Happy Valentine's day! Whether your spending it with you significant other, your friends, your family, or on your own (that's my plan for today), whether you still believe in the magic of it or just think this is a commercial day, I wish you a happy day. And a happy week. You know what? I wish you a happy life. Here.

I was wondering whether I should post it as a special chapter or as a whole fic, but posting it on its own would have spoiled Secret Place to newcomers. I hope it surprised the ones who were following SP and didn't expect anything new :D

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue : A Valentine's Special chapter

"You may now kiss the bride."

It was pretty obvious it took the groom all the self-control in the worlds to give the bride a soft, decent kiss instead of an hungry one.

The few people around cheered. Actually, Ventus and Mickey cheered. Terra let out a soft chuckle, Yen Sid sighed and Eraqus frowned. As of Vanitas and Aqua… Well, they were busy being the ones kissing.

"Vanitas, we're actually married. For real." Aqua's cheeks were red and her eyes were sparkling.

"A marriage between Light and Darkness. Isn't it beautiful?" He smirked, his arms around her waist.

"I wouldn't say you're that dark anymore." She noted.

"I wouldn't say you're that light anymore. No, seriously, did you put on some weight lately?" Aqua pretended to frown, but her eyes were laughing. "Don't you worry, I will love you even if you get fat."

"You know", whispered Terra, loud enough for both of them to hear, "we can still make the marriage paper disappear and pretend it never happened. I volunteer to hide his body if you need."

Aqua laughed. "Enough, both of you. I accepted to marry him and I knew what it implied. Don't you worry. But since you are so worried about my weight, Vanitas, perhaps we should eat only greens for a week?"

"Whaaat? No, everything but that! You don't even look fat! I was kidding! Please?"

"Speaking of food…" smiled Ventus, and Aqua ruffled his hair.

"You're right. I would be rude not to feed our guests!"

While the ceremony had taken place in the Exam Hall (Aqua couldn't see a better place than the Land of Departure for the ceremony), they had set up a table in the gardens for the meal. It was a round table, as Aqua had insisted that they should all stand (or sit) equals. Of course, Aqua and Vanitas were sitting next to each other, with Ventus on Vanitas's left hand side and Terra on Aqua's right hand side. Eraqus sat on the other side of Terra, Yen Sid was sitting next to his old friend, and Mickey closed the circle, between his own Master and Ventus.

"Um, before we actually start eating, I'd like to say a few words, if that's okay?" Aqua frowned at Vanitas's sly face. He was up to no good. That she could feel. He took her hand and put a kiss on her ring, a delicate silver ring with two shining stones, a ruby and a sapphire. He then showed the hand to Terra with a smirk.

"Hey, loser, guess who put a ring on it? Hint: not you."

Aqua gently smacked the back of his head.

"Vanitas, you promised to behave."

With a satisfied grin, he sat back, while Terra was probably trying to kill him with his stare.

"I'm sorry, Terra. He promised. I thought he would…"

"This is easily explained, given his poor education." Hissed Eraqus.

"Master, you promised to behave too." Reminded Aqua.

She knew her Master disliked Vanitas. It had been no secret. Even after these five years of the boy training under Aqua's supervision, even when their feelings had been obvious, Eraqus's hate had always been there. He was now a retired Master, and Terra took his succession, but he still lived in the Land of Departure, and Vanitas had not been allowed on these lands before his Mark of Mastery exam six months ago.

"And… thanks again. For agreeing to be the one… To marry us. It meant a lot to me."

He had accepted to marry them out of his love for Aqua, and had promised to act decently for the ceremony, but Aqua knew how much it cost him.

"That was the least I could do for you, my child." He hid his pain behind a loving smile, and she smiled back.

Meanwhile, Ven and Vanitas had started to argue over whether melon was to be served as a starter or as a dessert.

"Aqua, tell that moron it's meant to be eaten first!"

"No way! Aqua, would you mind correcting your husband about that?"

Husband. That was right. Vanitas was her husband now. She giggled, ignoring their argument and taking the hand of her husband.

"You're gorgeous." He whispered to her. Compliments from him were very rare, and that made them even more precious.

"You look stunning in a suit too. You should wear some more often."

"If you like the suit, wait until there's no suit anymore…" He smirked.

"OKAY OKAY NOW", yelled Ventus, his face bright red as he heard Vanitas. "Before we start eating, there is something I need to give you, Aqua."

"To me? What is it?"

"Terra told me to find something old, and something blue. Well, I found an old blue thing, so that counts, right?"

