Part Thirty-Four

[coveringthebase]

Very Brief Recap
- Yuuri gets home and tells Wolfram about what happened while he was gone
- Chaos ensues

Covering the Bases
Part Thirty-Four - Yuuri Has No Idea That the Red Sox Will Win/Has Won the World Series for 2007... Because No One Ever Told Him

Yuuri - *quickly jumps out of the bed to follow him, kneeling down next to him to try and comfort him, rubbing his back and pulling back his bangs/if there was just something he could do... anything to make it up to him...*

Wolfram - *kneels there until he's done, tears still streaming down his face/he's sobbing now, wrapping one of his arms around him stomach when he feels a harsh twinge of pain, hunching over*

Yuuri - *extremely worried* "Wolf...??" *continues to gently rub his back, watching him carefully*

Wolfram - *quickly becomes worried, especially when it doesn't go away as fast as it normally did/tries to stop his sobbing, but thinking that something's wrong doesn't help at all* "It hurts..."

Yuuri - *panics even more, wanting to help him, but doesn't know how* "What?? What hurts??"

Wolfram - *clenches his teeth together, trying to control himself, to somehow prevent it from becoming worse/a few drops of sweat break out along his brow* "My stomach..."

Yuuri - *stares at him for a second, then bends down, wrapping one arm around the blond's back and the other carefully under his legs to lift him up into his arms/winces from stretching his back so much, but ignores the pain and moves to bring Wolfram over to the bed, laying him down against the pillows*

Wolfram - *keeps his arm wrapped around him, as if that could make the pain go away/of course it doesn't, and he can only lay there and cry harder, willing it to end*

Yuuri - *sits down next to him, about to pull away to go get someone to find Gisela, but stops as Wolfram held onto himself tighter/clenches his teeth together, then moves his other hand to hold against the blond's stomach, quickly closing his eyes to focus all of his own energy into him/anything to help...*

Wolfram - *sobs more, unable to control himself, though he makes every effort to try/whimpers* "I'm sorry..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head, then moves to lift Wolfram from the mattress and into his lap, cuddling him close to him, though keeping his hand on his stomach, still trying to use what little healing he knew*

Wolfram - *clings to him tightly, not wanting to let go* "I... I hate myself so much right now..."

Yuuri - *startled, opening his eyes, but keeping his hand focused on his stomach/confused* "Wha... why...??"

Wolfram - "I'm so sorry... I didn't mean..." *he hadn't meant to blow up like that/the things Yuuri had told him were horrible, and they sickened him, and angered him, but he hadn't wanted his disgust and anger to lead to this/he'd already worried about the baby enough since these pains had started, unable to completely believe the doctor or Gisela when they told him it was stress/it could still hurt the baby, and he knew that, and he'd hate himself forever if it did any harm*

Yuuri - *shakes his head, closing his eyes again to focus his energy into Wolfram* "Shhh.... You have nothing to be sorry for... just rest..."

Wolfram - "I..." *he had plenty to be sorry for/maybe he hadn't wanted to take everything out on Yuuri, but that didn't change the fact that he'd done it anyway* "I just... I don't want it to hurt anymore..." *and, as Yuuri slowly began to soothe him, the pain he was talking about had absolutely nothing to do with his stomach*

Yuuri - *shakes his head again, leaning to kiss Wolfram's temple and cheek, trying to get him to calm down some/continues to focus every bit of energy he had into the blond, not caring if he was quickly getting even more exhausted*

Wolfram - *slowly begins to calm down*

Yuuri - *continues doing what he's doing until he starts to get a bit dizzy/slowly opens his eyes to see how Wolfram seemed to be doing/quietly* "Are you feeling any better...?"

Wolfram - *nods slowly, his eyes closed*

Yuuri - *lets out a small sigh of relief/kisses his head once more* "I'm going to go get Gisela... okay...?"

Wolfram - *winces a little/that probably meant he was going to have to drink another one of those disgusting potions/doesn't say anything against it, though, mainly because he doesn't really know what to say*

Yuuri - *lets out another small sigh before carefully lifting the blond from his lap to place next to him on the pillows/starts to move to get off the bed*

Wolfram - *continues to sit there with his eyes closed, trying to prevent himself from thinking about all of the things Yuuri had so recently told him, but it was difficult not to*

Yuuri - *walks across the room, opening the door to walk down the hall a bit, telling the first person he saw - one of the guards on patrol - to send for Gisela/then he goes back to the room, closing the door behind him*

Wolfram - *refuses to open his eyes and look at him/he couldn't really blame him for what he did - seeing as he'd been forced, so it wasn't really his fault - but he was simply too angry at the moment, and he didn't want to risk blowing up at him again*

Yuuri - *awkwardly watches Wolfram from just inside the door for a bit before cautiously moving back over to the bed to sit on the edge again/doesn't really want to say anything incase it would get him worked up again*

Wolfram - *curls in on himself a bit, but otherwise doesn't move*

Yuuri - *cringes a bit, not knowing what he should really do/watches him a bit more/softly* "Wolf...?"

Wolfram - *flinches just slightly at the sound of his voice, but doesn't respond*

Yuuri - *opens his mouth to say something, but closes it, looking away from him again*

Wolfram - *curls up a little more, squeezing his eyes shut tight to keep himself from crying again*

Yuuri - *takes a deep breath, then turns back around to crawl up onto the bed again/he winces lightly, but otherwise he ignores the light pain/sits awkwardly next to the blond for a few moments before slowly moving his arm to wrap around him, though ready to pull back if he showed any sign that he didn't want him there*

Wolfram - *flinches again - though unintentionally - at his touch/what did Yuuri expect him to do? to say?*

Yuuri - *quickly pulls back at the flinch, moving to hold his hands in his lap/still feels really horrible for everything* "Wolf... I'm sorry..."

