Part Forty-Four

[coveringthebase]

Very Brief Recap
- OMG DIAMONDS?!
- A-and flowers...
- But diamonds are so much better. D:

Characters
Yuuri - Guine
Wolfram - Mikage
Lady - Guine
Shori - Mikage

Covering the Bases
Part Forty-Four - Rolling in the Grass

Yuuri - *holds out his arm out for Wolfram to grip onto again/maybe he should take him to Earth more often...* "Ready...?"

Wolfram - *immediately grabs onto his arm, cuddling close to his side* "Yeah..." *looks back to where the lady had disappeared to real quick, pouting just slightly, but tells himself not to be a whiny little brat and that he could be patient this one time*

Yuuri - *leads Wolfram out of the store and into the lightly falling snow again/walks him a little farther down the sidewalk to the crosswalk to cross the street/mumbles lightly* "I think I've had enough of the cold..."

Wolfram - *starts looking around again once they're outside, trying not to keep looking back at the diamond store and pining for his ring/glances up at Yuuri at his comment about the cold* "When will it start getting warmer?" *he had no idea about the weather here, but he was looking foreword to the snow starting to melt within the next few weeks at home, and noticeably warmer temperatures after the next month or two*

Yuuri - *glances up at the sky* "Usually it's supposed to get warmer by the end of the month... but that doesn't stop the random snow storms in the next month or so... " *pauses, smiling down at him* "But that's only here. Where I'm hoping we're going will be warm all year long."

Wolfram - *looks curious again, and a little happy/was getting sick of the cold, too, and would like to go someplace at least somewhat warm* "Where is it?"

Yuuri - *shrugs* "We'll look at places once we get back home... I'll borrow Shori's computer or something... then you can see what you like best from the pictures."

Wolfram - *was sure he'd like any place as long as there wasn't snow/starts looking around again* "Where are we going now?"

Yuuri - "Well... we've got an hour and a half to wait... so I thought you might like some dessert..." *grins at him again* "There's a chocolate store just up here.... they have warm desserts for this time of the year, as well as ice cream for those who still like the cold in the cold..."

Wolfram - *perks up at the mention of the word 'chocolate,' but still manages to look a little confused* "What's ice cream?"

Yuuri - *stares at him with slightly widened eyes* "You've never had ice cream before...?"

Wolfram - *shakes his head/would he have asked what it was if he had?* "No..."

Yuuri - *frowns, trying to think a little/was he really that oblivious not to notice that they didn't have ice cream in the other world...?* "Well... I guess we'll have to get some for you, then."

Wolfram - *his confusion doesn't fade* "But what is it?"

Yuuri - *thinks some more about it* "Uhh... Well... it's like... frozen milk... but it's soft... and comes in lots of different flavors..."

Wolfram - *frozen and flavored milk?* "What kinds of flavors?"

Yuuri - *grins at him* "The most common ones are just vanilla or chocolate... but there's also ones like mint and coffee and about any kind of fruit... And there's all these mixes of chocolate with other things like... chocolate chunks and mint with chocolate..." *pauses, shaking his head* "You'll see..."

Wolfram - *wrinkles his nose at the thought of mint flavored milk/however, chocolate flavored milk had definite potential*

Yuuri - *stops in front of a brightly dark stained, wood and glass door, pulling it open and leading the blond into the cozy little chocolate shop, though, it looked more like a cafe than anything/leads Wolfram to the ice cream window for him to look, pointing out the flavors* "Chocolate, mint chocolate, vanilla, rainbow sherbet, banana, coconut, butterscotch, chocolate fudge, double dark chocolate, rocky road... see anything you might want to try?"

Wolfram - *looks over them all, staring at the odd assortment of colors/listens to Yuuri list off the flavors, but doesn't really feel brave enough to try something he couldn't recognize the name of* "Can I just get chocolate?"

Yuuri - *grins at him, then leads him up to order, getting a large bowl of chocolate ice cream with hot fudge and whipped cream and a cherry on top~ then takes it over to one of the back tables with a small wrap around bench so he wouldn't have to let the blond to sit down/hands him a spoon once he was settled next to him/grins more* "You can have the first bite..."

Wolfram - *takes the spoon from him, staring at it for a moment and thinking of how it sort of looked like a spork, only not, before looking at the bowl of stuff he'd gotten/points to it* "What's that red thing?"

Yuuri - *grins at him* "It's a cherry... like..." *pauses, trying to think of something to compare it to* "Uhh... it's good... try it."

Wolfram - *looks at it some more, picking it up by the little stem...thing... if that's what it was - he had no idea if it was supposed to be there or not/really wishes Yuuri would just tell him exactly what he was eating/brings it up closer to his mouth and licks at it*

Yuuri - *greatly amused and really enjoying just watching him* "It's sweet... Just don't eat the stem... they already took the seed out, too..."

Wolfram - *pulls it away to look at it again, considering it/studies the stem* "Do you just pull the stem off?"

Yuuri - *laughs a little, wondering if he should just help him or not/naw... this was too amusing* "Yup... just stick it in your mouth and pull the stem off..."

Wolfram - *slowly does what Yuuri said, closing his mouth around the red thing before pulling/the stem comes off, and then he proceeds to eat the cherry/it was okay - it tasted good, but the texture was a little odd*

Yuuri - *watches him, grinning widely* "How is it?"

Wolfram - *swallows it before speaking* "It felt weird."

Yuuri - *laughs more* "Sorry... now try the ice cream before it melts."

Wolfram - *takes the spoon and dips it into the bowl, scooping out some of the frozen milk/puts it into his mouth, and is surprised by how cold it is - it was easy to swallow, too; he didn't even have to chew it - it just sort of... melted* "It's cold." *he knew he was stating the obvious, but he really didn't know how else to describe it*

Yuuri - *leans a little on the table to watch him better, digging out a bite for himself* "It's supposed to be cold."

Wolfram - *takes some more and puts it into his mouth/swallows/it tasted really good/continues eating*

Yuuri - *grins at his expression, pausing to swallow before speaking* "Do you like it...?"

