Chapter 9 :: Love is Heartbreaking
"I love you, Wolf. I do." Wolfram recalled the words Yuri said in his dream.
"Uh… Is that really a dream? Or not?" Wolfram's brows knitted together as he tried to think.
"Maybe I should just ask uncle. He was the one who let Yuri entered my room after all…" The blonde mumbled as he opened his bedroom's door and walked to Waltorana's room. "I need to know when was that wimp entered my room yesterday."
"Wolfram!"
Wolfram turned around slowly after he heard someone called his name. Not too far from where he stood, he saw his uncle. Just the right person he wanted to see.
"What are you doing, mumbling like that in the morning?" Waltorana walked closer to his nephew.
"Uncle! I want to ask you something!" Didn't want to waste any time, the third prince went straight to the point. "You let Yuri entered my room, right? What time did he come here?"
"… You have seen Heika?"
"Of course I have! What kind of question is that when you were the one who let him entered my room?! Anyway, just answer my question, uncle!"
"…" Waltorana paused for a moment. "Well, I don't know."
"What?" The younger blonde yelled loudly at his uncle. "You should have known!"
Waltorana frowned. "… Why the hell should I know?"
"Of course you have to know!" Wolfram shouted again with a frustrated look on his face. "He said that you let him enter my room! That means that he asked for your permission first before he went to my room, right? What time was it?"
Waltorana sighed. "I don't know, Wolfram. He entered your room from the window in your room every night. How can I know what time he entered your room?!"
"What? From the window?" Wolfram blinked in surprise. "But my room is quite high….—wait. Did you just say every night?"
"Huh? He didn't tell you? I thought you two have talked already."
"… I didn't know. Since when?"
"Hmm, since your second night here."
"What?! Then, could it be that… he was the one who ripped up the papers to break off the engagement?"
"Yeah," Waltorana nodded shortly. "He was the one who ripped up those papers."
—*.*—
"Where's Wolfram?" asked Yuri immediately when he saw Waltorana entered the dining room alone without his nephew.
The blonde paused for a moment in the doorway before he walked closer to the dining table with a frown on his face. "Maou Heika… Who let you eat your breakfast here?"
"Eh?" The King smiled sheepishly. "Well… you don't mind, do you, Lord Waltorana?"
Waltorana sighed inwardly and then sat in front of the double black. "You're really one troublesome King."
Yuri chuckled. "Thanks for the compliment."
"It wasn't a compliment!"
The King chuckled again. "So, where's Wolfram?"
"He's in his room."
"What? He's still changing his clothes?" Yuri stood up from his chair. "I'm going to fetch him."
"You better not, Heika."
"Why?"
"He's still shocked right now. Let him be alone. He needs time."
Yuri raised an eyebrow in annoyance. "Why's everyone always say that 'he needs time'?!"
Waltorana blinked in surprise when he heard the Maou's tone changed completely. 'This is… the Maou' tone!'
"I won't give him time, Lord Waltorana," The double black walked closer to the door without even looking to the older blonde as he continued to talk to him. "If I give him time, he might decide to leave me for good."
And after that, the King left the dining room to see his fiancé.
Waltorana gulped as he stared at the Maou's back with fear. 'Th – that was the Maou, right? Did he awaken? Wait, there wasn't any blue aura coming from his body, and his hair didn't grow long… But nonetheless, his tone just now was definitely the Maou's! Whats going on? Is he merging with the Maou's soul?'
—*.*—
Yuri reached Wolfram's room in no time. He tried to open the door, but failed. It looked like that the blonde had locked it from inside.
Yuri sighed inwardly. "Why did he lock the door? What does he want?"
"Wolf?" Yuri knocked loudly on the door. "Wolf? Please unlock the door."
But he got no answer. He tried calling his fiancé again several times, and still got no answer. After the fifth attempts, he ran out of patience.
"If you don't want to open it, I will break down the door."
The King waited for a whole minute and finally decided to break down the door since he still got no answer from the blonde.
He raised his left hand and a blue light came out from his hand slowly. Seconds after, the door in front of him turned into small pieces of wood.
