Lemme just say thank you for all your e-mails!.. -wipes a tear- .. SO NICE!.. Ok enough of my blabbering.. This chapter has a thing with Meryl/Vash… ENJOY!!
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~Chapter 4~
After finishing their meal and cleaning the dishes, they went up the stairs to their rooms. They has the rooms all the way to the end of the hall. Vash had the room to the right while Meryl and Millie had the room to the left. It was already late and the three were worn out from all the walking. Meryl and Millie walked into their room. It was small with two beds a table and a large window. The beds had White pillows and Red covers with a red rug in front of them. Millie sat her launcher next to her bed. "Even the rooms look wonderful" Millie said sitting on the bed. "Yeah" Meryl said looking out the window.
The view was the out stretched desert and the moon rising over the sand duns making the sand glitter and glisten in the light. "Are you ok?" Millie asked. "I just… Need to get out for a while.." Meryl said. "I'll come too!" Millie said starting to get up. "No that's ok.. If its alright with you I just want to go by myself.." Meryl said. "Oh sure! Just don't come to late you hear!" Millie said climbing into the covers. Meryl smiled.
She took their lit lantern and walked out the door. Closing the door quietly she faced Vash's door. She smiled weakly and turned walking down the hall. Reaching the foot of the stairway she saw the old man sitting at a table by himself. Meryl walked down the stairway and pulled out a chair across from him. "Mind if I sit here?" she asked. "Oh no sure! Go ahead! Help yourself" Jake said smiling, "What's wrong? You couldn't sleep?" he asked. "I'm just not as tired as I thought." she answered. Jake chuckled.
"What are you doing up Mister Jake?" she asked.
"I take care of the front desk until Midnight" he said.
"You work by yourself here?" Meryl asked.
"I used to work here with my wife.. But she passed away a while ago" he answered.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-" she started.
"No. Its ok.. Thanks to Vash she left happily" he said.
Meryl looked surprised. "So.. The boy didn't tell you.." he started, "Long ago when Me and my wife Helen opened up this hotel we had trouble run into us… It was a famous outlaw named Charles Hacker.. He noticed this hotel and wanted it for himself.. He kicked us out by force and we had to watch him ruin our hotel which we strived and worked for, spoil as the days pasted. One day a young man came through the city. He had sea colored eyes, a crimson coat and at his side he had one holstered gun" he said. "Vash.." Meryl whispered.
"We warned him about the Chase but he insisted in staying in our Hotel. My wife went with him inside the hotel since I was badly injured from when we we're forced out.." he continued. Meryl suddenly remembered his cane. "There was gun fire with glass breaking, windows shattering from the outside… The Boy came out with the scum outlaw throwing him to the ground. My wife followed behind him. When he and my wife went for the sheriff Charles had a hidden gun. He shot my wife three times…" he said pausing for a moment as if he was recalling the memory in his head.
Meryl had tears growing in her eyes. She held her bowtie with one hand staring at the man across from her. He smiled at Meryl.
The fine lines of age showed in the lap light on his face, "There was no way we could have saved her.. It was too late when the sheriff came.. The man was captured.. But my wife didn't make it.. Before she passed away she told Vash… 'Tell my husband to make this hotel more beautiful then water..'.. After a few weeks Vash stayed with me helping me fix up this hotel and getting it up and running again. One day he decided it was time for him to leave… I didn't see him till about seven years passed" he ended.
Meryl blinked out her tears. "So It seems Vash had a big Impact in your life" she said. "That Boy did wonders in my life and I'm glad I met him.. Or rather he met us" he said chuckling. He slowly got up out his Chair and took his cane off the table. "Well Goodnight Ms. Meryl.. Don't stay up too long now ya here?" he said turning to a door in back of the check in counter. Meryl smiled and watched him walk into the room closing the door locking it behind him.
She looked down at the Lantern. The light flickered on her face. The room was cool. It was very relaxing and comforting. "Everywhere you go you're a angel of light and darkness.." she said aloud, "But its not your choice to have a dark side… is it Vash?". She felt a tear travel down the side of her face. Her hands were on her lap clenched together, 'Is this why.. You always travel alone?' she thought.
