GOMEN NASAI! I know I haven't updated this since December but here is the the long overdue second chapter in this twoshot. (Well it may become a threeshot if you all want a third chapter with some lemony goodness + marriage/proposal, but hey its up to you. You may have to wait quite a while though.)

Disclaimer: I don't own this because if I did there would be a fourth season where Yuri and Wolfram finally got together. (I know I'm not the only one who wants that to happen.)

I'll apologize in adavance for any of my spelling errors. I'm not good at it!

Night had fallen in the Great Demon Kingdom and the Spring Ball had been in full swing for hours now. The Maoh Heika was seated in his chair that was elevated over the crowd in the large ballroom. All the nobles in the alliance were there that night having fun, chatting and dancing. Yuri was in his formal clothing which was his traditional school uniform on earth that as at some point deemed clothing for royalty in his kingdom. Though instead of his normal blue cape and red stone around his shoulders tonight he was wearing a long elegant army looking coat. He complained and complained until Gunter and Gwendal had given in and he was allowed to wear a coat that he had brought with him from Earth and had the thing altered a few days ago so it would fit royalty. The collar was flared open with the first few buttons near the top left undone and the rest of them fastened. Once the fabric reached his waist it flowed the rest of the way down to a little past his knees with the front separating to reveal the black pants of his uniform.

Yuri tugged at the cuffs of his coat that were folded back and lined with golden embroidery like the rest of his coat in irritation. The 27th Ddemon king wasn't the type of person who adored parties even though he was the host, the previous Demon Queen seemed to be more attuned to the role than the current leader of the nation.

Earlier that evening Yuri had his work cut out for him because he was the one who had to welcome everone at the door as well as try to keep everyone satisfied and to put it bluntly he was worn out. He swore he couldn't believe that Gunter somehow remembered how to greet each nation's leader politely. Though the room was huge Yuri felt like he was sufficating from everything that was happening as well as all the ladies who were staring at him in little not-so-hidden groups whispering. Luckily for Wolfram had walked away to attend to a few things and in the prrocess seemed to have run into an old aquaintence and was currently talking to him.

The man was a bit taller than Wolfram and sported a fancy probably tailor made suit like most of the others. He had a pair of hazel eyes and his neatly kept hair was a light brown in color. They weren't that far from where the king was currently seated so Yuri was able to hear the conversation. As Yuri gazed over there out of sheer boredom, his eyes went from surprise to irritation. Whoever the man was he was one moment talking civily to Wolfram then the next he placed his glass of wine down and enveloped the blond prince in his embrace. Their conversation went something like this:

"It has certainly been a while hasn't it, Wolfram?"

"Yes it has been quite a while since we have last spoken to one another. Roughly two years if I recall correctly," Wolfram said handing the man a glass of wine from one of trays that one of the maids was holding while walking by the two.

"I'm flattered that you'd remember the last time we had last crossed paths," he said as he took a sip of the wine before placing it down and hugging the prince casually,"Am I too presume that you missed me my dearest?" Wolfram removed the man's arms from himself then said,

"Please, I'm sure that everyone has the knowledge that I have a fiancé."

"Yes. You're engaged to his majesty. However woulndn't you reconsider taking my hand instead of his? I hear that his highness can be quite the player. Of course that isn't a widly known rumor," the brunette said while taking one of Wolfram's hands in his own.

That was it! Yuri had seen and heard quite enough rom the brunette's mouth. Last time he had checked Wolfram was his fiancé, and he was prepared to show just how angry he was. How dare he flirt with Wolfram when the Maoh himelf could see him at it!

"Gunter," Yuri said catching the attention of his violet-haired advisor.

"Yes your majesty?"

"Mind telling me just who that is over there talking to Wolfram?" Yuri said with displeasure obvious in his onyx eyes.

"Ahh, that man is Lord William von Grantz, he is the current head of the Grantz family after his father who stepped down a few months ago. He is acctually Adelbert's younger brother and he-"

"Get him out," Yuri suddenly interupted.

The eyebrows of all his majesty's company within hearing distance of his whispered order raised to the middle of their forehead or disappeared behind bangs. There were four seats elevated on the platform unlike at the tournament for the king when there were three. One for the Great Sage, the 27th Demon King and the 26th Demon Queen. There was another chair added for a certain demon aristocrat that lay empty between the Demon King's chair and the previous Demon Queen's chair. Gwendal, Conrad, Gunter and Yosak stood around the chairs frozen from shock and surprise at Yuri's sudden order. Lady Celli was also sporting the same look. The Great Sage smirked to himself while the light glinted off his glasses making his eyes unseeable to everyone.

"Shibuya, Lord von Grantz is an exalted guest here and is also one of the representatives in the ten great noble families. He's a noble, it would be very rude to just suddenly kick him out of a ball that he was invited to," Murata said secretly testing his old friend.

"Do I look like I care Murata? I don't care if he was a king of another country that we need an alliance with. Besides why is he being so friendly with Wolfram? I know that the von Grantz family has uneasy relationships with the other nine noble families, but out of all the families the von Bielefelt and the von Grantz families have the most unsteady bonds. Knowing that I had just guessed that they'd prefer not to talk to one another, am I wrong?"

