Summary: Hitomi has her second reunion of the night, but considering their past, will the meeting go well as planned?
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The stars were beautiful and clear, all enveloping the sky, broken only by the light of the true and illusionary moons. Allen Schezar frowned slightly at the magnificent sight, it was still hard to look at the Mystic Moon without old feelings and memories overtaking him...the gentle emerald of her eyes, the softness of her skin, her hair, her lips...she hadn't been the most stunning girl who had ever walked the planet, but she had been beautiful nonetheless.
"Allen?" came the soft, timid voice of his younger sister, Celena. He turned to face her, confused by her look of fright.
"Celena? Are you all right?" he said in concern, taking a step towards the platinum-haired girl.
"I..." She looked away, ashamed, "I had a bad dream. It was horrible, everyone was dying...now I'm scared..."
He sighed softly and closed the distance between them, pulling his poor sister into his arms to try and soothe her fears. "There, there, Celena...everything's all right. There's nothing to be afraid of...I'm here."
But as he held her, he frowned. Had he just seen a flash on the horizon?
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The gates of Asturia's capital city, Palas, passed by before Hitomi's eyes as Gaddeth rode his stallion through them at a brisk trot. She would be lying in saying she wasn't nervous; the exact opposite was true. The ride over had given her time to think...and get nervous. After all, the last time she had seen Allen was...
(Hitomi, I love you...only you, Hitomi...)
She realized that she had never truly returned the words, though she had felt them with every fiber of her being. She remembered that final awful battle that had taken place between Allen and Van...
She didn't have any other choice but to say she was in love with Van. He would have killed Allen on the spot if she had said otherwise, or nothing at all...
She remembered the pain in his beautiful azure eyes at those words, and how horrible she felt for being the one to cause him that pain. How she had wanted to scream to him that it wasn't true, that it wasn't the young boy-king who had her heart.
And after these three years...did he still hate her for what she had done? That was the one thought that ran continuously through Hitomi's mind as Gaddeth rode up to a rather modest home, obviously Allen's, from the look in the Gaddeth's eyes. He dismounted and offered his hand to Hitomi to help her down, smiling up at her. She offered back a timid smile and took his hand, swinging her legs around to slide down from her perch.
As he began to walk towards the front door of the small home, he felt a tremor in Hitomi's hand. He could understand her anxiety...after all, though he did like the girl in the end, he still held a bit of resentment towards her for hurting his best friend the way she had. Although, the way she was handling herself now, he knew just how awful she felt about it. He gave her a comforting smile and a light squeeze of her hand before releasing it from his. "Don't be afraid, little lady...he'll be thrilled to see you."
"Will he?" she responded a bit sullenly, "Part of me thinks not..."
"Trust me, Hitomi, as an old friend," he said, leading her up to the door.
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After finally calming Celena down enough to get her to go back to bed, Allen fell back into an armchair, his fatigue catching up to him. A sigh escaped his lips and his eyes closed, running a hand back through his long shimmering blonde tresses, his mind unwillingly drifting back to her...
...When he heard a knock at the door.
"...What..." he murmured, raising an eyebrow. Who would be here so late in the night? He rarely got visitors at all, much less at this hour. Confused, he stood and walked over, opening the door.
To his surprise, he saw Gaddeth standing beside a girl with her head cast downward so he couldn't see her face. It was a confusing scene to come upon on his doorstep, and he looked to his old friend with a quizzical expression.
"Good evening, Gaddeth," he finally said, eyebrow still crooked.
"Evening, Allen...there's someone here I found outside the city in the fields, someone I think wants to say hello to you..." Gaddeth grinned slightly, looking down to the girl at his side, and speaking gently to her, "Go ahead, little lady."
She took a step inside, taking another moment before finally lifting her face up to meet her eyes with his own. A nervous smile played across her features as she said the first thing that came to mind, "It's so good to see you again, Allen..."
Allen's eyes widened when she spoke, when he looked into those beautiful emerald eyes he knew so well. A long moment passed where he simply looked at her, in shock and not sure what to think. "Hitomi..." he murmured. She could only nod slightly, her anxiety growing by each passing moment of his silence. Noticing this, Allen realized how rude he was being, and his expression eased into a smile. "It's wonderful to see you again as well, Hitomi..."
Relief overwhelmed her, and she smiled broadly, rushing to him and wrapping her arms around his waist in a grateful and joyous embrace. He was surprised for a moment, then eased again and circled his arms gently around her, pulling her slightly closer with a smile.
Gaddeth couldn't help but grin, leaning on the doorframe of the open door; it didn't seem like they even noticed his presence any longer. He had to admit, the picture before him was perfect, if not slightly mushy. He decided to take his leave then, deciding that the two would need time alone to catch up. Turning and walking back to his stallion, he mounted and started to ride away, that same grin still on his lips as Allen's home disappeared from his view.
