- I, Theo, take you, Bi, to be my wife. To have and to hold, from this day forward...
- Theo. Are you feverish??
I touched his forehead.
- Shut up now, Bi... Let me read, will you?
I stared at him, as if he was completely crazy.
- What are you doing??
- You said you were afraid to die without ever calling each other husband and wife. I thought, we can read the vows to each other now. And yeah, then... then the ceremony, we'll do it later.
I was shocked.
- Are you serious??
- Yeah... is that such a big deal?
- No, just...
I let out a long, deep breath.
I didn't know if I was ready to actually pronounce a marital vow.
I swear that the fact that we were sitting on our carpet, reading the vows from Theo's phone, didn't make it feel any less serious to me.
I felt like, I don't know...
The moment I was going to look my partner in the eyes, and say it.
It was going to be true.
The ceremony, then, it was just a feast. A celebration, with family and friends. And showing off a pretty gown, and being photographed, and such.
But the moment I looked Theo in the eyes and promised, then, it was going to be true.
- Uhm, ok... Can I go on then?
I still had a lump in my throat, but yes, yes.
Go on.
- So. Uhm. From this day forward. For...
And he hesitated a moment, his heartbeat picking up as well.
- For better, for worse. For richer, for poorer. In sickness, and in health...
And so many thoughts, so many thoughts were running through my mind.
Like, how... how could some people, like, my father, make this promise, and then disrespect the memory of their wife so badly??
And Theo... Theo was really, really saying that to me now.
It was not a joke.
He was reading wedding vows to me.
My boyfriend was reading wedding vows to me, right now.
- To love, and to cherish... till death us do part... Bi. And yeah, uhm... I guess we don't really need to read the "God's holy law part". We're not in a church.
He squeezed my hand so tight, my knuckles turned white.
- So uhm, go on then.
He passed me the phone.
Yeah.
Yeah, I can do it. I want to do it.
- So. Uhm...alright.
I cleared my throat.
- I... Bi. Take you, Theo... to be my husband.
It sounded so weird to say it out loud. Not like when you see it in movies.
- To... to have and to hold, from this day forward.
I glanced up to him.
- F-for better, for worse...for richer, for poorer. In sickness, and in health...
And that was the hardest part, because I knew how much sickness changed people. And how hard it was to stuck together through health issues.
- To love, and to cherish...till death us do part- no, no.
I was never gonna say that.
Death doesn't change things.
We owe love and respect to our partner, even after their death.
- Forever...
And he smirked, and leaned forward to kiss me.
...
And congratulations, Doctor Theo, Doctor Bi:
you are now (un)officially husband and wife.
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Let's hope for the best
Non-Fiction... but prepare for the worst. When I was a kid, I thought that life was going to be like a Disney movie. Then, alas, life happened. And I found out, I was not ready for it.
