The blonde was silent for a couple of seconds.

"...oh."

So this was the end of it! You know, originally, I wasn't going to continue it - I was going to let readers come to their own conclusions. I mean, in real life, not everyone gets completely happy endings. Life is complex, and strange.

But I knew that when they were in the same city again, they'd have a chance, at least.

I think the epilogue was one of the first things I wrote - I might have written the prologue first, then the epilogue, then the middle. It was fun, finally tying this to White Rose Tea!

At the time, it was also the only part that was loosely from Ruby's pov, which was fun to do ^^

P&P/Jane Austen References Tally = 3
Hetalia References Tally = 6