I'm really terrible with updates and I should probably stick to one-shots but, while dabbling with ideas for my other Harvest Moon-centered ongoing stories, I managed to come across this absolutely wonderful theme/word/pairing challenge created by Regardless1604!

The rules are to write exactly 150 words (not including the title) per theme focusing on a rival couple in the Harvest Moon universe. I decided to choose Lily and Will due to their severely under-appreciated pairing and the fact that they're just a really lovely couple in my opinion. Also, before I forget to mention, the story's title is a song by the band Aqualung. Anyway, I'll stop rambling now and present you with the first chapter/theme!

oo1. First Impressions

Their first meeting was not the most ideal one.

Admittedly, Will, the blond aristocrat who just moved to the islands under his parents' request, whimsically imagined meeting the exotic treasure hunter under different circumstances; a different scenario where he would leave a bewitching and lasting impression on the raven-haired maiden. Instead, their fateful encounter ended with him standing near the threshold of Carol's Inn, less-than-subtly implying the woman standing before him, Lily, was undoubtedly the most beautiful girl on the island and that he had been watching her from afar. He could feel himself babbling but he couldn't stop his mouth from moving, his knees already weak at the mere sight of the girl.

Lily didn't appear at all impressed by him or his words laced with fairy tales and fleetingly lovely things. Instead, it looked as if he frustrated her more than anything.