Souta was waiting outside Kagome's room, waiting for his sister and mother. It was weird for him, knowing that his sister was getting married in just a few minutes.

He still wasn't sure he liked her groom though. The man seemed cold and emotionless. There was violence trembling just beneath his skin. It made Souta nervous. He didn't want his sister to get hurt by the red-eyed demon.

'Speak of the evil…' Souta thought. The demon had appeared nearby, making his soon-to-be brother-in-law jump.

"Ummmm…" He stopped as Hiei looked at him. "I – I thought you were waiting downstairs?"

"Hn."

Souta thought that was the end of it.

"Is… Have you seen her?" The demon sounded unconfident. It made Souta stare at him in shock.

"I think she's still getting dressed."

"Hn." Hiei glanced at the door. "Is she sure?"

Souta was confused. "Is she sure about… getting dressed?"

"Is she sure… about marrying me."

It was the first time Souta had ever seen the arrogant demon so unsure of himself. It was almost unsettling. "Yeah. I mean, the wedding's all she's been talking about since she started planning it."

"Hn." The koorime turned to leave, then paused. "Thank you."

Souta watched him go down the stairs, open-mouthed. He shook his head and looked back at his sister's door, hearing his mother, his sister and Keiko muttering inside.

Half an hour later, his sister emerged. She wore a traditional wedding kimono. It was pristine, snowy white and she looked lovely. She had foregone the traditional white makeup and the hood that supposedly hid her "horns of jealousy." Her hair was decorate with little sprigs of red flowers and up in a graceful knot. Her lips matched the flowers and her eyes were lined with black eyeliner. Souta thought she looked beautiful.

Kagome was smiling and her twinkling eyes told Souta how excited she was to be marrying Hiei.

"Let's go," she said quietly.

Mama Higurashi took her arm and Souta led the way down the stairs. He held his sister's hand as she stepped into her shoes. She gripped his arm tightly as their mother took her place on her other side. When they stepped out the door, Kagome and Hiei's friends followed them to the shrine and remained outside it.

Kagome kept her eyes lowered until they had stepped in and closed the door. When she looked up, she smiled. Souta couldn't help but smile too.

Hiei stood beside the priest, Souta and Kagome's grandfather, in traditional Japanese wedding clothing. He had insisted that he would not be dressing like a "silly human fool" for their wedding. It appeared as though he had changed his mind.

Kagome took her place at Hiei's side and Souta led his mother to their side of the room. Unlike Western weddings, the families faced each other rather than the couple getting married. Hiei's side only had his sister, Yukina and Kuwabara, her husband.

Souta felt a twinge of pity for the Hiei, though he wasn't sure he liked the man.

Then he looked to the couple an saw something he never thought he would.

Hiei was looking at Kagome with such a tender look on his face and Kagome was blushing and smiling. The demon took a sip of sake from the first cup, staring at the miko. They each took three sips from three cups, but neither took their eyes off the other.

Souta smiled. It was then he knew that his sister would be alright. This deadly man could kill her in a second but Souta was now sure that he would kill himself first. Nothing would ever hurt his sister again.

He resigned himself to never having a brother-in-law that would play video games with him. He supposed it was a more than even trade for his sister having a man that would never run off with an undead woman.

When they kissed at the end of the ceremony, Souta raised his gaze toward the ceiling.. 'Someday, I'll look at a woman like that and someone watching me will know that the woman I'm marrying will always be loved.'

2 weeks ago my cousin got married.

When I was at the wedding I cried at how obvious it was that they loved each other with all of their hearts.

It makes me look forward to the day I find that one special girl that I can truly say I love. My cousin and his wife GMH.