A/N: thanks you guys!!! Hahaha! Here's another chapter of this story!
Yuuri: What are you planning now?
Me: Just watch and see.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kyou Kara Maou:D
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Chapter 4- Distractions and Rivals
"Yuuri!!! Where are you?!!" Wolfram's irate cry sounded throughout the garden, birds fluttered away in haste trying to avoid the blonde's wrath.
"What's up Wolfram?" Yuuri asked appearing before the blue-clothed soldier.
"Don't you 'what's up' me!!!" Wolfram seethed angrily, watching the black-haired teen look at him in confusion which only served to fuel his anger. "Have you forgotten?! Gunter's cousin is coming here! You're supposed to welcome him here you wimp!" Wolfram reminded the sheepish young man.
"I was?" feeling Wolfram's deadly glare he quickly changed his reply. "Oh! I remember! I'll go there now!" Yuuri grinned as he slowly backed away, preparing to run to the castle.
Wolfram sighed tiredly. "He's already arrived; you'll just have to meet him at dinner. Honestly, how could you have forgotten?" he asked exasperatedly.
Instead of looking embarrassed, Yuuri answered the blonde's inquiry head on. "I was preparing something for Conrad's birthday… I only have today and tomorrow left." Yuuri replied.
"Oh…" the blonde's mouth formed a small 'o' shape as he said this, impressed at the effort Yuuri seemed to put into this surprise for Conrad. "Why aren't you telling me the surprise anyway? I could help you know." Wolfram offered.
Yuuri shook his head, "I want this to be from me only… to make it really special. Don't worry. I won't mess things up!" he winked.
"If you say so…" Wolfram shrugged. "By the way, be careful around Gunter's cousin." The blonde warned him.
"Why?" Yuuri asked as he tilted his head to the side.
"He's known to be… quite the flirt." Wolfram trailed off slowly not knowing how to describe the man that has come to visit them. "Just be careful."
"Don't be silly Wolfram. Why would he be interested in me?" Yuuri laughed. He seemed quite amused at the thought of himself being in danger to a Casanova's charms.
"You have no idea how many women and men actually want you." Wolfram thought inwardly, Yuuri was innocent like that. "Well, what he doesn't know won't hurt him." he sighed. "Alright, just be at dinner on time ok?" Wolfram gave him a look which meant 'or-else', before turning around and leaving.
"Ok, ok." Yuuri acceded.
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"I wonder where Conrad is…" Yuuri said out loud as he wandered along the hallways of Blood Pledge Castle. He hadn't seen the brunette eversince the almost disastrous picnic yesterday morning. Conrad didn't appear during lunch and dinner as well. He'd hoped that his brown-eyed protector would go jogging with him this morning as per usual, but a soldier came by his room to say Conrad couldn't come, so that threw that idea out the window.
He shrugged it off and just took this time to think more about the birthday surprise he was planning. Yuuri sighed sadly as he sat down on the stairs, his feet aching slightly because of his long search. He wondered why he had this intense urge to see Conrad so badly. It was as if he couldn't live a day without seeing him at least once, it was almost embarrasing how he bothered Gwendel and the others with question's of his protector's whereabouts. But it wasn't as if he was in love with Conrad right? Sure, he had a small tiny crush on the brunette when he first met him but he didn't feel that way anymore… right?
Leaning against the pillar he shook his head of his weird thoughts and brought a hand into his pocket to pull out a small box wrapped up in colorful wrapping paper. "I wonder if he'll like this…" he thought as he absently brushed his thumb over the box. He looked down just in time to see the time on his watch signaling that dinner was only 7 minutes away. "Oh no!!! Wolfram will kill me for sure!!!" he exclaimed in a panic as he hurriedly put the box in his pocket and proceeded to run to the dining room.
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"Ah!!! Leon! You're here!" Gunter greeted lively as his white cloak swished behind him as he walked. "And just in time for dinner too!" he nodded approvingly.
Leon walked up to his cousin with a half-smile and greeted him back. When you looked at the cousins they looked nothing alike. Leon had stormy blue eyes and short chocolate brown locks as opposed to Gunter's snow white hair and amethyst eyes.
