AN: Haha! All you "Razzle Dazzle" fans, of course I'm going to finish that story, I just want to get this one and "Nobody Said It Was Easy" out of the way first ^_^;; Hehehe.... Hope you like this chappy ^_^;;;
NIFFER: Thank you! Mmhm... Poor Van *glomps Van to death* It's okay! I'm here for you, Vanny! XD
Sailor Centauri: I agree, stupid Allen! *hits him* I would bash you a lot more if it weren't for those fans of yours! XD
badluck-fangrrl: Thanks! Van is a bit insane in this fic ^_^;;
hitomi-chan: Haha! New name? Cool ^_^ And his feelings are being revealed some more here! XD Thanks! *bows*
Magicman/Smokegirl: Hahahaa! Magicman's singing is problie better then Van's squawking ^_~
flaming phoenix: Haha! As time goes by they start to switch roles, Van becomes broodier, and Allen is more suave ^_~
Azure: Latin. O_O *so lost XP* Sorry can't hurt Allen, yes, it's true, he DOES have fans O_O Hehehe
Fushizen Na: Hehe, a bit more fluff here ^_~ But there will be more! Later! Not to worry! XD
fireangel: *bows like mad* Hehe, thanko! AND YES HITOMI WILL LOVE VAN XD *waves v/h flag* ^_^
jess131346: because some Allen fans wouldn't like that too much *nervous laugh* ^_^;;
Rai Dorian: Haha! Yes you better update soon ^_~ A styrofoam box? Isn't that a bit too soft? *grins*
Starzie Chick: I love Van's attitude too ^_^ And ALLEN MUST DIE! Actually he can't, stupid A. fans ^^;;
Celidh of Unicorn's Forest: haha *nervous laugh* OF COURSE it will be fluffy ^_^;;
Dahee Fanel: Haha! Don't worry! MADDIE HAS A BF! No competition for Van ^_~ Thanks for the review ^_^
The Reader is Now Blind: *punches Hitomi* HE'S MINE!!! XD And o.O RUSTLING? Thanks for scarring me ^_~
Ruby: Haha, well she certainly only sees him as a brother right now ^_^ Go crazy Van! XD Thanks for the review! ^^
Fire Fly: Even MORE feelings this chappy ^_~ And Allen WILL unfortunately be cooler later *sighs sadly* XD
daddyz-girl: Haha, I'd give you some talent but I don't have any ^_^;; AND UPDATE YOUR STORY WOMAN! XD
Ferai: Fluff Queen? WHERE?!?! *looks around her* Ferai is psycho, there's no one around ^_^ Hehe, course it's VH XD
Dariel: Ahh.... But Van IS stupid ^_^ *glomps him* Don't worry! Maddie has a boyfriend ^_~ Thanks for the review! ^^
neithan02: This is what happens! *hehehe* Hope you like this chappy; thanks for the review ^_^
Heavens-Angel: Thank you for the compliment! I know I didn't update soon but... ^_^;;;
Esca-lover: Thank you for the review! ^^ Hitomi said 'no' because she was confused as a teenager with her feelings ^_^
Ash Night: Haha! Thank you ^_^ Hope you like Razzle Dazzle ^_^;; And Van singing is always great ^_^
naria: Haha, I'll try. Thanks for the review! ^_^
van lover: Haha! Thanks! *grins and bows*
Etowato: New name, eh? ^_~ Glad you like V/H! It's my favorite! And yup, that's what I plan to do with Allen ^_^
Callisto Nicol: Hehehe, Maddie has a boyfriend! *sings* Not Van! XD And Hitomi's stealing Allen from you! Oh no! ^_~
Aeka-himme: Hehehe... Van's a cutie pie... Update your stories woman! *so in love with them* And thanks for the review!
dark cherry: I love super crazy hyper active Van too XD Singing Van.. *sighs* Hehe, thanks for the review! ^_^
neko: Perfect? *blinks* Hehe, I doubt it, but thank you! *bows*
MaboroshiTsuki: Yeah! Go Anne! 100th! XD Prize is.. *throws Allen at Anne* BWHAHAHA so evil ^_^
Rheia: *feels special* Allen will get even cooler later ^_~ Thanks so much for your review! ^______^
SabineballZ: *sighs* Sadly, I can't... Allen fans will attack me in hoards o.O Thanks for your review! *bows*
Lisi Naiku: Hehe, a lot of Allen haters are cringing ^_^;;;; Glad you like Van ^_^ And thanks for the review!
