Warning: Drunk Humor later, and some language later.

These Are Wonderful Days

(Dear Reader, I'd like you to imagine that the song: "The Day's Leisure," or in Japanese: "Hibi no Itoma" is playing in the background. If you've haven't heard it, search for it on youtube.)

Spring finally came, and the sakuras were in full bloom.

Tomoyo and her younger brother Takafumi walked side by side, admiring the sakuras on the side of the path. This path meant so much to Sakagami. She fought so hard to protect these trees as Student Council President, and she had won that battle.

It was a family tradition for the siblings to walk side by side under these trees, to remind them of the beauty that life held. But Tomoyo wanted to show her younger brother a different kind of beauty. Tomoyo told Takafumi that he'd be meeting a few new people today.

As they walked down that path, they finally saw Tomoya, Youhei, Kyou, Ryou, Kappei, and Mei standing there, also looking at those trees.

"Tomoyo!" Tomoya called out to her, and the rest of their friends quickly walked over to them.

"Tomoya." Tomoyo smiled and hugged him.

"Long time no see, Takafumi." Tomoya smiled at his future brother-in-law.

"Right, brother." Takafumi smiled.

Kyou looked at Takafumi and smiled. "So this is your little brother?" She turned to Tomoyo.

Tomoyo gave her a nod, and Takafumi spoke up. "Pleased to meet you, I'm Takafumi."

Kyou nodded. "And you can call me Kyou."

At this point Tomoyo objected. "You're my sister, Kyou. That seems just too informal. Little brother, consider Kyou as another older sister, as she's sis's close friend."

"Ah... Big sister..." Takafumi nodded.

"Don't forget about me!" Sunohara laughed.

Kyou giggled a little, and Takafumi nodded. "Hello..."

"The name's Sunohara Youhei, don't you forget it!"

"Everyone forgets about you." Tomoya joked.

"Hey!" Kyou and Youhei growled back at him, forcing him to flinch.

"Mei!" Tomoyo spoke aloud, finally recognizing her. "It's been such a long time."

"Ah, Tomoyo! Yeah, it has. Have you been well?"

"Of course." Tomoyo smiled at Tomoya.

Takafumi made the first move. "I'm Sakagami Takafumi, Tomoyo's younger brother."

"And I'm Sunohara Mei, Youhei's younger sister."

Ryou stepped forward, and Takafumi smiled at her. "I'm Fujibayashi Ryou, Kyou's sister. It's good to finally meet you, Takafumi." Ryou beamed.

"And I'm Hiiragi Kappei, Ryou's fiancée. Tomoyo's told us a lot of things about you."

"What kinds of things has my sister said?"

"Well, let's just say that those things have proven themselves true." Kappei smirked.

Sunohara smirked at Tomoyo. "Guess this is one big family reunion, isn't it? We're all practically siblings here."

Kyou nodded. "We've been through so much together..."

"You sound like a bunch of old people..." Kappei muttered.

"Yeah, we'll be spending a lot more time together, right, sis?" Takafumi looked up at Tomoyo.

Tomoyo smiled. "Yeah, but we can't help but remember..."

Tomoyo, Tomoya, Kyou, and Youhei stared out into the distance. The four of them had gone through quite a bit since High School, but now they had each other, now they were united, and life could only get more exciting from here.

"Instead of moping around, why don't we get a bite to eat? I'm starved." Kappei groaned.

Laughing, the eight went on their way.

Komura was getting old. Ever since his retirement, he had so much time to do whatever he wanted, but, even so, life got fairly boring... His wife passed away years ago, and without her he lived his life alone at home.

So it was interesting when he went to the mailbox one day and found a small envelope:

You are cordially invited to the wedding of:

Kyou Fujibayashi

and

Youhei Sunohara

For about ten minutes Komura stared at the invitation. It wasn't because he had bad eyesight, no, but because he could hardly believe what he was reading.

When Kyou told her girl friends whom she was going to marry, none of them believed her.

"Sunohara Youhei? The idiot of our high school?!" One of them gasped, shaking a little as she thought of him.

"Yeah? And?" Kyou crossed her arms.

