SHANGUN GOT ANGRY AND STRUGGLED HIM, HIS EYES BLAZED WITH FURY AS HE STRUGGLED AGAINST THE MAN,
"YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY? RYAN'S LIFE IS SLIPPING AWAY AND YOU'RE LAUGHING? "
THE MAN'S SMILE FALTERED AND HE HELD UP HIS HAND IN A PLACATING GESTURE "HEY HEY, CALM DOWN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO UPSET YOU"
BUT SHANGUN WAS BEYOND REASON, HE PINNED THE MAN TO THE WALL, HIS FINGERS DIGGING DEEP INTO HIS THROAT,
THE MAN'S EYES FLASHED WITH FEAR, BUT THEN HE SEEMED TO REMEMBER SOMETHING "WAIT SHANGUN, DON'T FORGET WE ARE BOTH VAMPIRES, YOU CAN'T KILL ME "
"TRY ME, YOU'RE PLAYING WITH FIRE OLD MAN, I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO KILL YOU BUT I CAN MAKE YOU WISH YOU WERE DEAD"
WITH A SUDDEN SURGE OF STRENGTH, SHANGUN SLAMMED HIM ONTO THE WALL, THE MAN CRIED OUT IN PAIN AND SHANGUN'S ANGER BEGAN TO FADE, REPLACED BY A COLD CALCULATION
"YOU'RE RIGHT " HE SAID , HIS VOICE DRIPPING WITH MENACE, I WON'T KILL YOU, BUT I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER, TELL ME WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RYAN'S CONDITION?"
"DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT I WILL TELL YOU, JUST LET HIM DIE"
SHANGUN'S EYES PLEADED WITH THE MAN, "PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO BRING HIM BACK "
THE MAN'S EXPRESSION WAS SOMBER, BUT A GLIMMER OF HOPE FLICKERED IN HIS EYES "OKAY I WILL TELL YOU, CONSIDER THIS AS MY APOLOGY FOR MAKING A VAMPIRE IN A YOUNG AGE"
"PLEASE TELL ME"
"WHEN YOU ARE BOTH LOVERS AND YOU REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER... ONE KISS WILL BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE"
SHANGUN'S HEART SKIPPED A BEAT, "A KISS? THAT'S ALL?"
"THE MAN NODDED "BUT NOT JUST ANY KISS, A KISS FILLED WITH THE POWER OF LOVE, YOU MUST POUR YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT"
SHANGUN LEANED DOWN, HIS LIPS INCHES FROM RYAN'S, HE CLOSED HIS EYES, FOCUSED ON THE LOVE IN HIS HEART AND PRESSED HIS LIPS TO RYAN'S
AT FISRT, NOTHING SEEMED TO HAPPEN, BUT THEN RYAN'S BODY BEGAN TO GLOW WITH A SOFT, GOLDEB LIGHT, SHANGUN FELT A STRANGE ENERGY BUILDING INSIDE HIM AND HE KNEW IT WAS WORKING
RYAN'S EYES FLICKERED OPEN AND HE LOOKED UP AT SHANGUN AND SMILED WEAKLY
"SHANGUN?" RYAN WHISPERED
TEARS OF JOY SCREAMING DOWN HIS, SHANGUN NODDED, HIS LIPS STILL PRESSED TO RYAN'S "MHH"
AS THEY BROKE APART RYAN'S EYES LOCKED ONTO SHANGUN'S AND HE SAW THE DEPTH OF HIS LOVE SHINING BACK AT HIM AND IN THAT MOMENT SHANGUN KNEW THAT THEIR LOVE HAD TRULY CONQUERED DEATH IT'S SELF
(5 YEARS LATER)
(RYAN AND SHANGUN AS THEY'RE DONE WITH UNIVERSITY AND THEY WORKING)
(AFTERNOON IN THEIR HOUSE "BEDROOM")
"RYAN, YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND STILL EVEN NOW , YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE RIGHT"
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, OF COURSE I KNOW THAT YOU I LOVE ME"
"SO RYAN, WILL YOU MARRY ME"
" I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ASK ME THUS SO YES, SHANGUN! I'LL MARRY YOU! I LOVE YOU!"
"OH, RYAN! I LOVE YOU TOO! LET'S GET MARRIED AND SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIVES TOGETHER!"
"YES! LET'S DO IT! I WANT TO SPEND FOREVER WITH YOU!"
"ME TOO, MY LOVE! ME TOO!"
(A DAY OF THEIR WEDDING)
SHANGUN'S MOTHER, HELPED HIM INTO HIS WEDDING ATTIRE, A TRADITIONAL VAMPIRE GARMENT WITH INTRICATE GOLD THREADING. SHE ADJUSTED THE FIT, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT.
"MY DEAR SON, YOU LOOK SO HANDSOME, HER EYES SHINING WITH PRIDE. "RYAN IS A LUCKY MAN."
SHANGUN BLUSHED, FEELING A MIX OF EXCITEMENT AND NERVES. "THANKS, MOM. I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE MARRYING THE LOVE OF MY LIFE."
MEANWHILE, RYAN'S FATHER WAS HELPING HIM GET DRESSED IN A MATCHING OUTFIT. "YOU KNOW, RYAN, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY WHERE MY SON WOULD MARRY A VAMPIRE," SAID WITH A CHUCKLE. "BUT SHANGUN IS A GREAT GUY, AND I'M GLAD YOU TWO FOUND EACH OTHER."
RYAN SMILED, FEELING GRATEFUL FOR HIS FATHER'S SUPPORT. "THANKS, DAD. I LOVE SHANGUN WITH ALL MY HEART."
AS THEY FINISHED GETTING DRESSED, SHANGUN AND RYAN'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY BEGAN TO ARRIVE AT THE WEDDING VENUE
SHANGUN AND RYAN STOOD AT THE ALTAR, FACING EACH OTHER. THEY HELD HANDS, THEIR EYES LOCKED IN A LOVING GAZE.
"DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY," THE OFFICIANT BEGAN, "WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE UNION OF SHANGUN AND RYAN. TWO SOULS, ONE HEART, FOREVER ENTWINED."
SHANGUN AND RYAN EXCHANGED VOWS, PROMISING TO LOVE AND CHERISH EACH OTHER FOR ALL ETERNITY.
"I, SHANGUN, TAKE YOU, RYAN, TO BE MY HUSBAND. TO LOVE AND CHERISH YOU, THROUGH ALL OF LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS."
"I, RYAN, TAKE YOU, SHANGUN, TO BE MY HUSBAND. TO LOVE AND CHERISH YOU, NOW AND FOREVERMORE."
THE OFFICIANT SMILED, NODDING IN APPROVAL. "BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU, SHANGUN AND RYAN, HUSBANDS! YOU MAY SEAL YOUR LOVE WITH A KISS!"
SHANGUN AND RYAN LEANED IN, THEIR LIPS MEETING IN A TENDER, YET PASSIONATE KISS. THE CROWD ERUPTED IN CHEERS AND APPLAUSE AS THE NEWLYWEDS BEAMED WITH JOY.
"CONGRATULATIONS, SHANGUN AND RYAN!" THE OFFICIANT EXCLAIMED. "MAY YOUR LOVE CONTINUE TO GROW STRONGER WITH EACH PASSING DAY!"
AS THE RECEPTION GOT UNDERWAY, SHANGUN AND RYAN DANCED THEIR FIRST DANCE AS HUSBANDS, SURROUNDED BY THEIR LOVED ONES. IT WAS A MOMENT THEY WOULD CHERISH FOREVER, A MOMENT THAT WOULD STAY ETCHED IN THEIR HEARTS FOR ALL ETERNITY.