Second chapter: Have we already met?
A/N: So, second chapter, yay! Actually I wrote this before chapter one because it was supposed to be the first one, but then I read it and I thought that before this I needed to give some explanation. This idea was created one day listening to one of my iPod playlists while I was thinking 'bout fanfiction and Kuroshitsuji and... well suddenly something in my head started working.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed, it made me sooooo happy! You're the best! ^ ^
I apologize if I made several mistakes in the writing (although I go to English classes I am not very good on the grammar, some tenses drive me crazy!) But I wanted to try and write the story in English so more people could read it.
Anyway here it's chapter two!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own any of the Kuro characters, if I own Grell he would never know if he prefers Sebby or Will...
William cursed. If he had been more careful reading the faces of his subordinates hours ago, he wouldn't have been in this trouble. When he went out of his office to check on everybody, instead of finding them chatting and making up excuses to avoid paperwork, they were working and doing things properly. He was shocked. Why were they working? Had they realized that if you do your work on time you don't have to do overtime? Did they change their minds about being the laziest shinigamis ever? No, it's impossible. William think about it, yesterday they were a bunch of incompetents, and that fact doesn't change from one day to another. But they don't seem to be doing anything bad, actually they are WORKING. Well, it can't be dangerous letting them do paperwork for once, right? He was stupid. He believed in his subordinates to behave for once in their lives and what did they do? Escape from work. They disappeared from the shinigami realm and didn't leave anything behind. And because of their little plan his boss has shouted to him for being such a careless supervisor. He was FURIOUS. They'd better be prepared cause once he found them they won't see the sun again in centuries. William stopped thinking of everything he could, no, he WOULD do to those idiots, and started wondering where they could be. Probably drinking or at some party. Suddenly he realized that there were lots and lots of parties and bars where they could be, but maybe there was someone who knew where to find them. So William took his scythe with him and left the shinigami realm to speak with his only hope.
When he arrived it was late in the afternoon and most of the shops were closed. He walked down the streets of London to get to his destination. He stopped in front of an old shop that was dark and quiet. He walked in, and although humans would have thought there was no one, he as a shinigami could feel another person hiding in the shadows.
"Undertaker I've come to ask you something" William said with a calm voice.
"He he he...- Undertaker appeared with a small box from nowhere "How strange, you never ask for nothing, but I suppose there is always a first time, right Mr. Spears? He he he... " he asked getting closer to him.
"I don't have time for silly things Undertaker, I need to know where all of my subordinates might have been" he told him sighing.
"He he he, have you lost your subordinates William?" Undertaker asked before bursting into laughs.
"Undertaker! There is no time for laughing at me, I must know where they went or else I will have to do overtime because of them!" William shouted angrily.
"Okay, okay, I will help you, I haven't laugh like this in a while so I think it's fair to tell you where they are" Undertaker said trying to calm down" But first would you mind telling me exactly who is missing?".
"Well, the usual four, Slingsby, Humphries, Knox and Sutcliff" he responded with a tired tone.
"Mmm, so those are the problem?" Undertaker said with a smirk "Maybe you have to glue them to their desks next time" William was starting to lose patience when suddenly the other shinigami told him "In the ball".
"Ball? Only teenagers organize those things. Maybe in the eighteen century there were balls but now unless they have gone to a prom, it doesn't help me very much" He stated matter-of-factly, annoyed with the elder shinigami.
"He he he" Undertaker started chuckling "I should have known that you aren't very fond of parties" he turned from William and took a something from inside a coffin "Here"
The darker shinigami read the paper that the other man gave him and slightly nodded. Human people were organizing a ball like the ones in the 1800's. They were going to dress up according to the time and pretend they were of the nobility. How stupid. The perfect place to find his stupid workers. The stoic man thanked the elder one and left to collect those nuisances. And with luck he would be at home on time.
The room was full of people talking and having fun. It was like the proms they were used to, except for the speakers, the electric guitars and a few others talking on the phone. It was perfect. Just like their plan. They had acted like they were working hard when William came to shout at their laziness and at the very moment he abandoned the room they took their things and left at the speed of light. And the best part it was that Will was so impressed and confused by the fact that they could actually work, that he didn't even notice their evil smirks. And now they were there! Suddenly the band started playing and everyone began dancing. They were playing 'The only hope for me is you' by My Chemical Romance. It was a little weird to see everybody dancing that song with long and beautiful dresses of the eighteen century, but he didn't care. Eric took Alan dancing to a corner where they could be together 'alone' (there was so many people so you couldn't be completely alone, but they couldn't care less). Slowly he looked for a chair and sat down. He wanted so badly go to the dance floor but he couldn't dance alone! Oh no, not a lady like herself. Ronald who saw him sitting down couldn't help but chuckle. Always acting like a real lady. Oh God, he'll never change. So he decided it was better go after him and then let him just be, well... himself.
"Can I have this dance milady?" Ronald asked him bowing.
"Of course Knoxie!" Grell took his hand and let him guide her to the dance floor, laughing slightly at the behavior of his friend, who probably had seen him doing a stupid thing and have come to stop his idiocy.
