salut d'amour playing on the background, waaah! T.T

Epilogue

"Don't forget--deadline for submission of requirements on the fourth of next month. It will affect your grades tremendously, so...put your best efforts in your outputs, alright?"

Kahoko addressed her Class 4-A students. After emphasizing on the part of the term papers to be completed before the end of the week, she glanced at the wall clock on the back of the room.

Seventeen minutes to twelve high noon.

With the students still buzzing and muttering and chattering, Kahoko settled down carefully on her chair. She gathered her reference materials, books, class record and piled them on the table. Against the soft hide of the chair she leaned and stifled a yawn--she was always so sleepy these days.

Kahoko refused to file a leave fom teaching in the early months of her pregnancy. Len relented, but only until the end of the first semester. They live in a cozy house just outside of town, a short walking distance from Nakata-san's repair house, the ocean, and a nearby park. She absently stroked her belly and mentally argued on what to eat for lunch.

"It's not just a story, eh, sensei?"

Kahoko looked up. Miyano, the violin major slash class spokesperson broke through her violent concentration.

"Eh? What story?"

"The Violin Romance," her students gushed. Tsukimori Kahoko's face flushed the deepest shade of red.

"I--uh--" she kept her mouth shut. It wouldn't be wise to stutter before one's students.

"You didn't tell us that you played the violin before, sensei!" they protested. "Yeah, we know all about it; Kanazawa-sensei told us! He even showed us videos of the concours!"

"You got your happy ending, sensei."

"Turned out the boy loved the girl, afterall."

Her students' eyes twinkled and had a glossed-over look that somehow reminded Kahoko of Mio and Nao.

"Romance that surpasses time and circumstances. Sugoi!!! Eeeehhh, sugoi!!! Now that's what you call Violin Romance!!"

Kahoko shook her head and smiled. 'These kids...'

"Sensei! Is it a boy or a girl?"

The bell rang.

~~THE END~~

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ahem. okay, okay, it's a rather abrupt end. ^-^ i really don't know how to thank you guys, except maybe for a deep bow and a heartfelt 'hontou ni arigatou gozaimasu.' gyahaha. ^-^ hope to see you guys again. take care, minna! kansha! ^-^

and they say i have the tendency to be redundant. XD