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Chapter 5. Flowers and Bunnies

"I don't know how to get married," Matt scratched his head and muttered to Kari. The young brunette blinked curiously at the older boy, then started picking dandelions from the grassy area they were in. Matt sighed and looked back at his friend, who was on the other side of the playground.

Tai was chatting with T.K. and seemed very casual about the whole thing. It wasn't until Tai looked up at Matt and smiled, that the blonde suddenly felt really nervous. Matt held his stomach and looked away from the boy who made him feel so happy and yet so crazy at the same time.

"I don't know if I can do this anymore," Matt whimpered. Kari looked up at the older boy, and then hurried over to his side. "Kari, what do I do?" The young girl thought for a moment.

"My brother is a good brother," she said to him. "He'll take care of you just like he takes care of me." He thought about what she had said. The young girl's response gave just enough comfort and confidence to the blonde. Kari smiled up at him, then handed over the bouquet of flowers. Matt smiled back at her.

"OK!" Mimi called out. "It's four o'clock now!" The children scurried back to the queen. She was under the slide and she held a stick in her hand. She motioned for Tai and Matt to stand before her. They did so. "Ok now…ahem…We are gathered here today—"

"Hey, what about us?" T.K. asked. "What are we going to do now?"

"Oh, well…" Mimi thought for a moment. "You guys can be the witnesses for the wedding!"

"What does that mean?" Kari asked.

"It means if someone asks you if they got married, then you can happily say that they did and that you were there to see it for yourselves."

"Oh…ok!" they both chimed and then stood next to Mimi on either side of her.

"Ok…We are gathered here today for the marriage of Prince Matt and Sir Tai. These two promise to be with one another for hot and for cold, for rich and for poor, for sickness and in hell, and all of those other promises people make during the wedding." She turned to Tai. "Sir Tai, do you take Prince Matt, to be your lawful wedded wife?"

"Wait! Why am I the wife?" Matt asked.

"Because you're the one holding the flowers," Mimi said matter-of-factly. "Now, as I was say—"

"I'm just holding them because Kari gave them to me," Matt protested.

"Why did you take them then?"

"I thought it was like a present or something."

"Do you want to get married or not?" Mimi snapped. Matt opened his mouth to protest again, but looked over at Tai and closed his mouth. Even though the other boy looked amused, he didn't want to do anything that would make it so that they couldn't get married. Matt sighed and nodded.

"Ahem…as I was saying," Mimi continued. "Sir Tai, do you take Prince Matt to be your lawful wedded…husband." Matt smiled at the change of title.

"I do…?" Tai responded, not quite sure if he said the right words. He looked back to T.K. and Kari, who nodded at him. "Oh, I do!"

"And do you, Prince Matt," Queen Mimi addressed the blonde. "Take Sir Tai to also be your lawful wedded husband?"

"I do," Matt said happily.

"Yay!" Mimi cheered. Then she composed herself. "I mean…um…alright then." She turned to look around. "If anyone doesn't want them to get married, speak now or forever be quiet." They looked around and waited, but no one said anything. "Ok then! By the power invested in me, Queen Mimi, I hereby say that you two are husband and wife…er…husband. Tai, you can kiss your bride."

The young brunette giggled at the fact that Matt was called a "bride" but then he leaned forward to the blonde and gave him a small peck on the lips. The younger siblings and the Queen cried out in happiness.

"Now that you guys are married," Mimi smiled. "You guys can go on your bunny moon!"

"Bunny moon?" the newly-weds asked in unison.

"What's a bunny moon, Mimi?" T.K. asked. Mimi opened her mouth, then closed it again. She put her pointer finger and thumb on her chin.

"I'm not sure," she admitted. "I heard my mom saying that she wanted to go on another bunny moon with my dad because it would be fun."

"Maybe they're supposed to go feed bunnies," Kari suggested.

"Or maybe they're supposed to hop around until night time," T.K. offered.