After dancing a few songs with Ronald, Eric and Alan (who were amused of seeing Ronald and Grell dancing together and decided to try too and just have fun) the redhead was acting as usual and there was no clue of a previous shy and quiet Grell. So the gender-confused reaper begin talking to everybody the room and making friends with his cheerful personality.
The dark haired shinigami walked through the doors of the ball. It made him remember of his first century as a reaper after passing the final exam of the Academy with Grell... Mr. Sutcliff. Will cursed his thoughts, he was supposed to be there to punish his subordinates, not to recall old memories. The man sighed, he didn't wanna search those incompetents in a room full of people.
But then he heard something interesting. Some girls were whispering about a beautiful but somehow special woman that attracted the attention of every single man in the ball. Will was curious about those comments, although humans were easy to impress they could be also good detecting rare features in other people. However he looked for the missing workers of his division and ended ignoring the women gossip.
"Now we're going to change a little bit the style" The DJ screamed enthusiastically "Lets do like in the movies and dance arm in arm, with soft music and all that stuff but every time I say 'swap' we have to dance with the guy or girl next to us, okay? So hold your girl and prepare yourself to meet most of the people in the room"
At first the stoic reaper didn't care of the DJ's words but then he realized it was the key for finding the nuisances faster, cause if he could get the chance to see almost everyone in the ball he will see at least one of them dancing and with one localized the other three couldn't be far. Slowly he walked to a group of girls looking for some guys to dance with. He approached a girl with brown hair and dark eyes who was wearing a simple green dress and not much make-up.
"Excuse me, can I have this dance milady?" he asked softly.
"S-sure" the woman responded with a shy smile on her lips.
He gently offered his hand and leaded her to a spot in the dance floor. Suddenly the music started playing. The song was called 'Everything I do (I do it for you)'. It was slower than the others and it seem that the humans reacted to it holding their partner softly. He tried to be gentle with the girl dancing with him and at the same time catch the sight of his workers. The girl was talking with him about random things in a low tone and he answered every question she asked him.
When he was getting kinda frustrated because he couldn't see his subordinates the DJ shouted "Swap". He looked around to find someone to dance with and continue searching for the four shinigamis. And there was him, or her cause it looked completely as a woman. Wearing a red flawless gown, surrounded by lots of men willing to dance with her, it was Grell Sutcliff. His hair was glowing and his smile was a little shy. His cheeks were slightly pink and he looked more beautiful than any women in the ball. William was astonished. He felt the urge of getting there and tell him he was lovely in that dress, and having the opportunity to dance with him with an excuse. He would be able to caress that soft pale skin, whisper things in his ear and hold him close, tenderly.
Fast, he began dancing with the girl next to him to get closer to his secret love, wishing the DJ would say 'swap' when he got to the place he was dancing. The stoic reaper mentally was killing the man who was dancing with Grell. Until he realized the one dancing with him was Undertaker. Wait, how did he managed to get there before him? Confused, Will stopped thinking and just focused on having a dance with Gr-Sutcliff.
"Excuse me, would you like to dance with me?" A girl with curled blonde hair in a ponytail turned to face the speaker. The DJ stopped the music and told them to change partners. The blonde saw the boy who have spoken to her, a thin blue haired boy with blue eyes. He wasn't very tall and seemed to have about 15 years.
"Yes, of course" she said friendly. With a brief smile the blue-eyed hold her to dance. He was quite good at it, like he was from the time when nobles organized those parties almost everyday.
"You dance very good" The boy told her surprisingly. "You go to waltz classes?" The girl smiled, it seemed she hasn't forgotten how to do it.
"Not exactly" She simply replied. It was a good response because it wasn't a lie, she hadn't been to a course, but she didn't tell the full truth. And the girl didn't know the blue haired enough to confess him something that important. But still, something in his eyes was extremely familiar...
"So, what's your name?" the blonde finally asked.
" I'm Ciel, and yours?" he responded kindly.
She looked at him with wide opened blue eyes "Mmm, I'm... Jessica" the girl's cheeks turned a deep red and her gaze fell to the floor. "N-nice to meet you C-Ciel."
"Nice to meet you too Jessica" The blue haired smiled. "You know what?" The blonde looked him in the eyes. "You look familiar to me. I don't know, but your eyes are the exactly kind of blue and your blonde hair... Well I think you could be twins." The blue-eyed stated. She looked familiar to him? Jessica started to get nervous. "The only thing that doesn't match is that he was a boy, but most of your features..." Ciel finished staring at her quietly.
"Oh, well that person cannot be my twin as I'm an only child." the blonde pointed out nervously.
"No, believe me, you can't be his sister... Definitely not." he chuckled. They were now closer than at the beginning of their dance. They were lost in each others eyes and they enjoyed the silence. It was not an awkward silence, instead they liked it. When they were only inches apart a voice slapped them out of their thoughts.
A tall male with black hair and a black suit was staring at them smirking. His red eyes locked with the boy's eyes. "They told 'swap', Bocchan" The blue haired boy nodded.
