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I'll
be your dream I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I will be strong I will be faithful 'cause I'm counting on
A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning
I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
And when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish to send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry
The tears of joy for all the pleasure in the certainty
That we're surrounded by the comfort and protection of
The highest powers
In lonely hours
The tears devour you
I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
Oh can you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
'Cause its standing right here before you
All that you need will surely come
I'll be your dream I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy
I'll be you hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly deeply do
I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden
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Chapter 15: Truly Madly Deeply
"Before we look at the chart on page 211, does anyone have any ideas on what might be an advantage to breastfeed your child over using formula?…" Yukari glanced over at Hitomi who seemed to be busy with writing something.
"Tomi-chan…"she whispered. "What'cha doing?"
Hitomi covered the paper she was writing on and looked over to her friend. "n-nothing." She replied hesitantly. Yukari raised an eyebrow. She knew Hitomi was lying.
"C'mon, what is it? A love letter perhaps?" Hitomi flushed a pinkish colour and shook her head.
"No. I'll tell you later okay." Yukari sighed and rested her chin on the palm of her hand.
"Okay, whatever you say…"Yukari replied and glanced back at her parenting text book. Hitomi relaxed her tense muscles and began to tap her pencil on the desk as she tried to think. Yukari took advantage of Hitomi's state and quickly grabbed the paper.
"Hey! Give that back!" Hitomi demanded, still whispering.
"Now let's see what you're hiding Tomi-chan." Yukari whispered back. Her eyes skimmed over the paper and she raised both eyebrows in excitement. "You're planning a surprise party? For who? Me?"
Hitomi shook her head. "No, not you. Someone else. It's for…"
"For…"Yukari repeated, waiting patiently for an answer.
"Dilandau." Hitomi said quickly.
"Dilly-chan? Why?"
"His birthday is coming up and I thought I'd do something nice for him. I pretty much know who I'm inviting. I'm just having trouble of figuring out what I should have for food and drinks and how to get him out of the house all day."
"I'll take him out for the afternoon." Yukari offered. "And if you need any help with paying for food, I'm willing to pitch in-"
"Ms. Uchida, would you like to come up here and teach the class?" Yukari's eyes widened.
"Uh, no Mrs. Daishi." Yukari replied quickly and praying she wasn't about to get a detention again.
"Well then perhaps you could do a lot less talking and pay more attention." Mrs. Daishi spoke sternly, giving both Yukari and Hitomi her "evil" eye look. "Now, where was I? Oh yes. Breastfeeding helps create a strong bond between the mother and child…"
After school was done, Hitomi walked out to the parking lot with Yukari. Hitomi had decided to drive to school because she had an usually feeling that she'd end up having to run some errands after school. "Hey Hitomi, you know what we will need though is some alcohol." Yukari pointed out as they reached the desert green sunfire.
"Oh I forgot about that." Hitomi lied half-heartedly. She remembered but didn't really want to get any.
"Do you know anyone who's old enough to buy some? My sister is but you know her, she'd buy it then rat me out."
"No…wait, ya but I don't know it he'd do it." Hitomi replied as she sat down and went to start up the car.
"Why don't you ask him? Hey! We could go right now and ask!" Yukari suggested.
"Right now? But he lives on the other side if Tokyo." Hitomi stated.
"So, let's go any ways! We need to go out and have some fun!" Yukari squealed delightfully. Hitomi sighed, alright, if she really wants to then I guess I'll have to see him now.
Fifteen minutes had passed and Hitomi was still driving. As the scenery changed so did Yukari comfort. She was beginning to feel nervous as they had entered the industrial part of town. "Hitomi, where are we going exactly? Are you lost or what?"
"Nope, I'm not lost. We're actually almost there." Hitomi replied, never letting her eyes leave the road. Yukari looked at her friend and hoped that she knew where they were going.
Hitomi pulled up to an old and abandoned looking building. She cut the ignition and took off her seat belt. "We're here." Yukari looked at her friend with unsure eyes.
"This is it? It looks abandoned though."
"Ya but just wait till you see the inside! It looks a lot different trust me." Hitomi smiled reassuringly. Yukari still wasn't sure but got out of the sunfire any ways.
Together they entered the tall building and much to Yukari's surprise, Hitomi was right. "Hitomi, is this the same building we just walked into?" Hitomi smiled and nodded.
"I should warn you though, when we meet my friend, shake with your left hand okay." Yukari shot her a strange look that was asking for an answer. "It's along story. I'll tell you later."
Yukari shrugged it off and followed Hitomi to the receptionist desk. "Um excuse." Hitomi said, getting the receptionist's attention.
"Yes? Can I help you?"
"Is Folken busy right now?" Hitomi asked.
"Um…no he's not. Would you like to speak with him?"
"Yes thank you." The receptionist smiled.
"I'll just buzz you in. his office is the last door on the right down that hall." The woman replied pointing towards the north wing. "So what's your name?"
"Oh, um, Kanzaki Hitomi."
"Okay thanks, you can go right on in."
Yukari walked slightly behind Hitomi as they made their way down the hallway. "It's hard to believe that the outside of this place looks like a shit hole." Yukari stated. "So, what's this Folken guy like?"
"He's a really nice guy." Hitomi began. "He's more of a calm and quiet guy, keeps things to himself." Yukari nodded and began to play with the buttons of her cream coloured jacket. When they reached the door, Hitomi knocked on it softly.
