Donald looked at Mickey, a kind smile on his face. "Thanks, Mickey." He said.

"It's no problem, you guys." Mickey said.

"We'd always be grateful for that." Goofy responded.

Minnie began to pace around, anxious on how Mickey was.

All these rampant thoughts were running across her mind not stopping until she saw Mickey alive and victorious.

'please let it be Mickey. Please let it be him.'

From within the tugboat emerged two figures. Minnie held her breath as she got a better view on who the two figures were. Her heart soared in joy seeing Mickey, alive as well, with their gang.

"MICKEY!"

Mickey looked up, hearing the call, and beamed seeing who it was.

"MINNIE!" He cried out.

These two mice started running to each other.

Both extended their arms as they grabbed each other with a full embrace. Minnie snuggled onto Mickey's shoulder, a small smile on her face.

"I thought..."

Mickey patted Minnie behind her head. "I'm here now, Minnie, and I'll never leave your side again."

"I thought I was the only one knew..."

"When did you start to remember?" Mickey asked.

"Back at the castle. You?"

"When we took a small break." Mickey replied.

"Was that what you wanted to tell me when you went inside the tugboat?" She quietly asked.

"Yes." Mickey responded.

Minnie began laughing.

"What's so funny, Minnie?" Mickey asked amusement in her voice.

"For so long, I thought I would never meet my love ever again. Years later, he came back into my life again, and I couldn't even recognize him."

Mickey began laughing as well. "At least you remembered sooner than I did. I couldn't even remember how you even looked like!"

"We're such terrible mice." Minnie sighed. "We couldn't even recognize one another."

Mickey put his hands on Minnie's face, and lifting it up making the mouse girl look directly at his brilliant black eyes.

"We do now." He responded, smiling brightly.

"Yeah, we do now."

"Aww..." Donald said in awe.

"Hey, look!" Daisy told Donald.

"There's Goofy, Clarabelle, Pluto...everybody!" Mickey said.

"You did it, Mickey! You saved your gang! Minnie congratulated Mickey, patting him on the back.

Mickey blushed, and looked down on the ground.

"They couldn't have done it without your help, Mickey." Minnie said, looking at the mouse boy gratefully.

"And I couldn't have saved the day without you as well."

"Aww, Mickey..." Minnie hugged Mickey.

"Mickey, you can't walk all the way back to your house. Why, you'll collapse from exhaustion before we even get there!" Clarabelle said.

Mickey was used to taking long distances on the road, so he decided the walk the whole way back. Or even take his car. After that, they went back to Minnie's house.

"So, this is where you live?" Mickey asked Minnie.

"Yup." Minnie replied.

"Toodle-loo! Don't forget to thank Mickey!" Minnie said, waving to Mickey's gang.

"Bye bye!" Daisy waved.

"See ya!" Goofy and Donald waved back.

"Thanks!" Clarabelle said.

"Ha Cha Cha to you!" Mortimer waved as he walked away. So did the rest of the gang.

"Adios, Mickey!" Jose and Ponchito shouted as they said good-bye and walked away.

"Never thought we'd spend the whole day together, Minnie."

"So, how's our lives going so far?" Minnie asked.

"Just wonderful, Minnie." He said dreamily.

"You wanna come watch the sunset with me, Mickey?" Minnie asked.

"Sure!"

They then started looking at the sunset. Minnie scooted over a bit as Mickey sat down next to her. The two were quiet for a moment as they looked at the sun.

Mickey started chuckling a bit. Minnie looked at him oddly.

"What?" She asked.

Mickey shook his head as he continued to chuckle. "Don't call me weird or anything, it's just..."

"Tell me!" Minnie begged, shaking Mickey's shoulder.

"Alright, alright! It's just...how odd it is to meet each other again after all these years. Must be a coincidence or something."

More silence.

"Y'know, you never told me much on what happened over the years." Minnie said.

"It's a long story." Mickey sighed.

"I've got time." Minnie responded.

"As long as you tell me your side." Mickey challenged.

"Deal." Minnie grinned.

The two reunited in love then began to tell their tales one another. They laughed at the funny memories, then cried at the sad ones.

By the time nighttime ended in Mickey's world, Mickey and Minnie were still outside of Minnie's house, too lost in their chatter to even keep track of the time.

It didn't matter anyway. They were in the company of each other, and that's all what mattered to them.

the end

Thanks so much to everyone who has read this story! Hope you all enjoyed it! It's also the second time I ever competed another one of the stories! Whew! Thanks to Matthew and Cody who gave me the inspiration to start another story. This has been Darius K. Whitehead from JHI Media, and I'm out. Hope to see you all soon! Courtesy of Fardeen Aly.