The ceremony might have ended but not the celebration. The Gray family were party animals.
Even when most of the guests had left. The branch family stayed behind, after all, this was their home too.
The laughter, stories, drinking and eating continued under the cherry blossoms in the compound.
With the whole family immersed in the fun time, Dean slipped away into his room. He hoped no one noticed but that would be an impossible ask, after all, this was his day.
All the bowing, handshakes and hugs had taken their toll on him but that wasn't the reason he sneaked away.
The system had been pinging him like crazy since before the ceremony ended. The notifications had stacked up and Dean wanted to sort that out.
He sat on the bed and read through with Ash still on his shoulder glaring at him weirdly like he was crazy.
'Let's do this,' he thought. As he pulled up the orange screens.
[You have completed several self-imposed objectives]
