(Author's note: sorry if this chapter is a little short. But it's the last one for this story.)
It's has been six months since Akito and Tohru got together; since then a lot has happened – Akito met Tohru's friends, Akito received forgiveness from everyone, Tohru met Akito's sister, and to top it all off, the curse was finally lifted. Akito started supporting the zodiacs with their relationships because he had Tohru with him, Kyo gave up and started dating Kagura which calmed her down quite bit, and strangely enough, Teri was all over Shigure which was both hers and Akito's idea. Everyone was happy, even Akito asked Tohru to move in with him; Shigure, Yuki and Kyo moved back to the Main House which had Yuki, Kyo and Hatsuharu hanging out with Akito all the time. Now it was winter and it was New Year's, the snow was falling hard. Akito had many snowball fights with Yuki and Kyo, which convinced Teri to throw a few at Akito to irritate him. But it never worked because Akito would either throw them back at her or catch them.
Today however it was way too cold so all the Sohmas gathered in the Main House living room around a big roasting fire. It was worth it because the power was out as of the early afternoon. Akito was playing cards with Yuki, Kyo and Haru. "Why does poker have to be crappy?" asked Kyo.
"Because Akito lost the poker chips," said Teri from the other nearby table.
"No I didn't," said Akito.
"Yes you did," Teri argued back.
"That's enough you two;" Hatori spoke up, "arguing will not find the poker chips."
"You know," said Shigure, "we could use little laughter here. Aya why don't you tell your father's old door joke."
"Oh please, not the door joke," said Hatori.
"Aw c'mon, I love the door joke!" Teri perked up.
"What is the door joke?" asked Yuki.
"It's something your dad made up," Akito answered. "It's basically a story, but since it was funny, we started to call it a joke. And since the word 'door' is mentioned a lot, we started calling it 'the door joke'. And your brother remembers it and the way he tells it is funnier than your dad told it."
Then Akito saw Kureno walk in. "Hey, you came just in time for the door joke," he said.
"Aw I haven't heard the door joke in years," said Kureno. And with that, Ayame told the joke, surprisingly everybody laughed, even Yuki.
"That's gotta be the best joke in the world!" said Kyo trying to control his laughter.
"Well sadly, it did not get on the list of Guinness World Records," said Akito.
"That would be cool," said Haru.
"I agree," said Yuki.
"Look Hari!" said Ayame, "Yuki is taking interest to father's joke!"
"Settle down Ayame," said Hatori.
"Thank you," said Teri.
"Oh I guess Teri is also not fond of Ayame," said Tohru.
"Other than the door joke, Teri envies Ayame," Akito answered.
"What time is it?" asked Momiji.
"Who knows?" said Akito jokingly, even if he already knew it was past midnight.
"Hey!" Teri shouted, "you're the one with the digital watch!"
"It was a joke Teri," said Akito. That led to a little bit of bickering.
"Break it up you two," said Shigure as he pulled Teri onto him.
"C'mon Tohru," said Akito, "it's bed time."
"Okay," said Tohru.
They went into Akito's room, and Akito got a fire started in the fireplace, while Tohru laid in bed under the warm covers and Akito joined her shortly after. They made love for a little while, and then fell asleep in each other's arms to keep warm. They both thought to themselves, it was the best New Year's they've ever had. Even though it what was cold outside and the power was out, winter seemed a little warmer to them. It didn't matter, because they were happy.