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Butterfly Kisses
Chapter #1
By MonkeyGirlxoxo
"Honey, stop squirming." The young woman told her husband. She was straightening his black tie. The young man was dressed in his formal wear, dress pants, black socks, a white shirt, blazer and tie.
"Sorry Tifa," The blond man sighed, "I just hate wearing these things."
His wife smiled. She wore a black dress, ending right below her knees. It had a low neckline and thick straps that exposed her shoulders. She wore red waterfall earrings and a matching necklace. Her long black hair was tied back in an up-do, the loose strands framing her face, "It's just for a couple more hours, Cloud. You can loosen it when we get to the wedding reception." She finished fixing his tie and rested her hands on his chest, "It's for Zack and Aerith, just remember that." She pecked him lightly and then turned around, gasping when she saw their four year old daughter smiling up at her. "Oh my goodness! Naminé, you look wonderful!"
She scooped up the giggling small girl. "Daddy, did you see what Naminé was wearing?" Tifa asked the man in front of her.
Cloud smiled, "Yes I did." He said looking at his daughter. She was in a pink dress, the torso covered in sequins. There was a matching pink bow on the left side of the toddler's head, her shoulder length blonde hair resting against the sides of her face. "You look fantastic, my dear." He leaned towards his daughter and gave her butterfly kisses along her cheek, causing her to giggle even more. He then placed a kiss on her nose and began to pull away.
Naminé outstretched her hands towards her father, but Cloud shook his head, "Not now darling, Mommy just had to fix my clothes, if I hold you they may get out of place. I can hold you later at the wedding"
Naminé pulled her hands back towards herself and rested her head against her mother's shoulder, "Okay Daddy." She said with a smile. She then wrapped her arms around the back of Tifa's neck and snuggled into her, taking in her mother's scent.
"Well, we better get going." Tifa said happily, "We can't bring the flower girl late to the wedding."
"That's right Mommy," Cloud said slipping into his dress shoes. "The flower girl has to be there early."
"The flower girl!" Naminé said lifting her head from Tifa's neck, "That's me!"
Tifa laughed, "That's right. And who's getting married?"
"Uncle Zack and Aunty Aerith." Naminé smiled.
Grabbing his wife's purse from the counter Cloud went to open the front door. "That's right." He smiled, "Now come on, everyone in the car."
~~~Kingdom Hearts~~~
The church looked huge through Naminé's eyes. The ceiling was extremely high, and the walls were covered in what seemed to be painted glass. The windows brought in the natural light of the afternoon, which made the room have a nice airy feel to it. Naminé walked happily in between her parents, holding onto her father's hand. She didn't know where they were headed exactly; she just knew that somewhere in this large room her uncle and aunt were going to get married.
Besides Naminé and her parents, there were only a few other people at the church for now. Cloud led his family towards a familiar family of four.
"Uncle Tidus! Aunty Yuna!" He called with a wave of his hand.
The two adults turned around, both wearing grins if their own. "Cloud, Tifa!" They gave the couple hugs as a hello before turning their attention to the small girl.
"Hello Naminé." They said happily.
"Hello." She smiled back at them, "I like your dress Aunty Yuna."
Yuna looked down at her peach gown and laughed, "Thank you very much Naminé, I like your dress too, it's very pretty."
"Boys, come say hello to Naminé." Tidus said to his two sons who had decided to stay behind their father.
The two young boys walked around their parents and into view. One had spiky brown hair like his mother and wore a small blazer, while the other had blond hair like his father and was in a white dress shirt with a formal black vest atop.
"Hello Naminé!" The brunette and older of the two greeted her. He reached out and hugged the small girl in front of him.
"Hello Sora!" She replied. With her arms still wrapped around the brunette, her eyes traveled to land on the blond beside his brother, "Hello Roxas!" She smiled.
"Hi Naminé!" He grinned back.
Naminé pulled away from Sora and moved her hands away from herself "Do you like my dress?"
Sora and Roxas both nodded. "Do you like my vest?" Roxas asked.
Naminé nodded then proceeded to say, "I'm the flower girl."
Roxas' smile widened, "I'm the ring boy."
"That means you two are going to get to walk down the aisle together today." Yuna told the two toddlers.
"And after that, she won't be walking down the aisle in a while." Cloud said resting his hand on top of his daughter's head.
