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Chapter 8
Ciel was walking to the lunchroom by himself; he wasn't exactly sure why since he wasn't hungry and didn't plan on eating any of the disgusting food.
He sighed and halted when he got to the double doors; he decided that he just really didn't want to be here.
When the Cafeteria started to fill up, that was when he felt the need to leave.
He turned and headed for the staircase that led to the roof.
Once there, he found his usual spot and plopped down to relax.
He was really hoping Alois wouldn't bother him, but he knew the blonde would eventually show his face.
Alois watched Ciel as he stood at the cafeteria doors.
He wanted to go and invite him to sit at their table but felt that Ciel would probably feel uncomfortable.
As the cafeteria filled up, he watched as Ciel turned to go up the stairs to the roof.
Terrance Smirked as he followed silently after Ciel.
He was trying to play it off as if he was just heading the same way.
He waited until Ciel walked up the steps and the door slammed behind him.
Terrance went up the steps after him and locked it.
He smirked and started to quietly speak, "You better stay away from my Alois, kid..."
Terrance walked away after that, looking down both ends of the hallway to make sure no one witnessed anything; he then proceeded to walk to class, as if nothing has just happened.
Alois got up from the table with his other friends, who were currently engaged in their own conversations, and went to throw out his nearly empty tray.
Ciel yawned slightly as he looked up to the sky.
It looked like it was going to rain all day; he's just glad it wasn't raining at this very moment.
'The breeze is nice... Not too cold but not muggy either...' He thought to himself.
He put his arms behind his head as he leaned back against the brick building.
The clouds above him looked black and menacing, but he didn't much mind the rain.
Besides, just a month ago it had been fairly hot and dry.
Only recently did it start to get so... rainy.
The ground needed the water, anyway.
Ciel closed his eyes in hopes of dozing off for the next 30 minutes or so.
He was a light sleeper; so he knew the loud bell would wake him in time for his next class.
He was dreading English class.
He knew the play wasn't supposed to be finished until Friday...
But he REALLY didn't want to do this with Alois...
It was embarrassing...
...Or did he...?
What?!
No... Of course he didn't...
He shook his head lightly and opened his eyes just as it started to pour down rain.
He twitched while quickly getting to his feet.
He ran over to the staircase that led back into the school.
He was safe from the rain under the slanted awning over the door and he looked out from under it and up into the dark sky.
Nothing but black clouds all around…
He sighed as he watched the rain hit the flat cement roof.
'Might as well go back inside now...' Ciel thought to himself as he turned around and went to open the door, but it didn't budge.
He blinked. "No way..." He said. "It's locked...!?"
He grumbled and looked back out towards the rain.
"Great! Now what do I do...?" He thought out loud to himself.
"I'm definitely going to be late if I can't get this door open." He added.
He looked around before walking back to where the awning ends, but not stepping out from underneath it to avoid getting wet.
He peeked his head out and looked for a window he might possibly be able to slip through.
But there was none.
He twitched. "Great.. Just great..." He said as he decided to sit down where he was and wait.
"Now I can only wait and hope someone notices that I'm missing and hopefully come looking for me.." He said.
Alois had been sitting at the table waiting for the bell to ring, deciding for once that he would let Ciel have his time up on the roof to doze off.
He listened absently to the various conversations going on around him, not really giving his full attention to any of them until the loud bell sounded over the intercom signaling the end of the lunch period.
Alois got up and headed to his next class, hoping to see Ciel on the way.
He had no such luck and made his way to English class all by himself.
When he got there, he noticed that Ciel's seat was empty.
He looked out the window at the rain that had started to pour a few minutes before lunch ended.
He couldn't still be on the roof could he?
No way he wouldn't still be asleep in this weather.
Oh no, Ciel wasn't asleep...
He was sitting on the single step underneath the Awning, grumbling to himself about how the door was locked...
Ciel heard the bell go off as he looked back to the door behind him.
Hoping that, any minute, someone might come and open that door.
But, no-one did.
It was half way through the class period and Ciel still wasn't here.
Alois was beginning to worry.
Maybe he had gotten sick?
He decided to go look for him, so he raised his hand and tried to think of an excuse to leave class.
