Disclaimer: I don't own Hana Yori Dango, but I am thoroughly enjoying writing this fic. I hope you are enjoying it too.
Chapter 25: The Wedding
Cherokee showered, ate breakfast quickly, checked on everything and then went and woke up the respective wedding party members as she knew she would have to do. She had all of the ladies eat breakfast together. Most of them had slight dull headaches and were a little nauseated. Cherokee wanted to laugh at them. She saw to it that they went to get their makeup done and their hair retouched. Hers still looked the same. After making sure that they were in progress, she went to check on the parents to make sure that they had everything they needed.
Then she went to find the males. They were still not awake yet except for Rui, surprisingly, He opened the door. He smiled and then gave her a passionate kiss on the mouth.
"I missed you last night."
"I missed you, too, although I was busy escorting the ladies to their rooms."
"Well, it was better than trying to hold Tsukasa down. We finally had to handcuff him." He told her about the rest of the night.
She laughed. "Wake up the others. I'll send up breakfast and your clothes as soon as I wake up sleeping ugly in there." She went into see Tsukasa handcuffed to the bed and curled up with a pillow moaning Tsukushi's name. She jumped on the bed next to Tsukasa and opened his eye lids. "Oh big brother, wake up."
He closed his eyes and turned over. "Not now, I'm sleeping. I don't want to get up. Now go away, and leave me alone."
She sat up and teased him. "Okay, if you don't want to get married today, I'll go tell Tsukushi."
His eyes flew open and he shot up. "It's today? It's finally today? We are getting married today? Where are my clothes? I need a shower. Where's Rui? Does he have the ring? Where is Tsukushi? Is she ready? Am I late?" He moved to get up off the bed and was held back by the handcuffs. "What the hell?" Then he remembered what had happened the evening before. "Where are they?" He hissed referring to Soujiroh and Akira. "I'll kill them."
"Calm down, they were just trying to make sure that you had a good time."
Then he remembered again. He grabbed Cherokee's arm. "Did Tsukushi have the same type of entertainment?"
Cherokee considered for a second how to respond. "Yes, but she ran out, and I had to calm her down to bring her back into the party." She wouldn't dare tell him about the attempted "lap dance."
He was relieved. "Can you get me out of these? I need to get ready."
She nodded. She called the F3. "Hey, do any of you have the key to the handcuffs?"
They looked at each other, and then looked around.
Cherokee couldn't believe it, She was livid. "Don't tell me you idiots forgot to get the keys to the handcuffs from the dancer last night before she left?"
"I think we idiots forgot to get the keys from the dancer last night." Akira looked sheepish.
Tsukasa stood up and tried to reach for Akira. Fortunately, he was restrained by the handcuffs or Akira would have had a nasty bruise for the wedding.
"Okay calm down, everyone, Tsukasa. Soujiroh, you and Akira get in touch with the dancer. She can't have gone far on an island. Meanwhile everyone needs to eat and get dressed. We still have several hours left before the wedding. I'll send up breakfast. You guys need to shower and shave and get the stylist to touch up your hair. I'll check up on everyone else, and I need to get dressed. Call me and keep me posted." They nodded.
She made the calls to send the men some food and someone to ensure that the men received their clothes. She went back to check on the ladies. Most of them had eaten, showered, gotten their hairstyles touched up, and were getting their make up done. Ryoko san, the wedding coordinator, looked vexed at Cherokee.
"There you are. We need to do your make up and begin getting you dressed." She took Cherokee's items sfrom her hand and ushered her to sit down to get her make up done.
When she finished getting dressed, she left the room discreetly to call Rui. "Hey Rui, how is it going? Did the idiots find the dancer?"
He debated for a second and then decided what to tell her. "I think I'll let the idiots tell you themselves."
Cherokee did not like the sound of that, and it was confirmed as Soujiroh finally got on the phone. He and Akira had been debating on which one of them should tell her, and they were passing the phone back and forth between them. "Uhm Cheyenne, listen, I found the girl's phone number and called her, but she is out on an all day boat trip. She used the money that she earned to hire a boat to take her and her friends out for the day."
