Part Forty-Three
Very Brief Recap
- Wolfie and Yuuri decide to go to Earth! Yay!
Warnings
- Still PG-13 for now. But just a warning for later...? Yeah... it's definitely higher than that later on. DX So... I'll still put up warnings, but if anyone has a problem with how high it's rated, then don't worry about it for a long while. Eheheheh...
- Nothing bad for this part, by the way. Just fluff. XP
Covering the Bases
Part Forty-Three - "Diamonds"
Miko - *hands Wolfram some plates so he could help her set the table, before leading the way out to said table, silverware and a could glasses in hand/spots her eldest son and beams at him* "Welcome home, Sho-chan! We were just getting ready to sit down and have dinner!"
Wolfram - *takes the plates and follows her, beginning to place them along the table/feels a little odd doing it/he's never done something as simple as setting a table before*
Shori - *pauses on his way towards the stairs, intent on saying something to his mother, but stops when he spots Wolfram* "What's he doing here?"
Miko - *frowns at her son, though it looks more like a pout/sets the items from her hands onto the table before turning to him* "Is that any way to treat a guest, Sho-chan? Mama thought you have better manners than that!"
Shori - *rolls his eyes just a little, ignoring her comment and glancing around* "I guess this means Yuu-chan's home..." *although he didn't see any of the others/thinks it's a little odd that Yuuri would come with just Wolfram*
Miko - *picks up the napkins, pushing them into Shori's hands* "You'll help set the table, won't you, Sho-chan?" *beams up at him before turning to go back into the kitchen to get the food and other glasses and whatever else they needed*
Shori - *looks down at the napkins that had been shoved in his hands and sighs/he'd been planning on checking his e-mails before dinner, but it seemed as if his mother had other plans/goes about setting the napkins around the table, eyeing Wolfram suspiciously*
Wolfram - *frowns a little bit once he's finished, glancing back as Yuuri's brother/why was he always so suspicious?*
Miko - *comes back out with several other glasses in her hands, setting them on the table, smiling at the both of them* "Sho-chan~ Come help Mama bring out the food~ Wol-chan? Could you go tell Yuu-chan it's time for dinner, please?" *turns to start going back to the kitchen*
Shori - *sighs again, but follows, giving Wolfram one last look as he did so*
Wolfram - *has no idea where Yuuri went after the wimp left the kitchen, but figures it wouldn't have been far/finds him laying on the couch they'd been sitting on earlier, apparently sleeping/grumbles and grabs at the pillow, thwacking him with it*
Yuuri - *whines a little as he's suddenly hit and woken from his light nap/blinks hazily around, trying to figure out what had hit him*
Wolfram - *grumbles some more about how he shouldn't be tired because he wasn't the one eating, breathing, and sleeping for two/thwacks at him again*
Yuuri - *wakes up a bit more, now trying to defend himself against the attack/mumbles sleepily* "Uwah! What, Wolf??"
Wolfram - *frowns at him* "Get up. It's time to eat."
Yuuri - *lifts a hand to rub at his eyes, yawning lightly, but sits up on the couch/pouts a little at the blond* "You didn't have to hit me..."
Wolfram - *huffs, placing the pillow back on the couch* "It was the fastest and easiest way to wake you up."
Yuuri - *yawns again, pushing himself off the couch/pouts more* "I wasn't asleep... I was just resting my eyes..."
Wolfram - *snorts/doesn't believe him* "Sure..."
Yuuri - *rubs at his eyes a bit more, reaching out with his other hand to take hold of the blond's, leading him back out to the table, and only stumbling a couple times*
Wolfram - *shakes his head at him and his stumbling/follows beside him* "I helped cook, by the way, so you'd better eat everything."
Yuuri - *blinks down curiously at him, smiling sleepily* "You did? Don't worry, I'll eat everything." *okay, he was almost completely awake*
Wolfram - *smiles back, still somewhat pleased with himself... not that he knew what he'd been cooking or how it had all worked, but he figured that didn't matter as much as the fact that he'd actually done it*
Miko - *makes her way back out of the kitchen with a few plates of food in her hands, setting them down in the center of the table/smiling happily at the two* "Sit down! Sit down! We're just going to wait a bit longer for Papa before we eat, okay?"
Yuuri - *slowly takes his seat, yawning lightly once more and still absentmindedly holding onto Wolfram's hand*
Wolfram - *takes the seat beside him, watching him carefully/smiles at how cute he looks when he's sleepy*
Shori - *walks back out from the kitchen, carrying some other stuff his mom had shoved into his hands and demanded that he bring in/sets it all on the table before sitting in the seat across from Yuuri, looking at him curiously* "Where are all your other friends?"
Yuuri - *grins hazily at his brother* "Hey, Shori..." *pauses, thinking about his question* "Probably eating or something... or whatever they usually do at this time of day..."
Shori - *gives him an odd look* "They didn't come with you this time?" *glances suspiciously at Wolfram again*
Wolfram - *pouts/didn't like all the looks he was getting*
Yuuri - *shakes his head, forcing back another yawn/still trying to wake up completely* "Nope, just us."
Miko - *comes back out from the kitchen once more with the rest of the food, setting it down on the table before taking her place next to Shori/places her elbows on the table, cradling her chin in her hands/sighs happily* "It's so wonderful to have the family together! Oh! And Wol-chan, next time you should bring your brothers, too, okay~?"
Wolfram - *doesn't really want to bring his brothers, but isn't about to tell her that/gives her yet another sweet smile* "Of course, Mother."
Shoma - *comes through the door, loosening his tie* "Honey, I'm home!" *follows the smell of food, spotting the two extra people at the table* "Yuu-chan. Welcome back." *spares Wolfram a curious look, but eventually smiles at him* "It's good to see you again, Wolfram."
Wolfram - *smiles back at him* "Hello, Father..."
Miko - *smiles up at her husband, waiting for him to sit down before moving over to give him a peck on the lips* "We were about to start without you!"
