Title: The Wedding
(Fic Series): A Life Worth Living
Fandom: Free!
Pairings: Sousuke/Rin
Rating: T
Word Count: 3.6k
Warnings: N/A
Summary: Post-Free! Eternal Summer Fic

Three moments on their big day.

A/N:
This was REALLY hard to write? I got really stuck because I couldn't find a rhythm when writing this, so I ended up just letting go and letting it be what it was. It was probably because I was so super stuck on keeping their full vows. O'well lmao, they're a little long, but hell most are, and they're big saps who'd make long speeches anyways.

I hope everyone enjoys this! Even though it was annoying me because I couldn't find a rhythm, writing the individual things was fun lmao. Love these nerds.

Please let me know if there were any glaring errors that I should correct!

Chapter One: Vows

"Sousuke, you are my best friend, and the love of my life. You are the person I'd like to spend the rest of my life with, someone I want to spend an eternity with. You've been there for me since the start, and I want to always return that favor. I promise to always be there for you as you have been for me. Through the coming years, as we go through hard times and happy times, I will stay by your side. I will never leave you alone. I will work hard to make any doubts of yours disappear. I promise to be worthy of your love.

Your decisions in the future, whatever paths you might want to take, I will walk them with you. I will support you, help you, and share those goals and dreams with you. I will be there to comfort you when the pain is too much, I will be there so you will never have to bear anything alone again. There is nothing I will not do for you if you wish it of me. No dreams of mine could ever compare to the happiness and love you've already given to me.

You are my warmth, my happiness, without you even gold cannot shine. I love you as you are, as you were, and as you will be. I will love you no matter how things go, no matter what happens. Even if the world gets turned upside down and everything falls apart, my feelings for you cannot be altered. Love like this is strong because we've built it that way. It's built on years of friendship, on love, and respect. I promise you it will never fail, and even if it cracks or wanes, I will fix it. I will never stop working to make it stronger."

"Do you, Rin Matsuoka, promise to take Sousuke as both a lover and a friend in marriage, to talk and listen to, to trust and appreciate until the end? Do you promise to love and cherish all that Sousuke is? To support him through life's joys and sorrows, to stay by his side no matter what should transpire? Do you promise to share your hopes, your dreams, and your lives together as you continue to grow in age and in mind? Do you promise to always be open and honest with Sousuke, and love him for as long as you both shall be?"

"I do," Rin answered. His piercing gaze fixed on him, his smile radiant. Sousuke's grin could not have been wider.

"And you, Sousuke, have some words you would like to say as well?"

Sousuke took a deep breath, steeling himself. All of his doubts about remembering what he wanted to say washed away with the eager look in Rin's eyes. He opened his mouth and felt everything fall out for all to hear.

"Matsuoka Rin, you are my light, my everything, you always have and always will be. You are the dream I strive for, the goal I seek. To be with you for as long as it is possible has been my only wish. You are my best friend, and the love of my life. I have long ago promised my love, my body, my life to you. They are yours to do with what you wish, and to think you want to keep them is my life's greatest source of joy.

Your smile and your tears, I will cherish every one. You are strong, and I promise to be strong enough to support you when you need it. I will be by your side for an eternity. I promise to love you, to care for you, to be there for you always. I promise to never keep a word from you again, for as long as we both exist. I will never shoulder anything alone again, I will never leave you in the dark. I will always be open and honest with you from now until forever.

You have given me love, goals, a family. I promise to be here with you, loving you as you love me, achieving dreams with you, and if you'll let me, help you build on to the family you've so graciously shared with me. I will work to bring you tears of happiness, and never again tears of sorrow. I will try with all my might to keep that beautiful smile on your face, to protect it from harm.

The future always looks so much brighter when I know you're in it, so I promise to help make it shine for you as well. I promise to shatter your doubts and help you through your fears. I promise to be there to help you through pain, through hurt, you will never have to deal with it alone. I will always be here for you. I love you as you are, as you were, and as you will be. My love for you has never shuddered, never waned through all these years, and it never will.

Our love is strong, and I've put all my trust into it. I will never let it crack, and I will never let it wane, it will only grow. You will never have to worry about it diminishing. My love for you is already too strong for any of that, and I know you would never let it falter. You have my love, my respect, my trust. Matsuoka Rin, you will always have all that I have to offer, from now until forever."

Rin's surprise showed in the twitch of his lips and the white in his eyes. Although his eyes had been dry through his own speech, they were quickly glossing over. The officiant smiled at them both before continuing with his prepared dialogue.

"Do you, Sousuke Yamazaki, promise to take Rin as both a lover and a friend in marriage, to talk and listen to, to trust and appreciate until the end? Do you promise to love and cherish all that Rin is? To support him through life's joys and sorrows, and stay by his side no matter what should transpire? Do you promise to share your hopes, your dreams, and your lives together as you continue to grow in age and in mind? Do you promise to always be open and honest with Rin, and love him for as long as you both shall be?"

"I do."

Sousuke's heart, which had been barely tethered by his nervousness of getting something wrong during his speech, flew away then. His ears were nothing but white noise as the young minister continued his piece. His whole body felt as light as air and he was sure Rin was feeling the same way.

Beautiful, wonderful, amazing Rin who was standing in front of him with such pride and eagerness for this moment that it was intoxicating. Sousuke could not enjoy the sand beneath their feet, or the waves crashing behind him. He could not even bother to look at the breathtaking colors of the ocean sky, bathed in sweet blues and puffy white clouds that kept the morning sun at bay.

All he could see and hear and experience was Rin.

He went through the motions as rehearsed, but his mind was far away from all that. Even as they put on their wedding rings Sousuke found himself remembering nothing but the look of Rin's eye or the smile on his face. Rin was like a dream standing in front of him. He was perfect in every way Sousuke could think of.

He stood so strong and sure of himself there, wearing his mother's cross that glinted in the sunlight and his father's prayer beads which were wrapped around his wrist. The pride swelled with in him looking at such a beautiful mix of so many different things. Rin was sun and moon, earth and sky, and everything in between, and he never chose sides. He displayed his beauty with such an aura Sousuke could not imagine there was a single person out there who would not fall for him.

"May kiss," the minister finished. Sousuke only caught the tail end of it before Rin sprung forward. The kiss was barely there, the two of them smiling too wide to make it anything more, but it was enough.

It was more than enough.