Part Thirty-Three
Very Brief Recap
- Yay~! They made it back to the castle!
Covering the Bases
Part Thirty-Three - Back in the Game
Yuuri - *nods at her, then turns to hurry his way through the castle, checking to make sure that both Iris and Conrad were behind him every now and then/spares a few nervous waves and smiles to the guards and maids who stop to gawk and welcome him back/once he makes it to the hall where the ballroom was he slows down, turning to the other two, putting a finger against his lips to indicate them to be very quiet/tiptoes anxiously over to the half opened door to peer in*
Conrart - *follows like the loyal puppy he is*
Iris - *follows as well, trying to peer passed him and look in as well/curious*
Wolfram - *is currently trying his hardest to learn how to dance in heels, but it's difficult and his feet hurt, and he easily becomes frustrated*
Celi - *laughs at him, amused* "Keep trying, Wolfie. You don't want to be stumbling around on your wedding day."
Wolfram - *gives her a little glare* "I wouldn't have to be stumbling around if you hadn't talked me in to this."
Celi - *more smiles* "You're the one who wanted glass shoes."
Wolfram - *huffs* "I never said heels!!"
Yuuri - *has to hold back a laugh as he watched them/tempted to go in because he was so happy to finally see him, but even in his anxiousness, he still greatly enjoyed watching the blond*
Iris - *moves a little closer to Yuuri, trying to get a better look/is surprised to see that Lord Wolfram - or who she can only assume is Lord Wolfram - hardly looks as if he's more than a boy, young and so very, very beautiful - and she does, indeed, notice that his hands seem small, and that he isn't very tall at all, shorter than the woman with him even with heels on his shoes/suddenly feels a little inadequate, wondering how she could ever hope to compare*
Celi - *still very amused* "Come. Don't be difficult." *motions for him to come closer* "Stop letting your frustrations get the better of you and you'll be fine. Don't think about the heels so much, and don't look down at your feet. Just look at me."
Wolfram - *grumbles under his breath, but moves closer to allow her to help him again/Yuuri had better appreciate this*
Yuuri - *has to stifle his laughter again and finally slips into the room once he was sure they both weren't paying attention, leaning his shoulder gingerly up against the wall/tries not to smile so much as he watched them* "He's cute when he's being difficult, though..."
Iris - *slowly follows him in, watching intently*
Celi - *tries her hardest to pretty much re-teach Wolfram how to dance, and can't stop herself from giggling every once in a while as he stumbles and messes up, obviously further frustrating himself*
Wolfram - *more grumbling* "I don't like this, mother."
Celi - "Don't be like that. You're getting better."
Wolfram - "I am not."
Yuuri - *continues watching them for a while longer/leans to whisper to Iris* "I bet he'd throw a fit if I offered to wear the shoes for him..." *was actually very impressed that he was really trying to learn how to dance in heels*
Conrart - *peers in as well, though not going in*
Celi - *continuing to lead her youngest son across the dance floor* "You don't even have to do anything. Just follow my lead."
Wolfram - *pouts* "That isn't as easy as it sounds."
Celi - *smiles brightly* "Well, then, at least the shoes are lovely. They show off your cute little feet quite nicely."
Wolfram - *glares at her some more, wondering how much it would hurt if he 'accidentally' kicked her with his 'cute, little feet'*
Yuuri - *actually very glad that they were concentrating on dancing and obviously hadn't noticed them/cautiously pushes off of the wall and makes a few quick steps towards the two dancers/grins widely as he bowed lightly to them, holding out his hand* "Excuse me, miss... but might I steal him for a while?"
Celi - *immediately stops, staring at him in surprise* "Your Majesty...?"
Wolfram - *stops as well and practically freezes in place/shocked/his heart nearly stops, and his breath catches in his throat* "... Yuuri...?"
Yuuri - *blinks curiously at them, then glances around teasingly before turning back to smile at them* "Who else would it be...?"
Wolfram - *stares at him for a while longer, blinking a bit, as if making sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him/then his eyes fill with tears, and he jumps on him, arms around his neck, legs around his waist, clinging to him tightly*
Yuuri - *immediately winces in pain - his back was still rather raw - and stumbled back a little, but easily regains his balance/laughs, clinging back to him/softly* "I love you..."
Wolfram - *clings to him tighter, hardly able to control himself* "I love you, too..."
Iris - *watches from her place by the door, feeling just the slightest bit jealous, though it's more of a sad jealousy than any sort of anger/winces a little bit as Lord Wolfram clings to Yuuri, thinking he really shouldn't be doing that*
Yuuri - *laughs at him more, reaching up to lovingly stroke his hair* "Jeez, Wolf..."
Conrart - *steps in to watch, standing next to the girl/smile*
Wolfram - *can't stop his tears from falling* "I missed you so much! I was so worried! I thought..." *he'd thought a lot of things while Yuuri'd been away, many that he'd rather not speak out loud/they'd made him so afraid*
Yuuri - *cringes, knowing through experience about how worried he could have been/pulls away enough to gaze into his eyes for a moment before pressing his lips against the blond's*
Wolfram - *kisses him back, immediately deepening it, not particularly caring that there were other people around at the moment*
Iris - *flinches lightly as she watches them kiss, though it's not like she hadn't been expecting it*
Celi - *smiling away*
Yuuri - *happily kisses him back, deepening it as well/pulls back after a while to catch his breath - he still wasn't completely recovered, after all/gazes deeply into his tear filled eyes* "You've gotten even more beautiful since I've been away... and I'm sorry for making you worry... I'll never leave your side again..."
Wolfram - *shakes his head, trying to hold back the rest of his tears, and still clinging to him* "I'm sorry for... for being stupid. I... I should have listened to you... I should have stayed closer to you, and... I should have protected you..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head as well* "You have nothing to be sorry for... I should have been more careful... I won't let anything like that happen again..." *pauses, still watching him/worried* "You... are you okay?"
Wolfram - *nods* "I'm fine." *manages to lightly smile at him* "My feet hurt, though."
Yuuri - *laughs, smiling brightly at him* "I have my very own Cinderella, huh? Yeah, my feet would hurt too if I had to wear heels... "
Wolfram - *looks at him for a moment/confused* "Cinder-who?"
Yuuri - *leans to kiss him lightly on the lips* "A fairy tale... About a girl named Cinderella who was forced to dress in rags... and her parents had died and she was left with a wicked step-mother and two wicked step-sisters... and when all the girls were invited to the prince's ball, they wouldn't let her go... so she made a wish and her fairy godmother came to grant it, dressing her up in a beautiful gown and glass slippers... and she went to the ball, met the prince... and they fell in love... but the fairy godmother's spell wore off at midnight, so when she had to run, she accidentally lost one of her shoes... and later, the prince found her by checking every girl in the kingdom to see whose foot fit..." *pauses, thinking about it/grins wider* "But that's just a silly little Earth fairy tale..."
