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AN: Heya everyone! It seems like no one reads the author's notes anymore, then maybe you would'nt ask so many questions. This is the epilogue, and it just gives you a small look on the couple's lives a few years in the future, starts sometime when they all already had children, could be anytime.
More Than Meets The Eye
Epilogue
Midii fingered the spines of the books until she found the one she was looking for; Myths of Old Egypt. Turning around, she jumped off the ladder to face the twelve year old standing at the bottom.
'It's been years since I quit the team but, I still got it.' She smiled at the young boy as she handed him the book. "Here you are." She absently noted how impressive this one was as he walked over to the check out centre and she walked into the streets. The book was an adult one but he had picked out three books that level just that day.
She walked across the street and called up a taxi to get her home. It had been a long day at the office that day, and she had gone to the library to see if that book she was waiting for was there yet; Meiran's book. She supposed Meiran was looking for something to keep her calm these days, having two children to take care of.
It had been years since she'd seen the other girls, and Trowa had seen the guys. Their prediction all those years ago had come true. They had all found new friends at their school, and even Trowa and Quatre saw each other rarely. Actually, it had been a year and a half, he was always so busy with his father's old business. And Dorothy had a handfull with her kids too.
Trowa and herself had one girl together, and had adopted a boy they found in an orphanage during their travelling years. The taxi she was riding in came to a sudden stop, at least two blocks away from her house. Midii had forgotten, it was crowded around here at this time. She paid the taxi driver and left to walk the rest of the way home.
About halfway there, someone ran into her shoulder. Exchanging quiet apologies, it wasn't until the man had turned the corner did she notice the long braid hanging out of his trenchcoat. Duo, she'd never catch him now.
*~*~*~*~*
"Well?" Hilde stood in the alley way around the corner. "I just saw Midii, I'm guessing she didn't reconize you?"
Duo grinned and kissed his wife gently. "Nope." He bent over and picked up one of the two sleeping twin from the stroller. "Do you think they'll come?" The child woke up and stared with big, navy eyes at his father.
"If I know Midii, she wouldn't miss it." She smiled as the child yawned, and began to question herself again. "Duo..." The man looked at her questioningly. "Do you think we did the right thing? I mean, we could be risking their lives with our job." she motion to the child's sleeping sister as her little boy yawned again.
"They'll be fine." He replace the child and let his wife push the two out into the streets, walking beside her as they walked to their temporary home. Every since the entire mess up between the schools, and being transferred away from everyone else, Duo hadn't seen the entire gang together since.
Hilde and him had never given up their jobs at the preventors, though everyone else had. Even if they had stayed, the upcoming war, which lasted only a few days, would give them no time to see eachother. They were promoted to special agents, and were married a few years afterwards. They put off having a family for a while, worrying for their children's lives if they were ever born.
But as the years passed by, they began to grow more secure with their jobs, and, well, Jasmine and Caije were born. So this was the Maxwell family, Mother, Father, and fraternal twins.
"Did we get them all?" Duo asked as they turned into another street. Hilde nodded.
"The Changs, Yuys, Bartons, and Winners. We got them all. Don't worry about that, I told you I'd take care of the management." She felt an arm slide around her waist and a hand hold one of hers pushing the stroller.
"Hey Duo?" Her husband looked down at her. "There's the Winners." They looked at the park they were passing as a black limosine passed behind their backs.
"I don't think they saw us."
*~*~*~*~*
"Amy, sit still while your father works."
"But Mom! Jonas has my hat!" Dorothy leaned over her daughter and husband and pulled the hat out of the six year old's hands. She then got out of her seat and switched with her daughter. They both sat back and shushed up at this; their mother didn't usually resort to this.
"Momma?" The blonde little boy leaned forward so her could see beyond his father's laptop. "Are we going to visit Auntie Midii and Uncle Trowa? I wanna play with Sean." Dorothy smailed at her son and subconciously played with the paper in her pocket.
"Sure honey, we can go visit them if you want." He broke out grinning and looked eagerly out the window.
"Dorothy." Quatre looked up from his laptop and waited for her attention to aim on him. "Do you think Duo invited everyone?"