For a second, Cherokee envisioned hanging Soujiroh and Akira over a shark tank by their hands with a candle burning the rope, but then she channeled her anger into finding a solution. She spoke with deadly calm. "Okay, is there anyone who could get the key and bring it to us, or is there anyway we could get the key from her?"
Soujiroh swallowed knowing that the calm demeanor in her voice masked the anger that she was feeling. "We asked that, and she has the key with her."
Cherokee took a deep breath in and then let it out and continued calmly. "So there is no way to get the key to the handcuffs. I see. Okay, let me see if I can find maintenance so that they can cut off the handcuffs and maybe someone can pick the lock. In the meanwhile, make sure that you guys look perfect for the wedding. We only have an hour and a half left. We need to hurry because I don't want to have to tell the bride that her fiance' is currently handcuffed to a bed, and that we may have to have the wedding in a suite instead of outside on the beach. Do you?" She shouted at the last part and hung up the phone.
Shigeru had burst out of the door looking for Cherokee and overhead the end of the conversation. She wanted to laugh picturing a red-faced Doumyouji Tsukasa handcuffed to a bed, but she saw her new friend upset and wanted to help. Cherokee hadn't noticed her until she hung up the phone and turned around to see her there. "You do know that most of those novelty handcuffs are interchangeable right? I'll call our dancer friend from last night and see if he has a key." She grabbed Cherokee's phone, pulled out a card, and began dialing. Cherokee wanted to protest but was too late.
"Hey sexy, do you remember me from last night? I was the one who hired you."
"Yes, I remember you and everyone else from the party. How are you? Were you and your friends satisfied?"
Shigeru gushed. "Yes very. Listen, do you happen to have a pair of handcuffs like you would use in your act?"
"Yes, why? Does someone want a private act that is a little racier than last night?"
"Ooh, you do that. Hm, that sounds interesting." Cherokee glared at Shigeru, reminding her of the urgency. "Oh, no, we just need the key. How far are you away? Do you have it, and how soon can you get here?"
"I'm still in the hotel. I stay here. I was one of the people hired for the wedding and will continue to vacation here after that."
"Oh great, can you meet us on the 4th floor, near the banquet room suite where we were last night?"
"Sure, I just have to get dressed. It will take me just 15 minutes."
"Thank you so much. You're a lifesaver. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it." They hung up. Shigeru smiled. "There you go. Problem all fixed."
Cherokee hugged her. "Thank you, Shigeru. You are the lifesaver."
"No problem. To thank me you can tell me what happened at the bachelor party last night that led to this." She was smiling intrigued. She laughed as Cherokee told her what happened.
By the time she finished the story, they had arrived at the banquet room and had a few minutes to spare. Sure enough, he came up swinging the handcuffs and gave them the key. He looked the pair of them up and down and whistled. He lingered on Cherokee much longer and focused on her lips.
"You two sure make a lovely pair. How about we all get together after the wedding and have a drink?"
Shigeru responded right away enthusiastically grabbing Cherokee's arm. "We'd love to."
Cherokee shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I don't drink. I'm not old enough yet."
"Well, how about you just join me for a drink as a way of saying thank you for letting you borrow my keys?"
Cherokee sighed and smiled. "Okay, I'll buy you a drink. How about that?"
He held out his hand. "Deal."
"Deal." She took it to shake his hand. Instead he turned her hand over to the back and bent down to kiss it. "I'm Marques by the way. May I know the lovely young lady's name?"
She took her hand back quickly. "I'm Cherokee. It's a pleasure to meet you. I really appreciate this, but if you excuse me, I have to hurry and get this to the person who needs this, or this wedding will not take place." She untwined her arm from Shigeru's and rushed off.
Shigeru curtsied and held out her hand with a smile. "I'm Shigeru by the way."