"Well... It was already amazing for Okazaki Tomoya to marry our old student council president, so I guess Sunohara gets the class rep, eh?" One of them laughed.

Kyou's eyes narrowed. "I can't believe I spent all that time with idiots." She shook her head and walked off.

"Tomoya, since you're our best man, I have to tell you something..." Kyou cornered Tomoya in her living room.

"Wh... What, Kyou?"

Kyou sneered. "If anything goes wrong, no matter how minor, I am going to rip off your balls, even if Tomoyo will kill me later..."

"I... Um... I..."

Kyou closed her eyes and smiled. "So make this experience the best, ok? For both Youhei and me."

"Right..." He shivered as she walked away.

Once she was safely out of sight, Tomoya remembered an old conversation:

"You know what I want to be when I grow up?" Kyou asked Tomoya.

"If you say 'beautiful bride,' I'm going to laugh at you!" Tomoya smirked.

"Idiot! I was going to say 'kindergarten teacher." Kyou growled.

"Seriously..." Tomoya muttered. "Even though she loves him, I feel really, really sorry for Sunohara..."

"Tomoyo... I hope that you can help us as the main bridesmaid. Even if Ryou's the Maid of Honor, I trust you more than her..."

Tomoyo blinked. She spent all of high school trying to be more feminine, and to have Kyou put so much faith in her... It was so shocking...

"I... I am honored. I'll do whatever I can to help."

"Glad to hear... I guess that would be payback between us, wouldn't it?" Kyou smiled. Tomoyo looked back at her ring, and the memories came flooding back.

In a dressing room, Tomoyo was standing in front of a mirror, while Kyou stood behind her helping her fix up her clothes and all that. Sakagami was wearing a stunning white wedding dress... It was her wedding day, and soon she and Tomoya would be one.

"Tomoya's jaw is going to hit the ground once he sees you, just you watch, Tomoyo." Kyou beamed as she fixed Tomoyo's hair.

"Kyou... Who would have thought we'd end up like this?"

"Hmn?"

"You used to detest Sunohara, and yet you're his lover. You also used to hate me..."

"Tomoyo, stop dwelling on the past. If someone were to tell me a year ago that I'd eventually fall in love with Youhei and the two of us would be there for each other no matter what, I'd laugh in that person's face, but times have changed so quickly for the better. Stop being so nostalgic. Now's the time to think of your future with Tomoya."

"And I guess it's time for you to think of yours with Youhei, right?" Tomoyo smiled.

Kyou turned bright red... "Tomoyo..." She grumbled a little. "You really know how to make people embarrassed, don't you?"

"Hah, hah, maybe I do." The two friends shared a laugh.

Sunohara gave Tomoya a huge slip of paper.

"And what would this be?"

"For all the times you made me do things, well, here, this is what I'd like you to do for me for my wedding."

"Youhei, you're not some greedy bastard, are you? What's with this long list?"

Sunohara smirked. "If you're my best man, then you should listen to my requests."

Tomoya shook his head. "I'd expect this much from someone like you. You're just planning to impress Kyou, aren't you?"

"And how would that be impressing her?" Youhei blinked innocently.

Tomoya sighed. "Fine. Fine, I'll do it..."

(WARNING: The next two scenes contain drunk humor scenes. The latter may have what can be considered somewhat sexual content, even though nothing happens. Just a warning.)

'Twas the night before the wedding, and everyone was drunk...

No, seriously, Youhei couldn't even recognize Kappei.

"What a beautiful girl! Okazaki, is this part of the extras you planned for the party?" Youhei laughed, his cheeks red from the beer.

Tomoya wobbled from side to side, but still had enough sense to recognize who Youhei was hugging. "Um... Hic... That's Kappei... Hic..."

"Kappei? What a beautiful name!" Youhei laughed, stroking Kappei's arm.

Kappei immediately fainted, and Youhei began to carry him off.

"Where are you going?" Yusuke asked, staggering along. "And why are there three of you?"

"So that I can share the love with Kappei here!"

"Oh, lord. Youhei, get back here! That's Ryou's husband! Youhei!" Tomoya wobbled and bounced off the walls as he chased Sunohara to the future groom's bedroom.

