Emerald Tears
"Princess! Why?" He said with pain etched in his voice. Princess Cerli caressed Van's cheek lightly with the last ounce of strength she had in her body. "Van, I.. I.." She tried to say as her body went limp. "Van... I did it because.." She whispered quietly. Tears poured down Van's face. He leaned closer to her lips so he could hear her better. "I did it because I love you Van." She whispered as the words died on her lips. She was dead.
Van nodded as he kissed the Princess once more on the cheek. He laid her down on the bed and crossed her arms on her chest, he picked up the rose. the first rose he had given to her. It was perfectly dried and kept. He slipped it between her fingers and whispered "Good bye Princess." He sifted his fingers through her long white blond hair, and he caressed her cheek gently. Hitomi walked forward as a tear slipped down her cheek. Van turned and saw Hitomi, still standing there. A surge of feelings rippled through his body. "Hitomi... " Hitomi rushed forward and buried herself in his arms. "You still love me?" Hitomi said overcome with emotion. Van nodded and leaned forward to kiss Hitomi. Suddenly, without warning, a flash of rememberance of Hitomi kissing Allen flipped through Van's head. He pushed Hitomi aside and ran out of the room. Hitomi ran after him. She found him in the fields kneeling down and gazing into the indigo blue sky. "Van... I.." Van turned around and looked at Hitomi with sadness. "You don't love me. You slept with Allen, you... you love him." Hitomi shook her head. "After you left I knew I didn't love him. I just wanted love." She took his hand. "Your love." Tears raced down Van's cheeks and splashed onto the ground. "It took me this long to realize it." Hitomi said her tears welling up inside of her. Van stood up thinking. "But you didn't have to sleep with him. That changes everything. It may of happened fast. but it changes things between us." Van said turning his back to her. Hitomi jumped up and touched Van's shoulder, and withdrew it when he flinched. "Van!" She said quickly. "It was the worst mistake I ever could of done. I... I wanted love so badly, and Allen was conforting me. I didn't... mean.." Van whipped around and starred with firey eyes at Hitomi. "How can you even say that?" He spat with anger in his voice. "You can't sleep with someone, a most intimate experiance and just say you didn't mean it and expect me to forgive. I...I love you but I can't." Hitomi took one step back and shook her head. "I know I can't make everything better, and you don't know how much it hurt me, after I realized that I had given Allen my virginity, but I didn't love him. You just don't know." She said emotionally and pushed a lock of her hair back slowly. Van looked at her with longing but quickly said "Hitomi, I..." Hitomi placed a finger apon his lips. "Van, all I can say is that i'm sorry, and if you think that i'm a slut and i'm not good enough for you then i'm sorry. You don't know how much I want to kill myself right now, but I can't because I love you too much to die. I..." Hitomi shook her hand in midair, but stopped with Van caught her wrist. "Hitomi, you're the first one to say you love but didn't want to die. I don't want to be unfair to Princess Cerli's memory, but Hitomi, I knew I loved you from the first time I met you. I never stopped loving you." He said that and a sweet smile spread across his face. Hitomi's eyes lit up in relief and Van swept her into his arms. Their lips met and the kiss seemed to go on forever. Van broke away from the kiss and whispered "I love you Hitomi." Hitomi slipped her hands around his back and opened her eyes. Van had never felt more contented as he gazed into those Emerald eyes he loved so much.
THE END!
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Well *sniff* i hope you all liked it! It was 8 chpts long, but i enjoyed writing it so please review! I wanna hear your feedback. H/V fics are sooo sweet to write. Please be gentle though, it's my first real fic. thnx!
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