Wolfram - *nods quickly, but doesn't answer verbally/is too busy eating*

Yuuri - *shakes his head lightly, very amused, but letting him eat/going back to eat some more, himself*

Wolfram - *keeps eating, wondering why no one at home has ever thought of or tried to make this stuff before/soon there's not much left in the bowl, and he sets his spoon down*

Yuuri - *set his spoon down as well, still leaning on the table to watch the blond* "So... how was your first experience with ice cream?

Wolfram - *smiles at him* "It was good." *thinks that for all the strange things in this world, there were some he could appreciate* "I really liked it."

Yuuri - *he liked it... like that wasn't obvious/laughs lightly again before checking around for a clock* "We've still got about twenty minutes to kill... What did you want to do?"

Wolfram - *shrugs/like he had any idea* "I don't know. What is there to do?" *though he's a little happy that time seemed to be going by quicker than he'd expected/for once Yuuri seemed adept at distracting him*

Yuuri - *glances around, trying to think of something to do for a little less than a half hour* "We... could... Uh... Well, we could stay here a bit longer before starting to head back...?"

Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow at him* "And do what?"

Yuuri - *shrugs* "Stare deeply into each others eyes and talk about whatever comes to mind?" *half serious - Hollywood can jump off a balcony or something...*

Wolfram - *stares at him/thinks he's serious/asks the first thing that comes to mind* "What's your favorite color?"

Yuuri - *blinks at him/caught off guard* "What?"

Wolfram - "I asked you what your favorite color is." *shrugs/he honestly has no idea/they'd never really taken the time to talk about pointless things like that as far as he could remember*

Yuuri - *blinks again, thinking about it a bit/what was his favorite color?* "I like the color red... I guess... Yeah, that's my favorite..."

Wolfram - "Red?" *he honestly wouldn't have guessed that*

Yuuri - *shrugs* "I guess it goes along with the baseball thing..." *pauses thinking a bit, then shakes his head* "What about you?"

Wolfram - "Oh..." *thinks about his own favorite colors* "I like blue... and pink... and purple, I kind of like purple..."

Yuuri - *raises an eyebrow/amused* "Really? I didn't know that... Well, I could probably guess the pink... but not purple..."

Wolfram - *smirks a little* "I guess I'm just unpredictable like that..." *not that he'd been able to guess Yuuri's favorite color, either*

Yuuri - *snorts* "Please not here..."

Wolfram - *sticks his tongue out at him before going on to another random question* "What's your favorite season?"

Yuuri - "Hmm... Probably late spring until early fall... but not really the very middle of summer... just when it's warm enough to stay outside all day without having to worry about it getting too hot..."

Wolfram - *smiles* "I like spring and fall... but not summer and winter. I don't like the heat or the cold, and I like watching the flowers bloom and the leaves change colors."

Yuuri - *grins at him, teasing* "Hey... so we've got something in common... fancy that..."

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes at him, but doesn't really respond* "What's your favorite food?"

Yuuri - *frowns a little as he thinks about it* "I don't really have a favorite food... Just nothing too spicy or too bland..."

Wolfram - *thinks about it/he didn't really have a particular favorite either* "I like sweet things... and salty things... I don't like eggs... I like juice better than milk... and... I don't really like anything that comes out of the ocean..."

Yuuri - *snorts again* "Is that because you don't like being reminded of boats...?"

Wolfram - *shakes his head* "No, I just don't think it tastes very good." *thinks some more* "And I don't like sour fruits..."

Yuuri - *nods in understanding* "I'll have to keep that in mind... No sour fruits..." *pauses, grinning* "What's your favorite place...?"

Wolfram - "My favorite place?" *blinks at him, then considers the question for a moment* "I don't really have one. I usually like staying at home... if I can..." *truth be told, he wasn't very adventurous - it was only following Yuuri around that had lead him to different places*

Yuuri - *still grinning* "Really? Okay... that makes sense..."

Wolfram - "What about you? What kind of places do you like?"

Yuuri - *smiles sweetly at him, tilting his head as if wondering if the blond even had to question it* "Wherever you are, I like."

Wolfram - *smiles back at him* "Now you're just sucking up..."

Yuuri - *holds up his hands in defense* "Fine, I'll make up something... umm... I like ballparks best."

Wolfram - *snorts* "You would..."

Yuuri - *shrugs* "They only come second to being with you."

Wolfram - *laughs a little, but doesn't say anything against it/it's not like he didn't feel pretty much the same - he didn't care where he was as long as Yuuri was there, too* "Do you know what my favorite time of day is?"

Yuuri - *blinks at him* "Uhh... no...?" *what kind of question was that?*

Wolfram - *smiles at him sweetly, batting his eyelashes at him and trying his best to look cute and adorable* "The times I get to see you."

Yuuri - *groans a little at his words, but smiles at him* "I should have been able to guess that..."

Wolfram - *laughs a little more, moving closer to him* "Other than that, I like night time, because I can sleep without anyone bothering me and telling me I shouldn't be in bed."

Yuuri - *lifts a hand to brush lightly at his cheek, zoning out a little as he watched him* "Yeah... night..."

Wolfram - *continues to smile, leaning into his touch* "Sleeping is my favorite hobby, second only to following you around..."

Yuuri - *continues to stare at him, but blinking out of it a little at the mention of his favorite hobby/flushing lightly* "I bet you can guess what mine is..."

Wolfram - *lifts an eyebrow* "Playing baseball and running away from your paperwork at every opportunity?"

Yuuri - *sputters lightly* "Well... I guess..."

Wolfram - *laughs at him, moving even closer, cuddling up next to him* "I like when you run away from your paperwork, too. I get to spend more time with you."

Yuuri - *wraps his arm around the blond to pull him closer to him, though careful not to knock the table* "I like that too... when I get to be with you more..."

Wolfram - *looks around the establishment for a quick second, before glancing back at him/lowers his voice to speak quietly* "Do you know what else I like?"

Yuuri - *watches him curiously as he looks around/quietly back* "What?"

Wolfram - *smiles a little, blushing only a bit* "I like when you kiss me..."

