"This is embarrassing Haru."
"Yeah well, I had to do it too so get over it." Haru said teasingly as he wheeled Rin out of the hospital.
It was policy to leave in a wheelchair and Rin had never felt more emasculated. He was forced to sit with his belongings in his lap as Haru rolled him outside- it wasn't like he couldn't walk!
"Whatever, just get us out of here quickly, I long for fresh air!" It had been another long two weeks since Rin had woken up. By some miracle, both the men were fine and after two weeks were both free from the hospital, hopefully for a long time.
Haru complied and got Rin out of the hospital pronto. He too wanted to leave the place. It wasn't like Haru was stuck there, but he wanted to spend time with Rin and make sure he was okay. He had to thank Sousuke and Momo for looking after Makoto for such a long periods of time. The tall man just insisted that it was practice for when Kisumi moved in with him, but Haru was glad for his kindness anyway.
"See? That wasn't so painful was it?" Rin just hummed in response, standing up and stretching. He winced; the stitches for his wound had only recently been taken out and so the scar was still a little sensitive.
He breathed in a huge breath of air. "It's good to be out of there." He stated, looking around at the outside world.
"It sure is. It's all over now, hopefully the only thing we have to worry about now is Makoto hitting puberty." Haru said jokingly.
Rin laughed. "Yeah, and with the way that kids growing it won't be long now."
Haru groaned "Don't even joke about that, I don't want to lose my little boy."
"He'll be the same boy Haru," Rin comforted. "Just… a lot bigger. Hey! I bet you anything he grows up to be taller than you!"
"No way. He won't be." Haru said, frowning at Rin.
"Did you see how tall your dad was? He's a machine! He's definitely inherited that height."
Haru rolled his eyes in response. It had been nice when Rin had met his parents. It was a week after Rin had woken up and they had insisted on greeting him properly. Luckily, the two were very accepting of Haru and Rin's relationship, so there was no more drama to be had there. Haru had mentioned to Rin how his parents were never together, and he could tell by their friendly attitudes towards each other, nothing like he and Haru were. But despite that, the love they felt for Haru was obvious in their actions. Rin hoped to see more of them soon.
Suddenly, a large figure and two much smaller ones began to walk towards the couple. As they got closer Haru realised who they were and beamed.
"Makoto!" He said calling out to his son. The growing green eyed boy ran right into his father giving him a crushing hug before going to Rin and giving him a gentler one, knowing now about his wound.
"Rin! I can't believe you're out already." He said smiling up at his second father.
"They couldn't keep me in there a moment longer," Rin smiled back, leaning down to kiss the boy on his head. Makoto giggled and ran back to Haru as Sousuke approached. "Sousuke, I didn't expect you to turn up."
"Well, they both desperately wanted to see you, even though we came yesterday. And I guess I wanted to see how you were both doing too." He said quietly.
"Thank you Sousuke." Haru said, offering a small smile.
"And!" Kisumi shouted, getting the attention drawn to him. "We have a surprise for you two!"
Rin sent a questioning look Sousuke's way. "Sorry, I know you guys wanted a quiet evening but everyone wanted to-" Sousuke started
"Everyone?" Rin said, earning himself a pitied smile from Sousuke.
"Just get in your car and drive to my place. It'll make more sense there." He said, grabbing Kisumi's hand, who in turn took Makoto's as they walked off together.
"Oi! Sousuke!" Haru called
"Just do it dad!" Makoto shouted with a giggle. "It'll be great!"
Haru and Rin looked at each other for a moment before laughing.
"I guess we have to go." Haru said, not wanting to admit that he was looking forward to whatever it was.
"But I thought you said you wanted to talk to me about something?" Rin asked.
Haru felt a spike of fear run through him. It was true; he needed to talk to Rin. He'd spoken to Sousuke about some of what had happened when he was taken, but not all of it. He needed to talk to Rin, but he would admit he was scared. Scared of what Rin would thing of him, sure, but mostly scared about re visiting the memories he had buried deep down inside. It had been over a month since the whole thing had happened, but Haru hadn't had one decent night sleep that wasn't plagued with visions of them.
"I-It's fine, it can wait." He lied, forcing a smile at Rin.
Rin wasn't convinced. "Haru, you sounded like this was important. Look, I want to drop my stuff off back at our place anyway. We can talk and then go to Sousuke's, alright?" Haru nodded as they loaded the car and drove to Haru's apartment.
