Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN KYOU KARA MAOU
It is not my property. No profit made.
Warning : some lime, almost lemon scene.
From Yuuri's pov.
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There's nothing like Wolfram's jealousy. Since we first got acquainted with each other, I've been the only one to feel such a strong negative feeling, both towards Wolfram and his admirers ( like Charles); and it was painful everytime. Now that I could see Wolfram jealous, it kind of bothers me. He doesn't like our two new companions. Well, for Murata, it's okay. He knows he's a friend only. But about Gaetan...my boyfriend behaves like an irritating cat showing its claws. He's looking at the other blond with mistrust and even eyes him in a disdainful manner. And to make everything worse , Gaetan does nothing to calm Wolfram's anger. He speaks to me with a new kindness ( because he had first criticized me for being so careless), and with so much softness that even Murata started to have some suspicions about his intentions. " Maybe he's flirting with you?" my Earthen friend murmured while, sitting opposite me and eating his sandwich , Gaetan was stealing peeks at me with "affection." it made me feel uneasy.
Somehow, his "promiscuous" attitude was disrespectful towards Wolfram. I can't approve of it and it obviously tires him. Nevertheless, this tensed situation was happily lessened by Murata's previously discovered secret: he's the Great Sage. Translation: Shinou's best friend's reincarnation. He told me everything: his soul was transported to Earth where he'd been given his new body, a new identity and almost an ordinary family, but soon he found out about his past and what he represented. This year, he could go to Shin Makoku for the first time because, he said with mystery shrouding his eyes, he was on mission. Beside this, he had been learning more about what I was and was doing as a king. He remembered me as the average boy who saved him from taller bullies.
His confidences made me grow suspicious:
" If you knew who I was why have you never talked about it to me? That was just hypocrite." I said to him. It's true! He came to my last birthday, with a giant smile, and never tried to say anything about me! We were gathering branches to lit a fire before the night came out. Murata glanced over his shoulder- Wolfram was watching over Gaetan who was innocently slicing a big piece of meat for us all- and then looked at me again.
" Well...I just couldn't. I wanted but everytime I wanted to, there was like an invisible hand on my mouth. And someone was always telling me " not the moment". A sweet voice but I can't tell who it is."
" A man or a woman?"
" A...man. Now that I am here, I think I can find who it is. I'm feeling closer to him."
I smirked:
" You're talking as if it was your lover."
He rolled his eyes but wasn't vexed at all:
" Oh please, Shibuya. From what I can see, that pretty, petulant blond is your boyfriend, and you never told me about it!" I blushed right away, and he glanced again at Wolfram: " now it explains a lot of things...like when you refused to date Tanakawa Mina. She's so beautiful...but I admit lord von Bielefeld is better."
" Aahah, thanks...well, it's a very long story. I can even tell you Wolfram could have ended up as my worse enemy as well as my boyfriend."
" Interesting" Murata said, shrugging an eyebrow to mark his curiosity " he's like a fire ball while you are...the soothing flow of a peaceful river. Nice combination, Shibuya. It so shows you're infatuated with him!" he winked.
" Hey, Yuuri," Gaetan suddenly said. I turned around to look at him. Smiling nicely at me, he told me:
" We need water to make our soup tonight. Please go gather some water from the near lake." I barely had time to get to my feet that he was already throwing to me a boiler. It almost hit me the face, and it was enough to get Wolf angrier. He uncrossed his arms and held back from slapping the man's face:
" Stupid! Can you be gentler? And don't call him with such familiarity! From his looks, you guessed he was the king! So treat him like one and not like your best friend. Did you understand?"
I got paralysed by the scene, while Murata seemed ostensibly lost in his interest for the surrounding plants. Looking up at Wolfram, Gaetan looked stunned by my lover's outburt, if no shocked. But soon, a smile erased his dismay and he nodded tranquilly:
" Of course, I'm sorry."
" Don't worry, Wolf, I wasn't hurt." Wolf nodded too, but everything in his demeanour said he was still distrusting the other blond. I started to stroll away and found the lake. I filled the boiler with the needed water. Its freshness was a delight to my skin, irritated by the long riding we'd been doing for days now and the hot sunbeams, despite the long trees branches projecting their shadows on us. When I wheeled around to rejoin my friends, Gaetan's face startled me out of my thoughts. He was standing there, like some Greek status, one hand against a trunk, his head slightly tilted and his smile charming me- or trying to. I hadn't hear him coming here.
" Uh? Gaetan, something wrong?"
