Final Chapter

Claude tucked Alois into bed, kissed him on his forehead, and left the room. Ciel lie under the covers and closed his eyes, ready for this day to be over with. Claude had left the candles in the room lit.

"Are you afraid of the dark?" Alois asked.

Ciel opened his eyes. "No, of course not," sounding irritated for being asked such a silly question.

"I am," Alois replied, in an serious tone.

He understood now why Claude hadn't blown out the candles in the room.

Ciel wouldn't be able to sleep with the candles on.

"I can't go to sleep with all this light," said Ciel.

Alois turned his gaze toward Ciel as if he were considering something. He turned away and gazed at the cieling. "I will blow them out if you let me hold you during the night."

"You can't be serious," Ciel replied, sounding annoyed.

"I am," Alois said grinning.

Ciel pondered this for a moment and sighed. "Fine."

Alois happily hopped out of bed and blew out the candles. He quickly jumped back into bed after blowing all the candles out and wrapped his arms around Ciel's body.

Ciel attempted to go to sleep, but he found it difficult to do so with Alois clinging to him. Within a few minutes, Alois was fast asleep. Ciel attempted to push Alois away, but he seemed to hold on to him tighter every time he did.

An hour passed and Ciel slowly began drifting off to sleep. Just as he was closing his eyes, he was awakened by Alois.

"Luca!" he shouted, "Please don't leave me!"

Ciel turned to Alois and attempted to wake him up. When Alois finally did wake up, he began to cry. Alois hugged a surprised Ciel.

Ciel wasn't sure how to react. "Um...it's alright," Ciel said, awkwardly patting Alois's head.

Alois buried his head into Ciel's chest and continued to cry. Ciel sat there in silence, hoping he would stop soon.

When he was done crying, Alois looked up into Ciel's eyes and smiled. He moved his head upward toward Ciel who moved his head away as Alois got closer to him.

"What are you doing?" Ciel asked in a nervous tone.

Alois's smile widened. "Can I kiss you?"

Before Ciel could say no, Alois's lips met his. Ciel sat there frozen, in disbelief of what was happening.

Alois slowly backed away. "What's wrong Ciel? Never been kissed before?"

Ciel sat there speechless for a moment. "What a silly question," he replied, "Of course, I have.". He was lying. He had never been kissed before, especially not by another boy.

Alois grabbed Ciel's hand and led him to the door. "Come on, let me take you somewhere."

Ciel followed without saying a word. Quietly they made their way through the hallways of the mansion until they were outside. The moon was full and it illuminated their path. They stopped in the center of a beautiful garden. Alois took a seat on a stone bench in front of a huge fountain and motioned for Ciel to do the same.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Alois asked.

Ciel stood there speechless looking around him at how amazing the garden looked in the light of the full moon.

Alois looked at Ciel as he glanced around in awe and smiled.

"Listen Ciel. The reason I asked for you to come here is because I wanted to tell you something important."

Ciel met Alois's eyes. "What is it?"

Alois hesitated for a moment. "I asked you to come here because I wanted to make you fall in love with me. Alois laughed. "Mad, I know. I understand, I could never make you feel the way I do about you."

Ciel didn't know what to say. "I'm sorry Alois."

"It's alright Ciel, you don't have to apologize."

Alois leaned his head on Ciel's shoulder and closed his eyes. Ciel gazed up at the stars attempting to process what Alois had just told him.

"Alois, can I ask you something?," Ciel asked, still staring up at the stars.

"Yes Ciel, you can ask me whatever you like."

"Who is Luca?"

Hearing Ciel say his brother's name out loud, made Alois's heart feel heavy in his chest. Tears began to fill in his eyes.

"Luca was my younger brother," Alois replied, trying hard not to cry.

Ciel thought it best not to ask anymore questions about it. Both of them sat there in silence for what seemed like hours before Alois stood up.

"It's getting late. We should probably go back inside."

They both made their way back inside the mansion and returned to their room. They quietly, hopped back into bed and went to sleep with no more incident.