Part Thirty-Six

[coveringthebase]

Very Brief Recap
- Kissy kissy time for Yuuri and Wolfram
- Gwendal is most displeased
- What?? Yuuri and Wolfram can't be alone together??
- Poor, forgotten Iris... *pets her*

Characters
Yuuri - Guine
Wolfram - Mikage
Iris - Mikage
Conrart - Guine

Covering the Bases
Part Thirty-Six - Change in the Rules

Yuuri - *storms angrily down the halls, pausing by one of the stupid rooms on his little cool-down walk to grab a basket/continues making his way farther down the halls and stairs, heading for the stupid kitchen/huffs in annoyance and quickly has a lunch for two -- for three made, tossing everything halfheartedly into the stupid basket before giving a frustrated "thanks" to everyone in the kitchens before turning to head back out to find stupid, stupid Conrad since he was the only one he could trust to be quiet... for the most part at least.../wanders around for a bit before having to ask some guards and maids to point him in the right direction/eventually finds the stupid brunet in one of the halls, pulling him along and complaining about the situation they were in and how he was gonna end up being a complete wreck if he wasn't able to see Wolfram for more than a short time each day*

Iris - *had been walking on her own through the halls of the palace, watching as everyone went about their duties and not really knowing what to do with herself/spots a rather frustrated looking Yuuri dragging Conrad down one halls* "Yuuri...?" *had missed his presence immensely the previous night, and had not gotten much sleep at all/was happy to see him at the moment, despite his obvious bad mood*

Yuuri - *slows his storming to a stop, blinking at her/mentally kicks himself for not being at breakfast like he said he would be... but he would have much rather been with Wolfram anyway.../tries not to sound too annoyed* "Hey, Iris..." *glances her over, glad to finally see her in clothes other than rags*

Conrart - *smile, smile*

Iris - *flinches a bit at the annoyance in his tone, though trying not to take it personally since it seemed as if he'd been annoyed before he'd even noticed her* "Uhh... are you okay...?"

Yuuri - *grumbles lightly* "Yeah... I'm fine... just annoyed at some crap about how Wolfram and I can't be alone in the same room until after the wedding..." *shakes his head, still trying to calm himself down/forces himself to smile at the girl* "How are you doing? How are you liking it here?"

Iris - "Umm... well..." *shifts nervously* "I don't... really... know what to do..."

Yuuri - *blinks at her/he honestly didn't know what there was to do other than work* "Oh... uhh... I bet Greta would like to show you around the place. She probably knows more about the castle than I do..." *actually... she probably did.../if she knew about how to get out of the palace walls without being caught... then who knew what else there could be that she knew*

Iris - "Oh... I..." *had actually been kind of hoping that she could spend at least a little time with him, but didn't want to say anything since he seemed so anxious to get to his fiancé/felt that spark of jealousy ignite within her again*

Yuuri - *forces the faded smile back onto his face* "The next time I see her, I'll ask her to show you everything. You'll probably end up knowing more about the castle than I do, too..." *starts to move away from the girl again/he really wanted to see Wolfram, especially if they wouldn't be able to spend as much time together for near a month*

Iris - "Oh... okay... Yu-" *feels awkward, and a little hurt/suddenly thought it would be inappropriate to call him by his name now* "-... Your Majesty..."

Yuuri - *blinks at her curiously at the sudden change in formality, but just figures it was because she felt weird about calling him by his name... like stupid Conrad wouldn't call him by his name, no matter how many times he said he wanted him to/smiles at her* "I'll see you later, okay?"

Iris - *sadly* "Yeah..." *she highly doubted that*

Yuuri - *spares her a small wave and smile before turning to go search for his fiancé again/luckily the brief run-in with Iris calmed him down some - thus, he was no longer storming... just walking rather quickly and pouting/has to ask a few more guards and maids to tell him where Wolfram was before finally coming to a closed door, where the blond supposedly was/moves to open it, but then remembered that morning and pauses, knocking lightly on it with the back of his knuckles* "Wolf...?" *shoots a misdirected glare at Conrad for smiling so much*

Wolfram - *it was lucky that Yuuri had remembered to knock, because he was, indeed, trying his dress on again... and becoming very frustrated with it very quickly/the fact that he'd practically been forced from Yuuri's room and placed back into his own by Gunter and a few of the maids, then informed of the current rules and regulations set before him was bad enough/the fact that his dress still didn't seem to fit right was even worse/snaps* "What?!"

Yuuri - *flinches at the snap/can pretty much assume that Wolfram had heard about the stupid rules as well* "I... can I come in...?"

Wolfram - *glaring at himself in the mirror* "No, you can not!!"

Yuuri - *hangs his head and sighs, moving to sit down on the floor with his back against the door, setting the basket beside him* "Fine..." *grumbles more about how much crap the new rules were/frowns more up at Conrad for smiling at him*

Wolfram - *continues to twist and turn in front of the mirror, but it only made him more frustrated/eventually takes the dress off, too pissed to bother finding his mother or the seamstress to come look at it and fix it/he hangs it back up in his closet - which he hadn't used in years, thanks to the fact that he'd taken up residence in Yuuri's room - as carefully as he can when he just wants to break something/tugs one of his blue uniforms on, not bothering to make sure it was straight and free of wrinkles*

Yuuri - *sighs again, closing his eyes and leaning heavily up against the door/wishes there was something he could do to make things easier for the both of them... and for Conrad to stop smiling at him like that...*

Wolfram - *huffs to himself, before glaring at the door* "You can come in now!" *hardly spares a thought for the fact that Yuuri had never once seen his room before, with it's extremely gay pink canopy and the porcelain dolls sitting up on a few of the shelves* "As long as you have someone with you, of course!"

Yuuri - *scrambles up to his feet, cautiously pushing the door open to glance inside/wow... pink...* "I found Conrad..." *was going to make a joke about how, since Gwendal gave him the rest of the day off, that they should elope or something... he'd already brought food...* "I have lunch...." *shakes the basket in his hand lightly*

Conrart - *stays behind him, but not too close/he didn't want to smother him, just make sure they didn't do anything they weren't supposed to... according to the Royal Court*

Wolfram - *crosses his arms and glares at Conrart/really doesn't like all these new, stupid rules* "We don't need a babysitter to eat lunch."

