Wedding Rehearsal: It looked so easy on TV.

[deathstoogood]

Everything looked practically picture perfect, at least the decorations and everything else were in place. The priest was preparing for the two of them to take the walk down the aisle to be sworn in, or whatever it was that they did. Reii wasn't certain, but he was hoping not to burst into flames or something similar when they went up there and did

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[subreptitious]

Bel had to admit, she was extremely self-satisfied as she peered in from the front door, checking for the dozenth time that everything was perfect. The room practically glowed, all candles and white roses entwined over an archway -- under which they would stand as they said their vows and were pronounced man and wife and everything would go off without a hitch. She (and Reii, once Bel burned out from stress) had put too much effort into this for anything else.

The rehearsal was like getting the results of an exam in wedding arrangement back; Bel thought she might even be more nervous about this than the actual wedding itself. There, she would have corrected all flaws, her friends would be with them and it would be over. They'd be married.

"Truly? Do you think it needs more color? I played it safe with all of the white, but the candlelight ought to make it stand out enough, mm?" she was chattering almost mindlessly, fluttering about the outside, smoking a cigarette, and then another.

[deathstoogood]

"I'd be more worried about your lungs than the color of the room, but you're what you are, it looks fine." Reii replied gruffly, the man hadn't expected a rehearsal. When Bel approached with the idea he thought she had been joking, going through it once with all of her friends and family around was going to be bad enough. Now she expected him to run through the whole thing as though he might...what, step quicker

[subreptitious]

"I can banish tar from my lungs at will," she reminded him idly as she stomped out her second chain-smoked cigarette with the ridiculously high heels that she would be wearing with the dress. She figured that she might as well get some practice walking in them, lest she fall over halfway down the aisle. She'd also opted for a long navy dress -- one that trailed on the ground -- to rehearse not stepping on the fabric and going head over heels

[deathstoogood]

And the dress looked very lovely on her, anyone who wasn't Reii may have complimented her appearance, however he was too busy jittering himself to really pay any mind to something as mundane as clothing. Frankly she could have come wearing rags and he wouldn't have minded. The man folded his arms over his chest, nodding appropriately as Bel ranted off the instructions. She had planned everything so precisely and so well, he felt almost suffocated