"𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓶𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓼𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓷𝓸𝔀."

Well, here we go.

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"-let him speak now or forever," the priest emphasizes. "Hold his peace."

Not a single word, who would dare to speak with the groom glaring in that moment. The bride can't help but grin while the groomsmen sighed shaking their heads.

"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife."

The priest doesn't necessarily pray as it wasn't a Christian wedding.

"You may kiss the bride."

Kanae's parents wipe their tears of happiness and watched the newly weds walk down the aisle.

♠︎ ———— ♠︎ ———— ♠︎

"Nee-san, congratulations." Shinobu smiled, "You as well Sanemi-san."

The couple hug their little sister.

It was now the after party, the newly weds had changed their attire and the evening mostly consisted of their friends and some family members since the older guest had retire from the occasion.

The bride with her friends were on the dancefloor, somewhere shake it off playing.

Shinobu, on her seat, sipping wine with her friend Mitsuri— who had caught the bouquet— and a half asleep Kanao.

"What are you staring at, Shinobu?"

She glanced at Mitsuri and then back to the table ahead of them, where he sat.

"That."

"The groomsman?"

"Mhm."

"Do you know him?"

"Personally? No, I know his name since he's sis' colleague."

"He's kinda cute."

"Yeah."

Shinobu choked on the wine, realizing what she admitted to her friend."

"Hee.." Mitsuri grinned before she slowly turned her head towards the man's table and opened her mouth.

"Mitsuri don't you dare—"

"Heyyy!! You there!! My friend over here thinks you are cute!"   Mitsuri shouts and points to Shinobu beside her, except there was no Shinobu.

The groomsman, Tomioka Giyū, titled his head questioningly at Mitsuri.

Mitsuri laughed awkwardly and followed her friend under the table.

"What are you doing?"
Mitsuri whispered, or that was what she thought she was doing.

"No." Shinobu hissed back, "What are you doing?" Her fingers pointing aggressively at Mitsuri's face, almost poking her eyes out.

"I am trying to get you a boyfriend." Mitsuri lightly slapped the finger away.

Shinobu glanced back to where Giyū was sitting, he was still looking in their direction so she quickly ducked back.

"Is he still looking?"

"Yes, thanks to you."

"What are you two doing?"
A third voice asked.

"Nothing!" Shinobu stood up along with Mitsuri and adjusted their dresses before sitting down.

"You two are acting weird." Kanae laughed and slumped on the chair, her baby hair stick to her forehead, damp from all the dancing.

"Oh here they come." She said with the arrival of her husband and his friends.

"Shinobu, Mitsuri, this is Tomioka Giyū, my co-worker." She says, " And Obanai Iguro."

Mitsuri waved at the two and Shinobu greeted with a short hello.

Giyū bowed his head slightly   and Iguro nodded in acknowledgement.

"They both don't talk alot so dont mind them." Sanemi said.

Mitsuri tugs at Shinobu's dress and pointed to her phone.

mitsuri  @8:32 p.m.

   well? talk to him.

shinobu @8:32 p.m.

  about what?

mitsuri @8:33 p.m.
 
  Idk, anything, ask abt his         
  hobbies or smth.

shinobu @8:33 p.m.

  no way, you do that.

mitsuri @8:33 p.m.

  im more interested in obanai-san

shinobu @8:34 p.m.

   well, im not talking to either.

"So, Tomioka-san, do you have a girlfriend."

The tables somewhat shifted with Shinobu kicking Mitsuri under the table.

"I don't." Short and simple, he replied.

"What about you Obanai-san?"

"Just call me Iguro," He says, "And no I don't have a girlfriend."

Mitsuri smugly looks over to Shinobu, while she just sits there, looking startled.

"Tomioka-san?"

"Yes?"

"Do you have any close relatives with the same name? I mean your first name."

"My name.."

"Don't get me wrong," She waves in front, "I have a friend who has the same name and you two sound really similar."

"Ah,is that so." He smiled, "Unfortunately, I don't recall being related to anyone like that."

"Oh."

Shinobu flop back to the chair disappointingly.