Yuuri - *grumbles* "That's what I said..." *moves a bit farther into the room, glancing around more at it*

Conrart - *smiles apologetically at Wolfram/he wasn't there by choice, anyway*

Wolfram - *continues to glare* "How about we just let them think I'm a whore and be done with it? Screw all this crap." *was only half-serious*

Yuuri - *frowns at him, cautiously making his way across the room to him, setting the basket on the floor before leaning in to kiss his cheek* "It'll be fine... It's only for a short while..." *yeah freakin' right... he was gonna go completely insane... or something.../stupid rules*

Wolfram - *frowns at him* "You're full of shit, you know that? What happened to you never letting anyone separate us again?"

Yuuri - *pulls back from him, frowning as well* "I couldn't do anything to change it... I'm sorry..."

Wolfram - "You're just a wimp, that's all. I already told you I don't care what people think and that I'll live with the consequences of my actions, so why should it matter if we continue to share a room or not?"

Yuuri - *sighs/like he was going to believe that* "We'll be fine... It's only for a while..." *okay... he was repeating everything - mostly trying to convince himself of it...*

Wolfram - *continues to frown at him* "I don't want to sleep by myself."

Yuuri - *raises an eyebrow at him* "You think I do?"

Wolfram - "I've slept by myself for the last month. I hate it." *was so close to just losing control completely and throwing a big tantrum about all of this, but Yuuri had been sweet and brought him lunch - that, at least, provided some small bit of comfort*

Yuuri - *watches him for a moment before wrapping his arms around him, pulling him into his chest/quietly, and doing his best to ignore Conrad* "I love you..."

Wolfram - *reluctantly removes his arms from across his chest to wrap them around Yuuri's neck/pouts* "I love you, too... but that doesn't solve anything..."

Yuuri - *smiles down at him, lifting his hand to stroke at his hair* "Sure it does! We'll just have to prove to those jerks that we can live with their stupid rules and shove it in their faces."

Wolfram - *pouts more/so far, this had turned out to be a pretty sucky day* "I don't want to."

Yuuri - *shakes his head, still smiling at his pouting/he really was cute* "I know... I don't want to either... We'll be okay though... Don't worry..."

Wolfram - *goes from pouting to glaring at him* "I said, 'I don't want to.' They can't make me stay in here."

Yuuri - *leans down to kiss his forehead* "Stop being such a brat..."

Wolfram - "But you just got back! This isn't fair, Yuuri!" *stomps one of his feet like the little brat that he is*

Yuuri - *shakes his head, smiling at how cute he was* "I know... it's not fair at all... But I'm not going anywhere, so you don't have to worry."

Wolfram - *mumbles, glaring down at the floor* "I want to sleep in your room..."

Yuuri - *strokes at his hair more* "And I want you to sleep in my room... And you will... as soon as the wedding is over."

Wolfram - *continues to pout and glare at the floor/these new rules were the biggest load of horse shit he'd ever heard/sure, once upon a time ago, the thought hadn't bothered him so much, but at the beginning of their engagement he hadn't liked Yuuri very much anyway/things were different now*

Yuuri - *watches him for a bit, thinking about it/he really didn't want to sleep by himself either - much less by himself without Wolfram/it really wasn't fair, especially since he only just got back and was able to see the blond again/sighs, still trying to zone out the fact that Conrad was watching them* "Hey... can I ask you for a favor?"

Wolfram - *looks up at him, still pouting and frowning, but manages to appear at least slightly curious* "What?"

Yuuri - *pauses, thinking about it a bit/flushes lightly as he forces himself to ask* "Well... I was just wondering if I could... uhh... borrow one of your nightgowns...?"

Wolfram - *stares at him in silence for a long moment/then:* "What?!"

Yuuri - *flushes a bit more* "Well... I was just thinking... if they won't let us be in the same room... then I want to have something of yours with me..." *trails off, having gotten quieter and more sheepish with each word*

Wolfram - *huffs at him angrily, then pulls away/starts pacing around the room* "So you're telling me that instead of saying 'Screw this, I'm the king!' you want one of my nightgowns to keep you company?!"

Yuuri - *winces, watching him/what the heck was he supposed to say??/frowns, pouting* "Just say 'no'... jeez...."

Wolfram - "And what the hell am I supposed to do?!"

Yuuri - *stares at him for a moment before dropping his gaze to the floor/quietly* "I don't know..."

Wolfram - *glares at him, the growls angrily and stomps over to the bed/throws himself down onto the mattress and buries his face into one of his pillows* "It's not fair... Tell the Royal Court to mind their own damn business..."

Yuuri - *watches him sadly, glancing over his shoulder at Conrad for help, but when he got none, he cautiously made his way over to the bed to sit down on the edge/reaches out to rub the blond's back* "I can't... it's more complicated than that..."

Conrart - *had made himself comfortable against the door frame/apparently he was going to be there for a while*

Wolfram - *stubborn* "No, it's not. You're the king; you can do whatever the hell you want..."

Yuuri - *frowns at him, though still gently rubbing his back* "Sure, I can... But that doesn't mean I'm going to if it puts you at risk..." *winces a little at his own words -- who knew about Wolfram, anyway?? Celi... Greta... Gisela, of course... and apparently Gwendal... oh, Murata too... but... he didn't know if he had to be careful about what he said or not with Conrad around... not that he didn't trust Conrad... it was just... the more people that knew... the more difficult it would be for them to claim they knew nothing when asked.../forces himself not to glance over at Conrad*

Wolfram - "And I already told you I don't care what people think..." *well... he didn't really... maybe a little... okay, some... or... a little less than a lot*

Yuuri - *yeah, like he was going to believe him* "Well... I care what people think about you..."

Wolfram - *grumbles* "Yeah, well, what does it matter? Everything they'd say would be the truth, anyway..."

Yuuri - *frowns at him* "Yeah... I'm going to do everything I can to not think... whatever they would think..." *grumbles about him being a brat... even if he was cute when he was being one*

Wolfram - *lifts his head to say:* "I'm a whore." *before shoving his face back into the pillow*

Yuuri - *sputters, flushing and still forcing himself not to look at Conrad/hisses* "Stop that! You're not!"

