AN: I know the ending could have been better done and there might have been room for one more chapter but I didn't feel like extending it any further. I do hope you have enjoyed reading this though.

Chapter Ten – Age is Only a Number

Kyoko looked through another book as she tried to find a cure for the curse that Kuon had upon him. Apparently if the user lost control of the black magic then the other person would age so much they would turn to dust and for Kyoko that was a horrible disaster. She didn't want to think of the way that she could lose Kuon and that she would be alone. She loved him even if he wasn't able to see that herself.

"Kyoko!" Maria squealed as she managed to find something in her own book and Kyoko looked across and then smiled. The page that Maria had open was in Latin but at the top of the book there was some English writing there. Although she hadn't studied enough to be skilled in Latin, Kyoko was incredibly skilled in English.

Charms to Break Aging Spells

Maria looked over the Latin and Kyoko realized that she had taught herself to read it. She shouldn't be surprised, Maria was a lot more like a small adult in a child's body than a little girl and that had been because of her father. Having the distance between them meant that Maria had to take care of herself. It was something that was hard to ask any child to do.

Maria sighed as she put her finger to the page that had the charms on it. "This one," she said before looking down sadly, she shook her head. "No. This one stops the aging and it'll pause aging until the body energy is able to catch up to the person inside but that means that Kuon will be…he won't be your age."

Kyoko paused. She looked down thinking about Kuon. She had seen him grow older and she knew in her heart that she would continue to love him no matter what. However, she knew that he would have trouble in the acting world if he just appeared so much older. He looked like he was in his early forties but she loved him regardless to that.

"Can we make it?" she asked and Maria nodded as she looked at the ingredients. She had most of the rare ingredients in store and there was always the possibility of finding a spell to reverse his age.

"It might be his only hope, we have to work quickly," Maria said and Kyoko nodded. It was good to have her friend's help again despite the pain of knowing this might be the last project they work together on.

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Kuon felt everything inside of him crashing down and breaking. The pain was nearly unbearable and he could see the pain that his parents had for him. He felt that he was going to die and that the spell was going to work quickly and destroy him. His eyes were almost closing when he saw an out of breath Kyoko standing there.

"Hi," Kyoko whispered as she studied him, her cheeks turning a deep red as she studied the body of the man that she loves. He was in his forties or at least appeared to be but in her eyes, he looked like Corn. She walked over to him with the small charm bottle.

"We found an antidote…in a way," she told him and Kuon pushed himself up.

"You did?" he asked and Kyoko nodded. She walked over to him and then sat down on the bed next to him. She wrapped her arms around him and let her head rest on his shoulder. "It's not going to cause reverse aging but it is going to pause it until you're actually forty," she told him and Kuon watched her.

"You don't want to marry me like this," he said and Kyoko took his hand.

"I love you," she said, "Whatever age you look. All I want is to spend the rest of my life with you," she said and unscrewed the top of the antidote. She handed it to him and then saw him drink it. Soon everything started feeling better inside of Kuon but he sat there looking twice her age.

In Kyoko's eyes though, she didn't see anything any differently. He was the man that she had fallen in love with, the boy that she had never stopped loving since she was a little girl. No matter how different their ages were, they were meant to be together. She kissed him, "To me, you are always Corn and you are always the man that I love."

She kissed him before feeling a magical glowing feeling inside and felt his body to change.

She opened her eyes and smiled.

End of Those Good Old Days

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