He took it and kissed it. "I already know. You introduced yourself to me when you hired me, but it is still a pleasure. If you will excuse me, I need to get some rest from last night's activities. Look forward to seeing you this evening." He gave her a smile and left.
Shigeru watched his broad shoulders and nice muscular build walk off, and she smiled. Then she remembered that she had wanted to join Cherokee and ran off to see if she could catch up with her to no avail.
Cherokee had wanted to escape. She was sure she had never met him before although he looked vaguely familiar. When he kissed her hand and the way he looked at her sent a chill up her spine. She didn't know why, but she didn't trust him or like him at all. She put that thought out of her head as she quickly made her way to the guys' suite and knocked on the door.
Susumu let her in and just stared at her as he saw her in her bride's maid dress. She was glad to see that he was fully dressed. Soujiroh called out to Susumu. "Who's at the door?"
Susumu couldn't move or find his voice. He tried to answer, but his lips moved with no sound. Soujiroh finally came out to see who was at the door, and he just stared at her too. Then he smiled and came toward her. "How did I get so lucky to escort the prettiest bride's maid down the aisle?" He kissed her on the cheek and put his arm around her waist as he led her into the bedroom where a very stressed Tsukasa was sitting on the bed.
"I bet you would say that to any of the others as well, but don't think I'm still not angry with you. Thanks to your antics, I now have to buy a certain male dancer a drink after the wedding today."
Tsukasa looked up at her dejected as she came over to him. She pat him on the arm. "Don't worry. If this works, you'll be dressed and ready in enough time." His eyes brightened. She ordered Soujiroh. "Go get the bath ready for Tsukasa." She put the key in, twisted it and freed Tsukasa. He was so relieved. He got up and hugged her immediately.
"Thank you."
"Don't thank me. You need to thank Shigeru and a certain male dancer." He looked at her puzzled. She shook her head. "Don't worry about it. You need to hustle to get dressed so that you don't keep your bride waiting." He nodded and rushed into the shower. By this time, the others had come into the room and each had paused and stared at her.
Her uncle was the first to come over to her. He kissed her on the forehead. "Baby girl, you look absolutely gorgeous. You are so grown up it makes me want to cry." She stretched up to kiss him on the cheek.
"Uncle, this isn't my wedding remember? I need you guys to hurry and help Tsukasa get dressed." He nodded.
Akira had stopped at the door also when he saw her, and he went over to her and kissed her on the cheeks. "You are breath-taking." She just smiled at him and returned his kiss.
Kazuya came in, had nose bleed and almost fainted. "Pretty," he stated weakly. Soujiroh came and caught him. Susumu got him a handkerchief to keep him from getting his clothes dirty.
"Please someone get him some water. If you're like this with me, how are you going to act when you see the bride?" Cherokee laughed. Her uncle attended to Kazuya.
Rui was the last to come into the room, carrying Tsukasa's clothes. He was transfixed and dropped Tsukasa's clothes as soon as he saw her. He just stared at her and couldn't move or breathe for a moment. She turned to look at him, and she smiled. She rushed over to get Tsukasa's clothes from him and kissed him on the lips. "You're going to mess up his clothes. You look very handsome by the way."
It was as if the touch of her lips had breathed air into his lungs. He quickly grabbed her around the waist and hugged her from behind, breathing in her scent. "You look perfect. I wish I was walking you down the aisle." He whispered into her hair. "Or better yet, that your uncle was walking you down the aisle to meet me." She turned around to look into his eyes and saw that he was really serious.
For a second, she felt the same way, but she shook her head and shook off the feeling. She swallowed and smiled. "Let me lay out Tsukasa's clothes for him and then leave for him to finish getting dressed." Rui reluctantly released her. "Tell him he only has 45 minutes left to get dressed and get down to the beach." She laid out his clothes and then hurried out of the room to get her bearings.
She took a deep breath in and out and then went to check on the bride. Tsukushi was dressed, and her hair had been braided and wrapped around in a circle on top of her head to hold the tiara attached to her veil. She was so beautiful she looked like a princess. Cherokee smiled and kissed her on the cheek.
