A/N: Oh, the sugar and fluff-filled ending! Anime-centric; y'know, the one where Ayano magically reappears like a boss.
Mekakucity Actors Ending
"We all really missed you, y'know," said Ayano, her face splitting into a too-wide smile. "I didn't know you that well, either, but it still felt wrong. I'm so glad you're coming back!"
Hibiya nodded sullenly, digging the toe of his sandal onto the train's floor.
"You…" Ayano paused, tilting her head as she studied his expression. "You don't look very happy, Hibiya-kun."
Hibiya shrugged and looked away, causing Ayano to purse her lips.
There was a beat of silence before Ayano leaped to her feet, tugging on the end of her fraying red scarf and standing with her hands on her hips like some superhero.
"I order you to tell me what's wrong, Hibiya-kun," she demanded, breaking her pose to point at his face, almost poking his nose. "Heroes don't let their comrades suffer in silence!"
Hibiya let out a resigned sigh before relenting. "I don't think it'll be the same," he admitted, eyes downcast. "You all probably forgot about me. You don't really need me around anymore or anything. I'll be an outcast or something." Slightly ashamed, he glanced back at Ayano to see her thinking furiously.
"Hibiya-kun, you've got it all wrong," she announced finally. "You see, while you were gone, we missed your presence more. A member of our very own team was missing! That can't be ignored."
"I'm not really a member of the team anymore."
Ayano frowned deeply at his words, tugging more at her scarf. Suddenly, her eyes brightened in a way that made Hibiya kind of scared.
"What're you-"
He let out a strangled squeak as Ayano lunged forward, proceeding to seize his wrist, yank him to his feet, and hold his hand up high for everyone in the train compartment to see as she shook his arm and proclaimed, "THIS BOY IS PART OF THE MEKAKUCITY DAN, PROTECTORS OF THE CITY AND SAVIORS OF THIS UNIVERSE!" As his face flamed, he scowled and tried to jerk his hand back, but Ayano clutched onto him tighter, wailing, "We'll never let him go!"
The onlookers looked rather confused: some laughing, some staring in fascination, and some looking completely freaked-out by the scene. Someone yelled, "You tell your little brother!" which resulted in an awful lot of applause.
Finally succeeding in wrenching himself free, Hibiya dove back into his seat and groaned. Ayano sat back down next to him and said cheerfully, "You act just like Shintaro!"
Hibiya just sighed in exasperation. How in the world was he the more mature one when she was so much older than him?!
A mechanical voice resonated through the train's speakers, and people began to get up, moving slowly to the doors. Ayano's face lit up, and she hopped to her feet, offering Hibiya a hand. "This is our stop," she clarified as he blinked at her.
He was a little scared to go forward, to see the Dan again after all that time. But Ayano grinned cheerily and forcefully took his hand, again, to pull him to the doors.
As they slid open, he saw everyone standing there, waving frantically with blinding smiles. "Hibiya!" cried Momo, and they began to run forward, toward his frozen form.
After all those months… they still remembered him.
A smile slid onto his face, unbidden, as he thought, Of course they did. They're family.
