Thorn in his Side

Chapter 47 - Wedding Reception

Mard was only slightly bristling as he waited for his wife. He had plans, plans that involved pausing his day to enjoy his Rosebud before the whole costume party. It's like people forgot that they had been separated for weeks.

Instead, as soon as the pictures were done the pack of evil, or bridesmaids as it were, hauled her away to get changed. Which left Mard with the guys who were busy laughing at his misfortune. If he heard the phrase, "best laid plans" again he would do pain. Murder is always considered polite.

"There you go, one rapier." Freed said as he handed Mard his sword.

"I'll make sure this gets returned to you." The king said as he fixed it to his belt.

"I do know where you live." Freed said in jest as he fixed his own cravat. The blue Victorian style suit looked dashing on his future Regent. Apparently, he decided to dress up as Sherlock Holmes, from the second movie, as the quintessential hat was not to his liking. What Mard knew of the dark rune mage, the costume made sense. It left him dress in refinery and show off his intelligence while staying in character.

"I think the costumes you picked for Luce and you were brilliant." Natsu said as he put on his dragon head. Mard shook his head, leave it to Natsu to dress up as a dragon. A big fluffy kind of red dragon, the kind you'd see on kid shows but that's Natsu.

"Her soul is in super happy mode, so you win this Munchkin." Cobra said, least he thought it was Cobra. He was covered in head to toe red leather with black diamonds on his mask, swords on his back and a strange little skull looking emblem on his belt buckle.

"So, who are you again?" He asked, cause honestly it looked familiar but he had no idea from where.

"Pool, CobraPool. Fuck DeadPool I do this shit better than him. All the peeps at home know me." Cobra said and Mard wasn't completely certain he was actually talking to him. The king shrugged and chose to ignore it, but the feeling of eyes on him was a little odd.

"They should all be here shortly. So, let's get out there and get things going." Gray said as he fixed his tie. Mard rolled his eyes, of course Gray would dress up like one of the characters from Magic Mike. Which he only learned of that movie after Rosebud insisted he watch it for private striping ideas. The ice mage was wearing black suit pants, a full vest, black tie and no under shirt. Then again that won't last long. Mard bet that icicle slut would be naked in about ten minutes. Less if Corvus has a say in it.

Letting Natsu the Magic Dragon lead the way Mard shared a chuckle with Freed as they walked into the Guild Hall. The place was beautifully decorated in their wedding colors. Banners up high each one adorned with a rose and a star, Mard smiled a bit at the thoughtfulness. He figured that it would make a wonderful new royal seal once Rosebud was coronated as Queen.

Long tables were set up to the sides each decorated with floral arrangements, deep red table cloths and filled with things like gifts, food, drink and one massive multi-tiered cake. He chuckled to himself thinking of Rosebud devouring the entire thing.

The other thing he noticed was pictures of them, scattered all over the room. He hadn't realized all the pictures people randomly took of them. Though he quickly groaned when he saw the unfortunate glitter picture, luckily someone was polite enough to black out his dick.

Mard smiled as he saw his wife enter for the other side of the room. She was ravishing in her replica of Buttercup's blue dress. The damask silk fabric flowed beautifully around her as she walked. He adored how she kept her bridal hairstyle, he loved seeing her covered in roses. That gave him an idea for a nice bath with rose petals, perhaps later tonight.

Rosebud walked to him and he happily took her hand before kissing her cheek. "Beautiful, better than Robin Wright." She blushed as her eyes sparkled and a light smile graced her face.