"Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about." - Rollo May

- Rollo May


Epilogue

2 years later

He woke up with a bunch of papers on his head, lying on the desk. Next to him, his boss picked up the phone angrily.

"No, I already told you what to change! Yes, it's going to– Will you just listen to me? Who's the editor here?"

He groaned, and lied back to the desk, about to fall asleep again, but then, someone put a cup of coffee onto the table.

"Time to get up, Ricchan. If Takano-san catches you sleeping, you're going to be screwed."

The brunet reached out for the coffee, and took a sip, then two. He drank it as if it was water. When he finished it, he threw it into the trashcan.

"Thanks. As I see, you're already screwed," he laughed, and yawned. "You seem like you're about to collapse."

"I am!" Kisa sat down next to him, and started to work on a dialog in a manga, putting the texts to their places. "Gosh, we'll never be done!"

"Shut up, you two, and go to work!"

"Alright, Takano-san!"

It was what they called 'hell week'. Everyone at Emerald Department was in a rush, people kept running in and out of the door, deliveries came in, and went to the printers, and editors were literally dead.

Onodera has been working at Marukawa for half a year now. Before graduating, Takano made a place for him at Emerald, and they started to work together. A few weeks later, at an interview, Takano met Kisa, and instantly hired him due to lack of people at the department. The three of them was a team now with Hatori and Mino by their side.

That evening, Kisa wanted to invite them to drink, but they all were too exhausted to go anywhere but home.

"Good job today," Takano said to Onodera as they were walking home. Takano was living alone in a district, and Onodera spent most of his time at his place.

"Good job," he as well said, tiredly smiling at him.

They entered into the apartment, dropping their coat onto the couch. As usual, they took a shower together, then collapsed into the bed.

"So many things happened to us."

Onodera frowned at Takano's words. "Huh?"

"Just thinking about these years. These past few years."

Onodera smiled, and cuddled up to Takano. "Yeah. And look where we are now."

They kissed, and giggled, looking into each other's eyes. Onodera felt safe in his arms, happily and slowly falling asleep. The last thing he felt was Takano's lips on his forehead as he kissed it, before he'd fallen asleep.

The past few years, he said. It started as a nightmare, and grew itself into something neither Onodera nor Kisa would dream about. The brunet got Takano and a supportive family behind his back as he became a manga editor at Marukawa. Kisa got Yukina by his side and after a long time, he met Onodera and Takano, and luckily, they happened to work together.

The four of them often met at some bars or restaurants to talk about their everyday life, and by now, they became close friends.

Onodera wasn't awake already, when Takano pulled him closer, and gave another kiss on his forehead. He was deep in his dreams, knowing that he'd wake up in the arms of his lover.


A/N:

Hello, guys!

I want to thank everyone who followed my story to the end of our boys' adventure. Thank you for being here, thanks for reading, favouriting and following, and especially reviewing. (: I hope to see you guys at my other works.