Part - Fifty-Nine (Sorry for the long delay! )
Very Brief Recap
- Yuuri and Wolfram hide in the closet for a bit...
- And then there's that really... really creepy... pony part... D:
Covering the Bases
Part Fifty-Nine - Bachelorette Party!
Wolfram - *opens his eyes to look up at him again* "I love you, too..." *moves one of his arms to be able to stroke the side of his face with his hand*
Yuuri - *presses into the touch just a bit* "I missed you all day..."
Wolfram - *pouts some more, seriously this time* "I missed you, too..."
Yuuri - *strokes at his hair, leaning down to kiss his forehead before pulling back once more* "I'm sorry for being gone so long... But at least we've got all the flowers for the wedding, now."
Wolfram - *nods a little/yes, he was pleased about that/now he just had to finish with the planning and the decorating and everything would be perfect/well... as close to perfect as it could be* "Thank you for getting them for me..."
Yuuri - *smiles a bit more, shaking his head lightly* "You're very welcome... but you really don't have to thank me for something like that. You didn't think I would actually let the wedding have absolutely no flowers, did you?"
Wolfram - *shrugs* "It's not like we needed flowers. I just wanted them." *and what Wolfie wants Wolfie gets... usually...*
Yuuri - *grins* "Yeah, but how many winter weddings have you been to that actually had flowers?" *well... in this world, at least... obviously flowers were available for weddings on Earth - thus his assumption that his answer would be very few to none*
Wolfram - *shrugs again* "None..." *but then he really hadn't been to that many weddings in the first place, and if he had been then they'd been before he could remember/plus, most people chose to have their weddings during the warmer part of the year, anyway/it made the following honeymoon more enjoyable/who wanted to go off in the snow, after all??*
Yuuri - *uuhh... people that liked the snow...?* "Well... people should be talking about our wedding for a while, then. It'll be perfect..."
Wolfram - *snorts* "Of course they'll be talking about our wedding for a while. You're the king. It'll be written about in the history books." *recites, as if he knows what's going to be written, though he'd just joking around* "'King Yuuri, the twenty-seventh Demon King - the most wimpy Demon King to ever assume the throne - married his fiancé, Lord Wolfram von Bielefeld - the most beautiful young man to ever grace the king's presence - during the winter of the fourth year of his reign. Flowers were imported from Earth at Lord von Bielefeld insistence, and because King Yuuri was completely wrapped around his finger, he wouldn't dare to refuse.'"
Yuuri - *opens his mouth, then closes it* "Touché..." *well jeez.../so what if he was wrapped around his finger...? it wasn't his fault he was head over heels!*
Wolfram - *thinks he rather likes having Yuuri wrapped around his finger, though there was still that one thing Yuuri wouldn't do for him/stupid whore...* "'It was later discovered that King Yuuri and Lord Wolfram had conceived a child before the wedding, even though King Yuuri already had a mistress, who was pregnant as well. See Chapter 5: The First (and only) Mistress.'"
Yuuri - *wow.../pouts a little/fine! gosh!* "No one's going to find out..."
Wolfram - "I never said they were. I'm just exaggerating a little." *he really didn't plan on anyone finding out, though he sometimes thinks he'd rather they did, just so Yuuri wouldn't have to do all this crap and make people believe that the whore was really his mistress/wow... wonders who's going to end up writing Yuuri's biography, and thinks he'd actually like to read it - it might prove to be interesting* "'King Yuuri was the kindest, most handsome king to ever lead the country...'"
Yuuri - *opens his mouth to comment on his bit about exaggerating, but quickly stops as Wolfram continued/flushes brightly, despite himself/why?? why did he blush so easily??*
Wolfram - "'And Lord Wolfram had to agree with his mother, Lady Cecilie von Spitzweg, the former Demon Queen - who flirted shamelessly and constantly pissed her youngest son off - on the topic of King Yuuri being very sexy. See the portrait on page 175.'" *strokes at his flushed cheek a bit, smiling playfully at him*
Yuuri - *grumbles lightly about how he really shouldn't be exaggerating about things like that, though doing nothing to pull away from his touch/really now... all this talk about his appearance and how wonderful he was... he had a hard time believing any of it, still*
Wolfram - *smiles a little more at his grumbling, but doesn't try to argue with him about it/merely continues* "'Lord Wolfram tried to seduce the king one night a week before their wedding, but because King Yuuri was so focused on denying how cute and sexy he was, he hardly noticed...'" *not that there was really any seduction going on at the moment; it was more teasing instead - whatever; that was a minor detail*
Yuuri - *blinks at him/huh?/wait... a week before their wedding... that was... was he talking about now??/flushes brighter, feeling stupid/grumbles lightly again* "I'm not denying anything...."
Wolfram - *rolls his eyes a little at him/of course he was/he always did* "Then repeat after me: 'I am the cutest, handsomest, most sexy king to ever rule the county."
Yuuri - *grumbles mechanically* "I am the cutest, handsomest, most sexy king to ever rule the country." *just because he said it doesn't mean he'd have to believe it...*
Wolfram - "'Everyone loves me, especially Wolfram, who's sweet and beautiful, and who should always get what he wants.'"
Yuuri - *grumbles some more, though is happy to be able to truthfully agree with at least part of it* "Everyone loves me, especially Wolfram, who's sweet and beautiful, and who should always get what he wants."
Wolfram - *continues to smile at him* "'I am a sexy beast.'"
Yuuri - *flushes brightly once more/dangit... just when he thought the red was completely gone from his face/whines* "Wolf..."
Wolfram - *laughs lightly/awww~ he was so cute* "Rawr!"
