So this is The Ultimate FanFic Challenge. You're supposed to write 100 little drabbles of your favorite fandom. At first I was going to do JunJou Romantica, but then I remembered Harvest Moon and decided to do them instead. So I'm going to bend the rules a little. They say to use only one fandom, well I'm going to use a different one for each chapter. It may be the same couple in a row it may not, but since these are drabbles they will not be connected/a continuation of any other chapters. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Beginnings.
Harvest Moon Animal Parade: Gill x Hikari.
This was the beginning of a love that seemed doomed to fail. She was stubborn, he was pompous. She hated being teased, he made fun of her all the time. She was clumsy, he criticized her. Not a single person on the whole entire island would have guessed that these two polar opposites would eventually love each other. Neither did they, at the time.
"Gill! I swear your snarky attitude gets on my nerves! You're so full of yourself." Hikari pointed an accusing finger at the cream-color haired boy.
He sighed, stacking the books on the bookshelf accordingly. "I am not full of myself. I cannot help it that I feel the need to point out your failures . That makes this about the 20th one is that right?"
Hikari made something that sounded like a bear about to attack a large prey. "I DON'T NEED YOU TO TELL ME THAT!"
"Then don't make them so painfully obvious."
She grabbed a book off the shelf and threw it at him. He dodged it with no effort and continued alphabetizing the works of literature. "Hikari, I don't see why you see the need to express your anger through violence."
"I don't see why you need to express your opinions of me through your mouth."
"Well how else could I? I don't know sign language."
Hikari yelled and threw her hands up in the air, giving up on arguing with him, and left the Town Hall.
Now as you can see these two don't have good communication, but it was one night that changed everything. One night that brought these two together in ways they didn't know how...
"Father! Why must you force me to escort Hikari to the Starry Night Festival? She's just a farmer. She probably has work to do." Gill rolled his eyes as his father watched him tie his tie.
"Because!" The plumper man threw his hands up, smiling. "Don't speak of Hikari like that, she is a wonderful girl. And it's because she is a farmer that I need you to take her. She doesn't ever go anywhere besides that dirty old farm. Don't you think getting out now and again would be good for her. The only friends she has are you that Luke boy."
"Father, her and I are not friends." He walked away from the mirror and sat down in a red armchair.
"Oh don't be like that Gilligan."
Gill's eyes twitched at the mention of his real name. "F-father. I asked you not to call me that."
"Oh right right. Sorry~" The mayor sat down in the chair across from him.
"Besides, we are not friends." His father let out a chuckle.
"Yes you are. You and Hikari talk almost everyday and only about 99% of it ends in fights." Gill rolled his eyes again. Yeah, like that 1% they didn't fight was good thing. What does father want from me?
The chime of a doorbell echoed throughout the house. "Oh that will be her!" Hamilton stood to go answer the door. Gill sat there a few more seconds, then soundlessly followed.
"Oh hello Hikari! It's nice to see you again. You look absolutely stunning." He moved out of the way so Gill could greet her.
When he looked at her, his eyes went wide. She had on a short pink dress with white trimming that came down to about mid thigh. Her hair was freshly combed and looked as if it had been washed a few times, for the smell of apples filled the room. Two little pink hair clips held back her bangs and a white diamond pendent around her neck.
"W-wow Hikari... is that you?" She glared at him.
"Ha. Ha. Yes it's me." She rolled her eyes.
Gill was still in shock and said something he never thought he'd say to her. "You look beautiful." Her face deepened into a red shade of blush and quickly looked away.
He found himself smiling at that. She always did that when she was nervous or embarrassed. It was actually kind of cute.
WAIT WHAT? Did he, the Almighty Gill just call the Dirty Rancher Hikari cute? No way... He was officially loosing it.
Hamilton interrupted the silence. "What a lovely way to start off. Alright now, off you two go. The shooting stars wont wait on you." And with that, he shoved the quiet couple out the door.
Gill put his hand on his head, annoyed. "Sorry about that... My father is crazy."
Hikari smiled up at him. "It's okay. I like your dad. He's always been nice to me." He looked down at her for a moment.
"Well, we should get going."
The snow crunched beneath their feet as they walked to Flute Fields. To be honest Gill couldn't see how she wasn't freezing cold without a jacket. Of course her dress had long sleeves, but that dress looked like it was made out of really thin material. Then when they had just entered Flute Fields, he noticed her shiver. He looked up at her face and she has this look of being really cold.
He sighed and took off his own white jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders. "W-what are you doing? This is your jacket! You take it."
He raised his hand to silence her. "Don't worry about it." She tried to protest once more, but Gill just gave her a look that said if you say anything else I will bite your head off, so she remained silent.
Once they arrived to the snow covered Moon Hill a blanket had already been set out, so they took their seat.
Hikari was the first to look up! "Oh man! Look at all the stars!" Gill glanced up as well. It was true. There were many. Hundreds, no maybe thousands of many little sparkling dots. "They're so beautiful!" She exclaimed. He looked over at her. Her face was brimming with happiness. His father was right. She did need to get out more. Her smile was nice.
She looked over at him. "What is it Gill?" He didn't answer. He just kept staring at her. Even though they fought all the time, it wasn't like a real fight. Of course in the beginning it was, but now. They were just little play fights. Maybe he did it because he loved to see the way her face looked when she got embarrassed. Or upset. Many different sides of her to see. But there were also times when she would smile, or laugh. Those seemed to make him happy as well. "Gill?" He couldn't explain why he felt that way. He just knew these were the feelings that suddenly presented themselves only about an hour ago. Had they been lurking within him all this time? Had he known how he felt about her, just too stubborn to admit it. Did he love her? "Gill?"
"Quit talking." He leaned in and gave her a passionate kiss. Her eyes widened in shock, and at first she was angry that he had done something like this! But as he pressed his lips harder against hers, it was as if all the feelings that he had locked up inside flowed to her. She suddenly understood why he did that, and kissed back.
Once they parted, they looked up at the stars.
"Gill, look a shooting star! What do you wish for?"
He thought over this a moment, and then grabbed Hikari's hand, holding it in his own. "Nothing really. I have you, so there's nothing I can really think of."
Her face blushed that cute red color and she looked away muttering, "Shut up you idiot." He laughed and she squeezed his hand tighter.