Chapter 3 Picture, image and memory

Ciel rolled over on his side and sighed out loudly, wanting to sleep in today. It was a Saturday anyway and he wanted to enjoy his weekend. As he slowly opened his eyes, he blinked and caught sight of a certain blond, fast asleep next to him. The sun's rays that came through the window past right though his body, making him sort of shine and glimmer. The 13 year old's eyes went wide and he cried out loudly, surprised, and rolled off his bed. "Ahhh!"

Alois blinked and woke up himself, rubbing his crystal blue eyes and yawned softly. "Wha? Huh? Oh, it's only you Ciel." He mumbled. Ciel stood up from the floor and brushed himself off, his dark blue and black locks all messy and tangled. "What do you think you're doing, sleeping next to me in my bed?!" Ciel shouted out loudly and attempted to shove the other off the bed only for his hands to past right though him. Oh yeah, he was a ghost.

Alois only chuckled softly and smiled. "You just looked like you needed a bit of company last night so I snuggled in with you. What's so wrong about that?" He tilted his head to the side innocently and chuckled. Ciel glared at him and combed his fingers though his hair. "Whatever, just don't do it again! I'mma go and take a shower…" he turned to open the door but blinked when Sebastian, his guardian, opened it for him. The older man blinked, looking down at him with his ruby red eyes.

"Ciel? Who are you talking to?" He asked. Ciel gulped and looked towards Alois who shrugged and gave him an innocent wave. Oh right, he can only see Alois. "U-Uhm, nobody! Nobody at all! I-I'mma just go and take a shower real quick and I'll be right down!" Ciel pushed Sebastian out of the room and closed the door behind him. He glared over to Alois who giggled madly.

"Don't ever come into my bedroom, again.

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Ciel hummed softly as he combed his wet and soapy fingers though his locks, washing his hair. The shower defiantly woke him up and it made him feel good, relaxed even. He sighed out happily as he rinsed out his hair with cold water, feeling a shiver run down his spine. Suddenly, he heard the soft hum of another person in the bathroom. "Hey Ciel, you need any help?" Asked the idiot blond who stood at his side, the water running right though him. Ciel blushed darkly and squeaked, covering himself up franticly.

"Alois, what the hell are you doing here?! Get out!" He shouted and took a few steps away from the other. Alois frowned and then whined loudly like a child. "B-But Ciel-" "No if, ands, or buts! Just get out!"

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"God, no respect or any sense of privacy at all." Ciel grumbled at the table, eating away at his pancakes that Sebastian had made for him before he left for work. His cheeks were still bright red from the fact Alois had seen him naked and for the fact he was unspeakably angry with the ghost. Just then, Alois popped up next to him out of thin air. "Hey Ciel! Guess what I can do!" Alois smiled widely and clapped his hands twice before he vanished and reappeared somewhere else in the room.

"See?! Isn't it awesome?!" Alois squealed and did it over and over again. Ciel growled in annoyance and rubbed his temples to keep himself from blowing up. "Yes, Alois, I can see that. Now, will you stay still and keep it down?!" He yelled, making the blond blink and stop. He poked his index fingers together and giggled. "S-Sorry." Ciel rolled his eyes and continued to eat his pancakes with his cold expression on his face. Alois glanced around the room awkwardly in silence and then pouted. "Ok, this is boring."

"Yes it is, now deal with it." Ciel growled. He felt like he was babysitting a super hyper, sugar high and very, very stupid 5 year old. Alois whined loudly and flailed his arms around in the air. "Aw, Ciel you're so mean!" He whined and run away somewhere in the house, throwing a fit. Thinking nothing of it, Ciel just shrugged and then continued to eat in silence and peace.

Alois on the other hand, was pouting and grumbling about how mean Ciel is, and how boring this was and how much he wanted to do something else. Arms crossed, he traveled over to the front door of the house and reached out to grab the golden door knob. Instead, his hand passed right though the knob, preventing him from going outside. He sighed out unhappily and rubbed his temples, watching as the sun's rays coming though the window pass though his body.

All those tall tales about ghosts walking though things and walls are all fake. Alois is a ghost after all, he should know. When he was inside a building or house, if the door is closed, he couldn't escape and he had to stay there until it does open. Alois let his pout drop and replaced it with a thin frown. Oh well, he was used to it anyways. Sighing out softly, he turned away from the door and jumped, startled since Ciel was behind him.

The boy has his arms loosely crossed, a blank expression on his face. "So, you can't go out?" Ciel tilted his head to the side. Just then, a jolt rushed though out the ghost, his eyes widening as a picture flashed in his mind, showing a small child. He couldn't see the child's face since it was blurry, but he could make out the light red, messy locks on his head and the dirt spotted face. The boy titled his head to the side just like how Ciel had done and it slipped away quickly.

"H-Huh?" Alois blinked and leaned up against the wall for support. It felt like all the air had been slammed out of him and his mind went blank, unable to say anything nor move. Ciel blinked and quickly walked up to him, hands reaching out but, as usual, passed right though him. "A-Alois?" The blond took a few deep gulps of air and calmed down after a while, sweat dripping off his face. The feeling slowly rushed away and he was left in cold sweat. "I-I'm alright…" He murmured softly and wiped the sweat off his head. It all came so suddenly, he didn't know what to make of it. If only he saw that little boy's face.

Ciel wiped off the concerning look on his face and sighed out loudly. "If you say so…" The 13 year old boy said and rubbed his head. Alois smiled slightly and poked his fingers together. "Just…tell me if there's something wrong." The blond ghost nodded and giggled childishly. "Sure, sure." He quickly agreed, shaking off the picture in his head for a moment. He'll tell the boy once he got another picture like that.

He was glad, though, that Ciel cared about him. Even if it was just a little bit.