A Pain Worth Bearing:

Chapter Six

Thank you so much everybody who took the time to read and review my story. I appreciate it very much, so thanks a lot!

About this story:

Rating is R because of stuff that'll happen later on. Between whom, you ask? Well… that's going to be a secret! The lemon could be between anybody in my story, so you're going to have to wait and find out whom it is! It doesn't necessarily have to be between the main couple, but I'm still not going to spill.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon or it's characters, only this story. Harvest Moon belongs to Natsume and all those other companies, NOT ME. On to the story!

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" I hope Lumina is okay… I mean, that was A LOT of drama yesterday."

" Good morning to you too Jack."

" Muffy… not again!"

" All I ever hear you talk about is Lumina, Lumina, Lumina, Lumina!! Are you in love with her?" Muffy furiously asked. " Because if you are, then go ahead and say so!"

" I'm NOT in love with her! She's a little kid for God's sakes."

" Yes I know that… but there are sickos out there, you know."

" What are you accusing me of?" Jack asked, looking across the kitchen table at Muffy. " Are you trying to say I'm some sort of sicko that likes children?"

" You know what? I'm SICK of discussing this with you!" Muffy slammed the table with her palm and walked out of the kitchen. " I'm going over to Ruby's house…"

" But Muffy!"

" I'll see you later Jack!"

" What's the matter with her…?" Jack sighed. " Why is she getting so upset for?"

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" Let's go Lumina!!!"

" Coming…"

Romana fixed her shirt while Sebastian walked upstairs to get Lumina. He knocked on the door softly and waited patiently for her to answer.

" What?"

" Miss Lumina are you ready? We're late for tea at Mrs. Samantha's house." Sebastian smiled. " If you don't hurry Miss Romana is going to get a little mad."

" I said I'm coming…"

" HURRY UP!!!"

" I'm ready." Lumina said, walking out of her room and meeting Romana and Sebastian down the stairs. " Why are we going over there?"

" Don't ask any questions."

Sebastian opened the door for Romana and Lumina and locked it with a silver key. He dropped the key into his pocket and joined them outside in the cool morning atmosphere. Together they walked down the road and made a turn towards Samantha's house.

" Good morning!" Samantha cheerfully greeted. " How are you Miss Romana?"

" I'm great, where's the tea?"

" I'm boiling water right now, but you can take a set in the kitchen." She smiled, opening the door more to let them in. " How are you Sebastian?"

" Good, and yourself?"

" I'm doing great! Morning Lumina how are you?"

Romana and Sebastian both eyed Lumina and made a threatening face to let her know that if she said anything about yesterday, she'd get her ass kicked.

" Fine." Lumina blankly answered. " You?"

" I'm perfect, Kate is upstairs in her room. Do you want to go and play with her, Dear?" Samantha asked, bending down a bit.

" Okay…"

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" Hey Lumina! How've you been?" Kate greeted with a smile and pulled up another small chair for Lumina to sit on. " I was just looking at something."

" Looking… at what?"

" These!" Kate pulled out some magazines from between her bed-sheets and walked over to her door to shut and lock it. " Aren't they cool?"

" These are naked girls…" Lumina said, picking up a magazine. " What are they for Kate?"

" I don't know why my Dad has them, but I took some so I could know why boys prefer older girls." Kate explained. " C'mon let's look through one!"

" I've never seen a naked older girl before…" Lumina picked up a random magazine and scrolled through it. She wanted to know why Rock had preferred these girls over her, and what made men like Jack want Muffy so much. " Ewww…"

" Look! They've all got these really huge chests…" Kate exclaimed. " Ewww what's that!?"

" Huh?"

Lumina bent forward to observe the upside-down-magazine and turned her head a bit to get a better look. Kate was pointing to the middle of the model's breast, her nipples.

" Umm we've got them too don't we?" Lumina asked.

" Yeah I know that! But ours aren't like hers!" Kate said. " Look they're all pointy."

" Should we be looking at this Kate?"

" Duh! We're going to become them when we get bigger so I don't see any harm in it." Kate walked over to her bed and pulled out another thick book. " Look I also know that boys love sex, so I took my Mom's book so I could learn about it."