Wolfram - *thinks about it for a bit/it sounded... odd... but then they had some pretty odd stories here, too, so he figured there wasn't much of a difference/laughs lightly, removing one of his arms from around Yuuri's neck just long enough to scrubs some of the tears off of his cheeks* "Yeah, well, you're no prince. And I most certainly will not lose either one of these shoes. They were expensive."
Yuuri - *grins* "I guess I'm not a prince..." *pauses, laughing* "I bet they were... And you better be careful not to break them either... that would hurt even worse than wearing them..."
Wolfram - "I won't break them. I'm not a wimp like you." *quickly notices that he's still clinging to him rather tightly, and that he's yet to again stand on his own/moves to set himself back on his feet* "I'm sorry! You're not hurt anywhere, are you?!"
Yuuri - *laughs lightly, a little disappointed about having to put him down/shakes his head* "I'm fine. I'm not that much of a wimp!"
Wolfram - *worried* "But you were gone for so long... where were you?"
Yuuri - *frowns lightly, glancing up at the ceiling* "Well... I was locked in a room... but it wasn't so bad..." *smiles at him again* "And we found the girl they kidnapped!"
Wolfram - *completely ignores the last part of his answer* "You were locked in a room?! Did they feed you?! Did... did they hurt you?!"
Yuuri - *laughs awkwardly, trying to get him to calm down some* "Yeah... they fed me... I mean... I've had better, but what can you expect?" *also ignores the last part*
Wolfram - "But you're okay?" *lifts his hands to his face, brushing his hair back, checking him over to make sure he looked alright and hadn't lost too much weight*
Yuuri - *smiles at him, shaking his head lightly, though leaning down closer for him to check better... as long as he didn't get too curious about his back...* "I'm fine! Stop worrying so much!"
Wolfram - "What about... what about where you were stabbed? I... I don't really remember so much about what happened then, I... "
Yuuri - *sighs lightly, moving his hand to pull up his shirt just enough to show the scar from the stab wound/glad it was just on his side* "Not much of a battle scar, but hey! It's fine now." *quickly drops his shirt to reach up, brushing Wolfram's hair back, then* "What about you...? Your head doesn't hurt any more, does it?"
Wolfram - *eyes widen in concern at the scar/'not much of a battle scar,' huh? right. even though it'd healed, he could tell it'd been deep/shakes his head at Yuuri's question, looking up at him again* "No. My head's fine. Gisela took care of it when I got back."
Yuuri - *blinks at him/curious, but doesn't really want to say anything about it/softly* "And... you're completely okay? Nothing wrong?"
Wolfram - *continues to look up at him, nods with a small smile on his face* "No, I'm fine. Nothing’s wrong."
Yuuri - *lets out a sigh of relief* "Thank goodness..." *then he turns, holding out his hand to the girl still standing by Conrad* "Wolfram... this is Iris... she saved my life when they brought me to that place..." *glances up at the girl, smiling* "Iris... I'd like to introduce you to my fiancé..."
Iris - *steps foreword a little awkwardly, having stood back and watched their entire exchange*
Wolfram - *looks to the girl, glancing her over, staring a while at her hair, before frowning/she seemed harmless enough, just a poor peasant girl, but something about her made him feel the slightest bit threatened*
Greta - *jumps on Yuuri out of nowhere/already dressed and ready for bed* "Yuuri!!! They only just told me you got back!! We missed you!!!"
Yuuri - *was about to open his mouth to introduce the two further when he was pounced/winces a bit as Greta's arms wrapped around his back, but shakes it off, laughing lightly and hugging her back* "I missed you all too... Greta... this is Iris... she's going to be living here from now on."
Greta - *glances to inspect the girl as well/curious*
Iris - *a little concerned that people seemed to be grabbing onto Yuuri so much/surely it wasn't good for him* "I..."
Wolfram - *looks at the girl a little longer, before turning back to Yuuri and practically ignoring her* "You should get some rest, Yuuri."
Yuuri - *laughs a bit again, looking at him from petting Greta's hair* "Okay..."
Iris - *continues to stand there awkwardly/she had not idea what to do or say, and had no choice but to just wait*
Greta - *finally pulls off of Yuuri to turn to the girl/smiling* "You're going to be living here, right? I can show you around, if you'd like! Do you like sweets?"
Yuuri - *sighs a bit in relief as Greta released him/turns smiling at Wolfram* "What's that look for?"
Wolfram - *shakes his head, grabbing onto his hand* "It's nothing."
Iris - *glances at Greta, not knowing what to say in answer, then quickly turns her eyes back to Yuuri and his fiancé/softly* "I..." *what was she supposed to do? here he was, obviously happy to be home with the one he loved, safe at last, and yet she still couldn't force herself to leave him*
Yuuri - *holds tightly onto Wolfram's hand before noticing the girl again/blinks curiously at her* "Iris...? Are you okay?"
Wolfram - *glares lightly at her, still feeling a bit threatened, though he had no idea why/it's not like she'd done anything to deserve it... yet*
Iris - *flinches back a bit, feeling extremely guilty* "I..."
Yuuri - *glances awkwardly between Wolfram and Iris, wincing at the way Wolfram was glaring at her/softly to her* "What is it...? If you're worried about anything, you shouldn't be... I'll have guards stationed outside your room..."
Greta - *not sure she likes being ignored/she was cute and adorable! how could anyone ignore her?/smiles brightly up at the girl* "You can sleep in my room for tonight, if you'd like! It'll be like a slumber party!"
Iris - *looks to Greta again* "I... it's just..." *another quick glance at Yuuri*
Wolfram - *his glare deepens just a bit*
Yuuri - *winces again* "W-what is it...? Are you hungry?" *this was more than a little awkward...*
Iris - "No... I just... it's... I..." *'I don't want to leave you,' is what she wanted to say, but of course she couldn't; not with Lord Wolfram right there/she still had the feeling that when she left him now and they went their separate ways, they'd hardly see each other again*
Yuuri - *watches her worriedly, not knowing what to do*
Wolfram - *tightens his hold on Yuuri's hand, tugging at it lightly* "Come on, Yuuri. You need your sleep." *looks to Greta, ignoring the peasant girl again* "And you should already be in bed, Greta."
Yuuri - *has no real choice but to follow him/he wanted to follow him... he wanted to be with Wolfram... but he was still worried about the girl* "I... " *has no idea what to say to her, but feels really bad and guilty again*
Greta - *pouts lightly at her blond father* "But I wanted to see Yuuri..."
Wolfram - *spares her a small smile* "You can see Yuuri in the morning. Right now, he needs to rest. He's been traveling for a while."
Iris - *keeps watching them, silent/her mouth opens a few times as if to say something, but nothing comes out*
Conrart - *steps forward, placing a hand lightly on the girl's shoulder/small smile* "I can take you to your room, if you'd like."
Yuuri - *pouts/he really would like to rest... but he couldn't shake the worry* "Iris... you can come eat breakfast with us tomorrow. Just ask the maids or whoever is in the halls if you get lost."
