Loudly, the alarm went off, abruptly waking the duo from their sleep. Alois' eyes didn't open right away. Instead, he clenched them tighter and squeezed his spouse tighter as he took in a deep breath through his nose. The Watchdog's scent filled his lungs, putting him back into a relaxed state as the annoying sound persisted. Reluctently, however, he eventually was forced to let go and roll over as the sound became too much to bear. The blonde reached over and grabbed his cell phone off of the nightstand, swiping the screen in order to shut off the alarm. Briefly, he laid there and checked the campus announcements in his e-mail before setting the phone back down and returning to his original location. He was not pleased with the thought of getting up at all.

Meanwhile, his husband simply wasn't pleased to be awake. Despite Ciel's sleepiness, he had enough sense to know that Alois needed to get up and go to school. With a sigh, his good eye opened and looked down at the man currently using his chest as a pillow. He wrapped his arms around Alois and leaned forward to kiss the blonde on top of his head, eliciting an incoherent mumble from the other demon.

"Good morning to you, too." the bluenette said, his voice indicative of him still being in the process of waking up. A smile graced his face as his beau sleepily propping himself up on his elbows as he still leaned over the Watchdog, looking down at him.

"Mornin'..." Alois greeted. "I don't wanna go to school."

"Participation points will come back to haunt you." the Watchdog warned. "You've missed a lot already."

"Not by choice." complained the other. "Is that any way to talk to your husband on Valentine's Day?"

"My mistake." Ciel chuckled, leaning up to properly kiss his beloved on the lips. "It's my turn to organize everything this year, right?"

"I hope it is, 'cause I don't have any plans."

"It is. I was just hoping that would bribe you to get up."

"Mmmmnn… It might..." Alois said, getting up and crawling over Ciel to climb off the bluenette's side of the bed. It was closest to the bathroom, after all.

Lazily, he sat on the edge of the bed for a while, rubbing the sleep from his eyes as he psyched himself up to make the big jump from being in bed, to getting ready to leave. Behind him, the other stirred, sitting up as well. Ciel sat directly behind him, wrapping his arms around Alois' middle as he began to place light kisses on the back of the blonde's neck and shoulders.

"I'll get up with you, if you'd like." offered the Watchdog, causing a smile to grace his husband's face.

"No, I don't need you to suffer with me for my sake." Alois jested as he enjoyed the attention.

"As if that will ever stop me."

"I know. It's a nasty habit of yours." Patting the other's knee, he attempted to stand. "Let go. I have to get ready."

"Hold on a second." Ciel answered, nuzzling the blonde's shoulder. His arms tensed as he squeezed the menace closer to him and rocked them both momentarily. Then, he relaxed and finally let the other man go. "Okay. That should tide me over for a little bit."

"Needy." accused Alois as he finally stood, digging his toes into the carpet momentarily as he shivered at the cold.

"As if you aren't." answered the bluenette.

"If you really loved me, you'd turn up the heat in here." the menace said on his way to the bathroom.

"That's not what you said last night." Ciel reminded, watching after him. "You wanted me to turn down the temperature so that you could better sap up my body-heat like a little leech."

"It's cozier that way and you know it!" With that, Alois shut the door and stepped toward the shower. It wasn't as though his husband could argue. The bluenette agreed with that sentiment.

The sound of running water was heard, even out in the duo's shared bedroom for a few minutes while the menace got clean, only for him to release a cloud of steam behind him when he opened the door. Before the bedroom was the dressing room, as the master bedroom was actually several rooms in one suite. The dressing room stood between the actual bedroom and the bathroom and that is where Alois selected his outfit for the day and got dressed.

He stood in the mirror and fixed his hair just so, but was still not happy with his selection. Today, it was the accessories that were giving him trouble. He knew he needed something around his neck, but just didn't have a lot of necklaces or the like. What he did have, however, was his engagement ring and a chain. That was almost impossible to go wrong with. Alois kept the ring that he was proposed with, despite not being able to wear it on his finger with his wedding ring. It simply wouldn't fit. Still, it came in handy, although he was worried about losing it. Recently he had gained the fear of losing his wedding ring as well, in current events, but still was unable to remove it even temporarily. The only time he did was when he knew that he was in for a mission.

