Chapter 14: Making It Together

-"I can't believe our vacation is over."- Shion threw herself on the bed while Chikaru was packing their things.

-"These few months really flew by didn't they."-

-"A little too fast and we did stay longer then we intended."-

-"At least it was fun wasn't it Shion?"-

-"It was, London is a great place I just wish we could stay here a little longer."- Chikaru exhaled.

-"Yeah it has been a very nice place but we have to go back and finish school."-

-"Yeah but it'll be simpler once all that is out of the way."-

Chikaru closed her suitcase, -"Did you finish packing your things?"-

-"Yeah I finished a while ago while you were asleep."- Shion placed her stuff by the door.

-"Oh."- She sat on the bed.

-"It still so cute that you do those little noises while you sleep."-

-"Eh?"- Shion crawled towards Chikaru and hugged her.

-"Yup you must be having some nice dreams, you even called out my name."- Shion smirked at her.

-"I did?"-

-"Just what were you dreaming off Chikaru?"-

-"Well mostly how happy you make me."-

Shion closed her eyes, chuckling -"If anything you're the one that makes me happy Chikaru."-

Chikaru laid back letting Shion cuddle up against her, -"We still have time to till our flight tomorrow, do you want to do something."-

-"Yeah I've been thinking, we should all have a little party."-

Shion raised herself, -"A party?"-

-"Yes, we all have been friends for so long and it would mean a lot for everyone."-

-"Yeah I get it, a way to say how much we all care for one another and to enjoy our last day before we go back."-

-"Exactly. I'll go ask Eli-chan if it's okay."-

-"I'm sure she wouldn't object to it."-

-"Yeah but it'll still be nice to ask her."-

Chikaru stood up and stretched, yawning as the morning light poured inside the room.

-"We woke up a bit early didn't we."-

-"Yes but it'll give us a lot of time to plan things out." Chikaru placed her own bags by the door to have them ready and proceeded to head downstairs to see if anyone else was awake. Shion caught up to Chikaru and held her hand as they walked downstairs and with no one in sight they sat in the living room and watched a bit of television while they waited.

Chikaru laid her head on Shion's lap while they watched the TV, -"Try not to fall asleep Chikaru."-

-"I know I just want to lay here for a bit."- Chikaru clutched Shion's hand.

-"Chikaru?"- Chikaru answered with an 'hmm', -"... I want to get married."-

Chikaru quickly shot up, -"Nani?!"-

-"I want to get married with you."-

-"Shion do you mean it?"-

-"Seeing Miyuki propose to Eli and seeing how happy she was…I want that too."- Shion pressed a loving hand on Chikaru's cheek, -"I want to have that happiness with you."- The beautiful blonde girl said with love in every word to the girl she loved more than anything.

-"Shion I…"-

-"Would you be my wife?"-

-"Of course I would Shion you don't know how long I've been waiting to hear you say that!"-

Shion took Chikaru into her arms, -"You have no idea how happy you've made me."-

-"As you've made me the happiest girl."-

Shion lowered her gaze, -"I'm sorry I don't have a ring to give—"

-"That doesn't matter."-

Shion looked puzzled, -"Chikaru?"-

-"What's important is what's happening now, me accepting to be your wife."- Chikaru kissed Shion, -"I don't need a ring to tell you that I'm yours, I will always be yours."-

-"Chikaru…"- She always did know what to say to ease Shion's heart, there never was a day that Shion regretted asking her to be her girlfriend since they met back in Astraea Hill.

Shion took Chikaru's hands, -"Well I'd still like to get you one."- She then kissed her hand.

After a long embrace Chikaru laid her head back down on Shion's lap while she ran her hand back and forth across Chikaru's arm softly. The thought that Shion had just asked her to marry her was still in her mind, she had always waited for this to happen and she was happy knowing that she would be spending her life with the girl she loves.

Yaya smiled as she looked through the photos she took during their stay with Eleanor, laughing at a few of those pictures remembering the silly things they did.

-"So our flight is tomorrow huh?"- She continued to flip through the photos.

-"Yup."- Tsubomi closed the suitcase that held their belongings.

