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Happiness does not last
forever
She sat up in bed and her first thought was of Vash. She had been waiting for Vash for almost a year and he still hadn't returned. Meryl sighed as she remembered his last words to her.....She had been thinking about him nonstop....They had stayed in the town waiting for him this whole time. She pulled back the covers and pulled on her clothes...She heard a knock on her door, and then Milly came in carrying a tray of food.
"Good morning Meryl, I knew that you had a hard time last night so I made you some breakfast." Milly said as she sat the tray down on the bed and smiled brightly at her.
Milly always had a way of cheering her up, but not today Meryl had a distracted look in her eyes again like she had for so long, Milly cast a worried glance at her as Meryl stared out the window into the morning sun....She had dreamed of Vash last night. It was a horribly vivid dream. She shivered at the thought of it. In her dream Vash had been trying to tell her something. Something important but she could not remember. Then he had disappeared and a feeling of intense cold had swept over her. She shook her head trying to get the images out of her mind.
"Meryl, are you ok?" Milly asked sitting down on the bed and motioning for her to do the same. Meryl sat down next to her and avoided her eyes.
"Did you dream about him again?" Meryl nodded silently as the tears started to stream down her face. Milly hugged her tight.
"It's alright Meryl, he'll come back, I know he will, you just have to wait...you'll see" Meryl face screwed up in pain as she hugged Milly tightly back, the anger in her eyes was burning.
"I don't want to wait any longer. I want him to be back now!" Meryl screamed as she completely lost control and started crying on Milly's shoulder. When she finally got control over herself a very embarrassed Meryl quickly apologized to Milly.
Milly just smiled at Meryl and said, "Everyone needs to cry sometimes, I know you really love him and its ok to be sad that he's gone."
Meryl blushed but didn't say anything. It was true. She was in love with him. She felt so empty and lonely without his goofy smile or his mischievous behavior.
She felt the tears coming again but she quickly held them back and tired hard to smile and said, "Ok Milly enough of this nonsense! Lets get out there and work or we'll never get the money to pay for our room!"
"OK" said Milly, smiling, but still she was worried about Meryl. Meryl had lost a lot of weight since Vash had gone and it was not like she had any to lose. She had been working way too much at her job of being a waitress at the local bar. And she was dreaming about Vash so much that she barely got any sleep.
Quietly Milly muttered under her breath, "Mr. Vash you better come back soon, or I'll hate you forever. You made Meryl sad!"
Meryl donned her white apron again and started to serve the drinks. She tried her best to look happy but anyone could tell that she was suffering. The noise of the many people talking and shouting was all drowned out. She could think of nothing but Vash. She was aching worse than usually. The hole in her heart had grown. She had never been in love before and now that she finally had....that he would be gone....it made her want to cry again but she couldn't. Not now. She had to be strong.
Bill her boss and the owner of the bar motioned for her to follow him into the kitchen. Bill was a fat bald man, but he was one of the nicest people that Meryl knew.
"Meryl I need to talk to you about something." He looked really worried and Meryl wondered if something bad had happened.
"Are you ok, Meryl. If you need some time off I'd gladly give you a break."
Meryl blushed and quickly said, "Everything is just fine! I can do this!"
Bill didn't look convinced but he nodded all the same. Mandy one of the other waitresses came rushing into the kitchen carrying a stack of plates and cups in her hands.
"Meryl's there's a guy at table two that wants everything on the menu"
Meryl nodded at grabbed a couple of plates of food to bring out to the guy. She slowly made her way to table two, ignoring the guys whistling as she walked past. She had gotten used to it. It no longer bothered her. As she reached the table and looked at the man dressed in red that sat in it she completely froze. The plates she had been holding dropped and crashed onto the floor. She could barely breathe, her breath was coming out in short gasps. She felt a tear roll down her cheek as she managed to stutter out "V- vash?"
He looked up at her with utter surprised. He was just as she remembered him, his blonde was just as spiky just as gravity defying as ever. His blue green eyes though were filled with weariness and grief, but as he looked at Meryl she thought she could see a tiny spark in them. She didn't know what to say or what to do. All she could do was staring at him. He carefully stood up gripping the table, then he was like his old self again, the goofy grin back on his face.
