Hannah smiled as she watched Alois and Luka play, so much had changed in such a small amount of time. Although Claude had arrived with them, he was rarely seen, Hannah attempted to get him to join in their family but he would simply walk away.

Hannah didn't mind in the slightest as long as her boys were happy, that was all that mattered now.

"Alois, Luka, please join me over here, it's just about lunch time." She called. She tried to keep things as close to the way they had been as possible.

Alois no longer required her to refer to him as 'your highness. He did however insist on keeping the name. "much better than Jim" He had told her. As the boys reached her, each of them threw their arms around her. She returned their hugs smiling.

"Well then, come along inside, we can come back out a little later."

"Hannah, your the best!" Luka said grabbing tightly onto her hand.

"Thank you, that's very sweet." She led them into their house and to the table. After the boys were seated, Hannah began to serve the meal.

"Claude, will you be joining us this time?" She called into the shadows.

"No. Each time you ask me that you get the same answer. It will forever be no."

"The least you could do is show a little-"

"It's okay Hannah, I don't think I want him here. Everyone who matters to me is right here beside me." Alois said smiling.

"Luka leaned over in his chair to share a hug with his brother.

"I've missed you so, your highness, you're the greatest brother ever" Alois frowned slightly.

"How can you say that, after everything, this only happened because I had to open my mouth and-"

"I just wanted you to be happy. You are aren't you Brother?"

"Yes, of course I am. It's only that it was my fault you formed the contract in the first place and if-"

"You can't blame yourself, I did it because you're the best big brother ever" Alois held the younger boy tight.

"I love you Luka. Nothing will ever keep us apart again."

"How every touching." Claude called from the shadows.

"No one was asking you to speak."

"Funny 'your highness' this coming from a boy who used to be so"

"Enough!" Hannah shouted, the room fell silent. Hannah seated herself at the table and sighed.

"I don't like him. He hurt my big brother" Luka glared in the direction in which the voice had come from.

"Don't provoke him Luka."

"Yes, for once the eldest one says something intelligent. You don't want me to come out there would you, it won't be a good thing, small one." Hannah opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by a furious Alois.

"You will not speak to him that way, and you certainly will not touch him. Not ever."

"No, Alois, he won't. I won't allow it, please, calm down and have something to eat. Claude will not say another word." The meal passed by in silence.

"Why don't the two of you go play upstairs until I've finished cleaning the table, then we can all do something together." Alois took his brother by the hand and led him out of the room, turning back at the door.

"Everything was wonderful Hannah, thank you."

"I never got any 'thank you' " Claude said.

"didn't you, well I'm sorry if you felt that way. Thank you Claude, for breaking my heart then-"

"This has to stop. Claude, can't you admit even now, after all is said and done that you were wrong?" Hannah asked.

"It's true, I was wrong, it was after all not Ciel Phantomhive's soul as his butler pointed out and perhaps I was a little harsh with him."

"A little, only a little... you killed me Claude. I loved you and that's what I get for it. All I wanted was for you to love me too. Instead I was killed, that is not a little harsh. That is out right-" tears formed in the boy's eyes. Claude stared at the boy as he wiped the tears away.

The demon had never had such a feeling as he did in that moment. Alois had cried many times and yet, somehow, this felt different. Claude sighed stepping into view.

"I'm going out" He said dimply not bothering to look back.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" he whispered to himself as he walked down the path leading away from the house. He had no clear destination in mind.

"He's done this before and suddenly, just suddenly it begins to affect me. Damn him. This whole 'Family" idea of Hannah's is absolutely without a doubt one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.

Demons are not meant to form families, especially not with whiny frankly insane people who demand to be called 'your highness' as if they are something special when in fact they are nothing.

Insignificant little...things that are terribly fragile, vulnerable."

Claude walked for what seemed like miles, his mind searching for a solution to his problem. There was no real scape from this place, not now.

He was to spend an eternity with these people. Still, there had been times that the boy 's needs caused him to feel as if he did indeed have purpose and was not wandering aimlessly through time.

"Claude, I'm scared, the lights are out" The demon shook the thought out of his head, in that moment he pitied the child. What life had he known to be that frightened of a bit of darkness, why was it that He always ran to Claude when things went wrong, there were after all others residing in the estate.

"We are companions, I will never leave your side" Claude growled in frustration.

"Stupid boy."

"look at me the way you did that night, like I'm all you care about" Claude stopped and looked around, he was standing in a field, suddenly he felt unsure of what it was he had been doing. A cyan butterfly flew in front of him landing softly on his shoulder.

Ever so gently he removed it and held it in his hand.

"A butterfly caught in a spider's web, how... familiar." The butterfly flapped its wings softly but did not abandon the demon, who watched it with curiosity.

A small smile formed on his face as he reached out his other hand to touch the insect. He gasped as it suddenly lifted itself and hovered in front of him before departing. He felt as though he must follow it as he did, he found that he was surrounded by bluebells as far as his eyes could see.

It must have been some sort of trick that Hannah had set up. Claude sat down in the grass.

"What sort of demon am I, feeling this way at all?" He began to feel strange and slowly his eyes began to close and he knew nothing more.

A/N: I don't own Black Butler. Thank you for stopping by to check it out. No flames please.