Note: HI all! Wow, I can't believe I updated too long!!!!! Anyway, here is another chapter of that sad story and we last left off with Vahn, after four years, finally appears into Noa's bedroom. No no, nothing sexual happened there, but Vahn does have to explain some things doesn't he?
Chapter 5 - Red with love and Green with envy
He sat, watching her innocent form underneath the light. He stroked her cinnamon coloured hair and smelled fresh strawberries from her tresses. There were times that he wished he had come to her sooner, but many things just enabled him to do so. It was time for him to explain everything to her, but not this early in the morning. All he wishes to do now is stare at her until the sun peeks out from the mountains and until the light shines upon her beautiful features and find the truth that he was not dreaming. He watched her stir in her sleep, her head moving from left to right and moaning. She lifted her arms up in a stretch and smiled, while her eyes were closed in slumber. He reached out to curl a strand of hair behind her ear and kissed her lips softly.
"I missed you so much, Noa," he whispered to her. He placed his hand back on top of her head and began a backward stroke on her hair. He paused and turned his eyes away from her, towards the window where he could see the beautiful view of the ocean. "I have so many things to say, but I don't know where to begin."
"There is nothing to tell anymore, Vahn," came a woman's voice. Vahn turned his head towards the source and found Noa sitting up from bed. Her form seemed to glow, making her more like the Goddess he was unable to touch. She cupped his face with her hand and smiled. "I am just glad that you are here with me. I am no longer alone."
Vahn placed a hand on her own and kissed her palm gently with his lips. He wanted her for so long and wished for her everyday. Despite her wishes for him not to speak, he went on anyway. He told her that three years did he spend on trying to find himself. When he had fallen out of that tree all those years ago, he had lost his memory. He had just gotten up and left, while Gala and the others were desperately searching for him. He did not know who he was, so he traveled vast wastelands and mountains and hills to find who he really was. Eventually, he found himself at someone's doorstep. To her words, she explained that they were childhood friends and were partly close with each other, until that night when the Ra-Seru arrived at their front door.
Noa flinched at the mention of Mei's name, but listened on intently to his story. She listened to him speak about finding himself back at the place where he started from. When hearing about the place from Mei, he immediately journeyed to Biron Monastery, the first place that brought a memory into Vahn's mind. He remembered a young woman with fiery red mane and told Gala about it, whom he just knew as a monk then. However, Vahn did not tell the tall monk anything about the kiss he gave the young woman.
Noa blushed as he mentioned these to her and continued to listen, however, Vahn had stopped there and said nothing more. She looked up from her thoughts and stared into Vahn's eyes. "Why have you stopped?" she asked.
Vahn took a deep breath. "I feel that it is not that important to go on anymore. I have finally found you, Noa." He reached out the cupped his hand on her face, and then leaned over to give her a kiss on the lips. Noa kissed him back, all the sadness in her heart quickly fading away. The blue haired man was the one who pulled away from their kiss first and rested his head against hers. "For years I thought of you."
"And I you," she whispered. She leaned over once more and pressed her lips softly against his.
Never again will he leaver her side. He was a man true to his word.
'Who are you?' a voice spoke in his head. 'You're not him!'
'Of course I'm not. I'm no longer him anymore.'
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She woke up with the sound of a knock on the door. There were many things she wanted to ask Vahn. If he had gone to Biron Monastery, why is it that Gala never told her that he was alive? He could have found a way to inform her that Vahn had come to their monastery. Her and Gala were still very close and what about Mei? Why has Mei not told her that Vahn was back?
