BWAAAAAAHHH I AM BACK FROM THE DEAD. Hahaha I am so so sorry I took so long to publish this. BUT I HAVE JUSTIFIABLE REASONS DON'T HATE ME.

Haha, First of all, I had mentioned I was studying for a major exam, so I had completely nil time to do this at all. But now that's done (hopefully I did well) I continued on with the story!

Oh and second, although I said I would publish near the 16th Nov, I wasn't able to do so because of preparations for prom. Ahhh that was a wonderful night teehee.

But I'm finally done with those, so here's the next chapter of School Days! I took a really really long time thinking over this, because I didn't want it to sound cliche, and I was kinda losing touch to my writing skills, so I had to edit and edit. Also, I realised the story was getting more complicated than I expected, so I had to slowly review my past chapters and create a document for each character so that I could keep tract. Honestly I don't think this is my best penmanship, but please do review and tell me how was it.

Thank you and enjoy!


Sebastian yawned as he strolled back home from school, casually tossing his school briefcase over his shoulder. No matter how urgent his assignment was, he would never rush back home – that would just decrease efficiency.

As he crossed the road to the building opposite, he began to ponder upon the day's happenings. He was extremely sure Ciel was the right person, but it was always his policy to not jump to conclusions without all the evidence needed; he wouldn't want to hand someone over who was innocent and regret it. Besides, it was never his intention to join the organization; if he could he would run away. But due to his circumstances…

He turned to his right and decided to enter the convenience store to buy some snacks. As he browsed through, he began formulating his new plan. Ciel was an extremely hard person to convince, be it sex or whatever. Unexpectedly the younger boys in the school were pretty weak and easy to manipulate, and easily he could find out if they had the mark or the scar on the eye. There were only a few people in the school who would have patches over their eyes, which narrows the scope down – but of course, there was the risk of being found out by sneaky people that he only favoured people with eye patches and it would lead to serious trouble, and also the fact that Sebastian loved sex (who wouldn't?) - and thus his slow progress.

But now he was finally getting on to something, and he had to figure out how to convince Ciel to spill everything. So what if he had an eye patch? Like Ciel had said, it could have been an accident. Stupid old fool, expecting me to complete the assignment with only a few clues to work on, Sebastian thought in irritation as he paid for his bottled cold tea.

His cell phone suddenly rang and Sebastian flipped it open to check the caller. He groaned and accepted the call.

"What?"

"What do you mean what?! Have you finished the task?"

"If I had I wouldn't be here in a school's uniform."

"Sigh, what is taking you so long? Mr Kelvin is quite impatient. His calls are so frequent I spend half the day talking to him."

"Heh, for the president of some world organization he sure is taking this seriously."

"Shh! What if people hear you? Listen, the deadline is next month, so I expect the assignment done by then, understood?"

"Yeah, yeah… Has anyone told you, you always sound like a nagging old hag?"

"Beep…beep…"

Touchy, Sebastian thought, and flipped his phone close. Since this was such a big task – considering the money involved – perhaps he should change his tactics and take it slow with Ciel. He unscrewed the cap of the bottle and gulped down his entire beverage. Yeap, I should do that.


"Mr Phantomhive… MR PHONTOMHIVE."

Ciel was jolted awake by the booming voice of his teacher. Mr Spears stared at him with complete disregard as he watched Ciel stretch, as if he had just taken his nap at his own house.

"I see you are well rested now, Mr Phantomhive. If so, please answer my question: How is the egg in the woman's body fertilized?"

Ciel rubbed his eyes and looked at Mr Spears in confusion. In what other way could it be fertilized? "Sex of course."

The boys burst out laughing at Ciel's bluntness and the girls blushed and giggled. Alois turned around and looked at him with a raised eyebrow and a smirk. The corner of Mr Spears's mouth twitched in annoyance. Ciel, in his hazy state of mind, could not understand what was wrong with his answer, and continued on, "It's wrong? Not sex? Carnal embrace? Copulation? In what other way can an egg be fertilized?"

Mr Spears's face grew red as he said in between his teeth, "I was looking for a more intelligent answer Mr Phantomhive, which I think you know. Detention, again. Class dismissed."

Ciel glared at Mr Spears's back in irritation. Was he wrong? He cringed his forehead and thought long and hard for another way for the egg to be fertilized. Alois burst out laughing at Ciel's expression, and between tears he chuckled, "Are you that tired?"

"What?"

"C'mon, you only behave like that when you're tired, and when you're tired, it means you've been thinking a lot. What's up?"

