Author's note: Aw…shucks…no one reads my stories anymore, except…thank you Shinigami Lenne! So…here I am writing an epilogue.
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"Takuya."
"Izumi."
"I have something to tell you!" The two former lovers shouted to each other over the phone.
"Err…you go first…" Takuya said nervously. When Izumi hesitated, he added: "It's okay, I don't mind…"
"I can't marry you." She sighed.
"R-really?" He stammered. She couldn't tell what that strange emotion was in his voice. Was he relieved? Was he angry?
She was answered in moments.
"I started seeing someone else." Takuya admitted.
Had Izumi still been in love with Takuya she would've boarded the next plane and bitch-slapped the other girl.
But, she was not.
"Okay…" She responded.
Hearing her lack of enthusiasm, Takuya added tentatively: "Is that…alright with you?"
"Yes! Definitely!" Izumi had been thinking too much about the person she started seeing.
"Who is it, Izumi?" Takuya asked with a little apprehension and a little eagerness.
"Who's your girl?" She replied coyly.
"Stephanie." Takuya answered shyly.
Well, if there were anyone else out there for Takuya, it would be Stephanie. Pretty, stylish, and filthy rich to boot, but despite all, she was one of the only other people Izumi sensed could understand Takuya.
"I should've guessed." Izumi smiled.
"Yeah?" Takuya laughed nervously. "So, who's the lucky guy?"
"Koujiminamoto." She said quickly.
Silence.
Takuya laughed. "So, I guess it was all for the better that you didn't accept me, huh?"
"Huh?"
"He's the one for you, Izumi, don't let him go."
Takuya hung up.
Immediately the phone rang again.
"Hello?" Izumi picked it up after one ring.
"Marry me, Izumi."
She almost dropped the phone. What?
"Sorry, sorry." She heard an amused chuckle.
"Kouji?" Just after breaking off a possible engagement with Takuya, Kouji was joking about proposing to her?
"Hold on a sec." There wasn't even the sound of any electronic interference.
The next moment, the doorbell rang, and Kouji was found kneeling on Izumi's doorstep.
"I was serious, Izumi, you know how little I joke about these things." He said earnestly.
She was about to interrupt, trying to think of some time when he did joke about something serious.
"I know that you just got off the phone with Takuya and that you're still recovering from the break up, but…" He presented her with an elegant diamond ring. "I also know that your feelings…you wouldn't have come looking for me otherwise."
She was speechless. She had come looking for him? She thought back to her plane ride. Amidst her apprehensions for marrying Takuya, another person came into her mind, and though she was not sure at the time if it was a mere passing fancy, their meeting, their kiss, and Takuya's approval changed things.
"I don't want to force you to make a decision," He said softly, "but if I wasn't sure that this was what you wanted, I would not have come here."
"Oh, Kouji." An emotional tear slid down her cheek. "Will you stand up please?"
"Not until you give me an answer." A good-humored grin spread across his face.
"Yes!" She shrieked and he sprang up and hugged her to the best of his ability.
She found the ring, and slipping onto her finger, she loosened his hold on her and tenderly kissed him, relief, happiness, and love between them as finally, ten years later, the perfect match was made.
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Author's note: So…there you have it-an epilogue of some sorts. Maybe it was a pretty bad idea to have Kouji propose to Izumi so early…idk…it seemed to be a good ending. R&R!