Zorion Point of View

"Destination wedding. Somewhere like Hawaii, Bora Bora, Maldives."

"Oh, come on, that's so outdated and boring. How about in the middle of Amazon forest or Sahara desert?"

"You sure you are making preparations for a wedding and not a mass funeral?"

"I can't believe I'm sitting with these freaks to decide on our fourteenth's wedding."

"Arial wedding? Like somewhere in clouds at the heights of sky."

"And where exactly that would be and how exactly are we going to defy the law of gravity to perform it?"

"On the rooftop of Marina 101 perhaps. We also have other options like Burj Khalifa."

"Underwater wedding will become a good memory."

"You want grandma to swim for the whole wedding ceremony? You silly!"

"You fool; I'm talking about wedding in an underwater establishment or a hotel. You have no common sense, acceptable but you should at least use a little imagination."

"Umm, uh ask him; why don't you." All the eyes turned to me with a same spark of excitement. I almost thought they did not hear that poor boy soft scared voice.

I knew this boy deserves my love. Bartlett Dill Almond, the fifteenth of the Almond kids, the boy who is scared of girls; he is the one who has proved me sanity still exist in Almond family.

However small it is!

It's a surprise that he is even sitting here in the discussion. I had always seen him keep his distance from girls and towards few, he even has a permanent scowl on his face.

The fact that he is here shows how much he loves his cousin. Loves but scared to the tip of his balls.

"Say, a wedding with guests?" I suggested not knowing to tell them.

"That's a brilliant idea. Make a list of your guests and stay out of planning and preparations." Caramel Almond De Leon sassed as she threw a glare of disbelief towards all the men in the room, especially towards her husband. "Men are all same. No imagination power for being romantic."

As quickly as they turned their attention to me, they turned away from me even more quickly.

Now, what did I do that even Ilaria and Anete are glaring at me?

The day I challenged my sisters that I would get married before them, I took it very seriously. It's the matter or potency and I was not about to let Meow brainwashed with some nonsense.

So remembering what King said about taking help of grandma Almond in settling everything, I approached her. Asked her how I can get Meow to talk to me on normal terms and what effort of mine was lacking.

One and only reply I received from her was –

Butthead!

She called me a butthead straight to my face without any hesitation. When she said she was a thread away from marrying off Meow to someone else worthier, rage took over me resulting in firing back on grandma Almond for saying that.

'You never expressed how genuine your feelings are, never told your plans for future, never gave her a hope for a romantic association with her yet she is madly in love with you. You tell me, would you still accept a man so confusing and butthead like you for your daughter?'

No I wouldn't! I would rather kill him in secret before he approaches my daughter.

I understood her and told her how reluctant I have always been in entering a marital relationship. I offered for live-in relationship, a conjugal offer but was soon slapped hard by century old grandma and what a hit it was. I almost felt like I was hit by Hulk.

That slap was a better shock to knock some sense into my head. I had severe headache for three days after that.

Gosh, she is a superhuman, I tell you. She has super strength.

'How would you know the flavor of it without tasting it? Either you break up with her or you marry her with an intention to spend life with her for eternity. Any sort of live-in purpose is found, you will not be living.'

The message was clear.

Breaking up is a huge no. I really love Meow.

She makes me go crazy and insane and mad and whatnot. She makes me feel good and loved. I really like living with her, love having her in my arms, in my bed and in my heart and mind.

She is entertaining of sort in an endearing way.

I might not have confessed my feelings to her in a most romantic way but I do love her wholeheartedly which leaves me with a better option of the both.

Marry her.

Next thing I know, I, along with my sisters visited the Almond house and asked Meow's hand in marriage.

'I don't really believe in marriages with how my parents were with each other. Or you could say I'm a man who likes bachelorhood and freedom that comes with it. In spite of everything, the thought of not having Meow in my life or worse in another man's life is not acceptable for me. Grandma Almond said I wouldn't know the flavor of it without tasting so here I am to taste her. *Ahem* to taste the feeling of marriage. Meow, marry me.'

One thing Meow is best in is, understanding. She has always understood people very well and acted accordingly. She did not mind my unromantic proposal, my reluctance in marriage or my doubts in matrimonial bonds.

