Sebastian agreed to help. It was a relief, even though Ciel had fought for so long in the past to organize these operations himself. The bluenette supposed it didn't really matter either way. His butler always ended up assisting him, regardless, as the older demon obviously had more skill in arranging things in an aesthetically pleasing manner that was suitable for everyone's tastes. This was an event for a toy company after all.
With this, Ciel was freer to think about his beau's birthday. Naturally, he had to focus on other tasks in regards to the anniversary of FUNTOM as well, but he didn't want to forget. He objective for the anniversary was obvious, but what did he need to do for Alois?
Once he was done with his work on his FUNTOM project, he began to think about it. He didn't get to for very long, as he sensed the other man's presence when he walked through the front door of the mansion. With their contract, he could sense the blonde menace with ease. It was useful for avoiding the Macken's surprise-attacks. Even with this, however, he couldn't hear what the blonde was doing from the ground floor.
"I'm home~!" Alois called, alerting the attention of a few of the others in the house, particularly Sebastian.
"Welcome back." Sebastian greeted. He looked down at the bag in the younger demon's hand. "Didn't you go out for a murder investigation?" he teasingly asked.
"Yeah, but there were snacks on the way." Alois replied, taking off his coat. "I would have brought you something, but I didn't know what you'd want because you don't eat human food. Tell me what you want, and I'll bring it next time, though."
"How thoughtful, but I'm afraid that I can't think of anything." The butler stated. While the blonde dug into the bag. He pulled out a small box with a curry bun in it before handing the rest to the raven-haired man.
"Suit yourself." Alois said. "Can you give those to Luka and Revy? I have to go give my report and my bribe to my 'boss'." He jested, holding up the box in his hand. Sebastian smiled.
"Consider it done." The older man answered. "What, pray tell, do you need to bribe the master for, though?"
"I dunno. Could be useful, though." Joked the blonde. "Maybe if I give him enough snacks, he'll replace the Royce sooner."
"Please tell me you brought the Mercedes back in one piece…" Sebastian said, rubbing his forehead. His arm moved up instinctively to catch the car keys that were thrown at him. The man looked over to see the blonde menace already halfway up the stairs.
"Yep. No terrorist activity today." Alois answered before turning to continue his ascension.
Alois climbed the stairs and walked to the Phantomhive's office. As per usual, the menace didn't bother knocking and simply swung the door open. Ciel didn't even flinch. Thus, the Macken simply waltzed into the room, box of curry-bread in hand.
"'Sup, dawg~?" the blonde playfully called, causing the bluenette to chuckle.
"Please don't talk like that." He said.
"Don't be hatin', bro." Alois replied. He walked over to the Phantomhive's desk and put the box down in front of the other man. "That's for you…" he said before pulling out the map that he marked with all of the security camera locations and set it down alongside it. "…and so is that."
"Progression of a murder case and food?" his beau mused. "My, you certainly know how to make a girl feel special."
"Of course I do, 'cause she's the prettiest in the whole wide world~!" The blonde jested back, pecking the other man on the lips. "I must cherish her, or she may leave me for another man!"
"I don't think that's likely." Ciel replied, picking up the paper with the marks on it. "You're the only one who really gets me."
"By romantically helping you with murder?"
"Precisely." The bluenette stated, glancing over the map. "Are these the locations of all of the cameras?"
"Yeah. There weren't a whole lot, but they got some pretty sweet angles on them." Alois replied as he sat down on one of the room's couches. "I would have asked for the footage, but I didn't know the time range."
"Sorry, I forgot to text you. The time of death was around three-forty-five in the afternoon the day before Dinsdale's arrest." His beau presented. "Could you go get the footage tomorrow? I'm more swamped than I thought…"
"No problem." The blonde said. "Remind me, though. I might forget on my way back from class."
"Thank you, kindly." Ciel answered, setting the paper down and leaning back in his chair. He reached over and grabbed the box that his boyfriend had brought him before opening it. A FUNTOM curry-bun? Maybe this would help him focus on organizing his silly party.
