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Awkward! Hell lot of awkward and embarrassing. My cheeks seem to be painted in permanent red and the howls of laughter and all the teasing comments and puns that are surely to come my way would not be any help I guess. May be this red color would serve as blush, no need to apply any artificial ones since I don't find the blush dying anytime. Think positive. Find the silver lining in it! But like hell I could when I am dying from embarrassment here and I only have Gouenji to blame it on! I am pretty sure that he knew this would happen but he still did this!

 Gouenjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! I really hope I could shout out loud, not just in my thoughts.

 He would never go back on his words huh? Why Gouenji? Why? Couldn't you have shown some mercy on me considering I am your poor little fiancee? And not to mention that today is my wedding day. I might have mentioned somewhere along the line that a night wedding would be good though I don't remember when or where exactly. It was just a passing comment when seeing wedding photos for reference. So Gouenji decided that we would be having a night wedding. So the reception would be held the next day which is not a problem to anyone. In fact they are happy about it. They get two days to party or something like that.

But that is not the problem I am talking about. The problem is the hickeys I have all over. During the graduation yesterday, Gouenji relaxed over time and we were like usual if you don't count the glares at people who stared at me longer than necessary or his possessive nature but that was alright. I thought that would be the end of it but apparently it was not. I should have known that was just my wishful thinking.

 There was this weird tension between us when we were alone in the car which I chalked it up to awkwardness or that he might still be angry at me.  Getting down from the car he held onto my wrist and dragged me along with him. This scratched the option of awkwardness and left me with anger. He is angry with the choice of my dress. Well, that is what I thought until the door closed and his lips descended on me with intense passion. I understand now that it was sexual tension in the car. I never thought I would have to use such a word in my life but now.....yeah, looks like I have to add it in my dictionary.

In any other circumstances that might have an issue to worry about but not now, not when I have bigger issues to deal. I don't know how to say this but G and Anna's plan to snap Gouenji's control definitely worked. His self-control snapped yesterday, barely held on to thin threads. Last night was very close. Only the undecided promise Gouenji made to me saved me and I was too much of a putty in his hands to resist anything. Pathetic I know but one touch from him and it is fuse blown for me, my mind a blank slate.

But as I said it was a close call. It crossed PG level bordering on X-rated or whatever it is since I am not sure about all the ratings, X, R whatever it is. The night consisted of a whole of passionate kissing, touching and not to mention the immense amount of hickeys on me which leads to all my problems here. There were a whole lot on me that it looked ridiculous. Most I could cover wearing the wedding dress and there still are a lot I couldn't cover. 

I should have known that this wouldn't be good but I safely tucked away my brain under the pillow while this happened which went pretty late into night though we started early until Gouenji's energy level went down with all the kissing which explains a lot because that man had a whole lot of stamina. Around 11 the next day the gang woke us up so they could get me ready because there was a whole lot to be done according to them. I was taken into another room and ordered to take a bath and come out with nothing but a towel on me, for other preparations, not sure what though. I knew I was doomed when I saw my reflection in the mirror but knew I could do nothing at this point. There is no point in regretting it now.

So when I stepped outside the deafening silence around me is too much for me to bear. This is the most torturous part and I am not yet sure whether breaking the silence would be better on my part because as soon as the silence was broken I bet my soul that these people would tease me to hell. Not with G and Anna present here. If I knew this would be the result I would have gone with consequences of not doing the dare.

 As obvious it might be the dare was given by G and of course I out right refused and Anna, no that she-devil threatened me. She threatened to throw me naked at Gouenji and lock the door outside with no ways of escaping. Her eyes told me that she would follow through it even if the skys fell so I had to it. But now, yeah the consequences definitely sound a lot better than this walk of shame. Eventually the silence was broken and howl of laughter could be heard from the girls making me squirm in embarrassment.

"Oh my Dear! Gouenji really snapped huh? Our plan worked it seems." G got out still laughing and I can't help but scowl at her. But what can I do? I have nothing to retort. He snapped really.

"Yeah She looks thoroughly fu****"

I cried horrified at what Anna said.

"Don't blame me." She replied mock surrendering. "You really look like that." I resorted to sulking.

"Never knew Gouenji was such a beast huh!" Lillian smirked.

I wanted to say speak for yourself considering how Fidio is but as soon as the thought came in I pushed it out. Gouenji is definitely a beast. He takes the word to a whole different level and this is when we didn't even consummate. I really don't want to think about tonight. Nope! I thought shuddering.

"Wow! I heard Gouenji was a monk." Elina commented innocently.

