A week later, after staying in the hospital for several days, Kairi was finally coming home. She slept peacefully the night she had the twins. She conked out right when they got her to her room, due to the fact that she gave birth to two babies instead of one. She was finally able to sleep on her stomach again. Soon, the nights of peaceful sleep would be over when she got home. She and Sora were going to be woken up every night to feed them, and it could be several times a night.
The day she was to be released, Kairi got dressed and packed her bags. Sora came as soon as visiting hours began, which was at 9:00.
"You all set?" Sora asked Kairi.
"Are you kidding me?" asked Kairi. "You know I want to go home!"
Sora laughed. "I figured you would." he said.
A nurse poked her head in the doorway.
"You're ready, Mrs. Hart?" she asked.
"Let's go." said Kairi, picking up her bag. She walked to the wheelchair that was waiting for her. A nurse was going to push her, while Sora held the twins in little carseats. After everyone buckled in, Sora started the car and sped off. As they drove, Kairi rolled down the window and let the ocean breeze blow through her hair.
"You know something, Sora?" asked Kairi after about ten minutes.
"What?" asked Sora, still focused on his driving.
"This is the first time that we're driving in the same car," said Kairi. "As a family."
Sora smiled. "You're right." he said.
Kairi turned to the backseat, where the two babies were sleeping peacefully. Next to each of them were stuffed moogles. Ryo had made them for Skye and Kari the day after they were born. She was quick with sewing, because she had the plushies ready by six o'clock the next day. Skye's moogle had a blue star on its stomach and Kari's moogle had a pink heart on its stomach, so everyone would know whose moogle belonged to which baby. Kairi looked down at her feet. She was able to see her feet again after having the twins. Before, her stomach was so huge, she couldn't see her feet. Things were totally different now. She saw things in a different perspective.
Sora pulled into the driveway of their house and they both got out. Then, both of them unbuckled the babies from the car and walked into their house.
"Skye, Kari," said Kairi, walking into the living room carrying Kari. "Welcome home!"
Kari opened her eyes and looked around while Skye just yawned, showing his toothless mouth. It would be a while before his teeth would come in.
Sora laughed and followed Kairi into the twins' room. They picked up the babies and set them down in their bassinets. Then, they stood over them and watched their children.
"They're so cute." cooed Kairi.
Sora put his arm around Kairi. "I still can't believe that we created a family." he said.
Kairi nodded.
Suddenly, Riku and Ryo walked in.
"Knock knock!" said Riku.
Sora let go of Kairi and they both turned around.
"Hey guys!" said Sora.
"We saw your car in the driveway," said Ryo. She turned to Kairi and gave her a hug. "We're so happy you're home!"
They let go and then Ryo hugged Sora and Riku hugged Kairi and shook hands with Sora.
"Aw, they are so cute." said Ryo adoringly.
"All they ever do is sleep every time I've seen them!" joked Riku.
He was right. The twins were asleep again.
"Well, they're only a week old." said Kairi. "They need tons of rest to store all that energy they'll have to drive me and Sora crazy when they get older!"
Sora laughed. "But for now, they're just quiet little angels." he said.
"But they're going to bug the crap out of you once you go to sleep at night!" said Riku. "They'll cry and wake you up about thirty times every night!"
"That was you when you were a baby!" said Kairi as she playfully smacked Riku.
"My parents did say that I was a really fussy baby." Riku said in a serious tone.
Then, there was the sound of Sora's stomach growling.
"What was that?" asked Ryo.
"Oh, my stomach," replied Sora. "I didn't eat, yet."
"Then let's go eat!" said Kairi. "I'll cook!" She was eager to cook for the first time since before she found out she was pregnant.
"Sure!" said Sora.
The two couples walked out of the room and left the babies to sleep...
A few nights later...
Sora and Kairi were peacefully sleeping in their bed. It was 3:16 in the morning. Sora and Kairi had a long day taking care of the twins. They thought everything was a challenge since there were two babies to care for and not one.
Anywho, Sora and Kairi were both asleep in their bed when the sound of a baby crying woke them up. Sora and Kairi were both light sleepers. Any sound normally woke them up. Especially since the twins' room was two doors down.
Sora and Kairi both woke up, got out of bed, and went to the twins' room. They looked into the bassinets. Skye was the one crying while Kari was sleeping, clutching her stuffed moogle. Kairi picked Skye up and held him.
"What's the matter, Skye?" she asked in baby talk.
Skye just continued to cry. Kairi noticed that Skye stunk a little bit.
