Hey! Dia here! Here's the second chapter of Loveless. Hope you enjoy!

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Loveless

Chapter 2

Celia's POV

I can't believe it! I just heard Vesta say that Muffy broke off her engagement with Jack! 'I'm kinda glad though. Wait don't say that! Jack's probably hurt…' I can't believe Muffy would do that! Why'd she say yes to the proposal anyway! I decided to go visit Jack and try to make him feel better somehow. I came to his farm and saw the cows and sheep grazing in the field. That's when I saw him watering his plants.

"Jack?" I asked in a worried tone.

"Who is it?" He wasn't looking as happy as he usually was.

He stopped watering his plants and turned to me. It seemed like he didn't notice me because he had this distant look in his eyes.

"It's you Celia. What are you here for?" He said it in this very depressed tone. It was starting to annoy me.

"I just came to see if you were doing alright, and I haven't seen you in a while." I said.

He was constantly looking at the ground and slowly looked up to me with a smile.

"Thank you for worrying Celia, but I'm fine." He frowned and started to look at the ground again.

"No! You're not fine! You keep acting so depressed and you insist you're fine! If you ask me, you're far from being fine!" I lost my temper, but I couldn't help it! He's so depressed over this! There are people out there with worse situations and they don't act as depressed as he does!

"You don't understand Celia! How could I be okay if I lost someone I love! Have you ever been through that pain! I think not!"

He's the one who doesn't understand. I have been through that pain. I'm still going through that pain. To see the person you love so broken down, it hurts you. And to have them snapping at you right in your face, it's painful. I won't cry though; I have to get through this.

"I'm just saying. You don't have to show that you're so sad because you lost the one you love. You may be heartbroken, but you have to move on. Hide your true emotions of sadness and replace them with happiness. Just don't let others see that you're hurting. I have been through that pain before, but I don't show my true emotions about that. I just stay happy and help them in whatever way that I can."

He had a look of disbelief and regret on his face.

"Celia I'm sorry I didn't mean—,"

"It's okay, you didn't know."

He sighed in relief and then gave me a smile.

"Thank you Celia, I'll try to do what you said."

"No problem, I'm your friend and friends help out."

We laughed together and talked for a while. That's a relief, I thought that argument had strained our friendship. But it seems that it made it stronger. I'm glad that he's not as depressed as he was before.

"Remember, if you need any help with your problems, then come to me. I've had experience in these things." I told him with a laugh.

"Yeah, thanks Celia!" He waved to me as I left.

Everything would be okay. It'll be just fine.

Jack's POV

What Celia told me was right. I shouldn't be depressed forever, but I had no idea Celia went through that; she always looked so happy. Celia was a great help; It was Muffy's loss. Speaking of Muffy, I haven't seen her in the valley ever since that day. I better ask Griffin. I went to the Blue Bar to ask Griffin.

"Hey Griffin, do you know where Muffy is?" Griffin gave me a confused look.

"Why do you need to know?

"I just haven't seen her, that's all."

Griffin thought for a moment and then answered.

"After that day, she packed up all of her things and told me she was moving away."

She moved away!? And nobody knew this!?

"Where did she move to? And why didn't anyone know?"

"She didn't tell me where she went, and she wanted keep the fact that she was moving away a secret. So everyone thinks she went on a trip."

"Thanks for telling me Griffin."

I walked out of the Blue Bar. Why would Muffy move away without telling anybody? What's she thinking? While all those thoughts ran through my mind I bumped into somebody.

"Excuse me." I said

"Oh, it's okay."

I looked to see that it was Lumina. She was a good friend of mine; I thought of her as a little sister.

"Lumina, did you just come out of the Inner Inn?"

"Yeah, I went there to visit. I barely get chances to visit because Auntie Romana always makes me practice the piano."

Yeah, Lumina always tells me how Romana makes her work her fingers to death on that piano. She also told me that she's been playing it since she was young.

"Heh, ol' Romana still has you playing on that piano?"

"If she heard you say that then—,"

"Don't worry; she's not here now is she?"

I know the real reason why Lumina went to the Inner Inn. Around this time, Ruby, Tim, and Nami would be out and only Rock would be here.

"Don't get me wrong Jack, I love playing the piano, but--,"

"You went to the Inner Inn to see Rock didn't you?"

"W-wha? T-that's ridiculous!"

"But, you went at the time when everyone is out, except for Rock." I said with a triumphant smirk.

She sighed. "I guess I can't hide anything from you, now can I?"

"Ha ha! Victory!"

"I'm glad you're back to your regular self. You're so happy now."

Was I really that depressed? I didn't think I affected the people around me so much.

"Yeah, but why did you visit Rock when everyone was out?" I teased.

"W-why do you want to know?"

Lumina's face turned red. But I really do wonder why she would visit him at that time.

"Ohhh, so you—,"

"It's not anything bad! In public I usually reject his offers for a date, but I won't admit to anyone that I actually like him!" Lumina covered her mouth.

"Don't worry, I'll keep it a secret if that's what you're worried about." I assured her.

"It's not that, I'm afraid that someone might have heard me."

I looked around to see if anyone was there, but I only saw Nami at the beach and I doubt she heard it.

"I don't think anyone heard you Lumina."

"That's a relief. Are you really going to keep it a secret Jack?"

"Of course, would I ever lie to you?"

"Well.."

"Heh, come on."

Lumina and I went to the Goddess Pond and talked for a while. Then Lumina told me she had to go home, and I went home as well. I was alright now, thanks to Celia.

Celia's POV

Jack seemed back to his usual happy self. Marlin kept pestering me about what I was doing at Jack's house the other day. I don't know why he keeps nagging me about being around Jack, and Vesta says that I look happier and healthier. There was really nothing to do in the valley, so I decided to go to the Goddess Pond. That's my favorite place in the Valley. When I got there I sat down by the pond. I thought about the first time I met him.

Flashback

I was going to visit Mineral Town today and see some of my friends. I suddenly bumped into someone.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"

I looked up and saw a very handsome man that I don't remember seeing before.

"O-oh, I'm f-ine." My face suddenly felt warm and I was stuttering. What was wrong with me?

"Are you sure? You're face is red." He had a worried look on his face.

"It's okay, I'm Celia. Are you visiting Forget-Me-Not Valley?"

He looked he was embarrassed and scratched the back of his head.

"Not really, I'm the new farmer, Jack."

"I'm sorry! I didn't know! I --,"

"It's okay, I should have told you."

I completely forgot that there was a new farmer in the Valley. He was a very nice person though.

"Are you here to buy seeds?" I asked.

"I actually came to introduce myself, but I guess I can get some seeds too."

"Well the owner of this farm and her brother are out delivering vegetables to the next town. So I'm the only one here."

"Really? Well that's fine; I think we could be great friends Celia."

"Me too."

Almost everyday he would come to visit us. He'd get information about vegetables from Vesta and he would talk to me; Marlin didn't seem to like him that much. I told him that I loved toy flowers. So he would pick them often and bring me one. Marlin seemed to dislike him more after that. My love for him even grew more though. But around the middle of Summer, he stopped coming and only came a few times. He also stopped bringing me flowers. I didn't think much of it and decided to tell him my feelings until I saw him proposing to Muffy.

End Flashback

But it turned out that Muffy didn't love him after all. It wouldn't have been like that if he was with me.

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