Chapter 4

The wedding

The next morning I woke up feeling excited and nervous. I got dressed in casual clothes, because we decided to have the wedding at twilight.

I went downstairs and greeted Shigure, Kyo and Yuki.

"Hey everyone!" I said happily.

"Good morning, Risa-san. Did you sleep well?" Yuki asked.

"Yes, how about you?" I asked.

"Very well, thank you." Yuki replied smiling.

"Um, Risa, can I talk to you for a minute?" Kyo asked me.

"Sure." I replied and we walked out in the hall. "So, what's up?"

"Well, um, I just wanted to tell you that I hope you are happy with Hatori. I know that he will be." Kyo said.

"Oh, thank you, Kyo! It means a lot to me. I promise we'll visit often." I said.

"Well, and um, Hatori told us why you were getting married today." Kyo said.

"Oh?! Um…well…" I said, panicking.

"Oh, it's alright! We won't tell anyone. Hatori made us keep our mouth shut, but I hope you do visit often, because you're like my sister so the baby would be like my nephew or niece." Kyo said, blushing.

"Oh, Kyo. That's so sweet. I think of you as a brother too." I said.

Before we could say anything more, Shigure said, "Hey, sorry to interrupt but the other girls are here to help you get ready, Risa."

"Oh, okay! Thank you! Will you 3 be going with Hatori?" I asked.

"Yeah, we should be leaving shortly." Shigure said.

"Oh, um, Kyo, since my father won't be attending. I'd like you to walk me down the aisle. Would you?" I asked.

Kyo looked shocked and then smiled. "Um, yeah. I'd be happy to."

"Thank you! Um, I'll meet you at the aisle then." I said.

We all went back to the room, and I said goodbye to Yuki and Shigure and watched Kyo, Yuki and Shigure leave to go help Hatori.

I went upstairs to find Tohru, Rin, Kagura and what surprised me the most, Kana.

"Oh! Hey guys! I'm so happy you could come! And Kana, I didn't know you were coming too! Great to see you!" I said as we all hugged.

"Oh, Risa, we're so happy for you! Hatori is lucky to have you! Now, we'll help with picking out a beautiful wedding dress and we'll help do your hair and make-up. So, come on!" Tohru said as they hustled me into the closet.

"Whoa!! Where did you get all these dresses?!" I exclaimed as I saw all the dresses hanging in my closet.

"Well, we borrowed them for the day, but we're choosing one to buy for you for you to remember!" Kagura said happily.

"Oh, you guys! Thanks so much!" I said, trying to keep tears out of my eyes.

"You're welcome! Now, pick a dress!" Tohru said.

About 5 hours later, I had chosen my dress, gotten my hair done, and now we were working on make-up. And also my nails and shoes.

"Oh, Risa, you look so pretty! Hatori is gonna love you in it!" Kagura said.

"Yeah, but he already loves me, without being in a wedding dress! And we've got an hour to go now, you guys need to go get ready!" I said.

"Okay, we'll be right back!" Kagura said and the girl's went out of the room.

I was standing there admiring my dress, when someone entered the room.

"Risa?! What's going on?" Akito yelled as I spun around and looked at him in shock.

"Akito?! What are you doing here?" I exclaimed as Akito looked hurt and angry.

"You tell me! I'm assuming that I'm not the groom!" Akito said.

"Look, Akito, I'm sorry, you mean a lot to me, but I love someone else!" I said.

"I heard that you were pregnant, so I came to check on you. So, am I the father?" Akito asked.

I shook my head. "No, I'm sorry, Akito." I looked down.

"Then who's the father? You slept with someone else besides me?!" Akito said, his temper rising.

I put my head down ever lower and nodded.

"HOW COULD YOU?! I LOVED YOU!! I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING TOGETHER!!" Akito shouted angrily.

"Akito-I-" Akito cut me off.

"Stop! I don't care. But tell me, who IS the father?" Akito asked menacingly.

"I-I won't tell you." I said determinedly.

"Fine. Then I'll just call off the wedding. See you." Akito said and walked out of the room.

"Akito! UGH!!" I said as the girls came back in.

"Risa, what's wrong?" Tohru asked as she saw my face.

"Akito was here. He's going to try to stop the wedding!" I said, trying not to cry.

"Oh, Risa, don't worry, we won't let him!" Tohru said as she came to comfort me.

"We have to do the wedding now." I said, getting a determined look on my face.

"But the wedding is going to start in 15 minutes, I'm sure we can do it before Akito-" I cut her off.

"No, we have to do it NOW. Go find everyone and bring them up here. We'll do it on the porch." I said, determined to finish what I started.

"O-okay. If you're sure!" Tohru replied.

"Yes. Now hurry!" I said as Tohru and the rest of the girls went to find everyone.

"Okay, Hatori, Risa's waiting for you upstairs, and you, go hurry up and marry them and then we'll all have the part where Risa throws the bouquet of flowers and you two leave, okay?" Tohru said as they rushed Hatori and the priest upstairs.

When they got there I turned to them and Hatori asked, " Risa, what's going on? I thought-" I cut him off.

"Akito was here. We need to do it now, or else Akito might ruin the wedding." I said as we dragged the priest out on the porch.

"Oh. Well then, priest, please skip the beginning and get to the vows." Hatori said as we stood facing each other and he took my hand.

I smiled at him I respect and love and then the priest began.

"Do you, Hatori Sohma, take Risa Daisuke, to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, to love and to comfort, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?" the priest recited.

"I do." Hatori said, looking directly at me.

"And, do you, Risa Daisuke, take Hatori Sohma to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, to love and to comfort, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?" the priest asked.

"I do." I said happily.

"Then, with the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride." The priest said with a smile.

Hatori leaned down and kissed me and then we thanked the priest and I ran to go change.

After I changed and Hatori changed we ran downstairs and I tossed the bouquet and we hurriedly got into the limo and were off.

We waved to everyone and then I sat back and sighed.

"Are you alright?" Hatori asked, touching his hand on my face.

"Yeah, just tired." I said, smiling at Hatori's loving touch.

"Well, you'll have to take better care of yourself, now that we're expecting." Hatori said.

"Yeah, I know." I said.

Once we arrived at our hotel, we went upstairs and I took a nap while Hatori called everyone to let them know we'd arrived safely.

Our honeymoon was like a dream. We went to fancy restaurants, and watched sunsets, but Hatori was cautious as to making sure that I stayed well rested.

Once we got back, everyone greeted us happily. By now, I was almost 4 months along, but I'd managed to get by with more lose fitting clothes that wouldn't give away my small but growing baby inside me.

At about 4 ½ months we couldn't hide it any longer so we announced we were expecting and said that the baby was just a fast growing baby.

We hadn't heard from Akito for ages, and we were happy about this, but also worried.

Soon, after Hatori and I moved into our new house, we started setting up the baby's room.

"What do you think the baby will be?" I asked casually, as I watched Hatori set up the crib.

"I don't know. I can always check." Hatori said.

"No. I want it to be a surprise, but it it's a girl, we should name it Lina and if it's a boy, we could name it Kaito." I said.

"Those are good names. I think we should. I'm sure you'll make a wonderful mother." Hatori said, as she stopped to look at me.

"I hope so. But it'll have a wonderful father as well." I said.

"I hope so." Hatori said.