A/N: Here's chapter 4 for those who are actually into my weird story. Thankx guys!
Chapter 4 Mistaken Words
Van growled low as he sank his long fangs into the tender skin of Hitomis neck. She gasps and Van withdraws immediately before blood touched his mouth. The effort had him longing for more but he knew not to do anything. Two deep holes showed on Hitomis neck and she glanced down at them with a smile. Blood formed at the top and she wipes it up with her finger and sucks on it.
An almost pathetic whimper is heard behind her as Van watches her every move with deep red eyes. She knew she was being mean for teasing him but she loved seeing him so vulnerable. Different from how he used to be. Only she could see him like this. He clenched and unclenched his fists as he kept control of his emotions. His untamed black hair falls in front of his face obscuring his eyes from her gaze.
Hitomi gently brushes the stray hair away and his hand catches hers and pulls her forcibly towards him. She lies in his lap before he flips them over so he's on top. His panting makes heat rise around Hitomis body and her rising body temperature seemed to make him even crazier. He runs his hot tongue over the other side of her neck and grazes her skin with his fangs making her suddenly want him to drink her blood.
"Van…" He stops her with two fingers to her lips while shaking his head in answer to her thought. "I cannot ruin your life like that the way someone ruined my life by placing this curse over me." Hitomi gazes up at her vampire. Her angel. Her whatever he was to her. "What curse?" She asks. He sighs and props up his elbows but doesn't move from being on top of her. His warm body heat warmed her to the bone.
"My mother was a two-faced being who married my human father. Except the curse overruled the human genes and my brother and I became full two-faced beings. My parents died of a disease and my brother and I moved here to get away from the rumors except rumors started here too and so my brother and I just isolated ourselves from the rest of town." Van explains while he runs his fangs over her collarbone.
"So why didn't you isolate yourself from me?" Hitomi asks. Van stops his fun as he had Hitomi fidgeting and her blood was pulsing faster. He really didn't know the answer to that.
"I honestly don't know." Van says before he starts to nip at the unpierced side of her neck. She gasps at his small actions and at his boldness this night. His fangs left small kniks in her skin and his body shudders before he suddenly sits up. "Hitomi…I don't want you to leave tomorrow." He says looking at her. She sees the sadness set in his now lightening red eyes as his hunger is replaced with sadness and abandonment.
"Van I don't have a choice. I'll only be gone a week." Hitomi whispers as she touches Vans face but he turns away from her. The muscles in his chest flex as he swiftly stands up and turns away from her towards the window ready to depart. He didn't like goodbyes and he definitely didn't like the thought of her leaving without him.
"Van please don't go like this." Hitomi pleads but Vans mind was set. There wasn't anything he could do about Hitomi leaving but he did know his blooding week was starting tomorrow so it actually worked out. "Tomorrow starts my blooding week. It will thankfully be done by Friday. When you get back I'll be waiting in the back of my house. Go there please." Van says in a frosty voice as he opens the window but two slender arms wrap around his waist. "Ill miss you Van." Hitomi says as a hot tear falls on his bare skin. He turns and lifts his hand slightly before dropping it to his side and jumping out the window without another word.
Hitomi collapses on the ground and cries herself to sleep that night.
The week went by agonizingly slow for Hitomi and her hand was always clutching the feather pendent thinking of Van. Right when the car came to a halt, she jumped out of the car and run into the woods without another word. Crashing the trees in her haste she tumbles into the clearing behind Vans house and looks around expectantly. It was empty. She frowns and sits waiting for what seemed like hours until a noise startles her back to reality.
Looking around she tries to find the source of the weird noise when she sees Van in the air. The sight takes her breath away as she watches his strong angelic wings flap and then he dives towards her landing a few feet away from her. Her eyes reflected all the white feathers that drifted around her and then her gaze reaches the sparkling red eyes of her angel.
Van yells and scoops her up, twirling her around, yelling happily as he embraces her so tightly she couldn't breathe. He lets her go and holds her at arms length looking her over making sure she was ok. She laughs loudly and tussles his hair. She had missed him so much!
Her gaze then flows over the snowy wings that seemed to wrap around her almost protectively. "I want to show you something." Van says and before Hitomi can answer she was in his arms and he lunged into the air. The view took her breathe away as the small town drifted away and they headed for the mountain range.
He glides down into the trees to a small, lush green clearing with a wide river on the side running down stream. "Oh Van, it's beautiful." Hitomi exclaims breathless. Van smiles softly at he before he too gazes at the secluded spot he had found while Hitomi had been away. The bad weather had suddenly ended and it was a sunny afternoon.