-"That's a drag I was hoping to stay for a bit longer."-

-"As much as I agree with you but you know we can't."- Tsubomi placed the suitcase on the bed, -"Did you forget we have a lot of catching up to do for school."-

Yaya groaned loudly, -"I know don't remind me."-

-"Yaya why did we stay so long here?"- Tsubomi leaned on the mirror stand, -"I know we had to come and see how Eli was doing after her mother died but I honestly didn't expect to stay so long, not that it hasn't been fun."-

-"Yeah but I didn't want to leave her you know,"- Yaya inserted the photos in the envelope, -"And after Chikaru said she was on a two month vacation I figured why not stay for that long too even though she clearly stayed longer then that, like we did. I really wanted to be there for Eli and also after everything we've done in school I think we deserved it."- Yaya shook her head, -"No…you deserved it."-

-"What? Yaya you've put in just as much effort as I have."-

-"Have I? You know how lazy I get and college really gets to me so I never take it seriously like I should. Compared to you when you bust your brain studying all the time."-

Tsubomi chuckled as that has been true in more than one occasion, -"And yet I've never seen you fail a class Yaya-baka. Admit it Yaya, you've been trying a lot harder then you give yourself credit for."-

-"It doesn't feel like it."-

-"But your scores say otherwise."- Tsubomi sat next to her baka, -"Cut yourself some slack Yaya, we both deserved a little time off from our studies. And like you said, we also came here for Eli."- She smiled warmly at Yaya.

-"I guess you're right."- She smiled back at her.

-"I'm glad you're my baka girlfriend."- Tsubomi hugged Yaya.

-"Hey come on, I'm not a baka."-

-"Okay, you're my sexy baka."- Tsubomi threw herself on Yaya knocking her down on the bed and began a heated moment of kissing.

-"Yaya?"-

-"Yeah?"-

-"I'm glad we're together."- Tsubomi parted Yaya's hair from her face, -"You know I don't mean it when I call you a baka…"-

-"I know."- A warm smile across Yaya's face.

-"Okay cause I don't want you to feel like if you really are a baka."-

-"I never do."-

-"You just make me love you more and more each day you know that Yaya."-

-"Yeah…I seem to have that effect on people."-

She lightly jabbed her arm, -"Don't get full of yourself now."-

-"I'm only joking, but you do the same to me."-

They resumed their passionate kissing for a while, running their hands along each other's bodies feeling their soft skin running along their hands before coming to a slow halt.

-"Let's save this till we get home."-

-"Yeah…much as I hate to wait and I really don't want to wait right now."- Yaya had a hard time letting go but finally did so.

-"So what do you want to do now Yaya?"-

-"I guess we'll head downstairs…I am starving."-

-"When aren't you."- Tsubomi teased.

-"Hey!"-

-"I'm kidding,"- she grabbed Yaya's hands and pulled her to her feet, -"Come on let's get you something to eat."-

Momomi slowly opened her eyes, the bright morning sun seeping in through the closed blinds of the window which was a must have for her because she didn't want the sun blinding her. She deeply inhaled as she stretched her arms in bed before snuggling back inside the covers comfortably.

But staying in bed wasn't the reason why she was comfortable but because of a certain girl that laid next to her.

"Morning Momomi."

-"How long you've been awake?"- She asked the other girl.

"About thirty minutes now."

-"I'm surprised you weren't bored."-

"Well I had a good book to keep me busy."

-"I can't believe you haven't finished it."-

"Same here." Momomi laid her head on the other girl's shoulder and wrapped one arm across her, feeling her warm body under the blankets.

-"Scarlet put that book down and get over here, I'm still cold."- Scarlet only giggled, but did so and besides she had wanted to cuddle with her but didn't want to wake her up. As Momomi held Scarlet she couldn't believe that someone like her could ever love her. It's only been two weeks since the two had confessed how they felt about each other. The first time they hung out to watch a few movies after retrieving her things from Eleanor's home became a very warming experience for Momomi, she'd never felt that way in such a long time. So they continued to hang out with the usual going out to eat or just watching a couple of movies together and slowly during their time together Momomi began to feel something in her heart for Scarlet and the more she was with her the more she realized that she was falling in love with her.

She had told Scarlet that she loved her and expected to be rejected but what Scarlet said back left her stunned. She had said that she loved her as well and Momomi at first could not believe it, she must have stared into her bright blue eyes for eternity before she jumped on her as they embraced.

Having been shunned by almost everyone in the past and especially Kaname whom she had loved before, could not believe that someone as kind as Scarlet would love her back. Even Scarlet, after she had accepted what Eleanor had told her and said they were never meant to be, Scarlet was lost at first but it was only after she began to spend time with Momomi that she found herself beginning to fall for her. After they had spent time at Momomi's home watching a bit of comedy, that her love grew larger for her and as Scarlet was heading home that night that she herself realized that she loved Momomi with every ounce of her being.

