Alois leaned his cheek against his fist as his tired eyes started to close again. He had been waking up with nightmares for almost a week and had hardly gotten any sleep. Ciel was busy with his work and the blonde was trying to focus on his studying, but was failing miserably at trying to stay awake. Just as his heavy eyelids where about to cover his crystal blue eyes, he felt a familiar hand come onto his shoulder. He cracked his eyes open slightly to look up at the taller male.
"Master, you don't look well. You should go back to bed and rest" The golden eyed butler said, as he stared down at his master with an indifferent expression. Alois rubbed his eyes with the back of his hands and shook his head.
"I'm…fine Claude" Alois said slowly as he leaned back in the chair. He knew if he went back to bed he would just have another nightmare and wake up again. So why bother with that kind of torture? The Trancy butler continued to stand next to the blonde with a bit of a harsher expression coming across his face.
"You are very weak master, you need to rest" Claude said as he continued to stare down at the energy drained blonde. Ciel had picked his head up from his work to watch the two males. His eyes locked on the taller male, not trusting him after what he had done to Alois…not that he ever trusted that creepy demon.
Wait…why do I even care what happens to Alois? Ciel thought to himself. He shook his head and went back to his work, trying not to pay attention to the two males. He couldn't help but glance back up when he heard the older earl start to yell.
"I'm fine Claude! Now go back to your work!" the earl barked angrily as he glared at his butler. Claude stared at his master for a moment before bowing.
"Yes, your highness" the demon butler said before leaving. Alois sunk back down in his chair and opened up the book he was reading again. He leaned his cheek against his fist again and started to try and read as he felt the eyes of the other male watching him closely.
"…You look like hell Alois. Go take a nap. You sound more irritable than usual" Ciel said, keeping his one eye on the older male. Alois was much paler then he usually was and dark circles were very noticeable under his ocean blue eyes. His hair was slightly messed up and it looked as if he could hardly keep his head up.
"I don't…need a damn nap…I'm fine" Alois mumbled, slowly again as his head started to feel heavy. He started to lean most of the weight on his hand like it was a pillow as his blue orbs started to be covered by his slightly purple eyelids. Ciel stared at the other boy shocked. He had never seen Alois so weak before…it actually bothered him.
"My head…hurts really badly…" the blonde mumbled as his eyes shut tight. He bit his bottom lip hard as he felt sharp pains rush through his skull. Ciel sighed before getting up from his office chair and moving to stand in front of the stubborn blonde.
"Come on Trancy, I'll let you sleep in my bed if you go to sleep."
Ciel really couldn't believe what he was saying. He hated it when Alois slept in his bed and now he was actually giving him permission to sleep there. The blue haired boy held out a hand towards the older male and watched as he cracked an eye open to stare at the outstretched hand. They stared at each other for a long while before Alois closed the book he was reading. He hesitated for a moment before starting to reach out to take the smaller boy's hand.
"CIIEELLLLL!" A loud excited scream echoed through the boy's office as his office door was swung open harshly.
Alois made something of a squeak at the suddenly loud noise and put both hand on his head at the intense pain of his head ache. The young blonde girl ran into the office with a large smile on her face as she reached her arms out and wrapped them tightly around the boy's neck. Ciel gasped and quickly moved his arms over his slightly bulging stomach as he was brought into a constricting hug.
"Elizabeth, what are you doing here?" Ciel asked as he was almost choked to death by the girl's tight grip. The girl giggled as she let go of her future husband's neck.
"I wanted to spend time with you…and I told you a thousand times to call me Lizzy!" Elizabeth said, before noticing the other boy sitting slumped in his chair next to her.
"Alois? Is that you? Wow you don't look so good" the girl said as she stood next to the shot tempered boy. Alois rolled his eyes and leaned his cheek on his fist yet again.
"So I've heard…" the young earl mumbled as he turned his head away from the two. Elizabeth pouted at the earl's cold attitude towards her before turning her attention back to the blue haired boy who had quickly took his seat behind his desk.
"Why is Alois here?" the girl asked as she moved away from the older earl, feeling a little frightened by the angry look plastered across his face.
"We're going to be working together for a couple of months so he's staying at my manor for the time being" Ciel lied, keeping a close eye on the blonde haired earl as he started to look like he was going to fall asleep in the chair again. Elizabeth looked between the two boys before bending down to whisper something in Ciel's ear.
"He looks really sick, maybe you should have Sebast-"
"I know I look bloody sick. You don't have to whisper it to Ciel when I'm right here! You can say it to my bloody face you know!" Alois barked angrily. Like when the triplets whisper it made him mad when other people tried to whisper in front of him.
