"Oh my god" Ciel exclaimed when she switched on Sky News.

"What the hell?" Alois said his fork and knife falling from his hands.

"Is that us?" Claude asked with concealed shock.

An anonymous source has claimed that Earl Alois Trancy, the holder of many hearts is actually gay. The source also has pictures of the Earl in a lip lock with no one but his own butler in a car. Is this true? Let us ask some members of his ardent fan club.

Alois paled as the photo came right up. Claude stiffened as he saw the image. It was of himself with his lips attached to Alois's. Alois's eyes were shut and there was a visible blush on his cheeks. His hand clutched at Claude's black jacket as if holding on for dear life.

"Who did this?" Alois asked, his voice shaking.

"I don't know but we need to stop this from spreading" Luke replied.

"No, don't" Alois said.

"Why?" Ciel asked.

"I was planning to come out soon. Better now than any other day" Alois pulled out his phone and quickly updated his Twitter. Ciel's phone buzzed and she pulled it out.

AloisTrancy: I am gay, the photo is true. I hope you all can support me.

Claude wrapped his arms around Alois and hugged him.

"Thank you. I'm sure this is the hardest thing for you to do" Claude said.

"Anything for you" Alois replied and kissed Claude.

"Isn't that cute?" Ciel cooed and Alois blushed as he pulled away from Claude. Luke coughed uncomfortably.

"Time for your appointment with Dr. Melano" Sebastian said glancing at the time.

"I'll be back then" Luke stood up and zipped up his hoodie.

"Let me drive you. I have some work at the company anyway" Ciel said standing up.

They headed out and Ciel drove Luke to his psychiatrist. They had made a decision that Luke should go for therapy until his molesting incident had settled down in his mind. Luke didn't mind and rather enjoyed his time with Dr. Melano. Dr. Melano was a trained professional who dealt with rape cases as well. Luke found her amusing and sarcastic.

"I'll pick you up in two hours okay?" Ciel said.

"Sure. Bye!" Luke turned and walked into the building.

Ciel drove along the roads and then into the Phantomhive-Trancy company headquarters. It was a huge glass building that was built in 1990 but renovated in 2002. She got out of her car and then walked into the building. The doorman saluted her and she sent him a smile. The woman at reception stood up with a smile when she spotted Ciel.

"Hi, Trish. How are you? How are your husband and kids?" Ciel asked.

"I'm great, Ms. Phantomhive. My family is fine. What brings you to the company today?"

"Well, I just needed to check up for this month's financial statements. Is Arnold in? Or even Wren?" Ciel asked.

"Oh Arnold just left for the bank but Wren should be in. I'll just give them a call" Trish leaned over and pressed a button for the switchboard.

Ciel greeted several other people while she was cleaning. Then she spotted an unfamiliar man ride up the elevator.

"Trish, who's that? I don't believe we have any new workers" Ciel asked discreetly pointing to the man.

"He's a student. He's using his free time as a part timer in the finance department. He's a friendly guy and he flirts a lot with the girls down at human resource" Trish replied.

"Is Wren in?"

"Yeah he's there, go right up"

Ciel rode the elevator up and then stopped at the finance department's floor. She pushed the glass door opened catching the attention of several of the workers.

"Ms. Phantomhive. How are you doing?" Wren asked.

"I see you've changed your hair color again. How many times has it been?"

"The sixth this year. I think this shade is rather working for me" Wren said pressing down his dyed white blond hair.

"It does bring out your green eyes" Ciel said.

"I have the financial statements all ready for you. Oh you must meet Roger" Wren said.

"The new guy? I saw him downstairs" Ciel said.

"This is Roger Smith. He's an American student studying at University of West London. He's a part timer too" Wren said.

"Nice to meet you" Ciel shook hands with Roger.

"Likewise" Roger replied.

"She's the head of the company, you know. Ciel Phantomhive" Wren said.

"Earl Trancy is also the head" Ciel said.

"But everyone knows that you run everything" Wren pointed out.

"I should go then. Nice to see you all again" Ciel said.

"You too, Ciel. Finish university quickly and come and take that leather chair in your office" Wren said.

"Then I would never see you. I'd be up there with the managers" Ciel pointed out.

"Oh you have to hang out with us. We'll miss you" Yvonne, another worker said.

"Of course" Ciel said.

She left quickly and then realized that she still had half an hour before she needed to pick Luke up.

"Let me get takeaway pizza. I'm rather tired of fancy food" Ciel said.

She drove to the nearest Pizza Hut and ordered a few pizzas to go. While she was waiting, she watched the news on TV.

"Look it's Countess Ciel" she heard someone say behind her.

"I feel so sad for her. She must be so hurt by hearing that her boyfriend is gay"

"Or she could have been hiding it for him. All celebrities have beards nowadays"

Ciel clenched her fist. It was worse hearing things like from people. She had never been Alois's girlfriend. How dare they say that?! Her pizzas came quickly and she walked out of there amid whispers. She drove to Dr. Melano's office and picked up Luke.

"Dr. Melano took me outside today. She said I needed a day out for a change in environment" Luke said as Ciel drove back to the manor.

"That's nice. I got you and Alois pizza for dinner" Ciel said.

Alois ran a hand through his blond hair as he read the comments on Internet articles. Most of them were supporting him but quite a lot were calling him a fag or a queer. He swallowed as he read a lengthy comment by one viewer who actually called him disgusting and that he should just drop off the face of the earth.

A hand reached out and closed the laptop. Alois looked up and Claude shook his head.

"It's not fair. Why do people care so much? Why do I care so much about what people say? They're just pricks, the lot of them. I swear if I ever saw one of them on the street, I'd knock them out" Alois's unshed tears flowed down his face.

"I'm sorry" Claude said with his head bowed.

"What are you sorry for?"

"I didn't pay attention to our surroundings before kissing you. This would never have happened" Claude replied.

"So what? I had to come out some day. Better now than never" Alois said.

"What I'm most worried about is school. St. Rudolph's Academy is a Christian school. You would be bullied by not only the students but the teachers too"

"I'm not worried. Finals are over and they can't refuse me my diploma or refuse to let me graduate" Alois said.

"Just be careful" Claude said.

Alois gave him a reassuring kiss. "Nothing will happen".