'Okay. Let's do it. You will be mine to mold and mend after the wedding. I'll not let you go. By the time you start accepting and love our marital arrangements, you will realize that you have no other go.' Was her answer and for the first time after a long period she spoke to me in normal language.

That vouched her genuine acceptance for me!

To say I was relieved and beyond happy was an understatement. From that day onwards she was the old Meow with me. I loved myself more after that day.

I even went on a date with myself to celebrate it.

Right from that very moment, our wedding preparations started. Date for wedding was set to be one month and eleven days away from the other day. This means we are to wed in exactly one month and one day from the present day.

These airheads have been fighting to set a theme for the wedding from past ten days which proved to be a failure.

Too many cooks spoil the broth! Too many cousins spoil the minds!

What's the use of country full of family members when they cannot decide on one simple thing? I mean, just invite the guests, and set a large venue to hold all the guests, a minister to conduct the wedding, the decoration and menu for dinner.

Voila! Done!

"Your fiancée is useless, Tiny. You tell what kind of wedding do you have in mind." Her eldest female cousin whose name I don't remember asked with interest.

Meow smiled widely at everyone and took a minute to answer back. "A wedding with a blend of rituals." She answered as she shot up from her seat with over excitement.

How many days has it been that I saw her like this?

From the day I proposed to marry her, she was pulled back to her house with a reason that she should spend valuable time with them before going off with me.

We only met for discussions and preparations like this.

If only I can arrange everything with the help of my secretary. I would be done with everything by now.

"Blend? Like what?"

"Umm..." She tapped a finger on her chin adorably before answering. "The engagement ceremony similar to Parsi's style for making a betrothal, writing an official first invites card and confirming the association. A Punjabi style ritual for skincare day that they do one or two days before the wedding ceremony. Just like many Muslim and Indian traditions, the evening before the wedding shall be spent with music, dancing, food and drinks with the family from both sides together. Wedding vows taken in Christian style. A reception party introducing us to family and friends post wedding."

Pin drop silence. Neither spoke, just stared at Meow, including me.

After four and half years, we finally came out of our trance by everyone clapping for her for making a great plan.

"Is wedding night celebrated the same in all kinds?" Cream Almond raised the doubt to which everyone chose to ignore.

"If you have thought about it so clearly why didn't you say so before?" Bosc spoke like a proud elder brother, tapping Meow's shoulder with pride. "Excellent idea. A unique and different style."

"Just a vague idea. About Venue, Human sculpture can decide." How generous!

I thought wedding is simply taking vows but the rituals she told almost pulled my brain out of my skull, sat it in a rocket and sent to another universe.

On top of that, every single eye is promising me a horrible life if I spoke anything wrong. Great way to start new life with a life partner!

"You better be serious with choosing a venue or I will seriously murder you, brother or not." Ilaria threw me a very dangerous sneer.

Everyone, including Meow, looked at me expectantly making me slouch on the chair even more.

Argh! Alright. For Meow. Only for Meow.

What not I do for her!

"Paronella park, Australia. Heard the view is great for weddings." My suggestion was immediately taken favorably and soon they started looking for pictures of said venue.

I slumped down in my chair feeling pretty exhausted with people in general after seeing the hoard of them talking all the same time. I almost blinked into sleep as they kept on talking about what not before all my sleep was washed away by a very unexpected and exhausting suggestion.

"I want to have similar kind of wedding too. Cacao, let have a joint wedding with them. In fact, why not include King-Aella and Quince-Soul couples too for joint weddings."

Four weddings at a same time same place beside each other?

I'll literally die of exhaustion and whole lot of noise.

Hell no!

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Hello Sweeties,

Next chapter is here. Enjoy!

What do you think about the chapter? Boring?

Finally, it's wedding time! Yay!

I did not give a separate and whole full chapter for marriage proposal because I want it to be very casual just like how Zorion is.

But I promise that wedding will be a blast of many things.

Your views on wedding ideas? What is your ideal wedding theme?

What do you think about Tiny's wedding ceremony idea? A blend of many rituals. 

I've seen several pictures of Paronella park's destination weddings and the view is so amazing. I loved the place. What say?

Joint weddings of three more couples? Zorion will leave this world in that noisy commotion.

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