Ryou didn't drink, but she found it funny when Kyou and Tomoyo got drunk.

"Tomoyo... I love you..." Kyou moaned as she finished her eighteenth bottle.

"Really?" Tomoyo asked dreamily, still working on her fourteenth.

"I... I felt the same way about Youhei... What's going on...?" Kyou blushed.

"Kyou..." Tomoyo began to blush too.

Ryou began to look quite uncomfortable. "Um... Both of you..."

They couldn't hear her.

"Tomoyo... I... I guess I can see why Tomoya fell in love with you."

"What?"

"You're so beautiful... Your body is so well-endowed compared to mine..." Kyou blushed.

"You don't look so bad yourself, Kyou..." Tomoyo smiled.

Kyou blushed a deeper shade of red. "Really? You think so?"

"You're so beautiful... It's no wonder why you'd get married so quickly..."

"But you got married first, to Tomoya..."

"Well, still, I guess Youhei can tell what beauty really is."

"Tomoyo..."

"Kyou..."

The two began to scoot next to each other, and as they embraced, with their lips only centimeters apart, Ryou ran in between them.

"NO!"

Kappei was the first to wake up. He wandered about Okazaki's home, and found Yoshiro Yusuke passed out on the ground, with a wine bottle in each hand.

Kappei wandered around some more, when he came across Tomoya sleeping with his body across Youhei's chest. Tomoya held a bottle in one hand, and Youhei was drooling. "Oh god..." Kappei paled.

At this, Tomoya slowly woke up... He saw Youhei's drooling mouth, and the look on Kappei's face, and gasped. "What the hell? This isn't what you think!" He stammered, trying to find something to say. "Wake up, Sunohara, dammit! Wake Up!"

"Sorry, Tomoyo... I don't know what came over me..." Kyou smirked as the bride and her chief bridesmaid shared an uneasy silence...

"We're sisters, think nothing of it... And it was a good thing that Ryou was there to stop it before it got too far..." Tomoyo smiled back, maintaining that uneasiness.

"Anyways... We should head to the site now... Ryou should be there already... I'll drive."

"Alright then." Kyou nodded, rushing forward to get her dress.

"Youhei, c'mon, you've got to get to Kyou, man... You don't want to be late to your own wedding, right?" Tomoya continued to coax him.

Youhei slowly got up... "I can't believe I almost... We almost..."

"No... Don't say a single word..." Tomoya glared at him.

Youhei kept his head hung low as he went to change.

Kyou waved at Tomoya as he approached her. "Everything's going according to the plan, right?" She smiled at him.

"Yeah, of course. Youhei's having his last few moments as a single man with the other two, while he sent me to check up on you."

"I'll be ready when I'm ready. I thought Ryou already spoke to you..."

"I haven't seen her at all..."

"Youhei-kun. Take care of my sister."

"Of course, Ryou."

"Kappei, dear, did Youhei do anything strange last night?"

"Um..." Kappei glanced at Yusuke, who shrugged, and then at Youhei, who glared intently at him. "He did nothing, nothing at all."

Ryou sighed. "That's good, because Kyou and Tomoyo..."

Youhei became excited. "What? What did those two do? Did they...?" A thousand perverted images flew in his mind.

Ryou covered her mouth. "I shouldn't have said anything, right...?"

Yusuke shrugged his shoulders. "Sunohara Youhei is a man who is so attracted to love that it scares everyone around him. The power of love can be so great. Isn't it amazing, Hiiragi Ryou?"

"More like frightening..." Ryou slowly backed away from her soon to be brother-in-law.

"Ryou... Ryou, tell me more! Ryou?" Sunohara called after Ryou as she quickly ran off.

"Tomoya-kun! I finally found you!" Ryou ran up to Kyou and Tomoya.

"Huh?" Tomoya turned, confused.

"I'll be heading back... Tomoyo and the others are helping me with the last of our preparations. Take care of your end of the bargain with Yusuke and Kappei, Tomoya." Kyou nodded and ran off.

"Even now, she's still like this around Ryou sometimes..." Tomoya sighed. (1.)

