Part Forty-Five

[coveringthebase]

Very Brief Recap
- Wolfie is happy and gets a shiny diamond~!
- And Shori's a jerk... but we love him, anyway

Covering the Bases
Part Fourty-Five - On Tour

Yuuri - *pulls his hand away once Wolfram was holding his hand up on his own, moving back to pet at his hair some/leans closer to kiss him on the cheek quickly before scooting the chair closer to the computer and reaching for the mouse to start up the internet*

Wolfram - *pretty ring, pretty ring/briefly wonders if Yuuri would ever consider buying him any more jewelry - not that he wore much, but if he got more diamonds... he would seriously consider punching holes in his ears like his mother had suggested once*

Yuuri - *has a little difficulty since he's only using one hand, but slowly starts pulling up pages on beaches and islands that were warm all year long/eventually had a good number up - about six or so... he only pulled up those he found were the 'best' honeymoon spots according to a few sites he did a quick research on/now he just had to get Wolfram from spacing out* "Wolf...?"

Wolfram - "Hmm...?" *stare stare/a bracelet would be nice, or maybe a necklace, or, if he grew it out, maybe he could get some diamond clips for his hair...*

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes/moves his hand to gently pull Wolfram's hand down so he could no longer see the ring/hoping that would get his attention* "Wolf..."

Wolfram - *tries to pull his hand back so the ring was once again in view* "Hmm...?" *or maybe he could even get diamonds sewn along the edges of his veil... - of course, that would probably take more time than they had, considering his veil was pretty long... sigh...*

Yuuri - *sighs lightly, grinning in amusement at the blond/moves his hand over top of the ring to block it from view* "Wolf... look at the pictures... Where would you like best for our honeymoon?"

Wolfram - *pouts a little, then grumbles about stupid wimps who just didn't understand/looks up at Yuuri and pouts more, before turning to cautiously glance at the glowing square in front of them* "I don't even know where these places are... or what they're called..."

Yuuri - *holds onto the blond's hand, pulling it close and carefully turning it over to kiss his palm before nodding to the screen* "You don't really have to know where these places are... Heck, I don't even know for sure where some of these places are... and I'm not even sure I can even pronounce the names right... But... just look at these... and point out which ones you might like to stay at..."

Wolfram - *doesn't bother trying to pull his hand away/leans closer to the screen to get a better look, though it's not like it was hard to see in the first place*

Yuuri - *watches him carefully for a bit, kissing his palm a couple more times before setting his hand back on his lap, reaching out with his own to move the mouse* "I'm going to change the screen, okay? I'm just going to pull up some pictures so you can see them all together..." *didn't want him to get startled with the image suddenly changing*

Wolfram - "Okay..." *sits there and stares, slightly mesmerized, not exactly by the pictures themselves, but by the piece of technology*

Yuuri - *clicks the mouse a bit, moving the little arrow slowly across the screen as he pulled up pictures to be compared* "Do you see anything you might be interested in?"

Wolfram - *looks at them all carefully* "They all look the same..." *to him - he couldn't really pick out many differences*

Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "Yeah... they do sorta all look the same..." *pulls up another window in the corner to read up on a few of the places*

Wolfram - *looks back at him curiously, raising an eyebrow* "So then how am I supposed to chose if I don't know the difference...?"

Yuuri - *pulls up a picture of one of the black beaches in Hawaii* "Look... that's different, isn't it?" *and another of the Caribbean pink sand beaches* "And those are the ones with pink sand..." *pulls up another picture of one of the water surrounded resorts in Fiji* "And... no beach at all, there."

Wolfram - *looks at all of them, tilting his head to the side* "Why did you say the sand was black?"

Yuuri - "Because of the volcano near it."

Wolfram - *gazes up at him again* "Isn't that dangerous?"

Yuuri - *shakes his head* "I'm not sure if that volcano is active or not... But if it was, I'm sure there's plenty of precautions the people take."

Wolfram - "Does black sand feel different than normal sand?"

Yuuri - *stares up at the ceiling a bit* "It probably does... since it's from a volcano, it's probably a lot lighter than other sand... But... I really wouldn't know..."

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes* "No black sand, then... I don't want to sit on weird feeling sand..."

Yuuri - *grins at him* "Okay, no black sand." *clicks out of the picture and pulls the other pictures closer together*

Wolfram - *looks at the one with the pink sand/points to it* "And how is that sand pink?"

Yuuri - "Uuuhh..." *pulls up a screen to read off the information* "Oh... there's these tiny little shelled animals that are bright red or pink... and when they die, the shells break up and mix in with the rest of the sand."

Wolfram - *wrinkles his nose/dead animal shells??/points to the other picture* "And then why is there no beach here?"

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes a bit at his expression/how else was sand made other than shells and rock...?* "Those are probably just a little off of the beach... That place is really just a whole bunch of islands together... "

Wolfram - "Oh..." *still didn't understand how he was supposed to pick from these/he had no idea which ones were better than others, only that he didn't want weird feeling sand or sand that was a strange color because of dead things* "Which place do you like...?"

Yuuri - *grins at him, pulling up a few pictures of the other islands - a cute little house with a beautiful interior, the pool that went with the house, a picture of the pretty flowers growing around the island, a picture of a swimming area with a waterfall, etc* "I like this place... it's one of the islands there... and the sand is supposed to be very smooth and not shelly at all... and there won't be any other people there to come and bother us and tell us we can't stay in bed all day and just sleep or whatever...."

Wolfram - *tilts his head again, staring at it/it looked nice and he really liked the idea of staying in bed all day long* "What's it called?"

Yuuri - *glances over the information on the screen a bit* "It's called... Matangi Island..." *has no idea if he pronounced that correctly or not, but whatever...* "It's a private island resort in Fiji... and it's supposed to be warm all year long."

Wolfram - "Oh..." *yeah, he totally knew what that was... not* "Is that the only place you like...?" *because it would be nice to have other options, just in case - the two of them did have some pretty crappy luck, after all*

Yuuri - *clicks through some other places* "I like this place a bit, too... It's called Matira Beach... and it's supposed to have really amazing sunsets and crystal-clear water and --" *pauses, reading over the information/wrinkles his nose a bit* "Dolphins like it there too... B-but it's supposed to be a really good place to just be lazy... and according to this site, it's supposed to be the 'most romantic beach' or something like that."

Wolfram - "Hmmm..." *keeps looking/feels really bad that he can't pick a place/he doesn't know anything about this world, so it's not like he knows what would be best and how to judge the difference between one place and the other - they were all just places he'd never seen or heard of before/he had no clue where to even begin* "I... I don't really know, Yuuri... I don't... I can't deicide..."

Yuuri - *leans a bit closer to give him a quick kiss on the cheek* "Did you want me to just keep looking for something and pick one out...? I really can only go off with what the information says about them..."