Iris - "I..." *feels her eyes sting a bit, but forces her tears back, hoping they weren't noticeable*
Yuuri - *watches her with even more worry* "Iris...??"
Wolfram - *tugs at his hand some more* "Yuuri..."
Yuuri - *winces, moving to follow Wolfram* "I'll... see you in the morning! I hope you have a good night's sleep, Iris..."
Greta - *pounces Wolfram and Yuuri to hug them good night*
Iris - *watches hopelessly*
Wolfram - *hugs Greta back, though not letting go of Yuuri's hand*
Yuuri - *hugs Greta back as well, wincing only lightly/looks up to give Iris a small, hopefully comforting smile before turning to make his way out with Wolfram and Greta*
Iris - *watches him go, wanting to call out and stop him, or something, but her voice isn't working for her at the moment*
Wolfram - *pulls Yuuri down the hallway, walking a little awkwardly in his shoes, but he can't really complain about that anymore/Yuuri was finally back, and he was thrilled/now that they were away from the girl, he smiles up at Yuuri lovingly*
Yuuri - *tries smiling warmly back at him after Greta was dropped off at her room, but feels bad about just leaving the girl like that... though, he would always pick Wolfram over anyone else... but... he didn't have to be so hostile towards her*
Wolfram - *once Greta was back in her room and in bed, he practically drags Yuuri into their own room, closing the door behind them so that they finally have some privacy/throws his arms around his neck again, hugging him tightly*
Yuuri - *hugs him tightly back, truly happy to be with him again after so long/reaches up to stroke his hair some* "Oh, Wolf... I missed you so much..."
Wolfram - "I missed you, too..." *all thoughts of the girl and the weird vibes she gives off leave his mind/slowly he pulls back a bit, still smiling at him* "You're really okay?"
Yuuri - *smiles back at him, not wanting to just full out lie when he knew he'd have to find out about at least his injuries soon enough* "I've been worse..."
Wolfram - *lifts his hands to frame his face again, staring into his eyes* "Who were they, Yuuri? Why did they take you?"
Yuuri - *sighs lightly, petting at his hair still* "They were some bandits... humans... and they took me to some manor just outside the border..."
Wolfram - "They just... took you? For no reason?"
Yuuri - *winces a bit* "Well... they figured they could use me to get a bunch of money..."
Wolfram - *still extremely concerned* "And they didn't hurt you? You were there for a month and they never raised a hand against you?" *somehow he didn't believe that/if they'd been humans and they'd known that Yuuri was the demon king, surely they would have done something to him*
Yuuri - *frowns sadly at him, lifting his hands up to frame the blond's face as well* "Wolf... it's over with... I'm fine now... don't worry about what's in the past..."
Wolfram - *doesn't like his answer/easily becomes more worried* "So they did hurt you! What did they do?!"
Yuuri - *laughs a little, teasing* "Well, they stabbed me, for one..."
Wolfram - *glares at him a little* "That isn't funny."
Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "You're right... I'm sorry... I just don't want you to worry... There's nothing we can do about what happened now... it's all taken care of..."
Wolfram - "But I... I need to know..." *frowns at him, remembering all the long days he'd sat here, wondering where Yuuri was, what he'd been doing, or rather what those men were doing to him* "I was so worried, I..."
Yuuri - *frowns, worried/leans down to him to kiss him lightly on the lips*
Wolfram - *kisses him back for a moment, before pulling away* "Yuuri... please... tell me..."
Yuuri - *winces, trying to study his expression/really doesn't want him to worry, but knows he'll find out... probably very soon...* "Wolf..."
Wolfram - *determined* "Tell me..."
Yuuri - *frowns at him* "Wolf... you can't stress yourself out about this... okay? Promise me... I'm fine and I don't want you to worry..."
Wolfram - "Then tell me. If you're really fine, then it shouldn't be that bad."
Yuuri - *sighs, pulling away from him/it would be simpler just to show him... and that way he wouldn't have to explain everything/pulls his hands away from the blond's face to move up to start unbuttoning his shirt/grumbles about how it just looks bad*
Wolfram - *watches him and waits, stepping back to allow him to remove his shirt*
Yuuri - *finishes unbuttoning his shirt and pauses to look at Wolfram again before sighing and tugging at the sleeves to pull it off/drops the shirt to the floor, but doesn't turn around just yet/feeling guilty again for the events leading up to it, and pathetic for not being able to stop it*
Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow at him/can't really see anything too bad besides the scar along his side, but Yuuri had already shown him that* "Yuuri...?"
Yuuri - *sighs/moves forward to lead the blond to the bed, sitting him down on the edge/pauses, gazing into his eyes for a bit longer, still not turning around/mumbles* "Take off the shoes... You said they hurt..."
Wolfram - *allows himself to be seated, looking at Yuuri suspiciously* "I was just whining. They don't hurt so much now. I've been practicing with them all week." *pauses, narrowing his eyes a bit* "Are you trying to distract me?"
Yuuri - *flinches a little from his gaze, then moves to sit down next to him, back facing him/hangs his head a bit in embarrassment, especially after the reaction he got from Yozak and Conrad*
Wolfram - *stares at him, his eyes widening and his mouth falling open in shock/reaches out tentatively with one hand, gently tracing his fingers along one of the lines/softly* "These are recent..." *tries to keep himself calm and remind himself that Yuuri's alright now, but just the thought of how much pain he'd probably been in...*
Yuuri - *nods slowly* "Yeah... less than two weeks ago..." *turns his head around to watch him* "Wolf.... I'm sorry I worried you... I never meant to...."
Wolfram - *still staring at the markings, a majority of which had scabbed, and some that had already left scars* "Why did they...?"
Yuuri - *shrugs* "They didn't like my attitude..."
Wolfram - "Your...?" *looks up at him, though still gently touching his back, not daring to press too hard* "You fought against them?"
Yuuri - *has to laugh lightly, though there’s not much humor in it/shakes his head sadly* "I tried... I really tried... I just wasn't good enough.."
Wolfram - *shakes his head* "You shouldn't have... if you knew they were going to hurt you, then you..." *looks at the markings again, still trying to remain calm, which was becoming increasingly difficult to do/he's surprised he'd been able to last this long, that he hadn't started ranting as soon as he'd seen* "Which one of them...?"
Yuuri - *blinks at him over his shoulder* "What do you mean...?"
Wolfram - "Which one of them whipped you?"
Yuuri - *sighs, turning away from him again* "Conrad already took care of him..." *literally*
Wolfram - "But who was he? How could he..." *what person in their right mind would do something like this to the demon king?*
Yuuri - *winces again at the thought, not really wanting to bring back bad memories for Wolfram* "A man that went by 'Lord Dimitri'... he said he met you once..." *clenches his teeth then, mumbling quieter* "He said a lot of things about you..."
Wolfram - "Dimitri...?" *the name sounded familiar, but then it wasn't like it was a fairly uncommon name/it sure didn't sound like something a common bandit would be named, though; it was noble* "Dimitri..." *and then he remembered; he had met a Dimitri once, a long time ago* "He pinched me!"
