Ronald and Fangurl were sitting in the living room of the Phantomhive Manor watching a movie. "I'm so glad Ciel agreed to stay upstairs and give us some privacy," Fangurl said as Ronald put more popcorn into his mouth.
"I agree," the Shinigami replied as he placed a quick kiss on her lips.
"Now Ronnie, you know the limitation for kissing is cheeks, nose, and forehead on my face," Fangurl reminded smiling. Ronald Knox grinned as he kissed her cheek.
Just then, there was a loud and continuous banging sound at the door. "Who could that be?" Fangurl wondered as she and Ronald went over to the front door. Opening it up, the two found an emotionally and physically ragged Alan Humphries at their doorstep. "Alan, oh God what happened to you?" she asked taking Alan inside and leading him to the couch.
"Senpai are you alright?" Ronald wondered.
"Ronnie, go get me some water and a rag, he's bleeding," Fangurl instructed.
Alan was crying and holding onto Fangurl. "Eric . . . Eric . . ." was all Alan could say.
"Did Eric hurt you?" Fangurl asked quietly. The brunette nodded. "Why would he do that?"
"He abuses me," Alan confessed, which only made him cry more. Fangurl's eyes widened as she hugged Alan and tried to comfort him.
When Ronald came back in, Fangurl took him to the side. "I need you to leave so that I can tend to Alan. I'm sorry our date night didn't last very long, but we'll do it Friday night alright?"
"Okay, just take good care of Alan-senpai," Ronald requested.
"I will," Fangurl promised. After Ronald left, Fangurl took Alan upstairs to her bedroom and sat him on the chaise lounge. "How long has he been abusing you?"
"Several months, please don't tell anyone, he'll hurt me," Alan pleaded. Fangurl felt sorry for the poor Shinigami.
"Alan listen to me, he cannot hurt you here, okay, you are safe here," Fangurl promised softly as she stroked the brunette's face. Alan leaned in closer to her gentle touch. It had been forever since he'd felt another's loving touch like that. He knew that Fangurl wouldn't do anything to hurt him intentionally.
Fangurl sat up and began to wash off the wounds that Eric had caused Alan to receive. She tried to be as gentle as she possibly could, so as to not scare or hurt Alan any more. "I wish sometimes I could have a relationship like yours and Ronald's," Alan whispered.
"Sweetie, I'll let you in on a little secret; it's nothing serious at all, it's just a casual thing we're doing, but without the love making," Fangurl informed.
"So you two are just really close friends?" Alan asked.
"Yeah, I'm there for him, he's there for me," Fangurl said.
"I want a relationship like that," Alan replied.
Fangurl set down the rag when she finished cleaning the gash on Alan's face. "Well find you someone special and have that relationship," she suggested.
"But I have to stay with Eric."
"Why?"
"Because I love him. Yes he hurts me, but I still love him," Alan explained as new tears developed.
"If he hurts you, then he doesn't deserve you Alan. No one ever needs to hurt you, you're the adorable one," Fangurl said as she wiped away his tears gently with her thumb. "If you ever need me for anything, you know where I am most of the time. Why don't you stay the night here and then go home tomorrow?"
"Eric will hurt me when he finds out where I was," Alan replied.
"I'll just have Ronald tell him in the morning that you went over to his place for the night," Fangurl said.
Eric looked out the window of his apartment and saw Ronald walking home. "Ronald, have you seen Alan anywhere?" he called.
"Yeah, he went over to Fangurl's all covered in cuts and crying. Fangurl said she'd take care of him," Ronald informed before walking into his own apartment.
Eric stormed out of his apartment and made his way towards Phantomhive Manor. "That little son of a bitch thinks he can hide from me?" Eric said to himself.
"So why don't you sleep in my bed and I'll take the chaise lounge tonight," Fangurl suggested.
"But that's your bed," Alan said.
"Alan it's fine, I want you to be comfortable," Fangurl replied.
"Okay," the brunette Shinigami agreed as Fangurl helped him stand up. Alan held onto Fangurl's hands and refused to let them go. He began to move closer to the girl until he kissed her lips hesitantly.
Fangurl ran one of her hands through his hair while placing her other hand on his cheek gently. Alan wrapped both arms around Fangurl and held her as they deepened their kiss. Alan knew this was wrong, but at the moment it felt so right, because with her, he was actually happy.
The two of them didn't even notice Eric looking in at them from outside in a tree. Anger, sadness, and jealousy filled Eric's heart. His Alan had found someone else to latch onto, someone who he thought loved him more than Eric did. He left the two of them and returned to the apartment.
Alan and Fangurl pulled away from each other. "I'm sorry," the brunette apologized as they leaned their foreheads together.
"Alan, sweetie, you didn't do anything wrong," Fangurl replied quietly. She ran a hand through his hair before looking into his eyes and whispering "Let me take you away from Eric; let me protect you from him, and you start over with someone who will never hurt you."
Fangurl took his hands, but heard him reply sadly "If I do, then I'll hurt him, and I know that somewhere inside he loves me still." The girl felt her heart drop into her stomach; but she wanted Alan to be happy.
She nodded, and kissed his lips again. "Just know that you will always have me." Fangurl pulled away and pointed to her bed. "Now just lie down and get a peaceful night's sleep." The Shinigami climbed into her bed and watched as the girl lay down on the chaise lounge and covered herself up with a throw blanket. She looked over at him and whispered "Sleep well Alan." He smiled back at her before lying his head on the pillow.