Part Thirteen
Very Brief Recap
- Kiddies are eloping
- Get stuck in snow storm-ish thing
- End up in tiny, abandoned cabin somewhere in the woods
Warnings
- PG-13
Characters
Yuuri - Guine
Wolfram - Mikage
Covering the Bases
Part Thirteen - Still In the Ballpark
Yuuri - *really, really trying not to move around too much/still staring/mumbles more* "You're really slow..."
Wolfram - "I apologize, Your Majesty." *he slows down even more, sliding the belt out and tossing it to join all their other clothes, then moves to undo his pants*
Yuuri - *whines a little/really not wanting to get scolded for being impatient*
Wolfram - *laughs lightly, moving extremely, extremely slow*
Yuuri - *looks away, not being able to take it/really tempted to just do it himself*
Wolfram - *stops completely and looks up at him, and it's difficult to stop his laughter/still teasing* "Is something wrong?"
Yuuri - *grits his teeth* "No..."
Wolfram - "Are you sure?"
Yuuri - "Yes."
Wolfram - "Positive?"
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes* "YES."
Wolfram - *smirks* "Because if there's something I can do to help you, all you have to do is say the word."
Yuuri - *groans/doesn't believe him* "I'm fine..."
Wolfram - "It sure doesn't sound like you are."
Yuuri - *doesn't say anything, just gnashes his teeth together*
Wolfram - *playfully pouts* "Won't you tell me what's bothering you?"
Yuuri - *caves/glares down at him* "You're going too slow!"
Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow again* "Oh? Yes, that's right, you've already told me that. I'm so sorry, Your Majesty. I'll try to be quicker."
Yuuri - *squeaks in his mumble* "Please..."
Wolfram - *nods at his request and then deftly removes the rest of his clothing, tossing it all aside but leaving his shirt as well/backs up once he's done, staring up at him with a small smile*
Yuuri - *glares lightly back at him* "Done yet?"
Wolfram - "Hmmm... I suppose I am." *backs up some more, stepping away from him until he's leaning back against one of the walls - though not heavily because he's a little afraid the place will fall apart if he does - still playfully grinning*
Yuuri - *eye twitches lightly* "Am I allowed to move?"
Wolfram - *struggles to contain his laughter* "I never said you weren't."
Yuuri - *twitches even more/curses under his breath* "Oh...."
Wolfram - "Although I wouldn't mind if you were to just stand there for a little while. It would give me a chance to stare."
Yuuri - *lets out another exasperated sigh/really not liking this/somewhat embarrassed that he didn't have to be still at all* "You can't be serious..."
Wolfram - "I think I just might be." *proceeds to stare at Yuuri's chest, still smiling*
Yuuri - *clenches his teeth together/really having to force himself to stay still now* "Take your time... Just tell me when you're done..."
Wolfram - "Why, thank you. You're really too kind."
Yuuri - *grumbles under his breath/shifts a bit on his feet*
Wolfram - *stares at his chest a little longer, then moves his gaze to his shoulders and neck, and then to his legs just because he likes them/smirks more* "Do you want me badly enough yet?"
Yuuri - *glares at him, twitching again* "You couldn't imagine..."
Wolfram - *curious* "Oh? I can imagine quite a bit. I have a very active imagination, you know."
Yuuri - *clenches his teeth together, harder/mumbles* "Oh... is that so?"
Wolfram - "Yes, it is." *moves his gaze back up to his chest, then stares into eyes* "Where would you like me to lay down, Your Majesty?"
Yuuri - *blinks then/completely startled* "Huh?"
Wolfram - *laughs at him* "Where do you want me to lay down? Unless you plan on doing this standing up, which wouldn't be very prudent." *grins up at him* "Or comfortable... not that the floor will be any better, but..."
Yuuri - *blinks at him again, then down at the floor to frown at it/turns to move to where the clothes were thrown, digging out his jacket before turning back to the fire to spread it out in front/blushing lightly as he points to it/mumbles softly* "The floor is dirty...."
Wolfram - *continues to smile at him* "Oh! And your romantic side comes out again. You're so very chivalrous, Your Majesty." *slowly and carefully - and a bit teasingly, too - moves and lowers himself to lay down in the designated spot/stares up at him* "Will you come kiss me now? I think I've made you wait long enough. Any longer and I fear I'll get yelled at."
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes, watching him and his slowness/frowns a bit at the teasing, and plans on teasing him back, but ends up caving in and gets down on his knees to kiss his neck/still not completely on top of him though*
Wolfram - *giggles lightly and lifts a hand to card his fingers through Yuuri's hair* "Or perhaps I didn't tease you enough."
Yuuri - *twitches lightly/caving in more, laying completely on top of him now/sliding his hand down along his thigh, along his waist and up to his chest/licks him along his collarbone and up his neck as well, sliding his other hand along Wolfram's arm, up his shoulder and into his hair*
Wolfram - *shivers at the touch, and makes a soft little whining noise/then goes back to pouting playfully* "I guess all my teasing didn't work. You're not being as forceful as I thought you'd be. And I haven't gotten a very good kiss yet."
Yuuri - *pulls back to glare at him for a second before pressing their lips together in a deep, passionate kiss*
Wolfram - *inwardly cheers, wrapping his arms around him to bring him closer as he kisses him back*
Yuuri - *presses back, deepening it/slides his hand back down along his waist to pull him closer*
Wolfram - *leans further into him, clinging to his back before sliding his hands up under his opened shirt to lightly rake his finger nails over his skin*
Yuuri - *whines in the back of his throat a bit at the contact, blushing in embarrassment/still not used to making weird noises, himself/does his best to ignore it, still pressing deeply into the blond*
Wolfram - *can't stop himself from pulling away and laughing, breathing heavily/trails his fingers over his back again*
Yuuri - *squirms, groaning more clearly this time because he was no longer muffled by their lips/blushes deeper/staring down embarrassedly at the blond, completely out of breath*
Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow at him/smirks slightly, still panting* "Something... wrong?"