Yuuri - *snorts lightly* "You're really cute..."
Wolfram - "And he broke my favorite doll! And he would push me and shove me when no one else was around, and when I told on him no one would believe me!" *narrows his eyes more, becoming angrier* "He's the one who did this to you?"
Yuuri - *turns to look at him again, though feeling slightly annoyed that he hadn't known that about the man before... he would have hit him harder... not that it mattered any more...* "Yeah... "
Wolfram - *frowns, glancing away and thinking/it was too bad Conrart had already taken care of him; he wouldn't have minded doing it himself/of course, he'd have whipped him first, just to make him feel what Yuuri had most likely felt* "Is that all...?"
Yuuri - *turns around to look at him* "His men and I had little fist fights... Of course I'd lose... but that's about it..." *there was no need to get him worked up more than he already was*
Wolfram - *glares at him a little, though he's more worried than angry* "You shouldn't have fought against them if they were doing things like that to you."
Yuuri - *cringes back a little* "S-sorry... It won't happen again..."
Wolfram - *sighs a bit, before looking away again, feeling his eyes sting* "I'm the one who's sorry..."
Yuuri - *instantly panics at his change/turns around to face him again, moving his arms out to wrap around him* "Don't... you haven't done anything wrong..."
Wolfram - *cuddles against him* "I should have listened to you... or protected you better... and then none of this would have happened..."
Yuuri - *frowns at him, but only because he had been worried silly/cuddles him closer to him* "You should have listened to me... But it's not your fault any of this happened..."
Wolfram - "Of course it is..." *fights against his tears, not wanting to make Yuuri worry about him getting worked up or panic about little things after what had happened to him*
Yuuri - *shakes his head, smiling softly down at him* "Stop that... it's not..."
Wolfram - "It is..." *sniffles lightly* "I thought about you the entire time... Mother and Greta tried to distract me with planning the wedding, or Gisela would give me some fowl tasting thing to drink and put me to sleep, but... I was worried, and scared..."
Yuuri - *watches him, feeling guilty about making him worry/reaches to stroke at his hair* "Wolfram... just because you thought of me doesn't make it your fault... I thought about you too... every day... I wondered how you were doing… what you were doing... and if everything was going okay... I'm sorry for making you worried and scared... but I'm fine now..."
Wolfram - *looks up at him, not sure he believed him/something told him there was more that Yuuri was keeping from him, but he didn't want to ask and then get into an argument about it so soon after he'd come back* "Are you?"
Yuuri - *nods at him/feels bad about not telling him everything, but he was afraid of what his reaction would be*
Wolfram - *looks at him for a little longer, before going back to cuddling, careful not to wrap his arms around his back and squeeze him* "I didn't hurt you when I jumped on you, did I?"
Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "I'm not that much of a wimp..."
Wolfram - *grumbles* "Yes, you are..."
Yuuri - *pouts at him, holding him closer* "No... you didn't hurt me..."
Wolfram - *nuzzles his face against his chest* "I love you..."
Yuuri - *can feel his heart skip a little/leans to bury his face in the blond's hair* "I love you, too... so much... "
Wolfram - *presses against him as far as he can/he'd missed this so much, and it had hurt him so badly not to be able to hug him, and hold him, and kiss him, and sleep next to him every night/his eyes start to sting a little more, and though he does well at holding back, he can't stop a few of his tears from escaping*
Yuuri - *tears well up in his own eyes/after going so long without him... it was a little surreal to be back* "I missed you so much... I missed your smile... your voice... your smell... everything... I never want to be away from you again..."
Wolfram - *laughs lightly, trying to joke, but he feels pretty much the same way* "What are you going to do, chain me to your side? Make me sit with you, bored out of my mind while you do paperwork all the time?"
Yuuri - *groans, nuzzling into his hair* "No paperwork... don't want..."
Wolfram - *giggles a bit again, glad that he hadn't changed too much* "You have to start doing it again eventually. You can't escape from it forever."
Yuuri - *whimpers lightly* "Traitor... I bet you laugh at me..."
Wolfram - *snorts* "I'm wearing heels for you."
Yuuri - *pulls back to blink at him, then leans over the edge of the bed to inspect the shoes* "Wow... I was wondering why you suddenly got so tall..." *obviously, he had already known he was in heels/teases* "What...? Are you up to my shoulder now?"
Wolfram - *lightly punches said shoulder* "Jerk."
Yuuri - *mock winces, then pouts* "I was just teasing... gosh..." *grins at him again* "I like them."
Wolfram - *instantly brightens, looking down to inspect his shoes* "Really?"
Yuuri - *nods, leaning to look at them again* "Yeah... they're really cute on you..."
Wolfram - *smiling* "I heard you say something about glass shoes once when you were falling asleep..." *looks back up at him* "You said something about using my hair as a ladder and pricking my finger on a spinning wheel, too."
Yuuri - *blinks at him/did he?* "Did I...?" *frowns, trying to think about it*
Wolfram - *nods* "I had no idea what you were talking about, but when Mother started helping me plan, and she was talking about dresses and shoes and pajamas, I remembered and... I thought it would be..." *doesn't really know what to say to explain what he'd thought; 'cute' was the word his mother would have used, but that wasn't quite it* "I suppose I wanted to try incorporating things from your world into the wedding, but since I don't know very much about Earth I tried thinking of little things you'd told me..."
Yuuri - *blinks at him for a moment, then grinning widely at him* "Thanks... that really means a lot to me..." *pauses, thinking about it some* "You know... if you ever wanted to know more about it... although, I'm sure there's plenty of more interesting things to do... but... if you ever did..."
Wolfram - *curious/not quite sure what he's getting at* "If I ever did, what? Every time I ask you to explain something, you always wave it off and telling me 'it's nothing."
Yuuri - *cringes lightly* "Well... that's because I didn't know you were actually that interested... But... I still owe you a trip to Earth, you know... If you wanted to learn about some things first hand..." *and no paperwork!*
Wolfram - *looks at him in silence for a little bit, working the suggestion out in his head* "We don't really have the time to go now. You have work to attend to, and I still have to finish planning, but... we could always go for our honeymoon." *frowns a bit, thinking about it more* "Unless that would be weird... I don't really know what you were thinking for our honeymoon, and I haven't come up with very many ideas. There aren't very many places to go in the winter..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "No! That's fine! If you didn't mind... I'm sure there's lots of things to do... Ah... I know I have work to do... I'm going to get back to it all tomorrow... I don't want to cause any more trouble for anyone... so I'm going to work extra hard..."
Wolfram - *smiles up at him, pleased that he actually seemed to be taking his work seriously* "What can we do on Earth, then? When we do go. I've only been to a few places..."
Yuuri - *grins at him* "Well, what do you feel like doing?"
Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow at him/he expected him to be able to answer that?* "How am I supposed to feel like doing anything when I don't even know what there is to do?"
