Chapter Two: My Favorite Part of Castanet is... Hope y'all like it :) please review.

Starting over: Chapter Two

Gill and I walked in silence for a while as I took in the surroundings of the Island.

"It's beautiful" I said softly

"Pardon me?" Gill looked over his shoulder but kept walking, he looked annoyed.

"Oh… um… I was just saying that it's really nice here…" I didn't like how nervous he made me feel

"Oh. Yeah, Castanet was less than enjoyable not that long ago unfortunately," he scowled, "Luckily, when Yuuki started his ranch here things got a lot better. He's been bringing the island back to what it used to be."

"I'm sorry, but who's Yuuki? I heard your father mention him earlier too…" I said timidly.

"Weren't you listening?" he snapped, "He's a farmer, like you. I'm sure he'll offer assistance seeing as you're a beginner, so I'll introduce you to him."

"Thanks," I smiled, "but I'm not a beginner… well on this island yeah, but not at farming."

"Really?" Gill stopped walking suddenly and I almost ran into him

"Y-yeah" I stammered, stumbling backwards. He turned to face me, an intense but curious look on his face,

"You ran a farm before this?" he inquired, his icy gaze fixed on my face,

"Well… I… No I helped on my parents Farm…" My heart beat erratically, I wasn't sure if it was the subject we were on or Gills presence, both frightened me a little.

"Were you supposed to inherit it?"

"I guess you could say that…"

"So why'd you leave?" He asked frankly, stepping closer to me; He sounded slightly annoyed. I looked down at my feet. Why does he even care…?

"I… I…" My throat started to burn and I could feel the tears welling up behind my eyelids. No, no, NO! I don't want to cry… especially not in front of HIM. We stood in silence for a while, Gill stared down at me, but I knew the moment I spoke tears would follow. Finally Gill sighed,

"Whatever. I don't care that much anyway, just as long as you know what you're doing" he said as he turned around and kept walking, "are you coming or not?" he called back at me.

"Yeah," I managed to say, and followed him.

We arrived at my new house faster than I thought we would, which turned out to be a blessing. I didn't want Gill asking me anymore questions about my past. The whole point of coming here was to avoid thinking about such things. But none of that mattered now; I had to focus on raising my farm.

"Hey-oo" I heard as Gill handed me the key to my new home, I turned around to see a boy about my age with nappy brown hair. His clothes were stained with dirt and grass,

"Oh good, I thought I'd have to try and locate you" Gill said, looking at the boy, "Hikari, this is Yuuki. Yuuki, Hikari. She's here to start a ranch."

"That's awesome!" Yuuki said beaming at me, "I'm so happy ranchers are finally coming back to Castanet. You'll love it here!" I couldn't help but smile at his enthusiasm.

"Yeah, I hope we can help each other out" I smiled at him, trying to match his elation.

"Anyway," Gill interrupted our conversation, obviously annoyed, "Yuuki, can you show her around? I have a lot of other important things to attend to. Giving tours isn't exactly on my to-do list." Yuuki smiled and then nodded at Gill. Gill dropped my things on the porch and starting walking towards me,

"I hope you like it here," he said it coldly as he proceeded to walk away. I was suddenly filled with emotion: I turned on my heels sharply,

"I'm sorry to have wasted so much of your precious time!" It was a lot louder and filled with more anger than I wanted it to be. Gill turned around and I was caught by his Ice Blue eyes, but they were not filled with the same anger I had just felt. I couldn't break his gaze as he walked closer to me, amused. He stood only inches away from me now and leaned in closely, his mouth now at my ear,

"You didn't." he whispered, his warm breath sent shivers down my spine. He leaned away, clearly satisfied with himself and walked away. I stared at him, my eyes wide with wonder. For the second time today I couldn't move because of Gill, but this time… It was a different feeling.

Yuuki turned out to be a total blessing to me. I was overjoyed that he was giving me the tour instead of Gill, who I still couldn't even begin to figure out. Yuuki's enthusiasm never wavered as he showed me around Castanet.

"Oh! Man! These are the Garmon mines, my FAVORITE part of Castanet!" he raved, "And here we have Fugue Forest, my favourite place in the world!" Each part of Castanet was his favourite something or other. I couldn't help but smile at the famers love for the island he had been restoring.

"This… this is uh… this is Horn Ranch…" Yuuki said, suddenly blushing.

"What? You don't like it?" I was surprised as suddenly all his enthusiasm seemed to vanish,

"No! No I love it!" he blushed deeper as I stared at him, completely puzzled.

"Well… what's on Horn Ranch?" I said, trying to see deeper into his reaction, he mumbled something I couldn't hear, "Pardon me?" I asked patiently, I couldn't hind the amusement in my voice.

"Renee…" he sighed.

"Oh hooo! Renee huh? Is she hot?" I winked at him, and couldn't help control my giggles.

"She's… amazing." He wasn't ashamed I was teasing him; he didn't even seem to notice. His expression was serious as he talked about her brilliance. He raved about her way with animals and her talent at catching fish for a long time. I giggled,

"Why don't you ask her out?"

"Wha—but she—and the—I couldn't—She doesn't—" He sputtered turning bright red.

"I'm sure she likes you, even if she doesn't always show it" I smiled at him encouragingly.

"I… well I… I want a drink! How about you! I'll show you my favourite bar EVER!" He said loudly, clearly changing the subject. I laughed as he grabbed my arm and starting pulling me back to Harmonica Down and the Brass Bar.

I was still laughing and he was still blushing when we reached the bar, Yuuki plopped down on a barstool and buried his head in his hands, I followed and sat beside him still supressing giggles.

"Hi-ya Yuuki!" a blonde cowgirl hollered from behind the bar. He just waved half-heartedly, keeping his head down. She looked over at him and then to me,

"What are you the grim reaper or something? Yuuki's usually a ball of fire!" She asked eyeing me suspiciously.

"N-no" I said, taken by surprise, "I'm Hikari, I—"

"Oh the farm girl!" I heard a male voice say from the kitchen. Out walked a tall, lanky boy, with peach coloured hair. He wiped his hands on his apron and smiled mischievously in my direction.

"How did you…?" I stared at him, puzzled.

"Gill came in earlier today, wouldn't shut up about you actually." He said with a smirk

"So THIS is that weird girl he was talking about?" The cowgirl shouted, realization resounding in her voice.

"Weird girl!" I flushed. How dare he? Why was he talking about me anyway, and if he was SOO busy today, WHY did he have time to come for a drink! "He's the weird one" I mumbled. The cowgirl erupted with laughter,

"Hit the nail on head there hunny," she laughed again, "Well I just think you're the cutest! I'm Kathy, lovely to meet you!" she held out her hand, I took it smiling broadly.

"It's really great you meet you" I beamed.

"Chase!" she shouted, suddenly annoyed, "Introduce yourself!" her sudden change in mood startled me.

"Well now I don't have to, you just did Kathy."

"Don't be rude!"

"Oh I'm sorry," he cleared his throat and walked up to me, putting out his hand, "I'm Chase, loooovely to meet you" he mocked her.

"Chase! So help me!" she screamed shoeing him into the kitchen angrily. He laughed heartily, leaned out the door, and winked while shooting me the peace sign. I couldn't help but smile. Yuuki even sat up and started giggling along with me. Things would work out, I just knew it… For some reason though… I couldn't shake the image of those icy blue eyes…

Chapter Three is in construction: this one will be a lot more about HikariXGill ;D hope you look forward to it! thanks for reading :) and reviewing ;D