Part 18

                                    

                                          
Pov eiji
Ash grabs my hand as i knock on the door of the orphanage where we will take Anna home from. The door opens and a woman with a friendly smile let's us in. 'come in! Anna is waiting in the other room. All you have to do is sign the last paperwork stating she'll get your last name.' her voice is bright and filled with joy, clearly over Anna having found a loving home. 
Most of the small talk with the woman goes by in a blur, and before I know it we're allowed to take our little Anna with us. As I walk into the other room I see her lying in the little crib. I walk up to her and I feel ash following behind me. I reach into the crib to touch her face and she reaches out for my hand. She's such a smart little girl already. I look at ash and he smiles at me. I reach out into the crib and pick her up slowly, clutching her to my chest. She makes soft sounds as I walk around the room with her against me. Ash takes her over from me and I see his face light up the moment she reaches out for his hair. I pick up the bag of everything she was left with, including some clothes and a bottle. We certainly had a whole load of cute clothes for her already. 
                          
'okay I know she isn't even six months yet but it's so cute. Can we please get her a dress?' I look up from the rack of baby clothes and see ash standing across from me, with a pastel pink and white dress for a little child in his hands. 'believe me, she'll wear more than enough dresses when she's older. And if she doesn't, then that's fine too, but I don't think we should make a baby wear a dress when she isn't even a year old yet, ash.' 
                          
I shake my head at the memory and look at him. 'are you ready to go?' he turns around to face me. 'yes I am. Let's take this little sweetie home now.' together we walk out of the orphanage, hand in hand, with Anna on ash' arm.
                          
Pov ash
They seem so perfect. Playing together in the field, running around. I got what I wanted eventually, as she's now running around in her cute white dress. Anna is hardly even a year old but she started walking just a few weeks ago. Now she's trying to run to her dad, and I'm watching from under the tree where we set up our picknick. This is love. This, what I'm feeling right now, is true love. After all the bad I've seen, been through, and caused my self, I still got to live and feel this. As the sun is setting, I watch over my family. And I know, that this is fate. All of this happened because a chain of coincidences, little moments that could've gone so different. And yet they didn't. If that isn't fate, than I don't know what this is. And I will give my life to protect my loved ones. I see eiji walking up to me, with Anna behind him. He sits next to me and I take Anna on my lap. And at that moment, it's perfect. I look at him, and at my perfect little girl, and I smile. All those coincidences, and yet they all happened. And they changed my life. One by one. And bit by bit. Until this moment. And I will love them both. I will love them, from now, until forever.
                          
                        The end.