Yuuri - *gives a small wave of his hand at his father* "Hey, dad..." *goes back to eyeing the food/he was hungrier than he thought he would be*
Shoma - "Sorry. I got a bit caught up at work." *glances over the food/starving* "Everything looks great, honey." *he'd learned long ago not to complain about how much they had curry*
Miko - *moves to start serving the food to everyone, making sure to give Wolfram a bit extra/swats a bit at Yuuri's hand as he tries to reach for some food early*
Yuuri - *pouts at her, pulling his hand back to pick up his chopsticks/eyes Wolfram a bit, realizing he was still holding his hand and carefully lets go so he could eat*
Wolfram - *hardly notices that Yuuri had let go of his hand, eyeing the chopsticks warily/he remembered trying to use them the last time he'd come here, and it had been more difficult than Yuuri made it seem/picks them up and tries to hold them correctly, glancing over at Yuuri's hand to see if he was doing it right, only to realize that he had it completely wrong*
Shoma - *digs in, eating much like Yuuri did and practically shoveling it into his face/man, was he hungry...*
Shori - *starts eating as well, glancing between Yuuri and Wolfram every once in a while*
Yuuri - *snorts lightly at Wolfram, setting his chopsticks down to reach over to the blond, taking his hand and his chopsticks and placing them how they were supposed to be in his hand* "Like this... hold the bottom one like a pencil... er... or quill... and the other one on top, like this..."
Miko - *sitting down to eat as well, though pausing to make sure her husband didn't choke on his food*
Wolfram - *pouts at the chopsticks/even with Yuuri helping him, he still managed to drop one/grumbles* "It's too hard..."
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes, smiling at him/picks up the dropped chopstick and taking the other from his hand/reaches over to scoop some food off Wolfram's plate to hold up in front of him* "Open your mouth..."
Wolfram - *flushes, but does as he's told*
Yuuri - *shakes his head lightly in amusement as he fed the blond, moving to scoop up some more to hold up to him again* "And you say I'm hopeless..."
Wolfram - *chews and swallows* "We don't eat with funny sticks at home..." *opens his mouth again*
Shori - *stops eating to watch them, raising an eyebrow at his brother/really, now...?*
Shoma - *hardly notices, not that it would have bothered him at all/continues to inhale his food*
Miko - *giggles softly in amusement, watching the two only a little as she ate*
Yuuri - *snorts again* "And we don't usually eat with sporks here..." *feeds him some more, pausing to take a bite off his own plate while Wolfram chewed his food*
Wolfram - *chews and swallows/grumbles* "Sporks aren't that difficult to use..."
Yuuri - *quickly puts some more food into the blond's mouth, pausing only a little to talk before going back to his food/grinning widely at him* "Chopsticks aren't that difficult either..."
Wolfram - *again, chews and swallows* "Yes, they are..."
Yuuri - *shakes his head lightly as he fed the blond* "Maybe to someone like you..."
Wolfram - *more chewing, more swallowing* "Someone like me?" *frowns at him* "You make it sound as if I'm abnormal."
Yuuri - *shrugs* "You're not abnormal, you're just not Asian." *feeds the blond and himself more*
Wolfram - *huffs and continues eating*
Shori - *watches them still, occasionally taking bites of his own food/mutters* "We do have forks, too, you know..."
Yuuri - *shoots a small pout at his brother, sitting up a little straighter/holds more food up for the blond* "So...?"
Wolfram - *opens his mouth again to take the food*
Shori - *rolls his eyes a little* "He can feed himself..."
Yuuri - *pouts a little more/mumbles again, still feeding Wolfram, completely forgetting to eat his own food now that Shori was talking* "So...?"
Shori - *sighs, looking back down at his plate/a bit sarcastic* "Well, if this isn't just a Hollywood movie waiting to happen..."
Yuuri - *sputters, finally flushing red/glares embarrassedly at his brother* "T-that's... no... it's not..."
Shori - *continues eat/casually* "So are you a flaming homo or a switch-hitter?"
Yuuri - *grumbles under his breath about how Shori needed to get a girlfriend and/or come out*
Shori - "Or do you just like little boys who look like girls?"
Wolfram - *grumbles a little bit about how it wasn't his fault he looked like a girl/opens his mouth again for more food*
Yuuri - *forces himself not to yell at his brother in front of his parents and fiancé/focuses only on making sure he got the food into Wolfram's mouth*
Wolfram - *eats, glaring a little bit at Shori as he chews/doesn't understand what he'd been asking Yuuri, but he didn't like being called 'little' or 'girly'*
Shoma - *looks up from his food to glance between the three, wondering if he'd missed something*
Miko - *apparently off in her own little world/daydreaming about royal weddings and babies with wings*
Yuuri - *reaches under the table to take Wolfram's hand in his free hand to squeeze lightly, trying to get him to look at him instead of at his brother as he fed him*
Wolfram - *frowns a little bit more before turning back to Yuuri, giving him a small smile and opening his mouth again*
Shori - *falls silent and focuses on his food*
Yuuri - *only once Shori is finally silent does he start feeding himself as well, though mostly making sure that Wolfram had an almost constant stream of food in his mouth*
Wolfram - *chews and swallows, chews and swallows, though making sure Yuuri took the time to eat, too*
Shoma - *is the first to finish all of his food, but politely remains at the table, sipping at his drink and smiling at his wife every once in a while, even if she seemed a bit out of it at the moment/he was used to that after all this time*
Yuuri - *continues feeding the blond, pausing to shovel slightly larger bites into his own mouth to catch up/smiles at him once the plate was nearly empty* "Are you still hungry?"
Wolfram - *shakes his head, smiling at him lightly* "I'm fine..."
Miko - *finishes up with her plate, though still lost in her fantasies*
Yuuri - *nods at him, pulling back a bit and placing the chopsticks onto Wolfram's plate* "Tell me if you get hungry later, okay?"
Wolfram - *nods at him this time, still smiling* "I will. I promise..."
Shori - *forces himself not to roll his eyes/well, jee, weren't they sappy.../when the heck did that happen and how had he not known until now?*
Yuuri - *smiles back, but flushes, frowning lightly as he caught his brother's expression out of the corner of his eye/turns to huff at him defensively* "What?"
Shori - *shrugs* "Nothing. I just didn't realize the two of you were suddenly all lovey-dovey. What happen to all your whining and complaining about how you like girls?"
Yuuri - *flushes more, puffing out his chest some as if that would make him look more sure of himself/rambles a bit as he tried to think of something to say* "Well... It's not like I've been home in a while and what's it to you if I don't explain my personal life for your benefit?"