Yuuri - *stares at him for a moment, then slowly leans closer to kiss him*

Wolfram - *pulls back a little before he can, looking around again* "Wait... is it... is it okay to... to do that here?"

Yuuri - *pouts a little as he pulls back from him* "It's not like we're bothering anyone..."

Wolfram - "But..." *blushes a little more* "Is it improper...?"

Yuuri - *blinks at him, sighing a bit* "It's fine... I won't if you're uncomfortable... I just... I like it when you kiss me, too..."

Wolfram - "No... I just..." *looks around again, before glancing back at him shyly* "I just don't know if people here kiss... in public..."

Yuuri - *watches him, blushing lightly at how cute he was* "Yeah... I mean... just a kiss is fine... and it's not like we're complete strangers... that would be kinda weird..."

Wolfram - *nods slightly, flushing a little more, but if Yuuri said there was nothing wrong with it then he couldn't do anything but believe him/leans in to kiss him lightly*

Yuuri - *kisses him lightly back, not wanting to get carried away like he usually did, then pulls back to smile at him* "I love you..."

Wolfram - *smiles back at him sweetly* "I love you, too..."

Yuuri - *glances around for the clock again, still smiling* "Hey, we can start heading back to the store if you wanted..."

Wolfram - *immediately looks excited* "Really?"

Yuuri - *leans in to give him another quick kiss before nodding* "If you're ready."

Wolfram - *nods back at him, grabbing on to one of his hands* "I am." *he wanted his ring!*

Yuuri - *laughs lightly, holding onto his hand as he moved out of the seat, helping the blond out behind him* "Then let's go."

Wolfram - *follows him and climbs out of the seat, allowing Yuuri to lead/it's not like he had any idea where to go anyway*

Yuuri - *double checks to make sure they had everything, and pausing to make sure Wolfram was bundled up like he was supposed to be before leading him back out into the cold and down the street*

Wolfram - *sighs lightly at Yuuri's concern for the state of his winter clothing, thinking that he really worried too much/he'd hardly noticed the cold the entire time/follows him as usual, holding tightly to his hand and walking closely by his side* "Will you tell me what you got engraved into it now?"

Yuuri - *grins a bit at the mention of the engraving/pauses to glance down at him before the blinking light said it was safe to cross the road* "You'll find out soon enough..."

Wolfram - *pouts up at him, tugging on his arm a little* "Tell me..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head, grinning more* "Nope!"

Wolfram - *pouts more* "Please...?"

Yuuri - *sputters lightly at his begging* "Stop that! You'll have it in just a little bit! You're going to make me spoil it!"

Wolfram - *pouts even more, but grows quiet, continuing to follow Yuuri*

Yuuri - *shakes his head lightly, though more amused than anything* "You're such a brat..."

Wolfram - *grumbles* "Not my fault..."

Yuuri - *glances down at him as he grumbled* "Aww... don't be like that... You're my brat... and I love you..."

Wolfram - *keeps grumbling* "I love you, too... even if you are a jerk... and a wimp..."

Yuuri - *pouts playfully at him* "I am not a wimp..." *but he doesn't deny the jerk part...?*

Wolfram - "Yes, you are..."

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes* "I already know where this is going... just claim your victory and get it over with..."

Wolfram - *grins up at him* "Fine. I win."

Yuuri - *reaches around with his other hand to give him a light tap on the nose* "Yeah, yeah..."

Wolfram - *wrinkles his nose and bats his hand away* "Wimp..."

Yuuri - *grins at him* "Brat..."

Wolfram - *shrugs, unconcerned* "Yours."

Yuuri - *apparently greatly amused* "Mine." *comes to a stop once they reach the diamond store, though still grinning down at the blond*

Wolfram - *looks to the store, and then back up at Yuuri* "Now will you tell me what it'll say?"

Yuuri - *shakes his head, still grinning* "You can see for yourself..."

Wolfram - *gives him a cute smile* "But I want to hear you say it."

Yuuri - *raises an eyebrow at him/not about to give in* "I assure you, you've heard me say it before." *grins again, reaching out to pull the door open and lead the blond inside* "Come on, now."

Wolfram - *still looking up at him, raising an eyebrow curiously/follows him in and tries to guess what it would say* "'I love you?'"

Yuuri - *glances back, grinning more* "I love you, too. But not quite."

Wolfram - *tries again* "'Brat?'"

Yuuri - *snorts* "No... Come on... you can see it for yourself."

Wolfram - *whines, tugging on his arm again* "Tell me..."

Yuuri - *practically ignores the blond's begging, though grinning widely in amusement/makes his way up to the lady that helped them before, asking if the ring was ready/she tells them she'd go back to get it for them and to just wait a minute*

Wolfram - *pouts up at Yuuri/he sucked at the whole waiting thing/tries begging again* "Please...?"

Yuuri - *shakes his head yet again, clamping his mouth shut to stop from laughing*

Wolfram - "Please...?"

Yuuri - *sighs lightly, hanging his head a bit* "Okay...."

Wolfram - *immediately looks excited again* "Really?"

Yuuri - *snorts* "No..."

Wolfram - *hits him lightly in the shoulder* "Jerk..."

Lady - *comes back from the back, her paid smile plastered on her face/hands Yuuri the ring box as well as a folder with the receipt and information about the ring itself* "Thank you for your business. Please come back to visit us again." *gives them both a small bow of thanks before going off to help some one else*

Yuuri - *watches the woman leave before carefully opening the box to inspect the engraving, as well as the ring in general/making sure to keep it out of Wolfram's reach though/nods lightly in approval at it before shutting the box again*

Wolfram - *gapes at him/wasn't he going to give it to him??/tries to grab the box*

Yuuri - *clicks his tongue lightly, holding the box farther away from him* "Hey, now..."

Wolfram - *stops to gape at him some more/what the hell?! he'd waited nearly two hours for that thing!!* "Yuuri..."

Yuuri - *smiles down at him* "At least let me give it to you properly!"