Yuri entered the room with a satisfied smile on his face. Inside, he saw his fiancé looked at the small pieces of the door with shock. The double black chuckled lightly and said, "Why are you making that funny face, Wolfram?"
—*.*—
"If you don't want to open it, I will break down the door."
'Hmph! Wimp!' Wolfram thought inwardly. 'You can never break down the door, wimp!'
*crackle crackle*
The blonde turned his head towards the door when he heard strange sound from it.
*crackle crackle*
'What is that sound?' Wolfram got up from the bed and walked closer to the door. 'What is that wimp trying to—!'
Wolfram paused his step as he watched his bedroom's door turned into small pieces of wood in front of his eyes.
"Wha—!" The blonde was shocked. 'How could he…!'
Yuri entered the room with a triumphant smile on his face and chuckled lightly when he saw the face Wolfram was making. "Why are you making that funny face, Wolfram?"
Wolfram clenched his fist in frustration and yelled, "Yuri!"
The double black's smile disappeared quickly from his face after he saw his fiancé's angry face. "Wh – what is it, Wolf?"
'Wait, he… he won't chase me with his fireballs… right?' Yuri fidgeted. 'No… Please don't.'
"Yuri! I don't want to see you!"
—*.*—
'I don't want to see you!'
The words Wolfram had said just now echoed in Yuri's mind. 'What… did he say?' He stood still in his place for a couple of seconds, unable to make a single move because of the shock.
"Did you know why I asked for a vacation?! It's because I want to avoid you!" Wolfram shouted again loudly.
Yuri could feel the last string of his patience snapped. True, he knew that his fiancé tried to avoid him by asking for a vacation, but still, he hoped that his fiancé didn't. Now, it was clear that his fiancé truly avoided him. And it hurts more when the person said so himself.
"Why did you ripped up the papers to break off the engagement?!" Wolfram continued to push the King into a corner. "I need those papers!"
"Stop it…" Yuri walked closer to the blonde. "Don't say anything!" He grabbed the third prince's wrist and pushed him to the bed.
"Wha – Yuri! It hurts!"
The Maou didn't say anything. He grabbed the blonde's wrist even tighter, making sure that the blonde couldn't escape from him.
"Yuri! It hurts!" Wolfram gritted his teeth in pain and turned his head away from Yuri's gaze. His eyes was tearing up. "It hurts…" A single tear fell from his eye.
Yuri gasped and released Wolfram's hand immediately when he saw his fiancé's tear. It was at that moment that a sudden realization hit him. "I – I'm sorry, Wolf."
The young Mazoku ignored the Maou's apology and curled up into a ball, holding his left wrist. The red mark on there was clear. It looked painful.
"I'm truly sorry, Wolf," the double black hugged his fiancé tenderly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you."
Wolfram said nothing, but he couldn't stop the tears. He wanted to pull away and flee the room, but he couldn't move. His body wouldn't let him move.
"Wolf… say something."
"… Let me go, Yuri. Let's break off the engagement."
Yuri released Wolfram's body from his hug. "What?"
"Let's break off the engagement, Yuri. I'm tired."
Yuri stared at Wolfram with a pained expression. He got up from the bed, and left the blonde alone in his room.
"I'm sorry, Yuri…" Wolfram starting to cry again. "I can't…"
—*.*—
"Heika!" Conrad stood up immediately when Yuri entered the house. "Didn't you say that you're going to have breakfast in Waltorana's mansion?"
"Conrad," his godson smiled at him with a tired look on his face. "It's 'Yuri'. You're my godfather, right?"
'What's wrong? He look… miserable.' Conrad stepped closer to his King. "Did something happen, Yuri?"
Yuri sighed and shook his head. But seconds after, the tears fell freely from his eyes quietly.
Love is heartbreaking.
The Demon King was crying with a blank face—it seemed that he still couldn't believe the fact that his fiancé wanted to break off the engagement, but nonetheless… it was the reality.
"Yuri…" Conrad pulled him into a hug. "It's okay, everything's going to be okay…"
Yuri shook his head slowly. "Nothing's going to be okay, Conrad…" He pushed the brunette man and went to his bedroom. "I'm going to sleep for a while, and… let's go back to the castle this evening."
