Ryo and Kaori both entered the Cat's Eye café. Kaori was eying Ryo with a bit of amazement, and asked "Why are we here?" in a low tone. Ryo made her sit on her favourite tool, and ordered for a cold cappuccino to Miki San who was in the counter. Miki was getting it ready when Ryo whispered in her ear, "I'm gonna go clean up the room. Don't wanna get you anywhere near it. I'll come get you when I am finished. Till then be a good girl and remain her Kaori. I don't want you loitering about in the streets again." Kaori nodded in approval, and with a smile replied "Don't be late. I'll be waiting for you Ryo" Oh, here, take this. I don't need 'em anymore." Saying this she returned both the guns to Ryo. Ryo left the café while she sipped the cold cappuccino after a year. The taste didn't change at all. In fact, nothing had changed. Umibozu and Miki were all the same, and Ryo didn't change even a bit except for his lewd behavior with the girls on the street. She remembered that she hadn't seen him misbehave with the girls on the streets at all. Her heart pained thinking of how bad his past year had been….. what he had gone through mentally…..! She sipped the coffee with a gaze fixed on the road outside through the glass door.
Meanwhile Ryo walked in a free mind up to the apartment, opened the door with keys from his breast-pocket and started dusting the room. His heart was full. He was a contented man. He was finally complete. She really loves him! It was more than a dream for him. He continued his work in a fast pace. Within an hour, he was all done. Then he thought of making her a dinner as a treat of her return and his rebirth. All he could manage was burned rice and a curry which was evidently uncooked from its appearance. But he was happy that his 'Sugar Boy' has finally come home. As he finished, he locked the door of the apartment and started walking towards the café, whistling as he did. He looked at the church-clock, it was 8:30. "I hope the shop is still open." He thought absent-mindedly as he entered the café. As soon as Kaori saw him, she ran to him "What took you so long? Been hitting on the girls on the road again I guess?" Ryo was a bit taken aback by this sudden attack, but soon got back his composure. "Nope, I was busy dusting the room so that you won't catch an allergy." He said and gave his best smile which comprised of an exhibition of all the teeth he had in his possession. Kaori didn't ask him anything else. She just followed him out of the café into the cool night air. She could feel the gentle astral breeze swerve through her body after what seemed like a decade to her. She stopped on the footpath to savor the feeling deep inside her. Ryo saw that a flower shop was before them, he proceeded towards it, giving Kaori a tug on her hand that had clutched Ryo's blue shirt almost unknowingly. As she reached the shop, Ryo handed out 50 cents and asked the old lady "Yellow roses please ma'm!" for he knew that yellow roses are Kaori's favourite. The old lady handed Kaori a bunch of about 20 roses, of which nearly all were yellow, only 1 was red. Ryo narrowed his eyes at her. She nodded her head and gave back the twenty cents. Ryo put the money in his pocket and gave Kaori's arm a gentle squeeze who was a bit puzzled, "I didn't call for the red one, I don't want it. You can take it back ma'm", she said, But the old lady smiled and said, "You can keep it. It's a token of well being and love. Keep it. It's for you" and gave Ryo a meaningful look. Ryo observed it and said nothing. "Come, let's go home Kaori." He said. Kaori nodded, and they both headed for their apartment.
As she opened the door of the apartment, she directly went to the kitchen to cook the dinner for the night as was the custom. But what she saw was enough for to be surprised. Dinner was already cooked. Ryo came in the kitchen, took the plates and told her "Go to the table Kaori. I am serving today. No argument please." Kaori was too surprised to talk. Of the 6 years she'd spent with him, never she had seen him cook, or even serve the food in the table. And today! Kaori couldn't think of anything, but wondered in her mind about the reason for his behavior. She could find none. After the dinner, Kaori took a bath as was her habit. For the first time in her life, she was in no tension regarding Ryo, for she knew that he won't be eavesdropping on her anymore. Her absence had really changed this man! After the shower, she came back to her room only to find Ryo standing at the roadside-window. He had a sightless eye, a gaze fixed on a distant object perhaps. He was so engrossed in his thoughts, that he didn't sense her coming in at all. She touched him on his shoulders, "What are you thinking about Ryo?" He didn't reply, just smiled a little, and said "Get some sleep Kaori, It's pretty late. You have just got out of a coma, in case you've forgotten the fact." Kaori didn't protest, she got on bed and tugged at Ryo's right hand "You're sleeping with me tonight Ryo. No arguments then." Ryo couldn't turn down the offer to sleep with the person of his dreams on the same bed. He said nothing, just freed his right hand and went out of Kaori's room.
He came back to his own room, and took out a small piece of paper on which only two words were written – "Fujimaki Masashi."
He crumpled the paper, and threw it out of his window. Then he changed into his night dress and went back to her room. She was still sitting on her bed for him. As soon as she saw him, a smile was seen in her lips and she moved aside to make room for him. As they both laid down, Kaori hugged him and drifted off to a peaceful slumber. Ryo too melted in her warm embrace and fell in the arms of Morpheus.