DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in this fanfiction. All rights reserved to the author of Kyo Kara Maoh! This is purely fan made story and has nothing to do with the main anime nor manga.

Sakumi Kinoyuuki (c) 2008

Yuuri Day 4 (part1)

For the first time since Wolfram had been here on earth, I actually noticed how much he had changed during the past ten months. His once sculpted face was now a pale colour and his eyes were dark green and had lost their usual sparkle. He had also lost weight and now looked too thin.

Obviously, these past months had been hard on him. Something that was even more unusual was his calm personality; as if my long absence had inspired a resigned state of mind in Wolf. I could not bear to see him in such a pitiful state so; I decided that a day out on the town should give him back his usual spark.

I walked into my room, which I currently shared with Wolf, and made my way to the sleeping blond awkwardly sprawled onto my bed.

"Wolf ..." I gently nudged him.

"Wolf, wake up. It's already morning! Wake up sleepy head!" I teased, smiling as he shifted and tried to ignore me.

"Um ... Yuuri? ... go awayyyy ... I'm still zleepiiiiing ..." he replied groggily.

"Ha ha, no Wolf, it's time to get ready. We're going out today."

"Huh ? Where?" he asked, one emerald coloured eye showing.

"Ah! You'll see once we get there ! Now, get up! Your clothes are on the chair over there. I'll get the breakfast going in the meantime."

I got up from the side of the bed and made a step towards the door when a hand tugging firmly on the bottom of my shirt suddenly stopped me.

"Stay ... please."

My heart nearly stopped dead. If a doctor had been monitoring me at that moment, he would have surely thought that I had just lived through a heart failure. I turned halfway back and peered over my shoulder to see a very awake Wolf staring back at me through glistening greens.

I sighed deeply and sat back down on the bed as he proceeded to step out and walk towards the clothes I had laid out for him. I observed as he replaced his PJ's by a pair of jeans and a green button down shirt. Yes, I had picked green on purpose, to match his beauteous eyes. He then proceeded to putting on a pair of socks and ruffling is hair slightly in front of the mirror. I must have been gawking at him too much because he threw me a "what?" through the mirror.

"Nothing." I replied as a looked away quickly. I looked back up in time to notice that something was wrong with his shirt.

"Ah! Wolf, your shirt isn't buttoned up correctly." I mentioned casually as I walked up to him and spun him towards me, as I fiddled with the flawed buttons. It was unthinkable to let him step out looking like that.

"Uh, thanks ..." he replied barely louder that a whisper.

My fingers lingered a little longer than supposed to upon his shirt. I heard his usual regular breathing sounding somewhat a little bit more rushed. I lifted my eyes up and stared into liquid pools of green. My own breath caught in my throat as he moved an inch closer to me. Time seemed to stop for a while as we stared into each other’s faces. I took one more step, closing the already short distance between us.

"Yuuri ..." he spoke softly

"Wolf, I ..."

"YUU-CHAN ?? WOLF-CHAN ?? Breaaaaakfaaaast !!" yelled out Mama at the top of her lungs from downstairs.

Wolf and I jumped apart immediately, both surprised by my mom. "We better get going." I said before leaving the room in a hurry. What in the world had just happened ?? sigh I was going to have to sort through these confusing feelings by the end of today or else, tonight, I was going to have to sleep somewhere else.

I made my way downstairs and reached the warm family kitchen. Shori-nii was already done with his meal and he was reading avidly today's news. Dad stood at the counter next to Mama as she handed him his plate. I sat down at the table and waited for Mom to bring me my breakfast.

"Yuu-chan? Is Wolf-chan coming soon? I don't want his meal to get cold."

"Er, yeah, he should be here shortly. I think he's just finishing getting dressed." I replied ackwardly and stared down at the plate Mama had just put infront of me.

"Yuu-chan? What's wrong? You're all red ... do you have a fever?" said Shori-nii after giving me a long look.

"Shut up Shori." I answered angrily, blushing ferociously.

"Yuu-chan! How many times must I tell you to call me "Onii-chan"?" Replied my appalled brother.

"Whatever." I answered, knowing very well that he absolutely hated to be ignored by me. I smiled inwardly when he went off on another rant about his "duty to protect me". At least I knew that my brother loved me, maybe even a little too much.

Wolf finally made his appearance in the kitchen and looked so out of place in a typical Japanese style home. He would have fitted better in an oil painting about Greek gods. He made is way to the table and carefully avoided my eyes.

"Wolf-chan! You look splendid this morning ! Did you sleep well my dear?" asked my mother.

"Ohayo Hahaue, Chichiue, Shori Aniue. Yes, I had a very good night sleep for the first time in a very long while." he answered in his melodic voice.

To be continued ...

Author's note:

Aaaaaaaand one more for today !! XD Wow ... 3 chapters in a day ... I'm exausted ! XD sigh well, ... at least I've given you guys some YuuRam-ness with this chapter :D I hope you liked it ! I really enjoyed writing it XD

Next time on Journals of Shin Makoku: "Ulrike Day 4" ... yes, it's back to Shin Makoku for a while ... XD (that means you'll have to wait a little bit longer for more YuuRam-ness ... XD however, I promise, it will be worth it ! )

Sakumi-chan

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