Reasonably satisfied with this, he turned around and walked through the door, only to find the bluenette dressed as well. He sat as though he had been waiting for a while, and must have gotten dressed while Alois was in the shower. What surprised Alois in all of this, however, was the man's attire. It was a simple combination of jeans and a t-shirt, but the rarity of these two items together being worn by the Watchdog at the same time made them seem special.

"What are you all dressed up for?" questioned the menace, prompting the other to stand.

"Well, I thought I would drive my husband to school today." Ciel replied. "Unless his highness disapproves. If that is the case, I'll just go back to sleep."

"No, that's sounds delightful." grinned the menace, pleased by the other's indirect acts of affection. "You may escort me."

"Well, then, here is your bag, good sir." his beau replied, handing him his backpack. Ciel then reached over and took his jacket off of the back of the chair, donning the thing made of leather for the second time that Alois has seen.

"Hold on, I need a coat, too." Alois said, going back in the dressing room and grabbing another one of Ciel's. Once he had it on, he put his backpack on over it and stepped back into the Watchdog's view. Ciel was not surprised by the blatant theft, but did not mind in the slightest. It was a common occurrence, and in truth, he found it cute. "Ready."

"Alright, let's go."

It was cold on the motorcycle, making both men somewhat regret their choices. They were freezing by the time they reached Alois' school, but the blonde was happy that he was able to cling to his husband a little longer. Once he hopped off of the bike, he gave his helmet back to Ciel, but he was not free to go just yet. Ciel took off his own helmet and seemed rather expectant, prompting the blonde to smile and lean over to kiss him. Despite being cold, Ciel's hand felt warm as it caressed Alois' cheek. Perhaps this was because Alois was freezing himself as well.

"I'll see you later then." Ciel said as they both pulled away. "Don't be surprised if Sebastian picks you up."

"I won't be too disappointed. The car has a heater, after all." smirked the blonde as he jested.

"Maybe I'll order him to pick you up on the bike as well? You never know..."

"You wouldn't, because that would be mean!"

"You know who I am, right?"

"Yeah, you're my loving husband who I love very much and who would never let anything bad happen to me." Alois said, pinning the bluenette into a corner.

"That's right." Having no other options, Ciel agreed. "Love you. Have a good day."

"You, too." answered the menace. "Love you~! Bye-bye~!"

Smiling, the blue Phantomhive put his helmet back on and drove off, leaving his husband to walk the rest of the way to class. Alois stayed behind to wave after him, but quickly high-tailed it to the classroom once he was out of sight. There was heat in the room, which caused the man to utter a content sigh once he made it into the building.

Taking his seat, he set his bag down beneath the table and got comfortable. Once he did, however, he saw everyone taking out the assignment that was due that day in preparation for the teacher's arrival. Now his sigh was in annoyance as he was forced to lean back down and dig it out of his backpack.

Upon opening the bag, he stopped as he saw something red that he didn't recognise. Curiously, he pulled the object out a bit, only to discover that it was a heart-shaped box. No further examination was needed before he smiled, knowing how it must have gotten there. Regardless, he pulled off the small tag on the box and looked it over.

"I know going to school on a holiday is terrible, but bear with it a little while." it said. "Love, Ciel."

"Goof..." Alois said softly aloud, trying not to bother anyone else. His head shook as he slipped the item back in the bag for later use. For now, he had to follow instructions and tend to his education.


A/N: Another one of these...

I write a lot of chapters that start with Ciel and Alois waking up in the morning. The reason for this is just because it's the start of the chapter and the start of the day at the same time. It's convenient. Also, I like seeing thses two act domestic. Mostly it's the first reason tho.

I feel like this is going to get boring, though. I should come up with something different eventually.

Or maybe not.

Maybe I'll just be lazy.

You don't know me.

I'm out of Character Shet questions again... If y'all got questions, go ahead and ask 'em if ya got 'em.

I wonder what I'm gonna do after this bit tho... There's still more characters I could give updates on, but I don't really wanna...

I'm sorry. I want my demon nerds.

Until the next chapter, my duckies~!