Hey everyone! I've been trying my best to get this chapter out while I can before the semester REALLY starts to stress me out. Glad I got this out in time. Anyways, this is the moment everyone has been waiting for! I'm glad everyone like the last chapter; I was surprised to see so many people go with Luke as their favorite. But of course I can't forget my Gill fans either! lol There's a lot of people on each side of this story! I love it!

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NOTE: I do not own Harvest Moon, I only own my OC, Ayame. Also this story was originally called 'I'm Stuck Between a Hyperactive Prankster and a Pompous Rich Boy, Great' I had to shorten the title to fit. Sorry.

~ Luke's P.O.V. ~

"I'm serious Luke! You never listen to my orders!"

'Geez, is he ever gonna stop? He's been ranting like this for hours.'

"Are you even listening to me?!" my dad yelled.

"Yes Dad, I hear you loud and clear." I groaned.

My dad has been pacing around the store for hours, ranting about 'breaking his rules'.

Bo was sitting on the workbench beside me, wrapped up in a green blanket and drinking a cup of warm herbal tea. It's only been three days since I'd seen him last and yet he looked completely different. His sandy blonde hair was a greasy mess, his face was as pale as a ghost, and his eyes were bloodshot; he looked like he'd died and then his ghost had come back to haunt the Carpentry.

"I told you so." he whispered. "I told you that Dale would catch you."

I dragged a hand over my face. "Yeah, whatever."

"What were you thinking?"

I looked over at him. "I was thinking about Ayame."

"Luke!"

I jumped as I looked back at my dad.

"Pay attention!"

I jolted my thumb towards Bo. "He started it."

Bo glared at me in return.

"I don't care if Bo burned down the Carpentry for pete's sake!"

I looked back at Bo. "Hey Bo, need any matches?" I joked.

"Luke!"

I locked eyes with my dad.

He stared at me for a long time, and then finally he asked the same question he would ask me whenever we would argue. "Do you hate me?"

I sighed. "No Dad, I don't hate you."

"Then why do you disobey me?!"

I rolled my eyes. "Because Dad...some of your rules just plain suck."

Bo stifled a laugh.

My dad's mustache twitched. "My rules do not suck! They are there to protect you and to keep you out of harm's way."

"Harm's way? Like what? 'Don't stay at Ayame's house or you'll die'." I mimicked in a deep voice like my dad's.

"I don't want you to get the girl pregnant or something."

My eyes shot open. "What?! I wouldn't do anything like that! Nor would I ever do that!"

My dad shrugged. "Well you still have to be careful."

I groaned as I dragged my hands down my face again. "You know ever since Mom died you've treated me like crap."

Dad pointed a finger at me. "Don't you dare bring your mother into this."

"Because it's true. Ever since she died you yell at me 24/7. Don't do this and don't do that. You never stop yelling at me!" I yelled back at him as I stood up.

"It's because I don't wanna lose you like I lost her!"

"You're not going to lose me, Dad! It's not like I'll go drown myself in the ocean or chop a tree down so it'll fall on me! But if you keep treating me like this then I'll leave this place forever!"

My dad stopped glaring at me and stared at me in shock.

Bo sat there quietly sipping his tea, watching us like a soap opera.

My dad took a deep breath and walked back to his bedroom, shutting the door behind him.

Bo looked over at me. "You guys fight all the time. Do you really think that it has to do with your mom?"

I nodded as I sat back down on the workbench. "Ever since she drowned in that storm eight years ago my dad has been a pain in the butt. He never stops telling me what to do."

"Well he has a point about not wanting to lose you. I wouldn't blame him or you. You both have good points."

I exhaled loudly as I leaned forward and put my face into my hands. "Can we please change the subject?"

"Okay then. Well, why did you help Ayame? Was there something wrong with her?"

"You should have seen her when I went back. She was crying when she opened the door. She was so lonely. She said that she lived with her family for years but now that she was living alone, it felt weird."

I heard Bo shuffle around in his blanket next to me. "You know Luke, even though you left me here in the shop and disobeyed your dad's orders, I'm kind of glad that you did that for her."

I lifted my head and looked at him in confusion. "What?"

"I'm glad you stayed at her house. You knew that she was depressed and needed someone to be with her. It shows that you really care about her. And besides, I really like Ayame; she's like the breath of fresh air everyone needed. I love hanging around with her. So I'm really glad that you did that."

