Part Thirty-One
Very Brief Recap
- All that crap happens to my poor Yuuri and he hardly gets ANY sympathy!! HATERS.
- IT'S NOT HIS FAULT!!
- It's in his character to be like that!! Leave him alone!!
- Mikage! Stop pointing things out that AREN'T important at the moment!! Jeez...
- Guine's not defensive... no, of course not... *grumble*
Covering the Bases
Part Thirty-One - Time for a Change-Up
Scene Change - *another week passed by, and Wolfram was quickly growing more worried, and more frustrated with everything because of his worry/the tentative date that they'd been planning on for the wedding came and went without any word from the groom, and so he was forced to look forward once more, and hope and pray that Yuuri came home safe and sound before too much more time passed by/the extra time gave he, his mother, and Greta more of an opportunity to plan, anyway, though the planning itself was almost as frustrating as not knowing where Yuuri was/he became extremely picky about his dress - he didn't want it to be too elaborate - though he was sure the Royal Court would have rather him be in the most elaborate get up possible/instead, he wanted something simple, yet elegant, and though he wanted it to flatter his looks, he also wanted it loose enough to be able to hide a slowly growing stomach should more than another month pass without a wedding/then no one could seem to get the veil right - first he wanted lace around the edges, then pearls, then both/he tasted so much cake and food he didn't think he'd be able to touch it after the ceremony, and the flowers were still on hold until he could discuss the issue with his missing fiancé, although after spending some time with the sage - and at that thought he shivered - and talking about the plants on earth, he'd decided what sort of flowers he wanted/the only thing that seemed to work out was his glass shoes, although he'd practically had to relearn how to walk and dance in them/why had he let his mother convince him that having heels would be better than flats??/well... at least they made him a little taller...*
Yuuri - *as for Iris and the young king…/ after almost a week of trying to recover, he had been able to heal enough so that his wounds were no longer as painful, though still glaringly obvious, and fresh enough so that some still had not scabbed over completely/the lack of clean bandages worried the woman, but it was fine with him… he just didn't want the blonde worrying about things that she couldn't do anything about/and she did a good job of making sure they remained clean, so he really didn't have to worry about infection/ besides, making sure that he didn't do anything for a week allowed him time to regain some more of his energy, what with the daily beatings being cut out completely/was currently sitting up on the bed, wincing as he pulled his arms though the sleeves of new shirt for that day, trying to get used to the fabric touching his raw skin as he buttoned it up/spares a glance over at the woman, giving her a small smile, not wanting her to worry/after what happened before, he could handle just about anything, after all*
Iris - *just because she kept the wounds as clean as she possibly could didn't mean he didn't have to worry about infection at all - there was still a chance of that; she really wished she had some of the herbs she used to grow at home to help with the healing and prevent any germs from festering in the wounds, but Dimitri obviously didn't provide things like that for them to use/gives Yuuri a little smile as she goes about cleaning up, having just finished looking his back over again before he'd slipped his shirt on* "Be careful. They're healing, but there's still a chance of some of them reopening if you aggravate them too much..."
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes lightly at her concern, turning to stick his tongue out at her* "I'm being careful, I'm being careful..." *he knew better than to do anything to aggravate his wounds... because then the blonde would just worry about him even more, and he definitely didn't want her to do that.../glances over at the locked door after a few moments, frowning deeply at it/besides the crappy little bits of 'food' they were brought once a day by one of Dimitri's minions, they hadn't seen anyone/sure, he didn't want to see anyone, but it made him constantly anxious, waiting for someone to finally come in/sits on the bed for a while longer, before slowly standing, taking careful steps over to the door, pulling on it to check if it was still locked, and cursing under his breath when it didn't move/well, it was worth a try... again...*
Iris - *don't roll your eyes at her!! she's just expressing her concern!!/finishes cleaning up, about to take the little washbasin of water back into the washroom, but she pauses when he removes himself from the bed and heads over to the door* "Yuuri..." *he really shouldn't be getting up and walking around like that - if anything, he needed to be conserving his strength; there was no telling when Dimitri would come back/sighs when she watches him pull at the door* "Do you honestly think they're going to come by and randomly unlock it when it's been kept locked this entire time?"
Yuuri - *sighs lightly as well, turning to glance around the room again* "No... I was just checking..." *because what if it was accidentally left unlocked and they were just... sitting there while they could try to escape??/not that he expected to be able to get out without getting caught, but they could at least try.../and he was fine with walking around... he had enough energy to walk around for at least a little bit/turns to move over to the barred windows next, staring out at the white that covered everything/mumbles softly to himself* "There has to be a way to get you out of here..." *he didn't want those people doing anything else to the poor woman.... especially not after the threat from the madman...*
Iris - *continues to watch him, really wishing he'd just... sit down... or something.../he made her nervous walking around and doing things when he should be taking as much time as he could to rest* "I told you that I've tried escaping before. Nothing's worked..." *shakes her head lightly, frowning sadly, finally going back to picking up the washbasin* "And even if we did manage to get out of this room, chances are they'd find us before we could get very far..."