I couldn't help but snort inwardly though others did that openly. How did they even get that idea! He was clearly the very, very opposite of that!

"May be we should have sticked onto the tradition of separating the bride and groom before their wedding night. They say it's bad luck." Bella said worried about marriage traditions. But since when did our wedding follow traditions? 

"Nope! Then what was the whole point of the dare in the bachelor party?" Which again didn't follow traditions, I mentally added. "Besides we won't let Gouenji see her before wedding so I guess that's fine."

 Yup! Why not turn traditions our way! I thought sarcastically.

Of course we are following the important ones.

"Okay! Enough of that! We need to get her ready and we don't have a lot of time already, now adding her.......state, it will take a lot of time to cover them up." Lillian for once being the reason commented. Her lips turned into a naughty smirk, her eyes glistening with mischievousness. "We will get the juicy details tomorrow after her reception. By then they would consummate so we will get the details we actually want." Okay! I take back the voice of reason. 

Soon after I was prodded, picked and what not. They took a lot of time on doing what they wanted or needed to do and it was absolute torture sitting idly bearing the pain when you have zero pain tolerance. Finally when I thought that I would die before having my own wedding they declared I was done, except the hair that is , which made me sigh in relief. They carefully helped me into the dress and did my hair which didn't take that much time considering all the curling and whatever they wanted was already done before they got me into the dress.. 

But as usual I wasn't allowed to look at myself. I wonder what is this weird habit of theirs. When I was deemed ready they made me stand in front of a full length mirror allowing me to look at myself and somehow all the mothers of mine including mine surprisingly showed up at that time(Thank heavens they weren't there at my walk of shame).

"Oh sweetie!" My mom cried looking at me which I understand because she always cries for simple reasons such as me leaving for college and now seeing me this beautiful in the wedding dress waterworks started already with her. Yup! I said beautiful! I am not arrogant but I believe a girl is allowed to consider herself beautiful at her wedding.

The wedding dress personally designed by G considering my tastes and Gouenji's too. It was very simple like I preferred yet grand. The dress made of pure white with a sweet heart neckline. I loved the lace, how the delicate but fine embroidery covered the top half of the dress, held the dress, covering whatever skin showed by the sweetheart neckline. The sleeves made of the lace ended short but at the back it formed into a wonderful design. The back was cut a little low, nothing to think of too much skin but since I am not used to backless dress G extended the design covering up with the lace. 

I loved the end result,how they blended, showing skin but not uncomfortable(in my standards). From the waist down the dress flowed and by flowing I literally mean it. Miles and miles of cloth spread through but not at all uncomfortable to move around.  I loved how G made sure that it did not give any poofy vibe. The dress is very elegant and I don't think I would get anything better than this. In simple words I loved it. 

G did my hair all curled up and I loved the style. One of the perks of having a model friend I guess. My shoes a good 4 inch high screamed wedding to me with all the elaborate details going on.

My make up was all done natural, nothing sexy like yesterday but still they made a good job of bringing out my best features. 

"My baby girl is all grown up." My mom sobbed. I know brides are supposed to cry here but may be because I am used to her crying periods or may be because I am used to being with Gouenji, feeling at home with him, either way I didn't cry.

"I will always be your baby girl mom." I replied with the cheesy but nonetheless very true statement. "Now come wipe those tears and do the finishing touches for me." My gang wanted to get me ready so as do our parents so they reached a compromise. They let the gang do the major things because of generation gap, all the details regarding make up etc, but wanted to be the one to do the final finishing touches.

"So now..." She paused to wipe her tears. "Something old.." She started and showed me her wedding ear rings making me shocked. My mom giggled at my expression.

"I knew you loved them. This was something your father gifted me as a token of his love, a very precious memory, now yours."

"But mom dad.." I tried to protest.

"Nope, I am not hearing anything. You might not know it because we don't show it obviously but your dad and I love each other. We share a very strong bond and by giving you this I am wishing my only child that your bond with your husband will be stronger than ours. And it was your dad's idea actually. As soon as he gave me this as a gift, the next words that tumbled out are that he wants us to pass it on to our daughter to wear for her wedding like I would be wearing at ours and at that time we were not even engaged. That is how your dad actually proposed to me, unofficially of course. "

I wanted to cry at the love my mom is showering me with but held it in. I don't want to ruin the effort they put in the makeup though I vaguely remember them saying that they are using water-proof makeup since weddings are known for dramas and tears. I always loved my mom's wedding ear rings from the first time I saw them. I may or may not have tried to steal them to play dress up but never succeeded because they were like a treasure to my mom. They were a bit on the heavy side but I loved them. They are also precious because it is made of platinum and diamonds. I don't know how my dad afforded it. It should have costed him a fortune.