Van plops on the springy grass and his wings slowly vanish. "Why did they go away Van?" Hitomi asks trying to hide her sadness at the departure of those wonderful wings. "I didn't need them." Van shrugs and stretches out his legs seemingly at ease. Hitomi walks over and sits down beside Van. She was looking over his body like a hawk and it suddenly made Van fidget under her stare. 'What was she looking for?'
Hitomi notices fresh scratches on Vans shoulders. They were the first since the ones she'd seen two months ago. "Van…how come sometimes you have scratches around your body?" Hitomi asks and almost regrets it because Van had gone rigid and his eyes clouded over leaving them emotionless. "Why must you know everything?" He asks angrily. "Because I want to know everything about you!" Hitomi says loudly as she leans towards him. "I do them when I'm angry and have nothing else to take it out on. The pain makes me feel good. Makes me feel better about everything." Van says coldly. He'd not wanted the conversation to go this way.
Why couldn't they talk about something besides him. "You were angry while I was gone? What happened?" Hitomi says concerned. Van winces and decides that lying wouldn't get him anywhere. "I was very sad when you left Hitomi. More then I thought. Then I got angry at myself for…for being so sad when I'm just a heartless demon." Van finishes in a rush. Hitomis eyes soften and she smiles before leaning her head on his shoulder. "You must get angry a lot Van. You have so many scars." Hitomi whispers barely audible.
Van chuckles at that before sighing and relaxing again. Hitomi moves and crawls in front of him. "Can I see your wings again?" She asks blushing slightly. Vans eyes widen a little before he smiles and nods. His chest and back muscles tense as he arches his back and the angelic wings spring from his bare back. Hitomi gasps and her eyes are shining brightly as she looks at them.
Van wraps them around Hitomi and himself letting them have their own cocoon. She's giggling as dozens of loose feathers fly around her. Van watches them and snatches one from the air. It was the biggest one Hitomi had ever seen. "Here's your new feather to replace the one you lost." Van says and hands it to her. She takes it gently and tucks it in her ponytail. "You want to know something stupid? I called that feather my lucky charm." Hitomi says embarrassed. Van blinks and then starts laughing. Hitomi was shocked. Van rarely laughed and it sounded weird to her.
"Did it bring you luck?" Van asks still trying not to laugh anymore. Hitomi grins. "Yes. It brought me a great friend like you." Van gets a thoughtful look that was identical to the first picture Hitomi had drawn of him. "What ever happened to that huge gang you hung out with at school?" Hitomi frowns and looks at the ground. "They started thinking that I was hanging around you too much and so they stopped talking to me."
Vans shoulders sag a little. "I'm sorry. I ruined your life at school." He says. Hitomi perks up and shakes her head. "Nah. None of them were as cool and exciting as you!" Van grins and his wings spread back to stretch. "C-Can I touch your wings?" She asks shyly making Van think that that was one of his favorite looks on Hitomi.
"Sure." He says as he lays down on his stomach and turns his head to face Hitomi. She tenderly runs her hand over the feathers. "They are so soft and lovely." She murmurs to herself. Van lays his head on the ground and his body loosens up at the tender feel of her hands on his wings. "They are so beautiful Van." She says looking at him now. He sits up and says, "They aren't as beautiful as you." He clamps his mouth shut horrified that he'd said that out loud. Hitomi smiles. "After that night last week, I already know you like me Van." Van starts to chuckle. "No my hunger was in control. When that's in control I don't really know what I'm doing." He says before he hears a gasp. Hitomis face was filled with rage and hurt. He cocks an eyebrow wondering what he'd said wrong.
"So it wasn't really you doing those things then was it?!" She shrieks at him standing up. Van stutters trying to find something to say to cover up the mean thing he didn't mean to say. "Just take me home Van. NOW!" She yells at him. "But Hitomi, I didn't mean it like that!" Van tries to say but she just shakes her head. "Home NOW!" Vans heart wrenched at the site of her like this but what was said was said. He hadn't meant to hurt her. He was just stating a fact.
Van trudges over to Hitomi and picks her up in his arms. Her body was stiff and cold to his touch making him wince inwardly. He lunges into the air and the trip home was met in silence. He lands at his house in case her parents were home and she jumps out of his arms and sprints into the woods without a backward glance. Vans wings instantly disappear and rage flows through him at himself for hurting the one person who actually liked him.
Hitomi stayed in her room the whole weekend. She barely ate and she had her window locked tight. The feather Van had given her lay on her nightstand beside her bed and her hand clutched the feather pendent as tears raged through her body the entire weekend. Monday morning she was done crying but coldness had entered her heart. She had really thought that Van had cared for her more then a friend. He had bitten her and even controlled himself to not drink her blood. She was such a fool.