When she was younger, Aqua had read in a book about a wedding tradition, where the bride needed something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue as a good omen. Back then, when she imagined her wedding, Terra was the one who'd come to her mind as the groom… But since then, Vanitas entered her life, and things had changed a lot.

Before the ceremony, Terra surprised her by lending her his Wayfinder - he had added a delicate silver chain so that she could wear it as a necklace. There was the borrowed thing.

"An old blue thing? What could it be?"

Everyone fell silent, curious about that mysterious present. Ventus took from under the table a blue notebook. It didn't look that old, but it was probably a few years old.

"I was cleaning up the attic last month and I found that. I thought the two of you might want to have a look at it."

The attic. Oh. No.

Aqua's face turned all blank, then all red. Vanitas didn't miss that.

"Everything alright?"

"Ventus. Burn this. Right now."

But Vanitas eventually snatched it before Ventus could react. Terra, recognizing the book, laughed.

"I'd never thought we'd see yours again, Aqua."

"This… No. Vanitas, give that back. Please. It's… It's really embarrassing. Please."

Her husband (oh, she liked that word so much, even though she wanted to strangle him right now) had already opened the book to page one.

"Aqua's Apology book. Woah, your writing is terrible! Were you holding the pen between your teeth or something?"

"An Apology Book? What is that?" innocently asked Mickey, under Terra's hilarity.

"When we were kids, we both had to write down apologies to the other if we did something wrong, as well as a compliment, then read it out loud."

"Terra, I wouldn't laugh so much if I were you. Unless you want me to recite what was in yours."

He winked at her. "I've come to accept that I was an idiot and I'm totally fine with what was in mine. Are you?"

They heard Vanitas gasping and stopped bickering, looking at him.

"Listen, Vanitas, whatever you read, I was a kid, okay? I've changed, since then. Don't judge me."

"March 24th. I'm sorry I hurt Terra by telling him my books were a better company. Ah, I feel you, man, I mean, she told me that too, once… That her books were a better company than you."

Although Terra pretended to be angry, Aqua noticed he wasn't really. Actually, he seemed to be having some fun. She tried to relax, her fingers locked with Vanitas's.

"Ventus, the tradition is supposed to bring happiness. If that breaks my couple…"

"Oh, it won't, I will just tease you with that forever."

"Oh, this one is priceless!" Vanitas exclaimed, turning the pages. "November 15th. I'm sorry I risked Terra's life, simply because I did not want to give him a book and tried to send him away. Aqua, did you really almost killed Terra for a book? I've married a psycho."

"I told you I was a child!"

"A psychotic one." nodded Terra. "Her love for books was almost indecent."

"Terra! You're not helping me! You should be!"

He smiled and put a kiss on her cheek. "That's my vengeance for choosing him over me."

She pouted. "You're not fair."

"What's next, what's next?" sang Ventus, excited. Aqua sighed. She was sure he had read it several times already.

Vanitas read an entry in silence, then gave a pitiful look at Terra. "I'm sorry I've been so much of a jerk to you, Terra. Now I understand. You've had a terrible childhood, and that's why you're so dumb now. It's the trauma, isn't it?"

"Which one is it? Let's get done with that so that we can eat in peace. Please."

"I'm sorry I pushed Terra on the stairs and broke his leg. I'm starting to think you are even more monstrous than I've ever been, Aqua. I'm impressed."

"It's not what you think! I didn't push him on purpose! Tell him, Terra! Oh wait no, I don't trust you anymore. Master, tell him!"

Eraqus massaged his temples, as if trying to remember when that was. "If I remember correctly… You two were sword fighting, wasn't it?"

Vanitas raised an eyebrow. "Sword fighting on the top of stairs? Well, that's a clever one."

"Can you put the book down now, please?"

"No way, I'm just discovering your hidden personality!"

Vanitas scoured the pages. "So, you almost froze Terra to death, almost drowned him… Aqua, this isn't an Apology Book. This is a murder book. This would be a villain's Holy Book."

Aqua turned her head, her cheeks bright red. "Go on, make fun of me. I grew up, since then. I turned into someone decent."

She felt Vanitas's fingers grab her chin, turning her head back to him.

"Honestly, I'd love to see that psycho Aqua too. She sounded like a fun kid to hang out with."

"So you don't think I was a scary kid?"

He laughed. "Just to be sure, you know who you're talking to, right?"

She looked at him for a minute and relaxed, smiling. "Yes. Sorry. I've just been doing everything I could to always be kind and helpful that I… I don't want people to hear about who I was."

