Tale of a Tail
Epilogue: The Tail End

The sky was clear and blue, the wind gentle, and the air pleasant – in short, it was a perfect day. As they set on a bench just inside the amusement park with an open map of the whole place they cheerfully talked about what rides they wanted to go on and tried to decide what to do first, both as happy as could be to finally make it there together and wanting to make the best of the day.

As Rin deiced to try and talk Shiemi into trying out one of the roller coasters Yukio, who was standing a little ways away leaning against something, closed his eyes and sighed. He couldn't help but think of the oddness of having to babysit one's older sibling while they were on a date and the annoyance of the help he was doing it. Shura was being loud, obnoxious, and occasionally offering him a drink from the opaque bottle she'd brought along, a drink he was pretty sure he was too young for.

As he heard Shiemi finally agree to try one of the roller coasters with his older twin he shook his head. Trust his twin to be the one who could get her to do that. He frowned as Shura once again tried to talk him into taking a drink, reminding him he should know staying hydrated was important in this kind of weather and calling him that annoying nickname she had for him.

Just to get her to shut up about it he grabbed it and took a big gulp, spitting most of it out as the strong taste of alcohol hit him hard. As he started to tell her off Rin and Shiemi looked at each other and stood up, Rin grabbing her hand as they ran off into the crowd smiling. By the time Yukio turned to look at the pair again they'd just vanished out of sight, causing Yukio to curse the woman's bad timing.

Rin and Shiemi smiled widely at each other, laughing. They were sure this would be one of the best days they'd ever have. It was their first date, after all, what more did they need to make it the best of days? As far as Rin and Shiemi were concerned it could have been raining and everything would have been just as perfect.

notes:

And with this, Tale of a Tail is done. It's been fun writing this and I hope those reading have enjoyed it. For those curious as to what if any music I was listening to while working on this, I was mostly listening to my playlist for this was mostly Maaya Sakamoto and Rie Fu music with a few songs by Nightwish, Epica, and Within Temptation tossed in as well as one track from the most recent Sonata Arctica album and both of the Genso Suikoden Arrange Collections.

Future fic plans include one I'm considering doing as a tribute to a late friend who wrote a rather amusing fic for another fandom that involved an interesting way of eating pickles, more RinShiemi fluff (which may or may not be smutty as well... it's been years since I wrote smut so I'm debating if I should try it or not), and a possible fic related to the pilot oneshot, The Miyama-Uguisu Mansion Incident (since NightMonaka is at least as adorable as RinShiemi, again, possible smut for this too). If anyone has any preference on which I start first feel free to let me know.

Also, ironically I had considered making the epilogue longer, but it didn't want to go past drabble length, whereas the first chapter was supposed to be a oneshot drabble and just kinda kept going. Alas, a writer is often at the mercy of their muse no matter what they want to do with their work.