His wife looked at him quizzically. "Of course, why do you think they wouldn't? But then again, I doubt we'll be seeing them face to face." Quatre nodded in agreement and went back to his work. Their daughter looked up at them with big, curious eyes.
"Mommy, who's Duo?" Dorothy sighed sadly. Her children had never gotten the chance to meet her best friends, and she doubted they ever would with their schedules, and Duo's job.
"You haven't met him yet sweetie, but he's a friend of Daddy and mine."
"Will I ever meet him?" For a four year old, she was sure inquisitive.
"Maybe, Amy, maybe someday."
*~*~*~*~*
"Dad, you and mum have mail from some guy named Duo." Fiori dropped a white sheet of paper in front of his father. Heero looked from the sheet to his ten year old son, before standing up to walk over to his wife. But before he got into the room, two more of his children, Fiona and Faolan raced out between his legs.
The seven year old girl turned around and pouted. "Dad. Could you help me get Faol? I need to get his diaper on." Speaking of the three year old... he piveted on his heel and blew a rasberry at his sister, before running right into his older brother. "Oh, nevermind." She gave him a toothy grin and ran over to where her brothers were wrestling eachother to the ground.
Heero then ignored his children, this was normal, and walked into the bedroom and sat by his wife on the bed. "Duo decided to show his face." He handed her the note to read. "Or at least something." He looked down to the book on the bed. "One of Meiran's?"
"Yeah." Relena looked over at Heero and raised an eyebrow. "We going?"
"I wouldn't miss it." She laid the note on the bed beside her and lifted herself off it. "But I wonder if he'll show his face."
*~*~*~*~*
"This is the right alleyway, right?" Relena walked in and looked around. "Don't know why he wants to meet here."
Heero didn't answer, but instead walked in farther. "I found something." Relena could be heard running up to him. Reaching up, Heero picked an Envelope off the wall it had been taped to and opened it.
"DearYuys." He began to read aloud.
"It's been quite a few long years, hasn't it? I'm glad you've been healthy and happy these past years, as have everyone else. But, it's been quite a while, and I don't want to break what could be a world record, so I left this for ya'll to announce the happiest day of my life. And don't be waiting for everyone else, you all got different addresses.
"On April 26, Hilde and I got two healthy little twins! I'm so happy I could die, trust me. We got a boy and a girl, imagine that! There should be some pictures enclosed unless I forgot. Enjoy.
"Till the next time we run into each other.
~Duo and Hilde."
"Would you believe it?" Relena rested her head on his shoulder as she pulled out a number of photos. Most were of just the twins, but there were some of Duo and Hilde too. One was of the twins and their parents at the hospital bed. Relena grinned at the look of pure bliss of the couple's face. "I should've known they'd do something like this."
*~*~*~*~*
Meiran opened the door to her home, carrying the envelope in her hands as Wufei checked the mail out of habit. She headed straight for her bedroom, since her two daughters were asleep. Passing their rooms, she thought about both of their births and the look of surprise on her husband's face when they were born. Both times he expected a boy, and both times he got a girl, but he had held them with pride anyways.
Wufei strolled in and picked up the pictures again, kissing her cheek as he leaned over her. Meiran smiled and opened a drawer to take out her daughters' baby pictures when she noticed something buried at the bottom. It was a white envelope, on it was her name, and it was a while before she reconized it.
It was the letter her sister had left for her all those years ago. She never did open it.
Meiran hesitated before lifting the envelope and gingerly opening it. Her eyes began to tear up a bit as she read.
'Dear Meiran,
If you're reading this, than you've come home safe and sound, as I knew you would. And, I know you're wondering why I did what I did. I'm sorry for whatever sadness I've caused you, but I wasn't strong like you. I was never strong like you. But please, whatever you do, don't so what I did. Don't hide your emotions from everyone until you finally break down. Remember I love you, my dear sister, and I'll be watching and hoping that you'll be happy. And lastly, something I've noticed from you, remember it's okay to cry. Daddy was wrong, it's okay to cry.
Yours sincerly,
Your sister
~Mae'
*~*~*~*~*
There's the epilogue! If you got any questions or whatever, just ask in a review and I'll answer in my profile. And, if you liked this one, below my profile is a couple more stories I've got. Come check them out!
Hope you like More Than Meets The Eye Everyone!
