Opening heavy lids, Grell groaned and rubbed his eyes. How long had he slept? His body felt like it was being held down by weights, and his stomach hurt worse than a woman on her menstrul cycle. The redhead looked over to the window and saw how bright the sun was. "Oh Gods, I'm late!" He sat up much too fast, and met an awful pain that spiked across his body.

'Did I go out drinking last night? What is this..?' Grell laid back on the pillow and looked up at the ceiling. That's when he realized he wasn't in his room.

And when he realized what had happened.

If Grell wasn't panicking before, he most certainly was now. "I'm supposed to be dead.." he whimpered. Once again, the red reaper tried to sit up. He sucedded, but with much pain. His chest hurt, like the type of hurt a mortal would feel when their heart is getting crushed. Grell stood, but his legs gave out and he hit the floor with a thump. He grabbed at his stomach, where sharp pains were spiking through his body once more.

"All you had to do was call for me and I would have come helped you."

Grell felt someone pick him up, and looked up to see Sebastian. "Oh, Sebas-chan! I.." he looked down as tears flooded his eyes. "I didn't know a reaper could go to heaven…that's where I must be, right? There's no possible way that I could be alive.." He began to think more on it. "I wonder what they could want with me in particular. I wasn't exactly a good girl while alive. Maybe they decided they would take me because of my beauty~.." The red head said playfully, despite his painful situation.

Sebastian sat him on the bed and gave a soft smirk. "Quite the opposite. You see, we are in Hell. You've been here sleeping for exactly one week. I was almost afraid that you wouldn't wake up. How are you feeling?" He took his glove off with his teeth and placed the back of his hand to Grell's forehead. "You're surprisingly doing well so far..."

Grell's eyes widened. "I-In Hell?! How did you manage to sneak a reaper in here?! Satan himself should be pounding at your door! Or worse, William could come down here himself!"

Sebastian's smirk dropped, and he helped Grell out of the bed and covered his eyes. "I did what I had to do to keep you alive." He helped Grell over to a mirror and uncovered his eyes. "I'm Sorry, I sent a letter to Mr. Spears and explained that you won't be coming back." His eyes locked onto Grell's reflection, particuarly his face. For this first time in a long time, Sebastian felt legitamite concern for someone, and could only hope the crimson haired male would understand.

Grell touched the reflection. He was stunned. The red head touched his faceand rubbed his eyes to make sure it wasn't real. No matter how hard he rubbed, it wasn't an illusion. Everytime Grell looked into the mirror, his eyes were shining a ruby color. "You…You..turned me.." The reaper, no, demon stuttered.

Sebastian nodded. "Yes, I turned you into a demon. It was the only way to save you." His eyes held a twinge of sadness. "You must understand that when I confessed it was genuine. I finally had given my heart to someone, and I wasn't prepared to let you go. I had already lost my master, and even though I had no interest in eating you, I still wanted you with me. So I turned you. Your shinigami soul fought hard to get rid of the demonic inside you, I guess your soul finally gave in. Your eyes have been green until today." He looked down, remembering the hellish fever that Grell's body had taken during the week that he was unconcious. The demon was happy that Grell didn't have to experiance that though.

Grell sunk to his knees as Sebastian explained the situation. "So now…I'm a..a demon.. I can't reap anymore…I can't go back to work and see Ronnie and Will.." Tears began to flow freely down his face. " I can't go out drinking with Ron on the weekends and enjoy overtime with Will..it's all gone." The red demon hugged his knees and sobbed heavily.

Sebastian crouched beside him and pulled Grell into a hug. "But, think of all the things you can do and miss now. You don't have to worry about being late, or missing reaps. William won't come here and tear you away like he always used to. You won't be picked on anymore, or hit. I'm not sure if you could ever see Mr. Knox again, but you have the memories of those times. You'll learn to like life this way." Sebastian took a strand of the crimson locks and toyed with it between his fingers.

Grell rubbed his eyes and looked up at Sebastian. "One day I will see them again. Even if on accident. I would want to at least tell Ronnie that I'm sorry anyways. I wonder if me being a demon would help him cope with me not being there anymore..it's better than being dead, right?" the newborn demon gave a small hopeful smile.

"Sometimes.." Sebastian kissed the crown of his head and looked out the window of the mansion. He had heard Grell when he woke up, thinking it was morning. No, the light coming in was the flames of hell, burning brightly outside of Sebastian's manor.

XxxxxX

William looked at the calendar and sighed. It had been almost three weeks since Grell had left. William had planned on going and getting the redhead today, not feeling comfortable with him being around a demon. The brunette looked at a letter that had just come in this morning. The sender hadn't put their name on the envelope, just his name scribbled in big black letters.

William took a small knife and sliced the top of the letter, then took it out.