Wolfram - "Just..." *shakes his head* "You pick one... I don't know what to do or... or how to decide..." *this was really frustrating, or maybe he was just making it frustrating* "I'm sorry... I just don't know what I'm doing..." *leans back against him to cuddle*

Yuuri - *shakes his head, wrapping both his arms around him to cuddle him to his chest* "Don't worry about it. It's okay. I'll figure something out. You don't have to worry about a thing! Just leave it all to me!"

Wolfram - *pouts little/feels pathetic*

Yuuri - *watches him for a bit, then leans down some, kissing his forehead* "Wolf..."

Wolfram - *continues pouting* "Hmmm...?"

Yuuri - "I love you..."

Wolfram - "I love you, too..."

Yuuri - *holds him for a bit longer* "Are you getting tired of this...? I don't want to stress you out with something like this..."

Wolfram - *shrugs* "I just don't know how to choose. It would be better if you did it."

Yuuri - *nods at him* "Don't worry about it, I'll put it all together."

Wolfram - *still worries/he didn't want their honeymoon to be a disaster, or for either of them to be miserable* "I just want things to be perfect..."

Yuuri - *smiles* "I know... I want things to be perfect, too... And it will be perfect.... okay...?"

Wolfram - *keeps on pouting/so far the only thing that had been perfect about this whole engagement/marriage thing was the ring*

Yuuri - *sighs a little at his pouting* "Wolfram... I'll pick out a place... and we'll have the best times of our lives... and we won't have to worry about things like paperwork or Gunter throwing a hissy fit or Gwendal and his glaring or your mom's really embarrassing comments and Conrad's smiling..." *rolls his eyes a bit* "And nothing will go wrong and it will be wonderful because it'll just be us two... together... when it's warm out and definitely not snowing...."

Wolfram - *that doesn't make him feel much better/even when they'd been alone together before, there'd still been problems/trouble just seemed to follow them wherever they went*

Yuuri - *watches him for a bit more, shaking his head* "It'll be really great.... I promise...."

Wolfram - *grumbles about how it wasn't starting out so great if they couldn't even pick a place and they had only two weeks until the wedding*

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes a little at his grumbling, even if it was really cute* "Look... we can go to this place that I showed you... And look at what the inside of this place looks like..." *pulls up pictures as he's talking* "And we can take long baths... and lay out on the beach, under the stars... and on the off chance that it rains - which just might happen since we'll be staying there for a good amount of time - we can fill the bedroom with candles and eat dinner that will be brought for us in bed and talk to each other and whatever else we can think of... and then we can stay up all night long and watch the sun rise in the morning... and then sleep all day... and it's going to be prefect, Wolf... everything will be perfect."

Wolfram - *continues with his grumbling* "But you don't know that..."

Yuuri - *winces a little* "No... I don't know for sure that everything will be absolutely prefect... but... I think I can live with whatever happens as long as you're with me..."

Wolfram - *pouts a little more/why did Yuuri always have to be so sweet when he was having a pessimistic bratty moment?/it made him feel guilty/pouts for a little while longer before looking at the computer screen again* "Which place was that again...?" *not that it would make much of a difference since he had no idea where it was, but whatever*

Yuuri - *grins a little/already xed out of the place with the dolphins* "Fiji... I like the name..."

Wolfram - "Fee-jee..." *continues looking at it, trying to imagine himself and Yuuri there* "Is it expensive...?"

Yuuri - *nods at him again* "Very expensive... "

Wolfram - "And what... what can we do there... besides everything else you said...?" *because as much as he'd just like to sit around and be lazy, he knows Yuuri is more energetic and outgoing and would probably get restless spending so much time doing nothing*

Yuuri - *blinks at him curiously, but pulls up a few more windows with more information* "Well... I don't think you'd enjoy a boat too much... but we could take a helicopter tour over the islands... and... go to the lagoons... and see the waterfalls...."

Wolfram - *continues looking at the computer, though he can't exactly read anything on it/he just wanted to see the pictures/they were pretty* "What's a helicopter?"

Yuuri - *grins, glad it would be easier this time/easily pulls up a picture of a helicopter that would be used for tourists* "That's a helicopter... it flies in the air... and it's a little noisy, but we'll get these giant headphones to block out the sound..."

Wolfram - *blinks* "Oh..." *just another of the many things he didn't understand*

Yuuri - *leans closer to kiss his cheek again* "It'll be lots of fun! Or... *pulls up a picture of what he was talking about* "We could take a hot air balloon instead of a helicopter... it's pretty much the same thing... only goes a lot slower..."

Wolfram - *tilts his head curiously, looking at it/it looked... strange/what the heck??* "What... what is that?"

Yuuri - *amused* "It's a giant balloon filled with hot air to make it fly... sorta... it really just floats... We'd be riding in that basket underneath... There aren't that many people who can say they've been up in a hot air balloon, you know!"

Wolfram - "..." *the flying machine they'd gone in to that Switz place hadn't been so bad, because at least then they'd been completely enclosed, but this balloon thing looked like nothing more than a colorful sack attached to a basket - hardly safe at all* "What happens if someone falls out??" *not that he couldn't already imagine/ker-splat*

Yuuri - *shakes his head a bit* "The basket is really deep... and the balloon will be moving so slow that the only way for someone to fall out... would be if they climbed up over the edge."

Wolfram - "Oh..." *why did it seem as if he'd been saying that a lot lately??* "What about... you said before that we could go to more than one place. Where else can we go??"

Yuuri - *shrugs* "Well... let's see..." *clicks on some windows* "We can travel a bit... see places like Venice..." *pulls up a few pictures for him, showing him the city in the water* "Uhh... They travel the city by these little boats... but it's supposed to be really romantic... And then there's places like Paris..." *pulls up some of Paris with the Eiffel tower* "That's the place with all the lights..."

Wolfram - *cringes at the mention of boats, regardless of the fact that it was supposed to be romantic/glances a little longer at the pictures of the place called Paris/points at the tower-like structure* "That thing looks funny..."

Yuuri - *laughs a little* "Yeah... it does... but it was so popular that they even built one like it in this country... But it's nothing like the real thing."

Wolfram - "And it's supposed to be really pretty there?"

Yuuri - *pulls up a picture of what Paris was supposed to look like at night with all the lights, and a few others of it in spring with all the flowers blooming* "That's what I've heard... and what people say... And just looking at these pictures..." *trails off, staring a bit at the pictures*

Wolfram - *pretty~* "And what could we do there?" *relaxing and being lazy on a warm, secluded beach for a while and then going someone more active seemed like a good idea to him*

Yuuri - *snorts a little* "Shop..." *that's what everyone said was the thing to do there...* "...and eat... and tour the city and..." *pulls up more windows, reading off a list* "Oh... Having a picnic under the Eiffel Tower... and... lots of other things..."

Wolfram - *'lots of other things'?/yeah, that was really helpful... not* "Where is Per... Par... whatever...?"

