"This dress is itchy," Hitomi whined to Ju San, pulling at the fabric.

Ju San huffed and ignored the child as she continued to put her silky brown hair into a crown braid. All of the servants of Naki's mansion were guests at the wedding, and Naki himself was also attending. Eto had also invited someone else, whom she had picked to be her maid of honor. However, nobody knew who she was and she had yet to arrive. Naki, much to Juuzou's distaste, had been assigned the roll of best man. Suzuya had put it out there multiple times that he would be just fine with no best man, but Eto had insisted. Several of the female servants, including Ju San, had been chosen to be bridesmaids. A few of the male servants were chosen to be groomsmen. Kaito had been picked to be ring bearer, and a small smile had actually crossed his face. Hitomi had been assigned as the flower girl, much to her disappointment.

The group of people had gathered in a church that was run by a ghoul that had agreed to Marry Eto and Juuzou, and everyone was getting prepared in the upstairs rooms of the building. Ju San stood in a mirror in a tiny room; she was in charge of getting herself and the flower girl ready. Hitomi sat on a stool and watched Ju San braid her hair.

"I don't even like flowers anyway," Hitomi grumbled, yanking again at her dress.

The young girl was ready for the wedding. Her snow white hair spilled in loose curls down her back, and the sides were pulled back with pins. There had been plenty of white dresses that had been beautiful, but Hitomi, as usual, had insisted on black. Her dress had spaghetti strap sleeves and a puffy, frilly bottom. She wore little black shoes on her feet.

"You may not like flowers," Ju San said, patience running short. "But your Mommy does. And we have to make sure this wedding goes perfect."

Hitomi scowled. Ju San, finally satisfied with her braid, began to stick pins in her hair to keep it in place.

"You just want Mommy to get married so she won't kiss Mister Naki no more," Hitomi grumbled, resting her chin on her hands.

A knot formed in Ju San's stomach. However, she was determined to keep composure.

"Master Naki kisses who he wants to," the servant said, not turning her eyes to the child.

"You."

Ju San was quiet for a moment. "What?"

"Does he want to kiss you?"

Ju San let out an inward sigh of relief. "No, he doesn't."

Hitomi scrunched her eyebrows together. "I think he does."

Ju San grit her teeth; this kid was getting kind of irritating. "Well, he doesn't."

Hitomi said nothing more. Ju San adjusted her dress, and then examined herself in the mirror. Her hair looked perfect, and she absolutely adored her white, flowing bridesmaid dress.

Both ghouls were startled by a rap on the door.

"You guys done changing?" a male voice asked.

"Yeah," Ju San said, heart beating a bit faster. "You can come in."

The door opened and Naki stepped inside the tiny dressing room. "I brought the flower basket."

"Mister Naki!" Hitomi said gleefully.

"Don't you look beautiful," the ghoul said, smiling.

The girl hopped off the stool and spun around. "See how it twirls?"

"You look like a princess," Naki said, and then handed her the basket of flower petals. "Did someone tell you what your job is?"

Hitomi nodded.

"So you know what to do?"

She nodded again.

"Alright," Naki said. "Can you give me and Miss Ju San a moment? There's some grown up things we need to talk about."

"Okay," Hitomi said giddily, grabbing her basket and bouncing away. Naki closed the door behind her. He was dressed for the wedding and had on and black and white tux.

"You look beautiful," the man said.

Ju San blushed and looked down at her feet. "Thanks."

The blond ghoul got close to the servant, cupping her face in his hands. He looked into her doe eyes, and found himself lost in them. The couple leaned their foreheads together, and Ju San smiled and bit her lip. Naki leaned his head and softly pressed his lips against hers. He held her close to him, kissing her slowly.

"Naki," Ju San said, forcing herself to break away from his lips. "Someone's gonna smell you on me."

"I know," he sighed. "But Ju San, let me promise you something."

"What?" she asked, looked at him with wide eyes.

"Someday," he said, stroking the side of her face. "We will have our own day like this. I promise."

Ju San smiled and pressed her lips against the man's, and this kiss wasn't so slow. The servant tugged at his shirt, and the blond ghoul allowed his hands to wander. They were both startled by a rap on the door.

The couple jumped in surprise and broke away from each other. Naki adjusted his clothes so he didn't look like he was just making out with someone, shot Ju San a glance that said we're screwed, and opened the door.

A woman that the couple presumed to be in her late twenties stood in the door. She wore her red-brown hair in a hime haircut, and she had wide eyes the same color as her hair. She looked frantic and was sweaty, like she had been running. She held a teddy bear in her hands.

"Are you Ju San?" she asked, out of breath.

Ju San sniffed the air. This woman, she was… human?

"Yes," the servant said cautiously. "Who are you?"

"I'm so sorry I'm late!" she exclaimed. "Um, I'm Eto's maid of honor. Someone told me you had the dress."

Ju San blinked. "You're the maid of honor?"

The woman nodded. "I'm Kimi Nishino."

"Well, Kimi," Ju San said. "Come in."

"See you later," Naki said to Ju San, and then nodded at Kimi and left the dressing room.

"There's your dress," Ju San said, pointing to the white bridesmaid dress laying on the dresser that was attached to the large mirror.

"Thanks," Kimi said, then handed the teddy bear to Ju San. "Can you hold this?"

"Why'd you bring a teddy bear?" Ju San asked.

"It's my daughter's," Kimi explained. "I'm a single mother, so I had to bring her."

"So," Ju San said, trying to come up with a casual way of pointing out that she was pretty much the only human here. "How do you know Eto?"

"When she was pregnant and lived in the hotel, we looked out for each other. I helped deliver the twins."

"I see," Ju San said.

Naki strolled down the men's area where all the groomsmen were getting ready. He looked over everyone; things seemed to be going well. Suddenly, something out of place caught his eye. Kaito sat in the corner in his little tux, clenching the pillow that the rings were going to go on.

Naki slowly approached the boy and kneeled down next to him. Kaito had obviously been crying.

"Kaito," he said softly. "What's wrong?"

"What if I mess up?" he sniffled. "What if I drop the rings? Will they get rid of me if I mess up?"

"Kaito," the blond ghoul said. "They will not get rid of you if you mess up. They won't even be mad."

"Promise?" Kaito asked, turning his red, teary eyes to look up at Naki.

"I promise."

"Mister Naki?"

"Yes?"

"You need to go on a walk outside."

Naki stared blankly at the child. "Why?"

"So you can get other smells on you," Kaito whispered. "You smell like Miss Ju San."

Naki's face turned bright red. "Oh, I um—."

"You were kissing her," Kaito giggled. "Weren't you?"

"I—I um," Naki stammered.

"It's okay," the teal haired boy said. "I already knew. I heard you and her talking. You want to make babies. But I won't tell anyone."

"I'm going to go for that walk," Naki said, mouth dry.