"What's up?" Ciel repeated Alois's question and drifted off as he faced the open window and enjoyed the cool breeze. "The sky, perhaps?"

Alois raised his eyebrow in confusion, and flicked Ciel's forehead with his middle finger and thumb before ascertaining that Ciel was indeed in dream world - which was quite rare because he knew Ciel would never allow himself to show any sort of emotions on his face and was always thinking – when Ciel showed no reaction.

Alois stared long and hard at his best friend. It seemed as though something was troubling him, so much so that he would allow himself to drift off and appear vulnerable. Yes, vulnerable is the word to describe him now, Alois nodded to himself.

Alois tried to think back to the previous days' events. Few days ago, Sebastian was hovering around him like usual, and then suddenly he stopped approaching Ciel. It even seemed as if he suddenly disappeared from school. Claude was in the canteen during lunch today though, Alois thought. Perhaps Sebastian's sudden disappearance was troubling his friend? Although he highly doubt it, since Ciel was not such a dense person to be affected by a person he had barely known for days. Or was he?

Alois placed his hands on Ciel's cheeks and forcefully turned Ciel's head to face him instead of the mesmerizing tree outside of the window. Ciel looked at Alois in surprise, and slapped his friend's hands away, and as if a switch had been flicked his face changed back to his usual nonchalant face.

"SEBASTIAN," Alois shouted in his friend's face, earning him a flushed face from ear to cheek to wherever possible. Aha, Alois thought as he confirmed his suspicions, my dear friend has been captivated by him.

"Falling in love now, eh?" Alois teased. Ciel clicked his tongue in annoyance and shook his head lazily, sighing, "There's something weird about him."

"Your new boyfriend?"

"Wha-! He's not my boyfriend you asshole!" Ciel's face went red once more, and Alois thought, if he goes red one more time his blood vessels might actually burst.

Ciel coughed and continued, "There's just something funny, like how he keeps asking stuff about me."

"Isn't that what people do when they want to get to know a person better? C'mon Ciel, you can't be that stupid."

"No! Shut up man! He asks in an extremely suspicious way, like how he asks about my past and all, and he always speaks in a hurried manner."

"I think you're overthinking. Sometimes you gotta lay off the books man, your grades aren't gonna run away."

"URGH, you're not helping Alois!" Ciel threw his hands up in the air in exasperation, and supported his head with both his hands, blowing a raspberry.

Alois played with his fringe, twisting it round and round while he asked Ciel, "Anyway, why does it bother you so much? I mean, from your dreamy pretty face you were giving he must have given you a good time I guess?"

Ciel rolled his eyes, completely not surprised that all that filled Alois's head was sex. "I was thinking, Alois, thinking. Has it ever occurred to you that my brain has space to think about other stuff?" Ciel clicked his tongue once more and continued, "and it's bothering me because it concerns me. It's annoying enough that he keeps hovering around me-" Alois raised his eyebrow at the word 'annoying', "- it's even more annoying and suspicious that he asks way too much just to get to know me."

"And your point is?" Alois supported his head with one hand, clearly falling asleep with all the lengthy talk as he yawned widely.

"My point is-" Ciel knocked Alois's forehead with his fist to prevent him from closing his eyes, "-I want to find out what's his motive."

"Oooh, got a young Sherlock here now, don't we?" Alois teased, but only yelped in pain as Ciel pinched his cheeks hard. He retorted, "But seriously, I don't think it's a big deal. Besides, there's nothing much you can do, except stalk him."

And that was when Ciel gave the creepiest smile ever – because he rarely ever smiled, sending shivers down Alois's spine.


"You better be glad I'm helping you," Alois said, walking side by side with Ciel – or rather, brisk-walking towards Sebastian's apartment.

"Yes, yes, love you very much," Ciel whispered as he waved his hand in dismissal. It was true; thanks to Alois's extensive network (by god-knows-what ways he obtained them) they manage to wriggle information out on Sebastian's route home and his address. They walked till the older male's flat came into view, and waited by a nearby lamppost, hoping that the senior would be at home and decide to come out of his apartment. Seeing how Sebastian had not been in school for days, Ciel assumed that he had been staying at home, recovering from some illness or something.

At last, Ciel spotted the extremely handsome male walking out, decked in a casual white polo tee and black jeans. No matter how much Ciel ranted about him, Sebastian's well-carved face and well-defined features seemed to make Ciel's heart pound faster. Ciel could even almost swear that there were flowers surrounding him, like those you find in manga books to show the pheromones oozing out of those characters.

