Final part.

…

Tai closed the door, locked it, and then put the key right into his breast pocket.

Glancing over his shoulder, he could see that they were waiting for him. He hummed, glanced back to the door, and then made sure it was truly locked.

It is.

He concluded after he checked, and then turned to face them. With smaller, slow steps he walked over to them. "You're sure that you have everything you need, right?" He asked them.

"Yea."

"Yes."

"Good," He said, and then nodded, satisfied. "Me too." He added, and after both of them nodded too, they all exchanged a look with one another. Didn't say a word for a while, but instead, all three of them peered back to their…home.

They could almost see the ghosts of themselves still inside there. As if that part of them which didn't want to leave truly wouldn't. It would simply remain there, inside that house or near it, and would forever be part of that life, world they were about to leave behind.

It most certainly created an odd feeling inside them, but a lot more than that, it was…

"It's bittersweet, isn't it?" She was the one to break the spell, and a little bit later, Tai and Jaune nodded in agreement.

"It is," Jaune said.

"Absolutely," Tai said, and then…then he smiled, earnestly. "But we have to move forward, don't we?" He more so stated than asked, and the pair then cracked a smile too.

"For sure," She said, and then glanced at Jaune.

He glanced back, and gave her hand an encouraging squeeze. "That's right," He said, and then he felt how she squeezed his hand back. His smile ever so slightly deepened, he pressed his lips to her forehead, and for a few moments to come, remained just like he was.

She had her eyes closed for a short while, and then, when she felt his lips part form her forehead, she opened them.

"…"

They didn't say a word, but instead decided to look back to their home again.

Tai did so too.

But just briefly because as he nodded to himself, he was the first one to fully accept they were about to leave this place.

Their safe haven, in a way.

"It really was one helluva special year that we spent here," He said with a quieter voice, paused, and then continued. "And that's exactly why we should leave. Because of everything that happened during this one, special year and everything we learned from it. We're different now compared to how and who we used to be. Especially you two," He said, and gave both of them a good look.

They stared back at him for a while, and then looked at each other.

He didn't say a word. Neither did she. Perhaps they wanted to, but the warmth of each other's hand reminded them of that one, special night roughly a year ago.

…

He quietly exhaled, parted his lips, but then closed them shut. A moment later, his lips parting again, and he said, "Hey, can I hold your hand for a bit?"

"Sure. It's quite cold, actually," She said, and his fingers soon wrapped around hers. Hers around his.

He started to think. Of his mistakes, and…he stopped. He didn't think anymore. He simply parted his gaze from the star, and fixed his blue into her face. Stared long enough for her to notice, and she then set her eyes into his. Just that. A simple stare and they thought of nothing. There weren't any demons dwelling behind his blue, and there weren't any behind her lilac. They simply saw each other.

"It's a bit warmer now, I think," He said.

"It is," She replayed, and then their eyes stared back to the night sky. Soon after, both of them being too tired to do anything at all. And so, they fell asleep and just lay there. The warmth of each other's hand being slightly comforting.

A little, but just enough.

…

And remembering it was that last bit of courage they needed to fully accept the fact they were about to leave.

"Right," They said in unison, their gazes now back to Tai's.

He gave them a nod, and then partially turned around.

"Shall we go then?"

"Yes."

And slowly, all three of them started to move their feet. And as they did, she realized that this was a perfect time to voice something she has been thinking about ever since he proposed to her.

"Jaune?"

"Yea?"

"…Have you ever been thinking about how we would name our first child?"

He blinked, and for a few moments to come, he was taken aback that she'd suddenly ask him something like this. However, he regained his composure quickly, and the moment he did, he nodded sideways. "No, not really," He said, and then cracked a minuscule smile. "But you have, haven't you?"

She cracked a smile too. "Yea."

"Well?"

"So just in case it's a girl, and I just, I have this really strong feeling our first child will be a girl, I'd say Laelynn would be a perfect name for her."

"Laelynn…" He slowly repeated, and his blue was awash with excitement and curiosity alike. "I really like it, but why, Laelynn?" He asked, and the very moment he did, her eyes shimmered brilliantly.

"Because it means 'Flower of hope'. And hope is all we had when we first decided to try and change, yet look how far we've come since then," She said, paused, and just before she would continue, he realized what that brilliant light was that he saw in her eyes. "So that's why, let's never lose our hope. Let's never abandon it. No matter what we'll have to go through from now on." She finished, and the words that he said then perfectly matched his blue.

"No matter what, Yang."

She heard him say, and that glimpse of the future they imagined at that very moment, was most certainly worth to fight for.

And they would.

Tai let out a heavy sigh. "Oh dear…" He quietly uttered, and the pair gave him a puzzled look.

He looked tired, all of the sudden. "It's already stressful enough to have two daughters, but you mean to tell me I'll also have a granddaughter to chip away at my nerves?"

Despite everything what he's genuinely been through because of his daughters, the pair allowed themselves to chuckle.

"Sorry dad, but you probably will," She said, and he could almost feel all the headaches and heartaches which he will have to endure when that time will eventually come.

"…Well, what can you do? Hopefully though, being a grandfather will be at least a tiny bit easier than being a father."

"Relax, grandpa. Don't forget that our daughter will have, you know, us? Her parents?" She said, and the impending doom on his face seem to weaken a lot.

"That's right," He said, and a moment later, they all shared a good, hopeful smile. "But…you know, just in case it'll be a boy, then what? How will you name him?" He asked, and it didn't take long at all before all three of them immersed themselves in a long discussion about it.

And continued to walk down that snowy road.