"He just needs a diaper change." Kairi said as she took Skye to the changing table and began to unbutton his blue pajamas.
"WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" wailed Kari from her bassinet. Sora went over to her and picked her up.
"Shhhh..." Sora whispered softly as he held his daughter to his shoulder. He noticed that she didn't stink or feel wet, so she didn't need to be changed. She must have been hungry. Sora picked up the half empty bottle of formula and held it to Kari's mouth. She stopped crying and sucked from the bottle.
Kairi put a dab of baby powder on Skye's bare bottom, taped up his diaper, buttoned his pajamas back up and went to his bassinet. She picked up his bottle and put it into Skye's mouth. As he drank, Kairi walked over to one of the rocking chairs and sat down in it, rocking back and forth. Sora did the same. Sora looked out the window into the starry night sky and heard the calming sounds of the ocean. Skye and Kari must have heard them, too, and soon, they were asleep. Sora and Kairi gently took the newborns and put them back into their bassinets. They walked out of the room and went back to their room so that they could catch a few more winks of sleep before the twins woke up again...
About 6 years later...
Nearly six years had passed. Sora and Kairi walked up to the kindergarten building of Destiny Elementary, holding the hands of two small kids. They were Skye and Kari, just starting their first day of kindergarten.
Skye's hair was in Kairi's hairdo until he was two, when his hair suddenly began to spike on its own. It turned out that he inherited his father's hairdo. Now, he looked like a miniature Sora only with spiky auburn hair and dusk colored eyes. That day, he wore a green t-shirt, blue shorts, sneakers, and a backpack on his back with a picture of his favorite cartoon characters on it. Kari was also a miniature version of her mother, with straight brown hair that was neatly cut to her shoulders and blue eyes. That day, she wore a pink and white sundress and she wore buckle shoes and knee socks, with a purple backpack on her back. Kairi, like her daughter, was wearing a blue sundress with a white sweater and high heels, and her long hair was tied in a ponytail. She had lost all the weight she gained from her pregnancy and went back to work a few weeks after the twins' birth. She was given raises every now and then, but she remained in her receptionist's position at the TV studio. Things stayed the same for her there, but now she had a picture of her, Sora, and their twins on her desk. Sora was wearing a sky blue button down shirt, black pants, shiny black shoes, and glasses. He became nearsighted in the past few years due to straining his eyes staring at the computer screen so much and reading in the dark (That's how Hurky ended up with glasses in real life). He wore contacts occasionally, but then there were days where he felt like not wearing them, like today. He was all dressed up because it was his first day back at teaching.
"So, you guys ready for your first day of school?" asked Sora.
"Yeah!" said Skye excitedly. He sounded just like his father at that age. "I can't wait!"
Kari laughed. "I knew he wouldn't wait." she said.
Kairi looked down and noticed a smudge on Skye's face. She took out a kleenex and bent down to Skye's level.
"Skye, you got a smudge." she said. She held to kleenex to her son's mouth. "Spit."
Skye spit onto the kleenex and Kairi wiped the smudge off his face.
"Mom..." he said.
"Well, you have to look nice for the first day of school." Kairi said, tossing the kleenex into a garbage can.
The bell rang.
"Okay, Skye, Kari." said Sora, kneeling down to see his kids' faces. "Here we go. It's time to go to class. Your mommy and I want you to be good, have fun, and be nice to the teacher and your classmates."
"We will, Daddy." said Kari with a smile on her face.
"Alright, now give Mommy and Daddy a kiss." said Kairi, still bent down to their level.
Skye and Kari kissed their mother on the cheek and then went to Sora and kissed him on the cheek. Finally, a woman with long blonde hair and wearing a white dress and sneakers walked up to Sora and Kairi.
"Hi, Sora, Kairi." she said.
"Hi, Namine!" said Kairi. Namine had recently became a kindergarten teacher and would be teaching Skye and Kari.
"Are you guys ready to learn?" asked Namine to the twins.
"Yes, Mrs. Baker." said Skye and Kari.
"Good, because we're gonna have tons of fun!" said Namine.
Sora looked at his watch. "Whoops. We better get going! See you all later!" he said.
He and Kairi walked to Sora's car, got in, and drove off. Namine took Skye and Kari by the hand and took them into the kindergarten building...
The End.
Hurky: How was that, everyone?
Readers: YEAH! (cheering and applauding)
Kairi: That was AWESOME!
Sora: Yeah. Had a pretty cool ending.
Riku: (to readers) Hurky would like to thank all of you for reviewing and supporting her throughout the story. You guys are great! Peace out!