Wolfram - *doesn't know if he should really believe him or not/quietly* "Are you...?"

Yuuri - *stares blankly down at his hands* "I never wanted to hurt you... it was the last thing I ever wanted to do...."

Wolfram - *takes a deep breath, still trying to keep himself from blowing up at him again* "But are you sorry for what you did?"

Yuuri - *cringes a bit/doesn't want to lie to him/can feel his eyes starting to sting a bit again* "I'm not sorry for saving her and her baby's life..."

Wolfram - "Then why bother apologizing...?"

Yuuri - *opens his mouth again, but stops/stares at his hands for a while*

Wolfram - *falls into silence again*

Yuuri - *quietly* "I'm sorry for not figuring out another way... if there was any other way... if I could have done something to stop them..."

Wolfram - *doesn't know what to say to that/remains angry, though not so much at Yuuri* "I hate her..."

Yuuri - *blinks at him, a bit startled* "I... Wolf... it's not her fault..."

Wolfram - *it doesn't really matter if it's her fault at all; that doesn't stop him from hating her* "If she hadn't been there..."

Yuuri - *frowns sadly at him* "Wolf... I would have died..."

Wolfram - *flinches again/doesn't bother to remind him that the bandits had wanted him for a reason, and so wouldn't have let him die either way* "That doesn't stop me from hating her..."

Yuuri - *sighs, trying again to carefully wrap his arm around him/doesn't really know what to say to him/knows he had every right to be angry, but still felt bad for the poor girl*

Wolfram - *continues to wallow in his anger, hatred, and self-pity/part of him wishes Yuuri had never told him any of this*

Yuuri - *opens his mouth again to say something, but stops at the soft knock on the door/looks up* "Come in..."

Gisela - *peers into the room/out of breath since she was always running from place to place, and she’s in her night clothes/gives a small bow before carefully shutting the door behind her/glances to Wolfram first before speaking* "You called for me, Your Majesty?"

Yuuri - *nods* "Yeah..." *what should he say, exactly?/watches Wolfram worriedly* "Uhh... Wolfram said he wasn't feeling well... that his stomach hurt..."

Wolfram - *cracks his eyes open to look at Gisela as she comes in, but doesn't move at all, nor does he speak to further elaborate*

Gisela - *turns her gaze back to Wolfram, sighing/moves a bit closer to the bed* "Your Excellency... you got worked up about something again, didn't you...?"

Wolfram - *thinks he got a little more than 'worked up,' but really isn't in the mood to even begin to try and explain it to her*

Gisela - *frowns at him some, but moves closer so she could get closer to him/glances at Yuuri* "Your Majesty... I'm sorry, but you need to move..."

Yuuri - *nods and quickly unwraps his arm from around the blond to move out of the way so Gisela could get to him/sits nervously on the bed near Wolfram's feet*

Wolfram - *uncurls himself just a bit, not really wanting to make things difficult for Gisela, though he still didn't think he'd be able to talk to her or anyone else without snapping or having some sort of other negative reaction*

Gisela - *sighs, crawling up onto the bed to reach the blond/places her hand over his stomach and closes her eyes to check to make sure things were okay* "Did you get sick again...?"

Wolfram - *snorts lightly/it seemed as if he was sick nearly all the time these days/it really shouldn't be called 'morning sickness' in his opinion; 'all-day sickness' summed it up a bit better - although he supposed this time it had been more due to anxiety than anything else*

Yuuri - *watches him for a bit, then answers for him* "Yes... he did..."

Gisela - *sighs again, pulling her hand back to start digging through her bag she had carried in with her/pulls out, yes, another one of the little bottles of medicine for him, handing it to him* "Your Excellency... you should be fine... but please be careful about getting stressed out..."

Wolfram - *mumbles* "Not really my fault..." *and it wasn't his fault - shitty things just seemed to have a bad habit of happening around he and Yuuri/takes the bottle from her and quickly drinks it, not wanting the taste to linger very long*

Yuuri - *continues to watch worriedly/fidgets nervously* "Is... the baby okay...?"

Gisela - *takes the empty bottle back from him before turning to smile at Yuuri* "The baby should be just fine, Your Majesty... And welcome back. You're not hurt or feeling ill, are you?" *wonders why she wasn't called right away and figures there wasn't really anything serious, but decides to ask anyway*

Yuuri - *sighs in relief/shakes his head* "No... I'm fine... thank you..."

Gisela - *smiles at him, then slides back over to the edge of the bed to get off* "It really is good to have you back..."

Wolfram - *quickly reaches out to grab hold of one of her arms to stop her from going too far* "Wait..." *shoots a little glare at Yuuri* "Take a look at his back... make sure none of the wounds are infected..."

Gisela - *blinks at him in surprise, then turns to gape worriedly at Yuuri*

Yuuri - *flinches, backing away from her a bit and not looking up at Wolfram* "It's nothing... I'm really fine..."

Wolfram - *glares a little more/speaks to Gisela instead of him* "No, he's not..."

Gisela - *tends to believe Wolfram more/frowns worriedly at the king* "Your Majesty..."

Yuuri - *whimpers, still fidgeting nervously on the bed/doesn't really want to keep showing everyone his back... it made him feel pathetic enough knowing that now a handful of people know about it*

Wolfram - *still speaks to Gisela instead of Yuuri, since he really has no clue what to say to him, or how to continue reacting to everything/for the moment, he’d think it would be best to just ignore what caused him so much stress* "Check him..."

Gisela - *frowns more, standing her ground and placing her hands on her hips* "Your Majesty... let me see your back, please..."

