No Need For Love

Ch. One – The girl, the boy

Author Note; Hello all! Café-chan here:3 I've finally gotten off my lazy rear to bring you this epic story full of tear jerking romance and laugh out loud comedy! … O.O; Kay. I wish. Anyway… ENJOY THE STORY. :D :D :D

Disclaimer; I don't own anything from Escaflowne at all. sobs

Yes! He had that dream again, oh, he loved that dream more than anything. He loved the world he was in during the dream. The warm wind blowing his hair this way and that. But what he couldn't take his mind off of was the girl he kept seeing in the dream.

… Well, maybe her eyes. Van Fanel technically could never remember the girl in his dream's whole face. He only remembered her eyes – they were the prettiest shade of jade green he'd ever seen and they held so much emotion in them, he felt they'd suck him in if he stared into them long enough.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEP!

"Ah, screw it," he muttered as he hit the snooze button with a loud thunk. He'd been dozing and thinking of his dream for an hour or so now. He put a hand over his eyes and took in a deep breath.

Damn, he just couldn't get back to sleep…

With a groan, Van flopped onto the floor and slunk over to his bathroom. He turned the dial for the shower, grabbed some clean towels and examined himself in the mirror with a yawn.

Long, shaggy, ebony black hair. Ruby red eyes with a touch of mahogany. A lot of the girls considered him handsome. But he didn't care, those girls were so shallow.

Van rolled his eyes at his reflection and at the thought of the girls at his school and hit the shower.

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"HITOMI! WAKE UP, YOU STUPID GIRL!"

Hitomi bit her lip and quietly got out of bed. She had been up the whole night, thinking, crying a little, thinking some more, crying some more.

She didn't even know why she had cried so much. It was the same routine every time, her "father" would get another "job" and he would pack him and her up and drive them away from their house, their family and friends. It had happened so much, she begun not to even want to make friends or have crushes, it didn't matter. It never did.

But this last time she had attended school – there was that one boy she had fallen head over heels for, and he too had fallen for her too. At least he had told her that… right after she left, he had gone for another girl. Maybe that was why she cried.

"Ow!" Hitomi cried out, hitting her shin on something, most likely her dresser, she rubbed her leg, "Geez, that's hurts like heck."

It must have been early, because it was still pretty dark outside. She wished she had a light in her dingy, attic like room. The only thing she had was a window – it was pretty big and had a big enough ledge to where she could sit on it like a window seat.

With a heavy sigh, she made her way out of her room to the small shower in the houses only bathroom. Quickly she turned on the shower, grabbed a towel and got in. If she took too long, her father would get angry. Oh, how she hated it when he got mad, even over the smallest things, his anger would result in another need for bandages and/or cover up.

Once out, she sped to her room and then shut and locked the door. It would be her first day at her new school; Hitomi guessed she should look somewhat good, although really she could care less.

She opened the box with her new school uniform in it. The colours were olive green, white and navy. Not a colour choice she would have picked, but everyone else would be wearing them, right?

Grabbing a brush, she brushed her sandy blonde hair out. It was almost to her shoulders now; she had been growing it out for ages. It flipped out slightly on the ends now she noticed with a slight smile.

She strapped on her watch and then checked it. The clock read 7.46 AM. "I guess I should go," Hitomi muttered to no one in particular, "School starts at 8.00 AM right?"

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"Oh Van," Reiko, a blonde, popular, skanky girl cooed, "You're so cute!"

Van sat in his assigned seat next to Reiko, his head resting on his hand, rolling his eyes.

Reiko scooted up to Van, her skirt riding up dangerously, it was short enough as it was because she rolled it up everyday, violating the school dress code, but no one cared enough to actually do something about it.

"Van, maybe you and I should get together sometime," She said, twirling a piece of his hair around her neon pink nailed finger, "We could have so much fun." At this she licked her lips slightly.

Van pushed her hand away, "No thanks."

Reiko was taken aback, and her mouth formed a perfect "o", "Did… you just… reject me?"

"Um, I think I did, maybe you should have your hearing checked," Van said coolly, no emotion on his face.

Reiko blinked and her mouth was still wide open, "Fine then, I guess I'll let you go… for now." And she turned to the other people coming into the classroom with a huff.

Reiko scowled. Van Fanel. He was the school loner, the bad boy in terms of a private school like theirs. The only boy she did not have in her toy box. She would have her way in the end. Things would just take a little while longer. Reiko smirked. It would be so much fun.

Van flopped his head onto his desk, annoyed with the loud gossip being spewed about by Reiko and her friends. After ten minutes of this, all of the chatter receded and the whole classroom fell into their seats as the teacher walked in.

Following the teacher was a girl. She was an average height, shorter than most of the girls, but not the shortest. She had honey coloured hair that shone brilliantly. She held her head high and nonchalantly, although she did not do it in a boastful, smirky way other people did.

"Class, meet our newest student. Why don't you tell us your name and where you're from?" The teacher said in a falsely cheerful tone with a forced smile.

Hitomi glanced at him and turned to the class, "Hitomi. My name is Hitomi Kanzaki. I'm from the Djisban District in Astoria," She spoke quietly.

Van looked up at the sound of her voice, and then something sparked. She was familiar. He sat up a little more and cocked his head to the side; a couple of his raven locks going over one eye.

Those eyes. Those gorgeous jade green pools that belonged to the girl in his reoccurring dream.

His eyes widened a little, and his mouth parted slightly from the shock. Had he been dreaming of this girl? This girl before him?

Author Note:

'Kay. Read, review, favorite, love. C: Please forgive me for spelling errors! Oh yes, and to clear things up, Hitomi, Van and the rest are all on an Earth-like Gaea. So there. Hope that helps. And please make sure to review to give me that extra boost that always makes me somehow update faster cough