Black Lace Dresses
Summary: Inspired by some story I read earlier with a different pair. A compromising situation causes Kalluto to masquerade as a gothic girl named Rose to keep him safe, and a misunderstanding causes plans for a heist to turn into plans for a wedding. (FeitanxKalluto)
(A/N: I was reading a FeitanxOC story earlier, and there was a scene where Kalluto kind of played dress up with a little girl, and it inspired this story. I don't want to go grab my kindle right now so I'll put the name of it later…)
Ch.1: Visitors
"Kalluto-kun, dinner's ready!" Marza calls from the bottom of the spiral staircase.
The black-haired boy jumps up from the desk, and leaves the room. His bare feet tap on the cold marble as he descends to the lower floor of the manor. It takes a few tries, but he eventually finds the dining room.
At the long table sat most of the other spiders, with only Feitan missing. Kalluto automatically assumed he was ambling through the halls, nose stuck in an art book, like the little nerd he is.
Lately it wasn't just the usual suspects though; Feitan was actually getting into art. There were other artists like Brown; they just weren't publicized. So Feitan had quite the bookshelf in his current residence.
Kalluto sat in his seat, next to Machi. The group was settled rather comfortably in the manor, as they had been staying with the Albina family for two weeks.
Acamar Albina knew Kuroro back when they were teenagers, and they only recently got back in touch. With recent action by the Chain User, he had instructed the Troupe to stay at the manor until further notice, as there was always safety in numbers. Kalluto didn't mind at all; in fact the three Albina children Marza, Antares and Vanessa liked him very well! The three girls deeply enjoyed his company, especially Marza, who was around his age.
Antares was only five, while Vanessa was eighteen and engaged to another noble currently. Marza, being named after Mars, was hot-headed and didn't want to marry. But she showed no prowess in business or illegal activities, and simply wanted to teach dance.
"Hey Kuroro, where's the creepy guy?" Marza asks, sitting down across from Kalluto.
"You mean Feitan? I don't know, probably sitting somewhere reading." Kuroro shrugs, "he'll be down when he gets hungry, don't worry."
The fish and potatoes is delicious, but without Feitan next to him, Kalluto isn't hungry. Kalluto was closer to the quiet man that most of the spiders. Feitan reminded the younger male of people he knew from his past; it was some familiarity. So in situations where he should be there but he isn't, it makes Kalluto rather uncomfortable.
"I'm… I'm going to go find Feitan; his fish is getting cold." He says, abruptly getting up. Kuroro nods and Kalluto dashes up the stairs.
The upstairs is eerily quiet, with everyone in the house at dinner. The lights were dimmed and most doors were shut.
As Kalluto turned around the final corner of the upper level, light caught his eye. The library, of course.
The door opened with an audible squeak, catching the short man's attention. He looks up from the book on his lap, and nods at Kalluto.
"Uh, dinner started ten minutes ago… are you hungry?"
"No. come, look." He beckons the younger boy over.
Kalluto attempts to navigate the piles of books and finds himself in a clear circle of carpet, next to Feitan.
The torturer points to a book in his lap, showing a painting. It was a white table with some blood, with a single red rose lying across it, and a vase full of bones instead of flowers. Pretty tame for Feitan's taste, and wasn't as "professional artist", but it had a strange charm to it.
"What's it called?" Kalluto asks.
"I no read this…" Feitan shakes his head, and points to the title.
"Individual is the title… I like it." Kalluto replies.
They flip through the book for a while, Kalluto completely forgetting the entire point of the meeting. It's an hour before anything tears them out of their thought.
Marza barges in without knocking, eyes wide and breath short.
"Someone's here. Someone's here he's an assassin and he's really creepy and-"
"ASSASIN?" Kalluto jumps up, "what does he look like?"
Marza bites her lip, "H-he has long brown hair and blank eyes…"
Kalluto drops to his knees, and mutters profanities under his breath before getting up and closing the door.
"That's my oldest brother. We need to hide me! He can't take me back!" he cries, grabbing Marza by the shoulders.
Feitan rises to his feet as well, "We need disguise. Now."
Marza nods, "Alright. Kalluto, get into zetsu right now and follow me. Feitan, wait at the stairs and stop him if he gets there." Without waiting for a confirmation, she drags Kalluto out of the room by the sleeves of his kimono.
In Marza's room, Kalluto is sat down on the bed while she dives into her closet. She comes out with an old box labeled "Vanessa's hand-me-downs" and a makeup kit. Marza cuts open the box with her nails and out comes several dresses.
"You have the same sort of body type Vanessa did at this age." Marza explains, "So I'm pretty sure these will fit. We'll call you Rose, and you'll take my place as the middle child. I'll pose as a servant. Don't worry; no one besides our immediate contacts even know the children in this family exist, let alone our real names. You'll do fine!"
She slips a dress over Kalluto's head and hands him a petticoat to fill out the skirt. Next comes make-up; including lavender contacts to match the rest of the family, and contouring to make his face a little longer looking. In the end he put on a pair of white shoes with ankle straps and silver tights, and a wavy dark red wig.
He turns to face the mirror and gasps. It took all of ten minutes to transform him into a new person. How Marza did his make-up so fast he had no idea.
The dress was so different from anything Kalluto had ever worn. The main portion of the dress was silver and charcoal stripes, with large white crowns at the bottom. Black laced edged the hem and puffed sleeves, and a matching black lace ribbon tying his wig back in a low, puffy ponytail.
"This is… I'm a new person. I'm… Rose. I think I like it, but I'm not really looking at myself, so it's hard to tell. Wow…" Kalluto's mouth hangs open, and he ogles himself a big more before Marza pulls him out the door. She had changed into a maid's outfit and brown contacts, and escorted the disguised assassin down the stairs.
"Take this," Marza whispered and handed him an opal pendant choker, "this had a voice modulator in it, to make you sound just different enough to fool him."
Marza entered the room and whispered something in her father's ear before coming back into the hall.
"Ah yes, my middle daughter Rose. Darling, do come in."
Kalluto takes a deep breath before entering the dining room, taking small steps and making his posture as good as a nobleman's daughter.
The rest of the troupe have a hard time hiding their surprise. But they hold it together well enough that Illumi's attention stays on the new arrival. Kalluto locks eyes with his brother and smiles, "ah, so you caused all the noise, huh?" he murmurs, "My name is Rose, and you?"
"Illumi Zoldyck. I came here searching for my younger brother, have you seen anyone who dresses like a girl lately?"
Kalluto shakes his head, "No, I haven't, I'm sorry. Our guests did say one of their friends did not show when they met up, maybe that's who you're looking for?"
Kuroro nods, "That is indeed the case. We all met up here two weeks ago, but Kalluto was a no-show. We were going to go back to his last known whereabouts, but there were some complications.
"Oh, and what would those be?" Illumi asks, looking slightly peeved.
All is quiet for a moment, no one having and miraculous ideas, until a hand is placed on Kalluto's shoulder. It had to be Feitan's; everyone else was in front of him.
"We're engaged."
(A/N: OMG FEITTAN! OF ALL THE IDEAS HE COULD HAVE HAD! But seriously, they look good together. I ship it so hard. And I should be working on the funny Death note thing I had planned, or my OC Hisoka and Illumi love triangle story… or the one about the children of the Fairy Tail characters… or the Pokemon OCxN one… my computer has a lot of things on it right now that I need to keep working on. BUT this one seems like it'll be easiest to complete, so I'm posting it.
And Feitan needs more love.)