Phantasos

[It's late. Conrad doesn't know the exact time, but it doesn't matter. He's going to avoid trying to sleep for as long as he can.]

[Yuuri's party went over well, which was a relief. Even so, Conrad can't help but think of who should have been there, but wasn't. Even though he had promised himself that he wasn't going to think about Vash because why dwell on such a mistake? He couldn't seem to avoid it, though: a flash of red shirt or blond hair was all it took. Or even nothing at all.]

[But Conrad knows all too well that once someone is gone, no amount of remembering will bring them back. So he'll just... forget.]