Child of Our Flesh

Double the Wedding Bliss

◊Vinaya's POV◊

I could barely keep my hands off of Vincent in his sexy black tux with a crimson colored vest underneath. Cloud and Tifa's wedding was today and I was helping Vincent to put himself together. He sat down on the side of the tub in the bathroom while I brushed his long hair into a sleek ponytail. The colors of Tifa's wedding were red, white, and black. So I wore a strapless red, poofy dress with a black bow tied around my waist. Since Tifa was wearing her hair up for the wedding, she wanted her single braid's maid Yuffie and her maid of honor to have their hair down and straight.

After I finished doing Vincent's and my hair, I dressed Joseph in his cute little baby tux. Priya was going to be the flower girl so she wore a pretty red dress with her hair straight down. Her bangs were long like mine and hid her face so I pinned them back at the top of her head. For the first time I even allowed her to wear a tiny bit of makeup which she was thoroughly excited about. Once the four of us were ready, Reeve came to pick us up in the Shadow Fox. As we entered Vincent made a comment about it feeling good to be leaving in this vehicle for a joyous occasion and not off to fight.

Tifa and Cloud's wedding was indeed a joyous occasion. The local church was decorated elaborately in red and white. The seats were filled with residents of Edge along with all of our friends. Cloud may have believed he was the only one who felt it, but even I knew Aerith had made an appearance. Zack surely at her side. Vincent and I stood almost across from each other at opposite sides of the altar as the ceremony took place. Tifa's dress was amazing. It was strapless and fit her top half tightly while slightly poofing out from the waist down. The train of her dress was about six feet long. She wore silky white gloves and sparkly jewelry. Her hair was up in a gorgeous, curly updo with a tiara resting on top. She had no veil. She believed it was going to hide her hairstyle that literally took hours to complete. Though she walked down the aisle alone, she looked like the ultimate princess bride. As the ceremony continued, Tifa cried through Cloud's vows and even he had to wipe a single tear away when she said hers. Vincent looked a bit worried for a while. I assumed he was thinking of how he could possibly piece together such meaningful vows. He should have known better than me expecting that much out of him. After Cloud was allowed to kiss his bride, the crowd roared with applause. Yuffie, who looked like quite the adult in her red halter top dress, whistled loudly. Everyone stood as Tifa and Cloud walked down the aisle we all followed them outside where the immediate reception would take place. Denzel helped Priya with Joseph throughout the wedding and was the one to carry him outside with the rest of us.

Vincent instantly retrieved our kid before sitting next to me at one of the many picnic tables set up outside. They were all decorated with confetti.

"So that's what a wedding's like…" he said. Taking a sip of the tangy fruit punch.

"Dada!" Joseph cried reaching out for the cup. Vincent looked around for Priya as she had the diaper bag with Joseph's sippy cup. Being a year old now, we allowed him to drink other things besides milk.

Vincent could barely walk with Joseph as all the people wanted to touch and take a picture of the child of Vincent Valentine. He was polite and didn't deny anyone. This inevitable lead to me finding someone else to hang out with at the reception, Yuffie. From the sound of it, a third wedding wouldn't be too far off!

◊Vincent's POV◊

I was relieved to be home again out of the public eye. Just the thought of a second wedding gave me a headache. And since when did people write their own vows!? How come it couldn't just be the simple I, Vincent Valentine take you Vinaya Yadavalli as my lawfully wedding wife? I sighed loudly as I sank into the bathtub. Being around so many people stressed me out…

After my long bath I walked around the empty house in my pajama pants. Priya and Joseph were already asleep and I wasn't too sure if Vinaya was or not. I took this time to think about what I would say in my vows. Vinaya since the day I saw your smiling face I… no…

Vinaya, I love you so much even since day one… no no that definitely wouldn't do… I sat down on the recliner sighed loudly.

"Meow?" I looked over at the cat that was looking at me questionably. I rolled my eyes at it hoping it would just leave me alone. It jumped off the couch and walked over to me its eyes never left mine. I flinched as it rubbed its head against my leg. It began purring as it continued to walk back and forth rubbing its hairy body against my legs its head always cocked up so it could stare at me.

An idea popped into my head…

◊Vinaya's POV◊

I sighed as got up out of bed and decided to go see what Vincent was doing. I tip toed down the hall so I wouldn't wake Joseph. He was just as sensitive to noise as his father. I was so quiet coming into the living room that Vincent didn't even realize I had walked in there. At first, I thought he was talking on the phone, but as I looked down towards his feet I realized he was talking to Phoebe.

"If you were a human girl, what would you want your future husband's vows to say, hmm?" he asked the cat. I tried hard not to laugh. So he was stressing out. Evidently so much that he was completely insane.

Phoebe meowed back at him before jumping into his lap. Surprisingly he didn't push her away in terror, but stroked her head as she purred.

"Vincent." I said making him aware I was present before he said anything else to embarrass himself. He looked over at me and smiled. "Do you plan on coming to bed anytime soon?" I gave him a seductive smile.

