AN: it's not from disney, but it has a princess and people still mistake this movie as a disney movie, so why not? besides, the song is amazing.

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yeah i dont own captain tsubasa

At the Beginning

She never knew anyone in her whole life to be as nervous as she was feeling right now. Even Sanae wasn't this nervous when she got married to Tsubasa. What was wrong with her that she couldn't calm down?

It's not that she wanted to escape. God no. She wanted to be married to him, of course. And she wasn't about to put the man she loves the most to that much pain. She'd kill herself first before she left him.

But, what she's afraid of, what she refused to acknowledge, was that she was afraid it'll be him who would leave her.

They all knew that she loved princesses, and why she was so attached to Disney movies. She loved all those pure hearted ladies, who could never think of anything bad about people, of how they fought through all that hardships and finding love and getting their happily ever after.

She wasn't any of those things. In fact, she wouldn't even be considered a princess at all. She was arrogant, foul mouthed, and she was a bitch. She didn't even know how Taro fell in love with her. Taro, who no matter how much he denied it, was the perfect prince.

That's why she was afraid that he would leave her.

After all this, there was a chance that he would get tired of putting up with her. That happily ever after was something she would always, always ruin.

"Ayame?" she heard a voice coming from the other side of the door. It soon opened to reveal her cousin.

Sanae entered the room, wearing the dress she designed for all the bridesmaids. Well, there was distinct pattern of beads on hers to distinguish her as the maid of honor.

"We're starting in an hour," she informed her.

Usually, she would have something caustic to remark to that, but she found herself only nodding with a smile that she was looked more like a grimace than anything.

"Uh oh," Sanae said. "A silent Ayame doesn't seem like a good sign."

She tried to give her cousin a glare, but she didn't have the energy to refute. It was true anyway.

She could only sigh dejectedly.

"You're having second thoughts, huh?" she asked as she pulled up a chair to sit before her.

"Is that bad?" she asked nervously.

"No," she assured. "Pssh, no. It's normal to have second thoughts. I mean, I had them too, and I'm pretty sure Mama almost got cold feet before marrying my dad."

She looked up in surprise to her cousin. "You," she mumbled disbelievingly, "You had second thoughts about marrying Tsubasa?"

Sanae looked at her in confounded, before giving her a smile. "Of course I did. We were young when we got married. I was overthinking stuff and was expecting everything would go wrong once we finally get married. I was being irrational, and I almost called it off because I was being stupid.

"But," she said as she looked down to the ring on her finger, "When I saw him, there waiting for me, when he was smiling that one smile with tears trying to stream down his face, I knew that all my worries and anxieties was for nothing, because I knew why I love him so much. We both knew why."

She inhaled deeply from hearing her cousin's story. It was so simple, so straightforward, but it fit them perfectly. That had always defined them anyway.

She just didn't know if that's what she has with Taro.

"That's why it's okay for you to have second thoughts," Sanae said as she took her hands in hers. "It's alright to be nervous, because you're not the only one. I'm sure Taro-kun's thinking stuff like this too. Tsubasa admitted to me he was scared that I would run before the ceremony."

Then she let go of her hands and took the veiled tiara on the table. "Besides," she started as she put it on her, making her look at her reflection. "There's more to the end than happily ever after."

Sanae grabbed her bouquet from the vase on the dresser and helped her stand up. "Now, come on," she ordered lightly. "You have a wedding to attend."

She stared at her for a long time, before she embraced her cousin. Somehow she felt lighter.

"Thank you so much," she mumbled. "For everything you've done for me."

Sanae returned her gesture. "It's the least I can do for everything you've done for me."

Giving her one last squeeze, they separated from each other and started their walk towards her new life.

When they reached the entrance, immediately, the coordinators whispered to each other. Soon, the music started. She was going to walk last with her parents, like tradition. But, she felt herself feeling anxious, that she couldn't wait to see him because she had to make sure that he wanted to do to this, that he wanted her.

And when she finally saw him there, waiting for her with the biggest grin on his face, everything was suddenly alright.

She felt water streaming down her eyes as she walked, but she didn't care. She so so happy, so full of love for him she thought her heart was going to burst.

"You look beautiful," he greeted as he took her hand, his eyes speaking everything he wanted to say. I love you. I love you so much. Thank you.

"You look amazing," she returned. Her eyes telling him what she could never express in words.

Squeezing each other's hands, they turned to face the altar and faced their new life.

Disney taught her that marriage was the end, that this was happily ever after. But that wasn't true. This was only the start, and she was more than blessed that it was him standing beside her at the beginning of this new journey.

AN: one more chapter, and then we're done with this. i actually wanted to put more details about ayame here (there's a whole thing about her family that i wanted to tell and how they weren't exactly sure/ doesnt approve of misaki for reasons but then he proved that he's more than enough for our queen babe) but that never happened because i couldnt find the right place to put it, so i scrapped it. i still do hope you guys liked this.

that's about it for now, so thanks for reading and please review!