I would like to apologize in advance for my lack of knowledge on weddings. I've only been to one, so this is all five-minute researched based.

Last chapter! Here we go!

The bridesmaids and their male partner walked in the back section of the cathedral and met at the end of the aisle. They interlocked arms and walked down the aisle, then stood behind the alter, the bridesmaids all in one line in front of the bridesmen, with their partner standing behind them. Eridan held tightly onto Nepeta and she snuggled up against him. In this moment, she knew she could enjoy the wedding as Kanaya had suggested.

After she and Eridan were positioned and the rest of the wedding party were as well, the brides met at the end of the aisle and interlocked hands. They were elegant and radiating happiness as they made their way down the aisle. When they stood at the end of the aisle, they turned to face each other and returned the same overjoyed expression.

The rest of the ceremony passed by quickly. Nepeta couldn't follow the words the priest said to them or the poetic lines they recited. She did however, pick up on the part where they put on the rings. She beamed from ear to ear as Kanaya put the ring on her now wife, and Rose did the same. The priest said something and they kissed, and Nepeta was among the loudest people cheering.

As their lips parted, the couple looked at each other with tears in their eyes and wide smiles. Nepeta laughed joyfully and placed a hand over her heart to prevent it from jumping out of her chest. She felt Eridan place a hand on her shoulder, and she grabbed it with a reassuring squeeze.

The brides then grabbed each other's hands and walked out of the cathedral. Rose lifted her free hand in the air and Kanaya laughed and pecked her cheek. The wedding party quickly followed after them.

After they were outside, the photographer began moving the wedding party around and getting a few quick shots before the party went to the reception venue. Nepeta awkwardly went with the flow and tried not to get lost in the confusion.

Then it was time to head to the venue, and Nepeta quickly grabbed Eridan's arm as the party awkwardly made their way into the limousine rented for them. A few people hit their heads on the ceiling going in, and the taller people slouched slightly as they sat. There were drinks for people who were 21, which was only Roxy and Porrim. As Roxy raised her glass to her mouth Gamzee took the glass and downed its contents. Roxy looked at her date with astonished disgust as the rest of the party hollered with laughter.

"To the newlyweds," He called out, raising his empty glass in the air. Porrim played along and tapped her still-full glass on his.

Nepeta had never been inside a limousine before, and was surprised how packed it was. She took off her shoes and dug her toes into the carpet. There was music playing, which she recognized as mostly five-year old pop chart toppers. Both Kanaya and Rose seemed a little irritated at that, but everyone else enjoyed singing along with humorous nostalgia.

The ride was spent with loud chatter and off-key singing. While Eridan stayed relatively out of it, Nepeta didn't deny the duet with Aradia on the chorus of 3OH!3's "My First Kiss" or the chance to share a few punch lines of awful jokes with Roxy. Nepeta tried to get Eridan into the grind with everyone else by continuously nudging his arm with her elbow as she danced in her seat. He returned her efforts with an irritated look, but she shrugged it off and instead danced with Roxy who sat on the other side of her.

Nepeta was having a lot of fun, and hoped that the ride would last a while. Everyone else seemed to be enjoying themselves too, and got a little sad when Kanaya announced they had arrived. The limo ride came to an end, and the party exited the vehicle with their hands on the door frame to prevent another head bump. Unfortunately, Roxy thought she misplaced her phone, and after she realized it was in her purse and turned back around to exit, her forehead met the limousine. She swore and quickly stumbled out, rubbing her head the entire time.

They entered the reception venue, which was a hotel ballroom they rented for the night. Excited chatter spread throughout the party as they explored the venue a little.

A few people approached the brides, chefs, a man who gestured a lot around the ballroom, and another man who appeared to be the DJ. This happened for a half hour, and the party members sat themselves at the dining tables, entertaining each other with paper airplanes made from menus and napkins.

Apparently as a part of the very expensive college they were paying for, Eridan and Vriska knew how to make elaborate paper airplanes out of nearly any material. They began having wars to see which of their airplanes could fly further or faster. At first, everyone else sat by and watched, cheering on whoever they hated the least out of the two. Then, Sollux had the idea to pick up one of the discarded planes and attack Karkat with it. In turn, Karkat picked it up and threw it at Dave, who he thought had thrown it at him in the first place.

