Author's note:
This is it! The final and last chapter to this rabble I call a work of fiction. I hope you all enjoyed this wild ride, I sure did.
I hope I didn't just drop the ending off a cliff, so let me know what you think about it and the story as a whole.
Thank you to everyone whose taken the time to keep up with this, and those that have reviewed in the past and gave me the inspiration and motivation to get this all out.
Enjoy!
"C'mon Kai, sit down already will ya?" Tyson groaned, having been watching Kai pace the waiting room of the hospital for hours was grating on his nerves. Kai ignored him and kept his pacing up.
Max was busy rocking Charlotte in her carrier sitting next to his husband; a heavy pink and yellow fleece blanket draped over her due to the winter weather. Makoto and Rain sat next to each other, having fallen asleep against one another's shoulders. Kai had been pacing, previously offered a front row seat for the birth of his son but he declined; he hated hospitals and didn't think he'd be able to stomach seeing Ray being sliced open.
Where had the time gone? The days, weeks and months blended into each other so fast, he had lost track of time. Ian and Spencer had done their job, no loose ends; just the way he ordered it. Lee's body, if there was one, was never found. Mariah and Ray settled for joint custody of Rain, and that summer she took her first visit to China with her mother. When Rain came home she was so overjoyed and couldn't wait to do it again, she talked non-stop about the village and its people. A new village chief was elected, who in turn Mariah ended up marrying and she was now expecting her second child.
During the summer Rain was away, Kai and Ray kept busy house hunting in Japan. It had gone well, and after Rain came back they moved in mid-August. It was a beautiful home, two-story and privately gated. Ray's only complaints were the stairs, becoming bigger and bigger during his pregnancy he hated them with a passion. His pregnancy was normal, even though most people's reactions to seeing a man pregnant were far from normal. They had found out the gender of the baby and held a small reveal party, once Rain had come back from China. A boy, just what she had asked for, for her birthday all those months ago.
Rain was enrolled at the school Makoto went to, so that way she knew someone and she had already made plenty of new friends. She kept in touch with her mother, while Bryan kept in touch with the rest of them. Having lived with the Hiwatari's for five months had done him wonders, and he too was starting a move to Japan to be closer to them all. Mishka was coming with him as well, his mother finally giving him up to Bryan full time. Nobody knew where she went off too, nor did they ask.
The trip to Fiji had two more added to the list, since Bryan and Mishka tagged along. Makoto and Mishka got along great, Rain had a blast. Max and Tyson had ended up being called back home since Hilary had gone into early labor, Charlotte Renei was born after two hours of labor and was whisked to the NICU. She was now four months old, and the spitting image of Max; blonde hair and huge baby blue eyes with a bit of brown around the pupils. Luckily Ray's pregnancy had ended when it was supposed to, December 5th, right on time. Though it was seeming to take longer than Hilary's own natural birth, whereas all they had to do for Ray was cut him open.
"What the hell is going on?" Kai bit his bottom lip, stopping at the corner of the waiting room peering down the hall.
"Here." Tyson tapped his shoulder, causing Kai to jump a bit.
Today was not a day to be sneaking up on the once stoic Russian, now he was just a basket of nerves and he didn't know what to do with himself. Tyson motioned for the Styrofoam cup in his hand, light steam billowing out of the rim. It took a minute for Kai's brain to register what it was, with a nod he took the cup of coffee from Tyson.
"Thanks…" He mumbled out as Tyson took his seat next to Max once again, who was now busy feeding Charlotte from a bottle.
"Don't look so upset man, this'll be you soon enough." Max gave him a warm smile, looking up from his daughter for a second as she sucked down the formula.
"That's what I'm afraid of…"
It had been eight years since he had taken care of a baby, what if he couldn't remember how to change a diaper? What if he dropped his son on his head? The new house only had carpet in the bedrooms, the rest of the house was tiled. A cold chill ran down his back just thinking about it, he shook his head to rid himself of those thoughts and looked at his watch. Ray's C-section had gone on for almost four hours, and no one had come to tell them anything.