"Meryl, nice to see you again" He said as he sat back down again. "I see you've been working hard"
Meryl nodded still unable to do anything, but blush. She was finally seeing him again and she couldn't do anything at all but nod? That was so pathetic. She avoided looking into his eyes for she knew that if she did that she would probably break out in tears. She scooped down to pick up the broken dishes when she saw his hands pick the rest of them up. She looked up into his face and straight at his eyes. Everyone and everything else in the room was totally wiped from her mind as she stared into his eyes. He was smiling a true smile, and he was almost laughing. She sat there on the ground stunned. This is not what she had expected.
"I see you're surprised to see me." he said as though he hadn't been gone for almost a year. Meryl felt like bawling, just running up to him and holding him tight and crying forever. But she couldn't do that. Suddenly she realized that everyone in the room was staring at her, and blushing redder than ever she quickly got up and ran out of the building and out around the back. She leaned against the wall and finally let it all out. Her anger her sadness they all flowed with her tears.
Vash stood stunned with the dishes still in his arms. He set the shattered pieces on the table and quietly walked out the bar. He was sad and thoughtful. Why had Meryl acted like that? He had been wanting to see her for so long but he had had no clue what he was going to say to her. He was just getting some food to make him braver when he had to face her and then she had just shown up. He hadn't even expected that she would still be here. He thought that she wouldn't wait for him this long. He hoped that she would but.....there was something that he had desperately needed to tell her for a long time...he didn't know exactly how to tell her though....he walked around the back of the building and heard the sound of crying. He peeked around the corner. Meryl was leaning against the wall crying as though someone had died. He felt something wrench in his heart as he watched her. He couldn't bear it anymore.
Meryl felt something warm and comforting on her shoulder. Meryl looked up and saw Vash looking at her with a worried expression.
"Are you alright Meryl" he asked his hands now on both her shoulders forcing her to look at him. Meryl just burst out in tears again, she couldn't stop it. She didn't want to cry in front of him. She didn't want him to see her like this to think of her as a weak person. She tried to turn away, but he wouldn't let her. He started to silently cry though he wasn't aware of it.
"Meryl what's wrong, you can tell me." Meryl just shook her head, she was still crying as heavily as ever. Vash pulled her against his chest and hugged her so tight he almost lifted her off her feet, for she was so tiny. She sobbed into his coat hugging him back until finally the tears came no more. But she didn't want to let go of him. She no longer felt empty when he was holding her. When he was here she felt like everything was going to be alright.
Vash didn't want to let go of her. He had never realized how lonely he had felt when she wasn't there. Finally when he released her she was no longer crying. Her eyes were red and puffy and his coat was soaked with tears but he did not care. All he did care about was that she was there.
Meryl was sad that he had stopped. But when she looked into his eyes she could not help but smile. His eyes were looking at her intensely. Finally she found her voice and managed to talk to him again.
"Theres something I need to tell you, something really important, something I should have told you a long time ago..."
Vash didn't let her finish before he was kissing her... her body pressed up against his, breathing in his essence...holding him as he held her.
She didn't know how long they had kissed. It seemed like just seconds when she heard a familiar voice call out "Mr. Vash, Meryl? Is that you?"
Vash broke the kiss as he looked down the alley to see Milly in her construction uniform. He waved at her with one hand while holding Meryl in the other.
"Hello Milly, what you doing?"
Meryl whacked Vash across the head as she yelled, "Let go of me"
He let go of her looking completely confused. "But Meryl...I thought...." He said rubbing his head as Meryl stalked off.
"She's as bitchy as ever isn't she" remarked Vash dogging as Meryl threw a particularly large stone at him.
Milly just smiled and said, "oh don't worry about Meryl...she has been waiting for you day and night since u left."
"Milly!" Meryl yelled angrily as she continued to walk around trying to find a way out of the alley other than going back by Vash, but to her dismay it was a dead end.
"I'm starving!" said Vash as his stomach growled loudly.
"Well then Vash, you can come over to our place and have dinner then!" Milly said smiling at him.
"That sounds great!" he said excitedly. He glanced back at Meryl who was looking worse than ever. He finally noticed how skinny she was and how worn she looked.
"Come on Meryl, let's go eat, you look like you could use some good food!" Milly said noticing where Vash was glancing. Meryl nodded and started to walk towards them but she was swept with a sudden wave of fatigue and she collapsed to the floor.