Noa sighed, grabbing her brush from her dresser and brushing the soft, white bristles through her long, amber hair. Ever since she fled that awful night Vahn was declared dead, Noa journeyed thousands of miles with her brother in her arms, only to find herself in Rim Elm. Mei took care of her and soon, the two became really close friends. They stayed in Rim Elm with Mei, Maya and Vahn's sister. Vahn's father had died a year after Noa appeared at the front steps of his home, holding a baby in her arms. Val had found out about his boy's death, immediately had a stroke and died of sadness. Maya and Mei, along with Noa and Cort, then took in Nene. It was that time that Noa became really close to everyone, especially to Mei, whom she shared the same affections with the same man. When Cort turned one, Noa told everyone in her 'family' that she had to leave. She did not want to risk anyone's lives if anyone were to come after Cort and try to kill him. After remembering about the man who raided through the Biron Monastery, Noa decided it was time to go. Mei promised that she would inform her of anything that and Noa, in return, would do the same. They wrote letters to each other, which makes Noa wonder why Mei never wrote about Vahn's return if the blue haired man found himself at the front doors of Rim Elm.
Noa closed her eyes, shaking her head out of those doubts in her mind and was startled to hear a moan from somewhere. She turned around quickly and found Vahn stretching his arms up. His eyes were just opening when she put the brush back down on the dresser. He smiled at her and sat up from bed fully clothes (don't get ideas in your head now).
"Ohayo, Noa-san," Vahn spoke, getting up from bed.
Noa turned and smiled. "Ohayo. I just came back up here to brush my hair. I made breakfast, want some?"
Vahn stretched again and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her on the lips softly.. "Hai! I would like to know how good you are of a cook." He gazed into her emerald eyes.
Noa giggled. Despite the unsure feeling in her heart, she kissed him back and slapped him playfully on the arm. "I am a good cook!" she replied, removing herself from his wrap of embrace. She turned and walked away, followed by a pouting Vahn.
'He sure has changed a lot,' she thought to herself. Vahn barely spoke to her all those years ago. He was a silent, yet charming type of hero who never gave up on anything. He ate more and spoke less. He liked the company of his friends and so did she. She never wanted to be alone. All those years Vahn had been absent, she felt empty in her heart. She broke away from the world and isolated herself from everyone, even to her own brother. Noa took one last step off the stairs, the smell of sizzling bacon tickling her nose and went to the kitchen. She was shocked to find little four-year-old Cort doing the job for her, flipping the bacons on other sides. Noa immediately took the spatula away from him and shook her head in concern.
"Cort! It's very dangerous doing this. You're still too young to cook anything that could burn your skin!" She was angry, worried for the health and well being of her little brother. Cort looked up, teary-eyed and that was when Noa regretted yelling at him. She kneeled down to his eye level and wrapped her arms around him for an embrace. "I'm sorry, Cort. I was just worried about you. I didn't want you to burn your skin and hurt yourself, you understand?" She looked into his eyes. When she received a nod from him, she stood up, ruffled her hair and told him to go sit beside Vahn, who had already seated himself on a chair, farthest away from the kitchen door. Noa turned towards the stove and began to scoop out the last three bacon sizzling, then placed them on an empty plate. She reached up and was ready to turn off the stove, when a knock on the door interrupted her.
Forgetting the oven was on, Noa went to the door to answer it. Realizing that it was on, Vahn stood up and turned off the stove with ease. He sat back down on his spot and began to put food on Cort's plate. They said nothing to each other, for Vahn still felt very unsure of the little boy sitting before him.
'So, this is the boy he was talking about,' he thought. 'The young child, Cort. This is interesting.' A soft chuckle escaped his lips.
Cort watched him intently. Although he was still very young, he was aware of everything around him. He forked his bacon and took a bite out of it, continuing to stare at the man sitting in front of him. Vahn, however, was not aware of it all, as the man watched the young woman he loved answer the door.
The red haired woman opened the door slowly, her eyes widening in surprised as to who it was standing there. "Mei!" she gasped.
Mei smiled, waving her hand in greeting. "Ohayo, Noa-san!" She pointed her fingers at the basket she was holding, tapping the handle of the whicker basket and brightened. "I just came by to drop this off." Without warning, the green haired girl entered the house. It was natural for Mei to just go inside the home, because she and Noa were very close. Every morning she visited Noa, but the red haired woman was never aware what days she could come. The older woman would show up unexpectedly.