Japanimejo: UPDATE woman! Haha! Not that I'm one to talk ^_^;; Thank you for the review! *Allen ducks from shoes*
Sad AZ: Okay, I'll try to keep writing ^_^;; Glad you like the story, thanks for the review ^_^
Crystal Lily: Hehe, Merle is younger then Van, but he's just immature ^_^;; Thank you for the review, hope you like this chapter!
Tommi Gurrl: They nearly kiss this chapter? Hehe ^_^;; Thank you for the review, and they won't confess till later ^_~
Quintessence: ^_^;; Thanks! And update woman, LOVE that story ^_^ However, with Hitomi's rejection he will start to become a TINY tad like bitter Van ^_~
"So he asked you out again?" Van asked innocently as he inhaled one of several meringue puffs given to him by one of his "fan club members", or stalkers as he liked to call them.
"Yeah," Hitomi mumbled into her pop, closing her pink lips over the plastic straw, a pool of clear bubbly liquid running through the white tube into her dehydrated mouth.
"So what's there to worry about?" Van inquired, eyeing Allen as he sat at a separate table, surrounded by girls, his face beet red, his hands shaking slightly as he cut and chewed his salad.
"Ever since that, he hasn't talked to me once," she sighed, and Van frowned slightly. His lips dusted with a light white powder from the meringues, Van dragged the sweetness into his mouth as he eyed Allen. If Allen intended to over use his new powers Van would teach him a couple of more things that he didn't necessarily want to learn. Shrugging as if he didn't really care, Van bit into his sandwich, Hitomi too busy gazing at Allen as he snuck discreet glances at her.
She looks pretty today, he noted, hot even, as his eyes skated along her skirt.
Doom. Doom. Doom.
Panic. Panic. Panic.
HITOMI IS NOT HOT! HITOMI IS NOT HOT! Van swore at himself, tempted to bash himself on the head. Wrong! Wrong! WRONG!
"You're not hot!" Van yelled, and Hitomi looked up, startled. Realization dawned on Van, his jaw dropping moronically, as he accidentally dropped the meringue in his hand onto the table with a light thunk. Hurt flashed across her features clearly, and Van grimaced as she averted her gaze.
"I didn't mean it!" Van pleaded as she looked down into her drink, fiddling with the straw idly, her cheeks pinking.
"It's okay, Van," Hitomi smiled lightly, and Van groaned slightly as the light strumming of the guitar could be heard as someone turned on a boom box.
"I didn't mean it!" he insisted, sliding off his side of the table and sitting himself beside her. Clinging to her arm, he swung her slightly in the chair, causing her to bruise her leg on a leg of the table from the momentum.
"Ouch," she muttered, gently rubbing the sore spot, and Van's hyperventilation sky rocketed. Why is everything screwing up on me!!!
"HITOMIIIIIIIIIII!" Van whined like a child as Hitomi looked down, "I didn't mean it! Honestly! Look I'll...." Van trailed off, searching his head for anything.
Suddenly an idea burst into his head like a Mexican jumping bean.
Taking a small meringue puff, Van raised his arm and whipped it at Allen's direction, meeting his target straight in the back of his head.
"Van!" Hitomi scolded, a small, but true smile edging on her face. As Allen looked around curiously, Van snuck a sip of Hitomi's drink and whistled innocently. As Allen turned back around, Van whipped another, and as he raised his arm to throw a third, he accidentally missed as he winked at Hitomi and hit some girl in the head.