Yuuri - *yeah... uh.../really doesn't know what to say to that...*
Wolfram - *laughs a little more/really enjoying himself* "You're so cute..." *keeps gently brushing his hand along the side of his face* "Stud muffin..." *whatever a stud muffin was.../oh well, he was just being playful and teasing/he didn't care where these words and names came from so long as they served his purposes well*
Yuuri - *pouts a little/no he wasn't.../snorts a bit at the nickname - that was new...* "You're even cuter than I am, baby doll." *wow, Yuuri... just... what the heck...?/whatever... if Wolfram was going to give him random nicknames like that, then he'd do it right back.../'sexy beast'??? what the hell??*
Wolfram - *would have felt a little insulted at being referred to as a baby, but the nickname Yuuri chose was actually sort of cute... he supposed.../he'd just never say so* "I'm going to have to disagree, Sugar Lips..."
Yuuri - *'sugar lips??'/laughs lightly, trying to ignore his blushing* "Well... I don't think I can accept that, My Precious." *LotR much?/whatever... the dub sucked, anyway...*
Wolfram - "You're going to have to, Big Daddy..." *yeah... teasing Yuuri was fun/tries to think up even more weird little nicknames to refer to him by*
Yuuri - "What if I don't want to agree with you, Sweet Cheeks?" *stop it, Yuuri... really.../has to admit he was somewhat amused*
Wolfram - *gives him a fake pout* "Then I think I'll be sad. You wouldn't want me to be sad, would you, Hot Stuff?"
Yuuri - *quickly shakes his head* "I would never want you to be sad, Angel."
Wolfram - *awww~/almost melts* "Then I suppose you'll just have to admit that I'm right and you're wrong. Sorry, Smoochie Poo."
Yuuri - *smiles at him* "Well... I don't really want to... but if that'll make you happy, Sunshine."
Wolfram - "It would make me very happy. You have to be the sweetest, most adoring fiancé I've ever had, Pookie." *almost snorts/yeah... whatever... thinks he'd rather say 'darling' or 'dear' than all these other things... although some of Yuuri's were really cute...*
Yuuri - *laughs lightly, shaking his head* "You think too highly of me, Dearest one... I'm nothing close to how wonderful you are..." *pauses, thinking about it some* "And I really hope I'm the 'sweetest, most adoring fiancé' you've ever had!" *really!*
Wolfram - *snorts this time, pausing in his teasing for a moment* "Of course you are..." *he wouldn't want anyone else anyway/leans up a bit to give him a quick kiss, smiling again as he pulls away* "I love you..."
Yuuri - *tries to kiss him back, pouting as he pulled away* "I love you, too..."
Wolfram - *mock pouts back at him* "What wrong...?"
Yuuri - *huffs a little* "Nothing, Sweetheart... I just wanted a good kiss, that's all..." *really...*
Wolfram - *returns to smiling at him/thinks he really likes it when Yuuri calls him sweet things/major ego boost* "I'm sorry, darling..." *leans up to kiss him again, a little longer this time, before pulling back once more*
Yuuri - *well... that was better than nothing.../sighs lightly, but smiles anyway* "Thank you, love..."
Wolfram - "You're welcome..." *lays back a bit to get a little more comfortable against the mattress, keeping his arms around Yuuri/sighs lightly, closing his eyes/it was getting late, and he was finally beginning to feel just how tired he was from all the commotion and emotional stress/really doesn't want Yuuri to have to go, but knows it wouldn't be good if he were to sleep in here/still...* "Will you stay with me until I fall asleep...?"
Yuuri - *leans down to kiss his forehead a few times, then lays down next to him, pulling him closer to cuddle with him* "Of course... I'll stay for as long as you want..." *yeah... it probably wouldn't be very good to end up falling asleep in Wolfram's room, especially so close to the wedding... whatever... he'd just go back to his room after he fell asleep*
Wolfram - *nods thankfully, moving towards him and cuddling close/takes a deep breath - Yuuri smelled nice - before releasing another sigh/it was hard going to sleep sometimes when Yuuri wasn't there with him*
Yuuri - *holds him close to him, brushing at his hair as he patiently watched over him, waiting for him to fall asleep/softly* "I love you..."
Wolfram - *replies just as softly* "I love you, too..." *slowly begins to drift off, feeling warm and safe in Yuuri's arms*
Yuuri - *stays close to him, gently stroking at his hair and placing soft little kisses along his face for a while before just letting him fall asleep/once he felt the blond fall completely limp in his arms and his breathing started to slow a bit more - a sure sign that he had actually fallen asleep - he carefully, and a bit reluctantly, pulls himself away from the blond/pulls the covers up over him, tucking him in, along with making sure his jacket was still wrapped around him to keep him warm/quietly gets off the bed, but pauses to scoop up the poor, forgotten, sleeping kitten, petting her a bit, and placing her on the bed next to Wolfram/etc etc/sneaks out of the room and back to his own room to go to sleep/Gwendal should be freakin' proud of him... hmph...*
Scene Change - *yay for finally getting some where!/yeah, Gwendal probably wouldn't have been proud of him regardless, considering he and Wolfram had spent a lot of time together without a chaperone present, but whatever - it's not like Gwendal knew about it/anyway, so... five or so more days pass by, in which Wolfram finalizes plans for the wedding, and Yuuri greets all their guests, who are excited to be able to be present at such a grand wedding - and suck up to the king at the same time, but that's neither here nor there/of course Yuuri and Wolfram's family and friends make plans for a bachelorette and a bachelor party - okay, so Murata, Miko, and Celi planned them mostly, but who's really keeping track?/and now, because we've been going in chronological order with everything else, and because it'll probably end sooner than Yuuri's little drinking expidition - which Wolfie doesn't know about, mind you - we should probably so the bachelorette party first...*
Wolfram - *is really not looking foreword to this, because he just knows that his mother probably has a skimpy little nightgown waiting and ready for him - or someone else does... there might even be multiple/joy.../is hiding away in his room*
Miko - *knocks on Wolfram's door/over the past five days, she's come to know at least the main halls in the castle, so finding Wolfram's room was a piece of cake - and Conrad had written her a map, which she kept in her pocket at all times/currently she's dressed up and ready for a party/yay~!/one of the cameras she had brought already turned on and waiting for action in her hand/definitely already gave Murata the other one... with plenty of extra tapes and batteries for however long they were going to be out/wasn't about to miss a thing!* "Wol-chan! It's time to go! You're going to miss your own party!" *sighs dreamily* "It'll be the last night you'll have of being single... you can't let this go to waste!"