"Meryl!" Vash shouted as he ran to catch her when she fell.
The next thing she knew Meryl woke up in a bed back in her room. Milly was no where to be found but Vash was sitting next to her bed. She looked out the window to see the stars glittering in the sky. She hadn't been asleep that long. Only a couple of hours.
Quietly Vash said, "Meryl do you feel any better?" He looked extremely weary and sad like he had been crying.
"I'm fine, where's Milly?" Meryl asked as she sat up clutching the blanket shivering.
"She's out downstairs cooking some food," Vash said half reaching out to her.
"No, Mr. Vash I'm right here." Milly said as she brought in a tray of soup.
"Here Meryl drink this up. I told you that you shouldn't work so hard" Milly said as bright and cheerful as always.
"Thanks Milly for everything" Meryl avoided looking at Vash. She didn't know what to say to him anymore. She thought back to that kiss and she began to blush.
"Well I'll leave you alone to rest then, Meryl" Milly said glancing over at Vash who nodded in return. Meryl wondered what they were up to. Vash set the tray on her lap. She quietly drank the soup aware of his worried stare. She wished that he would say something. That he would mention something about why he had been gone so long and what had happened. But she couldn't ask him that. She could barely even look at him. She finished her soup and he set the tray on the table next to the bed. He looked at her seriously.
"Meryl, I'm sorry I was gone so long, I didn't mean to hurt you." he said grabbing hold of her hand. She blushed but just nodded.
He looked at her for a long time then said, "I love you."
Meryl's heart skipped a beat, had he just said....that. ..he loved her? She looked up at him, surprised. But she managed to mumble out, "I love you too" even though she spoke it so quietly he heard her.
He was so happy...now that he knew that she had felt the same way. He had been so worried that she would have already forgotten about him. He reached over and kissed her again and this time he didn't stop......
Vash woke up the next morning happy, with Meryl tucked safe in his arms. He never wanted to let go of her. He fiddled with her dark hair, thinking of how he'd be willing to spend the rest if his life with her. She stirred slightly at his touch but quickly settled closer to him. He thought back to what had happened to Knives and how he had escaped from him again. He had taken Knives somewhere where he could heal him, to take care of him and he had escaped. His job was not over. He knew that eventually he would have to go and find Knives, but for now he just wanted to hold Meryl in his arms, to kiss her, to be with her, just to be in love with her. It was all too good to be true. One day he'd have to leave to go find Knives again. He'd have to someday. He squeezed Meryl tighter against him silently crying.
Meryl woke up tired and achy but happy. She felt Vash's arm around her tighten and spots of wetness drop onto the back of her hair. She turned around to see Vash crying. She quietly kissed his tears away, and comforted him the best she could. They kissed again, she could never tire of kissing him, not in a thousand years.
He smiled at her and whispered in her ear, "Thanks for everything, Meryl" his smile was like a ray of sunshine through a cloud of gray.
She wanted to kiss him again but before she could Milly came bursting into the room carrying a tray. "Meryl? Vash? What's going on....oh" Milly said blushing.
Meryl clutched the sheet against herself and yelled, "Milly!" as Vash dived under the blanket thoroughly embarrassed.
"Well then I'll just leave this here I guess...sorry..." said a very much embarrassed Milly as she set the tray onto the floor and quickly shut the door.
Vash peeked his head above the covers, "is she gone yet?....whew that was embarrassing!"
Meryl whacked him in the head with as much energy as she could muster in her condition.
"It was all your fault!"
"How was it my fault?" Vash asked rubbing his head and moaning.
"You're the one who started it!" Meryl said staring angrily at him.
"Started what?" moaned Vash.
"It!" Meryl looked angry for one second later then she sighed. then hugged him tightly. Her stomach groaned loudly and she blushed.
"I think I know what that means!" he said laughing as he got up to get the tray.
"Get some clothes on before someone else walks in!" Meryl laughed as she threw his pants at him.
Half-dressed they sat in bed eating breakfast. When they had almost finished they heard an anxious knock on the door and Milly entered looking extremely relieved that they were at least partially dressed if not fully.
"How are you feeling today, Meryl, Mr. Vash?"
"Ok" they both said each blushing. The awkward silence was growing longer. Then Vash stood up clad only in loose gray pants. He had been worried that his scars would scare Meryl but she hadn't just only had sympathy for him. He's chest was covered in scars like most of the rest of his body. It was the price he paid for saving lives.