Wolfram - *huffs and pouts, crossing his arms over his chest*

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes/moves away from the counter so he could get down on one knee, holding the closed box securely in his hand so that Wolfram wouldn't snatch it away*

Wolfram - *stands there and waits/starts to tap one of his feet impatiently as he looks down at him, but doesn't say anything since this seemed to be important to Yuuri, or at least something he'd wanted/he'd told the wimp he'd indulge him, right?*

Yuuri - *shakes his head, laughing lightly at the tapping foot, but doesn't say anything about it* "Wolfram... I love you and I've already given you my heart... I want to spend the rest of my life with you, if you'll let me."

Wolfram - *okay, it was really nice and sweet to hear him say those sorts of things, but did he have to take his sweet time with it??/pouts down at him*

Yuuri - *laughs lightly again, seeing his impatience/opens up the box to hold out to him*

Wolfram - *instantly reaches to grab at it*

Yuuri - *watches him carefully waiting for him to find the simple little engraving of 'Yours' inside the ring, in what looked like his own handwriting - which had improved greatly since he was in high school/had to take a little extra time to write it out so that the engraver would get all the markings of the foreign language correct*

Wolfram - *takes the ring out of the box and looks it over, smiling widely/spies the engraving on the inside and brings the ring up closer so he can get a better look at it, easily recognizing the markings/reads over it quickly, and then grins brightly, letting out a little laugh as he looks back down at Yuuri, nodding as if to say 'Yes. Mine.'/slips the ring onto his left ring finger, holding his hand out to watch the diamond sparkle*

Yuuri - *smiles up at him for a bit longer before getting up from the ground/takes a step closer to him, kissing his cheek* "Are you happy now?"

Wolfram - *nods at him again, looking at the ring a little longer before pouncing, wrapping his arms around his neck and hugging him tightly* "I love you! I love you, I love you, I love you!! And I promise I'll be good, and proper, and sweet, and I'll do whatever you want!!" *hell, he'd worship the ground he walked on now* "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!"

Yuuri - *a little startled by the pounce, but quickly wraps his arms around him to hold him tight/ha... how long would that last? Wolfram was Wolfram after all/laughs, hugging him tightly back* "I love you, too... and you're very welcome. It's the least I could do after everything you've done for me..."

Wolfram - *doesn't really think he deserves it - sure, he'd done a lot for Yuuri, he supposed, but he'd also been spoiled, and selfish, and unaccepting, and mean on more than one occasion/not that he's going to complain at all/pulls back enough to be able to kiss him*

Yuuri - *kisses the blond back, smiling lightly into it/pulls back after a little bit to smile lovingly down at him/quietly* “I love you.”

Wolfram - *smiles back, still uber excited about his ring, and prepared to do whatever the heck Yuuri wanted to pay him back* "I love you, too..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head in amusement* "Did you want to head back to the house now? Are you getting tired?"

Wolfram - *tired? hardly. he was way to happy and excited to feel any fatigue at the moment* "I don't care. We can go anywhere you want. I feel fine." *better than fine/he felt ecstatic*

Yuuri - *laughs a little* "We can go look for places for our honeymoon... I don't really know what else we could do tonight... It's starting to get a bit late... and Shori is probably having a heart attack and thinking that we wrecked his car and died... - which won't happen, I promise..."

Wolfram - *nods enthusiastically, still holding onto him, not even bothering to hit him for making jokes about the car again* "Anything..."

Yuuri - *laughs again, not really wanting to let go of the blond, but was starting to notice the murmuring among the people in the store about them/still smiling* "Then let's go back and look, okay? Er... that means you'll have to let me go... You won't be able to walk like that."

Wolfram - "Oh..." *looks between the two of them as if he hadn't even realized he was still clinging/slowly backs away from him, flushing a little bit* "Sorry..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head/amused/he was so cute!* "Don't be... I like it when you do that. It's just a little troublesome when it comes to moving..."

Wolfram - *nods, taking hold of his hand instead, squeezing tightly/lifts his other hand to stare at the ring again, thinking he now understood the significance of it now better than he had when Yuuri had first tried to explain it to him*

Yuuri - *watches him for a bit, then heads back out into the cold and down the street again towards the parking deck/teases* "Good thing I'm holding your hand... with the way you're staring at your ring, you're bound to start walking into walls..."

Wolfram - "Mmmm..." *is much too busy staring to really care about running into anything*

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes/apparently he was out of it for the time being/lets him stare, carefully leading him through the evening crowds and back to the car, beeping the car unlocked and pulling the door open for him*

Wolfram - *doesn't even hear the beeping that had startled him both times before/wordlessly gets into the car/continues to stare in awe/he was now officially one of the extremely few people in the world - well... his world - who owned a diamond, and Yuuri had been the one to give it to him - if that wasn't love, he didn't know what was*

Yuuri - *watches him curiously for another moment before rolling his eyes and carefully shutting the door to go around to the other side to get in the drivers seat*

Wolfram - *more staring, and he has a goofy little smile on his face*

Yuuri - *tries not to laugh as he reaches over to help buckle the blond in, being careful not to obstruct the direct line of vision to his new ring for very long/buckles up as well and pulls out to head home -after fiddling a little with the heat and volume controls for a bit, of course*

Wolfram - *la dee da~ stare, stare/thinks that his mother was seriously going to die when she saw it, and then probably whine about trying it on for herself, but he had absolutely no intention of ever taking it off*

Yuuri - *drives back home in almost complete silence - if it wasn't for the light classical music playing in the background, of course/pulls up in the drive and puts the car in park, then gets out and goes around to hold open the door for the blond, holding out his hand for him to take*

Wolfram - *hardly notices, but does manage to give Yuuri his hand, still a little dumbfounded/thinks for a moment that he must look incredibly silly*

Yuuri - *locks the car and carefully leads the blond back to the house - making sure they didn't step on any black ice or whatever - pulling the door open and ushering him inside/wonders if his parents are already asleep... it got darker out faster than he thought it would/to the blond, trying to help take his coat and things off* "We're back..." *jeez... he must be pretty out of it...*

Wolfram - *finally snaps back to awareness and looks at him* "Huh...?" *glances around, realizing that they were, indeed, back at the house* "Oh..."