Yuuri - "It's about half way around the world from here. In Europe... the place you've been to before... only, that was a completely different country - Ooooh! Disneyland..." *what? he was still just a kid at heart... er... even if he did act like a kid most of the time as well...*

Wolfram - "Dis-what?" *why did he seem so excited about that?*

Yuuri - *pulls up several pictures of the Disneyland Paris resort* "It's a huge thing on Earth... It's an amusement park... They've got several all over the planet."

Wolfram - *is getting a little frustrated/all of Yuuri's answers to his questions just made him ask more questions/and was that a giant mouse on the screen?? why was it wearing clothes??* "What's an amusement park?"

Yuuri - *really amused by all the pictures* "It's a place people go to have fun... only... more for the whole family to go and spend time together. Look, there's rides... and fun places to eat at... and cool rides..." *oh.. he said that twice...*

Wolfram - "Rides?" *like, on a carriage???*

Yuuri - *pulls up some of the pictures of the rides* "Like... giant swings... and... rollercoasters... and other rides... like the 'It's a Small World' ride! I used to go a lot to the one close to us as a kid...”

Wolfram - *still doesn't understand the concept of rides/why was it that things that seemed so simple to Yuuri completely blew his mind?/you'd think he'd be able to understand at least a little, but no/huffs in annoyance/this was not helping at all* "Is it fun?" *that was really all that matter, wasn't it? whether they'd enjoy themselves at a place like that or not*

Yuuri - *nods his head in excitement* "Yeah! It's been years since I've gone to one... but it doesn't matter."

Wolfram - *peers closer at the screen/well... if Yuuri said it was fun* "Can I see more pictures?"

Yuuri - *nods* "Yeah..." *clicks on some links to pull up some more pictures of some of the attractions including the brightly colored castles, etc*

Wolfram - *gets a little excited when he sees a castle/that, at least, is something he can easily recognize/points at it with a smile, feeling proud of himself* "It's a castle!"

Yuuri - *grins at him* "Yup! That is a castle... It's one of the Disney Princesses live... Well... Sorta... The Princesses are just characters... not real people..."

Wolfram - *continues to look at it, and all of the rest of the pictures he'd brought up/sees the huge mouse looking thing in the weird clothes again/cringes/how could a mouse get that big?* "What's that and why is it so huge?" *it's head was humongous! he vaguely wonders how it's able to stand straight without toppling over*

Yuuri - *laughs lightly/amused* "That's Mickey Mouse... He's like... the main mascot for all of Disney. It's really just a person in a costume, though... It keeps the magic of Disney alive."

Wolfram - "What's a mas-scot?"

Yuuri - *opens his mouth to say something, then shuts it, thinking for a bit* "Well... it's... like... a person or animal... that is thought to bring luck... or really just something to represent a group with a common identity... Like... baseball teams have mascots... and schools have mascots... When I first saw the boneys, I thought they were the mascot for the amusement park I suddenly showed up in... of course, that was before anything was explained to me..." *trails off to stare up at the ceiling, remembering what it was like when he was first brought to the other world*

Wolfram - *doesn't get it, though it's not like that's unusual at all* "So... that's not real...?" *he thought that was the most important thing, at least, if it were real or not, though that didn't stop if from seeming so strange*

Yuuri - *shakes his head a bit* "Well... technically... the character in the picture isn't-... uh..." *how to explain this...* "Mickey Mouse... and all the characters... are real in a certain sense... I mean... it's not possible for giant mice to wander the planet like that... but that doesn't mean the idea behind everything wasn't real..." *trying not to confuse himself, too*

Wolfram - "Oh..." *there he went with that answer again/sighs/thinks this is all just too much for his poor mind to handle/it was a miracle he hadn't gotten a headache yet/leans back to cuddle against Yuuri again/tries really hard to comprehend it* "So... it's sorta like... a symbol... like a flag or crest... only more... life-like...?" *why would anyone want a mouse to represent them?? mice were icky...*

Yuuri - *thinks about it for a bit, leaning against the back of the chair to cuddle easier with him* "I guess..."

Wolfram - "Hmmm..." *can't get over the fact that it was a mouse/he didn't like mice... at all/the only thing he disliked more were boats*

Yuuri - *spins the chair around a little so he could still cuddle, but play around on the computer at the same time/pulls up some information on the castle - since he was curious about it* "Ohh... It's Sleeping Beauty's castle... I see it now..." *he hadn't seen the movie in a while*

Wolfram - *still cuddling, but peering at the screen as well/he liked the castle/castles were good/castles were like home* "Sleeping Beauty?"

Yuuri - *nods* "Princess Aurora... When she was born, everyone was so excited... People came all over the place to give her gifts and good wishes... But one evil fairy, Maleficent, put the princess under an enchantment, saying that, on reaching adulthood, she would prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die.... Even though they were unable to completely reverse the spell, the good fairies said that the princess would just be asleep until she was awakened by the kiss of her true love."

Wolfram - "O-" *stops himself from giving his generic answer of 'oh' again/well, at least now he knew where Yuuri had gotten that whole thing about the pricking of the finger on the spinning wheel*

Yuuri - *clicks through a few more of the pictures, pulling up some of the Disney princess, as well as one in costume in the park* "See...? That's her... "

Wolfram - *looks at the picture of the girl with long, curly blond hair* "She's not sleeping..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head/amused* "Nope... You don't think they'd just let the story end with her pricking her finger on a spinning wheel and falling into an endless sleep without ever having a chance to meet her true love and be woken in the end, do you?" *pulls up another picture* "That's when she's sleeping...."

Wolfram - *grumbles to himself about how some people just have it easy and how that was so not realistic because some stories don't have a happy ending*

Yuuri - *cuddles with him some more, leaning down to give him a quick kiss before pulling back some to look through the sites more* "Hey... people can stay in the castle.... cool... I didn't know that..." *mumbles mostly to himself*

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes* "Why wouldn't people be able to stay in the castle?" *castles were meant to be lived in, not to sit there and look pretty/briefly wonders who the king of this Dis-place is*

Yuuri - *shakes his head lightly* "Well... It's mostly just a tourist attraction... People only go there to visit... not stay for a long time..."

Wolfram - *so it did just sit there and look pretty...* "Does that mean there's no king??"

Yuuri - "Uuuhh... well..." *thinks on it* "No... I guess that means there's no king..."

Wolfram - "Hmph..." *that seemed stupid to him - as castle with no king??/whatever, it's not like it mattered so much/what had Yuuri called it - an amusement park? so it was some sort of tourist attraction then, right? obviously not real.../leans against him some more, snuggling close/the computer screen was starting to hurt his eyes... or maybe he was just finally getting tired*

Yuuri - *clicks on a few more sites to check up on some things he missed while he had been away/baseball standings, if his favorite players had been traded or not, etc - the important stuff/mumbles to the blond* "You do know I'm going to be taking you to a professional baseball game one of these days... You've gotta see the real deal..."

Wolfram - *snorts lightly/Yuuri honestly thought he would enjoy himself at a ballgame?/if he went at all, it would be for Yuuri's sake, not because he found any sort of enjoyment in the sport* "You're not going to corrupt me with it if that's what you're planning..."