Yuuri - *turns to frown sadly at her, knowing quite well that she'd tried to escape before... but he was still determined to find a way to get her out.../watches her for a few moments, before glancing down at what she had in her hands/sure, he'd tried using the water to escape before... but he'd never really had enough energy to make it work, especially not over long distances/still... if there was a chance.../pulls away from the window, moving towards her again, reaching out to take the little basin from her, moving to set it down on the table, finally having to sit down himself/stares down at the water for a long time, not sure if it would be worth it to try, or if he would only waste his energy....*
Iris - *blinks up at him when he takes the washbasin from her, keeping her eyes on him as he moves to set it on the table and sit himself down in front of it/takes a few steps to stand by his side, knowing exactly what he was doing* "Don't use too much of your energy. If you do, your recovery could take longer, or you'll end up hurting yourself..." *or he'd be left completely weak and vulnerable the next time Dimitri decided to come see them*
Yuuri - *softly* "I know that..." *he may be an idiot, but he was still aware of how much energy he had and if it was possible to use it/even though they were in human lands, he was still able to use his magic for the most part, but he needed to use about twice as much energy to be able to accomplish anything - as proven by his other failed attempts at using magic while being kept there/slowly lifts his hand over top of the water, though not touching it, instead seeing if he could at least manipulate it some* "If there's a chance... even if it's just a small one..." *he figured he had about enough energy to transport her to the castle... in theory... but he definitely would try if he could...*
Iris - *so he expected her to just leave him there and go on her own??/not that that wouldn't be at least a little helpful, because she'd be able to tell people exactly where he was, but still... even given the chance to escape, she wouldn't want to leave him by himself, especially knowing that Dimitri would be angry if he found that she was gone* "Just... be careful..." *she felt like she was always saying that/she wasn't going to stop him from trying; she just wanted him to pay attention to what he was doing and to stop immediately if it became too much for him*
Yuuri - *uh, of course he was going to get her out if he had the energy to do so/he could handle whatever Dimitri could come up with... he just wanted to make sure that Iris was safe from these horrible people/nods lightly to her, watching the water as it started to ripple/pulls his hand back, turning to give her a small smile* "I think I can get you out..." *if he could get the particles to respond with just that little amount of energy, then he should be able to send her with the energy he had left/thank goodness...*
Iris - *blinks more as he manipulates the water much better than he had the last few times he'd tried to do so/immediately opens her mouth to protest, able to see that he was clearly intent on making sure she was able to get out/part of her wanted to leave, determined to tell someone what was going on and where to find the king, in the hopes that they could get to him soon/the other part of her would rather stay and make sure he was alright* "Yuuri..."
Dimitri - *well, then... allow him to solve this little situation for her/walks into the room just then with his two favorite henchmen, unlocking the door and pushing it open so that the three of them could enter/he thought he'd allowed enough time to pass since the whipping to where anything he did to Yuuri now wouldn't be too much and accidentally kill him/he'd spent enough time recovering - now it was time for more fun/stops once he's entered, glancing across the room to where Yuuri and the girl were by the table* "Would you care to explain what you're doing, Your Majesty?" *not that he couldn't already tell on his own*
Yuuri - *stares in horror as the doors were suddenly opened, though only for a moment, before glaring darkly at the three, moving to stand from where he was sitting, taking hold of Iris' wrist, pulling her behind him/go figure... he'd just managed to get enough energy to possibly do something and they show up again/as for what he was doing..../glares just a moment longer, before smirking lightly, a flash of determination crossing his expression/doesn't say a word, but slips his hand down from the woman's wrist, taking hold of her hand instead, before lifting them both to shove into the washbasin, immediately closing his eyes to give complete concentration to sending the woman to safety/can feel his heart skip in relief as Iris' hand started being pulled from his and into the water/this was actually going to work!*
Iris - *squeaks a little bit when Yuuri grabs onto her hands and shoves it into the water, gasping as she felt some sort of a... pull?... on her arm.../turns to look at him with wide eyes/why was he doing this now?? was he trying to get another beating?? because they certainly wouldn't be any kinder to him if she were gone/couldn't he have waited until they'd finished whatever they'd come for? at least then he wouldn't be shoving his new found powers into their faces and angering Dimitri even more*
Dimitri - *oh, he wasn't angry - if anything, he was extremely amused/did the demon king really think he was stupid enough to allow him to accomplish this task of his??/makes a motion with his head for his henchmen to take care of the sudden problem*
Owen - *smirks, shaking his head in light amusement as he moves to be able to pull the demon king away from the girl, giving him a rough shake and trying to knock his concentration off* "That's enough from you..."
