A Happy Ending
Without warning a Tarutaru burst out of the wedding cake. Rentwokay licked off his face before thrusting his pelvis forward shouting "Where are all the hot chicks at!?" Xervis was pissed at the loss of the cake, and folded his arms in his dissaproval, but Anatares couldn't help herself but giggle.
"Hey you lovebirds!" Cenebi waved, and approached with a small box he held firmly under his arm. Ana swore she saw it move. "Yeah, I figured the best thing for you guys would be a stool, so Xervie here can reach your zipper." He winked. Xervis introduced his palm to his forehead, and Anatares feigned a cough and looked away.
"Unwrap me first!" the package exclaimed.
"Shut up Bamb!" Cen said, then smiled and handed it off to Xervis. The groom looked unsure of whether or not to open the box right away, or to let the tarutaru suffer for a little bit for missing Garrison.
"Moopy!"
"Dr. Ana!"
Without warning, the slender redheaded Elvaan scooped up her sorely missed Taru friend. Xervis started to wonder how they knew so many of the little people. He also started to wonder if 'Dr. Ana' knew how to mend the bones she was surely crushing in the small mammal's frame. She set him down and they started to catch up. He felt himself start to grow bored, so he looked at the box in his hands and gave it a little shake.
"Xervis."
He turned to face the towering Galka Dark Knight that was his mentor. "Zeid," he acknowledged.
"Those were some convincing vows," the Galka began.
"And every word of it was true," Xervis stated unwaveringly.
After a pause, Zeid continued. "You've changed."
Xervis looked over his shoulder at Anatares. Without turning to face the Galka again, he managed a smile. "It's all her fault," he said.
The tarutaru was released, and Anatares rose to her feet, mildly surprised to see Zeid. They stared each other down for a minute or two, then finally Ana smiled and saluted him. Zeid nodded and turned away.
"What was that about?" Xervis asked his new wife.
"He made a good point, and I was too blind to see it at the time, but really... I'm grateful." Ana smiled, then her smile vanished as she turned to look into her husband's face. "I have a confession."
Xervis met her gaze with a raised eyebrow. "What's that?"
"I went to rescue you for all the wrong reasons. I started to doubt our relationship, doubt that you loved me, and I viewed you with disdain for a time." She breathed. "I was testing you, and you passed with flying colours. Can you forgive me?"
Xervis surprised her by laughing. "Oh come now, I'm the asshole. Don't worry about it."
She smiled, they kissed, and heard the band start to play. "Shall we dance then?" Ana inquired.
Xervis' voice portrayed a note of terror. "Wait a minute... We have to dance at these things?"