Yosak turned his head and out came a *cough*possessive*cough*, which Conrad silently laughed at. Murata smiled and said,

"No, you are very right Shibuya. Though the truth of the matter is that the two are childhood friends. Besides that, when you look at it from the viewpoint of the economic properties of their lands combining them would benefit both sides. If little Lord von Bielefelt wasn't engaged to you Shibuya, I'm sure an arrangement would've been made with Lord von Grantz. Anyway I've heard that Lord William von Grantz has been infatuated with him for quite some time."

Yuri didn't answer his friend, instead he motioned him closer to whisper in his ear. Murata smiled and nodded and walked off towards the musicians that were hired and said some thing to them before returning to his seat after getting some fruit punch in a wine glass. The Great Sage sat down and nodded towards his childhood friend as if to say 'go ahead.' The musicians brought the previous song to an end and one of the male singers spoke up and announced,

"This will be the special dance of the night seeing that we have a single precious hour left of this ball. Couples get on the dance floor; we are introducing a new song." As the musicians were getting their instruments ready the guests were finding their significant others or drifting off to the sides to watch.

As Maoh Heika, Yuri was expected just to be there, he could choose to participate if he wished. (We all know why he doesn't want to though.) Even though his majesty hates parties and refuses to participate unless he absolutely has to, today, he decided, that he'll make an exception. Yuri stood up from his throne drawing the attention from his companions who sported surprised looks that followed his black clad form that was making and elegant yet swift b-line towards his fiancé. Wolfram saw Yuri stand up and was the one most surprised or should I say shocked when he stopped in front of him, bowed, held out his right hand and asked while looking at him with confidence radiating off of his frame,

"May I?" Wolfram was frozen there for a brief moment and if the glass that he was holding wasn't already on the table it would have fallen to the floor. What Yuri had asked finally sank into his mind. The fire maozoku's face erupted into a light pink flush, but never the less he placed his left hand in his fiancé's extended one and his drink was forgotten. As Yuri lead Wolfram out onto the dance floor he pushed the urge to blush as much as the blond was, deep into the pit of his stomach. Yuri turned his head to give the newest member of the council a glare that in no uncertain words said 'Touch him again and I promise that you will disappear strangely without a trace and will never see another sunrise again. I will make the life you live into hell.' The look on the man's face said that he got the message loud and clear. By now the couple had drawn quite a bit attention to themselves so much so that the crowd of people eagerly parted allowing the Demon king and his blond acquaintance to walk to the center of the ballroom.

Back at the four thrones Murata took a sip of his drink and secretly smiled as a little weight settled upon his right shoulder.

"I've never heard this melody before," a voice spoke up.

"SH-SHINOU HEIKA!?" Gunter exclaimed, "WH-" The violet-haired royal advisor's mouth as covered by a sword calloused hand.

"Do you want the people here to be scared of the appearance of someone who is supposed to be long dead?" Gwendal asked before pulling his hand away.

"The song is from Earth, it's called "I Promise You" by an old musical group called the Backstreet Boys. It was a song hand picked by Shibuya to play at one of these Balls at some point," Murata said ignoring the interruption.

"So... It's a love song?" the first king said looking at the couple in making their way through the crowd.

"That is correct."

"Oh no!" Gunter exclaimed quietly.

"What's wrong Lord von Christ?" Murata asked.

"I never gave his majesty dancing lessons! What kind of instructor am I!?" Gunter wailed while hitting his head against the wall repeatedly. Just then the Great Sage gave out a long string of laughter; when he finally calmed down he said,

"I doubt that anyone, both here and on Earth could teach Shibuya anything about dancing that he doesn't already know. Word of advice, you can completely skip over those lessons."

"Oh," Gwendal said, "So he's a dancer. That's quite the surprise."

"Ooooooooooooo, so what are the chances of my Wolfie getting swept off his feet by his majesty tonight?" Lady Celli eagerly asked taking a glance at the mentioned two.

"That possibility is quite high if my predictions are correct," Murata said taking another sip of his punch.

"That's all your going to say isn't it?" the man sitting comfortably on his shoulder said. Murata just smiled in response.

*sigh* "After all these years...I guess some people really don't change."

"SHUSH UP! Ooo, it's starting!" Lady Celli was brimming in excitement.

(Let's back track to where Yuri was leading Wolfram on to the dance floor, shall we?)

The nobles cleared the way for the soon-to-be royal couple. Wolfram wanted to ask Yuri about the his sudden desire to dance with him. He rarely spoke of their engagement and physical affirmance wasn't exactly taken with open arms. So what was the big idea asking to dance to a "couples" song in front of roughly five hundred people. He made up his mind to ask the wimp later, but at the moment he was too busy being pulled along, staring at the ground like it was the most interesting thing in the world and blushing his face off. The two finally made it to the center of the ballroom and there were a lot more spectators now than dancers. Clearly they all wanted to see this event unfold for themselves if only to gossip about it later.

It's in the silences,

the words you never say.

I see it in your eyes,

always starts the same way.