Yuuri - *still out of breath as well/glances away as if that would hide his flushed face* "No..."
Wolfram - *his smirk turns into an affectionate little smile* "Liar..."
Yuuri - *pouts at him for a moment before leaning back to kiss him again*
Wolfram - *passionately returns the kiss as he continues to run his hands over his back*
Yuuri - *whines again in the kiss/presses more deeply to try and drown it out*
Wolfram - *... er-... they continue to kiss, caress, and tease one another, and eventually they again do adult things that get Guine shooed out of rooms/as always, they exchange 'I love you's before tumbling off into the pleasant world of dreams, and finally their poor little traumatized horses can have some peace/the next morning...*
Yuuri - *winces a little uncomfortably from the hard floor, even if he was on his jacket/slowly opens his eyes to glance down at the blond he had been holding onto through the night, on his chest*
Wolfram - *half-awake, though still drooling a little bit like always, perfectly content to just lay there and listen to Yuuri's heartbeat*
Yuuri - *holds back a laugh/moves his arm back behind his head to prop it up some, watching the blond half-sleep*
Wolfram - *mumbles* "Yuuri..."
Yuuri - *feels his heart skip/smiles* "Yes...?"
Wolfram - *sighs and doesn't further elaborate/shifts a bit as if he's trying to cuddle closer, as thoughts of babies and pretty, sparkly engagement rings dance through his head*
Yuuri - *smile grows wider/shifts his arm around the blond to hold him closer/softly* "Wolfram..."
Wolfram - *is able to hear him in his current state, but can't acknowledge him very well* "Hmmm...?"
Yuuri - *laughs silently* "I love you..."
Wolfram - *sighs again, extremely comfortable* "... love 'ou, too..."
Yuuri - *suppresses an "Awww!" and continues to smile at him/shifts his arm up a bit once he was sure Wolfram wouldn't roll off of him to brush lightly through his hair*
Wolfram - *mumbles some more, then scrunches his nose up as he sneezes/it jars him completely awake/he groans*
Yuuri - *frowns a little, freezing half brush/worried* "You okay?"
Wolfram - *shakes his head* "Dust..."
Yuuri - *sighs lightly and continues to brush his hair/smiles again* "Good morning..."
Wolfram - *remains at his place on his chest* "'Morning..."
Yuuri - *laughs lightly at him/brushes through his hair some more* "We're going to go find a bath today, you know."
Wolfram - *lets out a little whimper* "Please..."
Yuuri - *laughs again* "You can count on me..."
Wolfram - "Mmmm..." *scrunches up his face again, but instead of sneezing he tries to make himself get up, only to stay right where he is* "I think you killed me..."
Yuuri - *eyes widen in worry and slight panic* "W-what?? I... I'm sorry!" *doesn't know what to do/getting closer to full out panicking*
Wolfram - *lifts a hand to absently wave it at him* "Don't worry. I'm fine. I just don't wanna move."
Yuuri - *pauses for a moment, then lets out a relieved sigh* "Oh... You don't have to move..."
Wolfram - "Yes, I do. I want a bath. I need a bath. I'll kill myself if I don't get a bath today." *moves his raised hand to brush it through his own hair/cringes, a look of disgust on his face* "How can you even stand to touch it? I need a bath." *stresses it, as if he didn't get his point across the first few times he said it*
Yuuri - *smiles, then laughs* "We'll find a bath... And you can have your bath..." *brushes through his hair again* "I like your hair... Obsession, remember?"
Wolfram - *groans* "It feels gross." *forces himself up onto all fours, staring down at Yuuri with sleepy eyes* "We're stopping at the first village we come to today that has public baths; I don't care how early it is. And then we're staying there until tomorrow morning."
Yuuri - *smiles cheerfully at him* "In the baths?"
Wolfram - *sticks his tongue out at him* "In the village, you wimp, so I can have a bath today, and another one tomorrow."
Yuuri - *laughs* "And maybe while you're feeling clean, we can get married too."
Wolfram - *smiles at him* "If there's a place where we can, then 'yes.'"
Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "Okay.... If we find a place to get married, then we'll do just that..." *glances over to the door then* "If we're not snowed in..."
Wolfram - *glares at the door/growls* "We'd better not be. As… charming as this little place is, I'd rather not stay here longer than I have to." *looks back to him/concerned* "Doesn't your back hurt?"
Yuuri - *smiles at him/small lie, but hopefully hiding it* "Nope! I'm fine!"
Wolfram - *skeptical* "I can't imagine the hard floor was very comfortable for you."
Yuuri - *shrugs/tries to laugh, but it was too weak, so he covered that with a cough* "It's not so bad."
Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow at him* "Are you lying to me?"
Yuuri - *smiles innocently at him* "Of course not!"
Wolfram - *stares at him in silence for a few seconds, but then drops it, moving away to begin sifting through their clothes, tossing all of Yuuri's at him* "Then I suppose we may as well not waste any more time here."
Yuuri - *watches him, still smiling/sitting up once his clothes was thrown to him and began putting them on* "I suppose not. Especially if that means more time in a bath."
Wolfram - *starts pulling his own clothes own, wrinkling his nose at how absolutely gross he feels* "You might have a hard time pulling me away once we do find one..."
Yuuri - *laughs* "That's fine. You can take however long you want." *finishes getting dressed and pulls his shoes on before getting up to go dig through the bags to feed the horses*
Wolfram - *stumbles a bit as he pulls his shoes on, but manages to keep his balance/spares a look at the firewood they'd gotten that had spent time drying out/points to it* "You think we could fit some into one of our bags... just in case?"
Yuuri - *glances over at the firewood* "Yeah, we could probably fit in a few logs..." *raises his eyebrow/teasing* "You're not hoping to get stuck in a little cabin out in the middle of nowhere in a snow storm again, are you?"
