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"The minute I heard my first love story

I started looking for you, not knowing

How blind that was.

Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.

They're in each other all along." -The Essential Rumi

Chapter 20

Normal POV

Amu woke up the next morning, feeling her strength had come back to her body. She opened her eyes only to find her favorite handsome cat-like fiancé sleeping peacefully. He looked so cute and adorable when he slept. She kept scanning him until his eyes snapped open, making her jump slightly.

"Morning," he greeted the pinkette.

"Morning," Amu greeted him back as she planted a soft kiss on his lips.

The young couple hugged each other for a time before Amu pulled back and rushed to the toilet, having the urgent need to relieve her bladders. Ikuto chuckled at her childish course of actions – well, she was his baby after all. He rose from the bed and walked around his bedroom to find something he wanted to give to his lover as a surprise; he hoped she would like it.

The bluenette opened his dresser and took a velvet box from one of the drawers. He had had the ring finished yesterday. It would be one great present, he hoped. He put it back and decided to arrange a big surprise for his strawberry. Should he bring her to their favorite spot and throw her a surprise there? His brain worked furiously to pop ideas here and there, before bringing them up together into an amazing event.

Amu came out of the bathroom later, half naked. Her petite body was only wrapped in a small towel. She blushed madly as she stepped into the bedroom. Thank god at least it could cover her butt a bit. Ikuto smirked when he saw his girlfriend in such a garb, but damn, it turned him on! Her sexy body was only covered by the small towel, and her dripping wet hair made her look sexier. Oh god, what a torture!

Ikuto approached her and planted butterfly kisses on her neck, while his hands wrapped around her waist, sending a shiver down Amu's spine. The pinkette couldn't help herself but let out a small moan. Oh god, how good it was! Ikuto let his hands roam her body; they travelled slowly up her torso and stopped near her breasts before cupping and squeezing the delicate mounds. Amu's moan got louder and louder as a rush of ecstasy settled on her lower abdomen.

He turned her body until she faced him completely and kissed her right on the lips. It was one of their huge make out sessions. He pushed her slowly until her body plopped down onto the comfortable bed before he crawled above her and kissed her again.

Her towel had loosened to show Ikuto her completely exposed body. She blushed ten shades while he enjoyed the view. Oh god, how great her body was!

He began to nip on her neck while slowly kissing her lines of her jaws and down to her half-hardened nipples. He nipped on her left nipple while his hand massaged the right one. Amu couldn't wait anymore as she unbuttoned his shirt and tossed it away before planting some kisses onto his broad shoulder. Damn, his abs was hot!

They were in the middle of pleasuring each other when his bedroom's door was slammed open. Amu and Ikuto snapped their head around to see a person at the doorway. The pinkette instantly screamed and grabbed the sheets to cover her nudity. Ikuto cursed on his stupidity of not locking the door.

"Uh oh, I'm sorry Ikuto, ~nya!" the stranger said.

"What are you doing here, Yoru?" Ikuto asked in annoyance, completely mad at the intruder.

"Hey, I just want to greet my cousin, ~nya!" Yoru defended himself. "Who knew that you were in the middle of it? Souko didn't tell me before that you have a girl in your bedroom, ~nya!"

Ikuto was so speechless. He grabbed his shirt and tossed it to Amu before walking towards the dresser, looking for another shirt.

"Err… Could you go out first?" Amu asked shyly, her face as red as tomatoes. "I need to change."

"Sorry, ~nya!" Yoru exclaimed before closing the door with a slam and left the couple.

Amu quickly ran to the corner of the room where luggage was placed, and grabbed some comfortable clothes before rushing into the bathroom and got changed. Damn, it was close! She changed herself rapidly and stepped out of the luxurious bathroom once she was done.

Ikuto grabbed the pinkette by her hands and walked down to the living room, only to be greeted by his cousins, Yoru and his twin sisters, Iru and Eru. It was odd; Yoru never came to their house except for a board meeting of Black Lynx members. Iru and Eru too; they never came unless they had shopping time with Utau. And speaking of Utau, they knew that the blonde was on her honeymoon right now. Was there any special occasion he didn't know today?

The couple took a seat on the couch as Souko walked out of the kitchen with hands full of cakes. Okay, what was happening here? They saw their mother – in-law, in Amu's case – placed the cakes on the table before sitting down beside Aruto.

"Well, what brings you here, Yoru?" Ikuto asked.

