Pairing: Gunter/Gwendal
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Episode 27-30
A lone figure panted as he ran down the hall, before he darted into a room and locked the door. He could hear his attacker behind him and he did everything he could to remain silent.
"Oh GWENDAL!!!" Annisina's voice could be heard calling through the halls, looking for her favorite victim…er, "assistant." She'd just devised a new invention and she knew he would be PERFECT to try it out! Then again, he was perfect anyway…
"Escaped again?" Gunter asked lightly, snickering behind his hand at the terrified form of Gwendal. The other man stood at Gunter's door, actually trembling in fear.
"You know what's like to have her on you! I'd rather face a cave of houseki than deal with her," Gwendal shuddered, then came to sit down in front of Gunter's desk. "I was coming this way anyway."
"Oh?" Gunter raised an eyebrow at his friend. Gwendal had changed, he'd noticed. After Gunter had come back from being in that trance, his friend had seemed to stay near him even more, making sure that he was well. It was an odd occurrence, but one he found he didn't mind all that much.
"Heika!!" Gunter looked up in surprise, the comment coming out of his mouth unthinkingly. He rushed to the window, only to see Wolfram and Yuuri dragging a huge tree into the opened rear ballroom doors. They disappeared soon after, the doors closing behind him.
Gwendal looked at his friend with a strange expression, but didn't comment. "Perhaps we should go see what his Majesty and by brother are up to." Without another word, Gwendal turned and headed for the door.
Tilting his head in curiosity, and worry at Gwendal's serious expression, Gunter followed. There had been something in Gwendal's eyes, but it had vanished so quickly that he wasn't even sure he'd seen it. This Winter Festival was certainly going to be one to remember.