Note: Hello again! Enjoy this update D Ps: this chapter is a little bit corny XD, but it suits my purposes!
Chapter 3 – The Painful Encounter
"It's Eilyn, isn't it?" Hitomi asked politely.
"Yes! Eilyn Fanel!" she said with a giggle.
"Oh, of course…"
"I'm sorry dear, Hitomi, have you met my fiancé Eilyn," it seemed as if Van almost didn't want to reveal this piece of news. Hesitation filled his voice.
"So.. Hitomi, what are you doing here?" changing the subject
"I.. I saw a vision, a terrible vision that foretold me about the disaster, and the death of.. the death of an emperor.", Hitomi said with fear.
"The emperor? What do you mean Hitomi?", questioned Van.
"Van, something of someone is going to kill you , and I wanted to warn you, to see you and to.." weeped Hitomi.
To once again feel your lips against mine and tell you I love you Van (she thought to herself)
"Hitomi, hun you have nothing to worry about. Van is perfectly fine", Eilyn said while leaning on Van's shoulder.
It appeared the Eilyn knew about Van's past with the girl from the mystic moon. Almost as if, she is jealous as she stroke his hair she said
"Gaea or should I say Fanelia has been in peace for 5 years now."
"I'm simply glad you're back on Gaea. How I've missed you." Van said.
"Here Hitomi:he opens her hands and a ruby oval shaped pendant appears: I believe this belongs to you. Thank you for allowing me to hold onto it but now that your back I won't need it as a token of our.." he stopped his words.
Everyone knew that the word to follow was love but Van did not dare speak of such matter in front of Eilyn. It was told that Van promised Eilyn to never speak of his past love, since she did not trust him.
"Eilyn?" asked Van, " Would you please send a parcel to Allen, Prince Chid and of course Princess Millerna of this wonderful news."
"Certainly sweetheart", she said with a sweet tone.
:Van grabs Hitomi's hands and puts her on his back and flew out the balcony door and on top of the castle's roof:
Hitomi was once again reminiscing about his wings. They landed soon after.
"Van, oh Van! Fanelia is breath-taking." she said with admiration.
"Yes look! The tailor, the inn and the church and there's the hospital." Van replied while pointing to several directions.
"And look" :points to the center":
In the middle of the city lies a garden in the shape of two circles entangled together.
"Hitomi, the garden is for you. To remind the people of fanelia that it was you, the savrious from the mystic moon.. ohh Hitomi how I've missed you so dearly."
:Van wanders around the roof:
He recollects about the past:
"After about six months you left, I was planning to take Escaflowne and fly to the mystic moon. I was willing to do anything, to just merely see a glimpse of your face. Merle tried to warn me that it wouldn't work . Heh, you know how stubborn I am. I tried, tens, no hundreds, no myriad number of times, but I did not succeed." He paused
Van.. please don't continue.. (she thought to herself)
"then.. Hitomi, then after a year later, I was working into rebuilding a home for the Lamonts. Where I met her.. Eilyn. Her family just came into town and she was soo sweet. Her voice reminded me of yours and her boyish yet graceful moments reminded me of you. Your eyes, your lips, your hair.. I thought I would never find anyone like you again, but I was wrong."
Van paused again
"I slowly, very slowly, stoped resisting all temptation. I gave in, I gave up. I gave up any hope of you ever coming back. I didn't know if you would even still remember me. Hitomi.. " :Van holds Hitomi's hands:
"Van, please no don't continue! Please.. I wish I had guts to walk away and forget about what we had. But I can't because I know you won't come after me.. and that's what hurt the most. It's hard to believe that the person who once brought smiles to my lips now brings tears to my eyes. Van, I understand. You may have given into temptation, but I will remain true. True to my feelings and… someday, somehow, perhaps I will move on as well. But , that day has not arrived and it may never reach it's destination. "
Silence filled the air and an impenetrable tension emerges. So thick, so gloomy and absolute silence surrounded them. She knew deep inside that no one will ever replace him in her heart. He will be her first, her last, her forever.
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