"Actually, you sounded cool!" suddenly said Ventus. "You childhood seemed to be a lot of fun, lots of adventures. I wish I knew what kind of childhood I had!"

Ven and Vanitas exchanged a meaningful look.

"And I'm sure Terra deserved all of what you did to him." Added Vanitas, flashing a smirk at Terra.

"You're sure I can't murder him?" Asked calmly Aqua's best friend.

"Certain. Now can we please start eating? I'm starving!"

"There's still the Something New missing." noted Eraqus. "This was my duty to find."

Aqua tilted her head, surprised.

"Really, all of you, you didn't have to… I told you it would be a simple ceremony, between friends. Nothing fancy, no presents, nothing. I just wanted to see you all."

Eraqus smiled and got up. He put a small box on the table, between Aqua and Vanitas.

"Hey, you can't propose to my wife! Oh, wow. Wife. That's a strange word. I gotta get used to it."

"Just open the damn box and shut your damn mouth." Sighed Terra.

"Terra, your language, please!"

"Given who you just married, I don't think my language should trouble you that much, Aqua. Come on, open it!"

With a trembling hand, Aqua took the box and opened it. In it, there was a golden, shiny thing.

"Master, this is…"

"That's a key." stated blandly Vanitas, taking it in his hand. "The shape's a bit weird. Quite small for a keyblade, if you want my opinion. Won't open many keyholes."

"Actually, it won't open any but one. This is the key of a house. A very cosy house in a peaceful world, that once had been destroyed, but is now restored."

"Aqua, what's wrong?" Vanitas was suddenly alarmed, seeing Aqua started crying. "Is there something I'm missing here?"

"Master, is this key… What I think it is?"

"I know this could be difficult. You don't have to accept this gift. It is completely up to you. But over there, there are several people who appear to have a natural gift for magic… And I think they might need a teacher."

Aqua jumped out of her seat and ran into her Master's arms. "This is wonderful. Thank you. Thank you so much."

If Terra was apparently into the secret, Ventus seemed to be as lost as Vanitas.

"What does this key open?"

Aqua sat back to her seat, taking Vanitas's hand.

"Master Eraqus is giving us a new home. A new home… In my birthworld. I haven't been there in twenty years."

Vanitas's birthworld had been the Keyblade Graveyard, and he would hardly jump of joy if someone sent him back there. But seeing how happy Aqua was, he knew that was different. He knew it meant a lot to her. She was happy, so so was he.

"Thanks, old pineapple man. We'll make sure to invite you over. Sometimes."

"Just because I gave you that key doesn't mean I do appreciate you, Vanitas. Remember that."

"One of my best memories of you was when you tried to cut my throat. No worries, I remember you don't like me. Hey, I know, you should write an apology book too, about all the times you tried to kill me!"

"Aqua might have forgiven you for all the darkness you threw on the worlds, but I…"

"ENOUGH!" Yelled Aqua. "This is MY wedding and we are going to have MELON as a starter and we will have it NOW so STOP FIGHTING. Am I clear?"

"Ha, so that's a starter! In your face, Ven!"

"Vanitas, shut your bloody mouth or I ask for divorce right now."

It was only then that he noticed how exhausted she actually was - she had pretended to be fine all along, but the thought of going back to her birthplace broke down her mask. He couldn't blame her, though, he too had been too nervous to sleep the night before.

"Aqua?"

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have… I'm just tired. And hungry. And I want everyone to have a good time."

"I wasn't going to blame you for anything."

"So what were you going to do?"

He smiled, cupping her head in his hands, ignoring everyone around.

"I just wanted to tell you that you're even sexier when you're angry."

He felt her relax a bit as she chuckled. "You're stupid."

"I know. That might be why I married you."

He brought her face closer and softly kissed her.

"But I think it take an idiot to marry an idiot, so welcome to the idiot family, Mrs Vanitas."

She smiled and kissed him back, her eyes closed, not seeing her husband showing his middle finger to Terra.

But quite frankly? It was the happiest day of her life, and she probably wouldn't have cared much.

It's so weird to think that Vanitas is now a husband... A HUSBAND! (and in this fic he's probably still younger than me even though that's 5 years later, and here I am, married to my bed hahaha)

I hope you enjoyed this surprise! Some more teaser for the Apology Book I guess x'D Also this chapter was pretty useful to indicate that Eraqus was still alive. (unfortunately).

Anyway, wait for the 15th for discount chocolates and have a lovely time! (and once again thank you for having read all this fic, love you guys!)