A/N: Hello everyone! Okay, so you're going to think this story seems a bit off, a bit strange, maybe even disturbing. But I wrote this after a funny idea came up in a chat room. No I'm not just going to have it be a one shot story. I'm actually going to take the time to write this and if you don't like it, that's fine. I'm going to continue writing anyways.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon, or the characters in this story.

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'What is love?

What is our love?

A secret?

A forbidden passion?

A relationship,

Hidden in the shadows,

Not known to the outside world.

What if they knew?

Would they loose all faith and trust in us?

Our friends and family, would they despise us?

Would we be outcasted?

Sent away from our homes,

Never to return to our beloved village?

The two of us,

We must take caution,

Never speak of what goes on when no one is around.

Our love must not be known of.

Such a shame to hide away the fire that burns deep,

Deep inside our souls,

The fire that connects us and breathes life to our creation,

Our forbidden love...'

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Have you ever had to keep a secret? Choose between the two people you love? Been hated by your best friend because of love? Or perhaps the whole village? I have.

Have you ever had troubles with age? Aches and pains? Or maybe it is what is keeping you from being with the one you love? The one who is two generations behind you? He has.

My name is Jill and this is my story.

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Chapter One

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"Good afternoon, you two!" I said cheerfully as I walked though the door of the Blacksmith's shop.

"Hello Jill," Saibara said, "Nice to see you come by again," He smiled warmly.

"Afternoon, Jill," Gray said, coming up to me and giving me a kiss.

I looked at my boyfriend Gray with his red hair always hiding beneath that silly hat of his and those blue eyes. I grabbed his hat off his head and giggled.

"Hey! Give me that back, Jill!" He yelled and he started to chase me around the small shop.

"Gray! Stop running around!" Saibara scolded Gray.

Saibara was Gray's grandfather. He was a blacksmith and he owned the shop. Saibara and Gray have always had a rocky relationship; no matter how hard Gray worked, he was never good enough for his grandfather. It really upset Gray, but his grandfather did have a point. You see, Gray, like I, came to Mineral Town from the city. And he has no patience at all with blacksmithing. He didn't like his job there and didn't want to be an apprentice, yet he got mad when he wasn't praised for his work.

"Sorry..." Gray and I said in unison.

"That's okay, I just didn't want either of you to burn yourselves," Saibara said, "Now why don't you two go out for a while. I don't need any help around here today."

"Really? Thanks!" I said excitedly. I'd never gotten to go out with Gray during a working day before. I grabbed his hand. "Come on Gray, let's go!" I shouted, pulling him out of the Blacksmith's.

We started to walk along the path that led to the beach. I stopped to say 'hi' to my friends, Popuri and Rick, at the Poultry farm.

"Hello Popuri! Hey Rick!" I said, seeing the two out doing their chores. Both of them work on their family's Poultry farm, I've bought my chickens from them and they are wonderful.

"Jill! Gray! Good to see you two lovebirds!" Popuri said, her voice ringing with her usual cheerfulness.

"Hush, Popuri. You're embarrassing them!" Rick scolded his sister.

Both Gray and I gave Rick thankful looks as our blushes faded away.

"So how's work coming along?" Rick asked Gray.

'Oh no, here we go again... I hope Gray doesn't talk the poor guy's ear off. I might as well talk to Popuri and stay out of their conversation.' I thought to myself.

"Popuri, how's your mother? I hope she's feeling better than yesterday..." I said.

Their mother, poor Lillia. She has a wasting sickness that makes her so frail and weak. She barely ever leaves the house, and on bad days she doesn't even leave her bedroom. Her husband set out to find a cure for her, though I think that only made things worse for Lillia.

"She's much better today," Popuri said, "She's working the store today. But, enough small talk, let's talk about something a bit more personal!" she pulled me farther away from the boys, obviously so they couldn't hear us.

"Umm... What is it Popuri?"

"You and Gray are really close you know... Has he asked you to," she paused and leaned in closer, toning her voice down to a whisper she finished her sentence, "marry him?"

