For all the teasing Maki gets for not being honest with her feelings/intentions/whatever, Nico isn't exactly being up front either. Still, they both get what they want out of it, and it's adorable.
It was a wish and very likely to be the future for these two. I'm still not over how amazing this show was or the crazy good fanart that came from it, like this one. Have I already mentioned that this couple is Canon!
Manga lost me after all the het its started to shove in later on. Kobayashi x Tohru started becoming a side pairing. The shota fetish crap with all the girls in the latest chapter killed it for me.