A/N: It's DemonWolf95! I've returned to my post for writing author notes and I decided to post another chapter early ^^ Remind me to never let Grell write the author's note again, he's horrible. As you should know, Grell just woke up from being unconcious is now hunting me down for revenge *takes out walkie talkie* How's red riding hood, Alex? Enjoy this chapter as I try to survive!
Alex: Um...lets just say that red riding hood as a murderous look right now...

Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroshitsuji
Claimer: I only own this fanfic, my OC, and the storyline...

That Shinigami, Heart Thief

Chapter XXI: That Shinigami, Dancing

Alex jumped through the portal from the human world and it disappeared behind. It's been several weeks since Alex started helping Ciel and Sebastian on their case to catch 'The Heart Stealer'. However, from time to time, Alex would go the human world and assistant them on the case. But for now, she just came back from reaping a few souls and on the way back, she stopped by the same music shop that she went to with Grell and Zackary to get a book of piano music sheets- the music sheets are mostly Beethoven. The lady of the shop gave her a discount for the book, how nice!

Alex strolled over to the clear double doors and walked into the white building. She glanced around to see that the lobby is completely empty, except for a few reapers who might've came back from reaping their assigned souls.

The young reaper headed over to the staircase and reached the sixth floor. Alex glanced around to see nothing more than empty white hallways "Where is everybody?" Alex thought out loud. She shrugged her shoulders and decided to head to her dorm. It couldn't be passed curfew hours because the lights should've been turned off.

Alex opened the book of music sheets and began flipping through the pages. There are so many songs that she can play on the piano but she didn't decide which one to start learning. Without knowing, she accidently bumped into somebody "Sorry about that-"

"There you are, little kitten." said a high voice. Alex looked up to see that it was Grell and he was wearing a dark crimson strapless dress to show his smooth- his shoulders. The dress had black embroidery that made shapes of roses from the mid-section and trailed down to the bottom of the dress. And to see the day that Grell is wearing a dress.

"Um...nice dress, Mr. Sutcliff." She smiled wearily "Why are you dressed like that?"

He giggled, "Thanks for compliment~ little kitten." Grell spun in a circle to give her a full view of the dress "As for your second question; once a year, dispatch holds a christmas ball a few days before the actual holiday." He explained "And why aren't you dressed yet?"

"I just got back from reaping and picking up a book of music sheets at a music shop." Alex explained, simply. She began inching away from the redhead when a mischevious grin appeared "Mr. Sutcliff...?" Grell grabbed the back collar of her black jacket and began dragging her towards her dorm "Wait! Where are we going!"

"To your dorm of course~ little kitten." Grell sang, "You should at least wear something nice to the ball."

"Something nice?" Alex repeated, "Like what! I told you Mr. Sutcliff! My wardrobe doesn't consist of dresses!"

Grell then 'tsked' the young reaper "Now, now, there's no need to be fussy, little kitten~ I'll help you pick something nice- no! Something gorgeous to wear~!" Alex sighed. She can already tell that this is going to be a very long night.

Once they arrived at Alex's dorm, she can tell that Grell was getting excited- he was even rushing her to open the door. Possibly because he didn't want to miss the ball or something. Once inside the room, Grell dashed over to the wardrobe and threw the doors open to reveal all kinds of clothing that she brought from the U.S.

"Find anything 'gorgeous' yet, Mr. Sutcliff?" Alex asked as she hanged her death-scythe on the hook by the door then hung her jacket on the hook left to it.

"Oh, yes~! Little kitten~!" Grell squealed as he pulled out a dark crimson knee-length dress that had black frills on the bottom "And you said that your wardrobe doesn't consist of dresses~" He swooned.

Alex gave the dress a blank stare "Mr. Sutcliff, that's a nightgown..."

"..." Grell remained silent then threw the nightgown onto the bed "That was a sudden turn off," he said as he returned to rummaging through the wardrobe. Alex scratched the back of her head, she walked to her bed and sat on the edge. "Hello~ what's this~?" Alex casted a curious glance at what Grell found in her wardrobe, suddenly, Grell brought out a black knee-length tailcoat with white embroidery. He grinned "This is so~ cute~!" He draped the tailcoat over his left forearm. After a while, Grell finally picked out an outfit.

"I don't know, Mr. Sutcliff." said Alex.

"What do you mean 'don't know'! This is a perfect outfit for you~! Well...in my eyes, that is." Grell said with a grin. He gave the clothes to Alex shooed her into the bathroom.

Alex placed the clothes on the counter of the sink and began undressing until she was in her underwear and bra. She slipped into a clean pair of red shorts 'Mr. Sutcliff and the color red.' Alex shook her head in disblief. She slid her arms into the sleeves of the white dress shirt followed by a black vest and then the black knee-length tailcoat.

"Are you done yet? I'm simply dying to see you in those clothes~!" Grell called from the otherside of the door.

"I'm coming out right now." Alex called, she opened the bathroom "How does it look?" Alex began buttoning up the buttons of the dress shirt and the vest.

"You're kind of style, little kitten." Grell replied "Though there is something you should do..." Alex looked at him confused, she watched as Grell walked towards her. A blush slowly rose to Alex's cheeks as Grell began unbuttoning two of the buttons at the bottom of the white dress shirt "Loosen the collar as well," he added while unbuttoning the first button and fixing the collar "One last thing," Grell grabbed the back collar of the black coat and pulled it down until the coat was just hanging off of Alex's elbows like how he wears his red coat "Perfection~!" He sang.

