Married Life

Chapter 1: Will you do me the honor?

     There she was. Dressed in white, walking down the isle to see him. Branch couldn't help but cry as he saw her in that beautiful gown, hair up with her crown attached to her veil, and that lip bite she always had when he did something she liked.

     It was so crazy to finally realize that this is reality. Him and Poppy were getting married. When he proposed, he was what you call, a mess.

     It was in the afternoon when he proposed. Not the typical time of day to do so, but it was the only time she really wasn't busy with parties and whatnot. You're probably thinking,

     "well why didn't he just propose at the party she was at?"

     Two reasons. One, even though there were parties going on for random reasons, it would be his luck that it would be on a birthday or something like that. He wouldn't want to take away their special day. Two, despite his color's being back, he still really wasn't a people person. He had grown close to the snack pack but that was really it. When he went to ask King Peppy for his daughter's hand in marriage, he was practically pouring sweat. The king however didn't mind much when he went to squeeze him with a hug.

     The pink and teal troll were sitting on a bench close to a local garden that she always liked to go to. All her favorite flowers were there and she got to see many butterflies. Looking up at her boyfriend, she noticed how sweaty he was starting to get.

     "Branch are you alright?" His eyes widened as he was starting to show his nerves.

     "Oh yeah, perfectly fine, never better. Hot. It's very hot out here." He said quickly. Poppy raised an eyebrow and looked over at the two butterflies that were passing by them.

     "Look Branch! Butterflies!" She couldn't help but giggle when one of the two landed on his nose, when the other landed on her finger.

     "I bet they love each other a lot." She said softly as the teal troll looked at her soft eyes.

     That's it. That's the moment that he was waiting for. Something that seemed like a cute romantic thing.

     "Yeah, they must do." He said as he watched the other butterfly reunite with his love one.

     "Just like us." Poppy looked at him, kinda concerned. Something was definitely going on. He's starting to get poetic.

     "Poppy, you know I love you, right?"

     "Of course I do."

     "Well, from the first day I saw you, I knew that I had loved you. The way your eyes sing a perfect melody, how your freckles glistened in the sun, your smile being the brightest thing I've ever seen.. Well.. I know now that I need that kind of sunshine in my life forever.."

     "Oh my troll.. Is he.." She thought in her head as she covered her mouth, tears starting to form in her eyes.

     Branch got down on one knee in front of her and pulled out a small box from his pocket. The waterworks were very present on her face as of this moment.

     "Poppy, will you do me the honor of being that ray of sunshine, and marry me?"

     The pink troll couldn't help but hiccup as the tears poured down her eyes. She quickly nodded her head as she tried to stop crying, Branch placing the ring on her left finger. She jumped onto him and gave him a tsunami of kisses.

     Now look where we are. The whole village is watching him bawl the same tears she once did that very day. He still couldn't believe it.

     They were getting married. This was their wedding day.