Yuuri - *whimpers a bit again, but gives up and moves to unbutton his shirt and take it off, turning around so Gisela could see his back/grumbles about how he was fine and how people should stop making such a fuss over him*

Gisela - *eyes widen at seeing the results of what must have been a very painful event/a bit breathless from shock* "Your Majesty!"

Wolfram - *grumbles about how people should listen to him more often*

Yuuri - *lets out an annoyed huff* "I'm fine!"

Gisela - *recovers from shock a bit and goes back to frowning at him/quickly sets her bag on the ground to use both her hands to hover over his back to check him, making sure there was nothing else wrong with him/worried*

Wolfram - *sits up a bit more on the bed, fluffing one of the pillows before leaning back against it, crossing his arms as he watches*

Gisela - *frowns more when she's done checking him, but says nothing and closes her eyes, keeping her hands hovering over him to heal him some*

Yuuri - *flushes a bit, turning away so he wouldn't have to look at either of them*

Wolfram - *grumbles some more, frowning at him/why did Yuuri always get himself into dangerous situations?*

Gisela - *continues healing for a few long minutes before sighing and pulling back* "That's all I can do for now... I'll come back to check on the both of you in the morning..." *frowns at Yuuri* "...Your Majesty..." *turns to frown at Wolfram too* "... Your Excellency..."

Yuuri - *quickly snatches up his shirt to pull it back on, buttoning it again/turns to awkwardly glance at Gisela/still a bit flushed* "Thanks..."

Wolfram - *frowns back at Gisela/it wasn't his fault he'd overreacted/how else was he supposed to react?*

Gisela - *bows to them before moving to the door to leave/mutters under her breath about how people should just tell her if something was wrong with them - she wasn't a mind reader.../carefully shuts the door behind her*

Yuuri - *frowns down at the covers, not moving from his spot/mumbles* "You didn't have to tell her..."

Wolfram - *glares at him again* "And you didn't have to try and hide it from her..."

Yuuri - *glances up at him sadly* "I wasn't hiding it... I really am fine..."

Wolfram - *continues glaring* "You're a horrible liar..."

Yuuri - *opens his mouth, but like the several times before, closes it/didn't really want to argue and have something else happen*

Wolfram - *huffs and looks away/now that Gisela was no longer there to serve as a distraction, he didn't know what to do*

Yuuri - *shifts awkwardly where he sat* "I... you're mad at me... I'm sorry... I... I really want to make it up to you... anything to prove that I never... never wanted..." *trails off, not really knowing what to say to him*

Wolfram - "In the end, it doesn't matter what you wanted, does it?"

Yuuri - *flinches/shakes his head* "I... no... I guess not..."

Wolfram - "And you don't regret saving that who-" *has to physically stop himself from further insulting the girl, quickly shutting his mouth until he's able to speak less harshly* "You don't regret saving her?"

Yuuri - *glances up at him, still feeling horrible about making Wolfram so upset, but isn't about to say he regretted saving her* "I'm not going to let an innocent person die if I can help it..."

Wolfram - *doesn't look at him/knows he'll never change, and that no matter what the consequences, he'd do anything to save anyone who needed his help* "Then don't apologize..."

Yuuri - *watches him for a bit then looks away/shaking his head again and clenching his teeth together/mumbles under his breath sadly* "I should have never told you... I should have waited much longer... or never told you at all... "

Wolfram - *decides to be honest/whispers* "I wish you hadn't told me..." *although, he had a feeling he would have found out eventually anyway, and that it would have been worse later than it was now*

Yuuri - *angry with himself* "I didn't want to keep anything hidden from you... I wanted you to know... to know what you're.... who you're going to marry...." *cringes, afraid to ask* "If... you still... wanted to... that is..."

Wolfram - "'Know who I'm going to marry?'" *snorts lightly again* "What, exactly, do you mean by that?"

Yuuri - *winces a bit* "I..." *was he serious? after all that, he didn't know what he was talking about/frowns sadly at him* "That I might just end up being a monster..."

Wolfram - *glares at him even more* "What makes you think you're a monster?"

Yuuri - *winces even more* "Because... everything I did... how I've hurt you... that I wasn't strong enough to stop those thing... that I wasn't sure I would be able to completely protect you, so I let someone... die..." *falls silent, feeling incredibly guilty again/goes back to staring at the covers*

Wolfram - "And you think that makes you a monster?"

Yuuri - *slowly shakes his head* "I... I might turn into one..."

Wolfram - *can honestly say he cannot believe what he's hearing/Yuuri? turn into a monster? right... he'd laugh the day that happened* "How could a wimp like you possibly turn into one?"

Yuuri - *glances sadly at him again* "I... but if I did..."

Wolfram - *continues with the glaring/had Yuuri really allowed all those things Dimitri had said get to his head?* "If you did... " *slowly shakes his head* "I really don't understand what it is you're so worried about..."

Yuuri - *feels stupid and falls silent/if Wolfram didn't think it was a big deal, then he was probably just an idiot and making too big a deal out of everything*

Wolfram - *sighs lightly, then finally moves from his spot on the bed, crawling over to Yuuri to sit beside him, staring at him/silent for a long moment before speaking again* "Monsters have horns... and fangs... and claws... and long tails..." *sounds serious, but he knows those aren't the sort of 'monsters' Yuuri was referring to*

Yuuri - *blinks at him, a little startled, but calms down a bit* "So... you don't think it's possible for me to grow fangs and horns...?"

Wolfram - *shakes his head again* "No..."

Yuuri - *sighs lightly and isn't really convinced of the possibility of not turning into one, but appreciates his effort* "Thanks..."

Wolfram - *narrows his eyes at him some more, knowing Yuuri was still thinking about it, and that it was still bothering him* "Have you ever hurt me without regretting it, Yuuri?"