Wolfram - *scoffs* "Of course not. I'm just being practical. It's just a precaution."
Yuuri - *grins* "Of course..." *starts emptying one of the bags, placing the contents in to another before moving over to the logs, poking at a few of them before choosing the better ones*
Wolfram - *huffs at him, a bit impatient, before going over to one of the other bags and stealing some food for himself*
Yuuri - *glances a bit over his shoulder, grinning even wider/picks up a few logs and heads back over, placing them carefully into the now empty bag*
Wolfram - *shoves some food into his mouth quickly, chews, then swallows/glances at Yuuri* "You should eat something before we leave."
Yuuri - *raises an eyebrow/teasing* "Who? Me? Really? You're offering me some food?"
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes at him* "You can starve if you want to."
Yuuri - *cringes playfully* "I'd rather not..." *hold out his hand/still grinning*
Wolfram - "What? Too lazy to get your own?" *quickly tosses him some of what he has, munching on the rest*
Yuuri - *nods* "I guess I am..." *shoves most of it into his mouth to chew on while he went back to getting the horses ready*
Wolfram - *looks around, spots Yuuri's hat on the ground, picks it up and moves over to him to shove it onto his head* "You need to be careful where you're throwing things. We can't go anywhere if you lose this."
Yuuri - *blinks a little as his hat is shoved on his head/glances at Wolfram* "Yeah... I really don't want to have to leave much of a trail for anyone to find us... It's bad enough how we already stick out, as you've said..."
Wolfram - *shrugs* "I'm sure we really don't stick out too much anymore. We're dirty and we smell like horses... well-bred horses, but still..." *shoves the rest of his food into his mouth and finishes his quick little breakfast*
Yuuri - *stands up/moving closer to sniff at him* "You're the nicest smelling horse I've known..." *glances back at the horses* "No offense...."
Wolfram - *snorts/grumbles* "I'm sure you can't offend them any more than you already have..."
Yuuri - *grins* "I don't know what you're talking about." *leans in to give him a quick kiss*
Wolfram - *kisses him back lightly, before pulling away to raise an eyebrow at him* "You have no shame, do you?"
Yuuri - *shrugs/still grinning* "Do I need to?"
Wolfram - "I hope you don't expect me to indulge you in these sorts of things in front of people." *half serious, because he doesn't really expect Yuuri to be that... well... never mind - Yuuri seems to be full of all sorts of surprises*
Yuuri - *grins wider/teasing* "Now that you mention it..." *laughs, then shakes his head/moves over to snatch up his jacket, pulling it on* "I love you."
Wolfram - "I love you, too." *puts his hands on his hips, staring him down - or up, or... whatever* "And as of now, my horse will never look at me the same again." *grabs his own jacket, shoving his arms through the sleeves*
Yuuri - *standing up now/moving over to the door while finishing up the buttons on his jacket/laughs* "I'm sure the horses will be fine."
Wolfram - *follows him, grumbling* "You need to learn restraint."
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes* "You were the one talking about teasing me... I don't think anyone has enough restraint if you torture them like you did me..."
Wolfram - *laughs at him lightly* "Torture? You call that torture? Well, just you wait..."
Yuuri - *pauses to watch him nervously/unintentionally squeaks* "T-that wasn't...?"
Wolfram - *smirks at his squeak/teasing* "Something wrong?"
Yuuri - *small voice/nervously curious* "N-no..."
Wolfram - "Hmmm..." *falls silent for a moment* "Well, let's get out of here, then."
Yuuri - *nods/turns, tugging down at his hat before pulling the door open/a small pile of snow tumbles into the little cabin, but other than that, it wasn't too deep/takes hold of his horse’s reigns to lead her out the door/pauses outside, waiting for Wolfram to follow*
Wolfram - *gives his horse a nice little apologetic stroke on the neck before beginning to lead it out/cringes at the snow that was deeper now than it had been yesterday, glaring up at the sky and just daring it to dump more onto them/mounts his horse*
Yuuri - *mounts as well/turning to lead back up to what they assumed was the road* "If we meet anyone, we can just ask for directions to the nearest town with a public bath... That would be easiest, don't you think?"
Wolfram - *gives him an odd look* "And who do you expect to meet all the way out here?"
Yuuri - *shrugs* "Fellow elopers?"
Wolfram - *snorts* "Highly unlikely. If we do happen to spot anyone, it would probably be best for us to hide or run, because they'd most likely be searching for us."
Yuuri - *grins* "Yeah, that might be a problem... You ready?" *indicates he's ready to pick up their speed again to make it to whatever town might be near them*
Wolfram - "Of course." *immediately kicks his horse into a gallop, knowing Yuuri will do the same and quickly catch up*
Yuuri - *kicks his horse into a gallop as well/rides along for about an hour or so before spotting a small little village ahead* "They don't look like they'll have any kind of public bath... I'll stop to ask someone..."
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes, but doesn't argue*
Yuuri - *trots up to what looks like the most lively place in the small little town/probably a tavern of some sort by the looks of it/quickly dismounts, passing his reigns to Wolfram before turning to head in* "I'll be right back..." *tugs a bit nervously at his hat*
Wolfram - *frowns down at him, but takes hold of the reigns* "I should go and you should be the one staying here."
Yuuri - *ignores him/cautiously pushes the door open to step inside*
Wolfram - *huffs and watches him, waiting impatiently, inwardly cursing him for being so stupid*
Yuuri - *comes back out after a minute or so/waves cheerfully back at the people in the little place before heading back to his horse* "They said just a few more hours east is a much larger town. And yes, they said they would have some baths there." *mounts again/blinking at Wolfram's expression* "What?"
Wolfram - *continues frowning* "You shouldn't be so careless."
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes* "How am I being careless? I'm just asking for directions." *holds out his hand for his reigns*
Wolfram - *hands the reigns back to him* "What if someone recognizes you?"