The singer had started to sing the lyrics to the slow romantic melody. Wolfram's right hand rested on Yuri's left shoulder while Yuri's left hand found its place on Wolfram's waist. Wolfram's left hand was held securely in the embrace of Yuri's right. The Demon king just smiled and began leading his blond fiancé in a perfect waltz. The said blond tore his gaze from the floor when he was sure that he suppressed most of the heat on his cheeks to look up at the double black and say,

"Yuri, what-"

"Just listen to the words of the song before you say anything Wolfram," Yuri said while smiling at Wolfram's confused face.

It seems like everyone we know,

is breaking up.

Does anybody ever stay in love?

Anymore?

(pause)

I promise you,

from the bottom of my heart,

I will love you 'till death do us part.

I promise you,

as a lover and a friend,

I will love you like I never love again,

with everything I am.

Emerald eyes widened then met onyx ones. Yuri smiled and spoke out loud, not caring if the whole room over heard him,

"This is a song from Earth Wolfram. I had personally asked the musicians to learn it in time for tonight. I've finally decided on something and as luck has it the song's title is fitting. It's called "I Promise You" and I intend on keeping my own promise that I would reveal my own feelings to you."

"You mean...," Wolfram said hesitating to finish the sentence in fear of being pushed away again like the many times before. If only he knew, this time, it would be different. Yuri caught his gaze and asked in dead seriousness,

"Wolfram, what are your feelings for me?"

"Yuri! How could you ask such a thing out loud in public? You little WIMP!"

"I'm NOT a wimp."

"Yes you are! You are also a thick headed insensitive idiot!"

"Just answer the question Wolfram."

"You are an absolute idiot!"

"How am I an idiot?" Yuri asked not being used to be called such a name. Sure his fiancé had called him many things in the past. Wimp, cheater, womanizer, to name a few but the word idiot had rarely left the blonde's mouth. Wolfram took a deep calming breath before saying,

"You are an idiot because it is clear to everyone else but you that I love you Yuri. I love you so much that I would gladly lay down my life and die for you." Wolfram face had heated up from the argument and his face turned away in embarrassment knowing that just about everyone could hear their conversation. A sympathetic look crossed Yuri's face before it broke out into a smile.

"Wolfram, I knew that from the beginning. I just couldn't face it. It took quite a while but I'm glad that I can finally say this. I'm sorry that I took so long to return your feelings." Wolfram's mind froze, so much that he was the one who almost stepped on Yuri's foot. The ground suddenly looked very interesting as the shocked maozoku sorted out the thoughts that where currently in a whirlwind thanks to a certain someone's words. While Wolfram was trying to fix his now hectic mind Yuri was content with dancing to the still playing music. Every once in a while Wolfram snuck a peek at his dance partner to see if there was any trace of a joke on his face. Though each and every time he checked there wasn't even a trace of a lie on the king's face.

I see you look at me,

when you think I'm not aware.

You're searching for clues,

of just how deep my feelings are.

Yuri closed his eyes for a moment and inwardly smirked. Oh how true it was. He opened his eyes to catch a hold of green ones for a moment before they quickly avoided his gaze to look a two pairs of dancing feet below.

How do you prove the sky is blue?

The oceans wide?

All I know is what I feel,

when I look into your eyes.

(pause)

I promise you,

from the bottom of my heart,

I will love you 'till death do us part.

I promise you as a lover and a friend,

I will love you like I never love again,

with everything I am.

"Yuri?" Wolfram said without looking up.

"What is it?"

"C-ca-can y-you say it?" Wolfram so softly that Yuri had to strain to hear him. I was Yuri's turn to sport a confused look. Wolfram remained silent and still refused to look at him. After a brief moment Yuri grasped what Wolfram meant and it put both a light blush and a grin on his face. He stopped their dance to place the hand that he was holding on his right shoulder and took his now free right to his fiancé's chin and tilted his head upwards so that they could practically breathe in one another's breath. He was greeted to a pair of nervous, unsure, wet eyes and a deeply flushed face. This made his own blush deepen a bit (along with the fact of the close proximity), but he forced it down and said,

"Yes I can," Yuri took a pause to see that emerald eyes were securely locked onto his own black ones, "I love you Wolfram."

With that Yuri closed the distance between their lips. Wolfram's eyes drifted from wide open to closed as a pair of happy tears ran down his cheeks. His fingers intertwined together at the base of Yuri's neck as he enjoyed the sudden kiss granted to him. The hand that was holding Wolfram's chin had somehow relocated to rest in the middle of the blonde's back. The kiss was chaste and only lasted for a fleeting moment before they broke apart. Before thy knew it the song came to an end and both the watching crowd and dancers broke out into cheers and applause. The dark pink blush that settled on Wolfram's cheeks due to the kiss Yuri and he had shared had shifted into a bright red color in embarrassment as he stood there in his fiancé's arms finally remembering that they weren't exactly alone while that all happened.

Whew. That. Was. Long. Dang, 3,365 words. Well please tell me what you think. That third chapter IS still up for discussion. BUT remember, REVIEWS ARE MY FUEL! Thank you all for being patient with me. Ja ne! :D