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Shun K., Ruri K., Yuto

family

one week after the last episode

The bell rang in the Hiragi household. «Oh! He's here!» exclaimed Shuzo as he hurried to the door.

When he opened, he found just who he was expecting: Shun. He was wearing simple clothes colored dull gray and brown, more or less what he wore before the war.

«Hello, Mr. Hiragi. Thanks for inviting me for lunch.»

The man smiled warmly at the tall teen. «Ah, but it wasn't my idea. Here, come inside, there's someone who wants to see you!»

Shun raised an eyebrow. «It wasn't your idea? Then whose it was? Yuzu's?»

Shuzo shook his head. «Nope! Don't worry, now everything will be explained.»

Shun still looked confused, until two younger teens with distinctive masses of black hair came out of the kitchen.

«Hello, big brother.» «Hello, Shun.» They said smiling widely.

Shun just stared at them incredulous for a few seconds, before he teared up and run up to them, embraced them tightly. «I was right! I was right! You were still here!» he said, the happiest he had been since the day of the invasion.

Ruri and Yuto started crying as well as they returned the bear hug. «Yes, we are here.» they both said together.

Yuya and Yuzu watched over them, hands entwinned. Yugo and Rin did the same, while Yuri and Selena remained unseen.

«Such heartfelt family reunion! My old heart can't take it! I'll go finishing the preparations!» gushed Shuzo bolting into the kitchen, causing Yuzu to giggle, and Ruri with her.

Shun loosen the grip and looked at them. «Why you didn't tell me before?» Ruri and Yuto looked at each other. «Well, while me and the boys can switch easily after weeks of sharing the body, Ruri and the girls were in a new situation, so they wanted to practice a bit so to not mess up this. Also, we wanted this to be a surprise.» he explained.

Shun put his hand over the two kids' head. «Don't worry you troublemakers, noting can ever ruin this day anymore, much less getting to know my new sisters.» he joked, making Ruri and Yuto laugh.

The older teen then looked down and noticed they were holding hands, and tightly. He looked up at them again and raised an eyebrow. «Is there another surprise for me?» Yuto blushed and scratched his head, looking away, and Ruri sighed in amusement. «Alright. Time to say it, Yuto. Shun, we are dating. And that's not a new thing, we started to back when we first met.»

Shun blinked twice, before bursting into laugh. «W-what's so funny?» asked Yuto unnerved. It was the first time he saw him do that. «Oh, dear Yuto...» he said, wiping away his tears, «...you're a dead man.» and cracked his fist. Yuto let out an high-pitched shriek, before Shun laughed again. «Just kidding! I've seen this coming from miles away. You're the best man I've ever known, and now you both are just souls in the body of others people, so I guess there's nothing I can do to stop you.» he said in an amused tone.

Ruri gasped before hugging her brother. «Thank you big bro!» Shun closed the eyes and returned her gesture.

She then looked up. «You seem so much happier and more easy-going today.» she said with a smile. Shun ruffled her so-laboriously-combed hair, making her huff. «That's because it's one of the best days of my life, since I finally got back my sister and my best friend, this time for good.» He then winked. «...or so one hopes.» Both kids snickered.

«So! I was promised a lunch! Where is my food? I'm hungry after all this hugging and crying!» he said. Ruri and Yuto both took Shun's hands and lead him to the kitchen. «This way! We even made your favorite dish!»

«This day keeps getting better.»

Hey, sorry for taking so long, but I had lost inspiration. I hope the next chapters will come quicker just like you all.