His legs got tired and he sat down beside Rain, gently pulling her out from under Makoto's head and letting her head rest on his shoulder. She purred slightly, having smelt his familiar scent and she nuzzled closer into his jacket. Makoto had moved closer to her again, his previous head rest gone, he leaned against her shoulder to compensate. Kai looked over, a small smile gracing his nervous features.
From the extra warmth of his daughter on his chest, and the vibrations from her purring lulled him to sleep. The coffee Tyson had brought him sat on the small wooden table in the middle of the room, untouched. Tyson soon fell asleep, cradling Max under his arm while Max held Charlotte and cooed to her gently. The clacking of heels on the tiled floors stirred everyone awake, blinking the sleep from their eyes they looked up at the nurse who had approached them.
Kai almost bolted up from his chair, having to adjust Rain off him first till he could stand. He was studying the woman's expression hard, and didn't like what he was seeing. His heart sank a bit as she just looked back at him, a slight frown on her face. The other adults in the room held their breaths, the children still sleepy and unfamiliar with the tension around them were unfazed by it.
"I'm sorry Mr. Hiwatari… If you could come with me." She held a hand out for him to follow her, and he hesitated.
"C… Can Max come?" Kai's eyes darted to where Max was sitting, already putting Charlotte back in her carrier.
"Of course." The nurse nodded, by then Max was standing beside Kai who took hold of Max's arm.
"It… It'll be alright." Max patted Kai's hand that was gripping onto his arm for dear life.
Quietly they followed the nurse down the hall, with each step Kai felt as if he was going to pass out. He didn't like the way the nurse had looked at him, the way she wasn't saying anything to them. He hated it, hated it with a passion how these people wouldn't tell them straight out what was going on. It all had to be some big secret, until the ball was dropped and it dropped hard.
"In here." The nurse opened a wooden door, the cold air from the room made Kai shudder.
There was a privacy curtain drawn, blocking their view of the room. As the nurse reached out to move the curtain away, Kai's grip on Max's arm became more painful but Max didn't swat his hand away. He too was hating how this was turning around, this wasn't supposed to happen. The rings on the curtain clinked as they were slid across the metal rod, Kai's eyes danced around the room taking it all in.
It wasn't a very large room, standard size for recovering mothers. There was the bed in the middle of the room, Ray's sleeping form on it. The normal IV bags and monitors hooked up to him, the heart monitor beeping with each heartbeat. The noise calmed Kai down some, his grip on Max loosening. Next to the bed was a plastic bassinet, in it was his son who was also asleep. Upon seeing him Kai stepped into the room, Max following behind him quietly.
They stood over the top of the plastic bassinet, Kai's heart fluttered and he felt a swell of pride fill him. Even though they had been quiet, Ray stirred against the bed and he blinked through his drug induced sleep. Kai spun around to meet his gaze, Max stood back a bit to allow the two their space and noticed the nurse was still there with the same distraught look upon her face.
"Hey." Ray yawned out.
"H… Hey…" Kai nodded back, even though Ray had just woken up he could tell something else was wrong.
"How are you feeling Mr. Hiwatari?" The nurse stepped up, as if just remembering she had a job to do. Going around and checking his vitals and jotting them down on the chart that hung by the door.
"A little numb. Can't feel my right leg all too well." Ray shifted, noticeably trying to lift his leg but it barely budged.
"That's normal, you should have some feeling in it in a few hours." The nurse explained, standing at the end of the bed.
"Kai, sit down." Noticing the nurse was waiting to speak, Ray patted the bed beside him.
Once again Kai hesitated, looking between the nurse and his husband before nervously sitting beside Ray. A cold hand came around Kai's and gave it a gentle squeeze, both turning their attention to the nurse in front of the bed. Max braced himself for her words, having inched a bit closer to the bed.
