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Truth be told, the first time Jinu sees her in a wedding dress wasn't at their wedding. The girls were trying out costumes for a Halloween themed photoshoot but somehow Rumi ended up exiting one of the dressing rooms in a wedding dress.
He just stood there, looking at her in awe, from a distance, while she laughs when her stylists would compliment her- the kind of laugh that's so genuine, that her eyes get all squished up and mouth open in pure joy.
She's....wow. She's always so beautiful
Jinu wasn't all that glad that other men present in the room had been giving Rumi the same looks as he had. So what does a normal man do when he feels his territory being threatened? That's right, pull your girl inside a supply closet and propose to her, again.
And once again, he got rejected.
"Geez I didn't know that you're this desperate to marry me" Rumi tries to lighten his mood with a joke, but she senses how this time, he doesn't take the rejection well. He just stood there all silent and brooding.
She sighs "Do you have a piece of paper?"
He was sulking but still hands her a piece of music sheet from one of the boxes displayed on the dusty shelves. Rumi smiles, excitedly taking a seat on the dirty floor whilst scribbling something on the paper.
"What are you writing?"
"Marriage contract" A fake one. "What do you want to say for our vows?"
Jinu's gaze softened, chucking as he sits right beside her to think of something "That you would love me, even in days that you hate me"
"To love each other, even if we hate each other" She writes them down, repeating his words under her breath, as if they're performing in front of an actual officiant.
"To embrace you at your lowest"
"Celibrate and laugh with you...on your success"
"No running"
"No walking out, no matter what happens"
"To take care of each other, until we're old and smelly and senile"
"This is forever" she closes, smiling, then hands him the paper "Sign here"
"This is our wedding?" Only a fool would feel so happy to be handed a counterfeit wedding certificate for marrying the love of your life. Lucky for him, he was that fool.
"Our first one" Rumi corrected
"You would marry me again?" Her smile was the only answer he needed. He turns to the wedding certificate then back at his - wife, as he tries to process everything that went down. "What happens now?"
"Now you may kiss the bride" she laughs, leaning in for a short kiss. Jinu, unsatisfied as he was caught off guard, pulls her in for a deep one. One they share in between fits of laughter.
He was quick on his feet when their moment ended "Now we need witnesses!"
At that point, he just wanted to brag- to scream to the world that he finally married Rumi. Before his 'wife' could stop him, he's already out and running, waving the makeshift wedding certificate in front of their friends, who are all conveniently gathered at one corner.
"Look! Look! I'm married to Rumi-"
"Let me see that!" Abby was the first to grab the already crumpled paper from his hands, face immediately scrunching "This is fake!" his friend mocked, as he passed the paper to the next person.
"Maybe you forced her into this" Romance prompted, just in time for Rumi to reach the them, catching her breath for lugging a giant white ballgown around "Rumi, blink twice if you're in danger"
"She blinked!" Baby gasps dramatically at nothing "Zoey grab another paper, we're making them a divorce certificate!"
"What divorce? We're not getting a divorce! We're never getting a divorce" Jinu would argue trying to snatch the paper back.
Mira silently walks up to Rumi, nudging her gently to get her attention "You really married him?"
"Absolutely" she proudly says, grinning as she's about to take the joke one step further "Will you sign the certificate as our witness?"
"Absolutely not"