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#married #whenthe wedding #wheretheweddingat

they are married your honor.

[sawpaingsheadband]

So. I admit I am still testing the waters in this fandom, but my descent into blorbo hyperfixation is strong and here to stay. So.

I saw this post: https://www.tumblr.com/pinkandgreenarepurpleandyellow/189382019528/gaolang-due-to-personal-reasons-i-will-be-sinking?source=share

I just HAD to write something, ofc with permission from OP.

Well. All I am saying is that I had fun writing this.

Enjoy.

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"INCREDIBLEEEEE! The winner of this match is YOROIZUKA SAW PAING!!!"

Sayaka's voice screamed into the microphone, accompanying the shouts from the watching audience. It had been a long match and whilst Saw Paing was still on his feet, he clearly needed to rest.

That, of course, did not stop him from shouting a very loud "YEEEAAHHHH" that would cover the noise of all audience.

Sayaka took that as her clue to jump back into the arena to keep presenting the matches, maybe also to get some last few words before Saw Paing would strut back towards the exit of the arena and towards the changing rooms, and maybe to see Dr. Hanafusa about the injuries he had sustained.

After all the arena had to be reset for the next match, so there was some time.

"And once again congratulations to Yoroizuka Saw Paing for this marvellous victory! Any last words for us?" Sayaka cheered through her microphone once again. The man grinned and raised a fist into the air. "Of course I won! I am the Howling Fighting Spirit! YEEEAAAHHHH!"

With a last cheer - or so he thought - he finally started walking out of the arena, finding himself then face to face with Yoshinari Karo and Gaolang Wongsawat, who had apparently come to see his match. Kaneda Suekichi was there too.

Gaolang had an impassible expression on his face. "Congratulations. It appears that you found your will to fight once again."

And anything could be said about Saw Paing, but not that he was subtle. And as naturally as he was breathing, the man pointed a fist towards Gaolang and with no care in the world and the quiet tones of the trumpets of the Apocalypse he screamed: "Of course I did!!! And that's thanks to you!!! I LOVE YOUUUU!!!"

Eh.

It was not really surprising, this confession, considering how NORMAL these two were usually about each other, and by NORMAL everyone meant ABSOLUTELY UNHINGED. From one deciding at age sixteen that the other would be his life-long rival, to the other deciding to undergo leithwei training to fix his hand.

Sayaka jumped on that confession like a bear on a basket of salmon.

"FANTASTIC!!!! The Kengan is not only a place where men can bare their fists, but also the place where men can bare THEIR FEELINGS!!! NOW WHAT WILL WE DO WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH???"

And Gaolang was a man of patience, a man usually very composed, but in that moment that composed behaviour was just hiding a full blown panicked state, as if he had never expected a confession in the middle of a Kengan tournament. And no one around him was saying anything - most likely suffering from second-hand embarrassment, maybe Kaneda Suekichi was even working on a way to get them all out of there with no further collateral damage.

And then.

Gaolang opened his mouth, closed it again, then opened it again and uttered: "Thanks."

Now, someone could figure that Saw Paing would be petrified, but if anybody knew him, then they knew that nothing dampened his spirit. Yoroizuka Saw Paing grinned again and shouted: "YEEEEAAHHHH! THANKS TOO!!! LET'S TRY AGAIN LATER!"

And whilst the audience cheered again and Saw Paing was finally exiting the arena, Gaolang Wongsawat retreated back, only to be caught by Sayaka. Before she could speak, he said quickly: "For personal reasons I am going to disappear at the bottom of the ocean. Do NOT follow me." Sayaka smiled sheepishly. "Is it because you replied 'thanks' to Saw Paing's 'I love you'?" "The reason is personal."

With that he briskly walked away, possibly to hide, or possibly to have a long talk with Saw Paing, no one would know for certain.

What anyone would know for certain was that he was then later spotted with a certain Howling Fighting Spirit on the beach for a long walk, a weirdly quiet walk one would say, but for one day enough people had pried into Saw Paing and Gaolang's lives.

There would still be tomorrow to let all rumours sink in for real.