"You ready?" Satsuki-chan asked with a gentle smile. "Quit worrying, everything is fine! I just love weddings" she gushed. Her eyes were shiny from unshed tears of joy as she hugged me tightly before taking her position as my maid of honor.

Ready? Not really, I thought to myself. Of course I loved Daiki more than anything; maybe this is just what people refer to as cold feet or pre-wedding jitters. And I thought the Olympics were bad; I wasn't even this nervous back then. All those people out there were going to be seeing me walk down the aisle; what if I tripped? Or worse, what if I messed up my vows? Oh God… I don't feel so good - darn butterflies in my stomach since last night.

"Reika?" my father's voice interrupted my internal monologue.

"I know we haven't always seen eye to eye on many things, but I'm honored you still wanted me to walk you down the aisle" he said before giving me an awkward uncharacteristic pat on the back.

"Of course Father" I replied with a reassuring smile. It's true that Father and I have had our fair share of fall outs but he was still my father. Anyway, it was better than having oniisan walk with me…

My palms were getting sweaty as I fiddled with the collar of my shirt. Why does this darn shirt feel like it was getting tighter? Behind me, my best man whispered for me to calm down. What the hell, Tetsu, I AM calm. 6 months is more than sufficient time for me to have prepared for this. I'm definitely not nervous or anything, I am Aomine Daiki after all.

Just then the door opened…I saw her and my heart stopped.

Dressed in a simple yet elegant creamy white gown which complimented her figure, Akashi Reika in her wedding gown was a sight to behold. Diamond strands were braided through her long red hair which fell down her back in loose waves, her beautiful face covered by a translucent veil. The train of her dress moved gracefully behind her as she walked arm in arm with her father. Hushed murmurs of appreciation came from the attendees as everyone admired the lovely bride.

I felt Tetsu nudge me with his elbow. I had been staring slack jawed at her that I had barely noticed they were already standing in front of me. I murmured a sincere 'thank you' to her father before taking her hand.

My heart pounded as I watched Daiki standing alone in front of me and all my doubts suddenly goes away. We stared at each other while the priest started the ceremony; everything else seemed to fade away. All I saw was him.

"I have loved you since the first moment we met. You are the only one I have ever truly loved and I will love you for always; in health and in sickness, for better for worse, for all the days of my life. You know me better than anyone else in this world and somehow still you manage to love me. You are my everything and on this day I give you my all, my heart and my promise"

The idiot really kept all that up to the final moment. In all the years we've been together he has never said anything much about how he loves me but once he does, he really goes all out like this, I thought to myself with a smile as he said his vows and tears welled up in my eyes. I heard sniffles from some of the women as well, especially Daiki's mum and Satsuki-chan who were sitting on the front row.

We exchanged 'I do's, then he lifted my veil as the priest declared 'you may kiss the bride'. I closed my eyes as he leaned in. Suddenly he grabbed me tightly, twirling and dipping me down to the ground before pressing a deep kiss to my lips as he did. I grabbed on to the lapels of his suit for support and kissed him back. The crowd chuckled in response.

"May I present Mr. and Mrs. Aomine Daiki" announced the priest. Daiki swept me off my feet as the crowd burst into cheers (and some wolf whistles coming from Takao-kun). I laughed happily as he grinned back at me, a genuine smile on his handsome face.

Life may not always be perfect; it can get pretty crazy sometimes - but I wasn't alone anymore. Everything was going to be ok. Life was perfectly beautiful because we were together – for always.