To Embrace A Soul

Chapter 11

A/N:

Buckle in and get some tissues ready y'all. This is one long chapter!

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To say that Zhao Xiaotang is nervous would be the understatement of the century.

The day she's been waiting for her whole life has finally arrived. The day she'll marry the love of her life Yu Shuxin. According to her father, guests from both sides of the family and the media have begun to arrive.

Yuxin helped a very nervous Xiaotang get into her Tang suit. Xiaotang's hands were too shaky to do anything, so Yuxin had to button up for her. The bride sighed for what seemed like the fiftieth time in the past hour. The best woman raised a brow.

"What's the matter?" Yuxin asked her best friend.

"It's... It's nothing," Xiaotang sighed again. "Just nerves, that's all."

"Really?" Yuxin raised a skeptical eyebrow. "It doesn't seem like that to me. What's the matter Xiaotang?"

"Matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume," Xiaotang cheekily replied.

Liu Yuxin was not amused.

"Alright, alright!" Xiaotang gave in. "I'm scared shitless! I mean look at her!! She's damn perfect. Flawless. She gives me everything and anything. She loves me... and I... I'm not good for her-"

"Don't you fucking dare!" Yuxin put a finger over Xiaotang's blabbering lips. "Get your head straight, Zhao Xiaotang!"

"But I'm not straight!"

The calm look of murder on Yuxin's face made Xiaotang shut up.

"Listen, Zhao Xiaotang," Yuxin said, holding her by the shoulders. "You know you love that girl so much but do you even see how much she loves you too? Heck, she's head-over-heels in love you! And don't you dare think that you don't deserve her and you can't give anything to her! You even saved her from her homophobic CEO! You two are made for each other in every way possible, so don't you dare say that you don't deserve her, understand?"

Xiaotang meekly nodded. Yuxin beamed.

"Good, now let's get you all nice and spiffy for your bride."

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"I think I'm going to die, Xueer!!"

Shuxin was so close to bursting in tears. Very close. How close you say? About the distance between two atoms.

Why? Well, Shuxin's overwhelmed. There was a commotion around the bride. People were fixing her hair, her makeup, her dress, getting all over her face. Shuxin was about to break. And of course, Xueer noticed.

"EVERYONE!!! TIME OUT!!!" Xueer screamed.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to her. Xueer cleared her throat.

"The bride needs some alone time. If it doesn't bother y'all too much, can y'all give her some space?"

"No problem!"

"Sure!"

Like that one by one scurried out of the room like little mice. When the last person left the room, Shuxin broke into hysterics.

"I can't... I can't do this!!!" Shuxin panted. "I can't breathe..."

"You are going to be fine, baobei," Xueer said, trying to distract Shuxin. "Look at you! So beautiful! Xiaotang is going to be really happy to see you walk down the aisle. Just breathe with me, okay? In and out, in and out."