Warning: Due to the writer's (aka me) laziness, this chapter may contain loads of grammatical mistakes and spelling errors. You have been warned.

"You alright?" Yuuri asked as he got the glass of water from Wolfram's hand.

"Yeah," she responded with a sniffle. "That was the most embarrassing moment in my life."

"What? The part that I was carrying you or because you couldn't stop crying?" Yuuri teased.

"Don't you even dare," she threatened.

"That sounds really cute, you know? With the red eyes and all that sniffles," he teased even further.

"Yuuri..." she glared at him.

"Okay, okay," he said and hugged her. "I really love you, Wolf. I really, really do."

"I..." she tried to say.

"You don't need to give me a respond. I'll prove it to you first. I'm going to tell you about my past, and I hope that clears up a few things between us. Besides, I already know that you love me."

"Getting cocky now, aren't we?" she said and raised her eyebrow.

He just chuckled and hugged her tighter. "Keep your schedule free tomorrow, okay?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," she mocked and hugged him.

Wolfram looked at the ring and couldn't help but admire it. "Where'd you get it?" she asked.

"Hmm?" Yuuri pulled back to look at her.

"This," she said and indicated the ring.

Yuuri smiled. "Got it from my mom. Me and Murata went back to Earth to buy a ring, since I couldn't find anything here. Well, we still couldn't find anything back there. But yeah, my mom just had the perfect thing," he explained.

"It's really beautiful," she agreed.

"She says it's been passed down from generation to generation."

"It's a heirloom? Yuuri, I can't accept this..." she said, her eyes going wide.

"Wolf, seriously? Mom only had boys. Of course she knew that this would become an engagement ring or something. But I do think that she didn't expect it to be her second child," he murmured at he took her hand in his and stared at the ring.

"And besides," he continued, "It kinda rivals your beauty, don't you think?"

Wolfram rolled her eyes. "Yeah right."

Deep inside, she was thinking that it was even prettier than her.

"Yuuri, where the hell are you taking me?" Wolfram asked. She was currently being led on by Yuuri holding on to her hand.

"We're sneaking out, isn't that obvious?"

"We should go back. It's not safe for you."

"We're still going to be in the castle grounds," he assured.

"Then how is this called 'sneaking out'?"

"Oh come on, Wolf. This is one of the rare opportunities for us to feel like we're teenagers."

"But we are teenagers," she pointed out.

"Oh... right... but I don't feel like one, with all the jobs I have to do, so just bear with me. We're getting nearer."

Wolfram rolled her eyes. She seemed to be doing that a lot these past few days. But Yuuri wasn't lying when he said that they were nearing the destination. Soon, he pulled on some branches and revealed a rather impressive clearing.

The field was covered with green, and wild flowers grew in just the right spots. There was a small lake that became home for native fishes and reflected the floating clouds above. What was supposed to viewed as something out of place fitted perfectly, much to Wolfram's surprise.

"Yuuri... that bench..." she indicated the wooden bench that sat in the middle, facing the lake. Flowers grew on its arm rests and legs, and vines circled its back. It looked like it just grew there, that it was there from the very beginning. But that just wasn't the case.

"Uh, you remember that? Yeah, it went missing and magically appeared here," he said with a goofy smile.

Wolfram didn't know what to say. She just laughed and shook her head. "Why steal? Seeing that it went missing when you were wimpier than what you are now, I really can't help but wonder how you brought it here."

"It was really hard. Really, really hard. But I endured because this place is mine. I can't let anyone know about it."

"So why did you bring me here?" she asked.

"Isn't that obvious?"

Yuuri took her hand again and led her to the edge of the lake. He got a blanket from the basket he was carrying and laid it down. He motioned for her to sit as he took out snacks.

"You're really well prepared," she observed.

"You don't know how early I woke up to get this ready," he said as he poured hot tea in her personal cup then added milk.

"You brought cake?"

"Uh huh. What do you want? Short cakes? Pancakes? Biscuits? Name it."

She took a star-shaped biscuit and nibbled on it. "You made these?"

"I asked Effe for help, so I can't take full credit," he admitted.

"So that's why they taste good."

"Hey!"

"Just kidding."

They talked about silly things while eating and drinking and enjoying the light breeze. Wolfram noticed that the sun was getting lower so she gave Yuuri a knowing smile. She knew he had planned to tell her everything today, at this place.

"I... it's about time, huh?"

"It's all up to you, Yuuri."

"Yeah..." he said a bit nervously. "You'll listen, right?"

"That's a silly thing to ask."

"Yeah..."

Yuuri ran a his hand through his hair and looked down. He took a deep breath before starting.

"I actually had a best friend. Before Murata. He was more like a childhood friend, actually. His name was Keichi," he started.

"Was?" Wolfram repeated.

"He... died. I think that was around our 2nd year in middle school. We'll get to that later..."

"Keichi and I treated each other as brothers. He often stayed at my house to play games. We went to the same kindergarten, pre-school, middle school... we weren't always in the same class, but we still stuck together.

"Well yeah, I guess you know how my parents are. They treat my friends as if they were their actual kids. They were the ones insisting that Kei stick around... eat dinner with us... spend the night... but his parents were more like the opposite. They were seldom around. They always fought. They never attended activities that needed parents. They were never there for him."

"But I never saw him complain. Nope. He was always smiling. I always thought he was the brighter side, between the two of us. We actually made quite the duo. He was, bright, friendly, attractive. And then there's me, quiet, shy, pretty-faced. We were the campus-dream, not to brag or anything. Back at the time, I could hang out with girls my age. But something happened..."