She threw on pants and a baggy jacket and barely touched her breakfast. Her parents had no idea about Van since they were never home and Hitomi wasn't going to tell them. She got her backpack and glanced at the large, white feather. Sighing she took it and tucked it in her ponytail before heading outside and to school.
The first two classes were uneventful but it was art that she was dreading the most. She didn't want to ever see Van again but her brain told her to be reasonable. She got in to art and was shocked to see that Van was already there. He had his head in his arms that were crossed and resting on the desk top. Hitomi sits down and he doesn't even move. She glances over her shoulder and looks him over the best she could. Her eyes wander over his tangled hair to his arms and then his hands. She stops on his hands as she stifles a gasp. He didn't have his gloves on but instead they were both wrapped in a bloody clothe.
'What happened to him?' She thinks suddenly worried despite her resolve to not care about him. She looks at the clock and notices class won't start for another three minuets. She turns fully around to face him and quietly and as gently as she could she says, "Van? Van look at me." He flinches but doesn't move. She notices his hands clenched the sides of his desk and new blood stained the already dirty clothe. "Why won't you look at me?" Hitomi asks. A muffled sound is heard but she didn't know what it was. "I can't understand you Van. Look at me." Hitomi says getting really worried. A shudder racks through Vans body before he slowly raises his head and meets the horrified gasp of Hitomi.
A raspy growl comes from Vans throat. Hitomi scans his face in horror at what happened. His face was covered in cuts and bruises and a long cut went over his left eye making it impossible for him to see out of it. His throat seemed mangled like someone tried to strangle him. Or maybe…he did all this by himself. Hitomi thinks as she notices blood still flowed down from some of the larger cuts. The one eye that was open looked hollow and devoid of emotion. He just stared blankly at her as she analyzes him.
"Oh Van…what happened?" She asks in a terrified whisper completely forgetting about how she wasn't supposed to care for him anymore. To hell with that! Deep down she knew that he did have feelings for her and that he hadn't meant to be so mean on Friday. It just hurt so badly on how he said it. Vans one eye blinks at her and only another low growl comes from his throat. "Please talk to me! I'm not mad anymore. Please?" She pleads to him but all he does is just stand up and he limps out the door. 'He has a limp too?' Hitomi thinks before grabbing her stuff and leaving the class ignoring the teachers' threat about suspending her for sluffing. (Not going to class) When she got outside, Van was going towards the school building. She ran after him and followed him in silence as he heads for the stairs that lead to the roof. She reaches the top to see him by the edge that she had fallen off of a little over a week ago.
"Van, please come here. I need to look at your wounds." Hitomi says gently. She was terrified of him being so close to the edge. "No." A broken up voice comes from Van. "I'm sorry for getting mad. Please come here." Hitomi pleads. "No. I'm the one who should be sorry. I said something wrong that hurt you and so I hurt myself for hurting you. You're the only person who's ever befriended me and I hurt you!" He ends up yelling at the end before spitting out blood onto the building.
"I know you didn't mean for it to hurt me. You were just stating a fact that you knew. I understand that now. I…" She stops as she tries to get out her true feelings. "I love you Van Fanel." Her voice came out a whisper but Van had heard it and he turns slowly to face her. She walks over to him as tears flow down her cold cheeks. Van looks down at her and she sobs as a single tear rolls down from the dull red eye. Van lifts a bandaged hand and with his unwrapped finger, brushes away the tears from her face.
"Hitomi…I…I…" He struggles with the words that were so hard to come out. She sighs and leans into him. "It's ok Van. I know what you mean this time." She murmurs and hugs him around the middle before withdrawing quickly as Van gasps in pain. "I'm sorry Van! I didn't know you were that badly hurt. Oh why did you hurt yourself so much!" Hitomi yells as fresh tears fall down her cheeks. She had done that to him. On that day she vowed to never ever get mad at him again. She helps him walk back down to the ground and they start their two mile walk to Hitomis house because Van was too weak to fly.
A/N: Well how did you like it? The lime scene wasn't as erotic as I had originally thought but if you all don't mind I'll put a better one later. Was Van beating himself up too much? I liked that idea cause it shows how much Hitomi really means to him. He's just not good at saying stuff. I have a thing for his wings too so Hitomi is going to play with his wings a lot. I think I'll have Hitomis parents find out next chapter and then just have one more chapter to signal the end of this story. Sad. Only 2 more chapters. Well plz review and I'll keep updating as fast as I can.