Wolfram - *isn't very good at following orders* "I'm a whore. You know I'm a whore, I know I'm a whore, so why not just let everyone else know it, too?" *grumpy and bitter*

Yuuri - *sputters more* "Wolfram!" *he couldn't possibly be serious!*

Wolfram - "I wonder what they'll say about me in the history books." *rolls over onto his back to stare at the top of the canopy* "Wolfram von Bielefeld, the Harlot Prince, sired the illegitimate child of King Yuuri, the twenty-seventh demon king. Best known for his unpredictable behavior and childish temper tantrums."

Yuuri - *frowns at him, not really knowing what to say/though, he really hated to hear Wolfram talk about himself like he was/so much for keeping anything from Conrad.../growls lightly* "Then at least let me be selfish about it... please..."

Wolfram - *doesn't look at him/continues to stare at the top of the bed* "What if I don't want you to be selfish?"

Yuuri - *grumbles angrily under his breath*

Wolfram - "I'm the selfish one. And I want to sleep in your room. I've been doing it for years, so why does it suddenly matter now?"

Yuuri - *growls, staring at one of the far walls* "Because, if we don't then a lot more rumors will start up and then even more crap will happen and I won't be able to control my temper when someone calls you a whore and I'll end up punching them in the face and eventually lead to the ruin of the country!!"

Wolfram - *thinks all of that sounds pretty ridiculous/though, Yuuri's already punched a guy, so he guesses he really shouldn't put it passed him/snorts at him* "You don't punch me when I call myself a whore..."

Yuuri - *turns to glare at him* "No... but it's very disheartening to hear it from you..."

Wolfram - *sits up to glare at him/still being stubborn* "I'm a whore. Whore, whore, whore, whore, whore, whore, whore. You're marrying a whore."

Yuuri - *slowly falls out of the glare to stare at him sadly for a few moments before turning to look away from him*

Wolfram - "I'm a whore now, and I'll still be a whore after we're married. I'll die a whore, and then maybe when my souls reborn, I'll be a prostitute, or some petty little slut in some king's harem." *isn't really serious/just annoyed and frustrated*

Yuuri - *doesn't say anything or turn to look at him/fighting with himself on whether or not just to leave, hopefully giving Wolfram some time to really think about what he was saying*

Wolfram - "Hey, maybe I'll get lucky and you'll be reborn as that king. Of course, you'd have plenty of other whores in the harem, too, though it's not like that'd be something new for you..." *hadn't really meant to make any sort of reference to Yuuri's 'relationship' with that girl - whatever he name was - but when he was ranting like he currently was, he sometimes didn't realize what he was saying until he'd had some time to look back and think over it*

Yuuri - *has just about had enough and would really like not to get angry at Wolfram for saying things about himself, much less looking completely pathetic in front of Conrad of all people/pushes himself off the bed to head for the door/maybe Wolfram really did just need some time alone - he, himself, needed to calm down as well/mumbles softly, staring down at where he was stepping* "Sorry for bothering you..."

Wolfram - *stops his mini-rant and stares after him, eyes widening/his mouth drops open/wonders where the heck he's going* "Yuuri... what...?"

Yuuri - *forces himself to stop after a few feet to glance a bit back at him, though still at the floor* "It's nothing... I just... need to cool off a bit..."

Wolfram - "But..." *lifts a hand as if to reach out to him, but immediately drops it*

Yuuri - *finally glances up at him, easily catching the reach/curious and a bit worried* "What...?"

Wolfram - "I... what..." *starts to feel guilty for the things he'd been saying, even if it was the truth*

Yuuri - *shakes his head* "I'm sorry... I don't know what else to do... I don't know what else the is to do... or how I can make it so it'll be easier for the both of us... and it's really frustrating... and... I just need to cool down some..."

Wolfram - "I... I'm sorry..." *moves a little bit, intent on going to him, but stops himself, sitting along the edge of the bed*

Yuuri - *shakes his head again, staring back at the ground* "You have nothing to be sorry for..."

Wolfram - "I didn't mean to... I mean... I..." *he didn't want him to go, but Yuuri seemed so... angry? disappointed? he didn't know, but if he needed to 'cool down' then he wasn't in a good mood*

Yuuri - *glances back up at him, though sadly/shakes his head again* "Don't worry about it.."

Wolfram - *quietly, glancing off to the side/had almost forgot that Conrart was in the room, but could now see him by the door* "I don't want you to go..."

Yuuri - *stares at him for a few moments, then sighs/turns, moving back to the bed to sit down on the edge next to the blond/quietly* "Then I won't..."

Wolfram - *guilty* "You're mad at me..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head once more* "Just... frustrated... but not mad..."

Wolfram - *frowns and continues to not look at him/fidgets a bit, lightly kicking one of his feet against the side of the bed*

Yuuri - *watches him out of the corner of his eye for a bit, then lifts his arm to wrap around him, pulling him closer/softly* "I love you..."

Wolfram - *cuddles up against him* "I love you, too..." *pouts, laying his head on his shoulder* "I'm sorry..."

Yuuri - *sighs lightly, reaching out with his free hand to take hold of one of Wolfram's* "It's fine... just don't ever call yourself a whore again, okay? Please?"

Wolfram - "But..." *feels bad about it, even if he knew it was the truth/he'd accepted that, although it didn't seem as if Yuuri had*

Yuuri - *pouts at him, squeezing his hand lightly* "Please...?"

Wolfram - *doesn't say anything for a while, but eventually nods/isn't going to promise to it out loud, since it was pretty hard to control what he said when he was angry/he wasn't going to make a promise only to break it they next time he got pissed off*

Yuuri - *smiles lightly at his nod, leaning to kiss his temple* "I'm sorry... I should have figured out something to do about the whole room situation... I just... don't have any idea of how to get around everything..." *grumbles lightly about how much of a jerk Gunter was for ratting them out*

Wolfram - *grumbles, still really angry about that - among other things* "And I'm assuming saying 'screw it all' and having me sleep in your room anyway is out of the question?"

Yuuri - *sighs, also really annoyed with all the crap, but doesn't really want to show it* "Only if you don't mind having your big brother come and drag us apart again..."

Wolfram - *pouts more* "Which brother?"

Conrart - *chuckles lightly from his spot against the wall/obviously listening in on everything - it was his job* "Don't look at me..."

Yuuri - *grumbles more*

Wolfram - *glares at Conrart, then turns to give Yuuri another pout* "Gwendal and Conrart can go jump off a balcony."

Yuuri - *shrugs/mumbles more to himself* "You can lead a horse to water..."

