Secretly Obsessing

Conrad and Shinou

Summary – Conrad's past is killing him slowly, Yuuri and the others must race against time to find the cure. Is Shinou falling for the young prince?

Chapter one

It was strange night, there seemed to be a chill in the air as I walked to my room. Everyone had gone to their room to settle down for the down. There wasn't even that many guards around….although most of them had be sent back home because of an illness that is going around. 'Ugh I ache so much' He thought to himself while rubbing his temples. "Maybe I have caught that dreadful illness also…"

"I hope you haven't Conrart" Someone said in a stern voice "You have to take his highness to the human lands with Wolfram" Gwendal stated as he put a hand on his younger brother's shoulder, so he was facing him.

"Gwendal, please don't scare me like that" Conrad looked drained, looking as if he was just going to collapse right here right now. "Conrart, are you feel alright? You don't look well at all" he placed his hand on the forehead of his brother. "You have a temperature. Come on" As normal Conrad argued that he was fine. But Gwendal just ignored him and walked towards Conrad's room with Conrad following closely behind.

As they reached his room Gwendal asked a soldier to fetch Gisela, the soldier did as he was told and went to get her. He was slightly concerned when he saw how drained his captain was, so he hurried towards Gisela's room.

By the time the soldier reached Gisela's room, Gwendal had got Conrart changed and into bed. Although it was slow getting him changed as he kept moving his hands away and kept stating that he didn't want his brother to see him with no clothes on. But Gwendal just said that he had seen it all before, making his brother blush. Gwendal couldn't help think that he looked so cute when he blushed, even when he was younger, he chuckled to himself remembering a little memory. "What are you chuckling at?" Conrad asking with a puzzled look on his face.

"Oh nothing" He tucked his brother in and kissed his forehead "I'm not a kid anymore you know, I can tuck myself in thank you"

"I know" He paused for a minute then continued "It's just…I miss this. You actually letting me touch you" Conrad frowned at the comment "Well sorry if I got used to you avoiding me and looking at me as if…as if was a piece of shit!" Conrad has raised his voice, angry that Gwendal would say that.

"Conrart, that is no way to speak. Didn't your father teach you manners?"

"That's it; bring my father into our arguments again. That is all you people do around here, you talk about him as if he was worthless. Well I tell you now, he was a much better man than you" Gwendal just stared at him is disbelieve; he couldn't believe that his brother was capable at lashing out anyone like that…well at least now. "I thought you had changed Conrart, but obviously not" Conrad was going to retaliate, but Gisela walked in.

"What's wrong?" She asked while walking towards Conrad.

"He is just drained" with that said Gwendal walked out and headed towards his room, not wanting to take his anger out of his brother or anyone else. He understood why his brother acted the way he did, but he was sure that he saw a bit of the old Conrad in his eyes.

"What's the matter with Gwendal?" she asked as she checked Conrad over, but all Conrad would do is answer in single syllables.

"Well, it just looks as if you have a fever. Just rest and have a lot of water and also take one of these pills on a morning for a week" She said pulling his shirt back down and putting the pills on his bedside table "Thank you Gisela" She smiled and bowed and then she left. And Conrad was just left there, sitting on his bed staring outside the window. He couldn't be bothered to get out of bed to close them so he left them. He sighed, blew out the candle and settled down for the night.

There was a knock on the door; Gwendal muttered something…inappropriate under his breath. He had just finally started to settle down. He dragged himself out of his bed and walked to the door, there was another knock "Alright, alright all ready" he opened the door to Gisela. Looking confused he asked "Is there something wrong? Oh no, is it Conrart?" Gisela chuckled "No, there is nothing wrong with Conrart. Just a small fever and tiredness, he should be fine in a couple of days.

"I just wanted to know why you were acting so strange early, both you and Conrart" She said while Gwendal showed her in and asked her to sit down. "We just had a little disagreement before-hand, everything will be fine" Gisela didn't buy it for one second. "It looked more than just a disagreement Gwendal. You two should really sort out your issues" Gwendal frowned; she had no idea what was going on in his mind at the moment. He was worried about Conrart. Conrart is his baby brother for crying out loud.