It felt like ages since Rin had been here. Well, it was ages in all fairness. "Home sweet home." He said as he walked to the bedroom to put his things down.
Nothing had really changed, he observed, except that there was a large canvas covered by a sheet in the corner of the bedroom.
"That's my latest piece. I was working on it before… all of that happened. It's almost done now," Haru said from the doorway. "You can take a look if you want."
Rin pulled the sheet off of the canvas, intrigues as to what he might find. His hear skipped a beat when he saw the painting. A red heart was in the centre and seemed to be enclosed inside a blue heart that was enclosed inside a red one and so on, but all of that was covered in red and blue swirls in different shades, darker near the centre and light near the edges. It truly was beautiful, how the colours blended together so much that you felt they were one.
"Do you like it?" Haru asked nervously, walking in to the room.
"Haru… its… it's just beautiful." He stuttered. He had never seen one of Haru's pieces up close. He was truly very talented at what he did.
"I'm glad you think so, you inspired it."
"What's it called?" Rin questioned as he turned to Haru.
The raven haired male smiled in response. "Mr. Matsuoka."
Rin moved close to Haru and crushed their lips together, kissing him deeply and passionately. He moved them back until Haru's knees hit the back of the bed, causing them to fall down onto it.
The two kissed softly for a while before Rin slid his hands under Haru's shirt and pressed a leg into his crotch area.
That's when Haru panicked. He was scared to let Rin touch him, not after… he had to stop this and explain.
"Rin," He said desperately. "Rin stop. Please stop!" He said, his heart pumping fast, his whole body trembling, not in pleasure, but in fear.
"Haru?" Rin asked, worried by Haru's sudden yells. He noticed tears were forming in Haru's eyes. "Oh my God Haru! What's wrong? You can talk to me."
"No, No, I'm so scared Rin. So scared." Rin felt his heart break at Haru's words.
"Scared of what?" Rin asked, stroking Haru's soft black hair as he climbed off of the other male and sat them both up.
"Scared that it worked. That my body won't react to your touch anymore. I'm scared they broke me. I'm scared you'll hate me for what happened." He rambled, his bottom lip trembling.
"Haru, please tell me what happened." He asked sincerely.
"It was her," Haru spat. "Kaede. I was fine with Ryuga beating me, that I could take. But she…" He put his head in his hands, hiding his face. "She… She touched me Rin. In places I only wanted you to touch me." Haru whispered as he broke down, tears over flowing now.
"Oh God Haru, come here." He said pulling him into his arms and cradling him.
"I'm s-so sorry Rin. I didn't want to react to it. But I did. Every time my body reacted, and I hated it! She made me… made me call out her name when it happened. I didn't want too. I didn't want her filthy hands on me." He cried into Rin's arms. "I've washed so much, but it won't go away. I feel so wrong. I don't deserve you, she told me I wouldn't react to you anymore." Haru said, sobbing continuously.
"Hey, Haru you know she couldn't do that! She's… she's sick in the head, okay? She had no right to touch you! No right! Do the police know about this?" Haru shook his head. "Fuck! As soon as possible, we're telling them- okay? She can't just… just… just rape you and get away with it." Rin growled, angrier than he'd ever been before.
Haru looked up into Rin's eyes, his own still brimming with tears. "Take it away."
"Take what away?"
"Take her filthy touch away. I want yours, only yours. Please Rin, I can't take feeling like this anymore." He whispered.
"Are you sure Haru?" Rin said, not wanting to force Haru into anything, he would never have that forced upon him again.
Haru nodded, moving in swiftly to kiss Rin. This kiss wasn't as deep as the last one, but it held so much more meaning.
Rin laid Haru back down in the position they were in. still kissing him softly. He waited a good long amount of time before he moved his hands back up to touch Haru's bare skin under his shirt. Haru flinched away from the touch, causing Rin to stop.
"You alright?" He checked.
"I'm fine, s-sorry, just nervous. Please don't stop." Rin nodded, worried, but continued anyway.
Haru didn't recoil this time, as Rin's hands glided up his pale skin to feel all of Haru, to take all of her touch away. Rin slowly removed both his and Haru's shirts. He pressed their bodies together, the warmth from both of them radiating to each other.
As they kissed again, Rin wound his fingers in Haru's black strands, letting him know it was just him, and that there was no need to panic. To both Haru and Rin's relief, they could both feel Haru getting hard.