"I'm afraid Twin B is still in the NICU, he's stabilized for now. But we won't know more till morning, I'm terribly sorry. If he's doing better within the hour, you both can go and see him."
Ray nodded, wiping away a few stray tears with his free hand. Kai paled a little in the face, and Max's back became rigid. Twins?! Kai turned to look at Ray, every ultrasound and check-up they ever went to only indicated one child. "Twins?! Since when?" Ray chuckled slightly, seeing the expression on his husband's face.
"He was hidden behind the first, he's not very strong or developed. Everything's there on the outside, but his lungs are a bit too small. They had to rush him off to the NICU before I even got to look at him." Ray explained, a look of pain and sadness mixing over his features. All Kai could do was nod, swallowing the lump he had in his throat.
"I'll come by later with an update on Twin B then." The nurse bowed to them and left.
"Twins…" Kai breathed out, still trying to get the information to process in his brain.
"How's Rain? I'd like to see her." Ray squeezed Kai's hand again, trying to bring him back from his inner turmoil.
"I'll go get her." Max said quickly, rushing out of the room.
"Kai?" Ray called softly after the door of the room clicked shut.
"Twins?" It seemed to be the only thing Kai knew how to say now, Ray chuckled slightly and nodded.
"Yes dear, twins. Two boys, good thing we have that spare room." Kai simply nodded. "Do you want to hold him?" Ray nodded to Twin A still asleep in the plastic bassinet, and Kai nodded again.
Quietly and gently he stood up, gently pulling his son into his arms making sure to cradle his back and neck. It had been so long since he had done this, and he was still unsure about what he was doing that he sat back down next to Ray. His eyes didn't leave his sons face, he was pale like he was and for now bald. He remembered Rain had a full head of hair when she had been born, and his mind drifted off to his other son and what he might look like.
"He was born at 1:30, weighing seven pounds and eight ounces." Ray said gently, rubbing the tip of his thumb over his son's forehead as he peered over Kai's shoulder. "Twin B was born at 1:35, weighing five pounds exact."
The two fell silent as Kai processed the information again, it was like he had just been smacked in the face. His worst fears were now gone, but they were quickly replaced with the realization that they had two babies to care for and one of them wasn't doing well.
"He'll pull through." Ray said, resting his head on Kai's back. "He's a Hiwatari, we're tough." He could feel Kai's back move as he snorted at his words, which caused Ray to smile as well.
He pulled away once the door to his room was opened, Rain's face brightening at the sight of her brother and fathers as if she hadn't seen them in years. Ray put a finger to his lips, signaling her to be quiet and then motioned for her to sit on the bed in front of Kai. She did as she was told, her eyes locked onto her brother the entire time. Her fangs popping over her bottom lip as she smiled warmly down at him, then she turned to her fathers, Ray's gaze meeting hers while Kai's eyes were still locked onto his son; holding him in his arms as if his life depended on it.
"What's his name?" Rain whispered, not wanting to wake her brother up.
"We don't know yet, we should wait till we see the other one before we choose." Ray said, smiling at her as she seemed to be in thought.
"Other one?" It finally clicked and her eyes gleamed at him.
"You have two baby brothers, isn't that awesome?" Ray smiled and she nodded, her smile growing wider and covering most of her face.
"Can I name one?" She asked.
"Sure." Ray nodded. "You can bring in Tyson and the others." He turned to Max who was standing by the door, unsure of what else to do.
Max nodded and stepped back out of the room, his heart going out to them as he knew what it was like to have a child in the NICU. Tyson's reaction to the news was almost the exact same as Kai's, while Ray explained what was going on and why they had never known about the second baby. Kai had finally passed his son around to the others in the room, though kept a watchful gaze on him as he was passed from one person to the next. His shoulders relaxed as he was back in Ray's arms, being fed from a bottle as he had woken up from being passed around.
