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Yue grinned happily as she was given a glass of champagne and looked at the happy husband playing with the finely expensive wine glass. They were all given a glass for the upcoming toast that was about to held.

Arthur held it up for them. "For the past month I would had never thought that this day would come." Yue hold a sniff smile for Arthur was looking at her.

"Never thought that Ivan was good enough for you." Everyone was in silent. This was getting awkward, Mathilda thought. Then Arthur pulled a small smile, "That is until I saw how Ivan had eyes only for you. He planned ahead not only to make you his wife, but also planned a happy family with you."

Yue blushed as she tore her eyes to Ivan, who was smiling down at her. Arthur coughed that brought back their eyes to him.

"I would now say that Yue. You're a lucky lady to have a husband that would take a bullet for you. Well in my case a sword for you. Congratulations to the newlyweds!" He shouted and everyone drank their glass. The Englishman clapped while the Russian guest kept shouting "Gor'ko!"

Ivan smiled as he looked down to kiss his wife. The kissed was then counted by the guest.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 . . " Yue pulled away for the lack of oxygen in her lungs.

"The vine is still bitter, Ivan." A Russian speaker shouted. From the knowledge Yekaterina told her that they would keep continuing their demands until they are satisfied with the kiss. So to get over with more humiliating kissing request. Yue had thrown her pride away, for the time being. At least it was for her husband.

Yue smiled and pulled Ivan down for a daring kissed in front of them. Their mouths were opened for each other and their tongues were swirling for dominance. Ivan growled for Yue had never fight his kisses before and he like the new found courage the Asian was giving him.

They had forgotten about the counting and the audience's count was softening to just observe the alluring kiss in front of them.

When they did parted. The whole room was in silent. Though, Yue and Ivan didn't care for they sure had stunned them.

Nicholas was the first to return from the scene and poke Henry. He jerked from the surprise and nodded that was given to him.

"Right. Let's us enjoy the celebration for the Ivan and Yue Braginski." Then glasses were being smacked to the floor by the Russian guests that startled all of them including Ivan.

"Brother you must also smashed yours if you want a happy life with her." Said a rather deep voice of Natalia. Ivan immediately followed suit that had brought chuckled by Amelia.

"Afraid of your little sister?" She mocked but Ivan wasn't in the mood to destroy his wedding day so he just let her go, for now.

That was then when the double doors from the main hall opened with servants holding trays of food. What the Russian called 'Starter food' for the reception.

It was from Salads to easy bits of buttered bread and to surprise attendance, Yue and YueMei had cooked their Chinese Gao, a rice based steam bun. Yue and Ivan took this time to get to the refreshments and grabbed a glass of lemonade and eat a few off those snacks.

"Yue." Yue looked up at her husband as she washed the Gao bun with her drink.

"Shi?" He bended down and wide the bun particles that was left on the side of her mouth and placed his finger to his mouth.

"You have something on your mouth." Yue blushed ferociously as Ivan smiled happily at her.

"Ivan, Yue!" They turned to Yekaterina, who was happily walking towards them.

"Shall both of you starts the dance?" Ivan placed his glass on the table and bended to the waist and pulled out his hand to offer Yue.

"May I have this dance, milady?" Yue smiled at the cockiness Ivan was given her. She took the hand and the music started to hummed. The once scattered guests had now moved to the side to let the couple open the dance.

Yue took a deep breath as Ivan's hand circle her waist and she placed hers at his shoulder. She may be a head shorter than Ivan but see like the idea that someone this big and strong can be a cry baby for her to nurture. Though the thought of others gave her a nagging feeling that this was funny.

He gave her an assured smile and the music startled to go a bit louder, they twirled around the hall. Yue laughed as how Ivan improved his steps. They were only given a day to practise last week before Ivan gone missing.

"I have a surprise for you." Ivan said as they were still dancing every space they were given, eyes locked in each other presence.

"What is it?" He grinned and pulled her up to throw her in the air. Yue yelped at the sudden feeling of nothing on her feet. Then placed her down. The audience were laughing at the unexpected move Ivan had made.

"What was that—" Yue stopped as Ivan stopped guiding her and was leaning down to kissed her cheeks. Her heart had skipped a beat again from the sudden tenderness he had given her.

"I just can't resist." The music started to play again. This time, the guest had come and dance with them. Ivan and Yue danced with them happily for everyone was enjoying the music and champagne. Though vodka had been served, the Englishmen tried to avoid it of fear of getting drunk in the early of the party.

Mathilda smiled happily while sipping the lemonade glass as her eyes shifted from the newlyweds to her sister and Arthur dancing.