Yuuri - *gasps lightly, teasing him* "Me? Why would I try to corrupt you with something like that??"

Wolfram - "Because you're obsessed with it..." *though he'd never understand why*

Yuuri - *touche.../pouts a little* "Well... it's fun... and... yeah..." *didn't have a good comeback for that...*

Wolfram - *snorts again* "Fun...?" *sure, whatever/there was nothing fun about it as far as he could see/all you did was throw a ball back and forth, hit the ball as far as you could, and run around like an idiot*

Yuuri - *pouts more* "Yeah... It is fun..." *what did Wolfram know about baseball, anyway?? surely, he wouldn't be able to understand unless he saw how it was really done for himself! ... or something like that... *

Wolfram - "Whatever." *he didn't think he'd ever consider it 'fun'/the most amusing thing he'd seen about it was two of the guards playing and colliding together as they'd tried to catch the ball/other than that...* "The only good thing about it is it's made you less puny..."

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes/sarcastic* "Thanks... I was hoping to go for the less puny look just for you..." *really... he didn't know what a great sport it really was!*

Wolfram - *cuddles more, letting his eyes close for a little bit* "And even still, Gwendal could probably break you in half easily, Conrart could slit your throat without giving you the opportunity to scream, and I can make you do whatever I want with the power of my cuteness alone." *well... except that one time... but that was a fluke... or something... Yuuri hadn't exactly been himself... or whatever...*

Yuuri - *sputters, but tightens his grip around the blond to hold him closer to him* "W-well... Jeez... thanks for helping my ego..." *and all that fuss about how he needed to feel better about himself... look what he had to put up with! man! no wonder!*

Wolfram - "You're welcome..." *hey, he was just keeping it real/nothing wrong with telling the truth* "Work a little harder, and maybe one day you'll actually be able to put up a decent fight against them..." *but resist his cuteness? never!*

Yuuri - *pouts/work a little harder?? maybe??/grumbles* "Fine... whatever..."

Wolfram - *smirks a little* "You're cute when you grumble..."

Yuuri - *pouts more, flushing just lightly/what was he supposed to say to that?? 'thanks'??* "Whatever..."

Wolfram - *laughs lightly, nuzzling against him, keeping his eyes closed* "What? You can call me 'cute' but I can't tell you the same thing?"

Yuuri - *pouting still, watching him as he nuzzled closer for a bit before staring up at the ceiling, flushing a bit darker* "Well... that's because you are cute..."

Wolfram - *smiles, content* "And so are you..."

Yuuri - *doesn't say anything to that/glances back down at the blond, lifting a hand up to brush Wolfram's bangs from his eyes*

Wolfram - "You don't have to accept it, but that doesn't mean it isn't true..." *shifts around just a bit to get more comfortable, one of his hands gripping onto Yuuri's nightshirt*

Yuuri - *sighs lightly, brushing softly at his hair some more/did he think he was cute? of course not... but he wasn't about to start arguing with Wolfram when he looked so freakin' adorable* "Whatever you say..."

Wolfram - *smiles a little more* "I say you're a wimp..."

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes/like he hadn't heard that one before...* "Yeah... your wimp..."

Wolfram - *nods slowly, quickly growing more tired* "Yes... mine..."

Yuuri - *can definitely hear the exhaustion in his voice/watches him worriedly* "Hey... did you want to go to sleep...?"

Wolfram - "Hmmm...?" *opens his eyes to look up at him curiously/shakes his head a little bit* "No... I'm fine..."

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes again/yeah right...* "Come on... we can at least lay down..." *pauses to click out of all the windows he had up*

Wolfram - *shakes his head again, trying to shake the tiredness away* "No, it's okay. We haven't even finished yet..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head as well* "We have plenty of time to look... we don't have to do everything at once... sometimes it's better to just sleep on it..."

Wolfram - "But we don't have plenty of time. We'll be married in two weeks, Yuuri." *didn't these sorts of things have to be planned in advance? it couldn't wait until the last minute*

Yuuri - *watches him for a bit, then carefully slides his free arm under the blond's legs, lifting him up as he stood from the chair* "Then we can figure out everything tomorrow... I'm kinda tired, anyway..." *not really, thanks to the nap... er... that he didn't have... he was just resting his eyes... but still*

Wolfram - *doesn't move to struggle against him, though he'd like to continue to protest/wraps his arms loosely around his neck* "You should have said something earlier if you were getting tired..."

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes once more/yeah.../carefully carries the blond over to the door* "Sorry... I didn't really realize I was until now..."

Wolfram - "Mmmm..." *shuts his eyes again/well, if Yuuri was going to admit to being tired, then he didn't see any problem with resting for just a second or two - then he could go back to claiming not to be tired*

Yuuri - *sighs lightly, still watching him/pulls the door open a bit, nudging it open the rest of the way with is foot to move out into the hallway to go to his room*

Wolfram - *continues to hold on to him and 'rest his eyes'/it had been a long day*

Yuuri - *groans a little once he was in his room, having kicked the door shut with his foot/the stupid pool was taking up most of the floor... it was ridiculous... whatever.../carefully carries the blond around the pool, tightening his grip some as he leaned down to tug the covers down before crawling up onto his bed/it wasn't that big, but they've definitely had to sleep in worse.../makes sure the blond was on the side closest to the wall before setting him down on the mattress/he would just have to thank Shori in the morning...*

Wolfram - *sighs lightly at the comforting feel of the mattress, immediately allowing himself to sink down into it/shifts around a bit to find the most comfortable position, carelessly flopping over onto his stomach*

Yuuri - *smiles lightly, watching him/scoots down under the covers on his side so he could watch Wolfram easier, reaching a hand out to pet at the blond's hair*

Wolfram - *leans slightly into his touch, mumbling a little bit as he settles into the bed some more*

Yuuri - *smiles a bit more at his mumbling/and he said Yuuri was cute..?? bah!* "I love you..."

Wolfram - *quietly, already half asleep* "Love you, too..."

Yuuri - *can tell that he was almost out of it/slides a bit closer to him, wrapping his arm around him to cuddle*

Wolfram - *eventually nods off completely, more tired than he'd originally thought*

Yuuri - *watches him for a while longer, brushing at his hair still as he cuddled close to him/eventually drifts off as well*

Wolfram - *sleeps all through the night, and dreams of sunny beaches, pretty castles, and humongous mice*

Yuuri - *sleeps through the night as well/though, once morning rolls around, he's still pretty out of it/it had been a while since he'd been able to get a good night's sleep, after all*

Wolfram - *unconsciously cuddles close to Yuuri, drooling all over the pillow*

Yuuri - *slowly starts to wake up/wonders why he hadn't been bothered that morning to get up/blinks hazily at the blond next to him, now remembering where they were/sighs in relief, smiling at him and cuddling closer to him*

Wolfram - *drools some more, completely comfortable, and sleeping better than he has in weeks/it must be because Yuuri was with him again and they weren't forced into separate rooms*

Yuuri - *blinks some more, quite content with watching Wolfram sleep/moves his hand up to brush through the blond's hair some, smiling lovingly at him/after this, sleeping by himself for another two weeks would be near unbearable...*

Wolfram - *more sleeping/probably wouldn't want to wake up unless he absolutely had to, and then he'd like to lay in bed for a long as possible*

Yuuri - *perfectly fine with just laying in bed, cuddling with the blond*

Wolfram - *sleep sleep, drool drool/completely unaware of everything else*

Miko - *knocks on her son's door/bright and cheerful* "Yuu-chan~ Wol-chan~ It's a beautiful day today! You're going to miss it if you stay in bed all day!"