Wolfram - *stares at him curiously* "What?"

Yuuri - *shakes his head, sighing again - at himself, not Wolfram* "It's a saying on Earth... 'You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink'... so with all the balconies around here, I'd like to guess that if they would jump off one, they would have done it already..." *grumbles something about 'pushing'*

Wolfram - "You people on Earth have weird sayings..." *cuddles even closer* "Can't you just ignore what the Royal Court says...?"

Yuuri - *leans to kiss his cheek* "I wish I could... but Gwendal didn't seem very lenient about it, even after I threw my own little fit..." *frowns, still wishing there was a way around it*

Wolfram - "Who cares what Gwendal says...?" *looks up at him again, suddenly a little worried* "What did he talk to you about, anyway?"

Yuuri - *stares down at him, forcing himself to shrug and quickly try to work out what he could and couldn't repeat to Wolfram* "Well... apparently there's a whole closet full of paperwork and foreign dignitaries I'll have to sort through starting at the crack of dawn, tomorrow... And then he wasn't too thrilled about us running off... and would like us to tell him our plans for the honeymoon before we run off again... and that's pretty much it..." *pauses, frowning* "Other than all the crap about the new rules, of course..."

Wolfram - "Oh..." *really, really hoped Gwendal didn't know about the baby* "He didn't... say anything about...?"

Yuuri - *blinks at him, smiling lightly* "About why we didn't at least bring him some alcohol or yarn as a souvenir from our little adventure? Yeah, I told him he'd have to wait until the wedding. He seemed disappointed." *pauses, leaning to kiss him lightly* "And that was all he said... other than something about how he didn't want to see my face for the rest of the day and that I should leave right away so he could take another swig from the bottle he was trying to hide under the desk... or something like that."

Wolfram - "That isn't what I meant..." *frowns at him a little/maybe he shouldn't have told Yuuri about the alcohol Gwendal kept stashed away/if Yuuri ever made mention of it to Gwendal, he'd most likely be very angry, especially if Yuuri decided to be stupid and tease him about it* "I... I've tried to keep he and Gunter from finding out about the baby. Gunter would be angry, and Gwendal... he'd be disappointed and I... I don't want him to have any reason to be disappointed in me..."

Yuuri - *smiles softly at him, shaking his head* "From what I could tell, he has no idea about the baby..." *pauses, pouting a bit* "Who else knows, anyway??" *shoots a nervous little glance over at Conrad, since apparently he knew now... great...*

Wolfram - "Umm..." *tries to remember* "Gisela, Mother, Greta, Conrart, Yozak, the Sage, Jade, Hale, some random doctor in a little village, the priest who turned us away, the healer and apprentice who looked me over, and you and me..." *pauses, thinking back over the last five or six weeks* "I think that's all..."

Yuuri - *turns to glare at Conrad for a moment before turning back to Wolfram* "That's... not so bad... I guess..." *okay... maybe Gwendal was right about how it would be difficult with keeping everything a secret/grumbles under his breath on how he didn't have at least six of those people on his own list*

Wolfram - *sighs a bit, falling silent for a moment, trying to forget everything that was annoying him at the moment and focus on something less stressful/didn't want to get frustrated again and, in turn, make Yuuri frustrated and angry enough to leave/eyes the basket Yuuri had brought in with him* "You brought lunch?"

Yuuri - *blinks, being pulled out of his grumbling* "Y-yeah! I didn't really want to see anyone else today... if I could help it..." *of course, Conrad had to be there... but... still*

Wolfram - *turns to look at him* "Are... are you hungry?" *thought it was sort of sweet that Yuuri had taken the time to bring lunch with him/pleased that he didn't want to see anyone else, because he didn't really feel like seeing anyone else at the moment either/though...Conrart.../stupid rules...*

Yuuri - *nods, smiling at him* "Of course I'm hungry! I completely forgot about breakfast!"

Wolfram - *nods/he hadn't really eaten much of anything either/suffering from morning sickness sort of put a damper on the whole eating thing/grumbles to himself a little bit about how he should be losing weight instead of gaining it if he was throwing up all the time*

Yuuri - *eyes him for a moment, then releases his hand from his, quickly sliding his now free arm underneath the blond's legs, scooping him off the bed into his arms as he stood up himself/gosh, did he miss being able to do that*

Wolfram - *squeaks loudly in surprise, quickly throwing his arms around Yuuri's neck* "Yuuri!!"

Yuuri - *very pleased and highly amused with his reaction* "What?"

Wolfram - "What the hell?!"

Yuuri - *grins at him, moving around the bed towards one of the walls, carefully sliding the basket along the ground with his foot at the same time/turns around with his back to the wall to sit down, leaning up against it, but still cuddling the blond to him* "You think I'm going to let you go unless I have to?"

Wolfram - *gives him an 'I'm not impressed' look* "What are you doing, Yuuri?" *even so, he doesn't struggle to get away/he was surprised, not against the idea*

Yuuri - *grins even wider* "Well... according to you... I'm cuddling with you..." *screw Conrad... he could listen in all he wanted!/if this was how it was going to be - with people having to watch them - then he wouldn't let it bother him*

Wolfram - "Why? What do you want?" *because he'd come to learn over the last month or so that when Yuuri did something sweet or romantic it was either because he wanted something or he was having a sappy wimp moment/really didn't feel like indulging him in a sappy wimp moment with Conrart there - it was sort of embarrassing to have someone watching them*

Yuuri - *pouts at him* "I want you with me... that's all..." *jeez... it was like he couldn't do anything like that without Wolfram expecting him to want something...*

Wolfram - *removes his arms around Yuuri's neck to cross them over his chest* "Whatever."

Yuuri - *pouts more* "Awww..."

Wolfram - *lifts his nose into the air arrogantly* "Hmph!"

Yuuri - *grins, amused/leans in to kiss his cheek* "You're such a brat..."

Wolfram - "Not my problem..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head, holding him even closer to him* "Aren't you hungry?"

Wolfram - *grumbles* "A little..."

Yuuri - *smiles brightly at him, then... stares dumbly at the basket, almost as if expecting it to move on its own* "Uhh..."

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes* "Moron..."