He was about to bite into the treat before pausing, looking over at the menace. He arched an eyebrow and asked: "Didn't you get one for yourself?"
"Huh? Oh, I ate it on the way back." Alois lied. In response, stood up before walking over to take a seat on the couch next to him. To the blonde's surprise, he began to tear the bun in half, being careful to make sure none of the curry fell in his lap.
"Here." Ciel said, handing one half to the blonde. "Don't think I can't tell when you're lying." With a giggle, Alois took it.
"How'd you know?"
"When you kissed me, you didn't taste like curry." The Phantomhive answered before taking a bite. "If you had eaten it, you would have."
"Ah, so the famous detective, Senior Detective Constable Sir Doctor Ciel Phantomhive strikes again!" Alois mused while doing the same. He didn't wait until he was finished chewing before continuing, though. "I ran into Dan and he look like he wanted to hang himself."
"Things still not going well for him and Kristopherson?"
"He asked me for advice on how to fix it, and seemed to take it to heart." Alois swallowed. "I dunno if he actually followed through when he got home, though."
"Guess we'll find out."
"He's obviously super-gay for Kris though."
"It's a wonder he was the only one who didn't know about Kris' feelings for him." Ciel pointed out. All of their friends had their suspicions about the pair, and now it was simply confirmed. "Think he'll find out soon?"
"I bet he won't." Alois replied, causing the bluenette to smile.
"I'll take that bet." The Phantomhive stated. "I think he'll figure it out, and I think that you'll be the first one he tells about it."
"Are we betting the usual?"
"Most definitely." Ciel declared. "Loser is the victor's servant for a day."
"Ha! I look forward to seeing you in that butler outfit!" the menace said, throwing his head back as he scoffed. He took another bite of his half of curry-bun. "So how's your thing goin'?"
"The party?" asked the Phantomhive. "It's alright. I had to ask Sebastian to help, but it's going well. We should be ready."
"Aw, you're not going to ask me to help?" asked the blonde.
"Of course not. I'm going to be having you running around and resolving this murder case for me." Answered the bluenette. His single eye looked over to his beau as excitement washed over the blonde's face.
"Really?!" Alois asked. "I get to solve it?!"
"It's already solved, but I need you to prove it." The Phantomhive answered. "It shouldn't take much time or effort. You'll be done in no time."
"Ugh!" groaned the menace, leaning his head on his boyfriend's shoulder. "You had all the fun and now you're leaving me with the boring bits?!"
"Well, if you put it that way, yes."
"Ass." The Macken accused, finishing up his snack. With that, he stretched a bit before laying down and resting this head in the other man's lap.
"I love you too, Jimmy." Answered Ciel, wiping away a stray speck of curry on the blonde's face with his thumb before licking it. "It's important work. I certainly don't trust Michael to do it correctly."
"You really don't think he's good for much, do you?"
"Not really." Spoke the Phantomhive, putting the last piece of bread in his mouth. "He's too… soft."
"So you think detective work should be left to hardened criminals?"
"Of course. Who better to know about how a crime was carried out than a criminal?"
"Are you saying that I'm one? How cruel!"
"Jim, you've killed people…"
"In self-defense." The blonde pointed out.
"You went with me on an assassination attempt."
"Details." Alois jested with a playful rolling of his eyes. He was about to open his mouth and say something else, when his phone vibrated in his pocket. Begrudgingly, he took it out and placed the device up to his ear, all while keeping his comfortable spot using Ciel as a pillow.
"Yes?" he called, already knowing who it was because he read the name before answering.
"Hey, it's me." Said Daniel on the other end. "Thanks for the help, earlier."
"Did everything go okay?" asked the blonde.
"Yeah! It went great." The Westley replied, causing his friend to smile. "Kris and I are friends again, but there's one tiny problem…"
"Yeah, and what's that?"
"Uh… we kinda… like each other in a… gay way, but I'm still dating his sister?"
