Alois was still out of it when the pair arrived home, and even the next morning. He was heavily asleep even when the bluenette woke up. Ciel was even able to get out of bed for a few times to take a phonecall or to get some water, and the menace didn't stir. Somehow, he knew that the man would complain if he woke up and the Watchdog wasn't there, so Ciel decided to stay put for the most part.

The blue Phantomhive hopped back into bed and positioned the menace so that he would be comfortable. He picked up the blonde's arm and put it around himself as he knew that this was Alois' preferred sleeping position, but he quickly realised that this might have been a mistake. Immediately, Alois squeezed him, and squeezed him tight while nuzzling the bluenette with a content sigh. His grip was a lot harder than usual, probably because the demon had eaten recently. Alois wasn't used to having a full stomach, so he was taking it easy, since he wasn't expending the energy. Alas, his poor husband was being crushed.

"Jim..." Ciel said, grabbing the blonde's arm and trying to peel it off just a little bit. "You're hurting me..." His spouse only mumbled in response, still oblivious to what was happening.

"Hey, Jim..." the Watchdog called a little louder, lightly shaking his husband. "Wake up."

"Mmn?" finally answered the menace, clenching his eyes shut and taking in a deep breath as he started to wake up.

"You're hugging me too hard." Ciel stated. His voice was calm, although he really was in a little bit of pain.

"Huh?" asked the menace, letting go to rub his eye and releasing the Watchdog long enough for him to let out a breath. "What's hard?"

"You were hugging me a bit hard, dear." his spouse replied, hoping that he would finally be heard this time. "It hurt."

"Oh! I'm sorry, baby..." The poor blonde still sounded sleepy, and it didn't seem like that was going to go away any time soon. Thankfully, his husband was patient, and still smiled at him. Ciel couldn't help it. The menace was still cute when he was drowsy, even if he did almost crush his organs.

Having just woken up himself, the bluenette wasn't wearing his eyepatch, so both mismatched eyes were visible when the menace opened his own. Alois loved Ciel's face, and he loved that he was one of the only people who could see all of it without the covering. He was surprised however, when those same eyes widened a bit very briefly in astonishment before staring rather intently at the menace.

"Your eyes are still red." Ciel pointed out, noticing that the light blue colour hadn't returned just yet.

"Oh yeah?" asked Alois. "That bad?"

"No, they should return to normal after while." the other replied. He had one arm around the blonde, holding him close while the other hand tucked Alois' hair behind his ear so that it wasn't in his face. "You can go back to sleep if you want. We don't have to be anywhere today."

Accepting his husband's offer, Alois slowly laid back down. He rested his head on the Watchdog's chest and got comfortable. This time he made sure not to cling onto the poor man too hard when he hugged him. Ciel simply let himself be used as a pillow and a stuffed animal all in one. He even enjoyed it when the blonde clung to him like this. The only problem was that he wasn't tired and didn't know if he could continued to sleep.

Instead, he reached over to his nightstand and grabbed his mobile phone. He checked his usual news sites and even sorted through his e-mails from there. It killed quite a bit of time, but although two hours had passed, his husband was still fast asleep!

Then the bluenette decided to check his text messages and realised that he had one from the blonde from just the morning before. It was sent hours before they woke up, but apparently, Alois did before going back to sleep. The message said nothing, but had a picture of both of them in bed that morning. Ciel was still sleeping, which was why the blonde took it.

Occasionally, Ciel would get messages like this. His spouse liked to mess with him, but was at least courteous enough to delete the images from his phone after they were sent. The bluenette hoped he did, at least. With a roll of his eyes, Ciel was about to delete the thread, only to have an idea.

Alois was still asleep right next to him. In fact, the poor blonde was so out of it, that Ciel thought he could feel the wetness of drool collecting on his shirt. Where mild annoyance once was, a wicked grin graced the Watchdog's features as he decided to get the blonde back.

Going into his camera app, Ciel adjusted the settings so that the flash was off and the camera on front was activated. Now, Ciel was not as skillful at taking pictures of himself as Alois was, as he hardly ever did. The only times he had in the past was when Alois specifically requested him to. Thus, the Watchdog had to be especially careful to take the picture without dropping the phone on either of them. It was a task that required skill and dexterity, as the situation called upon him to take the photo with only one hand.

Carefully, he lined up the camera so that both of them were in frame. To the best of his ability, he smiled before pushing the button. When he did, however, the worst case scenario occurred. The phone slipped and fell, hitting Ciel right on the nose. Frantically he grabbed it and looked down at his spouse on his chest, only to find that the other man was undisturbed. He was then able to utter a sigh of relief before holding up the phone again to see what the damage was.

To his surprise, the picture turned out perfectly fine. The phone had slipped after he let go of the button, it seemed. With an incredibly pleased grin, the man readied the message and hit "send" after much hesitation. He was afraid he looked silly, but taking a photo of one and one's spouse while the latter is sleeping is indeed so. After a few moments, he heard the phone on top of the nightstand on the opposite side of the bed made noise, indicating that the message was received.

The deed was done. All that was left for Ciel to do was wait for the other to wake up and see what he had done. The poor Watchdog almost couldn't bear the anticipation, and was out of things to look at on his phone. Desperately, he checked his usual websites again, and searched for things to read until the other decided that it was time to wake up.


A/N: Just a short, silly chapter while I think of what the hell I'm gonna do next...

There's so many options, but what I want is to put my biggest card into play...

I feel like it's too soon, though... I want a few more smaller arcs before I bring out this one, but all of my other ideas are big too, so that doesn't work...

Hmmmmmmm... Maybe a few more filler-y chapters, and THEN I do the thing?

I dunno. Whatever I can come up with first. I have one more little short chapter idea, so I'll do that, and then maybe go on to stuff with actual plot...

I think I shouldn't really be contemplating all of this in the A/Ns, but I have nothing else to talk about. It's just "How do I even fanfic?"

Until the next chapter, my duckies~!


CHARACTER SHET

Question: "Ciel, do you know how to cook, make tea or some other domestic thing, or does Sebastian have to do it all for you?" by marleyrockstar

Ciel: "I can use the microwave and make tea. That's about it, however. I'm not good for much, domestically..."

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Question: "To Ciel and Alois: In the worse case scenario, who would you guys choose to spend the entire week with: Miley Cyrus, or Justin Beiber?" by MissAudacious13

Ciel: "I don't know who those people are. Are they celebrities or something?"

Alois: "Mmmmmm... Beiber, because I feel like I wouldn't feel as bad if I kicked his ass."

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Question: "Preston, have you found someone you fancy, afterall, you have been travelling around, someone must've struck your fancy, no?" by I give up

Preston: "No. That's sort of complex and hard to explain. I haven't met anyone I fancy, nor do I intend to. I don't have time for that kind of attachment, and I don't really want it. I have passed on my genes as part of a negotiation, however."