While his husband was busy with the matter of Warwick, Alois went back to sleep. He was asleep for several hours before he felt weight shift on the bed, forcing him awake. Startled, he flinched slightly before seeing it was just his little brother coming to see him.
"I didn't mean to scare you..." Luka said. "I'm sorry."
"You didn't scare me, lil bro, you just startled me a bit." answered the menace as he sat up. Sleepily, he rubbed his eye before reaching over for his phone. "What time is it?"
"I dunno. Sebastian just told me to come get you when I got hungry." the younger Macken said, capturing his brother's undivided attention.
"Well, then, we need to take care of that, now don't we?" Alois asked. "I can't cook, though. How does going out to eat sound?"
"Can we get McDonald's?"
"Hell yeah, we can get McDonald's. Go get your coat."
"Okay~!" Luka answered with the biggest of grins. Eagerly, he hopped off the bed and started for the door. "Put on a shirt!"
"Why? I thought I'd go out in the freezing cold like this?"
"No!" loudly protested the small demon, causing Alois to laugh. With that, he was out of the room, leaving Alois to get ready for the day. This time, he wasn't bluffing on it, either.
Very quickly, he took a shower. Alois knew that he couldn't loiter for too long, or else his brother would be back for him and bang on the door. The young demon was silly, but he was also cute, so even if the sound startled him, Alois couldn't be too annoyed.
Once he was out, he got dressed and went back into the bathroom to make sure his hair looked alright and to brush his teeth. He fussed with his appearance for a little while before spotting a strange bottle on the counter. Picking it up, he could smell what it was. A grin appeared on his face as he recognised it as the cologne that his husband was wearing the night before.
"He won't notice a little missing..." Alois thought to himself before playfully applying some to his own neck, only to cough at the overwhelming scent. Unfortunately, he applied way too much and was thus forced to spend several minutes desperately trying to wash it off with a damp rag. By the time he heard a knock on the bathroom door, he had removed most of it, but the smell was still present.
"Are you almost done?" asked Luka from the other side of the door before it opened. The younger demon's nose wrinkled as he was struck by the strong odor.
"What's that smell?" he was forced to question, knowing full well that this is not was bathrooms ordinarily smelled like.
"Luka, a word of advice:" began the menace, "If you ever get married, don't ever try on your spouse's products if you don't know how to use them."
"What did you do?"
"Tried on Ciel's cologne. Don't tell him."
"Isn't that part of your butt?" Luka inquired on their way out of the room.
"No, that's a 'colon'." stated the blonde while turning off the lights and shutting the door behind them. "'Cologne' is like perfume for men."
"Why does it have a different name?"
"If I knew, I would probably tell ya."
Before they got in the car, the blonde's phone rang. Pulling it out of his pocket, he read the screen to see who was calling, only to see that it was the other Phantomhive. Sliding his finger across the screen, he chose to answer it before placing the device up against his ear.
"Nyello?" he greeted. His lips turned upwards into a smile when he heard his husband's voice.
"Hello, Jim. I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be a little later coming home." Ciel explained. "We're all going to visit the school's chairman."
"That's fine. I was going to take Luka out anyway." the blonde replied as his brother tugged him along by the sleeve. "He needs actual food and I can't cook, so McDonald's is lookin' good."
"Sounds like a good plan."
"Do you need anything while we're out?"
"Hmmm… Somewhere to put all of those flowers." Ciel jested, causing the menace's grin to widen. "They were a good idea at the time, but once the effect is over, that's a lot of flowers."
"Pfft! They are my flowers and I will decide what to do with them." Alois replied with playful defiance. "I'll see you when you get home, though."
"See you. Love you."
"Love you, too, dear."
The couple hung up when the blonde reached the door with Luka. Alois straightened his siblings attire before they headed out, making sure that the long part was covering his tail properly and that his hood concealed his horns. Most people wouldn't second-guess why a child still had their coat on indoors, so this is what the demons relied on until Luka gained the ability to change his shape. Then, they hopped in the car and left.
"So where are we gonna eat our food when we get it?" asked the menace while driving. "In the restaurant, in the car… we could also bring it home."
"What about the park?" suggested the lad.
"It's a bit cold for that."
"That means that the playground will be empty!"
"Is it normally crowded?" Alois questioned, looking at the boy through the rear-view mirror.
"No, it's just that I can't play there when humans are around in case they see my horns." the other answered, causing the blonde's smile to falter.
"Is there not a playground at school?"
"Nuh-uh. We usually just play inside."
To this, there was a long pause from the menace. While Luka had been making great strides in making friends, even if it was only one or two, Alois was still worried about his development. Furthermore, it was simply a sad thing to see kids without a playground. So, Alois thought and thought hard about how to remedy this.
"Hey, Luka, does the church have a yard?" he questioned.
"Out back, yeah." Luka answered. "Why?"
"Because after we're done eating, I think we should go talk to sister Dorothy."
A/N: Super short, but I'm working on the next one.
I was worried if I did the whole thing, I wouldn't be able to update today... It's not all bad.
Anything is possible with a rich older brother. I don't understand how more money supposedly means more problems, as money very consistently proves to be a solution to most things?
Except supernatural problems. With that, you're on your own. Sorry. Watch out for vampires.
Until the next chapter, my duckies~!
CHARACTER SHET
Question: "I have a question, however, if that's allowed! since we had Ciel's and Alois' Valentines... there's the question:
For the rest of the Sensational Seven (and anyone else who wants to answer): How did you spend Valentines Day? Did you do something special or just enjoyed the day as any other, without care for the date?" by Sailyonera
Audrey: "I don't really about Valentines day. I care about the day after when all the candy goes on sale. On Valentine's day, I was trying to decide where I wanted to go for my paid vacation."
Travis: "Patricia and I went on a date together. We had fun, even though we couldn't do what we initially planned to because of crowds. It was still a good day."
Daniel: "Whatever..."
Kristopherson: "Nothing, really. Stayed home and watched TV."