Yuuri - *stares at him/confused* "I..." *feels bad, because he knew Wolfram really didn't want him to regret it* "No... I always regret it...."

Wolfram - "It'll only be when you stop regretting it that you'll turn into a monster..." *thinks about what he'd said for a bit* "And it's not the slapping, Yuuri... that's... that's normal..." *though he knew Yuuri still didn't think so, a fact he could blame on his Earth upbringing* "It's... you've never been abusive... or neglectful..." *okay, so he'd been slightly neglectful back when he hadn't returned his feelings, but he didn't really think that counted for much - Yuuri had been more of a wimp then than he was now*

Yuuri - *stares some more, not really knowing what to say to that/nods, smiling lightly at him* "Thanks... and I promise I'll do everything in my power never to hurt you again..."

Wolfram - "What makes you think that you will?"

Yuuri - *quickly shakes his head* "I mean, I won't! I'll never hurt you again..."

Wolfram - *sighs lightly, moving to lean against him* "I didn't mean to imply that you would, I just... want to know why you're suddenly so afraid. Because of what some man said? Because of what he made you do?"

Yuuri - *watches him, feeling his heart rate increase a bit as he leaned against him/turns his head to stare at his hands in his lap/nods slowly*

Wolfram - "You're nothing like him, Yuuri..." *from what he'd heard of Dimitri, he seemed as if he'd become pretty demented over the years/he highly doubted Yuuri would end up becoming like him* "For one, you're too much of a wimp..." *maybe it wasn't exactly appropriate to joke at the moment, but he was trying to lighten the mood - his own more so than Yuuri's, though he didn't want him to be depressed either*

Yuuri - *nods again, really wanting to believe him* "I know... I just... " *trails off again, not knowing what to say about that*

Wolfram - "You're too kind... and gentle..." *slowly reaches out to take hold of one of his hands*

Yuuri - *turns to watch him as he took one of his hands, feeling his eyes start to sting some and still not knowing what to say* "I...."

Wolfram - *intertwines their fingers* "You love me... don't you...?"

Yuuri - *stares at him/nods quickly* "More than anything..."

Wolfram - *looks up at him, smiling lightly, feeling tears begin to sting his own eyes again, though he was successfully able to hold them back this time* "Then I honestly wouldn't care if you did become a monster, just as long as you keep loving me..." *maybe that wasn't the best thing to say to him, but it was the truth*

Yuuri - *stares even longer before lifting his free hand to brush through the blond's hair, ignoring the tears welling in his own eyes* "Wolf... I... I love you... I really do... I'll always love you..." *for some reason, it was a great relief to hear that, suddenly feeling as though he wouldn't have to be so afraid of anything as long as Wolfram was still there for him*

Wolfram - *squeezes his hand tightly* "I love you, too... and I may be angry... and bitter... and I may hate that woman... " *is internally proud of himself for not using a more vulgar word to describe her* "... but I don't blame you..."

Yuuri - *blinks, surprised, but feeling even more relieved* "You... you don't...?"

Wolfram - *slowly shakes his head* "I can't say that I would have done the same thing in your situation... but I know you, and I understand why you did it... and... as long as... as long as it doesn't happen again..." *was fairly certain that it wouldn't, but there was still a little inkling of doubt inside of him; not that he doubted Yuuri at all - it was just that women... women had a habit of complicating things and getting in the way*

Yuuri - *quickly shakes his head* "Never! I would never..."

Wolfram - *nods in understanding* "I know... I trust you, I just..." *frowns a bit* "I don't trust her..."

Yuuri - *shakes his head* "She's harmless, I swear. You don't have to worry about anything. I'd never want to do anything to break your trust..."

Wolfram - *narrows his eyes a bit again* "Just because she seems harmless doesn't mean she is." *Greta had seemed harmless, and she'd tried to assassinate him; Lady Flynn had seemed harmless, and she'd tried to use him; even his own mother seemed harmless, and yet she still flirted with him at every chance she got*

Yuuri - "Wolf... you don't have to worry... I love you... more than you could possibly imagine..." *really doesn't think the girl was anything but harmless... she saved his life a few times after all*

Wolfram - "I know that... and I love you, too... I always will..." *frowns more* "But what makes you think she's just going to give up on you? She's in love with you, isn't she?"

Yuuri - *winces a bit* "I... but that was probably only because I was the only one she had to actually talk to for three months... She already knows I would never do anything to purposefully hurt you... and I'm sure she'll meet someone else she likes better than me..." *grumbles about how he really wasn't that great*

Wolfram - "I don't like her... I don't trust her... and..." *'I don't want you to go anywhere near her' is what he really would have liked to say, though he knew it would have been wrong of him to do so/shuts his mouth, not trusting himself to keep from becoming harsh in his words again*

Yuuri - *quickly leans closer to him to kiss his cheek, squeezing his hand/can probably guess what he was trying to imply* "You don't have to worry... I won't leave your side unless I have to work... and after that I'll hurry right back to you… okay?"

Wolfram - *looks away, flushing just slightly* "The way you say things like that makes me wonder if I'll end up getting sick of you..."

Yuuri - *blinks at him* "I'm not being too clingy, am I? I... I guess... if it makes you feel better... I... won't?" *doesn't really know what to say to that, but he could have sworn Wolfram would like to keep an eye on him... or something...*

Wolfram - "No, you're not being too clingy..." *leans a little closer to him as if to get the point across* "I was kidding, you fool..."

