A/N: So, yeah whatever. First Black Butler chapter fic and all that.

Rated M

Pairings: Sebaciel, and One-sided ClaudexAlois, but not for the whole fic.

Summary: While trying to fully learn how to live his life without his parents, Ciel starts going through some other changes. Only fully realizing them when he was with his best friend, Sebastian, a 4 year college student. While Ciel is trying to fight these things, Alois is trying to do the opposite with Claude; enduring these things. Happily ever after is never truly happy though. SebaCiel; ClaudexAlois.

A/N: The situation with Alois and Claude is similar to the one in Black Butler 2; only for a different reason. Anyway, enjoy:3

Windows to the Soul

Chapter 1

Two Sides of a Profile

His heart fluttered; a gentle touch. His chest felt lighter as light as his friend's laugh. A scarlet color found it's way on to his cheeks; a glance. These things went unnoticed when Ciel was with Sebastian. The two friends had summer jobs at a fast food place in downtown London. Although summer was coming to a close and Sebastian had to head back to his college about 5 hours away. Ciel was only a Junior in High School this year. Usually Ciel wouldn't be upset by his friend's leaving, but earlier in the summer, Ciel lost his parents in a house fire. Sebastian's been a real big help, always by his side and comforting. That's what makes him one of his best friends.

They met in primary school, Ciel was always bullied by older kids and Sebastian would come to the rescue. Ciel was in kindergarden and Sebastian in fifth grade. Kind of bad timing to make a friend. But Ciel was thankful for the friend. He didn't have just one friend he did have another friend though, he was older as well, Alois Trancy. Although Alois was only one year older, he would be a senior this year. Even though he had Alois, he wasn't the best he had, but he would have to do. Alois wasn't the best at being comforting, he was more annoying then so. Then again, Alois was in a similar situation, he lost his little brother and he didn't know his parents. Ciel never understood how he could be so happy all the time with all the shit that's happened. But, at times the kid did have a hard time. Sometimes he would break down and Ciel would be his only friend. If that wasn't the start of his problems.

"Are you sure there isn't anyway to commute from home..? I don't know if I can survive without you," Ciel admitted.

The older chuckled, "Ciel, we've never really seen each other besides over the summer and at work." Sebastian said.

"Yeah... but, now things are different," Ciel said. Not only had he lost his parents in the fire, he also gained an injury. During the fire a window burst and it scrap his eye diagonally across. His eye was okay, but it left a scar and his eye permanently purple. Even the whites of his eye was purple. He wore an eyepatch because he was embarrassed of the scar. Sebastian told him it looked cool.

"Don't worry, Ciel.." Sebastian put his hand on his shoulder, gaining the younger teens attention. "I'm just a phone call away and if you want to see me, a Skype call." Ciel only scowled at the older male. He never liked hearing his upbeat replies all the time. Even if he admitted to himself that it did make him feel better, a little bit, at least.

Ciel looked down, "I have to be getting home." He murmured. He watched the skyline, the sun sinking lower and lower.

"Need a ride?" Sebastian asked.

Ciel nodded, "That would be nice."

"If I couldn't do this much, what kind of a friend would I be?" He said, smirking as they stood. Ciel got into the passenger side of the car. Ciel never understood why Sebastian continued to hang out with him. He was a lot younger. Maybe there was something about himself that Sebastian saw in him, something Ciel couldn't see. Even so, if all was lost in the world and he could only have one thing; one thing greater than all the rest, he wanted Sebastian. He was his best friend, no one he ever knew in his entire life treated him with such kindness and... Ciel swallowed hard looking at the profile of his friend's face. He bit his lip and felt his throat go dry.

"Yes," The older smirked, feeling his friend staring at him. Ciel sputtered a response, face red. He looked away quickly to hide his flushed face. He made a disgruntled sound and waved him off. The older chuckled, "Sometimes you act like such a child." Ciel huffed and turned out the window. His eyes danced off the horizon, it glazing over in orange and purple. The sun was setting now. It was overwhelmingly beautiful. He looked back at his friend who was focused on the road. His red eyes seem to gleam in the sun's everlasting glow. Ciel's mouth fell agape slightly. Sebastian's pale form almost sparkled. Ciel's eyes widened at the devilish figure before him. Ciel realized how he was acting and turned away. Sebastian chuckled, glancing at the boy out of the corner of his eye. Ciel huffed again. Crossing his arms he flushed and looked out his window again.

He always acted in such a way. He didn't exactly notice. His behavior was completely absent minded. Unbeknownst to him. He sighed. Releasing his tension and uncrossing his arms. When he thinks he is about to lose it. He blushed, feeling a tingling sensation inside his chest. If only either of them knew what affect they had on each other. Ciel looked out the window for the remainder of the ride home, not saying one word.