She can tell that Ivan and Yue were having fun in a sync way there body moves to the rhythm. While her sister was actually leading the dance with too much excitement to her for Arthur to missed his footing a few times. All in all, everyone was happy with their partner. Even the hard face- Natalia was blushing with a well dress boy and her uncle Francis was enjoying flirting with one of the ladies standing on the sides, like her.

"What's a pretty little lady like you doing here alone?" Mathilda removed her eyes from the dancers to a rather drunk Prince.

"H-hello, your majesty." Gilbert smirked as he gulped the last drop of what seems to be vodka for Mathilda.

"Please. Call me Gil."

"That seems to be a bit too casual." Gilbert turned to faced her and said with a knowing look.

"Then how about the awesome Gilbert?" Mathilda laughed. Then stopped when her brain told her that she was with a royal and she was laughing at his face.

"I-I'm sorry—I didn't me—"

"Why you stop, Birdie?" Mathilda blinked. Birdie? That rather a weird thing to call someone, she thought.

"Why did you stop laughing? I like the sound of it." A blushed had crept through Mathilda's face. Nobody said anything they like any part of her. Other than her sister, but that's natural, when you had the same face as hers.

She turned too looked at Gilbert, shyly as he was staring at the couples dancing around to the music.

"May I have this last dance, milady?" the German accent had made into his speech and Mathilda kind of like the sound of it. Gilbert looked at her in the eye. The crimson eyes that still brought a cold shiver down her spine, it's rather uncommon for anyone to have this kind of eye shade. All of his earlier drunkenness had been somehow erased from his pale handsome face.

"S-sure." Mathilda offered her hand to his gloved ones and they slowly blend in with the rest of the dancers.

A few hours later, where everyone had eaten their fill and has somehow miraculously still sober enough to know the difference between male and female. As they were giving money to the two child, Michael and Natalia in the middle of the hall.

Natalia wasn't happy to knew that her father had offered her to be an ornament for their tradition.

Mathilda went to Michael since she can't go to Natalia's basket without her hand being chopped off.

Yue and Ivan was sited behind the two children as guest started to put money to the basket.

"So whoever has the most money in it, will be the gender of our first child?" Yue asked for about a dozen times since they were told to sit there. Ivan was patience with her, and reminded her again.

"Yes, zhena. As in my tradition. Two babies." Ivan turned to looked at sister weary, who was too old to be considered a baby.

"A boy and a girl. To represent our future child's gender." Yue had nervously tugged at her napkin the whole process.

"How can that be when Natalia is a bit young person?" Ivan sighed, true to be told. He had told his father not to go with this since they don't have any girl toddlers in the vicinity. But his father insisted saying it's tradition and that he also had it when he got married.

"Well, she is still considering a child until twenty-seventh of July." The Russian smiled at his bride.

Yue let it go when Nicholas has counted all the money in each baskets and he had a smile on his face.

"The counting had been done and results are that in." he took a piece of paper and read the numbers to it.

"Fifty Shillings was offered to a girl while a two and Seventy was offered to a boy. Congratulations my boy, you will be having a son." Everybody claps and laughed at the mockery sound of Nicholas as he looked at his son with humorous eyes.

Ivan gulped as his father's uncommon happiness. Yue smiled at her mother who had been pleased with the outcome of the gender. Well, Yue thought, they all wanted a male born first.

Yue then turned too looked at her husband who had sighed out of stressed in his system.

"Do you want a drink?" Ivan turned to his wife, that was smiling at him but he can clearly see the look on her eyes that she was worried about him. So he smiled and nodded his head. He offered his hand out to help her up to the refreshments.

The music started to play a livelier music and people tend to grabbed who every near them to the middle of the hall. Half of the guests were already drunk after the meal, because they used vodka to wash their meals. This was of course suggested by Nicholas, saying that not enough people were having fun.

Trying to avoid being pulled over, Yue had hold tightly with Ivan's sleeve.

"Can and dance with us!" a Russian girl said to Yue who pasted by her. She politely refused. Then another came. Again, she did the same. But this one was persisted and was quite drunk form the looked on how she moves her legs. She pulled Yue hard enough for her grip to let go. And she was taken away by the swarms of people dancing.

She tried tip toeing to get a glimpsed of Ivan but thanks to her short stature and the Russians surrounding were quite tall to begin with, she can't see anything beyond the female's huge chest that looked quite tight in the English gown.

Yue sighed and hoped that Ivan would notice her disappearance. She was then pulled roughly by the neckline gown of hers out of the middle of the hall to the back door.

"Wait, stop!" she tried tired grabbing her capture's hand away from her gown. But struggles as she was tried not falling back as she was pulled backwards. Though the music had started to faded and Yue can hear that the boots clicking through the marbled floor.

They reached the garden and saw that Gilbert closed the door shutting the remaining ricochet of the music and people laughing.

