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Epilogue
May 2009
NYC, NY USA
Toma and Mackenzie clapped and whistled excitedly for their friends as they marched to get their diplomas. It was graduation day at Julliard, but they weren’t a part of it. Toma moved back to Tokyo to pursue his acting career. He got signed in Johnny’s Associate, one of the best talent agencies in Japan, and he had landed a small role for an upcoming drama.
Mackenzie moved back to Tokyo as well to be with Toma, her family, and her sisters. The Wentz had welcomed Maki and Makiko as part of their family, and Eiji found himself two more older sisters and was having a hard time telling them apart.
“Hey, you two,” Ariel gave them a hug at the same time. “I miss you guys. Mackie, how’s your new school? How’s being a computer graphic major?”
“I feel that I finally am doing what I’m meant to be,” Mackenzie replied. “And, I’ve ironed out the kinks on my CSS code and my site is up and running, so be sure to check it out.”
“How’s Chun?” Toma asked his best friend. “Is he handling your moods well?” He chuckled when Ariel crunched her face at him.
“We’re doing fine, thanks,” she retorted. As if on cue, the guy in question came bounding up to them. Trailing not far behind were the rest of their group. They greeted each other and caught up in each other’s lives. Jun announced loudly that his hungry as he took off his graduation cap and dramatically clutched his stomach to show he meant it. The others just laughed at his silliness, but agreed that he was right…for once. Jun stood there pouting for being the butt of their jokes until Toma went and told him they were kidding. He hooked his arm around Jun’s, and the two guys skipped merrily across the campus lawn arm in arm, must to Mackenzie’s embarrassment.
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Yamapi crinkled his forehead thoughtfully and cocked his head to the side. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he stared at it.
“Oi, hurry up, this frame is heavy,” Makiko complained as she struggled to balance a painting in her hands trying her best to keep it on the wall. “Is the damn thing straight or not?”
Yamapi ignored her and instead shifted his position to the opposite side. Makiko growled at him, and Yamapi chuckled at her impatience, telling her that it was straight already. They finally managed to prop the painting on the wall and admired how straight they put it.
“Thanks for helping me fix my new place up,” Yamapi said and scooped Makiko up off her feet to give her a kiss.
“You’re welcome,” she replied and slid down to stand back on the floor. “I’m glad you finally got a place of your own now.”
“Yeah,” Yamapi nodded in agreement. “Living back and forth with Sho and Nino was fun, but I just needed my own place now.” He turned and gave her the looked that meant one thing. “So you can come over anytime to, you know,” he said with a grin.
“To what?” Makiko probed, raising an eyebrow at him.
“Play video games,” Yamapi said excitedly. “Nino bought me one for my own since I tend to hog his.” He led her to the couch and gave her a controller.
Makiko rolled her eyes and sighed, setting down the controller on the coffee table. She crossed her arms and pouted, saying she didn’t feel like playing video games.
“What do you want to do, then?” Yamapi asked and watched her silently get up and headed towards his room.
She took her shirt and flung it at him and placed her hands on the doorpost and posed seductively. He just stared at her and let out an exasperate sigh.
“Well, aren’t you coming?” she asked. In a flash, Yamapi got up and ran to her, tripping over his pants as he tried to take them off. She didn’t need to ask him twice.
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Shun stared at the beautiful woman sitting across from him at their dining table. Maki felt him staring at her for the last few moments, his plate untouched. She looked up at him questioningly.
“Nani?” She asked, her hand paused in mid air. Shun smiled and shook his head.
“I just can’t believe that I married you, that’s all,” he said, dreamily looking at her.
“Are you regretting your decision?” she pouted.
“No! I love you!” Shun exclaimed in defense. Maki laughed and explained that she was just joking.
“Baka! I love you, too,” she said.
After dinner, they cuddled on the couch and looked at some of their pictures from their wedding. One picture caught their attention the longest, and Maki sighed happily. It was a picture with all six of them: Shun and Maki in the middle, Toma and Mackenzie on the right, and Yamapi and Makiko on the left. Her two maids-of honor looked stunning in their gowns, and the guys looked gorgeous in their suits.
“You’re the one who looked more beautiful, babe,” Shun assured her. Maki laughed and turned to look at him.
“Silly. We’re identical triplets. If I’m beautiful, then they’re beautiful, too.”
“Oh yeah.” Shun grinned at her. Maki turned back to the pictures as Shun turned the page of the photo album.
The last pictures were the three of them: Maki, Makiko, and Mackenzie. Maki noted the happiness in their eyes. They were finally together, complete. One happy family.
THE END
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A/N: Wah, it's over. I hope I delivered since endings are my weakest when it comes to writing.
If the last two chapters are made of fail, hontou gomenasai. I did my best.
This is the biggest writing project I've ever done, and it's rare for me to finish, but I love this story and I stuck till the end. Please let me know you've read it and give me your feedback so I know that all this posting of this story on Lj was worth it.
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