It was his big day.
Funnily enough, none of the Elite Five were here.
Not even Kay.
In truth, he didn't invite them.
News of his wedding would most likely hit the newspapers, and the headlines would scream about this fairytale wedding.
He didn't want his brothers and sister to be here.
This farce of a wedding.
If he had been marrying Sophia, he would have had them come a week before the wedding, have those stag party (with one girl along) and basically hang out with his brothers till the actual day.
They would dress him up, poke fun at him and all that.
He couldn't bring up such feelings of joy and excitement, so why bother having them come?
He hadn't even told them he was getting married, so he could imagine the backlash from there.
That would be for another day.
For now, he just wanted to get this day through.
Ali took a deep breath as he looked at himself in the mirror.
* Arabic phrase that means "God has willed" or "as God willing", expresses appreciation, joy, praise, or thankfulness for an event or person that was just mentioned.
[1] A Tepak Sireh is a traditional Malay metal container for storing betel leaves used for chewing
Dun dun dun ... how many predicted this? hew hew hew.