Two Towns and a Mountain of Mistakes

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Prologue

A/N- Welcome to my new Harvest Moon fic from 'Tale of Two Towns' based on the pairing of Cam and Lillian. When I first played the game this plot immediately struck me but I felt I needed to play it for a while first to get the characters down. So here marks the start. Please review as they are my motivation to update and mean so much to me. Enjoy everyone.

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It was all so wrong…

She knew she should be doing something to stop it but she couldn't. It was as if something was controlling her from deep within. It had taken over her mind and was forcing her body to behave in a completely inappropriate manner.

You want this! It spoke to her. This is how it should be Lillian. You've been living a lie and you know it!

His hands forced her body in closer to his, caressing her lower back and clutching handfuls of her yellow over-skirt.

Her hands where around his neck, her fingers combing gently through his hair.

Their lips moved hungrily against each other's. It was desperate, needy, lustful…

But what's worse? It felt normal! Like they'd been together for years and had kissed thousands of times.

As Lillian's morality began to claw at the demon who had taken over, incredible guilt engulfed her. A knot formed in her stomach, twisting and turning. Her body began to stiffen and she felt herself trying to break away.

They parted briefly, enough for her to mutter a few quick words- 'Cam we can't-' And he crushed his lips to hers once more.

He didn't want to hear her protest, and they both knew it was only because she felt she had to. And why? Why was this situation so wrong? So sinful? Why exactly did the farmer feel as though her entire world was about to come crashing down in a heap?

Because they were both married…and not to each other.

At that exact moment Cam's wife in Bluebell, and Lillian's husband in Konohana, sat at home completely unbeknownst to what their spouse's where up to atop the mountain which stood between the two towns.

Her heart pounded so hard in her chest it almost hurt. Her head spun with confusion. If it's so wrong, then why does it feel so right? If she loved Dirk, then why was she kissing Cam?...because she didn't love Dirk- Not truly. And if Cam loved Laney, then why was he the one instigating all this?

However, no matter how tough it was she quickly came to the realisation that it would never work out. What would the mayors think if they both proposed divorce? Nobody had ever gotten a divorce in either towns and she could only but imagine that it was not the done thing!

She could hear Ina now- 'Are you out of your mind?' She'd say 'Are you purposely trying to destroy this town's reputation? Oh the shame! Such disrespect to our Goddess!'

All the while their lips still moved against each other roughly. The moon was full and shone down on them in disgust almost. It felt like he was never going to let her go, and he certainly did not want to. The thought of having to return home to Laney and continue with their utter disgrace of a marriage pained him. He often questioned what drove him to it? Possibly the anger and hurt of Lillian's marriage to Dirk- That happy-go-lucky postman that drove the florist up the walls.

Sure Laney was beautiful and all. Kind, caring…faithful. But she wasn't Lillian. And for that reason Cam could never devote himself entirely.

And suddenly he had the farm girl pressed up against a large stone torch pillar, forcing them out of the shadows and into the orange glow emitted by the flame. His hands where planted either side of her head, ravishing her mouth with his.

If Lillian had been previously been fighting him, she had just given an easy surrender. The main reason being that she didn't want to fight him. She wanted to kiss him back. She wanted to be with him.

A cool breeze blew past and his divine scent of freshly cut roses and honey intoxicated her. And that made her want him even more. His scent alone could send her spirally into some sort of other world where only they, as a couple, existed. In that world no-one cared about their midnight make-out session. No-one cared that they longed to be together because…there was no-one else. In that world they could do whatever they wanted- no guilt, no pain…just love and passion.

But they were in the real world, and beside the fact that they were both already married came the decree that friendship, let alone a relationship, was strictly forbidden between the rival towns.

His kisses turned feathery, leaving a trail along her jaw line and down her neck.

'I love you Lillian…fuck I love you so much!' He whispered, his breath heavy and raspy.

Lillian cursed mentally. Why? Why make it any more difficult than it had to be by adding those three words?

'I love you too.' She replied. Her eyes pricked with tears. It was the moment she'd been dreaming of for years. She waited for him to tell her for so long until she eventually had to give up. Her life had to move on and waiting for Cam who just couldn't make up his mind, was holding her back!

And now it was too late.

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