He used the bathroom, pretty good excuse.
As soon as he was out the door, he was practically running down the halls to the nurses office to see if Ciel was there.
Alois tended to be the overly-worried type and almost always assumed the worst.
There-for, predictably, images of a very sick and practically dying Ciel popped into his brain and he ran faster, turning the corner and seeing the sign above the door reading 'clinic'.
Ciel wasn't in the Clinic though.
He sighed lightly.
He realized that it was actually pretty peaceful up here.
He didn't have to deal with any teachers, any students, and best of all; no Alois.
Ciel looked up to the sky as he watched the rain fall towards him.
Ciel loved the sound of rain and the tangy earthen smell it left afterward.
Terrance could see Ciel from the classroom window, seeing as his classroom is on the other side of the building.
That part of the building has a lower roof because there weren't as many floors to it as this one.
He smirked as the bell for Lunch rang.
"Bummer... Late to class... Poor perfect straight-A student." Terrance said.
Class had started now, and Terrance continued to glance out the window at Ciel occasionally while continuing to study for the lesson they were on.
When Terrance lifted up his head, it was pouring and the window was blowing, soaking Ciel's clothes.
Terrance chuckled to himself. What a bummer... Maybe now you'll stay away from him...
Alois continued his search for Ciel, turning a corner to walk down the adjoining hall.
He saw a random kid, probably an upperclassman who had free period right now, standing in front of an open door marked 'Janitor's Closet' and appeared to be talking with a man who he could only assume was the school's janitor.
"Uh... So, Mr Janitor..." The kid said.
"Call me Undertaker".
"O-Okay... Undertaker... Why is there a scythe in the Janitors close-"
"I CONFISCATED IT!"
He said bringing his now shaking hands up to his face, his one yellow eye that could be seen past his long bangs twitching profusely.
The kid backed away slowly.
Alois looked upon the scene before deciding that Ciel was not down this hallway, and if he was, well too bad.
He followed the other kids' lead and backed away, pretending he had never come down this hall and vowing to avoid it in future.
He took the long way, making his way to the stairs that led to the roof since it was the most likely place besides the nurse that Ciel would be for such a long time…
Okay… now Ciel was starting to get really bored.
He had been out here for almost an hour, from the beginning of lunch break to almost the end of English class.
The wind had blown some of the rain in his direction and his clothes were now damp and cold; he shivered slightly.
He bowed his head forward and then leaned it back again to hit the door with a soft 'thud'.
"Hello..." he called to no one in particular.
"I'm ready to be let back in now, so you can open the door at any time…. Annnny time you want. Wheneeever your ready…"
Yeah.
He was definitely bored.
Suddenly he heard a click then a squeak and the solid surface behind him caved inward and he fell back.
He laid on the floor and looked up at the ceiling until a familiar blonde head came into view above him.
Terrance glanced over just in time to see that the door Ciel had been leaning against was open and he was laying on the ground.
Terrance didn't know who opened it at first until Alois took a step toward Ciel.
Terrance let out a low growl as Ciel looked up at him.
Ciel got up and sighed. "God, about time..."
"I... I came looking for you." Alois said with a hopeful smile.
"Yes, I can see that.." Ciel said in a somewhat bitter tone.
He walked passed Alois and looked around down the hall.
Ciel stopped in the middle of the hallway and looked down at his clothes; he let out an audible sigh.
"I'm going to definitely get sick if I stay in these..." He said out loud, but mainly to himself, seeing as he forgotten by now that Alois was following behind him.
"NO! We have to get you to the nurse!" Alois screamed.
Terrance had watched Ciel and Alois go back into the building.
He raised his hand to go to the "bathroom" and he was granted permission.
He left the room and made his way to the other side of the building pretty quickly.
He was not about to let Ciel get away with his Alois.
Terrance peeked his head out around the corner and watched as the two of them started walking off, Alois more or less dragging Ciel to the nurse.
This caused Terrance's left eye to twitch madly.
Why is my Alois touching him!? Was the thought that came into Terrance's head.
Ciel and Alois finally arrived at the nurse's office as Alois gave a slight shove to Ciel's back, causing him to stumble into the room.