Elizabeth cowered closer to Ciel as she saw the very angry expression cross the blonde's face.
"Calm down Alois" Ciel said as he stared at Alois fiercely with his one uncovered eye. The blonde growled at him and turned his head away again.
"Tch whatever. I can't sit here with you two. You're making my head feel worst" Alois said angrily as he stood up from his chair.
As he started walking towards the door he felt his body start to sway to the side a little. He squinted his tired eyes as he watched how the room looked as if it was tilting to the side. He groaned under his breath and placed a hand on the side of his head. Another sharp pain shot threw his skull, sending shivers up his spine at the sudden pain. He was so focused on the pain in his head that he almost bumped into the door frame. He growled under his breath and moved out of the way before quickly walking out of the room.
Ciel had noticed the unbalanced way the blonde walked and sighed. He really didn't understand why the blonde wouldn't just go relax if he isn't feeling well. Must be because of how stubborn the damn earl could be, silence fell in the room as Ciel went deep into thought.
"U-Um Ciel…?" Elizabeth said, feeling a little awkward in the silence, Ciel looked up at the girl and sighed again.
"I'm sorry Elizabeth. I really have to much work to do right now."
Ciel really disliked lying to the cheerful blonde but he couldn't risk having to explain his pregnant looking stomach. He cursed Alois under his breath when he saw the sad look cross the girl's face. An idea had popped into the back of the bluenette's head but it wasn't an idea he would want to consider…
"Elizabeth…if you really want to stay...you could help me with something" Ciel said, wanting to bite his tongue for even starting to mention his idea. He flinched when the girl jumped up with excitement and started squeaking with happiness.
"I'd love to help you Ciel! What do you need me to do?"
"Well obviously you could see Alois hasn't been feeling well. Why don't you try and nurse him back to health?" Ciel suggested, now he was really kicking himself for saying it. He didn't want to let Elizabeth anywhere near that psychopath, especially when he was such an awful mood…but seeing Alois look like he was half dead actually bothered him…and he had no bloody idea why.
"…Nurse Alois back to health…why? His butler should be taking care of him right, and um…I thought you didn't like him…so why should you care if he's sick?" Elizabeth asked, a little confused by the matter.
"I don't like him or care about him for that matter but I'd rather him not walking around my manor looking like he's about to die and possibly get myself sick. He is on bad ends with his butler from some recent events at the moment so he's being stubborn with him…well more stubborn than usual, so he's refusing to rest like he should. With your charm and kindness I'm sure you could get him to at least try and rest. You could make him some of that soup you made me the last time I was sick" Ciel said, he had no idea why the hell he was saying all this. He knew Alois wasn't very fond of women so why on earth would he listen to Elizabeth? Especially when he found her extremely annoying.
The girl was silent for a moment before speaking up. "I don't know Ciel. I'm a little…afraid of him and I don't think he's very fond of me either. I mean, you saw how angry he was before…and I know he was the one who took out his servant's eye when she made him mad. I don't want him to hurt me or anything" Elizabeth said nervously. Ciel turned his head to the girl and gave her one of his rare sweet smiles.
"Don't worry about that. I've given him strict instructions that if he were to lay even a finger on you there will be extreme consequences. If you feel he is about to hurt you just remind him of that and he'll immediately stop and honestly Lizzy I think he's way to sick and weak to even try and hurt you, so don't worry." Ciel continued to give her his sweet smile that he knew she couldn't resist, the blonde blushed lightly and nodded.
"Alright Ciel. For you, I'll help" Lizzy said before walking out of the room to find the sick boy. Once she had left Ciel ran both hands threw his dark blue hair and growled angrily.
Why the bloody hell did I just do that!? I shouldn't care about Alois. What's wrong with me?
"Oh, there you are Alois!" Elizabeth said as she spotted a mop of blonde hair out in the garden.
He was busy staring down at a bush of blue bells that had just become in bloom. His eyes were half closed as he reached down to pick one of the tiny flowers, not really seeming to notice the other child that was approaching him. As she got to him she pouted when he still didn't seem to notice her. She hesitantly reached out and put a hand on his shoulder to get his attention. Alois's eyes widened slightly when he felt the sudden hand on his shoulder. He glanced to the side then back at the flowers; not even having the energy to give her a dirty look.
"What…do you want?" Alois asked slowly as he picked one of the tiny flowers and brought it close to his face, tilting his head as he admired it.
"Ciel wanted me to try and get you to rest. You really do look weak Alois. Why don't you just go lie down for a few minutes? Maybe you'll start to feel better? I could make you some of the soup I make for Ciel when he isn't feeling well if you like?" Elizabeth said, trying to be as nice as possible to the male…even though she still was a little afraid of him.
