Chapter 10 :: I Love You

*click*

"He – Heika!" Conrad's men stood up immediately when Yuri entered their room.

"Nah, no need to stand up," said Yuri with a warm smile. "Where's Conrad?"

"Oh, the Commander went out not too long ago, Heika!"

"Where did he go?"

"Uh…" The two soldiers looked at each other. "We don't know, Heika."

"… Well, if he comes back, tell him to wait for me before going back to the castle, okay?"

"Yes, Heika!"

—*.*—

"Isn't it weird that you can't be together even though you love each other?" asked Conrad with a warm tone.

"Come on, Wolfram. Get up. You need to see Heika."

Wolfram got up and erased the tears on his face. "But Conrad, what should I say when I see him?"

Conrad sighed inwardly. "Isn't it obvious? What do you have to do if you want to confess your feeling to someone?

"Eh?" The blonde looked at Conrad's face with a confused look. "Slap him?"

Conrad shook his head. "You should say 'I love you' to him."

"Why should I say it? A slap is already a confession!"

"Yeah, in Shin Makoku. But Heika is originally from earth, and in earth, you say 'I love you' to confess your feeling to someone."

"… It's bothersome."

"What? You're too embarrassed to say it?"

Wolfram blushed. "Sh – shut up, human!"

Conrad chuckled lightly. "Looks like I was right."

"… Whatever!" Wolfram rolled his eyes with an annoyed look. "I'll go to uncle's room first before I see Yuri."

—*.*—

*knock knock*

'Who is it?! Why can't I work with peace since Wolfram came here?!' Waltorana sighed inwardly. "Come in!"

Yuri entered the room with a big smile. "Yo! Waltorana-kyo!"

"… May I know why you're here, Maou Heika?"

"Eh?" the double black smiled sheepishly. "Well… I want to meet Wolfram."

"Didn't you met him this morning?"

"Yeah, I did."

"And didn't you have a fight with him?"

"Well… Actually, it wasn't a fight."

"Then why did you run out from his room?"

"He broke the engagement with me," answered Yuri shortly. He gazed outside the big window behind the blonde's back and said, "And I'm here to set things right. I don't want to lose him."

"What can you do, Heika? He already broke off the engagement. He doesn't want you," said Waltorana with a smug look.

"But I want him. I love him." Yuri walked closer to Waltorana. "And I won't give up until he tells me clearly to give up on him." His tone changed slightly, and the aura around him became tense. "Don't stand in my way, Waltorana-kyo. No one can stand in my way."

Waltorana gulped and stared at the Maou before him with fear.

"Now, if you'll excuse me."

—*.*—

"He broke the engagement with me."

Wolfram stopped walking when he heard Yuri's voice inside Waltorana's room. 'Isn't that Yuri's voice?' He walked closer to the door quietly and listened to their conversation.

"And I'm here to set things right. I don't want to lose him," said Yuri.

*thump*

"What can you do, Heika?" Waltorana scoffed. "He already broke off the engagement. He doesn't want you."

"But I want him."

*thump*

'Wha—! Why is my heart beating so fast?'

"I love him."

*thump*

"And I won't give up until he tells me clearly to give up on him."

*thump*

"Don't stand in my way, Waltorana-kyo."

'Wait! That was… the Maou' tone!'

"No one can stand in my way."

'Don't tell me he changed into Maou mode just because uncle mocked him?'

"Now, if you'll excuse me."

'Eh? Wait!'

The door opened. "Huh? Wolfram?"

—*.*—

*click*

"Huh? Wolfram?"

The blonde gasped quietly. His face turned bright red and he was frozen in his place.

"Why are you here? Don't tell me you were listening to our conversations?" said Yuri jokingly.

"O – of course not!"

'Oh, he stuttered! He did listen, huh?' The Maou smiled to himself.

"If you weren't listening, then why are you stuttered?" teased the Maou further.

"Uh…" Wolfram gritted his teeth in embarrassment and ran out suddenly.

"Oi! Wolfram!" The King chased after him immediately.

'Damn! He's fast!' Yuri cursed inwardly and ran after him at full speed.

"Wolf!" The double black finally caught his wrist when they entered the big garden in Waltorana's mansion.

"Don't run out so suddenly like that when someone is talking to you, Wolf," said Yuri as he caught his breath.

"Le – let go of me!" The blonde tried to shook off the King's hand, but the black haired man was stronger than him. "Yuri! Let go of me!"

"No," Yuri's tone changed slightly. He sounded more serious this time. "Not until you listen to me."