When Mei turned the corner, she was startled to notice a blue haired man, whom she has never seen in a long time sitting on the table near Cort. Mei's eyes widened. She glanced at Noa in confusion, who was now standing beside her. "Wha-?" She looked back at the man. "Vahn?"
Vahn stood up and smiled, waving his hand slowly. 'Oh no...' he thought. "Hi, Mei. What are you doing here?" He walked over to her and smiled again.
Noa watched as Mei wrapped her arms around him for an embrace. Fortunately, Mei was the first one to remove her from him as she looked into his eyes. "I thought you were-?"
"Dead?" Vahn spoke, finishing the sentence for her. "How can I be when I came over to Rim Elm to see you?"
Mei nodded, glancing at Noa with a questionable gaze. She turned her attention back to Vahn. "How-? What??" She was speechless. She didn't know what to think. For years, she has wished Vahn came back and for years, she regretted not telling him how she felt. Despite the eagerness to do so, she felt it was far too late. He had Noa's heart and Noa had his. She shook her thoughts mentally out of her head and continued to gaze into Vahn's eyes. Something was different about him.
Noa looked at him. Many questions ran in her mind. Vahn had mentioned that he came over to Rim Elm, meeting Mei there. There was something odd going on here, she thought morally in her head. Why is it that Mei was confused when he said that? Does she have a short-term memory or did something happen between them that Mei refuses to mention? In fact, Noa knew of Mei's feelings towards Vahn one fateful night when they were lying awake in bed, talking with each other. She was unsure then whether Vahn returned the same affection towards her. At that point, two women were in love with one man. Noa felt a strange jealousy overcome her when Mei told her of her feelings.
All was suddenly silent in the house. Noa watched as Mei gazed into Vahn's eyes, the same eyes that Noa saw when the woman daydreamed about him. Her jealousy was still there, despite her closeness with Mei and her heart lurched when they stood staring at each other like that.
The silence was suddenly broken when Cort's little voice boomed in the air. "Noa?" he called, feeling a little worried for his older sister.
Noa looked at Cort's direction and smiled. "Yes?" she answered.
Cort glanced at Mei, Vahn and lastly, Noa. He frowned and pointed to the seat next to him. "Are we gonna eat breakfast?"
Noa blinked, before realizing that they have been standing there for a couple of minutes now, while Cort watched them from the table. The red haired woman hid her disappointment and did the best thing she could to hide it.... The one thing that feared her the most. "Would you like to stay for breakfast?" she asked Mei, interrupting the silence.
Mei looked her way and smiled, shaking her head to Noa's relief. Don't get her wrong, Noa dearly cared for Mei as a good friend, they have been close ever since Vahn was thought to be dead, but Noa preferred to be alone with Vahn for once. She missed him dearly.
The green haired woman seemed to have noticed her disapproval if she stayed. She knew Noa had feelings for Vahn, but sometimes, she had the temptation to stay and chat for a while and see how Vahn was doing.
"Are you sure, Mei? I mean, we have enough for all of us here," Vahn spoke. Noa glanced at him, but said nothing. It was clear to her now that Vahn had feelings for Mei for a very long time, but it just quickly shifted to her, because Vahn, as kind as he was, spent his entire time protecting Cort and herself.
Vahn smiled. 'Two women in one day,' he thought.
Mei glanced back at Noa. "Um...."
Sighing quietly, Noa smiled and nodded. "Yeah, Vahn is right. We have enough for everyone. Why don't you stay for a while?" She said nothing after that, all the thoughts of jealousy and envy clouding her mind. Maybe if she dyed her hair green, she'll look more like Mei. Maybe Vahn would like her then..............?
GoodGurl: Heh heh, sorry for the long wait. I've been SOOOOOOOO Busy! Well, okay not THAT busy, but I didn't feel like writing too much and I didn't have any ideas. Here it is anyway!!!!!!!!!!! Hm....... Is Vahn really Vahn? What are those thoughts in his head? Sounds like Vahn's being naughty... heh heh! Who is that voice speaking in Vahn's head????