Yuuri - *blinks at him again, unable to stop the light flush from spreading across his cheeks* "O-oh..." *stares at him a bit longer before leaning to kiss him softly on the lips*

Wolfram - *presses into the kiss, though only lightly/everything that Yuuri had told him was still present in the back of his mind, and he didn't think he'd be able to get over it completely any time soon - it was still much too fresh/for now he tried to focus solely on the fact that Yuuri was home, and that - though he'd been hurt - he was going to be alright*

Yuuri - *presses back only lightly as well, not really wanting to push his luck with anything/pulls back after a bit to smile at him* "Thank you..."

Wolfram - "What the hell are you thanking me for, you wimp?"

Yuuri - *blinks at him/confused* "Uhh... for not hating me...?"

Wolfram - "Why would I hate you?"

Yuuri - *blinks at him again/was he serious? had he just been freaking out over the fact that Wolfram might end up hating him for nothing? was he really that much of a moron? ... probably.../flushes a bit, feeling really stupid* "Uhh..."

Wolfram - "I told you I didn't blame you, and I don't; I never did. I was just... angry, and... I took it out on you..." *looks away, feeling ashamed* "I don't hate you for what you did. I may not like it, or agree with it, but I'd never hate you for... for being who you are... for saving someone else..."

Yuuri - *watches him, definitely feeling like an idiot for ever thinking that he might have ruined everything they had/feels his eyes well up with tears again, but out of joy/before he can even think of what he was doing, he quickly wraps his free arm around the blond, pulling him tightly into his chest/softly* "I love you, Wolfram... I love you, I love you, I love you..."

Wolfram - *cuddles against him/wraps his arms around him, though making sure not to hold on too tightly, mindful of his back even after Gisela had seen to it* "I love you, too... I... I always have..." *did he believe in love at first sight? hell no... but he thought what he felt for Yuuri came pretty close... only... second impressions instead of first ones... or something like that...*

Yuuri - *holds onto him tightly, burying his face into the side of his neck/mumbles* "I'm sorry for making you worry about me... I promise you won't have to ever again... I won't do anything stupid... and I won't ever break your trust..." *knows he's just repeating everything he's said before, but feels as if he should remind Wolfram of it*

Wolfram - *doesn't move or pull away, and finds himself smiling a little bit* "I know..." *wonders how many times he'll have to reassure him of that before he actually believes it* "But you really shouldn't promise me things like that. You know I'll worry about you anyway..."

Yuuri - *nods, not pulling away from him yet* "I know... and... even though I hate having you worry... it really does make me feel better to know that someone actually cares..."

Wolfram - *snorts lightly* "Why wouldn't I care, you wimp?" *leans back enough to look up at him, giving him a small smirk* "Haven't we discussed your self-esteem issues before?"

Yuuri - *blinks as he pulls back to smirk at him/cringes a bit* "Y-yeah..."

Wolfram - *nods* "Multiple times, if I remember correctly." *mock frowns at him* "You really should work on that a bit..."

Yuuri - *pouts a little down at him/it wasn't really his fault for thinking the way he did* "I am working on it... I just..." *pauses, thinking about it some, then decides he really doesn't know what to think.../feels stupid* "I... am working on it..."

Wolfram - *doesn't particularly believe him, especially since he still seemed to think badly of himself* "Sure..."

Yuuri - *pouts some more* "Well... It's not my fault..."

Wolfram - *raises an eyebrow at him* "And how do you figure that...?"

Yuuri - *opens his mouth, but closes it to pout* "I dunno..."

Wolfram - *rolls his eyes/they've had this sort of conversation before, and he really wasn't in the mood to get into it again/right now he thought it would be best to get some rest, and to deal with all of this in the morning when he was able to - hopefully - think straight* "It's late..."

Yuuri - *stops pouting to blink at him, feeling guilty again for everything, but now for keeping the blond up as well/quickly nods* "You're right... I... we should probably get to sleep... sorry..."

Wolfram - *slowly shakes his head/softly* "Don't be sorry..." *decides to be honest with him again* "I... I don't really know what to say, Yuuri... or what to feel... or how to act... but... none of what you told me changes the fact that I love you, and... I still want to marry you..." *in fact, all of this had just made him want to marry him more, if only to further prove to everyone - as well as himself - that Yuuri was his and his alone*

Yuuri - *watches him for a moment before going back to staring down at the bed/flushes lightly* "I... I never wanted to put you in the middle of all this... all I know is that I love you more than life itself... and I would do anything to prove that to you..." *trails off awkwardly, not really knowing what to say to that/feels horrible for everything, still, but is also relieved that Wolfram still loved him and wanted to marry him*

Wolfram - *sighs lightly, frowning sadly* "I don't really see how you intend to prove it..." *quickly shakes his head again, cutting himself off, not wanting the wimp to do something he'd regret again/it would only hurt more* "But you don't have to, because I believe you. I trust you... I know you love me..."

Yuuri - *nods slowly* "Thank you... for believing me... And I really will do my best to prove it... I will..." *glances at him awkwardly, still not wanting to do or say anything that would make Wolfram upset with him*

Wolfram - *nods at him, but doesn't reply verbally/slowly starts to pull away, laying down against the bed once again*

Yuuri - *remains sitting on the bed for a few moments after watching the blond lay down before slowly following, laying on his side like he had been for the past couple weeks, but still watching him/softly* "I love you..."