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Ceil thanked his friend. Sebastian smiled, nodding in goodbye. "Bye." He managed before his friend drove off. Ciel sighed, looking up at his home. It all seemed too real. Nothing, no one but him and his great uncle Tanaka. It was such a big house, it was meant to hold more people. Shelter more. Well, there was nothing to dwell on now. Her walked up to the larger two-door entrance. He opened one, hearing it rub hardly on the stone ground. He already had one hell of a headache, he didn't need that. He swiftly made his way in, shutting the door tightly.

"Ho ho ho-my boy, how was your day?" Tanaka asked.

Ceil only shrugged, "Just a day, really..." He mumbled.

"Are you still bummed about Sebastian leaving soon?" Tanaka asked. Ciel huffed. The old man chuckled slightly. "You can't let that get to you, he will be back before you know it." Ceil signed; the old man was right. Then again, things were different, very different.

"I'm heading up to bed, Tanaka..." He mumbled.

"Would you like tea before then?" The old man asked. Ciel only nodded, finding words to be unnecessary at the moment. "Ah, Earl Grey then?" Again the boy nodded. He climbed the staircase to his room then after. Tanaka stood, his body making sounds that revealed his age. He knew the seventeen year old was upset about his friend leaving, and he understood. It seemed everyone was leaving nowadays. His old eyes reached to the photograph on the wall. But at least Sebastian would come back. It's hard for him to see that, Tanaka guessed. There have been too many people in his life who promised to return and unconsciously breaking that promise. Breaking Ciel's heart with it. The poor boy.

Ciel fumbled down on the mattress. He kicked his shoes off and pulled his legs up on the bed and tucked them underneath himself. He was tired; it was almost unbearable. His feet ached and his head pounded. He and Sebastian spent the entire day out. It was a glorious day. They got up and went out for breakfast, then shopping in town and had lunch before they both had shifts at work. A glorious day indeed. Ciel rolled over and rubbed his eyes. He rolled over once more upon Tanaka entering the room. His vision blurry he reached forward for his cup of tea. He sipped it, humming peacefully. Tanaka kissed boy's head and left the room with a quiet, goodnight. Ciel's head was pounding, so he finished up the glass and set it down on his bedside table.

Lately, Ciel had been noticing his actions toward Sebastian and the way he would react to it. It was strange and Ciel didn't know what to think of it. Sebastian was a good friend and though sometimes he was a bit of a jokester, Ciel felt like Sebastian really cared for him. When his parents died, Ciel was very aloof. He didn't want to talk to anyone, he just wanted to be alone. But, Sebastian wouldn't have it. After all Sebastian knew what it was like to be without parents. He was orphaned from the very start. He never knew what happened to his parents, if they didn't want him or couldn't have him or... he didn't know. Ciel respected Sebastian and how he wanted to help, so he let him. Ever since then Ciel had been getting these strange feelings toward his friend. He closed his eyes to ease his throbbing head. All he saw was Sebastian. He rolled over and groaned. He tried his best to go to sleep. His mind was flooded with the one he called his best friend. He sighed and soon found his mind go black and he drifted to sleep.

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Ruffling the comforter and the dark haired boy inside it the other male laughed, irritating the boy inside the blankets. Ciel groaned and rolled over. Ciel opened his eyes to find two icy blue ones stare back at him. "Good morning, Ciel!" The blonde said cheerfully. Ciel yelped, rolling over and off the bed. The blonde giggled.

"Alois!" Ciel said, quite irritated. "Are you bloody mad, you loon! I could have hurt myself!" Ciel shouted angrily. "...and how the hell did you get in here?"

"Tanaka let me in...friendly ol' chap isn't he?" The blonde smiled, irritating the boy further. "Anywho, Ciel..." The blonde had a tantalizing yet creepy smile across his face. "You seemed to be having a wonderful dream, so I just waited for you to wake on your own."

"Dream... what?" Ciel asked, noticing Alois pointing down at him, giggling gleefully at his friend's current situation. "What..?" He said another time looking between himself then flushing all kinds of red. He made the utmost embarrassing of high pitched squeaks and covered himself with his blanket.

Alois continued to giggle, even at his age he would always be so immature. "Who were you dreaming about Ciel...hmm?" He hummed with a devious smirk across his face.

"NO ONE-ERM-NOTHING! Shut up!" Ciel blushed, glaring at the blonde literally rolling with laughter across Ciel's bed.

Alois giggled, "Hehe, I bet it was Sebastian."

In all honesty he didn't remember, but that didn't stop him from shooting up, grabbing the blonde's shirt with anger. He didn't know why but this really made him boil with rage. "How dare you?!" Ciel said, shaking with rage. "Do not ever suggest something like that of me or of my best friend ever again." Alois looked at the teen with almost unnoticeable fear. "Do you hear me, Alois Trancy?"

