Hey guys! Sorry that I haven't updated in a few days. I was almost done with the chapter, but I was obsessed with playing Kingdom Hearts and Fire Emblem. Forgive me! I'm a video game freak, I know. :( But moving on! Here's the ninth chapter of Loveless! It was pretty easy to find out who Victor was if you remembered previous chapters. The answer is in this chapter, but I bet some of you already know what it is. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon.

Loveless

Chapter 9

Jack's POV

'Victor? Why is he engaged to Celia? Wasn't he the guy Muffy left me for?'

'You know, it could be a different guy.'

'But he's rich like in Muffy's letter and his name is Victor.'

'So? There are probably a lot of rich guys named Victor.'

'I guess you're right….'

A voice interrupted my thoughts.

"Jack? Are you okay?"

"U-uh, y-yeah." I almost forgot I was still in Celia's house.

"Is something wrong? Why do you care about Victor's name? Do you know him?" She asked.

"Well, I don't really know him; I just heard of him." I said.

"Where have you heard of him?" She really wanted to know about this didn't she?

"Okay, you remember when I told you that Muffy left me for some rich guy?"

"Yeah. Wait! Do you mean?"

"Yeah, I think Victor is that guy." I told her.

"But what makes you think it's Victor?" She asked.

"Well, in the letter, Muffy said that she was engaged to a rich guy named Victor." I explained.

"Why did Victor accept the engagement if he was with Muffy?"

"I don't know." I shrugged.

It was all so confusing. If he was with Muffy, why did he accept the engagement?

'Didn't I tell you that he wasn't the Victor from the letter?'

'I don't have time for this. You're always wrong anyway.'

'I was right about you liking Celia though.'

'Oh shut up!'

"Um, Jack? What's with your face changing expressions?" She asked.

"N-nothing! Totally fine here!" I scratched the back of my head.

"Okay."

"We gotta find a way to get you out of this marriage."

"What? You're helping me?"

"Yeah! I don't want you to get married to him! He took Muffy away and now he's going to take--," I covered my mouth to stop myself.

"Take what? Go on." She said, urging me to keep talking.

"Nothing! Take uh, my farm! A person like him would sooo try to take my farm. Yeah, my farm."

'What the hell? Take my farm? What kind of stupid answer was that?'

'I couldn't think of anything at the moment…'

'But anything was better than take my farm! You should've just went on and said what you were about to say!'

'And what was I about to say?'

'You were about to say that Victor was going to take her away from you! Cause you like her.'

'Not this again!'

"Okaaay. Weird." She said.

"Oh hey, Celia! Is your cheek okay? It looks like he hit you really hard!" I said, trying to change the subject.

"Oh it's nothing! Really I'm--,"

I touched her cheek to see if it was swollen or something like that.

"W-what are you—," She said.

"It seems to be fine. I guess you are okay."

"Uh, yeah." Why was her face red? Her face was warm too. Was she sick?

"Celia! Are you feeling alright? You're face is red, are you sick?" I asked.

She turned her head away from me so I couldn't see her face.

"I-I'm fine. N-no need to worry about me." She said in a high, squeaky voice.

"Okay…"

Victor's POV

Hmph. I can't believe those peasants would touch me! Do they not know who I am? If that wretched man wanted his wench so much, then I would've gladly given her to him. I wonder if he's the one she told me about. I'm finally back in my mansion.

'Thank God.'

"Hey Vicky! Where have you been today?" Ah, my darling Muffy. Better than any wench in the world. She's the top wench!

"Oh nothing Muffy, I just had some business."

"Oh. Well, we need to spend more time together! You haven't been spending time with me lately." She did the 'puppy dog pout'. She's making an attempt to be 'cute', which she is clearly failing at.

I put on my 'nice face' and used my 'nice voice'. "We'll spend much more time together when we get married. I promise!"

"Yay! I just can't wait till we get married. Cause I love you very much." It sounded like she was using sarcasm. It's probably just my imagination.

"Muffy?" I asked.

"Yeah, Vicky? What is it?"

"About that man you left, was his name Jack?" I asked, in the most innocent voice I could muster up.

"Yeah. Why do you want to know?"

"Nothing my dear. Nothing at all."

So Muffy's ex liked the wench that I am about to marry. And to top it all off, I'm with Muffy, who is his ex. This is interesting. I'm in the safe zone. As long as Muffy doesn't tell anyone that we're engaged, I'll be fine.

Celia's POV

Everything was happening so fast. I really do need to find a way to get out of the engagement. I wonder what Victor did with Muffy?

"You want me to stay Celia?" Jack asked. Why would he ask that?

"You can go if you want." I said.

"But something might happen to you again."

"Oh don't worry! The Valley doesn't have bad people!"

"Where are Vesta and Marlin?" He asked.

"They went to Mineral Town or something."

Speaking of Mineral Town, the other day I saw the farmer there. She had such a cute baby girl. I wonder if my baby would be as cute as hers.

"Um, Celia? What's wrong?"

"Oh nothing. I was just thinking about a baby." Why did I tell him that?

"What?! Are you pregnant too? You have so many secrets!" I could feel my face getting red.

"No! Not that! I was thinking about that farmer from Mineral Town and how cute her baby was." I confessed.

"Oh. Sorry I said that."

"It's fine. You can go home you know. I'm going to the Goddess Pond."

"I'll go with you! I have nothing else to do anyway." He suggested.

"I guess you can."

"Great! Let's go!" Then he walked out the door.

We walked to the Goddess Pond without any interruptions. When we got there Lumina and Rock were walking around. Rock gave us a weird look and told Lumina to leave. He left with her too.

"What was that about?" I asked. Jack just shrugged and walked over to the pond and sat down. I sat down next to him.

"Strange things have been happening lately, and it all started when Muffy broke up with me." He said.

"Yeah, things are getting confusing."

"We have to think of a way to get you out of that marriage!" He really changes the subject quick.

"But, I'm forced to marry Victor. It's what my father said."

"No! Not while I'm here you're not! I'm going to stop it any way I can!" He said.

He was really serious about this. "Thank you."

"U-uh, no problem. I just want to help."

"Help. We do a lot of that don't we?" I asked.

"Of course we help each other! We're friends and that's what friends do!"

"That sounded so lame." I laughed.

"Hey! I'm right here!" He said in an angry tone.

"But, it's true though. We are friends and we help each other."

"That's more like it. Hmph."

"Who are you supposed to be? Victor?" I asked.

He looked at me with a 'are you serious' face.

"N-no way! Don't compare me to that bastard!" He said.

"Okay, okay. Don't go crazy now."

I was starting to get tired; the Goddess Pond always had that effect on me. But I couldn't go to sleep now. I needed to get home.

"Alright, I'll calm down. Just as long as you don't compare me to him again!" I heard Jack say.

"Okay, I won't."

"Is something wrong Celia?"

"I'm just a little tired….."

And before I knew it, I feel asleep.

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How'd you like it? Sorry for the wait. I was just too busy being caught in video games. I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can. And remember, reviews are greatly accepted! See ya till then!