Wolfram - *thinks he'd much rather let it go to waste/someone was going to embarrass him somehow, he was more that sure of it/there was no way he'd get out of this without his face turning bright red and nearly burning off/is curled up on his bed, hiding under the sheets and blankets with Cloe curled up beside him*
Miko - *paws at the door some after checking to make sure the battery wasn't getting low or anything* "Wol-chan! Everyone is waiting! We've got food and presents and a whole bunch of fun things! It'll be great!"
Wolfram - *no, it will not/it will be as humiliating as being spanked by his fiance in front of everyone/grumbles to himself*
Greta - *tries knocking on the door too, though making sure she's smiling beautifully for the camera - had already gotten a full explaintion of what it was that Miko had and definitely didn't want to look bad later/had spent a couple extra hours getting ready and making sure her hair was perfect - tied up and partially in a bun with little sparkly, crystal flowers pinned along her hair - as well as her favorite pink party dress* "Wolfram! Come on! Gunter is going to end up eating all the food!" *well, knowing Gunter... he was probably fretting over the thought of the wedding... and because he had to stay with the group at the castle... well... he probably had nothing better to do but eat... and the party was a perfect place to get some food*
Wolfram - *groans loudly, a little annoyed by the mention of Gunter's name/he was the only other man who'd actually be at the party as far as he knew, which meant he was going to be surrouned by girls and women with absolutely no one there to save him from their squealing and pawing and girl-talk/Gunter would probably be too busy worrying over whatever the h*** it was Yuuri was doing with all the men to spare a thought for him/let the man stuff himself with food for all he cared/pretends to be sleeping/maybe they'd actually leave him be if he kept it up long enough*
Greta - *rolls her eyes at the camera - still smiling brightly, of course/points to the door, showing Miko to follow with her camera/pushes the door open and bounds up to the bed, throwing her arms over the lump in the covers - though being careful not to ruin her dress or makeup or hair* "Wolfram! It's not time to sleep! You have to get up and come to your party!" *reaches over him to pet the kitty*
Miko - *follows Greta happily into the room, making sure to get everything on camera/yay~*
Wolfram - *squaws loudly, his plans obviously foiled* "Greta!" *he wasn't mad at her, just surprised/waaaaah~! they were going to drag him out, weren't they??*
Greta - *giggles, pulling the covers off of him before grabbing onto his hand to try and drag him out of bed/ooooh, yes they were going to drag him out of there!* "Come on Wolfram! I'll help fix your hair!"
Miko - *fangirls* "Oh yes! He has to look absolutely perfect! This is so exciting!" *yup~ she was definitely the reason why Yuuri liked to dress Wolfram up in cute things/bwahahaha~*
Wolfram - *whimpers as he's pulled out of the bed/would really like to fight against her, but this was his daughter and she was cute, and he felt a little bad for not spending as much time with her as both of them would probably like*
Cloe - *is a little upset that Wolfram was apparently being taken away from her/whatever/gives a little kitty yawn before curling back up and returning to sleep*
Greta - *knows her parents have more important things to do than spend all their time with her/she was just happy to be there, really/besides, she had Hale to hara-- er... to keep her company/though... he was out with Yuuri and the rest of the guys... which is why she had to look perfect for the camera, just in case he ever saw the tape/doubtful, but hey.../quickly pulls Wolfram over to his vanity, taking the brush off it and gently brushing it through his hair/glad she was taller now - she was almost Wolfram's height, actually/smile smile/teases* "How about pig tails?"
Miko - *giggles in excitement* "He'll look adorable! Do it! Do it!" *reminds herself to keep the camera perfectly level - it was kinda hard with her cheering*
Wolfram - *flushes red already* "No!" *wasn't his hair too short for pigtails??/then again, these were women; they probably had all sorts of different ways to get hair to do what they wanted*
Greta - *pouts playfully as she finished up brushing through his hair/goes next to the closet to dig out something for him to wear* "Wolfram! What did you want to wear? Or can I pick it out?" *giggles to herself/obviously planning on making him wear a dress if she had any say in it*
Wolfram - *what did he want to wear??* "Ummm... my uniform?" *although, something told him he didn't really have much of a choice in the matter, even if she'd asked him*
Greta - *pulls out a beautiful, baby blue dress from the back of the closet/she had snuck it in earlier that day, obviously expecting her father to put up a bit of a fight about going to the party* "Come on! Put this on!"
Miko - *gushes over how cute Wolfram would look in the dress*
Wolfram - *sputters/who put that there?!* "What?!" *it's not like he'd never worn women's clothes before; he'd had to borrow Miko's clothes on Earth, and then there was that time he'd been in disguise, and then, of course, there were his nightgowns - which he wore because they were comfortable, and because his mother had made him wear them when he was little, so he was used to it, and because Yuuri obviously liked them - but they were dragging him to a party!* "Why that?!"
Greta - *hugs the dress, but not too tightly - she didn't want to wrinkle it* "Because you'll look sooo pretty~!" *giggles, skipping over to him, hanging the dress over the edge of the chair before urging him to hurry up and change*
Wolfram - *whimpers again, but picks the dress up to hold it out in front of him and get a look at it/it wasn't so bad, he supposed - he liked the color - but... waaaah! why couldn't he go with Yuuri??*
Greta - *turns around to go pull Miko away so that Wolfram could have some privacy in changing/drags her grandmother out into the hall again, though only closing the door a bit, still peeking in to make sure Wolfram was getting changed* "Hurry up! We still have to fix your hair!" *turns to flash a brilliant smile at the camera*
Wolfram - *more whimpers/quickly changes out of his clothes and into the dress, frowning and grumbling about it the entire time/wonders if Yuuri is having a better time that he is... not that he'd actually gone to the party yet, but he was pretty sure Conrad and the others weren't forcing Yuuri into a dress and playing with his hair*
Greta - *bounces back into the room once he was done getting dressed to start playing with his hair/brushes it some more before digging into the little purse she was carrying with her for some little sparkly barrettes to pin back her father's hair/snaps them in place before stepping back to get a better look at him, placing her hands on her hips* "I think that should do it!"