She looked up quickly. At the beginning of the stairway was Vash. He was staring at her still with one hand holding onto the railing of the stairway. She couldn't take her gaze off him. She could feel hot tears stream down the side of her face. 'Damn! I'm crying!… But… I cant stop..' Meryl thought. Vash made his way to her and pulled out a chair closest to Meryl shifting it so that the chair faced her. Sitting down leaned forward lifting his hand to her face. He slowly wiped her tears with the tips of his fingers with a sheepish grin upon his lips. Meryl kept her eyes on his. "What are you doing up? I thought… You were asleep" she said. Vash let his land fall to his lap. "I heard foot steps outside my door so I got up to see who it was" he answered. Meryl looked surprised, "So you heard us talking?". Vash nodded smiling now. She blushed. She didn't know what to say.
"It took us a week to plan out how we were going to make this place turn out.." he said leaning back into his chair. The lamp light made his hair seem like gold and his eyes gave off a soft glow. "Jake took me in after his wife's incident. I cared of him and the hotel at the same time until word go out that Vash the Stampede was staying here" Vash said. "Me and the old man had good times… We still do!" he said laughing. Vash noticed Meryl still had a worried look.
"What's with the long face?" he asked.
Meryl smiled her eyes lowering, "Its Hard to believe that you could manage a hotel all by yourself!" she said trying to change the subject off her.
"I can cook, clean and care for the elderly!" Vash said with his triumph voice.
Meryl giggled. "Who'd think a man marked with $$60,000,000,000 double dollars on his head could become a house wife within minutes!" Meryl joked.
She looked up at Vash. He had that same smile on his face she saw earlier today. The one where there was more then just a simple smile. The kind that holds much more then a expression but words which are hidden behind it. "There's that look again" Meryl said crossing her arms, "What is it?" she asked. "Your changing the subject…" he answered. She knew she couldn't hide her red cheeks now. His eyes buried deep into hers. She got up not thinking. Quickly Meryl recovered her action. She took the lantern off the table, "Come on.. Its already late as it is" she said. Vash stood up. He followed her up the stairway down to their rooms at the end of the hall. The hallway had a sweet sent of artificial wood mixed with spice.
'Come on Meryl!' she thought, 'Tell him how you feel..'. She sat the lantern on a small wooden table beside her door and then she turned to Vash. He looked at her with a questioning face. "Vash.." she started. She felt a knot grow in her throat. Her cheeks were hot and she was shaking. "Meryl?" Vash asked now getting worried. "I..I..um.." she stopped. 'Its now or never!' she thought. She stepped up to him. Wrapping her arms around his waist closing and her eyes she rubbed her head against his chest slowly. Vash was stunned. Meryl let out a soft sigh. She felt relaxed without tension. Her hair covered her eyes as she spoke, "Let…Me take away your troubles" she said in a soft whisper enough for him to hear.
Vash put his arms around her embracing her back. He let his warmness mix with hers. Her petite body felt so good to touch. He enjoyed the way her breath hit his chest softly and the way her hair tickled his chest. They held each other for a while until Vash broke the embrace. He leaned forward placing his lips on hers. His lips we're not chapped as she thought, but they we're warm and soft. His hands fell to her waist pulling her forward so that their bodies met completely. The feeling of Meryl's body against him made him want her more! Her skin touching him, Her sweet taste and her breasts against him. It made him want her and claim her for the night. Departing Meryl kissed his cheek staring into his caring eyes.
Smiling she turned from him and took her lantern walking into her room. She looked at him shyly and closed the door softly trying not to make a sound. Vash was now staring down at the floor. He breathed out and went to his door opening it, then stepped in closing the door behind him.
Leaning against his door he put one hand on his forehead. He felt both joy and sadness at the same time. There wasn't much to explain. His sadness is that he finally broke away from his friendship with Meryl and things will never be the same. Not only that, but the thought that one day she'd be gone and he'd still roam the planet without her embrace. Vash slid down the door and brought his knee's up to his chest. The love he felt for her was much more then friendship. He proved it to himself just now. But… Now he must face the truth. Time was the scythe that cut through his heart and time will be the one to bring them apart. Vash leaned forward sitting his elbows on his knee's. He stared out his window looking at the moon's that rose above his window seal reaching for the sky. The stars grew brighter and the sand almost resembled a sea of diamonds.
He smiled weakly. He remembered the words of his late lover, 'Time is precious.. And every second counts'. Smiling he put his forehead on his arms. It was one of the saying's he lived by. He abided that rule mostly all his life. Nothing was going to change it now. Even if time stops he would live by that rule. He knew now he shouldn't hide his feelings anymore. Tomorrow he'd take every second with open arms.. And as for Meryl, it was time to embrace her with a full heart and make her his.