" Kate don't your parents know they're things are missing?"

" Yeah but they don't suspect it's me." Kate giggled, dropping the book on the table. " They think they misplaced it somewhere."

" Oh…" Lumina felt uneasy looking and observing these naked women… but she was just so curious to see WHY men loved them so much. Why were they so much better…

" Ewww, see?" Kate giggled pointing to a random page. " This book shows you how you have sex."

" Hm?" Lumina was now a little curious to see what EXACTLY Romana was always accusing her of. Spreading her legs… having sex… this is what Romana was always talking about… and now this was Lumina's chance to see what it was. Why was it such a concern to everybody and above all, why did men like it so much?

" I hope Hugh won't wanna be doing this all the time when we get bigger…" Kate sighed. " It looks kinda hard…"

" I don't understand…" Lumina mumbled to herself. " What's the point of this?"

" How should I know?" Kate shrugged. " All I know is that the boy's thing goes up there."

" Sounds… painful…"

" Yeah and it's gotta go INSIDE too!"

" How do you know all this?"

" Just look at the pictures!" Kate turned the book around so that Lumina could get an even better view and pointed to every picture as she scrolled through it. " See? See that? You see that too? It ALL involves the boy going inside the girl."

" I still don't see the point."

" Well that's how babies are made! That's how girls get pregnant dummy!" Kate laughed, slapping Lumina's shoulder playfully. " I don't really get it either, but if Hugh wants to do this one day I'll sure do it! It doesn't look all that hard."

" Oh…" Lumina bit her lower lip and looked away from the book. So is this what Romana was accusing her of? THIS? It looked so gross she didn't want to do it. Not even with Rock or Jack! But… if Muffy was going to have a baby… did that mean that Jack and Muffy… had sex!?

" What's wrong? You look kinda sick Lumina."

" So the only way to make a baby is by doing this?"

" Duh!"

" Oh." Lumina sighed. " Okay I get it."

" So tell me how you and Rock are doing!?"

" I don't know."

" Lumina you're going to have to give me a BETTER answer than that! What do you mean, you don't know!?"

" I have to talk to him, but I can't."

" Why?"

" My grandma found out about us."

" Really!? How!?"

" Rock told her everything… but I have to ask him why he did it! I need to know why he betrayed me like that…"

" I know! We could go ask him right now!" Kate suggested, clapping her hands together. " We could go and tell my Mom that I need to show you something outside and we'll look for Rock. You talk to him and everything will be okay."

" What about my Grandma?"

" She won't know a thing, now c'mon!" Kate dragged Lumina downstairs and walked up to Samantha. " Mommy can me and Lumina go play outside? We need some fresh air!"

" Sure."

" DON'T let that little girl out of your site!" Romana threatened. " She's a brat."

" I won't."

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" So where is he at!?"

" I think he's at the bar."

" Let's go check then!"

" No… we're not allowed in there."

" Who cares!? C'mon live a little!"

" B-but Kate!" Lumina protested, but it was too late because Kate had already walked into the bar. " Kate let's go, please."

Kate walked into the half-empty bar and looked around for blonde hair. She recognized some of the men in the bar, but none were Rock.

" Where is he at?" She wondered. " Hey Griffin!"

" Yes?"

" Have you seen Rock around?"

" He didn't come into work today." Griffin sighed. " He sounded a little depressed on the phone, so I don't know what exactly happened."

" Oh… okay well thanks."

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" Why did you tell her?"

" I didn't mean to! I had to explain-

" Explain what, Rock? You betrayed me… you told her about us… and she tortured me! Maybe its because I was right about you all along. You only think of me… as a child…"

" Don't say that! I DON'T think of you in that way." Rock argued back, holding Lumina by the shoulders. " I told you I like you, why can't you believe that?"

" This can't work out…" Lumina tried backing away from his tight grip, turning her head so that she wouldn't face him. " Another one of my childish thoughts."

" So is that what you think of me? A childish mistake that you made?"

" Rock…"

" What? Just tell me already!"