"You are so beautiful, lady." Cherokee told her as Tsuabaki was pinning the Doumyouji broach on Tsukushi. Both Mama Makino and Doumyouji Kaede walked in to check on Tsukushi at that moment. Her mother gasped. She wanted to cry at how beautiful her daughter looked. Even Doumyouji Kaede had a slight smile.
"I'd like to speak with my future daughter-in-law alone if everyone doesn't mind." It was more of a command than a request.
Cherokee, Tsukushi, Tsubaki, and Mama Makino all felt uneasy but left the room anyway. When they shut the door, Kaede stood next to her and without looking at her she began. "Young lady, I'm going to give you an early wedding present."
Tsukushi turned to look at her surprised. "You're not who I would have picked for my son as you and everyone well knows. Your background is less than desirable. You are not a 'refined' lady that knows how to handle herself in every situation. However, my son chose you, and you seem to make him happy. You seem to have changed him. Despite what others may think, I do care about my son's happiness. For that reason, and that reason alone, I approve of you." Tsukushi gasped and turned to stare at the lady. Tsukushi stood up and hugged the woman.
"Mother Doumyouji, thank you."
"You just make sure that you keep making him happy because if you break his heart, I will crush you like the weed that you are. That's all." She unhinged herself from Tsukushi's embrace and left.
Tsukushi was defiant, but also glad. She approved of me, with a threat. She still approved of me. I can't wait to become Tsukasa's. The other three returned and asked after her welfare.
"Are you okay?" Tsubaki asked her. Tsukushi nodded. "What did she want?"
"She wanted to tell me that as long as I made her son happy, then she would approve of me."
Their mouths all dropped, and their eyes opened wide. Cherokee was the first to smile. "Well, then let's go get you married." She held out her arm.
The men were all lined up inside the door, with the exception of Tsukasa who was at the altar waiting. He had showered and dressed in record time and ran down to the pavilion where they were going to be married. The music began and Doumyouji's parents were the first to go down the aisle. Then Kamenashi san escorted Mama Makino down the aisle to sit on the bride's side. Rui escorted Yuki down the aisle, followed by Tsubaki and her husband. Shizuka and Akira were next. Everyone was nervous when Susumu and Shigeru walked down the aisle. They all held their breath hoping they wouldn't fall. They made it down without a problem. Finally Soujiroh and Cherokee made their way down the aisle.
Soujiroh whispered to her as they entered. "I suppose this is the only time I'll be able to walk you down the aisle."
"Not unless someone else is getting married, and they pair us together again."
He nodded and smiled. Rui eyed the two of them suspiciously.
Then everyone stood for Tsukushi and Papa Makino's entrance. They came to the door, and the music came on. Papa Makino had tears coming out of his eyes.
The whole way as he escorted her, he kept thinking. I'm not losing a daughter. I'm gaining a bigger allowance.
When Tsukushi looked up and her eyes met Tsukasa's tears started to flow. She thought. He is so handsome. How did I get this lucky?
Tsukasa's eyes glistened, his mouth dropped and he stared. I am marrying the most beautiful woman in the world, the woman that I love. How did I get so lucky? They couldn't stop staring at each other.
Everyone else thought how beautiful she looked as well. Kazuya almost fainted. Makiko handed him a handkerchief for his nosebleed and held him up.
As they were walking down the aisle Rui had to put an arm on Tsukasa's shoulder to restrain him from running down the aisle to grab Makino's arm. Tsukasa felt it was taking too long to give her away to him. Throughout the wedding, Tsukasa had his eyes on Makino the whole time. That is, until the part where they ask if anyone has any objections to why the two should not be married. The entire wedding party all looked over at Doumyouji Kaede waiting. She nodded as if to tell them to continue, and they smiled.
Kazuya had tried to stand up and object. Makiko covered his mouth with her hand as he was trying yell out, "Tsukushi chan don't do it. I'll take care of you. He's not good enough for you." Out of nowhere Mama Makino brought out a frying pan, and hit Kazuya in the face, and he fainted, imagining little birdies flying around his head. They motioned to continue.