Alois moved his hand up and tried placing the flower in his hair as he tried finding the energy to answer the girl.
"I don't want…to go lay down and I don't want anything to eat…and why the bloody hell did Ciel ask you to help me anyway?" Alois asked, annoyed as he struggled to keep his arm up as he tried putting the flower in his hair. Elizabeth reached up and slipped the flower from his weak fingers before turning him to face her.
"Here, let me help" Elizabeth said, as he moved Alois's hair back slightly before slipping the flower in his hair.
He would have protested and pushed her away but he could hardly even lift his arms. She picked another flower and carefully placed it next to the other in his hair; She couldn't help her girly nature by putting more flowers in the boy's hair.
"Well, I was confused by why he wanted me to help you too. I suppose he must be worried about you." Elizabeth quickly pulled her hands back at the sudden sound of Alois's wicked laughter. He put a hand on his side and laughed loudly at the comment.
"Ciel? Worried about me? I wouldn't believe that in a million years" Alois laughed.
"Well, why would he send me down here to help you if he knows your butler could always help you? He must be worried since he's probably using me to make sure you're going to get some rest and get better!" Elizabeth spoke up, not liking how Alois was laughing at the thought of Ciel actually caring about someone.
"He probably just doesn't trust Claude" Alois mumbled, he was silent for a long while and reaching down again and picking another small light blue flower.
"….Alright…if it makes you and Ciel leave me alone I'll go rest…but only for a few minutes, and I'm not going to sleep I'm just laying down" Alois said fiercely as he walked past the smaller blonde. Elizabeth smiled and followed the boy into the manor and towards the grand staircase.
Ciel will be happy with me Elizabeth thought happily as she walked next to Alois up the grand staircase. Alois stopped when he suddenly felt his body start to sway again. The room seemed to become blurry and tilt to the side again as he tried walking up another stair.
"I don't….feel so good" Alois mumbled before falling backwards. His eyes shot closed and he became unconscious before his body started to tumble back down the stairs.
Elizabeth gasped and screamed a blood curdling scream as she looked back to see Alois's unconscious body at the end of the stairs. The two butlers and Ciel came rushing at the sound of Elizabeth's scream. She had ran down the stairs and was now kneeling down the boy's unconscious body.
"Alois! Are you okay?!" she yelped in fear. Claude knelt down by his master's side and put a hand on his neck to feel a pulse.
"We were just walking upstairs and he said he didn't feel well, and then he just fainted!" Elizabeth said quickly in her high fear filled high pitched voice; The golden eyed butler sighed and carefully moved his hands under Alois's body before picking him up in his arms.
"Don't worry my lady. He merely passed out from exhaustion. I'll take him up to his room to check is he has any injuries from falling down the stairs" Claude said before walking past her, carrying the blonde boy's limp body.
Ciel stood at the top of the stairs with his butler by his side as he stared at Alois's body with his one uncovered blue eye. He felt like his heart had beat hard against his chest when he got a look at Alois's pale face.
"Are you worried about Lord Trancy?" Sebastian asked, a smug smile starting to come across his face. Ciel looked up at him with a scowl as he folded his arms across his chest.
"I'm not the least bit worried" the bluenette retorted. Sebastian continued to keep the smile on his face as the sound of the boy's fast beating heart.
"Ciel, not to be rude…but you look like you've gained weight" Elizabeth said once she reached the top of the stair. She stared down at the boy's bulging stomach with a confused look crossing her face. Ciel's eyes widened as he moved his crossed arms lower to cover his stomach.
"I guess I have gained a little weight…" Ciel said looking away from the girl again, not wanting to lie to his cousin's face again.
"Don't be embarrassed Ciel. You should just lay off the sweets for a while" Elizabeth said nervously, thinking she had made Ciel feel bad about himself in some way.
"I shall put young master on a diet so he goes back to his skinny form" the red eyed butler said as he bowed to the two, his smug smile seeming to have widened. Ciel glared up at his butler again before turning to walk away from the two.
"Where are you going Ciel?" Elizabeth asked as she started following him.
"I'm going to see if I need to call in a doctor for Alois. I heard him fall from my office. He could have hit his head hard on one of the stairs so I wanted to see if there were any injuries to his skull" Ciel said as he continued to walk to the guest room where Claude most likely had taken him.
"I knew you were worried about Lord Trancy" Sebastian said under his breath as he followed his young master to where the unconscious boy was, his smug smile not showing any signs of disappearing.
Author's Note: Hope you liked this chapter! Me and Ciel worked hard on it! PLEASE REVIEW WE LOVE REVIEWS!
Love, Earl Alois Trancy RPlayer and Earl Ciel Phantomhive RPlayer
