A/n Hi all! I want to apologize for the much delaid update. Let me explain why it has taken me so long. Here we go with my rant lol I am a member of quire, I have auditions for musical coming up as well as being one of the presidents of the new teen health comtee in my school. This is the first year that my school has somestered so that keeps me quite busy. I also spent 5 days with my loving boyfriend. We're in a long distance relationship so when he comes to visit everything stops lol. Today I finally got a chance to update so, I hope I didn't loose any of my faith readers. Now on with the thank yous!
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Chapter 8
The plane was preparing to land in the Tokyo airport. Van had realized that Hitomi had still been sleeping on him and, he didn't want her to freak out when she woke up. He knew how she felt about getting close to people so, he wouldn't tell her of what he had recently discovered about his feelings. He slowly turned and shook the sleeping girl. Her eyes flickered open and. When Hitomi had realized what posission she was in, she quickly jumped up. She sat straight up and looked in to Van's eyes.
"Did you put me like that?"
"Yes. You were getting sleepy and when I did it believe it or not, you were awake."
Hitomi tried to remember what had happened before she had woke up. Then she remembered how Van had refused to let her sleep with her eyes opened and sitting up. She blushed slightly and said, "Sorry Van, I'm just not use to that sort of treatment."
"It's alright, I knew that. I hope you aren't angry with me?"
"No, not at all."
The announcement came a cross the loud speaker that they had landed and it was time to depart from the plane. Folcan came out of the kitchen with a grin plastered across his face. Van instantly knew why.
"What did you see?"
Oh nothing too thrilling. Just you and Hitomi cuddled up together. It was so cute!"
Van glared at his brother. Did Melirna see it to?"
"No, believe it or not, she's just waking up now."
Van breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to listen to melirna bitch about how he and Hitomi were becoming so close now. He already had his conscience telling him that and, he was afraid that soon, he would tell her.
The group prepared to exit the plane and, out of nowhere two security guards appeared. They had gotten word that there were thousands of girls lined up around the airport to see Van arrive. He knew that this would be crazy and he warned Hitomi to run on his signal. The group got in all close together with the tall security guards leading the way. They took off in a flash. Before they knew it, girls were running and screaming all around them. Some trying desperately to just touch their favorite dream boy. Hitomi became frightened for Van's safety when a girl managed to get past the security guards. She grabbed a hold of Van's sweater and began trying to pull him away from his crew. The girl didn't notice in all the excitement but she was choking him in the process. Hitomi could barely see him but she could see his face getting paler. She jumped in between Van and the girl and, pulled her hands off of his sweater. The girl turned around and slapped Hitomi in the face. This stunned her. She never in the world thought that fans would become so willing to touch someone who really wasn't that different than themselves. Van had been taken a back by Hitomi's actions. He had also never expected a true fan to go and hit her. It made him upset. He went to turn around to yell at the girl but, she was gone, Hitomi gave him a look of reassurance that she was fine. They continued their slow and frightening journey out of the airport. Finally they reached the limo where they would be taken to a hotel. This was Hitomi's chance to talk to Van. She wanted to really make sure that he was alright.
"What was that all about?"
"That's normal for here. The Japanese girls are normally quite respectful but for some reason, they go all crazy over me."
"Van, the girl was going to choke you, weren't you afraid?"
"Not really, I'm use to it. It's happened to me before."
They reached the hotel and went in side. Hitomi couldn't believe how exquisite the rooms were. She felt like a celebrity herself. Van had decided that because today was his day off, he would go and see his dad to get some things cleared up. He would do this after they had everything unpacked and such.
He had finally finished setting up his room and, went to see if Hitomi had also finished. He wanted her to come with him. He wanted his father to see the young girl in the flesh. It might help him remember if she was someone that Van had known before. He knocked on her door and, she opened it in seconds.
"Come on in Van. These rooms are really incredible!"
Van smiled at her. He loved to see her so happy. He had learned that happiness wasn't something that Hitomi often felt. He sat down on a chair beside her bed. She was still in the process of organizing her things. Van watched her, feeling so content in her presents. He stood up and began to help her. Hitomi smiled at him and said, "You don't have to help if you don't want to."
"No no, I want to help. Girls really do have a lot of stuff."
Hitomi giggled at his remark.
"Yeah we sure do. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Well, I was wondering if you would like to come to see my dad with me today? It's my day off and, I'm really anxious to know how we recognize one another."
"I would love to! Just give me a few minutes to finish organizing my things and, we can be on our way."
Van felt so warm inside. He was going to finally learn how the beautiful girl in front of him was linked to his life. He offered to help Hitomi organize her things so that they could leave more quickly. She accepted his offer and in no time, they were all unpacked and headed outside toward the limo.
After about ten minutes of driving, they reached a large apartment building. Hitomi stared at the building in front of her. Van opened her door and lead her to the steps to go inside.
"Is this where your father lives?"
"Yes, he's lived here for a very long time. I offered to buy him a house but he refused. He really likes this area of town and, has always loved this apartment."
"I understand."
They went in to the lobby of the building and took the elevator up to the 7th floor. They walked down a long hallway until they reached the door that said Fannel on it. Hitomi thought that names on the apartment doors was a neat idea. Van knocked on the door and in seconds, an older looking man answered. He smiled at Van and they embraced in a quick father son hug. Then he shifted his gaze to the young girl standing beside his son. The words that came from his lips next shocked both Van and Hitomi.
"Oh my goodness. Hitomi Kanzaki, is that you?"
Hitomi wasn't sure what to say. She didn't know how the man knew her last name but she said that yes it was her. Van just stood dumfounded.