When finally the wedding ended and Tsukasa was told he could kiss the bride. He pushed her veil back and stared at her for a second. "You have made me the happiest man in the world." Then he took her face in his arms and kissed her passionately on the mouth. Everyone clapped and cheered. Everyone not involved with the wedding was escorted to the bar near the reception area while the wedding party took pictures. Tsukasa smiled for most of the pictures but began to get annoyed toward the end.
"How many pictures are we going to take? Can you move any faster? I just want to eat dinner, dance with my wife, cut the cake and get back to our suite so that we can be alone together." Tsukushi blushed knowing what he was thinking.
"Someone can't wait to get to the bridal suite and become a man, eh?" Soujiroh teased him.
"Well, he has been really patient. He has waited for more than 20 years, now. How would you feel if you had to wait that long?" Akira teased him.
He rolled his eyes and put his arms around the two boys' shoulders. "Don't you two think that I've forgotten about last night or today. I've got something planned for the two of you." He smirked at them menacingly.
They shivered slightly as their smiles left their faces.
"You don't think he'd do anything on his wedding day." Soujiroh whispered in a low tone.
"Hopefully, he is putting all of his time and effort into Tsukushi today." Akira was nervous.
They finally went into the reception and were announced. They took more pictures to Tsukasa's annoyance. He was just grateful that they didn't have to change into the kimonos. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed dinner. The wedding party was sitting in their pairs and Soujiroh kept getting text messages.
Cheyenne laughed at him. "Do you have a really hot date or what? Someone is texting you like crazy."
He shook his head. "No, its' nothing. Hey, would you like to try some of my food? I'll trade you. Yours looks delicious. I hope you are going to eat it all."
She eyed him suspiciously. "Let me guess, you got paged by my uncle, Tsubaki, Shizuka, Rui and your brother to make sure that I eat."
He nodded. "What's going are you okay?"
"Yes, it's just since the kidnapping, I have lost a little weight."
He smiled. "I noticed. You've gone down one D size at least." He looked down her cleavage then.
She laughed at him. "Okay, I'll eat."
Once dinner finished, everyone stood up to make toasts. First Rui made one.
"To Tsukasa, one of my best friends and the leader of the F4, until now I always thought you were the self-appointed leader of the F4 because you were the meanest, the toughest, the most feared, and the most arrogant of us. However, today, I feel that you are truly our leader because you taught us something. You taught us that if you follow your heart, it will work out. So to you and your lovely bride, congratulations. May you live with no regrets, especially you Tsukushi." They all laughed and Tsukasa glared and then smiled.
Everyone clapped. Then Akira got up and gave a toast. "First, I would like to second what our quiet friend said about our leader. I'd also like to say that Tsukushi, you are not only our friend's bride, but our friend, too. So if you ever need any help, any more help that is, we'll be there for both of you always. Congratulations and have a long and successful marriage." Everyone clapped.
Soujiroh stood up next. "What can I say about Tsukasa and Tsukushi? Well, we have been there for the two of them every step of the way for their relationship. And just as Akira said, we'll be there almost every step of the way with you from here on out. I say almost every step because tonight you are on your own buddy. Just remember everything we told you, and you will be fine. Tsukushi, I hope he is able to put an even bigger, more beautiful smile on your face tonight and the rest of your life." He winked at her." You two live happily and successfully and congratulations on finally being able to join the club tonight."
Tsukushi and Tsukasa flushed but smiled. Everyone clapped as Soujiroh sat down. Cherokee whispered in his ear. "You always have to be a pervert don't you?" He turned and winked at her.
Finally Tsukasa's father stood up and gave a toast. "Son, I know you've thought that I haven't been there for you over the years when you needed me, but seeing the friends, no family, that you have obtained for yourself over the years, I can see that you really didn't need me at all. Son, I'm proud of you. Young lady, Tsukushi, I am glad to welcome you to the family." He toasted them, and everyone else finally drank a toast of champagne, with the exception of Susumu and Cherokee who had a sparkling non-alcoholic drink.