He shook his head slowly before walking straight towards me. My body shivered, and stepped back. My brain was obviously sending me signals that I couldn't quite figure out at the moment. Gaetan stopped walking until he was very close to me.
" I was just thinking...you know...it's hot and everything...perspiring...we'd need a bathe or something like that. Would you like to bathe with me? This water is so tempting."
" Er...I..."
" Sorry, he will bathe with me so leave him alone, will you?"
Wolfram had just arrived into the picture, looking more pissed than ever. Relief and anxiety however weirdly mingled within me as I was sure some reproaches were going to be thrown into my face for letting Gaetan go too close to me. Gaetan just shrugged then went away. Wolfram didn't take his eyes off of him until he was sure he'd been back to Murata.
" Er...I'm sorry, Wolf."
" Why do you apologize? I didn't accuse you of anything. It's that guy I can't trust, I don't know what he wants from you so I'd rather he stays away."
" Okay. But if he's Murata's friend, there's not so much to care about." This simple reason persuaded me enough.
" That's why I still have doubts," Wolfram's tone took a worrying edge. " He's the Sage. The Sage wouldn't frequent someone so long like this, in a forest reputed dangerous moreover. That's why I think he's suspicious. Don't stay alone with him."
"...right. I'll listen to you."
" Fine. Let's go back to the camp."
I followed him, pondering what he had said with so much conviction.
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" Your soup is surprisingly very good!" I commented to Murata. " Who taught you that?"
He was sitting at my left, Wolfram at my right; Gaetan in front of me. The small fire was still burning in a circle of stones behind Wolfram. The wind blew lightly. Murata had a good laughter:
" If you knew who is teaching me to cook when I'm on Earth, you'd be very astonished!"
" Come on, tell me!"
" Well...That's the good Lady Shibuya..."
" What...? You mean my mother?"
" Yes. She's still welcoming me in your house and to thank her, I help her too. She's very nice, I really like her company."
" Aah, good. Well...in fact that doesn't surprise me much. I still remember you with the pink apron helping my mum in the kitchen."
" I'm waiting for the day Yuuri will introduce me to his parents," Wolfram suddenly said. We all looked at him while he was finishing drinking his soup. Wolfram looked at me from the corners of his eyes.
" What? Wolfram is your fiancé and you still haven't presented him to your family?" asked a wide-eyed Gaetan. His words couldn't make me feel more ashamed.
" I will! Why is everyone talking about it? Are you guys conspiring against me or something? And for people's information, it only concerns me and Wolfram. No one else."
Seriously I'm starting to feel like those celebrities whose private lives are told in tabloids!
" Oh, and Wolfram is not my fiancé."
" Not yet," Wolf felt obliged to add, with a hint of acidity in his voice. I nodded nonetheless. Gaetan smiled and winked.
" Right."
A few hours later, after we talked about how we would reach Greta, we all relaxed a little. The sky was beginning to change colours and become darker. The bright stars made it beautiful. Murata and Gaetan were playing cards near the fire, while I was lying on the grass, my gaze turned towards the sky. Wolfram who had been taking care of his weakened horse started to saunter towards me and bent down.
" Hey, Yuuri."
" Wolf?"
" Let's go bathe."
I paused for a moment before agreeing and getting up helped by Wolfram's hand. We left our two other companions to their games even if I felt their eyes grazing my back. Wolfram created a fire ball and served it to make a tiny fire near the lake. We quickly peeled our clothes off to dive into the freshness of the water. I found this moment peaceful enough and thanked Wolfram gratefully for soothing my stress over Greta's abduction. When he was only a few inches away from me, I wrapped my arms around him and pulled him in for a kiss. He was responsive as always.
But I didn't expect him to respond that way. All at once, he made me turn against the grassy edge, and forced me to lay down on my back once we were out of the water, just our feet damping in it. He was upon me and continued kissing me so sensually that I couldn't believe he almost only kissed Charles before me. That meant we were learning together and it felt extremely flattering. I'm a bit overwhelmed by his ardour but couldn't find it annoying. I was enjoying every minute of it.
Though, having his nude, wet skin against my own nude, wet skin was very...enticing. My body could tell it. Wolfram settled between my open legs before started to rock slowly and delicately to my growing delight. We were already moaning so we quit the kiss to appreciate our mutual pleasure. But Wolfram suddenly sat up on my hips and began to move like this, which was totally... My moans were unable to refrain and with all my strength I had to remember Murata and Gatean were not that far and I couldn't let them know what I was doing.