Rin pulled away to ask Haru if he was ready for more. The blue eyed man nodded and once again didn't stir as Rin unbuttoned his trousers and pulled them down his long slender legs. He repeated the action on himself before ridding them mutually of their boxers.
Haru stiffened as his erection hit the cold air.
"Haru?" Rin whispered, needed to check he was okay.
"I'm fine Rin. I'm fine. Thank you," He said with a tiny smile. "Now touch me please."
So Rin did. He slowly wrapped his hand around Haru and pumped slowly until Haru was at full hardness. When he believed Haru was ready he pressed their members together and stroked them as one, knowing Haru would need the comfort of not feeling alone at that moment.
Neither of them lasted long, it was a short and sweet encounter. Haru with his arched back came with a small gasp of Rin's name, while Rin exploded shortly after in silence.
"Rin… Thank you." Haru said as they cleaned themselves up.
"It's no problem Haru. I just wish you had told me sooner about what had happened. We could've told the police faster." Rin said, hugging Haru's naked form next to his own.
"I know, but you were still in the hospital, I didn't want to worry you." He explained.
Rin and Haru got dressed together, never going three feet away from each other, feeling more connected than ever. They quickly made their way downstairs, Haru was feeling a lot better now. He was gaining some of the confidence he had in himself back- and of course it was all thanks to the one he loved.
"Hey Haru, I love you." Rin said when they reached the car.
Haru grinned. "I love you too Rinrin."
Haru and Rin hopped into Haru's car and drove to Sousuke and Momo's new apartment. They had brought a place to live together around the time of Haru's kidnapping. Luckily, they had one with a spare bedroom that was not going to be used as Kisumi's room. It was a nice little place, Haru had stopped by to visit when Makoto was staying there, he was glad to see Sousuke had settled down.
When they arrived, Rin walked hand in hand with Haru to the door.
"Are you as scared about what this could be as I am?" He asked Haru as he knocked.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe it will be fun." Haru said as the door opened. Sousuke stood in the doorway and invited them in. The two walked into the main room and saw all of their friends and family together in one place.
"They're here!" Someone's voice shouted loudly making everyone turn to see the couple, blushing and awkwardly standing in the doorway. There was a second of silence before the whole room busted into applause and cheers. Haru was majorly confused, what was going on?
"Haru-Chan! Rin-Chan! Congratulations on getting released from the hospital!" Nagisa cried, running over to the two men and hugging them both tightly.
"Nagisa-Kun, I don't think that's the correct thing to say in a situation like this!" Rei said, pushing up his glasses from where he stood behind Nagisa.
"Well what else was I supposed to say?" Nagisa said, tilting his head to one side.
Rei was stumped, just blushing in response when Nagisa poked his tongue out. "It's good to see you again Haruka. And you Rin." Rei said, more formally than Nagisa had.
"You too Rei." Haru said, shaking Rei's hand as Rin had done before him.
"Haruka-Senpai!" A loud voice sounded as a blur or orange rushed towards him.
"Momo, I saw you literally yesterday." Haru said rolling his eyes as Rin cackled.
"Yeah, but you weren't officially out of this mess then were you?" Momo said, greeting Rin with a hug too.
"What do you mean 'Officially out of this mess'?" Haru asked, confused.
"You haven't heard yet? They finally found Goro Sasabe, he's been taken to prison!" Momo said with a cheer, causing everyone to cheer with him.
Rin felt himself choke back a sob. Finally the missing piece. He had only heard about the whole story a few days after he woke up from Haru, and he had been worried about it ever since because that sly bastard Goro had gotten away. He shook his head as the memory of the re-telling poped into his head.
"Rin, you need to know the whole story." It was the third day after Rin had come out of his coma and Haru had decided Rin ought to know about what had happened during their long sleep.
"I'm all ears."
"Well," Haru began. "When you were… attacked, the two must've left the house because Sousuke overheard them talking about where to go next. They were headed to Goro's place, Sousuke would've told the police sooner but the commotion happened when they found us and it slipped his mind until he had reached the hospital. Then he managed to remember once the initial panic was over and told officer Nitori about what he had overheard. She sent a team into it right away; any lead was a good one. Goro's house was in shambles by the time they reached it. Everything was trashed, but they were still inside. Ryuga and Kaede I mean. The two were arguing about something or other when the team burst in on them packing to get away. They both pulled guns on the officers. Apparently there was some big standoff thing, I'm not sure on the details but all I know is that Kaede said something about them rather being dead than forced to live in a cell. She… she shot Ryuga in the head and went for herself, but one of the officers shot her leg first to stop her. She's been sentenced to life in a women's prison. The only loose end they've yet to tie up is Goro himself."