Yuuri - *blinks at him* "All the way out here? And I'm wearing my hat..." *takes the reigns, turning his horse to head through the little village*
Wolfram - "Yes, you're wearing your hat. But by now word has spread that we've left, and no doubt the entire country knows what we're doing. You have to be more careful. Not everyone is as nice as most of the other people you've met in the past. What if some desperate homeless person decides to abduct you and hold you for ransom?"
Yuuri - *shrugs at him* "You'd come kick their butt?"
Wolfram - *snorts at him, but doesn't agree or disagree, merely smirks and teases* "In my delicate condition?"
Yuuri - *raises an eyebrow at him* "After how much you've put up a fuss about not knowing for sure?"
Wolfram - "Well, I wouldn't want to lower my chances by getting injured..."
Yuuri - *grins at him* "Then I'll have to do the butt kicking." *pauses, then adds* "And don't worry so much. Nothing's going to happen. And I've already told you that I may be a wimp, but I can at least defend myself and you...."
Wolfram - *snorts again* "Something will happen. I know something will. Something always happens whenever we go off on one of your adventures. You attract trouble. And you may be able to defend yourself from some things, but I don't think you'd be able to do much against an angry mob or a troop of bandits."
Yuuri - *pouts a little* "Aww... Since when was there an angry mob or troop of bandits after us? And I don't attract trouble... It just... I... It shows up from time to time..."
Wolfram - *scoffs* "'From time to time'... right." *gives him another look* "And there may not be an angry mob or troop of bandits after us at the moment, but that doesn't mean some people won't get angry if they do find us out. Do you know how extremely uncommon it is for the king to elope? It's never been done before, Yuuri, and some people will see you as fickle and uncaring because of it. You run away from the castle to elope with your fiancé instead of planning a grand wedding that everyone can celebrate, and at the same time taking care of their needs?"
Yuuri - *winces/flushing lightly in frustration and embarrassment/turns to focus on the road ahead of them/doesn't know what to say, but is suddenly feeling a bit guilty* "Oh.... "
Wolfram - *shakes his head* "Sometimes you need to think of these things more. I know this was my idea, but..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head as well* "No... I want to do this... I.... I want this... Even if it looks like I didn't think it through... Or even if people think of me as fickle and uncaring... I want to do this..."
Wolfram - *sighs* "They're going to think you care more about your personal wants and needs than you do theirs." *gives him a serious look* "And it's not bad to indulge yourself every once in a while, Yuuri. Being king is a lot of work, and it requires a lot of sacrifices, but you have to understand that the people watch and know everything that you do, and a lot of them may not agree with you all the time."
Yuuri - *frowns at himself* "I.... I know...." *shakes his head again* "But we're not turning back now... Not after all of this..."
Wolfram - *nods* "I know that, and I'm not suggesting that we do. I'm just warning you, and trying to get it into your thick head that you have to be more careful with what you do, who you talk to, and what you say to them."
Yuuri - *glances up at the sky/thinking* "All I asked was if they knew how close a larger town was... And that I was looking for a public bath.... And they told me to go east... " *looks over at Wolfram* "I am being careful... I don't want to be found out..."
Wolfram - "I know, okay, just..." *shakes his head* "It's my fault we're out here in the first place. If something went wrong..."
Yuuri - *frowns at him* "Nothing is your fault. And nothing is going to go wrong..." *smiles then* "It'll be okay..."
Wolfram - "How can you keep saying that?" *glares at him, not believing him*
Yuuri - *still smiling* "Because I can feel it... No matter what happens, it'll be okay."
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes* "'No matter what happens' you say, which implies that something could very well happen. And maybe it will be okay... after... but that doesn't mean it will during whatever's going to happen..."
Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "You're just grumpy because you haven't had a bath yet."
Wolfram - "No, I'm just being realistic. I'll say the same thing before, during, and after the bath."
Yuuri - *grins* "We'll see."
Wolfram - "I promise you. Nothing will change my mind." *stubborn*
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes/continues to head out through the freezing cold, although only a few flurries manage to reach them/two more hours and smoke from chimneys can be seen in the distance and the tops of a few taller structures could be seen/sighs, grinning* "Well... Let's find you that bath..."
Wolfram - "Good. We're staying here today and not leaving until tomorrow. We should rent another stall for the horses, get a room at an inn - a good room - and then find that bath." *feels a little better at the sight of the village, but not so much that it completely changes his pessimistic little mind*
Yuuri - *laughs a bit, but then pulls back on his horse to slow down as they approach the gate to the village/guards out front and everything/mumbles out of the corner of his mouth* "Any ideas?"
Wolfram - "Do I look like I'm made of good ideas?" *glares at him, and then at the guards, really, really hoping they don't recognize him*
Yuuri - *nods a bit at the guards' glances as they pass/trying to act as normal as possible/lets out a sigh of relief after getting farther down the street* "Well... I guess they didn't recognize us... That... Or they just haven't received much information yet..."
Wolfram - *grumbles under his breath "Oh, believe me, they've received the information. And they're probably already snickering to one another about how they're going to spend the reward money..."
Yuuri - *winces* "T-then... Should we leave?"
Wolfram - *shakes his head* "No. I want a bath, and then I want to stop at a tavern for some hot food, and then I want to sleep with you in a bed that's actually comfortable. Then we can leave. We should be fine as long as we don't stay longer than a day." *looks over to give him a faint smile* "Besides... I thought we were going to look for some place to get married while we're here. They can't stop us once we've gotten that out of the way."
Yuuri - *relaxes some/turns to smile back at him* "That's right... We should probably look for some place to get married too..." *nods* "But first thing's first... Let's get you a bath..." *pauses* "Though... I probably need one too..."
