In the end, Alma secretly cried in the corner, while threatening anyone to never tell Zein about it.
Gracefully, Zein pretended not to know despite several nosy birds chirping in his ears about it. Besides, there were other people whose dam seemed to be broken. Including his own new husband.
He just came inside for a bit to take off the long tail attached to his vest, and he came back to a crouching Bassena, face buried in his hands.
"What is wrong with him?"
"He was freaking out about almost dropping your ring into the lake," Han Shin laughed. "What a silly goose."
All in all, the ceremony was going quite smoothly. It was respectable; the audience was solemn, and they exchanged the vows they had exchanged countless times already. Bassena had even managed to speak his vow without stuttering.