Electric blue eyes swung around to meet his, and Maddie glared at Van who waved back sheepishly, motioning at Allen.
"You threw it, your war, not his," Maddie yelled, and raising a chocolate cupcake she threw it at Van with full force.
That girl had good aim.
Smacking Van straight between the eyes, Van frantically grabbed a random food item off the table and threw it back at Maddie, while she grabbed a half empty box of fries and burgers and chucked it at Van. Soon Van quickly shoved all the food onto one tray and made his way over to Maddie as she did the same, the two chucking food at each other like mad.
"Hey, watch it," said some random kids, and as they were pelted with salad leaves they retaliated by throwing chips and jelly beans. Taking a handful of a girl's licorice, Van began to whip Maddie on the head with it as she began to sink to the ground.
"OW!" Maddie shrieked as she groped the floor for food, and grabbing a handful of extra spicy Jalapeno surprise, Maddie rubbed it on some part of Van's head as he dropped the licorice.
"AHH!!! THE HOTNESS!!!" Van yelled as he bent his head slightly trying to brush the extra spicy chunks off him. As he backed off slightly he tipped a girl's food tray all over her boyfriend, who picked up a piece of sponge cake to aim at Van he missed and hit Maddie, who grabbed a jello cup and pelted it at the guy. Pretty soon the whole cafeteria was in a full fledge food fight except for Hitomi who sat, slightly amused, under a table, and Allen and his crowd of girls, seemingly untouched in their little sanctuary of holiness in the corner.
As Van peeked over at Hitomi while Maddie was recovering from a butterscotch fudge, he then flew his gaze to Allen who had a large fluffy angel cake set in front of him as the crowd of girls cooed at him, stroking his head.
Oooh, smooth. Give him a 'Welcome' cake when he's been here over a month.
Noticing the blonde's shoulders shaking nervously slightly as the girls edged closer and closer, Van grinned devilishly as he ran over to the small group of teens and grabbing a hunk of Allen's cake he smothered it into Maddie's face as she was following her prey. Shrieking, Maddie grabbed a bigger hunk of Allen's cake and smushed it into Van's hair and eyes, and as the cake was being demolished, much to the outraged screaming of Allen's new fan club, Van's fan club cheered him on, throwing chips into the air as confetti, as Maddie's fan club rooted her on, whooping. As a brunette grabbed Allen by the collar and dragged him away from the fight, she leaned in to whisper something in his ear when she slipped on a smidge of cake on the floor and ended up locking lips with the boy.
Not that she minded, of course.
Just then, Hitomi had pulled her gaze away from some odd form of pudding wrestling on the ground, she looked up to see Allen and some girl making out as chips fell around them like rose petals or rice. As her green eyes widened, Hitomi stood up, and grabbing her pop she marched up to Allen, emptying the fizzy liquid onto his hair.
"Ahh!" Allen screamed as he tried to turn around to see his attacker, but too late, as Maddie slipped backwards on some macaroni and cheese, falling on Allen.
"No!" Maddie screamed as Van held up a garbage can as Allen desperately tried to get Maddie off him. Van smirked.
"This is war, Maddie," he yelled triumphantly, and just as a nasty liquid began to trickle out, the sound of wet garbage slopping out of the plastic can, Maddie rolled away, leaving Allen at the end of the attack.
"Allen!" chorused his fan club, and as they all opened their purses to find wet wipes, Allen cursing as he desperately tried to shake the slop off, Maddie dumped the rest of Van's meringues on their heads.
"Wait! Hitomi!" Van cried as Hitomi was beginning to walk away. As a grape nearly hit him in the eye, Van ran towards Hitomi as she had her hands on the door handle, and he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back into the center of the food fight before she could stop him.
"It's like the eye of the storm," Van remarked, as no food was hitting them.
