Author's Note: ...SIX MONTHS? Wow. I needed to update this badly. Anyways~ I'll probably try to update faster, if I can try to focus on this story. Happy New Years, everyone! And I apologize if this chapter is a bit bad...

Disclaimer: I, KawaiiTenshiCeres, does not own Harvest Moon!

Tsuki no Koibito

Chapter Six

"Look, Jill!"

Hanging out at the inn was something I've been doing for as long as I've been in Forget-Me-Not Valley. Talking with Ruby and sometimes Nami, despite being reluctant, was often something I did whenever I had a problem and it was too personal for Muffy...Though, today was going to be a bad day for me, I could easily tell. I stared at the note flashed in my face, as the determined Nami, and Ruby's son, Rock, were fiercely determined about the note. I knew it. It was his note. I could never mistake Skye's warning letter once I've seen it. I simply had the urge to cry.

"...Hey, Jill, you want to help catch this guy?" Rock questioned, nudging me. "I promise, I'll be the hero this time," he grinned towards me.

"...Sure..." I mumbled. "I'll see you guys later..." I whispered, turning and heading out the door.

I didn't want to go tonight. I wanted to just go to sleep early so I can avoid him...At the same time, I wanted to see him and tell him. I needed to think over this again and again...But where? I'll probably just go to the Spring and watch the water...But I also have to buy some seeds from Vesta. After all...I had to gain more money if I'm ever going to have a family. I went down to Vesta's farm, where I saw Marlin and Celia together at the field near the store. My eyes slowly widened in shock, making me quickly shuffle to find a good hiding spot.

"You've been getting better lately, haven't you?" Marlin smiled at her, as he finished watering the plant.

"Yeah!" Celia chirped. "The air here was nice, and you've been taking good care of me." she mirrored the smile.

"A-About that..." he trailed off. "Listen, I..."

"Celia! I need your help!" Vesta called out, popping her head out of the door.

"Coming, Vesta!" she replied. "...We'll talk about this later." she said, heading towards the store.

"...I love you." he whispered.

I stood there and closed my eyes. I knew this would happen. Instead, I had to keep a happy smile and go to Vesta's store, pretending nothing like this would happen. It wasn't my fault. He fell in love with her. I just...got in the way is all...I wanted to cry...No, I needed to cry, but I couldn't do it in front of them. It would all become a mess, especially if I told them that I overheard. Once he tells me he'll marry Celia, I'll smile and try to support them...That's all I can do.

"IT'S THE PHANTOM THIEF SKYE!"

My eyes looked up, as I quickly left the empty Inn. Running up the path, I stopped only to see Skye running. He quickly stopped, and looked at me straight in the eye. It was obvious that it was quite the awkward moment between the two of us. There was a lot of thing we needed to talk about, but we couldn't exactly say it in front of each other. Instead, he simply stood there, and tried to work his charm on me.

"Listen, Jill. Could you just look the other way? I don't have time to talk about what happened the other night," he muttered.

"One condition." I spoke up. "I need to talk to you once this commotion dies down. Please?" I said softly.

He hesitantly nodded, only to quickly run down the path towards the beach. My ears heard the footsteps approaching me, only to see Ruby with Rock, Nami, Vesta, Marlin, and Celia. I had to fake a confused look on my face, as they asked me if I've seen him pass by. I shook my head, and they were quickly scurrying off to where Vesta's farm was at. I could watch how Marlin and Celia was close together, and I simply turned around and began to walk back to my farm.

...Within a few minutes, I was back in my house laying on my bed. Hopefully, he would just knock on the door and we can talk properly. My eyes glanced at my rucksack that was on the other bed. I looked at the Blue Feather that was clearly seen between the other objects. There was no hope in giving Marlin a blue feather anymore. It was pointless you know? I hated to mope around like this, but it was all I could do.

"Hey. It's me," a voice called out to me.

Getting up, I quickly opened the door, and looked at a concerned, yet annoyed Skye at my doorway. He walked inside and stood near the table. As soon as I close the door, I approached him, and wrapped my arms around him, practically burying my face into his back. I could feel my hands shaking, and my heart was slowly getting torn apart inside, while I kept telling myself to try to not let myself cry in front of him.