Wedge - *moves foreword as well, grabbing onto the girl's other arm to try and prevent her from being pulled into the portal any further/takes a red stone out of his pocket, tapping into its power and trying to disrupt whatever magic their captive was using*
Yuuri - "NO!!" *he was going to make this work! he had to get her out of there! he could care less about what they did to him, just as long as she was safe!/forces some more energy into the water, trying to plead with it to work faster, before opening his eyes, glaring at the men and flailing his arm backwards at the man trying to pull him away, hitting him on the side of the head, before moving his hand, holding it palm out towards the man with the stone, sending out a blast of heated water, hoping to scald him enough to make him back away/human magic didn't really work against his, anyway/keeps Iris' hand in the water/just a little longer... a few more seconds and they wouldn't be able to do anything to stop her from escaping/would use every last bit of his energy if he had to*
Iris - *tries to pull herself away from the man who had her, though it didn't work all that great - they were obviously much stronger than she was, after all/continues to watch Yuuri fight against them, tempted to call out to him and tell him to stop, if only to prevent him from doing any more to make things worse for himself*
Owen - *grunts as he's hit on the side of his head, though making sure to keep a firm hold on the king, at least enough so that he wouldn't be able to escape him completely/tries to shake away the small burst of pain he'd felt on impact, not wanting to allow it to impair him for more than a second or two*
Wedge - *lets out a little shout as he's hit with scalding water, jumping back a bit to escape as much of it as he could, inevitably releasing the girl/winces in pain, before glaring at the black haired boy/he thought he could get away with that and send the girl to safety, huh??/pulls a knife out, moving back over to the girl to grab onto her before the water could pull her any further into its depths, pressing the blade lightly against her neck* "Knock it off or I'll slit her throat..."
Dimitri - *stands back and watches his men see to their work, a smirk on his face the entire time*
Yuuri - *no! he... he had to make this work! this was the only way he'd be able to help her escape! if he waited any longer then these men would never allow him another chance to do something like this again! he'd only just been able to get enough energy to be able to do anything!!/freezes completely at the threat, staring at the knife against the woman's neck for only a moment, before pulling her hand back out of the water, breaking the only chance she had of escaping.../softly, clenching his teeth together* "Dammit..." *there wouldn't be any point in sending her to safety if she was killed first...*
Iris - *gasps when she's grabbed again and has a knife suddenly pressed to her throat/immediately tenses up, doing nothing to make the men any angrier, trying not to move so that the blade along her skin wouldn't sink in a bit and draw blood*
Owen - *pulls Yuuri back a bit once the girl's hand has been taken out of the water, forcing their hands to separate completely for the moment/growls at the boy* "That was very stupid of you, Your Majesty. What makes you think we'd let her go so easily?"
Dimitri - *still smirking/takes a few steps forward once the mini crisis seems to be over, heading towards the girl while staring at the king* "Now, Owen... calm yourself. It wouldn't do to rough him up yet. I still have plans for the two of them..." *oh, indeed he did/speaks to the boy king next* "However, I would like to know what part of you thought attempting something like that was a good idea. Did you not learn your lesson last week?"
Yuuri - *growls lowly in his throat as he was pulled away from Iris, glaring at the man responsible for all of this* "Go to hell..." *what part of him thought it was a good idea?? he was desperate to save the woman from these horrible people!! if he had a chance to do that, then he would!/as for his 'lesson'... he could really care less about what they did to him....*
Dimitri - *oh, really?? well... he could fix that whole not caring thing very easily...* "Oh, I've accepted the fact that I will not be seeing paradise when I leave this world..." *grins evilly at the king* "Death does not frighten me, Your Majesty, nor does eternity in hell..." *steps closer to the girl, taking hold of the hand Wedge had close to her throat and pulling the knife away, taking the girl away from him as well and holding onto her himself* "Trying to send my pet away... You've really stepped too far, I'd say..." *strokes the side of the girl's face*
Wedge - *steps back without complaint*
Iris - *cringes when Dimitri comes closer, even if it meant the knife was no longer so close, revolted by the light touch along her face*
Yuuri - *feels the blood boil even more under his skin, balling his hands into tight fists as Dimitri moved closer to Iris, noting very easily how she cringed/though gritted teeth before he could stop himself* "Don't touch her..." *it was obvious that she didn't want him anywhere near her, after all/would love to just... punch that man in the face... but he couldn't do anything while Iris was in danger of being hurt*
Dimitri - "I can do whatever I wish to her, as you already know..." *wonders how much the king would like to see another show, but as much as he would like to see his reaction to something like that again, he has a much more vile idea in mind* "Unless you'd like to be the one touching her instead..." *lowers his hand from the girls face, moving it down to the old dress she was wearing, undoing the top two buttons*
Iris - *forcers her gaze down to the floor so she wouldn't have to look at anyone, already feeling dirty and ashamed, and he hadn't really done anything yet/prevents herself from fighting against him, just standing there and letting him follow through with his plans*
Yuuri - *stares at the man in horror, taking a step towards him* "Stop it!!" *what the hell did he think he was doing?! why couldn't he just leave the poor woman alone?? she was obviously distressed enough as it was/and he would completely flip out if they tried something like that again!! there would be no way he would just sit quietly and let them hurt her! not that he did the previous time, because he'd definitely tried to get away from them and save her... but he really couldn't do much when it was three against one.../and he was still trying to recover, too...*
Dimitri - *and what made him think he could win three against one this time around??/he wasn't stupid - he'd kept the king just weak enough to where they wouldn't really have to worry about him being able to stop them; his use of the magic a few moments ago was simply proof that it was time to knock some of the fight out of him again* "I want you to do something for me, Your Majesty..." *still grinning, though it was more like leering now* "And if you do not do as I say, I will have the girl killed, do you understand??" *it's not like he couldn't go out and get some other girl to entertain himself with, but... he knew the king wouldn't do anything to bring harm onto her*
Yuuri - *glares at he man, unsure of what he could possibly want him to do/spits* "What? Give you money? Weapons? Land? Power? What the hell do you want from me?" *now he was going to threaten him with killing Iris to get him to give him things?? what the hell?? he had him as a prisoner! he could have asked for crap like that any time before!! *
Dimitri - *he didn't want crap like that, although the power would be nice.../lets his hand trail a little further down along the girl's blouse, slipping the third button out of its hole* "Oh, no, Your Majesty; I have no need for things such as that..." *he could very easily get money, weapons, and land on his own, and the amount of power he currently had was quite sufficient* "I've decided what sort of game it is I'd like to play with you now..." *and it was going to be highly amusing, though the boy might not find it to his liking* "I want you to sleep with her..."