He grabbed his shirt and clothes scattered throughout the room nodded to the girls and left the girls to be on there own.
"I thought I told you to get some rest Meryl!" Milly said scolding her.
Meryl just sighed and laid back down, "I was resting....I just postponed it for a while."
Milly laughed and sat down on the bed next to her. She hugged Meryl and said, "I'm glad you and Vash finally worked it out. I'm happy for you." Milly said smiling but there was something about her smile that ringed false. Suddenly she remembered wolfwood, Milly had been in love with him. and he had just died.......
Six months went by. They were a happy six months for Vash and Meryl. They spent most of their time either talking, or arguing. It was hard to tell which one they did most. Meryl had gotten much better now that Vash was here. She could sleep without nightmares and she was eating again. Altogether it was a happy time for all of them. But there it must always come to an end at some point.
That day Meryl was working in the bar when she felt an arm grab her around the waist. She slammed a cup into his face without realizing that it was Vash. She turned around to see Vash sprawled on the floor, moaning and rubbing his head. She quickly kneeled down beside him,
"I'm so sorry Vash, I thought you were someone else," she said helping him up.
"Essh woman you got a pretty strong arm..." Then he frowned and said, "I need to talk to you, somewhere private."
Meryl nodded and led him into a store room. He told her everything about his battle with knives and how he escaped him once again. and how he needed to find him once again. Meryl started to cry, but she knew in her heart that he would have to go. No matter how much he loved her he needed to do this more than ever. They kissed for the last time.
"How long will you be gone this time," Meryl said as he hugged her tight.
"At most a year." he said he eyes so sad.
"Oh" Meryl said not wanting him to leave, not wanting to wait that long again, but she would wait that long if she had too. She would wait forever. Finally he let go of her, "I have to go now....I love you"
Later that night Meryl lay crying in her bed. Milly found her like that and rushed over to hold her.
"What's wrong Meryl?" she asked concerned.
"Its....Vash...he....left....and I couldn't even tell him."
"Tell him what Meryl?" Meryl cried even harder, "That I'm pregnant."
Happiness does not last
forever
She sat up in bed and her first thought was of Vash. She had been waiting for Vash for almost a year and he still hadn't returned. Meryl sighed as she remembered his last words to her.....She had been thinking about him nonstop....They had stayed in the town waiting for him this whole time. She pulled back the covers and pulled on her clothes...She heard a knock on her door, and then Milly came in carrying a tray of food.
"Good morning Meryl, I knew that you had a hard time last night so I made you some breakfast." Milly said as she sat the tray down on the bed and smiled brightly at her.
Milly always had a way of cheering her up, but not today Meryl had a distracted look in her eyes again like she had for so long, Milly cast a worried glance at her as Meryl stared out the window into the morning sun....She had dreamed of Vash last night. It was a horribly vivid dream. She shivered at the thought of it. In her dream Vash had been trying to tell her something. Something important but she could not remember. Then he had disappeared and a feeling of intense cold had swept over her. She shook her head trying to get the images out of her mind.
"Meryl, are you ok?" Milly asked sitting down on the bed and motioning for her to do the same. Meryl sat down next to her and avoided her eyes.
"Did you dream about him again?" Meryl nodded silently as the tears started to stream down her face. Milly hugged her tight.
"It's alright Meryl, he'll come back, I know he will, you just have to wait...you'll see" Meryl face screwed up in pain as she hugged Milly tightly back, the anger in her eyes was burning.
"I don't want to wait any longer. I want him to be back now!" Meryl screamed as she completely lost control and started crying on Milly's shoulder. When she finally got control over herself a very embarrassed Meryl quickly apologized to Milly.
Milly just smiled at Meryl and said, "Everyone needs to cry sometimes, I know you really love him and its ok to be sad that he's gone."
Meryl blushed but didn't say anything. It was true. She was in love with him. She felt so empty and lonely without his goofy smile or his mischievous behavior.
She felt the tears coming again but she quickly held them back and tired hard to smile and said, "Ok Milly enough of this nonsense! Lets get out there and work or we'll never get the money to pay for our room!"
