"Getting swept up in the moment was one way to describe it," he concedes with clear humor in his words. "Unexpected, yes, and maybe others might call us a pair of hopeless, romantic fools."

But since when has Ardyn ever cared of what others thought? As long as they were both happy, comforted by the blessing of their closest friends, then nothing else mattered.

"It feels right. I have no other way to explain it."