I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been busy. Well, here's the third chapter of Loveless. I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon.

Loveless

Chapter 3

Jack's POV

Today's the day Muffy and I were supposed to get married, Spring 1. What was with her anyway? She accepts my proposal and like a season later she dumps me! Did she ever really love me at all? I know one thing though, and that's the fact that I still love her. I was sitting at the beach thinking until I heard someone come up.

"Hey man, how's it goin'?"

It was none other than the local hippie Gustafa.

"Hey Gustafa."

"Why are you sitting all alone man?"

"I'm just looking at the ocean, is it wrong to do that by yourself?"

"Well no, but you have a solemn look on your face."

'What! I was supposed to hide my emotions! I can't let anyone know!'

"If it's a really strong emotion, it's hard to hide."

'Was he reading my mind?'

"Yes, I was. It's what us hippies do. Later man."

And with that he left. I don't know how that little talk would help. I only learned two things from that, you can't easily hide strong emotions and stay away from Gustafa at all costs. I decided to fish, that would get my mind off of things.

I sighed. "No bites yet…"

I saw Celia struggling with a box of vegetables at the entrance of her farm and went over to help.

"Hey Celia, need some help?"

"I'd appreciate it, thanks."

"So where are you going with this?"

"Up that hill, to Mineral Town."

She pointed to a very large hill that led to the other town.

"It's good I came isn't it?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, you couldn't carry these heavy boxes up that giant hill by yourself now could you?"

"I bet I could!"

"Try it then."

I gave her the box I was holding and she tried to walk with both of the heavy boxes, but she just tumbled backwards and almost fell until I caught her.

"See? You can't do it."

"Why do you have to be right?"

I was still holding her when Rock came up.

"Hey guys. Am I interrupting?"

"N-no! It's not like that!"

I'm sure both of our faces turned redder than Vesta's tomatoes.

"Oh suuure, right."

Rock just laughed and walked away. I stared at him in disbelief until I heard a voice.

"U-um, we need to get going."

"O-oh yeah right."

We walked up the hill to Mineral Town, delivered the vegetables to the Inn, and headed back to the valley.

"Hey Celia."

"Yes?"

"You said you lost someone you love too, do you still wish you could be with them?"

"Well, yes I do."

"I guess you still love him."

"I love him very much. My only wish is for him to be happy, even if he doesn't love me back."

"I hope you get together with someone you love someday."

"A-ah, thank you."

Celia's face turned red. It's not like that person's here right now, but I really do wish her the best.

Celia then went home and thanked me for my help today. The pain of this day is slowly subsiding. It really doesn't feel as painful as it did a few hours ago. Oh, and was meaning to apologize to Celia about those incidents. I'll have to get to that later.

Celia's POV

As soon as I closed the door, I went up to my room. I know I could make my move and get him to like me, but it just wouldn't feel right. I have to wait until he gets over the pain of losing Muffy at least. But if it was Muffy, she wouldn't even think twice about it.

"Celia! We're back!" Vesta said.

I walked downstairs to greet Vesta and Marlin.

"Welcome back you two!"

"Oh, Celia. You're so charming! I wonder why you're not going with anyone yet!" Vesta said.

"Y-yeah."

I probably would've been with Jack, if Muffy hadn't taken him away. And to top it all off she dumped him!

"Celia."

I turned around to look at Marlin. He had an unreadable expression on his face.

"I was wondering if you'd like to go—,"

knock knock

"Someone's at the door!"

I opened the door to see Jack. He was holding a flower.

"Hey Celia, while I was picking some flowers I remembered that you loved toy flowers. So I came to give you one."

He came here to give me a flower? That's very thoughtful of him!

"Thank you so much Jack! I really appreciate it!"

"No problem Celia."

I was very happy that he did that for me. It seems that he's getting better.

"Celia! I need your help for dinner!"

"Oh sorry, but I have to go Jack."

"Celia, wait."

"What is it?"

"When I started dating Muffy I neglected you, and you were my friend. And the other day I snapped at you; so I just wanted to apologize."

"It's okay Jack."

"It's not okay. You're here for me right now in my time of need and I just neglected you and that's not how friends treat each other."

He was regretting what happened between us. I didn't like to see him like this.

"It's alright. I'll always be your friend, even if you do some things that I might not like."

"Thanks Celia, you really are my best friend."

"Celia! I need you!" Vesta called from inside.

"Coming!"

"I guess you're busy, well I'll see you later."

"Bye."

And with that he left. I'm glad that he at least thinks of me as a best friend, but I'm depressed as well. He only thinks of us as 'friends'.

Marlin's POV

Something's been going on lately, and I don't like it. It seems Celia has been hanging around that guy a lot more lately. And to top it all off, I overheard Rock talking to himself about finding Celia and Jack in an intimate moment, I ignored it though; Rock over exaggerates anyway. When I got back home with Vesta, I decided to ask Celia out.

"Celia! We're back!" Vesta said.

Right after Vesta said that Celia immediately walked downstairs.

"Welcome back you two!"

"Oh Celia. You're so charming! I wonder why you're not going with anyone yet!" Vesta said.

"Y-yeah."

There was sadness in her voice and I could've sworn I saw a pained expression on her face. I chose to ask her now before anything else happened.

"Celia."

She turned to face me.

"I was wondering if you'd like to go--,"

knock knock

"Someone's at the door!"

Celia walked to the door and answered it. I wasn't sure who it was so I just walked over to the kitchen until I heard

"Thank you so much Jack! I really appreciate it!"

My blood boiled at the mention of his name. He was the man that hurt Celia very deeply and just lived a happy life leaving Celia depressed. He got dumped by his fiancé though. Serves him right. I don't understand why Celia still likes to talk to him and want to be friends. That's why I have to do something before it turns into something more.

I quietly walked over so I could hear their conversation, but Vesta saw me and told me not to eavesdrop on them. Fortunately, Vesta kept telling Celia that she needed help with dinner and their conversation had to get cut short. When Celia came back in she was holding a flower and suddenly ran up to her room. A few moments later she came back down and helped Vesta with dinner.

"So Celia, did Jack give you that flower?"

Vesta sure was nosy about these things.

"Yes."

"Hmmm, I see."

Vesta had this weird smirk on her face. She's always like this when it comes to Celia and interaction with a guy, except for me.

After dinner, I walked to Celia. I was determined to keep her away from Jack as much as possible.

"I'm going to bed now."

Celia yawned and walked up to her room. I missed another chance, luck is just not with me today.

I would just try again tomorrow. I would do whatever it takes to keep her away from Jack and be with her. Whatever it takes.

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I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I don't think it was that good, but I've been having a mild case of writer's block. More things will happen in the future though, I promise! Till next update!