Shori - *looks up at him/feels a little dejected/every time Yuu-chan came home, it seemed as if he was slipping further and further away from him/narrows his eyes a little bit* "I was just wondering. You seemed so against being gay."
Yuuri - *sputters lightly, letting out a breath he didn't even know he had been holding* "I... it's not... what does it matter?" *wonderful, award-winning answer...*
Shori - *snorts, then shrugs again* "It doesn't matter, or apparently not anymore. You're the one who had a problem with it."
Wolfram - *looks between the two of them/still didn't really understand what they were talking about, though he figured it was something to do with him*
Yuuri - *still flushed, looking away from his brother to stare up at the ceiling* "Well... whatever..."
Wolfram - *glares at Shori, then looks to Yuuri in concern*
Shori - *goes back to eating, quickly finishing the remainder of his food*
Shoma - *had watched the exchange between his sons from his place by his wife/a little surprised as well about the sudden change in Yuuri and Wolfram's relationship, but he's not bothered by it/carefully makes his way into the conversation* "Well I, for one, am relieved. If you're happy, Yuu-chan, then I'm happy for you."
Miko - *snaps out of her zoning to giggle happily, smiling brightly at the two* "Yuu-chan~ Wol-chan~ Are you going to tell them the wonderful news?"
Yuuri - *flushes a little more at his father's words/had he really made such a big deal about it before...? it was kinda hard to remember - that, or he was trying to forget/mumbles lightly* "Thanks..." *eyes his mother, wary/right now...? after all that from Shori...?/sits up straighter again, looking directly at Shori as if to shove it in his face a bit* "Wolfram and I are getting married in two weeks." *'and you're not invited! hahahahahahaha....' or something like that...*
Shori - *looks straight back at him/his eyes widen just a little bit, but he doesn't say anything*
Shoma - *is also a bit surprised by the news, but the shock doesn't last long/smiles at his younger son* "That is good news. Congratulations." *although it would have been nice if they could have been informed a little earlier, but he wasn't a very picky man/he could roll with it*
Yuuri - *sighs lightly, gently squeezing Wolfram's hand he still held onto under the table* "Thanks... and sorry... I would have told you guys sooner, but... I kinda got distracted..."
Shoma - *waves a hand at him* "It's fine. Don't worry about it. I'm sure you were busy." *could understand the stresses of work all too well*
Shori - *isn't as accepting as their father/still staring across the table at Yuuri* "Distracted by what, exactly?" *spares Wolfram another look*
Yuuri - *catches the look Shori gave the blond/frowns a bit* "Work..." *what were the looks for..?*
Shori - *shakes his head/Yuu-chan? work? ha! he complained about his paperwork almost as much as he complained about his sexuality crisis*
Wolfram - *gives Shori a look as well, frowning a little again/squeezes Yuuri's hand in return, holding onto it tightly*
Miko - *giggles more, somewhat excited that she had her own little secret with the two, so she wasn't about to start blabbing/oh! she would have to start looking for all new baby things for Yuuri to take back with him once the baby was born~/gets up from the table to start clearing it*
Yuuri - *huffs a little at Shori's expression - he didn't really like it... he didn't really know what he was thinking.../to his brother* "Hey... for the wedding I was going to order flowers from here to bring back with us... do you how I can do that...?"
Shori - *gives him a level look* "You go to the florist and order them."
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes at him* "I didn't know if there was an easier way... like online or something... since you're always on your computer..."
Shori - *shrugs* "Whatever. It doesn't matter either way. You can go to the florist, put in an order, then they'll have a shipment sent in, and you can go pick them up. Or you can go to their website and place an order online, and you can either pick them up at the shop or have them sent here. I would personally pick them up at the shop; there will be less of a chance of them being tampered with or damaged." *why was he giving his younger brother advice on how to get flowers? Yuu-chan was too young to get married*
Yuuri - "Oh..." *that sounded simple enough* "Okay... I can do that... er... well..." *pauses, laughing a bit nervously* "Umm, what should I do about the payment...?"
Shori - *gives him an 'are you kidding me?' look/not that he'd expected him to be able to pay for them on his own* "If you're nice, maybe I'll feel generous and let you use my card." *the good thing about being the future Demon King of Earth was that he got an very nice expense account... and a car, too, but he wasn't going to mention that, lest Yuu-chan ask him about driving it*
Yuuri - *grins gratefully at his brother, apparently forgetting all about the little stuff during dinner* "Can I go tonight...?"
Shori - *raises an eyebrow at him* "What are you gonna trade me for it?"
Yuuri - *thinks about it for a moment before leaning a bit onto the table, still grinning at his brother, but with a questioning raised eyebrow* "What would you say to a demon sword?" *not that he was serious... maybe...*
Shori - "I'd say I think you have more of a need for that than I do." *shrugs, leaning back into his chair and crossing his arms over his chest* "And it would look a little odd if I had a talking sword." *shakes his head* "You'll have to do better than that..."
Yuuri - *sighs a bit/at least he tried getting rid of that annoying thing... - what? he wasn't that great with a sword, anyway.../pouts a little, eyeing his brother* "What do you want...?"
Shori - "What can you give me...?" *was really just stringing him along; think of it as payback for the whole 'hey, guess what, me and my fiancé - whom I haven't shown any interest in at all until just very recently - are getting married in two weeks' thing*
Wolfram - *frowns at Shori again/dammit, he wanted his flowers/smirks a little bit to himself, before leaning closer to Yuuri/if there was one thing he knew well, it was dealing with overprotective older brothers/leans up to whisper in Yuuri's ear* "Give him a cute look and say 'please' while pouting pathetically."
Yuuri - *leans a little closer to Wolfram as he whispered to him/forces back a grin, doing his best to put on a cute look, staring helplessly at his older brother with his big, black eyes/pouts dramatically* "Please...?"
Shori - *twitches/oh, no... not the kicked puppy look! anything but the kicked puppy look!!*
Yuuri - *lets his lower lip quiver a bit, letting out a pathetic sigh as he continued to pout at his brother* "Pretty please...?"
