Wolfram burned into his heart's memory the feeling of Yuuri's fingers entwined with his, deciding to be able to remember this moment forever. He stared at their linked hands as well, wishing to be able to capture this image in his mind's eye for eternity. If Yuuri wanted reasons to fall for him, he'd give him every reason there was. He would meet Yuuri at any place, any time, and in any way the boy king would prefer. If halfway was how Yuuri wanted it, Wolfram would start at a snail's pace. Wolfram held Yuuri's precious hands that were calloused from sword practice and signing documents that were the lifeblood of his country's government and world and held them close to his heart, looked into the king's midnight-colored eyes and said,
Don't be afraid.
I can meet you half way.
We can't always know
Where the road ends up
But with some luck
I know we can go
Where-ever we imagine!
Still, as much as in his own heart Wolfram wanted to believe that taking all this time would be best as Yuuri would have it, Wolfram could not help but ask why they could not try to be in love right there and then.
Why should we wait?
Later on maybe too late!
Cause where can we run;
When you see there's half a chance
That we might really become
Whatever we imagine!
Tears threatened to fall as Wolfram laid out all of his cards on the table. He never showed anyone his heart before, except maybe Conrart, but this was different. All of his hopes, his dreams, his fears – his very life – depended on what Yuuri had to say. It was not at all easy, but Wolfram could not keep it within him any longer.
And I imagine you and me—
just taking shots at what we see
And if we falter take away the dust
And just outlast them all!
Yuuri looked at his friend, not with pity, but with compassion and empathy. Yuuri had never felt strongly for anyone before, but even in his innocence Yuuri had a pretty good idea how it must have felt for the proud young princeling to wear his heart on his sleeve like this that Yuuri had no second thoughts in enfolding the beautiful blonde boy in his arms in a comforting hug and did not find the irony in Wolfram's sobbing out these words:
You ought to see all your heroes in me
But if we get wise,
we can break the walls we make.
And you can see in my eyes
Whatever we imagine!
Yuuri realized that Wolfram must have thought about the two of them a lot, and realized just like he did now that they had built walls in front of themselves. Yuuri's was of doubt about whether to love someone of his own gender as right or wrong. Wolfram would have greatly surpassed his standards, but there was always that nagging feeling which Yuuri could trace to his being Earth-born and bred.
Wolfram's heart also had barriers, well, up until then. It was mostly of pride, and a bit of primal fear. Yuuri was his first love, and given the kind of personality Wolfram had, Yuuri would doubtless be his only. To not put up some sort of protection for his heart which, given the way Yuuri was, stood a great chance of being broken, would have been foolhardy at best. Now while Wolfram was renowned for being brash in battle, his love seemed an entirely different matter.
And I imagine you and me
Just taking shots at what we see.
So let the walls go down.
And we can try it again
Cause nobody can stop us now!
Don't be afraid.
'Cause I'll meet you halfway
You're not far behind.
If we climb this hill
I know there's still a chance we can find whatever we imagine in our life.
Yuuri smiled at that. Wolfram was usually impatient, but loved him enough to wait. It pained Yuuri as well, this uncertainty. But better they knew it for sure first. He didn't want to hurt Wolfram for the same reason he seemed to be hurting him now.
We can make it there, baby…
Ohhh, Whatever we imagine…
Don't you see, baby?
It's all in our minds.
I'll meet you halfway…
Whatever we imagine…
Yuuri kept rocking the sobbing blonde knight in his arms as he would have a child as the latter kept uttering the same words of faith over and over into the night.
Disclaimer: I don't own "Whatever We Imagine", popularized by James Ingram.