Please do remember that everything I write here is purely from my mind! I'm sorry if the things I'll write down would be wrong. I don't know much about marriage stuff. Enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 21: Perfect Kiss

"Then let's get married!" He kissed her cheeks. She blushed then grabbed Shiroyan's hand then led him to the Marriage booth.

"Good afternoon! Care to try our marriage booth?" A guy said.

"What do we do?" Tabiki asked excitedly.

"In this booth, you would pretend getting married! You get to have a fake marriage certificate! Of course you would have to pay for the kiss, he chain and the ring! There's a free picture with it, by the way!" A woman explained.

"Oh and lastly, you would be chained to each other! You'll have to come back to unlock the chain anytime! But it must be before the end of the day. Or else, you'll be stuck together!" The guy added.

"Let's go Shiro-kun!" She tugged.

They went inside, finding a white walkway and a little white table at the end. There were black curtains at both sides with things for preparation inside.

"What are your names?" A woman asked.

"Naoya, Shiroyan."

"Kyuuri, Tabiki." They introduced. The woman wrote down their names, smiled, then left.

Another woman tugged her hand to the left side and a guy tugged Shiroyan to the right side.

Tabiki's POV

The woman let me sit down inside this side of the tent with a black curtain covering us. I looked around and saw that there were racks of rings, a veil, a bouquet of flowers and a sliding folder on a table.

"Ms. Kyuuri, Please prepare a small message for your boyfriend. You would have to tell this to him later. Here's the guide!" She reached a pen and a folder out to me.

I opened the red folder, finding a piece of paper with some printed words that we should say while 'getting married'. Then below, It says (Girl's message) then a huge space for me to write on then after, (Guy's message). I opened the pen, thinking of something to write. But then I thought, I knew what I was going to say. I returned the pen and folder on the table.

"Um, I'll be right back in a little while!" The woman smiled. She was out for a minute then returned immediately. She went towards the racks of rings then looked for something. She grabbed a ring then gave it to me without letting me see it.

"Don't look at the ring until later okay?" She said.

She grabbed the headband-like veil then let me wear it. She pulled me up then gave me the bouquet of flowers. She pushed me out of the curtain to the white pathway, seeing Shiroyan at the end. My heart raised. After seeing those things from my point of view, it really felt real. I slowly walked as I looked at Shiroyan, until I finally reached his side. As soon as he grabbed his folder, we started the 'marriage'.

"Today we shall see a 'pretend' commitment between this handsome groom and his beautiful bride. We fully hope and wish for your relationship to last. That you would love each other and go through obstacles together. If you may," He looked at Shiroyan.

"I, Shiroyan, take Tabiki, to be my wife. I promise to be true in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.

I promise to protect you from harm and I will not allow anyone to hurt you. Even if I have to accept the pain so you wouldn't have to feel it. I want to tell you- I need to tell you how much I love you. You're the first person that I ever loved this way and I think that I would never love someone as much as I love you. At first, we had weird and funny experiences. Right when I saw you, right when I protected you that day, I knew I had something for you.. I thank you for giving me a chance, and yourself a chance, to change and accept our true selves. I love you.. I love you so much." He looked at my eyes and smiled at me with deep thoughts in his mind. I was so happy that time that I was almost down to tears.

"For the bride," The guy looked at me.

"I, Tabiki, take Shiro-kun, to be my husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.

Right now, in this small tent, I just can't believe we're actually having a 'pretend' marriage. It's so funny if you think of it. But, I just want to tell you how thankful I am. You changed me. You let me do, and experience so much things that I've never done before. I learned to let go and be myself. All this time, I kept myself from acting the way I am today. What I didn't know, was that the person I was holding back was the one who'll meet, love and be loved by a great person like you. I know that I was so annoyed with you at first, but one time, I felt that you were actually a nice guy. I learned to trust. I love you, Shiroyan." I smiled then teared up. I don't know but I think it's just tears of joy.

"Your rings, please." The guys said.

"Oh, right." I opened my hand then saw the ring. It was just a fake one but it was silver then had the letter 'B' on it. I looked at Shiroyan with confusion. He put the ring on my index finger slowly. Then I just followed then put the ring on his too.

"Wondering why I chose this?" I looked at his clear handsome face as he smirked. I nodded to agree.

"Have you forgotten what you always call me?" He stooped down to so his face would level mine. Then I understood what he was trying to say.

"B-baka.." I mumbled. I looked away as I felt my heart beat fast and my face feeling hot.

I heard a blurry voice. I guess I was too overwhelmed at the moment. I felt like falling down. I wasn't trying to balance myself. I was just waiting for myself to fall. I closed my eyes as I waited but suddenly felt a hand cupped on my waist and another holding my chin. I fluttered my eyes and found Shiroyan close to me. As soon as I opened my eyes clearly, he smiled hen kissed my lips. I just wanted to shout out that I was the happiest person on earth that time. We passionately kissed each other until we were nearly breathless. I was holding his neck and he was holding my waist and my cheek. That was the best kiss I've had. The perfect kiss. I heard a small flash from my left. I think it was for the picture. Shiroyan and I, inside a small tent, pretending to get married. We stopped then smiled at each other.

