A Brisk Morning: Drip, Drip, Drop
So they were friends. Real friends, for the first time since childhood. Entering his second class of November with at least a little more peace of mine, Van spots Allen, who smiles some strange, knowing smile.
"What's up with you?" Van asks.
"More like what's up with you. Since when do you smile so much?" Allen says, with that same silly grin on his face.
"What the hell? Can't I be happy once in a while? Is that some sort of crime or something?"
"It is for you, man." Allen says this so simply, as though Van was never... EVER happy.
That's not true... God he's stupid... Remind me why I'm his friend again... Anybody... please?
But no answer came to Van, and he was standing there surprised at his friend's abruptness.
"Gah! You have got to stop staring like that, it's creepy with the drool and stuff... What was up with you yesterday anyway? It seemed like you'd never seen a girl before." Says Allen shuddering slightly at the sight of Van's drool.
"Oh shut up." Van says, quickly shutting his mouth and checking for excess... spit. " I wasn't staring at a girl..."
Just as Van says this Hitomi walks up to them with Millerna at her side, just to say 'hi'. And finally Van learns to control his jaw, and manages a quiet 'hey' back.
Van blushes, but Hitomi hardly realizes in her sleepy state. Normally she is very perky, because this was psychology, even if it isn't her favourite class, she has fun joking around with Millerna and Van. The truth is, she'd been up all night thinking about what had happened to Van. And it was still bugging her. Oh, well... might as well enjoy classes, if Van was okay, she was happy.
Suddenly Van notices that her eyes are shining a little brighter and she seems just that much more awake. He smiles at her and asks if she just woke up. Blushing she replies that she had a rough night, and since he left before her that morning she'd also had to run to school.
"I'm really sorry, I had to come early to work on a project with Rei. I'll tell you next time." Van sounds worried. " Are you okay though?"
"I'm fine. Thanks for asking." She still looks tired, no matter how hard she tries to deny it, the dark bags under her eyes are a dead give away.
Hitomi manages the rest of the day, only falling asleep during lunch when nobody was around. She starts to walk home alone. As she walks, the rain starts to fall, again. Drip. It seems to her as though it was always raining here. Drip. As though it had started once, long ago. Drop. And forgotten how to stop. The rain is coming down harder now. Damn it, I forgot my umbrella again. Van... making me hurry this morning... As she starts to run, the only sounds to be heard are the musical sound of the rain, and her footsteps crashing through the small puddles. Hitomi turns onto her street only to see the flash of headlights swerve towards her, and as the car just misses her, she trips. Falling to the ground Hitomi becomes unconscious. She never heard the footsteps behind her, or the sickening thud that came afterwards.
A/N:
Sorry about the cliffy... but I don't think there's been one yet. And it's short... because the ending is just right. --;; I hope you liked it anyway, I enjoyed writing it!