Chapter 5 - Red with love and Green with envy
He sat, watching her innocent form underneath the light. He stroked her cinnamon coloured hair and smelled fresh strawberries from her tresses. There were times that he wished he had come to her sooner, but many things just enabled him to do so. It was time for him to explain everything to her, but not this early in the morning. All he wishes to do now is stare at her until the sun peeks out from the mountains and until the light shines upon her beautiful features and find the truth that he was not dreaming. He watched her stir in her sleep, her head moving from left to right and moaning. She lifted her arms up in a stretch and smiled, while her eyes were closed in slumber. He reached out to curl a strand of hair behind her ear and kissed her lips softly.
"I missed you so much, Noa," he whispered to her. He placed his hand back on top of her head and began a backward stroke on her hair. He paused and turned his eyes away from her, towards the window where he could see the beautiful view of the ocean. "I have so many things to say, but I don't know where to begin."
"There is nothing to tell anymore, Vahn," came a woman's voice. Vahn turned his head towards the source and found Noa sitting up from bed. Her form seemed to glow, making her more like the Goddess he was unable to touch. She cupped his face with her hand and smiled. "I am just glad that you are here with me. I am no longer alone."
Vahn placed a hand on her own and kissed her palm gently with his lips. He wanted her for so long and wished for her everyday. Despite her wishes for him not to speak, he went on anyway. He told her that three years did he spend on trying to find himself. When he had fallen out of that tree all those years ago, he had lost his memory. He had just gotten up and left, while Gala and the others were desperately searching for him. He did not know who he was, so he traveled vast wastelands and mountains and hills to find who he really was. Eventually, he found himself at someone's doorstep. To her words, she explained that they were childhood friends and were partly close with each other, until that night when the Ra-Seru arrived at their front door.
Noa flinched at the mention of Mei's name, but listened on intently to his story. She listened to him speak about finding himself back at the place where he started from. When hearing about the place from Mei, he immediately journeyed to Biron Monastery, the first place that brought a memory into Vahn's mind. He remembered a young woman with fiery red mane and told Gala about it, whom he just knew as a monk then. However, Vahn did not tell the tall monk anything about the kiss he gave the young woman.
Noa blushed as he mentioned these to her and continued to listen, however, Vahn had stopped there and said nothing more. She looked up from her thoughts and stared into Vahn's eyes. "Why have you stopped?" she asked.
Vahn took a deep breath. "I feel that it is not that important to go on anymore. I have finally found you, Noa." He reached out the cupped his hand on her face, and then leaned over to give her a kiss on the lips. Noa kissed him back, all the sadness in her heart quickly fading away. The blue haired man was the one who pulled away from their kiss first and rested his head against hers. "For years I thought of you."
"And I you," she whispered. She leaned over once more and pressed her lips softly against his.
Never again will he leaver her side. He was a man true to his word.
'Who are you?' a voice spoke in his head. 'You're not him!'
'Of course I'm not. I'm no longer him anymore.'
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She woke up with the sound of a knock on the door. There were many things she wanted to ask Vahn. If he had gone to Biron Monastery, why is it that Gala never told her that he was alive? He could have found a way to inform her that Vahn had come to their monastery. Her and Gala were still very close and what about Mei? Why has Mei not told her that Vahn was back?
Noa sighed, grabbing her brush from her dresser and brushing the soft, white bristles through her long, amber hair. Ever since she fled that awful night Vahn was declared dead, Noa journeyed thousands of miles with her brother in her arms, only to find herself in Rim Elm. Mei took care of her and soon, the two became really close friends. They stayed in Rim Elm with Mei, Maya and Vahn's sister. Vahn's father had died a year after Noa appeared at the front steps of his home, holding a baby in her arms. Val had found out about his boy's death, immediately had a stroke and died of sadness. Maya and Mei, along with Noa and Cort, then took in Nene. It was that time that Noa became really close to everyone, especially to Mei, whom she shared the same affections with the same man. When Cort turned one, Noa told everyone in her 'family' that she had to leave. She did not want to risk anyone's lives if anyone were to come after Cort and try to kill him. After remembering about the man who raided through the Biron Monastery, Noa decided it was time to go. Mei promised that she would inform her of anything that and Noa, in return, would do the same. They wrote letters to each other, which makes Noa wonder why Mei never wrote about Vahn's return if the blue haired man found himself at the front doors of Rim Elm.
