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Chapter 9

            Hitomi woke the next day, feeling horrible for what she had said and done to Van the night before. She lie still, playing back the events of the night before. She felt as if she was going to cry. Since when had being cold toward others become so hard? After a while of thinking, she sat up straight and came to a decision about Van. She would go talk to him; she would apologize for what she had done. Maybe just maybe, she could let him in to her life and what she was feeling. She refused to ever love him but she would at least give  letting  him in a try. Then she stopped thinking once again. Why was love even being incorporated in to her thoughts? Was she beginning to feel love for Van? She giggled out loud. There's no way she could ever love anyone. She would be lucky to even be close to him or anyone else for that matter. For the first while after the accident, she had avoided Yukari like she meant nothing to her. She knew that it was wrong but, she didn't know what else to do with herself. She hated feeling for others. She decided not to worry right now and to go and talk to Van. If he wasn't awake, she would wake him up on her own.

            She got up and dressed. She crept quietly down the hall, toward Van's room. She knocked loudly on the door to hear a groan from the other side of it. She knocked again. There was no way that she was going in there on her own. Finally, he answered it. He stared in to her emerald eyes in shock. He had realized that all he had been wearing was his boxers and he tried to hide himself behind the door.

            "What can I do for you Hitomi? Is everything okay?"

            "Actually, no it isn't. I wanted to say sorry for last night. I thought that maybe we could talk about it?"

            A warm forgiving smile crossed Van's face and he said, "One second, I'll get dressed and we can go for breakfast."

            Hitomi waited for him and then off to breakfast they went. Van apologized for how she had to see him. She told him it was fine. They went and had their breakfast, talking through out most of it. Hitomi cleared up the miss understanding with Van and he listened to her every word. He knew in his mind that he couldn't stop loving her but for now, he would just be happy that she was around.

            That would be the last time they would see each other until tonight. Tonight would be the big night for them. They would sing together and little did either one know, this would be the beginning of a roller coaster ride of emotions for both Van and Hitomi.

            Hitomi spent most of the day getting a crash course in voice lessons as well as getting styled up for her big daybiew. As the day went on, she became more and more nervous. She was afraid of messing up Van's performance but many of the very nice people in his touring crew reassured her that she would do wonderfully. Even Van's vocal coach was amazed at the young girl's talent for singing. He had told her that she hardly had to have any voice lessons. Hitomi enjoyed all of the compliments and each one of them was making her feel so much better about tonight. While Hitomi was doing her thing, Van prepared with some of the other members of his touring crew. That day he had an early photo shoot. After the photo shoot was his main rehearsal. He and Hitomi wouldn't have the chance to practice though because; she had to do some other things to be prepared. The rehearsal went as well as he had planned. After that was supper and then time to prepare for the show. He went and got dressed and styled up and then, it took both he and Hitomi back stage where they first seen one another. They just stared. Both were fascinated at how great the other had looked. Van so desperately wanted to reach out and kiss the beauty in front of him but knew that now wasn't the time. His heart was telling him that maybe sometime, she would allow him to love her. He smiled down at her and said words that made Hitomi blush.

            "Hitomi, you look so beautiful. You will knock all those men off their feet tonight, I know you will. You look as if you have fallen from the depths of the heavens."

            She blushed and smiled back at him.

            "Van, you look good yourself. Good luck out there."

            "Thanks Hitomi, I'll need it."

            She reached out to shake his hand and, he instantly felt warm inside. He turned and walked away from her. There was twenty minutes before the show and he had to do a meet and greet with the fans. After his meet and greet, he entered the stage. Hitomi could hear the screams of the fans. She watched him on a monitor back stage. She now understood why that girl wanted to have him to herself. He was so talented and wonderful. He was like every woman's dream boy. Instantly, Hitomi realized how she was thinking and stopped abruptly. She just sat there watching him. Finally it was time for the two to sing together. Van ran backstage while on a short intermission and asked her if she was ready.

            "Van, I'm so nervous. I feel as if I am going to be sick."

            "Hitomi, I'm sure you'll do just fine. My vocal coaches haven't heard anyone so talented off of the streets in a long time. This will be easy for you."

            "What if your fans become jealous of me?"