"OK" said Milly, smiling, but still she was worried about Meryl. Meryl had lost a lot of weight since Vash had gone and it was not like she had any to lose. She had been working way too much at her job of being a waitress at the local bar. And she was dreaming about Vash so much that she barely got any sleep.
Quietly Milly muttered under her breath, "Mr. Vash you better come back soon, or I'll hate you forever. You made Meryl sad!"
Meryl donned her white apron again and started to serve the drinks. She tried her best to look happy but anyone could tell that she was suffering. The noise of the many people talking and shouting was all drowned out. She could think of nothing but Vash. She was aching worse than usually. The hole in her heart had grown. She had never been in love before and now that she finally had....that he would be gone....it made her want to cry again but she couldn't. Not now. She had to be strong.
Bill her boss and the owner of the bar motioned for her to follow him into the kitchen. Bill was a fat bald man, but he was one of the nicest people that Meryl knew.
"Meryl I need to talk to you about something." He looked really worried and Meryl wondered if something bad had happened.
"Are you ok, Meryl. If you need some time off I'd gladly give you a break."
Meryl blushed and quickly said, "Everything is just fine! I can do this!"
Bill didn't look convinced but he nodded all the same. Mandy one of the other waitresses came rushing into the kitchen carrying a stack of plates and cups in her hands.
"Meryl's there's a guy at table two that wants everything on the menu"
Meryl nodded at grabbed a couple of plates of food to bring out to the guy. She slowly made her way to table two, ignoring the guys whistling as she walked past. She had gotten used to it. It no longer bothered her. As she reached the table and looked at the man dressed in red that sat in it she completely froze. The plates she had been holding dropped and crashed onto the floor. She could barely breathe, her breath was coming out in short gasps. She felt a tear roll down her cheek as she managed to stutter out "V- vash?"
He looked up at her with utter surprised. He was just as she remembered him, his blonde was just as spiky just as gravity defying as ever. His blue green eyes though were filled with weariness and grief, but as he looked at Meryl she thought she could see a tiny spark in them. She didn't know what to say or what to do. All she could do was staring at him. He carefully stood up gripping the table, then he was like his old self again, the goofy grin back on his face.
"Meryl, nice to see you again" He said as he sat back down again. "I see you've been working hard"
Meryl nodded still unable to do anything, but blush. She was finally seeing him again and she couldn't do anything at all but nod? That was so pathetic. She avoided looking into his eyes for she knew that if she did that she would probably break out in tears. She scooped down to pick up the broken dishes when she saw his hands pick the rest of them up. She looked up into his face and straight at his eyes. Everyone and everything else in the room was totally wiped from her mind as she stared into his eyes. He was smiling a true smile, and he was almost laughing. She sat there on the ground stunned. This is not what she had expected.
"I see you're surprised to see me." he said as though he hadn't been gone for almost a year. Meryl felt like bawling, just running up to him and holding him tight and crying forever. But she couldn't do that. Suddenly she realized that everyone in the room was staring at her, and blushing redder than ever she quickly got up and ran out of the building and out around the back. She leaned against the wall and finally let it all out. Her anger her sadness they all flowed with her tears.
Vash stood stunned with the dishes still in his arms. He set the shattered pieces on the table and quietly walked out the bar. He was sad and thoughtful. Why had Meryl acted like that? He had been wanting to see her for so long but he had had no clue what he was going to say to her. He was just getting some food to make him braver when he had to face her and then she had just shown up. He hadn't even expected that she would still be here. He thought that she wouldn't wait for him this long. He hoped that she would but.....there was something that he had desperately needed to tell her for a long time...he didn't know exactly how to tell her though....he walked around the back of the building and heard the sound of crying. He peeked around the corner. Meryl was leaning against the wall crying as though someone had died. He felt something wrench in his heart as he watched her. He couldn't bear it anymore.
Meryl felt something warm and comforting on her shoulder. Meryl looked up and saw Vash looking at her with a worried expression.
"Are you alright Meryl" he asked his hands now on both her shoulders forcing her to look at him. Meryl just burst out in tears again, she couldn't stop it. She didn't want to cry in front of him. She didn't want him to see her like this to think of her as a weak person. She tried to turn away, but he wouldn't let her. He started to silently cry though he wasn't aware of it.