"Popuri!" I screamed in shock. Gray and Rick gave us weird looks, but then went back to what they were talking about, muttering something that sounded a lot like 'women'.

"What? I only wanted to know," she said.

"We've only been dating for 2 and a half seasons! He hasn't asked me to marry him, and that's okay. I don't think I'm ready for marriage... I want to make sure I have the right guy," I said, and as I said that, a picture of a villager flashed through my mind. I felt somewhat disturbed that I thought of him as I said that. I shook it off, I wasn't going to tell anyone because they'd probably be disturbed, especially Popuri.

"Jill, we better get going now," Gray said to me, "We promised May we'd play with her today, remember?"

"Oh, that's right," I said, "Well, see you two around!" And we left for the Yodel Ranch.

May came running out as soon as she saw us. She's such a sweet kid, her mother abandoned her when she was a baby with her grandfather, Barley, and she's been living here ever since.

"Gray! Jill!" she said happily, "You two remembered!"

I giggled and smiled.

"Of course we did May! How could we forget?" I asked.

"So, what are we going to play today?" Gray asked, kneeling down to her height.

"I think we should play house!" she said, "Jill can be the Mommy and Gray can be the daddy and I'll be the baby!" she said.

Both Gray and I blushed. Why was everyone ganging up on us about marriage? I decided to pay it no mind because May was only a child and the arrangement best suited the game anyways. May began to start play crying and I took my roll as the mother and we played 'house' for the next hour or so before we left to go to the beach.

As we walked through Rose Square, Gray started a conversation.

"You know, Grandpa was being oddly nice today," Gray said holding my hand as we walked down the stairs to the sandy shore.

"Your grandfather is always nice, Gray! I don't know what you have against him," I replied.

"He's only nice when you're around, Jill. You wouldn't really know how he's like." I know he wanted his grandfather's approval and liking, and it must have been hard to see him automatically being friendly with me when I'd only known him a year. I sighed and rested my head on his shoulder.

"He loves you Gray, it's just hard for him to say it," I said trying to comfort him, I squeezed his hand a bit.

"I know," he said sighing, "But it's hard to remember that when he's yelling at me for accidentally burning my hand, or messing up on a tool!"

"Oh Gray..." I sighed. Gray and Saibara's relationship was almost a lost cause; the two of them were so stubborn sometimes. "You two are more alike than you know..."

"Hmmph!"

I sighed again. Like I said, lost cause.

I took off my shorts and t-shirt to reveal my red bikini I was wearing underneath it.

"You did bring your bathing suit didn't you?" I asked as I ran to the water, laughing, I turned around and splashed him.

"Of course!" he said, he took off his shirt and pants and ran in after me, soon we were splashing each other and having fun. Before we knew it was 5 o'clock and the sun was setting in Mineral Town.

The two of us sat out on the edge of the dock, our feet dangling just above the water. I put my head on his shoulder and he put an arm around my waist.

"The sunset is so beautiful..." I said, smiling, knowing we were always at peace. I really loved Gray.

"It is," Gray said, "And I'm glad I get to see it with you..." He kissed my forehead and squeezed me tight. "I love you Jill, I always will, remember that,"

"I love you too Gray, and I'll always love you," I said.

I raised my head from his shoulder to kiss his cheek but he turned and caught my kiss with his lips. Our lips brushed against each others, stayed connected. Soon our innocent kiss got more deep and passionate; slowly I let him explore my mouth with his tongue. We stayed with locked lips for a long time, only breaking to breathe.

Soon the clear sky was dark and the stars shone brightly. We had moved back to the shore. The sand was cold but our embrace kept us warm. Lying there in the pale sand under the heavens, wrapped up in each other, whispering sweet-nothings to each other. Slowly we both drifted into a slumber filled with wonderful dreams of each other.

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A/N: Okay. Here's the first chapter! Not long...but I can't think of anything right now. Please comment!