Rain said goodbye to her fathers and brother, leaving with the Grangers for the night as visiting hours had long since passed. She gave sweet kisses on her father's cheeks before leaving, getting one from each in return. She placed a gentle kiss on her brother's forehead, wishing him well and saying a silent prayer for her other brother before leaving.
"How's your leg?" Kai asked, after setting up the couch to sleep on.
"It's tingling right now, so I think I should be able to move it in a bit." Ray answered, wiggling his toes a bit as he could feel them once more. Cradling his son to his chest, emitting a soft purr that vibrated his chest to lull the baby to sleep.
"Here." Kai held his arms out, Ray placing their son back into his arms once he had fallen asleep.
Ray smiled at the sight as Kai kissed their son's forehead, placing him back down in his bassinet. Kai then turned to Ray, giving him a gentle kiss on the lips.
"I love you." He breathed out, resting his forehead against Ray's.
"I love you too." Ray sighed out, he was still tired but had put up a good front for the others while they were there.
"Get some rest now." Kai pulled away, after lingering beside him.
Ray nodded, the smile not leaving his lips as he settled into the bed. Kai settled down onto the couch, though sleep didn't come to him as quickly as he would have liked. He wasn't a very religious man, but he did send up a prayer for his other son that night before sleep finally did come to him.
The nurse had been in and out a few times during the night, and each time she had to give him the news on the progress of their second son. Each time Kai was on the verge of sleep, the nurses worried expression would cross his mind and sleep would evade him once more. Their son wasn't progressing like they were hoping, and he wasn't sure what to do about it. Ray had never woken up once when the nurse had come in, or when the son they had in the room woke up in the middle of the morning.
He wasn't sure how, but chalked it up to basic instincts. Kai prepared a bottle and fed him, changed his diaper like he had been doing it his whole life. After he had taken care of his son, he kept him close and just held him until the sun started to peak through the blinds of the room. During the night and early morning Kai's mind had wandered from one thing to the next.
His thinking had almost started out like a movie, beginning with that Christmas party eight years ago where he was reunited with Ray. Their first night together and how he had planned on just using Ray, he scoffed at himself for ever thinking that. Loosing Tala and then loosing Ray to Mariah all at the same time, a frown had found itself on his lips as he remembered that. Though when he kept replaying it all, his frown vanished and turned into a small smile. Even with what had happened to Tala and Ray, he had gotten Ray back, had gotten Rain. Two people he dearly loved and needed in his life.
The past year coming out in full force through his memories, how he had cancer and battled it. It hadn't come back, and the doctors were too stunned to give an explanation but he knew; all the experiments back at the Abbey had made him almost invincible. For once he had been thankful for being dumped at such a place, without it he would surely have died from the disease much like Boris had.
The threat to his family came next, how he had done all he could to protect them until push came to shove and once again he came out on top. Ray had cried for days once he had been told, and Kai felt for him; even if only because he didn't like seeing Ray so distraught. But, they were safe now and that's all he ever wanted.
The second visiting hours started, Max and Tyson brought Rain back to the hospital. The Grangers left shortly after being given a chance to hold the newest Hiwatari member, wishing them well as they left.
Rain sat on the edge of Ray's bed between his feet as she held onto her brother, talking to him in a gentle and quiet voice. He was more awake now, bright red eyes staring back up into hers. As Rain held onto her brother, Ray was busying himself by braiding her hair lazily. As the hours passed on they waited for someone to give them some kind of news, when he had woken up Kai had given him the news he received during the night.
Both of their nerves were shot, not having any kind of news was starting to weigh them down. Rain was oblivious to it all, all she cared about was holding her brother and making sure he knew her. After a gentle knock sounded on the door a nurse stepped inside, a bright smile on her face as she simply nodded her head at them. Ray's grip on Rain's hair fell, and he looked like he had just been smacked in the face. He was elated but too scared to move, another nurse wheeled in a wheelchair for him. His breath caught in his throat and he hesitated a bit before lowering himself onto the chair, the two nurses standing at the ready beside him in case he were to fall.
