fond memories
"Van, please don't go!" Hitomi cried pulling away from Allen. Suddenly, Van flew up into the sky, spreading his wings from his back. Tears fell down his face like the rain that had just stopped. "Hitomi..." He whispered, the white feathers drifting down to where Hitomi stood.
Allen laid his hands gently on Hitomi's shoulders and whispered "Hitomi, ignore him. There's only you and me." Hitomi turned back to him, confusion flashing in her emerald eyes. "No! Allen! what are you saying?" She pulled away from him and ran off into the streets, trying to find Van.
-Van-
He soared through the sky, sadness adorning his features.
he flew until his wings were tired and he withdrew them and landed in the middle of a grassy field. the dew that appeared after the rainstorm twinkled on the blades of grass. He wiped angrilly at his eyes as tears began shimmering in them again.
"Hitomi liked Allen all along." He muttered miserably. "I was a fool to even think that she would like me." Suddenly, a vision of Hitomi kissing Allen flashed through his mind.
"Nooooo!" Van yelled in angst. He yanked Hitomi's pendant from his neck breaking the chain it was on, and threw it on the ground. Then he remembered the time that Hitomi gave her pendant to him.
-flashback-
"Van..." Hitomi said tentively putting one hand on Van's shoulder.
"Yeah?" Van said turning around. For a second, the dark brown eyes looked into the emerald green ones. They were only inches apart.
"umm..." Hitomi said blushing furiously and took a step back. "I..."
"yeah?" Van asked feeling his own cheeks flaming.
"I think.." Hitomi paused to brush her hair over her ear. "Don't you think escaflowne's jewel and my pendant look alike?" Van nodded and smiled at Hitomi.
"You really notice things Hitomi! That.. that makes you really special!" Hitomi smiled.
"Thanks Van. Well, I thought if you don't mind, i'd like to give my pendant to you." When she saw Van's eyes light up, she quickly added "well...
because it might help you." She extended her hand out with the pendant looped through her fingers. When her hand connected with Van's, he felt a slight spark, from Hitomi's fingers to his. They jumped slightly, then laughed.
"Sorry," Hitomi said laughing nervously. "I must of got a little static." Van nodded.
"Here, let me help you." Hitomi said when she saw Van struggling to open the clasp. She reached around Van's neck to work on the clasp, and Van could feel her soft, steady breath on his neck.
"There." Hitomi said finally and took a step back. "Thank you Hitomi... I'll keep it safe forever." Van whispered, smiling gently at Hitomi.
-end of flashback-
"Oh Hitomi..." Van whispered, his eyes glassing over at the thought of her, so close to him. Suddenly, he remembered the pendant on the ground. He lept quickly to the ground and gathered up the pieces, cradling it in his hands. "No..." he muttered fretfully running his fingers repeatedly over the broken chain. "what have I done?"
He sat down on a rock, and tried to undo what he had done. "oh no!" Van said pulling the chain out of the tearshaped glass. The glass was unbroken, but the chain was shattered. A single tear shimmered in Van's eyes. "I told her i'd keep it safe.
"Van!" a voice echoed through the fields where Van was sitting, reminising. "Van..." Hitomi yelled when she reached the boy with the raven hair. The boy just sat there, oblivious to the girl standing behind him. All of a sudden, he spun around, and looked her right in the eye.
"Hitomi, you... you..." Suddenly, as if something cold closed over his heart, Van turned around still with his back to Hitomi. His voice wavered as he spoke. "Hitomi, I think that you should just go back to Allen." With that, Van started running, away from Hitomi, away from those memories.
end of chpt 2
