Strangely, every time Phantom Skye left a note for someone, Luna would always be asked to help
Strangely, every time Phantom Skye left a note for someone, Luna would always be asked to help. How Luna had this coincidence confused her but it did not bother her much. She did not mind seeing Skye's face. Though she WAS annoyed that she got 'maiden chick beamed' every time but she always shrugged it off. Since she's thinking about surprising Skye the next time… but thanks to Skye, Luna was no longer as shy as she was before. She was really friendly and talking to everyone.
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It soon turned into autumn. Luna wiped the sweat from her brow. Autumn was a lot nicer to her than summer, less work to do so more time to make more effort in the work she had. Though in autumn it liked to rain a lot. And it certainly liked to rain here.
Luna sighed and walked into her house. She'd finished her work. She quickly had a bath and changed out of her work clothes into a pair of brown trousers and beige top and a brown jacket. She glanced at the calendar…today was her birthday. She never noticed.
She decided to walk to the inn. Not expecting what was inside.
"Luna! Happy Birthday!" Muffy squealed.
Inside were her friends Flora, Celia, Muffy, Lumina and Nami. The inner in was decorated with balloons and a banner saying Happy birthday Luna! There were presents scatted around and confetti everywhere.
"You guys…" Luna felt happy
"Come in Luna, you've got presents to unwrap!" Lumina dragged her in
"Presents…?"
For the fist time in… ages she got presents on her birthday. She bit her lip. Trying not to cry.
"Your well loved Luna" Flora chimed in. "We all pitched in on this…It's our way of saying thanks to all the times you've helped us. You really are a wonderful friend."
Luna smiled. She felt really warm with this surprise party.
"Thank you so much!" Luna hugged her friends.
Muffy had got her a brown hairbrush; many different coloured ribbons and sliver nail polish. Lumina had got her a stunning sliver choker with diamonds twinkling. Nami had got her a pair of brown suede shoes. Flora had got her a black scarf with sliver stars on it. And Celia had got her a beautiful chocolate brown dress.
"We know how much you like brown, and the night sky… so that's what we based our gifts on" Muffy explained
"I love them…Thank you!"
After doing presents they dragged Luna to the kitchen… to await her chocolate cake.
"And seeing you love chocolate brown you must like chocolate too" Celia said.
"Make a wish Luna!" Flora said
Luna closed her eyes and blew out the candles. Wishing.
"So what you wish for?" Muffy asked
"You know she's not supposed to tell you…" Nami said
"Still, anyway lets eat!" Lumina chimed.
Soon they were all eating away the chocolate cake. Though the amount of laughter proved it difficult to swallow anything. But they all polished the cake of.
"I hope this won't put to much weight on me" Muffy mussed
"If so well starve you for a few days, that should take it off" Nami joked
"Ahaha! You guys always make me laugh so hard!" Luna giggled.
"Well it's nice to have a use," Flora said.
"Well, I'd better be getting home soon. Otherwise Vesta and Marlin will go without dinner," Celia said and she walked out of the in.
"It's high time I headed home to" Muffy said. She looked at her watch. "Whoops, I'm late for work. Well happy birthday Luna, Bye everyone!" Muffy quickly scurried through the door.
"No wonder she's of, it's 9:30pm. I'd better go home to, goodbye" then Lumina walked out of the Inn.
"I'm going to my room. All that laughing has exhausted me. Bye you lot" And Nami was out of the kitchen.
"Well it's just me and you Luna" Flora said. "I'm in no hurry to get back. You need a hand getting those gifts to your house?"
"That would be great! Thanks Flora!" Luna replied.
They both helped Ruby clean up the inn and then Luna and Flora carried Luna's gifts back to her house. Once inside her house they dumped them on the table.
"Well good night Luna. See you tomorrow" Flora said. And walked out of her house.
Luna then organised her things and wrote down some things in her diary. She looked at the clock. It was 11:25pm yet she did not feel really tired. So she got out her old sketchpad and started drawing.
Luna then noticed that something magically appeared by her door… a small parcel. She opened it to find two sliver star hairclips and a note.
Many happy returns to my beautiful Luna, From Skye
P.S. Don't worry I did not steal these.
Luna smiled. Not being able to hold back the tears of joy. "How come I'm so happy? More happier than when my friends gave me their gifts" She thought…because you care about him came her consciences response. Luna smiled… "If only he knew…" She thought.
Phantom Skye smiled as he walked away from Luna's farm. It was not like a thief to give things but Luna was special, it was like he wanted and needed to give her something. "But why?" He thought…because you care about her came his consciences response. Skye smiled… "If only she knew…" He thought.