When Sebastian was finally out of sight, Alois and Ciel ran across the road to the first floor of the 20 storey flat, which had marble tiles and polished floors, too posh to be owned by a student. His parents must be filthy rich, Ciel thought, his mouth agape. Most families may have a two storey house, but it's the location and the price of the place that determines the value. Seeing how there was a reception counter plus the sparkly aura created by the tiles and walls, Ciel quickly assumed Sebastian to be rich.

Ciel cautiously approached and entered the lift, while Alois sauntered in like it was his house. Ciel growled the moment the door closed, "Can you be more serious about this?"

"I am! I even helped you get out of detention you know," Alois retorted, pressing the '16' button and leaning against the wall comfortably. "Honestly I didn't think you would resort to such extremes. Since when were you so desperate?" – Ciel elbowed Alois in the stomach in irritation and caused the latter to double over and wheeze – "Cough, cough… Relax dude! What exactly do you want to find out about him anyway?"

Good question, Ciel thought. Perhaps more about him? Whatever Sebastian spews out of his mouth never seemed truthful or trusting, and perhaps there was more than what meets the eye. And he had to find out the reason for the senior's recognition of the mark on his lower back. That was suspicious enough to send him on an investigation spur. If Sebastian was not the victim, he could very well be working for the one person Ciel would never want to see in his life ever again.

Alois shook his head in defeat and sighed, "I still can't believe we're doing this. It does seem very childish to me you know?"

"Either you help me and stop complaining or I'll do this myself," Ciel said, ticked off by Alois's comment. Alois raised his hand in apology and stepped out of the lift, which finally stopped at the sixteenth floor. They walked side by side, slowly approaching the door at the end of the hallway.

"Plan?" Alois inquired.

"Sneak in and ransack his place."

"…Seriously? And how are you going to break in?"

Ciel smirked, "Don't you know? Mr Phantomhive here has his ways."

Alois rolled his eyes and said, "If you get jailed for this, I'm not bailing you out." And then he thought about what he said, and stared at Ciel thinking, won't I be caught too? Alois slapped his forehead with his palm, regretting that he agreed to help Ciel. But seeing how Ciel has been so caught up with his 'plan', Alois couldn't abandon his friend.

Ciel extracted the hairpin which he always had with him and inserted into the keyhole, expertly moving it around as if he had done it many times. It was how I got out of that shithole anyway, he thought to himself, and with a final click, the door opened slightly. Alois's hopes of Ciel being unable to open the door were shattered. Ciel smirked in satisfaction, and kicked the door open. Showoff, Alois thought, and turning left and right, he reluctantly followed Ciel into the apartment.

Upon entering the room, Ciel's eyes did an automatic scan of the place, which was still shrouded in darkness. There was little furnishing except a sofa, coffee table and a plasma TV. Books were scattered all over the floor along with papers, and brown files littered the table. It was the messiest place Ciel has ever been to, and he had not a clue where to start looking. But Alois had already flipped through half of the materials lying on the floor, or more of kicking them around and deeming some of them useless or just plain boring. As Ciel wondered how in the world Alois knew they were useless by kicking them till they flew across the room, Alois had already traversed to the coffee table, picking up the brown files lying carelessly.

He flipped through them one by one, his eyes growing wider and wider in confusion. Ciel slowly waddled across, careful not to step on the papers, and stood right next to Alois, resting his chin on Alois's shoulder and reading the contents.

"The fuck? Is this guy a P.I or something?" Alois whispered for no apparent reason.

"Huh? Really? Where did you find that?" Ciel replied, scanning the page for signs of information of the older male. But all he saw was a photo of a sour looking middle aged man who was balding clipped to a piece of paper which read: "NAME: George MacLachen, AGE: 42, OCCUPATION: Janitor…" Right at the bottom of the page stamped with red ink the word, "ACCOMPLISHED."

Ciel snatched the brown file and flipped it to the cover, which was stamped again in red ink a flower, its shape identical to the cloth which had fallen out of his pocket. Right below were the words 'B.F.O'. For some reason, Ciel had expected the flower to be somewhere on the brown file, like a gut instinct, but seeing the initials of a familiar organization, Ciel suddenly grew aware of his situation.

Ciel began fervently flipping through all the files present on the table, and finally found a file with a familiar looking photo: The photo of his mark. There were scarce descriptions of himself, like 'blind in the right eye… probably in high school… last seen in XX country… has a scar on his bottom…" Huh? He had a scar on his bottom? Ciel immediately touched his butt, but decided against finding out right now.

