Hitomi couldn't believe that she had agreed to be in Van's band. She had only met the young raven haired man a night ago and he seemed to be the only thing on her mind as from the time she had met him. His voice as an artist was entrancing and she could tell that he put a lot of depth into his lyrics. He was so different from any guy she had met. He seemed to be a soulful, onomatopoeic, optimistic and an all round honest type of guy but she wasn't sure on whether he was genuine or not but he gave her the impression he was.

She was currently walking in the hallway which led to his apartment. She saw his door number and knocked on his door. After a few moments she heard it open.

"Hitomi, you're early," Van said as he she was revealed to him.

"I didn't want to get lost so I set of early," Hitomi replied. Hitomi was wearing her cream jeans for a blue tank top which looked like it was made of a cardigan type of style material.

"Come on in," Van smiled as he held on to the door as she walked on in. 'She's looks so hot. Van, don't do anything stupid, she has a fiancé and you really do need a female vocalist.' His mind was battling with his heart but in the end his mind won.

Hitomi looked around Van's apartment. It was very large and very spacious. Hitomi then looked around. He had decorated it very well. 'Must be an art thing,' Hitomi thought. She turned towards him and saw that he was wearing blue jeans and a white top which was sleeveless. (Just basically a white top instead of his normal red one) She never realised that he had muscles. They were the flat type of muscles but they still did wonders to his features.

"So where are the others?" she asked trying her hardest to get him out of her mind.

"Should be here in a couple of minutes," Van replied. "Do you want anything?"

"No, I'm fine," she smiled and tucked the loose strand of her hair behind her ear. She then saw the drum kit and she walked on over to it. Van watched intensively as she moved, he noticed that she looked like she was gliding when she moved.

"Do you play any instruments?" Van asked.

"Not really, I play the bass guitar slightly," she replied.

"Well let's hear you play," Van said.

"I'm not that good," she nervously spoke.

"I'll be the judge of that," Van said and picked up a bass guitar and handed it to her.

Hitomi took the guitar of Van and put the support strap over shoulder. She then slowly strummed the strings to play a scale so she could check to see if the strings where tight enough. She then proceeded in any adjustments that acquired and when she finished doing this she looked at Van. "What song should I play?"

"Surprise me," Van replied.

"Um…Okay," she hesitated for a moment and then she strummed slowly on the strings as she gently moved her fingers to get the right cords. She was playing 'Hero' by Enrique Iglesias. Van couldn't believe it, she playing wonderfully and was maintaining the rhythm in good time. 'She can sing and play an instrument; you really struck it lucky with her,' His mind thought.

"Hitomi are you sure your doing the right major, I mean you're really musically with it," Van stuttered slightly trying to find the last words.

"You think I'm good?" She asked.

"Yeah, who wouldn't," Van replied. Suddenly Van heard a knock on the door. "Here are the guys are now." Van opened the door and they came on through.

"Guys, this is Hitomi, Hitomi this is Gaddes, Jamie and Mitch," Van introduced them. "Guys not only is Hitomi going to be our female vocalist but also our bass guitarist."

"No way," Gaddes smiled. "That's going to be a massive help to us."

***

Hitomi hadn't really done anything in the session but listen to some songs. Van told her she could get going on the next session, right now she needed to listen and learn. She really didn't mind, she was quite content on just listening. Also in the process she got to know the other guys and she found them all interesting and nice in their own individual way.

Finally the guys had left and Van and Hitomi were all alone again in the apartment. Hitomi was still strumming a song on guitar as Van watched her as he drank from his mug of coco. 'She's so sincere and sweet, my dream girl but she's taken.' Hitomi finally stopped strumming tunes on her guitar and looked up towards Van.

"I better go," Hitomi spoke softly.

"Hitomi….." he stuttered. "I'll see you out." But those were not the words he attended to say.

***

As Hitomi arrived home she heard the phone ring. She went on over and picked it up. "Hello," she said.

"Hitomi, honey it's me," the voice said cheerfully.

"Oh Allen," her voice  sounded disappointed.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine and you?" she answered and questioned.

"I miss you," he said totally of subject.

"Oh that's nice," was the only words she could say.