"Tomoya-kun. Youhei-kun is being strange. Please help make sure that he's normal at the wedding. And afterwards... I don't want him to do anything strange to my sister."

"Um... Ryou... I don't think you should worry... You might end up interpreting everything he does as worrisome pretty soon. Besides, Kyou can easily take care of herself."

"You're right." Ryou smiled. "I'll go help my sister now..." Ryou walked off.

"Right." Tomoya walked back towards Sunohara.

"Soon, because you love Kyou, and her powerful personality, you'll change your name to Fujibayashi, right, Youhei Sunohara?" Yusuke laughed.

"No... No... Heck, no... I'm still the dominant one in our relationship." Youhei put his fist against his chest.

"I'd trust those words if they came from Kyou's mouth, not yours." Tomoya laughed.

"Hey! I'm the groom of this wedding, right?"

"Yeah, but your wife will be the one who wears the pants in the family."

"Okazaki! Take that back!"

"Not until Kyou admits that you're the man of the house!"

"Okazaki!"

Youhei stood proudly on the right side of the altar. Tomoya, Kappei, Yusuke, they stood at the side, smiling as Ryou, Tomoyo, and a few of Kyou's old friends ascended the carpet to stand on the other side of the altar. With the bridesmaids, Maid of Honor, Groom, Best Man, and Groomsmen all in their respective positions, the wedding guests watched eagerly as Kyou slowly walked up the red carpet.

Kyou and her father walked side by side, but both had uneasy looks on their faces. Kaito Fujibayashi wanted the best for both his daughters. Ryou married Kappei, a hospital worker who was kind and somewhat easygoing. Since Ryou happened to be rather fretful and perhaps timid, he would be a good match for her.

But Kyou was a different story. Kaito was worried that his daughter would never get married, or that she'd kill her husband within the first week of their marriage. That, and he had heard plenty of disturbing things about Sunohara Youhei, this man who was about to marry Kyou.

But Kyou seemed stubborn and confident, as usual, about her choice. It was both a blessing and a curse that she had this will, but this time Kaito felt that this might be the ruin of her... To give his daughter to a man whom many judged as absolutely worthless was very unsettling indeed.

Tomoyo and Tomoya could see the look on Kaito's face, and, in the distance, so could Komura and Misae. All four knew exactly why Kaito felt this way, but Tomoya and Tomoyo also knew that Sunohara had changed, even if the other attendees at the wedding did not.

Even Kyou noted the look in her father's eyes, but she chose to walk forward, and she'd drag him if she had to.

Kaito glanced at his daughter as they trudged forward. She looked so determined, and though there were many times where she would demand that she get something, this resolve seemed different from all those before it. Kaito was both proud and worried for his daughter. She definitely wouldn't be forced to bow before a man, but at the same time, would her love for Youhei be her undoing?

Finally, Kyou made it on her side of the altar, and the minister began his lines. Kyou was fully prepared to hear objections the moment the minister would say: "Speak now, or forever hold your peace..." She grit her teeth, knowing that Youhei made himself a pretty horrible reputation. Even Kyou had to admit that back in high school, Sunohara Youhei was no better than a weed... Or a leech... Heck, even leeches had use in medicine, and weeds provided some nitrogen for the soil even if they took up space, but Sunohara Youhei was absolutely useless then.

But that was then, not now. Now Youhei had become a man, and a kind, loyal, and funny one at that. He was far from a weed now, but, still, it was so heartbreaking that no one but Kyou herself, Tomoya, and Tomoyo knew who Youhei was now.

Even Youhei's parents and Mei exchanged uneasy glances when they saw the look on Kaito's face. It looked like Youhei hadn't really been contacting his family much...

But even the cold stares from their parents could not break Kyou and Youhei's decision, and at the end of the day the Sunohara's Youhei and Kyou left the scene in Youhei's Corolla, leaving the Okazaki's to clean up in their wake.

"Still..." Misae sighed as she and Tomoya were leaning back on a few lawn chairs shortly after everything was settled. "It's amazing to see that Sunohara Youhei actually got himself married."

"Yeah..." Tomoya nodded dreamily.

