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Close to midnight, Alois Trancy's ball was in full swing.

Ciel was just about to wrap up another tedious conversation with a fellow noble when Alois, still disguised in his maid costume, bumped into her.

The impact from Alois's purposeful accident sent a splash of red wine from a glass in Ciel's hand splattering onto her pirate coat.

"Hey! Watch it, you—-!" Ciel growled at Alois, although her anger was overshadowed by surprise when she looked at the person who had stumbled into her.

"Oh, dear! I'm terribly sorry!" Alois apologized, feigning concern while he secretly admired the rich hue of Ciel's sapphire eyes. "Please don't be upset! I can get that out for you! Follow me."

Alois flashed Ciel a sweet smile.

Ciel scowled in response, but she chose to follow the maid, Alois, out of the ballroom and down the hallway.

Though Ciel's gender wasn't purposely kept a public secret, Alois was one of the few members of high society that did not realize Ciel was female.

Ciel, on the other hand, was under the impression that the blonde she was following was just the Trancy maid.

Although something about this "maid" seemed a little odd to Ciel…...

"Right in here." Alois said, opening a door in the hallway before he turned back to Ciel and ushered her in the room.

Ciel's scowl lifted but she gave Alois a calculating look as she stepped through the door.

Was this the wash room?

Was this—-

No.

Ciel narrowed her eyes in suspicion as she saw that she had been led into one of the many bedrooms at Trancy manor.

"Why are we in here?" Ciel asked, using a demanding tone.

Alois busied himself by lighting a candelabra before he looked over at Ciel.

"I just need to blot the stain. May I take your coat?" Alois smiled kindly, careful not to smirk.

Hesitantly, Ciel slipped off her coat and handed it to Alois.

The blonde sat in a chair and blotted the stain while Ciel walked over and sat down on the bed, propping her head up with one hand while she watched and waited.

Nothing about Ciel's true gender could be determined without the coat.

Ciel was very petite and her figure was very…..modest.

Alois took so long tending the stain that Ciel began to grow bored.

It was Ciel's worst mistake to drop her guard and look away from Alois Trancy….

Ciel heard movement a moment later and when she looked up, her eyes widened in surprise as Alois stood right in front of her, holding up her coat for her to see.

"There we go! All better now." Alois said with a smile.

Ciel blinked at Alois and then she dared to glance down at her coat.

An angry, displeased frown planted itself on Ciel's face.

Alois couldn't help but smirk.

"All better?! It looks worse than it did before! What kind of maid are you?!" Ciel roared at Alois.

The bluenette moved her hand away from her face to push herself up from the bed, but Alois quickly caught Ciel's hand in his own and smiled as he admired her jewelry.

"Pretty blue ring…" Alois commented.

"I beg your pardon?!" Ciel replied.

Then Ciel froze for a second….,,

Ciel heard the deep purr in the "maid's" voice.

As a matter of fact, Ciel realized that wasn't a woman's voice at all…..

Alois inched closer towards Ciel on the bed and as he did, the bluenette got a whiff of cologne.

Cologne, not perfume…..

Ciel's suspicions were correct!

This was no maid!

This had to be…

"Alois Trancy!" Ciel gasped.

"Ciel Phantomhive!" Alois laughed as he pushed Ciel back on the bed and crawled on top of her.

Before Ciel could flail in protest, Alois put a hand behind her head and looked intently into her eyes.

"Your eyes are such a lovely color, Ciel…" Alois said with a dreamy sigh, gazing at the bluenette in front of him with lids that hung heavy with lust. "I wonder what would happen if I became one with that same blue?"

It was an austere statement, but there was something about the way Alois spoke those words that made them almost…..erotic.

The glow of the candlelight was soft and Alois Trancy was actually rather handsome, Ciel found herself drawn to his feathery blonde-hair and the delicious smirk on his lips.

To her humiliation, Ciel felt her cheeks burn hot with a blush as she stared into Alois's face, wide-eyed.

What was going to happen?

