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Alois had wrecked the entire kitchen.
Claude and the triplets would not be happy, but the blonde's efforts were not in vain.
Alois had brought Ciel several plates piled with food, which contained everything from bacon to scones to chocolate pudding.
"Are you serving me breakfast or are you just fattening me up to eat me?" Ciel asked Alois with a scowl.
Although Ciel was complaining, Alois smirked when he noticed that the bluenette managed to eat a good bit of the food.
"I just want to make sure you two are happy." Alois smiled, gently patting Ciel's tummy.
"What have you done with Sebastian?" Ciel asked, changing the subject.
"I haven't done anything with him, he's helping Claude." Alois replied.
"Helping Claude with what?" Ciel asked suspiciously.
"They're cleaning up from last night." Alois explained.
Ciel crossed her arms at Alois.
Alois frowned.
Ciel wasn't an idiot.
"Oh, fine." Alois sighed. "Claude may have alluded to the fact that I would have harmed you if Sebastian hadn't let you spend the night here, but—"
"What?!" Ciel gasped.
"Claude didn't want to fight Sebastian, so he just made it look like I wanted to hurt you. You know how we used to fight years ago, right Ciel~? You're so beautiful when you get angry…" Alois's eyes became half-lidded as he looked at his beloved bluenette, but Ciel was not amused.
"...And you think that's going to help us stay together?! Alois, Sebastian will gladly slit your throat, Claude's throat, Hannah's throat, and the triplets' throats at a snap of my fingers! He thinks you're still an enemy now!" Ciel fumed.
"Ah, So Sebastian can't possibly imagine how you came back looking like this," Alois smirked as he touched Ciel's mounded belly, "after spending a couple months with me, then? Wow, Ciel, I didn't know Sebastian was that stupid!"
"That's not what I meant!" Ciel snapped.
"So then, just tell Sebastian what you mean and we can be together." Alois shrugged.
Ciel grit her teeth at Alois.
The blonde sighed and he laid down in Ciel's lap, cuddling close so that her middle was right against his face.
Ciel felt hot tears of rage and frustration well in her eyes as she gripped fistfuls of Alois's silky blonde hair between her fingers.
All Ciel wanted to do was stay like this, with Alois…..
Maybe they could have the baby together and raise him or her to be….
No.
That wasn't reality.
Ciel had already dabbled enough with a fantasy life by allowing her romance with Alois to have happened in the first place.
Ciel needed to get her mind set on reality again and the reality of the situation was that….
"I'm so in love with you." Alois confessed quietly, gently stroking Ciel's side with a finger.
Alois's words moved Ciel.
Alois's words were a lovely, desperate, heart-wrenching statement that resonated with truth.
Alois's words were the sound of a man laying his heart bare in front of his lover and pleading with her not to break it.
A single tear slipped from Ciel's eye and rolled down her cheek.
The simple motion made her grimace in annoyance.
Crying was for the weak, Ciel had always felt that way.
But now…
Ciel's voice was barely audible, just above a whisper as she answered the blonde solemnly, "I'm in love with you too, Alois."
Alois's lips slowly curled into a wide, bittersweet smile.
No matter what Alois had to do or where they had to run, now that Ciel was back in his arms, and especially now that they were going to be a family, Alois made a silent vow…
Whatever happened, he and Ciel and the baby were going to stay together, somehow.
Ciel was never going to leave Alois's side.
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"Well, that's everything, then. Since it's morning, I'll take my master home now." Sebastian told Claude once their work was finished.
"Let me just check with my master first, Michaelis." Claude said quickly.
Oh dear…..
Claude's plan was brilliant but it was short-lived, Alois was seeking a way to distract Sebastian for much more than a single night.
Claude knew this was the part where things would turn sour.
Alois would be furious and Sebastian would be relentless.
"Check what?" Sebastian asked Claude with narrowed eyes. "Our agreement lasted for the night, assuming you have kept your word, my master is safe and I know that she'll be ready to leave now."
"Of course." Claude nodded. "I just need to take care of something first."
"And I need to take care of my master." Sebastian countered.
Claude adjusted his glasses.
Sebastian stilled himself, ready to attack or defend.
"I've not been entirely honest with you, Michaelis." Claude said coldly.
"Oh?" Sebastian asked, feigning surprise.
"Indeed." Claude replied. "It is my master's wish for Ciel Phantomhive to remain here indefinitely."
Sebastian said nothing at first, he just smiled in return.
Claude regarded Sebastian cautiously, uncertain of what he would do next.
"It is not my responsibility nor my wish to care for your master's whims. If you value your own master's safety, then I suggest you take me to mine." Sebastian replied threateningly.
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Once Ciel had finished her breakfast, Alois found it increasingly difficult to convince her to go along with his plan.
The blonde reverted to using his best weapon against Ciel's iciness, kissing the bluenette until her mind turned to mush.
Alois's kisses were long and passionate.
Soon, Alois's fingers began to ghost over Ciel's skin…
Then the nightshirt she was wearing slipped off…
….And a little while later, Ciel was laying on Alois's bare chest while they both fought to catch their breath.
Alois had tried to be as gentle as he could, but that didn't seem like what Ciel wanted.
Which only egged the blonde on more….
Towards the end, Alois had to clamp his hand over Ciel's mouth to stifle her screams of bliss.
Claude and Sebastian didn't need to hear everything…...
Alois chattered away while he idly touched Ciel's short, silky hair. "I can have a minister here by tomorrow, my love. We can decorate a room for the little one and then we can go shopping and hire a-"
Alois was interrupted by a sharp rapping at the door.
Knock, knock, knock.
Ciel's eyes widened and Alois rushed to sit up in the bed.
"What?!" Alois called irritably.
To be laying in the throes of happiness with his pregnant lover and then be so rudely interrupted….
How annoying…..
"Pardon the intrusion, highness. Sebastian Michaelis wants to speak with Ciel Phantomhive." Claude called through the door.
"Well, go and tell Sebastian that Ciel is busy and she will speak to him in a few moments!" Alois hissed.
The doorknob turned and Alois clutched Ciel protectively as Sebastian and Claude stepped into the room.
"Actually, Earl Trancy, I think I'll talk to my master now." Sebastian said, smiling smugly at the blonde.
Alois's eyes narrowed.
Ciel frowned at Sebastian.
"Young master," Sebastian said, looking at Ciel. "It's time to go home now."
"Ciel's not going anywhere." Alois chimed in quickly.
Sebastian locked eyes with Alois.
Watch your step, Earl Trancy, I have an arrangement with my master that precedes your relationship. Sebastian silently communicated to Alois with his glare.
It's my child Ciel carries and that means she belongs to me now. Alois silently fired back.
Sebastian was not going to let Alois or anyone else ruin his agreement with Ciel.
The terms were nonnegotiable.
But Alois had lost his family once and he certainly wasn't going to do that again.
Even if Alois had to fight Sebastian to the death…..