Note: this is the first fanfiction that I have written. Also wanted a little more dialogue between characters, so there's a lot in here, all of this might not be in the right format, but whatever. I wanted to write a fanfic about my two favorite characters in Harvest Moon, even though they are not relevant to 2016, I'm just getting around to writing one now. Hope you enjoy :)

Chapter 1

"Gray, why is it that you never listen to anything that I tell you to?! I have told you a thousand times to be careful!" yelled Saibara angrily from behind the counter.

The only thing that Gray had done was drop a hot ore on the ground.

Saibara is a very old man, who is also Grays' grandfather. Gray is sometimes very surprised by how strong he is, considering he is around 75 years of age. The only thing that Gray doesn't like about his grandfather is that he has a very bad temper, which has rubbed off on him, because he also has a very bad temper.

"Can't you see that I'm trying to be careful! Not sure if you aware of it or not, but trying to be a blacksmith is not an easy job!" yelled the blonde hair, blue eyed boy.

"You still have much to learn, but you still need to be as careful as possible! If you really want to become a decent blacksmith, you need more practice before I can give you more tasks to do." said Saibara.

"I know that I have much to learn! But how am I supposed to be careful and try to do a good job, when you are constantly telling me all the things that I'm doing wrong!" Said Gray with more anger than his last response.

Like Gray had said before, his grandfather is always telling him every little thing that he did wrong. Even when he felt confident about his work that he had accomplished. So, he eventually didn't feel passionate about it anymore. After Gray had responded, he then heard the door to the blacksmith open. Gray didn't really care who arrived, so he just went back to his work.

"Hi there, I haven't seen you around here before. Are you new to Mineral Town?" said Saibara in a friendly voice.

"Yeah, I just moved here about a week ago. I'm just getting around to introducing myself to people here. My name is Claire by the way."

Gray heard an unfamiliar voice, but didn't care who it was. He was still mad at his grandfather, so he kept working.

"I'm Saibara, It's nice to meet you. Oh yeah, that's My Grandson over there." he said.

Gray turned around slowly because Saibara mentioned him, even though he didn't say his name.

"Hi, I'm Claire. It's nice to meet you." she responded with a smile.

"Uh..hi." said Gray with not much enthusiasm.

Gray really wasn't interested in talking to anyone that moment, he also never made eye contact with the girl. He was still in a bad mood.

"Well, I probably should be going. I'm not sure if any of you will ever need me, but if so, I live on the farm that is close to here. So..Bye!" said Claire as she left the blacksmiths.

Gray was sort of happy that the girl had left, now he could concentrate on his work. So that was exactly what he did.

"What was that all about?! said Saibara with anger.

"What! I just started working, and you're already criticizing my work?! said Gray with the same amount of anger.

"I am not talking about that, I'm talking about you being rude to someone that you just met! Saibara said.

"So? You know I don't really like talking to people in general, so why does it matter?" said Gray.

"Because she just moved here, why couldn't you just be friendly to one person? She probably hasn't made any friends yet, the least you could do is try to be friends with her. She seems nice, maybe you could learn from her." said Saibara.

"I don't know if I would want to be friends with her, I probably won't be seeing her that much anyway, so what's the point." Gray said.

"Even if you say you don't want to be friends with her, it might be good for you to hang out with someone who isn't a guy. You can be friends with a girl you know." Saibara said.

"Yeah I know that I can be friends with a girl, I just don't know if I would want to be friends with that one girl, its my decision if I want to or not." Gray said.

"Well of course it's your decision, I just recommend that you do. She really does seem nice." said Saibara.

"Whatever." Said Gray.

With that, the conversation about the new girl was over. By the time Gray finished what he was working on, he realized that he could go home since it was past 1. He then left the blacksmiths and started to make his way back to the inn, but before that, he noticed the path to the new girls' farm.

"That girls farm down there, what was her name..uh, was it Claire? Yeah I think that's it. Should I go apologize for earlier? I can't believe that I am actually considering this. I'm going to go down there, I also can't believe that I'm saying this out loud." said Gray with a confused look on his face.

As Gray headed towards her farm, he noticed that she wasn't there.

"Maybe I should knock on her door? Ugh this is just weird, I shouldn't be here. Screw it, I'll just knock, say that I'm sorry, then leave." said Gray in a soft voice.

*Knock, Knock.*

It takes about a minute for Claire to open the door.

"Oh, hi. You're from the blacksmith, right? Do you need something?" asked the girl.

"Um..yeah. I..am. I don't need anything, I uh just wanted to apologize.. for earlier this morning." said Gray with a shy voice.

What Gray didn't notice before about Claire was how she looked, he never glanced to look over at her when she greeted them. She is a very small girl, blonde hair, blue eyes. Just like Grays, she was also wearing blue overalls with a white button up shirt underneath.

"Apologize for what?" asked Claire.

"Um..I just feel that I wasn't being very nice when we met earlier. So, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I was being very ignorant to someone that I just met, sometimes its hard for me to meet new people." Gray said with a sad look on his face.

"Oh, you don't have to be sorry. I know that it isn't easy to meet new people, trust me, I would know. I hope I didn't make you feel too awkward." said Claire.

"I mean, it was a little awkward, but I usually get myself into those kind of situations anyway." said Gray.

"Yeah, same here." she said.

"Well, I should probably get going. I'm sure that you have a lot here to do your farm. So maybe I will see you around." said Gray as he started to leave.

"Hey wait!" said Claire.

Gray paused.

"What is it?" asked Gray.

"I never got your name." she asked.

"It's Gray." he said.

"Okay Gray, see you around." said Claire.

"See you." Gray said with a smile.