Tifa smiled from her husband's comment. "Naminé dear, let's go get you your flower basket." She outstretched her hand to the small girl and then carried her to the back of the church. There, they found Naminé's teenage cousin Aqua sorting out some wedding items.
"Hey guys." She greeted them with a smile. She was dressed in a blue dress, with a round neck. Just like Tifa's dress, it had straps, but Aqua's ended a bit above her knees, a younger looking cut. "What can I get for you?"
"Naminé here is looking for her flower basket." Tifa explained, "I was wondering if you had it."
"As a matter of fact, I do." Aqua said. She reached behind her and rummaged through a box. Then she turned back around, holding a mall white basket in her hands. Naminé tiptoed, curious to see what was inside.
Tifa took the basket from Aqua with a thank you and then bent down by her daughter. "Okay Nams, do you know what you have to do"
"Throw petals." Naminé said putting her hands behind her back.
Tifa nodded, "And do you know how?"
The small girl shook her head.
Tifa handed her daughter the basket filled with rose petals. "You're going to pick up a handful of petals and throw them to one side of the aisle. Then, after another step, you take another handful and throw it to the other side. You keep on doing that until you reach the front." Tifa waited a moment, "Do you understand, sweetheart?"
Naminé thought and then slowly nodded, "I think so Mommy."
A smile broke out across Tifa's face, "That's my girl." She pecked her daughter on the cheek and then stood back up, outstretching her hand to her daughter once again. "Come on, let's go find Daddy."
The two walked down the aisle, searching the benches on either side for Cloud. The church was starting to fill up now, and so it was harder to find him in the large crowd. Soon enough, Tifa spotted her husband sitting down with Tidus and Yuna. She led her daughter through the people standing in the aisle and sat down on the bench next to the blond man. She then helped her daughter up on the bench and turned to greet the others, "Hey guys."
Cloud kissed Tifa's cheek and then turned to look at Naminé, "What's that you got there, pumpkin?"
Naminé extended her hand with the basket in front of her, "The flower basket. I'm gonna drop flowers from it." She smiled.
Her father chuckled, "I see." He then leaned back in his seat and wrapped his arm around Tifa, continuing his discussion with Tidus and Yuna.
Naminé placed her basket back down on her lap, and when she looked back up Roxas and Sora were sitting on the bench in front of her, sitting on the knees looking at her.
"Hello!" She beamed.
"Hi!" Sora grinned with all his teeth.
"Are those the flower petals?" Roxas asked, pointing towards the basket in Naminé's lap.
The blonde girl nodded, "I'm going to throw them."
Roxas smiled, "Cool!"
Just then, Aqua approached the bench, "Aunty Tifa?" She called.
Both of Naminé's parents turned toward the aisle, where Aqua was standing at the end of the bench they were sitting at.
"Aqua," Tifa said, "What is it, dear?"
"We're going to need to take Naminé now." She explained. She then turned to Yuna and Tidus, "Roxas too."
Both sets of parents nodded, "Have fun sweetheart ." Tifa smiled. She kissed Naminé's forehead and then helped her off the bench with the basket.
The small girl stood next to Roxas, and together they followed Aqua through the crowd and towards the front of the church. When the got behind the large doors, the two children started to fidget as they watched Aqua run to a table at the back searching for something. When she came back she handed Roxas a small purple pillow with two rings atop it.
"Roxas, you have to try and keep this steady, it can't drop, okay?" Aqua told him seriously.
Roxas stuck his tongue out the corner of his mouth and took the pillow from Aqua in both of his small hands. "Got it." He smiled at her.
Aqua smiled at him and then went back to the table at the back. She grabbed a small bouquet of pink flowers and then joined the line of bridesmaids behind the closed doors, getting ready to leave.
"Aqua, what are you doing?" Naminé asked her older cousin, tilting her head to the side.
"Yeah, you look silly just standing in a line." Roxas added.
Aqua smiled down at the children, "We're bridesmaids. So we're going to walk out before Aunty Aerith."
"Before us?" Naminé asked.
Aqua nodded, "Right before you guys. After we go, Roxas walks, then you Naminé."
Just then, the music from inside started to play. Aqua straightened up in her line, smiled at the kids one last time, and then followed the other bridesmaids down the aisle. Naminé and Roxas looked through the newly opened doors and gulped. There were a lot of people outside.
"Roxas," Naminé whispered, "I'm scared."