Rin sat in silence as he processed all of the information. "Ryuga is… dead?" He clarified, getting a nod from Haru. "And Kaede is locked up?" Another nod. Rin felt himself well up. They were gone! Finally gone! He let some absent tears fall down his cheeks as he sat in the hospital bed, holding Haru's hand in silence, happy the were gone. "Wait," He said, with sudden realisation. "Goro?"
Haru shook his head. "He was gone by the time they arrived. He must've realised something was up, when the two came to his house, and decided to flee. They have people looking into it, but he's not turned up yet." Haru said, disgust in his voice and a glare in his eyes.
Rin squeezed Haru's hand tighter. "They'll find him. I know they will."
Haru was squeezing Rin hand tightly this time.
"What happened? How did they find him?" Haru questioned desperately.
"He was camping out in some abandoned house on the outskirts of Iwatobi. Luckily he seemed to run out of food or something because Officer Nitori was in a shop that sells her sons favourite snacks when she saw him buying stuff. Not very sneaky now was he? It was awesome! Officer Nitori took him in herself- she was given a promotion and everything." Momo said, as he rattled on about more to do with it, but Rin and Haru had stopped listing.
"It's over Haru." Rin said, looking at Haru with a smile.
"It really is." Haru replied. They instinctively leant in and kissed each other on the lips, passionately, but not as such to gross out the people around them.
"We'll have to thank Officer Nitori." Haru said as he pulled away.
"Every day for the rest of our lives." Rin replied grinning.
"Ew, mushy! Get a room!" A girls voice called out, Rin looked over to see his sister.
"Gou!" He said, moving over to give her a hug. "I thought you went back to America?"
"Yeah, well, maybe I lied." She grinned.
"Gou, you have a company to run!" He joked, punching her lightly in the arm.
"That can wait for my big brother!" She giggled. "Oh!" She said, turning to Haru. "I don't think we ever properly met. My name is Gou, I'm Rin's sister." She said, grinning. Her eyes were as red and passion filled as Rin's were.
"It's nice to finally meet you. You're in fashion design right? Rin's told me a lot about you." He said warmly. Gou beamed in response and started to chat happily with Haru.
Rin was suddenly tapped on the shoulder by the man he knew as Seijuro. "Rin!" He said happily. "I'm glad you're back now buddy. Momo has been worried sick about the both of you. And well, I have too." He said, his scary smile shining widely.
"Thanks Sei, it's good to be back. And to see everyone again." He said happily, joining the man for a 'Bro hug'. When they pulled away Seijuro's eyes were on something behind him. "You okay there?"
Sei shook his head. "Who is she?" He said, eyes wide, Rin turned around to see the barista looking with gooey eyes at his sister, he turned back, daggers in his eyes.
"Oh hell no. you stay away from my sister Seijuro!" He said with half mock anger half 'I'll rip your fucking head off' anger.
Seijuro seemed to visibly pale. "H-Hey, I know the feeling man. How do you think I feel knowing my brother is dating that beast Sousuke?" He said, pointing over to where Momo and Sousuke stood, holding hands and smiling at each other.
"You don't like Sousuke?" Rin asked.
"It's not that I don't like him, he's a great guy! He's just… the first boyfriend my brother has ever had and if he hurts him, I'll kill him." He said, the scary face coming back.
"Trust me Sei, now that they're living together and they're adopting a kid, I'm pretty sure you can say they're in it for life." Rin re assured him with a hand on his shoulder. "That being said- you touch my sister and you die."
"Got it." Seijuro said, before slipping away to mingle again.
When Rin turned back to Haru his parents were with him and Gou.
"You're the Gou Matsuoka?" Haru's mother asked excitedly.
"The one and only." She said with a nod.
"Oh god, someone hold me! This is amazing- I have some of your early work! I've been in love with your stuff ever since I first saw it online! I never thought I'd get to meet you!" She chuckled nervously.
Haru rolled his eyes at Rin while he laughed freely.
