AN: Well, here it is - the conclusion to Silver Bells. I want to thank you all for the support and encouragement you gave me through my writing this. I wasn't able to put this up a week ago due to problems with my internet and on top of that, I lost the original epilogue I had written. I thank you all because without you guys, this story would never have been possible.
Epilogue
Haruko died Christmas night when he was 19 a few months after his body stopped reacting to the treatment.
No snow fell that day, rather gray clouds hung drearily in the air. The wind chill dipped lower than it ever had before.
Kurama and Botan mourned the loss of their son along with their daughter who had been born to them a few years earlier.
Haruko's friends were saddened along with everyone else and never forgot him or the hope of a miracle he brought so many Christmases before. Keitaro and Seiko made sure that the whole 8th grade class was there to remember him.
But of all who mourned his death, perhaps it was Amarante.
He had proposed to her the afternoon before he died.
AN: And there you have it. I am asking if there are any of you who have read this story and didn't review due to not knowing how this was going to turn out, I am asking you to review now and please tell me what you thought and if you have any tips on how this could have been better. A writer's friend is critque and I'm asking you to do that for me now. Thank you.