The comforter had fallen to the floor at some point, but the two men in the bed didn't seem to have noticed. The sheets had also ended up in a big mess and were entangled around them. Conrad didn't pay much attention to that; making love to Yozak was certainly more important than the sheets.

He squeezed his eyes shut and gasped, pretty much up to his limit. Yozak moaned and squirmed under him, and then tensed for a moment before he dug his fingernails into Conrad's arm.

"Ga... Aah... Commander...!"

"Do... you..." Conrad mumbled, panting. "Really... have to... call me... that... when we're... g-aaah!"

He didn't get a reply, not that he could have honestly cared at that point. It was, after all, rather hard to care right on the moment when they both came, making the bed an even bigger mess.

A minute or so passed, and then Conrad dragged himself up from the bed and retrieved a bowl of water and a washcloth from the other side of the room. Yozak gave him a tired smile and closed his eyes. He did, however, move a little to make sure the other man wouldn't have trouble washing him.

Conrad got his task done quickly enough and lay down on the bed. He smiled at Yozak, caressed his thigh a little, and sighed contentedly. The Maou and his entourage had just returned from Earth the day before, and while there were a lot of things to do here as always - not to mention, they had the last box now - the nights he could have for himself. Or rather, for himself and Yozak, if the spy happened to be here.

"What are you thinking about, Commander?" Yozak inquired and shuffled around a little so that Conrad could rest his head on his partner's shoulder. Conrad did so, and closed his eyes as well.

"The trip to Earth. You already heard more than enough details. I'm just thinking..." Conrad paused for a moment. "It is good to be home."

"Can't argue with that," Yozak commented and petted his friend's hair. "I missed you, you know. Gets cold at night when you're not here." He yawned. "I did hear something interesting though. You didn't have a chance to miss me much, did you?"

Conrad opened his eyes and looked at the other man. "Why do you say that?"

"Well," Yozak said with a smirk, "I heard his Highness' brother is rather cute."

"Ah, you mean Shori," Conrad said and shrugged. "He is quite handsome, yes. Resembles his father, I think. Older than his Highness and thus looks more mature."

Yozak prodded his friend's arm. "That's all? 'Handsome'? What, you didn't check him out at all? And here I was, practically thinking that you managed to seduce him and make your way into his bed. Gotten rusty on that department, Commander? Come on now...!"

"Actually no," Conrad replied. "I have to admit though, he was rather... well." He trailed off for a moment. "He seemed to think of me as some kind of a threat, but the tension between us was certainly not just that." He smiled and took a more comfortable position. "I... Fine then. There were a couple of times where I had a compulsive need to kiss him."

"I knew it!" Yozak grinned. "So why didn't you?"

Conrad laughed. "I know you better than anymore, and yet, sometimes I get the feeling I don't know anything! Come again, Yozak. Did I just hear my lover ask if I kissed someone else while on a mission to protect the king?"

"What your mission is has nothing to do with anything," Yozak said. "And it's not like I was jealous or possessive here. Or, well," he added and wrapped his arms around Conrad. "Maybe just a little, not that I had any right to be. I'm probably the bigger cheater here after all."

"Yozak, that's work," Conrad said in a quiet, more serious tone of voice. "It may be dirty at times, but someone has to do it." He then nuzzled his lover's arm. "We both know that. Back to the original topic, shall we?"

Yozak sighed and smiled. "Oh sure. Come on then. Tell me - why didn't you kiss him then?"

"I couldn't. Not with everyone else there..."

"Didn't you ever share a private moment with him?" Yozak asked. "You must have. I still say you should've seduced him."

"Yozak, we were in his Highness' Earth home," Conrad said. "How could I possibly do something like that? You know how highly I respect his family. Although I did speak to him a couple of times in private, it doesn't mean that I would have even though about..."

"Oh, what a shame." Yozak yawned again and stayed silent for about a minute. He then looked at Conrad and lightly caressed his friend's shoulder. "You know Commander, I have an idea," he said. "You need to ask his Highness to bring his family here for a visit sometime - especially his brother."

Conrad raised an eyebrow. "Well, that's up to him and Shinou. But... what for?"

"For a threesome, of course."

"Threesome?" Conrad repeated, half-shocked, half-amused by his friend's suggestion. He then settled for shaking his head and smiling; this was Yozak talking, after all. "I... see. I don't know if I'm into threesomes though..."

"Sure you are," Yozak replied "You didn't have any complaints that one time we slept with your brother. Of course, I am thinking that Sir Gwendal is pret-"

Conrad sat up abruptly and stared at his friend. "Come again?"

"Threesome, a couple of years ago, me, you, your older brother? You were on the bottom, liked it very much, and Sir Gwendal is pretending it never happened?" Yozak grinned.

"Someone is going to die for this," Conrad muttered, not knowing if he was supposed to laugh or cry. "I just don't know if that's Gwendal, you, or me. I must've been drunk or something because I swear I can't remember that ever happening."

"But you liked it," Yozak noted. "So. Do we have a deal on his Highness' brother?"

Conrad dropped back onto the bed, laughing. "Fine! Except that you're talking him into it. I can surely seduce him, but that? That's beyond my ability."

"Well then, that is a deal."

"Get your mind out of the gutter and sleep," Conrad answered with a smile. He closed his eyes and moved closer to Yozak. It was definitely good to be home.

Author's notes:

This is pointless almost-crack and has too much dialogue, but the world needs more Conrad x Yozak (and Conrad x Shori). Set somewhere between the episodes where Yuuri and co. went to Earth and the one where Shori ends up in Shin Makoku.

- Elmina (May, 2007)