"I want to give you this, ~nya," Yoru said as he gave the current president of Tsukiyomi Enterprise an invitation. The bluenette opened it and let out a gasp before narrowing his eyes at his cousin.

"Congratulations! Seems you finally decided to marry her, huh?" he said.

"Well, she's a good girl, ~nya!" Yoru exclaimed excitedly.

"So, why are all of you here? Aside from giving me the invitation, of course."

Eru was the one who answered Ikuto. "We want to meet your fiancée!"

"Yeah, we're so dying to meet her!" Iru chirped in after her twin sister.

Ikuto gave them a dirty look. He knew his cousins so well and they would definitely annoy Amu to no end just like how they annoyed his ex-wife, Saaya – although he had been thankful of it.

"Ow, come on Ikuto! We won't bite her!" Iru said, giving him puppy eyes.

"Pretty please, with cherry on top!" Eru pleaded.

Ikuto glanced at the pinkette. "Will you be okay with it, Amu?" he asked. Well, it wouldn't hurt to make new friends, especially with the cousins of your soon-to-be husband, right?

"I think I'm okay with it," Amu replied.

"Okay, I'll leave you with them," he said as he planted a soft kiss on her forehead. Then he glared at his twin cousins. "Be nice to her!"

"Of course!" Iru and Eru exclaimed in unison.

"Yoru, follow me. I have a word with you," the bluenette said as he rose from the couch and walked to his father's study.

IKUTO'S POV

I had to start planning my surprise for my fiancée. Since Yoru owned an amusement park, I thought I'd hold the event there. Hey, it was our favorite spot, too! Should I?

I walked into my father's study with Yoru right behind me – Dad and Mom were in the living room with Amu and Yoru's sisters. I slipped in and closed the door before sitting down on the couch, my usual spot.

"What do you want to talk about with me, ~nya?" Yoru asked once we were settled on our seats.

"I want to throw a surprise for Amu," I said.

"What would it be, ~nya?"

"I want to propose to her, and I want it to be the most romantic proposal ever."

Yoru grinned giddily. "Okay, ~nya! Let's plan it out!" he exclaimed before I told him my plan.

NORMAL POV

Ikuto told Yoru his planned and asked his cousin to help him prepare what he needed. He also texted his twin cousins to help him by distracting the pinkette, so that he could prepare the surprise without the pink-haired girl knowing.

The bluenette bid his lover and cousins goodbye, saying that they had something to do about Black Lynx's mission for tonight. Ikuto had also told his parents about his plan so that they could help him too. Let's just say that he needed backup to make his plan become a perfect one.

He walked to his bedroom to pick the ring, and then went out to buy some decoration materials that he needed before going to the amusement park. Yoru said that he would close the amusement park today; he had ordered his employees to do so.

They went straight into the amusement park and began decorating. Ikuto chose a small park in the area as the place for his main event, as there was a fountain located in the center of the park. He thought giving Amu the surprise in front of a fountain in a garden would be deemed very much romantic – although for him it felt a little cheesy.

Who was he kidding? He would do anything to ensure his pinkette was as content as possible.

He had asked the twins to bring Amu to the mall and get her a dress. He hoped that the pink-haired girl was as dense as usual so that she would not suspect anything until the time.

AMU'S POV

What was Ikuto planning to do? Well, I didn't really know, but a little voice inside me kept telling me that he had something prepared for me. Had he? The blatantly obvious thing was he had acted a bit strange when he had gone out with Yoru just now. Was it just me, or had he looked nervous?

Had he lied to me? Did he want to cancel our marriage just like a few months ago? I couldn't help myself but kept thinking negatively.

At the moment, though, I was occupied with Ikuto's non-identical twin cousins, who up to now were staring at me with excited interest.

"So, Hinamori-san," the dark-haired twin said with a devilish grin, "I'm Tsukiyomi Iru."

"Hi there!" the other one – the blonde one – chirped in, "I'm Tsukiyomi Eru."

They were cute! How could Ikuto threaten them? "Hello! Please, call me Amu."

Their grins widened and they exclaimed in unison, "Then call me Iru!" "Call me Eru!"

Wow, now I saw how they were twins. They looked alike while at the same time they didn't. Perhaps not in appearance category, but they had the perfectly similar attitude. I giggled at their antics – not denying that they perked my interest.

Hey! They were cute and girls couldn't deny cute things!

"I like you!" both of them said in unison – again, catching me off guard.

"Err… Thank you? I like both of you too," I tried imitating them, but failed fabulously as they laughed at me. I pouted. Ikuto like to bully me, and now that was what his cousins were doing to me! Not fair!

