Hitomi was on the verge of crawling the walls as she passed back and forth in her living room, waiting any moment for Yukari to ring the bell. Mamoru was passed out on the couch, snoring away as he dreamed of things 14 year old boys dreamt about.

Finally the bell rang and Hitomi took off like a flash to the door. Expecting to find Yukari waiting, she drew back the door and had closed her eyes.

"What took you.." but she couldn't finish, because a beautiful pair of deep maroon eyes were looking into her green emeralds. Her eyes were wide and she found herself staring. The boy whom the eyes belonged to cleared his throat and Hitomi blushed slightly and looked down.

"I'm sorry." She whispered and looked up at the boy whom the eyes belonged to. He too was blushing and had a small grin on his light lips.
Hitomi grinned a bit wider and said, "Hi." A very stupid thing and very dull, but what could she say?

He too grinned. "Hi, I'm Van Fanel. I just moved here like, yesterday and word spread that you're having a party. I was wondering…." He trailed off and shifted feet.

"…if you could come." Hitomi finished.

"Yeah," he said his smile widening.

"Sure. You bringing someone with you?" She said a little ahead of herself. She was pleading he would say no, but the look on his face made her a little upset.

"Should I?" he asked.

"If you want." She said, a little depressed at herself for being so humble to this really, really cute guy.

"I guess. So what time?" He asked. Hitomi immediately went back to her upbeat self.

"Eight. Not a minute later or sooner." She said, shifting her body back and forth.
Van smiled. "I'll be there." He turned to walk away and as he walked across her lawn and up to her house he stopped at his front door.
"I never caught your name." He called to her.

Hitomi blushed. "Hitomi Kanzaki." She replied.

He whispered the name to himself, then waved goodbye. "See you at eight, Hitomi."

Hitomi collapsed against the wall and let out a sigh of total relief. But just as she relaxed, Yukari appeared out of nowhere and shook her out of her trance. When Hitomi was awake, she asked, "Who was that?" rather slyly.

Hitomi blushed. "My neighbor." She said. Yukari fell back against the wall across Hitomi and crossed her arms. "I need details." Hitomi looked up at Yukari and smiled.