Then they went to cut the cake and eat it. Tsukushi was holding out Tsukasa's piece and he was holding out hers. She gave Tsukasa his piece, but when he gave her her piece, he smeared it over her face. Tsukushi's eyes flashed with anger as she got a wicked idea. She grabbed him and kissed him getting cake all over his face. They both laughed as they took the picture." They cleaned off their faces as everyone was served cake at that point.
Rui came over to Shone with two pieces of cake. He looked at her. "So, how are you doing?" He handed her both pieces of cake.
"I'm fine, but I don't need two pieces of cake."
"That's my piece, but you know I only like my cake served with dessert." He smiled at her.
"Rui, we can't disappear now. We have to dance as part of the wedding party." He nodded.
"I guess then, we'll have to save it for later."
She shook her head. "We'll just get another piece. Eat the cake." She scooped a piece and held it out to him to eat. He took it from her. She fed him the rest of the cake.
Tsukushi and Tsukasa, the rest of the wedding party, her Uncle Jin, Tsukasa's parents, and Dr. Nishikado all watched the two of them smiling.
It was time for the first dance, and they played "First Love" by Utada Hikaru. Tsukasa and Tsukushi just smiled and stared at each other as he glided her across the dance floor. She had been practicing and could follow Tsukasa's lead pretty well now. After they danced, it was time for her to dance with her father, and Tsukasa had to dance with his mother.
Everyone watched and couldn't figure out which was more painful to watch Tsukushi and Papa Makino who had no rhythm as Susumu had aptly stated or Tsukasa and his mother who were so restrained that the distance between the two of them seemed as if it were a chasm. They all discussed that it was more painful to watch Papa Makino try to stay in rhythm and step on poor Tsukushi's feet half of the time. Mama Makino was smiling proudly. "Can you believe he dances like that after only four days worth of lessons?" The others smiled at her nodding and turned cringing toeach other.
The next dance was with Tsukasa and Mama Makino and Doumyouji san and Tsukushi. That was a little less painful to watch because Mama Makino had a little more rhythm. However she kept trying to lead. Tsukasa expertly handled her.
The next dance was for the wedding party. Tsukasa whispered to Tsukushi, "Is this the last dance we have to do because I can't wait to get you alone in our suite?"
Tsukushi flushed both eagerly anticipating it and slightly apprehensive. "Tsukasa, you should at least dance with the rest of the members in the bridal party first, and then we can leave."
Soujiroh and Cheyenne were gliding across the dance floor expertly as if they had been dance partners all of their lives. "I hope this isn't the last time that I get to dance with you tonight. You have to admit we make a very good team." He looked into her eyes.
"Yes, we do make excellent dance partners. I'll try to save another dance for you, but isn't there another young lady you'd care to dance with tonight?" She looked toward Rui and Yuki. He followed her gaze.
"Perhaps, but I suspect you would rather be with her dance partner than me?" She just smiled at him. "It's okay. I'd like to think that I'd be next in line if everyone wasn't conspiring to get you two together." The song ended, and he kissed her on the forehead. "Thanks for being my partner and for the dance." She nodded.
Rui was headed straight for Shone when Akira arrived first. So he went to find Shizuka.
"So, when and how are you going to do it?" Shizuka asked watching Rui look at Shone and Akira dance. He turned to her.
"I don't know. I'd like to do it here, but I have to wait for that one item to arrive." She nodded.
"I'm glad. From the moment I met her, I thought that you two were perfect for each other. Are you worried about what she is going to say?" He nodded. "I don't think you have anything to worry about. We are all here to help you."
Cherokee was looking at Rui and Shizuka. "Don't those two make a nice couple?" Akira followed her gaze. "Not as good as you and he do."
"You are just saying that because you want the other half of the duo."
