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When Jonathan turned around and saw Dio, it was like time had stopped.
Of course, stopping time is akin to magic - something that just doesn't exist purely because of the laws of nature - but it really did feel as if the world had stopped for just those few seconds for Jonathan to take in the sight before him.
It took him a moment to focus, to actually find Dio's face despite him being the only one walking towards him, but it was something in the way that Dio carried himself and the sound of his steps that had caught Jonathan off guard slightly, making his breath catch in his throat.
He looked stunning. Not to say he didn't always look stunning, Jonathan would shower Dio in compliments about his looks at the tip of a hat if the other asked him to, but from the tip of his toes in those shiny black shoes, up to how well he fitted in his handmade suit and golden tie and, with his perfectly coiffed hair that shaped his face in such a way that almost made it look like it were a halo, Jonathan was sure this was the most perfect and the most stunning the Dio had ever looked.
Looking back on the life he had lead so far and Jonathan was almost convinced that he was never going to reach a day like this with anyone, let alone Dio Brando.
They'd had their disagreements and fights and children and they had grown distant and far without meaning to for some time and then it was like the universe was bringing them back together and stitching them into a brilliant tapestry. Falling in love with Dio wasn't the easiest of things to do, but it certainly had happened in a way that meant JoJo would find it hard to not love Dio. It was almost strange the way they worked so well together, but neither of them would question the peculiarities behind it - they had apologised for their childishness in their adolescence and moved on and it was one of the greatest things either one of them had done. At least, it garnered the greatest result of all.
And what a great result it was.
Here they now stood, time still moving despite the way Jonathan had felt it had stopped, together and side by side as Dio had stood next to Jonathan both in a metaphorical and literal sense.
Jonathan would have loved to have stayed in that moment forever, to have stopped time for all around them just to look at the love of his life for seconds, minutes, hours longer. Even he knew time wouldn't grant him something as precious as that and the feeling he had just experienced was more than enough to last him for a lifetime. Either way, if time never continued then he would never get to experience all of the other wonderful things that were just begging to be experienced by him, and by Dio, and by both of them together.
"You look gorgeous." Jonathan couldn't help himself from saying so as he saw the way Dio was looking at him in a jitterish way that was so unlike him, but JoJo understood. He knew exactly was Dio was feeling and was feeling it too.
As if his words were enough to disappate years of wondering and waiting, Dio's shoulders visibly relaxed, a coquettish smile came to his lips in a way that was familiar to JoJo, and he took JoJo's hand in his own. "As do you." He replied, inching just a step closer to Jonathan before their attention turned forwards and the priest began to speak.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today..."
If time could be stopped
Like the hands of a clock;
Or the sands of an hourglass;
Or if I could only but steal
Away the shadows of dials
Then I would do it all and
More and more and more
Just to keep this moment forever,
Locked in place for me to enjoy
For every second that would
No longer pass us by.
But time is meant to be moved,
And if I can not go backwards
Then happily I will trek forwards
Into the unknowns of new days
As long as I can do it with you,
And only you, beside me the way
I wish for you to be beside me.
For each following day we have
Remaining on this planet and
In the fields of heaven we
Will share them for eternity and longer.