Second to last Chapter of Castanet Island Life! I hope you guys like it! ^_^

Gill's POV

I moaned and put my fingers on my temples.

Chihaya walked up to me "What's up with you?" He grabbed my cup and cleaned it.

"I thought you didn't drink..."

I sighed "I don't drink like Yuki did, and I only drink when I'm frustrated. Plus, I only had one drink so I'm fine."

"Can you tell me what's up, or I'll have to call Hikari, and I have a feeling she won't be too thrilled that you are in the bar at 6 in the afternoon."

I sighed and pulled out the blue feather from my pocket "I can't figure out when..."

He sighed "Just do it when the time feels right, she might be waiting for you to propose you know? If you keep waiting it will only make things worse."

"I don't know when the right time will be though." I sighed "I want the time to be nice but not where everyone is watching..."

"Gill, it's been a month and it is close to winter now since you've found that thing, it is no use getting that thing if you aren't even going to propose."

"I will do it before winter starts." I sighed.

"You better, or I'll propose to her first." He joked.

I laughed "Don't push your luck."

"Well, good luck..."

I got up "Thanks..."

While walking home I took out the feather again, it was starting to get worn from being in my pocket and cooped up in my drawer. There was a bit of snow on the ground, a slight wind came and my feather flew out my hand.

"Crap..." I mumbled I ran after it.

I skidded to a halt as it zoomed near Hikari. She looked up and grabbed it, she turned around "Gill, is this yours?" She asked.

"I...uh...I..."

"It's mine!" Yuki came running and took it from her "Sorry Hikari..."

She smiled "Are you going to ask Roomi?"

He grinned "When the time is right."

She turned to me "I'll meet you later, I'm going to meet up with Kathy and Lena."

"A-alright."

She smiled and kissed me on the cheek, she skipped off.

I sighed in relief, Yuki walked up to me "You might want to hang on to this till you think the time is right...though... I guess the whole feather floating passed your girl is a pretty neat way of proposing."

"I wasn't going to, the wind swept it out of my hands."

He handed it to me "I suggest you ask my sister soon, I can tell she it waiting for you, and she can get impatient."

"I know that... I am waiting for the right moment." I said.

He sighed "Again, you might want to hurry..."

"I know, I know..." I looked at the road "I need to get home."

"Okay." He patted my back "Good luck..."

That night I stared at the wall for about two hours. It frustrated me that I couldn't gather enough courage to propose to her. Yuki said that she was waiting, I didn't want her to lose her hopes. I kept asking myself why I couldn't gather enough strength to ask her. Maybe I was afraid... afraid that I would end up losing her like I lost my mother. I didn't want to feel that same feeling again, but I knew that she would be fine. I was going to protect her, I promised her. I also promised myself that I was going to be a much stronger person than my father ever was. The whole thing frustrated me to no end. If I didn't ask her soon, something bad was definitely going to happen.

"Gill!" I jumped out of my bed.

"What do you want?" I asked father.

"Your girlfriend is here! Should I tell her you are busy in your room?" I knew what he meant by busy.

I tumbled downstairs and went to the door. Hikari was at the door, though she seemed just as annoyed as I was about father.

"Hikari? Do you need something?" I asked.

She fidgeted with her fingers "Well um... I thought you were going with me to the moon festival tonight... but I can see you are tired so... okay see you tomorrow..."

I mentally punched myself, I was so bus about the whole blue feather thing that I completely forgot about the festival tonight.

"No!" I said quickly "I'll...be right down, I need to change real-" I noticed why she was all nervous and shy, I was only in my boxers. I was pretty sure I was bright red now "I'll be right back." Now I looked like a freakin idiot. I forgot about the festival and not to mention I was only in my boxers and crap, now she probably thought I was a pedophile. She was possibly thinking that I didn't go to the festival so she would come here and end up thinking I was trying to seduce her. When I was thinking about all that I banged my head against the wall several times. So much for proposing, I would be lucky if she just ran away. I walked back downstairs and she was still there, she seemed a bit more calm now that I had clothes on. We were quiet while walking, too quiet. I felt a spark of panic in my mind.

"I'm sorry, I was just so busy today... I completely forgot about the festival..."

She looked up at me and smiled, the smile chased that panic away in one second "It's fine, I almost forgot too. I actually had a feeling you would forget, just by how you were acting today."

I ran my fingers through my hair "Yeah... sorry..."

She still smiled "It's fine if you were busy, you have a lot of things on your mind right?"

"Actually just one big one." I was about to say but instead I just nodded.

"Are you tired or something, because you kind of seem like it? Are you sure you want to-"

"N-no it's fine!" I said quickly.

She gave me a puzzled look "Okay..."

While at the moon festival, we were quiet again. While she was staring at the moon, I was wondering what she was thinking about. My heart was going a mile per minute.

"Is the moon always like that here?" She asked.

It took me a few seconds to respond "Oh...yeah... it isn't like this where you use to live."

"Mmmm... not exactly, the moon here feels different. Like it is much more brighter and more inviting. I guess you guys taking care of the island has really helped the environment around it..."

"Yeah... well we have you brother to thank too. The harvest tree is the thing that keeps this place alive, not just us."

"Yeah, I think Yuki told me that once... I think its sad that back at home a lot of people don't seem to care that much."

"I didn't see anything wrong where you lived."

"Because they made a rule just recently, when I first lived with my step parents, people were lazy and through trash everywhere. Now there is a law that anyone who pollutes the town gets arrested, there is also a limit on fishing too because quite a few fish went extinct... When I saw that when I was little, I felt sad, I didn't know why because I was so little, I just felt sad every time someone did something that would hurt the town and the environment."

I didn't say anything.

She continued "While I was on the cruise, a lot of places were doing things like what my town used to do, I didn't like it, Chelsea didn't either because her town is eco-friendly too, that's how we became friends. I still feel sad whenever I see someone hurting the environment, but when I come here, it makes me feel better. Knowing that people take care of the island not because they were told to, but they wanted to... it makes me like to live here. I'd rather live here then any other place."

I smiled "That's good, because I don't want you to leave."

She giggled "You're sweet." She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek.

I blushed slightly then looked away so she wouldn't see. She giggled then looked back at the moon. I looked at it with her, I needed to propose to her soon, I was going to do it, I just needed to figure out when the moment would be right.

I might get the final chapter done by tomorrow... or even tonight maybe! Anyway I hope you liked it and please keep a look out for my next story! Please comment!

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