Haru managed to slide out of the conversation to stand again with Rin but before he could say anything they both heard "Mr. Matsuoka!" Coming from down below.
Kisumi and Makoto stood with cheeky grins staring up at the two. Kisumi had his hands behind his back.
"Why do I get the feeling you two are up to no good?" Haru said, raising an eyebrow.
The two boys giggled. "We have a present for you two!" Makoto said with a grin. "Well, technically it's from all of us in 8B and your other classes."
"We wanted to do something nice to show you how much we care about you both. You've both always been there for us, helping us and supporting us. We wanted to return the favour." Kisumi said as he pulled his hands out from behind his back to hand Rin an envelope sealed with a bright red ribbon.
Rin opened the envelope and looked at the children with his mouth agape. As soon as Haru read what was inside he had the same expression.
"How the hell did you guys get this?" Rin asked shocked.
"Well, we all chipped in!" Kisumi said.
"That, and Shouta's dad is really rich." Makoto explained
"And gullible." The pink haired boy added.
"I don't understand," Haru said. "Why did you get this for us?"
"You've been through so much recently, we just thought it might be nice to give you guys a break from all of it." Rin stared down at the tickets in his hands as Makoto spoke. Two tickets to England with an all-inclusive hotel booked. He couldn't believe the children had done this.
"Thank you so much." Haru said, bending down to kiss each of the boys as a thank you.
"It was nothing." The two said at the same time.
"Hey everybody!" Momotarou said as he stood on a glass table, tapping his cup as if it too were glass. "It's time for a speech! Not from me of course- I'm not that good at being sentimental!" He said, earning a few laughs. "No, but seriously, Sousuke would like to say a few words."
The crowd of people turned to Sousuke. He blushed rapidly. "Oh… right." He said, pulling a piece of paper out of his pocket.
"Ladies, Gentlemen, and everything in-between… you know what? This speech was stupid, I'll just say what I need to," He said, throwing the paper away. "Rin, Haru. You've both been through so much this past year and I for one am proud of you both. It's been a wild journey but I feel that hopefully this one is coming to an end so you guys can start a new chapter together with your wonderful son Makoto. It truly is a miracle that you both made it out of that situation; it's just proof to all of us that you guys are made to be together. It's not often that you find a love so pure and real, but you two have. And I'm glad. Now that everything is sorted out, we can all move on and be happy again. Each and every one of us deserves it. Especially a little boy that's joining my family. Some of you may not know yet, but Momo and I are adopting a child, and he's right over there. Kisumi has been through a lot and I'm proud to say that he's come through it all, still smiling like a champion. I hope you'll be happy here Kisumi. Now with all that mushy stuff out of the way, I'd like to raise a glass in honour of Rin, Haru, Makoto, Kisumi, all of you in this room right now. Let's toast to family." Sousuke said, holding his glass high in the air.
"To family!" Everyone chorused as they tapped glasses and cup with one another saying cheers and smiling happily.
As Rin and Haru looked around the room at everyone, they couldn't help but smile at what they saw. Haru's parents and Rin's sister talking and laughing as if they were old friends. Seijuro hopelessly trying to get Gou's attention from across the room. Nagisa teasing Rei and the glasses glad boy returning the teasing with a playful telling off. Finally, Sousuke and Momo, standing with their son in the middle of it all, smiling and joking. More than one happy ending came out of this 'journey' ,as Sousuke had put it, and even with all the terrible terrible things that happened to them, they both fondly wondered if they would ever change a thing. Especially now they knew they were creating other people's happy ever afters as well as their own.
Rin turned to Haru, smiling widely. "I love you." He said, stroking the side of Haru's cheek.
"I love you too." He said back, looking with his blue eyes into the deep pools of red, his heart full of admiration.
"And me! And me! You love me too right?" Makoto said from where he stood in between Rin and Haru.
Haru hoisted the young boy up so he was at their height as Rin ruffled his hair. "Of course!" Haru said, kissing his cheek.
"We love you more than anything." Rin said, kissing his other one.
Makoto giggled and hugged both Haru and Rin tightly. With their free hand, Rin and Haru linked their fingers together, smiling at the scene around them.
Haru looked up at Rin and whispered "To family."
Rin whispered back in a soft tone so only Haru and Makoto could hear it.
"To family indeed."
A/N: So that's pretty much the end! Just an epilogue left and then it over! I hope you've enjoyed this fic!