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It soon turned to winter, and Luna was busy brushing her animals. The long awaited Starry Night festival was tomorrow. But Luna did not have anybody to share that evening with… unless… Luna looked at her watch… it was 7: 30pm. She decided to call it day and went home to get washed and changed. She then made her way to the goddess pond. Once she got there she sat down near a tree. Waiting…waiting… for someone…
"Hehe, what is one sitting outside in the cold so late at night" came a familiar voice.
Luna turned her head to find Skye "Hi Skye… Actually the cold does not bother me much"
"Hehe… I heard there's a rather romantic festival tomorrow" Skye sat down next to her… with a smile on his face.
"Yeah… the starry night"
"Got any plans?" Skye asked
"N…no…"Luna turned a little pink. "Unless you want to come over…"
"Really? Well, I'd like that" Skye's smile was warm now.
"Great. Well, I'll see you at my house tomorrow"
"Don't worry I won't steal anything."
Luna replied with a warm smile. "Looks like tomorrow won't be so bad after all…" she thought.
Luna managed to finish her chores early on the Starry Night festival. She wiped the sweat from her brow. Satisfied with the amount of work she done. Then she went home and got washed and changed.
"Well, I'd better get dinner started" Luna said. "What to make…what does he like?"
Luna searched her memories, remembering something.
"Curry… well it's a little unusual to have but what the heck"
So Luna got busy cooking dinner. And what perfect timing! Skye arrived when she was finished.
"It's open!" Luna called when she heard the knock on her front door.
Then inside walked Phantom Skye wearing that same warm smile from yesterday.
"Good evening Luna…what is that wonderful smell?"
"Dinner" Luna placed the meal on the table.
"Wow…"
"Well lets eat… otherwise it will get cold"
So Luna and Skye started eating there starry night dinner, Luna the only one finding that having curry on Starry Night was weird.
"That was lovely… I did not know how well you could cook"
"It's nothing really…"
"Well I think that it is something. You got such a light touch"
Luna started to blush. "You're flattering me…"
Skye laughed. "I'm only saying the truth"
Luna cleared the dishes away, her face still red. "If only I could let him know…" Luna thought.
Skye eyes watched Luna. "If there was only someway to tell her," He thought. His eyes then strayed from Luna and skimmed around her house. It was very nice actually. But then he noticed a brown sketchpad, a little worn around the edges, on Luna's bedside table.
"That's right… Luna draws…" Skye thought.
"Oh that? That's my sketchpad" Luna's voice made Skye look at her again. Her face was not as red now.
"You mentioned that you drew…May I take a look?" Skye asked. Since he did offer in the past.
"Y-yes" Luna took her sketchpad and handed it to Skye.
He placed it on the table and started to flick trough it. He felt Luna sitting next to him. What he saw amazed him… endless pages full of scenes… some creating a happy mood, some sad, some mixed, and other creating different feelings altogether.
"These are good! When did you start?"
"Well… I got that twelve years ago… so that would make me twelve when I drew the first one… the other kind of flowed in over the years. It's the reason why it's a little worn."
Skye continued to flip through the pages. "She was only twelve when she started… when I was that age I could not do squat…would that make her twenty four now? So I would have been thirteen when she was twelve… I could still do squat, she continues to amaze me" Skye thoughts were consuming him… He stopped at the last page in the sketchpad.
"This one's blank" Skye stated.
"The last page… I want to put something special in it but nothing comes to my mind" Luna's voice was oddly thick.
Skye turned around to find tears flowing out of Luna's eyes.
"Luna? What's wrong?"
"I…" Luna did not say anything else. Her tears seemed to flow even more
"Luna…don't cry"
"Skye…"
"Luna…"
"Well…"
"I…"
They sat in silence… They both want to say something but Luna's tears was making Skye tongue-tied… Luna just seamed so nervous… Skye just decided to say it out right now. Luna looked into his eyes. Her tears made her brown eyes sparkle.
"I care about you!" The both said at the same time.
Then they sat in silence again… both going red. But they did not avert their gaze. Skye stared into Luna's sparkling eyes.
Luna could not believe that she said it… and Skye saying it as well caused her tears to flow more. But his aqua eyes were so warm and kind to look into. Skye wiped away Luna's tears. His fingers felt soft against her skin. Then Skye hugged her, and Luna hugged back. It felt so warm. They continued to hug. Holding each other close to them. It was like they did not want the night to end but for it to continue forever…
Aww… they know about their love for each other.
So yeah the non-heart event chapter. The next one will have heart events
I think I'm getting writers block…it's so unfair!
DISCLAMER:
I do not own Harvest Moon or any of its characters.
--SingingAlto108
