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"Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable."

– Bruce Lee

Chapter 19

Normal POV

It was finally Utau's and Kukai's wedding day.

The blonde had made Amu her bridesmaid at the last minute as one of her cousins had gotten ill and therefore couldn't come to the wedding. Amu, being her best friend and a romantic at heart, accepted the offer happily. After all, Utau would be her sister-in-law soon, so helping the desperate bride was no big deal for her.

So here she was, sitting in the dressing room along with the soon-to-be Souma, talking and joking around. Utau was visibly nervous. It wasn't her usual character, but who wouldn't be nervous on their wedding day?

In the other room, Kukai and Ikuto – who the brunette was having as his best man – sat on the couch while the former was being threatened by his bride's father. Ikuto didn't make things any better either, as the young bluenette followed his father's example and threatened his best friend about being good to his little sister or he would face the consequences.

And Kukai knew too well what consequences the two male Tsukiyomis were talking about. The father-and-son pair wasn't easy to deal with; they were extremely protective of their loved ones and would do anything to protect them. Being the current vice-leader of Black Lynx, as well as having spent the major portion of his lifetime with Ikuto, Kukai knew what Ikuto and Aruto would do to him if he hurt Utau.

Not to mention that he would hurt himself first if such a thing happened.

Kukai loved Utau for sure since the first time they had met. He hadn't believed in a cheesy thing such as love at the first sight before, but then he had turned into a believer after the experience. He had submitted his whole being to her since their first date – body, soul, and heart. Being a romantic was not his way of living, but if Utau so willed it, he would change himself to a romantic through and through for her sake –

– which had happened long before Aruto had told them that they had been to get engaged, and no word could have described their happiness that time.

Their relationship sure wasn't a perfect one. They had a lot of fights and quarrels before, but those fights were the one that helped them strengthening their bond and letting them know more about each other.

Now, after long three months of a great – albeit full of lovers' quarrel – relationship, they finally stepped into a more serious path, a marriage. Both of them were elated because they'd found the love of their lives and would be bound together to each other forever.

"Kukai, Ikuto, we'll start the wedding soon," Kairi informed them. "Kukai, please stand at the chapel's doorway and wait for the priest to ask you to come into the chapel hall. I'll get the bride!" The green-haired doctor then left into the bride's room.

The brunette couldn't contain his delight. "I'm getting married!" he shouted cheerily, giving the air an excited fist.

"Yeah, yeah, you've said it 50 times already," Ikuto deadpanned with a roll of his eyes. "Now shut up and stand at the doorway!" The bluenette pushed the over-excited groom to the opened door of the chapel.

They arrived later and waited until the priest asked the groom to come in. Kukai walked down the petal-covered red carpet of the aisle towards the altar, looking around. He saw his family along with Utau's and some of their friends. Members of Black Lynx also came to celebrate their vice-leader's wedding.

He stopped right in front of the altar and looked up to see the beautiful design of an intricate large wreath weaved from tons of flowers hanging on the ceiling of the chapel. They were pink daisies, Utau's favorite flower. Kukai recalled their latest – and worst –fight over the designs for the wedding ceremony. It was a month of quarrelling over small things during wedding preparation, which had ended up smoothly.

Not long after the groom had arrived at the altar, the priest invited the bride to come in. Kukai turned to look at his beautiful bride in her wedding gown. It was perfectly gorgeous and fitted her well, as if it had been especially for her.

Utau walked down the aisle with her father escorting her. Ikuto and Amu were standing at the door, smiling. Both of them were happy for the newlywed couple. They were absolutely made for each other and meant to be together.

Ikuto and Amu looked at each other with smiles on their faces, before she slipped her hand into his waiting arm as they walked towards the front row and sat down on the seats that had been prepared for family members.

After the couple had exchanged vows and rings, they sealed their vows with a kiss. Then they headed to the hotel where their wedding reception would be held.

Ikuto and Amu went straight to the limo that had been prepared for the groom and bride along with the best man and the bridesmaid. The two young couples slipped into the car and let the driver drive them to the hotel.

"So Amu," Utau began with a singsong tone. "When will you marry my brother?"

"Soon," Ikuto replied for the pinkette without hesitation, looking straight at her rich golden orbs.

Amu blushed when she heard Ikuto's declaration. She herself didn't know when she would marry the love of her life. Soon, maybe, just like the bluenette had said.

"You have to make me the bridesmaid or maid-of-honor!" Utau squealed like crazy.

Amu didn't reply as she was too speechless and busy blushing. She didn't like being teased like this by the blonde.

Not receiving an immediate reply, Utau used her trump card. "Aw, come on, Amu," she pleaded with puppy eyes. "Pretty please…!"

"Okay, okay!" the pinkette mumbled under her breath, nodding.

Ikuto smirked. He knew that his girlfriend was embarrassed to death whenever other people brought up about her relationship with him.

"Where are you going for your honeymoon?" Amu asked, trying to change the subject.

"Paris," Utau answered happily, completely over the Ikuto-Amu topic. "Kukai said he wanted to go there, and I want to go there too."

Her brother lifted one of his eyebrows in amusement. "Oh… Paris, huh?" he teased his best friend while nudging him teasingly.

Kukai blushed and turned his face to the opposite direction to hide his red face. Utau was so excited about Paris as she told the pink-haired girl what she would do when she was there. Well, it was majorly about shopping, though.

The groom mumbled grumpily about 'not having time for both of us alone'. His wife heard him only to deliver a smack on his head – "Shopping is my heaven!" – and it completely shut his mouth.

