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Red. It was a beautiful color, so full of passion and life, joy and sadness. If only everything would be painted red. Grell Sutcliff lost himself in thought as he gazed at his reflection in the mirror. He was beautiful, wasn't he? Why couldn't William see that? A single tear rolled down the red reaper's cheek. It wasn't his fault he was like this. He should have been born a woman; he didn't belong in this body.

Of all the things he could chance about himself the most important thing was irreversible. Perhaps William would care about him if he were a woman. With a sigh Grell wiped the tears from his face and swished out of the room.

There was so much paperwork to do…. If only he could bribe someone else to complete it for him. Put of the corner of his eye Grell saw Ronald Knox walking down the hall.

"Ronnie! Oh Ronnie ~!" Grell shouted to him "Care to help me out with something?"

Ronald was a bit younger than Grell, and was Grell's protégé, so to speak. The two had become close friends; indeed, Ronald was the only person who wasn't either terrified or disgusted by Grell.

"Paperwork again, senpai?" Ronald yawned lazily ruffling his hair. Grell smiled gratefully.

"Thank you so much Ronnie!" the redhead shouted racing off towards William's office. Without bothering to knock, Grell opened the door a crack and peered in. The black-suited reaper was examining a sheet of paper in front of him, the green eyes alert beneath perfectly rectangular black glasses.

"Come in, Sutcliff", he said dryly, not even glancing up. "I can't imagine you're already finished your paperwork. What brings you in here?"

"Actually, Will darling, I wanted to speak to you about something rather important….." Grell began only to be sharply cut off.

"Have you even started your paper work yet? As I recall, you're several days behind", Will stated coldly, his glasses flashing.

"Relax, Will", Grell waved his hand in dismissal. "It's all finished. I'm more deadly efficient than I seem, honestly."

"Then what is it that seems to be so very important, Sutcliff?" William snapped at him.

"Well…" Grell's eyebrows twitched slightly as he wound a strand of hair around his finger. Should he risk it? Was letting William know his feelings be worth being ridiculed, or possibly fired? He decided it was. Love was worth more than anything else in the world, wasn't it?

"Yes, Sutcliff" William sighed, vexed at the annoying reaper before him.
"Will, do you remember our first mission together?" Grell asked softly.

"Unfortunately, yes", William muttered.

"Remember the second time we fought? You were the only one to ever beat me in a fight, and because of that, you are the only one I actually respected. You may think I'm just annoying on purpose, but I didn't mean to be, really. I'm not trying to make fun of you, I just want you to notice me for once. I love you, William", Grell concluded simply, realizing that as soon as the words left his mouth that t=he most certainly should have thought this encounter over better. William was just staring at him, directly into his eyes, with no noticeable expression whatsoever.

Grell had bit his lip, hard, his shark teeth stabbing into his skin, causing a trickle of blood to run down his chin. As William opened his mouth to reply, Grell quickly stepped out of the room. He didn't want to know. He didn't want his heart to break.

There was nothing he could do. Paperwork seemed trivial now. If only he could turn back time, if only for a few moments. The red grim reaper smiled bitterly to himself. If only. If only he could rewrite his entire existence.