Alois gulped, nodding, "Yes sir.." Ciel furrowed his eyebrows at the boy for a moment then tossed him back on the bed, turning and walking away.

"Geez," The blonde boy muttered, turning to look toward Ciel's door as it opened. Alois smirked, "Oh, hello Sebastian!"

"Alois, I told you to stop that..." Ciel said through a toothbrush in his mouth.

"Stop what?" Ciel stopped brushing as Sebastian's voice resonated into his bathroom.

With Ciel quick thinking and nonchalant style, he stuck his head out of the bathroom and pulled the toothbrush out of his mouth. "Stop talking.." Ciel said.

Alois smirked taking up the opportunity and turned to Sebastian, "Hey Sebastian~ Ciel had a wet dream, he told me about it~!"

Ciel blushed, "Qu-quit assuming shit..." Ciel said going back into the bathroom.

Alois pouted, "He won't tell me who it was about!"

"Even if I did, which I didn't , I wouldn't tell you." Ciel said from the bathroom.

"I tell you!" Alois whined.

"You're weird! I don't even ask you, you just tell me. Like, I don't already know who!" Ciel continued to shout.

"I bet you'd tell Sebastian." Alois pouted. Ciel went silent.

"Um...," Ciel coughed. "I'm not weird and open about that as much as you are, Alois."

The blonde giggled hysterically as if Ciel had said the funniest joke ever. "You tell Sebastian everything thing, though. Right Sebastian?"

"More or less, I don't pry." Sebastian said, finding the conversation to be quite amusing. Ciel just shook his head.

"You two just need to shut up about it.." Ciel said, coming from the bathroom dressed and eyepatch over his bruised eye.

"Do you have wet dreams often Ciel?" Alois said, grinning, pushing him further.

"Alois, I will physically remove you from my room and my home." Ciel growled, being pushed beyond repair.

"I was just playing with you! Bloody hell, loosen up!" Alois said. Alois' inappropriate humor often made it hard to be friends with him. And Ciel was not amused.

"Well sometimes you can go a bit far and it is quite unnecessary." Ciel said. He sent the blonde a glare. Alois just rolled his eyes with a smirk. What gal. Sometimes Ciel wanted nothing more than the blonde to just scram. Honestly Alois was always there and it annoyed Ciel to hell and back.

"Oh relax. You are making a big deal out of nothing!" Alois giggled, swinging his legs off the bed. Ciel scoffed and turned away childishly. "Oh! Come on let's go! We have a busy day!"

"What do you mean we?" Ciel inquired.

Alois just laughed, pulling the teenage boy out of his room. "Come on, Sebby!" Alois called from down the hall.

"Do not call me that." Sebastian said, standing following the two outside. Sebastian met them outside. Ciel looking irritated as ever.

"Where the hell are you dragging me? I barely had a second to tell Tanaka goodbye...or even a good morning." Ciel said, eyebrows furrowed at the blonde in front of him.

"Well..." Alois thought. Then he jumped up getting an idea and with a gasp he said, "Let's go get some breakfast and decide together." Before Ciel could get out a full sentence he was being pulled to Sebastian's car.

"No, Alo-"

"Oh, but Sebastian...would you mind doing me a tinsy little favor before we go eat?" Alois asked, putting all he could into a pleading face.

"No, I will not pick up your boyfriend." Sebastian said.

"Awe, come on Sebby!" Alois protested as the two boys got in the car.

"No, Alois and I said not to call me that." Sebastian said.

"Awe...and he is not my boyfriend...yet!" Alois said, spiriting to the back seat of the car.

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They arrived at a small restaurant in London for a quick bite.

"Shit." Ciel said, quite loud. "I don't have enough to eat and the bank doesn't open till noon."

"I got you." Sebastian said.

"No you don't have to do tha-"

"I want to, come on." Sebastian said. Ciel blushed.

"Oh-okay." Ciel said looking away. "Thanks."

"No problem. If I couldn't do this much, what kind of friend would I be?" Sebastian nudged him. Ciel smiled and nodded in agreement. He could feel Alois grin in front of him. Alois could very easily decipher things about other people. But when it came to a certain someone, he was very blinded.

The trio ate their breakfast and hit the town. "Oh good news!" Alois announced. There was an annoyed sigh that came from Ciel which Alois ignored. "Claude is going to meet us in town."

"Joy." Ciel said. Sebastian just shook his head.

"I know; isn't it wonderful!" Alois clapped his hands together. "Olé!" He said after doing a little twirl.

Ciel and Sebastian glanced at each other. It was going to be a long day.