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes a bit at him/he was really cute/teases again* "I'm going to help you take your coat off, okay? Nothing's going to happen to the ring in the few seconds you won't be able to see it..."

Wolfram - *looks at him a little more, as if he didn't quite understand what he was saying, then he pouts - was Yuuri making fun of him??/huffs and allows Yuuri to help him*

Yuuri - *grins wide at the blond, carefully taking the sleeves to help pull the coat off, hanging it back in the closet* "Sit down... You have to take off your shoes too." *well... his mom's shoes...*

Wolfram - *carefully sits himself down, holding out his feet for Yuuri to do it for him/he would have done it himself, but the shoes in this world were weird*

Yuuri - *unlaces and pulls off the shoes to set them aside, frowning a bit as he touched Wolfram's ankles/places the shoes down before touching Wolfram's feet again, frowning worriedly at him* "Wolf... you should have told me that your feet were cold..."

Wolfram - *looks down at his feet and shrugs* "I didn't notice..." *of course, now that Yuuri had mentioned it and focused his attention on them, he realized with slight surprise that he was freezing*

Yuuri - *frowns at him more, rubbing his feet lightly/grumbles about how he needed to focus more on himself than silly trinkets that could easily be replaced*

Wolfram - *frowns at him, easily hearing him grumble* "It is not silly and it can not be replaced."

Yuuri - *frowns sadly at him* "You're the one who can't be replaced..."

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes* "Of course I can't. But you're the one who made such a big deal about getting a ring in the first place. You can't just talk about it like that when I'm finally able to understand what you meant."

Yuuri - *sighs at him, pulling away only to take off his own coat and shoes and putting them back where they belonged/standing up and reaching his hand out to help the blond up* "Fine... but let's find you some blankets... and pajamas..."

Wolfram - *lets himself be helped up, shivering just a little, but he didn't think it was so bad - better than being out in the middle of no where in the cold, that was for sure, or back at the castle with a cold wind and chill draft; if there was one good thing about Earth - besides the fact that they seemed to have a rather steady supply of diamonds - it was that they were very efficient in keeping their dwellings warm in the winter*

Yuuri - *leads Wolfram through the house, still holding tightly to his hand/ignores practically everything and heads right up the stairs to his room, pulling open the closet and tugging down a thick blanket, wrapping it and his arms around the blond/sighs lightly* "I'm sorry for what I said about the ring... I'm just worried about you..."

Wolfram - "You don't have to worry. I'm fine." *that didn't stop him from cuddling, though/he was all for some cuddling*

Yuuri - *sighs again, nodding to him/continues to hold him with one arm as he goes back to the closet to start searching for pajamas to wear, pulling out some for himself before digging for some for Wolfram/mumbles* "None of my clothes are going to fit you..."

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes* "Obviously." *they hadn't the last time he'd tried wearing Yuuri's pajamas... not that the night shirt had stayed on for very long anyway...*

Yuuri - *digs a bit more before sighing and pulling out some with at least a draw string in the waistband* "Sorry... I think mom's already asleep... otherwise I'd find something better for you..."

Wolfram - *shakes his head* "I don't really care, Yuuri." *and he didn't, really; except he did have an odd liking for wearing Yuuri's clothes, though he'd never admit it - it was like being completely surrounded by him*

Yuuri - *sighs once more, finally letting the blond go, handing him the clothes to get changed - and hopefully quickly -- and couldn't someone have at least moved the stupid pool of water from the middle of his room to a better location?!*

Wolfram - *takes the clothes from him, removing the blanket from around his shoulders to begin taking off his clothing, awkwardly reaching behind himself to undo the bow on the borrowed shirt/changes quickly, still shivering a little, slipping on the pajamas and trying to make them fit decently/tightens the string at the waist of the pants as much as he can, though as he looked down he realized the pants themselves were long, covering his feet entirely, and putting him in danger of tripping*

Yuuri - *finishes pulling on his pajamas, tugging the shirt down over his head before looking down at Wolfram's feet/kneels down in front of him/grumbles about how the clothes were definitely much too big for him* "Lift your foot..."

Wolfram - *lifts his foot as he's told, carefully balancing on the other one*

Yuuri - *carefully rolls up the bottom of the pant leg some so he wouldn't trip and kill himself/lets him put his foot down before moving onto the other*

Wolfram - *lifts his other foot up, balancing again/thinks he could have easily done this himself, but isn't about to start bickering with Yuuri again*

Yuuri - *nods at his work before reaching behind him to the closet again to pull out a pair of socks - yeah, they were going to be huge on him too... but at least his feet would be a little warmer.../holds one sock in front of the blond's foot* "Lift..."

Wolfram - *raises his eyebrow, but does as he's told/was beginning to think more seriously on the idea that Yuuri had a strange fetish and enjoyed dressing him up*

Yuuri - *tugs on the socks for the blond, tucking them carefully under the rolled cuffs of the pants before pulling out a pair for himself to pull on/picks up the blanket from the ground as he stands to wrap around him again/watches him worriedly* "Are you feeling any warmer...?"

Wolfram - *nods at him, then looks down at himself* "I feel more ridiculous than anything else..."

Yuuri - *winces a little* "Sorry..."

Wolfram - *shakes his head/continues to look at himself/thoughtfully* "Maybe I should invest in some clothing of my own..." *because he fully planned on coming here more often, and it would be a little weird to constantly be wearing Miko's clothes and Yuuri's oversized pajamas*

Yuuri - *blinks at him curiously before nodding a bit excitedly* "Yeah! You'll definitely have to get clothes to wear for the honeymoon!"

Wolfram - *looks up at him curiously/not that he'd expected to be wearing some else's clothes when they went on their honeymoon, but he had no clue as to what would be acceptable* "Like what?"

Yuuri - *blinks at him again before crossing his arms over his chest to think* "Well... I guess just clothes in general... nightclothes... and enough clothes to bring with us on our trip... and something to wear if we go anywhere fancyish... or to a club..." *grins at that thought - not that he'd ever take Wolfram to a club! waaay too many sketchy people there...*

Wolfram - *gives him a confused look* "What's a 'club'?" *like, those things you hit people with? didn't really understand how they'd 'go to' one of those, or why...*

Yuuri - *shakes his head lightly, still grinning* "It's a place were people go to listen to loud music and party... But I'm never taking you to one of those... I was just kidding about it."

