Kay so like...i'm sorry if i end up making some characters sound slightly ooc ;-;

Errmm...this is a longer chapter than the last one. :3

Um...oh yeah one more thing!

This is an AU, and...i guess ermm...well i don't really wanna deal with demons getting in the way, and people wanting more power and junk...so i just made everyone on good terms hehe.

I don't own Kuroshitsuji, all i own is this story and Avery.

"Avery…..come here, Avery…..I miss you, come back."

"Mum?"

-A glowing figure against the rain in the distance-

"Avery, I really do love you…"

-Tears falling down Avery's face-

"You never showed me what love was. You always did whatever that pig told you to do. You followed him blindly like a smitten puppy. Go away…"

-Glowing figure disintegrates slowly and fades away-

"Good riddance…"

-Avery crouches down and hugs her knees-

"-gasp!-" Avery's body jolts up in panic. She tries to breathe, but finds herself hyperventilating.

She starts counting backwards in her head, and tries to hold her breath.

"What was that about?" she says quietly after she finally calms down.

She lifts her legs closer to her and hugs her knees just like in her dream.

She examines her arms; they are glistening with sweat.

Why was I so frightened by that?

Avery looks out the window to see it is raining.

She sighs and looks around her new room.

The room Alois had given to her.

For free.

In exchange of her services.

She immediately thought of a prostitute when that word came up.

But he doesn't mean it that way right?

She balled her fist up against her temples and fought the urge to growl in frustration.

God, I'm such a clot! Of course he doesn't! He's just a flirty bloke!

She sighs once more and wipes the sweat off of her temples and forehead.

I'm thirsty… she realizes and carefully gets up out of her bed, fearing she'll wake the whole house.

The hallways are dark, and the only time she can really see clearly is when the lightning strikes. She smiled contently when she heard the thunder. She always loved listening to thunderstorms.

It reminded her of the hate she held inside her of the cruel world, and the hopes that one day she will be happier, just like a thunderstorm passing away.

She finally finds the kitchen after 17 minutes, and sees Claude, checking a list on top of the kitchen counter.

"C-Claude? Um…" Claude immediately answers, "You didn't have to make your presence clear to me, I already heard your footsteps."

Avery frowns and replies, "I'm sorry I just wanted to state the reason for my disturbing you. I'm thirsty so do you mind me getting a drink of water?" Claude turns to her and eyes her up and down. Avery swallows nervously at his intense golden eyes, and he pushes the bridge of his glasses up, then finally says, "Of course not. Would you like some help?"

Avery smiles in relief and ignores the last sentence. She looks at the sink and grabs a cup from the left cabinet. Claude watched in slight amusement [though we all know he wouldn't ever really crack so much as a smirk] as she glanced around the room for the ice box.

Claude got up from the chair swiftly and reached over with his right hand and gently snatched the glass cup from her hands. She looked at him curiously at first but then saw that he was filling the cup with cold water from the icebox's spigot.

Well you're being strangely nice…

He handed her the glass, and she murmured her thanks, and quickly teetered off to her room.

-The following day-

"Avery! I've decided to make you…." Avery looks up at Alois as she picks up the dust with the dustpan and broom, "Bathroom lady!"

Avery stares back at Alois in shock and disappointment.

Alois walks around hurriedly around her and makes his way to the table. He sits down and continues his announcement.

"Yes I can picture it now, you cleaning the toilets, floors, bathtubs…I have more than one bathroom you know?" he says with an innocent look on his face. Avery looks away, suddenly incredibly depressed [imagine this as a comedic scene, and some gloomy aura emitting from her].

"You'll also take out the garbage and do the laundry from each laundry basket in all of my occupied bathrooms!"

He smiles and leans her way murmuring, "You will also be waiting next to the bathtub each time I shower, ready with a fresh towel and some clean bath slippers." Avery looks up at him as though he were talking nonsense, and gets up to throw away the dust on the dustpan.

"Alois, I'm sorry but I have to refuse that offer, I mean-"

"Don't call me so simply by my name, call me Master Alois…and stop turning down my offers! Either you do this, or you mop and broom all the rooms with tile floors." Avery's eyes widened at this and she gulped.

Alois smiled triumphantly as she finally said, "Okay then."

Way too many floors, my arms would fall right off! [she is pretty frail due to the little nutrition in her diet (her family was poor)]

"Okay then? For what offer?"

He's reaaally pushing my buttons…

"The…bathroom offer I suppose." Alois' eyes widened and he grinned happily like a child on Christmas day.

"Excellent, I'm glad you chose that one."

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Lord Alois," said Claude as he quietly set the dish down in front of him.

"Bubble and Squeak topped with kippers and poached egg." He set some silverware gracefully to the side and added, "As a complimentary dish I would like to add 2 slices of freshly baked sourdough bread, and a cup of wu-yi oolong tea. Enjoy." He placed the cream and sugar next to the cup of tea, and brought the kettle up on the table as well.

Alois smiled, satisfied by his butler's work, and dug in. Avery stared at him eating for a few seconds before hearing her stomach growl.

Without even glancing her direction, Alois told Claude to feed her something.

Avery quickly put away the dustpan and broom, and hurriedly followed Claude.

"Wash your hands." Claude instructed and Avery did as told.

"Can you cook?" Avery looked up at Claude and quickly looked away, a blush forming across her cheeks.

