WEDDING INVITATION

[pyrafect]

[ #27DEA9 ] Together with all of Chroma
and in the presence of their friends
you are cordially invited
to celebrate the wedding of

Xie Lian
and
Wei Wuxian

Let us make this event as wonderful as their love for each other!

Wedding date to be determined soon. Look out for it!"

Comments

[pyrafect]

[ Unexpected in... what way?? She showed him the invite! ]

:(

I understand that it might feel a little sudden, and also being nervous. I'm truly sorry for that.

But there isn't even a date set yet! And Shen Qingqiu and I will be helping the two of you every step of the way.

[holycurse]

[Unexpected in that i forgot it's too sudden! So sudden! He's obviously waited much too long on explaining things...]

that is
very kind of you. boh of you

you reall y don't need to!

[pyrafect]

Nonsense, it would be my honor to do this for you, to make your wedding planning as wonderful and stress-free as possible.

[holycurse]

i
know nothing of wedding planning myself

[actually it's not like this is a legal ceremony or anything right, it's......no it's still weird.]

there must be a lot of work involved in such a thing

[pyrafect]

Don't worry, don't worry! This is no trouble at all :)

Have you ever been to a wedding? Compared to some of them, what Shen Qingqiu and I are planning together is extremely hassle-free in comparison.

[holycurse]

still i
there is

\
you are both much too kind

[pyrafect]

We just want the both of you to be happy. You especially deserve it, Xie Lian.

[holycurse]

and i truly appreciate that
though others deserve it far more than i do.

[pyrafect]

>:O

You're doing it again.

[ "Others deserve it far more than I do", goodness he can be frustrating! ]

Besides, what does that even mean in this context? Others deserve marriage more than you? Others deserve love more than you? That's nonsense!

[holycurse]

that wasn't quite what i
what i mean to say si

you're very deserving of love yourself!

[that's not what he was originally going for but]

[pyrafect]

Now you're just trying to deflect. ;)

[ Okay so she's just teasing him a little!! He must be that embarrassed!

But seriously what did he expect: ] This wedding is about you. Me being deserving of love has nothing to do with it!

[ Aww, it's kinda? Cute? That he's probably flustered and getting pre-wedding jitters. ]

[holycurse]

you do deserve it though!
the love of friends, of family, of others

i may be a god but this isn't he kind of attention i ever expected to receive

[which is why he is DEFLECTING WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH]

[pyrafect]

I'm happy loving those from afar.

You're just not used to it, I think! Being in love can be both an exciting and scary time. [ How would she know that though... ] But I'm sure plenty of those had crushes on your while you were still a mortal prince.

[ HE BETTER HAVE RECEIVED 100+ MARRIAGE PROPOSALS BACK IN THE DAY or else she's going to be disappointed :U ]

[holycurse]

while i don't know if any of them actually liked me, i'm sure i disappointed quite a few...
it's been many years since i was a mortal prince, though.

[pyrafect]

[ deflection achieved! ]

You don't remember much time when you were a mortal?

[holycurse]

i'll admit i've forgotten many of the details.
and i never really paid attention when my parents tried to find me a bride, so i couldn't remember those women even if i tried.

[pyrafect]

That makes sense, though, doesn't it? You're not interested in women in the first place. Is it even considered acceptable for men to have relationships like that with other men, let alone be married, in your world? Or culture?

[holycurse]

[The funny thing is that he can't argue that--it's true, he was never interested in women. That doesn't mean he was interested in men, either, but.....is there even a point to arguing that anymore? might as well just run with it.]

you know, i'm not entirely sure? i've certainly never seen a marriage between people of the same sex before, and romantic relationships aren't something i've ever held interest in.

continuing the family line is an important aspect of marriage though, and so i believe at the very least it must be very rare.

[pyrafect]

[ "romantic relationships aren't something i've ever held interest in".... until he came here, apparently!! How sweet.

But yeah continuing the family line... eeeeh yeah that's not going to happen with two men! Unless they get a surrogate mother! Or adopt! ] Well, here it's okay to be with who you love no matter who they are, royalty or not, man or woman or not.

Or even immortal or not. :)

[ Xie Lian is royal and a god! Wei Wuxian is not highborn (as far as she knows?) and definitely mortal at all. ]

[holycurse]

it's certainly a very free place we've found ourselves in! one lacking the constraints of politics or societal expectations.

[Sure, she might be talking about him and Wei Wuxian right now, but it's still a nice sentiment to have regardless, right? Yeah!]

perhaps others in this town will take advantage of that freedom themselves.

[pyrafect]

"Perhaps"?

Maybe you should try playing matchmaker!

[ She's just joking around with him. ]

[holycurse]

i think i'm happy enough being a bystander.

[Rather than a matchmaker or a bride.........]

besides, it would make much more sense if someone more experienced in the subject were to try it!

[pyrafect]

You're right about that. If someone doesn't know what they're doing and they play matchmaker, it could really turn out to be disastrous!

After all, there is nothing in this world that breaks quite so painfully like a heart.

[ C'est la vie! ]

[holycurse]

[why does that line make him feel weirdly guilty]

i certainly hope you've never experienced such pain yourself; or if it has, that it follows the way of all wounds, and fades away with time.

[pyrafect]

I think everyone can relate to that sort of pain, don't you think? It's like losing someone, but yes, you are right that the old adage goes that time heals all wounds. For some scars remain, and some are trapped by those wounds. The few strong, however, who are more resilient, grow from their experience.

I think that, for those who are able to love and give their hearts to others and have the luxury of having another's heart in return, [ Like humans... ] It's important to remember what good came from it, and how beautiful that feeling is. And I think it really must be beautiful, to have something like that.

You are a very lucky man, Xie Lian, to find something like that here.