Hiya! WaffleLuvaa here! This is my first fanfic so please don`t critisize me too much. TT^TT I think i suck at writing but my friends say that I`m good so I decided to try a fanfic on my favorite Harvest Moon Couple. I was inspired by Jean Cooper and BabyPan so if you haven`t already, check out their fanfics! My beginning is kind of boring but I hope you can sit through it. :\

Claire`s POV

Here I am sitting in my old apartment, watching TV being as bored as hell... Wait.. What`s that? An ad for a farm in Mineral Town? Hmm... I wrote the number down and stuck it to my fridge with a magnet. "I`ll call tomorrow" I said to myself as I went to bed.

~Weeks Later~

So I finally got the courage to call after three weeks... The minute I stepped onto my new property these words reached my head: 'This place looks like shit'. Ok it looked worse than shit... Damn.. I had already sold my cruddy old apartment and quit my job.. There`s no going back now. The mayor came over to laugh in my face. Soooo... I attacked him with my hammer, then my sickle, then hoe, and eventually used my watering can... He then apologized and talked me into staying. I guess it wasn`t so bad. It definately needed some renovating but it was still liveable. The mayor introduced himself as 'Thomas', gave me a map of the town and told me to introduce myself to everyone. First stop on the list; The Blacksmith.

"What the hell do you mean! Explain to me what`s wrong with it! Come on!" The red-head yelled

"What`s wrong with it! The answer is inside of you! You have much to learn!" The old man snapped back at him.

That`s when I walked in. Both men looked at me confused. "Um... Did I come at a bad time?" I asked innocently.

"What do you think!" The red-head snapped while shoving me out of the way and then exiting the building.

What a great impression of this place. In the first building I visit, I get shoved to the ground. Who knows maybe I will get shot in the head a few times by the end of the day, knowing the way this day started...

The old man explains to me that this is the blacksmith, his name is Saibara, the boy who just walked out was his grandson; Gray and some other stuff I didn`t pay attention to. He then apologized for Gray. I nodded and headed out the door.
Debating whether or not to visit the other towns people, I made my way over to the town square where i found Gray sitting on the bench. He threw something to the floor.

"It`s not good to litter..." I said picking up the necklace he had thrown. It was a cute necklace, not perfect but cute. I put the necklace in his hands wrapping his fingers around it in the palm of his large hands. "My name is Claire. Nice to meet you." I said with a big grin on my face.

"Gray" He said taking my hand and shaking it. "Sorry for earlier... I didn`t mean to snap at you... It`s just... My grandpa is always criticizing me and..." He covered his face with his hat. "I`m ready to quit-"

"It`s called 'T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G' Gray. You won`t be perfect at something in one day! If you want to improve you ought to listen to the man!" I snapped. His eyes grew wide and I swear I saw his jaw drop for a brief moment. I giggled. I walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder then took the necklace from his hands. I gazed down at my hands that were caressing the piece of jewelry. "It`s really pretty you know?" Still looking at the necklace I smiled. I then looked up at Gray who was slightly blushing. "Gray let`s make a deal,"

"What kind of deal?"

"In exactly one year, I want you to make a 'perfect' necklace and give it to me." I said smiling. "I also want you to do your best getting along with Saibara."

"Haha.. That`s imposible. Me get along with that geezer? I don`t think so. But if I do, what`s in it for me?" He asked.

Hmm... What would Gray like? I thought about it for a minute. I better be dead-on with my guess... "How about I bring you corn everday for a year?"

"C-c-c-corn!" He exclaimed.

Heheheh... I was right. I must be psychic. "Yes, for a whole year."

"Ye- no..."

"Why not?"

"W-well what`s in it for you?"

Heheheh... "Weeellll I thought a beautiful necklace made by you would be good enough, buuut since you think it`s not, how about you help me with my farm after work for a year?"

"No deal" he responded immediately.

"Awww... Is it because little Gray is too scared that he`s gonna loseee?"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"AM NOT!"

"ARE TO!" Then I saw him jump... on me...

Gray`s POV

"AM NOT!"

"ARE TO!"

Then I jumped on her. I wonder if Claire is ticklish... -evil grin-

"Hahahahahaha! S-Stop it Gray! Hahahaha!" She screamed while tears formed in her eyes from the laughter.

"But whyyyy?" I asked, probably smiling like an idiot.

"I-I swear... I-I will m-m-murder y-youuuu!" She said laughing.

I was about to tickle her more when a sudden, loud gasp stopped the both of our laughter. It was Ann. She gave me a -I didn`t know you had it in you- look, so I shot her a glare that said -shut the hell up-.

"I was going to say dad needed you, buuut I see you`re busy" Ann said as she was leaving.

"Wait up Ann." I hopped off Claire and helped her up to her feet.

Claire`s POV

"Ann, this is Claire." Gray said after helping me up.

"Hiya Claire! I`m Ann, Gray`s beloved little sister!" The red head said cheerfully.

"Beloved? My ass." Gray said which earned him a glare from Ann and a giggle from me.

"Heehee nice to meet you Ann!" I replied.

"So Ann, what did dad need me for?" Gray asked nonchalantly.

"-sigh- roofs leaking again." Ann replied.

"Ugh.. Again? Damn... So Claire wanna check out the inn?" Gray asked me with a slight blush on his face.

"Sounds good to me!"

So how was it? Good? Bad? Please review! Oh and don`t worry, Gray will answer the question in the next chapter ;)