Wolfram - "I love you, too..." *scoots closer to cuddle against him*

Yuuri - *watches him for a moment before cautiously moving and wrapping his arm around him, pulling him closer/it still seemed so surreal*

Wolfram - *presses even closer, sighing lightly again/even after what he'd been told, and the argument that had taken place, it felt nice to be able to lay beside him again*

Yuuri - *lays his head against the pillows, moving his hand up to brush at the blond's hair, though keeping his other tightly around him, almost as if he would vanish if he let him go*

Wolfram - *slowly begins to drift off to sleep, more tired than he'd thought he was, though fatigue wasn't a very uncommon occurrence these days*

Yuuri - *continues watching him and petting at his hair for a while before drifting off as well*

Wolfram - *sleeps all through the night, thankfully without being plagued by any bad dreams*

Yuuri - *sleeps pretty well, but still waking up a few times during the night having to look around to check and make sure that he was really home and Wolfram was with him before he was able to go back to sleep, making sure he still had his arm securely wrapped around him each time*

Wolfram - *eventually begins to awaken some time in the morning, groaning lightly and cuddling closer to Yuuri, wishing he could sleep longer*

Yuuri - *still asleep, though unconsciously holding tighter to the blond/had started to cry a bit in his sleep again, though it’s not like it was unusual for him in the past month/a few tears are still trickling down his cheeks even in the morning*

Wolfram - *groans a bit more, feeling slightly ill - as he did nearly every morning - but it wasn't bad enough that he felt as if he was going to throw up... again.../moves a bit away from Yuuri, pushing himself up to sit next to him, staring down at him/startled by the sight of tears on his cheeks, and immediately lifts a hand to wipe them away*

Yuuri - *whimpers a bit in his sleep, apparently able to feel the warmth moving away from him* "No... no... Wolfram... please..."

Wolfram - *continues to stare down at him, confused/was the wimp feeling guilty and blaming himself even in his sleep? or was he having some sort of a nightmare?/brushes the rest of his tears away/leans down to kiss him, first one cheek, then the other, before lightly brushing his lips against his*

Yuuri - *calms down a bit at the touch, starting to wake up some/whimpers lightly again* "Want... Wolf..."

Wolfram - *pulls back to pout at him a little/quietly* "Wimp... I'm right here..."

Yuuri - *waking up a bit more, blinking hazily/confused by the voice - it sounded like Wolfram...*

Wolfram - *leans in to kiss him again, just as lightly as the last time*

Yuuri - *opens his eyes completely, confused/apparently he had forgotten in his sleep where he was/quickly pulls back some to make sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him, breathing slightly irregular from shock*

Wolfram - *looks at him oddly, even more confused* "Yuuri...?"

Yuuri - *swallows, giving the room a quick glance like he had done when he woke up during the night/stares back at Wolfram for a moment before letting out a sigh of relief/closes his eyes and collapses back onto the pillows* "Wolf... it is you..."

Wolfram - *continues to watch him* "Of course it is. Who else would it be?" *not that he didn't have any ideas, he just didn't want to start jumping to conclusions or anything like that/but, boy would he be angry if Yuuri had confused him for the girl, or something like that*

Yuuri - *shakes his head, staying silent for a moment before opening his eyes again to stare up at him* "I thought I was just dreaming..." *it still seemed too good to be true - being home with Wolfram*

Wolfram - *shakes his head at him* "You weren't..." *leans down to kiss him again, as if proving to him that it was, indeed, quite real*

Yuuri - *happily leans back into the kiss, feeling a little more clearheaded now that the was mostly awake*

Wolfram - *kisses him softly for a few moments, before pulling back to smile lightly at him* "I love you..."

Yuuri - *smiles up at him, feeling even more relieved* "I love you, too..." *slowly moves to push himself up as well, though not daring to take his eyes off the blond*

Wolfram - *continues to smile, watching him/he can't really help himself, though, and so once he's up and seated, he leans in to kiss him again, happily throwing his arms around his neck/he'd missed waking up beside him every morning*

Yuuri - *quickly wraps his arms around the blond, deepening the kiss and pulling him closer/he'd really missed him... more than he really knew he had now that they were finally together again*

Wolfram - *kisses him back passionately, making one of those embarrassing pleased noises, only he wasn't so embarrassed this time/after spending so much time apart, he hardly cared anymore*

Yuuri - *continues to kiss him deeper, happily moving his arms down to hold onto the blond's waist/pulls back after a while, panting but smiling lovingly at him, leaning his forehead against his* "I really, really love you..."

Wolfram - *smiles at him brightly, keeping his arms wrapped around him* "I love you, too..."

Yuuri - *stares at him for a while before leaning to kiss him again, unable to stop himself*

Wolfram - *isn't really surprised, but laughs lightly at his reaction before kissing him back, immediately deepening it*

Yuuri - *starting to really wonder how he ever survived being away from Wolfram for so long/presses deeply into him, pushing him gently back down onto the bed, moving his arms from around him only so it wasn't uncomfortable, though keeping one hand glued to his waist*

Wolfram - *leans back into the mattress only enough to get comfortable, keeping his arms locked in place and continuing to kiss with passion*

Yuuri - *kisses him even deeper, moving his free hand up to bury into the blond's hair, though the other remains at his waist, rememorizing its feel though the nightgown*

Wolfram - *hardly even notices the hand at his waist, so focused is he on trying to get his feelings across through the kiss/not that he would have bothered to stop and comment on it had he noticed - he honestly didn't care where Yuuri touched him as long as he didn't ever leave again*

Yuuri - *forces himself to pull back only when it was getting too difficult to breathe/quickly moves to bury his face into the side of Wolfram's neck, panting heavily/really, really wants to know how he could have survived without him for even a minute*

Wolfram - *leans back to try and catch his breath, moving one of his hands to slide it through Yuuri's hair/whispers* "I love you..." *he didn't think he'd ever be able to say it enough*

Yuuri - *whisper back in his ear* "I love you, too..." *pauses, still trying to catch his breath* "I missed you so much..."

Wolfram - *shivers lightly at the words being whispered in his ear, but they only make him smile more/he didn't think he'd ever get tired of hearing it either* "I missed you, too..."