Yuuri - *groans, sliding under the covers more*

Wolfram - *doesn't hear anything/adrift on a plane of peacefulness*

Miko - *pouts at the lack of answer* "Yuu-chan! Are you even awake??"

Yuuri - *rolls his eyes, pulling the covers down just enough to speak, though trying to stay as quiet as possible so as not to wake up the blond* "Yes! I'm awake!"

Miko - *blinks/thought she heard something/calls louder* "What??"

Yuuri - "Yes!! I'm awake! We'll be down later!!" *jeez!*

Miko - *pouts* "No 'Good morning, Mama'....??"

Yuuri - *for the love of...* "Good morning, mom!"

Miko - "'Mama!!'"

Wolfram - *oblivious*

Yuuri - *groans again/still trying to be as quiet as possible* "Mom! Wolfram's trying to sleep!"

Miko - *pouts* "What? I can't really hear you..."

Yuuri - "O-open the door then!"

Miko - "What?"

Yuuri - *getting frustrated and really doesn't want to wake the blond up/pulls the covers off more, jumping out of bed -- and tripping head first into the pool of water taking up most of the floor/insert splash of cold water and a yelp from Yuuri at the shock of cold/oooh... he was awake now...*

Wolfram - *groans lightly/was that noise breaking into his moment of complete peace and tranquility??/bad! bad noise! bad!*

Miko - *hears the splash/finally opens the door to see what was going on/blinks at the sight of her son half in the tiny pool* "Yuu-chan...? What are you doing?"

Yuuri - *holding his breath, face down in the water/what the h*** did it look like he was doing?!*

Wolfram - *shifts around and curls up under the blankets at little more*

Miko - *watches her son curiously before moving closer to help him out of the pool* "Yuu-chan, take Mama's hand."

Yuuri - *pulls his face out of the water, shaking his head* "I'm fine... I don't need help..."

Miko - *pouts at him, brandishing her hand at him* "Mama wants to help!"

Yuuri - "I don't need help!!"

Miko - "Yes, you do!"

Yuuri - "No, I don't! Look!" *quickly gets up from laying in the pool, only to slip on the plastic bottom - he was still wearing his socks - and fall backwards, spraying water over the remaining dry half of his room/grumbles angrily*

Miko - *hands on her hips now* "Told you... This is why you should listen to Mama, Yuu-chan!"

Wolfram - *groans again/could have sworn he felt little sprinkles of water/grumbles in his sleep* "Greta, what kind of an animal did you let into the castle this time...?"

Yuuri - *pushes himself out of the water, completely soaked/glances over at Wolfram, hearing him talking in his sleep and smiles lightly/thank goodness he could sleep through practically anything.../carefully steps out of the pool, moving past his mom to get some dry clothes from the closet* "Let Wolfram sleep some more... I'll go take a bath..." *glances back at the blond once more before going out into the hallway to the bathroom*

Miko - *pouts at him, but leaves the room as well to go down and start making breakfast for the two*

Wolfram - *sleeps some more/yada yada/eventually starts to wake up/it's amazing how he could sleep through so much noise, but then the moment things get completely silent he started to awaken/he blames it on the fact that the castle is never completely quiet, so he's more used to the noise than the silence/rolls over in the bed, reaching out for Yuuri, but doesn't feel him beside him/pushes himself up a bit to look around the room, only to discover that he was alone/flops down onto the bed for a moment with yet another groan, feeling sick/curses the hormones for making him feel this way and his stomach for not being able to handle it/climbs out of bed slowly, carefully making his way across the room to open the door - and is a little startled by the feel of the wet floor/glances up and down the hallway/weakly* "Yuuri...?" *doesn't see him anywhere/places one of his arms around his stomach, feeling it churn uncomfortably/tries a different idea* "Mother...?"

Miko - *currently carrying some laundry down to the washer from her room/stops at the sight of Wolfram/he didn't sound very well* "Wol-chan...?"

Wolfram - *feels slightly relieved, though not much/he still felt like crap/pathetically* "I don't feel good..."

Miko - *quickly drops what she's doing to move over to him, checking for his temperature* "It's your stomach, isn't it?" *obviously had experience before*

Wolfram - *nods slowly, feeling it continue to twist and turn*

Miko - *takes Wolfram's hand to lead him over to the half-bath down the hall/stops him in front of the toilet, rubbing his back with her other hand* "Yuu-chan is downstairs in the bath right now... He should be done in a little bit..." *would think that he would like to have his fiancé with him - that's what she would want from her husband, after all*

Wolfram - *hardly hears her explanation of where Yuuri currently is/too focused on trying to keep himself from becoming even more sick/it doesn't work, of course, and he eventually throws up*

Miko - *stays with him, rubbing his back/yeah... she knew all too well how he felt*

Yuuri - *eventually does finish with his bath/hot water was much better than cold water.../pauses at the top of the stairs, towel still over his head, eyeing the laundry/mom didn't just usually leave things in the middle of the floor like that, even if she was a little scatterbrained/quickly steps forward, glancing quickly into his room before heading over to the bathroom, carefully pushing the mostly shut door open to stare worriedly at Wolfram* "Wolf...?"

Wolfram - *doesn't really hear him either, heaving and gagging and feeling like complete and utter crap, frustrated tears gathering in his eyes/chokes out* "I don't like this..." *it was worse than being on a boat/at least on a boat he knew what to expect - it was the same every time/with the morning sickness he had good days, bad days, and in-between days/he could already tell this was going to be a bad day*

Miko - *gets up to move so that Yuuri could take her place* "I'll bring him up some tea..." *it always made her feel better.../quickly gathers up what she dropped to go down and get some tea for the blond*

Yuuri - *nods to his mother before moving closer to the blond, kneeling down next to him and wrapping an arm around his back to try and comfort him/really worried, like usual* "Wolf... It's going to be okay..."

Wolfram - *shakes his head/feels pathetic* "No, it's not..." *starts to heave and gag again, though there really wasn't much left in his stomach to force it's way up*

Yuuri - *brushes back the blond's bangs, rubbing his back gently/what was he supposed to say to that? he could only guess how horrible Wolfram was feeling* "Do you want me to get you anything...?"