Shori - *must... stay... strong/must... not... give in...*
Yuuri - *blinks innocently at him, pouting and being as cute looking as he could possibly manage without caving in and cracking up* "You're the best big brother in the world, you know..."
Shori - *twitches again and caves/he'd never been able to resist his little brother for long, anyway/digs into his back pocket to pull out his wallet, flipping it open and pulling out one of his many cards, tossing it across the table/grumbles* "If you're planning on getting a lot, don't go to the local shop. They may not be able to handle such a large order. You'll have to go into the city."
Yuuri - *drops his pathetic look as he snatched up the card to shove safely in his pocket, grinning widely at his brother* "Thanks! I owe you big!"
Shori - *yeah, he sure did/gives him a serious, speculative look* "Do you plan on taking the bus or the train?"
Yuuri - *shrugs* "I dunno... the train would be easier, wouldn't it?"
Shori - *raises an eyebrow* "You gonna take your fiancé with you?"
Wolfram - *looks towards Yuuri and gives him a 'you better be taking me' look*
Yuuri - *doesn't even have to see Wolfram's look* "Duh..."
Shori - *smirks at him/yeah, he'd love to see how that went on the train* "Two words for you, Yuu-chan. Culture. Shock."
Yuuri - *feels his grin drop/oh crap...* "We'll be fine..."
Shori - "Sure..." *doesn't believe him/sighs to himself and digs into one of his other pockets/who was he kidding? he'd do anything for his little brother/takes out his keys and tosses them at him*
Yuuri - *gapes at the keys, though not pausing to snatch them off the table as well* "When did you get a car..?? These keys are new!!"
Shori - *shrugs* "If you'd been here, you'd have known." *narrows his eyes at him then* "It's expensive. If you scratch it, or dent it, or harm it in any way, I will kill your fiancé."
Yuuri - *raises an eyebrow at his brother* "Like hell you will..."
Miko - *frowns at her son as she takes his plate from in front of him* "Yuu-chan! Language!"
Shoma - *has been watching the entire thing from his place on the table/laughing to himself at how much his sons had grown up*
Wolfram - *sits there, confused/doesn't know what they're talking about; he just knows he wants his flowers*
Shori - *sighs again, shaking his head* "Just don't wreck it."
Yuuri - *grins at him again* "I won't!" *tugs lightly at Wolfram's hand, turning to grin at him as well* "Wanna go now?"
Wolfram - *looks up at him, and doesn't try to hide his confusion* "I... I guess..." *yes, he wanted his flowers, and he was going to get them, dammit!*
Yuuri - *gets up from his chair, finally letting go of Wolfram's hand as he pushed his chair in* "I've gotta run upstairs and get my license real quick, okay?"
Miko - *pokes out from the kitchen* "It's freezing outside! Don't forget to wear a coat! And gloves and a hat and scarf!"
Wolfram - *looks from Yuuri, to Yuuri's mother, and back again/doesn't really know what to do* "Uhh... okay..."
Yuuri - *leans down to give Wolfram a quick kiss on the cheek before dashing off and up the stairs to his room/digs through one of the desk drawers again, pulling out his wallet, checking to make sure he had his license in it before pulling Shori's card out of his pocket and shoving it onto one of the slots before stuffing the whole thing into his back pocket/dashes back down the stairs, having to catch himself against the wall as he tripped on the last step in his haste*
Wolfram - *sits there patiently as waits for him*
Shori - *goes back to giving Wolfram suspicious looks*
Wolfram - *glares at him*
Shoma - *sits at the table for a little while longer, smiling, before getting up and helping his wife*
Yuuri - *makes his way back to the table, a little flushed from running - and embarrassment.../grins at Wolfram, reaching to take his hand again to help pull him out of his chair* "You ready?"
Wolfram - *grabs onto his hand, standing from his chair/nods at him with a little smile*
Yuuri - *leads him over to the door, sitting him down on the little step so he could get him some shoes/eyes his mom's snow shoes - the only ones that wouldn't swallow his feet/calls over his shoulder* "Mom! Wolfram's gonna use your shoes, okay?"
Miko - *calls back* "'Mama', Yuu-chan! That's fine! The coats are in the closet, okay?"
Yuuri - "Thanks!" *pulls his mom's shoes over to Wolfram to help him get them on his feet*
Wolfram - *doesn't really complain about doing it himself/he had no idea what they were doing or where they were going anyway, so he figured it would be better to just let Yuuri handle everything*
Yuuri - *straightens out the shoes, making sure he tied them tight enough before reaching over for his own snow shoes - placed out with the rest of the shoes out of habit, he supposed/quickly pulls them on before getting up, helping the blond up as well/eyes the shoes* "How do they feel?"
Wolfram - *looks down at the shoes, tapping one foot against the ground, then the other, trying to get a feel for them* "They're okay..."
Yuuri - "Good enough..." *pulls open the closet door opposite the shoes to pull out his mother's coat to help Wolfram into before getting his own/continues to bundle the blond up until he was satisfied - he wore the complete outfit/like he was going to let him catch a cold now... ha!/tugs on his own hat, grinning at the blond again* "Ready...?"
Wolfram - *looks down at himself, before looking back up at Yuuri/smiles at him a little, though he felt a bit weird in all of these Earth clothes* "Yeah..."
Yuuri - *pauses as he takes hold of the door knob, wondering if it would be better to blindfold the boy/glances nervously at Wolfram, then sighs* "Don't you dare wander off by yourself, even for a minute... Stay right next to me at all times..."