It didn't take longer than five seconds for the entire wedding party to erupt into a full out paper airplane war. Nepeta and Terezi hoarded them under a table and ambushed anyone nearby, claiming, "flee from fort Redglare!"

It was only until an airplane nearly took out Rose's eye did the brides even notice the commotion. Kanaya whipped her head around from the conversation she was having with the head chef and gasped. "What is going on?" She exclaimed.

With a bit of nervous laughter, everyone stopped their war and regained their composure.

"Under normal circumstances I would find this situation to be entertaining, but due to the fact that the hotel has graciously allowed us this room and the staff slaved over preparing it, I am most un-amused. The guests will start arriving in a few minutes, get where you need to be, all of you! And pick up your mess!" Kanaya gestured to the strewn airplanes across the room and Rose put a hand around her waist, trying to stifle laughter.

As the wedding party headed up towards the balcony where they were to enter from, they picked up any paper airplanes in their path sheepishly, and then threw them away. When Nepeta was on the balcony, she waited for Eridan to make his way up there as well and join her. She elbowed him in the ribs when he approached her.

"Ow! What was that for?" He whined.

"For getting us all in trouble!" Nepeta said, giggling. "And that didn't hurt, you big baby."

"You're stronger than you give yourself credit for," Eridan grumbled.

"And you're weaker," Nepeta retorted.

He huffed and rolled his eyes with irritation, but Nepeta knew the only reason he was annoyed was because he couldn't come up with a comeback.

Guests quickly began showing up and seating themselves and Nepeta watched eagerly as the room began to fill up.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Nepeta said eagerly, grabbing Eridan's arm.

He looked at her with something she couldn't quite place for a moment. Then, his expression lightened up and he smiled. "If you're having fun, I probably will too."

Suddenly a loud clap sounded behind them. They turned around to see Rose with her hands together, standing tall and eyeing the party attentively.

"Alright, listen up. They're going to start announcing the members of the party, we'll seat ourselves at the head table and after everyone is seated, we'll get food. This'll be just like rehearsed, does anyone have any questions?" Rose said.

Dave raised his hand and Rose eyed him, warning. "We only have a few seconds, is it something relevant and or un-ironic?"

Dave lowered his hand and Jade punched his arm. John shook his head and face-palmed.

Then, the MC called out the brides' names. The couple smiled at each other and intertwined hands. They made their way down the staircase that attached the main floor to the balcony, and the guests erupted in applause. They made their way across the dance floor, resembling slow-moving shooting stars with their dresses trailing behind them. They sat down at the head table, and then the MC called off Vriska's and John's names.

This process repeated until all of the wedding party was seated, the DJ said a few words, and then the wedding party was able to get their food.

Nepeta found all the traditions and events of the reception to drag on a bit. She really just wanted to dance, but there were apparently quite a few people who had to talk and tell jokes. She did enjoy the part where Rose and Kanaya both threw their flowers back at the bridesmaids, and the part where Terezi tackled Vriska for them.

"I didn't even want them! Christ Terezi, I would've just given them to you!" Vriska exclaimed, scrambling onto her feet.

Terezi cackled and pulled a carnation out of the bouquet. She tucked the flower behind Vriska's ear and made her way back to her seat.

Then after the brides' first dance, the MC announced it was open floor. Nepeta tugged on Eridan's jacket sleeve, but he shrugged her off.

"What? Don't you want to dance?" Nepeta asked.

"Not really."

"Why not? You love dancing!" Nepeta pouted.

"Just forget it," Eridan said. He got up, took the wine bottle from Roxy, and filled his own glass. He took a drink and eyed the glass in thought.

"Eridan, what's wrong?" Nepeta asked.

He sighed. "I think I need to go home."

"What? No way! Eridan!"

"What?" he snapped.

"You're being really...moody! What's wrong?"

He took another drink from his glass.

"Stop that, you're underage!" Nepeta hissed.

He put his hand up to silence her.

"Nep, I just really gotta get outta here. This atmosphere isn't good for me, okay? I knew it would be a bad idea for me to come."

"Well, fine. But wherever you're going, I'm coming with," Nepeta said matter-of-factly.

"No. Don't follow me. And I don't need your permission."