            "They won't, they'll be fascinated. This will be fun now take a deep breath and prepare to go out there and knock everyone's socks off." Neither Van nor Hitomi knew what song they were going to sing until right before the show. They had learned that they would be singing Come What May from the Moulan Rouge sound track. Both felt so excited.

            Van quickly rushed out to the stage. The lights came up on him and the music began to play. All of the girls began to scream and Van's excitement was growing. For him this would be the highlight of the show. As the music continued, Van began to sing the beautiful words of the song. Hitomi stood not far off the stage, listening to his soothing voice.

Never knew I could feel like this

Like I've never seen the sky before

Want to vanish inside your kiss

Every day I love you more and more

Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings

Telling me to give you everything

Seasons may change, winter to spring

But I love you until the end of time

Come what may

Come what may

I will love you until my dying day

            Hitomi couldn't believe it. Now she was trembling. The crowd was hushed by his voice. She walked toward Van on the stage. Everyone couldn't believe what was happening. The question in their minds was, who's the girl and why is she singing with Van? She began to sing her part; her voice filling the room.

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace

            A chill filled Van's body. He couldn't believe how beautiful Hitomi's voice was. It moved him to something he never thought he would ever feel. He took a few steps toward her and they began to sing.

Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste

It all revolves around you

And there's no mountain too high

No river too wide

Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side

Storm clouds may gather

And storms may collide

But I love you until the end of time

            She could feel him, he seemed so close but yet, she wanted him there. He liked how beautiful they sounded together. Their harmonies were perfect and their chemistry was unimaginable. The crowd took Hitomi in, enjoying each moment of the douette. The next thing Van did shocked everyone including Hitomi herself. He took her hands in his and they began to slow dance on the stage. She allowed him to pull her close. She only figured it was for show but, that wasn't what Van had been feeling at all. He liked holding her; he liked feeling her breathe as she sang with him. This is how they would finish the song, dancing so close and showing so much love or was it love at all?

Oh, come what may, come what may

I will love you, I will love you

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

            The song finished and immediately, they let go of one another. Van smiled at Hitomi and all she could do was rush from the stage. The crowd stood and cheered for the douette. Very few girls were jealous of Van. They felt that this was one of his best performances ever. All Hitomi felt was confusion. She rushed in to the dressing room and sat down on one of the couches. She could feel that there was more than just a performance out there. All of a sudden the door burst open to reveal a very angry looking Melirna. She scowled at Hitomi and began to yell loudly at her.

            "How could you do this? Do you know what the press is going to think? You two were suppose to sing, not get all friendly out there. You wait until Van finishes that show in there, he's going to hear it from me."

            Hitomi had still been confused about the performance and like Melirna, thought that it was only suppose to be them singing but, she wouldn't stand back and take her yelling loudly at her and talking about Van the way she was. She got up from the couch and grabbed Melirna off of the other couch. She stood face to face with her and began to say things she never thought she would say.

            "Look you stupid bitch, Van did wonderfully out there and you have no right to say anything."

            She grabbed a hold of Melirna and punched her in the eye. She noticed that she made her bleed and all of a  sudden before Hitomi could think; Melirna came back and hit her in the face. Then Hitomi grabbed her by her hair pushing her to the ground. When she was on the ground, Hitomi kicked her in the face three times, making the prissy Melirna sob loudly. When Hitomi had noticed her sobbing, she let up and walked away. She could see blood pooring out of 2 spots one on her left eye and the other near her nose. She had also noticed that she had given her a swollen lip. She felta bit of pitty but not much. She knew that Melirna deserved what she got. Then she said one thing that she never thought she would say again.

            "Don't ever and I mean ever talk about Van's performance in a bad way again or I'll do it again. If you tell your father, I will tell him myself how badly you treat his clients. No wonder Van doesn't want to be involved with    your record company anymore. I can totally see why now and if you don't stop this, I will surely let your father know."

            Melirna just sat up and said, " Fine, I won't do this anymore. I should have known you were this strong."

            "Yes yes you should have."

            Melirna left the room and the two had made an agreement to not let this get any farther than it has already gone. If the press asked what happened to either one of them, they would make up stories. The thing Hitomi was most worried about now was the press and their reaction to what happened out on the stage. She was also curious to why Van had acted the way he did. Was he beginning to have feelings for her?

To Be Continued