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Ahhh! Glory be on the day of
the wedding! No ominous omens present, the weather calm and placid, and all
things in order, it seemed, on the surface, a proper dedication to the love of
Heero and Relena. But oh, oh it was so much more then that...
The morning was filled with
jovial voices of the cooks, the waiters, the dress fitters, the thises and
thats that all were needed to organize the grandiose event planned. But amidst
this great triumph of Heero's admittance of emotion, and Relena's happy
reciprocation, several relationships of trust and love, and denial of both the
former and the latter brewed.
Or to be put most simply,
while Heero and Relena took every excuse for a moment alone with each other for
healthy heavy petting sessions, the others took every excuse not to be alone
with each other. Trowa and Quetra however, seemed to be on the level with
Relena and Heero's affection. Although Trowa was still silent he kept by
Quetra's side constantly.
Sally and Wufei had been, of
course, avoiding each other all day. Of course, the first disaster of the day
was not a romantic one, but rather a culinary one. With a loud crash and
consequent thud, the cake, fallen from grace sat dilapidated on the floor of
Relena's kitchen. The bride and groom had flown through the air and landed in
the blender, and akin to this chaos was panic, and in that, a servant not only
managed to liquefy Relena and Heero's plastic equivalent, but spread it all
around the kitchen.
Relena stood, solid and dazed,
as she surveyed the scene and tallied up the damage. Sighing she left the room,
stepping over the cake to look for Hilde. Hilde, who had been searching for
herself all over the city had finally managed to soak up enough pity and sleep
that she arrived at the wedding preparations. Relena was overjoyed, but
concerned and took Hilde out for a walk on the grounds, explaining to her what
had really happened with Duo.
Hilde cried at first, at her own
foolishness and at the pain she had no-doubt caused Duo, but these sobs quickly
subsided into only labored breathing and a contented smile.
"Sometimes, it's good to just cry for awhile." Relena said gently.
Hilde nodded and went off in search of Duo.
Who, speaking of the devil, was off moping about. A pretty young waitress was
flirting with him, but he would have none of it. She straightened her body,
pushed out her chest and gave Duo an unmistakable come on wink. He turned away
solemnly, and that's when it happened.
Across the room, Heero saw the
train wreck as it began. Amazing, as if his life was ending, or more accurately
Duo's he watched in horrifying slow motion. The girl, not taking no for an
answer picked up Duo and gave him a very, very passionate kiss, confident this
would win him over. He looked at her with bewilderment and disgust, but
unfortunately his facial expression was hidden from Hilde who entered from
behind him.
The smile she had been wearing
slowly drifted into neutrality then a frown. The waitress put her hands on her
hips and sighed in exasperation, seeing that Hilde obviously had claim to Duo.
Duo suddenly realized that someone was behind him by following the waitress's
gaze and turned around, spotting Hilde.
"Wait! No! It's not what it looks like!"
Hilde sighed, "It looked like you loved me, but I was just wearing a dream
in front of my eyes..."
She walked out as Duo rapidly scrampled to get up and get the other servants
out of the way, scowling in anger as he ran after her.
"Damn nation!" He yelled, decking a servant who got in the way.
"Can't let her get away, nononononononononono." His mind regressed
into a stream of incoherent vulgar interjections of various degree as he tried
his best to get through.
He managed to catch up with her, spun her around and looked her in the eyes.
"Hilde..."
His mind failed him, all he had thought through was that he had to get to her,
not what to say.
Not exactly the best laid plans...
Hilde looked away, but still in Duo's grasp could not escape his look.
"Please, Hilde, for the love of god, marry me."
Hilde looked up in a mixture of shock and happiness, it was not apparent which
emotion took force on her expression first, for as soon as it was said, she was
kissing Duo.
....And kissing Duo.
....And kissing Duo.
....And... Dear God people, don't they need oxygen?
Well, they say love conquers all, but one wouldn't think that extends to
survival requirements -- and by the way they were kissing, it wouldn't be
evidence to the contrary...
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Wufei cleared his throat as he sat
in a leather chair. He had been reading, but a servant had started dusting his
head, thinking he was a statue. The servant, although very startled, apologized
and continued dusting.
He was alone in the drawing room, the wedding would take place outside, in
about 2 hours. He had little interest in the function itself, but he felt
obligated since he was a friend of Yuy's. Looking out the window he saw several
servants frantically running around trying to get the wedding decorations
ready. It was simple, mostly lining up chairs, putting gratuitous amounts of
gaudy flowers everywhere and erecting the alter.