After their first kiss did Momomi finally feel what it meant to kiss someone that loved you back and every day since then has she cherished it, never wanting to let Scarlet go from her life and Scarlet didn't want to lose her either but there was still many things that Momomi wanted to tell her about herself but she wouldn't even know how to begin.

"So everyone is leaving tomorrow huh?"

-"It seems so."-

"But you're staying right?" Scarlet held Momomi more firmly but gently.

-"Yeah, no way I'm going back home,"- Momomi's head now under Scarlet's chin, -"I have an amazing girl to stay behind with."-

"Has she tried…?"

-"No, after you told her on the phone that you were with me I never had any more calls."- Scarlet could only think how ironic it is now after she had done that for Momomi but she wasn't complaining; in fact she was happy now.

-"You know something Carly."- Momomi dragged herself on top of Scarlet, -"This is the first time in my life that I've been really happy with someone."-

"You've made me quite happy as well."

-"I better have,"- she giggled, -"Joking aside this is your first relationship right?"- Scarlet nodded her head as Momomi giggled in response.

-"Well I guess later tonight I'll also be your first then."-

Scarlet choked, "Wait what?!"

Momomi laughed, -"That's so cute Carly, you've never done something like that with another girl have you?"- Momomi pressed her lips against Scarlet's and held their kiss for a while.

Slowly breaking off the kiss, "I-isn't it too early for that?"

-"No I don't think so."-

"Then I'm okay with it if you're okay with it."-

-"Of course I'm okay with it but you're not uncomfortable about it are you?"-

Scarlet shook her head, "No I'm not…I j-iust have never done that."

-"That's alright Scarlet just let me take care of you."- She kissed her red haired girlfriend.

"Momomi I'm glad that you're my... first."

-"Just wait till tonight."- They locked lips again but quickly broke it off, -"Or we can go right now."- She smirked.

"What?! But I…I'm not ready yet."

-"I'm only kidding."- Their passionate kissing resumed.

Before Scarlet could say anything they began to roll around in bed in a heated passion of kissing as Scarlet still didn't feel confident enough for anything else or at least she felt that she wasn't.

-"I guess we should get changed so we can visit them before they leave tomorrow."- Momomi stood up and began heading towards the door to the bathroom.

Scarlet stood up, her heart racing but she couldn't deny what she felt for her. Scarlet took off the long T shirt that reached her knees that she wore to sleep and now she was in nothing but her underwear.

"Momomi." She turned around after hearing her name and was left stunned by what she saw, Scarlet standing by the foot of the bed naked, her long ocean of red hair flowing behind her though she covered her breasts with her arm.

-"Wow…beautiful."- She could clearly see that Scarlet was nervous and more so as Momomi got closer to her and laid her down on the bed and inched closer to her.

-"Are you sure?"-

"Yeah."

-"I promise I'll be gentle… sort of."- Momomi smiled at Scarlet warmly while she removed her own nightgown to reveal her body to her and then slowly moved Scarlet's arm away from her chest.

-"I love you Carly."-

"And I love you." With that Momomi lowered her head near Scarlet's neck, feeling her hot breath against her skin before feeling her lips kiss her neck as Scarlet gasped.

Nagisa threw the door open as she rushed inside, cheerful and excited as always but this time with some awesome news.

-"Shizuma!"-

Shizuma nearly jumped out of her own shoes, -"Nagisa you scared me!"- She caught her breath, -"Something wrong?"-

-"Chikaru is going to make a party for all of us, I just heard her talking with Eli-chan about it!"-

-"A Party?"-

She quickly nodded her head, -"Yup to enjoy our last day here before we go back."-

"I see, well that's great news."-

-"I'm so excited I can't wait for it!"- Nagisa couldn't even stay still for a moment, the excitement being too much for her.

-"You okay Nagisa?"-

-"Oh yes, I just love parties so much!"-

-"I've noticed."- She giggled, -"Come on sit down with me."-

-"How could I sit, there's so much planning to do and Chikaru asked me for my help! So I'm going out with Chikaru in a while to pick up a few things."- She finally sat down, -"And I want to do something special for Eli-chan and Miyuki since she proposed marriage to her."-

-"Miyuki couldn't stop talking to me about it, it was cute how she was nervous about it."- Shizuma recalled that moment.

Nagisa ran that moment back in her head, Miyuki getting down on one knee and proposing to Eleanor. Nagisa rolled around the bed because she was so moved by it and she felt her heart melt for them.

