Look! I'm alive! hahaha:) O my gersh I am so sorry for not updating in foreverrrr. You have NO idea how busy I've been *rubs temples* Well, I'm baaaaack! Lol so here is a short but sweet chapter for you all. I really hope you like it! It's finally festival time! Time for some Chase and Coryn flufffffffffff:D Hope you like it! Please review!

Disclaimer: ShermanTheWorm does not own Harvest Moon Animal Parade. Natsume does.


Chapter 17- Festival of Summer

~Coryn's POV~

I gawked at the decorated pier. It looked really amazing. A huge arch was placed at the entrance to the pier, surrounded by balloons. Actually, there were balloons everywhere. Many people had set up stalls that lined the pier, selling fish, clothing, and other summer-related goods. I noticed Chase snickering at my expression and punched him playfully in the arm.

"What did I do?" he asked jokingly. I rolled my eyes at him and smiled. Then, still holding onto his hand, I pulled him along as I ran into a crowd of people.

"Hold up, Coryn!" Chase said, trying to keep up with me. I just giggled and kept running until I reached a clothing booth. I stopped and Chase almost tripped, but caught himself. I looked at a display of hats and pulled a big top hat off the rack. Then I stood on my tiptoes and plopped it onto Chase's head. I backed up a bit and made a camera shape with my fingers, examining how he looked with it on. He looked a little ridiculous, with his hair sticking up every which way around the hat. Chase scowled at me.

"I bet you couldn't pull it off." He claimed. I smirked and grabbed it off of his head, placing it on mine instead. Chase sighed.

"This sucks…" he grumbled. I laughed. Chase turned and grabbed the hat off my head, placing it back on the rack and grabbing two more things. He placed a chef's hat on his head.

"Better." I smiled. Then he came over to me and gently pushed my bangs out of my face and pinned them back with something. I blushed.

"Now we both look gorgeous." Chase modeled his poofy chef's hat. I laughed. We walked over to Shelly, who was manning the stall, and she smiled warmly at us.

"We'll take the flower clip." Chase told Shelly. "How much?"

"Sure. It costs 500g." she said. Chase handed over the money.

"Thanks, you two. Enjoy yourselves!" Shelly said.

"We will." Chase said, placing the chef hat back. I held his hand.

"Thanks Chase." I stretched up and kissed his cheek, which quickly became red.

"No problem." He assured me. We kept walking along the pier until we ran into Kathy and Owen.

"Coryn!" Kathy squealed, hugging me tightly. I let go of Chase's hand and hugged her back. "Excuse us; we need to have a girl talk." Kathy declared to Owen and Chase. They just sighed and began talking to each other. Then Kathy led me a bit away from the guys.

"Alright, Coryn, I need to warn you about something." Kathy whispered. I tilted her head to the side a bit, confused.

"Warn me about what?" I inquired. Kathy got a serious look in her eye.

"Boys." Kathy said. I rolled my eyes.

"What about them?" I asked.

"Just be careful…they are evil beasts that prey on innocent little girls like yourself. If Chase does anything to you, I'll beat the shit out of him." Kathy grumbled, holding up a clench fist.

I couldn't help myself. I burst out laughing, causing her to straighten and then crack a smile which eventually led to a laugh. The boys looked over at us like we were crazy, laughing our heads off.

We walked back over to the boys once we stopped and they looked at us confusedly.

"What exactly…eh, never mind." Chase said, shaking his head. Owen just shrugged.

"By the way…you guys look so cute together! I love it!" Kathy squealed to me and Chase, who had put his arm around my shoulders. We blushed.

"Thanks, Kath!" I said. "So, are you and Owen dating now?"

"NO!" Owen and Kathy both yelled at me at the same time, both blushing. I smirked and rolled my eyes.

"Yeah. Uh-huh. Sure." I muttered. "Sorry, I just thought that since you were here together..."

"N-no! We're coming here together as friends. That's all!" Kathy explained, gesticulating crazily.

"Okay, okay chill. I got it." I held my hands up. Kathy and Owen both sighed. Chase and I both chuckled under our breath.


We hung out with Kathy and Owen for pretty much the rest of the day. We went from the fishing contest, which Toby won, to playing at the beach. I took off my sundress and so did Kathy, and the guys both stared at us. We laughed at their faces and ran into the ocean, water spraying everywhere. The guys took off their shirts and ran in after us with water guns.

"Crap." Both Kathy and I said. The boys sprayed jets of water at us, getting us totally soaking wet form head to toe.

After that, the guys both lifted us onto their shoulders and me and Kathy tried to knock each other over. Chase, being a bit less…muscular than Owen, dropped me and we both fell into the water.

"Losers! We win! Now buy us snow cones!" Kathy laughed maniacally.

And so Chase ended up buying us all snow cones.

"Why did I have to pay for all this?" he whined. I smirked at him, licking my strawberry cone as we sat on a wooden bench.

"Cause the man is always supposed to pay for dates." I explained to him.

"Since when was that a rule?" he inquired.

"Since the beginning of time, duh." I answered sarcastically.

"Fair enough."


The sun was beginning to set, so we headed for the beach. Owen set down a huge blanket he had brought on the sand. I sat next to Chase, leaning my head on his shoulder. Owen and Kathy sat down a little ways away. Owen kept trying to scoot closer to Kathy, but she kept inching away from him. A small smile was playing on her lips and she tried to hide it. Chase and I watched them amusedly. Finally, Owen sighed sarcastically and sat down away from Kathy. She rolled her eyes and went back over to Owen, sitting beside him and placing her head tentatively on his shoulders just like how mine was on Chase's. I smiled as Owen blushed. They are so into each other.

A little time had passed and we just sat there in silence, watching the sun set. It was darker now, and stars were starting to make their appearances. Now only the stars and the festival lights lit up the night. Then the fireworks started. The first one scared the crap out of me, making me jump.

"Settle down, geez!" Chase mocked me, smiling. I flicked his head.

"Ow." He muttered, poking his 'wound'.

"That's watcha get!" I declared triumphantly. Chase sighed and lied down on his back, his face turned up towards the lit-up night sky. I turned myself and lied down also, my head resting gently on Chase's chest. I felt his steady breaths and his racing heart. I smiled into his shirt. He stroked my hair like he did on our picnic date, calming me down considerably. I closed my eyes, savoring the moment.

"Hey, Coryn?" Chase whispered over the booming of the fireworks.

"Yeah?" I whispered back.

"I…" he stopped and took a deep breath. "I…I think I love you."


:O D'awwwwwww. Think it was too soon? I don't give a crap! SORRYYYYY! lol, well he does, so it's okayyy. Anyhoo, hope you enjoyed and reviews are greatly appreciated. THANKSIES!