This is just a little Gray x Claire oneshot that I thought up and just had to write down before going to bed. Quite short and simple, but I thought it turned out okay. :) Cheers.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon, nor any of the characters, etc. This oneshot is merely for recreational purposes.
Things don't always happen the way you think they will. And there will always be those little regrets that pop up in the back of your mind when you have doubts about the present.
I should have proposed to Mary when I had the chance. I should have told her the way I felt. But no, I was too shy and scared of what could happen, how things would turn out. There are a lot of things I should have, or could have, done different.
I shouldn't have believed Jack's false pretense of being a nice guy. That asshole. He knew I liked Mary. Yet, he stole her from me. Swept her off her feet and whisked her off to his little farm where they lived happily ever after.
I should have known things would turn out this way. Since when do things ever turn out right for me?
Another thing I shouldn't have done: I shouldn't have let Claire into my life.
I let her worm her way into my heart, and now she's so close that I am on the verge of going into hysterics.
Things don't always happen the way you want them to. And I should know that by now. I was such a fool. No. I am such a fool. I believed that Mary loved me. And then she just tossed me aside like I was one of her rough drafts. I can't be mad at her, though. Even though she left me feeling hurt and alone; I know those weren't her intentions. She's happy with Jack. Happier than I ever made her. And that's good enough for me.
And now I've let Claire in. Actually, she forced her way in, and now I'm stuck with her because I'm too afraid to let her go.
Dammit. How could I do this? I can't love Claire. If I do, she'll just up and leave, and it'll be like Mary all over again. Yet, I can't help but love her.
And that's how I found myself sitting at the end of the dock in Mineral Town during the Fireworks Festival. But I wasn't alone. Regardless of all the stuff I had told myself before, I had still let Claire stay in my life. And it was one of the best decisions I had ever made.
She was sitting next to me, her head on my shoulder. Despite the stunning display of fireworks before us, she was mesmerized by something else. The ring that I had made her, a pink diamond set in a gold band, was sitting on the third finger of her left hand, and she couldn't take her eyes off of it.
I kissed the top of her head, and she was temporarily distracted from the ring. Claire looked up at me and whispered, "I love you. Forever and always."
Things don't always turn out the way you think they should. And they don't always turn out the way you think they will. They turn out better.
So, what'd you guys think? After I had written this and reread it, it reminded me of something I'd read before. So just wanted to let you know - I totally did not base this oneshot off of someone else's writing, or I tried not to, anyway.
