This is a series of short stories about important events in Yuri and Wolfram's relationship.
I do not Kyo Kara Maou or any of its characters.
Thank you to those of you who reviewed I appreciate it.
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'Where is Wolfram?' Yuri thought to himself as he wondered the castle. It had been late when he had finally finished his paperwork and he had been surprised to find their bed empty. 'Maybe he is in Greta's room talking about….Oh shit Greta. Ah man I am the worst Father ever.' With this thought he changed course and headed straight for her room.
Things had been so hectic all day that he had completely forgotten that today was Greta's last day at Blood Pledge Castle. Bright and early tomorrow morning he and Wolfram were leaving to take her to her new boarding school and last night Greta had asked to have a picnic lunch this afternoon, just the three of them, 'I completely forgot, I didn't even eat lunch.'
Originally both Yuri and Wolfram had been completely opposed to the idea of Greta going to school, but the fifteen year old had begged and pleaded. She desperately wanted to go to school and have a chance to socialize with other kids. There was no way in hell Greta was attending a public school it was way too dangerous. Wolfram had finally suggested a boarding school that was attended by many of the children of the ten aristocrats and several children of the human area's dignitaries. They have excellent security and will allow for two personal guards that Wolfram had hand picked. Gunter of course had wailed at the thought that he was not good enough to tutor the Princess and it had taken some time for Gwendal and Greta to calm him down.
Yuri rounded the corner to see Wolfram closing Greta's bedroom door. As Yuri got closer Wolfram blocked the door, "Just go away, she finally cried herself to sleep. I don't want you waking her up."
"Come on Wolfram give me a break would ya. I had way too much to do today. I didn't even eat lunch."
"I will not give you a break and I don't care how much you had to do. You can blow me off all you want. I am used to it, but I will not allow you to be so callous toward Greta. You broke her heart."
Yuri felt awful. He noticed how red Wolfram's eyes were and knew that he had cried with her, 'Dammit I can't seem to do anything right.' "Fine let's just go to bed then."
"Go ahead. I too had a lot that I needed to do today, but I chose to spend the day with Greta. I will be in when I get done with some of the paperwork. Goodnight Yuri." The last was said a little too curtly.
Yuri's guilt getting the better of him he brushed some hair from Wolfram's forehead and asked, "Would you like me to help you?"
Wolfram batted the hand away and glared. "Don't bother just go to bed. I don't need you using lack of sleep as an excuse to not go with us tomorrow."
"OK now you are just being an ass. You know that I would never do that."
"Whatever, I will see you in the morning." With that Wolfram turned and headed for his office as Yuri headed for their bedroom. Once in the office Wolfram lit some candles and sat down to an overwhelming stack of documents. 'Maybe I was a little too hard on Yuri. I know how busy he is and I know he feels guilty for it. He always puts everything and everyone before himself and he really is probably the least selfish person I know. Oh Greta, why do you have to leave?'
He could feel the tears welling up again and knew that he would never be able to do paperwork in his current emotional state. Wolfram laid his head on the cool wood of the desk and allowed himself to cry once more. He felt as if his family was being torn in half and the half that loved him was leaving. Even though the school is only a four hour carriage ride away and she had promised to come home at least every other weekend he knew he would feel lost without her.
It was so funny to him thinking of when she first arrived. He had hated the little girl out of jealousy over the attention Yuri showed her. However it did not take long for him to consider her his daughter and not just because Yuri adopted her. Greta had referred to him as Wolfram right up until last year when she heard that Yuri had finally set a wedding date.
When they had told her about it she had sat silently as if deep in thought and then finally looked at Wolfram and said, "For as long as I can remember I have wanted a Mother and I really don't need two Papas." (which is what she called Yuri) When she said that Wolfram had felt momentarily devastated but then she continued in almost a whisper as if she were embarrassed to ask, "Wolfram since you do all of the things that a mother would do like taking me shopping and fixing my hair and talking to me about boys would it be alright if I called you Mama."