Wolfram - *frowns a little* "Why not?"

Yuuri - *raises an eyebrow at him* "Because... There're too many people in too little a dark place and I do not want to risk anything happening to you..."

Wolfram - *looks even more confused* "Why would people listen to music in the dark?"

Yuuri - *shrugs* "Probably because it's more exciting... or something... Like... not knowing what's there since it's dark... --Which is exactly why we're never going!" *pouts*

Wolfram - *still doesn't really get it* "Why would something happen to me?"

Yuuri - *opens his mouth, then closes it, shaking his head* "Because! I...” *pouts more* "It's dangerous... I was just saying it as a joke... We're not going..." *really... taking Wolfram to a club... like that was going to happen... it was like... a bar... but worse... or... something like that...*

Wolfram - "Why is it dangerous?"

Yuuri - *sputters at him/note to self - don't start confusing Wolfram with needless things* "Because people go in to have a fun time, but there are also those who would drink and do drugs and very inappropriate things... and people also go there to meet other people to flirt with and some even hope to convince others to go home with them for a one night stand... and then there are those who get desperate and go to even greater extremes to get with someone... and that sometimes results in horrible things happening... Which is why we're not going!"

Wolfram - *thinks about it all for a second/wonders how Yuuri knows that* "Have you ever been to one before?"

Yuuri - *gawks at him/sarcastic* "All the time! Every time I come here I go to one. Especially since I have so much free time on my hands..." *pauses, sighing a little in frustration* "No! I haven't!"

Wolfram - "Oh..." *didn't really know if he likes Yuuri's recent show of sarcasm/he must be rubbing off on him or something/pauses before asking another question* "What's a one night stand?"

Yuuri - *sputters again, but takes a deep breath to control himself a bit* "It's when people usually sleep together for one night and never see each other again."

Wolfram - *wrinkles his nose in distaste/people did that???* "Why?"

Yuuri - *shrugs* "Because some people don't care what they do..."

Wolfram - *that wasn't very proper at all/whores had better sense than that* "Why not?"

Yuuri - *shrugs again* "Beats me..."

Wolfram - *grumbles a little about how Yuuri wasn't any help/here he was trying his hardest to understand Earth and the behavior of it's inhabitants, and Yuuri just made him even more confused - and curious - than he already was* "That's stupid..." *and extremely immoral, in his opinion*

Yuuri - *nods at him, taking a step closer to wrap his arms around him again* "I agree..." *okay... he should really hold off on anything that would confuse him... at least as much as he could since he did promise that he would try and answer all his questions*

Wolfram - *cuddles close to him/sighs lightly, content*

Yuuri - *holds him for a bit, resting his cheek on top of the blond's head/pulls back some after a while to grin down at him* "Wanna go bug Shori into letting us use his computer to look for honeymoon locations?"

Wolfram - *blinks up at him* "What's a computer?"

Yuuri - *oops.. crap...* "It's a box that has a whole bunch of information stored inside of it... and when you type in certain things, it can bring up just about whatever it is you're looking for. It's very useful."

Wolfram - *tilts his head to the side* "Type?"

Yuuri - *...* "Uhh... instead of writing... you push buttons that will write out whatever you type onto the screen."

Wolfram - "Oh..." *yeah, sure, like he understood/he didn't get it at all/why was everything about this world so confusing???*

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes a bit/he didn't get it, did he?* "I'll show you... okay?"

Wolfram - *nods, and waits for him to lead him/it's not as if he knew where this 'computer' thing was after all, although he supposed it was in Shori's room, since Yuuri had mentioned bugging him about it*

Yuuri - *pulls away from the blond just for a second to fish out Shori's card from his wallet, tossing it back in his desk drawer, and his keys before wrapping an arm around the blond again to lead him out into the hall/pauses in front of Shori's door to knock on it lightly/grins* "Sho-chan~ I know you're still awake~ It's Yuu-chan~"

Shori - *had been dutifully typing up an e-mail before being so annoyingly interrupted/of course he'd know Yuuri was home - he'd heard the door shut as he and his fiancé had gone into his room - but he'd been too busy reading over things and trying to get up and see how much money they'd spent/turns around in his little rolly swivel chair to glance at the door* "You can open it yourself."

Yuuri - *cracks the door open just a bit to grin at his brother* "Hey, Sho-chan~ What are you doing...~?"

Shori - *what the heck was he talking like that for??* "I'm working..." *if you could call writing e-mails to random people 'working'*

Yuuri - *pushes the door open a little more* "Oh..."

Wolfram - *stands by Yuuri, silent*

Shori - *swivels back around to face his computer again, going back to typing quickly* "What do you want?"

Yuuri - *fakes a shocked gasp* "What makes you think that I want something? Can't I just come in with my absolutely beautiful fiancé and talk with my wonderful older brother for a bit? It's not like I get to see you very often..." *fakes a sad pout now*

Shori - "Uh huh..." *still typing/yeah, he obviously wanted something* "Did you break my car?"

Yuuri - *sputters* "No!" *really... is that all he cared about?* "And even if I did, shouldn't you be asking if we're alright first??"

Shori- *shrugs, keeping his eyes focused on his glowing computer screen* "Would you be here if you weren't?"

Yuuri - *pouts, tugging at Wolfram a little to make him follow behind him into the room* "I brought your keys back..." *jingles them a little in his hand*

Wolfram - *follows him, cautiously looking around and keeping himself quiet*

Shori - *hardly turns his attention away from the screen, but holds one of his hands out for the keys*

Yuuri - *pouts some, but drops the keys and card into his hand* "Thanks for letting me borrow it..." *grumbles again about the stupid, really cool car*

Shori - *takes both keys and card from him, dropping the keys onto his desk with a light 'clang'/listens to his younger brother grumble/really, did Yuuri think no one could hear him when he did that?* "It was either the car or a motorcycle, and I figured the car would be safer, not to mention if I'd gotten a bike mom would have either freaked out or been oddly excited about it and asked for a ride..." *he wasn't really one for motorcycles anyway/he just thought they looked cool*

Yuuri - *blinks at his brother, flushing lightly/his grumbling was not loud!/pouts a little in embarrassment* "Yeah... mom's weird like that..."