Miko - *moves the camera to scan over Wolfram a few times/maybe she should be a film director! she obviously had talent!/zooms in and out on the barrettes as well* "Great job! Greta-chan! Wol-chan looks really wonderful!" *fidgets excitedly in place*
Wolfram - *looks at himself in his mirror/thinks that, like Yuuri, there were a lot of people in the world who seemed to like dressing him up as a girl/maybe he should just stop dressing like a man all together.../notices the object in Miko's hands for the first time, and turns to look at her curiously, peering at it* "Mother... what's that...?"
Miko - *grins brightly, zooming in on his expression* "It's a video camera to record everything so you can watch it later!"
Greta - *nods in agreement* "Mama gave one to Ken, too! It's so you don't forget anything that happens!" *flashes another smile for the camera*
Wolfram - *highly doubts he'll forget anything that happens/continues to look at the camera in confusion, not really understanding what Miko had tried to explain to him/doesn't ask questions, thinking it probably wouldn't help much/shakes his head/whatever, it didn't matter - it looked harmless enough, at least*
Greta - *moves over to Wolfram, taking hold of his hand to drag him out the door/calls over her shoulder towards the bed* "Cloe! You coming, too?"
Cloe - *lifts her head long enough to meow in response before laying back down*
Wolfram - *waaaah! even his cute little kitty betrayed him!*
Greta - *waves bye to the kitty, then drags her father out and down the hall to one of the ball rooms where the party had been set up*
Miko - *follows closely behind/comments for the camera* "And so, dear little Wol-chan makes his way toward his bachelorette party! Isn't he just darling?? He looks so beautiful! Especially in that light blue color! Greta-chan has such a wonderful taste in clothing! And just look at her as well! Doesn't she look gorgeous too? Anyway! Wol-chan is so excited and can't possibly wait any longer to get to his party and open his presents! I love weddings!!"
Wolfram - *yeah... sure... he was so excited... yippie... not/pretty much acts as if he's being lead to his death*
Greta - *leads him into the room where the others were waiting/a small band was playing some music in the corner and Jade was showing the others a few of her solo acts - she must have been in the library or outside or somewhere practicing them/in the center of the room were several brightly colored blakets and pillows spead out along the floor, and surrounding that, in a circle, were comfortable chairs and sofas for people to sit on/a little ways away from the circle of chairs and blakets and pillows was a huge table full of food and on the other side was another table full of brightly wrapped presents* "We're here everyone!"
Miko - *follows them into the room, making sure to get a good picture of everything before moving to stand around with everyone else*
Jade - *immediately pulls the little paper bird back to her hand, folding it up and... holding it in her hand/frowns a little down at the sky blue and turquoise lined dress she had been convinced by Greta to wear/even had her hair pinned back with a fancy little clip Greta had brought for her/this was ridiculous... she didn't wear dresses for a reason... they were much too difficult to move around in and they were very inconvienient too.../sighs a little, but looks up to smile at the others as they came into the room*
Gisela - *also in a dress Greta had picked out for her - it was green and a golden yellow in color/Greta had also convinced her to tie her hair up into a fancy looking bun with a feather pin/sighs, really hoping that she wouldn't have to run out of their for an emergency... it would suck to run in the heels she was wearing*
Anissina - *smiling, obviously amused/was also dressed up a little more than usual - but only because Celi had dragged her away to get her dressed up - hair pulled back a little more fancily than usual/has her arms crossed over her chest in her usual fashion/smirks lightly as Wolfram comes in with his dress on/casual, to Gunter - or rather, it would have been to whoever was close to her at the moment* "So His Majesty and little Lord Brat are finally getting married..." *watches out of the corner of her eye to see if her words made Gunter burst into tears again/yeah, this was going to be fun*
Gunter - *sniffles/already has a plate full of food at hand, intent on drowning his sorrows in pastries and other little snacks/shoves a cream puff thing into his mouth at Anissina's comment, before he can burst into tears or start lamenting his lost opportunity with the king/had been the unlucky - or was it lucky? - fool who was left to remain at the palace and watch out for things there - mainly to make sure Anissina didn't try to take over with her inventions again - while His Majesty and the rest of the men - sans Wolfram and Shoma - went off to drink/frets over the thought of His Majesty drinking, and nearly sobs about the soon-to-be loss of his innocence... of course what Gunter didn't know was that he'd already lost his innocence...*
Shoma - *is only here because his wife had asked him to stay... not that he really wanted to go out and watch his little Yuu-chan get drunk off his ass/is confident that Shori will watch over him... or at least he hopes he will/his older son might ended up drowning his sorrows in alcohol for all he knew*
Celi - *is uber excited/wearing a red dress instead of her usual black one - and of course it's revealing as heck; she didn't have many outfits that weren't/bounds over to Wolfram as soon as he's dragged in, hugging him and placing quick little kisses all over his face before pulling him close and squishing his face into her ample bosom/* "Oh, I'm so happy! My sweet little baby is getting married! You make your Mother so very proud!" *internally grumbles about how her older two sons needed to hurry up and settle down and give her grandbabies to cuddle, too/thinks she should try getting Gwendal and Anissina together, and Conrart... well... she didn't know about Conrart, but there had to be someone/continues to gush and cuddle Wolfram close*
Wolfram - *feels his face flushing red for the second time since Greta had dragged him out of bed/pulls himself away from his mother before she can suffocate him in her cleavage, lifting a hand to wipe all of the lipstick marks off of his face/whines* "Mother~!"
