This is the last chapter guys :'( I had fun writing this and I hope you all had fun reading it. Enjoy.
Yuki and Suki took walked silently into the store and quickly set about buying the things needed for dinner.
"I'm happy you came with me Yuki." Suki said suddenly. Yuki glanced at her.
"Why?"
"Because I hardly got to talk to you." Suki replied casually. Yuki looked at her again. Why in hell does she want to talk to me?
"You're probably wondering why, aren't you?" Suki asked. Yuki looked away and shrugged, trying not to show his surprise. Suki laughed at his reaction. "I know you're surprised, so can cut the act." Yuki glared, not saying anything.
"Well you gonna answer the damn question or not?"
Suki laughed again, "Because I love you silly." Yuki's eye twitched. "Honestly I wanted to tell you that there's nothing to worry about." Suki spoke in a sober tone, not looking at Yuki. "This was pretty much dumped on you and you're confused, I think. You're not mom, he deals with things in his unique way, but you and I both know different outlets, huh?" Yuki stayed silent, waiting for her to finish, but she didn't speak. They paid for the items and got in the car; when they were almost home, Suki spoke again.
"It's hard, y'know? I try to put on a brave face, but even I need to be comforted. I just hate having to put you and mom through the same pain." Yuki parked the car and Suki finally looked at him.
"I love you papa." She said with a sincere smile and opened the door.
Yuki sighed, "I love you too." Suki stopped dead in her track and stared at him. Tears formed at the edge of her eyes as she flung herself into her father's arms. They stayed like that for a few minutes and Suki finally pulled away, rubbing the tears out of her eyes.
"C'mon, we have a dinner to make." Suki said smiling the brightest she had since they arrived in this time. They walked into the apartment with the groceries in hand.
"Welcome home!" Shuichi and Shu cried in unison, going to help them with the bags. Shuichi noticed the slight redness in Suki's eyes but decided not to question it; somethings are better left alone.
"What did you buy?" he asked excitedly while he and Shu tried to look into the bags; Suki pulled them away.
"No no, it's a surprise." they pouted and looked at her with puppy dog eyes. Suki looked at them and pulled out two boxes of persuasion. "If you promise not to look into the bags or go into the kitchen I'll give you this." They mouth watered at the sight of their favorite pocky. Shu reached for one, buy Suki pulled back and giggled.
Shu pouted more, "Who taught you to be so mean to your mother?"
Suki laughed again, "Papa." Suki waved the boxes in front of their faces. "So, you promise?" Shu and Shuichi nodded desperately. She handed him the boxes and they left the kitchen, ripping the boxes open in the process. Suki laughed again at the sight of her two moms devouring their snack. How'd I get so lucky? Eiri came into the kitchen and started getting the groceries out.
"Anything I can help with?" he asked. Suki smiled and started helping as well.
"We have a lot to do if we want to get done before dinner time."
"Well we better get started." A voice said behind her. Eiri and Suki both turned to find Yuki coming into the kitchen.
"Really Yuki? You're gonna help too?" Suki asked hopefully.
"Might as well; I don't want you making a mess in my kitchen." Suki smiled wider and tackle/hugged Yuki.
"Yay!"
"Let go brat!" Yuki yelled, trying to hide the slight blush of happiness on his cheeks. He caught Eiri's eye, which had a knowing glint. Suki let go, but continued to smile.
"Right, let's get started!"
They spent the next few hours preparing for their dinner, with a few sneak-in (though not really) attempts from Shuichi and Shu. They finished and the two blonds started to set the table while Suki prepared her own little surprise. Finally, dinner was ready and all six starving people sat down and dug in.
"This is delicious Suki." Sakura praised his sister.
She blushed, "Not really, yuki and papa helped a lot too."
Eiri shook his head, "No, it was all you; you were always great at cooking. I'm glad atleast on of you inherited my cooking skills."
"Eiri! I said I sorry about last week!" Shu pouted.
He scoffed, "Doesn't make any less of a charred mess?"
Suki frowned, "Nani? Mama what did you do to our kitchen?" Shu blushed and suddenly became very interested with a piece of lint on his shirt.
"N-nothing….." he laughed nervously.
Suki's sweat dropped, "Do we need to add more time?" Shu looked at her with puppy eyes. "Mamaaaaa, you know I can't stay mad at you when you make that face!"