Her capture had let her go and she turned around to see Francis smiling at her.

"Sorry about that, mon cheri. But we had no choice but too capture you." Yue was shocked and Gilbert's laughed echoed behind her so she turned around.

"Ja, we had the awesome plan on kidnapping you for ransom." Again, Yue thought.

"Again?" Both gentlemen looked at her with confused looked. She placed her hand on her mouth as to have said her thoughts aloud. Gilbert laughed. While Francis sighed.

"Non, mon cheri. This time, it will be worthwhile." The Frenchman said as he crossed the terrace and picked a flower on the moon light night. The moon was in its full glory so big and bright, eliminating the wonderful scenery of the Kirkland estate. The wind was also a bit chilly due to the autumn season.

"Let me go!" Yue shouted turned to the door.

"Such a beautiful night isn't?" He practically ignored her. He turned to Yue who had tried to open the double doors. Francis smirked though Gilbert had lead to the white stone walls of the estate, feeling a little sorry for her.

"Why is the door stuck?" The wooden door was hard to open in the first place but it would open with a few arm muscles.

"Why my dear nieces are behind it." Yue turned her head to Gilbert who was grinning his face off.

"Now, Yue don't give me that look." Yue scowled him more.

"The kidnapping had already been made so you don't have to do it twice." She said to Gilbert.

"Ja, but I wasn't there and this time, you had to cooperate with us." She crossed her arms to getter.

"No."

Then Francis gave her a rather pungent smell that had knocked her vision black. She black out and Gilbert caught her before she went to the floor.

"Hope this works." Francis then knocked on the door three times for it to open with a worried looked on the twins. They saw Yue limped on Gilbert's hand. Francis nodded her head.

"Do not worry, she will regain consciousness in about an hour." Amelia looked liked she was about to shout.

"What did you do to her? This wasn't in the plan."

"Correction," Gilbert said as he moved her comfortably on his arms.

"This was plan B. if she doesn't like the idea so we knocked her out."

"Using what?" Mathilda's soft voice came as she avoided looking at Gilbert the moment she saw him holding Yue like that. It was weird but she felt a little hurt knowing that he can hold someone tenderly in his arms. Francis raised a brow at his favourite niece but ignore it for later as they were working against time. He can here from here that Ivan was searching for his wife in a rather noisy solution.

Arthur came in the other side of the hall.

"Are bloody ready? Ivan had already knocked two of his uncles for not telling him where is Yue." Then she saw her limped on Gilbert's hands. His voice suddenly change to worry.

"What did you do to her frog?" he came over to checked her pulse, which was rather low for her.

"Relax, rosbif. The bride is alright. But we must hurry if we want this to happen." The twins nodded and they left to a prepared carriage on the back.

"Mathilda, can you let her sleep on your lap?" Gilbert said as he tried carefully placing Yue on the carriage sit. Francis and Arthur went to the top on the carriage to drive the horses to their destination.

Mathilda smoothed Yue's hair as she recalled their discussion ealer when she and her sister overheard Gilbert and Arthur talking.

"Came on Mathilda, the foods can't wait for us that long." Amelia shouted as she waited impatiently for her sister to relived herself. Mathilda sighed, and washed her hands. She opened the door with her sister touching on what seems to be an expensive Chinese vase.

"Amelia!" Her twin jerked and smiled at her like nothing happened.

"Well that took you long enough." She just rolled her eyes and they walked down the hall.

Amelia was happily skipping on her pink gown while Mathilda can't get her mind off the dance she had with Gilbert earlier. A blushed came to her face as she remembered where his hands were and how his smile had pulled her heart beating like a steam train. Amelia was also happy with her current relationship with the Englishman. He seemed to be getting comfortable calling her a git and unlady but she knows that he means well.

"So do you have a carriage for her to ride?" the twins stopped on their tracks as they heard Arthur's voice around the corner.

"Ja, we can use the carriage I came in." A rather strong German accent can be heard and Mathilda once again blushed at the thought of it. Truth to be told. There are two Germans here in the party but the other one quite as a statue and moved like he was a statue before. This sure enough was the older brother of the two.

"So Francis will get her and we can wait for him to talk his way into letting Yue agreed full heartedly."Amelia then had the brightest idea to revile herself to them. Mathilda smacked her head mentally and she also showed herself. The two males were shocked to discover someone was spying on them.

"What are you planning to hurt Yue?" Amelia said as her arms were on her hips. Gilbert's mouth was agape and Arthur's face was pale.

"Are you?" Amelia asked again. They were given a shake of heads.

"We were just going to urge her to leave Ivan for a while. It's a Russian tradition." Arthur quickly speed his sentence. He then walked casually behind the girls to check if there were anyone else there.