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The stars were beautiful and clear, all enveloping the sky, broken only by the light of the true and illusionary moons. Allen Schezar frowned slightly at the magnificent sight, it was still hard to look at the Mystic Moon without old feelings and memories overtaking him...the gentle emerald of her eyes, the softness of her skin, her hair, her lips...she hadn't been the most stunning girl who had ever walked the planet, but she had been beautiful nonetheless.
"Allen?" came the soft, timid voice of his younger sister, Celena. He turned to face her, confused by her look of fright.
"Celena? Are you all right?" he said in concern, taking a step towards the platinum-haired girl.
"I..." She looked away, ashamed, "I had a bad dream. It was horrible, everyone was dying...now I'm scared..."
He sighed softly and closed the distance between them, pulling his poor sister into his arms to try and soothe her fears. "There, there, Celena...everything's all right. There's nothing to be afraid of...I'm here."
But as he held her, he frowned. Had he just seen a flash on the horizon?
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The gates of Asturia's capital city, Palas, passed by before Hitomi's eyes as Gaddeth rode his stallion through them at a brisk trot. She would be lying in saying she wasn't nervous; the exact opposite was true. The ride over had given her time to think...and get nervous. After all, the last time she had seen Allen was...
(Hitomi, I love you...only you, Hitomi...)
She realized that she had never truly returned the words, though she had felt them with every fiber of her being. She remembered that final awful battle that had taken place between Allen and Van...
She didn't have any other choice but to say she was in love with Van. He would have killed Allen on the spot if she had said otherwise, or nothing at all...
She remembered the pain in his beautiful azure eyes at those words, and how horrible she felt for being the one to cause him that pain. How she had wanted to scream to him that it wasn't true, that it wasn't the young boy-king who had her heart.
And after these three years...did he still hate her for what she had done? That was the one thought that ran continuously through Hitomi's mind as Gaddeth rode up to a rather modest home, obviously Allen's, from the look in the Gaddeth's eyes. He dismounted and offered his hand to Hitomi to help her down, smiling up at her. She offered back a timid smile and took his hand, swinging her legs around to slide down from her perch.
As he began to walk towards the front door of the small home, he felt a tremor in Hitomi's hand. He could understand her anxiety...after all, though he did like the girl in the end, he still held a bit of resentment towards her for hurting his best friend the way she had. Although, the way she was handling herself now, he knew just how awful she felt about it. He gave her a comforting smile and a light squeeze of her hand before releasing it from his. "Don't be afraid, little lady...he'll be thrilled to see you."
"Will he?" she responded a bit sullenly, "Part of me thinks not..."
"Trust me, Hitomi, as an old friend," he said, leading her up to the door.
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After finally calming Celena down enough to get her to go back to bed, Allen fell back into an armchair, his fatigue catching up to him. A sigh escaped his lips and his eyes closed, running a hand back through his long shimmering blonde tresses, his mind unwillingly drifting back to her...
...When he heard a knock at the door.
"...What..." he murmured, raising an eyebrow. Who would be here so late in the night? He rarely got visitors at all, much less at this hour. Confused, he stood and walked over, opening the door.
To his surprise, he saw Gaddeth standing beside a girl with her head cast downward so he couldn't see her face. It was a confusing scene to come upon on his doorstep, and he looked to his old friend with a quizzical expression.
"Good evening, Gaddeth," he finally said, eyebrow still crooked.
"Evening, Allen...there's someone here I found outside the city in the fields, someone I think wants to say hello to you..." Gaddeth grinned slightly, looking down to the girl at his side, and speaking gently to her, "Go ahead, little lady."
She took a step inside, taking another moment before finally lifting her face up to meet her eyes with his own. A nervous smile played across her features as she said the first thing that came to mind, "It's so good to see you again, Allen..."
Allen's eyes widened when she spoke, when he looked into those beautiful emerald eyes he knew so well. A long moment passed where he simply looked at her, in shock and not sure what to think. "Hitomi..." he murmured. She could only nod slightly, her anxiety growing by each passing moment of his silence. Noticing this, Allen realized how rude he was being, and his expression eased into a smile. "It's wonderful to see you again as well, Hitomi..."
Relief overwhelmed her, and she smiled broadly, rushing to him and wrapping her arms around his waist in a grateful and joyous embrace. He was surprised for a moment, then eased again and circled his arms gently around her, pulling her slightly closer with a smile.
Gaddeth couldn't help but grin, leaning on the doorframe of the open door; it didn't seem like they even noticed his presence any longer. He had to admit, the picture before him was perfect, if not slightly mushy. He decided to take his leave then, deciding that the two would need time alone to catch up. Turning and walking back to his stallion, he mounted and started to ride away, that same grin still on his lips as Allen's home disappeared from his view.
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