Wolfram - *nods/they continue on and stop at the stables to rent two stalls for their horse/Wolfram grabs one of the bags of clothes they'd hastily packed, because he does not plan on putting the same dirty clothes back on once he's finally clean/grabs Yuuri's hand and begins leading him through town to search for an inn, intent on getting a room and then... he sighs, thinking of that nice, hot bath that's waiting for him*
Yuuri - *allows himself to be dragged/spending some time staring mindlessly up at the buildings, hoping to spot some kind of steeple or something to indicate a church or temple/stumbles a bit in the snow on their way to the inn*
Wolfram - *slows a bit at Yuuri's stumbling, but doesn't stop in his quest/finds an inn and immediately going inside, able to get a room much easier than the last time as the man running it seemed to be more concerned with the bickering between he and his wife than he did anything else/quickly grabs the key from him and drags Yuuri up the stairs/finds the door to their room, opens it, pulls Yuuri in, and then closes it behind them/the room was still small compared to their room at the palace, but the bed is bigger than the last one and there's more room to walk around/immediately begins rummaging through the bag he'd snatched for another change of clothes/impatient*
Yuuri - *follows him silently in/not wanting to be stupid and do anything else to embarrass him/moves to sit down in one of the chairs, watching Wolfram as he went through the clothes that was thrown in the bag/grinning as he rests his hand against his cheek, elbow in the table* "Can't wait for that bath, huh?"
Wolfram - *pouts* "No." *turns to Yuuri, and finally slows down to a stop* "Shit..."
Yuuri - *blinks at him, pulling his cheek away from his hand/worried* "What??"
Wolfram - *worried* "What are we going to do about your hair?"
Yuuri - *blinks at him for a second, then quickly reaches up to make sure his hat was still on/finds that it was, then pulls his hand away again* "Uhh.... I'll just leave the hat on..."
Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow at him* "In the bath?"
Yuuri - *eyes widen a bit/just now caught on* "Oh.... That..."
Wolfram - *nods, but doesn't say anything else, thinking*
Yuuri - *sputters a bit/slightly flustered* "W-well... I guess I don't have to take a bath... I could just go with you... And... Wait... And not take off my hat..."
Wolfram - "Don't be stupid. You need to take a bath, Yuuri."
Yuuri - *pouts* "But I don't want to screw everything up by getting caught..."
Wolfram - *frowns and thinks some more*
Yuuri - *reaches up to fiddle nervously with his hat* "I... could wear it to the bath?"
Wolfram - *thinks some more* "We have two options. We could do that, but then you'd look weird and everyone would get suspicious, or we could pawn off some of the stuff we brought and rent the bath out for our private use, but that would be suspicious, too, and people would want to know what it is we have to hide."
Yuuri - *grins/teasing* "Or I could shave off my hair..."
Wolfram - *eyes widen* "No!"
Yuuri - *laughs* "So... You wouldn't like it if I just suddenly decided I didn't like my hair any more and wanted it gone?"
Wolfram - *wrinkles his nose in distaste* "You'd look hideous."
Yuuri - *mock pouts/still playing with his hat* "I bet it would be a lot easier traveling if I didn't have any hair..."
Wolfram - *warningly* "Yuuri..."
Yuuri - *grins/amused* "Yes?"
Wolfram - "You are not shaving your hair off."
Yuuri - *laughs* "Yes, sir..." *pauses* "So what are we gonna do about..." *points at his own head*
Wolfram - "I don't know... I told you what we could do, but both seem very suspicious."
Yuuri - *shrugs/grinning* "I could pretend to be sick or something."
Wolfram - "..."
Yuuri - *mock gasps* "What?? You don't think I can pretend to be sick! If I were sick then no one would want to go near us! We'd be able to get a private bath, I could take off my hat, and no one would want to bother us for fear of catching whatever it is I have!" *grins wider*
Wolfram - *glares at him, then throws a smile pile of clothes at him* "Fine, you try it and see what happens."
Yuuri - *blinks/catches his clothes as best he could/shuffles his arms to gather everything back up from slipping out* "What?? You don't think that'll work?"
Wolfram - *sighs, exasperated and still highly impatient* "Let's just go. If we have to we can reveal your identity, demand use of the baths, and then run afterwards."
Yuuri - *mock pouts* "What about getting married?"
Wolfram - "We'd have to find some place else, then." *scoops up his own little pile of clothes and begins heading for the door*
Yuuri - *pouts more/follows him* "I still think I'm an amazing actor..."
Wolfram - *opens the door and heads back out into the hallway* "And I still think you're a wimp."
Yuuri - "Awwww...." *grins/follows quickly behind him*
Wolfram - *heads back down the stairs, out of the inn, and makes his way across the relatively busy street to the public baths, walking quickly*
Yuuri - *follows/still grinning, though he tugs down at his hat some more to make sure his hair was hidden* "So.... I'm going to let you do all the talking? Or should I pretend I'm sick before we get there?"
Wolfram - *scoffs* "Whatever. I'm tempted to pretend I don't even know you and just go in there myself. Maybe they'll think you're insane or something."
Yuuri - *pouts/teasing* "Did you want to do that? I don't have to go in with you...."
Wolfram - *stops to glare at him* "You think I'd leave you alone for even a second?"
Yuuri - *blinks/blushing lightly* "Oh... "
Wolfram - "Just... do whatever you want." *continues into the building* "But do not, under any circumstances, come between me and my bath."
