“Shall we take a look inside? Maybe there’s someone here we can ask about using the place for our wedding as well,” Reiner said as he took my hand in his and began leading me towards the church.
“Good idea,” I readily agreed.
Walking through the garden with Reiner holding my hand felt so romantic and I began picturing us walking together just like this one our wedding day. Without knowing it, I had fallen very much in love with the small church and its surrounding grounds. The church was painted simply in white, and the interior was very simple with wooden benches.
“It is kind of small…” Reiner said, although not disapprovingly.
“Yeah. You don’t like it?” I asked, feeling slightly worried.
“It’s fine. It’s not like there will be many guests anyways. I guess that you want to keep it pretty private, right?” Reiner asked, guessing very correctly what I wanted.
“Well, it’s going to be private for me considering that I don’t know that many people on this island,” I replied with a small laugh.
That’s right. All the people that I know felt like they were living in a completely different world from where we were.
“I really like this place. It feels very homey, and I can sort of see how I want this place to be decorated on the day,” I said as my mini fantasies started running wild in my head as I looked around the interior of the church.
“It does have a relaxed and homey feel,” Reiner said in agreement.
“Right? We can put some flowers over here…and here…and around here too…” I said as walked along with Reiner to various spots within the church.
I looked up at the orange natural light pouring in from the outside that told me that the sun was probably setting right around now.
“It’s so pretty. I think the best part is the natural light that comes in through here,” I said as I pointed to where the light was shining in.
It just made everything look that much more magical. As I stood by Reiner’s side in front of the alter, I felt a little more like his wedded wife. It was a strange and very illogical feeling but aren’t feelings supposed to be illogical sometimes?
“Should we have our…I don’t know…third ceremony here?” Reiner asked before he laughed
The way his laughter reached his eyes as he smiled at me told me that we were in the right place.
“Yes, we definitely should,” I replied without hesitation.
…
The day that Reiner and I got married in that little church was the most perfect day in my entire life. I felt something soft and warm press against my naked shoulder and that made me stir a little from my slumber. I opened my eyes in the next moment to see Reiner kissing my shoulder. My hand reached for his red hair in reflex before I started running my fingers through his hair. It felt like the perfect morning to laze around in bed with Reiner until both our tummy growled hungry for some lunch.
“Natalia…” Reiner called my voice softly.
I had no idea why his voice sounded slightly stern. A soft moaned escaped my lips as I turned my body on my side towards him. My arms were around his large torso before I buried my face into his chest. He always smells so fresh, I thought as I took a few deep breath of his scent.
“Natalia…” Reiner said again and this time the warning tone in his voice was clearer than before.
What does he want so early in the morning?
“Hmmm?” I made a questioning sound with my eyes still closed.
It feels so comfortable just staying like this. I can hear his steady heartbeat against my ear, and it sounds like the drums of heaven. My eyelids felt so heavy that it made me feel like I didn’t have it in me to open my eyes.
“Natalia…you should wake up now. You’re going to be late…” Reiner said and this time his large hand began shaking my shoulder gently.
Late? Late for what?
My eyes shot open when the importance of this day suddenly hit me like huge bus.
“It’s morning?! Already?!” I screamed as I sat up in bed.
My head felt dizzy after getting up too fast and I had to close my eyes for a few seconds to clear it away.
“Yes, it’s morning already…” Reiner confirmed before he started laughing a little at me.
“Why didn’t you wake me? We’re going to be late!” I exclaimed as I quickly clambered out of bed.
“Who do you think woke you up just now?” Reiner said like I owed him a great debt.
“Oh no…we have to hurry or we’re going to be late. Where is the make up artist and the hair stylish right now?” I asked as I started panicking.
I scrolled through my phone so fast that my eyeballs almost couldn’t follow as I tried to find the chat room that I shared with the artists.
“You’re right. You should hurry and get dressed so we can go to the church,” Reiner said calmly.
“I know that…” I retorted as I opened the wardrobe.
I rummaged through my clothes aimlessly as I looked around to find the things that I needed to bring with me that I had set aside since the night before.
“Arghh…you should have woken me up earlier…” I began complaining.
“Don’t blame it on me. What kind of bride turns up late to her own wedding?” Reiner asked teasingly.
My hands stopped moving as I stopped whatever it was that I was doing and turned to glare at him. I didn’t want to deal with this right now.
“Your bride. The bride that’s going to be late to her own wedding is YOUR bride!” I cried out loudly before I made crying face.
Reiner must have found my desperation very funny because he couldn’t stop laughing. After making sure that we had everything that we needed, we were off on our way to the church. I knew from the first step that I took out of the mansion that today was the perfect day for us to have our third wedding ceremony.
–To be continued…