Yuuri - *pouts at him*

Conrad - *chuckles lightly again, moving away from where he was stationed against the door to go and help Yuuri/crouches down to open the basket/raises his eyebrow at the king, pulling out three of everything - three glass bottles, three sandwiches, three little fruity pastry things/apparently he was expected to eat with them as well... though, he wasn't so sure about how Wolfram would feel about the idea - even though he had to be there, regardless...*

Yuuri - *pouts at Conrad/mumbles* "Thanks..."

Wolfram - *glares at Conrart/if it weren't for these stupid rules, Conrart wouldn't have to be there with his stupid smile and his stupid jokes and the stupid know-it-all looks on his face*

Conrart - *carefully passes Yuuri a sandwich - he had removed his arm from under Wolfram's legs to hold his hand out - placing two of the glass bottles next to him before passing a sandwich to Wolfram as well/takes his own to move away from the two, sitting against the bedpost*

Yuuri - *grumbles about how it was supposed to be like a picnic... or... something like that...*

Wolfram - *takes the sandwich offered to him by Conrart and immediately begins to eat it, glaring at him the entire time*

Yuuri - *pouts at Wolfram, shoving a huge bite of his own sandwich into his mouth/there he goes, ignoring him... again...*

Wolfram - *finally drags his eyes away from his older brother/wonders if ignoring him will make it seem as if he and Yuuri are really alone/doubts it/pouts again as he continues eating*

Yuuri - *munches grumpily on his sandwich for a bit before carefully setting it down on the basket next to him to reach for one of the bottles, popping the cork out with one hand... since he only had one to work with... and passing it to Wolfram/tries not to sound too pouty, but would really have liked to be alone with him* "Water...?"

Wolfram - *nods and takes the bottle from him, pausing in his eating long enough to take a few sips/now that his stomach had settled for the time being - and now that he was actually eating something - he discovered that he was actually sort of hungry*

Conrart - *trying to be as out of the way as he was allowed to be/he didn't want to get yelled at by Gwendal either*

Yuuri - *goes back to pouting, opening his own bottle to take a few sips as well/all these rules were such crap/he didn't like them... not at all/it was making him really pouty and frustrated/not to mention annoyed/and then he wouldn't be able to be alone with Wolfram for nearly a month!!!/what the hell was he supposed to do for a month??/oh... working would probably be good.../but he would still like to at least have some time alone with his fiancé!/the Royal Court was full of idiots... and jerks.../stupid jerks/sets the bottle back on the floor a little harder than he intended, then scoops up the stupid sandwich to shove more into his mouth/fumes silently to himself*

Wolfram - *looks up at him as he slams the bottle onto the ground, and watches him shove food into his mouth/gives him a disapproving frown* "Don't eat like a pig."

Yuuri - *pauses just enough to pout at him, pulling him closer to him... if that was even possible/goes back to chewing the quarter of a sandwich in his mouth*

Wolfram - *gives Yuuri another look before going back to eating his own sandwich, making sure to set a good example by taking small bites and chewing slowly*

Yuuri - *finishes chewing and swallowing before letting out a pathetic whimper and leaning his head back against the wall/has enough annoyance built up to start whining* "It's not fair!!"

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes, carefully swallowing another tiny bite before answering* "Why is it that you're allowed to bitch and moan about it, but I'm not?"

Yuuri - *whimpers again* "Because!" *great answer* "I hate it! I don't want people to keep an eye on us! I don't want to sleep by myself! I want you! I don't care about anything else! It's not fair!!" *go away, Conrad!*

Conrart - *pretending to be very interested in his sandwich and not at all listening to them/honestly would like to give them privacy, but... well...*

Wolfram - "You don't have any right to complain." *grumbles under his breath about how Yuuri's had his little mistress to sleep with for the last month, while he hadn't had anybody* "And it's your fault to begin with. You could just as easily ignore what the Royal Court has to say. You're the king, you know; it wouldn't hurt for you to exert a little power every once in a while..."

Yuuri - *frowns at him, though it still looked much more like a pout/goes back to shoving his food in his mouth*

Wolfram - *scoffs and rolls his eyes again* "If you eat like that in front of everyone at the reception, I'm going to kill you." *goes back to showing him how to eat properly*

Yuuri - *has enough manners to swallow first before talking* "I won't! I'm just annoyed right now!" *sulks*

Wolfram - "Suck it up."

Yuuri - *pouts/quickly finishes off his sandwich and moves on to one of the little fruit things he was given/didn't really feel like talking since he knew he would just whine more*

Wolfram - *huffs and takes another bite of his sandwich/finishes it slowly, before taking a few more sips of water*

Yuuri - *tosses Conrad one of the pastry things as well, then mockingly nibbles on the edge of his, pinky in the air and everything/eyes Wolfram* "This better?"

Wolfram - *glares at him a little* "Are you mocking me?"

Yuuri - *huffs* "No..." *stops openly mocking him, but does pay more attention to how he was eating*

Wolfram - *continues to glare* "Good..." *sets his drink down carefully* "What of those pastries made out of anyway?"

Yuuri - *shrugs/pulling it away from his mouth to look at it/he didn't really ask about what he ate... he just ate it...* "I have no idea... something about it being Greta's creation, though..."

Wolfram - *picks up the third pastry and looks at it warily/it wasn't that he didn't trust Greta to make anything good - because she'd had some pretty good ideas so far as far as food went for the wedding - it was just that he really didn't like eating anything unless he knew exactly what was in it*

Yuuri - *nibbles on his more, watching Wolfram and his expressions* "It's good... kinda tart... but still sweet..."

Wolfram - *continues to look at it, before splitting it in half and examining it more closely/a little annoyed at making a small mess of his hand, but he figured he could always wipe them clean on Yuuri's jacket - with the way the wimp ate and went about playing his little Earth games, he was accustomed to staining his clothing*

Yuuri - *continues to watch him/amused* "I think it's already dead..."

Wolfram - *shoots another glare at him before bringing the pastry up closer, still eyeing it warily*

Yuuri - *shakes his head at him, sighing a bit/goes back to nibbling on his*

Wolfram - *finally works up enough courage to take a tiny bite/makes a small face as he swallows/it wasn't bad, just not sweet enough for him*

Yuuri - *grins in amusement at his expressions* "You're cute..."

Wolfram - *sticks his tongue out at him* "And you're a wimp..."

Yuuri - *grins wider, shaking his head at him* "And I love you..."

Wolfram - *snorts* "You'd better, after all this crap I have to go through..."

