After a proposal comes the wedding and it's in three parts.

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Whitebeard was the first one to notice the rings on his son's fingers. Simple and beautiful silver rings on ther ringfinger. He chuckled to himself and gently patted both of them on the back, congratulating them. It caught the attentions of the crew around them and while Marco had slight pink cheeks, Thatch practical beamed like the sun. Izo noticed right away what their father was talking about and swiftly moved to stand in front of the two lovers.

"My, my. It finally happened, hmm? That is so wonderful. I'm so happy for both of you. I guess you did it last night, Marco?" Izo smiled, knowing very well it was Marco who had proposed, as he knew that something like that wouldn't even cross Thatch's mind. Not that the cook was against marriage or such, he just didn't think it was necessary. Of course eh would say yes to the person he loved, but he would never had proposed himself, unless someone told him to do it. Good thing it was Marco he was with, as he did think of marriage.

Marco blushed more, while Thatch pulled him into a sideways hug. "He did and he had prepared a really nice and romantic day in the sunflower field." The cook sighed happily, only causing Marco to blush more, much to Izo's amusement. The sixteenth division commander gave both Thatch and Marco a look. "I will help you arrange it. You can't simply do an improvised wedding. Oyaji will of course be the one to bind you, but food, booze, clothes and flowers need to be arranged. It'll be a shame for our allies to miss out on such a grand party too." Izo hummed.

Thatch gave Marco a short and amused gaze, as the Phoenix grew a little pale at the workload such planning would put on them. However, one gaze at his lover and he knew it would be worth it. Binding his heart with Thatch's was going to be the happiest day in his life and it should be perfect. He looked back at Izo. "You're right, but I do have one request to make. If possible, try not to bring this to the attention of Redhair, yoi."

"I'll do my best, but you know how he is. A grand party like this will surely somehow be known to him. Now please enjoy your first day as engaged men. I'll be laying out a sketch of a plan." Izo gave both a kiss on the cheek and left them. It didn't take long before the entire crew had heard and all wanted to congratulate them. As night came, both found themselves lying on the bed, cuddled close together and talking about how happy their family were for them.

Days passed and Marco found out just how much work planning a wedding actually was. The main flowers would be sunflowers and the theme color was blue. Thatch was not really bothered with the menu, only the cake and snacks. The invites had been sent and the island and date set. Hopefully the marines wouldn't get wind of it. The last thing Marco wanted, was to fight on his wedding day. His wedding day… He couldn't really believe that he was going to marry. It was just as surreal as when he and Thatch had their first romantic date and kiss..

Shaking his head he looked over at the huge budget. It would take a lot of their money, but even when Marco protested, every single person said it was fine and they could live with getting less money. Everyone wasso hooked and hyped for this wedding. Marco wasn't sure if it was because of the HUGE party or the fact that he and Thatch would say yes to each other and be bond together. Maybe a combination of both?

"Hey love. Stressing over the wedding?" Thatch placed a mug of hot tea on the table and gave Marco a quick kiss on the cheek. Marco smiled and looked at the clock. 9.45 pm. Had he really been doing this for 3 hours? He stretched his body, before taking a sip of the tea. "Not stressing, just trying to put it all together, yoi."

Thatch chuckled and sat on their bed. "We got most pre-ordered already and Izo has full control on the decoration. The music is also set and all we're missing is our clothing. You know Izo would thorw a fit if we just put on our usual attire." The cake's design and taste had been decided earlier that day and the menu had always been a huge buffet of different kind of things. After all, this wedding would feed around 2500 people or more. Just the Whitbeard crew alone was 1600 people and then there were their allies.

Marco sighed and went to sit next to Thatch, drinking his evening tea. "You're right, but I still can't believe how expensive it is. We'll need to do some raiding to even pay for the fabrics, yoi." Thatch grinned at that. "Sounds like a good date. You and I stealing from the marines or rivals or even some shitty noble? I could really use some time off from the kitchen."

Placing the now empty mug back on the table, Marco grinned too, before crawling onto Thatch's lap. "Well my love, why don't we do that soon then? I know of a shitty noble not far from here. We can have Izo and Kingdew as back up, not that I think we need it, but you know how Oyaji is, yoi."

"I would love to go on a date with you and that sounds like a fun one." Thatch grinned, before Marco captured his lips for a deep and passionate kiss. Maybe it was risky, but both were getting a little restless and frustrating with all this wedding planning and the crew cooing and teasing most of the time. Aside from all the odd suggestions about what to do and what to wear on their special day, Marco didn't mind the teasing. It was just getting old and he needed to get away from it just for a few hours.

As said, the two lovers went to raid a noble, who were really a shitty person, but also aligned with the marines. However, there were no marines nearby and so the raid went smoothly, the noble not even realizing he'd been robbed or that his slaves were freed, before Marco, Thatch and the slaves were back on the sea. They hadn't planned on extending the family, but they couldn't leave slaves behind.

"You two are insane, you know that?" Vista chuckled amused, seeing them coming back with former slaves, lot of loot and smiling like they had just been on a regular date. Thatch winked at his brother, arm around Marco's waist, as they went to tell Oyaji what happened and how come they had brought more family members with them. Whitebeard didn't mind the addition to his family and welcomed them with open arms.

Yeah Marco and Thatch went to raid a noble and came back with former slaves and extended the family just a tad.