The three of us then spent the time talking about Ikuto's and Yoru's childhood moments, and I laughed the most.

IRU'S POV

I liked Amu a lot! This pinkette was ten times – no, scratch that, hundred times – better than the redhead, Saaya. She was cute and easy-going person, not like Ikuto's ex-wife!

We were talking about Ikuto's and Yoru's childhood moments when I received a text from Ikuto. Well, what would he text me about? Would he threaten me and Eru – for the umpteenth time?

I admitted that I had annoyed Saaya until she had cried and asked Ikuto to bring her home. She and Ikuto had visited us that time and I had hated her passionately since the first time I had laid eyes on her.

Reminding myself that I still had a text from my cousin to read, I shifted my glance towards my phone screen.

Hey Iru,

I want to ask a favor from you and Eru; I'm planning a surprise party for Amu, that's why I'm currently at Yoru's amusement park. Please bring her to the mall and pick out a dress for her to wear – ask her to wear it too while you're at that. I'll send my driver to pick you up from the mall on 6.

P.S.: Treat her well or you'll know what's waiting for you. Ja!

Thanks,

Ikuto

I giggled when I read it. Ikuto really loved this girl. How did I know, you asked? It was simple; first, Ikuto planned out an event, and then he said 'please' and 'thanks'. Those two words were not in his vocabulary list at all!

Well, at least I was right about the warning text – although it was mostly about the favor. I bet Eru also received the text because I caught her glancing at me. I nodded to her in response. We were twins, so we would know what each other were thinking.

"Hey, Amu," I began as casually as possible. "How about we go to the mall? I'm bored!"

"Yeah, let's go!" Eru said with an excitement clear in her voice. I wasn't sure if it was because she liked the idea of throwing Amu a surprise, or just because she was truly bored and could do a shopping.

The pinkette before us hesitated. "Umm… Okay?"

I quickly took her hands before she could change her mind and headed to the garage. I saw one of the drivers had already been waiting for us. I slipped into the car, along with my cousin's fiancée and Eru.

NORMAL POV

Amu and the twins were going to the mall. Once they arrived, Iru and Eru dragged her to one of the stores, which happened to be Utau's favorite. The pinkette wasn't surprised when they dragged her there, since this was one of Utau's favorite stores.

And it so happened to be one of Amu's favorite as well, just because it was packed full with beautiful dresses.

They brought her to the long dress section, with a saleswoman trailing behind them, totally ready to serve.

"Can I help you?" the saleswoman offered professionally once the three girls stopped at their tracks.

"Yes," Eru answered instantly. She pointed at Amu. "I'm looking for a sexy long dress for her."

"Why is it for me?" Amu asked, frowning in confusion.

While Eru racked her brain for a plausible excuse, Iru decided to step in and save the day. "Because it's a present from us!" she said, while she eyed her twin to tell her to just go along. Eru nodded frantically in agreement.

The saleswoman nodded in understanding and walked around the section, pulling out some dresses from the shelf before going back to them. "How about this one?" she asked, giving Eru one dress from the pile she had.

"Amu, go try it!" Iru demanded as she pushed the pinkette into the fitting room.

Amu, not having much choice, got changed. She blushed when she saw the dress – it was cute and looked feminine, but it was too revealing.

She walked out from the fitting room and showed the twins the dress. Iru and Eru shook their heads. It clearly wasn't the one. They gave her another dress to try and Amu walked back to the small chamber to get changed. "This one?"

"Nope! Try this one!" Iru gave her another dress.

"This one?" Amu asked again.

"No," Eru said solemnly, giving her yet another dress.

"This?" the pinkette twirled her body in front of them.

"Ah ah," the twins said in unison as they shook their head in disapproval.

After changing dresses for – Amu wasn't sure how many times it was already – she exclaimed in annoyance when she got out from the fitting room, "This? Please say yes already!"

"Yes! It's perfect!" Iru and Eru squealed.

"Finally!" Amu muttered under her breath. She was beyond exhausted, but she had to admit that the dress was perfect on her. It looked like it was made just for her, and she

loved it so much. Even if Iru and Eru said no to the dress, she would pick that one. Thank god they said yes.

"Let's head back!" Iru said once they finished paying for the dress.

The driver had been waiting for them and drove off to Tsukiyomi mansion. It was six thirty when they arrived home. The twins dragged Amu to Utau's room and changed her into the dress they had bought before putting a soft and natural make-up on her face.