Yuuri - *pouts playfully at him* "I do!"

Wolfram - "Uh huh..." *takes another tiny bite of the pastry, and ends up having much the same reaction as the last time*

Yuuri - *grins at him again, going back to nibble more on his own*

Conrart - *nibbles on the pastry as well, but shakes his head at the two/smile smile*

Wolfram - *holds the pastry up to Yuuri* "You want mine, too? It's not sweet enough for me."

Yuuri - *blinks at him* "You don't want yours...? You're not still hungry, are you? We could have someone bring more food, if you want..."

Wolfram - *shakes his head* "It's fine. Mother says it's better to eat multiple small meals a day instead of a few large ones."

Yuuri - *nods at him, taking the broken pastry from him* "Okay... but if you ever need anything, just tell me, okay? I'll get it for you..."

Wolfram - *nods, then looks down at his messy hands/smirks up at Yuuri before lifting said hands to frame his face, wiping bits of pastry off onto his cheeks/then proceeds to laugh at him*

Yuuri - *blinks at him* "What the hell?"

Wolfram - *teasing* "Oops..."

Yuuri - *grumbles lightly, shaking his head* "Yeah, oops..."

Wolfram - *giggles lightly at him/amused*

Yuuri - *stares at him for a bit, then places the two larger pieces of pastry on the top of the basket/faux-nonchalantly crumbles the pastry a bit over the basket - so the floor wouldn't become a complete mess - and moves his hand up to Wolfram's face to do the same, rubbing the pastry from his hands onto his cheeks and nose/makes sure to hold tightly to him incase he tried to squirm away/mocks* "Oops.."

Wolfram - *indeed he does try to squirm away/shrieks a bit as the pastry is smeared onto his face/glares* "Yuuri!!"

Yuuri - *blinks innocently at him* "What?"

Wolfram - "You asshole!"

Yuuri - *grins at him, leaning closer to him to lick at the pastry bits on his cheek* "Maybe..."

Wolfram - *flushes, especially when remembering that Conrart was still in the room* "Yuuri!!"

Yuuri - *blinks at him again, pulling back a bit/screw Conrad... if it was going to be like this for a month, then he didn't care!* "What?"

Wolfram - *flushes more* "That was indecent!"

Yuuri - *shrugs/leans closer to lick at his cheek again* "Yeah... well... I don't really care..."

Wolfram - *sputters and tries to push him away*

Yuuri - *holds onto him a bit tighter, moving his mostly-pastry-free hand to take hold of the blond's wrists to stop him from struggling so much/licks him again, very amused*

Conrart - *apparently very interested in his pastry*

Wolfram - *shrieks again, and struggles just a little harder/this was embarrassing!/it was one thing to do these sorts of things when they were alone, but with one of his brothers here...?!*

Yuuri - *carefully leans around to the blond's other cheek to lick off the pastry there, too/keeps a secure hold on him so he couldn't get away very easily*

Wolfram - "Yuuri!!!" *tries to pull his wrists away, but is unsuccessful*

Yuuri - *moves to his nose, kissing it lightly to get the mini-dessert off/not at all put off by his struggling*

Wolfram - *tries harder, seriously contemplating kicking him/is almost thankful at this point that it was Conrart in the room, because he knew his mother or any of their other designated chaperones would have said something*

Yuuri - *pulls back to gaze at him for a moment before pressing his lips against the blond's in a deep kiss/he could really care less if anyone was in the room as long as he was with Wolfram*

Wolfram - *flushes bright red, but stops his struggling, although he doesn't close his eyes or kiss him back*

Yuuri - *pulls back just a bit from the kiss to gaze into his eyes again, though still making sure he had a good grip on the blond in case he started to struggle away again*

Wolfram - *hisses at him* "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Yuuri - *blinks at him/honestly confused* "I... was kissing you..."

Wolfram - *continues to speak to him quietly, practically whispering* "Are you crazy?! Conrart's in here!"

Yuuri - *blinks at him again/just as quietly* "So...?"

Wolfram - "'So?!'" *his face is still flushed red* "It's inappropriate!!"

Yuuri - *pouts a little at him* "You won't let me kiss you for a month...?"

Wolfram - *gives him a small glare* "He's my brother! Would you feel comfortable kissing in front of your brother?!"

Yuuri - *pouts a little more* "I dunno... I've never done it before..." *sighs, disappointed* "So... I won't be able to kiss you for a month then..."

Wolfram - *sputters* "N-no... yes... I don't know!!"

Yuuri - *sighs again* "It's just that... well... you know they won't let us be alone... and if you're embarrassed about kissing me in front of other people, then that's okay... I won't force you into anything you don't want..."

Wolfram - *frowns, shooting a quick glare in Conrart's direction before glancing back up at Yuuri/pouts/stupid, stupid rules...*

Yuuri - *pouts at him, still* "I'm sorry... I shouldn't have done that... the pastry thing... I was being stupid..." *although, he probably looked just as stupid with the stuff still smeared on his face*

Wolfram - *sighs* "I'm the one who started it..." *quickly looks around to find something to clean Yuuri's face off with, but doesn't see anything, and really doesn't want to have to get up to look for a towel or wash cloth/frowns, yanking at the little puff of white fabric at his neck, pulling it off and using it to wipe the remainder of the pastry off*

Yuuri - *blinks at him, a bit surprised* "You don't have to do that... it's really fine. I don't mind."

Wolfram - "Don't be stupid. You look ridiculous, and if you don't wipe it off, you'll be all sticky later."

Yuuri - *sighs/he was really, really cute* "You have extras of those things, don't you? I'd hate for you to be walking around and feeling weird because you weren't in full uniform..." *since the blond was pretty OCD about how he looked...*

Wolfram - *huffs, and continues to wipe* "It's fine. I have more." *he was so not OCD... or so he told himself*

Yuuri - *smiles at him, holding still so he could finish cleaning him off* "Thanks..." *pauses, watching him* "I love you..."

Wolfram - "I love you, too..." *finishes and tosses the little white piece of fabric aside* "Otherwise, I wouldn't do things like that for you."

Yuuri - *frowns/teasing* "Or to me, either... right?"

Wolfram - "'To you?' What, you mean smush pastries in your face?" *snorts* "I'd do a lot more than that if I didn't like you."

Yuuri - *pouts* "Oh..."