She finally stopped and sighed, -"It must feel so amazing to marry the person you love and spend your life with them isn't it Shizuma?"-

-"It is."- Shizuma herself couldn't let go of the thought of marrying her little Nagisa but the question that repeated itself in her mind was 'When'?

Nagisa always dreamed of living with Shizuma married and living in a big house with her and maybe adopting a child but she always felt scared about raising a baby so she didn't really want to give that too much thought for now.

Nagisa quickly stood up and got down on one knee and completely threw Shizuma off guard as she said.

-"Hanazono Shizuma, will you marry me?"- She extended her hand out.

Shizuma stared at her before bursting into laughter, crushing the poor Nagisa.

-"Shizuma…why are you laughing?"-

-"I'm sorry,"- she took a breath, -"But that had to be the cutest thing I've seen you do."-

-"But you weren't supposed to laugh…I meant it."- Now it tore Shizuma from the inside, she didn't mean to laugh but that was just too cute for her Nagisa.

She took Nagisa in her arms, -"I'm sorry Nagisa, I didn't mean to laugh but you do the cutest things sometimes."-

-"I meant it…"-

-"I know you did…and I couldn't feel happier that you did."- Nagisa's eyes lit up again.

-"So does that mean?"-

She nodded her head but pressed her fingers against Nagisa's lips, -"But not yet."-

-"Eh?"- She was confused, -"But I thought—"-

-"I'm not saying I don't want to get married with you."- She stroked Nagisa's head gently, -"But I want to get all this college stuff out the way first,"- She pressed her lips against Nagisa's, -"And then…you can ask me again."-

Nagisa didn't know what to say, -"Ask you again?"-

-"My answer will always be yes my little Nagisa."-

-"So you will!"- happiness spilled from her face.

Shizuma just wanted to tease her for being too cute, -"But I want you to ask me again."-

Nagisa wrapped her arms around Shizuma and it only made her heart feel warm. To think they met by chance those years back in Astraea Hill and even then Shizuma couldn't help but tease Nagisa for being too cute for her own well being but they were difficulties to their relationship but in the end it only made them stronger and thinking on it, they both had come a long way. Now here she was, Nagisa asking to marry her and without a doubt Shizuma would accept, the love she had for her was beyond counting and it felt great knowing that she would spend her life with the cute girl she had fallen in love with.

"And that's what happened," she laughed, -"It's been a little crazy you know." Eleanor stood in front of a row of tombstones but faced a single headstone that held her mother's name. Eleanor knelt down, wiped some dirt from the top of it.

She chuckled, "These past few months have been great…sort of. Oh and Miyuki proposed to me," she lifted her hand to reveal the ring on her finger, "See, Miyuki gave me this when she asked me to marry her. I really wished you could have seen it." She breathed in, "But knowing you mum I'm pretty sure you have."

"You never did let up on me and I couldn't be luckier to have a mum like you. Dad's been doing well; I've been taking care of him like you told me too. Well I still would have," she laughed, "Dad still misplaces his keys." Eleanor stayed there in silence before she exhaled softly.

"I miss you, you know. It's been tough not having you here. I was a total wreck when you…" she breathed in, "And I really couldn't believe you were gone, it felt like a nightmare. I mean I grew up with you and dad, always hanging out each day after school and with you during work. I just couldn't believe…it was over." She pressed her forehead on the stone, "I'm being stupid cause I'm always hoping to see you come back through that door all happy and cheerful like you always do from work."

"Then give dad and me a thrashing about having forgotten to clean up." She laughed, "I miss that…I miss everything we did. Dad misses you more then you know mum."

She sniffed before regaining herself, "But I'm okay with it, but that doesn't mean it's been easy. Like Miyuki said so long as I keep you in my heart, you'll always be alive. And I believe that mum."

"God…you'd love Miyuki, well I know that you do…even after telling her those embarrassing stories of me when I was younger. I love you mum, I just wish I could've thanked you for everything you did for me, I didn't even get the chance too."

"Well I gotta go." She laid down the bundle of roses she had brought with her and kissed the stone, "I promise I'll be back to visit."

Before Eleanor stood up she felt someone press a hand on top of her shoulder firmly but gently and Eleanor glanced back but quickly spun around to her feet when she saw no one was there. Before she could think about what happened her phone rang.

"Hello? Ah Chikaru," She paused then looked around, "Yeah we'll be home in a while. Oh sure thing, see you soon." She hung up the phone after Chikaru had asked her something and took a few steps forward then turned around to face the gravestone.

"Bye mum." She walked backwards still looking towards the tombstone as she waved her hand.