Wolfram - *shakes his head again, not really able to talk at the moment*

Yuuri - *lets out a sigh, still rubbing at his back/frowns at himself, wishing there was something he could do to make it easier for him* "I'm taking you back so Gisela can look after you... I... I can't really do anything to help..."

Wolfram - *whines lightly, the tears in his eyes becoming thicker* "No... I don't wanna go back..." *they hadn't even been here for longer than a day yet! it just wasn't fair!*

Yuuri - *panics a bit, seeing the tears* "But, Wolf... You're sick! You need to be taken care of! I... I can't... I don't know how to help you...." *feels pathetic for not knowing what to do*

Wolfram - "I'm not sick..." *as he hacks his guts out/it was the truth, though - he wasn't really ill, just... pregnant*

Yuuri - *panics a bit more/how the heck was he supposed to know what to do??* "Wolf... What do you want me to do...?"

Wolfram - *more shaking of the head/it's not that he wanted him to do anything - except maybe to stop panicking and asking him questions he couldn't answer*

Yuuri - *watches him, worried but silent/trying to think of what he could do to help other than just trying to comfort him*

Wolfram - *sits there until he feels as if his stomach has settled enough to not be as threatening, though it hadn't settled completely/leans into Yuuri, nearly completely drained of energy*

Yuuri - *once Wolfram leans back some, he leans back, as well/back against the wall, pulling the blond closer to cuddle with him/quietly* "Are you feeling any better...?"

Wolfram - *sniffles a little bit, lifting an arm to wipe his mouth on the long sleeve of the borrowed nightshirt* "No..."

Yuuri - *keeps his arms around him, holding him to his chest/really wishing he knew some way to make him feel better* "Do you want to lay down...? Or would you rather stay here for a bit longer...?"

Wolfram - *shakes his head once more/it really didn't matter to him/either way he'd still feel like crap*

Miko - *comes back up the stairs with a cup of tea and a box of crackers in her hand, kneeling down on the floor next to the boys/holds out the tea for Wolfram* "Try this... it always made me feel better... It should help settle your stomach..."

Wolfram - *slowly reaches out shaky hands to take it from her, and brings it close to his mouth/takes a tiny sip to taste it first, then a few more/can still feel his stomach churning, and hopes she's right*

Yuuri - *releases one of his arms from around the blond, lifting his hand up just under the cup to help him steady it, easily noting his shaking*

Miko - *watches him, setting the box down next to her/turns to talk to her son* "It has ginger and lemon in it... those should help him feel better, Yuu-chan. I'm not sure what they give him back home, but if it helps him, you should definitely bring a bunch back with you." *points to the box of crackers next, talking to both of them* "If you eat some of these before you get up in the mornings, they should help settle your stomach, Wol-chan..."

Wolfram - *nods in understanding, continuing to slowly sip at the tea/he'd do anything to make the morning sickness stop, or even just ease a little bit*

Yuuri - *frowns worriedly at his mom* "This doesn't last... the entire time... does it?"

Miko - *smiles at him* "Of course not, Yuu-chan! Only three to four months for most!"

Yuuri - *sputters*

Wolfram - *groans in the middle of his tea drinking/great, just great! another month or two unbearable torture*

Yuuri - *keeps his hand under the cup, making sure Wolfram was still able to hold it up/okay... he would just have to do some shopping before they went back...* "How are you feeling, now...?"

Wolfram - *how the heck did Yuuri think he was feeling??/grumbles:* "Like crap..." *before going back to drinking/the liquid had taken away some of the ache that had been caused by having a completely empty stomach, but it had only settled it a little*

Yuuri - *winces a bit as his grumbling/hey, he was only trying to be supportive and help!/sighs, pulling the blond back to lay against him more*

Miko - *lets out a small gasp and quickly jumps up* "I left the stove on!" *backs out of the bathroom, giving instructions as she did so* "Make sure he eats some of those, Yuu-chan!" *hurries off down the stairs*

Yuuri - *watches after her in disbelief/how did they manage to keep their house from burning down for so many years with her in the kitchen...?*

Wolfram - *keeps sipping at his tea, making sure to take his time and not just chug it down*

Yuuri - *sighs again/what to do? what to do??/after a while he starts humming softly to him, hoping to distract him from how he was feeling*

Wolfram - *grumbles more* "Don't even bother; that isn't going to help." *for once he wishes Yuuri could be in his position, just so he could see how it felt first hand*

Yuuri - *winces again, quickly shutting up and flushing brightly in embarrassment/mumbles quietly* "S-sorry...."

Wolfram - "Stupid wimp..." *unintentionally taking out his frustration on him*

Yuuri - *shuts up, not wanting to get him worked up any more*

Wolfram - *continues sipping at the tea, stopping every once in a while when he feels as if his nausea is coming back, but he manages to keep himself from throwing up again*

Yuuri - *continues to watch him and hold him, opening his mouth a few times to say something, but stopping himself before he could*

Wolfram - *slowly finishes the tea, glancing at the box of crackers once he's through*

Yuuri - *notices his glance and moves his hand from under the cup to reach for the box, pulling it open, reaching in, and pulling out a couple crackers to pass to the blond/forces himself not to say anything to him lest he make himself sound stupid*

Wolfram - *takes the crackers from him and starts to nibble on them, keeping his silence, focusing on feeling better, though he still felt queasy*

Yuuri - *reaches around to take the empty cup from him to set down on the ground/once again opens his mouth to say something, but like the times before, stops himself before he can*

Wolfram - *eats the crackers as slowly as he drank the tea, pausing every now and then when his stomach churns ominously*

Yuuri - *feels miserable knowing that Wolfram was feeling miserable* "....I--" *catches himself, quickly clamping his mouth shut and reaching for another cracker out of the box to hold until the blond finished with what he already had*

Wolfram - *finishes the crackers Yuuri had given him before, then takes the next, nibbling on it as well*

Yuuri - *holds him for a while, passing him a few more crackers once he was finished with what he had/finally asks:* "Did... you want to try and go back to sleep...?" *if he wasn't feeling well, he should be resting...*

Wolfram - *retrieves the crackers and takes small bites out of them/grumbles some more* "If you want me to throw up all over your bed..."

Yuuri - *winces, but shakes his head* "You should be resting... And you need to drink one of the bottles Gisela gave you before we left..."

