"Cla…Claude…" Alois mumbled as he reached up towards his butler as he was laid in the bed. His purple boots were carefully pulled off his feet before he was tucked in securely by the demon.
"You need to rest master. You are very ill" Claude said, as he pushed Alois's blonde bangs out of the way of his forehead to see if there was any bruising. He helped the boy sit up for a moment so he could check the back of his head as well. Once he saw there weren't any noticeable bruises or cuts on the boy's head he carefully laid him back down and went to start a fire in the fireplace to keep him warm as he slept. Ciel stood there in the doorway with his one uncovered eye locked on the delusional older male. He had never seen Alois so weak before…it actually disturbed him.
"Claude…I don't…I don't want to lay down…my body hurts…" Alois groaned as he slowly moved his head from side to side, like he was trying to shake the pain away. Claude soon came back to his master's side and gently placed a soothingly hand on his forehead.
"You collapsed down the stairs master. Your body will be sore for a while. Luckily you don't have any broken bones or a concussion so you shouldn't be in any fatal danger. Your body is physically exhausted from not sleeping so you must rest now. I shall prepare tea and fish and chips for you for when you wake" Claude said as he bowed to the young boy as he turned to leave he stopped when he suddenly felt a small hand on his wrist.
"Don't… don't leave me alone…at least…not until I fall asleep" Alois said as weakly held onto the butler's wrist. Claude straightened his glasses up the bridge of his nose as he sat on the edge of the bed. It didn't take long for Alois to pass out from exhaustion again, his crystal blue eyes closing gently as the hand clamped around Claude's wrist fell to his side.
"Sleep well master" Claude said before standing up and walking towards the exit of the room where the three were still standing, watching them. The two butlers exchanged hate filled glares towards each other before Claude left to go prepare his master some tea and lunch.
"Elizabeth, I don't think now is the best time for a visit considering how Alois is right now. Do you mind coming back another time?" Ciel asked the girl, still not taking his eye off the peacefully sleeping boy.
"O-Of course Ciel. Please tell Lord Trancy I hope he gets better soon when he wakes up…he is scary but I don't want him to be sick like that" Elizabeth said, as she took another worried look at the sick boy.
"I shall prepare a carriage for you Lady Elizabeth" Sebastian said as he led the girl downstairs to the front room.
Ciel stood outside the doorway for god knows how long until he finally started walking towards Alois's bed. He hesitated before sitting down on the edge of the bed to stared down at Alois's pale sleeping face. He sighed seeing his expression was already twisted into something of pure fear.
"Why are you doing this to yourself Alois? I have nightmares every night to but you don't see me dying from exhaustion, you idiot" Ciel said, as he glared down at Alois. He flinched when Alois suddenly thrashed over onto his side.
"N-No…" Alois whispered as he started to claw at the crisp white sheets. His body started to shake in fear as he thrashed roughly over onto his back again. Ciel's eyes widened as he watched the older boy thrash around like something was attacking him. He instinctively moved a hand out and placed it on the boy's shoulder to keep him still.
"Alois…" Ciel started before he was interrupted by his jet black butler.
"Lady Elizabeth has left master" Sebastian said as he stood at the doors entrance.
Ciel stared at his butler for a moment before looking at the blonde who had seemed to have gotten calm all of a sudden. Ciel moved his hand from his shoulder up to his head to see for himself if Alois has any injuries on his head.
"Sebastian, go get ice for Alois's head. He has a large bump on the side of his head that needs to be treated" Ciel said, moving his fingers gently over the bump that was sticking out from the young earl's head. He pulled his hand back when Alois whimpered at the pain of his injury being touched. He figured the bump had just formed since Claude had made no mention of it when he examined Alois first.
"Here master" Sebastian said as he walked back into the room with cold cloth to put over Alois's head.
Ciel took it from him and folded it so it would be able to fit nicely under Alois's head. He turned the blonde's head to the side so that the bump was pressing against the cold towel.
"You are very gentle when handling Lord Trancy, could it be that you are worried about him?" Sebastian asked as he grinned slyly at his master's actions.
"Shut up Sebastian. Of course I'm not worried about him. I just don't want him to die in my manor and leave me with these devil children of his" Ciel retorted.