"Meryl what's wrong, you can tell me." Meryl just shook her head, she was still crying as heavily as ever. Vash pulled her against his chest and hugged her so tight he almost lifted her off her feet, for she was so tiny. She sobbed into his coat hugging him back until finally the tears came no more. But she didn't want to let go of him. She no longer felt empty when he was holding her. When he was here she felt like everything was going to be alright.
Vash didn't want to let go of her. He had never realized how lonely he had felt when she wasn't there. Finally when he released her she was no longer crying. Her eyes were red and puffy and his coat was soaked with tears but he did not care. All he did care about was that she was there.
Meryl was sad that he had stopped. But when she looked into his eyes she could not help but smile. His eyes were looking at her intensely. Finally she found her voice and managed to talk to him again.
"Theres something I need to tell you, something really important, something I should have told you a long time ago..."
Vash didn't let her finish before he was kissing her... her body pressed up against his, breathing in his essence...holding him as he held her.
She didn't know how long they had kissed. It seemed like just seconds when she heard a familiar voice call out "Mr. Vash, Meryl? Is that you?"
Vash broke the kiss as he looked down the alley to see Milly in her construction uniform. He waved at her with one hand while holding Meryl in the other.
"Hello Milly, what you doing?"
Meryl whacked Vash across the head as she yelled, "Let go of me"
He let go of her looking completely confused. "But Meryl...I thought...." He said rubbing his head as Meryl stalked off.
"She's as bitchy as ever isn't she" remarked Vash dogging as Meryl threw a particularly large stone at him.
Milly just smiled and said, "oh don't worry about Meryl...she has been waiting for you day and night since u left."
"Milly!" Meryl yelled angrily as she continued to walk around trying to find a way out of the alley other than going back by Vash, but to her dismay it was a dead end.
"I'm starving!" said Vash as his stomach growled loudly.
"Well then Vash, you can come over to our place and have dinner then!" Milly said smiling at him.
"That sounds great!" he said excitedly. He glanced back at Meryl who was looking worse than ever. He finally noticed how skinny she was and how worn she looked.
"Come on Meryl, let's go eat, you look like you could use some good food!" Milly said noticing where Vash was glancing. Meryl nodded and started to walk towards them but she was swept with a sudden wave of fatigue and she collapsed to the floor.
"Meryl!" Vash shouted as he ran to catch her when she fell.
The next thing she knew Meryl woke up in a bed back in her room. Milly was no where to be found but Vash was sitting next to her bed. She looked out the window to see the stars glittering in the sky. She hadn't been asleep that long. Only a couple of hours.
Quietly Vash said, "Meryl do you feel any better?" He looked extremely weary and sad like he had been crying.
"I'm fine, where's Milly?" Meryl asked as she sat up clutching the blanket shivering.
"She's out downstairs cooking some food," Vash said half reaching out to her.
"No, Mr. Vash I'm right here." Milly said as she brought in a tray of soup.
"Here Meryl drink this up. I told you that you shouldn't work so hard" Milly said as bright and cheerful as always.
"Thanks Milly for everything" Meryl avoided looking at Vash. She didn't know what to say to him anymore. She thought back to that kiss and she began to blush.
"Well I'll leave you alone to rest then, Meryl" Milly said glancing over at Vash who nodded in return. Meryl wondered what they were up to. Vash set the tray on her lap. She quietly drank the soup aware of his worried stare. She wished that he would say something. That he would mention something about why he had been gone so long and what had happened. But she couldn't ask him that. She could barely even look at him. She finished her soup and he set the tray on the table next to the bed. He looked at her seriously.
"Meryl, I'm sorry I was gone so long, I didn't mean to hurt you." he said grabbing hold of her hand. She blushed but just nodded.
He looked at her for a long time then said, "I love you."
Meryl's heart skipped a beat, had he just said....that. ..he loved her? She looked up at him, surprised. But she managed to mumble out, "I love you too" even though she spoke it so quietly he heard her.
He was so happy...now that he knew that she had felt the same way. He had been so worried that she would have already forgotten about him. He reached over and kissed her again and this time he didn't stop......
Vash woke up the next morning happy, with Meryl tucked safe in his arms. He never wanted to let go of her. He fiddled with her dark hair, thinking of how he'd be willing to spend the rest if his life with her. She stirred slightly at his touch but quickly settled closer to him. He thought back to what had happened to Knives and how he had escaped from him again. He had taken Knives somewhere where he could heal him, to take care of him and he had escaped. His job was not over. He knew that eventually he would have to go and find Knives, but for now he just wanted to hold Meryl in his arms, to kiss her, to be with her, just to be in love with her. It was all too good to be true. One day he'd have to leave to go find Knives again. He'd have to someday. He squeezed Meryl tighter against him silently crying.