Yuuri - *shrugs* "Well... what kind of scenery did you have in mind? We could always go some place at least a little warm and beachy... Like... Hawaii in the States... Or Cancun... Unless you really do like the cold... then we can go to some places in the mountains... or even Europe... you've been to one of the countries there before... Or... a tropical safari in the jungles of Africa..." *trails off, still grinning*
Wolfram - *looks utterly confused/really has no idea what he's talking about/besides the words 'beach' and 'mountains' he didn't understand a word of what he'd just said* "What?"
Yuuri - *laughs lightly* "Sorry... Maybe we'll talk about that all at another time..." *pauses, leaning closer to his lips, but doesn't kiss him just yet* "You're really cute when you're all confused..."
Wolfram - "You make me confused very often..." *still trying to figure out what it was that he was talking about*
Yuuri - *grins* "I know... because you're cute..." *then he kisses him*
Wolfram - *kisses him back lightly*
Yuuri - *presses deeper into him, pushing him back onto the bed, but not moving away from him*
Wolfram - *a little startled when he's pushed back, but he doesn't complain/wraps his arms around Yuuri's neck, though making sure not to let his hands move to his back*
Yuuri - *continues to kiss him for a while, then suddenly pulls back a bit/worried* "Sorry... aren't you uncomfortable...?" *he was still half off the bed, after all...*
Wolfram - *smiles at him/it felt a little awkward, but he honestly didn't care* "Not with you here..."
Yuuri - *pouts a little at him/he was really cute...* "Get your nightgown on... I miss it..." *moves off of him to sit up some, allowing him room to get up*
Wolfram - *huffs a little, but sits up* "Then put your pajamas on, too. You'll be more comfortable." *carefully stands from the bed, trying to walk to the closet as normally as possible with the heels still on* "And it's late. You should be getting some rest soon, anyway."
Yuuri - *pouts more, but follows after him, a bit worried about him falling/pauses once he reaches his closet, staring down at his feet* "As cute as they look... they look painful, too..."
Wolfram - *shrugs* "They are a little, but I think I'm starting to get used to them." *opens the closet, then bends down to carefully remove his shoes, gently putting them away so they wouldn't break/begins searching around for a nightgown to wear*
Yuuri - *watches him, completely distracted from getting his own pajamas*
Wolfram - *finds one and is about to start slipping out of his clothes when he notices Yuuri watching him/it's been a while, so he ends up blushing, pausing in his actions for a moment*
Yuuri - *blushes a bit as well, quickly turning away to start digging through his own closet as if nothing awkward just happened*
Wolfram - *quickly takes off his clothes/it wasn't that he was embarrassed, because he honestly didn't care if Yuuri stared, but it had taken some getting used to before, and after spending so much time apart it would take some getting used to again/slips his nightgown over his head, sliding his arms into the sleeves*
Yuuri - *quickly gets changed, adjusting the waist band of his pajama pants so they were just below where it was painful to touch/pulls on his shirt as well, a little overwhelmed with how soft and fresh everything felt and looked compared to everything he had to wear for the past month/stands a bit in front of the mirror to inspect himself*
Wolfram - *carefully watches him/he was still acting a little odd, so he wanted to keep an eye on him to make sure he was truly okay*
Yuuri - *turns to go back to watching Wolfram and is a bit startled to see that he was the one being watched/flushes lightly again, also trying to get used to everything again/glances over his nightgown, sighing a bit in relief* "You're really beautiful..."
Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow/that wasn't the first time Yuuri had said that to him since his return... not that he was complaining at all, but he couldn't remember him ever saying that so much before in such a short period of time/maybe it was because he'd been away for so long/it's not like he could blame him for saying things like that; Yuuri looked as good as ever, perhaps more so, since it felt as if he hadn't seen him in forever* "Why the sigh?" *had he sounded... relieved? what, had the wimp thought he was going to come back and he suddenly wouldn't look as beautiful or something?*
Yuuri - *shakes his head, smiling a bit at him/he had really missed him, and only now that he was back did he realize how bad it had been without him* "I was afraid I would start forgetting just how wonderful you were... But luckily, you're exactly the way I remember you... if not even more..."
Wolfram - *flushes a little, but tries to hide it* "You were afraid you'd forget? How could you possibly forget something like that?" *though it's not like he didn't understand where he was coming from; he'd felt the same way, after all*
Yuuri - *shakes his head again* "I don't know... I knew I could never forget... But after a while... it was getting hard to remember more than just an echo of what your voice sounded like... harder to remember just how bright your smiles were, especially in that dark place I was in... I was afraid I would start to forget how you felt... or tasted..." *turns to stare at the ground a bit, shifting on his feet some as he felt the heat rise in his cheeks* "I was afraid... I missed you so much..."
Wolfram - *blushes more, though he felt a little sad at hearing him talk about the 'dark place'/wishes, not for the first time, that he'd done more to protect him/if he'd only tried harder, surely Yuuri wouldn't have gone through what he had* "I... I missed you, too. I missed how you always grumble about paperwork, I missed being able to tease you in the mornings, I missed having you hold me, I missed kissing you. I... I was scared that something awful had happened to you, and that I would be all alone... and I... I was afraid that you were hurt and alone, that you didn't have anybody... I hated not being there for you..."
Yuuri - *looks up from the ground at him, feeling guilty again about having put him through all that/takes a step closer to him, not liking how far apart they seemed, even if it was just a couple feet* "I'm sorry... I never wanted you to worry... I know you worry about me a lot... but... I never wanted you to feel hopeless... I... I'm here now... you don't have to be afraid.."
Wolfram - *shows him a small smile, stepping closer as well, so he's able to hug him again, wrapping his arms back around his neck/softly* "I would have done anything, anything, to get you back..."
Yuuri - *smiles back at him, happily sliding his hands down along his waist/teasing* "How many people had to hold you down to keep you from trying to find me...?"
Wolfram - "Well..." *flushes lightly* "The sage lectured me, and then Conrart and Yozak kept watch over me until the storms let up and they went to search for you, but they left soldiers to make sure I didn't try anything. Then, when we rode back here, the sage made me sit on a horse in front of Hale, and they hardly let me move a foot away from them the entire time..."
Yuuri - *blinks at him/amused* "Wow... I can't imagine the fit you must have thrown to get Murata to lecture you..."
Wolfram - "I tried to attack him..." *flushes more, only slightly ashamed, because, let's face it, Murata does deserve to be whacked on occasion*
Yuuri - *snorts/really amused* "Did you go for the eyes...?"
Wolfram - *pouts* "He had his glasses on; it was hard to get to them. That, and he grabbed onto my arms and wouldn't let go." *thinks back on it, much more clear headed than he had been at the time of the event* "I should have kicked him..."
Yuuri - *winces lightly at the thought* "Yeah... that might have been enough to get him to let go..."
Wolfram - *pouts some more* "Then we got back and Mother lectured me, too..."
Yuuri - *nods* "Good... you shouldn't have tried doing anything like that anyway..."
