3 Chapter 2. (2/2)

”Tch. Damn brat. Go explode stupid riajuu. Peh Peh.”

Ignoring the peanut gallery in the background, once again I cursed her veil's whole family that I could not peer directly at the beaming smile beneath it.

”Husband, we may call each other husband and wife but we have not even kissed before. Isn't that a custom in your world, to kiss the bride after exchanging vows? But you told me, marry me and I said agreed but we never even kissed after that. Isn't something strange about it?”

”WHAT? Darling daughter, I think you're mistaken, are you not? I don't recall there being such a custom. I think something is wrong with your memory? You questioned if I hit my head, but are you sure you didn't hit your head on a rip in space when you descended to the mortal realm?”

”That's right, in fact how can you be considered married, he hasn't even put a ring…”

My eyes flashed the moment he said ring. I walked over to father in law again as I whispered in his ear. ”I've decided on my requested betrothal gift. Give me the strongest ring you have right now.”

Despair seemed to cloud father in law's vision as he shook his head left and right. I returned his horizontal shake of his head with a vertical nod of my own. We went back and forth like this for a while until he gritted his teeth and waved his hand while grumbling.

”You stinky brat, mark my words I'll remember this. Ah whatever, I was planning to give this to my daughter if I ever passed away anyways. It's better if it ends up in her hands, rather than in this stupid brat's. I know it's a treasure, but I still don't even know it's capabilities but it is definitely a valuable ring that can save one's life in a perilous situation. It can deploy a barrier for six hours that not even I can break. Since it is my daughter a life I have been meaning to give her a life saving artifact.”

”Hear stupid brat. With this I have fulfilled your request. No take backs.”

The old man tossed a ring he pulled out from somewhere towards me. It was a ring that was white on it's exterior but black on the interior. It had mysterious symbols entwined together that looked like they would never separate. What the symbols could mean, I have no idea. Perhaps I will never know, but altogether it does look rather appealing with a feeling of mystery about it. Overall I really liked it and I can only hope my wife would like it as well.

I walked over to my wife as I grabbed ahold of her unblemished left hand. It gave off an almost unnoticeable tremble as my left hand gently held her her index and middle finger from below. I placed my thumb lightly on top of her dainty little fingers as I lifted them upwards. Once in position I used my right hand to slide the ring onto her ring finger as I looked upwards to stare into her eyes once again. Once I confirmed the ring was firmly attached to her finger I raised my right hand to lift that sinister veil.

As I lifted the veil I noticed that a tear had silently rolled down her cheek without my notice. I wanted to move my hand to wipe it away but just looking at her… you know the drill. When am I going to get used to it? Am I really just that stupid that I can forget how to breathe at a moments notice?

As if she noticed my plight my wife giggled with a charming smile on her face as she said ”I know I'm pretty darling but we do have to kiss you know. If you were not dead right now, perhaps you would die several times over just from a kiss.”

”I really can only sigh; I've already lived for so long yet I ended up so happy that I would finally have someone by my side that a tear crept out unknowingly.”

”Darling make sure to treasure me, okay?”

I can only give a slight nod in my dumbfoundedness as I stared blankly at her soul stealing beauty.

Am I a moron? I can't be like this everytime I look at her. Naturally I've got to take the lead here. I forcefully bit my tongue as I closed my eyes and finally regained my senses. I moved forward slightly but before I realized it, my little wife grabbed my collar and pulled me forward faster than I could move towards her. Really, who's taking the lead here?

”Go explode already. Just stay dazed everytime you look at her so you can never do a damned thing. Just be a virgin for the rest of your life you dumb monkey.” More curses seemed to reign down from the peanut gallery in the background.

As our lips locked and my eyes were closed I finally managed to maintain my breath. A warmth spread throughout my entire body as we melted into one another. She wrapped her arms around my head while I placed my arms around her dainty little waist as we pulled each other closer together. Seconds turned to minutes as minutes felt like they were hours. It felt like we remained like that for an eternity as two slippery tongues mangled together as our breathing became rather ragged. What should have been a simple kiss turned into a passionate make out session as we lost sense of our surroundings.

It was at this point an awkward coughing rang out in the background which finally brought us to our senses.

We slightly parted lips as my wife turned her dreamy look away from me and towards her father as she asked ”Father, do you mind? Could you maybe notice the mood and leave please?”

Father in law seemed as though he could not believe his ears or what his eyes were seeing. ”Y-y-y-y-you unfilial daughter! Where did my innocent naive little daughter go? You vile beast, what have you done to her? This cannot be my daughter who used to look up at me and ask in an innocent voice all the simple little questions that children dreamed to find out one day.”

It seemed he was having a nervous breakdown. He was crouched down on the ground like he was traumatized while he rocked back and forth like a mental patient.

A sigh seemed to escape from my wife's lovely lips as she looked back towards me with a slightly troubled look on her face. She raised a hand and pressed her index finger on my lips as she whispered to me lovingly with a dreamy look in her eyes ”it seems the third wheel won't leave, so we'll just have to save the rest for later my dear husband.”

It seemed like she was not quiet enough though as the old man in the background began to break out into tears as he cried in an ugly fashion while he repeated to himself several times ”where has my daughter gone?”

Once again unbeknownst to me, the world would have been shocked. I was the first person in history to ever make the mightiest god burst into tears while he lost his sanity.

...I think I might be really strong.