Iris - *tenses up even more, feeling her breath catch in her throat*
Wedge - *chuckles from behind his master/this was going to be fun...*
Owen - *indeed/still has a hold on the king...*
Yuuri - *tenses up as well, having no idea what to say to something like that other than:* "You sick bastard..." *not that there was anything wrong with Iris!! that had nothing to do with it! it just had to do with him being engaged to Wolfram... he loved Wolfram... would never ever do anything to hurt Wolfram... the fact that the poor woman already had to deal with these men doing horrible things to her all the time, and that... who thought of things like that?! there was seriously something wrong with this man!*
Dimitri - *he thought of things like that, and he happened to like his thoughts very, very much/and he was well aware of how he felt for his pretty fiancé, which was why he thought this was the perfect game* "Think what you will..." *lets go of the girl with one hand, though keeping the other where it was, holding his palm out towards Wedge*
Wedge - *smirks and hands the knife he was still holding over to Dimitri*
Dimitri - *takes the knife from him, wielding it so that the king could clearly see it* "Keep in mind that your reluctance to see to my wishes will result in the girl's death. Surely you do not want such a mark on your conscience..."
Iris - *forces herself to keep her eyes focused on the ground, though she can already feel them stinging/she should have known Dimitri would eventually try something like this...*
Yuuri - *feels his breathing start to become more difficult, glaring at the men, before looking worriedly at Iris/of course he wouldn't want her to be hurt... her or the baby she was carrying... he would never want to do anything to harm an innocent baby... but he also couldn't do this to Wolfram... if he slept with her, even if it was to save her from being killed... he didn't think that Wolfram would ever forgive him.../and why would he? he was supposed to be completely Wolfram's... the only one he would ever love, ever want, ever be with.... how could Wolfram possibly forgive him??/softly, trying not to do anything rash that would make the men kill her* "Leave her alone... I.... I'll do it..." *he was trying to save her, after all.../the decision to save her wasn't difficult... but the results from doing this... he knew he was damning himself...*
Iris - *flinches when she hears Yuuri's soft spoken words/she didn't want him to have to do something like this, not when she knew how much it would hurt him in the end, not when his relationship with his fiancé was at stake/finally looks up, looking towards him with tears in her eyes* "Yuuri, please, you don't have to!" *she was fully prepared to die if these men felt the need to kill her/she's been waiting months for the moment when they would tire of her and do away with her*
Dimitri - *isn't sure he likes the fact that the girl felt the need to speak up, however pleased he was to have the demon king's consent/shakes her a little bit, trying to knock out whatever fight was building up inside of her/finally drags her over to the bed, tossing her onto the mattress* "The decision has already been made, girl..." *turns back to Yuuri once he was no longer holding her, smirking in his direction again* "Please, Your Majesty, don't hesitate to begin..." *makes a motion for Owen to release his royal captive*
Owen - *releases the boy, though making sure to keep an eye on him*
Yuuri - *looks away from her when she spoke, though has, indeed, already made up his mind about what he was going to do.../there was no way he would ever let them kill her... not if he could do something to save her.../although, it was a bit questionable about what he was saving her from/sure, she may still be alive, but after everything... she's already told him how she would rather be dead.../yanks his arm away from the man when he was released, turning to glare at him, before glaring at the others as well/sick bastards... they loved this, didn't they? they loved humiliating the poor woman... this was their way of torture, wasn't it? Iris had told him before... /slowly moves over to the bed, hardly able to look at the woman as he sat down on the edge/softly to her* "I'm sorry, Iris... but... I can't let them kill you...."
