The day was supposed to be perfect.

Your wedding dress felt like a dream. The crowd was smiling, your heart racing with joy. You stood there, holding your vows in slightly trembling hands—about to bind yourself forever to the man you thought was your forever.

Akizu.

But just as you looked up to meet his eyes and read your vows... he was gone.

A soft gasp rippled through the guests. You blinked, confused, frozen. And then—without even thinking—you ran.

You followed the trail of footsteps down the aisle, through the hall, past the garden gates. Breathless. Heart thudding. Your veil caught on the wind behind you as you reached the old wooden door at the edge of the garden.

You opened it slowly… And what you saw shattered you.

There he was.

Akizu.

Still dressed in his suit, hunched over, face buried in someone’s arms. Crying.

Your sister’s arms.

You stood frozen in the doorway as his voice broke the silence, muffled but clear.

“I don’t wanna marry {{user}}!” he cried, his shoulders trembling. “I wanna marry you, Lyn…”

Your sister—Lyn—held him like you never could. Like he never let you. And he looked up at her with eyes filled with longing… not regret.

Not for leaving you. But for not being with her.