Memories of a Feather [Part 2]
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 12:29 am
Memories of a Feather
[AN: Hello Everyone! This is the second part of my attempt at a two-part one-shot, a SHORT story for once, and hopefully... it'll turn out the way I want. Some Van/Hitomi romance, as always, though not as literal as in Dreams of Destiny. Focusing on Van this time, since last time was Hitomi. I get the feeling that this has a sense of poetry in it, which I'm glad for because I am a poet, and it was what made me enthusiastic about writing - I even have some poems published!]
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*** Flashback ***
"I'll never forget you Van!"
"Hitomi..."
"I'll never forget. I promise!"
And with that, Hitomi Kanzaki, the seer of the Mystic Moon, was once again swept up in the pillar of light, and back to another world.
*** End Flashback ***
// ~ * ~ \\
With a sigh of relief, Van Slanzar de Fanel leaned back contentedly on the rooftop of the newly built windmill, just outside the capital of Fanelia. It had been another long day, filled with work to be done, and people to be met.
It had been such a whirlwind this past year. Fanelia was still in the process of being rebuilt, and it was a rare moment such as this when he was allowed to just lay back and think, of things aside from his duties as a ruler.
Without fail, just as any moment before, his mind drifted off to the girl that had captured his heart only but a year ago.
Hitomi...
Van looked up at the beauty of the two moons hanging in the sky, one clearly outshining the other with its vibrant colors that spoke of life and beauty...
And Hitomi.
No matter what he was doing, no matter how tired are worn he might feel, Van always found his thoughts drifting to the emerald-eyed beauty.
He wondered if she still remembered him, just like she had promised. If she remembered their adventures together, if she thought of him as often as he did of her. If she thought of him at all.
It was so hectic now, rebuilding the country and making it a formidable power on Gaea. At first Van only had advisors he barely remembered, and Merle, of course, but only a few months ago he had discovered that he had family - living family, and thus Kirei Avan de Fanel came to the capital and was now his right-hand man to put it simply, leader of the Fanelian foot and guymelef units.
He was proud of his country, of the Fanelia that they were all building together, at its success, but there was still something missing in his life.
Namely, his heart. Hitomi, no matter how he had not wished to admit it before, completed him in a way that he knew no one else ever could, or possibly come close to matching. He had been torn, surely, when Balgus had died, and Fanelia destroyed, and ripped apart emotionally when he had learned of Folken's betrayal - and then his death. But in the end, with Hitomi, he felt... better. More whole. And happier. And he knew that all he wanted in life, no matter what else might occur, was to be with her.
And yet, and yet, he had let her go.
How he regretted that. He knew she was happy, their bond, stretched as it was, allowed him to know that. But he wondered how she was doing, what she looked like now - had she changed? - and, no matter how much it hurt to even brush the possibility, if she had forgotten him - and fallen in love again.
He shook his head in resistance. Hitomi would not forget. She had made the promise, just as he did. And even if he didn't know all that much about Fate, he knew they were meant to be.
And someday she would return to him.
And he would welcome her, and ask her to stay forever this time, granting them the eternity they were always meant to have.
Van looked at the sky one last time.
Hitomi...
Hitomi...
I miss you so much, my angel, but someday I'll see you again. I know it.
I love you Hitomi, forever.
// ~ * ~ \\
Hello!
A bit more poignant I think, and longer by a page than Hitomi's view. I hope you like, I'm proud of my short story, and this one is a bit more insightful. Not much else to say, except I hope you enjoyed!
[AN: Hello Everyone! This is the second part of my attempt at a two-part one-shot, a SHORT story for once, and hopefully... it'll turn out the way I want. Some Van/Hitomi romance, as always, though not as literal as in Dreams of Destiny. Focusing on Van this time, since last time was Hitomi. I get the feeling that this has a sense of poetry in it, which I'm glad for because I am a poet, and it was what made me enthusiastic about writing - I even have some poems published!]
// ~ * ~ \\
*** Flashback ***
"I'll never forget you Van!"
"Hitomi..."
"I'll never forget. I promise!"
And with that, Hitomi Kanzaki, the seer of the Mystic Moon, was once again swept up in the pillar of light, and back to another world.
*** End Flashback ***
// ~ * ~ \\
With a sigh of relief, Van Slanzar de Fanel leaned back contentedly on the rooftop of the newly built windmill, just outside the capital of Fanelia. It had been another long day, filled with work to be done, and people to be met.
It had been such a whirlwind this past year. Fanelia was still in the process of being rebuilt, and it was a rare moment such as this when he was allowed to just lay back and think, of things aside from his duties as a ruler.
Without fail, just as any moment before, his mind drifted off to the girl that had captured his heart only but a year ago.
Hitomi...
Van looked up at the beauty of the two moons hanging in the sky, one clearly outshining the other with its vibrant colors that spoke of life and beauty...
And Hitomi.
No matter what he was doing, no matter how tired are worn he might feel, Van always found his thoughts drifting to the emerald-eyed beauty.
He wondered if she still remembered him, just like she had promised. If she remembered their adventures together, if she thought of him as often as he did of her. If she thought of him at all.
It was so hectic now, rebuilding the country and making it a formidable power on Gaea. At first Van only had advisors he barely remembered, and Merle, of course, but only a few months ago he had discovered that he had family - living family, and thus Kirei Avan de Fanel came to the capital and was now his right-hand man to put it simply, leader of the Fanelian foot and guymelef units.
He was proud of his country, of the Fanelia that they were all building together, at its success, but there was still something missing in his life.
Namely, his heart. Hitomi, no matter how he had not wished to admit it before, completed him in a way that he knew no one else ever could, or possibly come close to matching. He had been torn, surely, when Balgus had died, and Fanelia destroyed, and ripped apart emotionally when he had learned of Folken's betrayal - and then his death. But in the end, with Hitomi, he felt... better. More whole. And happier. And he knew that all he wanted in life, no matter what else might occur, was to be with her.
And yet, and yet, he had let her go.
How he regretted that. He knew she was happy, their bond, stretched as it was, allowed him to know that. But he wondered how she was doing, what she looked like now - had she changed? - and, no matter how much it hurt to even brush the possibility, if she had forgotten him - and fallen in love again.
He shook his head in resistance. Hitomi would not forget. She had made the promise, just as he did. And even if he didn't know all that much about Fate, he knew they were meant to be.
And someday she would return to him.
And he would welcome her, and ask her to stay forever this time, granting them the eternity they were always meant to have.
Van looked at the sky one last time.
Hitomi...
Hitomi...
I miss you so much, my angel, but someday I'll see you again. I know it.
I love you Hitomi, forever.
// ~ * ~ \\
Hello!
A bit more poignant I think, and longer by a page than Hitomi's view. I hope you like, I'm proud of my short story, and this one is a bit more insightful. Not much else to say, except I hope you enjoyed!
) Very nicely written, thank you for posting it 
And I thought it was neat how you managed to get into both characters' heads and hearts. Thanks so much!!!
)
:evil: Why not stay!? bah!