Noa closed her eyes, shaking her head out of those doubts in her mind and was startled to hear a moan from somewhere. She turned around quickly and found Vahn stretching his arms up. His eyes were just opening when she put the brush back down on the dresser. He smiled at her and sat up from bed fully clothes (don't get ideas in your head now).
"Ohayo, Noa-san," Vahn spoke, getting up from bed.
Noa turned and smiled. "Ohayo. I just came back up here to brush my hair. I made breakfast, want some?"
Vahn stretched again and walked over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her on the lips softly.. "Hai! I would like to know how good you are of a cook." He gazed into her emerald eyes.
Noa giggled. Despite the unsure feeling in her heart, she kissed him back and slapped him playfully on the arm. "I am a good cook!" she replied, removing herself from his wrap of embrace. She turned and walked away, followed by a pouting Vahn.
'He sure has changed a lot,' she thought to herself. Vahn barely spoke to her all those years ago. He was a silent, yet charming type of hero who never gave up on anything. He ate more and spoke less. He liked the company of his friends and so did she. She never wanted to be alone. All those years Vahn had been absent, she felt empty in her heart. She broke away from the world and isolated herself from everyone, even to her own brother. Noa took one last step off the stairs, the smell of sizzling bacon tickling her nose and went to the kitchen. She was shocked to find little four-year-old Cort doing the job for her, flipping the bacons on other sides. Noa immediately took the spatula away from him and shook her head in concern.
"Cort! It's very dangerous doing this. You're still too young to cook anything that could burn your skin!" She was angry, worried for the health and well being of her little brother. Cort looked up, teary-eyed and that was when Noa regretted yelling at him. She kneeled down to his eye level and wrapped her arms around him for an embrace. "I'm sorry, Cort. I was just worried about you. I didn't want you to burn your skin and hurt yourself, you understand?" She looked into his eyes. When she received a nod from him, she stood up, ruffled her hair and told him to go sit beside Vahn, who had already seated himself on a chair, farthest away from the kitchen door. Noa turned towards the stove and began to scoop out the last three bacon sizzling, then placed them on an empty plate. She reached up and was ready to turn off the stove, when a knock on the door interrupted her.
Forgetting the oven was on, Noa went to the door to answer it. Realizing that it was on, Vahn stood up and turned off the stove with ease. He sat back down on his spot and began to put food on Cort's plate. They said nothing to each other, for Vahn still felt very unsure of the little boy sitting before him.
'So, this is the boy he was talking about,' he thought. 'The young child, Cort. This is interesting.' A soft chuckle escaped his lips.
Cort watched him intently. Although he was still very young, he was aware of everything around him. He forked his bacon and took a bite out of it, continuing to stare at the man sitting in front of him. Vahn, however, was not aware of it all, as the man watched the young woman he loved answer the door.
The red haired woman opened the door slowly, her eyes widening in surprised as to who it was standing there. "Mei!" she gasped.
Mei smiled, waving her hand in greeting. "Ohayo, Noa-san!" She pointed her fingers at the basket she was holding, tapping the handle of the whicker basket and brightened. "I just came by to drop this off." Without warning, the green haired girl entered the house. It was natural for Mei to just go inside the home, because she and Noa were very close. Every morning she visited Noa, but the red haired woman was never aware what days she could come. The older woman would show up unexpectedly.
