DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in this fanfiction. All rights reserved to the author of Kyo Kara Maoh! This is purely fan made story and has nothing to do with the main anime nor manga.

Sakumi Kinoyuuki (c) 2008


Conrad Day 1

I woke up this morning to Wolfram's screams, again. Ever since Yuuri left this world a year ago, Wolf has been having these terrible nightmares. At first, we were all alarmed at the intense agony every morning but, soon, we all got used to Wolf's lost of control when asleep. My poor brother, it really doesn't suit him that Yuuri has been gone for so long. Well, actually, it suits none of us. I slowly got up from the feathered bed and headed towards a pile of clothing left by one of the maids last night. I quickly gathered my brown uniform from the lot and proceeded to dressing for breakfast.

I heared Wolf in the room next door sigh heavily, followed by the distinctive "squeak" of the bed. I gathered the remaining of my uniform and stepped out into the hall, with nothing but the sound of my polished boots against the marble floor. I made my way to the dinning room where Hahaue and Gwendal were already seated. I walked over to my usual chair and flopped down onto it.

"Conrad ... did you, I mean, did you hear Wolf ... again ?" Asked Hahaue, while concentrating on my face.

"Yeah. I did."

"Did you ... check on him ? Maybe, ... maybe he needed something ... maybe ..."

"Hahaue, the only thing he needs know is to be left alone, for the time being." I replied dryly.

By then, Greta had made her way to the table and Wolfram's steady footsteps could be heard coming towards the dinning area. Everyone remained silent when he walked into the room, pretending to be busy with something else then him. He took is seat next to me and started picking at his food with the tip of his spork. His emerald eyes lingered on Yuuri's chair for a while, and every other gaze around the table met his face. I stared helplessly at my little brother, wishing I could do something to soothe his pain. But there is nothing that I can do, nor can anyone else for that matter.

Wolfram's eyes shot up when he realized that everyone was staring at him. He tried to muster what little energy was left in him to summon a fiery look to all of us. Greta turned stone gray when he did so. Hahaue fought back tears and decided to brave the storm and talk to him first.

"Wolf ..." she started helplessly

"Thanks for the meal. I'll be taking my leave now" Was all he answered before he left the room in a hurry, trying to avoid, one again, a decent conversation.

Hahaue stayed dumbstruck as she watched her youngest son disappear behind the dark wooded doors. Greta stared aimlessly at the place where he had been sitting only moments ago, not realizing the warm tears that streaked down her small face. Gwendal bent over her and wiped her face gently with the cloth, while holding her close to his chest. I looked at my plate with disgust, not feeling hungry anymore, and decided that today was the end of all this sorrow. I was going to talk to Wolfram, again, and I was going to head over to the temple, again, and speak with Ulrike, again.

This has to stop. It has to stop now. The family can't take this any much longer. Everyone has fallen apart. Yuuri must come back to us once again and reconcile everyone's fragile hearts.

To be continued ...