What was Earl Trancy going to do?

A more pressing question was…..did Ciel really want Alois to stop?

What was—

Ciel was even more confused, horrified, and intrigued when Alois leaned in and promptly slid his tongue ever so gracefully along the very outside curve of her ear.

Ciel's eyes nearly popped out of her head and she pushed Alois back roughly as she gasped at him, "What on earth are you on about?!"

Alois chuckled at first, then he closed his eyes for a moment as he laughed languidly.

Ciel scowled at Alois as he opened his ocean-blue eyes and looked at her determinedly as he answered, "I want you, Ciel. That's all there is. I want you."

Alois was giving Ciel a smirk so deranged that Ciel wasn't certain if the blonde was going to kiss her, push her back on the bed and take her, or chop her up and eat her, but Ciel didn't get the chance to find out.

The door to the bedroom swung open and Sebastian stepped in, his eyes widening in shock before they narrowed as he saw his previous master trapped under Alois Trancy on the bed.

"Bocchan!" Sebastian shouted.

"Sebastian!" Ciel cried.

Before Alois had the chance to deflect, Sebastian swooped in and wrenched Ciel from his grasp, fleeing through the window with the bluenette in his arms.

Alois was absolutely distraught.

"Claude! CLAUDE! CLAUDE!" Alois screamed.

Several moments later, Claude casually walked up to the doorway and calmly adjusted his glasses as he asked, "Yes, your highness?"

"Sebastian's getting away with Ciel! Stop him, you oaf!" Alois spat.

Claude made a great deal out of pursuing Sebastian through the window, but he was already far too late.

In the bedroom, a scowl of utter disappointment clouded Alois's fair features.

In his huff, Alois picked up a glass decoration on the nightstand and slammed it against the closest wall, smashing it to bits.

A few moments ago, Ciel was underneath him, so helpless, so beautiful…...

Now Ciel was gone!

Alois knew the truth, but he only allowed himself to admit it in moments like this…..

Claude was no better than those other clods.

—-

Ciel was still shaking when Sebastian made it back to Phantomhive Manor with her in his arms a little while later.

Sebastian attributed his master's trembling to the traumatic events of the evening, but Ciel wasn't afraid…..shocked, maybe, but not afraid.

In fact, while Sebastian undressed her and helped her clean up, Ciel caught herself imagining what would, what could, have happened if Sebastian hadn't entered the room when he did.

Ciel shook those thoughts from her mind and put a hand over her eyes.

What was she thinking?!

Ciel didn't think like that.

That was obscene.

Lewd.

Offensive.

Certainly not very-

"Did he touch you, bocchan?" Sebastian asked quietly.

Sebastian's voice was calm but Ciel could hear the dangerous, possessive undertones in his voice.

"No, not in that way." Ciel said quietly. "I'm just tired…..it's been quite a night, Sebastian."

Sebastian nodded silently and helped Ciel out of the bathtub.

Once Ciel was standing, Sebastian gently dried her off with a soft towel before slipping her nightshirt on.

After Sebastian tucked Ciel into bed, he attentively asked, "Shall I stay with you awhile, young master?"

Sebastian had already prepared to make himself comfortable at Ciel's bedside.

There was no way his delicate master would sleep well after what had transpired between her and Earl Trancy.

"No, that's alright," Ciel answered.

Sebastian's eyes widened in surprise.

"I'm very drowsy, I'll be fine." Ciel murmured as she rolled over, putting her back to Sebastian.

Sebastian stood for a moment, half-expecting Ciel to change her mind, before he bowed and replied, "As you wish, young master."

Sebastian left the room, closing the door behind himself just as Ciel closed her eyes.

Ciel had no trouble falling asleep once she forced those pesky, unwanted, improper thoughts from her mind.

Much to the bluenette's disdain though, in her dreams, Ciel could smell the faint scent of Earl Trancy's cologne and throughout the night, she found herself gazing into his ocean-blue eyes.

Although, it was the first night that Ciel had slept with a smile on her lips in a long time.