The obvious need for oxygen was the only thing that made Yuuri rise his head above the water... The master plan of hiding out on earth was starting to look unattainable after his 22nd attempt to travel home. As the gears in his mind slowly accepted the fact that he was stuck in Shin Makoku, he knew he was in a world of trouble.
Like a cautious child crossing the street, Yuuri looked both ways and listened when exiting the baths. His ears searching for any sign of an approaching hot tempered blonde... When finding the coast to be clear, he took off at a run towards his room.
Flinging open his door, he couldn't believe how lucky he was to not have encountered a single person on the way there. As he was starting to congratulate himself on this most awesome and unusual victory, the sound of the door slamming shut quickly brought him out of his award winning daydream and slammed him back into the reality of the situation.
The smirk on Wolframs face grew with each step he took towards Yuuri... He had heard from the maids all about "His Majesty's Tragedy" which is what the little gossips had started to call it. What bothered him and had his temper rising with each step was the fact that he wasn't supposed to know about it at all. Now why in Shinou's name would the wimp want to hide the fact that he had looked into The Mirror of Truth from him? Everyone in Shin Makoku knew what happened after you looked into the mirror... Being cursed to tell the truth for a day shouldn't have any negative effect on the wimp at all. Shinou knows why Yuuri felt like he needed to hide this from him, and apparently ONLY him. The one thing Wolfram did know was that the wimp was going to explain what was going on...
Yuuri knew there was no escape. This was the situation he had tried so hard all day to avoid.
Wolfram was here... In the room... Looking pissed...
He knew it was only a matter of time...
"Are you trying to avoid me Yuuri?" growled Wolfram as his advancement across the room placed him in front of the wimpy Maoh.
Yuuri shook his head back and forth and tried very hard to say no, but unfortunately his answer came out to be quite affirmative causing him to close his eyes and hang his head in shame.
"You're afraid I'm going to ask you if you've cheated on me, right?" Wolfram spit out feeling his body tighten with each spoken word as if to prepare itself for Yuuri's most likely and definetly most unwanted response.
Yuuri didn't even bother lifting his head when he replied...
Wolfram's anger dissipated instantly...
Yuuri knew the moment he was dreading was coming closer and closer... He stared down at the floor wishing it would swallow him up. When that didn't happen he settled for closing his eyes and welcoming the darkness...
Wolfram was thouroughly confused. If Yurri wasn't worried about being caught cheating then he just couldn't fathom why the double black looked so defeated right now...
He placed his fingers under Yuuri's chin and gently lifted his face...
"Whats wrong, Yuuri?" he questioned in a gentle whisper.
Yuuri knew how close they were... He could feel Wolframs breath on his face...This time there would be no denial... This time there would be no escape... This time Wolfram would know the truth from his own lips...
He opened his mouth and started to answer....
"HEIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! OH HEIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" called out Gunter as he barged into the room effectively drowning out Yuuri's reply...
For this reason alone, Yuuri happily withstood the bear hug that he was enveloped in by his slightly unorthodox teacher and did not protest at all when Gunter whisked him away to attend his studies. Wolframs furious cry of "Yuuri , you wimp!!" echoing through the castle behind them...
'Sorry Wolf', Yuuri thought to himself, 'I promise that when I am ready, you will be the first to know...'