Wolfram - *shakes his head a bit* "She didn't lecture me because I tried something..." *feels even more ashamed, because he knew Yuuri would worry* "I wasn't taking care of myself..."
Yuuri - *does worry* "You... you weren't....? Wolf... I'm sorry... I didn't want you to worry so much about me... You... are you doing okay now...? Do you want me to get you anything??"
Wolfram - *holds onto him tighter, pressing closer* "I'm fine now. Gisela's been making me drink all these disgusting things..."
Yuuri - *leans down to kiss his forehead* "Good..." *pauses, a little worried* "Does... she knows... doesn't she?"
Wolfram - *nods* "She knew the moment she saw me..." *looks up at him then* "The healer... at the church... he said he could feel it the moment he walked into the room..."
Yuuri - *blinks at him/surprised and even more worried* "It's really that easy for them to tell...?"
Wolfram - "Apparently..." *smiles at him, almost shyly* "You... considering how strong you are... you could probably feel it, too... if you tried..."
Yuuri - *blinks at him, but now really curious/carefully moves his hand over Wolfram's stomach and closes his eyes*
Wolfram - *places one of his hands over Yuuri's to keep it there/carefully watches him*
Yuuri - *opens his eyes, blinking at him/a bit surprised* "Wow..."
Wolfram - *smiles more* "What?"
Yuuri - *blinks at him more, trying to figure out how to describe what he felt* "That.... that's our baby...?"
Wolfram - *teases him/he can't feel it himself, but he knows it's there regardless* "What else would it be?"
Yuuri - *slowly shakes his head, still startled by what he felt* "I don't know... "
Wolfram - *keeps his hand over Yuuri's, smiling at his look of awe/still curious* "What does it feel like?"
Yuuri - *blinks again, trying to focus better* "Uhh... It was just... this strong pulse... kinda... but not like a heartbeat... softer... kinda like electricity... only not..." *pauses, staring down at him* "I'm not making any sense..."
Wolfram - *smiles a little more, shaking his head, amused* "No, you're not..." *kinda wishes he could feel it too, but he's already resigned himself to the fact that he wasn't strong enough/no use getting his hopes up and hurting his pride by trying and failing*
Yuuri - *sighs, wishing he could explain it better, especially since he'd never felt anything like it before* "It makes me feel warm... but cold at the same time... like it would give me goose bumps..." *trails off again, not wanting to be any more confusing* "Just... no wonder they could tell..." *blinks down at him/curious* "Do you know if all babies give off this feeling...? Or... are we special...?"
Wolfram - *remains smiling, though he still doesn't quite understand how it must feel* "I think it's because of you. You're so strong; it must have passed on... or something..."
Yuuri - *frowns a bit sadly* "I'm not that strong..."
Wolfram - *lifts his free hand to stroke the side of his face* "Of course you are..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head, though moving into his touch* "No... I'm not... if I was really as strong as people say... " *'I should have been able to stop the things that happened...' is what he was probably going to say, but he stops himself, not really wanting to talk about it more/shakes his head again* "Fine... I'll be strong for you, then..."
Wolfram - *looks at him oddly, wondering what he was talking about* "Yuuri, are you okay...?"
Yuuri - *nods at him/he really wanted to tell him everything, but he was afraid of what might happen* "Yeah..."
Wolfram - *strokes the side of his face again* "Are you sure?" *suddenly becomes concerned* "Are you tired, or...?"
Yuuri - *blinks at him, then nods* "Maybe that's it... I must be tired..."
Wolfram - *drops his hand, taking the one that was still against his stomach and pulling it away, leading him over to the bed* "You should rest. You did a lot of riding today..."
Yuuri - *allows himself to be lead, but pouts at him* "I'm not that tired... I just got back... I want to be with you more... no sleep... sleep means sooner paperwork..."
Wolfram - "Yuuri..." *really worried about him* "You... I'm sure if you talked to Gwendal and told him you needed more time off, he'd give it to you... especially if you showed him..." *frowns sadly* "It probably isn't very good for you to be sitting in a chair all day, anyway." *slides back up onto the bed, still tugging at Yuuri's hand*
Yuuri - *happily follows him... though, he would happily follow him anywhere.../shakes his head* "No... I've been gone long enough... I really should get back to work as soon as possible..." *slides up next to him, laying on his side on the pillows, wrapping his arm around Wolfram* "I love you...."
Wolfram - *lays down with him, cuddling close* "I love you, too..." *looks at him closely, slightly suspicious* "Are you sure you're okay, though? You're not usually so anxious to get back to work."
Yuuri - *sighs, not wanting him to worry* "I just feel bad about being gone for so long... I can't imagine how much stuff has piled up..."
Wolfram - "Gwendal's been taking care of it. He knows there's not much you can do about it when you're not here. He's not completely heartless..."
Yuuri - *nods at him* "I know that... And I really owe him a lot... I shouldn't be so lazy all the time..."
Wolfram - "But if you need more time to recover, you shouldn't hesitate to take it..."
Yuuri - *nods at him again* "Okay... If I don't feel well enough in the morning... then I'll ask for another day off..."
Wolfram - *sighs lightly, still worried, before deciding to voice some of his thoughts* "You don't normally act like this. It's odd..."
Yuuri - *blinks at him/confused* "What do you mean...?"
Wolfram - "You just..." *doesn't really know how to describe it/he just didn't seem the same as he did the last time he saw him* "I don't know... but... you just seem more serious about everything..." *although, he supposed that was to be expected; he'd been captured and imprisoned for a month*
Yuuri - *frowns sadly at him* "I'm sorry... you don't like it, do you...? I just... I'm trying to be normal..." *after the things he's seen and had to go through, it was hard not to be a bit more somber about things*
Wolfram - "No, it's... it's not that I don't like it..." *hadn't he been complaining before about how he needed to take his work more seriously? why did it seem so odd to him now that he actually was?* "I suppose I just have to get used to it. Normally you're doing everything you can to get out of work, and..." *shakes his head* "Never mind. It's a good thing. So don't worry about it." *or at least he hoped it was a good thing/what if there was actually something wrong with him?*
Yuuri - *sighs, pulling him closer to him to cuddle* "I guess... I just realize now how much I need to pay attention to things..." *definitely didn't want more horrible things happening in his kingdom, especially without his knowledge/watches Wolfram for a bit* "You know I love you, right...?"
Wolfram - *allows himself to be cuddled, pressing closer as well* "Of course I do. And I love you."
Yuuri - *holds onto him tightly* "And that you're the only one I'll ever truly love...?"
Wolfram - *slowly* "Yes..." *why was he asking him something like that?*
Yuuri - *leans closer to kiss him lightly* "And no matter what happens... I'll forever be yours and only yours...?"
Wolfram - *pulls back a bit to look up at him, confused* "Yuuri... what...?"
Yuuri - *stares at him a bit before shaking his head* "I just wanted to make sure... that you knew..."
