Lost on Titan

~Epilogue~

When Kane showed up at V's quarters, and the door slid open, they both froze at the sight of each other in their Cotillion clothes. Kane had seen the old Videl dressed for the Cotillions in the past, but he had never seen her like this - the hair, the makeup, the blushing smile. To him, she was the whole package, and then some. V had never - at least in her memory - seen a man in a suit and tie in real life, but she couldn't imagine that any man would look as heart-stopping and breathtaking as Kane did. 

"If you two are almost done drooling over each other, Risa is ready to take your picture now," Sienna teased them cheekily.

Without looking away from Kane, V called back, "Aren't I allowed one swoon over a hot guy?"

Kane smirked and Sienna laughed. 

"I suppose it is long overdue," V's best friend agreed. "Go ahead!"

V placed the back of her hand against her forehead like a damsel, pretended to faint, and Kane chuckled as he caught her. Risa, who had already been poised with her holo-menu's camera open, snapped a shot of V's first swoon. Hearing the shutter sound, V and Kane quickly righted themselves for a more typical pose. Kane's hand rested on V's hip, and she leaned into him ever-so-slightly. Risa sobbed like a baby as she snapped the picture, and Sienna cheered.

"Woo! Let's go, lovebirds! Holt is waiting for me at the plaza." Sienna grinned, and each of them gave Risa a hug, after she quickly sent the pictures to V and Kane.

"I hope you have a great time, Viddy," Risa told V during their embrace, still sniffing back the last of her tears of joy. "I love you so much, dear."

V found herself tearing up as well, as she told Risa that she loved her, too. Kane and Sienna watched the two of them with grins on their faces. Then, Sienna, V, and Kane were on their way to meet Holt, Ava, and Dare in the plaza. While they walked, V noticed that Kane was looking at the pictures Risa sent him on his holo-menu. With a deep breath, Kane decided to send the pictures to Kiana, before thumbing it off. V smiled at him, seeing what he'd done. She found it incredibly sweet that he'd thought to share this part of his life with his little sister, despite their rocky relationship in the past. Kane glanced down at her from the corner of his eye, smiling also. 

Kane felt that his love for V was making him a better man already, and so a part of that had to also mean being a better big brother. Perhaps next, he would work on being a better son - but one step at a time, he thought.  

Once they met the others in the plaza, Sienna and Holt shared an almost-too-passionate kiss upon seeing each other. Dare and Ava squirmed uncomfortably, and V jeered at Sienna,

"And you said me and Kane  were drooling all over each other - look at you now!" 

They broke away from each other, blushing. Holt cleared his throat and introduced himself to everyone. Upon his first impression, he seemed like a pretty no-nonsense, reserved type of person like Kane, but Sienna easily loosened him up until he was as affable as a regular member of their friend group, by the time that they all stepped out of the elevator onto the Recreation Level where the ballroom awaited them.

When they walked in, V was instantly swept away by the beautiful venue. It was everything that she had hoped it would be, and more. The ballroom might as well have been plucked right out of her princess movies, and brought to life by a fairy godmother. 

"Wow," V breathed in awe.

Kane was more impressed by the girl on his arm, than the decorations the Council had painstakingly put together for the event. They always made sure to make each one different from the last, and yet, the majesty was wasted on him. With V next to him, looking as beautiful as she did, he couldn't hope to take his eyes off of her.