This is a continuation of the first chapter of this story.


New Eridu

Caesar King let out a stressed sigh, straightening her outfit. Instead of her usual biker queen getup, Caesar is wearing a school uniform. It's a very cute outfit, but she feels extremely embarrassed to be seen wearing it. Unfortunately, much of the world will see her like this, as she's getting ready to have a photo session. But Caesar doesn't really care about what most of them think; only what the guy with her does. Such a struggle.

How did she end up in this situation?

The photographer from the Jealous fashion magazine has returned, eager to follow up on her desire to have Caesar be her model. Something-something-female empowerment. Some time has passed while the photographer's gotten everything ready, but now she's gathered the two of them for this photoshoot. Caesar was harder to still go through with this, but bringing Wise along was the winning factor in making this happen.

And so, the two are in their respective dress rooms, getting ready. The theme of this first shoot is: school days. Which suggests that there's going to be more than one theme happening.

Wise wasn't too thrilled about all of this, but Belle's convinced him that this would be good business for Random Play. Now he's here, ready to step out and be someone's plaything. Looking at himself in the mirror, it does feel weird for Wise to be wearing something different than his usual threads as well. It seems like he's been wearing the same thing for years.

When the pair do get called out to be ready, they finally lay their eyes on each other. Neither was fully prepared to see the other one. While Wise looks like your typical male manga protagonist, Caesar loves what Wise is wearing. Blushing and stammering, she manages out a, "N-nice look!" Her nose is bleeding slightly, while she flashes him a thumbs-up.

For Caesar, Wise can't stop looking her up and down. With her school uniform, Caesar has a gentler look to her. But if anyone knew who she was, there would be no way they would mess with her, as that would be a dangerous mistake. Much like your typical female manga protagonist. Either way, Wise really likes the new outfit on her.

The photographer is giddy, so glad that everything has worked out so far. Having the two stand near each other, she has the pair do a few different poses. These include: both facing each other while looking off to the side and holding gifts behind their backs for each other, their backs pressed against each other as they look over their shoulder at each other, and a shot of them facing each other and holding hands while looking each other in the eyes; just to name a few. That last one was surprisingly the easiest one to do. Caesar was a little too happy to do that. Overall, the shoot took longer than expected as Caesar needed extra time to catch her breath between each pose, breathing into a paper bag each time.

From that, the next theme was: 'romance is fast motion'. Photos were taken of Wise and Caesar going through your typical romance scenarios; walking through a park; dinner at a restaurant where they fed each other, then the two of them drinking from one cup while looking away, only for their eyes to eventually meet; and then walking through a sandy beach together with the sun setting in the background. Topping everything off with a twilight marriage proposal.

Yes.

"This feels oddly planned..." Wise muttered this while on one knee. Caesar managed to pass out for a brief second while standing up, but willed herself to keep going. Even if this was all just a fantasy photo shoot, she'll take it.

There was a brief break in between that theme, and the next one. Food and drinks were provided, for free of course. Caesar needed some water to rehydrate, while Wise is trying to figure out how many free samples he can sneak home.

"Phew," Wise sighs, "What a crazy day."

Caesar, drink in hand, lets out a yelp. "Y-yeah!" She's been thinking deeply about everything that's been happening, and kind of wishes that this would never end. Caesar's stuck on perma-blush mode, and it's about to get worse. While Wise and Caesar chatted with each other, they're soon approached by the old lady photographer. Apparently, break time is over.

Whisking Caesar away, the lady shows Caesar the final theme of the shoot. In Caesar's dressing room is... a gorgeous, white wedding dress.

"Oh, get yourself together!" The old lady struggles to hold Caesar up, who has just collapsed on her.

"Y-yes, you're right!" With renewed determination, she lets the staff get her into the wedding dress.

The lady soon complains, "Ugh, you are not a size six!"

"I never said I was?!"

Shaking her head, the woman replies, "Being difficult, are we? No matter, I know how to deal with difficult people like you." She then commands Caesar, "Suck in that gut, buttercup!" What gut?

Caesar wonders if Wise is having as much difficulty...

