Hitomi and Van- Fateful Destiny
Chapter 4: Wedding Preparations
The next day, Allen
returned from Freid to Fanelia, and wished to speak with Van. Since Allen was a
Heavenly Knight of Austuria, the guards allowed him to go straight into the
King's chambers. One thing they had not known, was that Hitomi now slept there
as well. (No you hentai freaks out there, they're not DOING anything!) When
Allen stepped in, he almost fainted. Hitomi was in the room...sleeping...with
Van.
"Perhaps I should come back
later..." Allen thought to himself quickly blushing a light shade of red,
softly closing the door as he left.
When the King and
almost-queen walked into the breakfast hall, they were happily surprised to see
Allen.
"Allen! What a surprise!"
Hitomi greeted him cheerfully. Allen smiled, then bowed before her.
"A-Allen... what are you...?" Hitomi was afraid that Allen was going
to propose to her again.
Allen got up and said," I'm
supposed to bow before a Queen." smiling slightly, he loved to see the
looks of surprise upon Van and Hitomi's faces.
"Allen... how did you
know?" Van asked, wondering if maybe the council had told Allen, though he
really wanted to tell Allen himself.
"Besides the fact that she's
wearing a ring, AND both of you HAPPENED to come down late at the same time,
I... well to be honest, I was going to speak to you earlier this morning, but
since I saw you two sleeping, I decided to talk with you later." Allen
sheepishly answered.
Both Hitomi and Van were blushing,
trying best to avoid the evil stares they were getting from the council. Hitomi
slept in Van's room, much to their objections, but van assured them they
wouldn't DO anything. Although Allen was a close friend, some things are just
meant to be left private. However, Allen just wasn't done babbling yet.
"And I figured, 'Van wouldn't
sleep with anyone but Hitomi... and there she is.' It just made sense, did it
not?" Allen asked smiling.
Van and Hitomi just nodded, as they
once again were getting the 'look' from the council. Hitomi and Van just gave
Allen a look that said "Shut up!" Thankfully, Allen understood, and
said no more.
"Allen, you came back to
Fanelia at just the right time. Hitomi and I are getting married in a month's
time, and I'd like you to be my Best Man." Van half ordered, half asked.
Allen was happy to be part of such a
joyous occasion of his friend, so he accepted. Just then, Hitomi remembered
Merle.
"Allen... did you happen to see
Merle anywhere today? I need to ask her something." Allen thought for a few
moments, then told Hitomi he'd seen Merle in the gardens. Hitomi excused
herself, then ran outside, and sure enough found Merle admiring the roses.
"Merle?" Hitomi asked.
"Hitomi! When's the
wedding?" Merle asked happily. She of course was a little sad that Van did
feel that way about her, but if anyone was going to get married to Lord Van, she
was glad it was Hitomi.
"It's in about a month...could
I ask a really big favor of you? Will you be my bridesmaid? For the
wedding?" Hitomi hoped that Merle would say yes.
"OF COURSE! I'd be glad to! I'm
so glad that you and Lord Van are getting married. If you ask me, I say you two
should have gotten married L-O-N-G time ago!" Merle laughed.
"Y-you do?" Hitomi was
really curious if she had made the right choice of going back to earth. 'Never
mind that now... you're here. Van loves you and you love him.' Hitomi's
subconscious scolded her.
"Yes. And it's a good thing
Lord Van rejected those other princesses the second he saw them! He was pestered
by his advisors, but he always said: 'I know she will come back to me...
someday.' By the way, the 'she' is you!" Merle added. Hitomi laughed
lightly, just loving Merle's sense of humor. She knew that Van and Merle would
never betray or abandon her, as she would never them. She felt so lucky to
have faithful friends in her life.
"And besides...there's no I'd
even let anyone else marry Lord Van." Merle continued.
"Why's that, Merle?"
Hitomi slyly asked.
"A few weeks after you'd left,
all these dumb phony princesses tried to act just like you! You know, fainting a
lot...having 'visions'. Luckily, Van saw right through these stupid girls, and
just let them faint to the floor instead of catching them, like he did for you.
Hee hee... You know. They were trying to get close to him, but I scared them
away for you! Van once asked me why I threatened to rip a girls eyes out, but I
said:' You're already taken Lord Van! Hitomi, remember?!'" Hitomi laughed
and gave Merle a hug. "come on, Merle! Let's go in." She said, leading
Merle inside to where Van and Allen were discussing wedding preparations.
~*A/N: Okee.... another rather short
chapter... Please don't hate/kill me! I had to cut there, otherwise I'd be
interfering with the upcoming plot of the next chapter. Until I get to write
that chapter out, I hope you like the story so far!