"Kai, are you coming?" He called over his shoulder, the first nurse having him almost out the door now when he realized Kai hadn't moved from the couch.
"I'll go after you." Came Kai's simple reply, but Ray could tell that Kai was just too nervous to go right now.
Ray nodded his understanding, the nurse pushing him out of the doorway completely. She wheeled him down the corridors of the hospital, up one floor and into the small room that had been given to his son. He gripped at his chest, tears welling up in his eyes as he looked into the small glass container that held his son. Tubes and wires attached to his small limbs and chest, his breathing was shallow as he was asleep. A red cloth hat covered his head and was drawn down, slightly covering his upper eyelids.
He wasn't as pale as his older brother, but not as tan as Ray himself was. He could see his ears were more pointed than his brothers, and he had dark eyebrows whereas the eldest had lighter eyebrows. Thin fuzzy slate colored hair poked through the rim of the hat. Silent tears streamed down Ray's cheeks, taking in the sight of his third child. He looked perfect all over, yet the machines and the container holding his son told him otherwise.
"You'll be okay, you're a Hiwatari. You'll be alright…" Ray reached up, placing a hand over the glass, his son stirred in his sleep and he blinked a few times.
Gold met gold for the first time and Ray's tears came out in full force, a warm smile crossing his lips. His son kicked out his small legs a few times, his small arms flopping a bit at his sides as his own form of what looked to be a smile crossed his lips. Ray laughed through a sob, resting his forehead against the glass.
"I told you… You'll be alright."
He didn't know why he was such a mess, it wasn't like this was the first time Rain was going to visit Mariah in China. Back then he had his pregnancy to keep him busy, while also house hunting. Then he had his two sons to keep him busy at all times, yet it didn't seem to be helping right now. He had walked up and down the stairs at least eight times in the past hour since she had left; four hours ago. He had done three loads of laundry, and still he was walking around aimlessly about the house.
Fiddling with the plates in the cupboard in the kitchen, he could hear his two boys across the room fighting over what to watch on TV. Kain, the oldest, was yelling loudly at Rinko, the youngest. Rinko's pleas falling on deaf ears as he whined for the remote, Ray sighed heavily as he listened to them bicker. Suddenly everything went quiet as the door to the study opened and Kai stepped out, arms crossed over his chest as he glared over in the direction of his sons.
"Enough, now!" He commanded, two sets of eyes popping over the backs of the couch from across the room. Red and gold met flaming crimson, and the two nodded feverishly.
Ray chuckled a bit, even though he had missed seeing the interaction he knew what had happened. It was always like this since the twins had learned how to walk and talk, they were both now ten as Rain had just turned 18. This would be her last visit to China with her mother and sister, once she was back home she was going off to the university with Makoto. Knowing this, was what had caused Ray to wander his home. All these years seemed to have just shot past them, and he wasn't sure what to do with himself now.
"You alright?" Kai asked, turning to face Ray's back as he was still rearranging the plates in the cupboards.
"Yeah… Just… Thinking." Ray sighed, pulling out a stack of white plates and setting them on the counter before starring at them.
"That's a bad habit." Kai said off handedly and Ray shrugged at his comment.
"Why don't we go out?" Kai asked as he leaned against the island that divided the space between the kitchen and his office.
"Oooh I wanna go!" Rinko shouted, bounding over the back of the couch and running the length of the living room, dining room and into the kitchen space.
His gold eyes beaming as he looked up at his father with pleading eyes, slate colored bangs falling over his forehead, the raven hair at the back tied in a loose braid down his back. A fang was poking out of his lips as he smiled wide, he looked like Ray in the face and their eyes were the same gold color. He was tan like Ray was, but for his age he was short and thin. Over the years his lungs had matured, but his growth had been stunted slightly.
"Do we have to?" Kain huffed from where he was sitting on the couch.
