding this marriage together for this long…

"Going out!"

"Karen, wear sunscreen. It's going to be a scorcher today." Sasha yelled as our, admittedly not-so-young, daughter passed us by and headed to the door. To the beach, if I had to guess. If not, then to see her boyfriend, Rick. At least THEY are progressing in their relationship correctly…

"I am! See? Kiwi!" She said as she spun around, the smell of kiwi briefly filling the air.

"Ok, ok. Just don't get sunburned." Sasha said as our daughter opened the door to go out.

Karen.

Karen is the reason why our marriage even exists. When Sasha and I discussed her unplanned pregnancy, I told her I would take full responsibility for the baby. She didn't need to be in the child's life if she didn't want to, but I couldn't let her abort it. No way. What surprised me was that she thought the same way. She wanted to keep the baby and was more than willing to raise it up by herself, if it leads to that. I couldn't abandon her life like that…I couldn't abandon my own child. So we talked…and agreed: we'll get married…for the sake of the child.

Love…I thought it's something that you got to experience once when you're young.

At least…that's what I thought until I met her.

"He's inside Elli…better hurry. He looks worse than before." I heard Karen say as another girl appeared in the doorway. Her short brown hair, dark brown eyes, and body posture that puts all the women in this town to shame…she was the one…the one that can save me. The one that can finally cure this lingering pain that's been in my body ever since the marriage.

Elli.

My angel.

My…love.

Harvest 1XX + 1: Inner Pain

"So glad you can come, Elli. He's been complaining about stomach pains…again. Nothing new." Sasha said as she guided her inside. I couldn't stop staring at her. Goddess I wanted to pull away to seem less creepy but the way she walked towards me with that look of concern and worry…I just wanted her to take me into her arms and tell me that she'll make all the pain go away: past, present, and future. "I'm sure you're in good hands…" Sasha said as I saw her give me one more glare at me. Anyone who looked at me now would know I was staring at Elli, but Sasha only sighed before walking out of the supermarket. She knows. She has to know. But I didn't care. What I did care about was what was in front of me, putter her bag down on the counter.

"Stomach pains again Jeff?"

Her voice saying my name…I never get tired of it.

"Y-yeah." I manage to say, trying to suppress the pain.

"What you have is so strange." Elli started as she took out her stethoscope from her small doctor's bag. "I thought for sure the medicine the Doctor and I have been giving you would have helped you but it's still hurting up to now?"

"Yeah…odd." I said, embarrassed, as I know what she was going to do next.

"Going to listen to your lungs, ok?" She said as I nodded my head in consent. I watched as she walked behind me, the intoxicating smell of apples and cinnamon filled my nostrils as I felt her tug the back of my shirt. "C-Can you lean forward a bit? I think your sitting on your shirt…" She said to me with a voice that would make the Goddess obey her commands. I leaned forward, allowing my shirt to be pulled free. "Sorry if this is cold." I heard her say as I felt her warm hand press on my back.

I didn't even feel the stethoscope touch my back.

"Breathe in…"

Ahh…

"And out…"

Ohh…

"And in…"

Ahh…

"And out…"

Ohh…

The feeling of her warm hands and the faint tracing of her nails as it lightly scraped my back while she moved her stethoscope was enough to send my mind spiraling.

"Everything sounds find here. Good to know it's not affecting your lungs or your heart." She said to me as I felt her fix my shirt and walk back around, again, the ever alluring smell of applies and cinnamon messing with my senses. "I got you another bottle of bodigizer. Let me get it out of my bag." She said as I watcher take her bag off the counter, and uncharacteristically placed it on the ground in front of me. She walked in front of me, bending herself over to rummage through her bag for my medicine. I could feel my self-control starting to reach its breaking point. She's doing this on purpose, I swear she is! Look at her…bending over for me, shaking her butt right in front of my face. Goddess, why do you tempt me like this? I'm too old for her, I know that! She's my daughter's age for crying out loud! But…the way she takes care of me, the compassion, the concern, the love…she's everything I wish Sasha would be…how she should be…I don't need Sasha! I need Elli! But what would the town think? 'Oh, that creeper Jeff hitting on pour Elli! Lock him up for life' They don't know! They don't know what I've been through! The trouble I was force to endure. What I had to sacrifice in the name of 'love'. Can't I be selfish…just this once? I felt my hand start to rise for her. I felt some demonic presence in my hand as it began to rise and reach for Ell's dress. I heard the demon's thoughts. 'Grab her. Pull her in. Take her. Make her yours! Make her understand the suffering you've been through. Make her feel-'

"Found it!"

My arm instantly dropped back to my stomach and clenched it. Elli turned around with the bottle of blue liquid in her hands and an innocent smile on her face. That was close. That was DAMN close. I was about to do it too. Do what, I wasn't sure, but I was about to do SOMETHING to this innocent girl.

"Thank you" I said as I reached up with my opposite hand, not trusting what my previous hand did or what I could do if it ever got close to Elli again.

"Remember, once a day before you go to sleep." She said with a smile.

"Yes, I remember."

"Is there anything else you need?"

You…on my lap.

"Nothing."

"Ok then. I'll be seeing you later!" She said as she, once again, bent over to pick up her bag and looped it over her shoulder. With one last smile, I watched her leave the supermarket, the sound of the front door closing echoed off the walls. I was alone again, but at the same time, not alone. A smirk spread across my face as I rotated the bottle of bodigizer in my palm. I stood up, my other hand releasing the fake stomach pain I was in as I walked to a particular corner of the store. I knelt down and moved a cabinet panel that wasn't suppose to move out of the way to reveal a hidden storage space.

Inside?

Bottles and bottles of blue liquid.

"She's right. Sooner or later my 'stomach pain' will go away…" I said with a smile on my face.

"…just not today."


"So glad you can come, Elli. He's been complaining about stomach pains…again. Nothing new." Jeff's wife Sasha said to me as I walked in the supermarket, my medical bag in town over my shoulder. There I saw him…

…Jeff…

…and in typical 'Jeff' fashion, he was staring straight at me, not caring what kind of vibes he was giving off. The way his lustful eyes were staring at my body, undressing me from head toe. I stole a small glance towards his wife to see that she, too, can see Jeff just staring at me. Her glare towards her husband told the tale that everyone in town knew, they were never in love. As for the way he was staring at me, the look of an animal that's just looking for an excuse to be unchained…

…I found it rather…

…attractive.

"I'm sure you're in good hands…" Sasha said with a sigh before leaving the supermarket. Smart money says she's gong to the square to gossip with Anna and Manna. My money is she's on her way to Gotz's cabin again for another helping of his 'lumberjack special'. But who am I to judge? After all, I've been nothing but a temptress to this man in front of me. I knew he wants me…and Goddess knew I would give it to him, easy…

But when training a dog, you don't reward bad behavior.

He has to learn that he just needs to take the lead and just…attack. So I'll keep humoring him with the house visits and placebo bodigizers. Goddess forbid he's actually drinking this stuff. It's just blue dyed water after all. Maybe I'll tease him a bit…

…maybe run a few nails down his back to stimulate his mind…

…bend down for him for a minute or two…

He has to learn sometime…and now is just as good a time as any.

"Stomach pains again Jeff?"

You'll learn one way or another…


The End…for now!

The goal is to touch on all the couples but this story won't be a steady-updating story so I ENCOURAGE you to at least follow this story if you enjoy and leave a review of who YOU are eagerly waiting to see pair up!