Insomnia

A/N: This is a little something I wrote at, well, a baseball game. Hey, I was bored. It is AU yaoi fluff, not lemony or limey at all. Just sweet Ciel/Alois. The boys are in college, sharing an apartment, dating. May be some OOC-ness. Enjoy! Xoxo Luna

Disclaimer: I don't own Kuro. Otherwise, Aberline would NOT have died. Same for Alois.

Ciel Phantomhive sat at the tiny kitchen table in his miniscule apartment. His and Alois' apartment, that is. Alois was sleeping in the single bedroom, unaware that his sweetheart was studying hard for the French final. He would ask Ciel to break it down to him in the morning.

"Lazy bum," Ciel muttered with a small smirk. He went back to his conjugations, only to be interrupted by the turning-on of a light. The light in the bedroom. Rolling his eyes, he walked over to the door and opened it. Alois was sitting up in bed with his knees drawn up to his chest. His head was tucked in against his thighs, but he was sobbing quietly.

"Alois," Ciel said, sitting quietly on the bed and putting his arm around his boyfriend. Alois jerked his head up, and the other boy saw tear tracks on the blonde's face. "Alois, what happened?" Alois sniffed and snuggled his head into Ciel's chest.

"I had a bad dream," the crying boy said. "And when I woke up, I was so sure it was real." Ciel put his other hand on Alois' head and stroked his soft blonde hair.

"Shh-h-h," he whispered. "It's okay, it was just a dream. What was it about?"

"It was, it- it- it was about you. Losing you. I dreamed that I was alone in a dark, cold world. And I had lost you. I don't ever want to lose you, Ciel." Ciel drew his arm tighter around Alois.

"Everything's okay," Ciel said. "I'm right here. You're not alone." Alois nodded but snuggled deeper. Ciel pulled out his arm from around the other boy. He ignored Alois' sleepy protests and laid him down under the soft black comforter. He pulled the blankets up to Alois' chin. As he turned to leave the room, Alois caught his hand.

"I never want to lose you," Alois said before drifting off to sleep. Ciel smiled and placed a sweet kiss on the sleeping boy's forehead. He exited the room, but paused in the doorway to say one last thing.

"Je t'aime." I love you.