Hey everyone! So after the Author's Note I've posted, a lot of people wanted an epilogue. You guys basically wanted the same thing which makes things a lot easier for me. Arigatou gazai masu! I hope you like this; this would definitely be my very last chapter for "Once upon a Christmas" I hope you like this.
NOTE: I WILL BE REPOSTING CHAPTER ONE AFTER AN INPIRATION. CHECK IN FOR THE NEW RENOVATION.
By the way, this one epilogue would be told in Sakura's Pov. I thought I'd be interesting to see the beginning on Syaoran's perspective than the ending on Sakura.
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3 Years later
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I began to wake when the gentle calling of the birds outside my window called for my awakening. Slowly, I opened my eyes, the sun light attacking my eyes and my room coming to view. I felt so safe, and so warm in someone's embrace. Slowly I turned over to meet the gentle face of my husband.
Li Xiao Lang… Syaoran.
I stifled a giggle; normally he would have a stony face, void of expression and emotion. But while he slept, he looked so much like a young, handsome boy. I guessed that's why I married him. He was so beautiful, inside and out. He was the kindest, most gentle person I have ever met and will ever meet. I felt his arms tighten around my waist and I knew he was awake. Sighing in content, I snuggled closer to him, bringing myself closer to his body and absorbing his warm body heat. I felt his strong, warm hands start to stroke my back and run the length of my long auburn hair.
"Mm…" I mumbled incoherently. I heard him chuckle and felt the deep rumbling within him that always made me melt in his arms. He seemed to know that because he pulled me closer to him and continued his soft stroking.
"Good Morning." He said to me. I mumbled back something to him, still staying close to him, thanking god it was a weekend.
We've been married for 3 years now. I twisted the beautiful band that lay on my fourth finger and looked down at it fondly. It was a simple right. An elegant ring. In one word, beautiful, perfect. When someone would look at it, they'll ask
"Oh it's beautiful, is it a Christmas present?"
Christmas, that word brings a smile to my lips. Before, Christmas was just a time where I would get together with friends, watch the snow twinkling down, and wish upon the first snow fall. Now it was different. Christmas was the number one holiday in my family. Christmas was when Syaoran and I confessed to each other underneath the twinkling stars of heaven.
The ring itself was simple enough. It was a modest silver band with a green gems forming mistletoe leaves, and a tiny red ruby in the middle.
"You know every time I see you looking at that I realize how special you really are." Syaoran spoke to me, bringing me out of my reverie.
(Making my way downtown
Walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder)
I sighed, thinking again how lucky I really am to have married such a man.
"I love it when you say this to me. It makes me feel like I'm the luckiest woman on the world." I sighed with happiness.
"I want you to be the happiest woman." Syaoran returned my comment, "I love you, you know that don't you?"
(If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
Because you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you tonight)
"I know, and I love you too. But it's nice to hear it every morning." I smiled happily. I felt his soft lips against me forehead and sighed. I wondered if I had stayed in Canada, would I have been this happy. No, I would never be. Where ever Syaoran is, I'm home. A static came from my left making me turn and I heard soft cooing through the baby monitor. I sighed, knowing it was time for me to get out of bed. I heard Syaoran laugh and saw him get out too.
"And I thought they could last for a little more while." He joked, pulling on a forest green t-shirt. I laughed, grabbing my robe.
(It's always times like these
When I think of you
And wonder if you ever think of me
Cause everything's so wrong and I don't belong
Living in your precious memory)
Both of us walked to the room beside our master room. We opened up and walked into the baby blue coloured room. Two cribs lay near the back of the room and light filtered in through the thin, white curtains. The blue paint was painted with fluffy white clouds. On top of each crib were few dangling chew toys of the sun, stars and the moon. I looked down lovingly at my two very handsome sons,
Li Xiao Chen and Li Tenchi.
Both of them had- I'm not sure if it's lucky or not- inherited their father's incredibly messy hair, but had my emerald eyes. At the age of one and a half, the twin toddlers were ready to run around in their wheel chairs and usually drove circles around Syaoran and I.
I watched as my husband gently picked up the elder brother, Xiao Chen. There was a sense of unlimited love that shone through his amazing amber eyes, a touch of gentleness and a touch of pride.
(Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder)
My youngest son cooed for me to pick him up, his small chubby arms rose in the air. I giggled, picking him up, making him giggle and go cross eyed, and blowing small bubbles from his mouth.
"Mama!" Tenchi cried at the top of his little lungs. I snuggled him close to me, his little chubby fists curled into my robe.
"Yes, baby, Mommy's here." I told my son, soothing his amber hair. He pulled back from me and went cross eyed again. I looked down at the emerald eyes, the exact shade and the exact shape of my very own.
"They're so big now, and to think it was only yesterday they were born." Syaoran laughed, bringing the eldest. The boys generally looked the same; both had emerald eyes and amazing chestnut hair. The only ways to tell the difference between them were the way they talked.
"I know my boys are all grown up." I said reverently, gentling placing Tenchi down. His arms immediately went up and his hands grabbed onto my finger, slowly I guided him towards his wheel chair (The ones where there's like a mini seat for them and they move their feet and there's wheels around them. Not the wheel chairs disabled people use.).
(If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by, oh?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you tonight)
Syaoran came up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist as I leaned against his tall frame. It was these moments that made life valuable. The person you love with all your heart watching the result of the love. I watched with happy eyes seeing my little boys' wheel around the small room, going as fast as their little chubby feet could carry them.
"Guess we'll have to get to the kitchen, ne?" I said softly, placing a hand on the ones on my waist.
