[M.E.] Endless Story [Ryuu/Invite]

[seishounohana]

"Um, guys? I don't like the way you're looking at me..." Emily said, backing off onto the classroom's wall. Her female classmates had been snickering and whispering about her the half the day through, and even though half of these students aren't even her classmates all the time - it was quite disturbing how they managed to get together to pull something like this off.

"U-uh..." She stammered, as several of her classmates started pulling her up front - where the boys were seemingly doing the very same thing to one of her other classmates. One whom was quite close to her, and one she considered a very important friend - Ryuu.

Now, Emily was suspicious of what these bunch of girls were trying to pull. Ryuu was certainly very attractive, and she would not be surprised if several of these girls wanted to rip her head off for getting so close to him or something like that. Heck, they seem to not be bothered at all by fact that Ryuu technically STILL was with Emi Hitokata, a girl from another class.

"... What do you guys plan to do now?!" Was Emily's question as she grabbed the door frame and clung to it for her dear life.

"We're going to get you married!"

"WHAT?!"

[Ryuu]

"...?" Was the look on Ryuu's face as a group of the male classmates, including some of his friends, gathered around Ryuu, who was sitting in his desk, cradling the side of his face in the palm of his right hand, he had been staring out the window just now. "...What?" He asked, as he looked at them with a look of mild confusion on his face, as he raised an eyebrow at them. "...What?" He asked again, as they began to close in on him. He slowly rose from his desk as he began to back up, before hitting the classroom wall. He had noticed that his friends had been snickering and whispering about him for about half the day, and though some of the guys weren't his classmates, it was mind-boggling how they managed to even pull this off. "...Guys...? I don't like the look on your faces..." Ryuu tried to run, but they had formed a semi-circle around him, cutting his escape off, as they began to drag him to the front of classroom.

It seemed he wasn't the only one being subjected to this, the girls in the class were doing the exact same thing to one of his other classmates. A girl whom was quite close to him, and whom he cared deeply about and loved; Emily. Although he had heard Emi had returned, having received about a dozen missed phone calls from her on his cell, he hadn't seen her. She had broken his heart by leaving without any notice, but he still wanted to stay friends with her. It seemed his classmates didn't care he was technically STILL with Emi, seeing as he hadn't talked to her about their relationship yet. "... What the hell are you guys doing!?" Ryuu exclaimed, as he struggled to break free from their grasp as they dragged him along, even digging his heels in and tried to grab onto one of the desk legs. "You're going to get married!" "WHAT!?"

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Emily yelped as she felt some of the girls pull her away by the legs, her grip on the door frame slipping - and worse, she had a splinter by her hand. "Ow, freaking ow." She said to herself as she caught herself on one leg. "Leggo! I don't want to get married yet!"

One of the girls laughed, "It's just a mock marriage, silly!"

"S-still!" Emily said, trying to regain composure. Who the heck do they think they're talking to? They seem to be unmoved, as some of the girls went behind her and pulled her forward. Emily tried her best not to do anything that would hurt her classmates. Heck, if anything- she knew full well her own strengths.

If she wanted to, she could totally break their arms and legs for this - but she wasn't like that. Emily never really cared for violence. "Hey guys!" One of the girls said, "Miss Goodie-two-shoes is ready to get engaged!"

The whole class burst into a fit of laughter. "THIS IS NOT FUNNY!" Emily said, "Who am I supposed to get married to!?"

"Who else? Ryuu of course!"

Emily's eyes opened wide, looking towards Ryuu's direction with a red, tomato-like color for a face. "Ehhh!?"

She really didn't know what to say - mock marriage or not.

[Ryuu]

"...Give me a break... Marriage!?" Ryuu growled, as he half-dragged the desk he was hanging onto for dear life along, but his grip on the desk leg slowly weakened, before he had no choice but to let go, since his arms had become tired from the dragging. "I don't want to get married yet!" Some of the guys just smirked at Ryuu, as he felt his rage meter begin to build, despite the fact he looked cool and calm. If Ryuu wanted, he could kick every one of the guys asses right now, but to be honest, he didn't want to hurt them, despite the overwhelming urge he had right now. "Right! Mr. Knight-in-Shining-Armor is ready too!" "Taku..." Ryuu began to say in a low voice, keeping his rage in check, "When this is all over, I swear, I'm going to kick your ass for this."

