"When we've waited this long? No way." Em says, smirking. "Wedding ceremonies are always for the family...They could elope if they really wanted to be married." He opens a new portal. "Come on, let's go...Alexei, I know you're always skipping sleep, so why don't you go back and get some rest?"
Alexei sighs, rubbing his head. "Yuki, wait." He says, his eyes turning silver. "I'm sorry if I upset you, I just thought....Well, he's God. The one who created the world...It was wrong of me to ask him after we already asked you to do it." He swallows a lump in his throat and bows politely. "I'm just going to go home before I upset anyone else." He says, sinking into the shadows, coming up in the kitchen beside Diane, who was stirring a pot of soup.
"World on your shoulders again, Alexei?" Diane asks and smiles softly when he grunts in response, taking the spoon from her. "Hey, I may be pregnant but I can heat up some soup by myself."
Alexei laughs, shaking his head. "I don't want to hear it, Diane...I spent ten years training with Ifrit, I'm going to take care of you just like he would be if he weren't busy helping to rebuild the towns ruined by the Walkers."