"…Without Wolfram?"
Yuri nodded once—still with his blank face. "Without Wolfram."
—*.*—
"Why are you here?" asked Waltorana with a harsh tone when Conrad entered his study room. "Who let you in?!"
"The maid," Conrad answered shortly. "Where's Wolfram?"
"I don't know," the blonde shrugged. "Maybe he's still in his room."
"I'm going to meet him." With that, Conrad left the room, leaving the confused Waltorana alone.
"Who the hell let you meet him?! I'm the Lord in this mansion!" the blonde grumbled loudly. "Oh well, whatever!"
—*.*—
'Eh? The door… Who destroyed it?' Conrad entered his younger brother's room directly since the door was destroyed. Inside, he saw Wolfram curled up in bed, crying silently.
'Just what the hell happened?'
"Wolfram," Conrad sat beside his brother and shook him gently. "Wolfram."
The third prince raised his face slowly. "… What is it, human?"
Conrad chuckled lightly. "So you still manage to insult people even when you're crying, huh?"
"Shut up!" Wolfram turned away and buried his face into the pillow. "Why are you here? Leave me alone!"
The brunette man sighed. "Heika is crying right now, you know…"
Wolfram's back stiffened.
"He was crying silently with a blank face, just like you."
Conrad waited for a response from his brother, but when he got none, he continued to talk. "You're not supposed to make the King cry like that, Wolfram. Tell me what happened, and I will help you."
Wolfram shook his head. "I don't need your help. It's over anyway."
"… What do you mean?"
"I broke off the engagement."
—*.*—
*punch*
"Ow!" Wolfram grabbed his swollen right cheek. "Why did you punch me?!"
Conrad stared at the blonde with rage. "Why did you break off the engagement?!"
"It's because I'm tired!"
"Tired of what?! Tired of waiting?! What are you waiting for when Yuri had already fallen for you?!"
"He will never fall for a man!" Wolfram shouted loudly to the brunette soldier. "He won't!"
Conrad sighed again. "He loves you. And I'm sure that he already confessed to you."
"I love you, Wolf. I do." Wolfram's mind recalled again the words Yuri said in his dream for the second time that day.
'That was… wasn't a dream?' Wolfram thought inwardly.
"He did his best to convey his feeling to you the past week, but you ran away from him. And now when he already conveyed his feeling to you through words, you decided to break off the engagement!"
The younger blonde didn't respond anything.
Conrad walked closer to his brother and grabbed his shoulder. "Why did you reject someone you loves?"
By that time, Wolfram was crying again.
"Isn't it weird that you can't be together even though you love each other?"
—*.*—
Yuri opened his bedroom's door. "I'm going to sleep for a while, and… let's go back to the castle this evening."
"…Without Wolfram?" asked Conrad with a flat tone.
"Without Wolfram," answered Yuri shortly. He closed the door and flopped down on the bed.
"Wolf…" the King whispered his ex-fiancé name gently. "Wolf, don't leave me…"
He stayed still on the bed for a while, and then got up. "This is pointless…" he wiped his tears with his sleeve. "Crying won't solve anything…"
'We have been engaged for 5 years…' Yuri stared at the ceiling with sadness on his eyes. 'We have been engaged for 5 years, and never once he mentioned about breaking off the engagement… why now?'
"Why does he want to break off the engagement so much? Didn't he love me? Or he never love me since the beginning?"
Yuri sighed loudly and went to the door. "I have to talk to him… He has to tell me why he want to break off the engagement now."
Yuri opened the door. "Conrad, before we leave… huh? Where's Conrad?"
—*.*—
To be continued…
A/N : This is unbeta version! Sorry for any grammar mistakes :) Please wait longer for the beta version :D
Hello everyone, I'm sorry for the long update, I'm still busy with work, college, and projects :(
Anyway, I think this story will end in the next chapter or the next 2 chapter, since we already reached the climax of the story... Oh, and I didn't write GunterxGwendal story in this chapter, sorry... I promise I will write some about them in the next chapter :)
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