Yuuri - *grins* "Okay..." *follows closely behind/still doesn't think they'd get caught in something as simple as a bath*
Wolfram - *huffs a bit, but goes onward, easily finding the men's bath and making his way inside/there are a few people already in there, but most of them are all the way on the other side of the large, heated pool/grabs a towel and some soaps that are provided as he hurriedly makes his way to the edge of the bath, where he drops everything into a little pile*
Yuuri - *cautiously looks around, following Wolfram's example and grabs some towels/stops at the edge of the bath, opening one of the towels and places it over top of his hat/grins at Wolfram*
Wolfram - *snorts at him, but chooses not to say anything/hastily removes his shoes and clothing, letting it all fall to the floor/then he moves and sinks into the water, sighing happily as he does so*
Yuuri - *pouts a little at the lack of response/takes off his shoes and clothes as well, hopping in and sinking down just far enough so his hat wouldn't get wet/quickly reaches under the towel and pulls his hat off, making sure the towel still covered his hair, placing the hat at the edge of the bath with his clothes/sinks down lower/watching Wolfram/amused by how content he seemed*
Wolfram - *a little smile spreads across his face, and he immediately begins cleaning himself, using the variety of soaps he'd blindly grabbed along to way to scrub off all the dirt/ducks under the water to wet his hair completely before washing it thoroughly, frowning a bit at all the knots and wondering again how Yuuri could stand touching it/ducks under again to wash the suds out, wiping water and his dripping bangs out of his face when he comes back up*
Yuuri - *still staring/manages to blindly reach over and grab one of the soaps to scrub half heartedly at his arm/not really paying attention to washing himself*
Wolfram - *glances over at Yuuri and catches his gaze, smirking a little bit before wading over to him/raises an eyebrow at him* "Is there a problem?"
Yuuri - *blinks at Wolfram's voice/instantly blushes and fumbles a bit with the soap in his hand, clasping onto it with both hands so it wouldn't escape him/shakes his head* "No..."
Wolfram - "Your face is red again." *his smirk widens* "Maybe I should get you drunk."
Yuuri - *eyes widen a bit/sputters* "T-that's because it's hot in here! And... What?! Why??"
Wolfram - "Because every time you look at me and realize I know you're looking at me, you get embarrassed. I've told you before that you can stare whenever you want, for however long." *thinks for a moment, still smiling playfully* "If you were drunk you might not get as embarrassed."
Yuuri - *blushes a little darker/squeaks quietly* "I'm not embarrassed...."
Wolfram - "Sure. That's why you're blushing and squeaking."
Yuuri - *coughs/shaking his head/making sure he didn't squeak or whatever* "I'm not... just... it's warm in here... so it might look like I... that I'm... But I'm really not... it's just... " *gives up and sinks all the way under the water/trying to hold his breath for as long as possible/obviously embarrassed*
Wolfram - *laughs at him and waits for him to resurface*
Yuuri - *eventually runs out of air and slowly comes back up/blinks at him for a moment before taking another large breath to go back under*
Wolfram - *grins and watches him* "Wimp..."
Yuuri - *muffled through the water/bubbles*
Wolfram - "And just what do you expect to accomplish under there anyway?" *looks into the water*
Yuuri - *pouts as he resurfaces* "Nothing...."
Wolfram - *still smirking* "We're going to a tavern to eat after this, and you're going to drink."
Yuuri - *flushes dark again/shakes his head*
Wolfram - "What? You don't want to?" *pouts at him*
Yuuri - *stares at him for a moment, then sinks back under the water/lifts the towel off his head just enough to scrub viciously at his hair*
Wolfram - "Hiding from me again, I see..."
Yuuri - *lifts his head just a bit out of the water/shakes his head* "I'm not hiding...." *yeah... he was...*
Wolfram - *shakes his head at him as well, crossing his arms over his chest* "You'd think after what we've done the passed two nights you'd be less embarrassed."
Yuuri - *sputters under the water/shakes his head again* "I'm not embarrassed!"
Wolfram - "Then why are you blushing?" *challenges him*
Yuuri - *blinks at him* "Because it's hot?"
Wolfram - "Our bath at home is close to the same temperature, and your face never gets this red there."
Yuuri - *sputters* "Y-yeah... But... I'm used to it... there... and..." *sinks a little under the water to mumble*
Wolfram - "Yes, I'll definitely be getting you drunk..."
Yuuri - *whimpers/goes back to scrubbing more*
Wolfram - *just stays there in the water and watches him*
Yuuri - *washes the soap from his hair and glances up at him* "You.... you weren't serious.... were you?"
Wolfram - *looks at him curiously* "About what?"
Yuuri - *quietly* "About getting me drunk...."
Wolfram - *grins* "I was quite serious. You need to loosen up a bit."
Yuuri - *frowns worriedly* "What if I'm mean...?"
Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow again* "I don't see why you would be."
Yuuri - *pouts some* "But... What if I did something stupid and blew our cover?"
Wolfram - *laughs at him* "Then I suppose we'll have to make a run for it."
Yuuri - *frowns/not really happy with the idea* "But...."
Wolfram - *teasing* "Now where, oh where, did your sense of adventure go?"
Yuuri - *pouts* "I've got plenty of.... I've got a sense of adventure! I just don't want to end up doing anything stupid...."
Wolfram - "What happened to the optimism from earlier?"
Yuuri - *eyes narrow slightly* "I've got optimism... I just... " *has no idea how to counter that*
Wolfram - *wades closer to him* "And I'm sure you won't be mean. I think you'll be a very affectionate drunk. Maybe a little outspoken, but I'm sure I can find away to keep your mouth occupied so you don't say something you shouldn't. You definitely wouldn't hesitate to tell me things at least, and you shouldn't blush and stutter nearly as much, if at all." *grins at him* "It should loosen your tongue fairly well."
Yuuri - *pouts more/sinking farther under the water, but still above enough to talk/definitely doesn't like the idea of spilling his guts, even if it was just to Wolfram* "But... You don't know that... And weren't you worried about how everything was going to turn out horribly? What if it ends up that... I'm the one that makes everything worse?"
Wolfram - *smiles sweetly* "Then I'll forgive you."
Yuuri - *stares at him, then sighs/can't argue with that smile* "I'll have a few drinks... maybe... but not enough to get drunk...."
Wolfram - *pouts at him* "But I really wanted to see what you'd be like..."
Yuuri - *frowns more* "Maybe at home..."
Wolfram - *snorts* "Gwendal would hardly let you. Neither would Conrart, I'd think."
Yuuri - *grins* "The three of us could have a drinking party... Then you'd get to see us all drunk. It might be fun."
