If you haven't already, I ask you to re read my story if you liked the first version. And also, don't read this epilogue if you haven't re read the story! Ah hell, you'll probably do it anyway…
Epilogue8 years later
After Namine was done with school, she soon attended collage for a degree in nursing. She also still devoted much of her time as a volunteer at the shelter.
And there were new residents there too - Axel, Larxene, Demyx, Marluxia, Zexion, Lexaeus and the group's seven dogs which were Roxie's puppies.
Axel put his dislikes of the home aside and brought the group there. It was in all of their best interest, with another rival gang becoming more and more threatening to them by the day, a lack of essential resources, and the fact that Larxene was carrying Axel's child.
A week before Axel took them to the shelter, Luxord and Xigbar got arrested because they were the only two caught in a fight with the rival gang by the police and were sentenced to five years.
When Namine went to volunteer at the home, Roxas of course came along too. To help and hang with his friends. The shelter would always be his second home.
Roxas and Namine were now both 23 and living together in an apartment, along with their dog Roxie. Namine had a job at the local hospital as a nurse and Roxas was a volunteer firefighter. He also went to night school to learn the basics of spelling, reading and math.
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Roxas and Namine were walking through the park at dusk. And there was no one else but them at that time, and it looked as though it was going to start raining any moment.
"Roxas, I think we should go now, it's getting dark and it's going to rain." Namine said as she walked beside Roxas with her left arm hooked in his right.
"In a moment I promise, I just want to show you something first, over here." Roxas lead her over to a huge fountain with statues of lions spewing water from their roaring mouths into the circular pool beneath them.
"Is there something here I haven't seen before?" Namine asked him, sounding a little annoyed at why she was taken to a fountain she's only seen a hundred times.
"Well I hope so." Was Roxas' reply to her. She unhooked her arm from his and sat down on a bench that was facing the lion fountain and crossed her arms.
"So, what is it that you wanted to show me so badly?" She asked.
"Ok, but first I want to tell you something."
"Sure, but make it quick, I'm freezing out here and I want to go home and warm up already."
He smiled at her, then closed his eyes and sighed to himself then said, "Namine, I've known you since we were both fifteen, and now eight years later I still couldn't love you more."
Namine began to show a smile, her impatience subsiding a little.
"And ever since I meet you those eight years ago, you've shown me how wonderful life is and how much I have to live for. Each and every moment spent with you is a moment spent in paradise."
Now Namine had completely forgotten that she was cold and aching to go home. She was now fully focused on Roxas' next words.
"Namine, if you feel the same passion as I do, then you can understand when I say this…" Roxas walked up to Namine who was sitting on the bench, knelt down in front of her on one knee and began to dig in the inside of his jacket for something.
"Roxas…" She said as she covered her mouth with her hand.
"Namine, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. So," he then took out a small box from his jacket and opened it up so she could see the gold and silver ring inside, "Namine, will you marry me?"
She could do nothing but stare in shock at the ring, then she looked at Roxas. She did her best to find her words, but it was no use. So she showed him her answer by jumping him in a hug. He caught her and swung her around in his arms. When he set her down on her feet, she kissed him with the most passionate kiss she had ever given him, her arms were wrapped around his neck and his around her waist.
When she broke the kiss to look him in the eyes, he asked, "So I'll take that as a…"
"Yes!" She had said at last.
As they kissed there in front of the fountain, the rain began to fall.
-Dragon's blood
Thinking
of you, wherever you are. And who knows: There are many
worlds,
We pray for our sorrows to end,
and
hope that our hearts will blend...
Now I step forward to realize
this wish.
Starting a new journey may not be
so hard
or maybe it has already begun.
but they share the same sky--
one sky, one destiny.