" Hahaha keep going, this'll make a good soap opera one day." Kate giggled, standing near the well next to the bar. " It's obvious that Rock is lying to you Lumina."

" Huh?" Lumina turned to give Kate a look of confusion. She thought that Kate would be defending Rock… but instead she was making him look back. " How do you know?"

" C'mon it doesn't take a genius to find out, didn't you take a good look at that book I showed you? Unless you've done that… Rock will never like you."

" Shut up Kate, you don't even know me!" Rock angrily shouted. " Don't be poisoning Lumina's mind with your dirty way of thinking."

" I don't think dirty, I'm just more practical than most people in this town." Kate chuckled, walking over to Lumina and pulling her away from Rock. " All I see in you is bad. Who you gonna believe Lumina, me or Rock?"

" Umm…. Ummm…" Lumina looked over at Kate and then Rock. She gulped and took a deep breath, who do believe? Kate has been her friend ever since she moved to Forget-Me-Not, but Rock was somebody that had claimed to love her. " I don't know…"

" Lumina!" Kate shouted. " How can you not believe me!? I've been your friend since forever and I can't use you, but he can! He's the one that's poisoning your mind because he's making you chose between him and your bestest friend."

" Lumina…" Rock looked at her sadly and then stepped back. " If you seriously think that I betrayed you and I'm just using you because I think you're a kid… then fine, but I'm not going to play these childish games. I'm tired of trying to convince you how real my feelings are, but maybe it's the kid in you that doesn't want to believe me. I don't think you're a child… but maybe it's because you still think you are."

With that said Rock walked passed them and headed towards the hotel in silence, not looking back at Lumina once even though she had called his name. Lumina shouted his name again but still… he didn't turn back and just kept on walking.

" Oh no Kate… what have I done…?" Lumina gasped, sinking her knees into the ground. " I… I lost Rock… I lost him…"

" It was for the best."

" No Kate you don't understand, he did love me! He was being sincere… I was the one that wasn't being truthful. It was me all along…"

" Just forget about him, he's no good." Kate said, pulling Lumina up from the ground. " C'mon you did yourself a HUGE favor."

" No… no I have to talk to him!"

" You already did!"

" But-

" Lumina, let's go! C"mon hurry up!!" Romana shouted from the door to Samantha's house. " We're leaving."

" No… I can't go yet… not like this…" Lumina thought as she panicked. What was she going to do? She couldn't just leave town like this, not while Rock was upset. She had to let him know that she was just being insecure, that she still loved him back! " But grandma Romana-

" I said LET'S GO! Sebastian, get her!"

" Yes ma'am." Sebastian nodded, walking over to Lumina and picking her up in his arms. " Shall we depart?"

" Wait, I can't… I… I don't want to go! Please I want to stay!" Lumina shouted as she swung her legs around. " I don't want to!!"

" Shut the hell up or I'll smack your face you little bitch!!"

" I don't want to leave…"

" Too bad! I call the shots around here NOT you."

They headed back to Romana's mansion and found David waiting by the door. He had a suitcase ready for himself and patiently waited for Romana to finish packing. Romana threw all her valuables and belongings in a large purple suitcase and ordered Sebastian to carry them outside.

" The ferry will come shortly, are you ready for your new future Miss Lumina?" David smiled as he bent down to look at her face. " You look a little down for somebody that's going to be very famous one day."

" I don't want to do this." Lumina mumbled as she wiped a tear away with the back of her hand. " I don't care about being famous… I just want to stay here…"

" Haha if you stay here you won't get recognized at all by any agents. Don't you want to have lots of money and own a huge house one day?"

" Money and a huge house… is that what I'm going to get in exchange for leaving my friends and memories behind?"

" For a little girl, you do say such big words." David chuckled. " You'll learn to love living in luxury, trust me. You say that now but when your first paycheck comes, you're gonna want to go shopping."

" Money doesn't make anybody truly happy…"

" Yes it does! You can buy and do whatever you want with money. You could even find a boyfriend when you're older, a famous one!"

" I don't want a boyfriend…" Lumina sighed. " I… I just want Rock…"

" I'm done!" Romana announced. " I'm having this mansion shut down, because we won't be coming back… ever. C'mon let's go catch that ferry."