The entire class broke out in laughter, as Ryuu just rolled his eyes. "THIS IS INSANE! IN-SANE! Who am I getting married too anyways!?" "Who else? Emily obviously!" "Haaaaah!?" Ryuu exclaimed, as he saw Emily look over at him, she was blushing furiously, as he blushed back, some of his friends smirking at him. "Me thinks the sir and lady doth protest too much. They're awfully suspicious, wouldn't you agree?" One of the guys teased, as Ryuu just blushed furiously in retaliation. "You have the gown ready right?" Taku called out to the group of girls, as he grinned evilly at Ryuu. "...Wa... Wait a minute!" Ryuu protested, as the guys began to drag him out of the classroom towards the boys bathroom, where some of the guys were waiting with a suit for Ryuu to wear. They dragged him into the bathroom and proceeded to give the suit to him before shoving him into the stall, not letting him out until he gave in.

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Emily couldn't believe this. An entire class was out to get them, and if anything - this was dangerous! Maybe she should just slip off her gloves and risk permanently losing it to escape but she was slightly curious as to what it felt like to be married. I mean, this was a mock marriage, right? Part of Emily wanted to consent to all this, but THIS WAS TOO FRIGGEN INSANE! "HE'S THE LAST GUY I EVER WANT TO GET MARRIED TO!" She declared, blushing as she resisted the girls pushing her towards the door. "You hear me, Ryuu!?"

Yeah, deny all you want.

"Yup, we got the dress ready!" They said, "Miss Clavering gave us your measurements too, Em! Your bust size is quite impressive!"

Emily blushed further, her arms now covering her chest. "My measurements are none of your business! Let me go!" She tried to wriggle free, but apparently some of the stronger students were gripping her in the places that mattered. "Please! I'm getting hurt!"

"HA, AS IF."

"The Suit's in Jon's locker! We put the shinies on the right pocket and the rubber on the left." The class burst into laughter. Emily frowned. Shinies? Rubber? What the heck were they talking about!? Emily was about to scream as she was basically carried off to the girl's room and was forced to wear a gown. It was... quite pretty, it was slightly like her top, clingy by the chest, and it was lined really tightly with lace. It was like a corset... slightly.

They fixed her hair up in a messy french braid and threw her back into the room.

"Now we'll just have to wait for your guy to propose!"

"Propose?!"

[Ryuu]

Ryuu heard Emily's declaration alright, despite the fact he was protesting and fighting against his captives himself. "Gimme a break! Emily and I are really close friends! Why would I want to get married to her!?" Ryuu protested, as Taku smirked at him. "Because you're really close friends?" "You suck Taku..." They then dragged him to the boys bathroom, before shoving him into the stall, as Ryuu gave in the moment he realized they weren't going to let him out until he complied. Muttering in a venomous tone under his breath, Ryuu pulled off the clothes he wore, and pulled on the suit they gave him, it was your basic black suit, composed of a white long-sleeved dress shirt, black dress pants and jacket, and a black tie. Thankfully, they allowed him to keep his black Converse shoes on, as they let him out of the stall, dragging him back to the classroom.

"Alright dude, now, you gotta propose to her! The ring is in your pocket." "WHAT!?" Ryuu shouted, a look of absolute disbelief on his face. He turned to the classroom door, but found it blocked by two tall male students, as he sighed before hanging his head in defeat. He fumbled around in his pocket, before pulling out a packet from his left pocket, staring at it for a good couple minutes, as his classmates began to break out in snickers and giggles around him, as he began to blush furiously. He wasn't stupid, he knew what it was that was in his hand, as he stuffed it furiously back in his pocket, before fishing around in his other pocket, and found the box that held the ring inside. He looked around at the circle of classmates that surrounded him and Emily, they weren't letting either of them get away, before sighing once more, and stood in front of Emily, before getting down on one knee.