He looked at Wolfram who was staring at him intently and couldn't help but smile. "It was one of the rare times that I came over to his place. His parents were around, surprisingly. But they didn't mind us. Just told us to keep it down. So we were playing video games in his room when we heard it. A cry of pain. We crept down the stairs and spied on them.

"Kei's dad was beating up his mom... and we just stood there, watching. We couldn't do anything. We just started our 2nd year in middle school back then. We were so young. We couldn't do anything, Wolf... we really couldn't..." he said, trying to convince her.

Wolfram felt confused that he felt the need to explain himself, so she just hugged him. "It wasn't your fault, Yuuri..."

"We just watched as Kei's dad accidentally killed his wife... And then he saw us. So he made a run for it. We fainted and fell down the stairs, so when my parents came to pick me up since it was running late, they saw it. And hell did they freak out. Who wouldn't? You come to pick up your kid, only to see him unconscious on the floor covered with small wounds along with his best friend. Then when you turn your head, you see a dead woman.

"We both knew that we were lucky we didn't get killed, being live witnesses... but we both felt guilty for not being able to do anything. Maybe he would have stopped if we did something. Anything. Maybe Kei would still have a family...

"My parents filed for custody over him. It was granted after just a few months since he didn't have any immediate relative. He lived with us, but Kei wasn't the same anymore. He lost his shine. Well, we both did. But his was just a lot more... extreme. He became anti-social, specially to girls. Then one night, while we were studying in my room, he opened up to me.

"He said that his dad never wanted him and his mother. His dad didn't want to be committed to anyone. He neglected both of them. And because of that, they always fought. His mom wanted love, his dad wanted to be alone. He wasn't antisocial or anything. He just didn't want to be obliged to someone. He didn't want responsibility. He's an immature guy who didn't want to stick to one woman.

"We didn't want to become like him. We didn't want to become a guy who's selfish, immature, irresponsible, worthless... So we had this little agreement: we would never fall in love. We would never seek a woman. We wouldn't do the same mistake."

Yuuri felt Wolfram's hug tighten around him but he continued. "I thought it would be easy. I mean, I was never the one to be attracted to girls. And I thought that we could do it. But I was wrong. One day, Kei didn't come with me to school, said he wasn't feeling well. I said I'll drop by during lunch break and he just said okay. So I left. I didn't even doubt it. I didn't notice that there was something wrong. When I got back, he had hanged himself. And he even left a note for me...

"'I'm sorry, Yuu. I know I'm being stupid, but this is the only way I can fulfill my side of the promise. I'm really sorry.'" Yuuri recited it, the note he had read a million times.

"But you know what? I never thought of committing suicide. Even after that. I had vowed, more to myself than to him, that I would be able to do it. I will do it.

"So I set up high standards. Since I didn't have any plans nor dreams to go overseas, I made foreign looks my base for what I want." He pulled away and looked at her. "You wanna know how my dream girl looks like?"

He pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her. She opened it and stared in awe.

"My ideal girl would be someone slender and with B cups," he said but was interrupted by Wolfram's confused look. "Breasts," he explained, to which Wolfram blazed red. He laughed but continued. "I want someone who has golden blond hair, one that outshines the sun. I want her eyes to be as deep as the sea, and the prettiest shade of green. I want her to do be drop dead gorgeous, of course. Most of all, I want her to be someone independent. The type of girls that don't need anyone in their lives. I don't want a girl nor a woman, I want a lady.

"You see where I'm going? Does it sound like some sort of coincidence to you? Well let me tell you, it sounds like a tragedy to me. The moment I saw you, I automatically hated you. I thought, 'who the hell are you? Who the hell do you think you are?' and when I slapped you, that was the first time I ever hated myself so much.

"It wasn't just hatred. It was loathing. Who are you to break down the wall I've built ever so carefully? Who are you to change who I am?" he asked with a smile.

"And then as if that weren't enough, I started falling for you. You were never aware of that affect you had on people, did you? You don't know how you draw them in without a way back. Ironic, isn't it? I fell in love with the girl I hate.

"I don't know when or where it happened, but it just did. Of course I denied it. I denied it long enough. I denied it enough. Enough to fool myself. I was starting to believe it, then you die. Then I fell apart. Then yeah, I go all crazy and was very close to becoming insane, and then I finally admit it. So let me just do this properly, okay?

"Wolfram von Bielefeld, I love you," he said in a clear voice.

Wolfram stared at him then covered her mouth with her hand then giggled. "Shibuya Yuuri, I love you more than you even know. More than you can imagine."

"I love you more than that," Yuuri argued.

"This isn't even open for debate," she said.

"It is now."

"Yuuri, have you noticed that the sun has already set?" she asked.

"Crap."

Wolfram helped him pack up and they left their paradise, holding hands.

A/N: First of all, I am very, very sorry about the late update. I went on a hunger strike .

YuuRam4eva417: Thanks! I'm glad you liked them ^^

RukisLeech: Awww : Hopefully, we'll get our wedding sooner or later (lol, I'm speaking as if I'm not the writer XD)

soulxspirit125: I love them too XD

Did anyone see the resemblance? ANYONE? I just realized when I was done writing XD

I mean the part about Yuuri's ideal girl. It kinda fits the song 'She's A Lady' by Forever the Sickest Kids, and I actually saw a Yuuram video with that song XD No one knows that song? Look it up people. :pukes rainbows:

By the way, happy holidays ^^ Not that I'm that much enthusiastic about celebrating :3

As usual, REVIEWS! Let that be your Christmas gift for me :3