Wolfram - *shakes his head at him* "Wimp..."

Yuuri - *grins* "Brat..."

Wolfram - *sticks his tongue out at him* "Asshole..."

Yuuri - *goes back to pouting* "Fine... but you can't blame me for having at least a little bit of fun..."

Wolfram - "Sure, whatever you say..." *smiles at him* "But... I win!"

Yuuri - *sputters at him* "Win?? Win what??"

Wolfram - "I called you a 'wimp,' you called me a 'brat,' I called you an 'asshole,' and then you gave up." *smiles cheekily at him*

Yuuri - *frowns at him* "Whatever..."

Wolfram - *snorts* "You're just a sore loser."

Yuuri - *pouts more/grumbles* "A sore loser who won't be able to kiss his fiancé for a whole month..."

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes, smirking* "And then you try to change the subject in an attempt to prevent me from gloating. You wimp."

Yuuri - *pouts even more* "I love you..."

Wolfram - *shakes his head* "Not going to work, loser."

Yuuri - *stops pouting* "Fine... you want me to leave then?" *not serious*

Wolfram - *shrugs* "You do and I guarantee you'll come crawling back within the hour."

Yuuri - *goes back to pouting/oooh... he was good...*

Wolfram - *grins at him*

Yuuri - *watches him, curious* "So... I really can't kiss you? Even just a little?"

Wolfram - *lifts an eyebrow, before slowly turning to look at Conrart/sighs lightly, then stands to his feet, holding out a hand to help Yuuri up as well*

Yuuri - *pouts, puffing out his cheeks some, but takes hold of Wolfram's hand to stand up himself/what kind of answer was that?*

Conrart - *picking at a loose thread in the cuff of his jacket/had moved back over to the door to lean against it*

Wolfram - *leads Yuuri back over to the bed, climbing up to sit upon the mattress/looks towards his brother again* "Conrart?"

Yuuri - *follows him over/not pouting as much because he was curious and a bit confused*

Conrart - *smiles, looking up at him* "Yes?"

Wolfram - *glares at the brunet* "Turn around."

Conrart - *lifts an eyebrow at his brother, but does so/it wasn't his idea or choice in keeping an eye on them, anyway*

Yuuri - *blinks, even more confused*

Wolfram - *once he's satisfied that Conrart isn't exactly watching them, he turns to look at Yuuri expectantly* "Well...?"

Yuuri - *sputters lightly* "'Well...?"'

Wolfram - *whispers, flushing just a little* "Aren't you going to kiss me?"

Yuuri - *eyes widen a bit, but carefully sits down on the edge of the bed, leaning in to kiss him softly on the lips*

Wolfram - *presses back just as softly, slowly lifting his hands to rest along his shoulders*

Yuuri - *subconsciously moves one of his hands up to hold onto the blond's waist, sliding a bit closer to him to kiss him deeper*

Wolfram - *eventually removes his hands to wrap his arms around his neck, kissing him deeper as well*

Conrart - *shakes his head lightly, back to the couple/amused, like he is about most things*

Yuuri - *moves closer to the blond, wrapping both arms around him as he kissed him deeper/making sure he enjoyed as much of it as he could, especially since he doubted he would be able to kiss him a lot from now until after the wedding/stupid rules...*

Wolfram - *makes a quiet little noise as Yuuri circles his arms around him, immensely pleased/wraps his arms tighter around his neck, pressing closer/really, really hates all of these new rules/would have tried to think of something else to say to get Yuuri to just ignore them all together, but was putting too much of his focus into the kiss to be able to do anything but whine pathetically*

Yuuri - *pulls the blond close to him, tightly against his chest, focusing everything on the kiss/could really care less that stupid Conrad was in the room, as long as he didn't say anything to embarrass them or... - actually, even if he said something to embarrass them, he wouldn't care*

Wolfram - *hardly even remembers or notices that Conrart is still in there with them, and if he had... well, he'd certainly care, but... it hardly seemed to matter at the moment/kisses Yuuri passionately, not wanting to let go*

Yuuri - *kisses Wolfram even deeper, rubbing a hand up and down the blond's back as he held him close/definitely didn't want to let go of him*

Wolfram - *releases another soft little noise from the back of his throat/slowly leans backwards, continuing to kiss him as he laid back against the bed, pulling Yuuri with him*

Yuuri - *happily allows the blond to pull him, uncircling his arms around him so it wouldn't be uncomfortable/relocated one of his hands along the blond's waist, still kissing him*

Wolfram - *pulls back only long enough to take a few quick breaths, before leaning back in to start the kiss anew*

Yuuri - *immediately deepens it again, pressing closer to the blond*

Conrart - *coughs lightly, though with his back still turned to them*

Wolfram - *totally does not hear Conrart's little cough/continues to kiss Yuuri/subconsciously, his hands move to Yuuri's chest to begin unbuttoning his jacket*

Yuuri - *doesn't hear him either, nor does he really care/kisses Wolfram even deeper, unconsciously sliding his hand down from along the blond's waist to his thigh, pulling back just enough so he had room to reach the buttons on the jacket*

Wolfram - *whines a bit in annoyance when one of the buttons gets stuck, but manages to undo it after a few tries/slowly works his way down, undoing one after the other, in no way distracted from the kiss*

Yuuri - *can't help letting a small whine escape from the back of his throat at the feel of Wolfram's hands on his chest/slides his other hand up to grip at the blond's hair, but not too tightly, continuing to kiss him*

Conrart - *sighs/he didn't want to get yelled at by Gwendal either - even if he really thought the two should be allowed to do as they wanted/back still to them* "Your Majesty... Wolfram..."

Wolfram - *doesn't hear him, too focused on trying to get Yuuri's jacket off*

Yuuri - *thinks he heard something, but decided he was imagining things - he was too busy kissing the blond to care*

Conrart - *shakes his head lightly, finally turning around and making his way over to the bed, gently touching both Yuuri and Wolfram's shoulders to get their attention/smiles, apparently not at all bothered that they were practically all over each other*

Wolfram - *is a little startled by the hand on his shoulder - it didn't feel like Yuuri's - but ignores it and casually shrugs it off, to preoccupied to really care at the moment*

Conrart - "Your Majesty... Wolfram..."

