Final Chapter: The Ribbon's End.

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Sunlight streamed into the room, rousing the red-haired girl from her slumber. Her eyes opened to reveal a mass of blue at the corner of her eye. Kahoko turned and her eyes widen at the sight of Tsukimori Len, snoring lightly with a light smile on his face. . .

"AAAAHHHH!"

BAM!

"Ouch!"

BANG!

"Hino-chan! Are you-?" Misa and her husband stood in front of the entrance after storming into the room unannounced to a rather unexpected yet awkward sight.

Kahoko was holding an alarm clock over her head while Len was lying on the floor, clutching his head. As soon as her mind was set, she finally realized what she had done and she dropped the clock in her haste as she rushed to aid the poor teen.

"Tsukimori-kun! Are you okay? Is it bleeding?" cried Kahoko as she tried to get him to sit up and show his injury to her. Tsukimori-san silently pulled Misa out of the room to not embarrass the two teens, much to the disappointment of Misa, who had taken adoration to the scene she'd witnessed.

"It's nothing, Hino-san." Len protested. But who was he fooling. Kahoko could see blood seeping out from the edges of his fingers where he clutched the spot where she'd hit him before. Glancing around the room, she spotted the ribbon that was tied around her wrist earlier on and quickly yanked it from the floor and got to Tsukimori's side. She pulled his hand away from his face and tied the ribbon over his head, which crossed over his left eye.

"Your ribbon. . ." Tsukimori tried to protest but was silenced by Kahoko's gaze.

"Don't worry over it." She breathed. Suddenly, they realized that they were a few inches away from each other, yet no one moved away. Then as if entranced, both leaned together and were joined into a warm yet gentle kiss. Both could feel sparks flying around them as they deepen the kiss further and they didn't realized that the ribbon had fluttered free of the knot Kahoko had done over his cut, revealing a newly healed scar over its place. When they broke away from the lack of oxygen both watched as the ribbon fluttered down into their hands with the ends of each ribbon hovering over their pinkies. Sharing a look, they laughed at the irony of the situation as a soft gentle breeze swooshed into the room.

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Meanwhile at the Hino's household, Kitsuka was about to devour Kisuke's chocholate cake masterpiece. The said person was humming to himself as he washes the dishes, the lyrics to 'Westlife- I lay my love on' you were played in the background by the radio. As Kitsuka was halfway devouring her cake, she munched out.

"When are YOU going to get her?" she asked and Kisuke knew who exactly she was talking about. Before he was able to reply, a soft breeze gushed into the place through the open window directly in front of Kisuke which looks out to the small garden patch. Kisuke closed his eyes momentarily as he immersed himself with the wind, ignoring how tousled his hair would end up later. Kitsuka merely watched in silence. When the wind ceased, Kisuke turned to her with a glaze look in his blue eyes.

"Maybe later. When she's not busy at the Tsukimori's." He placed a hint of suggestion at his last comment which made them laugh as both continue to bicker over pointless things.

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ACHOO!

Len looked up from his notes to see Kahoko sniffling. Casting a concerned gaze, he asked.

"Are you okay?"

Kahoko looked at Len and nodded before concluding. "Yeah, just fine. No worries. I think someone was talking about me." Len nodded warily at her silly conclusion and both continued to look at the music sheet Kahoko was about to practice.

Oh, they don't know how TRUE they guess are. . .

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Eight years later. . .

"Uncle Kisuke! Uncle Kisuke! Look what I found!" shouted 4 year old Kagami Tsukimori. Kisuke ginned when he saw what his niece was holding.

"Ah! I see you found our family's ribbon." Kisuke chuckled, taking the ribbon from her. Kagami looked at her uncle in curiosity.

"Why is it so special?" She asked. Kisuke looked at the child with a thoughtful look. He then faced his niece's blue hair and starts braiding it before using the ribbon to secure it in place.

"Because it brought your mommy and daddy together and your grandpa and grandma as well as quite a few others in our family." Kagami whipped around with an awed look in her hazel eyes.

"Really!" Kisuke nodded in approval.

"You take the ribbon, okay buddy?" Kisuke grinned. Kagami nodded before a car honk interrupted their moment. Kagami rushes to the window to see her father's SUV waiting in front of the gate. Turning to her uncle and kissing him goodbye, she rushed out of the house and into the car, where her mother and father smiled when Kagami sat on her mother's lap.

"Mommy, Mommy, Uncle Kisuke gave me something!" Both Len and Kahoko looked at their daughter warily.

"Is it a book on hieroglyphics again?" Len asked warily, remembering how Kagami had unexpectedly asked him to read a book of Hieroglyphics which she'd taken a fondness of during a sleepover at Kisuke's house. Kagami pouted at her father before showing the ribbon.

"He gave me the ribbon that got you two together!" She grinned. Len and Kahoko looked at the ribbon in surprise before turning to look at each other and laughed. Kagami looked at her parent's in happiness before joining their laughter as well.

And that's the end of this story! *cries* I'm so happy that I've finished this story. It was my first work! :')

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