"Jill? Are you feeling okay?" he questioned, quite suspicious of my act.

"...dumped..." I muttered.

"What?"

"I think he's going to really dump me..." I said. "...I think...He's going to marry her."

I felt Skye's hands on my shoulders, pulling me away from him, to simply inspect me. I saw his emerald eyes slowly widen in shock at the sight of my face. I was crying. Even though, I kept wiping it off my face, my eyes turned puffy and red. For a short moment, I forced myself to stop, and I hesitantly look at him in the eyes, trying to not let myself making him feel even more worried than he should be.

"...Happy now? You were right..." I said reluctantly. "You can go ahead and laugh and poke fun at me, okay?"

He didn't smile. All he did was pull me into a hug. His hand gently petting the back of my head, his other arm firmly around my waist...

"Why would I make fun of you?" he said. "I can't do that to you. I don't want to see you hurt anymore than you are right now."

I nodded, only to see him pull away from me. A bright smile was on our faces while we sat on my bed. Though, the sight of the blue feather has been bothering me. I slowly crawled over and pulled out the blue feather. I got up and headed towards the trash can, while absently staring at it...Though, I stopped in my place, only to feel the feather being snatched away by Skye. He looked at the feather oddly, with a light sigh.

"Eh~ A blue feather?" he sighed. "Guess, I'll be stealing this from you then." he smirked.

"Then, you can have it." I said, with a light shrug.

"Wait, what?" he gaped.

My head tilted at his clearly surprised look, noticing his face turning red. "Y-You moron! I said I'm stealing this!"

"But why? I mean, if I gave it to you, it wouldn't go to waste." I said furrowing my eyebrows.

A smile formed on his face, pushing back his lengthy locks. "Are you stupid? You know what the blue feather means right?"

"I know," I muttered. "But...I...I don't want to give it to anyone else. I know things have been awkward between us ever since that night...But I don't want you to just disappear from my life. I don't want you to leave! You...You mean a lot more to me than you think!"

I felt that heavy weight being pulled off of my chest from my confession. My eyes looked up at the quiet Skye who was leaning on the counter, playing with the blue feather. He was listening, but he wasn't going to do anything. His eyes slowly looked up at me, not showing any signs of reacting to my little confession... Well, that felt pointless. Though, he began to approach me and wrapped his arms around my waist, pressing his body against mines.

"I don't want this to be a lie. Please tell me you're telling the truth..." he muttered.

I buried my face into his shoulder, gripping the back of his leopard print shirt tightly in my hands. "I didn't want you to leave forever. I kept saying I loved jim...But in the end, I realized, the only person who I really wanted was you. When you kissed me that night...All I could think about was you. No matter how much I kept ignoring it, that night and that kiss, always ends up coming up in my mind..."

"Jill..." he whispered. "I want us to be together...forever. That's all I wanted. To be by your side."

I smiled, hugging him tightly. "Then, we'll be together forever."

Slowly pulling my body away from him, he looked at me with a tiny smile upon his face, planting a tiny kiss on my forehead. "One week. That's all that we need. "

One week...? One week, and I'll be married to him. Within one week, I need to tell Marlin that we're through...To say everything to him, that I've been crying to Skye about for the past few months. I know, this relationship that I worked so hard to build up was going to go down the drain within one day. I knew he was in love with her. He knew I was desperate for something that he couldn't provide. This was already the right thing to do...Right?

"Okay. I'm guessing things are calming down right about now..." Skye said, glancing up at my clock. "I should probably get going..."

I watched him slowly move down and giving me a kiss on the lips. Without hesitation, I quietly wrapped my arms around his neck, and pulled him close to me. He quietly broke the kiss and smiled at me.

"Alright. I really need to go," he sighed.

I didn't bother letting go. I just stood there, holding him tightly. He kept telling me that he had to leave, but instead, my grip on him stayed the same. I hated acting like this...But I wanted to be selfish. Only this one time, I wanted to ask him this...

"Can't you stay with me tonight? Please?"