Hey guys! Here's a new chapter to Harvest Moon: The Windy Chapters! Anyway, this chapter is actually a bit shorter than the previous ones. The reason being that I had to try to figure out a way to incorporate this part of the storyline. In fact, this chapter was supposed to be a major part in the entire story, considering that it has to deal with the Spring Harmony festival. It was kind of hard to incorporate the baking portion and the relationship between Kite and Antoinette. I wanted to extend the chapter a bit more, however I didn't really have much to deal with. Now, I WOULD'VE added more to the entire chapter, but the story is supposed to be about Kite and Antoinette. Now I don't mind adding a bit more relationship details with Kite and the other townsfolk, but hey this story's about Kite and Antoinette. It even says so in the description of the story. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Hope you guys enjoy this new chapter! Another one will be up soon! Keep the reviews coming and keep them clean! Remember flames will be destroyed by the gushing maelstrom of awesome!

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Chapter 4: Spring Harmony

It was a beautiful morning in Zephyr Town. Kite was at the café finishing up his breakfast. At a table across from him, he could hear two girls gossiping about the Spring Harmony festival.

"I can't wait for the Spring Harmony festival!"

"Me either! My boyfriend is gonna surprise me with a huge buffet of chocolate!"

They screamed and giggled like the little girls they are as Kite finished polishing off his doughnut.

"Hey Marian-san, what's the Spring Harmony festival anyway?"

"The festival is where the boys would give the girls chocolate treats as a gift. It's really romantic, but I don't have anyone who's willing to give me some anytime soon."

She blushed a bit while Kite begged to differ.

"That's not what Raul said earlier…"

"By the way Kite-san, are you going to give any special someone some chocolate?"

Kite nearly spat out his coffee.

"W-what are you talking about?"

"Well, you always seemed so close with Antoinette."

"P-please… giving chocolate to Antoinette is like giving dog food to a cat. Besides, I don't even like her like that…"

Marian gave it some more thought.

"Oh! How about Sherry-san?"

"S-S-Sherry? Uh… well…"

Kite blushed a bit after thinking about giving chocolate to Sherry. He always kind of liked her. However, he shook his head after thinking about what kind of reaction he would get from Sherry.

"I don't know…"

"I'm sure you can do it!"

"But, I don't even know how to make that kind of stuff."

Dirk suddenly came in and handed Kite a crumpled up piece of paper.

"What's this?"

There was a gleam in Dirk's eyes and a smirk formed across his face.

"If you must know, it's a recipe for chocolate cake!"

Kite read the recipe and it was very accurate.

"Chocolate cake? When did you ever learn how to make it? And for that matter, why would you need it? You don't make the desserts around here."

Dirk's smirk got wider.

"You see, I've always gave Antoinette chocolate cake every year for the Spring Harmony festival!"

"And how did that turn out for you?"

Kite waited for an answer, but Dirk had his mouth shut.

"Anyway, if you really wanna impress Sherry, you should give her this!"

"You didn't answer my ques-"

Dirk gave Kite a pat on the back and rushed back into the kitchen.

"Good luck Kite! You're gonna need it!"

After a long sigh, Kite bought some chocolate from Marian and headed out. Along the way, he met Sherry.

"Morning Kite-san!"

"M-morning Sherry…"

"The Spring Harmony festival is coming up, do you have anyone special in mind that you wanna give chocolate to?"

Kite hid the recipe behind his back.

"Uhhh nope! No one at all!"

"Hm? What's that behind your back?"

"N-n-nothing!"

Sherry tried to take a look at what Kite's hiding, but Kite kept turning around and made sure that Sherry didn't get her hands on the recipe. While Sherry tried to get what's behind Kite's back, they were both greeted by Antoinette.

"Oh! Good morning Antoinette!"

"What are you two doing?"

"I think Kite-san's hiding something from me."

Antoinette gave Kite a suspicious look.

"W-what are you looking at? I don't have anything I swear!"

As Sherry tried to get the recipe again, Kite turned around, but without looking, Antoinette snatched the recipe from his hands. As Antoinette read the recipe, she blushed and hid the recipe from behind her back. She grabbed Kite from the collar and pulled him in close to her face.

"Why do you have-"

"Antoinette, now you're hiding something too!"

Antoinette's head turned towards Sherry and quickly hid the recipe behind her back again.

"Uhhh Sherry, aren't you going to be late for something?"

"Hm? Oh you're right! I need to get home soon, it's almost lunchtime and my father has no idea how the kitchen works!"

As she rushed back home, Kite and Antoinette released a sigh of relief.

"That was close…"

"Alright, spit it out. Why do you have a recipe for chocolate cake?"

Kite started to blush and snatched back the recipe.

"I-i-it's none of your business!"

"You're planning to make something for someone, now who is it?"