Wolfram - "Of course I know..." *why was he talking about things like this?/it was making him worried, though he didn't know if he even should be worried, or why*
Yuuri - *nods at him* "Okay... I just wanted to make sure..."
Wolfram - "... why...?"
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "Because I haven't seen you in so long... I want to make sure you haven't forgotten that I'm completely yours..."
Wolfram - *narrows his eyes at him a bit, serious* "You've always been completely mine, whether you wanted to be or not."
Yuuri - *smiles sadly at him* "You're right... How could I have forgotten...?"
Wolfram - *growing even more worried* "Yuuri...?"
Yuuri - *smiles at him* "Yes...?"
Wolfram - "I don't..." *what was wrong with him?* "Did you...?"
Yuuri - *blinks* "What...?"
Wolfram - *softly* "Did you forget...?"
Yuuri - *quickly shakes his head* "No! I know you love me... I know you'll always love me... I just... wanted to make sure..." *frowns at himself for saying the same things over and over again* "I would never forget..."
Wolfram - "Then why are you asking me things like that?"
Yuuri - *watches him for a while/extremely worried and even scared/softly* "I wouldn't want you to think that I've ever forgotten how much you love me... or how much I love you..."
Wolfram - *shakes his head slowly* "I wouldn't... I haven't..."
Yuuri - *nods* "Thank you..." *still didn't have the courage to tell him all the horrible things that happened, though*
Wolfram - *really, really worried, even more so now after all these questions* "Are you sure you're okay? Do... do you need me to do anything?"
Yuuri - *shakes his head* "I... I don't want you to leave me... That's all..."
Wolfram - "But why would I leave you?"
Yuuri - *closes his eyes, feeling the tears start to well up in them* "If... I were a monster... what would you do...?"
Wolfram - *quickly sits up, startled/looks down at him with wide eyes/a monster? what was he talking about?* "Yuuri...?"
Yuuri - *doesn't open his eyes, but flinches when Wolfram suddenly pulled away/doesn't say anything*
Wolfram - *slowly shakes his head again* "I don't understand, Yuuri. Why are you asking me things like this?"
Yuuri - *keeps his eyes closed, but it still doesn't stop a few tears from escaping and sliding down his cheeks* "If I was... what would you do...?"
Wolfram - *starts to panic a little, quickly moving one of his hands to wipe at Yuuri's tears* "I don't know what you mean..."
Yuuri - *flinches unintentionally at his touch/shakes his head/softly* "If I did horrible things... would you still love me...?"
Wolfram - *quietly, feeling that dread inside of him increase by the second* "What kind of horrible things...?"
Yuuri - *a few more tears escape at his words/doesn't want to continue*
Wolfram - "Yuuri...?" *what in the world was going on?*
Yuuri - *shakes his head, trying to force back the tears that kept escaping/mumbling now* "The things they did... the things they made me do... I... it makes me sick to think about... I'm afraid... I don't want you to leave me because of what happened... If only I had been stronger..."
Wolfram - *shakes his head, quicker this time/wipes the tears from his face with a gentle hand* "Yuuri, I don't understand what you're talking about. You said that... that the only thing they did was whip and hit you. What... what else did they... what did they make you do...?" *of course, with the way Yuuri was currently going on about it, be wasn't entirely sure he really wanted to know*
Yuuri - *opens his eyes to stare blurrily up at him for a moment before sitting as well* "Wolf... I don't want to keep anything from you... not you, of all people... I'm only yours, so I want to let you know everything... but... I'm afraid... I don't know how you’ll react... I've tried playing over how I would tell you everything that has happened in my head dozens of times... but... one of the things I like about you is how unpredictable you are..." *has to smile sadly at that, wishing he knew him better so he wouldn't be so worried about telling him*
Wolfram - *panics more/if Yuuri was having so much trouble telling him, then it must be bad/his breathing quickens, his heart pounding/whispers* "Yuuri... you're scaring me..."
Yuuri - *stares at him, instantly hating himself for getting him worked up* "I... I'm sorry! I didn't mean... I... I love you so much... I would never want to hurt you..."
Wolfram - "Then what is it? What are you having so much trouble telling me? What could possibly..." *trails off/what could possibly be so bad?*
Yuuri - *takes a deep breath, trying to calm himself down* "Wolf... I... I want to tell you... But I'm also afraid of you getting worked up over it...." *pauses, shaking his head* "I guess I'm not being much help with that, am I...? I just... please don't worry...? Or... I don't know..." *watches him, wishing there was some way to help comfort him*
Wolfram - *shakes his head more* "No. You can't do that. You can't tell me not to worry. Not until you tell me."
Yuuri - *nods, closing his eyes before opening his mouth again to start telling him everything that had happened between the time that he was kidnapped up to being reunited with him/he explains how he met Iris, what she had done to save his life, how she helped calm him down when he was getting upset over not knowing if Wolfram was okay or not/he tells him how she was taken once Lord Dimitri returned to the manor and how he tried to save her but couldn't, and about everything the man had said about Wolfram/he tells him how her hair had been cut and how she’d been forced into Wolfram's nightgown and how he, delusional and almost unconscious, had thought that she was actually Wolfram and only when she kissed him did he know it wasn't.../his voice starts to get a little shaky and tears fall a bit more heavily as he tells him the events leading up to the whipping and how he tried to stop it and get away and how the man taunted him and tried to get him to just give up, but tried so hard to fight against him... and how Iris had to take care of him even then, when she had already gone through so much/he tells him about all the conversations the girl and he had... about how she said she loved him and how he couldn't tell her the same, and about how he tried to comfort her because she seemed so distraught/it starts to get even harder to talk through the tears reaching to the point where Lord Dimitri had decided that his 'punishment' wasn't severe enough and how he threatened to kill the girl, and thus her baby, if Yuuri didn't do what he was told.../continues with the events after and how the psycho told him how they were exactly alike and all the things he had said, and how he would turn into him after a while, and how he would hunt down and do horrible things to Wolfram and their children if he didn't kill him/trails off around the time of when they were finally leaving the manor to go home, staring down at the dark, wet spots on the covers from the tears, not even daring to look up at Wolfram to see his expression* ".... If I really do... turn out to be a monster... like him... I... I wouldn't love me... I know that much..."
Wolfram - *sits there silently through the entirety of his story, not because he didn't have anything to say - because there had been plenty of times where he would have liked to break in with some sort of a comment - but because he knew if he spoke even a single word, Yuuri would stop, and refuse to tell him anymore/it's only once Yuuri reaches the part about his 'punishment' that he's left truly speechless, and by the end he has tears streaming down his face/lifts his hands to cover his mouth, shocked, angry, horrified, betrayed - he was feeling so many things all at once he truthfully didn't know how to react*
Yuuri - *still staring down at the covers, trying to control his own sobbing and still not daring to look at the blond, though he can imagine how he must feel after hearing something like that*
Wolfram - *continues to stare at him with wide, tear filled eyes, not even noticing the drops sliding down his cheeks/his voice shakes as he tries to speak* "I..."
