Chapter One

"I may just…be paranoid…but, is there someone else… you love?" The timid blue haired girl asked, fiddling uncomfortably with her long gray skirt, unable to look up at him.

A face flitted across Kevin's mind as she asked the question, but he closed his eyes and sighed, removing the image from his head, before turning to smile down at the girl standing beside him.

"Candace," he said, reaching out to touch her warm face. He turned her head towards his as he leaned down silently to kiss her lips. "I love you."

Her face flushed red as he looked down into her eyes; and she quickly turned her head away, breaking their gaze. "Mm, yeah… me too," she said softly, twiddling her fingers, "No…I mean, I don't love me also…well…what I meant was…um…"

Kevin laughed lightly, turning her head towards him again. "You love me too," he finished for her.

"...Yeah."

He bent down once more and quickly touched his lips to hers, before taking a step backwards as he offered out his hand to her. "I'll take you home," he said smiling. She stepped forward and accepted his hand shyly.

His words rang clearly in her head. I love you, he'd said. It was not the first time he had told her, but no matter how many times the words left his lips, it felt no different than the first. She would always blush, always stutter, and always smile at that one simple line.

And now, as they walked casually down the street together, hands entwined, she worried he could feel her heart that pounded madly against her chest. It wouldn't calm itself down, too nervous, too scared, and too happy to stop.

If it were not for her heart that sped crazily within her, perhaps she could have thought of something to say. But at the moment, that was far beyond her level of composure.

She often wondered if he found her boring. She rarely had much to say, and she was as dull in personality as she was in looks. He could have ended up with someone much more exciting. Though, for some odd reason, he never seemed to realize this. Or if he did, he had decided not to follow that route. She wasn't sure which of the two she would prefer.

But either way, it didn't matter. Because he had chosen her.

Stopping in front of her door, he smiled warmly down at her. Her heart fluttered, but she attempted to ignore it as she opened her mouth to speak. "Do you want to…come in, and…say hello…to everyone?" She asked him as she reached out and tugged lightly at the arm of his sleeve, not able to look up and meet his eyes, but not wanting to part from him just yet.

He paused and glanced at the door, a small stream of light coming out from underneath, signaling the presence of someone inside. "Maybe tomorrow," he told her, leaning down and touching his lips to her forehead. She nodded her head, embarrassed as she let go of his sleeve.

"Okay," she said, waving a small and barely visible hand goodbye to him as he turned to walk away. "Tomorrow."

I recently noticed how huge the Angela to Kevin story ratio is. Kevin doesn't even have his name in the character list, while apparently "Rebecca", who I haven't even ever heard of and am not completely sure is actually a Harvest Moon character, has a spot. So I felt bad for poor little Kevin, and decided to start a story with him as one of the main characters.

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