"… Fine. Just let go of my hand!"

Instead of releasing Wolfram's hand, Yuri stepped closer to the blonde and hugged him tightly.

"Yu – Yuri! Wh – What are you—"

"Shh," The King hushed quietly. He embraced Wolfram's body even tighter. "Don't say anything, Wolf. Just listen."

Yuri paused for a moment and took a deep breath. He opened his mouth and whispered softly, "I love you, Wolf."

—*.*—

"I love you, Wolf."

*thump*

'Should I say something?' Wolfram's face turn beet red and he could feel his heart beating faster by every second.

*thump*

'I don't know what to say. The only thing I can hear is my racing heartbeat.' Wolfram fidgeted uncomfortably in Yuri's embrace.

*thump*

'I hope that he doesn't realize this… I have to calm down!'

*thump*

"You can really hear it pounding, huh?" said Yuri as he chuckled lightly.

"No, that's—"

"My heartbeat, that is," said the Maou with a nervous tone.

'Huh?' Wolfram listened closely, and he realized that Yuri's heart was beating faster and louder than his. At this realization, the blonde's face turned even redder than before.

"Wolf…" The double black called the blonde's name gently. "Your heartbeat is fast too, you know…"

"Wha—!" Out of embarrassment, the third prince tried to shove his King, but he failed. The Maou refused to let go of him.

"Just… please stay like this for a bit longer…" Yuri's voice was full of desperation. It was odd.

For a couple of minutes, they stayed like that without words. It was awkward, but it also felt like home for both of them.

'He has really grown, huh…' thought Wolfram as he sighed inwardly. 'He's taller than me and stronger than me now. The girls are attracted to him, and I… I don't have any confidence left in me…'

'I miss his scent… I miss him so much…' Yuri thought inwardly as he took a deep breath of the other man's scent. 'We met this morning, but it felt like a really long time… Maybe it's because he broke off the engagement…'

"You know, Wolf…" the King paused for a moment. "I thought you love me."

*thump*

'Eh? He thought?'

"Although you never said it, I always thought that you love me."

*thump*

'So he did realize it…'

"The way you gaze at me… chase me with fireballs… sticking to me all the time… sleep with me on the same bed…"

*thump*

'Yuri…'

"The way you acted around me made me think that you love me, Wolf."

*thump*

"But… you don't, right?"

'Eh?'

"Wolf… do you love me?"

'Of course I am!' screamed Wolfram in his mind. He wanted to say it out loud, but he was scared that all of this was just a dream. It was too good to be true.

"If you love me, than why did you break off the engagement?"

'I'm scared, Yuri… Do you really love me?'

"Or did I misunderstand? Was it just my wishful thinking that you love me?"

"No!" Wolfram pushed away the Maou suddenly. "I love you, Yuri!"

—*.*—

"I love you, Yuri!"

Yuri blinked in surprise. The blonde hadn't said anything until now, and he suddenly screamed loudly in his ear.

"Wolf?"

'Wait, he said that he love me, right?' Yuri thought inwardly. 'But why did he break off the engagement?'

"I… I love you, Yuri…"

"Then why!" Yuri grabbed Wolfram's shoulder and shook him lightly. "Why did you break off the engagement?!"

But Wolfram said nothing in response.

'Why is he not answering? Did I misheard it? Did he say 'loved'?'

"Did you get tired of me?"

The blonde shook his head. He turned away his gaze from Yuri's.

'… So I really misheard it, huh? Look! Now he doesn't even want to meet my eyes!'

"Did I do something wrong?"

Again, Wolfram only shook his head.

'Then what?!' Yuri was completely pissed off right now with the vague answers the blonde gave him.

"Then what is it?!" Yuri asked in frustration. "Why did you break off the engagement?!"

Still, Wolfram didn't say anything.

"Wolf…" Yuri's voice broke. He was on the verge of tears. "Tell me, Wolf. If you really don't want to be engaged with me, then at least tell me the reason…"

'… So that I can give up on you and wish for your happiness…'

"I… I'm scared, Yuri…"

'Huh? Scared of what?'

"Do you really love me?"

—*.*—

"I… I'm scared, Yuri…" said Wolfram softly. "Do you really love me?"

"I do. I really do in love with you, Wolf," answered Yuri full of determination.

"… Didn't you say that you're not into men?"

"Yeah, I'm not into men."

Wolfram felt a pang in his heart when he heard Yuri say those words. 'Then what did you mean when you say that you love me, Yuri?'

