Okay, this is a little cheesy….well…A lot cheesy, but I thought it would be fun to write to this song. The song is Fireworks by The Plain White T's. Hope you enjoy it!
I Knew You Loved Me
Wolfram smiled as he looked out over the balcony of his window that morning. It was not that this day was particularly special, or that anything amazing had or would happen that day; it was just that the young blond had come to a realization.
"Yuuri loves me." He said aloud to himself with another smile. Yuuri had never uttered these words, nor really implied them in any way. Wolfram just knew it was true. The blond nodded once to himself, then picked up his sword which was leaning against the wall and buckled it to his belt before heading out of the castle to ready himself for patrol duties.
"You look rather upbeat this morning Lord Wolfram." A lieutenant commented when Wolfram approached the stables. Wolfram nodded in recognition, but said nothing as he walked past.
"Wow you really do!" Yuuri commented loudly, emerging from behind his horse and making the blond jump back in surprise.
"What are you doing in here?" Wolfram said with a half-hearted glare. The glare was annoyed, but the smile that was still pulling at his lips betrayed his attempt at anger. Yuuri laughed.
"Sorry I scared you. I didn't mean to." Yuuri responded. Wolfram thought about starting an argument over that remark, but decided against it. He wanted nothing to spoil his good morning, not even the stupidity of the wimp.
"I am scared of nothing Yuuri, I was merely startled." Wolfram said offhandedly, turning to pick up his saddle and throw it over the back of his horse. Yuuri nodded.
"Yeah, okay." Yuuri said with a hint of sarcasm, throwing his own saddle over Ao's back to mimic Wolfram and watching it fall off the other side. Yuuri flushed with embarrassment as Wolfram laughed.
"I'm going out for a ride with Conrad. Wanna come?" Yuuri asked, picking up the saddle and placing it on correctly this time. Wolfram blinked at the invite. It was rare that Yuuri asked Wolfram to join him in anything. A frown found its way to the blonds' lips.
"I wish that I could." He replied sincerely. "I have patrol duties today, perhaps next time. Thank you for inviting me though." Yuuri frowned unconsciously and Wolfram felt even more assured of his suspicions.
"I am very happy that you thought to invite me." Wolfram said with a smile. When Wolfram hugged him, Yuuri tensed as he normally did, but relented and patted the blond awkwardly on the back.
After they finished preparing the horses, the boys rode next to each other towards the castle gates. Wolfram was rather chatty this morning, and Yuuri was thoroughly confused at this point by the other boy's good mood. The blond had not even called the young king a wimp yet today.
"Why are you so happy today Wolf?" Yuuri blurted out without thinking. Wolfram blinked, not sure how to respond.
"Am I acting different than usual?" Wolfram asked curiously, as if he thought he was always a smiley chatterbox who loved going on patrol in the mornings. Yuuri readied himself for an explosion of anger at his thoughtless comment.
"Uhm, if I say yes will you hit me?" Yuuri asked cautiously. Wolfram laughed a bit and shook his head.
"I guess it's just that I realized a few things today." Wolfram said more to himself than to Yuuri.
"Like what?" The king inquired assuming it was safe to proceed with the conversation's current direction. Wolfram looked distant for a moment, and then looked to Yuuri.
"That I am willing to wait until you are comfortable with me. I do not know yet how I am going to prove that to you. You know how I feel about you, that I could never live without out you." Wolfram said to him, then looked off towards the castle gates his tone was still upbeat, and his smile had never wavered.
"I know that you know, albeit subconsciously, that life cannot get much better than what we have right now. Whenever we are together it is like fire is exploding around us. I thought it over this morning, and I know now that you secretly love me. You do not even have to say it, or even think about it really. You will realize it in time. I will wait however long it takes." Wolfram took off with a wink, leaving Yuuri in a confused daze.
"What do I even say to that?" Yuuri asked himself. Conrad rode up next to the double black then.
"He was in a surprisingly good mood today." Conrad commented, and then examined his king. Yuuri was still deep in thought "Are you okay Yuuri?"
"Uhm…Yeah. I think." Yuuri responded. Conrad waited for him to elaborate.
"Wolfram said that he realized today that I secretly loved him…" Yuuri prompted, hoping for help.
"Do you?" Conrad asked with one raised eyebrow. Yuuri sputtered frantically.
"W-well! I uh…No! I could never… I mean… I don't know!" Conrad laughed at the young king's reaction.
"Perhaps you should think things over while we ride?" Conrad suggested, then clicked his heel against the horse's side and galloped off. Yuuri nodded, then followed suit. Riding always did help Yuuri to sort out his feelings. It was so easy to lose himself in the wind rushing by and blocking out all of the needless noise that his mind constantly bombarded him with.
"How could he think that I am in love with him? It's not like I've said it to him, or acted any different lately that I can tell. Is it even possible for me to like him in that way?" Yuuri asked once they had slowed down several miles outside the castle grounds. Yuuri looked to Conrad then. "I mean, I've never even been with anyone else. How could I even know if I would like someone else?" Conrad thought that over for a bit before answering.
"Do you want to be with anyone else?" The brunet asked. Yuuri blinked and thought it over. It was true that he could not imagine himself with anyone else for the rest of his life, and when he tried to see himself with another person, he realized something.
"Well I'll be…" Yuuri said thoughtfully. Conrad waited for an explanation, but received none. Instead, Yuuri kicked Ao's side and made his way back towards the castle. Conrad followed after with a small smile. Yuuri spent the rest of his evening doing his Royal Paper Signing duties. He returned to his room late that evening to find Wolfram in his nightgown standing on the balcony. Yuuri walked up next to him and sat down on the railing.
"That was mean you know, leaving me after saying such deep thoughts." Yuuri said. Wolfram shrugged his shoulders and grinned. Apparently his good mood had not yet diminished.
"I was right." Wolfram said with confidence when he looked up into Yuuri's eyes. Yuuri chuckled, and nodded.
"You were. When I was thinking it over, I realized that you are the one. The one I want to be with when we're like ninety-two." Yuuri said. Wolfram's eyes flew open in shock.
"Only until then? That is hardly any time together! Hell I'm almost that age already!" The blond shouted, and turned away from the king. "I thought you would want to be with me forever!" Yuuri heard the anger in the other boy's voice, and panicked. He had forgotten that they aged in such different ways here in Shin Makoku.
"Hey Wolf! I forgot about the whole age-doesn't-matter-here thing! I'm sorry. I meant forever I swear." Yuuri said grabbing the other boy's shoulder.
"Do you?" Wolfram asked softly, still not looking at Yuuri.
"It's like you said. I know that you know it can't get much better." Yuuri turned Wolfram around and brought the boy's hand to his lips. "Fireworks fly for me too, whenever we're together. I know now, that you knew, that I knew all along that I loved you."
They looked out over the balcony that night with smiles on their faces. That night was a particularly special night and something truly amazing happened. The boys had both come to a similar realization.
They were in love.
Oh yes, lots of cheese and fluff! I hope that you enjoyed my quickly written Fanfic. Once again, I do not own the song, or the characters, but I do love putting them into my own twisted versions of music videos ^.^ Thank you for reading, please review this story if you want to hear more.