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~Chapter 4~
After finishing their meal and cleaning the dishes, they went up the stairs to their rooms. They has the rooms all the way to the end of the hall. Vash had the room to the right while Meryl and Millie had the room to the left. It was already late and the three were worn out from all the walking. Meryl and Millie walked into their room. It was small with two beds a table and a large window. The beds had White pillows and Red covers with a red rug in front of them. Millie sat her launcher next to her bed. "Even the rooms look wonderful" Millie said sitting on the bed. "Yeah" Meryl said looking out the window.
The view was the out stretched desert and the moon rising over the sand duns making the sand glitter and glisten in the light. "Are you ok?" Millie asked. "I just… Need to get out for a while.." Meryl said. "I'll come too!" Millie said starting to get up. "No that's ok.. If its alright with you I just want to go by myself.." Meryl said. "Oh sure! Just don't come to late you hear!" Millie said climbing into the covers. Meryl smiled.
She took their lit lantern and walked out the door. Closing the door quietly she faced Vash's door. She smiled weakly and turned walking down the hall. Reaching the foot of the stairway she saw the old man sitting at a table by himself. Meryl walked down the stairway and pulled out a chair across from him. "Mind if I sit here?" she asked. "Oh no sure! Go ahead! Help yourself" Jake said smiling, "What's wrong? You couldn't sleep?" he asked. "I'm just not as tired as I thought." she answered. Jake chuckled.
"What are you doing up Mister Jake?" she asked.
"I take care of the front desk until Midnight" he said.
"You work by yourself here?" Meryl asked.
"I used to work here with my wife.. But she passed away a while ago" he answered.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-" she started.
"No. Its ok.. Thanks to Vash she left happily" he said.
Meryl looked surprised. "So.. The boy didn't tell you.." he started, "Long ago when Me and my wife Helen opened up this hotel we had trouble run into us… It was a famous outlaw named Charles Hacker.. He noticed this hotel and wanted it for himself.. He kicked us out by force and we had to watch him ruin our hotel which we strived and worked for, spoil as the days pasted. One day a young man came through the city. He had sea colored eyes, a crimson coat and at his side he had one holstered gun" he said. "Vash.." Meryl whispered.
"We warned him about the Chase but he insisted in staying in our Hotel. My wife went with him inside the hotel since I was badly injured from when we we're forced out.." he continued. Meryl suddenly remembered his cane. "There was gun fire with glass breaking, windows shattering from the outside… The Boy came out with the scum outlaw throwing him to the ground. My wife followed behind him. When he and my wife went for the sheriff Charles had a hidden gun. He shot my wife three times…" he said pausing for a moment as if he was recalling the memory in his head.
Meryl had tears growing in her eyes. She held her bowtie with one hand staring at the man across from her. He smiled at Meryl.
The fine lines of age showed in the lap light on his face, "There was no way we could have saved her.. It was too late when the sheriff came.. The man was captured.. But my wife didn't make it.. Before she passed away she told Vash… 'Tell my husband to make this hotel more beautiful then water..'.. After a few weeks Vash stayed with me helping me fix up this hotel and getting it up and running again. One day he decided it was time for him to leave… I didn't see him till about seven years passed" he ended.
Meryl blinked out her tears. "So It seems Vash had a big Impact in your life" she said. "That Boy did wonders in my life and I'm glad I met him.. Or rather he met us" he said chuckling. He slowly got up out his Chair and took his cane off the table. "Well Goodnight Ms. Meryl.. Don't stay up too long now ya here?" he said turning to a door in back of the check in counter. Meryl smiled and watched him walk into the room closing the door locking it behind him.
She looked down at the Lantern. The light flickered on her face. The room was cool. It was very relaxing and comforting. "Everywhere you go you're a angel of light and darkness.." she said aloud, "But its not your choice to have a dark side… is it Vash?". She felt a tear travel down the side of her face. Her hands were on her lap clenched together, 'Is this why.. You always travel alone?' she thought.