Yuuri - *continues to whisper softly to him, only pausing to try to regulate his breathing* "Your smiles... your laughter... the way you move... the way you sigh... the way you feel... I love everything about you..."

Wolfram - *flushes lightly, though he truly loves hearing him say those sorts of things/continues to smile* "You're not too bad yourself, you know. And I missed you... so much, I... I don't ever want to have to feel that way again... so lonely and helpless... I don't want you to leave..."

Yuuri - *lightly shakes his head, kissing his neck a few times* "I'll never leave you again... I won't let you feel lonely and helpless ever again... I promise... I don't want to feel like that either... like my whole world was slowly crumbling around the edges... like I would never see the sun again..."

Wolfram - *feels his heart beat a little faster/why was it that Yuuri could say such things without sounding overly sappy?/for someone who typically wasn't very good with words, he sure could say the sweetest things sometimes* "The sun rises and sets with you..." *flushes more/hey, maybe he couldn't say things like that and make them sound the way Yuuri did, but it was worth a try...*

Yuuri - *blinks at his words, feeling himself flush lightly/he had really missed him, and each passing moment made him question how he could ever live being away from him again/feels really warm* "Wolf... "

Wolfram - *leans up to lightly kiss him again, before pulling back, smiling up at him brightly/tries to think of even more unbelievably sappy things to say to him* "With you, everything seems so much brighter, so much simpler. I feel safe, warm...alive. I feel... beautiful..." *smiles more as the memory of an old, sappy love song comes to mind - he remembered his mother requesting to hear it nearly every day once when a world famous bard had come to stay and perform at the palace* "The evening clouds are dark; night has fallen upon me/With you things are easy; with you I am beautiful/And my heart starts to pound, beating in time with yours..."

Yuuri - *stares at him, completely lost for words while he listened to him/flushing even more, feeling even warmer/doesn't really want to say anything to stop him - he had really missed his voice/not that he knew what to say to all that, anyway*

Wolfram - *feels just the slightest bit awkward/he wasn't normally one to sing in front of other people/it wasn't exactly something that was expected of him, after all - plus, the last time he'd done so, Yuuri had been nearly half drunk, so it hadn't really bothered him as much/blushes lightly as he continued to stare, finding it a little difficult to go on with the song... though, it's not like it had a happy ending anyway; he didn't really understand why his mother liked it so much/women...*

Yuuri - *blinks at him curiously when he didn't continue/it wasn't as though he heard Wolfram sing very often - not like he would ever sing anything, himself... but Wolfram's voice was so pretty that it was a little disappointing not to hear more/leans down slowly to kiss him lightly before pulling away again/quietly* "You... you make me feel the same way, you know... I feel like I can do anything with you by me... nothing else matters as long as you're with me... "

Wolfram - "I..." *was finding it difficult to think straight when he was so close, though he knew he'd never truly be able to find the words to accurately describe how he felt for him* "If... if I'd had to spend my whole life waiting for you to tell me how you felt... it wouldn't have mattered as long as I could see you smile, as long as I could stand beside you..."

Yuuri - *flushes a bit darker, though still feeling stupid for not having realized how he felt sooner* "It's your smile I live for... I would do anything to make you happy... anything to see you smile... just seeing you happy makes it seem like everything will be okay... Like I won't have to worry about anything... "

Wolfram - *falls silent, unable to think of anything else to say/all of a sudden he's been reduced to a speechless, love-struck fool, and he wondered how Yuuri was able to say all of that when only a little more than a month ago it had been difficult for him to explain how he felt or why he felt that way*

Yuuri - *slowly shakes his head, continuing softly since he didn't seem to be able to stop himself* "When I think about you... I feel warm... and really good about myself... just knowing that you'll always be there for me..." *pauses, smiling lovingly at him* "And that makes start to think of why I loved you so much... what about you makes me feel the way I do... Why is it that practically everything I feel for you... you already felt for me...? Why does it seem like you are the only one so important... the only one I could truly ever care for? Why do I love you to the point that I feel so weak and hopeless without you beside me...?" *pauses again, smiling a bit brighter* "I thought about it... long and hard... and I could only come up with one explanation...."

Wolfram - *remains silent, listening to everything that he said/flushes a little darker, but can't stop himself from smiling lightly*

Yuuri - *pauses for a moment, blushing brightly* "Wolf... I am you...."

Wolfram - "You're..." *wasn't sure how to reply/it made some sense, he thought, and if Yuuri felt as much for him as he did for Yuuri, then he could understand what he was talking about/without Yuuri, he felt like nothing/without Yuuri there to hold him, or kiss him, or smile at him, he felt like the most worthless person in the world/but with Yuuri, he felt so many things at once it was hard to describe them all/with Yuuri, everything seemed so simple and unthreatening, and even the things he didn't understand seemed less confusing*

Yuuri - *shakes his head* "There's no other way... so it has to be true... You're my everything... if I had never met you... I know for certain I would never feel this way about anyone else... I would never love anyone the way I love you... I would live my life without really knowing what true love is... I... without you... I wouldn't be anything... I need you, Wolfram... I wouldn't be able to live without you..."

Wolfram - *smiles lightly at him, feeling tears sting his eyes/he supposed he should know better than to expect any less than that from a sentimental fool like Yuuri* "You have me, you wimp. You've had me all along."

Yuuri - *smiles at him, sighing lightly* "I know... you're all mine... and I wouldn't give you up for anything... I don't care if that makes me selfish... as long as I have you, then there's nothing else I would rather have..."

Wolfram - *smiles more and laughs quietly/sniffles lightly* "I promise I'm ten times more selfish than you are..." *lifts hand to lovingly stroke his cheek*

Yuuri - *leans happily into his touch, feeling himself shiver lightly* "I don't care if you're selfish... I love you either way... I'll always love everything about you..."

