"So the master wants you to assist me for the day?" asked the official butler of the household to the blonde menace. In reply, his new protégé nodded.

"Yep. He wants me out of his sight." Alois said cheerfully, knowing full-well the reason as to why. He was going to somehow weasel his way back into the bluenette's office, but for now, he would play along with his wishes. Sebastian only sighed.

"So the master made this bet while forgetting what seeing you dressed up does to him?" he half asked, but mostly stated. The butler shook his head and rubbed his temples at the silliness of his master.

"Oh, so I take it you know about that?" inquired the menace. While he was a bit embarrassed, his beau did make it plainly obvious.

"I've seen the way he stares at you." Sebastian said. "It's as though he's eyeing prey, only more obscene. Then again, it is a bit amusing to see him turn into such a babbling mess while trying to restrain himself."

"I know. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to turn your master into a massive pervert. It wasn't my intention, I promise." Alois replied.

"It's alright." The headbutler stated. "If it wasn't you, someone else might've awakened his brutish self."

"Do you always insult your master behind his back?" the blonde mused. Sebastian smiled.

"Oh, heavens, no. I would never do such a thing out loud." The older man said, prompting a laugh from the younger.

"'Out loud'." Echoed Alois, grinning as he placed his hands on his hips. "So, Bass-man, what do ya need me to do?"

"Since I've already prepared breakfast, you can help clean up." Sebastian said. "I'll go tend to the master and the others while they're eating. Just load the dishwasher and put the pots that are too big to fit in the sink. If you want to get started on scrubbing them before I get back, that's fine, if you don't, then that's fine, too."

"Alright." The blonde said, removing his tailcoat.

Sebastian pulled his own off of the coatrack and put it on before taking some of the food to serve. His new protégé replaced it with his own before rolling up his sleeves. The blonde took off his gloves and set them aside before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a hair-tie and pulling his hair back into a ponytail. It had become a habit to keep one on him after the Black Annis mission. They were surprisingly convenient, he found, keeping his hair nicely out of his face. There were always three locks of blonde hair, though, that were two short and that always did as they pleased, however. It didn't matter, Alois had work to do.

He started picking up bowls and utensils before putting them in the dishwasher. It wasn't nearly full even with the pans in it, so he decided to wait until breakfast was over to load it with empty dishes. Alois put the containers that didn't fit in the sink and began scrubbing since he had nothing better to do. Soon, he realised that he needed the small nozzle attachment to rinse with, however, when he grabbed the device, he realised that he had absolutely no idea how to use it. He turned it over and over in his hand, trying to figure it out, eventually finding a small button.

"Wagh!" he cried out after pressing it.

What the blonde didn't know was that the nozzle shot water out at a higher pressure than the faucet. He startled himself, spraying water all over creation and dropping the pot in his other hand with a loud crash! By the time he managed to shut it off, he was soaked. Embarrassed, Alois furrowed his brow and picked the pot up off the floor before debating on where he could locate a mop. At least no one had been around to see that. The blush on his face spread, however, when he heard someone walk in the kitchen.

"What was that noise?" asked Sebastian as he entered, curiously followed by Ciel. The Phantomhive wanted to know just how exactly the menace had faltered, seeing as though this wouldn't be a very good penalty if the blonde wasn't embarrassed by the victor.

What he saw, however, only embarrassed himself. Alois was soaking wet, his white, freshly translucent shirt sticking to his skin, his vest now concealing his torso while tightly hugging him. Water dripped from Alois' furrowed brow and down his reddened cheeks as well as his neck and forearms. The ponytail was new. It made it easier for Ciel to see his beau's face, as he could no longer hide it. The Phantomhive's face turned pink and he shuddered, unwittingly prompting his usual butler to roll his eyes.

"Uh… I didn't know how to work the nozzle…" Alois answered. "Just tell me where I can find a mop and I'll clean it up."

"In the closet over there." Sebastian said, pointing. "Then get changed and I'll throw your suit in the dryer after breakfast if done."

"Got it." The blonde replied, offering a playful salute. He was too focused on his mistake to really pay much attention to the bluenette's current state. Instead, he busily went digging in the closet, completely unaware of Ciel's watchful eye. The Phantomhive stared at him quite intently before he was abruptly snapped back to his senses.

