Hey ^^ This is my first ClaudexAlois pairing so don't hate this to too much, I normally like doing Sebastian and Ciel pairings but I decided, hey how about a Claude and Alois love story cx. This is the first time I am doing this, yes I started out with wanting Alois as a child but I changed it up a bit though I know it will be confusing to some people I just really really hope its good, if anyone could or woould comment I'd appreciate it a lot! It'd give me some confidence for this story. But please enjoy! ^^

"What a mess." Claude Faustus mutters to himself as he looked around the now ruined manor and sighed quietly to himself a hand pressed to his forehead gently adjusting his glasses once letting out another breath. That brat. He swore he wore shorter and shorter damn shorts every single day and Claude knew what he wanted. Alois wanted Claude's attention. And attention he got. He sighed once more for the third time and quickly set to work on cleaning up the house as fast as was possibly as it was just normal routine for a regular day around the Trancy manor when Thompson, Canterbury and Timber walked in and he narrowed his golden eyes at them.

"You might want to come see this." Thompson says loud and clear for the first since which somewhat surprised the spider demon a bit as he stared at Thompson.

"Yes you do, Hannah sent us to get you for she's concerned." Canterbury says staring at Claude continuing up after his brother but he held a look like he was staring off into space for some reason.

"She wouldn't give us peace until you came to see his young highness." Timber says moving a hand through his deep plum colored hair letting out a low breath and Claude shook his head once wondering what it wast that he was getting himself into.

"Alright I will go check on him though I doubt its truly nothing." Claude mutters walking past the three and began climbing up the stairs. What is it that he could need? And what exactly is it that Hannah would want me to see that I haven't seen before involving Alois? The thoughts and questions circled around Claude's head as he reached the top of the stairs then turned walking down the hall.

Why was he needed? He thought once more, pausing in front of Alois's bedroom dor letting out his irritation already and he pushed open the door his face expressionless and what he saw shocked him greatly. Hannah Anafeloz sat on the bed murmuing and cooing to this bundle of blankets and clothes making him raise a brow and when Hanna looked up her eyes shocked the bundle moved. He tilted his head stepping into the room calm and precise as he neared Hannah and he could tell she desperately wanted to keep the bundle away from him and she held it more like a mother would hold its child, she held that bundle tightly to her chest as though he would come and take that bundle away which made him raise his brow staring at her when the bundle moved once more and a low whimper escaped it, it was a high pitched whimper like that of a child so he knew it was no animal. Hannah hesitated then shifted the bundle moving the blanket down and Claude was assaulted with two things. One was the light nearly white blonde hair that stuck up crazily, secondly was the ice blue eyes that stared right up at him intently. Both othem belonged to Alois Trancy yet Claude could not understand, was this HIS master or was it just a child Hannah and the triplets could get away with on him. Just as he began thinking to himself the little child moved out of Hannah's arms walked across the floor barefooted and slid his small yet thin arms around Claude's legs, the child pressed his cheek softly against Claude's calf when his eyes widened softly yet slowly.

"Claude." The child says his voice matching Alois's perfectly only it sounded much higher and much more. . cuter to the demon, then Alois's real voice which seemed to always grate on Claude's nerves. But this voice was beautiful almost as if it was the epitomy of an angelic manor.

"Y-Your highness?" He says his shock for once showing thorugh his normally expressionless face his eyes wide as he stared at the child who then looked up at him.

"Yes Claude?" The child responds and a shocked breath hissed its way up Claude's throat but he hid it perfectly. Hannah stared back and forth between the two her navy blue eyes frantic and worry filled when she stared at Alois yet hard and cold when she looked up at Claude. He felt a sort of dread building up as the child clung to him and he rubbed his forehead wondering exactly what it was that he was going to actually DO to fix this problem if it could be fixed or considered a problem.