Wolfram had been more than a little shocked and thought it would be kind of weird but it meant so much to him to hear her say it that he just could not tell her no. So from that day on Greta had referred to him as Mama. On occasion it got them some funny looks while in public but everyone that mattered accepted it and even said it made sense.
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The next morning Yuri woke up and realized that Wolfram had never come to bed, 'Jeez is he really that mad at me.' He quickly dressed and went off in search of his husband hoping to patch things up before breakfast. It always upset Greta to see them fight.
He finally found Wolfram in his office slumped over his desk, asleep. 'Wow that looks really uncomfortable.' He shook his shoulder a little, "Wolfram, wake up."
Wolfram made a "hmmph" noise. Thinking he was hogging the bed or something he shuffled to scoot over hoping Yuri would leave him alone. The problem was he was not in the bed and he promptly fell out of the chair with a thump. "Ouch." He opened his eyes and realized where he was and then with irritation he notice Yuri squatted on the floor in front of him trying not to laugh, "Wolfram, are you alright."
Yuri ran his hand across the lines on Wolfram's face. When the blond didn't slap his hand away or light him on fire he took it as a good sign. Yuri leaned over and pulled his husband into an awkward hug. Placing a kiss on his forehead he whispered, "I am so sorry about yesterday. I will do everything I can to make it up to you and Greta."
Wolfram allowed Yuri to pull him up off the floor and lead him from the room by the hand. Yuri led him to their room, knowing that he was still half asleep and would never find it on his own.
Breakfast that morning was unusually quiet. Everyone was sad to see Greta going off to school. They had all grown accustomed to seeing her smiling face every day.
The carriage ride was long and fairly uneventful. When they got to the school they all piled out and helped Greta with her bags. As they walked down the hall approaching her room they heard voices from inside signifying that her new roommate and her family were already here.
After the guards had entered and searched the room they gave the all clear for Yuri, Wolfram, and Greta to enter. When Greta entered and saw her roommate she squealed with delight, "Beatrice." The two teenage girls immediately launched into that high pitched rapid speech that only other teenage girls could decipher.
Yuri step around the two chattering teens to greet Greta's father. After he and Wolfram had both greeted the Cabalcade dignitary they stepped back to smile at the girls. Mr. Heathcrife laughed as he watched them and said, "I can't believe of all the kids here they got placed together. I am so glad. Poor Beatrice has just been beside herself over who she will be roomed with this year. Last year's roommate was a terror. When we asked if we could request one the school said it was chosen at random to aide their social skills."
Upon hearing this Yuri leaned closer to Wolfram and whispered in his ear, "Do I even want to know how much money Blood Pledge Castle donated to the school?"
Wolfram looked thoughtful for a moment and then shook his head, "No you probably don't. And I wouldn't tell you if you did."
Yuri decided that if it made Greta happy that was all that mattered, "Oh well I suppose she is worth it." This was said in a teasing tone knowing full well the reaction it would get from the blond.
As expected Wolfram raised his chin as if daring Yuri to contradict him, "Of course she is worth it. Nothing is too good for our little girl."
The rest of the afternoon was spent attending a boring orientation and a luncheon held for parents. They only had one small incident when one of the young boys approached Greta and started flirting with her. Yuri had to restrain Wolfram who had unflinchingly hurled a fireball into the wall close enough to singe the poor boys hair a little.
After a tearful goodbye Yuri and Wolfram climbed into the carriage and settled in for the long ride home. For the most part they made the trip in silence with Wolfram desperately clinging to Yuri's hand.
About halfway home Wolfram fell asleep with his head on Yuri's shoulder. Yuri looked down at their hands and sent a silent prayer to Shinou. 'I am so afraid that Greta was the glue that held us together. Please don't let it all fall apart now.' With that he laid his head on his husband's soft blond locks. 'This is going to be a long year.'
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OK that's it for Chapter 2 and chapter 3 is about halfway done. So it may be up today too.