A/N: This chapter, again, is not mine, it was written by the lovely and talented Eclipsed and Shadowed Heart. All credit for this chapter, obviously, goes to her.

Oh, and we do not own Kuroshitsuji, otherwise it would be exploding with God knows what that you don't want to see. xD

Ciel was getting increasingly nervous.

It wasn't the height, no. He has been on many planes before, because of his busy schedule. It was rare that he traveled by anything else, actually.

It wasn't the fact that he was unguarded. Because he has flown alone on many occasions. He hated the idea of someone supervising him at all times, when he felt he was old enough to handle himself.

It was the fact that the blond next to him was eerily silent.

Alois chatted up a storm when they first boarded the plane; he talked so much Ciel was surprised his ears did not fall off.

But suddenly, the blond just stopped trying to make conversation. The bluenette found it to be quite odd. He shrugged it off at first, but after a few minutes of silence, it started to bother him to the highest degree.

It had now been an hour since they first got on the plane, and they had a few more hours until they reached their destination.

Alois had been silent for the majority of the hour.

To break the stillness, Ciel turned to said boy and made an attempt at a conversation. "Which hotel are you going to be staying at, Alois?"

Alois had a dumbfounded expression. "The Helmsley Park Lane Hotel."

Ciel nodded. "Interesting…"

"Quite." Alois hoped the boy gave up trying to speak to him.

"Where were you born?" Ciel asked, a hint of curiosity in his voice.

Alois's face turned a slight pink color as he quietly cursed himself. He already felt horrible from the conversation earlier, and he didn't want to reveal too much information. But, he supposed it could not hurt to be truthful about some parts of his past, as long as it didn't really expose himself.

"I was born in England. I was an orphan for a while, until Claude took me in… I would be dead if he never found me." he said with a frown, and turned to face the actor.

"I am sorry, that must have been terrible…" Ciel said with a worried expression.

He looked up at Alois, taking in all his features. The way his blond hair framed his countenance made him look innocent. His bangs that looked like they were windswept to the left side of his face made him look weirdly adorable. He noticed that he wore dark eyeliner around his eyes, but no other makeup was visible, suggesting that is all he wore. His ice blue eyes were so mesmerizing, and beautiful.

Ciel did not notice that he opened his mouth. "You are absolutely stunning…" he mumbled.

Alois blushed and looked down at the actor, also taking in his features. This was the first time he actually paid attention to the Phantomhive boy's appearance.

He had dark hair, with small hints of blue and a nice shine. It also framed his face, but most of his features were still visible. A black eye patch adorned his right eye, but the left remained uncovered, and it was a dark blue. The blond could not help but stare back, and after a few minutes he turned his face away to look out the window.

"Do not say such things." His tone was somewhat harsh, "I am a monster. Monsters surely cannot be beautiful."

Ciel was taken aback at his words. "How can you say something like that about yourself?"

"My past made me a monster, Phantomhive." Alois said as his eyes narrowed.

"I am sure that your past does not effect—" Ciel started.

Alois looked back at him with a glare, as he spoke, cutting the younger one off. "You know nothing of my past." He turned back towards the window.

Ciel sighed and faced forward, looking at the back of the chair in front of him. Slowly, he turned to face the boy next to him, and placed a hand on his thigh. "Alois, I am very sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."

The latter blushed, and looked back at Ciel with a small smile. "Please, do not worry about me." he said as he reached down and slowly removed the bluenette's hand.

Ciel blushed, and turned away to face the window on the other side of the plane.

The actor was confused. He just met this girl and yet, he felt like he could trust her more than anyone else he knew. He didn't even know her very well.

Alois, on the other hand, could not feel any more guilt. He was practically oozing it, and it was driving him insane. 'Come on Alois…' he thought to himself, 'Try not to lose sight of what really matters.'

The Phantomhive boy leaned onto his shoulder, and fell asleep.

"This is going to be a long flight…" Alois mumbled to himself.

As soon as they got to New York, Alois shot up and walked out of the plane, leaving a perplexed and drowsy boy behind.

Ciel yawned and stretched as he got up from the seat. It took him a while to register that his partner had long abandoned the air craft.

He quickly got out and tried to find the blond, but to no prevail. After minutes of searching the airport, he gave up and proceeded to collect his luggage. Skillfully grabbing his bags and placing them onto the floor, he looked around some more before collecting his things and walking towards the exit.

Alois stood behind a column, silently watching the actor as he left the airport. He felt somewhat sad to ditch the boy, but he could not let himself become attached to the very person he was trying to eliminate.

Ciel had a look of disdain etched upon his face as he placed his things into the trunk of the limousine Sebastian had rented for him.

Sebastian, who was there to greet him outside of the airport, inquired why he looked upset. Ciel shrugged it off, and climbed into the car. He looked out the window with a slight pout.

"It's no big deal, Sebastian." He said with a blank smile.

Sebastian didn't want to irritate the boy, so he decided not to press further.

"T-There is a girl…" Ciel started, nearly choking on his words.

The raven-haired man began to smirk while studying the boy.

"I met her at the airport… I want her to come to the party. Make sure she gets an invitation."

"What about Ms. Elizabeth? She is going to be upset you found another girl—"

"She will just be attending as a guest." He stated. "I want her to be there. Elizabeth may be my date, but that does not mean I have to spend my evening with her."

"Very well, then." Sebastian said quietly, "Where is she staying? And what is her name?" his agent asked, pulling out a small notepad and a pen, his smirk never once fading away.

"Her name is Alois Macken." Ciel smiled as the name toyed around on his lips. "Alois…" he mumbled.

Sebastian laughed, and nudged the boy with his arm. "You failed to mention the hotel name."

Ciel blushed and nodded. "She said she would be at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel."

The manager started to snicker and was unable to remove the smirk from his face as he wrote down the names of both the girl, and the hotel. "Consider it done."

"Wipe that look off your face, while you're at it." Ciel said with a mere wave of his hand. "It makes me quite uncomfortable. Also, I am not here for your amusement. So, quit laughing."

"Yes, my lord." He replied, his laughter still audible.

A/N: So, there. Isn't she amazing? :3

Now to go work on chapter four.. God she makes my stuff look so elementary. e-e