Miko - *squeals with delight, playing with the buttons on the camera to get the perfect shot of her cute, little, soon-to-be son-in-law and his mother/comments again to the camera once she calmed down enough* "And here we have Celi-chan and Wol-chan in an adorable mother-son bonding moment! They look so much alike! And their hair is so blond and curly! Oh! Look at the food!" *prances away to film the food*
Greta - *giggles in excitement, making herself a plate of food for herself and Wolfram before moving to sit down on one of the loveseats set up for them to sit down on* "Wolfram! Come sit next to me! I have some food, already!"
Jade - *fiddles nervously with some of the frills on the sleeves/at least the dress wasn't as revealing as Lady Celi's... yeah... she would have completely refused if she had to wear something like that.../sighs again, slowly making her way over to one of the chairs to sit down/it wasn't as if she wasn't used to wearing dresses or heels - she wore them for costumes all the time - she just... didn't prefer them.../goes back to fiddling once she was seated*
Gisela - *what was she doing there? oh... keeping Wolfram company and congratulating him on the wedding/yay for being supportive/follows her chloro-haired comrade, sitting down in one of the empty chairs as well/well... the presents should be interesting, at least...*
Anissina - *remains standing, chuckling lightly to herself as she watched Gunter shove food down his throat/oh yes... this was going to be fun*
Gunter - *no... this was going to be horrible! curse Little Lord Brat and his pretty face!/waaaaah! Your Majesty~!*
Shoma - *grabs his wife by the shoulders to turn her away from the table of food* "Come on, honey, focus." *not that the food wasn't important, but he knew she'd probably whine if she ended up missing any special moments*
Celi - *nods at Greta's exclamation, dragging her little Wolfie over to the loveseat* "Yes, come, come! We have all sorts of food and presents for you!"
Wolfram - *has apparently been forgiven for his bad behavior earlier in the week/doesn't fight against his mother, and soon finds himself sitting between she and Greta/great... now there was no chance for escape/glances around at the other people present, and brightens up just slightly at the sight of Gisela/forces himself to look a little tired and sick, making his voice sound all pathetic* "Gisela... I don't feel well..."
Gisela - *glances up at Wolfram, raising an eyebrow* "You were fine this morning when I checked on you, Your Excellency... it's just pre-wedding nerves..."
Greta - *clings to Wolfram for a bit before getting up to start carrying all the presents over from the table to the floor in front of them*
Miko - *quickly takes her seat next to her husband on one of the empty sofas/takes the time to zoom in and out on everyone around the room/spends a little extra time on Jade as she went around the circle since it looked like Ken-chan fancied her a bit/oh yes, this was going to be great to go over the tapes/maybe Shori would teach her how to make a music video on the computer or something/she was groovy like that!*
Jade - *eyes the thing Miko was holding curiously, but doesn't think too much on it/goes back to fiddling with the frills for a bit before playing with the paper bird in her hands*
Anissina - *slowly walks over to the group taking a seat in one of the two empty chairs, quickly crossing her legs and arms as she leaned back against the chair/bwahahaha! she was really enjoying how flustered Wolfram seemed to be*
Gunter - *remains by the table with the food, attempting to hold back his years as he watched over the little gathering*
Shoma - *sits quietly with his wife, waiting to see what sort of things Wolfram was going to be getting/remembers his own wedding and the parties that had took place beforehand/easily recalls how drunk he'd gotten and is suddenly very worried for Yuu-chan*
Celi - *giggles as Greta brought over the presents/remains by Wolfram's side, petting at his hair and kissing his face every once in a while, cooing over her sweet little baby boy*
Wolfram - *pouts when his little spur of the moment plan failed, grumbling about how Gisela was just mean and wanted him to suffer/looks around the group again, spotting Jade and shooting her a 'help me!' look*
Jade - *easily catches Wolfram's look/blinks at him, biting at her bottom lip/she would have tried to get out of something so embarrassing herself - which was why she wasn't ever planning on getting married/staying locked away in the castle library seemed to be a good enough way to keep herself from meeting people/smiles a comforting little smile as she paused in her picking at the paper bird/sorry, Wolfram... she didn't know how to get out of it, either... the best she could think of was just deal with it and turn in early*
Miko - *goes around, continuing to film everyone and making little side comments about who the people were and what their deal was... and if they were in a horror movie, who would die first - eventually voted on either Shoma or Gunter to die first*
Greta - *once she was done with setting the presents out, she gracefully sits back down next to Wolfram, clinging to his arm and smiling even more brightly as Miko turned the camera on her* "What present do you want to open first??"
Anissina - *lets out a small little laugh at the mention of presents*
Gisela - *glancing around nervously/well... at least Jade and Wolfram looked just as uncomfortable as she felt...*
Gunter - *whimpers/oh no! the accursed presents!*
Shoma - *remembers his own wedding night and all the things he'd seen that his wife had gotten at her bachelorette party/yeah... wow.../wonders why she doesn't wear things like that anymore...*
Wolfram - *waaaah! why was no one helping him?!/really doesn't want to do this/thinks he was going to die of embarrassment!/forces a smile for Greta* "How about I go back to bed and you open them all for me??"
Celi - *pouts at her Wolfie* "You're no fun..."
Greta - *laughs, clinging to her father* "Silly! That's not how it works! You have to pick one to open!"
