Chapter Five - Epilogue

"Kiseki! Time for school!" Misao yelled up the stairs. Misao had fully recovered after two months, and she spent her time learning about her son and about everything that had happened in the world while she had been in a coma. A year had passed since then, and Kiseki was now in kindergarten.

"Coming, okaa-san!" Kiseki said, running down the stairs.

"Where's your otou-san?" Misao asked. Aoshi always followed his son down the stairs, after all, he was the one who was helping him get dressed these days.

"I'm right here, koishii," Aoshi's voice came from behind her.

"Aah! Anata! Don't scare me like that! I thought you were helping him get ready?"

"Hannya offered to do it this morning, so I could have some extra time putting some things in order."

"Oh? What things need to be put in order?"

Aoshi smiled at her, grabbed her hand, and led her to a door down the hall from the sitting room with Kiseki following them. "Close your eyes," Aoshi said. Misao reluctantly agreed, and Aoshi then opened the door, took her hand, and led her in. "Okay, open them."

Misao gasped. Aoshi had made the old den a downstairs nursery. He had painted the walls, put together the crib, and even bought a rocking chair. There was a dresser against the wall near the door with a small lamp on top of it. "Anata, it's wonderful!"

"I helped too, okaa-san! I painted that wall!" said Kiseki, pointing to the wall behind the crib.

Misao laughed, "You did a wonderful job, Kiseki-chan." She then gave him a kiss on top of his head.

Aoshi came behind Misao and put his hand over her swollen belly. "I hope she likes it just as much as you do," he said.

"Of course she will! After all, her otou-san put a lot of work into it, and her big brother painted that wall!" said Misao, pointing to the wall Kiseki pointed to earlier. Everyone laughed.

"All right, young man. It's time to get you to school," said Aoshi, picking up his son.

"Bye, okaa-san! Have a good day!" Kiseki said, leaning over to give his mother a kiss on the cheek. Misao returned his kiss, and said, "You too, and don't stare at Mina-chan all day. You need to pay attention during class!"

"Okaa-san! She stares at me first!!" Kiseki replied. Misao giggled and turned to Aoshi. "Have a good day at work."

"My day is never good unless I'm home with you and Kiseki," he replied.

"You are such a sweet talker."

"And you know you love it."

"Yes, I do."

Misao smiled, gave him his kiss goodbye, and whispered in his ear,

"I love you, my stranger."

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a/n The End! Yayness!! I know it was rushed, but I came up with it on the spot and kind of just wrote it all at once.