Chapter 4 Promises

Yuuri's POV

Why didn't he love me? Why did he choose her instead of me? What did she have that I haven't? Didn't I give him everything? Wait… Now I remember… There was one thing I hadn't given him. It was true love. But did she give him true love? Why did he love her?

Why did he love my cousin… Kaishina…

Normal POV

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Yuuri! YUURI!" Conrad shouted trying to wake the unconcious maoh up.

The unconcious maoh slowly started to open his eyes.

"W-What? What happened? The double-black maoh started to say.

"Yuuri… You're alright!" Conrad said in relief.

"What happened?"

"You fainted when you knew that your cousin was Wolfram's new lover."

"Really? Oh yeah! Wolfram! Is it true? Is it really true you love her?!" Yuuri said pointing to his cousin at the corner.

"It is." The blonde replied.

"But why?"

"It's because… She cares about me. She isn't like you."

Yuuri was silent. He felt guilty that Wolfram was unhappy because of him. At that moment he wanted to kill Kaishina but that would make the situation worse.

"Well… Congratulations!" the maoh said smiling at his ex-fiancé and his cousin.

"Yuuri…" Kaishina whispered.

Kaishina looked sad. She loved Wolfram, but if that meant hurting Yuuri's heart, she would refuse Wolfram's feelings toward her.

"I… I do not accept… I do not accept Wolfram." The maoh's cousin said.

"But why?" Lady Celi curiously asked. She knew Wolfram was handsome. It made her curious when Kaishina refused her gorgeous blonde son.

"Because… Yuuri's happiness is more important than mine." The cousin replied.

Everyone was silent again. They were impressed again by Kaishina's speech.

"Lady Kaishina! I was impressed by your speech. I could see your relative love between His Majesty. It makes me want to cry." Gunter suddenly said.

"Er- I… I was just keeping a promise." Kaishina replied.

"Promise? What promise?"

"It's nothing."

"O c'mon Lady Kaishina. Stop keeping secrets from us!"

"Why do you guys want to know it?"

"Because… Your life is so interesting." Wolfram said.

"W-What? Really?" she replied now blushing.

"Ehem… Can we hear the story now?" Yuuri said

"Oh… Of course." Kaishina replied.

Flashback

I was currently living in the Shibuya's house when my parents were away. To prevent boredness, I played with Yuuri and his brother, Shouri. We were playing a game called 'Tag'. Yuuri was the one who had to chase us.

"Kaishina… Shouri… You can't hide from me…" Yuuri was saying.

Shouri and I were hiding together. It had been five minutes since we were hiding when…

"Found you! Now I'll chase you!" Yuuri said when he found me and Shouri.

We ran as fast as we could. We ended up trapped in Yuuri's parent's bedroom. We were running in circles until…

"Crack…" A vase suddenly fell. Yuuri had bumped into a closet which was near a vase and that caused the vase to fall.

"What was that? Kaishina! Yuuri! Shouri! Is everything alright?" Mrs. Shibuya asked.

"It's nothing mother!" Shouri replied.

"I'm coming up anyway."

The three of us then looked at each other. We didn't know what to do. We heard footsteps. They were getting closer. Then the door opened. It was Mrs. Shibuya. The emotion on her face was unknown. She looked shocked and she looked mad yet she looked sad when she saw that her favorite vase was broken.

"Who did this?" She asked.

"It was Y-Yu-." Shouri was going to say Yuuri when I cutted in.

"It was me. I broke your vase, but it was an accident." I said looking down.

Shouri and Yuuri were silent. They were surprised when I told their mother that I broke the vase.

"Kaishina… Come here… I need to talk to you in private." Their mother told me.

I followed Mrs. Shibuya outside the room. I turned to Yuuri and Shouri. They looked sad.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine." I whispered to them, but they still looked sad.

They felt guilty that I took the blame when it was really Yuuri who broke the vase. It had been about ten minutes since the incident and Yuuri's mom was still yelling at me. Shouri and Yuuri heard their mom screaming at me. They felt more guilty, especially Yuuri. After their mother had finally stopped yelling at me, I walked upstairs to find Yuuri and Shouri. I walked to their room and I saw Yuuri crying and Shouri trying to comfort him. I went inside and Yuuri ran to me still crying. He hugged me tightly and he apologized.

"Why are you apologizing and why are you crying?" I asked.

"Because you took the blame of something I did." He replied hugging me tighter.

"But I should be the one who should apologize."

"What are you talking about Kaishina?! Yuuri broke the vase not you!" Shouri had said.

"I know, but I wanted to protect Yuuri and I wanted to prevent him from being sad and from crying." I explained.

"But why should you apologize?"

"Because even though I took the blame, he's still crying." I looked at Yuuri who looked at me with a few tear in his eyes.

"I promise. I promise that I'll protect you and that I'll make you happy forever… no matter what…" I told Yuuri and I hugged him tighter to try to comfort him and he hugged me back.