Miko - *zooms in on the presents/oooh~~ presents~~*
Jade - *yeah... presents/not really sure if hers was good enough for the soon-to-be husband of His Majesty... but there was nothing she could really do about it now...*
Gisela - *yeah... feels the same way..../how was she supposed to know what to get him that he would like?*
Anissina - *closes her eyes, still smiling/very amused*
Gunter - *more whimpering/tear tear*
Shoma - *thinks his wife should never be allowed to use the camera*
Celi - *pinches one of Wolfie's cheeks, cooing at him again* "Choose a present and see what's inside~!" *giggles about all the cute little things she'd gotten him*
Wolfram - *blanches at his mother's giggle/that couldn't mean anything good/finally figures he should just go ahead and open them/the sooner he got this over with, the sooner he could go into his room and hide away again* "Just... give me one..." *really didn't want to pick/he didn't know which ones were dangerous and which ones weren't... or if they were all dangerous...*
Greta - *jumps off the couch to fetch her own present for him/all that talk about cute pajamas and stuff like that had gotten her curious/ended up sneaking out to town and getting Wolfram a pretty, silk pink nightgown - something similar to what he usually wore because she definitely didn't want to get him something he wouldn't like/ also got a pair of nice, cushiony slippers -at Gisela's suggestion for when Wolfram would have a lot of weight to carry around - and a pretty silk bathrobe to go with it/luckily she had been saving up her allowance to buy stuff like that/pushes the present into Wolfram's lap to open it, smiling brightly at him* "This one's from me."
Miko - *zooms in and out on the present Greta gave to Wolfram/ooohhh~~~*
Shoma - *honey... please.../pets at her shoulder a bit/well... he supposed he couldn't blame her for being excited*
Wolfram - *takes the present from Greta and cautiously opens it, because even though she said it had come from her, he couldn't be sure if it was safe or not - she'd become entirely too sneaky as of late/sighs in relief when he finds pink silk - and, thank Shinou, it was nothing like what he was sure his mother had gotten for him/touches the silk a bit, liking the way it felt, and then the comfy looking slippers/quickly turns to hug Greta, giving her a kiss on the cheek, too* "Thank you, Greta." *thank you for not embarrassing me, thank you for being a good little girl, thank you for actually taking my sense of propriety into account and not being influenced by your grandmother*
Greta - *hugs him back, very pleased with herself for making her father happy* "Your welcome!"
Miko - *jumps up and down a little in her seat* "Oh! Oh! Get mine next! It's the box with the white ribbon!" *had gotten him a pretty little charm bracelet with a heart on it/of course, that meant he would have to start filling the bracelet - which probably meant having to go to Earth to buy the charms/a ploy to get them to visit her more often? probably! bwahahaha!/also has a single frilly looking, purple blouse with a note tagged onto it that informed him of the shopping spree he was going to go on before going on their honeymoon - said note had been translated by Yuuri earlier in the week*
Miko - *oh, and a pair of frilly undies, just for fun - and a bottle of chocolate sause! since she had gotten some the night before her wedding - though, she had been so nervous that she'd eatten the whole thing before the next morning*
Greta - *jumps up to get the present for Wolfram, putting it in his lap*
Wolfram - *opens it just as cautiously as he'd opened Greta's, though after receiving such a wonderful gift from his wonderful daughter, he was beginning to wonder if maybe he'd had the wrong idea about this whole party/surely Miko wouldn't do anything to embarrass him, right? she was harmless! and apparently she loved him, even if he still got a little pouty at the thought of how she'd been all buddy-buddy with the whore - he liked to think Miko still loved him more than her; it made him feel better/blinks a little at the pretty bracelet - he was actually seriously beginning to think of getting more jewelry for himself; he kind of liked it/thank you, Mama, for thinking somewhere along the same wavelength*
Celi - *giggles happily to himself and takes the bracelet from him, helping him put it on* "Oh, it's so cute~!"
Wolfram - *that it was/looks through the remainder of the gift, finding the shirt and the note about the shopping spree - yes! shopping with Mama! no doubt he'd be able to get all sorts of cute things that way! cute things that weren't 'cute' by his mother's definition.../blushes a little at the frilly undies, but figures they aren't so bad/stares oddly at the bottle of... something.../holds it up to inspect* "Mother..." *and he was speaking to Miko, not his own mother/jee, that seemed as if it would get confusing after a while* "What's this...?" *something from Earth obviously*
Miko - *giggles from her spot on the sofa* "It's chocolate sauce!" *duh!*
Anissina - *opens one eye to see the bottle for a moment before closing it again/smirks*
Wolfram - *stares at it some more, turning it over and around in his hands/mmmm... chocolate... he liked chocolate.../he didn't really understand the purpose of it - or even if it had one - but he could always eat it.../smiles* "Thank you, Mother." *gets up to give her a hug - and he gives Shoma a hug, too, since it is his future father-in-law*
Shoma - *coughs a little at the chocolate... wow... honey...*
Miko - *giggles happily, hugging him back*
Gisela - *sighs a bit/well... she might as well get her's over with.../gets up once Wolfram was sitting back down to carefully pick up a box with a pretty ceramic pot filled with dirt inside, handing it over to him*
Wolfram - *sits back down in his seat between his mother and Greta/smiles as Gisela hands him her gift/opens it and raises an eyebrow*
Gisela - *fidgets a bit in her chair* "I didn't know what you'd like... so I got you a Castanea bulb... I planted it yesterday..." *really hopes that Wolfram knew enough about plants to know that it was one of the more elusive flowers around the world/once they were planted, they would fully bloom at exactly a year later for only a week - the perfect anniversary reminder, really/and they lived through pretty much anything, as long as they were watered every so often*
Wolfram - *awwww~!/smiles and giggles to himself/knows what she's talking about/thinks it's a really good idea, especially if he were to explain it to Yuuri/then the wimp wouldn't be able to forget their anniversary! mwahahahahaaa~!/smiles at Gisela/he would hug her, but he thinks that would be a bit awkward* "Thank you, Gisela."