Eleanor crossed the field back towards the car where Miyuki was waiting, leaned against the hood of the car as she saw her angel coming back.

-"Hey."- She kissed her angel lovingly, -"Everything go okay."-

"Yeah it did." She leaned on the car next to her goddess, "I feel better knowing my mum is in a better place now. Like you told me, she'll live on through me as long as I keep her memory alive in my heart." Miyuki wrapped on arm around Eleanor and pulled her closer to her and bore a warm smile towards her.

Eleanor looked up towards the sky as the cold air gently blew through her hair, "Well at least it's not cloudy anymore."

-"It's still freezing though."-

"Yeah it is." She giggled, "So Miyuki Raynsford huh."

-"Eh? I thought we settled for Eleanor Rokujo."-

"whoa we didn't settle on anything, you jumped me before we settled anything."

-"Well I wasn't the one that wore sexy lingerie that night."-

"Whaa…"

Flashes of that moment quickly rushed inside Miyuki's mind, -"You looked…incredibly hot."-

Eleanor's face ran red, "Well I wanted to surprise you."

-"And it worked."- Miyuki paused, -"You are going to wear it again right?"-

Eleanor laughed, "Maybe."

-"Alright it's a deal."-

"Deal? What deal? I'm not agreeing to anything."

Miyuki laughed as she kissed her angel, -"That deal."-

"Well… okay, but just this last time."

-"But getting back to it, I guess our last names don't go to well with our first."-

"You think so?"

-"Eleanor Rokujo…Miyuki Raynsford."- Eleanor repeated their names after Miyuki and hearing what Miyuki meant by it, -"See."-

"Well at least both have R in our last names." They both giggled, "We're gonna have to figure this out later on huh?"

-"It seems so."-

-"But that'll be an issue for later. For now lets go back home, Chikaru's got a party waiting for all of us."-

"Yeah that's right, oh by the way she wanted us to pick up a few things on the way back, she said she forgot to buy a few things."

-"Alright then."- She gave her angel another deep kiss.

Just as Eleanor was about to open the passenger door Miyuki got her attention, -"Here."-

She handed the car keys to her, "Huh?"

-"It doesn't feel right driving your mother's car."-

"But I…"

-"It'll be alright don't worry, I'm here for you."- She closed Eleanor's hand that held the keys, -"It's only right that you drive her car."-

Eleanor glided her fingers against the metallic frame of the car as she made her way towards the driver side and opened the door and sat right in with Miyuki next to her.

-"Eli I've been thinking."- Eleanor turned towards her, -"We should stay here in London."-

"What?"

-"Yeah, we can transfer our classes back here and finish school."-

"You don't want to go back?"

-"No, I mean we're not going to be close to our friends anymore but you have great things going for you here and I don't want to ruin them for you."-

"Miyuki you would never ruin anything for me, you know that." She took Miyuki's hand, "Do you really want to stay here?"

-"Of course, but if you want too."-

"Well I guess we can give it a shot." She smiled, "Besides I'm gonna need help running the company."

Miyuki chuckled, -"First Shizuma as an Etoile and now my Eli."-

"It's gonna be tough breaking the news to Yaya."

-"Knowing her, she's probably going to want to stay too."-

"I don't doubt it and it be awesome if she did stay and Chikaru too and Nagisa."

Miyuki laughed, -"It'd be nice but that will probably not happen."-

"I know… though I'm glad Momomi is staying."" she exhaled, "But it still would be nice if they all stayed here with us."

"Well lets get going then." Eleanor shifted the car into drive and took off slowly as the fear was fading from her body. They were finally headed back home to a party that awaited them and everyone else, a night to remember and seeing as this was a party that Chikaru and Nagisa were arranging they were sure that it would be amazing and out of control but fun the none less. Eleanor took a quick glance at her ring and smiled knowing that her life was now intertwined with the woman she loves forever and somewhere out there her mother was watching over her with a smile across her face like she would always as any loving mother would be for their child. Eleanor looked forward to what the future would bring the both of them and waited with new found happiness as she looked over at her goddess who smiled at her and held her hand.

The End

We'll Make It Together

A/N: Man this has been a joy to write and hope you guys enjoyed it, now this story is done but not over. Now to explain about the previous chapter, I was originally going to post it after i was done with this story as a prequel to this chapter since I began writing it as I was almost done writing the last chapter but in the end I decided to just put it up with the rest of the story and I know what I'm going to do with those two characters for the other stories that I mentioned. So with that being said, the next story is already up if you haven't seen it yet so go check it out, so have yourselves a good one guys, later =D