"Van," Hitomi croaked warningly, her eyes threateningly blood shot and shiny.
"Let's cheer you up, Princess," Van whispered softly into her ear, and Hitomi blushed deep red.
I want you smothered want you covered
Like my Waffle House hash browns
Come quicker than FedEx
Never reach an apex like Coca-Cola stock you are inclined
To make me rise an hour early just like Daylight Savings Time...
As Van squawked along, he wrapped one arm around Hitomi's waist, and holding her other hand securely, he swayed Hitomi back and forth to the vibrant and pulsating beat of "The Bad Touch" by the Blood Hound Gang.
Suddenly Van dropped to his knees, and resting his hands on Hitomi's waist, he moved forward as she stepped backward, slightly nervous, Van still singing along up at her.
You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
Do it again now
You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel...
As Hitomi quickly glanced at Allen who was clobbered by females, she reverted her gaze back to Van who was singing with a boyish grin, using his strong hands to sway her hips from side to side. Soon her back came in contact with a wall, and slowly, he stood up, his intense reddish brown eyes never leaving her gaze.
"...V-van?" Hitomi choked as his face drew nearer and nearer.
"Shh..." he whispered, and her green eyes widened to the size of footballs as his hot breath tickled her neck, a few strands of his unruly hair tickling her as his lips were millimeters away from kissing the part that moved in her neck. As Hitomi made a start to move, Van held her securely in place with his hands, and just as his lips made their final descent onto her neck...
"WHO STARTED THIS FOOD FIGHT?!" came the familiar voice of the cafeteria lady, but instead of moving up, embarrassed, as Hitomi thought he would....
....Van kept moving closer and closer.
"All of you here," the woman screeched, her hair pinned tightly under her hair net, making her look more severe, as she pointed to the crowd around her, "You are not leaving till it's clean. And for God's sake, Hitomi Kanzaki and Van Fanel go do your necking and sucking somewhere else and get out of my sight".
Grabbing Hitomi firmly by the wrist until they were out of the cafeteria, Van started laughing hysterically as the door slammed behind them.
"I knew she would come," he added between laughs, "Sorry about that, Princess," he added, looking up at Hitomi with a lop sided smile.
"No problem," Hitomi smiled, "Though choosing between cleaning the cafeteria and being 'necked and sucked' by you is pretty hard..." she teased.
"Ouch," Van grinned, putting his hand to his heart, "That was low," he added with a smirk.
"Oh, but so true," Hitomi played along, and as Van threaded his arm through Hitomi's he bounced down the hallways squawking more "The Bad Touch" lyrics.
"I swear, Schezar, you pull one more thing like this and I'm seriously going to kick your ass," Van warned dangerously as the two carried a ladder down the darkened street.
"It wasn't my fault," Allen protested defensively.
"I don't care. Ditch your fan club," Van continued, walking briskly to his best friend's house. He could probably do it blind folded, he went over so often.
"It's not a fan club! It's a posse," Allen replied defiantly, and after catching a raised eye brow from Van he quieted down.
"Okay. So I take it after that one hour karaoke session you know how to lip synch now," Van said as they began to cross Hitomi's large grassy lawn.
"I... I think so," Allen nodded, and as the two boys propped the wooden ladder with a whack against the front balcony, Allen slowly climbed up as Van stood at the bottom, holding the ladder securely.
Taking a small rock he had picked up before, Allen gently threw it at the glass doors of Hitomi's room, and waited.
Hitomi lay on her side, facing her closet as she had one hand on the bend of her neck, the other one hugging her torso. A small knock caused her to roll over, her green eyes in a frown. What in God's name was that? Swinging her legs over the mattress, wearing a pair of navy blue boxers she had stolen from a sleepover at Van's and a black tank top, she picked up her old baseball bat. A scream caught in her throat as she opened the glass doors.
"...ALLEN?" she said incredulously, the bat in her hands dropping with a clang to the ground. Coughing nervously, Allen looked quickly down at Van, before locking eyes with Hitomi again.
