We were young. Without a care in the world, we got curious of many things, including wedding bells.
His name was Cloud. My name was Tifa. His age was 5 while I was 4. The others never liked him and would always bully him. I don't like them; I hate them for hurting him. It was enough. Us being together. We didn't need anybody else.
His father was gone and my Mom was too. We understood each other more than the others. We were happy with each other, side by side.
We were walking along town, our hands entwined together while we swayed it back and forth. I was humming while he tags along. Yes, these were the days where we don't care about anything and gaze at everything curiously.
With my tuned in hums, came bells.
Ding…Ding…Ding…Dong
Our eyes both gazed to the town's church. People in white were there. All of them were smiling and cheering. Others were throwing rice.
We were mesmerized by their Happiness and unusual choice of clothing. But, what amazed us more was a lady in the most beautiful white gown I've ever seen. A long silk cloth clipped in her hair that sways behind her back. Holding her hand was a man that was also in white clothing. Both were happy together.
"Pretty…" I mumbled. Cloud heard it and pulled us nearer. It was like him to do so. When I was fascinated by something, he would find a way to get it for me. Or when I feel troubled, he'd search for it and make it go away.
He pulled the hem of the old lady who was also in white clothing and cheering. The lady greeted us with a smile.
"Yes?"
"What is going on?" he asked in his most innocent face. I was wondering myself but couldn't let my eyes stay away from the lady in the beautiful gown.
"It's a wedding" the old lady replied with much cheer.
"What's a wedding?" it was my turn to ask, fascination still in my eyes. The lady began to giggle.
"It makes two people stay together"
Our hand took a tighter grip on each other. We both gazed at one another a smile on our face. We were thinking of the same thing. We wanted to be together.
"Forever?" Cloud asked.
"Yes, forever" the lady smiled again.
"How do they make a wedding?"
"Well…" the lady began to think "both people give rings to each other and say 'I take you to be my wife for a girl and husband for a boy. Then they say 'for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part"
"That's long" Cloud said, his eyes a bit arched since he didn't get all of it. I was sad myself. The lady looked at us intently and smiled was again.
"You want to learn the words?" she knelt down so we were eyeing level. Both of us nodded.
"We want to be together forever!" we said in unison. The lady then nodded.
"Well then, let me teach you"
The old lady had us memorize the lines. It was easy for me. Memorizing words are like memorizing piano pieces. But cloud had a little trouble. He was never easy to remember everything.
It was almost time to go. We were holding hands and swaying it back and forth. After our lesson, we headed to the candy store and bought two candy rings.
We headed to the beach and there we faced each other. We smiled at each other. He took my wrist and placed the candy ring.
"ohm…" he thought hard, trying to recall the words "I take Tifa as my Wife….uhh…for better or worse…for rich or poor….love and cherish…..sick or healthy….uhhh…"
"Till" I gave him a hint. He smiled.
"Till death we part!"
I said the same words, but rather in order and right words. I also placed one candy ring on his finger.
"Now what?" I asked, wondering what else was needed for a wedding.
"The Lady said it end with a kiss" he said it as a matter of fact.
"Ok" I simply replied and touched his lips with mine. I quickly moved away and saw his face as red as my eyes.
"You look funny" I giggled.
He scoffs and turns his face away from me. I continued to tease him and never let it off until both of us were laughing.
We were now heading home. A bit happy and glad I would say. We still hold hands till now, but, with a different accessory. Candy rings.
"The lady said it isn't a real wedding unless a priest is with us" I said, a bit worried while I stared at our hands.
"Then we'll go to church on Sunday and ask the priest"
"But were too little"
"Then we'll wait until we grow up" he smiled. He can be persistent and would always look for solutions for everything. I smiled. With a nod, we were back to our carefree selves. But, now we hold a promise. When we grew up, we would have a wedding.
three weeks till the end of school and then start for reviewing for college admissions! Sorry for no, updates. this is a gift for everybody. its killing me to get it out. Enjoy! and please leave a review ;)