"I remember!" Mimi snapped her fingers. "It's when the two new married people go and have a sleep over at one of their houses and cuddle like bunnies!" Mimi looked at both of them. "So where are you two going to have your sleep over?" Matt and Tai looked at each other and shrugged. Matt honestly didn't care much for a bunny moon. He was just really happy that he was now married to Tai.

"Do you want to come over and sleep at my home?" Tai offered.

"I'll have to ask my mommy," Matt admitted.

"Well, let's go find her then!" Tai said happily, took Matt's hand and then led him out of under the slide. The group of children wandered around the playground until they found Matt and Tai's mothers, talking amongst themselves. As the children got closer, Matt could see that his mother suddenly looked very surprised. Matt gently pulled his hand away from Tai's hand and walked up to his mother.

"Mommy, is it ok if I sleep over at Tai's house?" he asked. Matt's mother stared at her son for a moment, then turned to Tai's mother.

"What do you think Yuuko?" she asked. Tai's mother looked down at the children.

"Well, Kari is just getting over her sickness," she admitted. "But I'm sure if Matt stays with Tai, he'll be perfectly fine."

"Yay!" Tai cheered and he hugged his new husband tightly. "You're going to be sleeping at my house tonight!" Matt smiled and hugged his husband back.

"Come on!" Mimi shouted. "Let's go play adventure now!" The children cheered in excitement and then raced off to play on the playground. After they managed to defeat the ugly ogre, save Prince Matt and the Queen from terrible monsters, and helping Sir Tai train the younger siblings, it was time for the children to go home.

"Alright then," Matt's mother sighed. "I'll drop by later to give Matt his clothes for tomorrow and his night things." She stood and took T.K. by the hand. "Come along T.K., it's time for us to go home now." T.K. turned to look at his brother and waved as their mother led them away.

"Bye Matt!" he called out. "Have fun in your bunny moon!" Matt's mother quickly turned around and stared at Tai and Matt. There was something weird about the way she looked at them…like they were doing something really bad. Tai's mom giggled and placed a hand on both of the boy's heads.

"Good-bye Nancy," she said to her. "I'll see you later with Matt's things." She looked down at the children, then smiled slightly.

"Yes, of course," she sighed. "Good-bye Yuuko." And with that, Matt's mother and brother went off to their apartment, while Matt followed Tai and his family. Slyly, Tai had slipped his hand into the blonde's, and he held it the whole way up to their place.

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"What do you mean you think Matt's gay?" Hiroaki questioned his wife. "Don't you think he's a little too young to be called that?"

"You didn't see how they acted with one another Hiro," she muttered as she continued to pace back and forth while chewing on a pen. "They were holding hands, hugging each other…"

"Seems like he was just responding to Tai's overly friendly personality," Hiroaki shrugged. "I've met the boy once, and he immediately ran up to me and shook my hand." Matt's father chuckled at the memory. "He's got quite a spirit."

"You don't understand," she shook her head. "You didn't see what I saw when I went over there to drop of Matt's things."

"What? We're they having sex or something?"

"Hiroaki!"

"Ha ha! I was just teasing."

"That's not funny!"

"Well, forgive me for trying to lighten up the mood." They were silent for a moment. "What did you see then, Nancy?" Nancy sighed and dropped the pen on to the coffee table.

"I knocked on the door and waited for them to open," she explained. "Yuuko, Tai's mother, opened the door and let me in. She went to call Matt and soon came back with our son and Tai closely following behind. The boy was acting like some love sick puppy…I gave Matt his things and then started chatting with Yuuko for a moment. Then, suddenly, out of the corner of our eyes, we saw…we saw…" She bit her bottom lip, still trying to convince herself that what she saw wasn't true.

"What? What did you see?"

"…We saw Tai kiss Matt," she finished. Her husband had a surprised look on his face, as though he was just told that his shoes were made of cheese.

"…Wow…" he simply said.