"...E... Emily... Will you marry me?" He asked in a defeated sounding voice, he was tired of fighting, and just decided to give up and in. Please say no, please say no... I know I love you, but this is completely out of control! He prayed silently. This was getting out of hand...

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"Mary, You do know I have someone else I like, right!?" Emily exasperated, slightly desperate to get out of this mess. Now there was a mix of curiosity and plain panic on Emily's mind. Should she pull through with this or not?

"Come on, Em - for me?" Mary said, "You do know I did like Ryuu for the longest time, right? Do this for me, please?"

Emily mentally facepalmed. How could she resist a request she could actually do? Not like it went against her morals or anything - I mean, not like it was a real marriage, and if they were going to kiss (which Emily wasn't so sure if she wanted or not) that wouldn't be much of an issue concerning the fact that they did kiss - twice.

Emily blushed as she entered the room, her clothes slightly shimmering in the sunlight. Ack - this was all the school's fault for declaring today's classes to he only for two blocks due to some teacher's protest in the afternoon.

Emily didn't dare to run away in this outfit. Worst-case scenario, the dress would rip and she would be exposed in front of the entire school! Like that didn't happen before (thanks to kari >_>), but she would rather that didn't happen again.

Emily was pushed to the center of the classroom - the chairs shoved to the side messily to make way. Ryuu wasn't helping at all when he went on one knee and ACTUALLY PROPOSED.

"What the heck are you doing!?" She asked him with her lips, no sound coming out of her mouth but she was obviously flustered beyond all belief. Heck, they weren't even in a relationship yet and now they were getting mock married? Oh, for the love of God.

Now, the crowd was cheering them on, laughing, basically pressuring Emily into saying yes. Then she looked at Mary and sighed saying "... I... I accept." in defeat, a blush across her face.

One could only measure just how much cheering and celebration there was for a good 5 minutes soon after.

[Ryuu]

"Trust me, if I didn't have to do this, I'd be doing the 100 meter dash right about now." Ryuu mouthed back, no sound coming out of his mouth, as he couldn't help but notice, despite his overwhelming urge to leap out of the nearest window just to get out of this, that Emily looked absolutely beautiful, as the sunlight made her clothes shimmer slightly. He blushed even more at this, as he prayed that Emily would say no, so they could get out of here. Because while he did love Emily, they weren't in a relationship, and he couldn't help but wonder if his feelings were one-sided or not. And while they were really close friends, this is a bit out there. A mock marriage? For the love of. Their classmates weren't making it any easier though, cheering and laughing, basically pressuring Emily into making a decision. If he could, Ryuu would kick all their asses, but decided against it. It's not they were getting married for real. Though the condom in his pocket really didn't help him feel any better, not at all.

Please say no, please say no... Huh? Ryuu looked absolutely dumbfounded as he heard Emily accept. The cheering and celebrating lasted for a good solid five minutes, as Ryuu straightened up, looking like he couldn't believe Emily just said yes. Ryuu sighed in defeat, as he tugged at the tie, which was loosely tied around his neck. The jacket and shirt were making him hot, as he undid the top three buttons of his dress shirt, exposing his chest, as some of the girls in the classroom blushed and giggled to each other. "Alright guys, let's go!" One of the guys said, as they yanked Ryuu by the collar and began to drag him out of the classroom. "Wh... Where the hell are we going!?" "You'll see." Taku replied, as they dragged Ryuu out of the building, and towards the gym, where a mock priest was waiting. Reaching the gym, they shoved Ryuu forward, who stumbled down the center, before reaching the mock priest, as Ryuu slowly looked up, before a look of chagrin appeared on his face. A priest!? Ryuu hung his head in defeat, this was too much. The rows of seats began to fill with his male classmates, as he assumed they were waiting for Emily to arrive. A groom, at 17... for a mock marriage. What the hell have the two of them gotten themselves into?

