I wish you like this last chapter! This is the ending of Change of Heart.

A/n: Expect *mature themes*. A lemon is inserted here.

Thank you for staying with me till the end!

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Arima Kousei POV:

I took a deep breath inside my room that night. It had already been a month after I discovered who my real biological mother is. I haven't decided anything yet, regarding my inheritance. I met the third in line to the throne, a few days after Princess Ayami's rebellion. I learned that he's actually a very young teenager. He's only seventeen years old. We talked together and told me that he doesn't know if he could carry the pain of becoming an emperor but I know that he's a better fit than me. I have assured him that if I choose not to become the emperor, I will support him.

Most of the other Japanese Royals were killed by the Mafia and other terrorists due to Princess Ayami's rebellion. The young royal and I were the only ones left in that bloodline. It will be better for the young seventeen-year-old to be the one to stand side by side with Prime Minister Nakamichi. He was trained to be king unlike me who lived as a commoner all my life.

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Kaori entered my room at that time while I'm standing in front of my huge window, thinking about so many things. It's raining heavily that night.

She touched my back gently and held me close to her. "You have already endured too much pain, Kousei. I don't even know how I'll make you happy. Even after the rebellion ended, you aren't happy yet."

I faced her and hugged her. "Just you being here makes me forget everything, Kaori."

She hugged me, too. "I'm glad to hear that, Kousei."

I kissed her forehead at that time as I hold Kaori's golden hair. "I won't be king. I won't be an emperor of Japan. I don't deserve it. I don't want the blood of a traitor to rule Japan alongside a prime minister."

Kaori stared back at me. She seemed surprised by my decision, "You're not a traitor, Kousei! You've helped the government bring down a traitor!"

"Do you think I'll be able to do that if I know that Princess Ayami's biological mother from the beginning? Even if I hate her so much because of what she has done to me after I have learned who she is and my connection to her, I can't help but want to hold her close to me. Yes, despite everything she did to me! She is still my mother. Even so, I know that she can never replace the warmth that Arima Saki had given me," I cried out to her. "Princess Ayami is still the one who gave birth to me. I want to understand her. I cannot even kill her. If the government chooses to hang her as punishment, I will do my best to stop them! I don't want to see my mother die! She only had done those evil acts as she thought that she will never see me again. It will be better for her to live in prison for the rest of her life."

Kaori held me close to her and kissed me on my lips. I touched her cheeks at that time and there, we kissed passionately as the rain violently falls down the skies. The dark sky seemed to cry for me as my eyes couldn't make itself water. I wonder why it's hard for me to release my tears and emotions. I am angry and sad at the same time. I want to have her with me and tell Princess Ayami that she shouldn't have done those acts to take her vengeance against everyone who took me away from her. "I'll be visiting her tomorrow. Come with me, Kaori," I asked her after we separated.

She held my hands and answered me, "I'll be there with you."

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As the night kept on getting deeper, I have chosen to make love with Kaori. I want to feel her and forget my worries for a while. Maybe while I am in her embrace, I will forget it for a while. I took off my shirt as I kissed Kaori so passionately. She also kissed me back passionately that we fought for dominance but clearly, I won.

Kaori touched my naked shoulders at that time as the moonlight shine on us despite the violent rain pouring down from the starless, dark sky. We both immediately sat down the soft, white bed. Our hands shuffled and we both took off our clothes together at the same time.

Kaori stood up and left my side for a while to lock my door. I could see her whole pearly white skin and perfect curves. She doesn't look nervous being naked in front of me even if the lights are still on. "Are you sure you want this, Kousei?"

I nodded as I hugged her naked body. The contact of our naked skins electrified me that my length jots up. I touched her breasts and there, I'm sure she shivered after I did that. "I'm sure of it. We're adults, Kaori."

She turned off the lights after that.

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Kaori faced me as I pin her on the wall. I warned her first that I will enter her core already from her behind. When she nodded, I took her in my embrace and began entering her slowly. She began whimpering in pain and tears fell from her eyes. I could have hurt her while I am getting in her. It's our first time making love, anyway. Both of us are inexperienced with it but our hormones, especially mine is too high right now. I smiled at her. "I guess it's you I should ask." I stopped at that time to ask her, "Are you sure I can make love with you?"

She sighed deeply. "Yes, Kousei. Swallow me whole as I am yours!"

At that very same time, my eyes flickered with fire. I wasn't able to truly control myself. The whole room soon just sounded with our whimpers and groans as we make love with each other.