Owen - *glares right back at the boy, completely unintimidated/really, did the kid think his glares were threatening?? because they weren't...*
Dimitri - *of course he loved this - he wouldn't have suggested it if he didn't/watches Yuuri move over to the bed, smirking all the while and trying to contain his anticipation, though remaining close for the time being, wanting to make sure the king was indeed going to do as he'd said*
Iris - *looks up at Yuuri from where she'd been carelessly tossed onto the bed, shaking her head at him and trying to get him to change his mind/he didn't have to do this!!! he didn't have to give into them!!!*
Yuuri - *uh, yeah, he did think his glares were threatening! at least they were threatening when he was the Maou... but now that he'd used up even more of his energy trying to get the portal to work, there was no way he would be able to transform/can't look at the men that were still there, watching their every movement/this was so sick and twisted... how could anyone live with themselves after doing this...?/slowly moves a little more onto the bed, and it felt as thought his entire body was shaking, knowing that what he was doing would pretty much screw him over in his relationship with Wolfram.../somewhere deep inside him, he had a tiny bit of hope that the blond would understand that this was the only way... but he knew Wolfram well enough to doubt that any amount of begging for forgiveness would solve anything*
Iris - *cringes a little when Yuuri moves further onto the bed, not because she was afraid of him or anything like that - because she definitely wasn't - but because she didn't want him doing anything he was going to regret* "Yuuri, please..."
Dimitri - *well, it was either the king do it or he was going to kill her, and he was sure they all knew which scenario the boy preferred/chuckles lightly at the girl's plea* "Look, Your Majesty, she's begging for it already..." *such a pretty little thing she was/the king should feel lucky that he was in the mood to share*
Yuuri - "Shut the fuck up, you bastard!!" *seriously getting pissed off by this sick sadistic man/really, really didn't want to do this... both because he knew it was wrong, and that Iris didn't want him to..../why the heck would she?! after getting raped and abused all this time, the last thing she needed was for him to do the same!/not that he was going to abuse her or anything... because he didn't want to hurt her at all...*
Dimitri - *unless he told him to abuse her/mwahahahahaaa~!/ahem!/isn't fazed at all by the king's cursing/if anything, it merely serves to amuse him all the more/smirks back at him, not about to listen to his demands and keep himself quiet* "The longer you stall, the more inclined I'll be to kill her anyway..."
Iris - *it wasn't that she didn't want him to... not necessarily.../it was that she didn't want him giving in to Dimitri's demands; she didn't want him being forced into anything against his will/looks between Dimitri and Yuuri, wondering if maybe she should do something, maybe try to get away and take the attention away from Yuuri and onto herself instead*
Yuuri - *don't do anything stupid like that, Iris... that would only make things worse.../moves a little further onto the bed, lifting a shaking hand to reach down to undo the moth eaten pants he was wearing, closing his eyes so he didn't have to see the reaction of anyone else, kicking them off before nervously moving closer to Iris/there was no other way...? and the longer he stalled, the more of a chance she would be killed anyway...?/great... that was just wonderful...* "I'm sorry, Iris..."
Dimitri - *licks his lips when he watches the king kick his pants off, already imaging how this was going to play out/motions towards his men again, seeing as that's all he had to do to get them to do as he wished*
Wedge - *nods to Dimitri and moves to retrieve a chair from the table, bringing it over so the man could sit and watch as he liked to do*
Dimitri - *oh, indeed/sits himself in the chair, making himself comfortable as he continues to watch the little show play out before him*
Iris - *feels her face heat up when Yuuri removes his pants, moving her gaze up to his face and keeping it locked there/tries not to look towards Dimitri, though she could see him sitting there out of the corner of her eye*
Yuuri - *okay, this was seriously disgusting... he couldn't imagine how these people could do what they did.../moves a little closer to her, lifting a shaky hand yet again to reach up under her dress to carefully pull off her panties, though wanting her to be wearing as much as possible, if only to make her feel at least a little less exposed*
Iris - *just the thought that they were actually going to be doing something like this made her uncomfortable enough - especially knowing that there were three other men in the room watching as if this were some form of entertainment/shuts her eyes when she feels Yuuri's had moving beneath her clothing, trying to be as helpful as possible, and yet at the same time... trying not to encourage this, knowing full well that that's what Dimitri wanted...*
Dimitri - *well, he would like her to participate in this a little more - it was dull and boring if there wasn't any passion... although fear was a nice touch, too, though one he didn't really think the boy king could illicit/the other thing that didn't please him was how the boy seemed to be trying to get around taking all their clothes off* "I believe I'd like to see both of your clothing removed, Your Majesty... She's a pretty girl; it's best not to hide the beauty of her body beneath tattered clothing..."
Yuuri - *pulls back from the woman, halfway through sliding her panties down her legs, turning to glare at the man/he wanted to see them completely undressed?? after already making them do something like this?!/drops the article of clothing off to the side once he pulled it off all the way, trying very hard to restrain himself from throwing things around or doing anything that would cause the man to want to kill the woman faster/angrily rips at the buttons of his shirt, wincing in pain as he did so, having forgotten about his own wounds in the light of these recent events/yanks his arms out of the sleeves, though, and balls it up, unable to stop himself from throwing it onto the bed/there!! he was completely naked!!/bastards.../slowly moves up to the woman again, tugging gently at her dress to pull it up, mumbling apologies as he did so, wishing there was something he could do that would save her and not put her through even more humiliation/tosses the dress to the side after pulling it carefully over her head, though looking away from her, ashamed by what he was going to do to her*
Iris - *swallows heavily when Dimitri orders that their clothing be removed, still not looking at Yuuri as he takes his shirt off, and not sure what to do when he goes back to removing her own clothing/on the one hand she didn't want to do anything to increase Dimitri's pleasure, and on the other she didn't want to make things more difficult for Yuuri, or put him into an even worse position than they one he was already in*
Dimitri - *is very pleased once all of their clothing has been removed, taking the time to look Yuuri over and appreciate the appearance of his body* "Yes... very nice..." *turns his gaze to the girl next, looking her over as well, before noting that the king was trying his very best not to glance her way* "There's no shame in staring, Your Majesty. You should look upon the person you're about to make love to..."