He shook his head. "I don't deny that, but everyone else agrees about you two. You're probably the only one who doesn't see it." The song ended, and then her uncle came up to dance with her.
Rui had been headed toward her, but saw her uncle and sat down.
"So, you are in love with Hanazawa Rui, then?"
Cherokee was shocked at her uncle's statement. "Uncle, I …" She didn't know what to say.
"It is obvious that the two of you are together and want to be together."
"Uncle, you know that I am too young to get married, and I'm not ready for a serious relationship."
He laughed. "Cherokee, the one thing that I know about you is that you were never too young to do anything when it comes to maturity and emotions. You always hated that the law only took into account your physical age and restricted what you could and could not do. So you stop limiting yourself in the same way now just because you are scared for the first time in your life. But you are not too young." He lifted up her chin to look him in the face.
She nodded. The song ended, and then Doumyouji san came to dance with her. Rui just sat and waited to dance with her.
Finally, the song ended, and then the tango came on. Tsukasa came over to Cherokee and held out his hand. "I believe they are playing our song." She looked up, smiled at him, and took his hand.
They danced together almost as well as she and Soujiroh had. "I can't thank you enough for doing all of this for me."
She nodded. "I did it for you and Tsukushi. Please don't thank me. Just try to live happily and take care of her."
He nodded. "Don't worry. I plan to do just that as soon as this song is over."
She shook her head. "There is one more thing you have to do. You have to toss the garter, and she has to toss the bridal bouquet." He sighed.
"Will this event ever end for me to be with my bride?"
She smiled. "Have patience Tsukasa. Next year with your mother, it will be worse." He nodded. The song finished.
They asked all of the single women to gather on the dance floor. Cherokee really didn't feel like bothering, but everyone gathered around where she was standing, and she had no choice. She tried her best not to catch it, but it seems everyone conspired against her. When Tsukushi threw the bouquet, all of the ladies backed up leaving her and Shigeru alone to catch it. Then Shigeru reached out for it and made sure it fell in her arms. She sighed as they all smiled at her.
When it was Tsukasa's turn, after he took it off of Tsukushi's leg quickly so that she wouldn't be embarrassed, he just went over and put it into Rui's pocket. Rui turned to Shone glad at last to have a dance with her. They played the song "Lost Without You" by Robin Thicke, and Rui held her close in his arms. They were so close that she could hear his heartbeat. It seemed that their hearts beat together as they were dancing.
Meanwhile, Tsukasa led Tsukushi off to their suite. He had had all he could stand of the wedding. He just wanted to go be with his wife at last. He picked her up as they got into the elevator. "Tsukasa, you are supposed to wait until we get to the door of our suite."
He shook his head. "I think I have waited long enough. I can only be so patient." He then kissed her on the mouth as the elevator arrived at their floor. He kept kissing her as he walked to his door. He only paused to give a verbal command to open the door. He then walked her over to the bed and laid her down gently on the bed. He lay on top of her and returned to kissing her.
Tsukushi felt like she was being swept away in a flood of passion by Tsukasa's heated kisses as he left her mouth and began to trail kisses down her neck and then to her chest. She moaned his name. He began to undress as he kept kissing her. When he got up to take off his jacket, her senses returned to her.
"Tsukasa, wait." Tsukasa was panting trying to get his tie undone and the buttons on his vest.
He shook his head. "Tsukushi, it's okay. We're married now."
She shook her head. "It's not that. I have a gift for you. I want to give it to you, and I want to change into something more comfortable." She hinted.
He sighed and then sat on the bed and nodded. "You're right. We should take this slow and make it unforgettable. I have a gift for you too."
"You first." She told him. He went to the closet and returned with a huge package. She looked at him. "Tsukasa I hope you didn't give me something too expensive and unnecessary." He just smiled smugly and waited. She opened it, and there was all kinds of camera equipment. There was a digital camera, a zoom lens, a small tripod, a regular 35 mm camera loaded with film, quite a few rolls of film, a camera case, a very nice photo album with the words "Our Honeymoon" written on it, and other accessories. She looked at him.
