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A/N: I'm really beginning to hate this story. Well I continue? The future's not mine to see.
Chapter Sixteen – Do the Twist
There was a knock at the door; the sound made Hitomi jump. "It's open!" Hitomi called from the window sill. Merle entered and Hitomi smiled, Merle returned it with a frosty one. "Ready?" Merle was trying to be pleasant. "Yeah, I guess." Hitomi said nervously.
Hitomi exited with Merle following. They didn't exchange words on the way to the dinning hall, only company, which wasn't saying anything at all.
Van held Tora's hand to say good-bye.
"I would like too invite you back again, and who ever you wish to bring as well." Van gave her a smile.
"Thank you" Tora said, "I will make sure to return again."
Merle quickly mouth a good-bye and the driver took off. She now only had Hitomi to worry about. Jet may have been a great lover, but Van was still the love of her life, and she would do any ting to keep him.
"You saw her off?" Hitomi faced Van from looking outside.
Van gave a slight nod. "Yeah." He said gently; as he leaned down to kiss her check.
Hitomi quickly blinked away the misty look in her eyes and turned around to face Van. Sliding off the window sill, she moved away from Van to the centre of the room. Van leaned against the window sill and folded his arms. Hitomi turned around quickly to face him. Clapping her hands together, she gave a nervous smile. "Van…" She started and then turned to the floor and sucked in an anxious breath between clenched teeth. Placing a palm on her forehead as to cut off her visual of Van she tried to make things easier for her.
"Van," Hitomi said "You know I love you," she looked off up towards the ceiling at a tilt; "but I can't marry you…" Van jumped off the sill, his arms at his sides. "Let alone stay." Hitomi continued, "so I've decided to go back home." Still looking at the ceiling, "believe me," her eyes flicked to Van's then over to the wall, "there is nothing more that I would want, but I just don't see this working out for us. We all have to make sacrifices; and well, this is mine."
Van said nothing. He walked over, grabbed Hitomi's neck and kissed her passionately. Hitomi made no attempt at fighting it. She melted into his embrace. This had been everything that she should have wanted, that she did want. Yet, she knew that it would be something that she wasn't allowed to accept. Hitomi broke their kiss, even though she wanted that moment to continue on. She knew secretly she would have done anything he wanted her to do, only this was the one thing she could not.
"Stay with me…" Van said in a husky whisper, "or let me go with you, anything… just so that we can be together." Van ran his thumb against Hitomi's jaw line.
She hung her head, feeling the tears well up in her eyes. "I can't. And I can't let you come with me. You belong here, with your kingdom, your people." Hitomi wiped the tears from her eyes. "And I belong on Earth with mine."
Van tucked some fallen strains of hair behind Hitomi's ear. "Hitomi, I can't let you leave. We were meant for each other. I can't image what I would be like if I just let you leave. I was a mess before; I go insane the next time." Van desperately argued with Hitomi. "I won't let you leave." Van said firmly, leaving Hitomi alone in the room.
He'd been taken for a fool and none less then by his arch nemesis; Van.
"Prick… prick… prick… prick… prick… prick…" Dilandau continued. Van had once again succeeded in taking what was his. To Dilandau, Hitomi belonged to him, and he had made sure of that.
She came to a large rock and sat down on it. The sun was warm and she felt safe. Hitomi had felt strangely sick the past few days and blamed it on being home sick, and having fought with Van made the feeling worsen. She didn't like to quarrel with Van. And now to deny Van marriage certainly wouldn't help the situation.
Hitomi slid to the soft grassy forest floor, resting her head against the rock; receiving the first peaceful moment of her stay on Gaea.
Hitomi heard a twig snap. She stood up quickly to face her hunter. Feeling nauseous from the quick movement, she stabilized herself against the stone. Hitomi was relieved to see that it was only Merle. Hanging her head she took in a breath.
"Oh… Merle…," Hitomi said with relief, "It's only you."
"Why? ... Who were you expecting? Van?" Merle remarked snidely, "Or maybe … Dilandau?" Merle said wild-eyed as she rushed at Hitomi.
Hitomi put hand up to defend herself. Merle leaped and took a swipe, landing behind were Hitomi would have been. But instead of feeling flesh in her hands, Merle had taken a shot at empty space. Merle stood up and twisted around to attack Hitomi again, but Hitomi was already gone.
Crossing her arms, Hitomi trudged against the wind, making her way home. When she reached to where she was going, Hitomi looked up at the house and walked down the stone path. Opening the door, Hitomi moved in and closed the door.
She heard a crash come from the kitchen. Turning around, Hitomi was greeted by a rushing figure and then a hug so tight, she thought she would pass out.
"Hitomi! Where have you been?" It was her house mother. "Oh, I guess it really doesn't really matter as long as your home now. We've been so worried." Hitomi received another hug.
Hitomi's house mother finally released her. She looked Hitomi up and down. "Did you join a cult?" She said. Hitomi smiled and scratched the back of her back of her head. "No." Hitomi replied.
"Why, Hitomi, you look positively ill. Change out of that bed sheet, I'll go get my purse and I'm taking you to the doctor's," her house mom said, "gone for a month and comes back in a bed sheet, indeed." She continued, walking down the hall. Hitomi laughed to herself, as she ran up stairs. It felt good to be home; not to have to worry about anything else.
Two months later…
Hitomi walked out to the post box to get the mail. There were bills like usually, junk mail advertising the best new thing to hit the market since sliced beard, and a letter addressed to Hitomi. Looking at the return address, Hitomi saw it was from the doctor's office.
"Finally." Hitomi muttered under her breath. Throwing out the junk and tucking the rest of the mail under her arm, Hitomi opened the envelope. Reading the apologue as to why they had to wait so long, blah, blah, blah… Hitomi skipped right to the end. Not even bothering to read what she had been tested for, Hitomi just read the column that said positive or negative. Scanning down the sheets, they all read "Negative" except one at the very end.
The mail dropped from under Hitomi's arm. Slipping onto the grass, Hitomi read the paper over just to make sure that it was right. The sun was shining brightly and there were white puffy clouds to fill up the sky. There was a gentle breeze that lazily trickled though the neighbourhood. Children played in the street laughing and chasing each other. Dogs barked happily and the birds chirped sweetly. Today was the perfect, a good day, but now it was to be ruined.
Hitomi could have cried. She read the page for the third and last time ever so carefully. Hitomi was completely healthy and completely pregnant.
A/N: I think we all know who the daddy is...
