That's when I realized.

I realized that true love was always needed when needed to get out of the tunnel. Weeping gently in to his smooth, bare shoulder, I whispered thanks to him.

He whispered, "Don't be sad. I thank you so much because...you guided...you lead, when I couldn't myself. We were burnt out. So you took over my place. I'll always be grateful for it." He kissed me softly.

In that way, I never felt insecure.

My heart leapt when he whispered in my neck,

"You see, none of the girls I'd dated in high school loved me the same way you did. They didn't even try to lead. I don't know where you got that ability. And I will always find out why you did it."

My mind had turned blank because of the way he'd moved made my fall in pleasure. That didn't matter

Because I felt lucky to have him.

After some gentle caressing, he whispered, "Love, where do you want to be felt?"

I closed my eyes and whispered carefully, "Wherever you feel with your hands."

Why? He asked quietly.

"We both burnt out," I whispered.

"Fine..." He whispered lovingly and caressed me slowly. Again.

I almost laughed inside.

-

Mother Asuza looked up to see Natsuko coming in to the room, tears in her eyes. She explained happily, "Mother, my siblings are back! From their trip."

"Really?" Asuza was surprised. "I thought they were dead."

Natsuko shook her head. "No, mother. Here." She gave Asuza a piece of paper in Japanes writing.

"最近の夢."

Natsuko stood up and walked out of the room.

When she peered in, she closed the door happily.

My children...they came back. Thank Kyoto and Takashi we have them back.

-

In a world rampant with corruption, there was the good and bad, both separated. When the narrow tunnel first found us, we were in bad condition after getting out of the forest. We thought the tunnel would save us. It didn't. It trapped us for almost ten days. However our love never faded no matter how our condition worsened. The camera made us find a way out...

When we came out, finally we found a shelter that provided us, in Kyoto. That was a small fault because you see, my husband Sohma almost lost his temper with his rival, cause of burnout. I managed to calm him but nope, he calmed down himself. He was on the verge of tears. He controlled when he felt appreciated.

That was when he felt grateful to be served with warm oyakudon. He wrote a paper for the strangers thanking them: 最近の夢.

-

Sohma returned to the empty kitchen and found Mother Asuza sitting near a table. " Mother Asuza?" He asked gently.

"The tunnel...the woods..." She whispered. "My, I thought you died!"

"We almost did," Sohma said quietly. "In the woods, five days without food, in the tunnel...ten! "

Asuza put a

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