Wolfram - *pouts even more*
Yuuri - *winces at the pout* "M-maybe... It depends on if we're lucky and don't get caught by the time we get out of here..."
Wolfram - "We won't." *more pouting*
Yuuri - *caving really fast* "I-I.... It's just... I..."
Wolfram - *knows he's caving/inwardly smirks, but forces one of his 'Look at me, I'm so cute and adorable, don't you just love me' looks onto his face*
Yuuri - *blushes* "Let's just get something to eat first...."
Wolfram - *makes his eyes get bigger/continues pouting*
Yuuri - *squeaks lightly* "Then maybe I could get a drink or two after that... "
Wolfram - *puts on the sweetest, most innocent face he can possibly muster* "I love you..."
Yuuri - *stares at him, blushing a little darker/caves, but doesn't want to admit it* "I love you, too...."
Wolfram - *his bottom lip quivers*
Yuuri - *winces/moves a little closer to reach up and brush some of his bangs* "H-hey... It's fine... I'll do whatever you want...."
Wolfram - *his face instantly brightens/he laughs, then pounces on him to wrap his arms around his neck, hugging him tightly* "I'm joking, you don't have to if you don't want to. I'd never force you to." *pulls back to smile at him* "You let me get away with too much."
Yuuri - *startled as he's pounced/quickly catches himself so as not to fall backwards into the water/absentmindedly places his arms around the blond's waist* "N-no... It's okay... I'll be fine."
Wolfram - "No you won't, you wimp. If you don't want to, then don't. I just thought it would be an intriguing sight."
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "I think after all this you're putting me through, it would be nice...."
Wolfram - *smiles at him* "I'd drink with you if I could."
Yuuri - *frowns at him* "But you can't, so you won't... Besides... someone has to keep me from getting too wild..." *can't believe he's actually agreeing to this*
Wolfram - *laughs* "I'm sure you'll be fine. I promise to stop you before you get too rowdy."
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes* "Joy..."
Wolfram - "What? You don't believe me?"
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "I believe you... And I'm sure you'll stop me from making a complete fool of myself..."
Wolfram - "Well..." *grins* "... maybe..."
Yuuri - *raises his eyebrow* "Don't start acting like Murata..."
Wolfram - *wrinkles his nose in distaste* "Don't you compare me to him. He's just as perverted as you are, if not more."
Yuuri - *pouts* "Hey... I'm nowhere near as perverted as he is... And I don't really like your answer from before.... 'Maybe'... What's that supposed to mean??"
Wolfram - *shrugs, grinning again* "Me stopping you depends on what your wimpy mouth decides to spout off."
Yuuri - *groans/forgot about that*
Wolfram - *giggles at him*
Yuuri - *pouts* "Are we done here?"
Wolfram - *sighs lightly* "I suppose so. Unless you'd like to just sit here for a while longer. Why?" *raises an eyebrow curiously* "Are you hungry or are you really tempted to drink now that we've been talking about it?"
Yuuri - *sighs* "No... I just wanted to know what you were interested in doing... We can stay longer if you'd like..."
Wolfram - *shrugs again* "I don't care. I'm fine with whatever you want."
Yuuri - *raises his eyebrow, then leans in to kiss him*
Wolfram - *a little surprised, pulls back to stare up at him, raising an eyebrow once more/teasing* "Really, Yuuri. In front of all these people?" *not that there's a lot in there, maybe a dozen or so closer to the other end*
Yuuri - *pouts at him* "You're embarrassed about me kissing you?"
Wolfram - "No." *grins playfully* "Just worried about you showing some restraint. Remember, I told you earlier that you needed to work on that."
Yuuri - *pouts more* "I can't kiss you?"
Wolfram - "Of course you can." *lifts a hand to tap a finger against the tip of his nose* "Just keep it tame."
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes/leans in to kiss his cheek* "Is that tame enough for you?"
Wolfram - *laughs softly* "A little too tame. Don't wimp out on me, now."
Yuuri - "How about this?" *leans in to lightly kiss his lips*
Wolfram - *presses back just as lightly, placing his hands gently onto his shoulders*
Yuuri - *presses deeper/wraps his arms farther around his back, pulling him closer*
Wolfram - *leans further into him, sliding his hands back to wrap his arms around his neck again*
Yuuri - *presses back, clinging to him tightly*
Wolfram - *makes a soft noise in the back of his throat, sliding one hand up to stroke Yuuri's hair, only to groan at the feel of the towel on his head*
Yuuri - *blinks and pulls back/out of breath* "What?"
Wolfram - *glares at him a little, but doesn't really mean it/pants lightly* "Your stupid... hair..."
Yuuri - *grins at him/panting as well* "You changed your mind and.... want me to shave it?"
Wolfram - *shakes his head quickly* "No! I'd rather touch it instead of a stupid towel!"
Yuuri - *reaches up to take the towel off, but then stops/notices how a few people from the other end were looking over their way/pouts and pulls his hand away* "Sorry..."
Wolfram - "Never mind." *pulls away* "Let's go." *starts to climb out of the bath*
Yuuri - *pouts at him* "Sorry!" *starts to follow*
Wolfram - *sighs a bit and climbs out, grabbing a towel and immediately beginning to dry himself off*
Yuuri - *takes one of the towels to wrap around his waist before getting another to place over the wet towel on his head, pulling the wet one off once he was sure his hair was still covered/starts drying his hair*
Wolfram - *quickly finishes drying himself, growing a little wary of the other people in the bath/starts pulling his clean clothes on as hastily and he pulled his dirty ones off*
Yuuri - *getting a little worried/follows Wolfram's example and quickly finishes drying off, leaving the towel on his head, and starts to pull the clean clothes on/carefully pulls his hat over the towel before carefully pulling the towel out from under it*
Wolfram - *rubs the towel through his hair a little bit after getting dressed, before leaving it for the cleaning people to come take care of later/scoops up his dirty clothes and waits for Yuuri to finish*
Yuuri - *quickly finishes, pulls on his shoes, and gathers up his things/grins at Wolfram, ready to follow him out again/still in hopes of not doing anything stupid*
Wolfram - *walks out of the bath and then makes his way out of the building, crossing the street again to go back to the inn/enters, heads up the stairs once more, and goes into their room, tossing his dirty clothes towards the bag but not caring so much if they make it in or not/flops down onto the bed on his stomach*
Yuuri - *quickly follows him up to the room/shuts the door behind them and starts to put his dirty clothes into the bag, picking up Wolfram's missed clothes as well/stands back up, taking his hat off and dropping it on the table/turns to sit at the edge of the bed, placing his hand lightly on Wolfram's back* "Hey... You okay?"
