It's been forever since I updated this story!
Chapter 4:
Everyone's eyes were now on Yaten but he didn't notice. He just pointed to his chest and choked out the word:
"Me?"
Yaten's mother pushed him forward a little and then he remembered what he was supposed to do. He shakily moved one foot then the next in the direction of Usagi, his fiancee. Before he knew it he was standing in front of Usagi. She looked shocked as well but when Yaten approached her she smiled weakly and held out her hand. Yaten took it and brought it up to his lips. The room broke into applause. Yaten looked back at the other three princes. They looked distraught. Out of the corner of his eye Yaten could see his mother coming up fast to congratulate them. She wrapped her arms around her son, giving him a huge bear hug.
"My son is going to be married! This is so wonderful!" Queen Kali turned her attention to Usagi and pulled her into the hug. "And to such a wonderful woman! This is better than I ever could have imagined!"
"Mother, please!" whispered Yaten pulling away from his mother's embrace. "Not in front of everyone!" Queen Kali laughed and patted her son's head.
"You never did like displays of affection in front of everyone but how about giving your bride to be a kiss here in front of everyone?" urged Queen Kali. Suddenly the room was quiet again. Yaten gave his mother an embarrassed glare.
"Sure, Mother." Yaten gave his full attention to Usagi. She hadn't said a word for the past minute or two, which was unusual for her. She looked like a deer in the headlights. Her eyes were wide and she was waiting to be hit. Yaten put his hands on Usagi's shoulders and whispered to her: "It's alright." Usagi nodded.
"Yeah . . ." Yaten began to lean in to Usagi. He had kissed many girls before but he was almost certain Usagi never had been kissed so he was careful to not do anything too "advanced". He softly touched his lips to Usagi's. He saw that as soon as he did Usagi closed her eyes. Yaten hated it when girls closed their eyes when he kissed them. Did they not want to look at him? He would have to remind Usagi to NOT close her eyes next time he kissed her.
To Yaten's surprise Usagi responded extremely well to his kiss. She got so involved that she began to wrap her arms around Yaten's neck. He was very pleased that his fiancee enjoyed this so much but maybe this was too much to do in front of a big crowd like this. Yaten carefully pushed her away until she let go of him. She realized how involved she had become in front of these people, her mother and she blushed a deep shade of red but the crowd burst into loud applause yet again.
Yaten's Mother smiled.
"That's more like it." she whispered. Yaten was so happy but it hurt Queen Kali to see her son Taiki in such pain. He hid it well though. Either way one of them or both would have been unhappy with the decision but she was glad that one of her sons was chosen. She looked over at her friend Heila. She saw that she was happy for Yaten and Usagi but she was worried about her sons as well. Not so much Mamoru as Seiya. Mamoru would surely get over this soon, he probably saw more as an insult to him personally rather than his loss.
"There will be a royal ball in their honor in three days." announced Serenity. "Graciously hosted by Queen Heila and King Orthus. All of you should have the invitations delivered to you tomorrow. Now please congratulate the couple!" Within seconds Usagi and Yaten were caught in a crowd of hundreds of well-wishers.
Sayumi thought she would save her congratulations for later. She knew many guests would be arriving soon from every single planet in the galaxy to congratulate the happy couple. Sayumi thought that she was the only one who decided to leave her congratulations for later but she saw another person escaping the crowd. Prince Seiya. Sayumi made her way over to her younger cousin. He look dejected.
"I'm sorry Seiya. I know you really like her." As soon as Seiya realized that there was someone talking to him his immediately stopped moping and smirked. It wasn't quite as confidant as usual though. It was kind of weak.
"Don't feel sorry for me! I don't need it. There are plenty of other women out there and any of them would be happy to have me!" boasted Seiya.
"Seiya," Sayumi sighed "Please don't put on an act. I know you're upset and that's fine. You have every right to be."
"I'm fine. Trust me" Seiya gave her a thumbs up and briskly walked away before Sayumi could say anything else.
Mamoru was the next to come out. He seemed like he was in more of a rush than Seiya.
"Mamoru!" Sayumi called out to her cousin but he didn't stop to talk to her, he just quickly walked by, fuming. He never was a good loser.
Sayumi wasn't surprised when she saw prince Taiki slip out of the crowd next.
"Taiki!" He turned to look at Sayumi. Taiki was by her side in just a few strides.
"I just don't get it. Usagi and I get along so well! Why did she choose Yaten? I just don't get it!"
"You don't get something? That a first for you. If you're so upset then why did you take such a long time getting out of there?" asked Sayumi turning her gaze to the room still filled with a huge crowd.
"My Mother asked me to write out invitations for the ball on thursday." Taiki held out a large scroll of parchment. He let it unroll. It hit the floor and it was still unrolling. Sayumi could see there had to be a thousand names on that scroll. "The invitations are supposed to be done by tomorrow. How am I going to write all of these out?"
"Why doesn't she ask a servant to do it?" asked Sayumi.
"She thinks it will keep my mind off of Yaten and Usagi. This is going to take forever . . . Unless you want to help me!"Sayumi shook her head.
"No way!"
"Many hands make light work!"
"No!"
"Please!" Taiki begged. "Your calligraphy is almost as good as mine." Sayumi snorted.
"Actually I think it's better!"
"Fine! Prove it." challenged Taiki.
"Alright I will!" Sayumi snatched the list from Taiki. She looked over the endless names. She saw a lot of people she new and a lot of people she didn't. While skimming over the list she saw a painfully familiar name.
"Prince Demando is coming?"
"Yes, relations between earth and nemesis have improved so much why would he not? Did you know he still doesn't have a wife? He's twenty five! Plenty of w . . ." Taiki's voice became a low hum and Sayumi no longer paid attention to it. Demando was coming? Sayumi hadn't seen him for the longest time. Almost five years. He came and went quickly. It was only a few days after he left that Sayumi found out that she was pregnant.