Gisela - *nods back at him, smiling* "You're welcome, Your Excellency..." *wow... he'd be 'Your Majesty' tomorrow... that was going to need some getting used to*
Jade - *fidgets just as nervously as Gisela had been/maybe she should go next... though she didn't think hers could ever match up to things like that... - curse her self conscious thinking/be confident... look confident.../opens her mouth to offer hers next, but is cut off by Anissina*
Anissina - "Greta, the blue box is from me. Would you mind getting it for me?" *didn't really want to get up from her seat/really amused*
Greta - *jumps up from her seat to fetch the box to bring to Wolfram, putting it in his lap*
Anissina - *ohohoho! but what was it? well! it was none other than a black, leather collar and leash - Wolfram could do with it as he pleased/thought it was hilarious, and really hoped that Gunter was watching/he'd already convinced her not to give Wolfram any of her inventions for fear of His Majesty's life... so this was sorta payback*
Wolfram - *opens Anissina's present cautiously, worried about it blowing up in his face/stares at it for a second, before laughing hysterically*
Gunter - *becomes a bit worried and agitated at the sound of Wolfram's laughter/steps just a little closer to get a look at the gift/pales when he sees it* "How horrid! Have you given that to him with the intent of him using it on His Majesty?!" *oh, the thought was simply horrible!!*
Celi - *joins Wolfram in his laughing*
Shoma - *yeah... poor Yuu-chan...*
Miko - *makes sure she gets a good picture of Gunter's and Anissina's expressions before turning the camera back around to everyone else/laughs along with them/thinks Anissina could possibly be one of her heros - oh... yeah, poor Yuu-chan... /who was she trying to kid? that was hilarious! /maybe she should get one for her husband... hmmm....*
Greta - *not really sure what it's for at first, but she's smart enough to put the idea together/so Yuuri was like Wolfram's pet? that sounded logical enough/laughs too*
Gisela - *amused by the gift, though it was a bit awkward since she knew it was for the king/was that allowed...?*
Jade - *stares at the gift, not really sure what to make of it/not really sure she liked the idea of having something tied around her own neck/subconsciously reaches up to rub at her neck - just the thought was bad enough... but apparently Wolfram thought it was funny/smiles, laughing lightly along with them, just so she wouldn't look out of place/yeah... she was glad she wouldn't be getting married...*
Anissina - *yup, that's right/smirk*
Gunter - *continues to rant and rave about how horrible it was, and how Anissina shouldn't be giving gifts like that*
Wolfram - *thinks it's absolutely hilarious, and that he was definitely going to be using this/prepare yourself, Yuuri/heeheehee~!*
Shoma - *oh, my poor little boy*
Jade - *really doesn't want to be the last to give him his gift/quickly picks up one of the last two boxes from the floor, bringing it over to him/forces a blush back as she smiled sweetly down at him* "I hope you like it..." *yeah... it wasn't just reading she'd been doing during her days in the library.... and acting wasn't her only skill - she was Jade! of course she had to be cooler than just that!/had checked, and double checked, and checked again on what the playlist for the wedding reception would be and took the first song - the one where he and Yuuri would have their first dance to - and had made a little music box/books were very helpful/made the whole thing from scratch, having to ask Anissina permission to use her lab to weld the little, silver, heart shaped box as well as the wind up music wheel/really hoped it was good enough for the king and his husband*
Wolfram - *smiles back at her/is thankful that the gifts had all been tolerable so far, and really doesn't expect anything mischievous from her/she was probably the most harmless out of everyone currently there... well... besides Yuuri's father... who usuaully just went along with everything like a good little puppy - like father like son, it seemed, if the collar and leash was any indication/takes the gift from her and opens it/looks over the music box with slight awe, and is quick to make it play, wanting to hear the song/listens to it, before smiling up at her brightly* "Thank you, Jade." *wow... had he ever thanked her before?? he couldn't recall.../feels kinda bad about it now/she wasn't a bad person at all*
Jade - *smiles at him, giving him a small nod as she sat back down/well, that wasn't so bad/sighs a bit in relief*
Greta - *jumps up to get the last present for her father, putting it in his lap*
Miko - *focuses in on the last present/yay~ fun times~*
Celi - *inwardly cackles to herself/was pleased that her present was the last to be opened/had wanted all the other gifts to lure her precious Wolfie into a false sense of security*
Wolfram - *oh no.../glances at his mother out of the corner of his eye/great... wonderful... perfect... it was time for her gift/wonders if maybe he can get away with not opening it...*
Celi - *makes a motion with her hand/can't wait to see his reaction* "Go on. Open it!" *smiling sweetly at him, trying to look innocent*
Wolfram - *groans lightly, before slowly beginning to open the package/he could already feel his face heating up a little, and he didn't even know what was inside*
Celi - *what was inside? well... the essentials of course!/thinks she'd be a horrible mother if she didn't get her beautiful, sweet, innocent, precious little baby something 'cute' to wear for His Majesty on their wedding night/of course, she hadn't just stopped on their wedding night; she'd gotten him a few others as well, just to keep things interesting for a while/inside were nightgowns of all varieties: silky, lacy, ruffly, flimsy, gauzy, see-through, and all of them short short short! - with matching panties included, of course - what kind of mother would she be if she didn't add those??*
Wolfram - *nearly dies, and feels his face heat up tremendously, no doubt completely red - the darkest red he's ever been in his life* "Mother!" *of course he'd been expecting it, but... come on!*
Celi - *giggles a little, reaching in to grab what was hidden underneath, pulling out two lacy garters, one with blue ribbon, and one with black* "And don't forget about these!"
Wolfram - *sputters! someone, kill me now!*
Celi - *dangles the one with the blue ribbon in front of him* "I talked to His Highness about wedding costomes on Earth, and he said it was tradition for the bride to wear a blue garter. Tomorrow at the reception, His Majesty will take it off with his teeth-"
Wolfram - *squeaks, interrupting her* "His teeth?!"
Celi - *continues* "-and he'll throw it into a crowd of single men. Apparently, it's said that whoever catches it will be the next to marry!"
