Chapter 7 :: I Need to See You
"Heika!" Conrad stood up immediately after his godson entered the house they are renting during their stay in Bielefeld lands. "You came back early."
Yuri nodded lightly. He didn't look at Conrad; he just went straight into his bedroom.
'He didn't correct me,' Conrad thought as he noticed the angry look on Yuri's face. 'Did something happen with wolfram?'
Conrad stared at the floor as he thought deeply. 'Don't tell me Wolfram woke up and chased him out? No, Wolfram doesn't usually wake up in the middle of the night like this—he's a heavy sleeper. Then… what's the cause of his anger?'
The brunette man sighed. He walked over to Yuri's room and knocked softly on the door. "Yuri? What happened?"
When he got no answer, He knocked again, and asked louder, "Yuri? Are you okay, what happened?"
After a little bit of a wait the door finally opens.
"I'm okay," answered the Maou as he wiped his eyes. It looked like he had been crying just before he opened the door.
"Did something happen?" asked his godfather full of concern.
"… Wolfram…he…" The King stuttered.
"Come in." He stepped aside, and Conrad entered his room, full of anxiety.
"Yuri, what about Wolfram, what happened?"
"… He wants to break off the engagement," Yuri sighed, as he sat on the bed, and the brunette man stood in front of him.
"What?!"
"He had the papers to officially break off the engagement."
"Did he fill it out already?"
"… He only filled in his name."
"This is bad." Conrad sighed and paced around the room. "What if he continues to fill it out and submit it to the courts?"
"…I already ripped off those papers. He won't be able to submit it."
—*.*—
*BOOM*
"Eh, what was that?" Gunter thought as he turned around and looked outside thought the big window in the library, he could see thick smoke pouring out of Anissina's laboratory. He closed the book he had been reading and headed out of the libraryimmediately.
'I hope she didn't hurt anyone,' Gunter prayed silently.
'I hope she didn't use Gwendal for her test subject this time. I hate it how she always use my Gwendal for her dangerous experiments every time. The explosion this time was quite big. I hope he's okay.'
Gunter pushed open the laboratory's door roughly. He coughed a little from the smoke as he entered the room to search for a certain gray haired man.
"Gwe—Gwendal!" Gunter ran into the said man quickly after he saw him. "Are you o—"
"Oi! Anissina!" Gwendal shouted loudly. He was holding the unconscious Anissina in his arm. Her wound looked worse than Gwendal's. Usually, it was only Gwendal who got hurt from her experiment.
"Anissina!" called Gwendal again with a very loud voice. "Damn! She's not waking up!" He lifted her body up and carried her into the infirmary with a quick pace walking straight past the purple haired man without even realized. He didn't know that Gunter had come to check on his condition because he was worried about him.
'He didn't see me,' Gunter stared at Gwendal's back. 'He didn't even realize that I was here.'
Gunter sighed, and shook his head. 'No, now is not the time to be jealous. First thing first, I have to make sure that he and Anissina is okay. From what I saw, she got hurt pretty bad.'
He ran after Gwendal to the infirmary, but halfway, he stopped suddenly.
'Wait. Wait! Did I… get jealous? Over Anissina?! I… What?!'
—*.*—
Wolfram panted heavily in his sleep. He was sweating; his body tossed back and forth in the bed several times, until he woke up suddenly. His eyes snapped open and his right hand clutched his chest over his heart, which was racing rapidly.
He had a bad dream, it the same dream that plagued him every night about Yuri leaving him for another.
The blonde sighed and closed his eyes. He wanted to sleep properly, he didn't want to have any more dreams—he just wanted to sleep.
But unfortunately, the time of day wouldn't allow him to fall sleep again.
"Engiwaru!"
The bad omen birds chirped happily.
"Engiwaru!"
The blonde sighed again for the second time. "It's morning, huh?"
He rolled to one side, and sat up. 'How long will I have to spend my nights with bad dreams about him? I'm tired of it, Yuri, I miss you.'
Wolfram rubbed his eyes lightly and yawned.