"Come in," a voice replied from the other side of the door. Hitomi turned the doorknob and went in. Folken stood tall by the small lab in the far corner of his office. He placed the test tube he held into a rack of other test tubes. "Take a seat." He offered, gesturing to the two empty seats by his desk. He took off his long white coat and hung it on a coat hanger by the door. "So what brings you here Hitomi?" he asked and he took a seat on the other side of his desk.
"Well I'm having this party in about a week and we need some drinks that we're not allowed to buy." Hitomi replied shyly. Folken raised an eyebrow.
"Drinks?" he replied confused. Even though he had been living on Earth for almost a year, he still hadn't picked up on much of their strange slang.
"She means alcohol Mr. Folken." Yukari added. "Buy the way I'm Yukari." She introduced and held out her right hand. Hitomi say this and wanted to hit Yukari.
"Other hand." Hitomi growled in a low whisper. Yukari's eyes widened and quickly changed hands. Baka ka! Hitomi thought to herself.
"This is so going to be an awesome party!" Yukari squealed as they drove home from Folken's. "So, what should I do with Dilly-chan in the afternoon?"
Hitomi shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno. Take him to Laser Quest and play a few rounds of laser tag. But don't come back to my place until five unless I call informing you otherwise okay?" Yukari nodded.
"Sounds like a good plan to me."
Hitomi, with the help of her friends Yoko and Tae, put up decorations around her house. Hitomi turned the dinner table into a buffet table. There were two piles of paper plates, boxes of plastic utensils and neatly piled stacks of multicoloured napkins. Yoko emptied a few bags of chips into some bowls and placed a couple in the living room and another couple in the kitchen with the other food.
So far everything was going as planned. Guests would begin arriving in a matter of minutes. Then it would only be an hour or less until Yukari showed up with Dilandau. All the guests who were invited were instructed to either not drive or if they did, to park as far away as they could from Hitomi's.
By four thirty everyone who was invited had arrived. Those who were invited consisted of many school friends and all fifteen of Dilandau's loyal Dragonslayers. Hitomi sighed nervously as she looked at the clock. Only ten more minutes…she told herself.
Hitomi walked over to the closed window and took a glance out. Her heart skipped a beat as she saw the bright yellow Volkswagen beetle approach her house. Hitomi shut the curtains and looked to Yoko, winking at her.
"Okay everyone! Get into position!" Yoko shouted and turned off the light switch. Everyone went into their hiding place and waited impatiently for the door to open.
The door opened slowly and in walked Dilandau. He knew instantly something was up but before he could up to any conclusions the lights were flicked on and out of nowhere jumped dozens of people shouting "SURPISE!" His crimson red eyes widened and he felt his body jump slightly.
"Happy Birthday Dilly-chan!" Yukari shouted delightfully.
"Bir-what?" Dilandau asked confused. The music was then turned on and everyone went up to Dilandau giving him hugs and saying happy birthday. "Yukari, what's going on?" Dilandau asked.
"Well we decided to give you a surprise birthday party. It was actually Hitomi's idea."
"Hitomi…?" Dilandau repeated. Yukari nodded. "Where is she then?" he asked as he looked around.
"I think she's in the kitchen Dilandau-sa-" Chesta began but stopped promptly. He kicked himself mentally for almost referring to Dilandau as Dilandau-sama. Hitomi had told him along with the other Dragonslayers to refrain from doing so at the party. Dilandau eyed Chesta suspiciously before heading to the kitchen.
As his loyal soldier had told him, there was Hitomi. She was busy opening bags of plastic cups to be set out. She had completely forgot about them which made her feel stupid. Of all things to forget to put out. Stupid Hitomi! She cursed at herself.
"Hitomi?" Dilandau whispered into her ear and snaked his arms around her slender waist. Hitomi jumped slightly.
"Don't do that!" she yelled at him and turned around to face him. "You know I hate it when you do that." Dilandau, with his arms still wrapped around her waist grinned.
"All the more reason to do it." He leaned his body and head forward, ready to steal a kiss. However he wouldn't get it. Hitomi placed two fingers on his lips stopping him.
"Not yet. I still have to give you my birthday gift." Dilandau scowled at her. "Come with me." She said grabbing him by the hand and leading him upstairs and to her room. "Sit down and close your eyes." She ordered him and went into her closet. She pulled out a colourfully wrapped box and placed it on Dilandau's lap. "Okay open your eyes!" Dilandau opened his eyes and looked at the box confused.
"What do I do with this?" Hitomi shot him a confused look as if to be saying 'you've got to be kidding!'
"Tear the paper off and open the box." She replied. Dilandau shook his head and did as she instructed. When all the paper was gone they was a brown cardboard box left. He opened it and looked at the item with surprise. "I know you can't use it here but I thought you'd like to have something that was left over from the 'incident' you last had at school."
Dilandau took out the item which happened to be a Bunsen burner. "Where did you get this from?" he asked as he held it delicately.
"I stole it from the chemistry lab. It's actually the one you used to torch the science wing." Dilandau couldn't help but feel touched by the thought put into the gift.
"Wait, you stole it?" Hitomi nodded. "You're lying. You would never steal."
"Well that just shows how much you really know about me." Hitomi replied grinning. Dilandau couldn't help but smile as well.
"So how about that kiss you promised?" Dilandau asked raising an eyebrow.
"Promised? I didn't promise-" She was cut off by the soft yet powerful lips of Dilandau's.
A/N: awwwww…….now wasn't that just all sweet and fluffy? The next chapter will be very exciting so you'll really want to read it. Here's a hint: Someone tells someone something and someone sees something and gets mad. Hehehe….I feel evil for some reason now. Oh well! If you want me to e-mail you when I update, leave your e-mail address or e-mail it to me at esca_chick@hotmail.com