How Green Becomes Wood

Just like last time they danced, Daizi just held his hands so they could take steps in and out and twirl without making Xander hold her more closely. Maybe one day they'd get there, but it wasn't now, and she was okay with that. She just liked getting the chance to dance with him in any capacity.
 
Xander followed Daizi's lead rather than taking the lead himself, but he was engaged in the dance. He was more cautious than his brother, but still moved with a smooth and elegant power. He'd come to learn his own body and how to move it intimately, and that served him well on the dance floor, even if he couldn't do anything more than hold hands. He might not have admitted it, but he was enjoying himself.
 
Daizi could help but laugh when he twirled her, but once they came back together, she took a moment before saying, "What you asked before, when you first came to us... Do you still believe it? All marriage will turn toxic?"
 
"You really will, won't you?" Xander asked, amused. "You'll be, like, on your deathbed or something and you'll be like, 'Have you changed your mind yet?'" He took hold of her wrists firmly enough to not accidentally slip and pulled her around, spinning them both round and round like children.
 
"Of course," Dark replied with a nod, "You looked like you were too. I suspect you were the question I told you to expect?"

"I had fun if he didn't, and according to Ciara, that's enough today."
 
"Have we ever claimed to be otherwise?" Daizi asked, settling into her natural place against her husband, absolutely delighted to get to be there again.

"You would believe Xander has never once enjoyed himself," Dark teased, his arm comfortably around his wife's waist.
 
"Nope, never," Xander replied promptly.

Ciara and Alec approached them, Alec looking rather pleased with himself that he'd talked his aunt into dancing. "I am afraid I must depart," Ciara told Dark and Daizi. "It has been a lovely time, and you are a beautiful couple."
 
"Thank you so much for coming," Daizi replied, lightly touching Ciara's arm before she could stop herself, "It was amazing to be able to celebrate with you."

"I am glad you enjoyed yourself," Dark told her with a nod, "outrageous though it may have been."
 
Ciara gave Dark a flicker of a smile and did not pull away from Daizi. "I hope you have many happy days ahead. Good evening."

The twins told her goodbye, Alec resisted the urge to hug her, qnd Ciara beat a hasty retreat.
 
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