"Well I'll take my leave, sorry for disturbing you at such a late hour Gwendal" she stood up and left, closing the door behind her. Gwendal just flopped onto his bed; he was so got damn tired. He closed his eyes and just let sleep take him.

Conrad awoke with a banging headache, he sat up and rubbed his temples "Stupid headache, go away. I have a long day ahead of me" then he remembered the pills that Gisela gave him last night. He reached over and grabbed them…'Umm was it just one or two' he thought to himself…."I think it was just one" He took one out and swallowed it with some water. With that done he got changed into a clean uni-form. He sighed when he saw the state of him in the mirror, while putting on his shirt. His hair was a complete mess, he still looked drained and he looked pale….not a look a prince can carry off. "Oh dear, what happened to you?" Asked a sarcastic voice from behind. Conrad stood still for a moment and then turned around when he recognised the voice. "Great one"

"Don't mind me, you finish getting dressed" At that Conrad looked down and saw he was only dressed from the waist down. Shinou threw Conrad his shirt from his bed and Conrad caught it, with that he put it on.

Shinou watched the shirt as it slid down Conrad's well-built body. Shinou nearly had a nose bleed when he saw Conrad abs. 'Oh no, don't think like this Shinou….bad Shinou, bad' he was kicking himself inside.

As Conrad had finished dressing, he turned to the great one wondering why he was here. "What have I done this time?" normally when he shows up, Conrad has generally done something bad that requires Shinou's presence. "What do you mean by that?" he chuckled slightly at the half human's question.

"Well, when I normally do something bad, it requires your presence. So, tell me. What is it this time?"

Shinou just rolled his eyes and sat down "You're such a stubborn mule, sometimes, too much for your own good" Conrad snorted "Thanks, but I don't need your opinion of me"

"What? I'm not allowed to have an opinion of the Lion of Luttenburg?" he paused for a while, and then continued "Well, that just makes me feel sad." Conrad laughed sarcastically and said "Oh come on, stop it with the act. Tell me why you're here"

"Fine, I will. But you won't like it. I'm just here to warn you" Conrad stiffened "What do you mean?"

"Have you been having headaches and been feeling drained lately?" Conrad nodded "That's because someone has been messing with your past. Making it haunt you now, more than it did then that's for sure" Conrad couldn't believe him 'he must be lying…h-he has to be. Although, the pains and draining-ness that I have been having lately, the great one never lies' before he could answer, someone Yuuri came in.

"Gaaaah W-wolfram, please….Leave me alone" Conrad looked at Yuuri and Wolfram charged around his room, but before he could ask Shinou to leave, he was already gone. "C-Conrad, help me" Yuuri then hit behind Conrad, peering at the side of his arm.

"Wolfram, leave his highness be" Wolfram just humped and sounded "You cheater" at the top of his lungs and ran off. "Umm Conrad, how do you do it?" Conrad just chuckled and put on his uni-form jacket, then his sword belt. "Just years of practice your majesty"

Yuuri scowled "Conrad what have I told you, your my godfather, you named me, so call me by my name, okay" Conrad chuckled his famous chuckle and flashed his smile "Yes Yuuri" Yuuri crossed arms "Good then. Well we better get going, before everyone goes without us"

"Of course" Yuuri looked back and chuckled himself "Conrad, I would brush your hair first before-hand" Conrad looked in the mirror and sighed "Thanks Yuuri" He brushed his hair into the usual style and left with Yuuri.

As he was walking with his highness, Gwendal stopped him and took him into his office after he asked a guard to escort Yuuri. "Before you leave, I want you to sign this" he slid a form across the table, Conrad read it. Something about his unit, so he just signed it. "Is that all?"

"No it isn't, I want to talk to you about something. The great one came to me this morning and said that you are in trouble…something seriously bad. I want you to stay behind."

A/N – Hi minna san, hope you enjoyed the first chapter. The next chapter coming soon, PLEASE READ AND REVIEW, thankies =D Btw – This is my first story and I'm an amateur writer, so I'm sorry if there are any spelling mistakes.