"Hm?" He frowned a little when his hand touched a small paper in his bed. "Paper? Geez, the maids here don't take their work seriously, huh? Why is there a small piece paper in my—"
Wolfram's eyes snapped open. In the small paper in his hand, he could see his own handwriting. That was the moment he realized that the papers on the small table beside his bed was gone.
He stood up, and saw the pieces of those papers scattered around his room.
"Wh – who ripped it, why?!"
—*.*—
"Ne, Gisela."
"Yes, Princess?" Gisela responded with a kind smile when Greta called her name.
"Anissina… She will be okay, right?"
"Yes, Princess. You don't have to worry, she's just tired."
"But…"
"Come here again in the evening. She should be awake by then," said Gisela as she pushed the Princess lightly out of the infirmary's door. "Now, you should play outside, Princess."
"She is really going to be okay, right?" asked Greta once more with a serious tone.
"Yes, Princess," answered the healer. "Don't worry, Anissina is a strong woman."
The brunette girl smiled. "Then, I will come again to see her in the evening!"
"Please do, Princess," said the green haired woman with a smile. "She will be very pleased to see you."
"Then, see you again, Gisela!" Greta waved her hands as she ran outside to play with Lady Cheri.
Gisela sighed and went back inside the infirmary.
"How is she?" asked Gwendal with a frown graced his face.
"Her left hand… It's… quite damaged," answered Gisela vaguely.
"What do you mean?! Tell me clearly already!"
"It seems that she can't feel anything in her left wrist. It'll take some time to heal it completely."
"…" Gwendal didn't say anything back. He only stared silently into his childhood friend's face with an expressionless face.
"Are you worried about her, Kaka?" asked Gisela to the gray haired man.
"Of course I am!" answered Gwendal with a very annoyed tone. "She's important to me!"
*clatter*
Gunter dropped the herbs and the small bowl that he held his hands after he heard what Gwendal had just said.
The green haired woman turned her head and saw her father standing there motionless. "Father!" called Gisela with an enthusiastic smile as she looked down on the floor to see the things her father just dropped. "Father! I see you have brought the herbs I asked you to bring, huh? Thank you very much!"
She bent down and picked up the herbs, along with the small bowl. When she was done, she looked up into her father's eyes with a confused look.
Her father was looking at Gwendal with a pained expression on his beautiful face.
"Father? Are you okay? Do you feel sick?" she asked as she touched his forhead.
Gunter's body trembled slightly as he shook his head slowly. "I'm okay."
'I'm okay.' The advisor repeated it again in his mind.
Gwendal opened his mouth. "Gunter… I—"
Gunter covered both of his ears and ran away from the infirmary towards his room with tears filling his eyes.
'So, he gave up on me, huh? He gave up on me, and now he's going for Anissina? Is that it? He…'
Gunter's tears fell freely from his eyes as he saw his room ahead.
'I didn't know that… loving someone could be this…'
He grabbed his chest.
'…painful. It's suffocating. I hate this feeling. I… it would be better if I didn't realize the feeling I have for him…'
Gunter entered his room and closed it behind him quietly.
'Now, what you're going to do, Gwendal? After you made me fall for you, you have a change of heart? That's not fair. I hate you!'
—*.*—
*slam*
Wolfram slammed open the door into his uncle's study room and entered with a very angry face.
"Wolfram," Waltorana sighed. "Don't you learn the etiquette to knock the door first before entering someone else's room?" He rubbed his forehead with a bothered face. "What is it? Don't bother me, I have works to do."
"Uncle! You idiot!"
"What?!" Waltorana stood up angrily. "How dare you say that to my face?!"
Wolfram clenched his fist. "You ripped up the papers, right?!"
"What? What papers? Don't talk nonsense!"
"The papers to break off the engagement! You ripped it up, right?!"
"I didn't!"
"Then who did it?!"
"Like I know! Maybe you ripped it yourself in your sleep!"
"I won't do such things in my sleep!"
Waltorana sighed again. He has calmed down somehow. "Listen, Wolfram. I don't know who ripped up those papers, and I don't care. Now, please turn back and leave this room at once. I have tons of work to do."
