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OMG last chapter! this feels sooo good to be finishing up the story. This is mostly just an epilogue of sorts. Enjoy the last chapter everyone. I have ideas for more stories, maybe some one shots for a while since those are fun and I dont have to update them constantly.

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I won't say things were exactly easy after that day in the clinic. We had a puppy, a beautiful baby boy who we named Koji. His color was the same as mine but during the winter he was stark white, like Duo. His eyes were rare, one brown one violet. We think he got the brown from Duo's side of the family. However, I learned fairly quick not to joke about the brown eye being a sign of Duo being unfaithful to me. That was probably the first big fight we had after Koji was born. I was only joking but Duo took it seriously and was very hurt by it all.

True to his word, Solo came back and brought Duo's parents with him. It was a tearful reunion. One that left no one in the pack with a dry eye, well no one but me of course. Wufei and Meiran had decided to make a habit out of visiting during the summer, they would come about the same time as Duo's family, which he graciously shared with me. Duo's mother, Helena, treated me like a son, and his father, Max, treated me the same.

Duo and I had our fair share of fights, he seemed to have gained a lot of courage and self worth from his adventures and was willing to stand up for himself, especially to me. I wouldn't have it any other way. Even if some nights he wound up sleeping over at Quatre and Trowas because we had a bad tussle. But I found out soon enough it was just part of life to fight over things, it was how you handled things afterwards that mattered. A few times we ended up having Quatre spend the night in our spare room and it helped me see that nothing was going to be perfect for anyone.

Right now we are waiting for Wufei, Solo and everyone else to arrive. Its the middle of the summer and the weather is warm. I don't think it could be a more perfect day. Wufei and Duo remained good friends, and I have been careful never to insinuate anything or bring up during our fights that Duo would ever cheat or ever did cheat with Wufei. It had become a sore spot for him. After he gave birth because of how dark the pup was at first there were a few rumors about exactly what had happened when Duo was visiting Wufei. But Koji lightened in color and a few pack members had the guts to apologize, others at least had the good grace to look ashamed.

I hear Duo's joyous howls and I look up to see a black blur on the horizon. Wufei must be here. In many ways I owe Wufei and Solo a great debt. Their packs allied with ours to remove most of the forest pack. The more peaceful wolves agreed to move on to other packs but the violent ones constantly seeking to dominate others had been dealt with. I picked up Koji from where he had been wrestling with another pup and held him under my arms while he wiggled and sputtered in anger at being carried like a bag. I smiled and instead shifted to carry him over my shoulder which got me more wiggling but also a fit of laughter. I looked back to Wufei and saw Meiran and Duo embracing while Wufei held a smug look. This was not the life I had planned for myself, and it was definitely not the one my father had planned for me. But seeing it all now, looking back on everything we had been through and where we had ended up. I could not help but feel privileged.

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Yep short, sorry this was mostly just an epilogue. Thank you for all who reviewed and I am sorry it took this long to finish the story.

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