"Dude, that sounds like you. Woah you have something like that on your lower back?" Alois exclaimed, pointing to the photo. He continued, trying to figure out the situation, "Even Mr. Chiseled Face has a dark side… But isn't a P.I a little extreme for a high schooler? I mean he's reached the legal age to work but still…"

"He's not exactly a P.I…" Ciel thought to himself, and realised he had accidentally spoken them out-loud when he realised Alois staring at him, his face telling him to explain himself.

Ciel groaned, and realised there was no choice but to explain (He did once try to lie to Alois, but it failed miserably because he was the worst liar on earth in front of his friend and it only prompted Alois to try and strip him in public in desperation and anger).

He sighed and said, "You see this?" –pointing to the letters B.F.O – "stands for Bloody Flower Organisation. It's an organization where really rich and influential people can sign up and ask for the people working there to do whatever they want them to do, as long as they can pay, duh."

"…huh?"

"Like, ugh, the most obvious would be if the rich and influential wanted to cover up for something they did illegally they hire these people, and these people would skillfully cover it up, yada yada… Or if they wanted to find someone… anything at all."

"And you know this because?..."

"Kinda heard of it before, I guess?" That wasn't exactly a lie; there was some truth in it.

Alois scrutinized Ciel's face for any sign of faltering, and when he detected none, he did a 360 degree head rotation, rubbing his neck in fatigue, and saying in a monotonous tone, "and you expect me to believe that this type of shit organization exists?"

"Up to you, boss," Ciel shrugged his shoulders.

"How is this any different from a P.I anyway? And isn't it worse than being a P.I? This is practically illegal!"

Ciel gaped at Alois with mock shock, and the latter raised his hand in defeat, saying, "Yeah yeah, I'm a sex-craving monster and that's illegal for my age, but big deal! And 'Bloody Flower Organisation'? Honestly what type of crappy name is that? It's fucked up that such an organization would exist, and the best name they could think of was bloody flower?"

Ciel couldn't help but snicker at Alois's funny reactions. It was so like Alois say the most unexpected things; wouldn't people be shocked and horrified and running about like a headless chicken telling the police about it? Not Alois, apparently. Ciel continued reading till he reached the bottom, where a person's name was printed: "CLIENT: THOMAS KELVIN… ENGAGEMENT: To retrieve what was rightfully his…"

Ciel's eyes widened in disbelief; back to the baron? The baron wants him back? After so long? Or perhaps he had been in such a good hiding place the baron never managed to locate him until now. So Sebastian was the deployment this time… But to be honest, even if they catch me, they will never be able to hand me over, Ciel thought with satisfaction, although still slightly puzzled as to why the higher ups agreed to this in the first place.

"Oi, sweet pumpkin, you there?" Alois waved a hand in front of Ciel's blanked out face, and Ciel returned back to earth, waving his own hand in annoyance. Alois frowned, "Was this the guy who tortured you?"

Ah, Alois is quick to catch on, Ciel thought, seeing how he had told Alois once that he had been abused in the same manner as Alois had, and still is being. Ciel patted his head gently, knowing Alois was sensitive about the subject. "Come on, let's go."

"Huh? Don't you wanna check a little more? Like check his rooms, more files, something like that?"

"I know enough to understand what type of person he is," Ciel said as he made to turn around.

"Do you now?" A deep voice resonated through the room, and the lights were suddenly switched on. Ciel froze in his footsteps, dropping the file in surprise onto the floor. It was quite obvious the owner had made his entrance into his own house, but his voice still sent shivers down Ciel's spine as always. Just when the good guy discovers the juicy bits, the bad guy steps out; is this a movie or something? Ciel thought in irritation.

The older male sighed. "I was thinking of being nice, but guess not."

The lights suddenly went out, or perhaps his eyes were being hidden from them because he suddenly couldn't breathe and a cloth-like material was brushing against the skin of his face. There was sudden unbearable pain from his stomach, and Ciel could feel his head going in circles; there was no time to react. "Fuck you…" Ciel managed to mutter out. The last word he heard was a sad 'sorry', and then he was off the ground, unconscious.


HUHHH? WHUUT? WHERE'S THE SMUT?

Okay so sorry for the hopefuls haha I was trying to develop the storyline here.

Wait what? Who exactly is Ciel? haha I hope I don't give a heart attack the next chapter, because it will be the chapter that says all!

Okay I hope I do give heart attacks, cause that means I've succeeded in the mystery tag which I tagged this story in. Cool.

But all in all, thank you for reading this, I hope the writing wasn't too sloppy, yes Alois is the most talkative bitch ever and don't hate Sebastian haha.

Thank you for staying with my story! Reviews are much appreciated ^^

And I am on ma way to Malaysia for holidays! Au revoir!