Yuuri - *seriously getting pissed and was finding it harder to just... keep himself shut up and do what the man said/of course, as soon as he reminded himself that Iris was in danger, it was just a little easier to... not try to throw a fireball or something at the man.../awkwardly turns to stare down at the woman, not wanting to make things worse by rebelling against what the evil man wanted, but also knowing that he was going to be doing wrong... especially towards his fiancé.../glances away after a few moments so he could move closer to her again, gently nudging her legs apart so he could move over top of her/blushing brightly by now, shocked at himself for what he was going to do... but... he had two lives to save...*
Iris - *feels herself starting to tremble a little bit now, and she's honestly surprised she hadn't started doing so sooner/her own gaze remains focused away, even after what Dimitri had said to Yuuri, though when she feels her legs being nudged apart she finds that it's difficult to keep her eyes from trailing up to him/he was really going to do this...? he'd go this far to save her, even when he hardly knew her?/parts her legs for him, her heart pounding in her chest as her face flames red in shame and her eyes sting with tears she struggles to hold back*
Dimitri - *still watching, with no intention to taking his eyes away for even a moment/it was empowering, knowing he had the mighty demon king at his mercy, and that the boy could do nothing but follow his demands/enjoys taunting him* "Have you ever been with a woman before, Your Majesty?" *more evil smirking/he didn't really care what the answer to that was; he just liked to goad him* "I imagine it's quite different from being with your fiancé... though I'm sure it's just as pleasurable, especially with someone as beautiful as my pet. She can be quite responsive, you know..."
Yuuri - *freezes again, clenching his teeth together and closing his eyes/he did not just bring up Wolfram.../that bastard was doing it on purpose!! he was trying to get him worked up, wasn't he??/ugh!! /doesn't say anything, just... moves closer to Iris.../of course, no one but a few people knew that he and Wolfram had ever slept together... but talking about it so casually.../of course, when he starts talking about Iris, he couldn't help but growl under his breath* "She's not your pet..."
Iris - *she tries to ignore him and not to listen to everything Dimitri was saying, but it was very difficult when he was sitting right there, saying everything he possibly could to try and get under Yuuri's skin/this would be so much easier if he would just shut up, but she figured that was asking for too much/tenses up a little more again when she hears him asking Yuuri is he's ever been with a woman before/jeez... she really hoped this wasn't his first time - talk about bad memories/she couldn't imagine it was, simply because he was the king and he no doubt had numerous beautiful men and women throwing themselves at his feet/but... if it was.../flushes even more from shame, squeezing her eyes shut so she'd no longer have to see anyone*
Dimitri - *smirks even more at the king's growling, waving a hand in the direction of his pet* "Then make her yours..." *it's not like he cared for her at all - she was just convenient to have around all the time*
Yuuri - *w-what did she mean by that?? 'he no doubt had numerous beautiful men and women throwing themselves at his feet'?? well... even if he did, Wolfram would never allow them to get near him!! and no, this wasn't his first time... er... well, it was with a woman... but he and Wolfram had slept together a few times by now.../and how he longed to see his fiancé again... even if he would never forgive him for the things that were about to happen.../feels the blood drain from his face at Dimitri's suggestion/make her his?? that... she wasn't his either!! she didn't belong to anyone!!/why couldn't he just shut up?? he was already doing something horrible!!*
Iris - *she just meant that she wouldn't be surprised at all if this wasn't his first time - it's not like she could talk much about virginity anyway/she'd lost the right to call herself a virgin some time ago*
Dimitri - *and why should he shut up when the king was taking his sweet ol' time about it??/he was here to see a show, not watch the boy stall and not follow through with what he'd requested of him - although getting him worked up was highly entertaining* "I quite like the sound of her voice, Your Majesty. You'll have to see what you can do about getting her to become more vocal..."
Yuuri - *he wasn't taking his sweet ol' time about it!! he was just... nervous... since this was going to completely screw up everything that he'd worked for with Wolfram..../even though he already made his decision to go through with it, he just... needed to... whatever.../and because he didn't want the man to start suggesting more things for them to do... he finally goes through with everything, sleeping with the blonde to save her life, and hopefully making the sick man happy enough to leave them the hell alone!*
Dimitri - *oh, he was quite happy - the show he'd received was one he was going to remember for the rest of his life/watches the entire thing, his attention not straying for even second, and he doesn't get up to leave until it's over, and both the king and his pet have finished/as he's leaving the room with Owen and Wedge after the fact, a pleased smirk plastered across his face, he continues to taunt Yuuri* "How does it feel, Your Majesty? Now you are a rapist, and an adulterer." *he releases a short bark of laughter, then leaves the room completely, locking the door once more*
Iris - *on the bed with one of the sheets wrapped around herself, her back facing Yuuri/ashamed and in tears again*
Yuuri - *glares after the horrible men, making sure to get all his clothes back on before turning to see if the girl was okay/really worried, frowning sorrowfully* "I-Iris...?"