Roxas looked over at the small girl next to him, "It's okay Naminé, I'll walk down first. Just follow me." He told her with a comforting smile.
Then Roxas started to walk through the door, and Naminé felt terribly alone. She wobbled to stand in front of the door, took a huge breath and started to walk. She looked around the large room, searching for her parents, but they were no where in sight. She started to drop the petals on the floor, still searching. Then, she started to look ahead, and saw her Uncle Zack wondering how he had gotten there. She looked to his left and saw Roxas standing there, giving her the hugest smile she's ever seen. She smiled back at him as she continued to drop the rose petals along the aisle, and then as she walked past the first row she saw her parents beaming at her. She smiled at them and then turned to look at the front of the room again. This time, her eyes landed on Aqua, who smiled at her. Naminé quickly dropped her last few petals and then ran towards her older cousin, latching herself on Aqua's leg, not realizing she had broken the bridesmaids formation at the front of the church.
Her actions caused the crowd to laugh, but then the music changed, indicating that the bride was coming, and everyone turned waiting for Aerith to walk down the aisle.
When Aerith emerged, the crowd held their breath. She was wearing a long white gown, with a low straight neckline. Attached to the corners of the neckline were lace sleeves, which rested on her small shoulders. Her hair was out, the brown curls landing on her shoulders and her vial sat atop her head, wrapping around the sides of her body neatly. She held a bouquet of tulips, and wore a smile on her lips, her eyes focused on the groom at the end of the aisle.
Upon arriving at the front of the church, Zack took one of Aerith's hands in his and whispered a compliment to her, causing the bride to blush. Then, they turned to look at the priest, who began the wedding ceremony.
Naminé fidgeted, twirling the basket in her hands, rocketing back an forth on her heels only to be gently stopped by Aqua's hand. The small girl was getting bored of hearing the man at the front speak, she didn't understand what he was talking about, and she was getting reckless.
After what felt like forever to the small girl, the priest asked Roxas for the rings. He lifted the pillow up, and Aerith and Zack took them in their hands, saying small words before placing them on each others ring fingers.
Naminé didn't pay attention to what the priest said after that, but soon enough she saw her aunt and uncle kissing, and everyone sitting down was clapping, crying or even a bit of both. Naminé watched as her aunt and uncle walked down the aisle together, and how the bridesmaids followed afterwards. Confused, Roxas and Naminé looked at each other, and then the two ran towards their parents, who sat at the front benches.
"You were great darling!" Cloud said picking his daughter up and placing her in his lap.
Naminé cuddled into her father, and when he got up she rested her head on his shoulder. He carried her out of the church and down the road to a large building where the reception was being held. When the walked inside, Naminé was immeidately mesmerized by the room's appearance. It was large and white, the front holding a long table that stood on a higher level than the common floor. All across one side of the building sat tables, some seating two, others up to eight. The second side of the building was clear- the dance floor for later. Together, Cloud and Tifa walked through the crowd to find the table reserved for their family. They sat down at a table for seven, and soon enough Yuna and the others came to fill in the rest of the seats.
When the bride and groom entered the reception hall, the crowds cheered and clapped. They worked their way to the long high table at the front of the room, and made a speech. Then, dinner was served. After everyone had finished eating, the dance floor started to fill, and Tifa carried Naminé to dance. Together, Naminé and her mother danced to three different songs, all causing the small girl to giggle.
When she came back to her seat, Sora was out on the dance floor with Yuna, the small boy laughing whenever his mother would spin him.
"Enjoying the wedding, kids?" Tidus asked when Naminé sat down next to Roxas at the table.
Tifa slid in next to Cloud, pecking him on the cheek as he started to drink his water.
"Yeah!" Naminé answered. "Are you Roxas?"
The spiky blond nodded, "I like the wedding too!"
"It's so much fun!" Naminé told the boy next to her.
"Why don't we have one?" Roxas shouted over the music.
Just then, Cloud almost choked on his drink. Tifa tried to hide a smile as she checked on her husband to make sure he was alright.
"Then we can have more fun!" Roxas finished.
Naminé nodded, "That's a good idea, Roxas!"
Cloud rested his head in his hands as Tifa patted his back. "Lord, help me." He mumbled.
Okay, so this was the first chapter of my new five-shot. :)
I hope you all like it. :D
As for my other stories, they're all being planning out in a notebook, chapter by chapter. So when I get everything under control, they will be updated. :)
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