Submission to Zai Week Day 2
Forever
"Fire Lord Zuko, do you take Lady Mai to be your wife? Do you promise cherish and protect her, to be loyal to her and love her until the sun goes dim?"
Zuko grinned nervously at Mai, his gaze never wavering.
"I do," his voice was strong and clear without a hint of uncertainty or hesitation.
"Lady Mai, do you take Fire Lord Zuko to be you husband? Do you promise to obey and comfort him, to be loyal to him and love him until the sun goes dim?"
Mai, surprisingly enough looking on the verge of tears, gave Zuko a watery smile.
"I do."
Those two words spoke more emotion, love, joy, excitement, than anyone but Zuko knew her capable of feeling.
Some words later, and the sage declared,
"May Agni bless this union and may it last into forever."
The Fire Sage sent Zuko a sly grin.
"You may kiss your bride."
"Finally," Mai muttered as he took her in his arms and dipped her as he kissed her.
"LONG LIVE FIRE LORD ZUKO!" went a cheer from the crowd.
"LONG LIVE FIRE LADY MAI!" came another, the friends of the bride and groom being the loudest between both sets.
Ty Lee took a deep breath and cupped her hands around her mouth.
"IT'S ABOUT TIME! WHOOOO!"
A/N: 'Love: a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.' I just found this quote to be appropriate.
I realize that the ceremony is culturally inaccurate, but I've never seen an Asian cultured wedding and didn't want to try for something I don't know anything about.
There are more after this one so I'll have to double up to get them all in for Zai Week.
R&R