If Rinko was the image of Ray, Kain was the image of Kai. The only difference was the raven black hair, with natural strips of slate running through it where he let it grow just above his shoulders and had styled it much like how Kai used to in his teen years. Kain's attitude mirrored Kai's to perfection, while Rinko was a cross between the two.
"If you want to stay so badly, I have a few chores for you to do." Kai answered back, a smirk crossing his lips.
"Never mind!" Kain jumped from his spot on the couch, coming up next to Rinko in front of Kai.
"Where should we go?" Ray asked, after starring at the plates on the counter he had decided to put them back in the cupboard he had pulled them from, turning around and leaning against the other side of the island looking over his family.
"Could see what the others are up to." Kai shrugged, his arms still crossed over his chest.
"Yes! I wanna see Charlotte and Mishka!" Rinko spun on the tips of his toes, getting an eye roll from Kain as he took the same stance as Kai.
"Alright, sounds good." Ray nodded, his own fang popping over his lower lip.
Even if he was missing one child for now, he still had this. The twins had certainly kept them on their toes once they brought them home from the hospital, Kain had been able to come home immediately, while Rinko had to stay an extra week. Needless to say, Ray and Kai were both on pins and needles those two weeks, but when they had brought Rinko home their house felt complete. The two boys were complete opposites, until Rinko was pushed too far and became another mini Kai. During those times, the house seemed to be in utter peril. One Kai was bad enough, but having three on his hands was simply hell. Normally he'd take Rain and they'd go off for the day, leaving the original Kai to deal with his two minions of destruction; the terrible twos had been a bleak year for them, and they don't speak of that time.
"I'll go call up Max and Tyson then, you two go and get cleaned up a bit." Ray said, shooing his sons away.
The two nodded, Rinko bounding down the stairs to his room while Kain simply stalked off behind him. Just as Ray began to dig out his phone from his back pocket, it started to ring. Jumping back with excitement as he recognized the ringtone, he hit the button to answer and placed the phone to his ear. Kai just gave him a bemused smile and started to their room to his right.
"Rain? How'd your flight go?" Ray nearly yelled into the phone.
"Um… Well… I didn't go." Rain explained.
"What? Are you alright? Where are you then?" Panic settled into Ray's stomach.
"Um… Have dad and the boys come out front, will you?" With that she hung up, Ray pulled his phone away and stared at the screen for a second.
"KAI!" Ray yelled, having recollected his thoughts.
From the panic in his voice Kai was back into the main room of the second floor, eyeing Ray to see if he was alright. Then giving him a questioning stare upon seeing he was perfectly fine, aside from the cheesy grin on his face.
"Is she alright?" Kai asked.
"She says to go out front…" Ray shrugged, leaving the spot behind the island and starting down the stairs before Kai had a chance to ask what he was talking about; though a playful smirk crossed his features.
On the bottom of the stairs they met back up with the twins, both looking a bit confused since they had heard their dad scream for their father, yet he looked perfectly fine to them. Ray simply waved for them to follow him, they obliged quietly and ushered out of the front doors. Coming around the corner of the house Ray's eyes grew wide, and his cheesy grin turned into a full opened mouthed smile.
Down the driveway stood Rain, her luggage that she had taken with her sitting by her feet. Beside her stood Makoto on her right, Mel and Mariah to her left. Behind them he could see Tyson, Max, and Charlotte coming up the drive. Then a blur of yellow sped past them all, Mishka running up to Rinko and enveloping the boy in a tight hug, grabbing Kain by the waist and forcing him to join. Bryan calmly coming around the end of the gate behind the Grangers.
"What… What's going on?" Ray asked, coming to stand a few feet away from the party of people.
"It's her last summer home Ray, so I thought it'd be nice if we came here instead. I already talked it over with Kai, and he had agreed to it. So, we called everyone out here and we're going to have a party." Mariah piped up beside their daughter.
"You knew?!" Ray turned to Kai, who had stopped next to him on his left, still wearing that playful smirk on his face.
