"Don't you think it's just beautiful, Fai-san?" asked Sakura, twirling around for show. She stopped and did a little curtsy in his direction, beaming. Fai clapped his hands.

"It's absolutely lovely," he told her, smiling. Sakura was the picture of happiness and excitement.

"Princess? Is it alright to come down?" called Syaoran. Sakura gasped.

"No!" she squealed, diving behind the counter and hiding. "It's bad luck to see the bride in her dress before the wedding!"

"I think that's only on the day of the wedding," said Fai, laughing. Sakura hesitated, then slwoly stood up and came back out, blushing. Syaoran smiled.

"You look like… a princess," he said, eyes sparkling. For once, Sakura didn't seem to mind the nickname, and she did another twirl for his benefit. The pink and white fabric rustled slightly every time she moved, ribbons trailing just inches off the ground.

"You don't look half-bad yourself, Syaoran-chan," said Fai. "What do you think, Kuro-cakes?"

Kurogane looked up from where he was leaning against the wall, trying not to look interested. He looked Syaoran up and down, grunted an unintelligible response and went back to pretending he was bored- or tried to. Suddenly Fai was in his face, shoving a bag of soft and rustly somethings that looked suspiciously like formal clothes in his hands.

"Come on, Kuro-chu! There's clothes for you and me, too!"

Kurogane's eyes narrowed into slits.

"Heck no," he growled. Fai grinned.

"We have to try them on now! Wouldn't want to put them on on Sakura-chan's wedding day and find out they don't fit!" He started to drag Kurogane off by the arm. Kurogane cursed.

"I am not wearing those!" he insisted, trying to twist free of Fai's surprisingly strong grasp, but it was to no avail. Fai held on tight and didn't even seem to hear his protests, dragging him up the stairs so they could change.

Syaoran smiled at Sakura.

"You look absolutely beautiful," he told her. Sakura's eyes shone.

"Just two more weeks," she sang, spinning around the room happily. She passed by him and he caught her, stole a quick kiss on her lips and twirled around with her, laughing until they were so dizzy they collapsed on the floor. Just a few minutes later, Fai re-entered the room.

"What do you think?"

Sakura propped herself up to get a better look at him. The old-fashioned brown vest, white dress shirt and black suit pants, complete with a wide-brimmed black top hat, suited him perfectly.

"I think you have better fashion sense than me," she said wistfully. Fai laughed and waved the compliment away.

"Oh, I had a friend help me pick it out," he said dismissively.

"Yes, but you helped me pick this dress out, too," she pointed out. "Where's Kurogane-san?"

"Hmm?" Fai looked behind him, frowning. "He was just here a second ago…" He dashed upstairs to see if Kurogane had retreated to where no one else could see him. A few seconds later the entire shop was filled with Kurogane's angry roar.

"I am NOT wearin' a TUX, dang it!"

"Oh, come on, Kuronmii! You look so cute!"

"I don't care, it's not happenin'!"

"Syaoran-chan is wearin' one…"

Syaoran and Sakura glanced at each other nervously. Kurogane actually sounded pretty mad. His southern accent- which was normally so faint you barely noticed it- came out strongly when he was really angry. Fai had a tendency to mimic him without realizing it, which usually made Kurogane even angrier.

"Syaoran-chan is the one gettin' hitched! I don' even know how to wear half this stuff!"

"Well, I could help ya…"

"It don' matter! I'll pick somethin' out for myself. I ain't wearin' this."

"Please, Kuro-pon? Just for me?"

"No! No means no this time, Fai-chan! Yer not gonna just look at me an' I'll- no, wait, Fai-chan, don't… listen, I'm sorry, I just don' want to… look… if you really want me to that bad, I guess it won' hurt to wear it jus' this once…"

"Yay!" Fai cheered, his voice bright and happy like nothing had happened, and Syaoran and Sakura were left to wonder what it was, exactly, Fai had done to make Kurogane give in so easily.

Syaoran helped Sakura to her feet just as Fai entered with a very annoyed, very flustered Kurogane in tow. Despite the blush burning on his cheeks and the sour look on his face, Sakura thought that he looked rather handsome in the suit.

"There!" said Fai happily. "Everything fits everyone perfectly!"

"I still need a veil," Sakura said, almost to herself. "I definitely don't like the one that came with this dress."

"I could make you one," Fai offered. Sakura's eyes lit up.

"Really?" she said. "You know how?"

Fai laughed.

"Of course," he said. "If Kuro-bear will pick up a few things from the mall tonight, I can get it to you tomorrow afternoon!"

"Oh, thank you so much, Fai-san!" cried Sakura, throwing her arms around him in a big hug. Then she stepped back and slipped her hand into Syaoran's, beaming. "I can't wait."

~ Yay! Getting married is so much fun :) … not that I'd know :P

GEEZ, that chapter was long. How'd I manage to finish that plus the last one in the same day??? Ah, well. My apologies for suddenly throwing that heavy southern accent at you. It was important that the story take place in the south, but the accents didn't really matter so I just didn't bother with them… but when I imagined Fai and Kuro-woof fighting, I just couldn't get rid of those heavy accents in my head, so I just went with it :)

Thanks to Big Kitty, not for an abundance of reviews, but for the long list of Kuro-nicknames posted on her profile. Kuro-cakes and Kuro-bear belong to her.

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