"What?!" Alois demanded, sitting straight up at the news.
"Hey! I didn't judge you when you went gay for Ciel!" the brunet said on the other end of the line.
"No, no! Not that, but you're seeing each other?! While having a girlfriend?!"
"Uh, not exactly. He won't go out with me until I fix this thing with Anna, first…" the Westley said bashfully. "Wait, why aren't you surprised?"
"Mate, we've all been suspicious about your sexuality for quite a while." Pointed out the Macken. "This isn't shocking in the slightest."
"What the fuck?! Why didn't you say anything?!"
"What was I supposed to say?! 'Hey, Dan, we know you totally wanna snog with Kris even though you don't know it yourself yet'!?"
"I dunno! Just-! Ugh!" Daniel groaned. "Listen, you helped me out with Kris, so, d'ya think you might have any ideas on how to tell Anna?"
"Tell her that you fancy her brother and that it's not her, it's you and your sick perversions." Alois blurted out.
"I can't do that!"
"Then enjoy not smoochin' your mistress!" the blonde said over the phone as his beau wrapped his arms around his waist from behind and listened in as well. "The advice stays the same! Coming clean is the easiest way to solve it."
"But won't she be mad at me?" Daniel asked.
"Probably not. If we were suspicious, she might be, too. She probably already knows about Kris, but hasn't said anything. It's not like she can come up to you and say: 'Hey, Dan, I'm breaking up with you because I think you might be lusting after my brother's sweet ass'."
"I do not lust after it!" the Westley protested. "And don't talk about his ass like that!"
"Oh, so you're just possessive of it?" Alois teased. "Listen, I gotta go. Murder and stuff."
"Yeah, yeah, I can hear Ciel breathing into the phone, you know…"
"Sorry, Daniel. I was curious." The bluenette said.
"A likely story…" the brunet accused. "Later, then."
"Bye, Dan. Welcome to the homo-club." Alois said, pressing the "end call" button before his friend could complain. He set the phone on the coffee table before leaning his back into Ciel. He reached behind him to play with the bluenette locks on the head that was currently resting on his shoulder.
"So homo." He mused. Causing the Phantomhive to chuckle. When the other man looked at him with a smirk, he arched an eyebrow in confusion. It slowly dawned on him as he thought, however, causing his cheeks to turn pink. Ciel's grin only widened.
"You lost the bet, and it's only been a little over five minutes." He teased, enjoying the expression on his beau's face.
"Nguhhhh! Do I have to?" Alois whined. Then, a look of horror appeared on his visage as another realization entered his thoughts. He turned to face the Phantomhive. "Wait, what about school?! I'm not wearing that to class!"
"Don't worry." Ciel cooed, running a hand through his lover's hair. "I never said what day. How about Saturday? That way, you don't have to leave your post and can serve me properly."
"Pervert." Accused the menace.
"I never said I was going to do anything perverted. I'll just take great enjoyment in making you waiting on me hand and foot."
"So you do get off on this?!"
"And why did you want to win, exactly?" asked the watchdog. "What pure, innocent motive did you have?" He chuckled as the other man looked away.
"Shut up…" the blonde answered.
"You're just as sinful and horrid as I am." Ciel mused, kissing the Macken's cheek. "That's part of the reason why I love you, I suppose."
"You're a jerk!"
"You love me though."
"I don't know why!" Alois declared.
"I thought it was because I'm 'the prettiest girl in the whole wide world'?"
"Fuck you!"
"Ah, so that was your motive…"
"GAH!"
A/N: Oh, how the tables have turned...
Ah, we'll get to murder, soon, I promised. I just needed to clarify Daniel's whole situation.
I probably won't even show Alois in the butler uniform...
Murder, murder, murder... I want my murder...
I guess the reason for all of this fluff is because the ending of DLTD was so heavy for so long...
Sorry 'bout that. I'll get back to DEATH soon.
Until then, my duckies~!
