There she met him
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.
Hitomi felt as if her whole world was falling apart. As she walked, tears shimmered in her eyes threatening to fall with emotion. "Why did I.. I kiss Allen?" Hitomi asked herself above a whisper. There she was again, walking with no direction. She didn't care where she was going, her heart felt broken and all she could see in her mind, was the hurt expression on Van's face.
Just then, she reached a fork in the road. She shivered as the rain still pelted against her back. "Where am I?" Hitomi asked. She reached in her pocket and pulled out a lighter. "Might as well find out." she said and the light from the lighter illuminated the wooden sign that was hammered into the mud. One of the roads led back to Pallas, where Allen and the others lived. The other, well, the words were smudged out.
A grim smile formed on Hitomi's face. She had already decided which way to go.
"why bother going back when all your going to have to face, is your problems?" Hitomi asked herself. She put the lighter back into her pocket and turned away from the road that lead to Pallas. She began making her way down this new, unfamiliar road. Yet, it seemed to welcoming, so warm.
-Van's POV-
He had stopped running and bent over to catch his breath. He turned around hoping to catch a shadow of Hitomi, coming after him. He saw none.
A sob caught up in his throat and he choked on his tears, slowly sitting down on the wet, murky grass. The rain still showed no signs of letting up, pelting on Van's already drenched clothing. Then, he looked up. He saw a small light twinkling in the distance.
A sense of joy rose up in his chest and he stood up quickly, shaking off all the water.
He began walking at a brisk pace towards that light, never stopping. He knew he'd find comfort there.
-Hitomi-
She had walked about a few minutes down that new road when ahead of her, she saw a small light, twinkling in the distance.
It may of been small, but it gave Hitomi a new hope to go on ahead.
"Maybe I'll find some comfort there." Hitomi was tired, she needed a rest.
She quickened her pace and she began running, then sprinting towards that light.
She reached that light and smiled. The small light was a lantern, hanging off a hook next to the door of a small hut. The hut looked very rustic, and some flowers were growing all around the hut. It drew Hitomi in. She opened the creaky door and let herself in.
"is..is anyone in here?" She stepped cautiously into the kitchen and said "Hello?" All she heard was an echo of her own voice. She began exploring, quietly opening doors and looking in cuboards. The hut was empty, it almost seemed like it was waiting for her. She opened another door and found the room to be quite pleasent. There was a single bed, and a small coffee table next to it. Soft, clean linen was spread out on the bed. Hitomi let out a little experated gasp of happiness and sprawled out on the bed, drawing the covers all around her. She removed her outer clothes and hung them on the edge of the coffee table. In moments, she was asleep.
The next morning, she awoke, refreshed from the soft bed.
She could hear birds, chirping sweetly outside and the tantilizing aroma of flowers seeped into the room. Hitomi stretched and pulled on her now dry clothing. The soft lilthing sunshine shone into the room giving Hitomi a happy feeling. She began humming a little melody under her breath as she tied the last bow on her clothes into place.
Suddenly, she could smell tea brewing downstaires in the kitchen. "MMmmmm..." She inhaled the welcoming sensation as she began making her way slowly down the staircase. Finally she reached the kitchen door, she opened it and gasped.
The person that was making tea turned around too.
It was a face she reconized all too well. A feeling of surprise, joy, and pain surged through her and Hitomi sank into a chair, her eyes never leaving that persons.
That person ran his fingers through his raven hair as a soft breeze came in from the window and brushed by his red cotton shirt. He took one step closer to the girl sitting, and whispered, "Hitomi..."
Author's note: i'm sure you all can guess who Hitomi saw in the kitchen! i don't know why i wrote this chpt, but I think i needed to connect how they meet up again! so please, R/R!