"You weren't the one who did it? Really?" asked his nephew again.
"No, I'm not the one who ripped up those papers."
Wolfram lowered his head and turn back. He left the room with a sad face.
'Then, who did it? Those papers… what should I do to get it again?' thought Wolfram inwardly as he walked back into his room.
In the same time, Waltorana stared outside the window in his study room. 'It's Heika, right? The one who ripped up those papers?'
Waltorana sighed again for the third time. He turned back, grabbed his coat, and walked outside into the stable to fetch his horse.
'I should talk to Heika. If this situation continues, Wolfram will know that he's here. I don't want that.'
—*.*—
"She's important to me!"
'… As a friend,' add Gwendal inwardly. 'We have been friends for so long, of course I'm worried about her! Well, although sometimes I think it's better if she just leave this castle for good then keep destroying this castle with her failed experiments. And I also hate it every time she asked me—no, forced me—to be her test subject! Seriously, I don't want to die yet!'
*clatter*
Gwendal turned his head into the sound behind him.
'Gunter! Why is he here? Is he worried about Anissina? No, don't be. She isnt worth it.'
The lilac haired man was staring at him with a pained expression.
'Wait. Why is he staring at me with that kind of expression?'
"Father!" called Gisela happily.
'… Did he hear what I just say? About Anissina? That she's important to me?'
Gwendal stared back into Gunter's face. He couldn't hear clearly the conversation between Gisela and her motionless father.
'I think he misunderstood.'
"I'm okay," said Gunter to the healer.
'I have to clear this misunderstanding!'
"Gunter, I—"
The advisor turned and left the infirmary with a quick pace.
'He… He was ignoring me, wasn't he?'
"… Go after him," said Gisela as she pushed Gwendal towards the infirmary's door. "Go after him and explain. He must be crying right now."
Gwendal's eyes snapped open. He looked into the healer's face, and he could see the sincerity in her face.
"I will go after him!" said Gwendal as he left the infirmary and entered the corridor.
But Gunter was nowhere to be seen.
'Now, where did he run off to? Geez, don't make me chase after you all the time, Gunter!'
—*.*—
*knock knock*
"Yes?" Conrad opened the door. "… Waltorana. Why are you here?"
"Heika is here, right? Let me talk to him."
Conrad glared at him for a second. "… Come in."
Waltorana entered the small house with a disgusting look graced his face. "Why did you rent out such a small place?! Don't you have any money?!"
Conrad cursed inwardly. "Heika is the one who chose this house. Now, please have a seat first."
The blonde looked around the room. "Have a seat? Where?"
Conrad cursed again in his mind for the second time. "You see that chair over there? You can sit there while I call Heika."
"You want me to sit on that cheap chair?!"
This time, Conrad ignored the arrogant blonde and walked straight into his godson's room. He knocked softly and called, "Yuri? Waltorana is here to meet you."
The door opened. "Eh? Waltorana?" asked Yuri with a confused look. "For what?"
Conrad smiled. "You should ask him yourself."
"… Conrad? Are you angry?"
"… No, Heika."
"What's with that long pause?" Yuri chuckled. "And call me Yuri, Nazukeoya! Anyway, you should calm yourself down; it's showing in your face."
"Eh? Really?"
"Really, really. Look at the mirror and see it for yourself."
Conrad entered the bathroom and looked at his reflection in the mirror. 'It doesn't show, Not at all. Then, how did Heika know?"
—*.*—
Gwendal panted heavily from all the running. He has reached Gunter's room with a very short time.
"Gunter?"
Gunter gasped when he heard Gwendal's voice in the other side of his bedroom's door.
"Gunter? Are you there? Please open the door."
The lilac haired man didn't respond anything. He just stood there motionless near the door.
"If you don't want to open the door, it's fine. Just… please listen to me."
Still, no answer.
Gwendal sighed and touched the door. "You can hear me, right? Please listen."
Gunter clenched his fist. 'No, don't say anything! I don't want to hear you say that you're tired of me already and prefer Anissina! No, don't say anything at all! Go somewhere else already!'
"Gunter, I'm sorry."