Despite not ever really wearing a tuxedo, Wise is much easier to work with. So he's standing at the altar back in the photo shoot area, much sooner than Caesar is. He's overwhelmed by everything going on, even feeling like a little boy playing dress up in adult clothes. "Good thing Belle's not here to see me now." There'd be no end to the teasing.

Eventually, Caesar is brought out. There's much fanfare and music that accompanies her when she is. At least Wise hopes that it's Caesar, since the bride slowly walking down the aisle is wearing a veil. There's still a brief thought that somebody else might be under that veil, and all of this is a huge prank. Thankfully, when the bride has approached Wise, and he lifts the veil, it's Caesar under there.

And wow, her appearance takes Wise's breath away! Wearing a beautiful white wedding dress and carrying a bouquet of flowers, Caesar's transformation is perfect. All glitzy and glamoured up, Caesar's had her hair and makeup done as well. Her blush still comes through, despite all the product on her face. One single thought comes to Wise's mind as he sees her like this:

"Wife." Plain and simple.

When Caesar finally gets a good look at Wise, seeing him so handsome in a tuxedo, a single thought too comes to her mind. "Husband!" Although she blurted hers out loud. She then covers her mouth with her hand. "Sorry, I swear I don't have a condition or something!"

The duo are then joined by a priest, who walks them through the vow ceremony, all the while photos are being taken. Wise and Caesar face each other the whole time, managing to keep it together and in character, up until-

"You may now kiss the bride."

Wise gawks, "Wait, seriously?!" The priest nods. Wise then looks around, sure that Belle's ready to jump out at any moment. Caesar's been silent for the last minute, a shadow covering her face. Because she passed out. Not seeing any sigh of any kind of prank, Wise then faces Caesar. When he grabs her by the shoulders, that jolts her conscious. "Okay, I guess we're really doing this." He can see that the photographers are ready, eager to snap the photos when the pair's lips touch. "Oh man, I've never kissed a woman before..." But looking at Caesar, he can see that she's ready, and fired up. Her eyes are closed, she's blushing, her lips are puckered out and shaking, ready for a kiss.

"EEEEEKKKKK! I can't believe this is about to happen!"

Wise sweatdrops. "Did she just squeal inside her head?" Oh well. Wise, not wasting any more time, goes all in.

*Chuu!*

And with that, Caesar can die a happy woman. She even begins to dance around happily, ignoring everything else around her. While Caesar is in the background, lost in a fantasy, Wise then tells the priest, "Thanks for coming out and doing this photo shoot. Everything looked and felt like the real thing!"

Time seems to slow down, as the man has a confused look on his face.

"...what do you mean, 'photo shoot'? I was asked to perform a wedding ceremony."

Realization then sets in. With the vows performed, and with the whole ceremony being done this way, then that means...

Wise and Caesar are now married.

Husband and Wife.

Wise begins to sweat as his mouth falls open.

*Crash!*

Overwhelmed by emotion, Caesar King has fainted. She's done so with a look of pure bliss on her face...


Well, that certainly ended interestingly!

Don't you hate when you get roped into getting married like this?

Happens all the time.

So,

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"W-wait!" Wise exclaimed, bringing everything back to reality. He looks at the priest, "Are we seriously married?"

"...nah, not at all. I'm just an actor. This is just a photo shoot, remember?" Wise lets out a sigh of relief.

Caesar snaps awake at this. "Wait, we're not married?" Wise chuckles and shakes head. Helping her get back on her feet, he can see that Caesar is surprisingly sad at the revelation about this.

"But," Wise then said, holding Caesar's hands, "Going through all of this with you, makes me want to do things right. I wouldn't mind dating you for real, Caesar." The smile on his face widens as he confesses, "I do like you a lot."

Staring at Wise, Caesar realized that she wanted the real thing too, without any controversy. Wrapping her arms around Wise, she cried out, "Oh, Wise! You've made me the happiest woman of all time! I like you a lot too!" She pulls him down with her, and the two fall to the ground together.

*Crash!*


There we go! Real ending this time.

Until next time!