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Emily stood there, quiet and looking away as their classmates began celebrating their first of many victories. There were much more lulz to be had today, and unfortunately - the joke's on Emily and Ryuu.

Emily was quickly carried over (albeit with much surprise and hesitance as Ryuu had) to the bathroom nearest the gym. For one, there was a classmate of their's there waiting with a rather exquisite bouquet of white lilies and lilacs - Emily's favorite flowers. How they found all of this out, she blamed it on Layla, who probably was their sponsor on all this.

Oh boy, that woman did knew how to play with people.

It took a good 20 minutes before Emily was shoved into sight - into the very same Gym that got her almost into the brink of death. The memory of that slightly got Emily tense, but she shoved it aside.

She looked around as she was pushed forward, Mary's request in mind as she started walking at that aisle. A classmate started playing music and several girls took their seats, acting as if they were crying. Emily just blushed and looked away to her right, only to see the boys do some wolf whistling. Blushing more, Emily looked forward - where Ryuu was waiting. Or actually, was forced to wait. He looked quite sharp, in spite of the fact that he did loosen his tie and unbuttoned some buttons.

Man, everywhere she looked was something even more embarrassing.

[Ryuu]

Ryuu wanted to run away as fast as he possibly could the moment one of their classmates started playing music while several of the girls took their seats, pretending to cry. Ryuu wanted to palm his face badly right now, but turned his head the moment he saw his classmates stand up and turn to face the back, as he slowly turned his head, and saw Emily come walking down the center with a bouquet of white lilies and lilacs. Ryuu couldn't help but gape slightly at Emily, she really did look beautiful. Looking down at his own shirt, he sighed inwardly, before re-buttoning the top three buttons and fixed his tie up, as he straightened his jacket up. The moment Emily was close, Ryuu saw she was blushing, and he knew why. Some of the guys in the audience had been wolf-whistling at her, which made Ryuu want to punch them into a bloody pulp, but decided not to.

As soon as Emily reached the front where Ryuu and the mock priest were waiting, the priest would gesture to their classmates, telling them to take a seat, as Taku, who was in essence, Ryuu's best man, stood beside him, smirking slightly at the blush that was on Ryuu's face. Once everyone was seated, the priest would begin to speak. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join these two in holy mock matrimony." Ryuu looked at Emily and gave her a small smile, his expression saying, "What can we do? Might as well just go with it right...?" The priest then looked at Ryuu, who tore his gaze away from Emily, for some reason, he had a hard time looking away from her. "Do you, Kazuya Ryuu Hikari, take this girl, to be your lawfully wedded mock wife?" Ryuu looked at Emily, pausing for a minute, before nodding slightly. "I do." "And do you, Sacricia Emily Lourdes E. Delos Santos, take this guy, to be your lawfully wedded mock husband?"

[seishounohana]

Er... so this was what getting married was like? Emily had long, long dreamed of getting married to some nice, decent hardworking guy (albeit like Ryuu, huh?) and having a (somewhat) normal life, but it seems as if she was going to find out in the way she didn't exactly want.

She was happy at least that her classmates made her do this with someone she was comfortable with. If it was someone other than Ryuu, Emily would've flipped.

And now as the ceremony began, the two began to exchange vows. Emily caught Ryuu's expression and smiled back. Might as well have fun with it, right? Not like they were going to get the full mock wedding works - she'd probably call her classmates despicable if they did.

"And do you, Sacricia Emily Lourdes E. Delos Santos, take this guy, to be your lawfully wedded mock husband?"

Emily blushed, it... felt awkward, really. Though, she guessed since he already said yes - might as well? "... I do." She finally said, smiling at Ryuu and earning several squeals from the girls up at the seats. It seems they were having fun watching all this, and she supposed that was the point of it all - right? Right?

"You know, you could've put on the rings." The priest said, snickering. "BUT TO HELL WITH THAT, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU MAN AND WIFE." He stuffled a laugh, giving Ryuu a nudge "... now give Em a good smooch."
Emily blushed furiously. He didn't mean kissing Ryuu in front of the entire class! "Excuse me?!"

