There I was,infront Akari's door.I hated her for making me doing this,but I still admire that she could find my weakness in just 1 season and twist it to her advantage.I don't know why I was so nervous,it is not a date. But every single guy on this island thinks that I am on one.I tried to tell them that it wasn't but Julius insulted my clothing.

'Come on,Gill.I'm just taking a girl to a festival,I'm not obliged to do anything else,just knock on the door!' I sighed in defeat,and knocked on the door.

"Just a second!"She yelled.

Thank the Harvest Goddess! She wasn't ready! I smiled and turned right around and started to walk away,until a shoe was thrown at my head."Why are you so impatient?I just need to grab the lunches!"Akari said,retrieving her shoe.I didn't care that she was yelling at me,or that she just hit me with a dagger-like shoe,I was distracted by what she was wearing.

"W-wow,you look so pretty.." I blushed,looking down at my feet.

She was wearing a plain,golden sundress with a white stripe on the thar she wore brown leggings with a lace trim,on her feet were brown flats with a gold buckle.

"Uh thanks, I wish I could." I could tell that she was going to say 'I wish I could say the same about you but I can't' but she stopped when she got a good look at me."Y-you look s-so umm..nice"she said blushing.I was only wearing a button up shirt with a collar and swim too flashy.

"Thanks,pretty much every single guy on the island dressed me up like a doll last night"I covered her mouth and started laughing her head off,"Akari,covering your mouth dosen't do anything.I can still hear you laughing."

"I'm sorry,Gill. It's just that I only had Renee,Maya,Candace,Luna,Selena,Elli,and Kathy to help me dress up!Not half of the island!Plus with that many people,you should look just a bit better than that!"She said between chuckles

"That's still a lot of people,Akari!"I yelled. Her laughing stopped.

"Fine then,let's just go."She said,"You don't mind if we ride my horse,Daisy?"She asked,pointing to the stall. I just imagined riding a horse with her,she is probably the type of rider who does the reigns all the time,I didn't want to ever have to hold onto her waist.

"I would feel more comfortable walking there" I politely said

"Ohh so you're scared of horses?"

"No I am not!"

"Whatever,wuss"she muttered under her breath.

-1 hour later-

We finally made it to the beach, I never reminded it to be so upbeat. People were swimming, skipping stopes, fishing,making sand castles, and ultimately gossiping. When we set foot on the sand,all eyes were glancing at us while they tried to act normal.

"Hey! Look Akari and Gill are here!"Colleen whispered to Barbara

"Are they on a date?"Barbara asked

"I think so"

"Tsk Tsk,You guys need to be more consederate,they're still in denial!"Julius scolded

"Really?But they dressed so nice,it has to be a date!"My own father said.

"Julius,that's enough,Akari just invited him because she heard that he hasn't been to an ocean festival in years,Jeez you're such an idiot!" Luna said

"Really,who told you that?"Julius asked rudely

"Akari said that when I designed her outfit!" She gloated

"Well I made Gill's outfit!"

"I'm suprised you didn't make him look like a girl!That is your speciality"

"Ahem,we're right here"I pointed out before Luna punched him. But that got them to stop. "Hey,do you want to go skip stones over there?"I asked

She smiled,"Yeah,but I'll win,I can skip stones pretty good!"

I made her eat her words,I beat her 15-6 skips. "I thought you said you were good!" I bragged.

"Shut up! In the city,that is considered good!" She defended

"City people suck"

"No they don't,I can do a lot of things that you islanders can't!"

"Like what?"

"I can get to level 10 on PacMan without using a single life!"

"What's a PacMan?"

"Oh yeah,you guys don't know what that is,you don't even have tractors"

"You always mope about tractors,there's a reason that we don't have those here"

"Really,why?"

"Well,they small bad,they're noisy,and the ferry can't transport them"

"Those are good reasons"

My stomach didn't care about tractors or PacMans right now,I wanted food."Akari,city folk can cook better than Maya right?"

She laughed,"Yeah,anyone can cook better than her" she joked as she passed me a box lunch. It had normal things in it;rice,fish,a hard-boiled egg and a sandwich-in the shape of my head. I looked at her,"Oh,yeah the head thing,that is just a way for me to tell the lunches apart."

Okay,I get the concept,but I don't want to eat my head,it didn't feel right. I didn't fret over that for long,I took a big bite out of my wave of emotion came over me when I ate it,it was only a peanut butter and honey sandwich,but it tasted so good!

"Akari,this is the best sandwich I've ever eaten!"

"Really? It's just peanut butter and honey,nothing too fancy."

"But it's soo good,there's not too much peanut butter and there's so much honey that it soaks into the bread,it's perfect!"

She giggled,"Thanks!"

I heard a rustle from the bushes behind us,"Aww,they're having a romantic lunch together! But Gill just revealed how he likes his sandwiches,which can be held against him in the alwa-"Julius whispered to other islanders hiding,"Oh Gill,you found us...now you can hide,I'm going to go count over there!"he tried to run away but I caught him by his ruffled collar.

"What are you doing?" I asked in an annoyed tone

"Playing hide and seek?"he lied

"Shut up! Why is everybody watching our date!"

"Hey everybody,they are on a date! Luna you owe me 100G!" He yelled back to the hiding islanders.

"N-no! I didn't mean to say date! It's just easier to say than...get together or meeting!"

"Never mind, he's still in denial!" I heard a the crowd was groaning,I think I heard some insults,and a couple yays.

"JUST LEAVE!" I yelled.

-2 minutes before the fireworks show-

It's gotten pretty dark,the stars were all up,it was a perfect night for fireworks. "Hey Gill,what are fireworks like?"Akari asked

"Wait you've never seen fireworks before?"I asked with suprise. She shook her head."Well they're really colorful but they're loud."

"I knew that,I'm not clueless"She looked up at the sky,"When do they-" BOOM! The first firework went it sent Akari running.

"Akari,wait!"I shouted while chasing behind ! BOOM! BOOM! 3 went off and it caused Akari to trip.I got to her before she got up."Akari,what's wrong?"

She grabbed my arm,"They're so-" BOOM! Out of shock she pulled my arm which caused me to loose balance and fall right on top of her. She looked at me,BOOM! A firework went off, "They're so pretty!"She blushed.