She looked up quickly. At the beginning of the stairway was Vash. He was staring at her still with one hand holding onto the railing of the stairway. She couldn't take her gaze off him. She could feel hot tears stream down the side of her face. 'Damn! I'm crying!… But… I cant stop..' Meryl thought. Vash made his way to her and pulled out a chair closest to Meryl shifting it so that the chair faced her. Sitting down leaned forward lifting his hand to her face. He slowly wiped her tears with the tips of his fingers with a sheepish grin upon his lips. Meryl kept her eyes on his. "What are you doing up? I thought… You were asleep" she said. Vash let his land fall to his lap. "I heard foot steps outside my door so I got up to see who it was" he answered. Meryl looked surprised, "So you heard us talking?". Vash nodded smiling now. She blushed. She didn't know what to say.
"It took us a week to plan out how we were going to make this place turn out.." he said leaning back into his chair. The lamp light made his hair seem like gold and his eyes gave off a soft glow. "Jake took me in after his wife's incident. I cared of him and the hotel at the same time until word go out that Vash the Stampede was staying here" Vash said. "Me and the old man had good times… We still do!" he said laughing. Vash noticed Meryl still had a worried look.
"What's with the long face?" he asked.
Meryl smiled her eyes lowering, "Its Hard to believe that you could manage a hotel all by yourself!" she said trying to change the subject off her.
"I can cook, clean and care for the elderly!" Vash said with his triumph voice.
Meryl giggled. "Who'd think a man marked with $$60,000,000,000 double dollars on his head could become a house wife within minutes!" Meryl joked.
She looked up at Vash. He had that same smile on his face she saw earlier today. The one where there was more then just a simple smile. The kind that holds much more then a expression but words which are hidden behind it. "There's that look again" Meryl said crossing her arms, "What is it?" she asked. "Your changing the subject…" he answered. She knew she couldn't hide her red cheeks now. His eyes buried deep into hers. She got up not thinking. Quickly Meryl recovered her action. She took the lantern off the table, "Come on.. Its already late as it is" she said. Vash stood up. He followed her up the stairway down to their rooms at the end of the hall. The hallway had a sweet sent of artificial wood mixed with spice.
'Come on Meryl!' she thought, 'Tell him how you feel..'. She sat the lantern on a small wooden table beside her door and then she turned to Vash. He looked at her with a questioning face. "Vash.." she started. She felt a knot grow in her throat. Her cheeks were hot and she was shaking. "Meryl?" Vash asked now getting worried. "I..I..um.." she stopped. 'Its now or never!' she thought. She stepped up to him. Wrapping her arms around his waist closing and her eyes she rubbed her head against his chest slowly. Vash was stunned. Meryl let out a soft sigh. She felt relaxed without tension. Her hair covered her eyes as she spoke, "Let…Me take away your troubles" she said in a soft whisper enough for him to hear.
Vash put his arms around her embracing her back. He let his warmness mix with hers. Her petite body felt so good to touch. He enjoyed the way her breath hit his chest softly and the way her hair tickled his chest. They held each other for a while until Vash broke the embrace. He leaned forward placing his lips on hers. His lips we're not chapped as she thought, but they we're warm and soft. His hands fell to her waist pulling her forward so that their bodies met completely. The feeling of Meryl's body against him made him want her more! Her skin touching him, Her sweet taste and her breasts against him. It made him want her and claim her for the night. Departing Meryl kissed his cheek staring into his caring eyes.
Smiling she turned from him and took her lantern walking into her room. She looked at him shyly and closed the door softly trying not to make a sound. Vash was now staring down at the floor. He breathed out and went to his door opening it, then stepped in closing the door behind him.
Leaning against his door he put one hand on his forehead. He felt both joy and sadness at the same time. There wasn't much to explain. His sadness is that he finally broke away from his friendship with Meryl and things will never be the same. Not only that, but the thought that one day she'd be gone and he'd still roam the planet without her embrace. Vash slid down the door and brought his knee's up to his chest. The love he felt for her was much more then friendship. He proved it to himself just now. But… Now he must face the truth. Time was the scythe that cut through his heart and time will be the one to bring them apart. Vash leaned forward sitting his elbows on his knee's. He stared out his window looking at the moon's that rose above his window seal reaching for the sky. The stars grew brighter and the sand almost resembled a sea of diamonds.
He smiled weakly. He remembered the words of his late lover, 'Time is precious.. And every second counts'. Smiling he put his forehead on his arms. It was one of the saying's he lived by. He abided that rule mostly all his life. Nothing was going to change it now. Even if time stops he would live by that rule. He knew now he shouldn't hide his feelings anymore. Tomorrow he'd take every second with open arms.. And as for Meryl, it was time to embrace her with a full heart and make her his.
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