Reliving the Past
By CallxMexSenseixSenpaixSama
I think this story has been somewhat like structured ramblings of whatever I was thinking.
But tis now the end.
And so the characters overcome and learn. Because that's what life is.
Kyou and Tohru stood in front of her grandfather's grave. Kyoru in her stroller was next to them. The letter before was an invitation to a special party at the Sohma house. And beneficially, it was in the same week as the day of Tohru's grandfather's death anniversary.
Kyou read the gravestone. "To love is what makes us human. To be loved is the greatest happiness life can give us." He understood. Somehow the old man knew. He knew everything. Kyou dropped the flowers he was holding. Then, they lit the incense and prayed. Praying... What did they want.. ? What did they have to say... ? As they kneeled down together, he grabbed her hand and held it tight. To be happy together. To provide each other the happiness they need. Tohru buried her face into his chest.
"I wish you knew them a bit more. My mother.. my grandpa. I wish... that they could've lived just a bit longer."
"They... Your family. They've taught me so much. But there's nothing wrong with them being gone now, because they're up there, watching us. And the things... and people they left behind me... they're blessings. That's the least I could ask for." Kyou answered.
As he looked up to the sky, he wondered... What was humanity? What made humans, humans? Was it their brain capacity? Their ability to think on a more developed and sophisticated level? Their bone structure? Their appetite? Or is it their ability to show emotions. To be able to love. To feel their aching heart.
Was he ever a monster... ? No. No... he wasn't.
Tohru was his life. She was everything to him. When everybody else saw him as a monster, she was there to love him as a human. That alone... That alone...
Momiji sat on the floor with Hiro, Kisa, and all the other Jyuunishi with their loved ones. Momo was by his side as well. He smiled. This was the best idea to be ever thought of. A servant came in to alert them that Kyou and Tohru were coming. The noise died down and everyone hushed up. They all waited for the door to slide open. Their steps to walk in. As their faces came in, it was like the entrance of a God. This party that they created, all for that one special person.
Tohru wondered what they were doing and blushed. All those eyes staring at her and the complete silence. She attempted a small laugh.
Akito stepped up. "You are our honorary guest. For everything you've done for us. The things you've been through..." She hesitated as she remembered the pain she had given to Tohru. "We thank you. We thank you for lifting our burdens. We thank you for crying for us when our own tears couldn't come out. We thank you... for accepting us... when we could only hate ourselves. We thank you. For giving us hope when it had diminished into nothing. For being our light when we were engulfed by darkness. Thank you." Akito bowed down. She was soon followed by servants, then the Jyuunishi, then Kyou, himself.
Tears splashed onto the ground. Tohru was touched. To have this party arranged just for her. For them to thank her when she felt like she didn't do anything. For them to remember everything.
"No. Thank you! Thank you so much. For taking me in. For being my friends. For giving me things that I never would have thought possible." She stuttered out while crying. Wiping off her tears with her hand, she felt someone take her other hand. Kyou led her to the other side, at the head of the room.
Everyone bowed their heads as she walked past, saying thank you. The Jyuunishi all had something to be thankful for. For she saved them all. Yuki, Haru, Ren, Momiji, Kisa, Hiro, Ayame, Shigure, Hattori, Ritsu, Kagura, Kureno, ...Akito and then finally, Kyou. Even the outsiders there had something to be thankful for. Arisa and Hana. Kazuma. Mine.
The pain they all carried. The hate they felt. It was lifted by her. Their past... can be unbearable... It could be the worst of times.. But, they would never.. never try to forget it. For that was the time when Tohru entered their worlds.
She squeezed Kyoru as she held her in her arms. Everyone was happy. Everyone was smiling. They could only live happily now. The banquet has begun again. But it will be filled with laughs instead of cries.
The curse is no more.