"Well come on in both of you. It's a pleasure to see both of you."
They walked in to the tiny apartment and took a seat on the living room couch. Van was curious now; he had to find out how his father knew her.
"Dad? How do you know her?"
"Well you're the one that brought her here with you. Don't you remember who she is son?"
"Well, what happened was that she emailed me once and sent me her picture. I thought that she looked familiar to me and I couldn't figure out why. I wanted to come and see you to see if you knew who she was and how her and I may have known each other before. I flew her in to New York to visit me while we figured all of this out. It was luck that this tour came up and I figured that since I was already in Japan, I would stop by with her and see what you could tell us."
"Well Van, your mother and I were friends with the Kanzaki's when you two were very little. It was more of a friendship between Hitomi's father and myself though. The women rarely talked. I had met Hitomi's father at a big convension. We both were working for large corporations and, I offered him my assistance. Every time that Mr. Kanzaki came over to discuss things about his business with me, he would take Hitomi with him. I introduced you to her when you were 4. She was three and you both clicked immediately. You two remained the best of friends for a year. Eventually, I lost my job and, we had to move to New York. I remember the last day you two had seen each other so clearly. You ran up to little Hitomi and took her little hand in yours and said and I quote, "I'll never forget you tomi, I promise." Little Hitomi gave you a hug and then, it was time to go. You two looked so cute. I have pictures of it.
Mr. Fannel opened a drawer and took out an old looking photo album. Hitomi and Van looked at the pictures of them together while Mr. Fannel continued the story. I put you in the car and we all drove off to New York. You were sad for a week straight. Then you had moved on with your life and got in to talent searches and such. Both of you must have forgotten ha?"
Neither Van nor Hitomi knew what to say. As Van's father told the story, memories came flooding back in both of their minds. Hitomi could remember going to Van's house, they would play hide and seek all day. Van could remember the one and only time that he went to Hitomi's house for her birthday party. They had tried to cut the cake with little kids knives and had made a mess of it. Both of them giggled at once. Van's father smiled at the two who had both seemed so grown up now. He couldn't get over how they still looked very cute sitting there beside one another. It made him miss watching the two when they were so little. It almost sadden him to see them so grown up. He looked at hitomi and asked the only question she was afraid of him asking.
"How is your father anyway dear?"
Hitomi's eyes began to fill with tears. Van instantly wrapped his arms around her in a hug. He decided that he should explain to his father what happened to Mr. Kanzaki. He told him the story of the accident and Mr. Kanzaki gave his condolences. They talked for hours and then, it came time to leave. Van knew that tomorrow would be a big day and, he knew that Hitomi was beginning to look quite tired. He promised his father that he would be back to see him before he left Japan and thanked him for his help. They quietly walked out of the apartment and back down the long hallway. They took the elevator back down to the lobby and walked outside with out speaking a word to one another. Now that they were alone, they weren't sure of what to say to one another. Van let Hitomi in to the limo and then let himself in. He told the showfer to take them back to the hotel. The limo ride stayed silent, making Van very nervous. He desperately wanted to know what Hitomi was thinking.
They reached the hotel and Hitomi refused to let him let her out once more. She swiftly opened the door and took off inside. Van wasn't sure what was wrong with her but he would find out no matter what it took.
He went inside the hotel and rushed in to his room. He took off his coat and his discize and went to Hitomi's room to see her. He knocked lightly on the door and received no response. He knocked once more and got a response that he didn't want to hear.
"Van, I know that's you, go away from me!"
He didn't care what she wanted him to do, he was going for it. He opened her door and walked inside. He saw her lying down on her bed with a blanket covering her head.
"I told you to go away!"
He walked over to her bed and removed the blanket from her eyes. He could see her tear streaked face and instantly felt guilty. He wasn't sure why she was so upset but he figured that he had a good idea of what was wrong.
"Hitomi, please talk to me, I want to help you. Why are you so upset? I thought figuring out how we connected was what you wanted?"
"Van, it was, I'm just upset because hearing your father's stories about my father made me think of him and the horrible things I did to him."
"Hitomi, you did nothing wrong."
"Yes I did, I killed him. Face it Van, we all know it's true."
"No it isn't! I wish that you could just forgive yourself. Well, I won't so just drop it ok?"
"Fine, I'll let it go."
Van would let it go but he really didn't want to. He decided to change the subject. He had heard Hitomi sing and he thought that maybe she would like to sing with him at his next concert. He thought that it would be a change and, he could see how his fans liked her. This way, he might be able to help her rekindle her dreams of being an on stage artist. He asked her how she would feel about singing with him. She was ecstatic.
"Van, are you serious? I mean you really want me to sing with you?"
"Sure! I think it's a great idea. I think we could do a great job together. Hitomi, you have a beautiful voice."
A blush crossed her face. Van reached out and wiped all of the tears from her face and she finally smiled. Van smiled back at her.
"Hitomi, you have a beautiful smile."
She felt a warm feeling inside. A feeling that she hadn't felt in a long time. Instantly, something came over her. The something was yelling at her to stop him. That something didn't want her to feel warm inside. She stood up from her bed and crossed the room. She sat down at the desk and looked back at Van.
"I want you to leave now. I'm really tired and, tomorrow is a busy day."
Van was taken back by her tone of voice. She sounded almost cold toward him. Had he said something wrong? He didn't want to question it incase it made her more upset so, he let himself out of her room after bidding her goodnight. She did the same and immediately went to bed. She didn't want to think warm happy thoughts of him; she didn't like him that way right?
To Be Continued.
