It's been four years since the beginning occured. Three years since Beno's birth, three years since Thomas went to get help. Three years since Ryoga had used his street persona to get his family back. But it's been two years since Yuma allowed Thomas to see Beno. Even though he started sessions immediately after the previous incident happened. Right now, Yuma graduated with both his best friends a week ago and he is sitting with Beno in his lap waiting for Kotori to come back with a late present for Beno. Ryoga is returning from work, a block away from the house, the same distance as Thomas.

"Well, here you go Beno." Kotori said showing the talkative and energetic boy a set of toy trucks, cars, airplanes, ships and helicopters. Beno and Yuma both had the same look on their face but for different reasons, of course. "Wow!" Beno shouted amazed by the giant set of toy. "Tori, where did you get this from?" Yuma asked. "Oh, I got this from a random store. It was pretty cheap for an extremely large set, so I got it." She replied happily. "Mommy, can I play with the play with the toys?" Beno asked, bouncing with excitement. "Of course you can. Just be careful, alright?" Yuma responded. With the consent to play, Beno nodded his head energetically and raced to the vast set.

As Beno sat on the floor making noises and driving his cars around, Yuma and Kotori had a small talk about random things like news, events, and work. By the time they were done, Ryoga and Thomas had met in front of the gate and quietly walked towards the door.

"Well then Yuma, I best be on my way." Kotori said. "Already? Come on, I need the company." Yuma pouted. "We can play with Beno." He continued. "I can't Yuma, I have to go see Bronk." She replied. "Wait, isn't Thomas coming over?" She asked after a slight pause. "Oh, yeah...and Ryou is supposed to be here before him." Yuma drawled, remembering that today was one of Thomas' visiting days. "Then you know I can't stay. I'm still mad at him you know." Kotori stated, crossing her arms. She holds a tiny grudge against Thomas for what he did to Yuma, but she can tolerate him around her due to his will to change.

"Fine," Yuma sighed out, not pleased his best friend had to leave. "Take care, Tori." He said giving her a hug. "You too Yuma." She replied, returning the hug. "See you later lil' guy!" Kotori patted Beno on the head. "See you later Aunty!" Beno shouted acknowledging her departure.

As Kotori left the house, she saw that Ryoga and Thomas were walking up the porch stairs.

"Good afternoon, Ryoga. Uh... Hello Thomas." She greeted the two as they walked towards her. Thomas nodded his head in acknowledgment. "Hello Kotori, are you leaving?" Ryoga asked. "Yes, I have to meet up with Bronk." She nodded. "Alright then, enjoy it." Ryoga said with a smile. "Thanks, see you later!" Kotori replied, waving as she jogged off.

Opening the door, Ryoga allowed Thomas to walk in first before closing the door and locking it again. Once inside, Thomas rushed to the living room. Ryoga followed after he put his stuff down.

Clearing his throat to catch Yuma's attention, Thomas stood by the living room door. "Oh, hello Thomas. Did Ryou walk in with you?" Yuma greeted. "Uh, yeah. We actually got here at the same time." Thomas replied. Yuma nodded his head in acknowledgment. "Beno," Yuma called. "Yes, Mommy?" Beno asked, waddling up to them with a ton of cars, trucks and buses in his hand. On Beno's arrival, Thomas lightened up, smiling brightly as he saw his son.

"Your father is here. How about you say hi and show him your new set that Aunty Tori got you?" Yuma suggested. Walking up slowly to Thomas, Beno looked him in the eye. "Hi..." Beno said, looking away from Thomas. "Beno, is that how you treat me? I thought I was your father. The least you can do is give me a hug." Thomas said crouching down and opening his arms for a hug. Beno walked up quickly to him and walked into the hug, unable to return it fully with all of his toys.

"So your aunt got you a new set?" Thomas inquired. "Yes." Beno replied. "Will you show me it?" Thomas asked. Beno nodded. "It over here." Beno said walking towards the huge mess with Thomas on his heels. Thomas, like Yuma was astonished. "Wow, that's a lot of new toys." Thomas blurted out, stating the obvious. Tugging on Thomas' shirt, Beno asked quitely. "Can you play with me?" He asked. "Sure, I can." And for the rest of the visit, the two played happily.

Ryoga came into the room seeing the other side occupied with toys. "Yuma." He said. "Yes, Ryou?" Yuma asked. "What is all these toys doing here?" Ryoga inquired, clearly confused. "It's Tori's present to Beno." Yuma explained. Understanding, Ryoga sat next to Yuma and watched the two play.

End of Visit

Thomas said good bye to everyone and left the house. Beno had wasted all his energy on playing with his biological father so much that he fell asleep on the Yuma's lap.

Moving to the porch, Yuma placed Beno on a long chair to rest on as he sat with Ryoga. Reminiscing on the past the two brought up all their hardships and all their problems then talked about the good times afterward.

"Ryou...it's amazing how we got through all of this..." Yuma said, hugging Ryoga a tad tighter. "Well. I guess it's about to get better." Ryoga replied. He stood in front of the perplexed Yuma and took out a small box. "Yuma, we been through incredulous events and we endured every hardship in our way. It's funny because you were always the damsel in distress pleading for someone to save you..." Ryoga started, kneeling in front of Yuma. "I thoroughly fulfilled that plea. So with this ring I ask you..." He opened the box. "Will you marry me?"

Fin

A.N:

Kirua: There you go guys. It's finished. Done. Put to bed.

Yami: I forced him to put the cliffhanger for all of you. It is for the lack of reviews mang, like we check our stuff thoroughly so we know when we'd have things and when we don't.

Kirua: I bet you guys want a sequel, well. Maybe. Just maybe.

Ja ne.

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