Wolfram - *his smile grows even wider at that* "It's amazing how you can find words to say in moments like these, and yet you stutter and stumble through your speech in nearly everything else..."

Yuuri - *instantly flushes brightly/opens his mouth, but quickly shuts it/didn't really realize what he had been doing until it was pointed out, and now he feels really embarrassed/stares down at him, trying to sound like anything but a fool* "I... uhh... it's just that... well... I don't know..." *wonderful...*

Wolfram - *laughs at him, leaning up to give him a quick, soft kiss* "I was surprised. This is one of the very few times where I've been left speechless, and you're the one with all of the answers..." *keeps gently stroking the side of his face, brushing a few strands of his dark hair behind one of his ears* "I... I spoke with the sage a few times while you were gone... about marriage vows on Earth... they... they say, 'until death do us part,' but... that doesn't seem long enough..." *flushes a little more* "I'll love you forever, Yuuri... it'll last more than a lifetime... even when I die, even if my soul's reborn... I'll still love you as much as I do now..."

Yuuri - *blinks curiously down at him, though still blushing/he managed to actually talk to Murata without trying to strangle him...?/impressed* "It's not long enough... I'll love you forever, too... You're the only one I would ever love like this... and if my soul is reborn as well... I can promise that I'll search for you... and I won't stop until I find you... I could never love anyone as much as I love you..."

Wolfram - *smiles more* "That's good to know... because I don't plan on ever letting you go..." *leans up to kiss him again, letting it linger longer than the last few had*

Yuuri - *quickly leans into him, kissing him back deeply and passionately*

Wolfram - *circles both of his arms back around his neck, pulling him even closer*

Yuuri - *presses deeply into him/slides his hand down from his waist to his thigh, pulling his leg up tightly against him, holding him in place as he tangled his other hand into the blond's hair*

Wolfram - *clings to him, kissing him back just as deeply, and at Yuuri's touch he lifts both of his legs to loosely wrap them around his waist, bringing them closer together*

Yuuri - *leans deeper into him, continuing to kiss him/doesn't want to do anything to let him go*

Wolfram - *eventually moves his hands to his shoulders, before sliding them to his chest, fiddling with the top button of his night shirt*

Yuuri - *pulls away from him just enough for him to reach the buttons, but continues to kiss him/plays a bit with the nightgown covering his leg for a bit before finally just tugging the hem out of the way so he could actually hold onto his leg, and not through the fabric*

Wolfram - *begins to slowly unbutton his shirt, focusing more on the kiss than the actions of his hands, so it was taking a little longer than he would have liked*

Yuuri - *also focuses more on the kiss/slowly, though mostly subconsciously, slides his hand down along the blond's thigh and back up to his waist, underneath the pink gown*

Wolfram - *releases a soft little noise, and quickly grows frustrated with the buttons, his hands shaking too much to undo them properly/lowers his hands to grab the hem of the shirt, sliding it up, breaking the kiss with the intent of pulling it all the way off*

Yuuri - *pulls back from the kiss, almost completely out of breath, to help get his shirt off, tossing it somewhere off to the side before leaning back in to kiss him deeply again/quickly moves his hand back underneath the gown, waiting only a moment before moving his other hand down the other side to tug at the frilly fabric, moving his hands under it*

Wolfram - *groans happily now that the shirt was out of the way/presses his hands against his chest as the kiss was quickly reinstated, sliding them up to grip his shoulders before wrapping his arms around his neck again*

Yuuri - *kisses him for a long moment, then easily gives in/moves his hands down to pull up at the nightgown, pulling back once more to tug it off over the blond's head*

Wolfram - *removes his arms and lifts them long enough for Yuuri to slip his nightgown off, but is quick to return them to their former position once he's done, not even taking the time to see where he threw the pink nightdress before leaning in to continue kissing him*

Yuuri - *sighs into the kiss, feeling much more comfortable now that the layer of fabric was out of the way/gently presses his chest into the blond's, moving his hand down to play along his waist once more*

Wolfram - *whines softly in pleasure/eventually moves his hands to lightly touch Yuuri's back, gently tracing his palms along the markings he'd received during the whipping/he didn't have very strong healing powers himself, nor did he use them very often, but it was much easier to do so with he and Yuuri as close together as they currently were/most of his focus remains with their kiss, but he spares some thought for the half-healed wounds*

Yuuri - *continues kissing him deeply, having completely forgotten about anything but Wolfram/runs his hand back down along his thigh after a while, holding him closer to him*

Wolfram - *kisses him back just as deeply, trying with all of his might to heal his injuries at least a little more/he's so lost in the kiss and the feel of Yuuri's hands against him that he fails to hear the knock against the bedroom door*

Yuuri - *continues to kiss him back passionately, though a bit curious as to why the tiny, seemingly constant stabs of pain from his back felt as though it was being numbed a bit/completely absorbed with what he was doing to care about anything else*

Gunter - *out in the hallway/knocks lightly against the door a second time, wondering why His Majesty hadn't answered/breakfast had already been served; surely he wasn't still asleep*

Wolfram - *oblivious to the knocking/pulls Yuuri even closer, pressing his hands against his back a little harder, sliding his palms up and down, forcing some of his energy out and into him*

Yuuri - *can very well feel the energy, easily figuring out what Wolfram was trying to do - which only makes him love him even more/presses even closer to him, deepening the already deep kiss/just as oblivious*

Gunter - *frowns at the lack of response, then carefully turns the knob and quietly opens the door, not wanting to unintentionally awaken him if he did happened to still be sleeping/once he's stepped into the room, however, he immediately freezes at the sight before him* "Your Majesty!"