Wolfram - *his teeth?!*
Celi - *dangles the one with the black ribbon in front of him next* "And then I got you another one to wear tomorrow night. His Majesty can take it off in the privacy of your bedroom." *beams at him happily*
Miko - *zooms in to make sure she got great pictures of everything, especially Wolfram's expression/zoom out/zoom in/focus on other people/goes back to Wolfram/this was fun~*
Greta - *interesting.../wonders if she'll get the same stuff when it's her turn to get married~*
Anissina - *amused/Earth seemed to have very unique traditions*
Gisela - *uumm... wow.../feels a bit of sympathy for Wolfram/how embarrassing...*
Jade - *stares at the garters/definitely never getting married if she had to do all that, too...*
Shoma - *smiles/yeah... the garter toss... fun times... it gave him the excuse to look up his wife's dress, after all, so he wasn't complaining...*
Gunter - *sputters at Lady Celi's explanation and nearly dies*
Wolfram - *continues to stare at the garters being held before him/can't get over the idea of how it was apparently supposed to be taken off/with his teeth?!?! in front of everyone?!/thinks that if he doesn't die of embarrassment tonight, he surely would tomorrow/wouldn't that mean Yuuri would have to push his dress up to get to it??/was definitely going to kill the sage for putting these kinds of ideas into his mother's head*
Celi - *still giggling, very amused by his reactions/her darling baby boy was so cute~!*
Greta - *peers into the box of pajamas/pouts/the one she got for him wasn't nearly as interesting as those...*
Jade - *yeah... not getting married sounded like a good plan... she was good with just being able to live at the castle and read in the library.... men were overrated, anyway... ugh...*
Miko - *wonders where she put her garter from her wedding night/hmmm..../plays with the camera some more*
Anissina - *stands from her seat/though still greatly amused* "Well, that was a wonderful exchange of gifts, but if you'll excuse me, I have some work to do." *turns to leave without waiting for an answer/she'd just gotten a brilliant idea for an invention - she would obviously need Gwendal's help once he got back/bwahahahahaha!!!*
Gisela - *uuuhhh..../still in a bit of shock from Lady Celi's present*
Shoma - *where had Miko's garter gone? he'd kept it of course! for the first little bit of their marriage, he'd even had it hanging on the rear-view mirror of his car/now it was stashed away in one of his drawers/it was a nice little momento/cough cough... yeah...*
Wolfram - *watches Anissina leave/wonders if he can just get up and leave, too*
Celi - *continues to chatter on about everything she'd gotten for Wolfie, lifting some of the little nightgowns to show him*
Wolfram - *yeah... uhh... he forces them back into the box/the less he looks at them, the less time he has to spend thinking about things like that/thinks he likes the one Greta had gotten for him much, much, much better than all the ones his mother was showing him*
Gunter - *sputters some more, fretting about this and that*
Miko - *eagerly listens in on everything that Celi was talking about/maybe she should buy some pajamas like that when she got back to Earth*
Greta - *forces back a yawn, definitely not wanting to go to bed yet*
Jade - *people actually wore those kinds of things?? - wait... she knew that... but seeing it in person... er... or at least the article of clothing... it was a bit... overwhelming... /yeah... she'd stick with books...*
Gisela - *sighs a bit, standing as well* "If you'll excuse me, Your Excellency... I need to... prepare some things for tomorrow..." *yeah... medicine for hang-overs... /was obviously expecting all the guys to come hom completely drunk and then come whining to her in the morning/ungrateful little brats...*
Shoma - *yes, honey, buy some pajamas like that when we go home/make our lives interesting again!/men...*
Wolfram - *looks towards Gisela in near panic/no! she couldn't leave! why was everyone leaving!/gives her a pleading look - 'please, say I look pale or something and tell me to go rest! please!'*
Gisela - *catches his gaze, easily picking up on what he was trying to relate to her/lets out a small cough to get people's attention* "Your Excellency... I know you must be... excited... about all your gifts... but, if you don't mind me saying... I believe you may need to get to sleep soon so you'll be prepared for the big day, tomorrow."
Jade - *catches his glance at Gisela too/quickly agrees with her, smiling sweetly* "If Your Excellency is tired for the wedding, then how will you be able to enjoy the time after? Perhaps turning in for the night is the best idea... unless you would rather stay up, of course."
Greta - *whines/she didn't want to go to bed yet!!!/yawns again/waaahhh...*
Wolfram - *is really, seriously tempted to hug both Gisela and Jade at the moment, and just barely manages to hold himself back* "Yes, I think it would be for the best to go to bed." *he needed his beauty rest, after all/thank you! thank you!/stands up from his place on the loveseat* "Greta, Mother," *though he didn't make it clear as to which 'Mother' he was talking to/whoever wanted to respond was fine with him* "Would you help me take everything back to my room??"
Gunter - *is also relieved that the little party seemed to be dying down/now all he had to do was sit and wait for His Majesty to return/waaaaah! Your Majesty~!*
Shoma - *is imagining his wife in the kind of pajamas Lady Celi nad gotten for Wolfram*
Celi - *pouts a little in disappointment, but isn't about to stop her baby boy from going to bed if he was really tired/tomorrow was the big day, after all!*
Miko - *jumps up from her seat, quickly moving to help gather up some of the boxes in her free hand/ooohh~ the pajamas really were cute.... hmmm....* "Just lead the way, Wol-chan!" *doesn't know if she could find her way back to his room....*
Greta - *nods sleepily at him, moving to pick up a few more items/eyes the collar, trying to imagine Yuuri wearing it/giggles to herself*
Wolfram - *yeah... the collar was very amusing... heeheehee~*
Celi - *picks up the remaining gifts*
Wolfram - *sighs a bit in relief/well... that hadn't been so bad/of course his mother's present had been embarrassing as heck - and that little blue garter really made him nervous about the reception tomorrow - but at least everyone else's had been enjoyable/he was pleased to say that he liked them all/leads the way out of the ballroom and back to his room*
Shoma - *gets up to, uhhh, well... he supposed he could stay up with Gunter until Yuu-chan and the others got back*
(Next time is Yuuri's party! Oh my~ )