"What is this for?" the pinkette asked in confusion.

"Well," Iru crossed her fingers behind her back and continued smoothly, "we have a party to attend today. Yoru's birthday."

Amu's eyes widened in surprise. "Really?" she asked, starting to panic. "But I don't have a present to give him!"

"It's okay," Eru dismissed her thoughts. "He doesn't need it."

The two girls had finished their work. They sent Amu to the amusement park by letting the driver drive her. They said that they would meet her there because Ikuto was waiting for her. The pink-haired girl believed them, so she went off first, leaving the twins behind.

Iru quickly sent a text to the midnight blue-haired man as they slipped into their own car and drove away to the amusement park. They wanted to witness the surprise that Ikuto had talked about this morning.

Amu was dropped off at the amusement park later. She was amazed by the lighting; it was beautiful and gorgeous. A bear clown approached her when she was standing in front of the gate and gave her a card before disappearing. She opened it and read the letter.

Take three steps forward until you reach a booth.

She got curious as hell, so she obeyed the order. She walked three steps forward until she reached the booth and found another card that laid beside a bouquet of pink daisies. She opened it and read the instruction.

Now, turn left and follow the white roses and candles.

She followed the instruction again and walked along the roses and candles, which she thought were beautiful. She loved it so much, and loved it more when she realized that the roses formed an 'I' and a 'Love', while the candles formed a 'You'.

'Is this really Yoru's birthday party?' Amu thought while she walked. She stopped when she saw a sign to stop, where she spotted another card and rose.

Answer this question: how long has it been since you first met your lover? Step forward as many times as your answer is. Don't forget to take the rose!

Amu thought hardly. How long had it been? Well, according to Ikuto's story about their childhood, it would be around eighteen, then?

She took the steps hesitantly, but stopped at the eighteenth step. She was looking for another card and found one hung on a big tree with a rose beside it. If she had taken the wrong answer, she wouldn't have been able to find the card.

Congratulations! Now, what is your lover's favorite color? Choose left or right by looking at the symbols that were placed in front of you!

Amu saw the symbols: ice and fire. Well, ice for blue and fire for red. Ikuto loved his hair color so much, so it must be blue. She took the path on the left and walked down to find another card and a rose that were placed on a bench, along with some dolls.

You got the right answer! Now, choose one of the dolls to your liking; turn left for the dolphin or turn right for the teddy bear!

She loved teddy bears so much, so she took the doll with her and turned right. She arrived at a small garden, a beautiful one to be exact. She found a card and a rose – again – and read it.

Take five steps forward.

Amu took five steps forward to find another card with a rose.

Now, sum your age and your lover's! Take steps according to your answer and take the rose that's placed beside the candles!

It was easy for her. She walked and counted her steps, making sure she took the right one, while she was enjoying her surroundings. It was more than beautiful; she saw another decoration of candles that formed many words: 'Hi', 'Na', 'Mo', 'Ri', 'A', 'Mu'.

She strung up the words and gasped when it read 'Hinamori Amu'. She tooke a rose that was placed beside the candles just like the instruction told her to do. She stopped right in front of a fountain. God, it was so fabulous!

However, she saw no one there. She looked at her surroundings, but she couldn't find anyone, so she tried making herself busy by counting the roses she gathered.

They were eleven in total. Eleven roses had special meaning; they meant 'You are my treasured one, the one I love most in my life'. She gasped. It was the most romantic thing ever in the world!

She looked around, trying to spot someone. Instead, she saw a card laid neatly on the edge of the fountain. She opened it and read the last instruction.

Now you have reached the destination point. Congratulations! You will have your last task right now. Open the teddy bear up (it has a zipper behind its clothes).

Amu put the roses and the card down before opening the teddy bear's zipper. She was surprised when she saw a midnight blue velvet box. The pinkette opened it and saw the ring her late father had given her laid inside. However, the ring didn't look like the one she had received two days ago – it looked more modern with her name engraved on the inner side and a diamond on top of it.

She turned around to find someone and saw her blue-haired fiancé of hers standing right in front of her.

Ikuto kneeled on one leg and screamed out loud, "Hinamori Amu, you've made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones*, and found out my dark secret but keep loving me. I won't ask for more than this: will you marry me?" He directed his gaze straight at the pinkette's rich golden orbs.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Amu screamed in happiness. It was one of the most romantic proposals ever and it happened to her.

She rushed towards the man and hugged him tightly when their family and friends came out of nowhere and shouted in happiness. Ikuto took the ring from her and slipped it on her left ring finger. It was perfect!