Wolfram - *looks up at him, and nods/he hadn't planned on leaving his side - he didn't want to get lost in this place!*
Yuuri - *pauses again, but finally pulls the door open, though takes hold of the blond's hand right after to make sure he didn't slip on any ice - or get lost...*
Wolfram - *grips tightly to Yuuri's hand/wasn't going to let go of it unless he absolutely has to*
Yuuri - *carefully leads the blond out of the house, pausing only briefly to call back into it* "We'll be back later!" *shuts the door behind him, leading Wolfram around the front of the house, pausing again to gape at his brother's shiny car/that jerk... just because he stayed on Earth meant he got a car? where was Yuuri's car? he was a demon king too, right?? and Shori wasn't even a demon king yet! just one in training!/huffs at it, watching Wolfram carefully as he lead him to the passenger side, pulling the keys out of his pocket to beep it unlocked*
Wolfram - *looks at the thing that he supposed was called a car/the modes of transportation in this world were strange looking indeed/jumps a little bit at the beeping noise it gave off*
Yuuri - *snorts at Wolfram's reaction* "Sorry..." *pulls the door open for him, still holding his hand as he waited for him to climb in*
Wolfram - *gives him an odd look, but turns back to the shiny thing and climbs inside, looking around at all of the buttons and knobs, though he doesn't dare touch any of them*
Yuuri - *makes sure he'd in all the way before letting his hand go and carefully shutting the door behind him/goes around the car, pulling his door open and sliding in, shutting the door behind him/pauses to frown even more at the cool inside of the car*
Wolfram - *turns to watch Yuuri curiously*
Yuuri - *sighs, shaking his head/whatever... he didn't need a car.../turns to Wolfram, reaching over him to take the seatbelt from the door side to pull over top of him, buckling him in/curiously* "How are you doing...?"
Wolfram - "Uhhh..." *looks at the thing Yuuri had just pulled across him/doesn't know if he likes being strapped into a confined space very much* "I... I'm okay..." *a little nervous, but okay*
Yuuri - *nods at him, though still a bit worried/reaches for his own seatbelt to buckle himself in/takes the keys and puts them into the ignition, starting up the car/oh, come on! it sounded great too! like a purr... stupid Shori...*
Wolfram - *sits completely still, not moving a muscle/couldn't recall ever being in one of these things before, unless that long thing that that doctor had made them get into that took them to the place where they'd gotten onto that flying machine that took them to that Switz place had been a car, too/he did remember being on a bus, but not a car/the bus had been bigger, and he hadn't been strapped in*
Yuuri - *watches Wolfram for a bit before dropping the car into reverse to back out of the drive, pulling into the street before changing to drive/and off they went~/once out of the neighborhood, he reaches out to take hold of Wolfram's hand again/still worried* "You still okay...?"
Wolfram - *squeezes his hand tightly and nods, staring at everything that passed by through the window, before looking at all the buttons and knobs again/was this thing really safe? it looked way too complicated* "You know how to work this thing?"
Yuuri - "Not really, but that's part of the fun, right?" *pauses for a moment before flashing him a quick grin* "Just kidding... Yeah, I know how to 'work this thing.' It's not as hard as it looks... it just takes practice..."
Wolfram - *stares horrified at his first statement, then rips his hand away to whack at him* "Don't scare me like that!" *if he was going to die, he didn't want to be strapped inside some strange machine on some strange world far away from home*
Yuuri - *winces, laughing lightly* "You really think I would put your life in danger? It's perfectly safe, don't worry." *especially since he was being extra cautious with Wolfram in the car*
Wolfram - *glares at him for a moment, preparing to whack him again if he had to, but then lowers his hand to glance over everything again/curious, even if he was a little nervous about it - tells himself it's like riding in a carriage without any horses* "What do all these buttons do?"
Yuuri - *grins at him, though making sure to keep his eyes on the road* "Press one..."
Wolfram - *looks at him warily, keeping his hands far away from them* "What'll it do?"
Yuuri - *shrugs* "Nothing bad, I assure you..."
Wolfram - *gives the buttons a serious look, but makes no move to touch them* "I don't want to press them, not if I don't know what'll happen."
Yuuri - *shakes his head lightly, amused/lifts his hand - the one not on the wheel - to point at the various buttons* "That's the air, incase it gets too hot and you want to cool off... that's the heat... that's the temperature control..." *pauses to adjust the knob to make it a bit warmer in the car* "... that's the radio... those control CDs... the buttons on the door are for the window and the lock..."
Wolfram - *looks at everything he points to, but doesn't understand it at all/merely nods*
Yuuri - "Did you want to listen to some music?" *curious/very amused*
Wolfram - *looks at him strangely* "How?" *he didn't see any instruments in here*
Yuuri - *reaches over to turn the volume knob down, just in case Shori felt like blasting whatever he listened to and not bother to turn it down, then presses the button to turn on the radio, turning the volume back up some to a soft rock channel/snorts, trying to think of what his brother's tastes in music was since he couldn't really remember/points over to the channel button* "Just press that until you find something you like, okay?"
Wolfram - *is absolutely shocked to hear music, and looks around a little bit to see where it's coming from/presses the button Yuuri had pointed to, only to hear the music change to something different/looks around a second time to try and find out where the sounds were originating from/gapes at Yuuri with wide eyes, astounded* "How does it do that?"
Yuuri - "Magic..." *pauses, grinning again* "Not really...." *pauses again, trying to think of how to explain it* "There's music that is already recorded... and each station plays different kinds of music... and when you press that button, it picks up a different radio signal from where they're broadcasting the music..."
Wolfram - *continues to gape at him, not understanding a single word* "What?"
Yuuri - "Uhh..." *how to explain this...* "Well... there's already music you can listen to... so people can listen to the same thing over and over without having to worry about it changing... and these places called radio stations have this invisible frequency that is picked up by radios that are changed to the number of their station... So, it's sorta like magic... only... more scientific..." *he was just making this worse...*
Wolfram - *looks at him some more, trying really hard to understand it, but it doesn't make any sense to him at all/pouts a little and looks out the big window in front of them* "All this stuff makes me feel stupid..." *and he did not like feeling stupid*
Yuuri - *shakes his head quickly* "You're not stupid at all... this is just different than what you're used to... the longer you're around it all, the more you'll get used to it..."
Wolfram - *doesn't think he'll ever get used to it, but thinks briefly of Anissina and how much fun she'd have inspecting something like this/leans foreword a bit to press at the music button again, listening to it change/presses it a few more times, taking a moment to listen to it all before pressing again/the music in this world was strange too/it all sounded so... loud*
Yuuri - *watches Wolfram out of the corner of his eye, taking in his expression/reaches up to press at the channel button a few more times to get to the classical music station* "Is that more like what you're used to...?"
Wolfram - *pauses to listen to it for a moment/he definitely didn't recognize the song, but it was much softer and less hectic sounding/smiles and nods at Yuuri, leaning back into the chair he was strapped to*
Yuuri - *smiles back at him as he kept driving, making their way into the city/mumbles to himself* "Okay... now to find this flower place..."