Our shared pleasure reached its peak with a final cry. A ruffling sound was emitted and we promptly looked towards the trees. I just had the time to see blond hair, then nothing.
" D-do you think Gaetan's just seen us?" I asked Wolfram, with concern. When I gazed at him, Wolfram was smiling wickedly.
" What if he saw us? At least, now he knows what we really are."
I slanted my eyes as his words sank into my mind. What did he truly mean? Wolfram got off of me and fetched our clothes. I raised to my feet and pulled my clothes on.
" Wait...Do you mean you did this on purpose...? To make him see us?" I hope it wasn't his true intentions. Buttoning the last buttons of his shirt, Wolfram didn't face me. He shrugged in a nonchalant way.
" I don't care. He sees or not. Now he knows he better not have his hands on you."
" Wait, you did that out of jealousy?" So he's ready to show our intimacy just because he's jealous? " Your measure is too drastic, Wolfram! I'm not interested in him" and don't think I could be in any other guy " and I bet he's already understood we're together."
Wolfram let out a sigh of annoyance/impatience and finally, looked into my eyes:
" You don't understand, Yuuri. You're probably the clueless man I've met in my life! One, my position as your "lover" is still fragile because you could replace me with a clap of fingers anytime! Two, to emphasize this, nothing is consolidating our attachment: we're not engaged! Third: I...I still think you may have some hesitations over our relationship because it's your first relationship, with a man on top of it, and even after one year, I still haven't met your parents!" he looked sad but quickly averted his eyes, hands lifting up to rest on his hips. " If someone is trying to seduce you, be it a man or a woman, under my own eyes, I don't think I'll be able to stand it. I want you to look at me...and me only."
His confession pained me. I moved forward until I could reach his hands and gathered them in mine. When he wasn't able to stare at me like he always did when he was confident, I couldn't help but feel guilty and try anything to wipe his doubts away.
" Wolf...I'm really grateful for your patience...really I am...I never wanted to make you think I didn't want to continue what we're doing together...I know. I'm not the best and I may frustrate you...But I'm doing what I can to satisfy you. I really don't want to end our relationship like this. I want to be your lover...and maybe more. I'm still young."
" I know, what's why I don't want to force you too much either. I'm sorry...and it's still fresh between you and me. It makes me hope, you know."
" And you're right to do so."
As he was still unable to raise his gaze to look at me, I cupped his chin, with gentle fingers , to see his green eyes. They were shining like emeralds under the sun, making me think of them as a cat's deep eyes. I smiled to reassure him and kissed his lips, still soft like silk.
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We continued our way on horses, the day warmth softened by the trees and their leaves. We did meet some wild animals, but not the carnivorous ones Wolfram talked about. The tension between he and Gaetan didn't drop at all. They were still throwing peeks at each other with a mutual scorn, though Gaetan was cooler than Wolf and didn't respond too much to his attacks.
Murata was slightly amused, though felt sympathetic towards Wolf.
I felt closer to where Greta might be, I knew it, I could feel it. Maybe because the type of nature that started to surround us as we progressed into the forest told reminded me of her. It was cheerful, coloured, green and pink at the same time, with butterflies flitting here and there. A delight for the eyes. My connection to my daughter grew stronger...
" Hey, I can see kind of caverns here." I said, standing up from my saddle.
" And peaks behind," Murata added.
" Maybe we're arrived at where you had to go," Gaetan said.
Wolfram trotted forward. " It's odd, there's like an entrance towards these caverns. Perhaps, if you approach the trees at the bottom, you may see it."
We did. Suddenly, like a bear roaring because of its anger, one of the caverns opened widely.
" That's perfect," Gaetan commented his eyes glinting in an unusual way.
" You think so? It will lead us quicker to Greta?"
" You bet it will!" he brutally gripped my shirt and, violently, tugged me onto his horse. Before I could even comprehend the chronology of his actions, he had rushed into the open cavern. Wolfram's long shouting of my name echoed, but too late, the cavern closed before he and Murata could jump in.
" Gaetan! what the heck are you doing?"
I stretched my neck to look at him. The view made my hairs stand on end. He had a long cruel rictus across his aged face. His eyes were injected with blood, as though he had got the victory he'd for so long yearned for. " W-who are you?"
For the first time since he took me away, his horse galloping throughout this humid and fresh cavern, he deigned to glance at me:
" Me?" a soft, irregular chuckle escaped his lips. " I'm Valten Theobald!"
TBC
I promise this story will soon have its end!