Yuuri - *had ignored the touch as well, but with Conrad's voice right next to him.../finally pulls back from the blond, panting for breath, and opening his eyes to see what was so important that he had to be bothered*

Wolfram - *whines in annoyance as Yuuri pulls away, and tries to pull him back again* "Yuuri..."

Conrart - *gently touches Wolfram's shoulder again to stop him from kissing Yuuri again - at least just enough to not completely ignore him/smiling* "Wolfram... let's keep it down a notch, okay?"

Yuuri - *what? he can't say 'no' when Wolfram called for him.../completely ignores Conrad and leans back down to kiss Wolfram, since he was being restrained... sorta...*

Wolfram - *blinks a bit at the sound of Conrart talking to him, but with Yuuri leaning closer again it was kind of hard to pay much attention to anything else*

Yuuri - *kisses the blond deeper, definitely not pulling away for anything*

Conrart - *raises an eyebrow at them after being brushed off/sighs, moving to take hold of Wolfram's arms to unwrap them from around Yuuri's neck/this was going to be a more difficult task than he originally thought*

Wolfram - *immediately feels the hands grasping his arms, and tries to yank them away*

Conrart - *manages to move Wolfram's arms out of the way just enough before taking hold of Yuuri's shoulders, pulling him back, off of his little brother*

Yuuri - *whimpers in annoyance as he was pulled back, forced to break the kiss with Wolfram/catches himself with both hands on either side of the blond, just incase he was let go/turns to pout at Conrad* "What??"

Wolfram - *lays back and tries to catch his breath, a little confused as to why his arms had been removed and why Yuuri had stopped*

Conrart - *frowns lightly at Yuuri, though really just teasing/hated to be the one to force them apart, but he was under orders* "Let him breathe!"

Yuuri - *pouts more, though flushing a bit/grumbles about how he was fine - they'd kissed for much longer periods before, anyway...*

Wolfram - *once he's regained his breath a little, he opens his eyes to see what had made Yuuri pull away/immediately flushes bright red as he sees Conrart there/shouts, embarrassed* "I told you to turn around!!"

Conrart - *blinks, turning his attention to Wolfram, letting go of Yuuri's shoulders once he was certain he had his balance/smiles lightly* "You did..."

Yuuri - *grumbles/flushing more and wondering exactly what time Conrad decided to turn back around*

Wolfram - *glares at Conrart, then sits up and grabs one of his pillows/starts to whack at him with it* "Go away!!"

Yuuri - *carefully moves off the blond to give him room, still panting a bit*

Conrart - *smile/easily blocks the pillow from hitting him too hard - not that a pillow could really do much, anyway* "Do you want be to call for Gwendal to watch the two of you, then? Or perhaps mother?"

Wolfram - *flushes even more at the suggestion* "No!!!" *anyone but Gwendal, anyone but Mother!/okay, so maybe not anyone... Gunter would probably restrict them from doing so little as holding hands*

Conrart - *smiles lightly at him* "Just keep it down a bit, okay?" *he really didn't care if they kissed, but if Gwendal decided to check up on them, himself... he didn't want to be the one to explain what they were doing*

Yuuri - *pouts, moving over next to Wolfram to flop down on the bed, burying his face into one of the pillows/at least he was smart and brought Conrad instead of anyone else...*

Wolfram - *tries to hit Conrart with the pillow again, though he knew that it really couldn't do very much/thinks for a moment of searching for his sword, but eventually just slumps over, groaning in frustration and he cuddles up to Yuuri's side*

Yuuri - *quickly reaches his arm out to wrap around the blond, pulling him closer to him to cuddle/these rules really sucked*

Conrart - *shakes his head lightly again, but since they weren't doing anything he would probably get yelled at for, he moves back over to the doorframe to lean against*

Wolfram - *pouts and grumbles about stupid rules and stupid older brothers who didn't know how to mind their own business*

Yuuri - *cuddles Wolfram closer to him/sighs, calming down a bit - his cheeks were back to normal color/softly* "I love you..."

Wolfram - *mumbles softly* "I love you, too..."

Yuuri - *smiles at him, pushing himself up a bit to lean over to kiss his cheek*

Wolfram - *sighs lightly, still a bit flushed*

Yuuri - *hovers a bit over his cheek, kissing him a few more times/really just wanted them to be left alone...*

Wolfram - *shifts even closer, lightly closing his eyes/softly* "It's not fair..." *hardly even cared that he was once again whining about the same thing he'd already spent a good deal of time whining about before*

Yuuri - *moves a bit to kiss him along his jaw/pauses only a little to mumble softly back* "It's not fair..." *goes back to kissing him*

Wolfram - *still mumbling quietly* "Then why won't you do something...?"

Yuuri - *nods lightly at him, pausing only a bit from kissing him* "I will... I'll talk to Gwendal... there has to be some other way..."

Wolfram - "Don't even bother talking to him, just... who cares..." *pouts*

Yuuri - *blinks, pulling back a bit/confused* "What?"

Wolfram - "Just... put a stop to it now. Be the big mean Demon King and tell Conrart to go the hell away..."

Yuuri - *winces lightly - there were a lot more reasons they needed to put up with it than do what they wanted* "Wolf..."

Wolfram - "I don't care what people say. I don't." *as if saying it multiple times will make it more true*

Yuuri - *sighs lightly, settling back down against the mattress to cuddle him* "Wolf... we'll be fine... it'll go faster than you know..." *again, trying to convince himself as well*

Wolfram - *grumbles/stubborn* "No it won't..."

Yuuri - *closes his eyes, cuddling the blond to him/doesn't really know what to tell him* "Why not...?"

Wolfram - "Because you'll be busy with work, and I'll be stuck handling all the planning. If I don't get to see you... the last month was already long enough..." *the last month had been torture*

Yuuri - *opens his eyes, pushing himself up again to look at him better/a month without Wolfram had been horrible... and there was no way he would want to spend any time away from him if he could help it/sadly* "Wolfram... I'll come to see you... you don't have to worry... we'll definitely see a lot of each other..."

Wolfram - *more pouting* "Not if Gwendal keeps you locked in the office all day..."

Yuuri - *grins lightly at him* "You think a locked door and Gwendal will be able to stop me from seeing you?"

Wolfram - *nods seriously* "Yes..."

Yuuri - *pouts* "Well... they won't... I'll find a way..."

Wolfram - *continues to grumble moodily* "Wimp..."