Shu smile, "Exactly why I make it!" Suki laughed and shook her head.
"What am I going to do with you?"
"Love me?" everyone (minus Yuki, mind you) laughed at his statement.
"Guess so." Suki said when everyone calmed down.
"Yay!"
Eiri shook my head, "How the hell did I end up with you?"
Shu looked at him ruthfully, "You knocked me up, besides were legally married, can't get rid of me now, can you?" Eiri pretended to think about it.
"There's always that option….."
Shu glared at him, "Not funny Eiri. Keep it up and I'll deprive you for a month."
Eiri smirked, "I'd like to see you try."
Shu smiled mischievously, "Challenge accepted." He turned to Shuichi and put his arm around him, "We are officially on strike!"
"I never agreed to this!" Shuichi yelled.
Shu glared at him playfully, "You're the younger me! You have to go along with what I say!" Before Shuichi could say anything, Sakura spoke up.
"I know this may be an interesting conversation for you guys, but Suki and I would like to not have those images while we eat." They turned to see multiple sweat drops on both children's heads. Shu laughed and let go of Shuichi.
"Gomen, gomen, don't wanna ruin the great dinner do we?" Yuki silently watched his (yes his) family bicker in amusement. Is this what I have to look forward to? He let a small smile escape as he put his cup to his mouth. If he was being completely honest with himself (which he rarely was), he'd say he was actually happy with his current and future family. Maybe I could get used to this…. The dinner progressed in the same manner, with a few comments from Yuki as well.
"Alright, now it's time for dessert!" Suki declared as she took away the plates.
"Dessert? I didn't see anything in the bags for dessert." Eiri said.
Suki giggled, "That's 'cuz I hid it." Shu and Shuichi waited in exaggerated anticipation for dessert.
"What is it? What is it?" Shuichi asked like a five-year-old. Suki just smiled and went into the kitchen. She came back with a round cake with white icing and strawberries on top.
"Is that strawberry cheesecake?" Sakura asked hungrily.
"Something like that." Suki said mysteriously. She cut into the cake where a slight crunching noise could be heard. Everyone thought in wonder as to what it is. Suki placed the first piece on a plate and proceeded to the rest. She quickly cut and passed out the rest. Everyone looked at their piece of cake; it seemed normal enough, but the crunching noise had put them in a stupor. What kind of cake makes a crunching noise?
Shuichi was the first to take a bite, then it hit him.
"You put pocky in this?!" he asked, amazed. Everyone soon took a bite and tasted the delicious blend of pocky and cheesecake. This is better than any store bought cake I've tasted, yuki thought, surprisingly.
"You made this?" Yuki asked after a second bite.
Suki looked up from her cake and smiled, "Yup!" Shu and Sakura looked at her as Eiri smiled.
"You definitely inherited my skills."
"How did you come up with this recipe?" Sakura asked; he was completely stunned. He never thought his clumsy, noisy sister could be a culinary master.
"Sorry, a chief never reveals her secrets." She said with a wink.
"Isn't that a magician?" Shuichi asked. Suki laughed and they went back to eating their cake.
It's 11:45; fifteen minutes until they leave. Schuichi had convinced Yuki to stay awake until then; he wanted to watch his future family leave. They were in the livingroom of the apartment.
"I can't believe it! I don't want you to leave!" Shuichi cried.
Suki smiled warmly, "you know we can do that, besides if we don't leave you'll never live out the great moments with us."
"Like what?" Shuichi asked.
"Well, there's when we learn to walk, and our first words-"
"And the wonderful pains of childbirth." Sakura cut in.
Shu groaned at the memory, "kids, please don't mention that."
"Sorry mama." Suki said.
"Well, it's too late now." Sakura said with a smile. It took Shuichi a minute to get what he meant.
He gasped, "Y-you m-mean…." Shu nodded and Shuichi smiled, placing his hand over his stomach. He smiled up at Yuki, "Oh, Yuki, we're going to have a baby."
"Wonderful." Yuki said, but there wasn't an ounce of sarcasm in that word.
11:55
"Five more minutes." Eiri said, he turned to Yuki and Shuichi, "It's time to say good-bye."
"For now," Shu added.