I sat up straight and patted Bo's shoulder. "Thanks buddy." I said with a smile. "That means a lot."

He smiled back. "So have you told her yet?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Told her what?"

"That you really like her."

My heart skipped a beat. "Wh-what? What do you mean?"

Bo rolled his eyes. "Luke, it's totally obvious; you have a crush on Ayame."

"But she's my best friend; I don't like her like that."

'Or do I?'

"Luke, you've spent every day with her ever since she came here."

"So? Everyone has."

"You also stayed at her house for the past few days."

"Because she was lonely and I was sick."

"For Pete's sake Luke, I walked in on you licking her face after that spaghetti fight the other night."

"Hey, she had sauce on her face." I rebutted.

"But you couldn't have just wiped her face off with a napkin or something. Best friends don't do that!"

"Well some of them do."

"I'd rather get dunked in the ocean a thousand more times than ever do that for you!"

"Oh gee, thanks for the support buddy."

At that moment, the front door opened and Owen walked in. "Well I'm grounded. My uncle won't pay me for two weeks and I'm not allowed to go into the mine either." Then he looked at us. "Where's Dale?"

"He locked himself in his room after Luke mentioned his mother. He basically threatened to move out if Dale didn't stop harassing him." Bo responded.

Owen sighed as he shut the door behind him and walked over to us. "Not this again; Luke you gotta stop doing that to your dad, it's already hard enough that he's already lost one person in his life."

"Hey, it's not my fault that he likes to constantly yell at me for doing stuff! Most of the stuff I do isn't harmless."

Owen rolled his eyes. "Uh-huh, most of the stuff."

I crossed my arms. "And what's that supposed to mean."

He held up his arms in defense. "Nothing, nothing at all. Just making a statement."

I shook my head and relaxed my arms.

Then Owen decided to change the subject. "Well, what's your punishment?"

"Haven't gotten one yet. He's been ranting all afternoon but he hasn't gotten to the punishment part yet." I replied with a shrug of the shoulders.

Bo cleared his throat and looked over at Owen. "Hey Owen, is it completely obvious that Luke like's Ayame?"

Owen pondered for a moment. "Yeah, it's completely obvious."

My face fell. "What?!"

"Well, it's true. You hang out with her all the time, you two are constantly out on dates, and I saw you sharing her bed with her this morning."

Bo looked at me with wide eyes. "You did what?!"

"Shhhh! I don't want my dad to know." I whispered harshly.

"What the heck were you doing?! You slept in her bed?! With her?!" he yelled quietly.

I sighed. "Yes, I know."

"Why were you in her bed? That's another thing best friends don't do!"

"She got scared last night so I climbed into bed with her to make sure that she was okay."

Bo slapped his forehead but then recoiled in pain. "Okay, that wasn't smart to do with a headache." He groaned.

Owen looked at me. "Face it dude, you're in love with her."

My throat went dry.

Why was this happening again; I mean Kathy was already giving me this speech yesterday and I still don't know what I'm doing with myself.

Bo looked over at Owen, still holding his head. "So basically we're skipping over "really like" to "love" now?"

Owen nodded. "It's reached that point. You really care about her, Luke."

I was in love? With Ayame? Well that's the third person to tell me that I really like her. Well I guess it's hit the "love" point now. Wow Ayame…of all people on the island it had to be Ayame. It explains why I've been so nervous around her lately. I don't want her to think of me as a total idiot. Oh yeah, I'm already a total idiot. But still…

"So have you told her yet?" Owen asked, breaking me away from my thoughts.

"Huh?"

"Did you tell her yet?"

"Tell what?"

Owen face-palmed while Bo shook his head. "You're such a dunce." Bo sighed.

"You seriously have no idea about women, do you? You have to tell her that you're in love with her."

I stared at the both of them with wide eyes. "I gotta tell her what?! Are you nuts?! I can't tell her I love her!"

"Why not?" Bo asked.

"Because…because she'll probably think that I've gone crazy."

Owen sighed as he walked closer to me. "Dude…" he began as he patted my shoulder. "She already thinks that you've gone crazy."

Both of them burst out laughing.

I glared at them. 'Well they're not helping me out at all.'

After they calmed down from laughing Owen sighed. "But seriously Luke, you've got to say something to her."

It was my turn to sigh. "But how do I tell her? I'm not that good at those kinds of things."

They both pondered for a moment until Bo came up with something. "Well you could just go up to her to tell her that you've had feelings for her and wait for her reaction."