~Lei Xang
AN: Heya everyone! It seems like no one reads the author's notes anymore, then maybe you would'nt ask so many questions. This is the epilogue, and it just gives you a small look on the couple's lives a few years in the future, starts sometime when they all already had children, could be anytime.
More Than Meets The Eye
Epilogue
Midii fingered the spines of the books until she found the one she was looking for; Myths of Old Egypt. Turning around, she jumped off the ladder to face the twelve year old standing at the bottom.
'It's been years since I quit the team but, I still got it.' She smiled at the young boy as she handed him the book. "Here you are." She absently noted how impressive this one was as he walked over to the check out centre and she walked into the streets. The book was an adult one but he had picked out three books that level just that day.
She walked across the street and called up a taxi to get her home. It had been a long day at the office that day, and she had gone to the library to see if that book she was waiting for was there yet; Meiran's book. She supposed Meiran was looking for something to keep her calm these days, having two children to take care of.
It had been years since she'd seen the other girls, and Trowa had seen the guys. Their prediction all those years ago had come true. They had all found new friends at their school, and even Trowa and Quatre saw each other rarely. Actually, it had been a year and a half, he was always so busy with his father's old business. And Dorothy had a handfull with her kids too.
Trowa and herself had one girl together, and had adopted a boy they found in an orphanage during their travelling years. The taxi she was riding in came to a sudden stop, at least two blocks away from her house. Midii had forgotten, it was crowded around here at this time. She paid the taxi driver and left to walk the rest of the way home.
About halfway there, someone ran into her shoulder. Exchanging quiet apologies, it wasn't until the man had turned the corner did she notice the long braid hanging out of his trenchcoat. Duo, she'd never catch him now.
*~*~*~*~*
"Well?" Hilde stood in the alley way around the corner. "I just saw Midii, I'm guessing she didn't reconize you?"
Duo grinned and kissed his wife gently. "Nope." He bent over and picked up one of the two sleeping twin from the stroller. "Do you think they'll come?" The child woke up and stared with big, navy eyes at his father.
"If I know Midii, she wouldn't miss it." She smiled as the child yawned, and began to question herself again. "Duo..." The man looked at her questioningly. "Do you think we did the right thing? I mean, we could be risking their lives with our job." she motion to the child's sleeping sister as her little boy yawned again.
"They'll be fine." He replace the child and let his wife push the two out into the streets, walking beside her as they walked to their temporary home. Every since the entire mess up between the schools, and being transferred away from everyone else, Duo hadn't seen the entire gang together since.
Hilde and him had never given up their jobs at the preventors, though everyone else had. Even if they had stayed, the upcoming war, which lasted only a few days, would give them no time to see eachother. They were promoted to special agents, and were married a few years afterwards. They put off having a family for a while, worrying for their children's lives if they were ever born.
But as the years passed by, they began to grow more secure with their jobs, and, well, Jasmine and Caije were born. So this was the Maxwell family, Mother, Father, and fraternal twins.
"Did we get them all?" Duo asked as they turned into another street. Hilde nodded.
"The Changs, Yuys, Bartons, and Winners. We got them all. Don't worry about that, I told you I'd take care of the management." She felt an arm slide around her waist and a hand hold one of hers pushing the stroller.
"Hey Duo?" Her husband looked down at her. "There's the Winners." They looked at the park they were passing as a black limosine passed behind their backs.
"I don't think they saw us."
*~*~*~*~*
"Amy, sit still while your father works."
"But Mom! Jonas has my hat!" Dorothy leaned over her daughter and husband and pulled the hat out of the six year old's hands. She then got out of her seat and switched with her daughter. They both sat back and shushed up at this; their mother didn't usually resort to this.
"Momma?" The blonde little boy leaned forward so her could see beyond his father's laptop. "Are we going to visit Auntie Midii and Uncle Trowa? I wanna play with Sean." Dorothy smailed at her son and subconciously played with the paper in her pocket.
"Sure honey, we can go visit them if you want." He broke out grinning and looked eagerly out the window.
"Dorothy." Quatre looked up from his laptop and waited for her attention to aim on him. "Do you think Duo invited everyone?"