"For now." Eiri agreed; he walked up to Shuichi and gave him a hug. "Remember, no matter what I say, or what to do, I want you to know you and our children are the best thing that's happened to me." Shuichi felt a small pain on his shoulder and he suddenly felt sleepy. "I love you." Was the last thing he heard before he fell into a deep sleep.
Eiri caught him and gave him to Yuki.
"What the hell did you do to him?!" he yelled.
"Don't worry," Shu said, "they're both fine. We gave him a memory shot."
"He's not going to remember what happened?" Yuki asked.
"No."
"And I'm next?"
"Yes." Shu said sadly. Yuki nodded; he knew why this had to happen. They couldn't risk changing the future, even if that included the bad things as well. Eiri took out a small white pill.
"Here, we knew Shuichi wouldn't want to take his, so we gave him a shot, but we need you awake for a while longer. Change you and Shuichi into your sleep wear and take this pill. You'll fall asleep and when you wake up, you won't remember us at all." Yuki nodded and took the med. Suddenly, a circle of white light appeared at the end of the room. Suki gently hugged both Shuichi and Yuki and gave them a kiss.
"Good bye Yuki." She said and stepped through the light. Sakura looked at them and finally smiled.
"Good bye Yuki; I gotta say you're a lot cooler than I'd thought you'd be." Both Yuki and Eiri raised they're eyebrow at this. Sakura smiled and walked through the light. Finally, the only people left were the grown-ups. Shu walked up to Yuki and touched Shuichi's hair.
"Take care of him." He whispered into Shuichi's ear; Shuichi smiled in his sleep.
"Take care of him." Eiri repeated to Yuki, who only nodded in response. Hand in hand and with one last smile to Yuki, they walked into the light. Yuki stood there until the light disappeared. Afterwards, he did as Eiri instructed; Yuki looked as Shuichi as he slept. He leaned over and kissed him on the forehead. I want to spend my life with you. With one last look at the pill, he quickly gulped it down with a swig of water. He could immediately take effect. As he fell asleep he pulled Shuichi to him, smiling with love and care.
Me: well, it's done. What you guys think?
Shu: oh, I love the ending, I just wish you could have let me remember!
Me: didn't you read Yuki's thoughts? It could have changed the space tome continuum and all that.
Yuki: it wasn't total crap.
Me: I'll take that as a complament, but we're not done yet.
Shu and Yuki: Nani?
Me: what's a story without an epilogue? And yes, it's going to be in this chapter, right below this…
"Ready nii-chan?" Suki asked, adjusting the camera in her hands. He grabbed the handle of a door.
"One, two, THREE!" Sakura opened the door, and the duo jumped in. "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!" they yelled in unison. Shu literally jumped out of bed and landed on his butt on the floor, and Eiri shot up and looked around wildly.
"Mama! Are you okay?" Suki dropped the camera and ran to Shu. He nodded, "I'm fine, but you scared me half to death." He climbed back on the bed. Eiri gave Sakura, who had picked up the camera, a playful glare.
"What's all this?" he crossed his arms and pretended to be angry.
"Happy anniversary!" they shouted again.
"We wanted to surprise you," Suki said.
"So, we woke up extra early to make you breakfast." Sakura continued.
"Actually, I made the food while nii-chan played with his DSI." Sakura glared at his little sister and blushed; Suki giggled.
"Wait here; we'll bring you you're food." Sakura left the camera on the bed and the siblings left the room. Shu and Eiri laughed.
"Happy anniversary Eiri, I love you." Shu knitted his fingers through Eiri's and kissed him on the cheek. Although he felt as happy at that moment, he couldn't help but feel a sense of déjà vu.
"Happy anniversary Shu, I love you too." Eiri kissed Shu on the lips. Eiri also felt the same but didn't want to mention anything; he looked at Shuichi and knew he felt the same. Sakura and Suki came back into the room with two trays. "Here you go." They each placed a tray on their parents' lap.
"Mmm, this looks delicious honey." Shu picked up his chopsticks and started eating. "Mmm." Eiri agreed. They looked at each other again and decided not to mention it; whatever it was, it couldn't ruin this perfect moment with their family.
Aannndddd now I'm done. Thanks to my wonderful viewers and followers! Ashiteru! ^.^