After their wedding, Jousuke and Kaede settled into a quiet life in Canada, far from the bustling streets of their youth. The seasons changed, bringing snow-dusted winters and sunlit summers, and each day felt like a continuation of the love they had nurtured through years of uncertainty, choice, and patience.
They often walked through parks, laughed over shared meals, and recalled memories of classrooms, rooftops, and quiet moments back in Japan. Though their hearts still carried echoes of those who had once loved them—Leah, Sakurai-san, and all their friends—their focus now was solely on the life they were building together.
On one chilly evening, Kaede laughed as she watched a small bird leap from a tree into the soft snow below. Jousuke smiled and said, "You know… seeing that reminds me of how a penguin dives—careful, but fully trusting the fall. That's us, Kaede. All those moments we took together, trusting each other."
In the soft glow of evening, sitting side by side with the quiet hum of the city around them, Jousuke would glance at Kaede, admiring the gentle curve of her smile, the glint of her glasses, the silvery cascade of her hair. And she would look back at him with the same warmth and certainty, knowing that, at last, their story had reached the place it was always meant to be: a life shared, a love chosen, a lifetime of affection.
The story of Jousuke Daikuhara and Kaede Miyazaki ends here—but their love, quietly enduring, continues on, beyond pages, beyond time, into every tomorrow they share together.