Alois was finally up and about after requesting to stay in bed and sleep a while longer. It was regretful that his beau had to get up and start working, but the blonde was still content. He shuffled into the office in shorts, fuzzy slippers, and a T-shirt with the words "World's Okayest Husband" printed on the front with bedhead and a tray with two cups of tea on top of it. Bringing it in, he set it down on the coffeetable before adding the amount of sugar and cream his spouse always preferred and bringing it to the other man.

"Good morning." Ciel greeted with a smile, pursing his lips so that his beau would bend down and give him a quick kiss. "Was last night fun?"

"Well, I picked up a cute guy with an eyepatch at the club, so I'd say it was successful." jested Alois, setting the cup down on the table before the other. "How are you this morning?"

"Afternoon, really, but good." the Watchdog replied. "Sales for our new videogames are doing very well."

"Oh? Which one?"

"All of them."

"Well, look at you!" the menace said, walking back over to the couch so he could drink his tea. "How much are we making?"

"Oh…. I don't know… About a couple billion..." A haughty grin crept onto the bluenette's face as his husband choked on his drink. Quickly, the blonde set his cup down and made his way back over to the desk.

"Are you for real!?"

"Yes. It seems like the mobile games are making just as much as the ones with actual effort put in them, which is good to know, since they're relatively cheap to make." Pointing at the screen with a pen, the Watchdog continued to explain his findings. "I also instructed the marketing team to use your advice and push the fact that this game right here consists of a primarily female cast without skimpy armour."

"Ah. The Furiosa Effect."

"Exactly. Look at the numbers on it."

"Damn! That's a lot of money!" Alois blurted out, grabbing his husband's shoulder as he leaned toward the screen.

"Exactly! We didn't even have to spend that much on marketing at all. You were right. Angry men did it all for us. We could even start working on a sequel game."

"That's brilliant, Ciel!" declared the menace, leaning down to kiss the other's head. "Oh, and I had another idea, by the way."

"Go on."

"If you're selling toys for younger kids as well, couldn't you market games to them, too? Like those educational games that parents get their toddlers to make them into 'geniuses' or something."

"That's good…" nodded the Watchdog. Opening a drawer, he got out a stickynote and made himself a reminder. "I'll have to bring that up at our next meeting… You're the best, darling."

"I know. I try."

Pausing, the bluenette added: "I completely forgot to ask; did you sleep well? You still seem drowsy."

"A little bit." Alois answered. "Mostly, I'm just serene. I got a major presentation done, went to a gay night club for the first time, and had some very satisfying sex all very recently. I am at peace with the world."

"I'm glad you liked it." replied Ciel with a smile. "I don't mean to bring the world crashing down on you, but you also have to come up with ideas for that recuitment campaign."

"I know. I have. Right now, I'm trying to put together a town meeting." stated the menace. "The Design department is working on fliers for us to put up as we speak."

"Good to see you so on the ball."

Walking back over to the couch, Alois plopped down on top of it with his feet on the furniture. He laid back with his hands cushioning his head as he continued to look Ciel's way. "I am having a really good time today." he informed with a wide grin. "I feel like things might be turning up for me soon."

"Good! You deserve it." his beau stated. "I'm looking forward to what you get going."

"It's really exciting. I've never like, had to work back-to-back before, and now that I've dropped out, I can focus on this stuff all the time!" The menace did a little dance in his seat. "I feel like an adult, almost."

"You are an adult, Jim."

"An adultier adult." said Alois, prompting the other to roll his eye. The Watchdog's expression softened as the blonde continued, however.

"I have an important job that I do and enjoy, I'm a respected member of the community with a nice house and a happy marriage..." the blonde Phantomhive listed off. "If you tried to tell me I'd have all of this someday when I was a kid, I'd have slapped you for saying such ridiculous shit."

"I'm so proud of you." Ciel replied with a bright smile. His voice and his visage were both completely sincere, causing the other to have a bit of a goofy twinge to his grin as well. "I'm glad to be your trophy husband."

"Of course you do. That means you get out of socialising at parties."

"You caught me." the bluenette noted, snapping his fingers. "I really am proud, in all seriousness, though."

"I know." giggled the menace. "It means a lot."

"I love you." Ciel impulsively blurted out, much to the delight of Alois. The blonde Phantomhive appreciated it when his spouse didn't hold back his feelings. "I hope you succeed in all of your plans."

"You and me both." Alois replied. "Let's hope it turns out hat way."

"Cheers to that." the bluenette said while playfully raising his teacup. With a laugh, his beau did the same.

"Cheers."


A/N: Vera short, but it serves it's purpose. Moving on next time.

Ah, I don't what else to say, so I'll just answer this question:

"Author-chan: I'm not attempting to convince you to do anything, I'm just asking out of curiosity: are you planning to continue MIAAU? Also, on a completely unrelated topic: when writing a book- is it a good idea to write another one at the same time? Like, one 'original' fantasy book and a fanfic? If the answer is yes, what if said 'original' fiction is your first book? Is it still a good idea? Me and my questions... am I like, annoying yet? If not you must be a great person(not that you wouldn't be if you were annoyed). Is my review getting too long? I think I'll cut it short. Bye! (btw- waiting for your next chapter sometimes makes me not want to read, like, any other fanfic. Then when you do update, I drop everything I'm doing to read it. Is that bad? If so, know it's your fault. It's your fault for being too good.)" by raynaheart23

No, I'm not going to continue MIAAU. If anybody else wants to pick up the idea, I'd be more than keen to share the plans I had for it.

It's perfectly fine. A lot of people do it that way with two at once. Cassandra Claire was writing books while writing Harry Potter fanfiction. It's perfectly fine for your first book to be "original". While fanfiction is very good practise, you can't have a "first book" without publishing something. Go ahead. If you have something you want to publish, put it out there.

You're not annoying at all. I like long reviews. They're oftentimes the best ones!

Until the next chapter, my duckies~!