"It seems we don't have more time to speak, but maybe later we can talk again ok?" he smiled at her, "see you Jessica". The girl said goodbye to him and stood there speechless when the boy was gone. It couldn't be, could it? The blonde saw his face in her head. If it was a second chance for her, she definitely will not lose it.
The dark haired man looked at his master amused. He seemed to be fond of that little human. He was dancing with another girl but his eyes were on the blue eyed creature. Could it be that he have fallen in love? He laughed at the thought. Love at first sight. The demon butler smirked.
"Sebastian why do you have that face?" Ciel asked him sharply when the song finished. The taller man smiled. "Nothing important my lord" The dark haired moved closer to his master. "Just thinking of that lady that caught your attention"
"Don't be stupid, I was only being kind" The smaller told coldly.
"Oh, in that case you won't mind that she's coming over here, right Bocchan?" The demon's eyes turned pink when he saw the blush in his master face. " I will leave you alone to talk, if you need me just call me" he said bowing.
Sebastian went far from his little master and approached a woman to dance with. But when he was about to ask her something made him stop. A woman with long red hair and acid green eyes. She had red glasses and wore a dress which was red too. Suddenly he noticed that she was a he. And he did know him. Grell Sutcliff, the flamboyant shinigami who killed madame red more than a century ago. Then he saw lots of men who were trying to dance with him. Silly humans. If he wanted to dance with him he only needed to be seen and then the flamboyant redhead would jump into his arms. Or at least two centuries ago or so. But how the reaper would felt about him if he showed again after all this time? The demon wondered till he couldn't resist his curiosity, moving closer.
"Well how about a second round, hum?" That was the DJ talking "I mean another 'swapping' dance, y'know! So don't be shy and chose a partner to dance!"
It was his opportunity, fast he took a woman close to him dancing and waited for the moment to figure out the shinigami's feelings.
Grell somehow ended dancing with one of the humans that begged him to do it. He was so confused! How didn't humans notice he was a man! (Well, actually he was a lady in a man's body). But he didn't mind it, after all, how many times have he ever dreamed of a situation like this? The only difference between his fantasies and that moment was that in his day dreams either his dear Will or the incredibly handsome Sebastian Michaelis appeared and told him how in love they were with him! The redhead let out a small sigh. Why couldn't it be true! However he ignored those thoughts and kept enjoying that little dream come true God knows why.
"Swap, Swap Swap!" The green-eyed came back to earth. Then he realized the song playing. Every time, that sad song by Britney Spears he loved so much! Suddenly someone touched him slightly likely to continue dancing. He turned around with a beautiful smile to face his next dancing partner. And just when he saw the face his smile dropped. William was right in front of him! He closed his eyes prepared to hear the angry screams of his stoic boss but instead what happened was the last thing he thought it could even be possible.
"If you close your eyes it will be harder for you to dance, right Sutcliff?" The feminine man's eyes were wide open. His boss did actually wanted to dance with him! He must be dead and he was in heaven. And also it was ironic, William T. Spears appeared just with the song by Britney Spears.
"Y-you aren't hitting me a-and s-shouting? Am I asleep?" At that the darker haired man pulled him closer and put a hand on his waist. The confused redhead grabbed the other hand of his boss and put his free hand on the stoic man's shoulder.
"This doesn't mean you are forgiven, not after my boss told me I was such an idiot supervisor for letting FOUR of my subordinates disappear" The man stated "Although I won't shout in such a full of people party, and I am definitely not dancing with you for my pleasure, instead I'm doing it because I don't want to cause a scene" The raven haired reaper lied. He was willing to stay like that forever though he will never admit that out loud.
"I see... so despite the fact I have made you pay for my little plan you're not shouting at me neither attacking me and even you give me the pleasure of dancing with me? Probably you're the best boss ever!" The shinigami's flirtatious mode switched back on "I'm sure there's more behind that useless lie" The man giggled at the blush on his boss face.
"Don't say such things, Sutcliff." The stoic man replied. When Grell stated his actions it sounded worse than he thought. For God's sake, he didn't know what he was saying or doing. "My actions doesn't mean you aren't doing extra paperwork and you will not go reaping until I feel like it or I need of your service, understood?" William said trying to change the subject.
"Oh, Will you cannot make stay forever in my desk! So col-" The redhead couldn't finish the sentence as the human shouted again swap, and Will was "kidnapped" by a excited girl who wanted to seduce him. Not that he minded, that poor human had nothing to do against him. So he while he was taken by the waist by some other handsome man he tried not to think of his soon departure (as fast as Will could let go of his human fan he will make him go back to the boring office).
"I thought you would miss me, but perhaps I was wrong?" The man who had caught him spoke. "You don't seem to be excited about my return" The flamboyant reaper was confused. What was this man talking about? Have he already danced with him? That voice... It seemed he had already heard it. He faced the interlocutor to figure out but he saw something he didn't see coming.
'S-sebas-chan!' The feminine man almost fainted.
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