Ciel gave the blond kid a glance as he turned his head to the nurse that was now aware of his presence in the room.
"Can I help you?" Was the only thing the nurse had to say.
"Help him! He's going to get sick and die!" Alois shouted worriedly.
Ciel slowly turned his head to look at Alois.
"You Idiot... I'm not going to die..." Ciel responded with a roll of his eyes.
"Well, how do you know that!?" Alois shouted his reply.
"..."
"Exactly!" Alois shouted, once again.
Ciel sighed audibly as he looked back to the nurse.
"Can I get a dry change of clothes, please?"
The nurse looked back up at him and gave him a single nod as she got up out of her chair and went to the door on the other side of the room.
Ciel assumed that was the closet full of extra clothes.
He wouldn't know, he never really had a reason to come down to the Nurse's office before now.
She walked back with a pair of uniform pants and a shirt for Ciel to put on.
"Here." She said, handing over the clothes to Ciel.
Ciel took the clothes from the Nurse and proceeded to walk to the bathroom, with Alois still following.
Ciel stopped at the door and looked back at him with an arched eyebrow.
"...I can dress myself, thank you..."
"But... But..." Alois whimpered.
"No buts. I don't need your help." Ciel said, which came out sounding a bit harsh.
Alois blinked and frowned at the shorter male in front of him.
"Stay..." Ciel said as he continued to head for the bathroom.
Alois sat on the cot directly behind him and waited for Ciel, who emerged from the bathroom minutes later wearing new clothes.
Ciel looked at him, "Good boy..."
Terrance was still around that same corner... Just watching...
Ciel was given a bag from the nurse to put his damp clothes in as he walked to his locker and just shoved the bag into the deepest, darkest pit he could find and turned to face Alois.
"So... I've been at the bathroom for almost fifteen minutes now and I think Sebastian might be starting to wonder where I am, so... We should probably go to English class now."
Ciel nodded as they walked off down the hall to where their English Class was.
"It's going to look weird if we both walk in at the same time; better if you go first and I'll follow in a couple of minutes." Ciel said.
Alois gave Ciel a nod and continued to head in the direction of their English Class.
~[Next Day]~
Alois had just gotten out of bed and was getting ready to start his day.
He glanced out the window to the dark clouds up in the sky; he frowned.
"Looks like it's going to storm again... What's up with all this rain lately...?" Alois questioned the sky gods.
He walked to the window and leaned on the sill, looking up into the clouds. He looked down when he heard the sound of a car engine. His sister was pulling out of the driveway in her hot pink bug. He fumbled hurriedly with the window and called down to her through the screen.
"Lizzie! where are you going!? Wait for me!" He called out to her.
She looked up at him and leaned out the window of the car.
"You weren't down on time! I was ready to go and you weren't here! Find your own ride!" With that, she continued to back out of the long driveway.
Alois slammed the window shut and raced out of the room, down the hall, down the stairs and through the front door, hoping to catch her before she was out of the driveway.
He ran down the expanse of concrete that led to the road, but as he got there she sped off down the street.
Alois stomped on the ground with a frustrated growl.
Somberly, he hung his head and resigned himself to walking to school, hoping it wouldn't rain.
Alois got to the large brick building and walked through the doors just as the first period bell rang.
Shit! He was late!
He took off down the hallway, his school pack hitting his back as he ran.
He turned several corners and made it to first period, study hall, quickly.
Maybe Professor Will wouldn't mark him tardy if he just explained that he had gotten there a little late cause of car trouble...
He got to the door and was about to open it when he noticed through the window... Ciel wasn't in his seat...
It was empty...
Suddenly, a thousand scenarios rushed to his head about where Ciel could be and what could have happened to him.
Being the melodramatic person that he was, none of these scenarios were good and most of them ended in gruesome death.
He justified his leaving with the thought that he was already late anyway, then he turned tail and booked it down the hall.
"I'm coming Ciel! Don't die!" He shouted.
"Ugh..." Ciel had woke that morning with a terrible stuffy nose and a sore throat.
Upon taking his own temperature with the thermometer, he discovered that he had a fever.
He got his ass out of bed and headed to the kitchen.
Ciel let out an audible sigh.