"You are mine from now until forever," he whispered as he slipped the ring on her finger, then kissed her passionately as the beautiful fireworks decorated the dark sky and made it colorful.

"Until forever," Amu repeated the last part of the sentence and planted another kiss.

"Way to go, Brother!" a high-pitched voice shouted.

Ikuto and Amu froze on their spot and turned their heads only to find his blonde sister standing among their family with her husband.

"Utau?" Amu asked in disbelief.

"Hey, Sister!" Utau greeted her.

"What are you doing here?" Ikuto asked his little sister.

"Dad called me and told me about your plan," the blonde said. "Hey, talking about it, why didn't you tell me before?"

"Ha, you'll ruin my perfect plan if I tell you," he countered his sister's scolding.

Utau, however, dismissed his reasoning with a loud squeal. "Forget about it, I don't care anymore. Congratulations!"

"Congrats, Bro," Kukai said.

"Thanks, man. Sorry to disturb your honeymoon," Ikuto replied, feeling a little guilty.

"Nah, it's okay," Utau said, hugging her pink-haired best friend. "We'll go back to Paris tomorrow. By the way, Amu, I envy you!"

"Why?" the pinkette asked in confusion.

"Because my brother proposed to you in a romantic way, unlike a certain person!" the blonde glared at her husband.

It made Amu giggle. Her soon-to-be sister-in-law sure complained a lot, huh?

"So," Iru popped the question casually, "what's with the sudden mood swing, Utau?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. Kukai and I have big news too!" Utau said excitedly, hugging her husband. "I am pregnant!"

See? Her sudden change of mood was indeed related to good news, right?

"Really?" Amu squealed in joy. "Congrats, girl!"

"Well then, let's celebrate; both Ikuto and Amu's engagement and Utau's pregnancy!" Aruto spoke, earning nods from the rest.

Ikuto had prepared some drinks before, which they took for a toast.

"For Ikuto and Amu's engagement, also for Utau's pregnancy!" Aruto said.

"For our happiness!" Ikuto spoke.

"That will last forever," Amu finished her lover's sentence with a smile.

"Cheers!" Kukai exclaimed as they did the toast to celebrate the news.

Amu suddenly remembered a quote she had once read in a book by Robert Brault. It said, 'To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness.'

So, they ended their love journey with a happy ending, just like an old fairytale story where the princess got to live happily ever after with her prince in their beautiful castle, and Amu had found her ultimate happiness: being with Ikuto. She was grateful; if it wasn't because she had found out his dark secret – the dark secret that held lots of memories she wouldn't forget – she would probably have still been in America and become Aoi's wife.

She had read tons of romance novels and envied the characters sometimes, but right now, other girls would envy her, right?

The pinkette planted a soft kiss on her fiancé's lips and smiled warmly. She was happy.

'Mom, Dad, Ami, I am happy that I have found Ikuto, and we will live happily, full of love. Are you living happily there?' she thought and smiled when she felt a warm breeze blowing around her.

"Let's get back," Ikuto said as he wrapped her hands with his larger ones.

Both of them left and they were ready to spend the rest of their life with each other, just because they were meant to be.

The next day at Tsukiyomi mansion,

Ikuto woke up the next morning with his lover right beside him. Finally, he had been able to claim the pinkette officially and sealed his promise with the ring he had given her yesterday.

He was glad that he could finish his work to polish the ring only in a short amount of time. He had asked the goldsmith to engrave her name on the inner side of the ring and put the diamond on top of it. He knew she would love it as much as he did.

Now, he had one last thing to take care of: their wedding ceremony. He had spoken with his father about it and Aruto had suggested holding it for two months so they still had time to prepare all the things they needed.

Ikuto agreed with it and was currently waiting for Amu's answer. He had been looking for the best wedding organizer to help him organize their wedding.

The pinkette woke up later and found the love of her life staring at her. She eyed him in curiosity before pecking him on the lips. "Morning," she greeted him.

"Morning," he greeted back before standing up. "Come on, we have to prepare for our wedding."

"Wedding?" she asked in confusion.

"Yep," he replied, dragging her out of the bed to the dining room. "Our wedding will be held in two months."

Which would be long enough for them to make it perfect, right?

Two months later, the wedding

"Where is he?" Kukai groaned in frustration.

Another voice said hesitantly, "Toilet?"

"Toilet?!" the brunette almost screamed in disbelief. "For god's sake!" He walked to the toilet and found Ikuto there.