Iris - *doesn't answer him, burying her face into one of the pillows*
Yuuri - *sits on the edge of the bed, burying his face in his hands* "I'm sorry..."
Iris - *whimpers* "It..." *her voice shakes horribly as she tries to speak* "It's not your fault..."
Yuuri - *lifts his face from his hands to watch her/feeling terrible* "I... I..." *stops himself/he was going to say that he shouldn't have done such things to her... but they would have killed her if he hadn't.../shakes his head, shameful*
Iris - *buries her face back into the pillows, trying to stop her crying/it wasn't as if it had been especially traumatizing/he hadn't hurt her, but just the thought that Lord Dimitri had forced him, and that the only reason Yuuri had done it was to save her from death.../it made her feel so dirty, worse than the kisses she'd stolen*
Yuuri - *sighs, getting up from the bed to move to the closet, pulling out some clean clothes for the girl - the nicest clothes he could spot for her - and moves to sit back down on the bed, closer to her this time, holding the clothes in his lap* "I... " *doesn't know what to say, as much as he would like to have something to say to her*
Iris - *squeezes her eyes shut and physically forces herself not to start sobbing like a baby* "I'm sorry... Yuuri, I..."
Yuuri - *glances worriedly up at her* "No... you shouldn't be sorry..."
Iris - "But..." *why shouldn't she be? if it weren't for her, he wouldn't have had to do anything*
Yuuri - *shakes his head/reaches out to wrap his arms around her, but stops, pulling back/he didn't want to make her feel like he was... he didn't know... but if being around him made her uncomfortable now...* "Iris... I... I'm not sorry... not for what I did... I'm sorry that you had to go through that again... but... I'm not..." *and he wasn't... if it was to save her life, then what else could he do? had he had enough strength to transform and beat the crap out of all the horrible people keeping them prisoner, then he would... but he also knew that if he was too rash in his actions, they would have more than likely killed her anyway...*
Iris - *stops crying for a moment, turning to look over her shoulder at him/surprised, confused, a little curious, and very afraid - not of him, of course, but of what would happen from here on out* "You... you're not...?"
Yuuri - *shakes his head again* "No... I'm not..." *maybe all those talks Wolfram had had with him were finally sinking in... stupid circles...* "I told you I would protect you in any way I can..."
Iris - "But..." *what about his engagement? what about his relationship with Lord Wolfram? didn't this jeopardize that somehow?/it was true that, as king, he could legally do whatever he wanted, but she'd always assumed that he'd always been and would continue to be faithful to his fiancé* "You... you're not going to... to tell Lord Wolfram... are you?"
Yuuri - *winces at the thought* "W-well... I mean... I don't want to keep anything secret from him... but... if I do tell him... it won't be for a long while..." *pauses, thinking about it* "And he would understand... he would know it was the right thing to do... Especially with two lives on the line..."
Iris - *wonders if he's right, but decides not to question him* "I..." *she still has tears in her eyes, and her entire body is pretty much shaking/finally forces herself to speak, and for once she tells him exactly what she's thinking and feeling* "I would rather do that with you... a hundred times... than even once with Lord Dimitri..."
Yuuri - *blinks at her, feeling a blush fall across his cheeks at her words/quickly slides closer to her, reaching out and wrapping his arms around her, sheets and all, pulling her into a hug before reaching up to stroke at her hair* "I'll get you out of here... I promise..."
Iris - *continues to cry into his arms, feeling safe and protected, though she knows Lord Dimitri could very easily be right outside the door, plotting something else to torment them with* "I..." *she still wasn't very reassured, and could only wonder what he really thought of what happened*
Yuuri - *continues to stroke at her hair and hold her close to him, feeling his own eyes sting a bit* "It's okay... I..." *'I won't let that happen again' didn't sound exactly promising... especially with men such as Lord Dimitri around them* "I don't want you to feel like anything is your fault... because it's not..." *can only assume she was feeling as guilty as, if not more than, himself*
Iris - "But... if you didn't have to worry about me so much..." *grips tightly onto his shirt, pulling herself closer/it was, indeed, very comforting to have him hold her, though she wondered - if they ever did manage to get out of here - if he'd still do such things when he was back with his fiancé/a part of her was sure he wouldn't*
Yuuri - *blinks down at her, confused by her words* "If I didn't have you to worry about...? What else would I do...?" *he'd probably just worry completely and wholeheartedly about Wolfram the entire time and waste away... it was good that he had her to worry about*
Iris - "You wouldn't have had to do that..." *knows she's probably making a huge wet spot on his shirt with her tears, but she can't force herself away from him*
Yuuri - *blinks at her again* "I told you... I don't regret what I did... I just wish there had been another way... so I could save you from that..." *wraps his arms tighter around her, cuddling her to him*
Iris - "I didn't... I didn't care that... that you had to do that... not really..." *okay, she had cared, but not because of herself* "I just... I didn't want you to be forced to do something like that... I... I wanted..."