When Mei turned the corner, she was startled to notice a blue haired man, whom she has never seen in a long time sitting on the table near Cort. Mei's eyes widened. She glanced at Noa in confusion, who was now standing beside her. "Wha-?" She looked back at the man. "Vahn?"
Vahn stood up and smiled, waving his hand slowly. 'Oh no...' he thought. "Hi, Mei. What are you doing here?" He walked over to her and smiled again.
Noa watched as Mei wrapped her arms around him for an embrace. Fortunately, Mei was the first one to remove her from him as she looked into his eyes. "I thought you were-?"
"Dead?" Vahn spoke, finishing the sentence for her. "How can I be when I came over to Rim Elm to see you?"
Mei nodded, glancing at Noa with a questionable gaze. She turned her attention back to Vahn. "How-? What??" She was speechless. She didn't know what to think. For years, she has wished Vahn came back and for years, she regretted not telling him how she felt. Despite the eagerness to do so, she felt it was far too late. He had Noa's heart and Noa had his. She shook her thoughts mentally out of her head and continued to gaze into Vahn's eyes. Something was different about him.
Noa looked at him. Many questions ran in her mind. Vahn had mentioned that he came over to Rim Elm, meeting Mei there. There was something odd going on here, she thought morally in her head. Why is it that Mei was confused when he said that? Does she have a short-term memory or did something happen between them that Mei refuses to mention? In fact, Noa knew of Mei's feelings towards Vahn one fateful night when they were lying awake in bed, talking with each other. She was unsure then whether Vahn returned the same affection towards her. At that point, two women were in love with one man. Noa felt a strange jealousy overcome her when Mei told her of her feelings.
All was suddenly silent in the house. Noa watched as Mei gazed into Vahn's eyes, the same eyes that Noa saw when the woman daydreamed about him. Her jealousy was still there, despite her closeness with Mei and her heart lurched when they stood staring at each other like that.
The silence was suddenly broken when Cort's little voice boomed in the air. "Noa?" he called, feeling a little worried for his older sister.
Noa looked at Cort's direction and smiled. "Yes?" she answered.
Cort glanced at Mei, Vahn and lastly, Noa. He frowned and pointed to the seat next to him. "Are we gonna eat breakfast?"
Noa blinked, before realizing that they have been standing there for a couple of minutes now, while Cort watched them from the table. The red haired woman hid her disappointment and did the best thing she could to hide it.... The one thing that feared her the most. "Would you like to stay for breakfast?" she asked Mei, interrupting the silence.
Mei looked her way and smiled, shaking her head to Noa's relief. Don't get her wrong, Noa dearly cared for Mei as a good friend, they have been close ever since Vahn was thought to be dead, but Noa preferred to be alone with Vahn for once. She missed him dearly.
The green haired woman seemed to have noticed her disapproval if she stayed. She knew Noa had feelings for Vahn, but sometimes, she had the temptation to stay and chat for a while and see how Vahn was doing.
"Are you sure, Mei? I mean, we have enough for all of us here," Vahn spoke. Noa glanced at him, but said nothing. It was clear to her now that Vahn had feelings for Mei for a very long time, but it just quickly shifted to her, because Vahn, as kind as he was, spent his entire time protecting Cort and herself.
Vahn smiled. 'Two women in one day,' he thought.
Mei glanced back at Noa. "Um...."
Sighing quietly, Noa smiled and nodded. "Yeah, Vahn is right. We have enough for everyone. Why don't you stay for a while?" She said nothing after that, all the thoughts of jealousy and envy clouding her mind. Maybe if she dyed her hair green, she'll look more like Mei. Maybe Vahn would like her then..............?
GoodGurl: Heh heh, sorry for the long wait. I've been SOOOOOOOO Busy! Well, okay not THAT busy, but I didn't feel like writing too much and I didn't have any ideas. Here it is anyway!!!!!!!!!!! Hm....... Is Vahn really Vahn? What are those thoughts in his head? Sounds like Vahn's being naughty... heh heh! Who is that voice speaking in Vahn's head????