"Hi, Tein!" Launch said cheerfully.
Tein didn't even relize that he was hilding his breath. He slowly let it out. It wasn't this Launch that he was worried about. It was Kushami. She was the one he was nervious about. Or so he thought.
He watched as she leaned over and wipped Chotzus mouth off with a wet paper towel. Chotzu grinned up at her and she patted him on the head. then she looked at him and smiled.
Tein felt his heart thud. Damnit! Who am I kidding, he thought, I loved her as much as her other half. He had to get out of there.
"Chotzu," he said. "we have to go to the fitting room."
"Awww." Chotzu comlained. "Can't we wait five more minutes? I was catching up with Launch."
"Now!" he nearly shouted.
Chotzu meekly got out of his chair and flew over to his side. "Bye." he said to Launch and the boys.
Tein looked breifly at Launch as they left. Her eyes still sparkled when she looked back at him. Maybe she really had moved on, Tein thought. He left with Chotzu down the hall.

As soon as Tein left, Launch sat down on one of the chairs. He still was as shy as ever. Always trying to hide his nervousness by being tough. That's what she missed the most about him.
"Hey Launch, are you ok?" Trunks asked.
"Yeah, you look like you swallowed a bug." Goten said around mouthfuls of ice cream.
She gave a shakey smile to the pair of demi-saiyans. "I'm fine." she said. "You two better get cleaned up. The wedding is in a few days and I'm sure your parents are looking for you."
"Not really- oof!" Goten said suddenly wincing. Trunks had elbowed him.
"That's what adults say when they want to be alone, baka." Trunks whispered, but not quiet enough for Launch not to hear.
The pair ran out of the room, Trunks dragging Goten behind him. Goten still had the spoon in his mouth.
Launch sighed and stared smiling out the window. She should be getting ready too. She ended up spending her last paycheck on a dress that both her and her other half would look great in. It was kind of hard seeing how they had different coloring.
At first she was going to avoid the whole event, but now she was glad she didn't. All she had to do was make sure Kushami never found out.


Tein entered the fitting room and saw Emily instructing a woman to fix her hem. Three women stood on platforms infront of full length mirrors modeling their cream colored dresses. He assumed that they were Emilys bridesmaids.
When she noticed him and Chotzu she walked over to them. "Hi guys. Are you ready to be fitted?"
"Yep." Chotzu said. Emily stared down at him and a strange look passed over her face.
"Um, ok. The dressing rooms are back there." she pointed. "The taylor is waiting so hurry up."
"Sure." Tein said. He leaded Chotzu to the back. When he found the room with his tux in it he started to undress. He considered himself to be lucky that he found one on such short notice.
As he slid off his jeans he pulled the ring out. Yamcha had given it to him earlier, saying that it was the bestmans job to hold on to it untill the ceremony. tein opened up the black velvet case. It was a simple gold band. Just like the standered wedding band. He flipped the circle of metal around in his palm. He looked inside and saw an insription that he hadn't noticed before.

"I'm Not The Only Bandit"

Hmmm, he thought, I'll have to ask Yamcha about it sometime.
He slipped his white shirt on over his broad shoulders a little too much and ripped the shoulder.
"DAMN!" Tein shouted a little too loudly.
"Tein," Emilys voice called from outside. "is everything all right."
Tein sighed. He didn't even bother to button up his shirt as he went outside. "My shirt ripped." he said.
Everyone turned to look at him and the bridemaids blushed up to their roots. Chotzu was already standing there pulling on his tux.
"Can I go now?" he asked an elderly man who had to be the taylor.
The man nodded and Chotzu ran back into the dressing rooms. "Bye, Tein!" he said quickly as he ran back out and down the hall.
Probably off to find Launch, he thought.
The taylor walked up to him and fingered the rip at his shoulder.
"Yep," he said. "Ripped clean through it. May I?"
Tein took the shirt off his body and handed it to the man. The old man went over to a table with the shirt and picked up some pins.
"This should take but a moment." he said.
Tein was suddenly feeling a little self-concious standing there in the middle of the room with no shirt on. The way the girls were stareing at him didn't help either.
Emily claered her throat. "Tein, " she said. "I don't think that you have met any of my sisters." She motioned him forward. "This is Flonna and Forra, the twins." Tein stared at the pair of identical girls about twenty.
"Hi, Tein." they said together batting their eyelashes at him.
"Um, hello, Flonna and Forra." he said praying that he did not mix them up. He guessed he didn't when they smiled flirtishly(it's a word) with him.
"And this is Diana." she said motioning to a taller, older, redhead girl. She was in a slightly different dress that showed that she was the maid of honer. She turned around from the mirror.
"Hello you must be-" Diana cut off short. She stared up at his third eye. "Um, a, th-the bestman."
Tein had enough. He had to get out of there.
"Oh, I think I heard Chotzu calling me." he said backing away.
"We didn't hear anything." the twins replied.
Tein ran back into the dressing room and quickly changed.
"Well I have very sensitive ears," he said rushing out the door. "so gotta go! Nice to meet you."
He hurried down the hall. Hopefully his shirt would be ready for the ceremony.