Reversal
Epilogue
Author’s Note: Nobody is allowed to kill me for this last part.
“Are you sure about this?” Seishirou asked skeptically.
Subaru nodded silently. “I’ve been talking to him . . . and Hokuto-chan . . . she’ll kick him in the head, but then she’ll forgive him and accept it, because she loves him. And he loves her, but they can’t be together. I won’t let two people who love each other be kept apart like this. It’s not right.”
“If you say so,” Seishirou said. “But Hokuto is going to kick you in the head too, you know.”
“Yes, but I got used to that a long time ago.” Subaru smiled crookedly and began to unplug the machinery from the wall. He had already put wards on the door so nobody could come in. “I’m just hoping I don’t get arrested.”
Seishirou shrugged. “I wouldn’t worry too much.”
Subaru pulled the last plug out, and the respirator that had been keeping Kakyou breathing shut off. Kakyou kept breathing on his own for a minute.
“Think he’ll pull through?” Seishirou asked.
Subaru just shook his head.
Kakyou’s eyes opened a little, and he looked at Subaru. He was surprised for a second, then he nodded slightly and whispered, “Thank you . . .”
Subaru could barely see him through tears that blinded him. He took Kakyou’s hand and said, “I understand now . . .”
Kakyou’s eyes closed. His chest rose and fell once more, then stopped, a smile lingering on his face.
Subaru turned away and wiped his eyes. “He’s happy now.”
“Your sister’s going to have your head on a pike,” Seishirou said, trying to lighten the mood a little.
Subaru managed a wan smile. “That’s her right. But she can hardly blame me.”
“I know.” Seishirou wiped the tears off Subaru’s cheeks and extended his hand. “Come on, Subaru-kun. Let’s go home.”
“Home,” Subaru whispered, and he accepted Seishirou’s hand.
Finis