Hall monitors brother

New Years

Kokichis pov

"Daddy wake up its new years eve!" I woke up to my 15 year old daughter and twin boys jumping on me.

"alright I'm getting up you little rascals" I said tickling then.

Himiko walked into the room with a smile on her face "come on guys I got breakfast on the table"

"coming hun!" I yelled scooping the twins up and walking to the kitchen with hanako following close behind.

We ate breakfast and got changed into our kimonos. Today we planned to go to the culture festival. I figured we deserved it after the year we had.

When we got there we were greeted by hanakos friend kimari and her parents kazuiki and akane who kindly offered to show us around.

"man" hanako muttered "kimaris parents are just as laid back as she is!"

After a while of playing with the stalls another friend of hanakos came running up.

"hanako!"

"oh hey hinata!"

"I found the most beautiful cherry blossom trees will you come with me so I can show you?"

"sure thing!"

The two girls ran off together and a man with a red and brown eyes came up to me.

"my daughter never used to invite people to spend time with her before. She's really come out of her shell"

"I guess a life or death experience would do that to you"

"indeed" he held out his hand to me "I'm hajime hinata"

"kokichi Ishimaru" I said shaking his hand.

"our daughters are friends so maybe we should be too" he said with a grin.

"yeah maybe we should" I said.

"Well I best get going see you around"

"see ya!"

I spent the next few hours winning prizes for the boys. I can't tell you how many stuffed animals I had to carry about! Before I knew it it was dark and time for the fireworks. Hanako came back to us and we walked to the firework site together.

Kiyo was already there with his wife and son. Its still weird to see my little nephew all grown up and with a kid of his own. Man his boy looked a lot like him. Taka and hina were also sitting with them.

"hey kokichi get over here! There's enough room on this blanket for you guys" taka yelled.

"thanks bro we'll take you up on that offer" I laughed as we sat down with him.

It seemed like everyone was there. All of kiyos classmates, future Fondation everyone! I guess everyone needed a break from the craziness of the world.

Once the fireworks started up I couldn't help but think back to when I was a teenager and everything was normal.

"honey are you alright? Your crying" himiko asked.

"yeah I'm fine just thinking back to when things were normal"

She took my hand and kissed my cheek "kokichi are you happy?"

I turned to her and smiled "of course! I couldn't be happier" we shared a loving kiss under the fireworks. I couldn't help but feel grateful to big bro taka and papa takkaki for giving me the opportunity to live a normal life and make a beautiful family.

The end