I took her in pleasures unmeasurable after I took her in my bed to continue making love with each other. Our lips, our hands... our whole body's entangled and joined as one at that time. My whole length went in and out of her. As I keep on doing that to her, she kept on moaning below me. I could have hurt her for a bit while but it was replaced with enjoyment. I released my own liquid in her as she had also released her own while I'm kissing her lips and tasting her sweet tongue that's also entangled to her. We're screaming silently while our mouths are glued temporarily. My hands are on her waist while her hands are on my back. We're glued together for a bit longer, feeling our own reproductive organs.

Since my glasses are on its way, Kaori took it off and set it on the table near my bed a minute later. We made love for longer and did not stop until we're tired. After we kept on making love, I began to feel exhausted already. We didn't have time to look at how long we had our first sex. My emotions had grown wild and uncontrollable.

Kaori hugged me when I have already begun crying once again. I am still inside her and she's still below me. I took myself off her after that which worried her. "Are you thinking about Princess Ayami?" she asked me.

"Yes," I answered her. "I wonder why she rebelled just because of me?"

Kaori and I separated completely. We just laid on the bed after that and covered ourselves with my white blanket which is actually wet due to our body fluids. "Kousei, the reason could be was because she clearly cannot forget about you, too."

"She shouldn't have rebelled! She shouldn't have killed dad!" I cried out.

"Kousei, have you taken your antidepressants?" Kaori asked me.

Her words surprised me. I could have forgotten to take them. Kaori immediately clothed herself back. She opened the lights of my room to look for my pills. She gestured me to wear clothes already. I wore nightclothes quickly at that time. I obeyed and after that, she made me sit on my bed. She gave me two, white pills and lukewarm water. I drank my pills immediately. She had advised me to rest and sleep that night as I am clearly very much tired. "Kousei, I don't want you to suffer again like what has happened to you five years ago. I know that it will take a long time before you are cured of depression."

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The next day, as Kaori has promised, she went with me to the high-maintenance security prison where my biological mother is locked up. Right now, I'm looking at her through the transparent glass that separates her from me. I could see her wearing an orange shirt and shorts. She only has a bed and nothing else. The whole prison is also very much hi-tech as it has a lot of security measures and CCTVs looking straight at the glass where my mom is in.

I'm wearing a black business suit while Kaori is wearing a white, comfortable dress. Mom's small eyes stared back at me with such pity and stood in front of the only small crack in the glass so she could talk to the people who visit her. "You foiled my plans, Kousei," she told me.

"Princess Ayami...," I called out. "Have you ever regretted what you did?"

"Asking Okata Jun to kill your father and use an innocent man who was actually friends with him?" she asked me. "If only I know who you really were, I could have not done what I did. I killed my whole family. I welcomed the darkness and I was consumed by it. It was all thanks to him that he brought me back to the light. I deserve to die, Kousei."

Kaori could have felt that I'm feeling miserable. She held my left hand. I also held it tight. That's the time I answered her, "I won't be king. I have chosen not to replace the late Emperor. The third in line, Matsuhiro, will be the new emperor."

She walked closer to the glass and told me, "Forget me, boy. I wonder why you look at me as your mother. I have nothing good that I can give you. Someone else raised you and loved you."

"I don't hate you, Princess Ayami. You are still my mother. When you learned who I am, you stopped. You surrendered. You woke up from your shadows. Let me help you get out. No matter what I do, you're still my mother," I answered her.

She nodded. "And you are my son."

I introduced Kaori to her after we talked. I'm glad that I was able to talk with my mother and know her better. I hope she will be able to be pardoned soon. I know that she will be a good person after she had completed the years while she's in prison. "Stay alive for me, mom. I want to hold you close and hug you. A month has already passed. I have already forgiven you," I told her.

"What about Okata Jun?" she asked me.

That put me in a hot position. "I know you're the mastermind but clearly, he's still the one who murdered my father. I have also already forgiven him," I answered. "As I have already forgiven you, can I call you 'Mom'?"

My words made her happy. "I can't believe it that you're accepting me!"

I cried after that. The emotional pain all over my body disappeared completely after I said that to her. I could feel rainbows flashing everywhere again. "You're my mom. I can't refuse who you are to me anymore. You are my mother."

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Days later after I visited my biological mother, I have already informed Prime Minister Nakamichi that I want to stay as a commoner and give me the exclusive passage to my mom's prison in which they allowed me.

Prince Matsuhiro was soon crowned as the new emperor of Japan. Everything went peaceful and normal already after that.

It was months later where I know that I have already recovered from depression. Finally, I am free from the monotone world...

Fin.

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A/n: I hope you enjoyed this chapter!