" Okay." David agreed, picking up his briefcase. " Goodbye Forget-Me-Not Valley."

'Goodbye Forget-Me-Not Valley'… those words repeated in Lumina's mind over and over again. Would she NEVER ever see this place again? What about Jack and his baby? Would she never meet him? And Rock? What would become of him after her departure? If he found another woman? No… no she couldn't accept that. It was just too much cruelty for her heart to accept.

While she approached the ferry, she looked over to her left and spotted Rock by the beach. He was staring out into the ocean and he was alone too. She started walking over to him when Sebastian pulled her back and dragged her over to the approaching ferry. She squirmed and screamed out his name as loud as she could.

" Rock!! Rock I have to tell you something!! Please!!" She screamed as loud as she could, ignoring all the attention she was getting by other people. " Rock!!!!"

Rock looked over at her and gave her a look of surprise when he saw that she was boarding the ferry with luggage by her side. Was she leaving him? Forever? No… he couldn't bear the thought of Lumina leaving his life for good. He wanted to stop her… but then… the events from earlier that day made him think twice. Was Lumina worth it? Even though he didn't see her as a child… her mind was STILL thinking like one.

" Rock please I have to tell you that I really lov-

" Shut your mouth!" Romana slapped Lumina across the face while they boarded the ferry. She covered her mouth and threw her into the ship. " You'll NEVER see that boy again, ever! So don't waste your time with goodbyes."

" Lumina!" Rock shouted, catching up to the ferry that was already leaving. " Lumina!"

" Too late boy!" Romana chuckled as she glared down at him. " She's leaving your life forever, and she's never coming back. My granddaughter is going to become a famous pianist, so start forgetting everything you ever knew about her."

" No… she… she's gone forever…" Rock sunk to the sand and watched the ferry leave as the sun was setting, turning the sky orange. He shook his head as he watched that boat carry away the girl who held the key to his heart, the girl that meant everything to him, the girl that had stolen his breath away. She was gone… forever…

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Combing her hair and staring into the vanity's mirror… she watched her eyes get watery again. Grabbing a tissue, she wiped those tears away and shook her head. She could hear people clapping and cheering outside her room… waiting… waiting for her. They cheered and screamed as they shouted her name, waiting to get a glimpse of her and her talent.

" Miss Lumina? You're on in five minutes so hurry up!" A man said excitedly as he opened the door to her room. " I'll be out there if you need me okay? Give your best performance and good luck!"

Lumina rose from the vanity and headed towards the door. She put her hand on the knob and looked back once more at the vanity mirror, smiling sadly. She was 5'4" with long light chocolate brown hair that was tied up in an elegant bun, and wearing a tight night-blue dress that hugged her curves and showed her figure off. She smiled and thought…

" This is what five years do to you…"

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SapphireDemon: And this is where I stop! Haha, I know what you're all saying! " NOOOOO!! And where the hell has she been these past few months!??" Well peeps, I've been internetless and I couldn't go online, so I had to postpone the story for a while. Don't worry, now that I'm back, I'll be updating a whole lot sooner. Hopefully some of my fans are still out there… (sigh) Don't leave me! I'm continuing, see? I updated! I UPDATED!!!

I finally posted up one of my original stories that i wrote, so if you want to read it, then go to this link: ?storyid1768894
This story will be on for just a little while, so tell me what you think. After a month or so i think i'll take it off. Well enjoy and dont forget to leave a review for either this one or my new one.

Has anybody played StarOcean Till The End Of Time? I'm SOOO addicted to that damn game! It's really cool and my favorite character is Maria. She's so cool, and she's such a cool leader! Yup, she's my fave. I think i'll write a story with her and i'm gonna pair her up with... hmmm... i think Albel! If you dont know what i'm talking about, ignore this paragraph.

Next Chapter: Five years passed… and now Lumina is seventeen! She prays for the day that she'll meet up with Rock again! But will it actually happen? Will she ever see Jack or Forget-Me-Not Valley again? Well if ya wanna know you gotta find out in the next chapter of A Pain Worth Bearing. Till next time.