"Ikuto, what are you doing here in the toilet on your wedding day?" Kukai asked the bluenette. "Furthermore, you have to let me, your best man, run around looking for you!"

"Hey, I'm nervous, you know!" Ikuto countered.

God, he was nervous, so nervous! Today was his wedding day and he couldn't help himself but being nervous. Today, he would claim the pinkette as his and his only until the end of his life. He would say his vows and seal their relationship in a marriage.

"You don't have time to be nervous! I need you to be ready at the chapel door right now!" Kukai shouted, dragging the nervous groom.

The priest invited him to come into the chapel. He walked down the long aisle that was decorated with tons of blue and pink roses. The concept was a vintage garden wedding with pink and blue as the main colors – they combined their favorite colors and it turned out perfect. He stopped right in front of the altar and the priest, waiting for his bride.

Not long after that, the wedding march began slowly as the priest invited the bride in. Ikuto turned around and sucked his breath in. Amu was walking down the aisle with Aruto. She wore the most gorgeous wedding dress ever. It was a simple front short back long white dress that hugged her body curves perfectly, her long creamy legs were exposed with a silver five-inch high heels cladding her feet. Her pink hair was pinned up and she wore a tiara on her head.

She was truly a goddess – his goddess.

Amu reached the altar and felt her father-in-law giving her hand to her husband-to-be. They turned around to face the priest.

"You may speak your vows," the priest said.

"I love you.

And when I tell you I love you, this is what I mean,

You are the one for whom I have waited. You have brought me more peace and steadiness than I have ever known, and the days since I met you have been the best days of my life. Your ready smile, your deep convictions, your passion and compassion, your beauty, your laughter, your sense of adventure, your intelligence, your wisdom, your faith, your courage, your kindness and the lessons of your experience enrich me in every moment I spend with you. I offer you my history, with its pride and its regret; my future, walking with you wherever we go; This present moment, which explodes with more joy than a moment should be able to hold.

All of my joy and fear, my brokenness and my courage, my success and failure, my humor and despair, my loneliness and my connectedness. I promise to laugh with you and to laugh at myself. I promise to take you seriously when seriousness is called for. I promise to hold you while you cry, and to cry while you hold me. I promise to care for you as best I can, and to encourage you to stretch and grow and care for yourself. I promise to love and nourish myself, as a child of God and as the one whom you have chosen. I promise to support you in sharing your gifts with others, to encourage your generosity and your chosen responses to your many callings.

I promise to listen to you, respect and consider your thoughts and beliefs, and to heed your challenges to my own. I promise to rest with you, and to seek balance between work and play. I promise to seek God with you, bravely and constantly, holding you closer than any other human to the heart of my heart, with only God in the very center. I promise you nothing less than the rest of my life. You are my closest friend, and I give you myself. This is what I mean when I tell you that I love you.

From this moment on you are my wife, and, with Divine assistance, I promise to be your loving and faithful husband for the rest of our lives." Ikuto stated his vows as he saw tears slowly streamed down his beautiful wife's face.

"I love you. And when I say I love you, what I mean is...

Everything within me, from the most analytical thoughts to the goosebumps and butterflies, and especially the still small Voice, tells me that it is right to commit my life to building a life with you because I believe we are stronger together than we are apart and that we can grow more in our intellect, our compassion, and in our faith together than we could alone.

I promise to stand firm beside you as your partner in pursuing knowledge, adventure, spirituality, peace, and responsibility. I promise to love and honor who you are rather than who I imagine you to be, and I promise to present myself honestly and openly to you. I promise to support you when your strength is challenged and to ask for your help in my

weakness. I promise to hold you as completely in my heart in the difficult times as in the joyous ones.

I promise to be open to growth and change and the unexpected as we, as individuals, grow and change. And, finally, I promise to be open to laughter and wonder and mystery and, most importantly, to God's will in our life together.

You make my joys greater and my sorrows more bearable, and you make my spirit feel known. From this day forward, you are my husband and companion, and I promise, with Divine assistance, to be a loving and faithful wife for the rest of our lives," Amu finished her vows.

"Now, I pronounce you as husband and wife. You may kiss the bride," the priest announced loudly and Ikuto sealed their vows by kissing his wife.

"Congratulations!" their family screamed for them – Utau being the loudest.

Well, today till forever they shall live in joy and happiness with the blessing from their family. From now till forever, the never ending love.

-Fin-

* quotes from Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (I don't own it)

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