Gunter looked up and peered behind his cousin's shoulder. "Your majesty!!!" he exclaimed happily leaving his cousin and opting to run to Yuuri and envelop him in a huge hug. "Your highness, you're just in time! Please come and meet my cousin!" Gunter smiled as he pulled Yuuri by the hand to the dining room.
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Yuuri and Gunter entered the room only to find that everyone else was seated, and to Yuuri's joy, Conrad was also there. He couldn't help but send him a smile before sitting down. Most of the people seated around the table noticed this of course, but decided to let it slip.
"Now Your Majesty, it is my honor to introduce my cousin, Lord Leon Von Christ." Gunter introduced with a beam.
Leon inclined his head to the King, wearing a flirtatious smile. "It's nice to finally meet you."
Yuuri just nodded back, wearing an uneasy smile on his face. "You too." He replied, watching him wearily. Leon was not like what Yuuri would imagine as Gunter's cousin. He was slightly weary around this man, well, who wouldn't? With those midnight blue eyes and dark hair… he was known to be quite the ladies man, so Wolfram says. He was laughing about it before, but now he knew that he should take Wolfram's warning seriously and tread carefully around this man.
It was extremely unfortunate that the man seemed to take a liking to him, if he's constant stare was any indication. He looked around the table, trying to find anything to put his wandering gaze upon except at Gunter's cousin. He spared a glance at his knight, unable to keep the hope that Conrad would stop Leon from harassing him with his looks and comments, just like how Conrad fended away Yuuri's unwanted suitors. But is seems that Conrad wasn't going to do anything this time, Yuuri smiled sadly.
Wolfram sighed inwardly; he knew this would happen. He had foreseen that Lord Leon would find interest in Yuuri. It was inevitable, and it seems that Yuuri had also realized that the playboy was interested in him as well. This was going to cause problems if Yuuri didn't tell the man to back off. He took a chance to look at his brother. Conrad didn't seem to notice anything and was eating as if nothing was happening. Wolfram was positively livid; didn't the man even NOTICE the looks Leon was giving his supposed love interest?!
Gwendel stared at the scene before him, his youngest brother was shooting dark looks at Conrad and the said brother just ignored them. He frowned lightly, causing his lines to appear on his handsome face. This was going to start a batch of problems, he just knew it. He turned his gaze on their squirming king who was trying unsuccessfully to ignore Leon's gaze. He glanced thoughtfully at his middle brother, trying to see his reaction to all these but failing miserably. He leaned back on his chair and decided to leave it as it is. Nothing will happen if he interfered anyway.
Lady Cheri was in no way blind to the happenings around her. To be truthful, she was the one who asked Gunter to invite his cousin, to mix things up you could say. She is very excited with this turn of events. It wasn't that she didn't want Conrad to end up with Yuuri; she just thought that, with Lord Leon here, Conrad would be forced to confront his feelings for the young king. She beamed at her clever thinking, she just hoped Conrad would make a move or risk losing another loved one.
Gunter was confused at the events around him. First of all, Wolfram was glaring at Conrad, well, that happened occasionally but this was different from some reason. Secondly, Gwendel had this resigned expression on his face, which was unlike the dark knight. Thirdly, Lady Cheri was beaming excitedly, like she was a child watching a play unfold. Fourthly, Conrad was unusually silent. Lastly, his majesty was moving around in his seat and acting like he was a caged animal under the gaze of his cousin. "What's happening around here?" he mentally asked himself.
Conrad ate his dinner quietly, ignoring Wolfram's death glares, his mother's beaming face, Gwendel's wary look and Yuuri's pleading one. It wasn't as though he was as dense as to not see Leon's flirtatious smiles and small gestures here and there. He just thought that it would be better if he stayed out of this situation. Yuuri had to handle this on his own, or so he thinks. But it didn't put away the urge to just bury his fist in the man's face and take Yuuri far far away from said man. He sighed, why was he thinking like this all of a sudden?
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A/N: Hey guys! Hope you like this chapter! I had this weird urge to make Conrad jealous so… there! Please review!
Next chapter teaser:
Yuuri frowned; Conrad was avoiding him all of a sudden. He didn't do anything wrong right? So why was he acting like he committed some unforgivable sin? He only agreed to go out to dinner with Leon…
End of teaser!
Anyway, there's only one day left till Conrad's birthday… What's in the box Yuuri has? Hahaha! Till next time!!! ; )