Ryuji let out a sigh as Okajima flipped through the pictures he had taken earlier on his camera and Sugaya watched the news on tv.

"In other words, police have announced that they will be closing the mysterious and controversial investigation on Yato Nakawara, who was found dead in an alleyway covered in wounds. Coroners have identified the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head. Investigators believed that he received a fatal hit to the head from either a baseball bat or a metal pipe. We'll have a full interview with the police officer in charge of the investigation later today."

"Great, now I can stop hearing about this story on the news." Said Okajima.

"Hey wasn't that the case Kimura was in charge of?" Asked Sugaya.

The front door opened and Chiba stepped in with Hayami.

"Mom!"

"Hayami!"

"Thanks for watching Ryuji." Said Chiba.

"Anytime man." Said Sugaya.

"Well if you really want to thank us, you could-"

Sugaya grabbed Okajima's arm and dragged him out of the apartment.

"Later Guys!"

He shut the door, leaving the three alone.

"Are you still angry mom?" Asked Ryuji.

"No, I'm fine now." Said Hayami. "I take it Chiba had a talk with you?"

Ryuji nodded.

" - I mean Dad filled me in."

Chiba smiled.

"I'm sorry for keeping you in the dark Ryuji..." Said Chiba "You deserved to know who your father is."

Ryuji's eyes moved down to look at the ring on Hayami's finger.

"When did you get that ring mom?" Asked Ryuji

The two adults looked at eachother, smiled, and looked back at Ryuji.

"We decided that it's time for us to become a real family." Said Hayami.

"Y-You mean?..."

Chiba nodded.

"Tomorrow morning I'm planning to take the day off to move my belongings over here." Said Chiba.

Ryuji's eyes lit up as Chiba spoke.

"I hope you're alright with your last name changing." Said Chiba. "But personally I think Ryuji Chiba has a nice ring to it."

Ryuji rushed over to his father and pulled him into a tight embrace.

"Dad..."

Hayami shed a single tear as she watched the two.

It was the end of their complicated arrangement, but the beginning of a simpler one.

this story took longer to finish than I thought it would. I hope everybody enjoyed reading it. I have some collections in the works that you guys should be seeing fairly soon, including my Bells Rining story on Archive of our own, which will be uploaded to fairly soon. But until then you can always read it there. I also wanted to do one final story set in this post class-E AU,but no word on that yet.

Anyways thanks again for reading and I'll see you next time.