~*A/N: 01/04/02- Hey everyone! happy New year! Sigh..I'm late with my updates... again. Sorry about that! how about I post a chapter!!! *people scream: YAY! Story time!* Enjoy!*~
Love is Forever
Chapter 3: Alone
Hitomi awoke the next morning, after crying her eyes out yet again. She didn't even bother looking into the mirror- she knew what sight would behold her: red, puffy eyes, a puffy nose, overall a puffy face. But, all the same, she did have to go to school so she had better clean up.
After washing her face, or rather dousing her head in ice-cold water, she did admit, she felt much better. Hitomi went downstairs to the kitchen to fix herself a quick breakfast before Yukari arrived to walk with her to school. School... A place Hitomi had come to greatly dislike. When Hitomi returned, people were always whispering behind her back, as if they thought she was deaf or something and couldn't hear them.
I heard she was abducted by
aliens...
ha, don't you notice how weird she's acting? I bet she IS an alien now!
Just the thought of that made Hitomi's face get red with anger again, but Yukari rang the doorbell, and she sighed... another day, another round of torture... without Van.
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Hitomi was in her 4th period class, thank god, the last class of the day. She quickly glanced at her watch, it seemed like she had already been her forever.... 2:00pm. damn... she still had another half-hour to go. She turned her attention back to the front of the class, where Mr. Yamatoshi was explaining some scientific figures. All of a sudden, he turned into... FOLKEN?! The rest of the scenery turned black, so now it was only her and Folken that were visible.
"F-Folken? What are you... doing here?" Folken smiled kindly at her, with his white wings stretched out behind him.
"I've come to warn you... you will be going back to Gaea soon." Hitomi couldn't believe her ears.
"That's great news! How can that be bad?" I'll finally be able to see Van! However, Folken's expression changed.
"You must not get attached to Van. That's all I can say." at the mention of not being able to be with Van, Hitomi's face fell.
"Don't get attached to Van?...but.." Folken cut her off.
"I know... you have feelings for him. But this is critical! Do you understand Hitomi? Please, I am doing this for your safety... and Van's." Folken sadly explained. Hitomi nodded her head glumly.
"thank you, Hitomi. Believe me, this is for the better." With that, the classroom turned back to normal, but this time, everyone was looking at her.
"What?" Hitomi crossly asked. Why are they all staring at me?!
"Hey Kanzaki, are you gonna try to get into our heads by staring straight without blinking? Trying to use human knowledge to bring back to your alien colony?" A classmate jeered, and a few people snickered. Hitomi stared down at her desk.
"Ms. Kanzaki, what was going on? I called your named and all you did was stare ahead." he probably thinks I'm an alien too...
"nothing sensei..." Hitomi mumbled, trying not to let the tears fall, as people were laughing again. After that, when the bell rang, Hitomi practically ran out of the school and took the train home without waiting for Yukari.
About an hour or two later, Hitomi got a phone call... it was Yukari.
"Hitomi, where were you?! You didn't wait for me?" Hitomi held the phone away from her ear, because Yukari was yelling.
"Look alright, maybe you would do the same if everyday everyone is making fun of you, saying you're an alien and maybe you would like to die everyday?" Hitomi hotly answered back.
"yeah, well if maybe you didn't act so weird, people wouldn't think like that! Or have you maybe even thought about telling people about what happened?" Yukari had been trying to get Hitomi to tell her about what happened ever since Hitomi got back, but she refused to tell.
"These people would NEVER understand! All they'd do is make more fun of me, and then direct me to a shrink!" Hitomi yelled. She couldn't believe the way she was reacting... she'd never yelled that much at Yukari before.
"They wouldn't understand? not even me?! I'm supposed to be your best friend! You're so lucky you even HAVE a friend, with the way you're acting!" That comment really just confirmed what Hitomi thought all along.
"Oh, so you admit it then? You think I am crazy, just like everyone else? well, some friend you are!" Hitomi yelled in between sobs and slammed down the phone.
"great... so now I have no one to turn to. I'm.. all alone." Hitomi slumped to the floor, curled up in a little ball crying now for everything in the world she had lost. Van! Van!! Please talk to me! I'm so alone... I miss you! I wish I had never left...please Van, don't shut me out just like everyone else... you're not like anyone I've ever met... you're so much better than the rest of them... they don't know what it's like to be alone...
~* A/N: aww... that was pretty mean of me to write that... but hey! it's part of the story, so deal w/ it! LOL... Please R&R!!! ~Feathers of the wind~*