"But if Lord Trancy were to pass, then you would be able to get rid of those devil children without Alois being in the way of it."
Ciel was silent for a while before looking up at his demon butler with his one uncovered eye.
"Alois would surely haunt me from the grave if I were to hurt his precious children."
Alois crystal blue eyes slowly opened as the intruding sun shined its light through the window of his bedroom. He was shocked he had actually been able to sleep through the night and even more shocked that he no longer felt exhausted. He stretched his thin arms over his head before sliding out of the bed to go find where everyone was. He didn't care who he just wanted to have the company…since he couldn't stand being alone. As he took a step forward he quickly stopped when he felt a mind numbing pain on the side of his head. He stumbled a bit before catching his balance on one of door frame.
"What the bloody hell…" Alois said as he reached up and felt the lump on the side of his head that had gotten smaller with the time he had been passed out. He wasn't able to recall anything that had happened the night before or even the few days before then. Once he was able to keep his balance he quickly started walking to the closest room he knew someone would be in: Ciel's office.
"Ciel…Ciel are you here?" Alois asked as he opened the door to the boys office, luckily Ciel was sitting right there with a quill pen in his hand and writing something on the paper in front of him. Ciel's eye grew wide when he saw the blonde standing there in the doorway.
"Ciel…why do I have this bump on my head? Why…can't I remember what happened yesterday? Or the day before that?" Alois asked, his voice laced with confusion and maybe even a little bit of fear. Ciel sighed as he stood up from his desk, revealing that the bump that held Alois's children had seemed to grow twice in size since Alois last saw him.
"You had an accident Alois which made you sleep for a very long time" Ciel said as he approached the shocked blonde. Alois couldn't take his eyes off the boy's pregnant looking stomach as he said those words.
"What do you mean...How long have I been asleep?" Alois asked as he fear filled eyes met with Ciel's calm one.
"You collapsed from exhaustion and fell down the grand staircase. The bump on your head if from when you fell. Your body had taken so much that it couldn't handle anymore so it shut down…you've been in a coma for three weeks Alois."
Alois stared at him with wide eyes for god knows how long before suddenly falling to his knees and wrapping his arms around Ciel's waist.
"Hey! What the bloody hell do you t-…"
"Shut up! Don't move and don't say a word" Alois said angrily as he pressed the side of his face to Ciel's stomach. Ciel stared down at the older male with a confused expression as minute by minute past. Alois closed his eyes as he tried to feel any sort of movement in that large bump. His heart seemed to feel like it was about to stop with ever second that past.
"Do you feel them moving around?" Alois asked as he took his face off Ciel's stomach to look up at him. Ciel's teeth clenched when he saw the look on Alois's face…it was…unexplainable…
"I haven't felt them move at all, but just before when you came in…I felt something, like they pressed on my insides for a moment" Ciel said as he turned away from the other's gaze. Alois just smiled as he let his head press to Ciel's stomach again.
"They kicked you. Maybe they like the sound of my voice" Alois said happily as he tried to talk louder, he flinched when he suddenly felt a very light kick against his cheek. Ciel had obviously felt it to since he seemed to move back slightly at the movement inside him.
"I felt that one definitely" Ciel said as he put a hand on his stomach, annoyed that he had just been kicked by the children he was nourishing. A large smile spread across Alois's face as he stood back up.
"Good. This means they're still alive" Alois said as he continued to smile down at the bump that carried his children.
"Why would you think they wouldn't be alive?" Ciel asked as he looked up at the blonde.
"Well, when you said I had been asleep for so long I figured you would try to get rid of them since I wouldn't have been able to stop you."
Ciel wasn't surprised Alois would think such a thing of him, since he knew he really didn't even want to see the children once they were born. He took a step back again when Alois bent down and kissed his stomach.
"How can you be so attached to these children already? You've never cared about anyone but yourself but now you're completely in love with these two children?" Alois just laughed at Ciel's question and shook his head.
"Of course I love them. They are my children, I made them. They are a part of me and I would do anything to protect them…and they're the only family I have. I don't want to lose them." Alois said as that strange expression came across his face again.
Ciel stared at him for a while before he knew what expression that was, something he hadn't seen in years…an expression he was shocked to see Alois was actually capable of having; The expression of a loving and protective parent.