Shori - *shrugs* "And it's not like you need a car anyway." *turns to smirk at him, teasing* "Don't you have yourself a couple of fine horses?"

Yuuri - *puffs out his chest a bit* "Yes, I do have a few horses. Very nice horses. Nicer than your car. And they have feelings, unlike your car. And they can be shiny too if they're brushed enough. I like horses." *rambles*

Wolfram - *snorts/it had taken him long enough to learn how to ride them without panicking and screaming like a girl*

Shori - *shrugs again, before handing the card back to him* "Here. You can keep it. I've got plenty more, and you need some spending money whenever you decide to come back."

Yuuri - *gawks at him in surprise, cautiously taking the card back from him* "Really...?" *er... be probably already wiped out all his spending money already...*

Shori - *gives him an 'are you stupid?' look* "How else do you expect to pay for things?"

Yuuri - *pouts a little at the look he got, fingering the card some* "I dunno..."

Shori - *shakes his head at him* "How much did you spend tonight, anyway?"

Wolfram - *again feels a little guilty for wanting such an expensive ring, but the moment he looks down at it that guilt completely washes away/sighs - it was so pretty...*

Yuuri - *winces a little, lifting the hand with the card to rub at the back of his neck* "Uhhh... W-well..."

Shori - *raises an eyebrow, fully expecting an answer/he didn't really care if Yuuri was spending his money; he just wanted to know what he was spending it on - not that he couldn't just go online and look at the account transactions or whatever, but while he had Yuuri here he may as well make him sweat and feel bad for a second or two*

Yuuri - *rubs a little more at the back of his head before mumbling* "We just went out and ordered the flowers... and had some dessert... and" *cough* "bought a ring..."

Shori - *raises his eyebrow further* "A ring?" *a ring???*

Yuuri - *laughs a little nervously* "Y-yeah... I wanted to get Wolfram a ring... we're engaged after all... marriage... two weeks... stuff like that..."

Shori - *looks at him a little more before going back to focusing on his computer, bringing up another little window to check on those account transactions to see the exact amount that had been spent/gapes a little at how much he'd spent at the florist - who knew flowers could cost so much?/gapes even more at the amount listed next to the name of one of the city's jewelry stores* "Holy sh---" *cuts himself off, lowering his voice, not wanting their mom to pop her head in and go 'Sho-chan! Language!'* "That's expensive..."

Wolfram - *winces lightly*

Yuuri - *winces also* "I-I'll pay you back... I'm sure it won't be a problem... I hope... I mean... when you're over for the wedding, you can take what you could use back with you and... yeah..."

Shori - *snorts at him/he honestly didn't really care; it was just surprising how expensive something as small as a ring could really be/well... at least now he knew what an appropriate amount to spend was - he'd have to keep that in mind in the future/shakes his head* "Don't worry about it. There's still a good bit left that you haven't spent. I'll just transfer in some money from one of my other accounts to make up the difference." *types at the keyboard and clicks at his mouse to do just that*

Yuuri - *jaw drops a little at him, though he guesses he shouldn't be too surprised that his brother was loaded... he was going to be a demon king as well, right? that, and who knew what kind of business the guy did for work.../doesn't really know what to say to him* "T-thanks, Shori..." *that was pathetic... really... 'Thanks Shori'?? bah...*

Shori - *waves a hand at him/grumbles to himself* "I swear this is a Hollywood film just waiting to happen. Boy saves friend from school bullies. Boy receives Swirly of Doom. Boy awakens in strange, new world. Boy become Demon King. Boy meets Girly-boy. Boy accidentally proposes to Girly-boy. Boy goes on many adventures. Boy denies any attraction to Girly-boy. Boy whines about liking girls. Girly-boy dies. Boy gets mad. Girly-boy comes back to life. Boy is possessed by the soul of a dead king. Boy saves the world. Boy comes home. Boy finds a way back. Boy spends the next few years agonizing over his sexual identity. Boy and Girly-boy eventually get together. Boy buys Girly-boy a ring. Boy and Girly-boy get married. Boy and Girly-boy have a large brood of annoying kids. Boy and Girly-boy live happily ever after. The end. Or is it? There could be a sequel."

Yuuri - *frowns at him, huffing a bit* "Whatever..." *was he jealous, or something?? sheesh...*

Shori - "All you need is a sappy love song for a theme and you'll be set."

Yuuri - *mock laughs at him* "Yeah... You think you're funny..." *must run in the family...*

Shori - *still looking at his computer and rambling about Yuuri's strange relationship - or rather the strange way it had come about/he doesn't really care if he was gay or whatever, it had just all happened sort of randomly/but then their family was built on randomness, so he supposes he shouldn't be surprised* "Something grossly sappy..." *'cause apparently there are different levels of sappiness* "Like 'Love Me Tender,' 'More Than Words,' 'I Will Always Love You,' 'Endless Love,' 'I'll Make Love to You,' 'I'd Do Anything For Love,' 'My Heart Will Go On,' 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing,' 'This I Promise You,' '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You,' 'You Are So Beautiful,' 'Save The Best for Last, ' 'Because You Loved Me.'" *hey, just because he was overprotective didn't mean he didn't enjoy teasing him*

Yuuri - *listens to him ramble in complete shock for a while before making himself snap out of it/lets go of the blond to lunge at his brother, trying to cover his mouth or ... whatever! if only it got him to stop! it was embarrassing!* "Shori!! Come on! Knock it off!! I don't make fun of you!!" *as much... er... yeah*

Shori - *easily bats his hands away/for all Yuuri had grown, he was still bigger... and smarter, but that wasn't the point* "Name one of your kids after me, okay?"

