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Chapter 2: Chocolate ice cream

"Ciel Phantomhive."

The voice coming from behind him belonged to a boy. His name was spoken in a sultry, yet playful tone that sent shivers down his spine. Who… Ciel spun around in his chair to face the person who the voice belonged to and was surprised to find himself staring into those captivating blue eyes again.

Alois walked closer until he was standing beside Ciel, leaning his elbows against the cafeteria table. His eyes held emotions that Ciel couldn't place, but his lips were curved up in a beguiling smirk that showed nothing but curiosity. Ciel was marveled by how this boy could look playful, bored and entranced at the same time.

"Enjoying your lunch?" he asked before picking up a piece of meat from Ciel's plate, looking it over in his hand and then shoving it in his mouth. "Not bad," he continued.

Ciel had no words for the older boy; he could only stare with his jaw in his lap. He was not used to people being this… this comfortable around strangers.

Alois swallowed and frowned in Ciel's direction. "Are you mute or something?"

Ciel snapped out of his paralysis and found himself stammering. "N-no. I just… W-what-"

"Never mind. If you can't form a real sentence you might as well be," Alois said then chuckled softly before walking away.

Ciel's mouth was open and his eyebrows were high on his forehead. His friends looked at him with confused expressions. Finny was the first one to break the silence.

"Who was that?"

Lizzy opened her mouth before Ciel could answer.

"What's with the booty shorts?" Lizzy taunted with a disgusted look on her face.

Booty shorts? Ciel had been too surprised to notice, and for some reason he was disappointed. Alois in booty shorts would have been an amusing sight, for sure. A guy wearing small shorts wasn't exactly a common sight, especially not at school. Most guys would probably shoot themselves in the head before being seen in something like that, although, if someone could pull it off, it would have to be Alois Trancy. With his seemingly shameless way of being it would almost be weird if his looks somehow didn't project that.

"He's just some guy. According to Sebastian, he's quite a nuisance." Ciel shrugged and poked at the meat at his plate with his fork.

"Wait a minute. He's that Trancy kid right? I've heard of him," Mey-Rin said with a glint in her eyes.

"Mmm," was the only response Ciel could manage with his mouth full of mash potatoes. He swallowed and continued. "Alois Trancy."

"Hmm. I heard he's gay," Mey-Rin murmured and drifted off into her own thoughts with a dreamy smile.

Ciel almost choked on his food and looked up at Mey-Rin with wide eyes. "What?"

"That explains the booty shorts," Lizzy giggled with a wide grin and the others joined in, filling Ciel's ears with their laughter and he couldn't help but letting out a few chuckles himself.

The topic changed when the laughter died out and Ciel returned to the remaining food on his plate. His friends could be great when they wanted to and he was grateful to have them in his life. If not for them he didn't know how he would have survived the loss of his parents that cold night three years ago. Sebastian was there for him, of course, but he had to work through his own grief.

Finny had practically lived with them for the first year and helped them with whatever they needed, not that they needed much other than support and a shoulder to cry on. Finny had a great shoulder, as did Mey-Rin and Lizzy. He couldn't imagine a life without them.

Two days later

It was Saturday and Ciel had just returned to his dorm after spending some quality time with Lizzy. Finny had gone off somewhere with Mey-Rin and one of her friends and hadn't come back yet, which meant that Ciel had the room all to himself.

He didn't have any other plans for the day and decided to catch up on some schoolwork but his mind kept drifting off. Ciel was a good and devoted student, but this particular afternoon he couldn't seem to concentrate. Instead, he mindlessly scoured the web, checking his Tumblr and reading boring news before he ended up on Facebook.

One friend request.

He clicked the mouse once to reveal the name of the person who wanted to befriend him. He wasn't expecting to see his name pop up on the screen, but maybe he should have.

Alois Bootylicious Trancy.

Bootylicious. Why am I not surprised?

Before he could think about it he pressed the "Accept" button. He clicked on the name and scrolled down Alois' timeline. There was not much other than provocative photos of the blonde boy with some kind of bottle or glass in his hand in every single one of them. The newest one was posted by someone named "Claude Faustus", showing Alois in his tiny shorts sitting on a couch, with his thighs spread wide. He was holding a wine bottle and a sheepish grin covered half his face. His index finger was pressed against his lower lip in a seductive manner.

His upper body was partially covered by an unbuttoned dark green vest, showing of a pale, slightly toned chest. Thigh high black stockings rode up his slim legs and a big silk bow tie covered his neck. If that wasn't enough, his outfit was completed with a pair of dark, high heeled boots with purple bow ties at the top. He was clearly not wearing that outfit in the cafeteria, Ciel would definitely have noticed.

Is he some kind of cross-dresser or what?

If it weren't for the music pouring from the speakers he would have heard Finny entering the room and spared himself the embarrassment. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. He almost fell out of his chair when he felt Finny's hand on his shoulder and he did the only thing he could think of and covered the screen with his hands even though he already knew it was too late.

"It's not what it looks like!" he squealed in panic.

Finny covered his mouth to hide a smile and his upper body was trembling but he didn't say a word. Ciel couldn't decide if that was better or worse but he decided to turn to the computer, clicking down the page and turning off the music. He stood up from his chair and grabbed Finny's arm. He was still shaking with laughter and Ciel felt himself get angrier by the second.