"Hitomi are you feeling alright?" Allen asked.

"Yes I'm fine," her tone was monotone.

"Well I have some information that will cheer you up, I'm coming over for the weekend," Allen said enthusiastically.

"Oh wow," Hitomi said faking her own enthusiasm. 'Great this is bound to be fun,' her mind said.

***

"Hey Van, you wanted to see me," Hitomi said cheerfully as she entered through the door of his apartment.

"Yeah," Van said as he saw her enter. "We've got a gig this weekend, I was wondering if you wanted to make your debut then."

"I can't…" she hesitated.

"Why?" Van asked.

"Allen's coming over this weekend," Hitomi replied.

"Allen?" Van asked.

"My fiancé," she replied slightly embarrassed.

"If you don't mind saying aren't you little young to be getting married," Van commented.

"Well we are not getting married tomorrow may be when we've graduated so that's a couple of years," Hitomi said.

"Oh okay," Van said trying to pretend he didn't care. "So do you want to go to a club tonight?"

"Which one?" Hitomi asked.

"Attica," Van replied.

"Okay," Hitomi replied.

***

Hitomi and Van are in Hitomi's living room which she shares with Merle and Millerna. They had gone to the club and then Hitomi suggested he should come over to her place where they could chill out and listen to music.

"Here listen to this," Hitomi said as she passed Van the head phones. She had plugged the headphones into the stereo so that she wouldn't wake up her room mates.

Van took the head phones of her and put them over his ears. The song was sweet and old. Van loved the classics as they inspired him to write the music he came up.

Van the started to sing a long to the song, as he lay back onto the couch:

"Pretty Woman, walking down the street, Pretty Woman, the kind I like to meet,
Pretty Woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth,
No one could look as good as you
Mercy

Pretty Woman, won't you pardon me, Pretty Woman, I couldn't help but see,
Pretty Woman, that you look as lovely as can be , Are you lonely just like me?

Pretty Woman, stop a while, Pretty Woman, talk a while,
Pretty Woman, give your smile to me, Pretty Woman, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pretty Woman, look my way, Pretty Woman, say you'll stay with me
'Cause I need you, I'll treat you right, Come to me baby, Be mine tonight

Pretty Woman, don't walk on by, Pretty Woman, don't make me cry,
Pretty Woman, don't walk away, Hey, O.K.
If that's the way it must be, O.K., I guess I'll go home now it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait!

What do I see
is she walking back to me?
Yeah, she's walking back to me!
Oh, Pretty Woman."

Hitomi had watched Van as he sang so smoothly and softly to the song. The passion he had for music was unbelievable. She had never met somebody so passionate about something in her whole life. She was entranced from the first word he sang to the last word. Her eyes were locked on his closed eyes and his subtle lips. She never knew someone could break so much beauty from something so simple. 

Van then opened his eyes as the music stopped and all he could hear was static. He then saw Hitomi looking straight at him with her beautiful green eyes. They were like that for several moments just staring deeply into each other's windows to their souls until the phone rang. The two had been brought out of there locked eye contact and Hitomi felt herself blush and then panic to where the phone could possibly be.

Of course it was in its usual place, which she soon realized. She then retrieved the phone and answered it. "Hello," She said not daring to look back at the raven headed youth.

"Allen," she cried in confusion. "What you doing ringing me at this time of night?"

Those were the words Van was hearing as she spoke into the phone. Van then lay back onto the couch trying his hardest not to look bothered.

"But Allen," Hitomi said flatly. "I understand. Okay, see you."

She came back to where Van lay. "Hey," She said softly.

"What did lover boy want?" Van asked.

"He said he couldn't come this weekend as he's got a cold," Hitomi said. Van then swore he saw her smile as she had finished her sentence. "Why would anyone smile if their lover couldn't come to see them?" That was the question that was drilled into Van's mind.

"Hitomi…." He hesitated. "It's none of your business." His mind urged him. "How did you meet Allen?" The word escaped his lips.

Hitomi stuttered. "My parents," She simply replied.

"Oh," Van said with no visible emotion but on the inside he was glowing. 'I can still win her heart then.'

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