The morning was hazy, and the morning dew produced a light mist on the grass outside. Vaughan woke up abruptly, covered in sweat. He had been dreaming again. He walked to his window, tripping over broken objects as he walked. He leaned out of his window and stared at the large pool filled with colourful fish. He sighed and turned his back on them, only to see the mess he had made the night before. "I should start clearing this up." Vaughan said to himself as he bent down to pick up the curtains. As he scooped the large blue curtains into his arms, he heard a knock at the door. Immediately Vaughan dropped them, and walked toward the door. He opened it slowly, fearing it was Merle. He remembered how he shut her out the night before. "Who is it?" Vaughan said, avoiding the face of the person outside the door. "It's me, Vaughan." Hitomi replied. His eyes lit up. He opened the door quickly, to be greeted with a beaming smile. She walked in. "I was worried about you!" Hitomi said as she skipped in. "You've never slept in this late before..." Hitomi looked around the room, inspecting the scattered objects. She bent down and picked up a vase. "What happened?" Hitomi stared into Vaughan's eyes, searching for some truth. Vaughan looked out the window. "I was a bit steamed last night." Vaughan said quietly. "I kind of let my anger out on the room!" He joked. Hitomi brushed Vaughan's hair away from his eyes. She smiled sympathetically. "Steamed about...what I said?" Hitomi asked softly. Vaughan looked away from her. He didn't want her to know that he was angry that she spoke her mind for the first time in a long time. "I...don't know." Vaughan exclaimed. He grabbed Hitomi's shoulders. "When you told me that you wanted to leave, I suppose I took it personally." Vaughan stared into Hitomi's eyes once more. He sighed. "I don't want you to leave. I don't want to lose you." Hitomi chuckled. "I'm not leaving because I want to leave you, Vaughan." Hitomi held Vaughan's hands. "I don't see it as leaving, I see it as returning. I want to return to my family and see them for a while." Vaughan felt re-assured. "I will come back." Hitomi frowned. How was she going to get back anyway? She put the vase in her hand on a nearby table and began to pick other things up from the floor. Vaughan bent down and picked up the curtains he begun to clean up. Merle burst through the door, quickly seizing the moment to embrace Vaughan in a friendly hug. Vaughan was more reasonable and decided to return the hug to Merle, who squeezed him tighter. She looked up at him. "What was wrong, Lord Vaughan?" Merle asked quietly. Vaughan smiled. Her pulled her away. "Nothing." He replied. He pointed to the door. "Why don't you go out and find something to play with? Me and Hitomi still need to talk." Merle looked sad, but agreed anyway. She knew how much Hitomi meant to Vaughan. It was a sort of childish jealousy that always plagued Merle, but she had accepted Hitomi and seen her fit to be with her brother. Merle always wanted Vaughan to be there, but his recent neglection didn't go down well with her. Merle smiled happily, and quickly hopped onto all fours. She paused at the door, only to glance back at Vaughan, who had now turned to face Hitomi. Hitomi continued to pick various items up from the floor, drawers, bed sheets and feathers. She seemed content, she had finally told Vaughan exactly what she wanted to say. But why didn't she feel any better? A long silence ensued after Merle departed from the room, and rapidly, the room began to look tidy, except for the shards of broken glass. Vaughan finished straightening out the desk in the corner, as Hitomi came over with a vase filled with Moon roses. Vaughan stood aside, and allowed Hitomi to arrange the flowers, adding extra light to the room. He smiled as he watched her prune and move the separate stems. He couldn't believe that his angel was leaving. "Hitomi." Vaughan said quietly. Hitomi looked up from the vase. Vaughan lowered his head. "How will you...How will you come back?" Vaughan asked, while grasping his shirt tightly. Hitomi looked back to the vase, not quite sure on how to answer. "I...I don't know, Vaughan." Hitomi had no other answer. She glanced up at Vaughan, noticing her pendant around his neck. A smile spread across her face, as she turned to fully face him. She walked energetically up to him, and held the pendant stone in her palm. "My pendant!" She said excitedly. She shook her palm with the pendant. "I can take it back with me, and use it to summon that column of light again!" Vaughan smiled softly, his eyes falling to the floor. She was always coming up with ideas. Farfetched ones. He didn't want to strike her idea down; at least she had one. He looked back up to her grinning face, and stroked it, resting his hand on her cheek. He sighed a content sigh. "There's no guarantee that it can bring you back." Vaughan whispered, as he clasped his hand around hers. "The strength of my wishes..." Hitomi mused. She stared at Vaughan's hand around hers. She could feel the pendant in her palm pulsating. "If I wish hard enough, it will bring me back." Her face lifted to meet his once more in a loving stare. She knew the risks, but wasn't it worth trying? Vaughan lifted his arms and pulled the pendant over his head, giving it fully to Hitomi. What was the point in trying to change her mind? It's what she wants, Vaughan thought. "Just..." Vaughan paused to steal a glance at her eyes. "Just promise me that you'll come back. Somehow." He smiled that innocent smile once more. The smile that Hitomi knew she couldn't leave. Hitomi walked to the window, and stared up at the mystic moon, up at the earth, her home. The sun shone down brightly upon her, a warmth building in her heart. She spun on her heel to face him once more. "Of course." She smiled happily, a small giggle uttering from her mouth. "Of course I'll come back." Hitomi swayed towards Vaughan, and leant forward, catching him in a long, tender kiss. Unconsciously, he wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly, as though he never wanted to let go.