He stood up, grabbed his glass, and began walking. Nepeta stood up and followed behind him. Eridan knew she was following him, but continued walking anyways. He led them out of the ballroom, through the main lobby of the hotel, and outside the building. He sat down on a bench next to the hotel entrance and Nepeta sat next to him.

He didn't acknowledge her. He continued sipping on the wine until there was only a drink or two left. Nepeta took it from him and dumped it on the ground.

He looked at the empty glass of wine, but not her. With a sigh he pulled out a box of cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket. He set them down between him and her after he lit his. Nepeta eyed him and the box a few times, then put a cigarette in her mouth. She mimicked his actions and lit her cigarette.

Now he met her eyes. He turned to her, smoke trailing delicately from his mouth.

"Quit that."

She tried to keep a straight face despite the bitter taste in her mouth. She pulled the cigarette from her mouth and blew smoke in his face.

He winced and waved the smoke from his face. "I picked up my smoking from my problematic father. You're not about to pick it up from a problematic me." He plucked the cigarette from her hand and dropped it on the ground. He stomped it out and turned back to her.

"I'm sorry Nep. I just had to get out of there."

"Why?" she demanded.

He shook his head. "It's nothing." He looked away and blew another puff of smoke in the air.

"Why?" She repeated.

He turned back to her again. "You're going to think I'm weird."

"I already do, it's okay," Nepeta said, smiling lightly.

He placed a hand over his glasses and removed it as he let out a sigh.

"It's just like, I don't know. This is going to sound weird-"

"Eridan, out with it!" she interrupted.

"Alright! Alright. It was seeing Rose and Kanaya so happy together. I mean, they're...together, and happy, and it's obvious they're going to be together for a very long time. Everyone leaves me, Nep. Anyone I can convince to like me, that is."

"I'm not going to leave you Eridan. And Cronus came back to you," Nepeta insisted.

"Only because he had nowhere to live," Eridan retorted.

"So? He still chose you! And I'm here now, aren't I?"

He put out his cigarette on the bench and threw the butt into a nearby flower pot. He placed his elbows on his knees and held his head in his hands. The air around them grew awkward and tense, and Nepeta could only stare at him.

After some time had passed, she knew he wasn't going to move any time soon. She decided she wasn't going to leave him alone, so she started running her fingers through his hair and leaned up against him. She wasn't sure how long they stayed like this, but after a little while people she recognized from the reception started exiting the hotel. She watched them leave as she played with his hair and rubbed his back.

Finally, he sat up and Nepeta pulled herself off of him and sat up.

Without looking at her he reached under his glasses and quickly wiped his eyes. "Are you crying?" Nepeta asked quietly.

He didn't answer and stood up. Nepeta grabbed his cigarettes and lighter and slipped them into his pants pocket. "Eridan, look at me."

He turned to her, and their eyes locked. "What?" He asked. His eyes were shimmering and his face was red.

Her heart ached at the sight of him. She placed her hands on the back of his neck and pressed her body against his. "Listen to me, I'm not like everyone else. I'm not going to leave you, okay?"

He wrapped his arms around her waist and nodded his head solemnly. By the looks of it, tears threatened to fall from his eyes. "I know."

She reached up and kissed him, and he leaned back into her. His mouth tasted freshly of smoke, but she didn't care. She kissed him and he kissed her, because all she needed in that moment was for him to know she'd stay. And as Eridan kissed her, he knew he could never let her go. For everything that had seemed so wrong in his life, she was the one thing he felt as if he'd gotten right.

Nepeta then slowly pulled her lips away from his, and her eyes fluttered open. "You still owe me a dance tonight," she whispered.

"Well we're going to need some music," he said. He took her hand and led her back into the reception. The DJ was playing soft, relaxing music as everyone was starting to leave. He led her onto the dance floor and turned to her.

They took position and wasted no time dancing. Neither of them tried to pull any fancy moves on the other, they just enjoyed each other's presence and the peaceful ambiance that surrounded them. Lost in their eyes, they were oblivious to life around them. Every time they danced, it was special. It held something only they knew. A world where only they existed, but only while their movements complimented each other.

But this time was different, they could feel it. And without warning but yet still expected, Nepeta kissed his cheek. "I love you, Eridan," she whispered softly.

"I love you too Nepeta," he said, and held on to her tightly.