Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ A Life I Deserve ❯ Love ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3 Love

Van pulled the girl over to the rocky shore and pushed her hair away from her face.

`Hitomi' he whispered. ` It is her. She looks older and more beautiful but I know that it's her.'

He looked at her lips and gulped. They were a bluish color and no air was coming out. He leaned over and opened her mouth. He breathed into her mouth and then listened to her chest. He continued to breathe into her until he felt her move suddenly and he pulled back. She turned her head to the side and hunched as she coughed up water. He held her as she coughed and sighed.

`She's alright.'

"Who are you? Why did you help me?" she choked. She sat up slowly and then lifted her eyes. Through her lashes she saw dark hair and maroon eyes. `HIS EYES!'

"Van!" she gasped.

"Hitomi, are you alright?" Van asked.

"You're here! I can't believe it!" she yelled and with that she fainted in his arms.

`Oh Hitomi,' he said. Then the pendant began to glow again. `No! I can't go back yet!' He thought as he held Hitomi closer. `I won't leave her again!'

The necklace lifted up above his head and the column of light appeared again. It was so bright that he closed his eyes and hugged her tighter.

`I won't let you go! I won't!'

He began to lift off the ground and then was gone.

When he awoke, he was in his bed again staring at the ceiling.

`It was another dream.' He thought as stared up. He closed his eyes again but then he felt movement. He glanced over and saw a girl lying in his bed.

`Oh God'

He looked at himself and noticed his clothes were soaked as well as the bed beneath him. He leaned over the girl and tried to look at her face.

`Hitomi…I remember now…I must have brought her back with me.'

He lifted off the bed and tried to slide off. Unfortunately he got caught in the covers and fell onto the floor. With a graceful thump he managed to awake the sleeping girl.

"Huh…Van…" she sighed. She wiped her hair from her face and sat up slowly. She looked at her damp clothes and then what she was laying on. Panic suddenly filled her.

"Where am I? Who's here? Van!" she yelled as she slid off the bed and ran for the door.

He ran after her and caught her from behind. She elbowed him and continued to try and turn the knob.

"Hitomi, it's me. Stop trying to leave, it's not safe." He continued to hold her until she stopped moving. He held her close as she breathed heavily and began to tremble.

"Van," she cried as she collapsed, "I missed you so much. When you were gone I lost everything I cared about. I lost everything!"

She turned to face him, tears in her eyes. Van reached out and wiped the tears from her cheeks. He brushed his lips against hers and continued to stroke her hair.

"I missed you too Hitomi, but now we have hope again."

She started crying again and grabbed onto him tightly. Hitomi knew that her hope was renewed, now that she had Van again.

` He's finally with me again. Van…'

The two talked for a while about what had happened while they were apart. After a few tears and some hugging, the two decided that wouldn't leave each other again.

"Hitomi, so you will stay here…with me."

"Van, I have nothing left but you, you are my home," she said as she stroked his face.

He clasped her hand and leaned closer to her. Her eyes were focused on his lips. He lightly kissed her forehead and then each eyelid. When he found himself at her lips, he paused.

"Van please."

With that, he closed the space between them and wrapped his arms around her. Her lips were so soft. This was his first kiss, he knew it wasn't her first, but he felt her pouring out all the hurt and longing into that kiss. The kisses grew more heated as they explored each other's mouth. He wanted her so much, but not yet.

" Hitomi," he gasped, " we have to stop."

She looked at him, catching her breath. Her lips were swollen and her eyes dilated. She wanted him as much as he wanted her.

" Van, I understand, but could you hold me for a while."

They stood up and walked back over to the bed. She climbed up and he followed. Wrapping a blanket around them, Van could hear Hitomi's steady breathing as he rested his head on the wall. They lay there as the hours passed.

`I want to be with her forever, but will she want me…as a husband.'

His thoughts were interrupted by a servant rushing in, not expecting the room to be occupied.

"Your Highness! Thank god we found you!"

From that moment, the room was filled with people and questions. It would be a long day.