The priest began hugging himself and making smooching noises with his lips, "You're going to give each other your eternal vows! Seal it with a kiss~"

Emily's heart skipped a beat, her face flushed a bright red. "What am I going to do?!"

[Ryuu]

This was different all right. Ryuu had thought about the future ahead of him a few times, including getting married to a nice, decent hardworking girl that he loved. (Sounds like Emily huh?) Ryuu had to admit, he was glad that his classmates picked a girl he was comfortable around, if it had been someone other than Emily, Ryuu would've flat out refused. The ceremony began, as Ryuu saw Emily return his smile, although it felt weird, at least they weren't going for the full-out wedding works, if they did, Ryuu was going to kick all his classmates asses. Seriously. The priest then asked Emily her vows, as he saw Emily blush, he knew how she felt, it felt awkward for him as well. She then said yes, giving Ryuu a smile, as he returned her smile, earning not just squeals from the girls, but several wolf-whistles from the guys. At least they were having fun... At Ryuu and Emily's expense.

Ignoring the priest's comment, Ryuu pulled out the box that held the ring inside, Ryuu opened it, and pulled the ring out, before tossing the box quickly over his shoulder to Taku to shut him up, as he gently took Emily's hand into his own, before slipping the gold and platinum silver ring onto her ring finger. The priest then pronounced the two of them man and wife, as he stifled his laughter while nudging Ryuu, telling him to give Emily a good smooch. Ryuu nearly had a heart attack from hearing that, as he blushed just as furiously as Emily did. He had to kiss Emily... In front of their entire class!? "Excuse me!?" Ryuu exclaimed exactly the same time as Emily did. "Wow, not only do you guys look good together, you guys really are made for each other, you're even in sync with each other." The priest commented, as he began to hug himself and making smooching noises with his lips. "You're going to give each other your eternal vows! Seal it with a kiss~" Ryuu blushed furiously as he faced away from Emily. You got to be kidding me! Okay, I kissed her twice, but that was when the two of us were alone! Why do I have to kiss her...? Even if it's a mock marriage...

Ryuu looked at Emily from the corner of his eye, the blush still on his face. That's right. It's just a mock marriage. If you're okay with it, then... Ryuu then turned to face Emily, as he continued to blush, before reaching out and gently gripped her arms. Then... He then leaned in towards her, his face extremely close to hers, as he kissed her on the lips.

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Emily pulled the bouquet up to her face in attempt to hide it. Man, she would really have to kiss him? "They've got to be kidding me." She thought to herself, feeling slightly uncomfortable with the idea of kissing Ryuu, or anyone for the matter, in public. Emily had always thought of kisses as things given away to people one cared about deeply - and as to how she thought of Ryuu, she hadn't really made up her mind yet.

She slowly pulled her arms down slowly - almost afraid, showing her face as soon as soon as the crowd quieted down. Emily wasn't so sure if she wanted to pull through with this - this was a mock wedding, of all things. Should they even be kissing? Are they really serious?!

"Haha. Nice job you two - I think we had eno- ... the fuck?!"

Next thing she and the rest of the class knew, Ryuu had pulled her forward into yet another kiss. Emily's eyes were wide open in shock - he actually did it!

Their classmates on the other hand, fell silent as they were dumbfounded by Ryuu's boldness. They only expected him to start raging on the class, and now he was willingly kissing Emily!

"Wow, he really did it... he kissed her."

"FUCK YE- OW!"

"Shut the eff up!. You're ruining their moment."

"Yeah, yeah."

Emily didn't know what was happening. Her heart was beating extremely fast - the fastest it had ever gone, and she was half-worried if she was close to having cardiac arrest. But no, he continued on kissing her.

He was warm and gentle, and -- man, she shouldn't even be thinking of returning it. No! Not now!

Their classmates gasped as Emily's eyes began closing. She was finally giving in, and her hands gripped on the bouquet that prevented Ryuu from coming any closer than he already was.

