Here now the next chapter of my fiction.

Hope you enjoyed the first and this one as well.

From now on I´ll try to upload the next chapter every once a week, but that´s no promise yet.

So please keep on following our two heroes on the path of love 3

Disclaimer still the same as the warning!

This may contain adult and Male/Male-Relationships!

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Thank you!

CH 2: Concern

The next day Gwendal woke up to silence.

Did he die and went to heaven?

Suspicious, he opened one eye, then the other.

No, this was definitely his sleeping room…

But why was it so quiet all of a sudden?

He put his clothes on in a haste and stormed out of his room, calling for one of the guards to ask, where everyone was.

Obviously the soon to be married couple and their daughter were out with Cherie to get their ceremonial robes for the wedding and Conrad and Yozak were out on a mission but what kind of it the guard wasn´t sure about.

So that would have left himself and Günter alone in the castle.

And usually the man with the lilac hair and the flaming gay behavior would have made a huge fuss about being left once again.

But there was silence.

So Gwendal was indeed wondering, where the other man was and what he did.

If he had done something to himself that would have been really bad, as there was no other successor to the von Christ family.

"Günter!", he called out and looked for him everywhere, nearly jumping a few metres in the air, when a quiet but curious voice behind him said: "Yes?"

But Gwendal tried to hide his now fast beating heart and the adrenaline pulsing through his veins.

"What are you doing?"

Now Günter looked even more confused.

"What I normally do…."; he admitted.

"Are you feeling well?", he then wondered and tried to lay a hand on the cool man´s wrinkled forehead.

"Leave it out!", he said and shoved the pale, slim hand aside.

"You were just being uncharacteristically quiet so I…"

"You worried?", Günter interrupted him and Gwendal wanted to bet, that he started to glow a little more.

"Not really.

I just thought maybe Annissina would have had her wicked way with you.

Then I wouldn´t have to be as cautious as normally.", he explained himself casually.

"Why would I worry about you?

You are a grown man and not untalented with the sword.

Who could seriously harm you in any way?"

Günter gave him a weak smile.

"At least no one who would attack my body….", he said, then smiled a little more.

"Thank you for your concern, I have to attend my work again."

He excused himself and left Gwendal standing in the hall all by himself musing.

The usually cheerful man indeed had changed.

So it was really because of this child, this innocent, naïve, manipulative boy with those big puppy eyes?

He started walking back to his study, still deep in thoughts.

Gwendal would have always imagined Günter to desire a partner, that could match him.

That had his experience and his understanding of the world.

Someone, that was strong and knew exactly which path he wanted to take.

Someone like Gwendal himself maybe.

A real man.

So what was it, that attracted Günter so much to the young king?

What did he have, that Gwendal didn´t?

Gwendal stopped his steps and thoughts and looked up slightly shocked.

Since when did he compare himself to persons Günter was in love with?

And what for?

He knew, that he and Yuuri were as different as two people could be.

So why did he even wasted his brain capacity with such stupidity?

That was completely unnecessary as Gwendal hadn´t even had any kind of interest in Günter other than in his abilities to fight and teach their new king.

Well, a few decades ago that was a completely different topic.

But that didn´t matter now.

All that mattered was to keep Shin-Makoku together and his brother married to the Maou.

With a sigh, he closed the doors behind him and took a look at the mountain of work.

That would surely take all day….

So that´s it for now.

Sorry for the chapters being so short.

I´ll try harder to write more.

But I hope you like it although.

See you next week! (…I hope XD)