Alriiightt chapter four, :) this one's pretty intense ;P the story will start picking up now :) hope you enjoy it!

Gill's POV.

I lay in my bed staring at the ceiling. I was too busy to not be able to sleep! How annoying I sulked.

"Stupid Farmer," I mumbled to myself, rolling over. I couldn't stop thinking about the tone in her voice. It echoed through my mind "Why'd you even walk all the way up here then?" A little part of me really wished she would've been happy to see me.

"Hmpf," I sighed, tossing again. I didn't care about what she had said… it was more how she said it. Why did I care anyway? I just want Castanet to go back to how it was, I reasoned with myself, and having farmers is the only way to do that: I'm just worried that she'll leave and then Castanet won't go back… I really could care less about her… I rolled over again, frustrated. This was ridiculous. I got up and walked down the narrow stairs of my house and made myself a cup of tea with a dried herb I had gotten from Luna, the tailor girl, in an attempt of wooing me. Luna, the little pink haired girl… she was cute, I had become quite fond of her, but now as I thought about her I found myself scowling. What's WRONG with me? I sat in the dark quietness, not wanting to wake up my father and hear another of his "Find a wife Gill, Find a wife!" speeches. I would die if I heard it one more time, this I was sure. I stretched and walked quietly back up the stairs, got back into bed and drifted into a deep sleep.

I was dreaming. I knew this for a few reasons: One: my deceased mother was there, and two: I could see not only the harvest sprites, but the Goddess again. They all walked down a long road with me, we chatted lightly, laughing and jesting. My mother tousled my hair,

"I love you Gilly," she smiled down at me,

"I love you too mom," I beamed back at her. At the end of the road was someone I was not expecting to see… Hikari was walking towards me, hunched over. She looked cold. My mother and the Goddess had a matching pained look on their faces when they saw the young farmer,

"Gill, she's all alone," My mother said, her voice drenched in sadness. Hikari was walking slowly, staring at the ground. The harvest sprites all turned to me and smiled encouragingly as I walked over to her,

"It's okay," I said soothingly, "You don't have to be alone anymore."

I woke with a start, sitting up in bed. What the HELL was that about? The sun was up so I decided to rise with it. I walked over to the bathroom and washed my face thoroughly. The dream was still vivid in my mind. Well it's her own fault she's all alone, I thought to myself, combing my bleach blonde hair thoroughly. She's the one who didn't want her own families business. I made a "tsk" sound. She's weak; she'll just crumble under responsibility. I can't count on someone like HER to help save this island. I fiddled with the cowlick I had inherited from my father, located just above my bangs. Frustrated I gave up and turned around, leaning hard against the sink… So then… why can't I stop thinking about her?

Hikari's POV

I finished watering my newly planted seeds and collapsed on the ground, satisfied with myself. My body was still sore from the day before, so I knew I couldn't start collecting materials for my house upgrade just yet. I lay back into the soft grass and breathed deeply the smell of freshly turned over soil. It brought back memories of home and I couldn't help but close my eyes and smile. The wind blew my hair lightly around my face: this was truly bliss. I had gotten past the worst of my duties for the day, maybe later I could go hang out with Kathy and Renee. I could probably convince Owen and Yuuki to tag along too.

"Are you dead or something?" I frowned at the voice I recognized far too well.

"Yes. Now go away." I said, not opening my eyes.

"Well someone has to dispose of the body, do they not?"

"I'll just rot, it'll be fine. Leave now please." I opened one of my eyes as Gill chuckled quietly to himself. He stood over me, his hands in his pockets,

"That hardly encourages island tourism: decaying bodies lying about." He smirked. I sighed heavily and sat up,

"Why are you here? You were here yesterday too. For someone who claims to be SOOO busy, you seem to slack off an awful lot," I stood up and walked into the barn, he followed, the amused look never leaving his icy eyes. I tried not to think about how gorgeous he looked today, I also tried to ignore my stomach doing little backflips. He shrugged nonchalantly,

"I'm trying to figure you out," he said flatly, fiddling with a lock of his hair. I flushed, and turned away. Figuring me out?

"W-why would you want to do that?" I stammered, packing fodder neatly into my cow's trough.

"Because," he was suddenly intense, "I don't know if I can trust you to succeed here." From the way he said it I knew he wasn't joking.

"I told you already, I grew up on a farm!" I was getting increasingly annoyed by his mood swings. He pursed his lips then looked down at the calf,

"Have you named it yet?"

"No."

"Why don't you name it Kurt?" he said, pursuing the lock of hair once more.

"What did you say?" I stammered, my stomach suddenly tightening itself into a knot,

"Kurt?" he said, glaring at me, "like, Kurtis? I had a goldfish named Kurt as a child…"

"I—I—I don't like that name!" I shouted, he jumped a little,

"Okay… I don't see why b—"

"I JUST DON'T!" I screamed running out of the barn. I thought I might faint or be sick, neither was preferable.

"What is your problem?" Gill followed after me, his voice angry now.

"Go away!" I shouted walking briskly towards my house, he jumped in front of me blocking my path,

"Why?" he sounded genuine but I knew it was an act.

"Because" I hissed, "I don't want to deal with you right now." I pushed past him and reached for my door handle

"I get it," He said arrogantly, "I get why you left home," I froze,

"Oh yeah?" I breathed

"You know, I have to take over my family's business too. It's stressful: fulfilling their expectations, not letting them down, doing a good job... It's not for people who are weak. You couldn't handle all that responsibility, so you ran away. Am I right?"

I didn't move, he slowly walked up to me, "It's okay, some people can't handle stuff like that" he whispered, I couldn't tell if he was trying to be soothing. I turned and looked at him, rage filling me until I thought I would explode.

He looked down at me, smirked and started walking away. My feet stayed planted in the ground, suddenly, all the rage overflowed.

"You don't understand anything!" I screamed. Gill whipped around, alarmed.

"What?" he said, incredulously

"You have no idea! You don't know why I left! You know shit about me!" The tears were pouring down my face, but I didn't care anymore

"Well I just—" Gill started, his face still full of surprise

"NO!" I looked up at him, his mouth was hanging open in disbelief, "I don't know why you think you're better then everyone but you're not! My parents are dead, they're DEAD Gill! Call me weak, tell me I can't handle it Gill! That's fine by me!" I could barely see anything; my eyes were so filled with the hot salty water,

"The inheritance money…" he said slowly, putting all the pieces together,

"Congratulations Gill,' I sobbed, plastering a fake smile on my lips, "you've figured me out," I dug my heel hard into the ground and ran past Gill, knocking him to the side. I didn't know where I was going but it didn't matter, I just needed to get away from him. He stood there, watching me run, staring after me.

Oh Gill, you moron. ;D hope you liked this chapter :) don't forget to review :D