Chapter 1: One Hell of an Abuser

SMACK!

A loud slap echoed inside the dining room, and then a loud thud was heard from a body hitting the marble floor. The slap had come from the hand of Claude Faustus, a black haired demon with golden eyes who wore nearly all black, except his gloves were white, and had rectangle shaped glasses. The body that hit the floor belonged to Alois Trancy, a platinum blond with icy blue eyes who wore a white, long-sleeved shirt, a green vest with black stripes, black booty shorts, nearly thigh-high boots, and a long, purple coat that traveled down to the floor. Claude had smacked Alois across the face, making him fall onto the delicate marble floor. Claude didn't care that he had smacked Alois so hard, that Alois' right eye had become a black eye.

"OW! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" Alois screamed as he was sitting on the floor, covering his black eye with his hand.

"Because," Claude answered.

"THERE HAS TO BE A REASON WHY! YOU CAN'T SMACK ME BECAUSE YOU WANT TO!"

"Actually..."

"NO! I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BEING TREATED LIKE DIRT! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

Alois ran upstairs and went into the bathroom to find something to cover his black eye. While he was searching, he found the perfect thing. White bandages. He took the small package of white bandages and tied them from his eye and around his head and over again to make sure no one saw his black eye. He knew exactly where to go to get away from Claude for a while.

Alois ran downstairs with no suitcases or anything to bring with him. Claude became confused as to what Alois was doing. The next thing he knew, Alois was out the door and he didn't say a single thing, not even a 'goodbye'.

...

Sebastian Michaelis, a black haired demon with red eyes was wearing his typical butler outfit, nothing surprising there. He was in the middle of preparing dinner until a familiar blond came bursting through the doors of the Phantomhive Manor. Before Sebastian could say a single word, Alois was already running up the stairs.

"He's probably going upstairs to see Ciel, but what was up with those white bandages covering his eye?" Sebastian quietly asked himself.

Ciel Phantomhive, a bluenette with blue eyes was wearing one of his favorite outfits, which was simply a white, long sleeved shirt with a brown bowtie, a blue coat, black skinny jeans, and boots. Nothing special there either. He was stretching after doing some hard work, being the Queen's guard dog is a very big responsibility. While he was stretching, he heard his bedroom door burst open, showing a familiar blond in the doorway of Ciel's bedroom. He was confused at first, until the blond ran up to hug him, his face buried in Ciel's coat. Ciel had no idea what was happening, so he lifted up the blond's head in confusion, then in shock. As he was holding the blond's cheeks, Ciel stared at the face of Alois Trancy, who had white bandages covering his right eye and tears streaming down the left.

"Alois?" Ciel asked the platinum blond.

"Yes?" Alois answered.

"Why the bloody hell are you crying and why are there white bandages covering your eye?"

"Um... well you see... I uh... tripped and fell! I'm very clumsy today!" Alois lied as he stood up, wiping his tears with the sleeve of his purple coat.

"You're lying. You wouldn't come to me crying if you tripped and fell, you would already be over it." Alois fell silent and stared at Ciel's bedroom carpet floor, trying to ignore the fact that Ciel was right.

"Alois, answer me. Tell me what happened."

"It's..."

"It's what?"

"It's him..." Alois' voice started to degrade to a whisper.

"IT'S WHO?!" Ciel shouted.

"IT'S CLAUDE!" Alois shouted back. He fell to his knees, hung his head down, and started crying into the palms of his hands.

Ciel didn't understand what would be going on with Alois and Claude, but he knelt to the carpet floor and carefully removed Alois' hands from his face and gently lifted his chin up.

"What the bloody hell happened with you and Claude? There has to be something he did wrong to your eye if Claude did this," Ciel said as he wiped Alois' tears. Alois took his hands to the back of his head and untied the white bandages, revealing a black eye. Ciel was shocked at what he saw in front of him.

"What the... H-how did this happen? W-what did you do?" Ciel asked, stammering in between as he and Alois stood up. This was the first time he had actually... cared about Alois.

"He smacked me really hard and I fell onto the floor and realized I had a black eye. And... I don't think I did anything to deserve this..." Alois answered. He hung his head down, looking at the carpet floor again.

"Alois... I think you should stay here..."

"Really?" Alois shot his head up, giving Ciel a confused look.

"Y-yes, um... I don't really... like seeing you like... this..." Ciel stammered.

Before Ciel could say anything else, Alois immediately hugged him tight, and Ciel actually hugged back. This time, he was actually afraid of what else Claude could do to Alois. He wanted to keep Alois safe from any more harm that Claude could cause to the 14-year-old.