Epilogue

5 YEARS LATER

It was a sunny autumn day. Today was the long awaited wedding of Mikan Sakura, a wonderful girl, both inside and outside and Natsume Hyuuga who still was the reclusive loner as usual. However, he now smiled more frequently and genuinely. This, his best friend and the best man for the wedding, Ruka Nogi reasoned, ought to be the effect of prolonged exposure to a certain ever optimistic person, namely Mikan.

However, the said brunette did not seem that optimistic right now. She had spilled tea on her snow-white wedding gown and also had broken the heel of one of her matching white shoes. "What am I going to do now?" she wailed to Anna, Nonoko and Hotaru who were preparing her for the special day. "The gown may take entire afternoon to come back from the dry cleaners and how are we supposed to find another pair of matching white shoes on such a short notice? Maybe it is better to just cancel the whole thing…"

Baka! Baka! Baka!

"You shouldn't talk like that" said the emotionless inventor. "Anyways, I am sure that the drycleaners would send the gown as soon as possible." "How could you be so sure?" asked Mikan wiping her tears with a handkerchief Anna handed her. "I just told him to do as I say or I will hit him with my Baka Bazooka. This threat usually produces good results." replied Hotaru with her usual emotionless expression. "And as for the shoes, I asked Ruka to come shopping with me. We shall be back before lunch." She added before dragging Ruka with her to the mall.

In the evening

"The wedding ceremony is about to begin" said Anna excitedly while helping Mikan with final touches in her makeup. Mikan was wearing a simple, off-the-shoulder ankle-length wedding gown which had tiny white bows on the hem and a simple white flower pattern throughout the dress. She was not wearing much of jewellery, just the beautiful silver butterfly pendant on a silver chain which Natsume had gifted her on completion of two years of dating, a silver bracelet and matching earrings with her diamond engagement ring. However, rarely had a bride looked more resplendent; her face was glowing with joy and satisfaction. She had, on Natsume's insistence, applied very less makeup but her natural goodlooks more than made up for it.

"I am coming" she replied when Hotaru told her to get going. Just outside, Narumi-sensei was waiting for her; in the absence of her father, he was going to take her to the aisle. "You look wonderful" he smiled, looking at the beautiful girl who he remembered as a clumsy ten year old no star with a wide smile. It's hard to believe that this is the same girl who at one time was a clumsy troublemaker. He smiled once again and said "So, shall we get going then?"

Natsume was waiting for Mikan to show up. He was standing on a kind of stage erected specially for the marriage(Sorry, don't know the exact term). When will that idiot come? He was getting impatient. Natsume was wearing a simple black tuxedo with a white rose in the buttonhole. Inspite of the simplicity of his clothes, like Mikan he too looked radiant with joy and this made him even more handsome than ever. Just as he was thinking of dragging Mikan forcefully from the dressing room, she appeared with Narumi. Natsume stood stunned for a moment. He had never expected his clumsy fiancée to be this beautiful. She had in her hands a big bouquet of white roses, her favourite flowers and a reminder of her childish innocence. She seemed to almost like an angel from heavens above. When Mikan noticed Natsume gawping at her like he had never seen her before, she chuckled inwardly and gave Natsume a big smile before standing beside him.

Natsume was unable to remember the actual ceremony later. It all went by him like a blur, even the recitation of the vows they had written before. The only thing he remembered quite clearly was taking Mikan in his arms and giving her a passionate kiss. After the ceremony, Mikan threw the bouquet towards her bridesmaids(Hotaru, Anna, Nonoko and Aoi Hyuuga, Natsume's sister) and (surprise!) Hotaru caught it with her latest invention. Ruka blushed beet red at this. Natsume then whispered in Mikan's ear, "Now for our honeymoon in Australia. I can hardly wait". Mikan blushed even more than Ruka on hearing this, yet she was very happy. She too could hardly wait.

THE END

Thank you, minna for your support. I have finally finished the last chapter of my first story and this completes it. I am extremely happy and proud of my first attempt at writing and I hope to write many more of the fics. I suppose that my next story would be a oneshot and shall be completed soon. So, adios till then.

Before going, I would like to thank

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for their reviews which encouraged me to write better chapters(I shall edit this list after getting reviews for the epilogue).