"Why don't you take a break for a while, Hinami-san?" she suggested, her voice unusually gentle. There was something about the smaller girl that invoked a sense of pity. "I have some calls to make, anyway."

"Okay," whispered Hinami. She waited until Akio had gone back inside before she let out a long, slow sigh and put her arms on the balcony. Who knew that weddings could be so damn complicated? It seemed like all she had done for the past year was plan for the wedding. At first, she had been extremely excited about every detail, but now it all felt so silly. Months and months of work for one day. She couldn't remember the last time she had spoken to her friends, and even when she did have the rare moment, the only thing of interest in her life was the one thing she was sick to death of talking about.