'Eh?'
"I didn't mean it like that when I said that she's important to me."
'Then what do you mean by that?'
"She's important to me as my friend, Just a friend."
'Liar! You didn't even realize that I was there in the laboratory! You were too focused on her that you didn't see me! You saw only her!'
"I know you won't believe me just like that, but… You have to know one thing. She's less important to me than you are to me. Please trust me on this one."
*thump*
Gunter's face was flushed pink. Fortunately, Gwendal couldn't see that because of the door between them.
"Believe me, you're the most important one to me, your my number one."
*thump*
"If you tell me not to talk again with Anissina, I will, because you're more important to me."
*thump*
"I love you."
*thump*
"I'm willing to abandon everything if you ask me to, that's how much I love you."
*thump*
"Gunter."
*thump*
'Don't call me with that kind of voice!'
"Please open the door."
'Calm down, Gunter. Calm down.' The advisor tried to calm his increasing heartbeat.
"I need to see you, Gunter."
*thump*
The lilac haired man failed to calm down. He gave up, and opened the door slowly.
Gwendal smiled with relief. He entered the room, and saw the blush on Gunter's face. His smile widened, and he hugged the man in front of him.
"Finally, I got you."
The gray haired man kissed the other man's forehead lovingly. "I love you."
Gwendal hugged the advisor even tighter. "So… You were jealous, huh?"
Suddenly, Gunter pushed Gwendal aside roughly. "I – I was not!"
"You're not? Then why did you run away from the infirmary with that kind of expression?"
"Wh – what kind of expression?!"
"Your face told me that you were really jealous of Anissina."
"N – No way! I – I wasn't jealous or anything!"
"Don't keep denying it. It kind of breaks my heart, you know."
"Wh – why should I care about that?"
"Eh? You should care, you're my lover now."
Gunter blushed an even brighter shade of red.
Gwendal smiled and hugged his lover again, more gently this time. "I love you."
"… Me too," Gunter mumbled softly.
—*.*—
"You were the one, right?"
"Huh?" ask Yuri with a dumb look.
"You were the one who ripped up the papers in Wolfram's room, right?" asked Waltorana again, more clearly.
"Oh, those papers," Yuri nodded. "Yeah, I did."
"… You don't seem to feel bad about your actions at all, huh?" said Waltorana full of sarcasm.
"Of course not! It was the right thing to do."
"What the hell?!" Waltorana stood up from the chair. "If you keep doing things like that, he will know that you're here!"
"That's good," said Yuri lightly with a smile.
"No, it's not good! I won't let him know that you're here and I won't let you talk to Wolfram no matter what!"
Yuri arched an eyebrow. "Ne, Waltorana, why won't you let me talk to him? It's been a few days since I came. It's strange. Why are you so against it?"
Waltorana went silent.
"You said that you won't let me talk to him, but you let me see him in the night when he's asleep. That's definitely strange, right?" Yuri pushed the other man further.
"… At first, I think it's better if you two have a proper talk and solve your problems by yourselves," said Waltorana softly. "But The Great Sage thinks that it's better for Wolfram to have some time for himself."
"Murata? When did he tell you that?"
"He sent me a letter before you arrived. He was also the one who gave me the idea to let you see him in the night."
"… I see." Yuri stood up suddenly. "Well, I don't care why Murata and you won't let me talk to him," he shrugged his shoulders. "But I will talk to him, tonight."
Waltorana shook his head. "You can't. I won't let you."
"Who are you to tell me that, Lord Waltorana?" Yuri spoke in a more dignified tone. His aura has changed into the Maou inside him. "I'm the King. And I will talk to my fiancé, I need to see him, I have to sort this out I cannot lose him like this."
—*.*—
To be continued…
A/N: THIS IS THE BETA VERSION! Thank you for damons-hot-as-hell as my beta reader! You really helps me a lot! :D
Oh by the way, this chapter is dedicated for hagadoe. I put GwendalxGunter stories in this chapter, hope you like it! I'm really sorry I didn't put their stories in the chapter 6
And everyone, please leave a review for me! Hope you have a good day! :D