Yuuri - *can feel his own tears start to get thicker/he had already been so embarrassed, felt so guilty and horrible that he wouldn't blame Wolfram for hating him... though he had at least a bit of hope... for a while...*
Wolfram - "I... I knew... I knew there was something about her... I knew... there was something..." *and he can't really say much more than that, too sickened by the story to be able to think much else*
Yuuri - *shrinks back a bit, feeling sick/he didn't regret saving her, but if there had been any other way... if he had only been stronger... maybe he wouldn't have had to do anything/still doesn't look at Wolfram and flinches at his words, waiting for them to get angry and yell about how much he hated him and how he wouldn't marry him...*
Wolfram - "I can't believe..." *what to do? what to think? what to say? what to feel?/that was his main problem at the moment, not knowing how to feel/he didn't want to be mad at Yuuri, because he so obviously hadn't meant for it to happen, but he was still so angry, so disgusted/he hated them - the men who'd done this - and he hated her/there was always a her, wasn't there? there always had been as far as Yuuri was concerned, and now he was beginning to wonder if there always would be*
Yuuri - "... I didn't want to... but there was.... I wasn't strong enough... " *chokes a bit on the nearly whispered words, almost completely talked out*
Wolfram - *slowly starts shaking his head, eyes still wide, gaze still focused on Yuuri/near whispering too* "You brought her here..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head, feeling even more horrible, shrinking back a bit more* "I promised her the first day... she didn't have a home... she has no family... but she saved my life... I had to help her..."
Wolfram - "You tried to introduce her to me..."
Yuuri - *opens his mouth to say something, but stops/swallows a bit before continuing* "I... I told myself... that I just wouldn't tell you what happened... that I would keep it a secret forever... but I couldn't... I love you too much to keep something like that from you..."
Wolfram - *tells himself not to overreact, not to get worked up, not to misdirect his anger, even when he just wanted to scream* "You invited your mistress to our breakfast table!"
Yuuri - *looks up at him, staring with wide, horrified eyes/what could he say to that? how had he been so terrible?? what did Wolfram ever do to deserve something like this...??*
Wolfram - *moves from the bed, standing up and pacing back and forth, trying his hardest to calm down - he really did try - but nothing seemed to work* "You think I actually care what happens to that worthless tramp?!" *in all honesty, he wanted to kill her/if it weren't for her, if she hadn't been there, Yuuri wouldn't have been forced to do those things*
Yuuri - *stares at him, not knowing what to say to him, but could feel his heart break a little at what Wolfram was saying/what could he have done...? he couldn't just leave her... /feeling really sick*
Wolfram - *glares at him, too worked up to go find the girl and scream into her face instead* "I'm pregnant Yuuri!! I ran away to elope with you, and I got pregnant, because I was stupid and I actually listened to you when you told me things would be okay!! And now you come back, after I've worked and struggled to plan our wedding in time, so that I'm not disgraced and practically ripped apart by the Royal Court, and you bring her with you and introduce her to me?! You tell me what happened between the two of you, and you let her live under our roof and eat at our table?! You're throwing your mistress into my face?!" *is crying harder now, and he hurts so badly, for Yuuri as well as for himself* "Is one whore not good enough for you?!"
Yuuri - *flinches back more, wondering if he should just leave... just leave and hide in his office... and let Wolfram calm down a bit before attempting anything.../stares at him, still wide eyed, tears still streaming down his face/he wants to comfort him, but what was there to do after everything had happened? how could he even ask for forgiveness?*
Wolfram - "I... I've been through so much! I've done everything for you!!"
Yuuri - *turns away from him/how could he be so horrible to him? what had Wolfram ever done but be there for him?* "I know..."
Wolfram - "No, you don't know!! You'll never understand!! I could be mocked and ridiculed in my own home and you still wouldn't get it!!"
Yuuri - *shakes his head again* "I will never let that happen..."
Wolfram - *breathing heavily* "You can't stop it now, and you've made sure of that. As much as you'd like to, you can't hide everything. Eventually someone's going to find out, whether it's about the baby, or her, it doesn't matter. How do you think people will look at me when they find out you've slept with someone else?"
Yuuri - *turns to look at him again, tears still falling heavily* "I didn't want to!! They would have killed her!! Do you have any idea what was going through my mind at the time?! Don't you realize all I could ever think about was you?! Why would I need a mistress when I already have you?! I never wanted to hurt you and I never thought I would actually tell you what happened, but I love you and you deserve to know the truth! Would you have rather me never told you?? Would you rather me kick the person who saved my life out onto the street?? If she hadn't been there, I would have died, Wolf!! I would have died! I wouldn't be here now and you wouldn't have to go through any of this! Would you rather that be the case??"
Wolfram - "She should have died!!!"
Yuuri - "She's already been through hell worse than death!!"
Wolfram - "And you think I give a shit about what she's been through?!"
Yuuri - "What about her baby?? You would have rather her unborn child die as well?? An innocent child??"
Wolfram - *can't really say anything to that/of course he wouldn't have wanted the child to die/if there was one thing he couldn't misdirect his anger on, it was an innocent child, but that didn't mean he still didn't want her dead/he hated her with every ounce of his being*
Yuuri - "Don't you see?? I couldn't let them do it!! I couldn't! If it was to save both her and the baby... Don't you know how much I've longed to see you?? How the days and nights went by so slowly? The nightmares I've had not knowing if you were okay... being told that you were just wasting away... and not waking up... I couldn't do anything! When I tried, they would beat me! I wasn't able to do anything to stop them! I felt so worthless... I... if there was something I could do... anything that would be worthwhile... I wanted to at least save two innocent lives..." *has to look away to brush the ridiculous amount of tears from his face/as if he didn't feel pathetic enough as it was...*
Wolfram - *noticeably shaking/he didn't want to be angry at Yuuri - really, he didn't - and he didn't even want to be saying all of these horrible things to him - though he wouldn't have hesitated to say any of it to her* "Yuuri... I can't..." *it hurt him so badly, to know that Yuuri had been put through that, that he'd had to make those sorts of choices/and, yes, it hurt to know of the choices he'd made, though he understood why he did/it just wasn't fair, none of it was/and after waiting so long for things to finally be okay, for everything to be perfect, and then to find out that it had all been shot completely to hell all over again, and to know that everything they'd done before by running away had lead up to this.../it had all been his doing, to begin with/he'd wanted to elope in the first place/if they hadn't gone, if they'd stayed here and had their spring wedding... none of this would have happened...*
Yuuri - *turns to look at him again, easily noticing his shaking/immediately worried to near panic* "Wolf! I... I didn't want to... I swear... If there had been any other way... I love you... I'll only love you... Forever... I don't want to be with anyone else... I don't need to be with anyone else... please... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."
Wolfram - *can't control his breathing, or his shaking, or the mad beating of his heart/he was going to be sick/quickly presses a hand against his mouth, turning to dash into the washroom as fast as he could, collapsing onto his knees and throwing up, just as he's done many times before already*