As Leo arrived at the feast it wasn't long until he saw Iris. He had the moon rose covered in his pack, and was planning to give it to her as soon as possible. As he walked towards her he broke into a wide smile, he didn't know why but he felt incredible joy at the moment. He didn't notice as he walked that the surroundings were getting noticeably quieter. As Leo kept walking he thought about what he was going to say to her as an apology for making her slack on her duties. He wanted to thank her for all her help since he arrived, and tell her that if she needed help in the future to rely on him more.
As he walked up to her he pulled out the rose and held it out to her while he uncovered it. He saw her eyes go wide in shock, but before she said anything he said to her,
"I love you."
When the reality of what he said hit him Leo's eyes were wider than iris's. He didn't know why he said what he did, the more he thought about he suddenly realized his mind was a little clouded. Before he could think more about it though,
"I love you too Leo. And yes I accept!" Iris suddenly jumped into Leo's arms, and the next thing he knew a soft sensation was pressed against his lips. He suddenly realized that Iris was kissing him. Leo stopped thinking and focused on the kiss. Their mouths were glued to each other for several seconds. Suddenly Leo had a thought, what did Iris accept? Before he could find an answer though everyone around them erupted in cheers and Leo and Iris broke apart. Everyone was suddenly trying to offer congratulations. Leo was still confused until Lucy walked up,
"Congratulations you two! No ones really surprised but you really are a perfect match for each other! So, when will the wedding Be?" When Lucy said the word wedding Leo mind clicked. He looked at the moon rose that Iris had taken by now, and looked over to where Austin was supposed to be. But there was no one there since Austin had taken off running already to avoid Leo. Leo saw him running, and realized what happened. He suddenly had a cold look, and he held out his hand thinking what magic he wanted on the fly. And a second later a snowball had formed and launched itself at Austin's back, knocking him face first into the snow.
Everyone stopped trying to congratulate them and stared in shock. Then they heard someone laughing and everyone turned to Lucy, who explained what it was Austin did. Hearing Leo was set up, Iris looked down at the rose with regret. Leo seeing her reaction, took her into his arms again.
"I don't really know what's going on, but I know what I said before wasn't a lie. I didn't know what I was doing, but I won't back down from what happened so I'll ask properly. Iris, will you marry me?" Leo knew he couldn't just play it off as Austin's joke. And he was planning on moving forward in his relationship with Iris anyways. He just wished he knew what he was doing before he "proposed". Iris, who heard him ask properly answered,
"Yes I accept, and I'll explain about the rose later. But I think we should focus on the crowd surrounding us first." Leo noticed that they were still surrounded. He kissed Iris once more to her surprise, and turned to address the confused crowd.
"I didn't know what was going on, but Iris and I are now engaged. Thank you all for your congratulations!" Hearing that they were still going with the engagement, everyone started congratulating them again. Starting with Lucy, who was being serious now. Natalie and Jack, Natalie took Iris to the side for a second while Jack slapped two of his hands across Leo's back in congratulations. Brenda and Thomas stepped forward after, and Brenda said she couldn't wait for a new student in a few years,(Leo started sweating at her words). They continued to work their way through the other villagers, until someone reminded them all that there was still the offering.
Everyone sat backdown, and Leo sat next to Iris while she suddenly started loading up a plate for him since he was out in the forest and hadn't had a good meal all day. There was suddenly a bunch of shouts about them already being married, but they both ignored them. Then Leo waited they went through the offerings. He didn't know about all the gods they worshiped, but he could recognized most of the names. Leo wasn't sure why, but planned on researching it in the future. Iris was especially excited to show off the antlers she prepared for her offering to her new fiancé.
When Leo saw the antlers he sent another glare at Austin, whose wife had brought back. He was looking at Leo with an expression of apology, while his face was still red from his snowy face plant. After the offerings, people came up to Leo and Iris once again to offer more congratulations, and ask about the wedding. Leo left most of the questions for Iris, since he didn't know about weddings in his world to start with. It was decided that they would wait until the spring for the snow to melt. And Leo at one point had several village women asking him about weddings on earth. Leo promised to tell them about it later, and they said he wasn't allowed to go back on it. It seemed they wanted to incorporate traditions from both for his sake. He felt touched at the women's consideration.
As the night went on it started getting late, and people started heading for bed. Leo was thinking about if there would be a difference in sleeping situations, when suddenly someone called out to him.
"Leo, come and talk to me for a bit. Don't worry Iris, I'll return him soon." Elder grandma called him to go and talk to her. As he followed her to her hut, it suddenly felt like a situation where he was going to talk with an in law. He suddenly felt quite a bit more nervous.