Wufei yawned, such trivial
matters bored him, but loyalty to friends was a great part of proper integrity,
so he had come just the same. Not to mention the possibility she would be
there, and he might be able to repay for his crimes - not that he had committed
any, it was just to shut her up of course.
He wasn't admitting a weakness
or a misjudgment, simply appeasing a partner for the sake of work.
He chastised himself inwardly for anything, any emotion or logic that said
other than this, nearly convincing him that that was really his reason.
"She's stubborn,
headstrong, impatient, ambitious, a workaholic, entirely too sarcastic - and
utterly, in all her faults and triumphs: gorgeous. Damnit." He thought to
himself, shaking his head violently, trying to clear it of those thoughts.
Sighing in recognition of his defeat he looked sadly out the window, wondering
if he'd spy the object of his affection. As luck had it, one of the eager
servants had hammered his thumb rather then his target, an elusive nail. Sally,
being the only doctor in the house, so to speak, was on the scene immeadiately
to sooth the clumsy man's malady.
Wufei watched with a bemused
smile playing on his features, she was patient with the man as he squirmed and
flinched. She gently tended the injury and sent him back to work, but this
time, minus the hammer - luckily for him.
She spotted Wufei from the corner of her eye, but did not return his gaze,
instead she quickly marched back in side.
The reception finally began, but not without its own set of problems and
confusions.
The caterers had been so busy making another cake a pizza had to be ordered for
the reception, much to the disdain of the older guests and joy to the younger.
One of Zeches' comrades was
boorishly flirting with Sally, who was, although uninterested, flirted back.
She watched as Wufei struggled to keep the jealousy from coloring his eyes and
face.
He dragged Sally away from the other guests, of course, not without some
resistance on Sally's part, but she was instantly subdued when he calmly,
almost gently stated: "We need to talk."
He, unlike Duo was more farsighted and already knew exactly what to say.
"What the hell is wrong with you Wufei?! You can't just drag people off
like that, and I was busy talking with someone and-"
"Sally."
His voice was so calm it stopped her in mid-sentence.
His mind raced, with her attention he had to make the finally step, plan A or
B? Plan A or B?
Sally cocked her head, giving him a quizzical and frustrated look.
"Sally, I love you." He said, in a murmur, staring at the suddenly
oh-so-interesting grass.
Sally smirked, "I'm not sure if you were afraid to say it or simply
procrastinating, knowing you I'd say the former, but giving you the benefit of
the doubt I'd say the latter."
They kissed, mindful of their oxygen, and walked back to the party.
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Everyone in their place, the wedding started.
Zeches walked Relena down the aisle slowly, pausing several places and making
excuses to hold it off as long as he could, but, alas, a stern pull from Relena
and there she was -- in front of the alter.
Heero stood handsomly and smiled, nodding gently in appreciation.
Noin dragged Zeches back to his seat where he fidgeted and worried.
"We are gathered here today to celebrate the dearly departed-" The
priest began, then looked at his watch, "Oh wait, wrong appointment."
He opened to another chapter in the bible, smiled proudly and stated in its
binding simplicity,
"Friends, family, we are gather here today to celebrate the joining of
these two fine young people, Relena and Heero."
"Heero, do you take Relena to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to
hold until divorce- er death do you part?"
Heero smiled. "I do."
"Relena, do you take Heero to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and
to hold until _death_ do you part?"
Relena gazed lovingly at Heero. "I do."
"If there is anyone here who knows a reason these two should not be
married may he speak now or forever hold his peace."
Zeches, who was tied to his
chair and duct-taped to silence, shook the chair up and down and tried to shout
through the tape binding. Noin cleared her throat, gesturing back at the happy
couple, "Please, continue, we're fine."
Heero slowly lifted Relena's veil and leaned down, giving her a kiss.
Everyone turned expectantly towards Duo, who they assumed would give a whoop of
congradulations, but he was to busy with Hilde.
With a smirk, Trowa took up the task, "Way to go Heero!"
Of course, ironically, it was Quetra who caught Relena's garter, and Trowa who
caught Relena's bouquet.
And if you must know, for I suppose, any fair minded reader would want to,
Sally and Wufei were married, as were Hilde and Duo. But whether this was for
the best or the worst, we shall never know...
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"WUFEI!!!"
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"DUO!!!"
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"Oh Heero, it's so peaceful being married isn't it?"
"Un, indeed koi."
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