"Or you could just walk up to her…" Owen said as he walked up stretching his arms out beside him. "And you say 'Ayame, I want us to be more than friends'." he suggested in a voice that was supposed to sound like mine.

Bo laughed softly. "Or you could walk up to her and say 'Ayame, from the moment we met, when the sun hit your face and the cosmic rays were in your favor, you smelt of roses and elderberry and you looked as if you fell from the heavens. That is why I want to say that at the bottom of my heart, I am in love with you'." he spoke like a dramatic poet.

Owen laughed. "Yeah that would be good; or you could flex your 'big' muscles and say in a deep husky voice 'Ayame baby, you are one foxy mama and I dig you. So how bout we go out for a drink?'."

Bo began to laugh even harder. "And we could probably dress him up in black leather and have him ride in on a motorcycle."

Owen laughed at that. "Or we could get a chariot and he could ride in wearing a cape if we did it your way."

"Guys! You aren't helping me at all!" I yelled at them, trying to break their little 'announcing joke'.

They're laughter slowed down.

"Sorry Luke, couldn't resist." Owen apologized as he wiped a stray tear from his eye.

"Yeah, it was too good to give up a perfectly funny joke." Bo chimed in.

Okay...maybe it was kind of funny...but this was serious. I'm about to spill my guts out to my best friend, saying that I'm in love with her.

"But guys...there's just one big problem."

They both stared at me. "What?"

I lowered my head to stare down at my muddy hiking boots. "What if she doesn't feel the same way about me? What if she hates me or she doesn't want to ever speak to me again?"

"Well it's better to try to tell her than letting it go and watching her find someone else."

My head shot up as I stared at Owen in shock. "What?!"

Bo looked over at me. "Well yeah, Owen's right. What if Ayame moves on to another guy?

Owen nodded. "Yeah, the jealousy would eat you alive. Trust us, I've been through it."

"When was that? Kathy never dated anyone else." I said to Owen.

He shook his head. "It wasn't Kathy and I am not dating Kathy."

I snickered. "Yet."

He glared at me. "Anyways, it was a girl in the city I met a few years back. I was living with my family at the time in the city for a few months because I wanted to visit my parents. She was our new neighbor and she was a few years older than me but she still liked to hang out with me. We hung out with each other all the time and we went everywhere together. Then one day I realized that I wanted to be with her forever and that I was in love with her. But I was so nervous to even tell her because I was afraid of what she would say."

I chuckled. "You were scared?"

Owen crossed his arms. "You're missing the point."

"Okay sorry."

"Well when I finally got the guts to tell her I went to her house to tell her but when I did…she had a guest already in her house. She told me that he was an old friend from school and that they used to be high school sweethearts. Then she broke the news that she was moving in with him in another city. It made me sick to my stomach. Then she pretty much stabbed me through the heart when she said that they were getting married after they left."

I stared at him for a few minutes. "So what did you do?"

"I ran out of her house and all the way back home to pack my bags. I told my parents that I wanted to stay on Waffle Island and to never come back to the city. It was too painful to stay there." he finished.

I remembered that Owen did leave to stay with his family about two years ago, but then he came back a few months later and didn't explain why.

Owen shook his head. "Luke, you can't make the same mistake that I did. What if Ayame finds someone else?"

That comment burned through my head. I pictured Gill hugging Ayame yesterday when I got back to the house. The sight of that made anger burn through my veins. I hated to see that pompous jerk holding Ayame in his arms.

He didn't deserve her.

She didn't belong with him.

She belonged with me.

Oh my gosh; I'm admitting it. I want Ayame to be with me. I am in love with her.

Kathy was right. Bo was right. Owen was right. All of them knew.

But did Ayame know? Did she know that I wanted to be with her? She knows that I care about her but she didn't know the rest of it. She has to know the truth. She has to know immediately.

I stood up. "I'm going to tell her."

Owen slapped me on the back. "That's my buddy!"

Bo smiled. "Good choice."

The sound of heavy rain roared above our heads.

Bo looked at me worriedly. "Oh no, it's raining."

Owen shook his head. "No duh, Sherlock. We know." He looked at me. "Looks like you'll just have to wait until tomorrow."

I shook my head. I had to tell her now. "I'm going there. Rain or not, I have to tell her. I'm going to see Ayame now."

"No you're not."

I swung around to see my dad standing in the hallway doorway. "Dad, I have to do this. I have to tell her."

