“thanks to everyone who has attended to see us marry, we wish you all a good night”, the tall groom announced, champagne in hand and grin as beaming as his partner’s.

“exactly as my husband said, please eat and drink as much as you want”, the other added.

“and one more thing”, the black-haired male interrupted the chattering, “i can’t wait to attend every wedding of my dear friends, i wish you all happiness”

that had all the couples in dresses and suits smiling, some shy and some confident, eyebrows wiggling in pride. there was one pair who weren’t shy nor confident. they were sad. sad and mad.

baekhyun, who stood behind his taller boyfriend, smile fading away along with his excitement. sehun, who allowed the other to hold onto him, biting his lip. they were both holding in their disappointment, hidden behind fake celebration for their straight friends finally marrying. they were mad because they couldn’t. they weren’t allowed to marry, it was the law. they were restricted to just boyfriends, no legal binding.

the only thing they could do in this moment was accentuate their smiles and show how happy they were that their childhood friend was finally getting married to the love of his life. as chanyeol and his wife finally climbed down from the stage, baekhyun clung on harder, hiding his face behind sehun. 

the taller’s heart was envious but it was okay as long as he was connecting hands with the smaller, whose arms were still wrapped around him. it may have hurt as chanyeol approached with all rows of teeth on display, but when the clumsy groom make a light joke and he heard baekhyun’s soft giggle behind him, everything didn’t seem so bad. and as the giant walked away to go and dance with his bride, sehun’s heart was eased as the elder pressed the smallest kiss on his shoulder. 

he knew he couldn’t marry baekhyun, even if he wanted to. but as he turned around to face the shorter and take his hands to dance, he knew it was okay. as long as he was with baekhyun, the lack of legal document couldn’t tell them they weren’t in love. because their hearts were binding. and binding meant their hearts could not be separated.  

a/n: this is terrible i’m sorry