Wolfram - *gazes out the window at all the buildings, trying to look up at the really tall ones/tries to read what all the signs say, but the writing is weird and he doesn't have enough time to look at them before they pass - not that he'd be of much help anyway*
Yuuri - *drives around for a little while before sighing* "Found it... We're going to have to walk to it, though..." *drives down the street some more to find the closest public parking section/pulls into a parking deck, making their way up to about the third floor before finding a spot/pulls in and shuts off the car before unbuckling himself, then leaning over to unbuckle Wolfram* "You okay?"
Wolfram - *nods at him again, feeling a little better now that he wasn't strapped in anymore/looks out the window again to see all the cars around them*
Yuuri - *gets out of the car, shutting his door and making his way over to Wolfram's side to open the door and help him out/wary* "Don't let go of my hand..."
Wolfram - *looks at him as if he's crazy, holding his hand tightly again as he stepped out of the car* "You think I want to??"
Yuuri - *smiles lightly at him, shutting the door behind him and beeping the car locked before putting the keys in his coat pocket* "Just making sure..."
Wolfram - *jumps at the beeping sound again, letting go of Yuuri's hand to cling tightly to his arm*
Yuuri - *can't help but laugh at how cute the blond was, though he guessed he shouldn't really be making fun of him if it scared him* "Nothing's going to hurt you... Come on..." *turns to lead him away from the car to head to the elevator*
Wolfram - *follows him, still clinging to his arm and looking around at everything with wide eyes*
Yuuri - *pauses in front of the elevator, reaching a hand out to point to the down button, grinning down at the blond* "Hey, Wolf... push that button..."
Wolfram - *glances at him warily before slowly reaching out a hand to push the button, watching it start to glow as he presses it in* "What does it do?"
Yuuri - *grins wider, pointing at the door in front of him* "Watch..." *sure enough, about ten seconds later the doors open, a few people already inside/carefully leads the blond into the free space, making sure he didn't let go of him*
Wolfram - "Oh..." *lets Yuuri lead him, glacing around at the inside of the cage, looking at the buttons on one of the walls/he'd been in one of these before, when they went to that tall building by the lake at that Switz place to see Bob/it make going up and down multiple floors much easier*
Yuuri - *once it reached the bottom he leads the blond out onto the sidewalk, heading back the way he had spotted the flower shop/watches Wolfram carefully* "Still doing okay? You're not cold, are you?"
Wolfram - "No, I'm fine." *too busy looking around at everything to feel the cold/tilts his head back to look at the really tall buildings*
Yuuri - *leads the blond slowly down the sidewalk, letting him have enough time to look at everything/also making sure no one walking by ran into him or anything like that/pauses in front of the flowershop to let Wolfram come back into focus again* "Wolf... we're here..."
Wolfram - *immediately glances back down to look at the building in front of them/it looked way different than the dwellings and vedors back home* "They sell flowers here?" *wonders how stupid he must sound/was this how Yuuri had felt the first time he'd come to their world?*
Yuuri - *snorts lightly, but tries to cover it with a cough* "Yeah, come on..." *moves over to the door, pushing it open and leading the blond up to the counter to take an order form, then moving over to one of the little couches to sit down/grins at him* "So... what are we getting...?"
Wolfram - *looks around at the inside of the building, sitting down next to Yuuri, making sure to stay as close as he possibly could without being practically on top of him/looks at the form he was holding, trying to read it but failing* "Yellow roses and Casa-... something." *he could never remember what the sage had called them when he'd drawn a picture and described them* "They're white lilies..."
Yuuri - *scribbles down onto the paper with the pen from the table next to him* "Yellow roses... and Casablanca lillies..." *pauses, looking at the space for 'amount'* "How many do you want? A lot? Or more than a lot?"
Wolfram - *winces/he hadn't really thought of an actual number, although he knew he wanted a lot/more than a lot sounded good, too...* "Ummm... more than a lot...?"
Yuuri - *scribbles down a quick note in the blank space about when they needed the flowers by, and jotting out that they needed as many as humanly possible* "That should be good..."
Wolfram - *nods, though he has no idea what he wrote, can only assume that it was something along the lines of 'more than a lot'*
Yuuri - *finishes filling out the rest of the information before moving off the couch - making sure Wolfram was right with him - to bring the paper up to the front, passing it to the lady and pulling out his brother's card from his wallet to pass to her/said lady seemed a little overwhelmed by the size of the order, but hey, at least she was getting paid for it*
Wolfram - *stands close to Yuuri and clings to his arm again, not wanting to be even an inch away from him at any point of time/this place was much more crowded than any of the cities back home - even the capital - and it made him very nervous to think of accidentally getting separated from Yuuri*
Yuuri - *takes the card back from the lady, double checking with her about the time he should go to pick the order up while he slipped the card and wallet back into his pocket/apparently not at all bothered with the price of the flowers - if he really needed to, he could always pay his brother back with some of the old dusty stuff from the 'treasure room' - it's not like they really used all that stuff, anyway.../turns back around to lead the blond out the door again, looking up at the sky and the light snow falling from it/snow... hadn't they already had enough of the snow...?*
Wolfram - *looks up as well, wrinkling his nose when a flake of snow fell onto it* "Will it still be snowing here when we come for our honeymoon?"
Yuuri - *shakes his head/smiling down at the blond* "We're going somewhere much warmer for the honeymoon, don't worry."
Wolfram - "Oh... okay..." *starts looking around again, moving closer to Yuuri and trying not to run into any of the people rushing down the walkway/a lot of them hand weird looking rectangular things held up to their ears, and it seemed as if they were talking to them/blinks at them oddly/he thought he could remember Yuuri's brother having one of those things, but he didn't know what they were called*
Yuuri - "Come on..." *turns to lead the blond off in the direction they had been walking when heading towards the shop, obviously not going back to the car*
Wolfram - *follows him, looking into some of the windows of the buildings they were walking next to/his eyes widen when he sees frozen, faceless people standing in one of the windows, wearing weird Earth clothes*
Yuuri - *catches Wolfram's gaze, pausing to look up at the mannequin in the window/grins in amusement* "What...?"