"Something new..."

A small and delicately thin platinum chain with diamonds in the shape of heart and pearl backdrop with matching bracelet adorned my neck and wrist. Very simple but very befitting to my wedding dress bringing out the beauty in it. Anything heavy wouldn't suit the dresss.

"Something..." Rachel, Kidou's mom started but was cut off by Lillian.

"Wait, we forgot the hair accessory."

She placed the beautiful hair accessory, arranged it properly and tied the ends making sure they don't stick, my hair properly arranged. I am surprised how a simple accessory could take the beauty to another level. It was so cute.

"Done now." Lillian declared. "So..." She left allowing Rachel to do her job.

"Something borrowed." She said placing a veil on my head. I was a little surprised since I didn't expect it. It took a little time to arrange it and place pins at all the proper places to make sure it doesn't fall off. 

"There! Good!"

Now the bridal look is complete. The veil added beauty to the wedding dress and overall I am feeling very beautiful. I looked back and almost laughed. My wedding dress itself is very huge and this veil added a whole lot more to watch out so that I don't trip. I love it though. I am using that word again and again huh? Simply put this day I love every single piece of my attire.

"Thanks Rachel! I feel like a Queen now with all the extra train!"

"You already had it before with the dress." G sulked playfully.

"Yup! I felt like a princess but with the veil I feel like a princess about to be crowned and hence I said Queen."

"Now, now that is not all."  Aram's mom started.

"Something blue." She stated and took out a very thin strip of blue ribbon. I raised an eyebrow. What do we do with that? She smiled kindly at me. "We or rather G insisted that it should be in all white. Pure white indicating innocence and purity just like you so we agreed on tying this to the bouquet so it stays invisible yet present to complete the tradition."

Forget the tiny detail that we never followed tradition to the T.

Anna took out a bouquet of white roses which looked absolutely beautiful to pass it to Aram's mom to tie the ribbon I guess.

"If you don't mind I bought a bouquet for you and I would be happy if you use it."

"Yes of course." I replied without delay. She took out a white box with gift ribbon from the corner which I didn't notice.She faced opposite to me so I couldn't see but based on the moment I could say that she is tying the ribbon around it." Turning around she handed it to me. It was lovely.

"These are artificial flowers." 

"Looking like real one." I interrupted making her smile.

"Yeah, I wanted them to look as close as real ones. Real ones might have been better and traditional but I wanted them to last forever, never wilt, just your love for each other."

"Thank you for that." I said hugging her. I beamed at her which dimmed when I noticed something. Looking down I observed closely. These looked very close to the real thing. It couldn't be right?

"I hope I am not being preposterous or something but these are not real right?" I said turning a little pink embarrassed to ask it. If they are really fake it would turn out to be awkward.

"They are." She replied smiling sheepishly.

"What?" I am utterly shocked. I mean this bouquet is full of diamonds and pearls?

"I told you I wanted the bouquet as real as possible and stay forever as your wedding gift."

"No way! I really can't accept this." I uttered trying to push into her hands.

"No! You can't return wedding gifts, especially ones that you accepted already."

"But..."

"No excuses. I wanted to give you something and I decided on this. Preserving you every wedding piece, having them to remember your precious memories of your wedding."

"But they need not be real diamonds to remember."

"I wanted to. You are like my daughter. You were with my son through tough times when he couldn't or wouldn't tell anyone."

"But he is like my brother..."

"Exactly why I wanted the very best for my daughter."

I sighed. "I am not going to win this, aren't I?" I could feel us going in loops and loops but she would never surrender, she is stubborn just like Aram. "It must have cost you a fortune." I sulked.

"It's worth it."

"It's almost time to start." G interrupted us.

"Dad?" 

"He would be at the entrance waiting for us along with the car." My mom answered.

"Is Gouenji still here?" Bella asked out loud still worried about the tradition.

"No, he would have already left by now. So yeah, it's alright to step out.."

Nodding I started my journey. All the females stayed behind, taking care of the huge train behind. We don't want it dirty before the wedding do we? Looking at myself I sighed. If for our engagement party I thought I was wearing an apartment on me now it's a freaking palace. Just when I was about to step outside, a sudden thought popped into my mind. All it takes is for thieves to kidnap to settle for a lifetime. Immediately I felt myself being picked up into the air.

Kidnap?

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