A/N: Two in one day! Don't you feel special? smirk This one's a bit angsty. . . but we love angst as much as fluff. Enjoy my beloved readers!
020. Colorless
His world is dull without her. He never realized just how much she changed his life until she was swept back out of it. Fanelia- no, Gaea itself, is not the same without Hitomi. Her love for life and her enthusiasim for everything was so all consuming, that its abscence has left a deep hole inside inside of him. Sounds have dulled and colors have faded, as if she took the vibrancy of the world with her.
Black, white and gray. Even the lush emerald forests that surround his home have become one of those shades. The world seems to mourn with him, from every leaf and steam, to the once brilliant blue sky that she loved so much.
Merle has noticed the difference in her Van-sama, and she understands it, at least to a degree. Afterall, things have become SO dull and boring without the weird Mystic Moon girl. She'd never admit that she misses Hitomi. Never. But its different for Van, she knows. The void Hitomi left behind hasn't gone away. She does her best to try and keep Van from falling into it, but she's not sure how sucessful she is.
He knows Merle is concerned, but he can't bring himself to try and reassure her. Its taking all his strength to keep his feet firmly grounded in his empty world, for he knows all too well the scolding he'll get when Hitomi returns if he allows himself to wallow in misery. But its hard, so hard when the color in his life is a world away.