"I knew you'd get the way you've been, so I already had this planned out." He explained matter-of-factly, getting a playful slap in the arm in response.
"Asshole!"
"You're welcome." Kai simply snorted.
"We brought the food, so no need to go out and buy anything." Tyson piped up, standing beside his son.
"Guys… This… This means so much to me, thank you." Ray wiped the few tears that came to his eyes.
That night he had never felt so loved by so many, old enemies and friends coming together under his roof enjoying each other's company. This is what he had always wanted, this love and acceptance from those closest to him. They had all piled around outside under the cool summer night air, having lit a bonfire off to the side while the kids roasted marshmallows and in their own private conversations. Max and Tyson were cuddled around each other to his right, Bryan and Mariah were in idle chatter not too far from where the kids were. While Ray sat under the overhang of the second-floor balcony, just taking it all in. A gentle hand came down on his shoulder and without looking up he placed his own hand over the one on his shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"Thank you…" He whispered out, getting a kiss on the top of his head in response.
"Anything for you kitten." Kai whispered into his hair, resting his chin on the top of Ray's head.
"Uh oh…" Ray breathed out, his eyes growing wide and flinching as he could feel Kai's hand tighten on his shoulder. "Don't." Ray warned, holding Kai's hand tighter to keep him from leaving.
Watching Rain and Makoto lock lips wasn't anything new to either of them, but Kai still had a bad habit of trying to be the overbearing father figure. Mariah just swooned and her eyes beamed with delight at the sight, Mel making a sickly face as she was still too young to think it romantic. Kain made the same face as her while Rinko beamed, Mishka simply looked away; being the third oldest of them all he didn't want to seem like he was prying. Bryan just snickered under his breath, Tyson grinned like a mad man and Max prayed for the safety of his son.
"Oh boy…" Ray gripped tighter onto Kai's hand, a growl leaving his husbands throat.
This scene was new to them all. After the two teens had parted lips, Makoto got down on one knee and held out a little box for Rain. Mariah squealed and jumped around, Ray smiled as he knew about it a long time ago but hadn't told Kai about it.
"I already gave him my blessing." Ray patted Kai's hand, as they watched Rain accept the engagement proposal.
"Guess I have to give him mine then?" Kai asked sarcastically, finally able to wiggle his hand out from Ray's hold.
Rain turned to where her fathers were, and for a second all they could see was the little girl they had raised together. Kai smiled back to her and nodded his head to both of them, Makoto looking like he lost about twenty pounds from the breath of air he released. Kai settled down next to Ray, taking his hand in his as they watched the rest of their guests fond over the ring and the couple around the fire.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Author's note 2:
That's a wrap folks! Hopefully I didn't bore you all with this soppy happy ending, but it needed to be done. Everyone got their happily ever after, yay!
Kain is pronounced like cane, while Rinko is pronounced rink-ko.
Kain, like Rain, is a merge of names between Kai and Ray. K A I being the letters to Kai's name, the A is really the only thing similar to Ray's name, but it matches Rain's name so I went with it. Rain, in case nobody caught on is R A for Ray's first two letters of his name, while the A I are from Kai's name. (Each with an N at the end. (Don't ask...) )
Rinko, whom Rain named, is a merge of Rain and Makoto.
R I N for the letters in Rain's name, K O for the letters in Makoto's name. I actually debated a lot on his name, trying to merge different names and this is what I settled on.
Mel is Mariah and her new husbands daughter, she would be a year younger than the twins, while Mishka is now 15, Rain is 18 with Makoto being 17. Charlotte is the same age as the twins, since she was only four months old when they were born.
Welp, that's all for this story... I hope, I already have ideas for a third fic that revolves around their kids... Please send help, I need a new hobby. Well, anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this.
Once again a BIG thank you to Linvin89 and LowerLevelMisfit for sticking around and giving me your reviews and the motivation I needed. For those of you who want something else to read, I highly recommend both writers, so go check out their profiles.