Wolfram - *gives him a curious look* "What are they? Dolls?"
Yuuri - *nods to him* "Yeah... so you can see what the clothes will look like before you even try them on... They're there to catch people's attention, making them say things like 'Oh! That would look great on me!' or something like that and then go in and buy the clothes..."
Wolfram - "Oh..." *it was an interesting idea, he supposed*
Yuuri - *moves his arm lightly to get him to start moving again/greatly amused*
Wolfram - *keeps looking into the windows, his face flushing bright red when he sees more of those doll things in another building, only these ones were wearing outfits that he thought his mother would enjoy - they sure were skimpy enough, and they sure didn't cover much of the dolls/quickly turns away and cuddles closer to Yuuri's side*
Yuuri - *smiles brightly down at him as he cuddled closer to him/turns the corner to head down another stretch of stores, still making sure he was careful not to run into anyone - luckily, the sidewalks already had salt down on them*
Wolfram - *decides to look at the people now instead of more stores, not wanting to see anything else embarrassing/like the last times he'd come here, he was surprised by how many people had black hair and eyes/it made him feel a little odd, and he thought he must stand out quite a bit - his hair, eyes, and skin were all lighter*
Yuuri - *finally comes to stop in front of a store that was completely covered with glass in front and an elegant font for the name scrolled out on the doors in shining silver/grins down at Wolfram* "I owe you something, if I recall correctly..."
Wolfram - *tilts his head up to look at him, confused* "What?"
Yuuri - *shakes his head lightly, pulling the door open to lead Wolfram into the sparkly diamond store~ yay diamonds~*
Wolfram - *looks around the store, his eyes widening once again/looks back at Yuuri with a big smile on his face* "You're going to get me a ring??"
Yuuri - *shrugs, trying not to laugh or smile too widely at Wolfram's reaction* "If you find one you like. Although, I'm sure we could get one made if you don't find one..."
Wolfram - *smiles more and yanks on his arms, moving closer to all the displays to get a better look at everything/peers at all the stones, nearly drooling - they were all so pretty and sparkly!* "Are these diamonds? They're all diamonds?" *has never seen so many diamonds in his entire life, and he'd grown up around the richest people in the country*
Yuuri - *nods at him, grinning* "Yeah... But I think they've got a selection of other gems in the store just nextdoor... But these are all diamonds..."
Wolfram - *looks surprised, his eyes impossibly wide* "Diamonds are extremely rare back home. I don't even know if Mother has any diamond jewelry..." *and his mother had a lot of jewelry/she could run her own shop if she wanted to*
Yuuri - *blinks at him* "Really? I didn't know that..." *of course, he didn't exactly spend all his time studying the types of gems and stones that were in the other world*
Wolfram - *nods at him slowly, transfixed on all things sparkly/looks at the large selection of rings* "What are the bands made of?" *he could tell which ones were gold, but all the rest looked silver-ish, and he had no idea what sort of value these things had on Earth*
Yuuri - *points to the bands in the case* "That's silver... those are yellow gold... white gold... pink gold... and platinum..."
Wolfram - *looks at him again/still has a surprised expression on his face* "There are different colors of gold??"
Yuuri - *blinks at him again/amused* "Yeah... well... no... All gold is a yellow... but after it's put through an extra chemical process they can just barely change it to look like that white color or pinkish color..."
Wolfram - "Oh..." *looks back at all the rings, not really understanding, but at the moment he didn't really care about feeling dumb and ignorant/those were diamonds!!* "What's the best to have?"
Yuuri - *points at the platinum/really enjoying his reactions to everything* "Platinum is the most expensive precious metal you can get..."
Wolfram - *immediately looks to the ones he was pointing too, glancing at them/they were all so pretty! even the ones he would have thought gaudy before seemed beautiful and brilliant/could not, for the life of him, get over the fact that he was in a store surrounded by hundreds of diamonds/his mother would die if she ever came here* "How will we know if they'll fit?"
Yuuri - *blinks, not too sure* "Uhh... I guess you'll have to try them on..."
Lady - *finishes up with another group before moving on to see if Wolfram and Yuuri needed help* "May I help you?"
Yuuri - *blinks up at her* "Y-yeah... Uh... we're trying to find out if the rings will fit or not..."
Wolfram - *looks up at the lady hopefully/diamonds!!!*
Lady - *smiles at them like she's paid to do, moving a bit away from them to get a big keychain like ring, but instead of keys there were long, flat metal rods with several different sized holes at the end of each one* "Who is the ring for?"
Yuuri - *quickly points at Wolfram*
Lady - *holds out her hand for Wolfram's, smiling brightly at him* "You'll have to take off your glove, ma'am."
Wolfram - *doesn't even bother to correct her and tell her that he wasn't a 'ma'am', much too excited to care/takes off his left glove - yes, he actually did remember which hand Yuuri had told him the ring was supposed to go on - and holds out his hand*
Lady - *takes the blond's hand into hers, taking the sizer to slide onto his ring finger/slides that one back off and tries a smaller hole/one more time* "You're a size five and a half."
Wolfram - *looks at her/has no idea what the significance of that number is/back home they didn't have numbered sizes* "Is that bad?"
Yuuri - *leans down to him, grinning in amusement* "Your fingers are small..."
Wolfram - *looks at him/appears a little disappointed* "Does that mean they won't fit?"
Lady - *smiles at him* "We size them for you overnight, free of charge."
Wolfram - *looks at her/still slightly disappointed/he'd sort of wanted it now - seeing all these diamonds, he didn't really want to wait* "Oh..."
Yuuri - *watches him for a bit, poking him a little in the side* "Hey... what's that look for? We're not going back right away..."
Wolfram - *is unable to stop himself from pouting/suddenly 'overnight' seemed like a very long time* "I know..." *looks back to all the rings, glancing over them slowly*
Yuuri - *winces a little at his pouting/turns to look at the lady* "Hey... if we picked out something now... How long would it take to size? Not over night, but like... if we were to come back in a couple hours or something like that..."
Wolfram - *looks back to Yuuri, surprised/the lady had said it was free of charge to do it over night/wouldn't it cost more money, then, to have it done now?*
Lady - *smiles at him* "I believe it could be done in an hour and a half, but we'll have to charge for that service."
