~Pearl to My Oyster~(WRIOLETTE FIC)

Chapter 49

    (Hello my loves! Because I've finally gotten my Chromebook to work, I am very proud to say that you can definitely expect more updates throughout the week instead of the one chapter on Sunday pattern. I've fully recovered and am feeling much better, so I'll be picking up the pace.)

Neuvillette was a very light man, Wriothesley came to notice.

Now, one might ask how he found this out. As for his answer, you could say it took some persuasion, a stubborn Archon, and two star crossed lovers (quote on quote from the Miss Furina herself). 

Instinctively his arms wrapped around Neuvillette's waist and he pressed a subtle kiss to the back of his neck, smirking at the way the pale skin there turned a gentle red. The Iudex was perhaps the most soft skinned person he knew, with the way his tender flesh could bruise at a mere grip of the fingers. With a soft sigh, he pulled the man on his lap closer. Oh yeah. So, about that earlier statement: he came to figure it out when Furina insisted  on the Chief Justice sitting in his lap. The Duke wasn't one to fluster, but to say he sputtered when she proposed the mere thought was an understatement.

But, if he had to be honest, he didn't mind this one bit. Not at all. Props to her once again, gah, would he ever stop owing Furina favors? First was with the whole play (of which the only part he remembered was Neuvillette in that tight dress), next was her babysitting Lucille so they could have a wonderful dinner (or date), and now the oh so magnificent sight of the Iudex flushed a hot red and sitting in his lap like some overgrown house cat. 

"Listen, you can't keep this a secret forever! The public will know one way or the other. Trust me, as your former Archon, nobody loves drama other than the press themselves! You'll just be digging a deeper grave at this rate!"

"Perhaps that is the case, but please do consider the point that this could be perceived as a sex scandal as much as it could be a 'budding romance'."

Wriothesley had to admit, he brought up a fair point. News spread like wildfire, and he knew that even in just the span of a day that even the inmates in Meropide would come to realize it. And with the amount of time he's been spending on the surface, ignoring paperwork, and doing anything but his job as Administrator, he may as well tattoo "I'M GAY FOR THE IUDEX"  in big bold letters on his forehead.

Though, the idea of everyone knowing that Neuvillette belonged to him and only him was tempting just as much.