Chapter 5- Dates and Mishaps

"Wolfram, have you seen Conrad anywhere?" Yuuri asked the blonde hopelessly. He had been looking for the brunette the whole day but it seems that he always arrives a few seconds after the man had leaves a certain place. He really didn't know how to make of his situation with Gunter's cousin, so he made the decision to ask for Conrad's help the night before.

Wolfram sighed and turned his head away petulantly. "How should I know?!"

He wasn't really angry, just mildly annoyed by his brother's attempts to avoid the Maou. Seriously, he was always running away.

"Well, I was just hoping…" Yuuri said sheepishly.

"Why are you looking for him anyway? You could always just ask for my advice." Wolfram continued smugly.

"Right…" the teen eyed the blonde beside him warily.

"What's the big problem of yours anyway?" Wolfram asked, impatient as always.

"Lord Leon asked me…" Yuuri started off embarrassedly.

"Asked you? Asked you what?" Wolfram raised an eyebrow, now interested in the obsidian eyed Maou's situation.

"Heaskedmetogooutwithhim!" he rushed out in one breath, turning bright red.

Wolfram blinked back his surprise. "Could you say that a bit more slowly? I knew you were a wimp but I didn't know you were illiterate as well." He remarked blandly.

"He asked me to go out with him." Yuuri repeated slowly, watching his ex-fiancé's mouth drop open in shock.

"He WHAT?!!" Wolfram exclaimed loudly.

Yuuri winced at the Wolfram's loud voice. "He asked me out… and I said yes…" he confessed awkwardly.

"You said WHAT?!!"

"Stop doing that! I'm going deaf over here." Yuuri pouted.

"Sorry, I'm just having a hard time understanding this…" Wolfram muttered under his breath. He breathed in deeply before turning to his ex-fiancé, "And why in Shinou's name did you agree?!!" he shouted at the naïve Maou.

"It would have been rude to say no!" Yuuri defended himself.

"In other words you couldn't muster the courage to say no." Wolfram said dryly. He sighed, "This is why so many girls and guys alike chase after you. You're such a pushover that even though you don't even want to you can't say no, especially since you want others to be happy before yourself." Wolfram stated, ignoring Yuuri's confused expression. "You're too selfless for your own good." He thought to himself.

"What does this have to do with Conrad anyway?" Wolfram asked puzzled.

"I was going to ask if he knew what guys do on dates… since I never went out with anyone before…" Yuuri admitted, blushing.

"I don't think he's the right person to ask about that." a voice suddenly said out of the blue.

Both teens turned on their heels to look at their eavesdropper.

"Yosack! I thought it was an assassin or something…" Yuuri sighed in relief.

Yosack pouted and put a hand on his heart, "You hurt me your majesty!"

Wolfram sighed in annoyance. "Where's my idiot of a brother now?"

Yosack openly grinned and gingerly jumped out of the tree he was resting in. "He's training his men, twice as hard it seems."

Wolfram smirked. So his brother was jealous was he? Maybe this could work to their advantage. "Yuuri, when's this date of yours?"

"Tomorrow, why?" Yuuri asked.

"I think you should go ask from advice from Conrad." Wolfram asserted meaningfully, pushing Yuuri towards the practicing fields.

"But I thought—"

"Don't mind what I said earlier, now go!"

Yosack held back a shot of laughter at Wolfram's irritated demeanor. "Another plan to get the love birds together I see."

"Those two will be the death of me." Wolfram frowned deeply.

"Most probably," Yosack agreed, ignoring Wolfram's glare, "But is it wise to let Yuuri ask Conrad for advice? He's not himself after all." he remarked in amusement.

"That's what I'm counting on."

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Yuuri walked over to the soldier's practice area anxiously. "Maybe doing this isn't a good idea…" he thought to himself, stopping in his tracks.

No, no. Conrad could help him with this. The devoted soldier must have tons of experience with these kinds of things. After all, who could resist such a gentleman like Conrad?

A blush appeared on Yuuri's cheeks. "Nope, definitely not a good idea." He muttered, turning around. Besides, he had to get ready for Conrad's birthday surprise after all there was only tomorrow left for planning… It was a good thing the date wasn't scheduled on Conrad's birthday itself.

The point is that he shouldn't be wasting any time asking Conrad about what guys do on dates! He should use his time for more productive things… on the other hand ruining his date with Lord Leon might ruin their relations with his country forever…

God, why was he so confused about this? Solving a political crisis was better than this! Well… ok… so not a political crisis.

Yuuri groaned outloud sharing his frustrations with the world.

"Your highness?" a familiar voice was heard from behind him.

"Call me 'Yuuri' you named me after all." came Yuuri's instinctive reply, before slapping a hand over his mouth. He did not even turning around to see the one who called him. "Great… now what do I say?"

"What's wrong?" Conrad asked in concern, turning the Maou to face him. Even though he wasn't particularly… happy with the Maou today… it didn't mean that he wasn't going to be concerned if Yuuri was depressed. He kept his hands on the younger man's shoulders to keep him from bolting which, according to Yuuri's features, was what he wanted to do.

"Uhm… it's nothing you need to worry about! I'll be going now!" Yuuri quickly excused himself, trying to pull away from the brunette which in turn heightened Conrad's worried expression.

"Yuuri, you don't normally go in this part of the grounds unless something is wrong. Please, Yuuri." Conrad requested, using Yuuri's name knowing that the Maou wouldn't be able to resist.

"I… I…You see… Uhm…" Yuuri started, pausing every now and then. "LordLeonaskedmetogooutwithhim!" he rushed out like before. This time though, he got a different reaction.

Conrad's hands that were placed on his shoulders were dropped as if burned. Conrad's worried expression disappeared to be replaced with a seemingly blank one and he didn't shout like Wolfram did, instead: "I see."

"I see?" Yuuri repeated in confusion. What did he mean 'I see'? What did he see?!

Conrad fell silent. "I'm afraid I can't help you." He said after a few moments, turning and walking away from the surprised Maou.

"Conrad!!!" Yuuri called after the knight, panic seizing him tightly. Did he say something wrong?

But Conrad never looked back.

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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…

The Maou's frown deepened. Where did the brunette man that promised to always be there for him go?

"Yuuri!" Leon called after the distracted Maou.

The said teenager came to a halt, leaned against the nearest wall, and waited for the guest to get to him. "Is there something wrong, Lord Leon?" Yuuri asked, ignoring the fact that the man already called him his first name after knowing him for only one day.

"I should be asking you the same question." Leon replied with a bone-melting smile, stopping a little close to Yuuri to be labeled as 'just friends'.

"It's nothing to be concerned about." was Yuuri's quick reply, side stepping the stormy-eyed brunette, ignoring the panic he had felt when he was near said Lord.

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"It seems that you're plan didn't work out as smoothly." Yosack commented, eyeing the couple.

"What are you talking about? Of course it worked." Wolfram retorted smugly, looking at a certain tall brunette soldier with a light brown uniform who currently had a death grip on his sword and with eyes ready to kill.

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A/N: hey guys! Sorry for not updating for so long… school really takes up a lot of my time… anyway, please review!