((this part was actually supposed to be part of chapter 2, but I kind of didn't write it at the time I posted it)) ... so...
Chapter 2 (continued)
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"Kilik, do I really need to answer that question?"
"It would be helpful if you did."
"But you know-"
"-So Xianghua, your answer?"
"Kilik-"
"We shouldn't go, right? I mean, we could turn around-"
"Kilik. We are already halfway there. I have already said yes. Several times. Stop trying to get out of this, or we'll be late."
Kilik sighed in defeat. The result of consulting Xianghua, he thought wearily, was a very large headache. After arriving on her doorstep and asking her advice, Xianghua leapt at the chance to escort him. Preparations that Xianghua sent gave him his major headache were more confusing than really bad traffic.
Sadly, they ran into that too.
When Talim first heard of The Plan, from Mina-san, her eyes had gotten very big and her heart rate went up a bit. Polite girl that she was, however, she still replied with good humor and cheer and reasoned with herself that it was to help a friend in need.
When Talim realized she would have to scrap her beloved double blades for the ceremony however, she drew the line.
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"Mina. Sit, sit, have some tea. Let's talk. Tell me again, where's Yunsung's girl in this plan of yours?"
"She's in her place, father."
"And you're quite sure this is only for the benefit of Yunsung? You have no... ulterior motives?"
"... Father." A sarcastic, scornful, 'you fool' look that only children can shoot perfectly to their parents is sent by Mina, and their small talk ends. Tea is packed up and a spar begins. So much for "let's talk"...
But Sensei doesn't have much use for words anyway. The loud one has always been Yunsung...
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"So who's the chick I have to walk down the aisle with? I know you know who she is. Comeoncomeoncomeon! Hwaaanngg.."
"Yunsung, you've been pestering Hwang for over an hour... I never knew you had such persistence, and nor did I know Hwang had this much patience. It is new knowledge, yet not so surprising that-"
"Sheesh, Kilik, you don't know either of us that well... What kind of best man are you!"
"A suitable one, who we got on short notice. By the way, you have our thanks Kilik-"
"! The statue speaks!"
"If I'm a statue, why hasn't your finger cracked from poking me for so long?"
"They covered you in the silicon fake stuff they use for implants and fat suits!"
Here there is an awkward silence with each man to his own thoughts. It may be assumed that the comical facial expressions the men wear are in danger of getting stuck forever by the time any conversation resumes.
A Drunken Drabble... (performed with sock puppets by the great Yoshimitsu...) ...
Once upon a time, there was a boy
"Hey! I'm a man! Get it right already!"
and a matchmaker.
"You know, she really shouldn't be 'a matchmaker'. Who'd she match make anyway!"
"For once I agree with the boy... He should have put in 'beautiful goddess of love' instead-"
"Oh, you make me sick-"
"Shut up and listen... We'll REVIEW at the end."
Anyway, the boy was brash but the matchmaker decided that someday Miss Right would come along. One day, the boy found a little chickadee.
His first instinct was to eat it.
He refrained of course, and the matchmaker took it as a sign. By the next morning she got together with the wedding planner who transformed the chickadee into a beautiful woman. The bird and the boy were successfully married and everyone lived happily ever after.
The End.
!Review!
"Oh bloody hell, they're all crazy. A sign, married to some chick!"
"Well, I think he got most of it correct. Especially about the 'His first instinct was to eat it' part-"
"Bloody hell, isn't there a name for stupid things like marrying birds or eating them! Oh what was it... can-na-na-balism ? or beast-it-a-little-lily?"
"You moron!" THWACK.
So, the actual chapter three... which in comparison to the crack-drabble shouldn't sound half as lame as it really is...
"So, Mina-san, do you have all of your plans in place yet?"
"Yes actually, thanks ever so much to my wonderful wedding planner..."
Girlish giggling emits from the two women in an office.
"But seriously Mina-san, everyone knows their part in the wedding? I know its pretty small and word gets around fast, but everyone's here and knows what their doing right?"
"I can only hope so... Hwang was actually in charge of informing the boys, but I at least know we've gotten to all the girls. Gosh Taki-san, you've been an absolute angel as a wedding planner! On behalf of everyone in the wedding, you are greatly thanked!"
"Bah, you're just sucking up. Live a little, woman! Enjoy! The bachelorette party is coming up, just before the wedding. Everything will be fine. Trust me on this one."
And if you trusted Taki-san, everything did come out fine.
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The wedding was very quaint, and no real ruckus was made (until everyone got drunk at the reception; but alas, another story for another time) and it was, on the whole, a very sweet wedding.
The guests agreed, it was about time Hwang and Mina got married.
...And just so you know, they really did live happily ever after.
...The 'its not really over yet' end.
...((because you haven't heard about the bachelorette party nor the wedding yet... and they don't exist in detail until the next chapters))