Yuuri - *grins* "Perfect, we'll do that." *turns back to Wolfram, grinning at him* "Well...? See anything you like? I think there's more boxes over there..." *nods off to the rest of the store*
Wolfram - *still looking at him in surprise* "But... Yuuri..."
Yuuri - *raises an eyebrow at him and shrugs* "You can thank Shori later." *though, he knew he would more than likely end up paying for it - not like he couldn't afford it... being the big bad demon king and all...*
Wolfram - *thinks it would feel a little odd thanking Yuuri's brother for a ring Yuuri was supposed to be buying for him, but doesn't complain/he wouldn't be able to get one now if it weren't for Yuuri's brother giving them... whatever it was he had given them to pay for all these things they were buying/goes back to looking at the rings, scanning over each and every one of them carefully, moving from one box to the other*
Yuuri - *follows after him, making sure not to let him wander very far away from him - and by 'very far'... about a foot*
Lady - *hovers around them as well/paid smile* "Just let me know if you would like to see one out of the case."
Wolfram - *continues looking, trying to find the perfect one/simple and elegant, yet he wanted people to be able to look at in and know it was expensive/feels a little selfish for wanting one that cost a lot of money*
Yuuri - *eyes the jewels as well, though not really wanting to say anything, especially since he had no idea what he was doing, anyway.../curiously glances over Wolfram's shoulder* "Anything...?"
Wolfram - *gapes at him as if he were stupid/apparently he really did have no idea how rare these things were back at home* "If I could get all of them, I would..."
Yuuri - *seriously wonders if it really mattered if he did buy out the store...*
Wolfram - *goes back to looking, circling around the store at least three times, finding many that he liked, and a few that he liked more, before stopping and pointing to one that he thought was absolutely perfect/he liked the platinum band, he liked the cut of the diamond, and it was everything he'd been looking for - simple, elegant, yet obviously expensive* "That one. I want that one."
Yuuri - *leans over the glass to look at the ring/glances up at the lady* "We'll take that one."
Lady - *carefully pulls out the ring after checking no one else had a ring out of the other cases - company policy - to let Wolfram see it closer*
Wolfram - *peers at it closely, keeping his hands to himself in case he wasn't allowed to such it yet/has to clamp his mouth shut to keep himself from drooling*
Lady - *smiles at the blond, seeing his hesitation* "You can try it on if you like."
Yuuri - *peers at it/impressed* "Shiny..."
Wolfram - *looks up at the lady, his eyes still a little wide/slowly reaches his hand out towards the ring* "I can? Really?"
Yuuri - *leans a little closer to the blond/mumbles, teasing* "No, she's just playing with your mind..."
Lady - *forces a paid laugh/stupid guys who thought they were funny.../inward grumble/holds the ring out for Wolfram to take* "Go ahead."
Wolfram - *ignores Yuuri/the wimp didn't understand the value of this anyway/people at home would sell their souls for one of these/cautiously takes the ring from the woman, making sure he didn't drop it or anything else unbelievably stupid like that/holds it up to look at it a bit, before gently slipping it onto his left ring finger/it was a little loose, but nothing that couldn't be fixed in an hour and a half, apparently*
Yuuri - *grins at the blond, still obviously amused by his reaction to everything* "So you definitely want that one?"
Wolfram - *nods, looking down at the ring on his hand/it felt a little weird since he wasn't exactly used to wearing any jewelry, but it was definitely something he could get used to*
Yuuri - *rolls his eyes a bit/he was really cute.../reaches in his back pocket, pulling out his wallet/glances up at the lady for further instructions on what to do*
Lady - *smiles at the both of them* "If you're done looking at it, I'll take it to the back to get it worked on for you."
Wolfram - *looks up at her again, then back down at the ring/slowly removes it from his finger, looking a little sad at having to part with it so soon, but figures an hour and a half wait would pass by in a flash/carefully hands it back to her*
Lady - *takes the ring, slipping it into a little box, turning to the little island in the middle of the cases to write on a paper of the size it needed to be/glances back at the two, smiling, of course* "Would you be interested in getting it engraved, as well?"
Yuuri - *blinks at her, glancing down at Wolfram/like he knew what to do... ha...*
Wolfram - *glances back up at him, curious* "What would it say?"
Yuuri - *thinks about it a bit* "I'm not sure..."
Lady - *oh gosh... this was going to take forever.../smilesmile*
Wolfram - *looks up at Yuuri expectantly/he had absolutely not idea what to get engraved into it/what kind of things were normally engraved into a ring?*
Yuuri - *thinks a bit more before grinning at Wolfram, taking his shoulders and carefully turning him around* "It'll be a surprise..." *holds out his hand for the pen and paper the lady was fiddling with*
Lady - *men.../hands him the paper and pen*
Wolfram - *keeps his back turned, curious, and he can't help peeking over his shoulder a little bit*
Yuuri - *covers the paper with his hand to carefully scroll out what he wanted on the ring before handing it back to the lady* "Make sure it's exactly like that, okay?"
Lady - *takes the paper, raising an eyebrow at the seemingly nonsense scribble on the page, but smiles at Yuuri anyway* "Of course." *places the paper carefully in a bag with the ring in the box before moving over to the register*
Wolfram - *turns back around, glancing up at Yuuri again* "What will it say?"
Yuuri - *blinks down at him as if he didn't even know he was there/grins then* "It's a secret..."
Lady - *types out the cost of the ring, plus engraving, plus sizing*
Wolfram - *pouts/he didn't really like secrets, and he was impatient*
Yuuri - *lets out a small whistle at the price, but hands the lady the card anyway*
Lady - *a little suspicious if the guy could afford it, but doesn't ask questions and runs the card through the machine/slightly surprised that it didn't cut off/hands it back to him* "I'll just take this to the back. We're closing in three hours, but it should be done in two at the most." *goes to take it to the back, shaking her head a bit/needed coffee or something anyway...*
Yuuri - *takes the card back, turning to grin at Wolfram again* "We'll come back to get it in a bit, okay?"
Wolfram - *nods at him/can hardly wait*
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Yuuri - Guine
Wolfram - Mikage
Miko - Guine
Shori - Mikage
Shoma - Mikage
Lady - Guine