"Master, please don't fantasize in the kitchen." Sebastian said, rubbing his forehead. His troublesome master nearly jumped at his statement.

"I was not." Ciel said forcefully before turning to leave. His disapproving butler followed him back to the dining room, allowing Alois to work. As if the Phantomhive's thoughts weren't clouded already, they certainly were now.

He had managed to get a hold of the caterer, and needed to go and discuss with them what exactly he needs them to do some time that afternoon. Additionally, he had gotten quite a few of the invitations done, thanks to Alois, and needed to mail them out. Hopefully, after breakfast, Kristopherson was awake and he could talk to him about possibly tailoring a suit. His "work suit" simply wouldn't do in this case. It was intentionally cheap, given the fact that the duo goes through them often due to various accidents.

"Work. Think about work, Ciel…" the Phantomhive internally scolded himself. As he sat back down at the table, though, he still couldn't get the blonde out of his mind.

"Think about what just happened." He thought as he resumed eating. "Jim completely soaked the kitchen while trying to do dishes. That is not arousing. And what was with the ponytail? I guess his hair is so long that it might get in his way. I could probably actually see the back of his neck for once. Huh… that's kind of-"

"Ciel?" called Luka, startling the bluenette. Quickly, the Phantomhive shook his head before looking up at the youngest of the Macken brothers.

"Yes, Luka?" Ciel asked, smiling as he sat up straight in his chair.

"Are you okay? You keep making weird faces." The boy replied. "Like you're angry…"

"Huh? Oh, no, I'm not angry." The head of the household stated. "I'm just thinking about work. There's still a lot to do for the FUNTOM Anniversary event."

"Uh-huh…" Revy snidely remarked from his seat next to Luka. The revenant looked over his sunglasses at the bluenette, knowing full-well what the situation is. Everyone in the household knew already that Alois lost a bet and now had to act as a butler and Revy could figure out pretty well that the demon's thoughts were not at all pure. He finally started eating again as Ciel shot him a silent warning to not say a single word about it. All of this, however, was completely missed by Luka.

"Is it gonna be fun?" the youngest asked, tilting his head while looking at the bluenette expectantly. A smile was on his face as he imagined what it would be like.

"Probably not." Ciel said with a chuckle. "There's candy and toys, but the toys aren't for playing with, so that just leaves you with candy and boring talks with grown-ups."

"Why can't you play with the toys?"

"Because we're showcasing them instead. It's like we're advertising them." Explained the watchdog. "We just give a presentation on what they do."

"But on TV, there's always kids playing with the toys in the commercials." Luka said. "It would be boring if they just sat there."

With that, Ciel practically froze. After a few moments, he leaned back in his chair, appearing to be deep in thought. A smile spread across his face as he looked back to the boy.

"You're absolutely right, Luka." He said finally. With a glance toward his original butler, he asked: "Sebastian? Do you know if any of our guests have children?"

"No, but I can certainly find out." Sebastian replied.

"Good. I need to arrange a meeting with the marketing team, and after that, we may need to make slight altercations to the invitations." The bluenette stated before looking back to Luka. "That was a very good idea."

"What was?" the lad asked. "Oh! Are you gonna invite some kids to play?!"

"If all goes well, then yes." Ciel answered.

"Can I come?!"

"Luka, you've got horns…" said Revy, completely dashing the boy's excitement. Luka sank in his seat before the boyfriend of his oldest brother said:

"I'll see if I can come up with something. I can't tell you that it's a definite 'yes' or 'no', but I can give you a 'maybe'." With that, he set his utensils down and stood up. "I need to get started."

"Very well then, sir." Sebastian said, walking over to pick up the bluenette's plate. Suddenly, he noticed something that made him grin.

"I didn't know you liked broccoli, my lord." He stated, immediately forcing the Phantomhive to pause. Ciel hadn't been paying attention to what he was eating during his less than savory ponderings. To his disgust, the taste suddenly registered.

"I don't." he said as he made his exit, his pace quickening. "I'm going to my office."

"Don't gorge yourself on candy when you get there." The butler warned.

"I'm the master of the house, not you, Sebastian!" the bluenette called back as he shut the door. First thing when he got to his destination was to hopefully rid his mouth of this taste, and then contact the faux-blonde about his wardrobe. Sebastian simply rolled his eyes.

"He's silly sometimes, isn't he?" Luka mused, a wide grin on his face.