Yuuri - *flushes bright red/sputters* "What?! Shori!!" *what was there to say to that?!*

Shori - *easily notes his blush* "Unless there won't be any kids, which wouldn't be surprising at all. It took you long enough to get over your denial, there's no telling how long it'll take to get over your squeamishness about sleeping together. I suppose you haven't really grown up after all." *not that he wanted his little brother sleeping with anyone*

Yuuri - *sputters yet again, blushing even darker, if that was possible!/he didn't want his brother to know that he was... very, very wrong about that... it was awkward!/squeaks embarrassedly, clinging to him and tugging at his shirt, begging* "Shori!! Please!"

Shori - *shakes his head* "You're too young anyway; too young to be married, too young to be sleeping around. You know, rushing in to things can often ruin a marriage."

Wolfram - *stands back and watches them, frowning and pouting, but remains silent/he really didn't have much of anything to say anyway*

Yuuri - *will the sputters of shock and embarrassment ever stop? apparently not* "I'm not a kid anymore, Shori! I'm the king of a country, for heaven's sake! And there's no way I'm rushing into anything! I know what I'm doing and our marriage will definitely not be ruined!" *jerk!*

Shori - "Sure." *starts clicking some random things on his computer* "Let's look at some diagrams then, shall we? We'll test the level of your squeamishness."

Yuuri - "What the hell??" *diagrams of what?!/quickly reaches over to try and grab the mouse away from his brother/stupid jerk!*

Shori - *keeps the mouse away from him to the best of his abilities/still teasing him, pulling some pictures up onto the screen* "Oh, look what we have here. Pornography."

Wolfram - *gapes at the screen, then his face goes completely red and he turns away/he did not want to see that!!!*

Yuuri - *flushes bright red, quickly closing his eyes, but still trying to get the mouse away from him/what the hell????* "Shori!! Wolfram's in here! Knock it off!!!"

Shori - "What, is he squeamish, too? Well, he's gotta learn some time." *pulls up more pictures, trying not to laugh out loud and attract the attention of their parents*

Wolfram - *thinks he's been traumatized and scarred for life*

Yuuri - *quickly getting annoyed, not to mention embarrassed as hell!!/flails blindly at Shori's face as well as the mouse* "Stop it!! What do you want from me?!"

Shori - "Well, for starters, I'd like for you to answer my question from earlier at dinner. Flaming homo or switch-hitter?" *not that it mattered at all, he was just being a nosy big brother*

Yuuri - *another sputter/already maxed out with the blushing* "I-I don't know! It's only Wolfram, okay?? So I wouldn't know!!" *maybe just answering his stupid questions will make him shut up!*

Shori - "Ah. Little boys who look like girls. Nice perversion you have there, Yuu-chan." *more teasing/was it his fault Yuuri was easy to tease?/this was revenge for staying away so long all the time/he should know better than to worry his big brother*

Yuuri - *begging/whining* "Shooorrii!! Stop!!!"

Shori - "Hmmmm... I bet it'd be really easy to find some pictures of that online." *pulls up his browser as if to start searching*

Yuuri - *groans, giving up completely/moves away from his brother opening his eyes only once his back was to the screen to take hold of Wolfram's shoulders* "Forget it! Come on, Wolf! We don't need to be in here!"

Wolfram - *would be more than happy to leave/is still pretty traumatized*

Shori - "Hold it!" *turns in his chair to watch them, crossing his arms over his chest* "You came in here for something, didn't you?" *it had been more than obvious when he'd stepped into the room that Yuuri had wanted more than to return his keys and card* "If you'd told me what it was in the first place, you wouldn't have had to go through all this."

Yuuri - *shoots a small glare at his brother over his shoulder as he petted at Wolfram's shoulders* "What do you care? You'll just make fun of me more!" *stupid, stupid jerk!*

Shori - *shrugs* "You don't know that. I could help you."

Yuuri - *lets out a small huff* "We were going to look for a place to spend our honeymoon."

Shori - *stares at him in silence for a moment, trying to hold himself back, but eventually can't stop himself from laughing* "Your honeymoon?? Oh, that will work out well." *sarcastic/he could only imagine* "Do you know what people normally do on their honeymoons, Yuu-chan?"

Yuuri - *pushes at Wolfram a bit to start heading for the door* "Forget it, then!"

Wolfram - *allows himself to be pushed, glad for it*

Shori - "Hey, wait." *Jee, could Yuuri not take a joke??* "Alright, already, you can use my computer." *clicks out all of the windows he'd brought up, making sure anything that was important was saved before standing from his chair*

Yuuri - *frowns over his shoulder at him/jerk...*

Shori - "In the meantime, I'm going downstairs for a drink, then I'm going to watch the television in the hopes of erasing from my mind of the thought of you and Wolfram in bed together." *yeah, as much as he teased him about it, big brother really didn't need to know that much*

Yuuri - *lets out a huff before finally turning Wolfram back around and leading him over to the computer - after he double checked that it was safe, of course/mumbles under his breath, still a bit annoyed* "Thanks..."

Shori - *shrugs and leaves the room, shutting the door behind him*

Wolfram - *steps over to the glowing box that was known as a computer cautiously, giving it a dirty look*

Yuuri - *lets out a sigh, moving over to the chair and sitting down/holds out his arms for Wolfram to sit in his lap/still embarrassed, too* "I'm really, really, really sorry about that, Wolf..."

Wolfram - *climbs into his lap and cuddles, not looking at the screen/what was with the people in this word???*

Yuuri - *cuddles with him a bit, lifting a hand to brush at his hair/quietly, though can pretty much guess what his answer would be after all that* "Are you okay...?"

Wolfram - *was he okay? was he okay??? of course he wasn't!!/grumbles* "No..."

Yuuri - *winces, cuddling with him even more, stroking at his hair* "I'm sorry... I really am..."

Wolfram - *grumbles about dirty humans and their disgusting perversions*

Yuuri - *winces again/pauses for a moment, then moves his hand from petting at him down to take his left hand, holding it up so the blond could see his ring again/obviously hoping to distract him* "I love you..."

Wolfram - *grumbles some more* "I love you, too..." *jee, and he called Yuuri a pervert? he was nothing compared to --- Oooh... his ring... so~ pretty~*