"Afterwards, Yuuko asked Tai if he just kissed Matt. He simply smiled and shrugged. Yuuko explained to him that it wasn't a good idea to kiss another boy like how he had just kissed Matt."

"I guess that was a good idea," Hiroaki nodded slowly, processing the information he was being given.

"I know that Tai is a nice boy," Nancy sighed and sat next to her husband. "And his family is very kind…" Hiroaki waited.

"But?" Nancy turned and looked at her husband.

"But I don't want Matt to be gay," she said quietly. "I don't want to be the reporter who has to write the news story of my sixteen year old son being chained up to a fence and beaten to death. Or the one to interview the witness of my son jumping off a bridge because he couldn't deal with the way society was treating him. Or…" Nancy trailed off, unable to continue the other horrible stories she had heard from her fellow reporters. Hiroaki stayed silent for a moment, then kissed his wife.

"Don't worry Nancy," he muttered to her. "He's still young. It might be a faze he's going through."

"But what if it's not?" she questioned.

"Matt is a strong boy. He may be quiet, but he's got a strong soul."

"I…I don't know Hiro…" He took her hand and held it tightly.

"Nancy, I'm your best friend," he smiled at her. "I've been with you for better or for worse, for rich or for poorer, and in sickness and health. I've been with you when Matt was born, and when T.K. almost—"

"Don't!" she quickly cut off. He opened his mouth and then nodded.

"You're going to have to trust me that everything will be ok. No matter what, we can get through this." Nancy looked into her husband's eyes for a long time. She gave one curt nod, and then snuggled up against him. Hiroaki wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. "I love you Nancy."

"I love you too, Hiro," Nancy murmured. She was sure that what Hiroaki said was true…she just wished she could fully believe it.

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"Psst! Matt?" Tai whispered. The young blonde opened his eyes and turned to look at Tai. The two boys were sharing the bottom bunk, since they insisted on sharing a bed and they knew the top bunk wouldn't hold them up well, and were supposed to be asleep by now. "Are you awake?"

"I am now," Matt whispered quietly. "What's up?"

"I can't sleep," the young brunette sighed.

"Why not?" Tai stared at Matt and grinned widely.

"Because I'm too happy," he whispered. "I'm really happy that I got to marry you today, Matt." Matt blinked and smiled. Tai leaned forward and gently pressed his lips against the other boy's cheek.

"Didn't your mommy say not to do that?" the blonde muttered, nervously checking to see if his mother wasn't about to pounce out and say "NO KISSING!"

"Well, we are on our bunny moon right now," Tai shrugged. "So it should be ok."

"Shouldn't we be cuddling then? Like bunnies?" Matt questioned. On cue, Tai wrapped his small arms around his husband. Matt snuggled closer to him and hugged him back. They stayed quiet for a moment, enjoying being so close to one another.

"When we grow up," Tai whispered. "I really want to marry you Matt." Matt blushed hard and he could feel his heart starting to beat harder.

"D-do you mean it?" he asked.

"Yes. I want to marry you."

"Ok…I want to marry you too, Tai." Despite what his mother said earlier, Tai kissed Matt once again. After a moment, the young brunette let out a soft yawn and soon fell asleep. Now it was Matt's turn to not be able to sleep.

He couldn't believe what he had just heard. It made him happy to think of him and Tai being married just like his own mother and father. Matt was sure they'd be happy together, and that nothing in the world could tear them apart. The blonde gently kissed his husband on the forehead.

"I love you…Tai," Matt barely whispered. Tai didn't move, so he was obviously asleep. It was alright with Matt though. He could spend the rest of his life telling him how much he loved him. The last thing Matt remembered thinking before slipping into his own slumber, was the image of an older Sir Tai and Prince Matt being happily married and riding off into the sunset.

"MAAAAAARRY ME! Today and every day. MAAAAARRY ME!" *cough cough* Ok...musical moment done. Oh Matt...you love sick puppy you. XD

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