"N-no….all I could really make is gruel…" she hated being so dependent on others.

Claude sighed inaudibly, and picked up 2 eggs from the egg basket. He then grabbed the pan he used to make Alois' breakfast in, and turned on the stove, and plopped the pan on the fire. He quickly and flawlessly cracked open the eggs one by one, and proceeded to frying them, flipping them with a spatula. He reached over next to where Avery was sitting and grabbed 2 slices of fresh bacon, and dropped them onto the pan.

Afterwards, he grabbed the salt shaker and added a little onto the eggs and bacon.

It smelled heavenly, and made Avery's stomach growl even more.

"I'm sorry…" Claude lifted the pan from the stove and grabbed a plate from a nearby cabinet.

He placed it in front of Avery and scooped the eggs and bacon onto the plate.

"Why do you apologize?" Avery smiled at Claude and said, "If I knew how to make food, you wouldn't have to do this for me."

"Can you make tea?"

Avery looked at the tea cups and kettle across from her and looked back up at Claude replying "yes".

"Well then, I'll be on my way. Make sure to wash your dish afterwards, and the pan and spatula I used."

Avery grabbed a fork from one of the drawers in the icebox, and placed it next to her plate. She then proceeded onto making her tea.

-Later around 7 pm-

Alois' maid Hannah walked into Avery's room, and placed a towel on her bed. Avery looked up at her questioningly.

"Alois requested for you to take a bath."

"B-but I have no clothes other than what I am wearing-", "You will wear a dress of mine for now until Alois decides to buy you your own clothing."

Avery nodded and got up slowly, taking the towel with her. Hannah walked ahead of her and escorted her to the nearest bathroom.

"Do not lock the door, for I will be coming back with some bath slippers for you."

Avery nodded and with that, Hannah left and shut the door.

Avery gazed at the room in utter awe- this was a big and beautiful bathroom compared to the one at her old house.

She quickly ran up to the tub and turned on the water.

She slipped her feet out of her old mary janes, and slid her bloomers off. She then grabbed the hem of her dress and pulled it over head and off onto the floor.

She was happy; she hadn't taken a shower in almost 5 days.

The water was too hot so she turned it down a notch and turned on the cold water.

She hurriedly got onto the tub, sat down and basked in the now warm water, which reached to her hips.

Ahhhh...how nice…

She decided she wanted to wet her back as well, and lied down in the tub. Her auburn red hair swirled gracefully in the water, and she lowered her head more to wet it as well.

The bathtub was already pretty full, so she turned off the water, and grabbed a nearby bottle of shampoo.

Just then, she heard someone coming in.

She immediately turned to see who it was (hoping for it to be Hannah with those bath slippers! ), but nearly screamed in mortification and dropped the bottle in the water when she saw it wasn't in fact, Hannah.

It was Alois.

Why is it steamy in here, I hadn't yet requested for anyone to run me a bath…

Alois waved his hand a little to clear the steam, and his eyes widened when he saw who it was.

Avery shrieked softly, and tried to sink into the water, in a desperate attempt to hide herself.

Alois suddenly thought this would be a great opportunity for some fun, and walked over to Avery's side.

"Please….don't look!" Avery blushed, and she got into a fetal position in an attempt to cover her body.

Alois didn't really stare at her in those places though; He crouched down as she hid her face and simply said, "Did I request for you to join me just yet?"

Avery's face became warmer.

She suddenly felt the room get colder, and she glanced at the window, which was completely open. She blushed even harder realizing someone could've seen her.

"N-no…." Alois smirked and said in a slightly louder tone, "Then get out."

"B-but I'm na-" "I said out~" pressed Alois in a sing song voice.

"Can you at least give me my towel please?" her voice cracked as she said this.

Avery felt as though she was going to cry because of all the emotional stress she was feeling.

Alois looked at the towel with dead pan eyes, and rocked on his heels saying, "Now why'd you go put it so far away hmm? Get it yourself." That last sentence cut through her ears like a butcher knife, and she nodded, saying, "M-may you at least…turn around?"

"Why must you order me around so much, hmm?" Alois gazed down at Aver and smothered her with his intense icy blue eyes.

He waited to her to responded, and after 10 seconds passed by he added, "Okay. Only this once will I listen to you.." he sneered at her before turning around.

Avery quickly leaped out of the tub and ran for the towel on the bathroom sink.

She hurriedly wrapped the towel, and said, "O-okay…I guess I'll be on my way then…" Alois turned around and was about to tell her something retorting, when suddenly a strong gust of wind rushed into the room, blowing out the candles.

A blood curdling scream shot across the room.

Avery's eyes widened in horror, and she quickly turned to see a now very frightened and desperate Alois clinging to her.

"Please….escort me out of here!" Alois begged, and tightened his grip on her towel.

Avery stuttered in total shock and decided to just respond with a nod of her head.

She slid an arm around his shoulder, and walk towards the exit.

"Master! Are you alright?" Alois and Avery looked up to see Claude, with a worried expression on his face.

Alois looked at him pleadingly for a moment, but realized it wasn't so dark anymore now that they were in the hallway.

He snuck a glance from Avery, and quickly gently shoved her away from him.

"Yes, Avery was right by my side the whole time." he said nonchalantly, and straightened his blazer.