Yuuri - *doesn't really know what to say to that/he didn't want to do it... but if it was to save her.../strokes more at her hair, trying to comfort her*
Iris - *cries a little harder, unable to hold everything in any longer, not after that... not after everything that had happened/slowly she pulls back, just enough to look up at him/softly and tearfully, sobbing as she says it:* "I... I love you..."
Yuuri - *stares at her, feeling his heart twist with guilt/since when...? when did she fall in love with him...? why him-- okay... it wasn't like there were very many decent guys around for her to bond with... but.../opens his mouth to possibly explain that he couldn't just... forget Wolfram because she loved him... but closes it again* "You... you're going to hate me... if I don't... say..." *trails off, feeling even more guilty for making her feel such intense emotions for him - and he knew how it felt... now...*
Iris - *quickly shakes her head/she could never hate him/still softly* "No..." *she felt bad, knowing that he thought she'd hate him/sure, it hurt that he didn't feel the same, but she knew it would hurt worse if he did, because then she really would have done something horrible/the last thing in the world she wanted to do was take him away from his fiancé* "No, I don't want you to say it... I don't ever want you... to feel that way..."
Yuuri - *continues to watch her for a moment/softly* "You know... I do love you... just... not how I love Wolfram..." *maybe he was just digging himself a bigger hole, but he meant it/he really did love her... in a friend/sister kind of way...* "You've... you've done so much for me... there's no way I couldn't love you... even though it's not the same love that you feel...." *trails off sadly, wishing there was some way she would understand and that he wouldn't make her even more upset*
Iris - "Please, just... don't say things like that..." *she didn't even want to hear it meant like that, because even then it made her feel guilty/again she wondered what would happen if Lord Wolfram ever found out, if Yuuri ever told him/if she had been in Lord Wolfram's place, she didn't think she could find forgiveness that easily, and that frightened her, to think that everything Yuuri had, everything that brought him happiness, could be taken away because of her*
Yuuri - *frowns sadly, pulling her back to his chest to cuddle her* "I didn't... mean to make you feel uncomfortable..." *he didn't know what to do... if there was anything he could possibly say to her, he had no idea what it would be*
Iris - "I... you don't make me feel uncomfortable... I make myself..." *shakes her head, cuddling close to him again* "I don't... mean to make you feel uncomfortable either... and I never wanted to... compromise anything..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "You're fine... don't worry so much... things will turn out okay..." *reaches his hand up to stroke at her hair more*
Iris - "How can you say that? How can things possibly be okay?" *because in her mind, nothing would ever be okay again*
Yuuri - *pauses, glancing up at the ceiling for an answer* "I'm not sure... but... at least we're alive..."
Iris - *sometimes she wished she wasn't, but she wasn't about to tell him that/she merely falls silent, clutching onto his shirt again and crying until she has no more tears left*
Yuuri - *continues to stroke at her hair, holding her close to him/watches until she seemed to be finished crying* "How are you feeling...? Do you want me to get you anything...?"
Iris - *slowly shakes her head* "No... I just..."
Yuuri - *blinks, pulling back just enough to look at her* "What...?"
Iris - "I just want to stay like this... for a little while..." *burrows closer to him again, pressing her face against his chest*
Yuuri - *lets out a soft sigh, but nods, holding her tighter and moving to pet at her hair again/softly starts to hum to her, hoping it would help make her feel better*
Iris - *easily begins to drift off listening to the sound of his humming, trying to make herself not think of all the things that could happen if they ever got out of here*
Yuuri - *continues to hum, gently stroking her hair/he didn't really know what to say anyway/felt a little relieved to feel her start to go limp in his arms*
Iris - *eventually falls asleep, too emotionally exhausted to stay awake much longer*
Yuuri - *waits until she was completely asleep before carefully moving her to lay her down on the mattress, laying next to her, though on his side because it was still relatively painful to touch his back/moves close to her, wrapping his arm around her to cuddle her while she slept, kissing her head lightly before laying his head down to doze off as well*
Iris - *... a few hours pass, night falls, and Iris wakens to a soft sound at the door/she jumps, startled, her breath quickening and heart hammering, hoping it's not Lord Dimitri coming in with some other sick, twisted idea/slowly, she looks over he shoulder towards the door, listening as it's unlocked, and unconsciously moves closer to Yuuri as it starts to open...*
Yuuri - *easily felt the girl's movement next to him/blinks awake rather easily, especially when he noticed the reason for the girl's alarm/quickly sits up, pulling her behind him so he could shield her from whatever was coming next/growls lightly, glaring at the door/were these people really that sick to come and harass them again in the same day?!*
Yozak - *slips into the semi-dark room with a lit torch at hand, dressed in dirtier and poorer looking clothes than usual/glances carefully around the room, and looks immediately relieved to find Yuuri on the bed/he grins, coming the rest of the way into the room, shutting the door behind him* "Your Majesty!"
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