As the two continued to relax, they heard some grunts below them.

"Gofu... Gofu..."

"Botan? Kyou left you back here...?" Tomoya was surprised to find Botan resting against the leg of his chair.

"Gofu..." The boar closed its eyes and continued to lie down, with a contented look on its face.

"Hmn... I guess Botan doesn't mind staying behind." Tomoya thought as he continued to stare at the boar.

Tomoyo laughed as she walked over to them. "I think it's because he likes you."

Tomoya stared down at Botan. "I'd hope so... If he starts squealing we might see Youhei's Corolla heading back with Kyou ready to strangle me..."

Tomoyo crouched lower and patted Botan, who cooed. "So he wasn't really sleeping, but listening to us?" Tomoyo seemed confused.

"I wouldn't put it past him. That boar's a clever one, Tomoyo. He did quite a few amazing things in front of me before we got together..." Tomoya stroked his chin.

"Really? Like what?" Tomoyo looked at Botan, who stared back at her.

"Well..." Tomoya winced a little as he remembered those times with Kyou.

"Botan, rugby ball!"

"Wait, Kyou, I..."

BAM!

"... He has seven skills that Kyou forced him to learn. Botan, stuffed doll!" Tomoya yelled.

"Gofu..." Botan's eyes narrowed.

"Oh, I guess he only listens to Kyou." Tomoya scratched his head.

"Either that or he's too big for a doll, right Botan?" Tomoyo continued to stroke Botan's back, and the boar closed its eyes happily and let out a "gofu" as a response.

"I guess he likes you too. Like master like pet, eh Botan?" Tomoya smiled as Botan walked forward and started rubbing itself against Tomoyo's hip.

The next day, Tomoya and Sunohara found themselves sitting on Sunohara's couch. The scene seemed so familiar.

"I think I should be flattered. It's the day after your wedding, and instead of spending it with your wife, you're relaxing here with me on this fine Sunday afternoon..." Tomoya laughed, slouching on the couch and letting his whole back rest against its soft goodness.

"Look who's talking! Your wife is off with mine somewhere too." Sunohara growled.

"Touché..." Tomoya yawned as he leaned back even further, letting his hair press against the sofa's mattress.

Sunohara suddenly sighed, as though he was admiring some old victory. "To think that Kyou and Tomoyo would become such good friends, and that we'd get married to both. Wow. Okazaki, are you sure we aren't in heaven already?"

"You repeat yourself all the time, don't you, Sunohara?"

"I just feel so amazed, even now..."

"You're always so amazed at this... Kyou would find you pathetic."

"She loves me more than that!"

"She loves you, that's why she'd find it pathetic, and she'd get mad. You don't want your wife to get mad, do you? You know what happens, right?"

Sunohara began to panic. "It can't be... Could she be hearing us right now?"

Tomoya stared at Sunohara for a good thirty seconds. "I wonder how the two of you will stay as a couple..."

Tomoyo, Kyou, and Botan were taking a walk in a park not far from Kyou's place.

"So... Did Tomoya tell you about his father?" Kyou asked.

"Why this all of a sudden?"

"Well... Let's just say that I know quite a few things about him..."

"You couldn't have been stalking him, could you?"

"Don't call it that! I was just.. Gathering information..."

"You liked him so much, didn't you, Kyou?"

"Let's not get off topic, here."

"Well, yeah, Tomoya did tell me a little about him, but I don't think he ever made up with his father... Now he's staying at my place, you know?"

"Huh... So even in the end, he can't reconcile with his own father... You don't see Youhei get worked up over the jerks who rejected him on the soccer team. Tomoya can't even thank the man who raised him for so long, even if there was heavy turbulence. He's his father, for god's sake! Tomoya's father seems a bit distant, but I'm sure he'd do anything for his son... After all, how could Tomoya have lived without his father? Even with you around, he would have needed to get the money from somewhere..."

"You're right, something has to be done... But how would I...?"