He shook his head. "No Son, I'm not letting you out of this house. You're not allowed to leave."

I stormed up to him. "I'm going and that's it! You can't ban me from my life! I want to live my life out!"

My dad glared at me. "I'm not banning you from your life!"

"Then what are you doing Dad? Trying to stop me from ever leaving you? I'm not leaving you like Mom did."

He stopped glaring.

"You know she loved you. She just left to clear her mind and well…she wanted to come back home but that storm stopped her from ever coming back. It wasn't ever her fault, you know that." I paused. "And you know it's not your fault either."

He stood his ground. "I know that Son. But I don't want to lose you like I lost her."

I shook my head. "You're not gonna lose me." My expression turned serious. "But if you keep treating me like this, I may just leave. I wanna live my life the way I want to." I walked towards the door and looked back at the three of them.

Bo was staring at me like a superhero out of a comic book.

Owen was in shock as he stared at me.

My dad stared at me but not with anger, he was staring at me like a proud and stunned father.

I took a deep breath. "And right now, I need to start living it right. I need to tell Ayame that I love her."

With those last words I opened the door and plunged into the dark and rainy night.

My boots clomped through the mud. My clothes were being soaked through as the rain pelted against me. My face was being beaten by the hard raindrops that rained on my face.

The storm was hard and rough, but I pressed on.

I had to see her.

~ End of Luke's P.O.V. ~

I tossed and turned in my bed.

I couldn't sleep.

Every sound in the house kept me awake.

The pitter patter of hard rain on the roof. The wind blowing through the trees outside. Sam's light whimpering as he slept at the foot of my bed. Everything kept me awake.

It was so lonely in my house. When Luke was there, everything seemed livelier. I missed him.

I turned over to my side and stared at the wall.

I wanted to hear Luke laugh at everything that we did. I wanted to see his gold cat-like eyes shine in the sunlight.

But most of all I wanted Luke to feel the same about me.

'What would Luke say? Would he be mad? Would he hate me? Would he stop talking to me?' My stomach churned at the thought.

I could just picture the look on his face. His face in complete shock with his mouth wide open, staring at me silently, wanting for me to explain myself. But my vision stops there; I couldn't picture his answer.

I couldn't think about it if he said that he didn't love me. If he said 'no', what was I gonna do?

Then Kathy's voice echoed through my head. 'He's totally head over heels for you.'

Could Kathy be right? Could Luke feel the same?

I exhaled loudly as I looked down at Sam. He was lying on one side and one of his paws twitched. I sat up and smiled at him as I scratched his ear.

He opened his eyes for a minute; they were black as night as they stared a hole through me.

I let out a sigh. "What do you think Sam?"

Sam blinked once and closed his eyes again, falling back asleep. 'Well that was great advice.'

I lay back down on my back and stared at the ceiling. 'Well I guess I'll find out tomorrow then.'

I closed my eyes and began to feel sleep take over.

BANG BANG BANG!

My eyes shot open and I jerked myself into a sitting position.

Sam woke up and jumped off the bed, barking as he ran to the door.

I looked over at my alarm clock on the bedside table. It was midnight.

Then I looked back at the door. 'Who could be here at this time of night? And in the pouring down rain too?'

I got out of bed and walked over to the door where Sam continued to bark. I tried to move him away from it with my foot. "Shhh! Sam, quiet down." I told him.

I grabbed the door knob, turning it softly as I unlocked the door. When I pulled the door open I came face to face with a dark figure. I felt along the wall for the light switch until my fingers found it and turned it on.

From the glow of my house lights I could see the figure in the dark. My heart skipped a beat and my throat felt like a lump was caught in it.

There standing at my door, soaking wet, was Luke.

His clothes were completely soaked through the seams and covered in splats of mud. His spiky blue hair was flattened down and the new bandanna that I got him looked like it fused into his hair.

He panted heavily as he stared at me.

Despite the lump in my throat I finally could try to say something. "L-Luke? What are you doing here this late?"

He didn't answer. He just stood there panting.

Why was he here?

Suddenly, without warning me, he grabbed my shoulders and crushed his lips into mine.

My breathing caught in my throat as my eyes were the size of dinner plates.

Luke was kissing me!

Droplets of water fell from his hair, landing on my face. His lips were cold as ice against my warm soft lips. I was in so much shock that I couldn't respond back to the kiss.

Then he pulled away slightly holding my gaze with his gold cat-like eyes. "Ayame." he whispered. "I'm in love with you."