He sighed heavily. He knew that his wife was a shopaholic, and it was hard to separate her from her shopping habit. It wasn't that he hated it – he was okay with it, in fact – but sometimes, it annoyed him like hell. He had chosen Paris for their honeymoon because he knew that Utau loved shopping, but he thought that after they got married she would make him her first priority instead of shopping.

It looked like she didn't change at all.

Fortunately for him, Amu decided to do the countermeasure. "Utau, don't you want to spend your honeymoon with Kukai more than shopping?" she asked her best friend.

"No! I want shopping and shopping!" the blonde said. But then shortly after that, she felt guilty when she saw Kukai's sad face. She knew that Kukai chose Paris because he knew that she would love it. Well, shopping could wait, right?

"Poor Kukai," Ikuto said out of the blue.

It made Utau feel guiltier and decide against her shopping plan. She hugged her husband and whispered into his ear. "I'm sorry. I love you. We'll spend our honeymoon time together." She then pecked him on the lips.

Kukai was dumbfounded. Utau never apologized to him – except the restaurant incident, of course. But now? Really? Utau had just apologized? Maybe his wife had changed a bit. He yelled out of joy inwardly when Utau said it. Who wasn't happy after that, huh?

They arrived at the hotel not long after that, and they started the party to celebrate the wedding. All of them were happy, just like an old story of a perfect love.

IKUTO'S POV

I was happy for my sister and best friend; they were meant for each other. I saw my favorite strawberry standing in the corner of the room. Maybe the corner was her favorite spot? I didn't really know, but I could always find her in the corner of the room she was in.

I approached her and bowed my head in a princely style while asking for a dance with her. She giggled when she looked at me, but in the end she accepted my invitation. I took her hands with mine and lead her to the dance floor where Kukai and Utau were dancing their first dance as a married couple as the master of ceremony invited the other guests to dance with them.

We danced along the soft music, twirling around Kukai and Utau while both of them chuckled at our actions. Amu also giggled because I kept twirling her. I bet you didn't know how happy I was when I saw her smile, the soft smile that brightened my world and life.

We ended our dance later and walked back to the corner of the room, I saw Kairi speaking to a girl that looked so childish with brown hair. Kairi wasn't a type of person who spoke with someone so long as he wasn't interested in them. Maybe spring was coming for him too?

The atmosphere around us was filled with love, love, and love. It was one of the happiest days in my life, and I hoped the love could last forever. I gazed at the pinkette beside me. She looked so happy and kept smiling.

She was so beautiful today. She wore the strapless white long dress, which was simpler than Utau's, but she still looked gorgeous. The dress hugged her curves in the right places and showed her sexy body. It made me want to ravish her right here, right now.

I wrapped my arms around her small waist, hugging her from the back while claiming her as mine when I saw some men looking at her with lust. I also sent them my deadly glare, telling them to back off. Some of them who still had their senses right were backing off and looking for another chick to mess with, while some of them kept gawking at my girlfriend.

They wished to die, I saw.

Amu seemed aware of my sudden mood change. She faced and hugged me. She whispered something into my ear, but I couldn't catch it before she kissed me. Well, I was smug about it after we parted. I saw the men that had looked at her before were blushing and turning their head away.

She was my girl after all, and the fiancée of the leader of Black Lynx.

NORMAL POV

Soon, the reception was over. Kukai and Utau headed to their sports car that had been readied for them. They would head to Paris right now; Kukai would drive them to the airport where Aruto had prepared a private jet for them. The newlyweds drove off and left their family at the hotel.

Ikuto took Amu's hand into his and walked her towards their car. She was tired. Being a bridesmaid, she had to listen to Utau's complaining all day. However, she was happy – albeit tired. She could feel her feet screaming in pain due to the seven-inch heels she wore.

She walked barefooted to the car while her unoccupied hand held her heels. Ikuto chuckled when he saw the pinkette holding her shoes. He then carried her bridal style and continued the walk to his car, ignoring the protest he received from her.

Amu was embarrassed when Ikuto carried her because everyone that remained in the room was looking at them. Aruto even coughed when he saw it and then smirked at them. Well, they were in the next line of the soon-to-be-married couple, so why couldn't Ikuto show his affection to the public? It also worked as a way to claim the pinkette as his.

They reached his car later. He opened the door and put the girl into the passenger seat before walking around to the driver seat and slipped in. He roared his car engines alive and drove off to his house – their house. During the drive, Amu could only sit around with a dizzy head. Her eyes were blurry. She was so dead tired that she needed to sleep right now. She closed her eyes and submitted herself to the darkness of sleep.

Ikuto stayed focused on the road. Then he turned and looked at the sleeping girl beside him when he heard soft snoring. She had had a long day today and he knew that her sister complained about many things to her – being that the two of them were best friends – and Amu hadn't complained back. Instead, the pinkette had listened to anything the blonde had wanted to say.

They arrived at his house later, but he didn't want to wake her up, so he carried her bridal style – again – to their room since Amu's room wasn't finished yet. Ikuto was still working on the furniture and it would be finished in three days. She squirmed in his arms a bit, making him think that she was waking up only to be greeted with another soft snore. He smiled heavenly at her.

He put her gently down onto the bed once they were inside their bedroom. He was debating with himself about whether he should change her clothes himself, but then he decided to ask a maid to help her change her clothes with one that was still in her luggage. After that, he walked into the bathroom to get changed himself.

Once he was done and walked back to the bedroom, he couldn't find the maid anymore, but Amu's clothes had already been changed. He crawled into the bed and laid down beside the pinkette before wrapping his arms around her petite waist and dragged her closer against him.

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