JEDEDIAH POV:
I feel so disgusted.
"I'm having second thoughts" I said.
"What's wrong with that? Urine is a good cleaning agent" said Octavious.
I started taking the clothes off.
"Well the clothes aren't clean if you use urine. Is it that hard to just use soap" I said as I stripped.
"And where are we suppose to get soap 2000 years or so before the old west" asked Octavious as he crossed his arms.
I was going to respond but stopped. That is a fair point.
"Okay, you make a good point. But it's still gross" I said.
"You didn't mind when we cuddle" said Octavious.
"Well that was before I knew your clothes are covered in other people's piss" I said.
"Well still, you can't walk around naked. It's frowned at in Rome and the museum is open tonight. There are kids here" said Octavious.
I grabbed my blue shirt.
"What are you doing" asked Octavious.
"I'm putting my usual clothes back on" I said.
"No" said Octavious.
I was surprised by this.
"No, what? Do you expect me to wear the piss clothes" I asked pointing at them.
"Yes, and don't call them piss clothes" said Octavious.
"I'm not wearing those" I said.
"Well this is my exhibit so it's my rules. The deal was you would spend a day living as Roman. Meaning you have to dress like us Jed" said Octavious.
"I'm just not comfortable wearing clothes that have your piss on them" I said.
"And if I ask Larry to get us a slice of key lime pie if you do" asked Octavious.
I said nothing and thought about it. I love key lime pie. I put my shirt back angry grabbed the Roman clothes to put back on.
"I better actually get some pie" I said as I started to get dressed.
"If not we have wine" said Octavious.
I finished putting the clothes back on and Octavious then helped me with the armor and helmet. I can't believe I'm doing this for pie. After we finished Octavious gave me a peck on the lips.
"Now that I look like a Roman what's first" I asked.
"Marriage is usually done in the morning so we will start with that" said Octavious.
We left his house and started walking to the location of the wedding. I feel a breeze with this skirt. How do the Romans wear these every day?
"So how was gay marriage different from straight marriage in Rome" I asked as we walked threw the city.
"Gay marriage wasn't really done in Rome. Marriage was about making a baby not really love" said Octavious.
"I thought you said gay couples were allowed" I said.
"We are, until it was banned but gay marriage wasn't done. So even though we didn't have gay weddings we did allow consensual gay couples. But since we are both never having a official Roman wedding and it's a day in the life I figured we could have a wedding with some modifications since we are both boys" said Octavious.
"Oh, so what if it turns out you couldn't physically have children" I asked.
"For the most part the women was to blame because that was her main purpose but divorce is a option" said Octavious.
"Will we get a divorce" I asked.
"We haven't even got marry yet Jed" Octavious joked.
"But no seriously it's too much work to get married and divorced in the same day. Plus the fact that it's not a real wedding" said Octavious.
Which is good. I don't want to go threw a divorce either. But I'm interested to see how Rome does marriage compared to the old west. Not many cowboys got married. Especially pansexual ones like me.
