"You give up?" she asked with a mischievous smile and Ryan turned his head to look at her, his teeth gritted. Arianna blinked her eyes ather him and his hands clenched.
"Yah!!" he stood up and she quickly ran away. He ran after her outside to the compound. She found it as fun, laughing as she ran. They ran in circles around pillars and trees. She ran towards the garden, going from bushes to bushes. Exhausted, Ryan stopped and bent on his waist, panting.
"You.... When I get you...you're so dead" he breathed.
"Aigu... The king couldn't find his queen. You lost Ryan" she cupped her cheeks and smiled silly. Ryan lifted his head and he began to chase her again.
"Stop chasing me...leave me alone.... Mummy!!!" we're her words as she tried to get away from him. "Ahaa... Ryan please.."
Soon she got breathless, and stopped by a tap. Ryan too stopped. His eyes gleaming dangerously. "Now, I'll punish you" he said as he took slow steps towards her. Aria saw a hose attached to the tap, she hastily picked it up and pointed it at him.
"Don't come close" she warned him.
"Aria... don't try that" he said but still came close.
"Stay back"
"Don't do it" she turned it on and the water rained on him. He was utterly shocked as he stared at his body being drenched.
"Pfft! Hahaha..." she laughed as she kept drenching him.
"Hey, stop it!" he yelled.
"You need a bath. You're sweating a lot" she said and continued drenching him. With one hand over his face, he walked slowly towards her. And then grabbed the hose from her. Her eyes widened like saucepans and her laughs got stuck in her throat. Ryan looked at the hose in his hand that still gushed out water. He looked back at her and smirked.
"Sorry" she said and gulped, but Ryan wasn't in for that. He pointed it her and drenched her too.
"Stop! Please...I would never do it again" she begged but he just laughed at her. "Ryan, please..." Satisfied with her being drenched completely, he turned off the tap and dropped the hose. Arianna just stood there breathing heavily like a cat who fell in water.
Ryan chuckled,"Now we're even" he said and pulled her closer to himself by her waist "I've got you"
"No, you didn't. There's no blindfold" she retorted.
"I don't care. I already found my queen" he simply said.
"But you still lost" she pursed her lips.
"Because I was blindfolded. But I'm still the king and you're my queen" he grinned brightly, showing his perfect set of white teeth.
"How about we make this official?" They heard Zariel say and turned to look at her. She was just standing there looking at the sky with her hands behind her. Then she looked at them with a very wonderful smile. "You know, this garden is large enough and very beautiful to hold a wedding for both of you" she blurted out.
"Eh?!!"
"Yeah, Ms Jung. You get my idea" Ryan agreed.
"You know, I was once a registrar in the court. I could just pronounce you husband and wife right now. Isn't that sweet?"
"It is. Please do" he agreed again.
"What are you both saying?!"
Zariel straightened her back and cleared her throat, she began, "On this day, under this bright blue sky, in this beautiful garden, I hereby pronounce you, husband and wife" she pronounced and Aria's eyes and mouth were wide open. "You may kiss the bride"
"What?!"
Ryan faced her with a grin, and he kissed her lips. She blinked her eyes repeatedly. Is this her wedding happening with him? No way. There's no way it is. No way! No way!!
"Oh dear, oh dear. So cute.." Zariel exclaimed while cupping her face. Ryan leaned back and gazed into her eyes with a smile. He was happy. For what exactly? A playful wedding? Ah...
"Okay, that's enough. Go in now and change your clothes before you catch a cold" Zariel told them. Ryan immediately carried her princess style, and she kept screaming,
"Put me down! Put me down!! Yah..." she screamed, because she was feeling shy.
"Oh my. They're so cute. Should I tell him?" she wondered. Then remembering how a bully he is to her sometimes, she shook her head. "No. He should find out on his own" she walked into the house with a good smile.
*..*..*..*
Ryan placed her on a stool in his room. He crouched down so she could look straight at him. "I had fun today" he told her, caressing her cheek with a smile. "We should do it often"
"I thought you don't like playing" she pursed her lips.
"I never said that. But from now on, we'll play everyday" he said and she smiled brightly, her eyes dazzling with excitement. "But tomorrow... I won't be home"
"Why? Then I'll come with you"
"No. You'll stay home" he told her firmly, and she pulled a sad face.
"Why? I...I want to come with you"
"If you go with me, then you'll get hurt. I don't want that to happen" he said, but she looked like she was going to tear up.
"W-where are you going?" she asked him.
"I'm going to meet a dangerous man. So be a good wife and stay at home, alright?" he smiled at her, and all she did was purse her lips.
"I'm not your wife"
"We're already married" he teased and she just blinked her eyes. There's no way that was their wedding. No way! It can't be!
"Change your clothes now. Or should I do that for you?" he reached to take her shirt off but she slapped his hand.
"I.. I can do it myself" she said, her face growing red imagining him taking off her clothes and seeing her body. He just chuckled and walked away.