His wife looked at him quizzically. "Of course, why do you think they wouldn't? But then again, I doubt we'll be seeing them face to face." Quatre nodded in agreement and went back to his work. Their daughter looked up at them with big, curious eyes.
"Mommy, who's Duo?" Dorothy sighed sadly. Her children had never gotten the chance to meet her best friends, and she doubted they ever would with their schedules, and Duo's job.
"You haven't met him yet sweetie, but he's a friend of Daddy and mine."
"Will I ever meet him?" For a four year old, she was sure inquisitive.
"Maybe, Amy, maybe someday."
*~*~*~*~*
"Dad, you and mum have mail from some guy named Duo." Fiori dropped a white sheet of paper in front of his father. Heero looked from the sheet to his ten year old son, before standing up to walk over to his wife. But before he got into the room, two more of his children, Fiona and Faolan raced out between his legs.
The seven year old girl turned around and pouted. "Dad. Could you help me get Faol? I need to get his diaper on." Speaking of the three year old... he piveted on his heel and blew a rasberry at his sister, before running right into his older brother. "Oh, nevermind." She gave him a toothy grin and ran over to where her brothers were wrestling eachother to the ground.
Heero then ignored his children, this was normal, and walked into the bedroom and sat by his wife on the bed. "Duo decided to show his face." He handed her the note to read. "Or at least something." He looked down to the book on the bed. "One of Meiran's?"
"Yeah." Relena looked over at Heero and raised an eyebrow. "We going?"
"I wouldn't miss it." She laid the note on the bed beside her and lifted herself off it. "But I wonder if he'll show his face."
*~*~*~*~*
"This is the right alleyway, right?" Relena walked in and looked around. "Don't know why he wants to meet here."
Heero didn't answer, but instead walked in farther. "I found something." Relena could be heard running up to him. Reaching up, Heero picked an Envelope off the wall it had been taped to and opened it.
"DearYuys." He began to read aloud.
"It's been quite a few long years, hasn't it? I'm glad you've been healthy and happy these past years, as have everyone else. But, it's been quite a while, and I don't want to break what could be a world record, so I left this for ya'll to announce the happiest day of my life. And don't be waiting for everyone else, you all got different addresses.
"On April 26, Hilde and I got two healthy little twins! I'm so happy I could die, trust me. We got a boy and a girl, imagine that! There should be some pictures enclosed unless I forgot. Enjoy.
"Till the next time we run into each other.
~Duo and Hilde."
"Would you believe it?" Relena rested her head on his shoulder as she pulled out a number of photos. Most were of just the twins, but there were some of Duo and Hilde too. One was of the twins and their parents at the hospital bed. Relena grinned at the look of pure bliss of the couple's face. "I should've known they'd do something like this."
*~*~*~*~*
Meiran opened the door to her home, carrying the envelope in her hands as Wufei checked the mail out of habit. She headed straight for her bedroom, since her two daughters were asleep. Passing their rooms, she thought about both of their births and the look of surprise on her husband's face when they were born. Both times he expected a boy, and both times he got a girl, but he had held them with pride anyways.
Wufei strolled in and picked up the pictures again, kissing her cheek as he leaned over her. Meiran smiled and opened a drawer to take out her daughters' baby pictures when she noticed something buried at the bottom. It was a white envelope, on it was her name, and it was a while before she reconized it.
It was the letter her sister had left for her all those years ago. She never did open it.
Meiran hesitated before lifting the envelope and gingerly opening it. Her eyes began to tear up a bit as she read.
'Dear Meiran,
If you're reading this, than you've come home safe and sound, as I knew you would. And, I know you're wondering why I did what I did. I'm sorry for whatever sadness I've caused you, but I wasn't strong like you. I was never strong like you. But please, whatever you do, don't so what I did. Don't hide your emotions from everyone until you finally break down. Remember I love you, my dear sister, and I'll be watching and hoping that you'll be happy. And lastly, something I've noticed from you, remember it's okay to cry. Daddy was wrong, it's okay to cry.
Yours sincerly,
Your sister
~Mae'
*~*~*~*~*
There's the epilogue! If you got any questions or whatever, just ask in a review and I'll answer in my profile. And, if you liked this one, below my profile is a couple more stories I've got. Come check them out!
Hope you like More Than Meets The Eye Everyone!
~Lei Xang