"Promise you will not tell Ivan about this." Arthur said as he straightens his stand.

"One one condition." He sighed.

"Mathilda and I will be monitoring you guys to make sure not to harm Yue." She said with her face full of triumph at the defeated look on Arthur's.

"Fine. Where is the frog anyway?"

Mathilda sighed at the outcome of their plan. At first it seemed to be fun, it was of course like hide and seek. But she looked down at Yue's steady breaths that she had a few guilty feeling.

"Do not worry Mathilda. Uncle Franny did say that she will awake after an hour." Said twin looked up across the carriage. Amelia was smiling her wide grin to reassure her.

Gilbert was sited beside Amelia and he still can't believe that this two were related.

As the carriage pulled to a stop. Gilbert opened the door and help Amelia down Before helping carried Yue out of the carriage. Francis whistled as he saw the cottage in front of him.

"So this were you two had been last week? fixing this old cottage?" Arthur ignored him as he opened the now fully replaced wooden door.

"Ja, Ivan had the brightest idea to give Yue a cottage for their wedding. Sure it wasn't new but he said that it means a lot to them. So we help him clean rebuilt any damage."

"That's sweet of him." Mathilda said as she and her sister scanned the cosy room where a stone fireplace stood. Arthur lit it to make the cottage more comfortable.

Furniture were sure enough new and an old rug that hugged the living room floor.

"Who knew that big giant had a sweet spot." Amelia said as she run her hands with the wooden table on the kitchen. She opened the cabinets and found newly stocked foods.

"I orderd the servants to stock at least for two days." Arthur said through a bigger room where Gilbert had placed Yue on the bed.

Francis scanned the room and shocked his head.

"Non non non. You had to took her in and we must light a few candles." The rest of them gave him a neutral looked.

"You people have non amour in your bloody system." Gilbert laughed and patted his new found friend.

"Dear Franny. You had spent too much time in England for you to talk like them." Francis ignored the nickname only his nieces called him. They walked out of the room to head to the carriage. Mathilda looked at Yue. She seemed uncomfortable with her hair tied. So she and her sister help removed those pins and called Arthur, who was writing something on the bed table.

As they head back to the mansion, Arthur asked Francis what he did to Yue to knocked her out.

"Why mon amin, I left her smell this." He pulled out a small bottle filled with a yellowish liquid.

"Why did you even have that?" Arthur said, Francis just smilled.

"Why my family makes perfume. To shame, this batch was an accident that made people faint apon the smell of it." He opened the cover.

"Get that thing away from me!" Arthur was violently scooting away as much as the top of the driver sit can. Francis just laughed.

Upon their arrival to the estate. They were tackled down with a very frantic Russian.

"Where is she?" he said through grinned teeth as Arthur. Francis and Gilbert tried to pry his hands away from his neck. Amelia was pulling his black coat while Mathilda went inside to call on Sir Nicholas.

"Hu-Remove your… hands… away." Arthur was having difficulty talking let alone breath with the tied gripped.

"Ivan! Let the poor boy go." Hearing the voice of his father did Ivan let Arthur go. Who was quickly pulled away from Ivan with Gilbert and Francis.

"Try to relax." Francis assured him.

"You took her away for an hour now. So the games done were is she?" Ivan said as he got up form the floor. Amelia was comforting Arthur's rather red neck and Mathilda was the one who answered him.

"She's in the cottage waiting for you." Ivan turned to looked at her, she shivered from his cold stare.

"Thank you." He said kindly to her and he went to the stable and was surprise to see his horse was ready. So they planned it in advance, he thought as he flicked the rein.

A/N: sorry for updating so long. The weather was a little too warm here that I hadn't had any energy to moved besides going to a pool and a cold shower. So I hope this a little long chapter will be enough to make it up for it.

Please to correct me about this chapter since I hadn't had the energy to reread it a couple of times.

So now for the important points. Russian reception started with a toast came from the witness and parents then they have to kiss while the guest counted how long it was to make the champagne they where drinking sweeter since they were serve with a bitter one.

The couple must then start the dance as the others waited their turn and small meals will be served. There was usually a 20 courses of appetizers as people dance and drink vodka. All in all a Russian reception main idea is to have fun and tired the couple.

For Natalia and Michael, well that is true. It was an old tradition that only a few practise now since that every family had male and female toddlers. But something they make a male toddler wears a dress so just to represent a girl (vise versa).

And the ransom thing can happened again on the reception and usually this time, the bride cooperates. And sometimes the groom doesn't even care for he was a little to happy drinking and enjoying himself to even care looking for his wife. That was the first scandal a husband can have.

Next chapter will be out within this week. I challenge myself on that.

Thank you for those who commented and I'm glad that you love this story.

Have a nice day everybody!