Van exhaled sharply, and shut his eyes. You can do this Fanel... Looking to the skies as if for moral support, Van finally took a deep breath and began.
"I can show you the world," he began softly. "Shining, shimmering, splendid". His face was a deep tomato red, his hands shaking slightly. Gods. He was singing. For real. Not that defensive cocky squawking he constantly displayed, for once he was setting himself up in a situation where he could be hurt. Showing himself plainly. And by gods, he was terrified.
"Tell me," he continued, and without even knowing, he put emphasis on the next word, "Princess... Now when did you last let your heart decide?"
Hitomi stared in awe at Allen, his caring blue eyes focused on her own. Maybe it was because how romantic this all was, or how well he could sing, but she couldn't help but feel a flutter in her stomach.. With a small smile to herself, Hitomi twinkled.
Probably compared to all of Van's squawking this is the most beautiful singing in the world, she thought wryly.
Allen seemed to put emphasis on the word Princess, which was odd, because it was Van always called her Princess... But before Hitomi's thoughts could linger for too long Allen continued singing brilliantly.
"A whole new world," Allen 'continued', and Hitomi's face started to hurt from smiling. She couldn't stop. But gods, she was happy. Truly happy, much happier then she had been in a while. Just... At ease.
That voice was truly magical.
"Hitomi," Allen said quietly as he finished 'singing'.
"Yes?" Hitomi replied breathlessly, her cheeks glowing as she instinctively leaned forward ever so slightly.
"Um..." Allen trailed off, and his mind blanked. Looking down quickly at Van, who was looking off in the distance, rather somber, suddenly looked up when he noticed there was a dead silence.
"I'm really sorry about today, it really wasn't what it looked like and I care about you," Van mouthed to Allen, and Allen repeated the words to Hitomi.
"You.... You care about me?" gulped Hitomi, her hands shaking slightly.
"I do," Allen nodded sincerely, and hesitantly extending one of his hands for a hug or something, only the gods know what, Hitomi accepted it, and as his other hands removed itself from their steel grip on the balcony rail Van turned away and crossed his arms in disgust.
"Will you go out with me?" Allen asked softly, gazing into Hitomi's emerald green eyes. Smiling happily, Hitomi flung her arms around his neck, but Van's arms crossed and his back turned away from the ladder....
CRASH!
With a great sickening creak and thud, the ladder creaked backwards as Hitomi's eyes widened as her beloved came crashing onto the soft grass of her lawn. To Van's amusement, he was about to lump over and help the lad when he realized with a thud that Hitomi would be running downstairs. Looking around frantically and cursing Hitomi's plain, flat, green lawn, Van had no choice as he heard the familiar click of the door open to fling himself into a nearby thorny rose bush.
"Oh gods, are you okay?" Hitomi asked frantically as the front door of her house was thrown open and she sprinted over to Allen who was lying on his side, groaning loudly.
"Ow," he grimaced, and Hitomi looked around alarmed, as Van quickly ducked his head back into the bushes quickly again.
"Do you have a concussion?" Hitomi asked, biting on her lip, and Allen's twisted face suddenly smoothed out.
"Actually, it's impossible for me to have one because--"
"Oh shut up," Hitomi laughed nervously, and Allen smiled nervously back. "Here, let me help you up," she added quietly, and as they accidentally bumped foreheads, they laughed, but something changed.
Being this close was different.
Seeing those warm sapphires look at her from this proximity....
Gently shutting her eyes, Hitomi did something completely out of character.
She kissed him.
AN: ^_^;; Please review, I really hope you liked this chapter! Had the food fight bit done for a while, just the second part I was like *_* ANYWHOO, soon Allen will be very cool, and Van will become a bit more introverted due to his feelings and Hitomi's rejection BWHAHAAH ^_^ Please review *bows* Greatly appreciated ^_^