Wolfram - *nods as best as he can* "All this sneaking around and trying not to get found out is just a little tiring."
Yuuri - *lays down on his side, next to him/brushes his hand through Wolfram's hair* "I'm sorry... I didn't want to make this so troublesome for you..."
Wolfram - *lifts a hand to absentmindedly wave it at him* "It's not troublesome so much as... exhausting."
Yuuri - *lets out a sigh/brushes his hair again* "Are you hungry? Or did you want to take a nap...?"
Wolfram - *sighs* "Just... lay with me for a while?" *quickly shakes his head* "Don't let me go to sleep, but... just lay here."
Yuuri - *smiles* "Sure..." *drops his head off his hand to lay on the pillow/continues to play with Wolfram's hair with his other*
Wolfram - *sighs again, deeper this time, turning over to face him/closes his eyes* "Everything's happening so quickly, but at the same time... it feels like it's been forever since we left. Maybe because things have changed so much, I don't know..."
Yuuri - *watches him/still brushing his hair* "It does feel like a long time... You don't think... things are going too quickly.... do you?"
Wolfram - *shakes his head again, slowly* "No, it's not that. It's just... for as quick as it's been, it's all gone surprisingly well. I guess I'm just waiting for it to go straight to hell. It's not like I want something to happen to ruin everything for us... it just feels like something will. It makes me antsy." *frowns slightly*
Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "You really need to stop worrying so much... You'll end up with wrinkles like Gwendal..."
Wolfram - "One of us needs to worry. You hardly do."
Yuuri - *sighs/brushes his hair some more* "Nothing is going to happen.... And I don't like to worry so much about things... I'll just take what I'm given... Although... I can hardly bear to ask for more than I have..." *smiles softly at him*
Wolfram - *smiles lightly, his eyes still closed* "But you should always prepare yourself for the worst, no matter how good things are going at the moment."
Yuuri - *sighs again* "I guess.... I just don't see how anything could happen.... I know things could happen, but I definitely don't want them to... so... I don't want to expect anything... Especially if it's bad..."
Wolfram - *his smile turns into a frown* "You're too optimistic. That could end up hurting you, you know."
Yuuri - *pouts a little* "There's nothing wrong with being optimistic..."
Wolfram - "No, there's nothing wrong with it." *sighs lightly again* "Although, if something does happen it'll affect you more. When you get let down and things don't go the way you envision, you'll get hurt."
Yuuri - *frowns a bit* "But... If you keep thinking that something bad is going to happen... you're going to miss all the good things..."
Wolfram - "I'm sure you'll be more than willing to point them all out to me..."
Yuuri - "Hmm... If that'll make you happy..." *leans closer to kiss him lightly*
Wolfram - *presses into the kiss a little, but pulls back soon/opens his eyes to look at him* "I don't want you to be disappointed."
Yuuri - *pulls back/smiling at him* "What's there to be disappointed about? I have you, don't I?"
Wolfram - "Yes, but..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "I don't care about what happens as long as you're with me..."
Wolfram - "Mmmm..." *closes his eyes again and cuddles close to him*
Yuuri - *wraps his arm around him to pull him closer* "You don't have to worry about things so much... Especially when I'm with you... I won't let anything happen..."
Wolfram - "You always say that..."
Yuuri - *smiles* "You don't believe me?"
Wolfram - "I believe that you'll try..."
Yuuri - "You don't think I can stop anything bad from happening...?"
Wolfram - "No..." *slowly shakes his head, growing drowsy* "No one can."
Yuuri - *leans to kiss his forehead* "Well... I'll do my best to prove you wrong...."
Wolfram - *laughs softly* "Don't get upset when I win."
Yuuri - *pouts playfully* "You don't have any faith in me..."
Wolfram - "Oh, I do. I just don't let it get the best of me."
Yuuri - "Mmm..." *pulls him closer* "Well... We'll have to see about that..."
Wolfram - "Hmmm..." *blinks sleepily, pressing his face into his chest*
Yuuri - *smiles at him* "Are you changing your mind about that nap?"
Wolfram - "Hmmm?"
Yuuri - *still smiling* "Am I still supposed to keep you awake?"
Wolfram - "Yeah. I... I'm not going to sleep." *though he sounds half-way there already* "I'm just resting my eyes for a minute."
Yuuri - *shakes his head slowly/not really planning on keeping him awake* "Alright..."
Wolfram - "I love you..."
Yuuri - *kisses him lightly on the forehead again* "I love you, too...."
Wolfram - *small smile* "I like it when you say that..."
Yuuri - "Just as I like it when you say it..."
Wolfram - *smiles more, but stays silent, continuing to 'rest his eyes'*
Yuuri - *keeps his arm wrapped around him, holding him close/plays a little with his hair, but is silent as well*
Wolfram - *releases another sigh as he nuzzles against his chest/eventually falls asleep against his will, more tired than he'd originally thought*
Yuuri - *continues to watch him for a while, but then eventually falls asleep as well*
And that's all for this part! Yeaahhh... Yuuri getting drunk... *cough* Fun times... Ya'll'll have to wait for the next part to see that, though... XD; Ahahaha... yeah... Thanks for reading!