"Ah, HEIKAAA~" Yuuri squinted his eyes, it was.. a beautiful day...

"Today we'll be learning about Batholomattis, the 13th Maoh who hired an assassin to kill him, because committing suicide as the king is punishable by death- your majesty?"

"Gu—Gunter wait! I feel weird- what.." wait.. was he asleep...? Did he just wake up? Oh.. Déjà vu.. you know.. like you have a dream about something that happens in the future, then you wake up and experience what you dreamed?

Yeah.. he felt like that.

"Oh- Heika!" Gunter grabbed Yuuri's face in his hands, turning his face upwards and SQUEEZING it with concern, "OH HEIKA, you're sweating! Why did you not tell me earlier you were not feeling well! I'll summon Gisela at once!"

Yuuri was too stunned to respond, but once Gunter was gone, he hopped on the desk, and out on the windowsill like he had before- his eyes scanning for Conrad.. well.. Conrad would probably catch him.. so there was no reason to delay... right?

"Yuuri!"

OW! TREE BRANCHES! OOF!

"Conrad!" Yuuri's smile was bright as anything- He really did catch him! For some reason that bothered Yuuri more than it soothed him.

What... what was all that from earlier.. was it just a dream..?

"Conrad, I want to ask you so-"

"Yuuri- are your studies that bad? Please, do not do that again! Granted.. that one time I did help you escape through the window- but please do not attempt that without me here! You could have been badly injured your majesty."

Conrad looked concerned as he set Yuuri down and began to lead him down a nearby hallway but Yuuri.. didn't want to go to that hallway.. something didn't feel right- so he grabbed Conrad's hand to steer the man in a different direction.

"Y-yeah I know- I'm sorry Conrad but, Gunter's going to capture me and force me to-"

"To-?" Conrad raised an eyebrow, but followed Yuuri anyway,

"Learn." Yuuri snickered, looking back at Conrad, thinking it was funny how he stole that word from dream-Conrad earlier.

Hmm.. dream-Conrad had a nice ring to it, Conrad was dreamy. This thought didn't catch Yuuri off guard- he often admired Conrad in his head, and had come to terms with his rather large crush on the man some time ago.. now he was just kind of waiting for it to pass or..

Or something else to happen between them. He was hoping for the latter.

Yuuri wasn't thinking where he was going as he led Conrad down a maze of hallways until the man spoke. "Not to deter you, your majesty, but where are you headed?"

"... Oh!" Yuuri stopped, and looked around.. "I'm not r-really sure actually- ahah! Ahh.." he rubbed the back of his head, dropping Conrad's hand.

"Do you think we escaped?"

"I believe so." amusement was thick in his knight's voice.

"Okay.." Yuuri sighed. "Hey- Conrad, have you ever had like- Déjà vu?" he looked at Conrad, eyes pleading- hoping he knew what that was.

"Is that an Earth term?" Conrad smiled. "I think it's French.. right? It means 'To occur again' or 'already seen' right?" he looked deeply intellectual as he dug through his mind in search of that information.

"That's right! You know- people experience it with dreams.. I think.."

Conrad chuckled, and began to lead Yuuri towards the kitchens. "I have not, I'm guessing you have?"

"Yeah- Well I mean I.. I think I did.." he rubbed his face, a little embarrassed to admit it.

"You know.." Conrad smiled, that 'one smile' that belonged only to Yuuri, "They say the Maoh's dreams are sacred, and can predict the future." he chuckled. "Mother always had such odd dreams, and insisted on sharing them- so that the whole castle would be in a panic over nothing.. I think she liked the attention."

Yuuri paled, that woman was dangerous!

"Do you want to talk about your dream?" Yuuri smelled food.. as they got closer to what he guessed were the kitchens.

"Nah I'm alright.. it wasn't that important.. I just wish I always knew the future like I did in my dream- I think I would be a way better king and way cooler if I knew what was going to happen next." he mused aloud, smiling at how silly it all seemed.

"I think you are a great king, and very cool." Yuuri rolled his eyes, blushing. Conrad gave him another award-winning grin, before opening the door to the large kitchens.

"Now.. How about we eat, then go play some catch?"

"Yeah!"