"I knew this would happen..." He grumbled to himself as he pulled a bowl of chicken soup that he prepared out of the microwave.
He shuffled over to a draw that was on the other side of the kitchen as he pulled out a spoon.
Putting the spoon into the bowl of soup, Ciel went out into the living room and sat on one of the empty cushions of his couch and turned on the television.
While slowly eating the soup, he began to surf through the channels for anything that was relatively interesting.
Not finding anything he was remotely interested in, he settled on turning the television to the news channel, deciding to see what's been going on in their economy lately.
Alois had made his way out and off of the school grounds as he proceeded in making his way to Ciel's house.
He was almost positive that he memorized where his house was, so he hoped he wouldn't get lost or make a wrong turn by accident.
Ciel finished the bowl of soup quite quickly as he pulled the blanket off the back of the couched and covered himself with it.
Too lazy to go find a pillow, he decided to just lay down and use his own arms instead while listening to the news.
It took Alois a while to get there, maybe about 20 minutes or so since he had no other way there but to run.
Seeing his house in sight, he sped up.
Once he got to the door, Alois didn't even bother knocking; instead, he just slammed the door right open.
"I'm here Ciel! I wont let you die!" Alois shouted as he looked around for the boy.
Not seeing him on the couch at first, he ran right up the stairs and down the hall to his room.
Slamming that door open as well, he saw that Ciel wasn't in his bed.
"Oh no! Did his father already get rid of the body!? CIEL!"
By now, Ciel was sitting up with an arched eyebrow. He had watched Alois run past him and up the stairs.
The hell...? Ciel thought to himself as he removed the blanket from his lower half and went to stand up.
Alois had already begun to run back down the stairs, almost tripping on one of the steps as he landed on his feet at the bottom.
Ciel bound over to the stairs to meet Alois; the sudden movement brought on a sudden bout of nausea and he almost fell half way there and had to stop to catch his breath.
"You… idiot..." He said in between heavy puffs of air. "What are you… doing in my house..?"
Alois turned to him quickly and thrust is arms out, running over to embrace Ciel.
"Oh Ciel! I thought you DIED! Don't scare me like that!" He held Ciel's head to his chest and stroked his hair.
For a moment Ciel was too shocked at the sudden invasion of his personal space to speak, and momentarily found himself enjoying the sensations; A hand stroking his hair, warm arms and the comforting rise and fall of inhaling and exhaling lungs….
That is of course until he... Came to his senses...
"W-What are you doing!? Let go! I am being assaulted!" He shoved at his chest, his arms weak from sickness and fatigue.
"Why weren't you in school today? I was so worried about you!" he pulled Ciel closer to his chest and squeezed him tightly.
"I got sick you halfwit! I was out in the rain forever yesterday, remember?!"
Alois gasped; "You're sick?! Oh no! I have to take care of you!"
"W-What? No you do not! I'm fine! I am perfectly capable of taking care of myse-"
"Oh, don't be silly Ciel. You're sick, you cant do anything!" This said, Alois scooped Ciel up into his arms and carried him bridal style back into the living room.
"Ah! Alois! P-put. Me. DOWN!"
"Shh Ciel. You shouldn't make such a fuss when you're sick, you'll make it worse!" He set Ciel on the couch, shoving him back against the pillows and pulling the blanket up to his chin.
Alois giggled at a very disgruntled Ciel all wrapped up in the blanket.
"You look like a cocoon. This is going to be so much fun! I've never taken care of a sick person before."
Matt: Well, here's Chapter 8... We're so sorry that we made you wait several months for this chapter. But, you see, we've both been very busy. And, because of this, we tried to make this chapter extremely log to compensate for how long we've been on hiatus. Thus, this is one of our longest chapters, so far. We're going to start on Chapter 9 as of right now and we should hopefully have that up within a few days to a week, unless of course we get busy or lazy and it just doesn't happen... But that's a horrible habit that we've both got... xD And for future referrence... There may not be a chapter out at all near the end of april to the middle or end of May, seeing as i'll be out of state and on Vacation down in Florida starting on May 2nd til about the 14th I believe. Eva will be here... Pester her to do a chapter on her own... xD