"I know you want to take pictures when we go to all of those places on our honeymoon, and I know you don't have a good camera. So, I made sure that you have what you need."
Tsukushi wanted to cry. She hugged him. "Oh, Tsukasa, that was so thoughtful and really sweet." A tear rolled down her cheek. He was beaming from ear to ear.
Then Tsukushi took out a small vellum white gift bag with gold and red shiny tissue paper in it and handed it to him. Tsukasa dove eagerly into it and found the jewelry box. He opened it and turned it over and saw his initials. Then he opened the watch and read the inscription. He just stared at it for a while. He looked taken aback.
Tsukushi wasn't expecting this response. "What's the matter Tsukasa, don't you like it?"
He turned to her. "It's perfect, Tsukushi. I don't have anything like this, and this is really expensive. I can't believe you bought me an expensive gift. I'm just so touched. I know how much you think expensive gifts are a waste of money, but you must have saved a while to buy this for me. I can't believe it. This is the best gift I have ever received because I can tell that you thought only of me in getting this gift and put aside your usual objections. Thank you." He grabbed her and hugged her to him. Then he turned to her and kissed her passionately on the lips. She broke the kiss.
"You're welcome. I'm so glad. I thought for a second that you didn't like it."
"I'd love any gift that you give to me as long as I can tell that it is from your heart. Your gifts are always from the heart."
"I have another gift for you." She handed him the wrapped photo album of the pictures taken at the shower, and then left to get ready.
He unwrapped the gift and opened the photo album. His heart almost stopped, and he almost dropped the book at the first picture of her in a red see-through outfit running her fingers through her hair. Although she had on clothes underneath it, he could picture her without the clothes underneath. As a result, his body was growing heated all over. Another part of his anatomy was also beginning to respond to the photo album. The further he got into the album, the hotter he grew. The last picture was the one he had seen her in two days earlier, the French maid outfit. The next page had a hole cut out of it. He held it up toward the bathroom door. Right on cue, Tsukushi was at the bathroom door dressed in a see through white flowing night gown that came down to mid thigh. She also had on a garter belt, stockings, and high heels. The photo album had purposely been cut out in that manner to frame Tsukushi as he held it up to see her. He dropped the photo album and stood up. "Tsukushi." She blushed but tried to be bold and not get embarrassed looking at the ring on her finger and remembering that from then on they belonged to each other. He ran to her and took her in his arms. He kissed her mouth, her face, her neck, her chest, and her entire body. He picked her up and carried her back over to the bed.
He began again to undress. She stopped him. "Let me help you."
Tsukasa was in pain he wanted Tsukushi so badly at that point. She untied his tie and threw it off and kissed his neck. She undid the buttons to his vest and he took it off kissing her on the neck. She undid his shirt. As she undid each button, she kissed his bare chest. He took it all the way off, revealing his tan, muscular chest and taut abs.
She stared at his bare chest. She had seen him without his shirt before and had flushed with embarrassment at the time. This time she was excited because she knew that all of him belonged to her, and she wanted to explore every bit of him. So she began kissing his chest fervently. When it came to help him with his pants, she hesitated. But he kissed her on the mouth and caressed her to the point where she reached for his button and zipper on his pants. When only his boxer shorts were left he pulled back the covers on the bed and placed her in the middle of the bed. Then he slowly began to undress her and made sure to kiss every part of her body that was exposed as he uncovered her.
Finally, when they were both fully unclothed, Tsukasa slowly and gently prepared her body to accept his love. They passionately embraced for most of the night as husband and wife. They lay blissfully asleep in each other's arms the rest of the night not knowing the calamity that was unfolding around them and awaited them the next day.
(A/N) Okay, I hope you enjoyed the wedding and the love scene. I can't do those scenes without blushing furiously. I didn't want anything to go wrong at the wedding because for the next five chapters or so, many things happen that are unhappy. The title of the next chapter is Fury.