"He's going to... bend the flowers..."

... Man, was she was losing it.

"I-... I..."

They were almost lost in their own world, just like the first two times.

"... Whoah, I didn't know they'd go that far!"

...

"... You guys thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?"

After a few curt nods, the class began to snicker. Oh, ho. Time to book a hotel, boys and girls. It wasn't part of the plan, but it seems as if they'd probably have to go with a full-out wedding!

[Ryuu]

Ryuu carefully stared in the opposite direction, the blush still very much clearly on his face. Ryuu, although he loved Emily, and cared very deeply for her, was still unsure of what to do, having not made up his mind. He looked at Emily from the corner of his eye, as he stared into empty space, before turning to face her, a look on uncertainty on his face. Before he knew it, he had leaned forward and kissed Emily on the lips. The only good thing about his bold move, it had shut their classmates up. Ryuu didn't know what was going on. His heart was beating so fast, it felt like he was going to have a heart attack before it jumped out of his chest. She was warm and gentle and-- he shouldn't even be thinking about this, he should be worrying about if Emily may pull away and kick his ass for kissing her for a third time! But no, she didn't. Instead, he saw her close her eyes, as their classmates gasped, she had given in.

Ryuu began to close his eyes, as Taku gaped in shock behind Ryuu. The bouquet of flowers stopped Ryuu from coming any closer than he already was, but that was the least of his concern right now. I... I don't know anymore... The two of them were lost in their own little world, it was like time had stopped just for the two of them. After a few minutes, Ryuu slowly pulled away and straightened up, having bent down so that he was eye level with Emily before he kissed her. He looked at Emily with an almost tender look, before the full force of what just happened finally caught up with him, as he blushed furiously, looking like he had been hit on the head, as he quickly turned his head away from Emily. Did... Did that just really happen? Did I just kiss Emily... again!? Lifting his right hand up, Ryuu turned his head back to look at Emily, as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. ["S... Sorry about that..."] He said, blushing furiously while looking down at the ground. ["I... I don't know why I did that... It just... Kind of happened..."]

"Done." One of the guys said, as he closed his cell and stowed it away. "What hotel did you book?" "The Golden Gate Hotel. Obviously Ryuu's paying, I'm not made of money!" "Niiiiice. The two of them won't know what hit them, heh heh heh..." One of the guys then nodded at Taku, who nodded back, as a smirk began to form on his face. Time for Phase 2! It wasn't originally part of the plan, but they were flexible, and besides, it'd be hilarious to see Ryuu and Emily's reaction to this.

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As soon as the kiss ended, Emily's face exploded into a mass of red. Not literally, of course - but her face was redder than red could ever be on someone's face. She was just so embarrassed, and heck - this would probably go on her yearbook! That would be really, really bad - and very cold, on the part of her classmates.

They of course, weren't going that far - despite their antics. They were just, in their terms: "Giving the turtles a hand". They were just too slow to catch on to anything - Emily, most especially.

Even when Ryuu started muttering apologies, Emily was now stiff as a board. Could it be?

Mary said, poking Emily on the back. "Hehehe - Em? Come with u- what the fack?" Yes - she had basically fainted standing up. That wasn't very new to Emily, though that fact only applied to those who came from 259 - which none of her classmates were. She was the only transfer from 259 in class, supposedly. "Whoah, she's out cold."

"QUICK! GRAB THEM!" Taku then ordered, where the group of students would grab Ryuu and try to knock him out to sleep, while the females tended to carrying Emily off.

Next time they would wake up would be inside a rather large hotel room, basically locked in. They had also taken the phone line from the room's phones and basically prepped them for everything until the next morning. Emily and Ryuu would be in bed together, still dressed - as their classmates had placed them on there with Ryuu's arms around the girl that had her back against his chest.

Emily was still quite asleep, and sadly - for Ryuu, this girl wasn't exactly very hard to wake up.

Even when his hands were cupping against Emily's breasts - a practical joke Taku thought up of for the lulz. He thought Ryuu would've liked it, at least.