Ding. Ding. Ding.

"Attention! We would like to announce a little news. Just now, we have decided on the best 'Married' couple! And that would be Ms. Kyuuri, or should I say Mr. and Mrs. Naoya! As we've all seen-"

"What!? WHAT DID THEY SEE?!" I shouted.

"Um, everything?" The guy said. After that. I didn't get to understand the announcement. I spaced out all of a sudden, feeling embarrassed. That was private! Ugh. Suddenly, someone shook me.

"Hey! Hey! Bikyu-chan!"

"THEY SAW US!?" I snapped back.

"Calm down. We're supposed to go there at the end of the day to receive a little gift. Don't let it bug you. Let's go! We'll still enjoy this school fair!" He smiled then patted my head.

"Here, take this as remembrance, then this picture!" A woman went out then handed us a certificate and two pictures for us. I'm starting to feel uneasy on looking at ourselves kissing with me having a veil on my head. It's actually awkward to know that you're being watched just a few minutes ago.

Ching.

We looked down to our wrists and saw that we were chained together. After that, we left to go to the Love Photo Booth. We went inside.

We showed our rings and the chain, while pointing at each other.

Click!

I felt the left side of my head feeling itchy so I had to pull Shiroyan's hand so I could reach and scratch it.

"Hey! We're taking a picture here! Save that for later!" He was laughing.

Click!

He pulled his hand to the other side so I couldn't scratch my head. I pouted my lips.

"You're just gonna ruin the picture even more!" I said.

"Not the way you did!" He said.

Click!

"It's just the same anyways! And we just had two photos wasted!" I crossed my arms, forgetting that I pulled him towards me.

Click!

"Hey! Don't go pulling me just like that!" He stood back up then raised our chains.

Click!

We looked in front then saw our pictures. We just laughed at it. We went out and sat on the bench to look at the pictures for a while. He let me hold the new pictures we had.

"Let's look at our first picture!" He said then reached out to his pocket.

"Hey! Don't pull me!" I said.

"That's revenge!" He grabbed his wallet as he laughed at me. He took out our first batch of pictures out. He kept his wallet, pulling me again. We compared the pictures.

"Nothing's really changed right?" I said.

"Yeah. Wait.. I think, I got more handsome!" He laughed.

"Shut up!" I poked his head. He kept the pictures then asked me to stand up.

"Let's eat!" He said. We went around, looking for little food stands. I think we grabbed food from each stand... Weird. After eating, I checked the time and it was almost 4 in the afternoon! Woah. Time runs fast. The day ends by 5 so we have to hurry.

"Hey. We gotta hurry. It's nearly five pm." I said.

"All right! Let's go to the SC Office!" He said.

"All right! Let's go to the Marriage booth!" We said the words together, walking to different ways that caused us to lose balance then fall.

"Ugh. What? We have to remove this chain!" I said.

"No! We have to get that thing first!" He protested back. We kept on going again and again on where to got first. We breathed deeply for a while to catch our breath. I checked my watch then saw that it's five minutes away from 5! While I was looking at my watch, Shiroyan suddenly pulled me to the SC office. I had no choice but to run because we had no time.

"We're here!" He said.

"Oh, there you are. Here's your little gifts. They're picture frames. So you could put in your picture during the wedding a while ago." Maki explained. Wait, where's Tora?

"Thanks!" He grabbed the two boxes wrapped in a gift bag then walked out. I checked the time, 2 minutes! I ran as fast as I could, not noticing that I was dragging Shiroyan.

"Hey! Cut it out! I could run too you know?" I stopped then let him stand up. We ran towards the booth but when we got there, they were already packed up.

"Hey! Could you unlock this?" I said.

"Sorry, we got rid of the keys already.. I'm very sorry!" The woman bowed. I sighed deeply then walked to a nearby bench.

Ding. Ding. Ding!

"Before we end the fair, we would like to hear a small message from Igarashi-kaichou!" Maki said.

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"Where is he? What?" He was heard mumbling.

"Well, unfortunately, the president is out so, I would do the honors. Thankyou everyone for coming! I hope you all are ready for tomorrow's Royal Ball! Please be at the said venue by 6 pm and bring your outfits! Rooms were already reserved so please just ask for your room number and get ready!" Maki announced.

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"IT'S YOUR FAULT! IF WE UNLOCKED OURSELVES FIRST THAN GETTING THOSE FRAMES WE SHOULD'VE BEEN FINE!" I said. He just laughed. It annoyed me. We stayed there at the bench for more than an hour without realizing it.

"Hey, we could just kick this chain off." He plainly said.