Alex stood in front of the vanity and examined her outfit. All and all, the outfit isn't that bad "I like it," Alex smiled as she swung from left to right "Ready to go, Mr. Sutcliff?" She pushed up her glasses "I doubt you want to miss this year's ball."

"Oh, how you steal the words right out of my mouth, darling." The two reapers walked out of the dorm and towards the staircase. Alex looked up at Grell from the corner of her eyes. She made a small smile and looked back forward.

Since Alex doesn't know where the ball is, she decided to have Grell guide her. They went down the staircase and into the the lobby, Grell made a left into a hallway. Alex can hear instrumental music. They then stopped at a pair of double doors, the music was coming from the otherside. Alex and Grell pushed both doors open and the young reaper's eyes widen to see a huge room with christmas theme decorations "Wow," She was awestruck "It's so...beautiful..." Alex began walking through the chatting crowd. She looked around to see that there were also female employees as well.

Christmas lights were hung amongst the large room, a long rectangular table with refreshments sat on the left side of the room, multi colored balloons lingered the floor "Heya, Alex!" Alex turned around to see Ronald in his usual suit "Since when did you get here?"

"I just got here with Mr. Sutcliff." Alex replied, Ronald grinned and the black haired reaper frowned "Not a word, Ronald. Remember what you promised? Not a word."

"Don't worry, Alex." He put his hands up in front of him "Like I said; my lips are sealed about it." Ronald made a zipping motion with his hand in front of his mouth "So, are you enjoying yourself so far?"

She nodded, "Sure am,"

The music changed unknowingly. The reapers started moving away so that only a giant circle was in the middle, several male and female reapers walked into the middle and began dancing "Hey, Alex. Would you care for a dance?"

"I guess," Alex smiled wearily "But you should know that I'm not that good of a dancer." Ronald grabbed her hand and began guiding her towards the circle. They entered the circle, Ronald held Alex's right hand in the air and place his other hand on her hip. Alex placed her left hand on Ronald's shoulder.

"You said that Grell taught you how to dance the waltz, right?" He asked and Alex nodded "Well then, lets start dancing." With that said, the two began dancing with the others in the circle "I thought that you'd be wearing a dress for this ball."

Alex huffed, "Like I said to Mr. Sutcliff: my wardrobe doesn't consists of dresses. Dresses make me feel uncomfortable." She then sighed "At least I'm wearing something that makes me comfortable and not exposed."

"Can I ask you something?" Ronald asked and Alex nodded, "Is it true that Grell walked in on you at the infirmary wing?"

Alex blushed and frowned, "For your information, that's true." Ronald chuckled "You don't even know how it feels to only have from the waist up exposed and then your-"

"Crush?" Ronald quickly piped in. Alex narrowed her eyes. The music stopped and everyone began clapping, she flicked the blonde shinigami on the forehead, earning a surprise yelp from him "What was that for?" Ronald asked as he rubbed his forehead.

"I'm going to get something to drink," Alex walked through the crowd and towards the refreshment table. Once out of the crowd, she sat down at the nearest table. Alex ran a hand through her bangs and hair as she let out a long breath. She crossed her legs and leaned back into her chair, the instrumental music started up again 'Geez, Ronald can't even keep his mouth shut and teasing me that Mr. Sutcliff is my...crush. Ridiculous.' Alex thought, clearly irritated.

Alex stood up from her seat and walked over the refreshment table 'Maybe a glass of wine would help.' She grabbed a wine glass that was filled a little less than half, she lifted the glass to her lips then she caught a glimpse of red at the corner of her eye. Alex lowered the glass of wine and slightly turned her head to see Grell standing alone behind the crowd, drinking wine. He looks like he's enjoying the ball but he's not doing anything 'Shouldn't Mr. Sutcliff be active at these kind of events?' She walked over him, "Mr. Sutcliff,"

"Hello, little kitten." Grell greeted, Alex saw his eyes go from her to her glass of wine "Since when did you start drinking wine?" He questioned curiously.

"I rarely do," She replied, gently swirling the liquid in her wine glass "Why are you by yourself?"

Grell took a sip of his wine, "I don't really know, little kitten." He slightly frowned "Usually I'd be flirting with hot guys."

The music changed again, Alex turned around to see more people walking into the giant circle and start dancing. She placed her drink on a nearby table "This may sound weird but..." Grell looked at her "Would you care for a dance, Mr. Sutcliff? Just for the fun of it?" Alex held out her hand.

Grell chuckled, "Of course, little Alex." He placed his drink next to Alex's and took her hand. They walked through the crowd and into the giant circle with the other dancers. Grell held Alex's hand in the air "So, who do want to take the lead? Me? Or you?"

Alex shrugged, "I'd say you."

"Very well, place your other hand on my hip and we'll start dancing." He instructed. Alex slowly placed her free hand on Grell's hip and he placed his free hand on her shoulder. Alex and Grell began dancing with the music.

A/N: Chapter 21 is complete! *pumps fist into the air* And it came out just I planned it. As for my safety, William beat the crap of Grell who was running all the place like freakin' maniac with his roaring chainsaw *sweatdrops* Until the next time!
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