Meryl woke up tired and achy but happy. She felt Vash's arm around her tighten and spots of wetness drop onto the back of her hair. She turned around to see Vash crying. She quietly kissed his tears away, and comforted him the best she could. They kissed again, she could never tire of kissing him, not in a thousand years.
He smiled at her and whispered in her ear, "Thanks for everything, Meryl" his smile was like a ray of sunshine through a cloud of gray.
She wanted to kiss him again but before she could Milly came bursting into the room carrying a tray. "Meryl? Vash? What's going on....oh" Milly said blushing.
Meryl clutched the sheet against herself and yelled, "Milly!" as Vash dived under the blanket thoroughly embarrassed.
"Well then I'll just leave this here I guess...sorry..." said a very much embarrassed Milly as she set the tray onto the floor and quickly shut the door.
Vash peeked his head above the covers, "is she gone yet?....whew that was embarrassing!"
Meryl whacked him in the head with as much energy as she could muster in her condition.
"It was all your fault!"
"How was it my fault?" Vash asked rubbing his head and moaning.
"You're the one who started it!" Meryl said staring angrily at him.
"Started what?" moaned Vash.
"It!" Meryl looked angry for one second later then she sighed. then hugged him tightly. Her stomach groaned loudly and she blushed.
"I think I know what that means!" he said laughing as he got up to get the tray.
"Get some clothes on before someone else walks in!" Meryl laughed as she threw his pants at him.
Half-dressed they sat in bed eating breakfast. When they had almost finished they heard an anxious knock on the door and Milly entered looking extremely relieved that they were at least partially dressed if not fully.
"How are you feeling today, Meryl, Mr. Vash?"
"Ok" they both said each blushing. The awkward silence was growing longer. Then Vash stood up clad only in loose gray pants. He had been worried that his scars would scare Meryl but she hadn't just only had sympathy for him. He's chest was covered in scars like most of the rest of his body. It was the price he paid for saving lives.
He grabbed his shirt and clothes scattered throughout the room nodded to the girls and left the girls to be on there own.
"I thought I told you to get some rest Meryl!" Milly said scolding her.
Meryl just sighed and laid back down, "I was resting....I just postponed it for a while."
Milly laughed and sat down on the bed next to her. She hugged Meryl and said, "I'm glad you and Vash finally worked it out. I'm happy for you." Milly said smiling but there was something about her smile that ringed false. Suddenly she remembered wolfwood, Milly had been in love with him. and he had just died.......
Six months went by. They were a happy six months for Vash and Meryl. They spent most of their time either talking, or arguing. It was hard to tell which one they did most. Meryl had gotten much better now that Vash was here. She could sleep without nightmares and she was eating again. Altogether it was a happy time for all of them. But there it must always come to an end at some point.
That day Meryl was working in the bar when she felt an arm grab her around the waist. She slammed a cup into his face without realizing that it was Vash. She turned around to see Vash sprawled on the floor, moaning and rubbing his head. She quickly kneeled down beside him,
"I'm so sorry Vash, I thought you were someone else," she said helping him up.
"Essh woman you got a pretty strong arm..." Then he frowned and said, "I need to talk to you, somewhere private."
Meryl nodded and led him into a store room. He told her everything about his battle with knives and how he escaped him once again. and how he needed to find him once again. Meryl started to cry, but she knew in her heart that he would have to go. No matter how much he loved her he needed to do this more than ever. They kissed for the last time.
"How long will you be gone this time," Meryl said as he hugged her tight.
"At most a year." he said he eyes so sad.
"Oh" Meryl said not wanting him to leave, not wanting to wait that long again, but she would wait that long if she had too. She would wait forever. Finally he let go of her, "I have to go now....I love you"
Later that night Meryl lay crying in her bed. Milly found her like that and rushed over to hold her.
"What's wrong Meryl?" she asked concerned.
"Its....Vash...he....left....and I couldn't even tell him."
"Tell him what Meryl?" Meryl cried even harder, "That I'm pregnant."