End of Flashback

"Did that really happen? I don't remember." Yuuri said.

Kaishina felt sad. She was the only one who would remember the promises she made with others. She was silent for a moment. Everything was silent until…

"How could you forget Yuu-chan?" A familiar voice said.

A figure walked closer to the group. Everyone was quiet when they saw his face; they were shocked to see the identity of the person they saw.

"Shouri?!" Yuuri and Kaishina yelled.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Kaishina asked still shocked.

"Of course, to check if the two of you were safe." He replied.

"How'd you find us and how'd you enter in Shin Makaku (a.k.a. the Great Demon Kingdom)" Yuuri asked shocked as well.

"You forget Yuu- chan, I am half Demon Tribe too." He replied.

Everything was silent for a while. Everyone was confused. They were also surprised because the guy who had entered the room was the Maoh's brother.

"Yuuri… You didn't tell me your brother was handsome!" Lady Celi said walking closer to Shouri.

She was about to seduce him when Kaishina blocked her and she started to talk.

"Lady Celi… I know what you're thinking. I know you are the 'ex- demon queen', but I won't allow you to get close to Shouri." She said with a serious face.

"Are you saying that you love Shouri? Are you saying you have a love relationship with him?" The ex- demon queen replied. She got suspicious on the two's relationship.

"I… I-er… Of course not! He's my cousin and I promised to protect him too." She replied blushing.

"Very well then, I will stay away from him on one condition…" The ex- demon queen had said.

Kaishina was silent for a moment. She was curious on what the condition was, but she knew she had to do it in order to keep her promise.

"I accept your condition, but do tell… What is the condition I have to do in order for you to stay away from my cousin?" Kaishina had finally asked.

"Well…"

Everyone was silent. They were eager to know Lady Celi's condition. They thought hard to figure out what the condition was when…

"Maybe… another time… You should rest for a while." The ex- demon queen said.

"What?! Mother! I demand you to tell us!" The blonde son said also eager to know the condition.

"No… I want everyone to rest. I will announce it to everyone tomorrow morning."

Wolfram really wanted to know the condition. He became suspicious on his mother's condition.

"Ummm… Yuuri… Lady Telly… Where am I going to sleep?" The cousin asked.

"I suppose Yuuri is sleeping alone so his brother will sleep with him… As for you…" Lady Celi said grinning evilly.

Everyone knew she was planning something again.

"You'll be sleeping in Wolfie's room!" She said.

"What?!" Yuuri and Kaishina yelled.

"You forget that you'll do anything in order for me to stay away from Shouri."

"Very well then… but you haven't asked His Majesty's and Lord Wolfram's approval."

"I approve." The blonde prince answered.

Kaishina looked at Yuuri. She hoped that he would disapprove.

"I… I dis-… I approve." Yuuri knew it was hard to say it but he had to. He had to hide his true emotions. He needed to do it. He wanted to express his emotions at the right time and he knew it wasn't now.

Kaishina frowned. She didn't believe her ears. She knew Yuuri, but this time she didn't.

"Very well." She replied and she followed Wolfram to his room and she looked sad for the very first time.

"Well… Kaishina… This is my room. It's a bit dusty since I had been sleeping with Yuuri when we were engaged in the past." He said.

Kaishina looked sad. Even though Yuuri didn't show it, Kaishina knew he was hurt inside. She felt guilty. It hurted her.

"What's wrong Kaishina? Don't you care about me? Don't you love me?" The blonde asked.

"Of course I care about you! You're my friend after all." She replied.

"But you don't love me…"

"I-er… Well… You're my friend…"

"It's Yuuri isn't it? He told you not to love me."

"No it isn't! It's just…"

Wolfram pinned Kaishina on the wall. Kaishina was blushing. She didn't know what Wolfram was going to do next.

"Lord Wolfram…" She whispered.

"Shh… don't speak… and don't call me Lord Wolfram. You're my friend. Call me Wolfram." He replied. Then he kissed her… on the lips…

At first Kaishina was happy. Her loved one was kissing her… But then Yuuri's face popped in her head. 'I promise to keep you happy forever… whatever it takes…' She remembered the promise she made to Yuuri. Remembering it made her push Wolfram.

"Stop! Wolfram! Please… We're just friends… and nothing else." She said now crying a little.

"Kaishina… I'm sorry… I was selfish… I was thinking of replacing Yuuri with you." He replied.

"It's ok… Just don't push yourself. Even though you lost someone you love, you have other people who care about you like your mother, your brothers, your friends…"

"And you." He said smiling.

"Wolfram…" She whispered blushing. She then wiped her tears away.

"Well goodnight."

Goodnight…"

They both got dressed and went on Wolfram's bed. Wolfram wasn't wearing his usual pink night gown he wore when he slept with Yuuri in the past. Instead, he was wearing a blue t-shirt with blue pants. Then they both slowly closed their eyes and slept until it was morning.