Love Me and Me Only
By: Asagi Tsuki
Disclaimer: I don't own Kyou Kara Maou or Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones
Chapter Four
"You're not wearing that, are you?" Ephraim asked, bewildered, as he stared at Wolfram who was wearing his night gown while he himself wore a blue shirt and blue trousers.
"And what's wrong with that?" Wolfram asked irritably as he frowned.
"No, it's just… we're taking a walk at the garden, and I expect you to wear something more to ward the cold off," Ephraim shrugged his shoulders. "You can have my cape then," he said as he offered his blue cape to Wolfram, who accepted it, though a bit reluctantly at first.
With that done, the both of them walked out of the royal bedroom –the addition of the word royal to indicate that it was far better than the other bedrooms, though it sounded funny, really- and into the back garden of the Blood Pledge Castle.
The garden was filled with greeneries, a lot of kinds of greeneries it almost seemed like a forest rather than a back garden. The cool night breeze swept by occasionally, resulting a shiver from the blond boy.
"See? I told you to wear something warmer," Ephraim scolded as if he was scolding his stubborn son. "And put my cape on," he ordered, seeing that Wolfram was only holding onto his cape and not wearing it.
"Fine, fine, you're not my father so stop acting like one," Wolfram huffed as he finally put the cape on. It helped, really. He didn't shiver anymore even when the cool night breeze swept by.
They walked in a companionable silence towards the center of the back garden, where a stone-made fountain stood majestically. The white stone had been cleaned every so often, letting no moss grow on it. The crystal clear water sprinkled from the top of the fountain, illuminating slightly as the moonlight shone down upon the fountain.
There were statues of small cherubs on the fountain, backing each other. Their eyes were blank yet somehow, the way their face is sculpted gave out the impression that they were happy.
They sat at the edge of the fountain, facing the back garden while occasionally looking backwards to look at the fountain, the water, and the statues.
"It's my favorite place," both of them muttered at the same time, and looked at each other before bursting out laughing afterwards. It wasn't strange though, almost all of the occupants of Blood Pledge castle liked this particular place.
"Beautiful night, isn't it?" Ephraim asked as he looked, and soon Wolfram followed suit. The dark sky was cloudless, and the stars shone brightly, accompanying the moon that was at its fullest.
"Yeah," Wolfram muttered an agreement as he nodded his head. Maybe if there was a drink with them, it would be better, but he didn't mind the absence of said object at that time.
"Ne, Wolfram," Ephraim called suddenly, gaining the attention of his companion, "Mind if I ask something?" he asked.
"What is it?"
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Yuuri was having difficulty sleeping. Probably because he wasn't used to going to sleep this early. Or maybe because a particular someone was missing from his usual spot. It's either one of them, or both of them.
With a sigh, he heaved himself out of his bed. He walked towards his wardrobe and took a coat. Maybe a walk in the garden for a while could help him have a good night sleep afterwards.
Even if it didn't, he still wanted to go to the garden. A part of his mind was practically screaming at him to do so.
He draped his coat over himself, and walked out of his room. He wasn't fond of jumping out of the balcony and to the back garden, so he decided that the back entrance that is accessible from the part of the castle near the kitchen.
On the way there, he passed by some maids that talked something about 'gentlemen', 'romantic' and 'moonlight'. He didn't know for sure what they were talking about, and so, decided to simply ignore it. It won't hurt him anyway… won't it?
As he reached the back entrance, he slid the glass door open and walked out of the castle. Sliding the door close, he turned around and wondered where he should go. There was the fountain he liked –that most of the Blood Pledge castle occupants like-, and there was the flower field he liked.
He sighed audibly as he looked at the directions of the two places. If he wanted to go to the fountain, he'd have to go left, but if he wanted to go to the flower field, he'd have to go right.
"Hm, maybe I should just go to the fountain, it's prettier at night," Yuuri mumbled to himself as he looked at the sparkling water that seemed to exceed the tops of the trees.
He walked towards said sparkling water silently, savoring the feel of the calm night. There was the cool night breeze sweeping by every so often, there was the sound of crickets, and there was the sound of rushing water.
All in all, it was a perfect night he didn't want to miss.
As he walked towards the fountain, sounds of rustling leaves and footsteps were heard. He looked around and spotted a pair walking towards the fountain as well.
"Looks like they used the window," he said to himself bitterly as he didn't meet them on his way to the back garden.
Deciding that he wanted to see what the both of them were up to, he decided to hide behind the bushes and the trees while taking a look at them.
He watched as they walked in silence to the fountain. When they've arrived there, however, they started to converse. And it was the first time Yuuri felt annoyed by those crickets.
Due to the loudness of the sound of the crickets behind him, he couldn't hear what they were talking about. Finally, he resigned himself to fate and decided to just see what was going on.
His curiosity acted up when he saw Wolfram put up a confused look on his face. He seemed to insist on something, but it was to no avail since the look of disappointment was etched on his face.
He decided that it was the time to leave since the both of them looked like they were going to go back to their room as well. But he was stopped mid-step as he stared at the two figures before him.
He saw Wolfram kissing the so-called Ephraim guy, right in front of his eyes.
Anger, jealousy and sadness all mixed up in his head. And he didn't even get to kiss Wolfram even once!
Deciding that he didn't want to see the rest, he turned around and ran as fast as he could, back to the castle's interior.
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Conrad was in his room, contemplating about something. He had just been told about something so disturbing from Ephraim, and he can't seem to take his mind off the subject.
He was sitting on a chair in his room, staring blankly at the curtains of his window, when his door was suddenly banged open.
He was startled, but not to the point where he would jump up and scream in a girlish high-pitched voice.
He spun around and saw Yuuri standing on the doorway, his breathing fast and ragged. From the look of it, he could tell that he had been running a long way.
"Heika? What happened?" Conrad asked as he stood up from his chair and walked over to the trembling boy. "Is something the matter?" he asked.
"I- Wolfram- that guy-" he muttered through ragged breaths and Conrad nearly sweat dropped.
"Breathe, Yuuri, breathe," Conrad ordered in a fatherly way as he patted Yuuri's shoulder reassuringly. When Yuuri's breathing had calmed down a bit, he asked, "Now tell me, what's the matter?"
"Erm, nothing too important…" after giving it a second thought, Yuuri knew he would be very embarrassed if he talked about something like this.
"Does it have anything to do with Wolfram?" Conrad asked helpfully.
"Yeah…" Yuuri merely nodded as he answered weakly.
"And Ephraim?" he asked again. He sensed Yuuri tensing up, and decided to take it as a yes.
"Now answer me, Yuuri," Conrad sighed, the thing he had been contemplating about remembered, "Do you love Wolfram?" he asked, much to Yuuri's surprise because he had never asked something akin to that in the past.
"I- ah, yes, I do," he nodded as a blush started to creep to his cheeks, tainting it in an interesting shade of red.
"Very well," Conrad nodded his head as a weak and sad smile crept up to his face, "It'll all work out, so for now, just go to sleep, and prove what you've said,"
End of Chapter Four
Whee. Sorry I took long to finish. I've just wrote the first two paragraphs when I suddenly felt lazy, and I finished the rest of this in nothing more than thirty minutes! –It's even less-. Sorry for taking long to finish again ;;;
Parts of this story was cut to add more interesting parts, and maybe, I'll explain all those parts in the next chapter, so stay tuned for the next chapter –I hope it won't take as long-!
Hope you enjoyed! And if you do, please leave a review.