Hi everyone! I am now well rested, and I just ate cake, so now I am happy and refreshed again! The last chapter was about Claire, and if you remember correctly, she did something to Skye & Jill. So now, even though she came over last time, here is… Claire!
Claire: Hey everyone! So…how was my acting YukinaMizuki?
Me: You are a really good actress Claire, and you can make really good cake!
Claire: Thanks. Just for everyone reading, I don't really hate Jill or Skye, and I don't really act like the evil Claire in the story.
Me: Yeah, she's actually very nice and kind. And lucky for me, she was nice enough to be in my story as the 'evil one.' I also have good news for Claire! You will now have a story… after this one!
Claire: Thanks YukinaMizuki. I can't wait. Okay, since the chapter is about to start, I'm gonna go now, and YukinaMizuki does not own Harvest Moon, everyone. Only Natsume Inc. owns us.
CHAPTER 8!
(Jill's POV!)
I was sleeping soundly until I heard loud pounding on my door. I groaned. It sucks to be woken up like this!
Wait a minute… how did I even end up in my farm house? I asked myself. I tried recounting what happened last night.
Let's see… I was talking with Skye, then I fell asleep on his lap, and that's about it. I don't remember going into my farmhouse…
Skye was the one who probably carried me home… it occurred to me with a blush.
Knock! Knock! It came again. The person knocking on the door is really annoying me now.
"Alright, I'm coming!" I shouted, changing quickly. When I opened the door, I was surprised to see a guy who looked like a police officer and Mayor Thomas at my door.
"U-umm…hello Jill! This is my son Harris from mineral town, he..." Mayor Thomas started, but was interrupted by his son.
"Yes, Miss Jill, do you have any information about the thief who goes by the name Phantom Skye?" He asked with seriousness.
This angered me a bit. He can't just wake me up at 6:00 in the morning, and ask me something like that! Not to mention he is rather rude…
"Well, my apologies mister Harris, but you can't come rudely barging onto my farm and waking me up, not to mention, asking questions like that! Now we are going to do this again, and do it right," I glared, closing the door.
When I opened the door, I said "Good Morning gentlemen. Do you need something at this time?"
"I'm really sorry for waking you, but I would like to introduce my son Harris from mineral town. He is staying in the valley for awhile," Mayor Thomas explained, after regaining his composure.
"Y-yes, I am Harris, and I am pleased to meet you Miss Jill. I was wondering if I can I ask for a bit of your time, if I may," Harris requested, following his father's lead, obviously scared at what might happen if he angered me. He should be scared…
"Oh, alright, please come in, and we will talk about this," I said, leading them onto the small table I have in my kitchen.
"Would you like some coffee boys?" I offered.
"That would be appreciated Miss Jill," Harris replied.
"Ok, first of all, stop calling be Miss Jill, because if you call me that one more time, you're going to regret it," I threatened after sitting down at the table with the coffee.
I don't actually think I could do that because he is the police officer, and he is the one who should be threatening, but it worked anyways.
"O-of course Miss- I mean Jill!" He corrected himself. A moment of silence surrounded the three.
"So…I would like to ask you if you know anything about Phantom Skye…" he inquired.
"What makes you think I know anything about him?" I asked.
"W-well, we got a call informing us that the thief was sighted around this area and that you have more information." He answered.
"And you think I have the information?" I questioned.
"Yes, because a girl called and told us that you know the thief," Harris said. This was an interrogation, and one of us was getting nervous. And it wasn't me or Mayor Thomas.
"You're a policeman so you must know that Skye is a very secretive man right?" I asked.
"Of course. No one knows his last name, where he is from, if he has any relatives, and so many more unknown information," Harris replied, glad that we were getting somewhere.
"So how can this girl who reported this know all these information like who knows Skye well?" I questioned. The two men were speechless.
"I have one more question Harris. How are you sure your information is valid? I mean, you only got this information from someone you guys don't know. It could have just been a prank call," I said.
The two guys were still silent up to this point. They didn't think of those facts.
"W-well we are sorry to bother you Jill… we will come back when we actually have valid information, which might be never…" Harris apologized, and he and Mayor Thomas left the farm house.
When I was sure they were gone, I finally relaxed and sighed. This was a really big problem. If it wasn't for my quick thinking, they would have found out and Skye would have to leave… 'No! There is no way I would let that happen, now that I just found him!' I thought quickly.
