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Izumi · 3 hours ago

The tunnel vision came next.

As they locked eyes with each other, the only thing that seemed to exist in Izumi’s view was the altar and him. It was such a sweet feeling – her heart felt as if it could soar right then and there. He whispered something to the crane as she made it before him – a question that she could only respond to with a smile and a nod. For the stream of tears had not stopped flowing, embarrassingly so, and if she dared use her voice now – surely, it would crack. Instead, a dark paw reached up to gently press against his cheek.

'I have never been more sure of anything in my entire life.'

Izumi wished she could say that herself. So she only hoped the visible struggle she had keeping it together told that much.

Nana had begun the vows, and her attention turned to the young priestess as she spoke. The empress still felt a bit of guilt in asking her to do this – if anything, the ivory woman should be resting in her state for the sake of the pups that were soon to come. Yet in Izumi’s eyes, she was most devout in the eyes of the kami themselves – the Empress trusted no one else to officiate their wedding except her.

“Empress Izumi, do you take Osamu-sama to be your husband, to unify the two of you into one, bound in illness and health, for as long as you two draw breath?”

She did not hesitate. She did not think about it.

As her lilac gaze turned to her silvered moon, they were filled with emotion. Pride, even, to finally say he was hers.

I do.

–and her heart waited for him to say the same, so that it may finally burst from it’s cage in anticipation.

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