"Stop laughing! I swear… I can explain!" His cheeks were bright red and flaming hot, his body was tense and a thin sheet of sweat covered his forehead. He would never hear the end of this. Mentally, he could hear his friends' voices taunting him for years to come.

"When Ciel's all alone he likes to look at pictures of cross-dressing gay guys."

That's what they would say, he just knew it. Oh god.

"Ciel! CIEL!"

He snapped out of his thoughts when Finny shook him by his shoulders. "I won't tell anyone, I swear," Finny promised in a calming tone.

"I just... He sent me a friend request. I was just looking at his timeline," Ciel explained, hoping that Finny would believe him. Finny dropped his hands to his sides and met Ciel's gaze.

"Ciel, you don't have to explain. It was a just a drunk pic of one of our schoolmates. You're overreacting."

Ciel pondered on his friend's words for a few moments before he realized that Finny was right. He felt a bit embarrassed for behaving like a drama queen but decided to let the whole incident go, now that he was sure Finny wasn't going to spread a rumor about him being gay. Ciel wasn't homophobic, but he was very protective when it came to his own image.

"You are so childish, Ciel. You know that, right?" Finny's expression had changed from reassuring to one that looked more like irritation. He walked over to his bed and sat down, folding his arms.

"Yeah, I know… I shouldn't be bothered by something like this," Ciel agreed, to his own surprise. He let out a sigh and rubbed his forehead. A ping broke his trail of thought and he glanced over at the computer-screen. He sat down in the chair in front of the screen with a small thud and clicked up the page. The half-naked picture of Alois flashed him once more and he quickly clicked on his own name, landing on his own timeline.

The small window in the right corner showed a familiar name. Of course.

Alois Bootylicious Trancy:
Ciel

He had only written his name. Ciel decided to play along.

Ciel Phantomhive:
Alois

Alois Bootylicious Trancy:
What's your favorite ice cream?

What? Was he being serious? Being a curious young man, Ciel wanted to see where this would lead so he answered Alois' question.

Ciel Phantomhive:
Chocolate

Alois logged off and Ciel scratched his head in confusion. He could not wrap his head around this boy's behavior. Their short conversation was beyond weird but at this point he was no longer surprised.

"I'm taking a nap," he said as he glanced over to Finny, who was sprawled out on his bed typing on his laptop. Finny didn't answer him and he realized that he had his headphones plugged in. Ciel sighed and went to lie down on his bed and took a deep breath before closing his eyes.

Ciel woke up an hour later by a loud knock on the door. He rubbed his eyes and searched the room for Finny who was nowhere to be found. With a loud groan he sat up and yelled, "What?" There was no answer, and no one came in. Ciel let out an irritated sigh and dragged himself the short distance between the bed and the door. When he opened the door he was surprised to find out that whoever had knocked had left. He almost closed the door before his eyes landed on a small box that were placed on the floor in front of his feet.

Ciel bent down to pick it up and quickly pulled away again when the cold hit his fingers. Realization hit him and he picked up the carton of chocolate ice cream from the floor. There was a note attached to it.

212

What did that even mean? It was obvious who left the carton of ice cream, but the note didn't make any sense. Ciel shrugged and backed into his room and closed the door. As much as he didn't want to get woken up he knew it wouldn't be a good idea to sleep any longer if he wanted any chance of getting a good night's sleep before tomorrow's early classes.

He was happy about the ice cream though, even if it did come from a complete nut job.

Ciel cracked the box open and went to grab a spoon. While shoveling mountains of ice cream into his mouth he sat down in his bed and pulled his phone out of his pocket. He flipped through his contacts and pressed the call-button when he found Lizzy's name.

"Cieeeel!" His name cut through his eardrum like a knife and he had to pull his phone away from his ear. He frowned and let out a small sigh.

"Hey, Lizzy. Nice to talk to you, too. Wanna come over and watch a movie or something?" he asked in a muffled voice due to the amounts of ice cream still in his mouth.

"Where's Finnian? And shouldn't you be doing your homework?" she lectured and earned a groan from Ciel. He jumped up a bit further on the bed and put his head down on the soft pillow.

"He's probably all alone with Mey-Rin somewhere," he smirked and heard Lizzy gasp on the other end.

"Ciel! Don't say stuff like that!"

"You're one to talk," Ciel teased and licked the spoon with a smile.

Lizzy gave Ciel a snort before continuing. "If you won't do any homework you should come over to Paula's dorm. We're playing some weird game on her X-box."

"Sure. Where's she at?"

"Room 331."

"I'll see you in ten."

Ciel ended the call and licked the last bit of ice cream of the spoon before getting of the bed. He went over to the mirror and rubbed his eyes with his knuckles. His unique eyes stared back at him, one royal blue and the other deep purple. He dragged a hand through his dark hair and straightened his dark blue button-up shirt. Satisfied with the way he looked he strolled out the door to find Paula's dorm. When he finally had found his way to her door, staring at the numbers marking it, he realized what the numbers scribbled on the note must mean.

Does he want me to go to his dorm?

Oh, man.

What is Ciel going to do now?

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