Author's note: The second part to the meme thing. As usual, thank you for the patronage. I'd like to think of myself as a normal person with some traces of humour sometimes ;D.

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Ninth moment: Matrimony II

Any traditions:

Furuichi wondered why he still acquiesced every time to Oga's wishes, no matter how silly, or old, or inappropriate they were. The minute hand on his watch touched the number three, marking the tenth hour they had been at it. On the screen, Oga's character was being pummeled into a pulp by his character, and that happened every single time, too, but he never learnt, the idiot.

Their 'song':

Furuichi couldn't sing to save his life, but at times like this, Oga couldn't help but see him exactly as doing that, singing. Flushed cheeks, liquid eyes, splayed limbs and a litany of pleas, curses and gasps, Oga's emotion jumped to every note Furuichi played. It was a performance, and just between himself and himself, Oga's favourite songs could never match this.

What they do for each other on holidays:

After all those years, Oga finally came to understand just what 'normal' meant. It meant a scarf for Christmas instead of bloody bodies lined up in the shape of a Christmas tree, a hand-delivered piece of chocolate for Valentine instead of a thug handing over his lunch while crying, and setting off firework together with Furuichi on their balcony on Tanabata instead of hunting for a piece of wishing paper amongst a sea of bodies drowned in dirt. And it felt nice to be 'normal', Oga admitted, especially when Furuichi's eyes widened in utter shock before misting over just barely noticeably.

Where did they go for honeymoon:

It was a disaster that cracked him up every time he recalled it. The Yople aliens running rampage, Lamia's outrage, and Alaindelon's mental breakdown couldn't hold a candle to how Jabberwock snorted before proceeding to choke on his whiskey when the two of them appeared in the Squad's common room, wedding bands proudly held above their heads with an exclamation of 'We're married!'

Where did they first meet:

Perhaps 'met' was not the right word to use, because Oga never noticed. Furuichi did. It was a snowy day, and everyone was scurrying around, moving away from the snow in search of warmth. Furuichi, too, was hurrying home from school, a bunch of his friends chatting alongside his steps. It was then that he noticed. In a filthy alleyway, where the snow was falling in utter silence, stood a boy over bloody and limp bodies much bigger than his. There was something in the way his shoulders drooped that caught Furuichi's eyes, and so he stopped, letting his friends move ahead in a storm of chatter that did not reach him anymore. For just a second, the boy looked up, and the bottomless desolation in his eyes caught Furuichi's young heart and shattered it into pieces. A person has only one heart, and once it's given away, there's no taking it back.

Any pets:

'Not again…'

'Shut up!'

'Cats are filthy, Oga. If you don't train them, they shit where you'd never look. And you don't clean.'

'Just shut up and help me wash him. I found him in an alleyway.'

Furuichi did shut up then, because he understood. That was how he had found Oga, after all.

That didn't mean he'd stop bitching for the next three days, though, because Oga deserved it.

Do they go on vacations, if so where:

'Bodyguard salary doesn't pay half well enough for us to be doing this.'

'Oh come on; it's only once a year!'

'Says the one who's still in school.'

'Yeah, and when I actually become a doctor we'll be going to hot springs four times a year!'

'Oh just shut up and come here, idiot! I didn't pay a ton of money to come here and listen to your bitching.'

'And how is having sex a good way to spend the money, huh?'

'It's the hot spring, idiot. This is what it's meant for.'