Epilogue
Joe leaned against the back wall of the lounge, barely registering Jinpei and Ryu carrying on over their video game. It had been quite a while since Jun had slipped out of the room after the pillow fight. Jinpei and Ryu had started Round Two of their video game session and Joe had grabbed a racing magazine and flopped down on the couch to read it when Jun had left unnoticed. Or at least, she thought that she had left unnoticed. Little did the Swan realize that the Condor had caught her leaving out of the corner of his eye.
Joe thought back to their conversation and how he had told Jun about Ken finding her attractive. Jun, being the intelligent girl that she was, had quickly realized what Joe was saying and had innocently thrown herself in his arms in delight, thanking him. Only she hadn't realized when Joe hugged her back that he was coming to terms with his own feelings for her.
Joe walked out of the lounge and down the hall. Deep in thought, he wasn't concentrating on where he was going; as if on auto-pilot, Joe just walked. Before he knew it, he was standing outside the door of Ken's hospital room.
Joe blinked when he realized where he was. What was he doing here? He didn't want to be here. But he knew Jun was in that room.
"Just walk away," Joe berated himself, but as if some unknown force took over, his hand disobeyed his brain and reached for the door handle. Silently, he turned it.
Joe peered into the room and saw Jun lying next to Ken; her head on his shoulder, her face against his neck, breathing deeply and peacefully. Ken also slept contentedly, with his arm wrapped around Jun's side, as if he were holding her in a protective embrace. Joe thought he saw a small smile on both of their faces.
Joe pulled his head back from the open door.
"You did the right thing, Asakura." he reassured himself, "Ken and Jun belong together - you know that."
Joe peeked in the room again, as if getting final confirmation. Taking one last longing look at Jun, Joe whispered, "Goodbye, my Swan." then quietly closed the door and walked back down the hall.