Chapter 4: Wolfram's POV

Who the hell does Yuuri think he is?

I'm walking through the castle's halls. It's pitch dark so I'm lighting my way with my marioku, for some reason when the guards see me pass, they look like they're shivering. It's probably because I burned the carpeting on the throne room this morning. Gwendal is definitely not going to let that one slide. But it was Yuuri's fault! I am more than capable of handling something as simple as a border contention issue.

Greta also asked me not to go when I went to say goodnight to her. I almost gave in to those big brown eyes, but she has to accept that her father is a soldier. In the event of a war starting between our country and the humans, I'd have to go to the front as well.

Yuuri must probably be sleeping by now, I have been wandering around for about two hours now. I turn the corner and I see the silhouette of a man in the courtyard, I walk a little more and I realize it's Conrart, and Yuuri is also with him! They are playing their little "catch" game. They are talking and Yuuri laughs.

I wish I could talk to Yuuri in that way. They seem so relaxed. Lately all my conversations with him get awkward for some reason. He gets flustered and even avoids me sometimes. He was the one who said he wanted to be friends first, even if it was to shut me up about our engagement. So why is he acting like that now? Is it that I make him uncomfortable even as a friend?

I hear Yuuri yelling a thank you to Conrart and he goes away running, probably in the direction of our room. Then Conrart turns around and looks at me, he probably knew I was here all along.

"Can't sleep?" He asks as he approaches me.

"None of your business" I answer and humph.

He chuckles and leans against the wall next to me. I wonder what he is laughing about, maybe the fact that neither of us could sleep. Although my reasons are a little different.

"I'm leaving in the morning with my soldiers" I say running a hand through my hair. "Before dawn, so Yuuri won't notice" I add.

"He knows, Wolfram" he says calmly, I think my jaw just popped open. Maybe I am more predictable than I thought. Is Yuuri planning to stop me? I'd have to leave right the way if he is.

"No one is going to stop you. We know you are a trained soldier, and that you can handle yourself in this situations. That doesn't stop us for worrying" I think he stressed that we because he means Yuuri. I'm feeling a little guilty for some reason. I look down.

"Why are you still here? you have few hours left of sleep" Conrart says and smiles, I can barely see it on pure moonlight, but he is definitely smiling.

I scoff and just take my leave without another word, but before I am too far away I mutter a thank you, which I'm not sure he heard.

For some reason now I'm running. I feel this sudden urge to see Yuuri, to spend this night with him. It isn't like anything is going to happen to me while I'm gone, and I'm sure everyone here will keep Yuuri safe while I'm away. However, I have this nagging feeling in the middle of my chest all of a sudden.

I reach the door to our room and take a few deep breaths before grabbing the door knob. It takes a few seconds for my eyes to adjust to the light, or lack of it. Through the curtains a few rays of moonlight are filtering, and it makes Yuuri's beautiful raven hair shine. He seems to be asleep so I go to the closet and change my clothes trying to make as little noise as possible.

I approach the bed. He's giving his back to my side of the bed. He has gotten more muscular in these three years, although he hasn't really grow that much, maybe a few inches. He hasn't changed much either. That makes me really happy, it means the mazoku blood in his body runs strong.

I climb up holding my breath and lay down next to him, allowing our backs to touch just a little bit. When I'm about to close my eyes and relax my body I feel him turning around and holding me by the waist. I gasp. We have woken up in this position before, but I always took it for an involuntary movement he did while sleeping, so I wait a little to see if he is, but then...

"Where have you been?" he asks with a half asleep tone.

"Nowhere..." It wasn't a brilliant answer, I know, but what more could you ask of me? I am practically frozen. This behavior is something really unexpected... and I'm really happy about it...

"Take care of yourself out there okay?" he says and holds me tighter. There's almost a pleading tone in his voice that makes my heart hurt a little.

"Of course I will, I don't know what you would do without me" I say trying to sound confident and nonchalant.

"Me neither" he says in an almost inaudible whisper. I hold his hand with mine and our fingers intertwine. I think we both fell asleep at the same time right that second.

I had a dream that night, a nightmare. I would yell Yuuri's name but no sound would come out. When I looked up, Yuuri was leaving with someone by his hand, that someone was me. But another me. Those eyes weren't mine.

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Any comments on how I'm doing on this changing POVs thing? it's really not what I usually do, so I'd like to know your opinion.