Kyou smiled. "If there's anyone Tomoya will listen to, it's you, Tomoyo. He won't give a care what Youhei and I think about his father, because though he thinks of us as siblings, it's one of the most difficult things he has to overcome in his life, and he doesn't trust our opinions enough about it... But you're a different story. He loves you, and he'll be willing to hear you out. You told me that I'd change Youhei for the better, and I guess I did, and you changed Tomoya for the better in many ways too... But this is when he needs you most, and you'd better be there for him."

"You know, Kyou, I wonder how Tomoya would live without friends like you or Youhei."

Kyou laughed. "Tomoyo, sometimes I wonder about the very same thing..."

"Gofu?" Botan looked up at the two of them.

"Botan... Say, Kyou."

"Hmn?"

"Has it been hard trying to raise Botan?"

Kyou looked confused at the question. "Not really... He's grown bigger now, and you see those tusks there, right? I think he's gotten more confident. When people joke about eating him, he's not so easily fazed, right Botan?"

"Gofu gofu..." Botan closed its eyes and tilted its head to the side.

"He's still charming after all these years..." Tomoyo thought aloud as she stared down at the boar.

"Hey! Now you're making both of us sound old!" Kyou pouted.

Sunohara stared dreamily ahead as he thought of Kyou the day before... His Kyou... (2.)

"Hey, Okazaki, thanks."

"Wha-?"

"And thank Tomoyo for me. If it weren't for either of you, Kyou-chan and I wouldn't be together..."

"It's probably better if you thank yourself."

"Huh?"

"Kyou used to hate you a bit, you know? You were being an idiot, and she couldn't stand idiots. Heck, I remember her calling you a weed back then."

"Hey! Don't remind me of those days!"

"But look at the two of you now, husband and wife. Think about it, why would she listen to Tomoyo and I when we claimed that she should give you a chance when she still thought that you were such an idiot?"

"Well, she'd..."

"Exactly, she wouldn't listen to us and would have brushed the idea aside as though it were a joke. The fact is, you're the one who changed her opinion about you."

For a moment, Sunohara froze. "I... Made her like me...?" He pointed at himself cluelessly.

Tomoya just smiled.

Youhei stared at Tomoya for a few more moments. "I'm that awesome?"

"Sure..." Tomoya sighed, and drifted off to sleep.

"Okazaki? You're sleeping on me? Hmn..." Sunohara stroked his chin. Now was time for payback!

The sun drooped low, touching the horizon when Tomoyo and Kyou came back to the Sunohara house. The moment they entered, Kyou screamed when she found Tomoya wearing one of her skirts, sleeping on a few of her panties as a cushion.

Tomoya snapped awake, and the moment he realized what was happening, he stammered. "Kyou! It's not what you think! I..."

"PERVERT!" Kyou hurled her purse at Tomoya, slamming him in the face and knocking him out cold.

Tomoyo could only stand there, thinking for a few moments. She married Tomoya, and knew who he was. Tomoya would never do such a thing, even if he were drunk, so it had to be Youhei's doing. Since Youhei had been bullied by Tomoya before, well, Tomoyo felt that her husband probably deserved this, and decided not to help as Kyou stomped on him repeatedly with her high heel, letting the sharp heel stab into plenty of places on his body.

"Tomoyo! Can you believe it?! Your husband would go this far!"

"Well... What can I say? Men will be men. They will stay idiots."

"Even Youhei wouldn't do something like this..." Kyou snarled.

"I don't know if that's a compliment or an insult..." Kyou heard her husband call as Youhei came over.

"Did you know that he was doing something like this?!" Kyou growled.

"No... Not at all..." Youhei slowly backed away.

Kyou slammed her foot into Tomoya's face one more time, and hissed. She walked over, grabbed Youhei, and dragged him out of the house. "I need some time to cool down with Youhei. Tomoyo, could you take care of things for me? And make sure that damn Tomoya doesn't do anything else that's weird!"

"Sure..." Tomoyo shook her head. Kyou really did need some sort of therapy for that temper of hers.

1. I guess I've merged several routes together, lol.

2. Yes, it's meant to be corny. After all, it's Sunohara we're talking about. :)

The title of this chapter was based on the Japanese Kyou After fanmovie (intended to be a game), whose English title was "It's a Wonderful Days."