Kite adjusted his hat so he wouldn't show his embarrassed face to Antoinette.

"Well… i-i-it's f-for…. S-S-SSh-Sherry…"

Antoinette looked at the ground and played around with her skirt.

"Oh! I-I… I see…"

"Hm? What? What's wrong?"

Antoinette shook it off and laughed sheepishly.

"Oh it's… it's nothing. Hahahahahahahaha!"

There was an awkward silence between them. Antoinette broke the silence after clearing her voice.

"S-s-so… Do you know how to make one?"

"Well… not really…"

"*sigh* You really can't do anything right can't you?"

"Hey, I'm still learning on how to live by myself. Cut me some slack."

Antoinette grabbed his hand and dragged him to his house. Inside, she decided to teach him how to bake a chocolate cake.

"First of all, you can't make a chocolate cake without chocolate."

"Okay, but how do I make a cake?"

She took out some flour, butter, eggs, and milk.

"Wait, how do you know all of this stuff?"

"F-forget about that right now! Just focus on the instructions I give you!"

They started to work hard on the cake. Antoinette kept giving Kite instructions, yet Kite seems to mess up all the time. There were times where Kite would add in too much of one thing and the cake would either be runny, dry, or it would explode in the oven. There was never a time where Antoinette wouldn't yell at Kite for messing up, only to get hit by her. Finally, after a bit of trial and error, Kite finished the cake. The cake looked amateur at best, but not terrible looking.

"Finally, I think it actually looks pretty good. Too bad we wasted a ton of time though."

"It actually looks great."

They smiled at each other, only to look away in embarrassment. Soon, they cut the cake up and Kite took a piece and ate it. He couldn't believe how it tasted and he can't wait to give it to Sherry.

"Wow this is amazing! Hey Antoinette, do you want a piece?"

Antoinette got up and headed for the door.

"Hey… where are you going?"

"Well after today, I'm kind of exhausted. You don't have to give me anything. Good luck with giving that cake to Sherry."

"Come on, you can stay for a while."

Antoinette blushed a bit and stared at the floor for a brief moment, then shook it off.

"No, it's… it's fine you can keep the cake. Anyway, I better get home. Dad could be home any minute now and I don't wanna worry him."

And just like that she left. The entire house got quiet after she left. Kite stared at the cake and its many pieces that were left.

"What's up with Antoinette lately? I know that it's not that she doesn't have a sweet tooth or that she's not hungry…"

Kite laid in his bed and stared at the ceiling. He knows that Antoinette loves sweets and would jump at the chance of eating a piece if offered. He closed his eyes. Meanwhile, Antoinette was walking home, looking at the river. She sat on the grass as she hugged her knees.

"Wh-what's wrong with me? Why do I feel like this all of a sudden… Am I… j-j-jeal…"

She shook her head and stared right back in the water.

"No! There's no way… I don't even like him… but… still…"

Antoinette hugged her knees even tighter and closed her eyes. She didn't know what to think anymore. Meanwhile, as Kite opened his eyes he couldn't believe what time it was. He took the entire cake and rushed over to the door. As he went out to the square, he sees Sherry being surrounded by tons of guys around her. He tried calling out her name only to have his face blocked out by the other guys. He kept calling out her name, got Sherry's attention, and started running towards her direction. However, as he was running, he stopped. He stared at the cake with its many pieces left over. He remembers at how much he and Antoinette worked on that cake. He couldn't just leave it all to just Sherry, not after how much Antoinette did for him. Then, he looked back at Sherry, shook of his thoughts and walked towards her.

"I'm just thinking too much…"

He kept walking, but gradually slowed down to a stop. He knows he likes Sherry, but he can't just leave Antoinette alone. As soon as Antoinette was about to enter her house, she was met up by Kite. From afar, she notices that he was carrying a small blue box in his hands.

"Why are you here? And I thought you were supposed to give that cake to Sherry."

"W-well… um…"

Kite's face turned red as Antoinette gives him a confused look. Kite took out the box and gave it to Antoinette. As she opened the box, she found a slice of chocolate cake.

"…I thought I said you didn't have to give me anything…"

"W-well… There was a lot left over and I decided to split the cake… Just take it as a sign of thanks."

Antoinette stared at Kite, but she couldn't help except giggle at Kite's awkward expression.

"Wh-what?"

"*giggles* It's nothing… Alright, I'll take it then."

She waved him goodbye and went straight back into the house. Kite was left alone on her doorstep, confused.

"What was that about?"

Inside, Antoinette opened the box again and decided to take the cake out try a piece of it. As soon as she took it out, another piece fell out as well. She looked at the fallen piece of cake inside the box. Apparently, Kite accidently left her two slices instead of one slice like Sherry had. She smiled gently and closed the box.

"Heheh… that idiot…"