He pulled away, letting go of my shoulders staring at me, waiting for my response.

My heart was exploding and accelerating faster than ever. Luke was in love with me. He actually loved me.

My mouth quivered with excitement as I stared at Luke. What was I going to say?

A sad look came upon his face. "Ayame?"

I couldn't say anything.

Luke sighed. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just…you know jumped at you like that."

Suddenly on impulse, I lunged at him, jumping into his arms causing him to stumble backwards outside into the rain and falling on his back into the mud.

I laughed at the look on his face and then I pressed my lips to his, closing my eyes in the process. I felt like my heart was going to burst out of my chest. I quickly pulled away and moved off of his waist a little so Luke could sit up. He looked at me in confusion.

Tears began to well up in my eyes as I smiled at him. "Luke, I'm in love with you too."

Luke grinned at me. "Really?"

I nodded excitedly.

He wrapped his arms around my waist and flipped me over onto my back into the mud. Then he leaned down and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back.

The big raindrops rained on us but we were too distracted to even care. I could care less that my pjs were completely covered in mud and rain water. I was too happy kissing Luke.

Back in the city no boy had ever liked me or let alone kiss me. A tomboy like me never got a boy in the city to ever think that I was cute. But Luke is really different from them. I loved the fact that he loved me.

After we ran out of breath we pulled away, smiling at each other. I let my arms fall down in the mud along my sides.

"Wow, that was amazing." he breathed out, trying to catch his breath.

I laughed. "Yeah, you got that right."

Despite the sweet moment, I couldn't resist doing it, but I grabbed a handful of mud and smeared it all over Luke's face.

"Hey!" he yelled playfully as he grabbed some mud and rubbed it over my face. I pushed him off of me and threw another handful at him.

After I hit his shirt he grabbed two handfuls and chucked them at me. I squealed as I shot to my feet and tried to run. He chased me all around my house throwing mud balls at me, laughing his head off.

I dodged a few and I was hit a few times in the back or side. My feet squished through the cold wet mud as I rounded the house for a second time.

"You're so dead Ayame!" Luke yelled.

I laughed. "You're gonna have to catch me first!"

Suddenly Luke pounced on me from behind, tackling me into the mud. I laughed and squirmed as Luke flipped me over onto my back. He smashed a huge mud ball in my face causing me to scream at the coldness of it. "Eat mud!" he yelled.

After I wiped some residue off my face I smeared it all over his face. "No, you eat it!" I laughed.

Luke shook it off and smiled. "Alright, alright, you win."

I smirked. "Oh really? Then what's my prize?"

Luke matched my smirk. "This." he said as he crushed his lips to mine again. I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck as he snaked his arms around my waist.

I loved this feeling. It felt like my heart was bursting with fireworks. Every kiss felt different and amazing at the same time.

He pulled away and brushed the mud out of my hair. "I love you Ayame."

I smiled and brushed the mud off of his vest. "I love you too Luke."

Our lips connected as if a million fireworks were going on between them. It finally happened. I finally got my first kiss and a new boyfriend. And best of all it was with my best friend Luke.

Yay! Ayame and Luke are together now! But don't think that this is the end for Ayame; there's soooo much to come for her. Trust me, there's gonna be a lot of drama to come! So do not fret everyone! The end is a LONG ways from here lol.

When I was writing the confession scene I was thinking of the last few lines in Taylor's Swift's song, You Belong With Me; hence why I used the title. I just really thought it would go perfectly like that. I hoped you all liked it!

Please review and message me! I love hearing what you all have to say about my story! And I always respond to all of your responses, it really helps me out with my story.

I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as I can...but I can't promise that it will be out in like a week or something...college is really piling on the homework and hours of observations. Anyways, I'll try to work on the next few chapters as soon as I can. Thanks everyone!

Review Responses:

DiamondRainbows: I never really thought of it like that but you're right! hahaha wow I guess Gill did get friend-zoned!

StrawberryGirlKairi: Oh don't worry...Gill will get his chance eventually. This is not the end yet; there's sooo much to happen in the future. Glad you liked it!

CAPJHMPAgirl: Thank you! Trust me if you thought that was good, it's gonna get a whole lot better from here! lol

Demigodkid1999: Awwww thank you soooo much! That's so sweet! Happy Holidays to you too!

amsharp: I'm trying to update as soon as possible these days...college hates me and I'm trying to write in-between it all lol XD