The Live-ins: A Glimpse Beyond The Vacationers

The BETTER Wedding

With everyone back into their seats again, Mo, Vyrh, and Dandelion said, "Alright! Finally, the heavens have decided to unite the perfect couple as one! Damien Dorado Lepidoptera and Daria Daniella Mariposa-Bella, you may exchange vows."

Dandelion handed Damien a microphone as he spoke these words:

Dardanelle, all these years as a close friend, a supporter, a team player, and a mutual, and finally, I have you. To me, you are a flower growing prettier with every year, a test subject which yielded the perfect results, and a badass lady in which I can grow alongside with while staying young inside. I may not have a lot to give, even if I am rich, but I can give you my time, my life, and most importantly, my consummate love.

Dardanelle wept at his vows as Dandelion handed another microphone to her for her to speak these words:

Damien, all these years as a blockmate in psychology and psychoanalysis, a shoulder to cry on, a near panacea to my emotional problems, and a mutual, and I finally have you. You are the deepest memories of my head, very hard to forget, the wall in which I can lean on, and --- I know it's gross but --- the greatest fvckboy I have ever met, figuratively and literally. I may not give you all the time in the world, but I can give you my time and my consummate love.

"Ooh!" the three wedding "leaders" replied. Everyone in the church cried at the beautiful vows, while the three "priests" moved on with the ceremony.

"Damien Dorado Lepidoptera, "Mo said, "Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for better or for worse, when the days get sunny and the nights rainy, and until the end of time in which not even death can do you part?"

"I do!" Damien replied with a beaming grin on his face, "I do! I do!"

"And do you, Daria Daniella Mariposa-Bella, take this handsome man to be your lawfully wedded husband," Dandelion asked,"to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, for better or for worse, when the days get sunny or the nights rainy, and until the end of time in which not even death can do you part?"

"I do!"  Dardanelle replied, "I do! I do! I do!"

"Then by the power vested in us, despite our varied theological contexts," Vyrh proclaimed, "We pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Lepidoptera, the 'perfect' couple. You may now kiss."

Thus, Dardanelle and Damien sealed their marriage with the best kiss of their life while the others cheered their loudest; some of them, the royal Entomonian couple for example, were crying tears of joy.

...

With the wedding now over, Christian decided to go outside the church. It was almost noon and the air was the freshest it had been.

He decided to sit down on the steps when Quvarranna approached him.
"Hey bae!" he said, "How was the turn-over ceremony?"

"It was alright," the Type OV replied, adjusting her body so that she could "sit" beside him. "How about the business?" she asked.

"Truthfully, it's improving at a slow but steady rate, Varrah," Christian replied, "We were just able to pay the rent and update the computers. Even the number of customers we have is increasing. By the way, we have DJ Sun and DJ Moon as helpers as well."

"The jellymer DJs are working in the internet café also?" Quvarranna asked, "What makes this café attract mostly celebrities?"

"We do have more civilian trustees now," Christian replied, "but yes, everyday, there is almost always a celebrity inside the store."

"That's good to know," Jessicca said as she and the rest of his siblings approached him, "I talked to Nathan and Lee about the business, and we might plan on investing on it, perhaps franchise it."

"Why franchise it?" Christian asked, "I own part of the business, remember?"

"Right," Jessicca replied, "Anyway, we came here because we have something to tell you about the will."

"What is it?" Christian replied, "Whatever I inherited is fine, because i already own part of the---"

"You inherited something," Jessicca interrupted him.

"Whaaaaaaaa------?!" Dardanelle and Damien exclaimed.

"You skurrrred meh!" Christian exclaimed to them, "Don't do that!" 

"So this must be your sister you talk of so often, Christian!" Damien replied. The couple extended their hands to Jess and she shook them.

 "Congratulations on your wedding!" she replied.

"Thank you!" Dardanelle replied.

"You two look stunning, having butterfly DNA in your system and all that!" Jessicca replied.

"Dardanelle here is from the Morpho line, while I'm from the black swallowtail line," Damien explained, "We butterfly Entomonians are very rare." 

"Then it's a blessing to meet you," Jessicca replied, "Anyway, as I was saying, Christian inherited something."

"But how?" he asked, "The document is empty after my name."

"They used invisible ink," Jessicca replied, "which means the inheritance is really special."

"Then what does it say?" Christian asked, "Where is the document? Does anyone have UV light or black light?"

"Hold it against the sun," Varrah suggested. Jessicca handed Christian the document, and he held the "empty part" against the light of the sun. Words began to appear at the bottom of the document, and they read:

The family yacht and all its contents (even the guns), the family van (because of vacationing), and $7.25 billion to put in whatever use.

Christian gasped at the inheritance he had received. "Is it enough?" his sister asked.

"Enough?" he replied, "It's MORE than enough! I can invest in the business, buy everything I need (which is not much), and even travel the world! More importantly, it may be enough to build a comfortable house for the newlyweds."

"What now?" Dardanelle asked, "Lemme see!" Christian gave her the document, and she held it against the sun. Seeing his inheritance, she said, "Wow!"

"It's not a lot but I'm okay with it," he replied, "It is more than enough for me and Quvaranna to settle down, but in the future."

"Emphasis on 'in the future' ," Quvarranna added, "Which reminds me, we need to go back to the business!"