Conrad slept like the dead. It wasn't the most comforting comparison but it was true. The royal family was there. Conrad's brothers, Gwendal and Wolfram stood to his left while his mother, Cecilie von Spitzweg, the former demon queen, stood to his right. Her concern was felt physically by all.
"What happened?" she demanded at no one in particular. She hadn't looked away from her child since entering the room minutes ago. "What happened to my little Conrad?"
"He's fine, your highness." Josak reassured with a faint smile. "He's just tired that's all. He'll be up and running in a couple hours." Everyone knew. Conrad's snores were evident but everyone had the same question on their mind. Only wolfram spoke it aloud though.
"What I want to know is why Conrad's tired." Wolfram demanded in his high handed voice. "We all know he's tired but the Conrad I know wouldn't do something like this unless it was important." Wolfram glared up at the tall man. Most people wolframs size would cringe away from a man Josak's size but Wolfram was fearless. Plus he was asking the question everyone want to know. The room was silent save for Conrad's snores. Yuuri looked to? Gwendal and saw the man staring right back at him. Before Yuuri could ask, the man turned away.
"I don't you know what your trying to say, my lord." Josak said evasively. Yuuri had to give him credit. The man was a professional lyier. But wolfram never quit even if he knew he would lose.
"We all know you're always with Conrad so why don't you tell us what happened." Everyone looked to Josak expectantly. He stared right on back. The he sighed.
"I'm sorry, folks but I promised the captain not to tell a soul what he was doing." Everyone either groaned in frustration or growled at the taller man. All except for Gwendal, who looked upon the scene with casually black eyes. Yuuri suspected that the man knew what was going on. He would have asked but a voice called out.
"I'm sorry, sirs, but I need to talk to all of you outside." The doctor said from the doorway. "Please follow me." As everyone filed out the room, Yuuri stood next to Conrad. Once he was sure he was alone, he grabbed Conrad's hand.
"Please be alright, Conrad." He softly begged. "I couldn't have made it this far without you. You mean too much to everyone. I know you're just asleep but if you continue to disregard your health like this, one day you really will die and…" Yuuri could say no more. He sat up and turned to walk away. But his hand wouldn't move. He turned to see Conrad, eyes barely open, clutching his hand tightly.
"Conrad!" Yuuri cried. He looked around but saw no one coming. I guess I wasn't loud enough for them to hear, Yuuri thought.
"Yuuri…" Conrad whispered. Yuuri turned back to him. He smiled like a dying man seeing an angel. "Yuuri… you're so…" Conrad fell back asleep. Yuuri felt like shacking him awake again. What was it that he was going to say! Snatching his hand away, Yuuri turned and stomped his way to the door. Why he was angry, Yuuri didn't know. He felt weird all over.
His hand felt cold with Conrad's hands around it and the slight shiver that traveled through him when Conrad first turned to him. His eyes held an unknown something in them. Like he had something he wanted to say but couldn't. it was a heated stare but only for a moment. Yuuri would have ignored its entire existence if he hadn't just witnessed it again just now when Conrad stared up at him.
His pace slowing, Yuuri hugged his body. Even now, his body screamed for something. A something it knew but the mind denied. He was at the door way when a voice called to him.
"Your majesty?" It was josak, he could tell.
"Josak?" Yuuri asked the darkness
"Yes, your majesty, now please come this way." Yuuri sighed and followed Josak's voice.
"What do you want, Josak?" Yuuri demanded. Usually, Yuuri would be friendly but this man was withholding information and Yuuri's body felt too unsatisfied to be polite.
Josak was hiding in the dark corner of the room. Considering he was a large man with bright clothes and red hair, he hid very well. "I just wanted you to know that I can't tell you what happened to Conrad to make him this way."
"I already know that." Yuuri counter bitterly. "You already told us that several times."
"Well," He started. The way he said that meant something good was coming his way. "Though I did promise not to TELL what happened, I was never told not to SHOW you what he did." The way he was talking, there was defiantly more to his words that met the ears.
"What do you me?" Yuuri asked. Surely the man wasn't saying what he thought he was saying, was he?
"Well, I was told to tell you nothing and I will. But," Josak said with a smile in his voice. "If you were to go out and find out on your own what he was doing, it wouldn't be my fault. I did what I was ordered to do but you on the other hand are a different matter."
"Do you mean what I think you mean?" Yuuri asked with a wide smile on his face. Excitement rushed through his bloodstream like a sugar rush.
"When Conrad wakes up, I know he'll be going out to the same place as before." Josak said as his profile appeared from the shadows. "Why don't you follow him and see what you can dig up your majesty?"