Hi guys! I know. Updating the next day? Well I have a perfectly good excuse!

Number 1- I felt bad for having such a huge cliffhanger and have now decided to update after cliffhanger ASAP.

Number 2- I am sick. I can't leave my bedroom. So this morning I was sitting in bed bored out of my mind and I said "Why not update!"

So here's the chapter. I had a fever at the time so be lenient and enjoy!

Chapter 3: Worries Confirmed

"No, no, no, no, no, this isn't happening again! My life isn't crumbling again! It's all a dream. My family's alive and Van isn't engaged. It can't be real. It can't for my sanity."

People were already starting to stare at Hitomi during her minor breakdown so she decided she needed to get out and went out on the closest balcony. She could barely close the doors behind her before she burst out into tears.

"Why me, I thought coming here would get me better and more stable. Who was I kidding? Van was happy while I was gone! I mean he rebuilt everything, he's engaged to a gorgeous girl. I mean everyone but me had moved on! Why can't I just end it all now?"

"Because I'd miss you."

She turned around to meet those same cinnamon red eyes that held so much sadness, guilt and regret.

"What about Princess Sakura?"

"Hitomi...I didn't have a choice. I really tried to wait until you came back. But my advisors demanded I find a queen and if I didn't they would. That's when we lost our connection. I spent the next few months trying to find another way to get the connection back but it didn't work. So they kept their end of the bargain. My advisors picked "the woman that is most suited to help me lead Fanelia." They also drew up a binding contract that can't be broken or Molinera would stop being our ally. They might even declare war. So I am betrothed to Princess Sakura. And I'm in a position which keeps me from breaking off the marriage."

"O why didn't you just tell me from the beginning, Van?"

"I was scared you wouldn't stay anymore if I told you and I didn't want you to leave me again."

"But Van, we still can't be together, so what's the point?"

"Hitomi.."

"No more!! I can't take anymore heartbreak! I just hope you're happy with her. I mean she's pretty and probably knows much more about Gaea and its resources then I ever will and has been bred to be the perfect wife. I know you'll be happy with her and I'll just be the girl who was there a few years ago that once loved you everyday and still hoped you loved her back."

She then ran straight to her room and told Hikari she didn't want anyone coming to see her tonight. Not even the king. But of course Hikari knew what had happened so no questions were asked. There was just a simple nod and "Yes, My Lady." She made sure no one entered Lady Hitomi's chambers that evening and listened to her sob uncontrollably for hours.

"I can't do this anymore. I can't. I watched my family crumble. I don't think I can stand to watch him marry her. I've been through enough. My heart can't take anymore. I need to end this, I need end this now."

Granted what she planned some might think was drastic, but she couldn't take it. She took out a piece of paper and a quill and ink out of her stationary and wrote a note addressed to "Lord Van" explaining what she was going to do and left it on her night table. She then went and told Hikari that she could start letting people see her now, knowing Van would be waiting right outside her door.

The next thing she did was what she thought would be the last. She opened the doors to her balcony, climbed over the railing, and took a few moments to think her last thoughts and take her last breathe.

But while Hitomi was doing this Hikari came into her room:

"My Lady, King Van is here to see you. My Lady..?"

She then spotted the note.

"Lord Van, there seems to be a note for you on Lady Hitomi's table."

Fear already gripping his heart he came in and grabbed the note and silently read it his fears being confirmed with each word he read. It said:

Dear Lord Van,

Please realize that I never meant to hurt you and that I wish you all the best things in the world. But after all I've been through these past few years I can't, I can't sit back and watch you marry her. I've gone through too much heartbreak and my eyes are tired of shedding tears. I know you'll be happy with her. Goodbye, I love you.

-Hitomi

As soon as he finished that note he ran to the balcony, just in time to see her jump.

Yes, another cliffhanger. I'm sorry. I think I like keeping people on edge too much. I am also sorry to say that most of my endings to chapter stories are cliffhangers.

BUT more then one review quesioned whether this is a VxH fanfic.

Okay just to make this clear:

This is a VxH fanfic! But I don't like making things easy. There bumps and turns and don't worry too much about Sakura. You'll see what I do with her.

Basically there will be twists but in the end it will be fine. So just stay with me, keep reading and wait and see what I can come up with.

And don't hate me for all I'm doing to Hitomi:-(

Well hope you liked it. Remember to Review!!!!

Kyo's Querida

P.S- Van and Hitomi are the greatest couple ever!! I would never ever do anything but a VxH fanfic.