Reason for Living

Chapter Three

"Oh Hotaru, the ceremony was beautiful." praised Usagi while giving the blushing bride a huge hug. The tears were streaming down her face but she did not care.

"Thanks Usa-chan." Hotaru hugged her friend just as tightly. "It's a dream come true. I've finally found a guy who loves me for me and can handle Haruka-papa."

At those words all the bridesmaids and Usagi burst into giggles. The y were very much aware of how difficult the blonde woman could be as they themselves had been recipients of her over protectiveness at one time or another. It was rather useful when it came to annoying boyfriends and unwanted admirers.

"Yup, you can count that as a blessing. I will never forget the expression on Haruka's face when he challenged her to a duel for your hand. It was sooo romantic," sighed Minako with her hands clasped in front of her. The other blonde in the group and a hopeless romantic.

"I for one can't stand his sexist attitude. Hopefully having Haruka-kun for an in-law will work wonders on his attitude." smirked Rei as she imagined the horrors the chinese man would go through.

"Rei-chan!" admonished Hotaru and Usagi.

"I'll be the one rearranging his attitude." Hotaru said with a sly wink.

Laughter erupted from the group, drawing the attention of the man in question and that of his comrades. One of the comrades shot a glare in their direction as he strove to get through the reception without doing anything drastic, like strangle one of the many women who kept hitting on him. He felt like he was surrounded by a thousand Relena act alikes. It was enough to give him nightmares for a month.

"So Wufei, think you can hook me up with one of those hotties your wife has for friends?" Duo nudged Wufei jokingly and gave him a friendly wink.

"No you braided baka!!" He shouted in annoyance. Barely an hour in his company and already his pressure was rising. "I will not be a pimp for those weak onnas and most especially not when it comes to you!!"

Heero glanced empty eyed at Duo and Wufei before shaking his head in pity. Duo would never learn and that was all there was too it. Pity he did not bring his gun with him as he figured that Wufei would not appreciate him having a weapon at his wedding or reception. That might have been useful in keeping the starving women away from him.

"Please you two, stop. You're attracting unwanted attention. " Quatre said sternly. "Besides, the girls are watching us with some odd smiles on their faces. It is truly scary."

Turning to face the female half of the wedding entourage, they realized that what the blonde Arabian was saying was entirely true, freaky smiles and everything. Wufei felt a shiver of dread pass through him before shaking it off. He was a man. The wife was supposed to obey the husband not the other way around. And the first thing this husband was doing was moving somewhere that was far from his in-laws. Lucky for him, they travelled a lot.

Gulping as a unit, the men once again looked away from the women, the unmarried ones thanking the heavens for their non existent marital status. Duo grinned nervously and patted Wufei on the back.

"At least you can enjoy your honeymoon before everything starts going haywire." he told him comfortingly.

"Hn." Heero grunted in agreement.

"So Hee-man, what made you decide to come? We seriously thought you would not have made it." Duo said changiing the topic before his braid was attacked.

"I wanted to honour one of my comrades from the war. What more is there to know." Heero said coldly leaving the topic of his whereabouts for the last few years closed.

"Hehehe. Well it's good to see you bud." Duo said nervously before spotting someone in the crowd.

"Woah! Gotta run guys. Just spotted a bodacious red-head." He said excited before rushing off to sweep her off her feet... or get bitch slapped.

Ignoring Duo, Wufei kept his gaze locked on Heero who was staring back expectantly.

"Thank you Heero. It was good of you to come." Wufei uttered solemnly before bowing respectfully before him.

Returning his comrade's bow, a feeling of warmth began in his chest, causing a sting of pain. The disappearance of the pain alerted him to its presence and with a skill that spoke of long practice, he squelched all feelings and warmth from his heart. He was a perfect soldier. Emotions were not required, expendable and brought only trouble. Little did he know what fate had in store for him, all in a petite blonde package.

Clearing his throat loudly, Quatre interrupted the moment to let Wufei know that his duties weren't over. After the first dance and the dinner and the toasts there was one more tradition to be observed. The throwing of the veil and the garter. Groaning loudly, Wufei went over to his new wife and the newly weds proceeded to to complete their last task before they could get away and enjoy their married life.

Who would be chosen as the next lucky couple?

Hey guys. I'm so sorry about my recent absence. I can no longer go online whenever I want as the phone at home has been placed one way and when picked up, instead of a dial tone, ringing is heard. Talk about bad luck. Also I've been a little depressed. Well not a little, very. And some pretty messy mood swings. However, I will try to update my fics although some will remain on hold until exams are over. They start on May 22 and end June 16. Hopefully I will be able to type up a few chapter for you guys. Please bear patience with me.

Hope you enjoyed this latest chapter.

Ja!!