He responded by standing and walking towards me. I took him into my arms and squeezed him. "Stop stressing out about those damn vows. I don't care what you say. You can walk up there and say Vinaya, I love you and that will be good enough for me."

He sighed. "I want it to be special. Did you see how Cloud's words affected Tifa?"

"You are not Cloud. I am not Tifa." I said giving him a kiss on the cheek. He released me and looked down at me.

"Ok. Let's go to bed."

I took his hand and drug him off to the bedroom…

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Before either of us knew it, two weeks had passed and it was the day of our wedding. I've never been a tradition following type of girl so I didn't force Vincent to not see me until the wedding. I'd rather have him there all day otherwise I would be stressing out too much. He was already making the day special as he woke up extra early to provide an amazing breakfast with everything from pancakes and waffles to bagels and omelets. I wasn't sure, after a breakfast like that, that I would even fit into my wedding dress!

The only time Vincent and I spent time apart during our wedding day was when I was getting my hair done. Tifa was there with me helping me calm my nerves. The colors of our wedding were my favorite color light blue and white. Priya was dressed up in a cute frilly light blue dress. Joseph was in a savvy little white tux.

My dress had a corset like top and was big and poofy like Tifa's. There were little light blue jewels on the corset and there was a thin layer of light blue that stuck out under the main white layer of the skirt. My hair was kept down, but curled into loose banana curls. I wore a veil that came out of the tiara that I wore on top of my head. It didn't cover my face but flowed behind me down my back.

"Woo hoo!! Vincent come look at your sexy bride!!" Yuffie yelled down that hallway at Vincent who was in the bathroom with Reno who was supposed to be helping him primp. Vincent walked down the hall looking agitated as ever, but his eyes lit up immediately when he saw me. He ran at me to hug me but Yuffie quickly cut in between us.

"No touching! You'll mess her up! And you can't kiss her til the minister says so!" she said slapping his hands. Vincent smiled.

"Vinaya you look amazing…"

I smiled back at him. He was wearing the light blue vest I forced him to get over his white dress shirt. He had on black pants, but not his black suit jacket. I even got him a light blue silky bandana to wear at our wedding and was allowing him to wear his hair down.

"You look handsome too, but where's your jacket? We need to head to the church! Like now!" I said looking up at the clock. It was twenty minutes until our ceremony would take place. Everyone scrambled around to grab everything and everyone. We almost left poor Joseph in his play pen…

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On the way to the church I couldn't help thinking back to the first days after I met Vincent. I would never have expected things would go this far. But I was sure glad they were. Once we were at the church everything seemed to be moving so fast until I was finally walking down the aisle holding Joseph on my hip instead of having my arm linked around my father's. I tried to make myself believed that no matter where my parents were, they could see me. And my dear sister Vimala…I hoped she would forgive me for giving her spot as maid of honor to Tifa. I blinked once I swear I saw her standing there, but as I blinked again I saw Tifa again. Vincent stood there obviously very nervous, he kept taking his eyes off me.

Once I was finally standing across from him at the altar, the realization of what was going on hit me. I was marrying Vincent Valentine. I was the mother of his son! This man in front of me has saved the world not once but twice! He's been killed, had his heart ripped out, and been placed in a coffin for thirty years! He once embodied the almighty Chaos! This man was about to be my husband! A tear slid down my cheek and Vincent reached out and wiped it away. I don't think either of us were listening to the minister as he spoke until he specifically said my name and asked me to repeat a few phrases before I was able to proceed with my own original vow.

I started off with a laugh to ease my nervousness. "Vincent… You are such an important person…, not just to me, but to the world. I am so happy to have you as my husband. I promise to love and cherish you until the moment you die… as impossible as it would seem to kill you." I laughed again and so did the crowd. "I love you, Vincent."

He grinned down at me.

◊Vincent's POV◊

It was my turn. Staring at her, looking as beautiful as she did, it was hard to even speak at all. I cleared my throat before I reached out and took both of her hands in mine.

"Vinaya…" she smiled up at me. "A few years ago if someone had told me I would be standing here… a father of an amazing son, and a husband of a beautiful wife… I would have shot them for saying something so untrue." She laughed softly and shook her head. "You know I'm not a man of many words… so I cannot even begin to describe how I feel about all that you've done for me. But, I can say this… Vinaya I love you, and I will always love you for all eternity."

I watched a single tear leave her eye, but she quickly composed herself for the next event in the ceremony which was exchanging rings. My ring was a simple, sliver band, but hers was a gorgeous diamond ring. And then finally I heard the words that I had been waiting for all day.

"…you may kiss the bride."

I leaned forward and pressed my lips against her glossy red ones. I heard two sets of loud whistling and the crowd cheering as I kissed Vinaya as if I'd never kissed her before. All the while thinking that this moment had to be a dream. However after the ceremony, when we returned to our home and our bed together, I realized it was real. I really did have everything I wanted out of life… and I was happy.

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THE END!