"Dear Mr. Spears. I thought it would be fair to inform you that reaper Sutcliff will not be coming back. Please do not think that he is with my master and I because he has decided to live here. I assure you that Reaper Sutcliff is now deceased. Since you gave me permission, I take it that it was within my right to do so with him as I pleased. We had a delightful time with your worker, and we relieve you of his presence.

Thank you for the meal,

Sebastian Michaelis-Butler of Phantomhive."

A wax seal was on the bottom of the page, stamped with the Phantomhive emblem.

William dropped the parchment in disbelief. The butler had killed Grell Sutcliff. And even worse, he had devoured him. The brunette held his head. No, the fact that he had given Sebastian to do this was indeed the worst part of it all. William had practically given Grell away without any second thoughts. And now he was dead…

William numbly stood up and left his office. He walked down the hallway, passing Grell's old office. He looked at the door and kept walking, he had to tell Ronald. Finding him surrounded by women from the Resources department, William gave a cold look to them. "Ladies, i'm sure you have work to do. Get at it or it's a pay cut for each and every one of you." He looked at Ronald as the ladies scattered, blowing kisses at the blonde in their leave. "And you, Knox. Get in my office. We have something important to discuss."

Ronald gave a groan. "What did I do this time..? I finished my reaps and even did my paperwork..C'mon boss I didn't do anything wrong this time!" He opened his mouth to give more reason not to go with the stoic supervisor, but William silenced him.

"This isn't about you." His expression softened a bit. "It's about your Mentor, Grell Sutcliff. I..just got word from the demon Michaelis about him." He turned and began to walk twords his office.

Ronald's protests died when he heard it was about his mentor, and began walking closely behind William. "Is Senpai okay? Don't tell me he's like.." Ronald wrinkled his face, making a face of disgust. "In a relationship with that demon guy is he..? If so then you're gona have to use some major seducing skills to get him back, but it's alright, I can help you." He winked. "I am a master of seduction after all."

William said nothing while Ronald rambled on, entering his office with silence and locking the door when they both had entered. William sat behind his desk and Ronald took a seat as well. "I'll let you read the letter that came in just this morning. I'd like to remind you not to make any careless mistakes...don't do anything that you'd regret after, Knox."

Ronald's playful smile dropped. "Geez is it really THAT bad? Is he making babies with the thing or somthing?" He took the letter and read it. He looked at it for a minute or two before giving a small laugh. "This is a joke, right? Why the hell would Senpai Grell let Sebastian eat him, even if he was in love with him?"

William gave Ronald a cold look. "This is no joke I assure you. In case you weren't paying attention during your classes in the academy, demons don't always take souls willingly. You know Grell never fights seriously with the demon...even if he did fight back..it wouldn't have been at his full potential, and by the time Grell would've realized the severity of the situation it was probably too late..."

Ronald shoved the note back. "No, I don't believe this, I won't believe this. You know Grell wouldn't die..not like this.." He put his head in his hands and went silent for a minute before looking up at William. "...If Grell died then this is all your fault."

William gave a confused look at the boy's sudden change in thought. "Mr. Knox -"

Ronald stood up. "No! Don't give me your bullshit excuses! You pretty much gave Grell to him! And to top it you did it with a smile. That day that we found him, we could have taken him back but NO! You had to be a smug little arse like you always are and hurt his feelings! What the hell is wrong with you?! I bet you're even happy that he's gone now." Tears had begun to stream down the younger shinigamis face as he yelled.

William looked back down at the note, then back to Ronald. He didn't have much to say, Ronald was right. It was his fault. "I know.." he said in a small whisper. "I know what I've done..but..I also know that there is nothing that we can do. Grell's gone. And that's all there is to it." Saying the words, making it sound like Grell meant nothing. It was easy for William. He only hoped that Ronald left soon before he broke down before him.

Ronald glared at him. "You...He really didn't mean anything to you, did he..? After all the shit you put him through..he still loved you, you know. Even before I got here he loved you. And you have the audacity to just.. throw him away." Ronald shoom his head. "I'm leaving." He turned and unlocked the door to the office, slamming it behind him.

William glanced down at the paper, his eyes falling on the words "Thank you for the meal."

How tragic, that Grell had become victim to a demon. How tragic that William himself had allwoed it. He put his head in his hands as tears began to streak down his face. He cried silently for a good hour. During that time several reports of fights came in, all involving Ronald Knox. The supervisor rubbed his eyes and temples. "What the hell do we do now..?"

XxxxxX

ITS FINALLY UP PRAISE GRELL. Aha, *nervous smile* Sorry it took so long. I was swamped with school and then my word trial ran out, so like this was locked up for a good two weeks whoops. More chapters will be up soon! I will also be updating my others after I finish this. Sadly i have figured out that I can only do one fic at a time. After this ill do "Maybe one day." (which souldn't take long) and KuroTitanic yay~ anyways~ Until next time~!

~Darkie