Sitting at the table eating his breakfast, Alois devoured everything in sight his stomach snarling loudly as though it had been a thousand years since the last meal he had, which was just the other night at dinner. Alois brushed the blonde hair from his face devouring his food quickly while Hannah sat next to him, a small smile pulled at her light purple lips gently when Claude walked in. Alois wasn't sure if it was just because he was smaller or if he was now truly focusing in on Claude simply because a child could actually do that but he stared, admiring Claude's stone cold beauty and he felt his cheeks slowly heating up his eyes becoming a foggy haze as though he was sick and he continued staring at Claude. He wanted to be the only one to look at Claude, he wanted to be the only one who touched Claude, he wanted to be the only one who could actually talk to Claude. He wanted to hide him in a closet or in a room where no one could find him and have him to himself. When Claude shifted his eyes to Alois he looked down immediately his cheeks a soft red color as he continued eating up until the silence began getting to him and some part of him felt a bit unnerved underneath Claude's felt a stirring in his chest but that always happened when he was around Claude and once he finished eating Claude took the dishes away and Hannah walked over picking him up into his arms and for some reason he didn't feel like fighting the woman who now coddled and cooed to him softly making him wonder exactly if his mother, the Countess Trancy, had once hugged him and coed to him just like this but he shoved such thoughts away from his mind as Hannah walked outside then put him down and he ran off tears burning faintly at his eyes. He wouldn't cry. Not at the thought of his mother who he never knew nor for how he had been raised, he REFUSED to cry over it, it was not something to cry over.

"Your Highness?" Claude says appearing out of what Alois thought was thin air and when the man ooked down at him he scrubbed his eyes hard to remove any and or all traces of the tears that had been gathering in his eyes when Claude went down onto one knee down to Alois's level. Then before he could understand why, Alois had felt anger boil up quick enough he raised a hand and brought it down hard on Claude's cheek the sound resounding through the air as he glared, his blue eyes looked like shards of ice under the now bright sunlight and Claude looked at him utterly surprised. He didn't understand what it was he did that made Alois strike out physically.

"Don't you DARE-" Alois says before cutting off abruptly his hands forming into small little fists as he trembled his head bowing as some part of him struggled to get a grip on the anger but it wasn't something he himself could truly do on his own and Claude blinked quickly and rapidly. It made Alois just snap a second time and he slapped Claude once again before stomping off not even bothering to finish his sentence his eyes narrowed. 'Why was he angry at me? What did I do?'Claude thought bringing a gloved hand up to his now red stinging cheek looking genuinely surprised once again.

Alois huffed out a breath along with a few curses he knew would get him in trouble if Claude or Hannah would hear it. A large gust of wind wiped through the place shaking his clothes roughly and his flew all over the place as he stared up at the sky letting out a sigh his anger disappearing just as quickly as it had shown up and he shut his eyes relaxing his hands before he stared at his hand wondering what it was that had possessed him to slap Claude like that though he knew it was unavoidable when he was that angry but all the same he felt strangely guilty. He walked into the giant maze beginning to walk around as the wind blew and he heard the distant rumbling thunder in the distance and he looked up at the sky again seeing dark clouds coming in as he went deeper and deeper into the maze until his small little legs could no longer continue and he sat down in one of the corners hugging his knees tightly to his chest as hestared at the ground his normally light blue eyes seemed darker almost sad at that moment as he sat there some part of him wanting to be found but some part of him never wanted to be found ever again. He wanted Claude that much was clear. He hated being a child or in a child form, Hannah had decided to test him and he turned into a child late last night when she was putting him to bed instead of Claude and when he had awokened he knew that he was a child but it was Claude's reaction he wanted to see more than anything at that moment, he wanted to know how Claude would react but like normal the man refused to show absolutely any emotion whatsoever. He sighed when suddenly a drop of water hit the top of his head followed by another, then three, then six and it started to rain gradually and he looked up as the rain came down and suddenly shivered hugging his knees tighter to himself as he stared down looking like a lost child when suddenly he could his servants shouting out his name. Even. . Even Claude which perked up his interest but he kept himself tight in a ball when he heard the sounds of osmeone walking closer to him but he kept his head bent against his knees as he hugged them tighter and he felt a hand on the back of his head stroking his blond hair as he got soaked and he shivered again harder this time.

"You will catch a cold if you just sit there my highness." Claude says softly making Alois look up at him his eyes wide. Claude sounded like. . .like he actually care for him and it gave a small spark of hope burn in Alois's chest as he allowed Claude to walk him to the manor and he thought that he would talk to Hannah about changing him back for now he had plans, evil wicked plans, on how he could seduce the great, stone cold man, Claude Faustus and he smiled softly to himself but a small little jump of his heart let him know his feelings for the man were true at that moment, with his head on his chest, his heart thumping away beneath his cheek and Alois smiled softly closing his eyes. He was in love. He was sure that's what this feeling was and he completely enjoyed the feeling right then and pressed his ear to his chest listiening to the demon's heart as he curled up feeling for the first time in his life, completely content with the situation he was in the ideas forming quickly in his mind.