That night Yuuri sat in bed and listened to Wolfram snoring.

It had been a long day of papers, Gwendal, Gunter, then Anissina, then no more Gwendal, then no more Gunter, then Chaos, then food, then papers, then Wolfram, then Greta, then food, then more Wolfram and more Wolfram.. and more Wolfram- then finally bed.

Wolfram had kept him up for HOURS painting him, 'teaching' him swordplay, (more like screaming at him) 'teaching' him about being a good parent- (more yelling and scolding) then 'teaching' him about diplomatic ways to profess your love for your fiance, (forcing himself on Yuuri and scolding Yuuri about being an awful partner) which was when Yuuri promptly had ENOUGH and then they fought, then they were too tired to fight so they went to bed.

He had only seen Conrad once today though.. which made him kinda sad.

He knew when he woke up he would see Conrad again- but until then.. his mind settled on another subject..

What was happening to him? Maybe it wasn't anything at all.. but.. twice?

"Go to sleep, wimp- your thinking.. or lack thereof is keeping me awake." HMPH Wolfram huffed at Yuuri, sitting up a little in bed.

"Wolfram? I thought you were asleep.."

"I can't sleep when you're sitting there sighing and looking so miserable.. Yuuri.. what's wrong? Was it because of earlier..?"

"Huh? Oh- nah.. I'm over it, our fights are normal." Wolfram smiled fondly at that.

"I was just thinking about- I dunno.. dreams I guess, I keep like-" he thought about how it would sound.. and how Wolfram would probably react.

["That's such a ridiculous thing to lose sleep over you wimp, no wonder you're always so tired during your studies, it's because you stay up late thinking about idiotic things like slamming into trees so you can time travel."]

Yeah.. probably not the best thing to tell Wolfram.

Time travel.. that wasn't it... was it? Just Déjà vu.. Not time travel..

"It's.. Nothing- I actually can't remember now that you put me on the spot about it ahaha.." Yuuri rubbed the back of his neck.

Wolfram just rolled his eyes.

"You're hopeless, now go to sleep!" he flipped over, grabbing all the blankets and rolling into a big ball.

"Hey, Wolfram-! This is my bed! Share the sheets at least!"

0-0-0-0-0

It took a while.. but Yuuri was finally dreaming.

"C-Conrad.. mm! Ah.. god.. you feel so good.."

"Y-yuuri-!"

Yuuri, didn't like to play the female role.. he didn't like wearing dresses, and he didn't even like dancing as the 'girl', so that's how it went in his dreams.. and yeah, Conrad was taller and stronger and way more masculine than he was- and heck, he would probably end up sweeping Yuuri off his feet IF Conrad ever did like him back but.. in his dreams, Conrad was all his, and Yuuri liked him just like this.

Those lean thighs were spread out beneath him, and Conrad's smooth soft voice crying out his name, moaning-

"Nnng.." he was close, Conrad was so hot.. lord he was scalding.. it all felt so good against his..

SLAM!

Yuuri was rudely awakened by a swift kick from Wolfram, who was kick boxing in his sleep again- and with that single twitch of a leg muscle Yuuri was flying off the bed, falling to the ground.

Falling- and WHOOSH just like that.. again.

"AAAHHHHH! NO-! Not now!" Yuuri screeched, flailing his arms as he fell through open air- only this time it was a different time of day- almost sun-set in this strange world where he fell through the wide open sky surrounded by beautiful clouds made of numbers.

"Shinou..!?" Yuuri shouted, squeezing his eyes tightly shut, curling in on himself. "No more! Okay!? I don't want to do this anymore-!"

"It's not up to me, it's up to you. You're the one in control of this power." Shinou laughed, and then he too was falling next to Yuuri.

"What do you mean!?" Yuuri shouted above the sound of the wind. "Then why are you here!?"

"You're not aware of it, but you should be now, you're time traveling."

"WHAT? I CAN'T- What do you mean- why am I? Is this some sort of secret Maoh power or-!?"

"Not quite." Shinou smiled, twirling gracefully through the air, sighing happily- apparently he liked falling at extreme speeds from high altitudes.

I guess anyone would if they were already dead- they'd have nothing to fear.

Yuuri however.. not so much.

"I don't want to anymore!"

No wait.. the ground! It was approaching too soon! Yuuri didn't want to go back yet, he still had to talk to Shinou!

"Not yet!" he shouted, bracing himself when suddenly..

He was falling.. again?

"You have to go back sometime." Shinou sounded concerned. "The more you fall the further back in time you go."

"H-how much further?" he tried to fly closer, but Shinou moved farther away, arms and legs crossed as if he was sitting in a comfortable arm chair.

"I don't know.. but if you think time passes quickly on Earth.. it passes much faster here."

The ground was fast approaching once again- it was dry, cracked earth, surrounded by such a beautiful sky..

It looked like what Conrad had once described as 'New Mexico'.

Yuuri then felt the passing- the forwards-to-go-backwards-thing again.

And then..

0-0-0-0-0

"Have any more dreams, Yuuri?" Conrad asked.

Yuuri was jogging.. with Conrad- everything- was like it had been this morning.. Oh- wow.

"Hey, Conrad!" Yuuri slowed to a stop, turning to the man- a huge grin on his face.

"Let's go play baseball, right now! I'm completely serious- can we please?" his eyes shined- and Conrad couldn't look away..

"But you have so much to do today.. are you sure? We really shouldn't until later.."

"Don't worry- I'll find the time to do everything today. Trust me." Yuuri beamed, grabbing Conrad's wrist while leading him to the stables. "Let's go!"

Whoosh, thunk. Whoosh, thunk. Whoosh, thunk.

"Conrad, what would you do if you could time travel?"

Conrad looked surprised, but wasn't too concerned.. something had been on his king's mind since yesterday.. Conrad was simply waiting for it to come around.

"Hmm." he had to actually think about it- and then.. all the pain returned.. it throbbed through him, traveling from the memories in his head through his heart..

He would save so many people.. all those poor lost soldiers- all those dead children..

Conrad would, if he could travel through time- and save them all. But.. doing that- not going to war and saving Julia.. would mean no Yuuri.. right? So..

No. Because of Yuuri- his shining sun, he could not save them.. but he would probably re-direct a slap.. and never leave Yuuri to go to Dai Cimaron.

"I would probably go back and change Yozak's love of women's clothing." Conrad joked, smiling at Yuuri- he couldn't be honest.. it would reveal too much about how he felt about the boy king.

"Aha! Impossible! Yozak's probably loved women's clothing since birth." whoosh, thunk.

"I would also try to spend more time with my brothers, or my father." he tried to be more serious. "Use it to spend more time with those who I love." he chuckled, "I would use it to play more baseball with you as well, and bring you more places if I could."

Yuuri's grin only grew wider.. yeah. That's what he would do too!

He would make it a point to spend more time with Conrad.

Whoosh, thunk.