An exchange of glances between Kanae and Giyū happens and Shinobu could not read what was going on between them, Giyū then shifted uncomfortably and Kanae had a shit eating grin on.

The rest of the night progress quite normally except Giyū and Shinobu taking glances at each other throughout the night which was totally subtle to what they would think.

◆ ———— ◆ ———— ◆

Shinobu wakes up from the notifications coming from her phone.

mitsuri @11:12 a.m.

  you were totally staring at him    
  last night and didn't even try to     
  hide it.

Shinobu wanted to throw her phone at the wall.

mitsuri @11:12 a.m.

  but he was no better lmaoo..

That made her feel better—

mitsuri @11:13 a.m.

  i wonder how he got home after   
  what you did.

Or not.

shinobu @11:13 a.m.

  what do you mean? what did I     
  do?

Mitsuri is typing...

Shinobu watch the bubbles forming and disappearing, her patience getting thin.

mitsuri @11:15 a.m.

  girl don't tell me you don't           
  remember

"Omg."

shinobu @11:15 a.m.

  just tell me!

mitsuri @11:16 a.m.

  you puked on him and he took      
  you home.

Shinobu dropped her phone, she rubbed her temples and proceeded to repeatedly slap herself.

"I'll just go back to sleep, this is a dream." She tells herself and lays back to the bed and pull the blankets.

.  .  .  .

"ARGHH!" She kicks the blanket again, punching the air, probably pretending that it was her last night.

Frustrated, she possibly chooses the worst person to vent to.

Giyū.

The man she puked on.

But she didn't need to know that.

Incoming call
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"Hello?"

"Yuuuuu."

"Shinobuu."

"Guess what? Yesterday was my sister's wedding."

"No wonder you didn't call."

"Yeah, I was busy, what did you do?"

"Hm, nothing much, I just attended an event."

"What event?"

"Just an event hosted by a friend."

"Hmm."

"How was the wedding though? Did you have fun?"

"Yes, it was very fun, nee-san was so pretty and my friend even caught the bouquet. Most importantly the food was good. It was going all so well until.."

"Until what?"

"The reception, remember Giyū?"

"Giyū?"

"Yeah, Tomioka Giyū, my Giyū."

"Since when did he become yours."

"Since now."

"Do you like him?"

"Oh I like his appearance for sure, I'm just calling him my Giyū cause you two have the same name."

"Shouldn't I be your Giyū then?"

"...HUH? NO! It's different!"

"If you say so."

"Anyways, my Giyū sitting on another table and my friend decided to snitch on me and shouts at him telling him I think that he's cute."

"Mhmm, mhmm."

"And I hid under the table, it was just a reflex and life of course I found my Giyū handsome but she didn't have time reveal me like that no??"

"Oh, so you hid under the table? Pfft."

"Don't find this too amusing. And then he and his friend came over to sit with us."

"Go on."

"Thanks to Misturi, I got to know that he doesn't have a girlfriend, I was kinda happy, not that I like him or anything."

"Definitely not."

"Exactly, you get me. We converse like normal but made lots of eye Contact."

"He probably thinks that you are pretty if he was staring."

"What- stop teasing."

"What? If you think he is handsome, tell me why he wouldn't think you are also pretty?"

"....-cough- right, I'm so pretty, in sure he was left speechless when he saw my beauty."

"That's my girl."

.   .   .

"So where were you?

"Y-Yeah, It was going well and I think I drank alot, I uhm don't remember it but I was told I puked on him."

" -gasp- how could you do that to the man you definitely don't like."

"I knoww, now I feel bad and embarrassed."

"Just apologize to him next time you see him, beside I'm sure he doesn't mind."

"Although you have the same name and sound suspiciously similar, you are not him so you won't know."

"You're worried for nothing."

"I really hope you're right, I should get up I'm hungry."

"I'm surprised you have that much enery considering that you seem to drink alot."

"I am fighting all the pain in me, thank you for coming to my ted talk, goodbye."

"Mhm bye."

beep...beep

"I guess I basically got confessed to."

"Mom, is there anything for my hangover?"

"𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮."