Part Thirty-Seven
Very Brief Recap
- Stupid rules!!
- Poor Conrad has to babysit...
- Poor Iris gets almost no sympathy...
- Cheese! Yum!
Covering the Bases
Part Thirty-Seven - Unexpected Walk
Yuuri - *smiles lightly, laying back down on the pillow* "Yup, and you're stuck with me..."
Wolfram - *huffs* "It sure doesn't seem that way with all of these rules..."
Yuuri - *sighs* "We'll be fine... I promise..."
Wolfram - "No, we won't..."
Yuuri - "Yes, we will..."
Wolfram - *glumly* "No, we won't..."
Yuuri - *watches him from the pillow* "Why won't we be fine? We can get through this, can't we?"
Wolfram - *moping* "Bad things always happen to us..."
Yuuri - *frowns at him* "Yeah.... but we always make it out of them okay..." *for the most part...*
Wolfram - *doesn't answer him/continues to grumble about stupid people and their stupid rules, and how much he hates them*
Yuuri - *sighs, closing his eyes again, cuddling Wolfram closer to him* "I love you..."
Wolfram - "I love you, too..." *pauses the think for a moment* "How long to we get to stay away for our honeymoon...?"
Yuuri - *grins at him* "However long you want..."
Wolfram - *frowning, really annoyed by everything* "How about we just don't come back at all...?"
Yuuri - *shrugs* "If that's what you want... Although, it would be kinda bothersome to explain to the hospital how you got pregnant..."
Wolfram - "Well, if your world wasn't so stupid and overrun by humans..."
Yuuri - *laughs lightly, eyes still closed* "Yeah... we're trying to cut back on them, but they just keep coming out of the woodwork..."
Wolfram - "What the hell are you talking about? You're a human, you wimp." *moves to snuggle closer, closing his eyes against the sunlight streaming into his windows*
Yuuri - *laughs, opening one eye for a moment to reach up to stroke at Wolfram's hair before closing it again* "Only half... and I was just joking..."
Wolfram - *grumbles about how his 'joking' usually isn't very good* "Where are we going to go...?"
Yuuri - *pauses, thinking about it a bit* "The beach... far away from everyone... and then, if we get tired of that, I'll take you to see other places around the world... the best places that almost everyone on Earth wants to see at least once before they die... and whatever else you might want to do..." *made sure to keep names of places out*
Wolfram - "What kinds of places?" *had no idea what sorts of things Earthlings consider extraordinary*
Yuuri - "Uhh... Well... there's always the Seven Wonders of the World to see..." *this was going to be difficult to explain, he just knew it...*
Wolfram - *opens his eyes to look at him curiously* "Seven Wonders...?" *has no clue what he's talking about, although it sounded... mystic... sort of...*
Yuuri - *nods at him* "Yeah... like... the pyramids in Egy--" *pauses, figuring names wouldn't be of any good at this point* "Uh... they're these huge triangular structures... they're so big and so old that some people even say that the only way they could have been built is if aliens from another planet came to build them..." *trails off, shaking his head/they were on another world at that very moment* "I guess that's not so strange to think, anymore..."
Wolfram - *thinks about it for a moment/of course, he doesn't understand what he's talking about* "Aliens...?"
Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "Yeah... most people on Earth like to think of them as little green men with antennas on their head... and they fly these huge disks and abduct people and cows and do experiments on them..." *pauses, opening his eyes to grin at him* "Of course... it's all superstition... there's really no proof of them... though, technically, I'm an alien, here..."
Wolfram - *stares at him strangely, but says nothing/bewildered*
Yuuri - *watches him for a moment before glancing up at the pink canopy* "And then there's always places like Paris... it's said to be the most romantic city in the world... especially at night when all the lights are turned on... Which I guess is why it's also called 'the city of lights'..."
Wolfram - "They must use a lot of candles, then..."
Yuuri - *grins* "Not candles. Not any more, at least..."
Wolfram - "Then how is it the 'city of lights?'"
Yuuri - "They use electricity... actually, that's what a lot of the world pretty much runs on, now... but it was the first place to start changing from candles to electricity... or something like that... So everything would be lit up.... I've never been there, myself... but I've seen pictures..."
Wolfram - *still really, really confused/he'd been to Yuuri's world before, but not very much had ever been explained to him/he'd really just followed along and done what he could under the circumstances* "Electricity...?"
Yuuri - *amused* "You've seen lightening, haven't you?"
Wolfram - *nods slowly*
Yuuri - "It's like that... only... kept under control... "
Wolfram - *blinks* "..."
Yuuri - *really amused* "People on Earth figured out how to use power very similar to lightening as energy... So in places that have electricity - because there are still places that haven't been able to use it, but those are mostly third world countries... - we don't use candles unless the power goes out... or if we want to make something more romantic..." *rolls his eyes lightly, thinking about all the differences between the worlds*
Wolfram - "Oh..." *of course, he still doesn't really understand, but he doesn't want to ask any more questions for fear of making it even more confusing*
Yuuri - *shakes his head, smiling at him, then leans to kiss him lightly/he was really cute when he was confused... but he still felt bad for not being able to explain it to him* "I'll show you when you can actually see it... okay?"
Wolfram - "Okay... I suppose..." *really doesn't know what else to say or ask/Earth just seemed so... different, and... far more confusing than his poor little mind could handle*
Yuuri - *blinks at him* "Only if you want me to, of course... And anything else you have questions about... It's just... hard to explain when I can't actually show you..."
Wolfram - *nods/he wanted to learn, he just didn't know what*
Yuuri - *leans to kiss him again before pulling back a bit* "Did you want to go to the beach? I just thought it would be nice to go somewhere warm..."
Wolfram - "Well... what are your beaches like?" *he'd only been to the beach a few times in his life - and that did not count all the times he'd been on a boat, but an actual beach - and the experience had been... not the best, really, considering he wasn't exactly the best swimmer*
Yuuri - *pauses, thinking about it* "Well... I was thinking about going to an island or something... and the kind of beach I'm hoping for is one that is quiet and peaceful... and is far away from the rest of the world... We won't be able to do anything too daring, anyway... So maybe just sitting along the beach and enjoying the calm would be best..."
Wolfram - "Oh..." *that sounded nice/he didn't really want to do anything too extreme, anyway*
Yuuri - *grins at him* "So... what color sand would you like?"
Wolfram - *lifts an eyebrow* "Color...?"
Yuuri - *nods at him* "Depending on what beach you go to, the color is different."
Wolfram - *intrigued* "What sorts of colors?"
Yuuri - *pauses, thinking about it* "Well... there's the normal off-white sand that's found most everywhere... then there's black sand because of the volcanoes near the beach... and there's pink sand... and I think I heard about one place having green sand... and then there's pure white..."
Wolfram - *wrinkles his nose a little* "Green sand...?" *well, that sure sounded strange*
Yuuri - *grins* "Nothing too weird... just the crystals in the sand that makes it look green."
Wolfram - "Hmmm..." *thinks about it, trying to imagine it*
Yuuri - *grins more* "We don't have to stay at one place the entire time, you know."
Wolfram - *looks at him again/confused* "Normally people only go to one place on their honeymoon." *well... here/he had no idea how people did things on Earth*
Yuuri - *shrugs* "I mean... if you wanted to see more than one thing... but if you would rather stay in one place, that's fine too."
Wolfram - "I... I don't really know..."
Yuuri - *smiles at him* "Well... that's what you can be thinking about, okay? We don't have to decide everything right away."
Wolfram - *nods slowly again* "I suppose..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head slowly* "You're really cute..."
Wolfram - *sticks his tongue out at him* "I don't try to be... I'm not a little kid..."
Yuuri - *grins* "I know you're not a little kid. It doesn't matter, anyway. You're still cute."
Wolfram - *pouts/didn't really know if being 'cute' was a good thing or a bad thing/lots of people had called him 'cute' before, and it had always seemed sort of shallow*
Yuuri - *tilts his head a bit at his pouting* "Aww... I won't call you cute if you don't like it..."
Wolfram - *shakes his head a little* "It just seems sort of childish, that's all..."
Yuuri - *pouts at him/grumbles lightly about how he couldn't help it if he thought he was cute or not*
Wolfram - *sighs lightly, closing his eyes again and cuddling closer* "I'm a little tired..."
Yuuri - *smiles at him, brushing a hand through the blond's hair again as he cuddled closer to him* "Then go to sleep... I'll take a nap, too..."
Wolfram - *nods, pleased with the idea* "I love you..."
Yuuri - *readjusts his arm around him, pulling him closer to him* "I love you, too..."
Wolfram - *smiles a little and quickly begins to drift off*
Yuuri - *watches him for a long while before finally closing his eyes as well to go to sleep*
Conrart - *completely forgotten and still keeping watch up against the door/thanks, guys…*
Scene Change - *Yuuri and Wolfram take their nap, and poor Conrad is stuck there watching them, probably bored out of his mind, but it's not like we really care so much about him anyway/yada yada/a week passes by with Yuuri doing his best to catch up on all of his paperwork, and Wolfram continuing to plan their upcoming wedding/they spend as much time together as they possibly can, usually with Conrad present - because they'd tried it with the other three chaperones, and it hadn't been pretty; Lady Celi just couldn't keep her mouth shut and made all sorts of embarrassing comments, Gwendal stood by scowling and glaring at Yuuri every time he so much as kissed Wolfram on the check, and Gunter hardly let them within five feet of each other without throwing a fit about them saving themselves for their wedding night - a worthless effort, really, all things considering, but his moaning and groaning would have been worse had the man known he'd been making a big deal about preserving their innocence for nothing/needless to say, not being able to be with one another as much as they wanted to was merely another form of torture*
Wolfram - *laying in bed one morning - a week later, obviously - simply lazing about, thankful to have remembered to shut the curtains the previous evening, lest the sun shine in and bother him with it's cheerful brightness*
Gisela - *knocks on the door like she does every morning, obviously there to make sure Wolfram was taking care of himself and that the baby was fine, etc* "Your Excellency?"
Wolfram - *groans loudly/one of these days he'd really like to just be able to lay in bed all morning without being bothered by someone coming to check on him, or someone coming to ask him questions about how he wanted the napkins folded at the reception/pushes himself up in bed, feeling slightly relieved that the nausea seemed scarce this particular morning* "Come in..."
Gisela - *carefully pushes the door open, shutting it behind her once she was in/smiles at him, walking swiftly around the bed to the blond* "How are you feeling?"
Wolfram - *leans back against the pillows at the head of his bed, crossing his arms over his chest* "Like I'm going to shout at the next person who comes to bother me about some mundane issue when I really just want to sit here and do nothing."
Gisela - *smiles at him, shaking her head lightly/she could imagine how stressful things could be with everything going on/gives the blond a quick check over before digging through her bag to give him a little bottle, like usual* "You have to remember to keep your stress level down." *well, he did...*
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes but takes the bottle, drinking the disgusting liquid quickly before responding* "I'm fine. I haven't felt any cramping at all since last week."
Gisela - *takes the empty bottle back from him* "That's really good to hear. If you kept feeling pains like that, I probably would have had to start worrying."
Wolfram - *sarcastic* "Jee, thanks for telling me that now..."
Yuuri - *currently walking with Conrad down hall towards Wolfram's room/for some reason, he was in a really good mood that day, despite the lack of contact with the blond/lucky for him, he was able to snatch the brunet on his way to breakfast and immediately turned around to check up on Wolfram - that, and he just really wanted to see him again...*
Conrart - *walking behind Yuuri, watching him carefully/he seemed a lot less... well... pouty than he had been for the past week... at least he was pouty when he wasn't around Wolfram/blinks at him, noticing something a bit odd* "Your Majesty?"
Yuuri - *stiffens and walks a little faster/huffs* "I only respond to 'Yuuri!'"
Conrart - *shakes his head* "Yuuri...?"
Yuuri - *glances over his shoulder* "Yeah?"
Conrart - *eyes him a bit more* "Did... did you brush your hair this morning...?" *it didn't look like a complete mess like it usually did on a normal day... much less in the mornings...*
Yuuri - *flushes lightly, turning away from the man* "I-I don't know what you're talking about..." *thankfully, they had made it to Wolfram's room by then/softly knocks on the door* "Wolf? Are you awake...?"
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes and pushes himself off of his bed, but doesn't move to open the door* "Why ask me questions like that? I wouldn't answer you if I wasn't." *quickly goes to his closet to pull out some clothes, shutting it before Yuuri could enter and perhaps see the dress that was hanging inside*
Yuuri - *pouts lightly, pushing the door open a bit to peek in* "Well... if you were sleeping, then you wouldn't have been woken up by just that..." *backs up a bit as the door is pulled open more by Gisela* "Morning..."
Gisela - *smiles up at him, making her way out of the room* "Good morning, Your Majesty." *turns to Wolfram* "I'll be back tomorrow morning, Your Excellency. Have a good day." *gives a small bow, then turns to slide out past Yuuri and Conrart/hmm... the king's hair didn't seem to be as messy as it usually did... maybe he had a meeting with someone from another country that morning...*
Wolfram - "You really don't need-" *stops what he's saying to Gisela as he passes by the mirror hanging on the wall/immediately stops to stare at himself, eyes widening/steps towards it to get a closer look, his face losing nearly all of it's color/shouts* "GISELA!!"
Gisela - *stops the two feet she had taken from the door to turn back, sticks her head in the door* "Yes?"
Yuuri - *standing out of her way, though easily worried* "What's wrong??"
Wolfram - "'WHAT'S WRONG?!'" *looks absolutely mortified/turns to face them and points to a tiny red dot on his left cheek* "WHAT IS THIS?!?!"
Gisela - *frowns at him, stepping in the room again to get a better look at him/was he kidding?*
Yuuri - *panics, hurrying over to him to hover nervously* "What?? What???"
Conrart - *standing in the doorway/sigh*
Wolfram - *points again/how could Yuuri not see it?/it was bright as day!* "THIS!!!"
Gisela - *sighs lightly at him* "It's a freckle..."
Yuuri - *can't see anything wrong/panic more*
Wolfram - *glares at her/looks almost furious* "It is not a freckle!! IT'S RED!!"
Gisela - *sighs again, looking closer at him/ooh... he was pointing to the tiny little red dot next to the freckle/pulls back to stare at him again, in disbelief* "It's not life threatening, I promise..."
Yuuri - *freckles were usually life threatening?? what???/panic hover panic*
Wolfram - *looks as if he's literally about to explode/he didn't care if it wasn't life threatening/he didn't want it there!* "WHY IS THERE A PIMPLE ON MY FACE?!?!"
Gisela - *stares squarely at him* "Hormones... Welcome to the world of being pregnant…"
Wolfram - *sputters/flings his clothes aside* "GRRR!!!" *would really like to scream at the moment*
Yuuri - *panicking/watching him worriedly* "Wolf..."
Gisela - *sighs again/what did he expect...?*
Wolfram - *stomps back over to his bed and grabs one of the pillows, then starts whacking at whatever's in range*
Yuuri - *quickly follows him, catching a couple candles before they hit the ground, though missing a few others* "Wolf!" *quickly sets the candles on the ground to catch Wolfram around the waist to prevent him from hurting himself/extremely worried*
Gisela - *watching him with her hands on her hips/really, now...*
Conrart - *not sure if he should be worried or amused*
Wolfram - *tosses the pillow aside and begins to struggle against Yuuri* "I don't want it!! Why is it on my face?!" *it just wasn't fair! he always made sure to meticulously wash his face every day, and never once had he had one of those evil little red dots!/hormones, huh? well, they could just go to hell!! ... not that he could really do anything about them at the moment; they were sort of beyond his control*
Yuuri - *frowns at him, holding him in place so he couldn't slip away and bash his head against something... again... one concussion was bad enough.../trying to calm him down some, but can't really do anything other than keep him from running around at the moment* "Wolf... settle down..."
Wolfram - "'Settle down?!' Don't you tell me to 'settle down!!' You're not the one with a stupid pimple on your face!!"
Yuuri - *sputters at him* "Wolf... I don't even see it...."
Wolfram - *stubborn, and extremely annoyed/hormones were gonna make pimples pop up left and right?! what else was this baby going to do to him?!* "Well, I do!!"
Yuuri - *sighs* "You're beautiful... And you always will be... I don't see what there is to fuss over..."
Wolfram - "I have a pimple on my face!!" *as if he hadn't said it enough/obviously Yuuri didn't know how truly horrible such a thing was... to Wolfram, at least*
Yuuri - *sighs again/he didn't really get it... but he was a guy... and not pregnant.../leans down to see his face, squinting a bit* "Oooh... That tiny little thing...?" *pulls back, raising an eyebrow at him* "It'll be gone really soon, won't it? I mean... it's hard to tell that it's even there... You shouldn't worry so much..."
Wolfram - "What if I get more?!" *he really would scream if that were to happen*
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "You won't..."
Gisela - *rolls her eyes/males...*
Wolfram - "Shut up!!! What the hell do you know?!" *rips himself away from him to grab his clothes from were he'd previously flung them on the floor*
Yuuri - *sputters/confused* "Wha...?"
Wolfram - "You're the one who did this to me!!" *pretty irrational at the moment, but then what pregnant person didn't have their irrational moments*
Yuuri - *sputters more* "W-Wolfram!!" *what the heck??*
Gisela - *sighs, turning to make her way out past Conrart/mumbling something about men*
Conrart - *shakes his head lightly/smiling lightly* "Wolfram... You're getting a little out of hand..." *he didn't want him to do anything crazy, either!*
Wolfram - *glares at his brother* "I am not getting out of hand!!" *starts stomping towards the door, carrying his clothes with him* "Now move out of my way, I'm going to take a bath!!"
Yuuri - *quickly follows him, not wanting to leave him alone when he was like he was/mumbles worriedly* "Wolf...."
Conrart - *steps out of the way, holding the door open for them*
Wolfram - *quickly walks through the door and moves hastily down the hall towards the bath* "Leave me alone!!!"
Yuuri - *slows down a bit, but is too worried to actually just leave*
Wolfram - *opens the door to the bath and slams it behind him, hardly caring if Yuuri was still following*
Yuuri - *squeaks lightly as the door was slammed in his face/takes a small step back from it to frown even more worriedly* "Wolf..."
Conrart - *follows Yuuri down to the bath/raises an eyebrow at him - more like 'good luck'*
Wolfram - *places his clothes aside and slides out of his nightdress, immediately moving to sink into the hot water*
Yuuri - *waiting outside the door until he could hear the blond getting in the water before carefully cracking it open* "Wolf...?"
Wolfram - *huffs, but doesn't answer/goes about washing up*
Yuuri - *frowns worriedly/can't really see the blond from the angle he was at* "Can I come in...? Please...?"
Wolfram - *doesn't turn to look at him, keeping his back facing the door* "What do you want."
Yuuri - *pouts a little, getting frustrated with the stupid door, but not wanting to just go in* "Well... I wanted to see you..."
Wolfram - *huffs again* "Whatever."
Yuuri - *carefully pushes the door open a little more* "So... can I?"
Wolfram - *grumbles, still washing himself* "I don't care."
Yuuri - *lets out a small sigh of relief, pushing the door open enough to slip through/moves to close it but frowns as it was stopped/oh... right... stupid rules.../carefully moves over to the edge of the pool, sitting down and crossing his legs as he watched the back of Wolfram's head/mumbles* "I love you..."
Conrart - *shuts the door behind him, leaning up against the frame like usual*
Wolfram - *still grumbling* "Yeah, whatever. I love you, too..."
Yuuri - *continues to watch him, staring at his back*
Wolfram - *eventually stops scrubbing at himself and ducks under the water to wet his hair, wiping his soaked bangs out of his face once he's come back up*
Yuuri - *mentally kicks himself, feeling his cheeks heat up as he watched him/holds his breath so he wouldn't say anything stupid*
Wolfram - *reaches for some shampoo nearby and pours some out into his hand, working it into his hair before ducking under again to wash it out*
Yuuri - *silent watches him, feeling his face flush a bit more/what? he wanted to see him, didn't he? technically...*
Conrart - *not really watching anything/he was just there because he had to...*
Wolfram - *comes back up and shakes his hair out of his eyes, then grabs some soap and a wash cloth and starts to viciously scrub at his face*
Yuuri - *sighs, shaking his head a bit* "Don't scrub too hard... " *he didn't want him to hurt himself...*
Wolfram - *stops just long enough to glare at him before going back to scrubbing/chants under his breath* "I will not get more pimples, I will not get more pimples, I will not get more pimples..."
Yuuri - *sighs again, forcing himself to be silent/what was he supposed to say to him, anyway?*
Wolfram - *finally satisfied, tossing the soap and wash cloth away/is about to get out of the bath when he spots Conrart by the door/sure, the guy wasn't exactly looking at him, and he may have changed his diapers and stuff when he'd been little, but that didn't mean he felt like standing there naked and getting dressed in front of him/glares at him* "Turn around, Conrart."
Conrart - *shrugs, turning around like he was told*
Yuuri - *quickly jumps up and hurries over to get Wolfram a towel, holding it open for him*
Wolfram - *climbs out of the bath, looking at Yuuri with one of his eyebrows raised*
Yuuri - *blinks at him, holding the towel out for him* "What...?"
Wolfram - *takes a step closer to him, staring at him silently*
Yuuri - *flushes a bit, moving forward to meet him, wrapping both the towel and his arms around him/grumbles lightly about him catching a cold if he stood around dripping wet*
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes, but continues to stand there, fully expecting Yuuri to dry him off/in his opinion, he had every right to expect those sorts of things from him/Yuuri had gotten him pregnant, after all, which had inevitably created the evil little pimple on his face/he completely ignores the fact that he was the one who'd wanted the baby in the first place*
Yuuri - *holds onto him for a few seconds before pulling away to start patting him dry/apparently, he wasn't going to let Wolfram dry himself off, anyway/reaches to grab another towel to place over the blond's head - because you can never have too many towels/wraps the other towel carefully around him before moving to lightly rub at his hair/softly* "Are you feeling any better...?"
Wolfram - *frowns at him/it wasn't as if he'd been feeling bad in the first place, just angry and annoyed that there was a little red dot on his otherwise flawless skin/but if Yuuri felt like pampering him to make him feel better, he wasn't going to say anything against it/pouts* "A little..."
Yuuri - *pauses from rubbing at his hair to lean down to look at him/worried* "I... is there anything I can get you...? Or... is there anything I can do...?" *would really just like to make sure he was okay*
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes a little bit/pampering was fine, obsessive worrying definitely wasn't* "You can get me my clothes."
Yuuri - *nods at him, carefully setting the towel he was using to the side to turn around and gather up the blond's clothes/makes his way back to him, holding them out for him*
Wolfram - *takes the clothes from him/as amusing it would be to make Yuuri dress him as well, he wasn't really in the mood to continue to stand there helplessly/begins to pull on his clothes... slowly... sparing a quick little glance in Yuuri's direction every once in a while*
Yuuri - *forces himself not to watch him get dressed... directly.... out of the corner of his eye was fine.../flushes even darker than he was before*
Wolfram - *snorts softly to himself, slowing down even more when he notices Yuuri's subtle glances*
Yuuri - *fidgets a little, wondering if it was just him or if Wolfram usually took his time getting dressed...*
Wolfram - *stops to openly look at Yuuri, forcing a confused look onto his face* "Is something wrong?"
Yuuri - *flinches a little, thinking that he was going to be accused of staring/blinks, flushing a bit more at the question - he was so sure he would have been called out.../tries not to squeak* "No..." *failed*
Wolfram - "Hmmm..." *smirks lightly to himself, then finishes dressing*
Yuuri - *sighs a bit in relief as Wolfram finished... though he was still watching him*
Wolfram - "Come on, then." *begins to make his way out of the room*
Yuuri - *quickly nods, shadowing after him*
Conrart - *moves to the side to hold the door open for them*
Wolfram - *crosses back out into the hall and walks back to his own room, opening the door and immediately heading over to the mirror/glares at the pimple again, before picking up a brush and sliding it through his hair*
Yuuri - *follows after him, not really paying attention to anything else/stops completely to stare at him as he brushed through his hair*
Wolfram - *once he's done brushing, he goes about smoothing out all of the wrinkles in his uniform/frowns at himself, glancing at his stomach in the mirror, which really didn't look any different at all at the current time, but he loosened his belt by a notch anyway - it was getting just a smidge too tight for his liking/is paying closer attention to his appearance today than he did on normal days, hoping that by making sure everything else was absolutely perfect, no one would take notice of the little dot on his face*
Yuuri - *steps up behind him to help smooth out the back of his jacket, brushing his shoulders off a bit too and making sure the collar was lined up right* "You're gorgeous... that's all anyone will think..." *really hoped Wolfram wasn't going to worry about the little red dot all day*
Wolfram - *grumbles under his breath about how Yuuri doesn't know anything, making sure the little white puff of fabric at his neck was aligned properly*
Yuuri - *steps back a bit to inspect him/teasingly nods at him, rubbing his chin with his thumb* "I think you'll be just fine."
Wolfram - *turns to glare at him for a moment, before finally taking notice of... something.../looks him up and down/the wimp looked... a little different today...* "Yuuri...?"
Yuuri - *blinks at him, confused* "Yeah...?"
Wolfram - *appears confused, still looking him over, trying to figure out what it was* "Are you okay?"
Yuuri - *tilts his head, blinking at him again/even more confused* "Yeah... I'm fine..."
Wolfram - "Oh..." *was he wearing a new uniform? no, that couldn't possibly be it; all of his uniforms looked exactly the same/so what was it then?/finally, his eyes come up to stare at his hair*
Yuuri - *follows his gaze, guessing where he was looking/flushes lightly* "Aren't you hungry? We should probably get going... I know I'm getting a little hungry!" *sheepish laugh*
Wolfram - "Uhh... yeah..." *continues to stare* "Yuuri... did you do something to your hair...?"
Conrart - *leaning against the door frame again/smiling to himself* "He brushed it..."
Yuuri - *sputters at the both of them/this was ridiculous! he didn't think it would be that noticeable!*
Wolfram - *of course, he brushed it/he didn't think the wimp went around without brushing his hair at least a little/he just... seemed to have spent more time on it this morning/it looked... nice...* "Are you meeting with one of the foreign ambassadors today?"
Yuuri - *stares at him, feeling his face redden more/mumbles* "No..."
Wolfram - *curious* "Then is one of the Aristocrats coming to speak with you?"
Yuuri - *flushes darker* "No..."
Wolfram - *more curious* "Did Gunter give you a lecture about taking proper care for your appearance?" *which he should have done years ago, in his opinion*
Yuuri - *frowns a little, though still red/really now...* "No..."
Wolfram - "Then..." *very confused* "Why...?"
Yuuri - *pouts a bit* "I can't just brush my hair because I want to...?"
Wolfram - "Well... considering you don't usually make it look this nice..."
Yuuri - *stares at him/was it really that nice? he just thought he was just taking the time to get all the tangles out instead of making a few quick passes like he usually did* "I just... wanted to..."
Wolfram - "Why?" *was Yuuri finally becoming more concerned with how he looked?/not that he hadn't been concerned before, since not thinking one looked good at all hinted at some level of concern, but he'd never really made the effort before, almost as if he didn't care*
Yuuri - *stares at Wolfram for a bit longer before glancing down at his feet* "Well... you always take the time to make yourself look nice... so... I wanted to try... I didn't think it would be that big a deal..."
Wolfram - *smiles at him lightly, inwardly pleased/it was about time, really...* "Well... you look very handsome..." *leans up to give him a quick kiss on the lips*
Yuuri - *flushes dark again* "Thanks..." *really...? just a little more time spent on his hair made Wolfram seem so... happy about it? or something like that...*
Wolfram - *sighs happily/picks a few pieces of lint of off Yuuri's jacket before smoothing out a wrinkle or two, then straightens his collar/reaches out for one of his hands once he's done, squeezing it lightly* "Should we go to breakfast, then?"
Yuuri - *nods at him, squeezing lightly back/can't help but smile a little at the reaction Wolfram gave him/if it really made him happy, then he might start doing it more often* "Yeah... Let's go..."
Wolfram - *nods, then begins heading for the door, pulling Yuuri along with him*
Conrart - *holds the door for them again, ready to follow them out*
Yuuri - *happily follows after him, catching up to walk next to him, leaning down to kiss his cheek a few times*
Wolfram - *giggles lightly at him, playfully pushing him away*
Yuuri - *pouts teasingly/tries leaning closer to get to his lips as they walked*
Conrart - *follows/smilesmile*
Wolfram - *turns his face away, teasing as well*
Yuuri - *lifts their joined hands up to spin the blond around, catching him as he finished the turn to kiss him lightly*
Wolfram - *gasps in surprise, but doesn't pull away, pressing back into the kiss just the slightest bit, completely aware of the giggling maids*
Yuuri - *could really care less about the maids at this point/they should all know by now that they were being kept apart for most of the time, anyway/pulls back after a bit to smile lovingly at him/whispers so only Wolfram could hear* "I love you..."
Wolfram - *smiles at him, and whispers back* "I love you, too... wimp..."
Yuuri - *grins at him, squeezing his hand lightly* "Come on then, I'm starving!" *tugs at his hand to make him follow*
Wolfram - *huffs a little, pretending to be annoyed, but dutifully follows him without complaint*
Yuuri - *smiles at him, watching him over his shoulder - and successfully almost running into a group of guards/frowns embarrassedly the rest of the way, not leading the blond as much as he had been incase something else decided to jump in front of him.../stupid walls...*
Wolfram - *laughs at Yuuri, but decides to make no comment about his clumsiness/he was trying, after all, and he couldn't really fault him for that*
Yuuri - *pauses, finally reaching the dinning room doors/wonders what surprises were in store for them this time... meal times never seemed to be normal... especially with the added guests to the group/glances down at Wolfram, worried that he was still upset about earlier* "You okay?"
Wolfram - *looks up at him, still smiling lightly/nods* "I'm fine." *has pretty much forgotten about his earlier 'trauma'*
Yuuri - *nods at him, pushing the door open to carefully lead the blond in to the table*
Conrart - *follows still/shutting the door carefully behind them*
Wolfram - *looks up at Yuuri as they enter the dining room, not really noticing anyone else*
Greta - *looks up at them as they entered/quickly drops what she was doing - making yet another paper necklace to decorate Hale with - to jump up and hurry over to her adoptive parents, hugging them both* "Yuuri! Wolfram! Anissina taught me how to make cool things out of paper!" *grabs onto Wolfram's free hand to pull him to the empty seat next to hers - on her other side was a completely unbothered, paper decorated, Hale*
Wolfram - *is a little startled by Greta's exuberance, although he tells himself he should be used to it by now/stares oddly at Hale - the poor guy, although he didn't seem offended by Greta's creations at all/hadn't really seen him much recently, considering all the planning he was doing and the seemingly constant - and yet random - morning sickness... could something be constant and random at the same time?/whatever/sits down gracefully*
Celi - *sitting in her own chair, amused/waiting for the perfect opportunity to start flirting with Hale/she liked tall men*
Jade - *glances up from her space as well to smile at them/was reading yet another book she had borrowed from the library* "Good morning, Your Majesty! Your Excellency!" *would have jumped out of her seat to bow, but she had already been told several times that she really didn't have to*
Hale - *ducks down a bit for Greta to slide on another necklace before nodding to the three that were just coming in/goes back to picking at his food, apparently still not used to all the fancy stuff*
Yuuri - *stares at Hale a bit as well, but shakes his head and follows Wolfram to sit down next to him/smiles to Jade* "Good morning."
Murata - *sitting near Jade, occasionally looking over to try and see what she was reading/he was still of the opinion that she was very cute/spares Yuuri a grin* "'Morning, Shibuya."
Iris - *sitting at the table as well, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible as she slowly ate her meal, feeling awkward around everyone/smiles a little as she sees Yuuri/hasn't really seen him at all over the last week, except in passing, and she had missed him dreadfully*
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes at his friend* "Morning, Murata..." *spots Iris and smiles back at her*
Greta - *apparently had a necklace waiting for both Yuuri and Wolfram/gets up again to go and drop them over their heads before going back to her seat*
Gunter - *as chipper as always* "Good morning, Your Majesty! You're looking exceptionally wonderful today! Did you do something different with you hair?"
Wolfram - *fiddles with the necklace Greta had slipped onto him/smiles proudly* "He brushed it."
Yuuri - *flushes brightly, sinking down a bit in his chair/for the love of... it wasn't that great...*
Jade - *looks up from her book to stare at him/he really did look nice... why didn't she notice before...?*
Conrart - *shakes his head, smiling/amused/takes his place at the table as well*
Hale - *doesn't really seem to care*
Gwendal - *joins Hale in not really caring, focusing on the plate of food in front of him*
Celi - *gushes* "Gunter's right, Your Majesty! You look darling!"
Iris - *smiles a little more, nodding in agreement/quietly* "You look very handsome, Yu-" *quickly corrects herself* "-Your Majesty."
Wolfram - *shoots a glare at the girl*
Greta - *giggles, swinging her feet under the table* "Yuuri really is handsome, isn't he?"
Yuuri - *stares down at his plate/it wasn't like this was the first time they had seen him with his hair brushed! just... not on a normal day.../mumbles, sheepish* "Thanks..."
Wolfram - *his expression smoothes out as he turns to smile at his fiancé/he was not going to let the tramp ruin his good mood* "You'll be sure to look this nice at the wedding, won't you?"
Yuuri - *mumbles* "I just brushed my hair... it's nothing special..." *wasn't sure if he liked the attention on his appearance just yet or not*
Wolfram - "Hmmm..." *reaches out to link their hands together under the table* "Speaking of the wedding, I've been meaning to ask you something..."
Yuuri - *blinks, holding on to his hand/curious* "Yeah...?"
Wolfram - "Well... the Sage-" *and here he shoots a momentary glare in Murata's direction, before turning back to Yuuri* "-has been kind enough to tell me a little about some of the species of flowers on Earth. I was thinking, since it's winter and there isn't any way for us to get flowers here at this time of year..." *trails off, hoping he understood what he was implying/felt a little bad for asking him to make a trip to Earth just to get some flowers... okay, so a little more than 'some'...*
Yuuri - *blinks at him for a moment, but then smiles brightly at him/a bit excited* "Yeah! I can get whatever you want! What types did you have in mind?"
Wolfram - "Well... I think yellow roses would be pretty..." *they had roses here, but only red ones, so he was intrigued by the thought of different colors* "And... some sort of white lily... I forget what it's called..."
Murata - *grinnning a bit* "Casablanca..."
Yuuri - *blinks at both he and Murata, but nods* "Yeah, I can get it... I'll just have to get an order put in to a flower place... I'm sure Shori knows what to do..." *trails off, wincing a bit* "I almost completely forgot... I need to tell my family about the wedding too..."
Wolfram - *huffs a little* "That would be helpful... I'm sure they'd want to be here."
Yuuri - *swallows nervously, though really just teasing* "Yeah... Mom would never forgive me if I didn't invite her..."
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes at him, and begins to pick at his food* "Well, then it's good that I'm the one planning the wedding, since you seem to forget some of the most important things..."
Yuuri - *laughs nervously, moving to start poking at his food as well* "Yeah..." *grumbles lightly about how it wasn't his fault*
Greta - *tugs on Hale's shoulder to make him lean down for her to put a little paper crown on his head*
Hale - *does so, then goes back to eating*
Gunter - *smiling at Yuuri* "Since we're on the topic of the wedding, Your Majesty, I suppose I should inform you that the seamstress will be coming to begin working on your dress uniform after breakfast. I'm sure you'll want to sit down with her and discuss how you'd like it to look."
Yuuri - *glances up at Gunter, raising an eyebrow at him* "How I would like it to look...?" *wasn't aware that he had much of a choice with what he wore...*
Gunter - *nods happily* "Yes, of course. You didn't think you'd be wearing one of your normal uniforms, did you?"
Yuuri - "Uhhh..." *actually...*
Wolfram - *huffs at Yuuri again* "I told you a week ago that you'd have to meet with her..." *nervously starts picking at his food, staring down at the table as he spoke to Gunter* "Will she have enough time to work on Yuuri's uniform and fix my dress...?"
Gunter - *looks at him/confused* "Fix your dress?"
Wolfram - *fidgets a little* "It needs to be altered..."
Gunter - *looks a little surprised* "Again? But you've already had it altered twice!"
Yuuri - *glances nervously from Wolfram to Gunter and back/forces a grin and shakes his head lightly/to Gunter* "Well... can you really blame him...? If I had to wear a dress, I'd want it to fit perfectly, too."
Gunter - *shakes his head, still confused* "But it fit perfectly the last time she saw to it." *glances back at Wolfram* "What's wrong with it this time?"
Wolfram - "Well, it... it just doesn't fit right... in certain places..."
Gunter - "Where?"
Yuuri - *sighs again, not really knowing what to do/didn't want Wolfram to end up blowing... whatever cover he had... since... apparently Gunter was now that only person that didn't know about the baby... although, he would also like to keep it so that Wolfram thought Gwendal didn't know either/shrugs* "Maybe it's because he keeps trying it on and getting paranoid about it..." *okay... that was a horrible way to fix things* "What else would I wear besides my uniform?" *perfect... change the subject...*
Gunter - *shakes his head again, practically ignoring Yuuri's question, so focused is he on his opportunity to reprimand Wolfram for something* "Do you truthfully need it altered, or are you merely being excessively picky again? Really, Wolfram, the seamstress won't have enough time to make His Majesty's uniform and alter your dress every time you think something's wrong with it."
Wolfram - *glares at him/he was not being excessively picky!/so what if he wanted everything to be perfect?!* "It doesn't fit like it's supposed to."
Gunter - "It did the last time."
Wolfram - "Well, it doesn't now."
Yuuri - *sputters a bit at his ignored question/fine then... Wolfram knew better than to give anything away, especially if he was trying to keep things secret -- oops... Iris didn't know about the baby either... but she had her own to worry about, right?/sits up straighter in his seat and snatches a piece of toast off his plate to shove in his mouth -- er... not shove... he caught himself in time/sighs, taking a normal bite out of it so Wolfram wouldn't have to yell at him again for his apparent lack in manners*
Gunter - *continues his little mini-argument with Wolfram* "There really isn't any time. What's wrong with it? Perhaps we can fix it ourselves."
Wolfram - *fidgets more/really didn't want to say exactly what was wrong with it* "It just doesn't fit right."
Iris - *nervously makes her way into the conversation/quietly* "I... I could help..."
Wolfram - *looks in her direction, a little surprised that she'd actually spoken, even more so over the fact that she'd offered to help*
Yuuri - *sighs a little in relief* "Really, Gunter... If Wolfram says there's something wrong with it, then there's something wrong with it..." *smiles brightly at Iris, really grateful for her offer* "Thanks, Iris..." *turns to Wolfram* "She's really good with a needle. I bet she'd be a lot of help." *he would know about her skills with a needle and thread, anyway...*
Jade - *looks up a bit from her book, wondering if she should offer to help as well, but didn't want to butt into anything*
Wolfram - *glares at Iris/who the hell did she think she was, anyway? no doubt she was merely offering her assistance as a way to get Yuuri's attention*
Iris - *shifts nervously in her chair, though she smiles lightly at Yuuri's words* "I was a seamstress in my village before..." *trails off, shaking her head to keep memories of her three months of imprisonment from resurfacing* "I... I wouldn't be able to do much, but if it's a simple matter of letting it out, or taking it in, or fixing the sleeves, or hemming... then it shouldn't be a problem..."
Yuuri - *sighs again, smiling more* "Thank goodness... Problem solved. Iris can help Wolfram while I'm getting my... whatever it is I'm wearing... done..." *he could assume that it would be black... and very similar to his normal uniform, anyway...*
Wolfram - *continues to glare at the whore, but says nothing about not wanting her help/at least this way he'd be able to keep an eye on her, and make sure she knew to stay the hell away from Yuuri*
Iris - *stares at Yuuri for a bit, still smiling, before going back to her food*
Yuuri - *nods, glad that seemed to be over with/goes back to carefully eating his own food/kinda hoping to watch Wolfram eat so he knew he wasn't doing anything he wasn't supposed to*
Wolfram - *starts eating, a little quicker than usual, seeing as his mind was otherwise distracted/begins plotting ways to keep the whore away from Yuuri/maybe he could request she be removed from the castle? but Yuuri would be too nice to do something like that to a seemingly innocent woman/maybe he could just scare her away, then...*
Yuuri - *watching Wolfram out of the corner of his eye/he didn't usually eat as fast as he was now... did he...?/frowns lightly, trying to better memorize what he did so he could do the same*
Greta - *continues with her paper jewelry, eating a bite of food here and there*
Jade - *reading/nibbling*
Hale - *eating/doesn't care*
Gwendal - *also doesn't care, though he's a little annoyed by the fact that Wolfram's dress apparently didn't fit him again/and the king was planning to hide the pregnancy how?*
Wolfram - *continues to distractedly eat*
Murata - *eats also, occassionally stealing glances at Jade*
Celi - *eats her own food, making random comments about how cute Greta's paper jewelry makes Hale look/eventually turns to look at her youngest son closely, easily noticing his slightly disgruntled behavior/notices something else as well* "Wolfie... what's the on your face?"
Wolfram - *immediately freezes, and refuses to look up/quickly* "I don't know what you're talking about."
Yuuri - *stares at Celi/was she crazy?? -- don't answer that.../but would she really point out something like that?? in front of everyone??*
Celi - *oh, yes, she would/enjoys teasing her children, especially her youngest/reaches across and around others at the table to tap at Wolfram's left cheek* "It's right there."
Wolfram - *bats her hand away* "Stop it. I don't know what you're talking about." *quickly becoming annoyed/and he'd almost forgotten it was there, too*
Celi - "Oh, I think you do." *giggles at him* "Poor little Wolfie. Haven't I always told you to wash your face at least twice a day?"
Wolfram - *exasperated* "Mother!"
Yuuri - *stares at the woman in disbelief/what was he supposed to do?? he could always make a fool out of himself... or something... -- then again/glancing around, it didn't really look as though many cared... at least most of them didn't really care, only Celi...*
Celi - *continues to giggle, moving from her chair to take a few steps around the table, standing behind him with her hands on his shoulders, leaning in to lightly kiss the side of his face* "You're so cute, Wolfie. Just wait until there's more."
Wolfram - *blanches at the word 'more'*
Murata - *snickers from his spot across the table, but forces himself to look down at his food and not at the blond/must not tease him, must not tease him, must not tease him.../oh, who was he kidding! he couldn't help it* "You're just lucky it's small and not on the tip of your nose or something. Not only would it be more noticeable, but you'd look like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." *snickers a little louder*
Gwendal - *his left eye twitches*
Yuuri - *gives up on trying to eat properly and starts to shovel food into his mouth, trying to finish as soon as possible/nearly chokes at Murata's comment/quickly swallows* "Murata! Knock it off!"
Conrart - *oh... he was there too.../smile*
Murata - *does not 'knock it off'/once he's started, it's a bit hard to stop/sings in amusement* "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer/Had a very shiny nose/And if you ever saw it/You would even say it glows*
Wolfram - *growls lowly/whatever the Sage was singing, it was annoying, and maybe he didn't know who this Rudolph person was supposed to be, but he knew for a fact that the idiot was making fun of him*
Jade - *glances up from her book to glare at Murata/obviously not amused by the fact that Wolfram was getting upset/she couldn't help but feel protective of him/looks across the table to the blond* "If it really bothers you, Your Excellency, there is always a bit of foundation and powder that can easily cover it until it's gone..."
Yuuri - *glares at Murata as well* "Murata... don't..."
Murata - *blissfully unaware of the blond's anger and of Yuuri's warnings, or he just chooses to ignore both/continues to tease Wolfram* "Foundation... sure... we all know you're the woman in the relationship anyway." *grins widely*
Wolfram - *glares at him darkly*
Celi - *stands back and giggles, though she does try to cover it by placing a hand over her mouth*
Gwendal - *his eye twitches again*
Jade - *turns back to glare at the other double black/very sarcastic* "Amusing, Your Eminence..." *goes back and forth between calling him by his name and his title... it just depended on her mood... and if Murata was being stupid or not.../wow… what was her problem…?? she knew better than to speak like that to those of a higher rank!*
Yuuri - *turns to Wolfram/annoyed with his stupid friend* "Just ignore him... he's an idiot..."
Conrart - *shakes his head lightly/the sage sure knew how to get Wolfram worked up...*
Greta - *doesn't really like how her father was getting made fun of/slides out of her chair to move over to Wolfram, gently kissing his cheek and hoping he would just ignore what was bothering him*
Hale - *really not bothered by anything*
Wolfram - *the fact that people were kissing his cheek only made him think about it more/glares at the sage some more, before turning his look to Yuuri instead/hadn't they talked about situations like this before?! why wasn't Yuuri defending him?!*
Murata - "Just wait until you start popping out kids." *makes a few obscene hand gestures* "They say if you have a girl, she takes away some of your beauty."
Wolfram - *looks positively panicked*
Yuuri - *winces a bit at Wolfram's glare/he was doing something wrong, wasn't he?/nearly dies at Murata's comments/turns to glare at him* "Murata... stop it.... You can be a real jerk sometimes, you know..."
Murata - *shrugs at him* "Hey, I'm only speaking the truth. Then, of course, there's stretch marks to worry about, and varicose veins..." *enjoys the look on Wolfram's face/the blond was so easy to pick on, and he always had such amusing reactions*
Yuuri - *glares a bit more, growling some* "Yeah... well... stop... It's not funny or insightful or anything... You're just being an a--" *frowns at himself, not wanting to curse in front of Greta, at least* "You're getting on my nerves..."
Murata - *fakes a gasp* "Really, now? I'm shocked. And you're normally such a passive guy!" *obviously teasing him*
Wolfram - *glares, glares, and glares some more*
Iris - *wisely keeps her mouth shut*
Yuuri - *frowns at him* "Yeah... and you know I can easily beat the crap out of you if I wanted..."
Murata - *snorts/hardly thinks he could... but then they'd never really gotten into a fight before, so it was hard to tell/grins at him mischievously* "Lighten up, Shibuya." *starts to sing again* "All of the other reindeer/Used to laugh and call him names/They never let poor Rudolph/Join in any reindeer games."
Wolfram - *would really like to kill the sage*
Yuuri - *frowns more, standing from the table to glare at Murata* "Stop it."
Murata - *laughs at him, then continues* "Then one foggy Christmas Eve/Santa came to say/Rudolph with your nose so bright/Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Gunter - *is becoming very nervous*
Gwendal - *his eye twitches... again/could they never have a peaceful meal?*
Celi - *watches the king, still trying to keep herself from giggling*
Iris - *stares at Yuuri curiously*
Jade - *glares at Murata as well, sliding her chair away from him after the thought of hitting him with her book went through her mind*
Hale - *would really just like to eat his food*
Greta - *had returned to her chair, though no longer working on her little paper creations/watching her fathers and the sage carefully, frowning sadly at them*
Conrart - *sighs, not really wanting to break up a fight incase one started*
Yuuri - *pushes his chair away from the table, moving around to Murata to stand next to him/glares down at him for a moment before pointing to the door* "Get out... I've asked you to stop, and you haven't. So please leave..."
Murata - *raises an eyebrow, a little surprised, but stands up nonetheless/it was less intimidating when they were at the same level... not that he found Yuuri intimidating at all/laughs as he speaks, finding it difficult to take him seriously* "And what if I don't?"
Yuuri - *frowns at him even more/serious* "Then I'll make you leave myself..."
Murata - *snickers, so very amused* "How, exactly?"
Yuuri - *narrows his eyes* "Try me..."
Murata - *snorts* "Try you? What are you, some sort of game?"
Yuuri - *glares/completely silent*
Murata - *shrugs again* "You know I was just teasing him. I'm sure you do it all the time."
Yuuri - "Not to the point where he wants to kill me... and not to that extent..." *though... apparently Wolfram always looked like he wanted to kill something when Murata was talking...*
Murata - *grins at him/waves a hand at him* "You just get special treatment. The whole being in love thing comes with it's own set of perks."
Yuuri - *frowns more at him* "Are you going to leave, or are you going to shut up and finish your breakfast?"
Murata - "Well... what would you do it I said 'neither?'" *goading Yuuri was almost as fun as teasing Wolfram/the both of them reacted so hilariously*
Yuuri - *smirks lightly at him* "Are you saying 'neither?'"
Murata - *smirks back* "... maybe..."
Yuuri - "Fine then..." *reaches out, grabbing the collar of his friend's jacket with one hand and his upper arm with his other, moving to pull him towards the door*
Murata - *actually laughs*
Iris - *stands from her chair, concerned/places a calming hand along one of Yuuri's arms* "Yuuri..."
Wolfram - *immediately forgets all about the sage, glaring heavily at the girl/who did she think she was, touching his fiancé, calling him by his name like she was close to him?/stands from his own chair, growling lowly* "Don't touch him, you dirty little whore."
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Characters
Yuuri - Guine
Wolfram - Mikage
Conrad - Guine
Gisela - Guine
Greta - Guine
Jade - Guine
Hale - Guine
Gunter - Mikage
Murata - Mikage
Celi - Mikage
Gwendal - Mikage
Iris - Mikage