"I do look forward to that," Hakkai admits. "I may have to give Gojyo a goose, too, for symmetry."

And because it will also be extremely funny, and it's something to hold onto the thought of. He leans back against Jedao, tilting his head to the side to accommodate the neck-nuzzling.

"Regardless of marriage," he says, low. "We do already belong to each other -- already, and always."