Lucius sat beside Ivy at the long wooden tables. Food was spread out up and down the tables. People were talking to eachother, quietly, loudly, but all joyfully. For this was a joyful thing. Lucius and Ivy were married just a few hours ago, and now was the feast, later would be the dancing.
Lucius held Ivy's hand as she was talking to her older sister, Kitty. He looked down to the food on his plate and smiled to himself.
"Will you dance with me on our wedding night?" Ivy had asked him a year ago, both of them sitting on her porch. Lucius had confessed to her, had told her things he hadn't even thought about telling anyone else. His only fear was that something would happen to her.
"...If I wish to speak, I'll open my mouth and do so." Is what Lucius told her, after she asked why he wouldn't say what's in his head. Then after a bit Lucius promised her, "And I will dance with you on our wedding night."
He again smiled to himself, remembering when they kissed. Often Lucius wondered how Ivy could be so wise, and be able to get anyone to say or do just about anything.
He picked up his fork, poking a few pieces of potatoes and put them in his mouth, keeping his head down. He always was the quiet type, the type to keep to himself, but right now...with all that was going on, the people happily chatting to each other, a few kids playing in the grass, and Ivy, his new wife, sitting on his side, it was very, very hard to keep quiet.
Lucius leaned in closer to Ivy and whispered in her ear, "I love you, Ivy."
She smiled and looked at him, "And I love you."
"Will you dance with me tonight?" He asked her quietly.
Ivy smiled, "Of course I'll dance with you on our wedding night." She kissed his cheek and Lucius grinned and looked down to his plate once again. It was very hard to keep quiet.
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After the dance, Lucius and Ivy sat on resting rock together. Ivy looked down to the ground, "You've been asking your color all night."
Lucius looked to Ivy, he had not been asking it out loud. But it was true, he'd been wanting to know ever since she told him about being able to see him by his color. "Yes..." He said softly.
"Do you truly want to know?" She asked with a smile.
His brown eyes flickered down to the ground then back to her, "Yes..." He said with the same softness in his voice.
"It a color of green...not just a plain green though...A very deep color of green that sometimes seems to have white or red with it... It's hard to explain."
Lucius nodded and looked up into the sky holding onto the type of crown made from flowers that had been made for the two of them. He looked to the one on Ivy's gold honey hair and smiled to himself. His attention turned to the torches that were being lit on the edge of the forest, someone in a yellow cloak was climbing up the ladder to be on watch.
"Shall we go home, Lucius?" She asked, standing up, putting out a hand for him.
Lucius nodded "Alright." He took her hand in his, starting to walk back to the Village.