A/N: I needed to do some simple writing, so I snagged some prompts from a LJ challenge, and decided to use them for writing Escaflowne drabbles focused on Van and Hitomi. Hopefully I'll be able to do all 100 of them, and be inspired enough to work on Wing of Dragon, Song of Goddess. I hope you enjoy reading these!
001. Beginnings
It had been an interesting way to meet, he couldn't deny that any more than she could. He argued it was more interesting, maybe even more romantic than if they had simply locked eyes in a crowded room. She tended to disagree on the romance part, but then he wasn't surprised. He'd never been the best at deciding what was romantic and what wasn't.
So perhaps being slapped by your future lady love after you had berated and talked down to her -not to mention being chased by an irritated land-dragon- wasn't quite high on people's list of romantic meetings. But looking back on things, realizing that fate had brought them together because they were destined, because they were meant to be soul mates. . . now that was truly a romantic begining.