Chapter 6: The wedding….uh-ohs
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Sora's POV
"Marry the Kazekage, Sora! You HAVE to!" father yells at me. I sit shriveled with fear on a tiny wooden chair, facing my father. "But father…" I tried to retort back but no voice comes out of my mouth. Katsu onni-san stands looking grimly at me next to father. "Marry him or I'll never take you back as my sister again!" He scowls at me. Suddenly mother appears behind him, "Sora, listen to me…you have to marry the Kazekage," she says with a sad expression," And..YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP! WAKE UP SORA!"
I wake up in cold sweat, almost banging mother's forehead with mine as I jolted up from bed.
"Ugh..What a nightmare. I dreamt the whole family was gonna force me to marry the Kazekage. Funny,huh?" I say to okaa-san, giggling a little at how ridiculous my dream sounded.
"Uh..Sora darling…it's not a dream. The wedding's today, we have to get you ready!" she said while bolting out of the room. I heard her calling some people, before she re-entered the room I was in again with a bunch of odd-looking people. I didn't have time to be surprised at the whole situation around me. Before I could say anything, mother had the whole team dress me up in a white kimono and painted my face with weird colourful substances. They even put some red cream on my mouth, to my dismay, it tasted TERRIBLE! I give my mom a pleading look but she seems too happy to notice that I was dreading the whole process. When my 'make-up' as they were calling it was done, they pulled me from the room and into a large hall. The hall was full of people. On the left, I could see Team 7, my father and brother and the head of all the villages . On the right was Gaara's siblings and some people I did not recognize but I assume they were locals. At the end of the hall, I could see Gaara all dressed up in his Kazekage outfit.
"Oh my ramen, he's soooo HANDSOME!" I fangirled in my head and unconsciously fanned myself. Okaa-san appeared behind me and held my hand as she led me to where Gaara was standing.
Gaara's POV
I never knew getting married required so much preparation. I assumed I would just had to put some ring on her and I'd be back in my office, discussing about the possible attacks by Takeshi with the Tatsukage.
Temari seemed so happy I was getting married , Kankurou not much but he was very uhh…descriptive of what I had to do to on my wedding night.
I watched Sora walk towards me with her mother, she looked so beautiful, almost angelic. Her black long hair tied up and adorned with gold accessories, her white kimono matched her pale skin and her make up enhanced her full lips and exotic eyes.
"Woah.."I couldn't help myself saying when Sora finally was by my side. She blushed at my reaction and didn't look up at my face, on the other hand, I couldn't stop myself from staring at her. I was starting to understand what Kankurou was talking about, feelings stirred up within me and it made me want to hold Sora in my arms. I couldn't believe it…this girl is going to be my wife.
Oh suna, I am one lucky kazekage.
Third party's POV
The ceremony was relatively quick. Gaara and Sora repeated vows and placed rings on each other's finger. When it was time to kiss the bride, Gaara and Sora both blushed bright red. Gaara bent down to give Sora a quick kiss. She jumped back a little at his suddenness and he wondered if he did something wrong. Kankurou whistled from the side of the room and Temari elbowed him in the stomach while cheering for the newlyweds. The Tatsukage was crying and leaning over his wife's shoulder Katsu gave an embarrassed sigh. He looked at his sister, indeed she was beautiful, she would make a good wife for the Kazekage.
The guests were then led into a dining hall. Within hours, the Tatsukage, Raikage and Hokage were drunk and playing poker at the corner of the hall. Sora giggled when she spotted her father throwing a tantrum in front of her mother when she reprimanded him for being so impolite in his own daughter's wedding dinner. The remaining guests chattered among themselves. Team 7 were relaxing and munching on the food. Naruto slurped down the ramen that was served and even ate Sai's portion. He chewed joyfully and noticed Sora looking at him. He raised a hand up to wave at the happy couple. Sora beamed back at him and waved. Gaara smiled slightly as he watched Sora observing the people and waving to Naruto. Suddenly, Kankurou waddled up to him ( Kankurou's drunk).
" Ne…little bro, you got a hot wife. You are so lucky," he hiccupped between sentences, "Man, I love weddings, HEY TEMARI YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED NEXT WEEK! CALL THAT SHIKA-DUDE!" He yelled across the room to an embarrassed Temari. "Kankurou, lay off the booze! You're too drunk!" She said , pretending to ignore what he said earlier about shikamaru and her. Kankurou swayed left to right before tripping on his own feet and landing on the floor. Gaara called for some servants to carry the unconscious puppet-master to his room. Before Kankurou was dragged out of the room, he yelled out of the blue "GAARA, TELL ME ABOUT TONIGHT'S EVENTS IN THE MORNING, KAY? *hiccup* Ya know whaaaatt ey meeean, doncha?" Sora blushed and immediately stood up, "KANKUROU!" she yelled in unison with Temari. Sora's mother was the next to speak, " Sora darling, its quite late . Why don't you go and rest? The guests need to leave soon too. Don't worry I'll handle your father."
Sora nodded and stood up to leave. Gaara stood up as well , not sure to take Kankurou's advice or to return to his office. Baki seemed to notice this and said "Kazekage-sama, why don't you take a break tonight? You've been working very hard these past few weeks. We can't have our Kazekage sick."
Gaara could feel Katsu's burning glare as he followed Sora out of the room. She walked in front of him through the corridors. They were both silent until Sora stopped in her tracks and turned to face him.
"Listen, uhhh Gaara. I know we're husband and wife now but I…just don't feel ready to do …what Kankurou was hoping we would do just yet." She said keeping her head low. Gaara felt a little disappointed but understood, he was still like a stranger to her.
"I understand, but I would still prefer if we could stay in the same room together," Gaara froze as he realized what he said, "I-I mean, for your safety, Takeshi might still try to kidnap you. Also as the Kazekage's wife, you will attract the attention of many who seek revenge against me and also for money."
Sora's instinct told her to refuse the offer as she remembers how many boys tried to use that excuse during summer camps back in the Dragon Village. However, Gaara was still her husband, she has a duty to serve him as his wife.
Gaara felt surprised when he saw her smile, "I agree. Also, people might try to spread false things about us if they find out that we sleep in different rooms. I know Kankurou will rage the most."
Both of them laughed a little thinking about how Kankurou would throw a fit if he finds out that his hopeful 'fantasies' would not come true.
"Sooooo..where is your room? I 'm kinda tired." Sora let out a yawn.
Gaara showed her his room, it was big and spacious with a large balcony. The room had one king-size bed and a bathroom. Sora stretched her arms before jumping onto the bed. She rolled about for a while with giggles. Gaara enjoyed watching her being so relax and gleeful. She then gestured him to come to the bed. He walked, trying his best not to walk to fast or to slow, he didn't want her to think he had all sorts of image implanted in his mind by Kankurou…which was currently replaying all over as he made his way to her. Sora patted on the area next to her where she laid down. He laid down next to her, his eyes directly in line with hers. They both stayed that way for quite some time. Gaara was the first to break the silence, "So this is how it feels like to sleep next to someone…" Sora giggled, " well we haven't fallen asleep yet actually. But yeah this feels nice. I feel really safe with you, Gaara."
-END of Chapter 6-