:00:00:00:00:00: Fast forwarding to evening, cause the rest of the day was just farming: 00:00:00:00:00:
(Normal POV!)
At the spring with Jill and Skye…Again.
"…And then he said that he needed 'valid information'" Jill said, after explaining the whole thing.
"Oh my sweet princess, what would I do if it weren't for your quick thinking?" Skye exclaimed.
"DON'T CALL ME PRINCESS, LET ALONE 'SWEET PRINCESS!'" Jill shouted.
"Shhh! people are sleeping." Skye shushed with a smirk.
"You will be in unending sleep when I'm through with you…" Jill grumbled.
After that last statement, Skye decided not to push his luck and decided to keep quiet. They stayed in comforting silence for a few minutes.
"You know… I still don't get why…" Skye mused in an incomplete sentence.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Jill asked.
"Well, you hang out with an unsuccessful flirt, a sick farmer, a singing hippie, an archaeologist, a bar keeper, a bunch of girls with the stereotype personalities a girl would have (I don't agree with what he said. I love the girl villagers! They're nice.)…and, well, a thief." Skye explained.
"W-well, I love hanging out with all of the villagers, especially the thief you mentioned," Jill smiled.
"I heard that the thief loves hanging out with you as well…" Skye said blushing.
"Oh, really?" Jill said.
"U-umm… actually, I… ummm… lo-love…y-y-o," Skye stuttered. For the first time in Skye's life, his confidence was gone.
"What? You love Yo-yos?" Jill decided to tease him, though she knew what he was about to say.
"Wait! Let me start over…" Skye mumbled.
"Fine…" Jill smirked.
"Ok… w-well Jill, I've known you ever since we were kids, and I was your best friend… I'm not sure if I'm still your best friend now, but… I LOVE YOU JILL!" Skye exclaimed quickly, shouting out the last line.
His words hung in the air, and silence engulfed the two. Jill had not spoken a word yet, and the suspense was killing Skye.
"…You are not my best friend anymore..." Jill said.
This saddened Skye. Skye was about to walk away, when he was stopped by Jill.
"Wait, you didn't make me finish, idiot. You're not my best friend because if you were, it would be called friend zoning you, and you wouldn't have a chance with me. I also have one more thing to tell you, but it's a secret…" Jill said.
Then Jill walked over to where Skye was standing and whispered in his ear.
"I am in love with a thief…"
This was the only thing he needed to hear. He then kissed her. On the lips. (a little fun fact, but it was Jill's first kiss. )
After a moment, Jill started to kiss back. Now, it is inappropriate to say how long they kissed, but let's just say it was long. When they stopped, Jill was in shock.
"So it seems that I was finally able to shock the unshockable," Skye smirked. On the outside, Skye was smirking and confident, but inside he was freaking out about what he just did.
He just wished that Jill was his first kiss. His first kiss was Claire. Now before you judge him, Claire was the one who tackled him and gave him a kiss on the lips.
He had nothing to do with that whatsoever. But with Jill… he was the one who made the first move. And for that, he was happy.
"Whatever Skye… so now you are officially my boyfriend…or do you want to be called the girlfriend?" Jill teased.
"Ehhh… that choice is tempting, but I think I prefer your boyfriend," Skye said, emphasizing the 'your' because he just wanted to say that.
He wanted to believe that it's true that now Jill is his. Not Rocks. Not Marlins. Not anyone's. And with that, he was content.
"Well my love, I will now bring you home," Skye declared.
"Ok, I think I'm missing the princess nickname now," Jill said after hearing the 'love' nickname.
And both of them laughed on their way home. After they left, the Harvest Goddess appeared.
"Yes, they are now together! And I didn't even have to do any matchmaking! I guess the police wasn't a really big obstacle… wait, oh no," The Harvest Goddess moaned again.
"Another obstacle? Good luck to those two now… "The Harvest Goddess sighed. It always seemed those two attract all these obstacles.
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"Ahhh, so Jill managed to dodge the bullet… well, I knew she would anyways, but it was a good warm up for my next plan…" Claire mused.
"First, of all, I have to get the potion (This is in the next chapter), then I have to get my 'boyfriend' (Revealed in next chapter) on board, then I can do the actual plan," Claire smiled.
"Well, I guess it's time to visit a 'friend.'" Claire said, leaving the room to start her plan.
And the chapter is done! Thanks for all of the support and stuff…Yes, Claire is back with another plan… Ok, See ya next chap!