"Indeed, he is." Chuckled the butler. "But that's how things should be."


A/N: Huhuhu... Another fanservice-ish chapter with a teensy bit of plot thrown in~!

You are welcome.

Hopefully we'll quit dickin' around and like, get back to plotty shit fer reelz soon.

Questions?

"To HateWeasel: I recently learned Black Butler was originally going to be a yaoi and as a person who wrote a Black Butler yaoi fanfic herself how do you feel about that? Are you disappointed it wasn't or do you think it was better off in the end not being one." by NessaTheSinner

Okay, this is gonna get kinda ranty, I can feel it.

First thing's first: DLTD is not a "Yaoi" fanfic. The romance in it falls more into "Shounen ai", and even then, it's not the main focus. "Yaoi" is pornographic in nature, while "Shounen Ai" is strictly "Boy's love", or romance. There is a difference, and it can actually help you when you search for things.

Now, onto the next part. I have made this clear on tumblr, but not on here, but that statement makes me really angry. I haven't talked about it here, so you just didn't know, and that's okay, but for future reference, y'know? The reason why it makes me so angry is because it is 100% FALSE. Kuroshitsuji was not ever intended to be either yaoi or shounen ai for that matter.

The way manga works is that an artist works for a magazine or publisher. In Kuroshitsuji's case, the magazine is GFantasy and the publisher is Gangan comics, which is owned by Square Enix. It's Toboso's second manga with Gangan, the other one being "Rust Blaster". Now, Gangan typically specializes in shounen and seinen manga. They've published Kuroshitsuji, Durarara!, Zombie Loan, Soul Eater, Corpse Princess, Pandora Hearts, Nabari no Ou, Pani Poni, Mononoke, Space Dandy, and a shit-ton of manga adaptions for videogames like Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Kidgom Hearts, and The Legend of Zelda.

They DO NOT publish yaoi manga. That option is not even on the table, here. If you suggested that, you would either be written off as a joke or fired. They don't publish yaoi because they wouldn't profit from it, given their current demographic. That's just good business.

What I think helped spawned this idea was the fact that Toboso has drawn a series of yaoi one-shots BEFORE she worked with Gangan and GFantasy called "Glamorous Lip". In it, can be seen characters whose likenesses resemble the cast of both Kuroshitsuji and Rust Blaster. It's incredibly common for manga-ka to recycle character designs from old work. For example, Kohta Hirano, author of Hellsing, reused character designs for practically the entire cast of Hellsing from old hentai he drew before he started working for his magazine, Young King Ours.

For the record, by the way, one of the "Ciel" prototypes in Glamorous Lip ends up with some guy who is absolutely nothing like Sebastian or anybody in Kuro, so that argument's blocked off, too. If you said that made it canon, then by that logic, Ciel's a cheater.

So the question you asked within itself was wrong. Kuro was never supposed to be a yaoi, and that little bit of misinformation has been spreading around the fandom like a disease. There's this little meme thing that looks like one of those "fact" things, but it's false. I actually have it saved on my computer. It say's "facebook" in the corner for Christ's sake.

Sorry, I get really serious about this. I'm not mad at either the person who asked this, or the people who believed this to be true. Simply not-knowing something isn't an offense, but knowing and refusing to reevaluate is.

We cool?

Until the Next chapter, my duckies~!


CHARACTER SHET

Question: "So Alois how does it feel like, y'know waking up next to Ciel every morning? (I can't believe I asked this but my friend wanted to know) Mr. Phantomhive ever thought of tying a knot, y'know marrying Alois? Who'd be the husband of the relationship? and Alois where would you want to go for Honeymoon?" by Socially Awkward Oreo Monster

Ciel's Answer:"I... Uh... The thought might have... crossed my mind... on occasion... Shouldn't we wait until Jim is done with school or something?"

Alois' Answer: "It's so nice. He's super-cuddly and pretty. I usually wake up first so I just pretend to be asleep for a bit so I can enjoy it~! He's the best warm-spot, and he's super-cute when he first wakes up. His hair's a mess and he's all groggy... It's cute. Trust me.

I dunno where I'd want to go for that. You can do it almost anywhere; although I'd prefer a bed. Besides, isn't consummating one's marriage just to secure possession of property back when girls could be married off for like, a couple of goats or something?"