Wolfram - *groans at the thought of the disgusting medicine*

Yuuri - *sighs/there wasn't much else he could do...* "Come on... I'll help you..." *carefully starts to stand up a bit, hoping to get Wolfram back to bed* "Unless you would rather be downstairs.... though... you'll probably get even less peace down there..." *just wanted him to be comfortable*

Wolfram - "I don't care... just..." *he really didn't know what to say, besides to continue to whine about how bad he felt and how he wished he didn't have to go through all of this just to have a baby*

Yuuri - *frowns to himself, trying to think of where it would be best for Wolfram* "Well... I'll bring you downstairs... Then you can at least watch TV or something to keep your mind off of it... That's what I did when I got sick as a kid..." *not that he got sick a lot, but when he did...*

Wolfram - *nods/whatever*

Yuuri - *carefully stands up, lifting Wolfram into his arms so he wouldn't have to move around so much/doesn't forget to grab the box and cup/holds them in his hands as he makes his way out into the hall and down the stairs*

Wolfram - *wraps his arms around Yuuri's neck as usual, steadying himself a bit so he wasn't jostled around so much/closes his eyes and leans into him, cursing his stomach again and inwardly telling it not to be such a brat*

Yuuri - *once downstairs, he sets the box and cup down before carefully laying the blond down on the couch, grabbing a couple of pillows to place behind his head and a blanket to lay over top/worried still* "Are you comfortable...? Do you want me to get you anything...?"

Wolfram - *unintentionally snaps at him* "Stop asking me that! If I wanted something, I'd tell you! I don't even know what to do to make myself feel better so, no, I don't want you to get me anything!"

Yuuri - *flinches at his snap, but nods/moves away from him to sit down in another chair, though still watching him*

Wolfram - *immediately feels guilty, sinking back against the pillows/sighs, keeping his eyes shut to try and rest/quietly* "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to snap at you..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head/softly* "It's okay... I shouldn't be bothering you so much... just rest, okay...?"

Wolfram - *nods, cuddling a bit more into the couch and willing the queasiness away*

Yuuri - *fidgets a bit in the chair for a few long moments before getting up and moving over to kneel down on the floor next to the couch, reaching a hand out to brush at Wolfram's hair, and taking hold of one of his hands with his other*

Wolfram - *sighs lightly, enjoying Yuuri's touch/the poor wimp was trying, at least; that was better than nothing, he supposed*

Yuuri - *sits down more on the floor, leaning his head in the couch to nuzzle into Wolfram's shoulder* "I'm sorry... I want to help... I just don't know what to do..."

Wolfram - "Just... stay... I don't need anything else..." *or rather, nothing else seemed to be working/not that Yuuri being with him took the nausea away, but at least he wasn't alone*

Yuuri - *pulls back to glance up at him/nods, then leans his head back down on the couch/squeezes his hand lightly* "I'll stay, then..."

Wolfram - *squeezes back, shifting a little closer/continues to rest, lowering his free hand to rest against his stomach*

Yuuri - *stays still, not wanting to move and make the blond uncomfortable or something.../quietly* "I love you..."

Wolfram - *smiles just a little/no matter how bad he was feeling, he loved hearing that* "I love you, too..."

Yuuri - *sighs lightly, brushing more at the blond's hair/mumbles softly, not really knowing what else to talk about, but was hoping to distract him some* "Just two more weeks and we'll finally be married..."

Wolfram - *snorts a bit/grumbles* "Unless something comes along to ruin it..."

Yuuri - *groans at the thought of something happening* "Like hell something is going to ruin it...."

Miko - *as if only attuned to bad words/calls from the kitchen* "Language, Yuu-chan!"

Wolfram - *laughs lightly/continues being pessimistic, though he's only half serious* "You never know... you could fall deathly ill... or there could be some sort of national disaster that would force us to postpone it - winter could decide to go out with a bang and give us one last freak snow storm, a real blizzard, and kill thousands of people..." *okay, so maybe that was stretching it a bit, but, hey, it could happen*

Yuuri - *pulls back some to stare at him, face drained of most of its color* "You're not seriously thinking something like that would happen, are you?" *what were the chances of something horrible like that happening...??*

Wolfram - *cracks an eye open to glance at him, smiling a bit more at the look on his face* "No, not really... but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it did..."

Yuuri - *groans a bit, leaning back down to nuzzle into his shoulder again/whines* "I don't want to wait any longer... We've waited long enough..."

Wolfram - *removes his hand from his stomach to reach up and gently pet Yuuri's hair* "I don't want to wait any more either. I'm not the most patient person in the world..."

Yuuri - *snorts* "I would have never been able to guess that..."

Wolfram - *whacks at the back of his head lightly, but because he still feels bad the hit isn't as hard as usual, and probably doesn't have the same effect* "The longer you wait, the better it'll be when it finally happens..." *not that he wanted to wait any more than he had to/if he'd had it his way, they would have already been married by now*

Yuuri - *grins, pulling back a little again to watch him* "Oh...? Will it really...? We did try to elope, you know...." *like they cared about waiting before....*

Wolfram - *grumbles* "Yes, and we all know how horribly that ended..." *he actually feels kind of stupid now for even suggesting the whole thing/he'd known all the marriage procedures beforehand - how could he not when his mother was constantly talking about handsome men, parties, and weddings? - but it hadn't really clicked in his head/he'd been impulsive and hadn't thought things through as he should have, and that had inevitably put Yuuri in danger*

Yuuri - *shrugs/obviously not thinking the whole eloping business had been that bad* "I dunno... Lots of good things came from it, too, though... It wasn't that horrible..."

Wolfram - *feels differently about it all now that it was over and done with/wishes he could go back and change it all, if only to prevent Yuuri from having to go through what he had/quietly* "We should have waited..."

Yuuri - *sighs lightly, nuzzling once more* "Well... we can't do anything now..." *doesn't really want to argue with him* "I really enjoyed spending so much time with just you... even if it was only for a little while..."

Wolfram - "I liked it, too..." *manages to smile a little again* "Even if the places we stayed at were... odd... to say the least..."

Yuuri - *smiles, shaking his head lightly at the memories* "And the... very unique people we met made it even more interesting..."

Wolfram - *speaking of unique people.../lets out a short laugh* "Guess who I invited to the wedding..."

Yuuri - *looks up at him, raising an eyebrow curiously/not sure he really wants to know* "W-who...?"

Wolfram - *smiles a bit wider* "Guess..."

Yuuri - *sputters/how was he supposed to know?* "Uhh... I really have no idea...."

Wolfram - "Think hard, moron. What were we just talking about."

Yuuri - *frowns a little, trying to think/eyes him suspiciously* "Hale and Jade's grandparents...?"

Wolfram - *laughs a little more and nods* "And the girls, too. I figured you'd want to thank them, somehow..."

Yuuri - *groans a little, but smiles* "Well... At least the wedding is going to be... interesting... Thanks..." *was actually hoping to thank them/really glad Wolfram thought of inviting them... even if they were a family of weirdoes...*

Wolfram - "You're welcome..." *had been feeling compassionate when he'd wrote out the extra invitations with his mother when Yuuri had been gone, and - fully realizing the danger they'd been in the entire time - he'd wanted to thank as many people as he could, for Yuuri's sake more than his* "I also sent an invitation to the priest, healer, and the apprentice, but the priest and healer replied back saying it would be against their conscience or something like that, since they already know about the baby... I haven't heard from the apprentice yet... I don't know if they included her in their reply or not..." *was actually really grateful to the girl, and felt a little bad for her*

Yuuri - *blinks at him a bit in surprise/didn't realize he had invited so many people that had helped them/thinking about all the people they had met and winces a little* "You... you didn't invite the guy I hit... did you...?" *he didn't see why he would... but if Wolfram was being sure not to miss anyone... oh gosh... talk about awkward...*

Wolfram - *smiles more, but shakes his head* "I was tempted to, just to shove it in his face or something, but I resisted the temptation."