"I'm not into men except you. You're special, Wolf."

The blonde turned his gaze and stared at the black orbs. In those eyes, Wolfram can see nothing else other than sincerity.

"I love you, Wolf."

Wolfram's vision was blurred because of the tears. Unconsciously, he had already cried when Yuri said that he is special.

"Do you really mean it, Yuri? What if someday a girl you like confessed to you?"

"That's impossible."

"That's not impossible! You're the Maou! Every girl in Shin Makoku wants to be with you!"

"Calm down, Wolf," Yuri held the blonde again in his embrace. "I said that it's not possible because I will never like a girl. If they confessed to me, I just have to reject them like always."

"But, Yuri… You like girls, right? Someday you will get tired of me and think that girls are better than me…"

Yuri smiled gently and hugged the person in his embrace even tighter. "Silly! How can I have the time to fall in love with other girls when I already have you in my arms?"

Wolfram's tears stopped suddenly. His face was red in an instant.

"You're perfect, Wolf. Why do I want to fall in love with another when I already have someone who is perfect for me beside me?"

"But… I don't have any confidence… in myself and… that you'll always stay with me…"

"Then, you can turn my love for you into your own confidence," said Yuri as he kissed Wolfram's forehead. "As for the latter part…"

Yuri raised his hand and slapped Wolfram's cheek hard. He kneeled, and said, "Wolfram von Bielefeld, will you marry me?"

—*.*—

*slap*

Wolfram felt a slight pain on his left cheek. He wanted to say something, but his words never came out because Yuri grabbed his left hand and kneeled before him with a gentle smile on his face.

"Wolfram von Bielefeld, will you marry me?"

"I will," tears of happiness rolled down from Wolfram's eyes into his redden cheek.

Yuri got up and erased his tears tenderly. "Since when did you turn into such a crybaby?"

—*.*—

"Engiwaru!"

It was five in the morning. Waltorana had woken up an hour ago, and now he stood in front of his mansion with a blank face.

"Engiwaru!"

"Uncle, I'm leaving now!" said Wolfram with a cheerful tone.

"Can't you leave a bit later? It's still five in the morning!" protested the older blonde to his nephew.

"Can't be helped. My vacation is over already."

"… You should come here more often."

"Yeah, I will."

"Then, Waltorana-kyo, we will leave now. Please take care of yourself," said Yuri with a bright smile on his face.

"… Heika!"

"Yes?"

"I will leave my nephew in your care."

"Yeah," Yuri nodded with a serious expression. "I will take care of him for life."

'Uh, this is embarrassing,' thought Wolfram inwardly. He was really embarrassed until his face turned red, but inside, he felt incredibly happy.

—*.*—

"Heika!" Gunter ran with a fast pace towards the stable when he knew that the Maou has come home.

"Heika!" The lavender haired man hugged Yuri tightly. "Heika! I miss you so much!"

"Gunter!" Wolfram and Gwendal called his name at the same time.

"Eh?"

At that exact moment, Yuri was pulled by Wolfram into his side, and Gwendal pulled Gunter into his embrace.

"Don't hug him! He is my fiancé!" Wolfram scowled dangerously at Gunter.

"Didn't I say that you can't touch another man other than me?" said Gwendal with his usual low voice to Gunter.

'Hm?' Yuri watched the interaction between Gwendal and Gunter closely and said, "So you two have become a lover, huh?"

Gunter blushed immediately. "Uh… Heika…"

Gwendal cleared his throat awkwardly. "Since Heika has returned, you should sign paperworks immediately in your office."

"Eh?! But I just came from a long trip—"

"Go, wimp!" Wolfram pushed his fiancé towards his eldest brother. "It's your job!"

"Eh… Wolfram…" Yuri whined. "Can't I do it tomorrow? I'm tired…"

"Just do it, wimp!"

"I'm not a wimp!"

"You are, wimp!" Wolfram stepped closer and whispered to the Maou's ear. "I will help you with it later."

"Really?" Yuri grabbed Wolfram's shoulder and close in the gap between their lips. He kissed the blonde for a second and then ran into his study room. "Don't forget your promise, Wolf! I'll be waiting!"

—*.*—

The End

A/N: I'm going to make an extra for this story! Please look forward to it! :D

And in case you don't know… In Shin Makoku, people proposed to another by slapping the other's cheek :)

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And sorry for the long updates… I had a midterm exam, and I didn't have the time to write this chapter :(

By the way, this chapter in unbeta'd. Sorry for any grammar mistakes :D