"I guess so. Thank god we only bought a bungalow." Syaoran thanked. I laughed. During our engagement, we started to look around for houses, wanting to move into a ready and new house right after our honeymoon to Rome. I had decided right when Syaoran purposed to me that I wanted a family with him, and I know he had wanted one too. So we opt to buy a bungalow. When we were going to have a baby we wouldn't need to worry about stairs and whether the baby would trip over it. Now I can see it was a great choice, seeing how fast the boys were going in their chairs.
(And I, I don't wanna let you know
I, I drown in your memory
I, I don't wanna let this go
I, I don't)
We entered the kitchen together that was connected to a family room. The house was scattered with pictures hanging on the wall, one, above the fire place, hung our family photo that was taken by none other than my best friend-and god mother to the boys- Tomoyo Daidouji. She had become a world renowned designer and she continued to design clothes for me,
"And with the boys I can start practicing on a baby line! Oh they'll look so kawaii together in my designs!" she had exclaimed to me.
The background was a simple blue colour with clouds. I was sitting down in one of Tomoyo's most plain and extravagant piece of clothing. It was so young I couldn't believe it. It was a pink short sleeve shirt, but the shoulders were larger so the shirt was a little below my shoulder. There was a soft pink ribbon tied to the chest, tied into a bow and the rest of the string fell down softly in curls. On my lap were the twins at one year old, both looking extremely cute and handsome. Xiao Chen wore a deep forest green t shirt with little baggy jeans while Tenchi wore cute little overalls on top of a white t-shirt. Both of them were making googly eyes at the camera, their little mouths wide in a smile.
Syaoran was standing behind the chair, his hands on my shoulder wearing a deep blue t shirt with jeans. His amber eyes, I could tell was shining with happiness.
(Making my way downtown
Walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way through the crowd)
On the left side of the family portrait-taken on the same day- was a picture of the twins together. Both of them were sitting on the floor, their little hands between their legs, their legs spread out. They were both laughing at their father that day while he did a very good impression of a dancing monkey.
On the right of the family portrait was one of Syaoran and I. Both of us were standing and he stood behind me with his arms around me. I was leaning onto him and both of us were smiling happily at the camera.
(Making my way downtown
Walking fast, faces pass and I'm homebound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way through the crowd)
There were four pictures in the whole house that made my heart swell with proud and happiness. The 3 portraits… and the wedding picture of Syaoran and I. It was, of course, hung in our bedroom. I would never, ever forget the day of our wedding…
(Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder)
Flashback (Normal Pov)
They were in a beautiful church, inside was a mixture of gold and white. Rows and rows of chairs stood by the side, creating a long aisle of red carpet. Friends and family joined today to attend and witness the joining of Sakura and Syaoran.
Syaoran stood by the front of the church clad in a jet black tuxedo, his hand anxiously by his side and his eyes gazing longingly down the very long aisle and towards the closed doors.
"Calm down, the time will come." Eriol said in an amused voice beside him. Syaoran didn't even have one single nerve to spare on his, all of them tingling with excitement and anxiety. And come it did, for at once the organ in the church start to sing its holy song and the door slam opened.
Sakura came floating towards him in a snowy white dress. It was as perfect as he had imagined. The dress started from a little below her shoulder and ended on the floor tailing behind her slender body. The sleeves ended a little above her elbow and her hands nervously held the bouquet of daisies, cherry blossoms, and peonies. She had left her long auburn tresses down and on top of her head laid a small, silver and shimmering crown where a white veil slid down her hair. A light shade of green accentuated her emerald gems.
For once, he thanked Tomoyo silently for the dress she had made. Sakura looked like a fallen angel without wings… and she was his.
End of Flash back
Sakura's Pov
My body still tingles at the thought of seeing him in that wonderful suit of his. His hair was so messy it was alluring, the way it fell in front of his blazing amber eyes, he looked like a god… no better than a god, he was Syaoran, my Syaoran. My childhood friend and the man I would happily spend my life with.
"Mama!" Xiao Chen tugged at my robe, making me look down at his innocent emerald eyes.
"Yes baby?" I smiled, taking him out of the wheel chair.
"Hunbry!" he grumbled, hanging onto my neck, his little face digging into the crook of my neck. I laughed,
"Yes, let's get daddy to hurry ne?" I laughed, bringing him out of the living room. "Syao, Xiao Chen's hungry." I called, setting him down onto his high chair beside his brother.
"Well tell him daddy only has two hands." He answered comically, I laughed, the sent of pancakes wafting to my nose.
"Mm… smells good, hurry up, your wife and children are hungry." I laughed. I heard him chuckle,
"In that case then I'll be coming right out." He answered me, bringing out a plate of pancakes and two little plastic bowls of baby food.
"Hunbry, Hunbry!" the twins called loudly, their little fist hitting the table. I laughed, bringing the little spoon filled with mashed peas to their mouths. Immediately, the silenced and ate happily.
"I guess you inherited daddy's appetite." I teased. Syaoran gave me an annoying look and I laughed. Tenchi and Xiao Chen looked between me and Syaoran, before laughing as well.
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Later
Syaoran and I sat together on the porch on the swinging chairs. We watched as the twins crawled around on the fresh mowed grass, Xiao Chen had started to get up and stumbled a few steps before falling down onto his bottom, giggling. I sighed, leaning my head onto Syaoran's shoulder.
"These moments are what makes life worth everything I've given it." I sighed happily.
"Hai." He agreed with me, "I love you Sakura, and I'm glad I married you." He replied, kissing me on my forehead. I sighed happily,
"And I love you too."
And at that moment, I'd do anything for him, even walk A thousand Miles.
(If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by, oh?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you tonight)
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A/N: So this was my little epilogue for Once upon a Christmas, told in Sakura's point of view. In case you haven't noticed my note, I'll be revising and reposting chapter one because I've got an idea. So stay tune!