Yuuri - *lets out a sigh of relief* "Thank goodness... I don't really remember why I hit him in the first place... only that he hit you first... and I got mad..." *trails off, wishing he could remember everything that had happened that night...*

Wolfram - "You got jealous, you wimp... or possessive, one or the other..." *laughs a little as he remembers the event* "I was joking with you; I told you that he kept looking over at me, even though he wasn't, and you got all protective and defensive, and he was drunk so he probably had no idea what he was doing by that point..." *smirks in amusement* "Although I think he nearly wet himself when he accidentally pulled your hat off and realized who we were..."

Yuuri - *stares at him for a bit before flushing brightly/he got jealous...?* "I got jealous?" *curses himself and his squeaking/really couldn't remember the conversation that had gone on, or really much more than the main physical part...*

Wolfram - *nods again* "Yes, you got jealous." *it had been amusing, until the whole hitting thing/raises an eyebrow at him* "You don't think you're capable of feeling jealousy?"

Yuuri - *stares at him with wide eyes, quickly shaking his head* "N-no! I do! I just... I can't remember it... I mean... I shouldn't need to feel jealous... should I...? I mean... I've always trusted you... and... It doesn't make sense in my mind..." *really just rambling/has no idea what to say to that*

Wolfram - "It's okay to feel jealous..." *or at least he thought it was/maybe he was just trying to justify his own behavior* "Although I do think sometimes that yours is more of a possessiveness than jealousy..." *not that he could explain how or why he thought that on occasion*

Yuuri - *stares a bit more, wishing the heat he could feel in his cheeks would die down some* "I'm possessive...?"

Wolfram - "A little, I suppose...." *shrugs as best as he can while laying on the couch* "It might just be a phase or something... it's only been two months since you first told me you love me, so maybe it's just... I don't know... I can't explain it..."

Yuuri - *feels guilty at the mention of how little time ago it had been/stares off to the side, away from the blond, though absentmindedly rubbing his thumb along the back of Wolfram's hand* "I should have been able to tell you long before that... I... I just don't know... maybe I never figured out the right way... or time... or wasn't pushed enough to just... tell you... I wish I had.... I wish I wasn't such a... a wimp..."

Wolfram - *snorts* "You'll always be a wimp, there's no changing that..." *smiles at him comfortingly, even though he wasn't looking at him* "And I think you were pushed quite enough; I certainly wasn't going to ever leave you alone until you told me, no matter how long I had to wait to hear it. Maybe you were just... scared... or confused..." *shakes his head slowly/feels a little guilty* "The first few times I ever told you I loved you... I didn't really mean it..."

Yuuri - *turns back to blink at him, confused* "You... you didn't?"

Wolfram - *shakes his head* "No... to be honest... I..." *feels kind of guilty, since Yuuri had already had a little freak out moment about something like this before* "In the beginning... I just stuck with it because of your position... I knew that I'd be able to get what I wanted, and that being engaged to the king would make me look good and give me a certain amount of influence and respect… I mean... I liked you, I guess... not right away, but you grew on me... I just... I didn't love you from the start... I fell in love with you... slowly... painfully... and I got a few bumps and bruises along the way..."

Yuuri - *watches him carefully, though feels relieved for knowing how he felt/squeezes his hand again, trying to comfort him some* "Wolf... I... thank you... for staying with me... thank you so much... and... I'm sorry... You had a much more difficult time with it all than I had... I never meant to hurt you... I just... I didn't think I wanted to know how I felt... I didn't want to think it was possible... and I hurt you because I was a coward... I'm sorry...."

Wolfram - *squeezes his hand back* "Don't be sorry. I told you before that I knew. I mean... well... I didn't know exactly, but... I knew that if I stuck with you long enough, if I waited, then eventually you'd come around." *maybe it was a bit arrogant of him to think that, but it's how he'd felt the whole time - he didn't really know if he believed in things like fate, but he knew for a fact that he and Yuuri were meant to be together*

Yuuri - *nods slowly at him, though still feeling guilty for putting him through everything up to when he finally told him/softly, gazing into his eyes* "You were in the gardens... I was supposed to be studying... but Gunter had left the room to go find out what was taking the maids so long to bring lunch... I... I was watching you out the window... You had been reading to Greta, but then she went in for lunch... and you stayed outside..." *pauses, trying to remember* "I don't know what you were looking at... and it was kinda hard to see... But... I think that was the first time I really felt something... I don't know why or how... or maybe I had felt it before... but that was the first time I could remember...."

Wolfram - *continues to smile at him/he didn't really remember the instance he was talking about, considering there had been many occasions in which he and Greta had spent time together in the gardens, reading to one another, or talking, or just sitting around and watching the clouds/it was almost a daily thing in the spring and summer - and sometimes in the fall, depending on the weather - and always before lunch, right before it got unbearably hot* "That had to be a while before you finally told me..." *considering it had been around mid-winter that night in their bedroom*

Yuuri - *nods slowly again, swallowing a bit nervously/why he was nervous he didn't really know/maybe he thought Wolfram would think it was stupid how he had taken so long to just tell him how he felt* "It had been a while... it was two springs ago... I remember thinking to myself... 'Oh my gosh... what if this feeling is the real thing...? What am I supposed to do if it is...? Should I just tell him? Should I ask someone for advice? Would they tell me not to bother since I'm supposed to be working on other things...? What if it was only because I'm hungry? What if I'm confusing the way I think I might feel with being hungry...?'"

Wolfram - *has to forcefully keep himself from laughing, since Yuuri seemed so serious about it, clamping his mouth shut until he's able to ask him calmly* "You confused love with hunger??" *the poor thing...*

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Hey! Sorry for taking so long to update. School has started, and with recruitment practice every single night and school work and all that, I just haven't had time to sit down for the hour or so it takes to space everything out and get it ready. That, and I'm usually exhausted when I do have free time. But thank you for being patient! And look! You all get some Yuuram fluff~! *gags at the sappiness* Naw, I enjoy it. Lots and lots... And I hope everyone realizes that this is all for fun. XD; And while I try to keep Yuuri in character as much as possible, Mikage has every right to do whatever she wants with Wolfram (It keeps me on my toes that way...) and she's doing such a wonderful job giving Yuuri heck from both sides of the argument. And I apologize for any hate anyone has for certain other characters... but isn't that a good thing? At least I think so. Anyway! I'll try to get the next part up soon! Any suggestions on what more I could do to this journal would be wonderful! I'm planning on getting up some pictures of the OCs and all that. <3 Thanks for reading!