Now I present to you the last chapter of this story.

Chapter 22-Marriage

The sky was at its most blue, and the sun was at its brightest. The warm breeze ruffled the leaves of the trees. The birds chirped happily, as if trying to encourage the people to come and feel the peace.

"Daddy's really going to have it now," a raven-haired girl muttered angrily as she stepped out of a limousine. Following her was a brown-haired boy, who chuckled at her remark, and said, "Don't be like that, Sakura. You sound like a six-year old."

"I am a six-year old, Sora," she retorted. He rolled his eyes, and replied, "But with the brains of twice your age."

She stuck her tongue at him, and rolled her eyes too. Then she turned to face their bodyguards, and told them, "Please stay here while I beat the heck out of our dad."

"And now you sound like a teenager," he teased. He got a punch for a reply.

Those two never failed to amaze their bodyguards, who had been with them since they were two. Both were excellent at rolling their eyes (something that they got from their mother's best friend), both have their father's intellect, and both love to tease each other.

Sakura glanced at her brother, as they slowly made their way towards their destination. He had a smile playing on his lips. It made her smile too, as she asked, "Hey, did you get the invitation?"

"I did," he answered, and he showed her an envelope. He continued, "I am not like you, who are so forgetful."

"I am not!" she said. Then they elapsed into silence, until she broke it. "If mommy knows what daddy's doing, I'm sure she'll get angry."

"I'm sure she already knows," he replied quietly. She did not say anything anymore, as a hundred thoughts ran through her mind.

Finally, they saw their father. The twins stopped a few meters from their father. They watched him for a few minutes. He stood there, his head bowed, his eyes covered, and his lips moving. He was obviously talking, but they were still too far to hear his words.

The twins' expressions matched their father's for the minutes they watched him. Unable to resist any longer, Sakura ran towards him, as she shouted, "Daddy!"

Natsume looked up, but he wasn't able to dodge when she jumped towards him. He caught her, but at the same time, he lost his balance fell. The scene amused Sora, and he let out a light chuckle as he walked towards them.

"What are you two doing here?" their father asked, surprise very much evident in his voice, as he sat up. Sakura released him from her tight hug, and gave him a punch at the shoulder. Then she replied, "We're here to scold you, because you're brooding again! How many times do we have to tell you, Mommy's not going to be happy if you're always sad about what happened?"

All of their eyes traveled to the grave in front of them. Then Natsume replied, "Sorry, Sakura, but I think you got it wrong. I am definitely not brooding whenever I visit your mother; I am just telling her what's going on with you two."

"Yeah, right, Daddy. So the expression on your face before Sakura jumped on you was happiness," Sora said, his voice dripping very much with sarcasm. He and his twin rolled their eyes as their father tried to make up an excuse. It reminded them that however calm and collected their father was when in front of other people, he would always show them what he really felt, just like how he did with their mother.

"Anyways, Daddy," Sora said, interrupting his father in the middle of a sentence. He sat beside them, and continued, "We've got an invitation to Aunt Miku's wedding."

"Really?" Natsume said. He took the envelope, opened it, and read the contents. The twins watched his expression change from that of curiosity to that of happiness. Then he finally broke the silence, saying, "Well, she's still lavish as ever. I won't be surprised if after the wedding, they'll be poor."

"You're so bad, Daddy. You almost married her, remember?" Sakura reminded him. Natsume face-palmed, prompting the twins to laugh. He joined them, and for a few minutes, only their laughter could be heard.

Then slowly, their laughter died down. Sakura looked at her mother's grave, and a sad smile crept up her lips. She said, "You and mommy didn't get married, right?"

"Sakura," Sora said. He looked reproachfully at his twin, who looked back stubbornly. As he watched the exchange between his children, Natsume realized something: the two already had numerous discussions about it, probably always ending with Sora having the final say.

"It's okay," he told his son, as he patted his head, "It's better that I tell you about it this early, so that you two will understand better."

"You do not need to tell us about it, we already know," Sakura said. Both she and her twin avoided their father's eyes. She continued, "Everybody around us, our grandparents, Uncle Koko, Aunt Hotaru, Uncle-"

"There is no need to enumerate," Sora interrupted. She glared at him, and said, "You do have a habit of interrupting people, don't you?"

"It is not my habit. I just do it when I know that what is being told is unnecessary."

Before she could retort, Natsume stepped in and asked, "So, in short, everybody else already explained it for you. It just shows how incompetent I am in being a father. I could not even talk to you about it."

"We're not bothered about you not telling us, truth is, we never even bothered other people to explain to us," Sakura said, obviously trying to lessen, if not totally remove, the guilt their father was feeling. "And we actually do not care about it. To us, it doesn't matter whether you and mommy are married or not."

Sora grinned, and added, "Yeah, I do not like that 'til death do us part' thing, anyway. It's not true."

Natsume smiled. Then, without warning, he pulled the twins into a tight hug.

They were right. Death never really parted them.

Because their love was stronger than anything in this world. Thus, she still lived.

She lived in their hearts.

Most of you probably didn't expect that this will be the last chapter, and most of you are probably cursing me now.

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