•••••••{Author's Note}•••••••

Took me awhile to write this! As always, sorry it took so long for me to post this :(

Thanks a million to my Beta, Astrocract! Because thanks to them, I don't fuck up so much, hehe.

••••••{Detention! Chapter 5}••••••

"How was the rest of your day, Ciel?" Alois asked as he walked Ciel to his bus.

"It was nothing like the beginning," Ciel admitted, thinking back to the massive chaos in the cafeteria. Lunch had the poor teachers running around like maniacs; just thinking about it made Ciel smirk. Lately, Ciel found himself becoming more and more devious.

"Yeah, mine too," Alois said with a small and knowing smile.

"Which one do you ride?" Ciel asked, stopping in front of his bus.

"None of 'em..." Alois replied, gesturing to the parking lots past the buses.

"Oh. I would ask for a ride, but I hate your music," Ciel said and smiled back.

Alois laughed and bounced on his heels nervously. He seemed to search for words until someone knocked him off-balance.

"What the hell?" Alois asked angrily as he looked behind him. He gritted his teeth when he saw blonde curls. 'That stupid bitch' he thought inwardly, but decided—possibly for the first time ever—to keep it to himself.

Ciel noticed Elizabeth when she was walking towards them, but not soon enough to warn him. Ciel grimaced, wondering how he would react; Ciel didn't really want to break the two of them apart if they began fighting. Although, at the moment, Lizzie was really pushing it. Sooner or later, Alois would snap, or so Ciel thought; much to his surprise, Alois simply brushed it off his shoulder.

"Well, aren't you glad you're not riding the Devil's bus? If she rides bus 666, I'll piss myself," Alois smirked.

Ciel laughed. That was one thing Ciel would admit about Alois, he was quick. It never took him long to come up with a good comeback and Ciel wished he could say the same about himself. It would seem that the blonde was most comfortable in situations like this. Amidst their laughter, a question popped into Ciel's head.

"You have a car, so who picked you up after detention?"

"No one," Alois replied, looking down at his feet, his smile fading. Ciel squinted. He wondered what was up with Alois.

'Weirdo,' Ciel thought.

"Then why did you tell me you were waiting for someone?" Ciel probed further.

"I, uh... just wanted to wait with you," Alois admitted, awkwardly twiddling his thumbs.

Ciel blinked. Then blinked again.

"Get on your bus, dumbass! I'll see you later," Alois said suddenly, pushing Ciel towards his bus and breaking the silence.

"Yeah, alright, see ya!" Ciel replied, climbing the steps and shaking his head.

••••••{Ciel's Room}••••••

"What the hell is wrong with me?" Ciel questioned himself while staring up his ceiling. He had just woken up, thinking of the day before. His trouble was a certain little blonde friend in whom he just couldn't get out of his head. Why was his mind so stuck on Alois? Finding the answer was proving difficult for Ciel; there was just something about the day before at the buses that he couldn't stop thinking of. It was like he was missing some huge piece of a puzzle, driving him mad. It couldn't have been his imagination, right? Alois was definitely acting...different. Nervous. Shy. Timid. He was expressing all the attributes Ciel didn't think the boy possessed. When he thought about it, he was left with a feeling he couldn't quite place or ignore. The only feeling Ciel could put his finger on when thinking of Alois, was the distinct feeling of butterflies in his stomach. Whether the butterflies came from longing or fear, he was unsure.

Ciel sat up and hopped down from his four-poster bed. He walked to his dresser and threw on some clothes at random. He grabbed his marker and scratched off the date, February 13th, on his calendar. The brunette pulled on his old, beat-up Converses over his socks and grabbed his backpack off the floor. Looking over at his alarm clock, he huffed. He was already running late! It was all Alois' fault. Why did he waste so much time thinking about him when he had better things to do?

He ran out of his room and down the stairs where he grabbed his breakfast off the table. Yelling his good-byes down the hall to Tanaka, he rushed through the door. He had to walk to school every day so he wouldn't have to get up early to catch the bus. However, he always rode the bus home; by the end of the day, he was way too tired to walk.

••••••{First Period, English}••••••

After practically running to school, Ciel was exhausted. He lost his temper somewhere along the way, and was now pushing his classmates around left and right. Despite all of his efforts to make it on time, the bell had just rang as he stepped his foot in the room.

"Damnit!" Ciel said angrily when he got through the door.

"Late," Mr. Michaelis simply replied after glancing at Ciel.

"Bu-but…" Ciel started, but decided it wasn't even worth arguing about.

"Oh, and Mr. Phantomhive, please refrain the use of negative language. While this is an English class, it is also a formal setting in which the use of unfavorable language is completely inappropriate. Do I make myself clear?"

Ciel just stared. Mr. Michaelis was notorious for using complicated words instead of getting straight to the point. Although when he does, it's scary.

"Did you follow...or, are you just fundamentally challenged?"

Ciel sighed and for a lack of better words replied with a simple, "yes, sir."

"Ahh, so you are fundamentally challenged, that explains much," Mr. Michaelis said with a smirk, completely aware that he was being an asshole.

"N-no. I-I meant I followed you, sir."

Mr. Michaelis just laughed. He was obviously in a good enough mood today, because he didn't assign Ciel detention.

"Ugh, fuck him," Ciel whispered quietly, taking his seat and pulling out his book.

"Tch, what a typical start of my morning. I can't do shit right!" Ciel thought for a moment, realizing he was cussing more often than before. Well, on second thought, maybe not. People have just been testing his nerves lately.

English carried on like usual until there was a knock on the door. A frown tugged at the corners of Mr. Michaelis' lips.

"Come in," he spoke in a tone of boredom.

"Sorry to bother you, Mr. Sebastian. I need to see Ciel Phantomhive for a moment," Mr. Sutcliffe entered the room and asked in a professional manner that just seemed wrong coming from him.

Sebastian retorted under his breath,"it's Mr. Michaelis."

Ciel's heart beat rapidly in his chest. He balled a piece of paper he had been taking notes on and gathered his stuff quickly. The Principal seemed so serious; he probably hadn't forgotten yesterday's crisis. Had they been found out?

"Fine, what's new? Ciel, you will be answering questions 10-25 in your textbook, understood?" Mr. Michaelis asked.

"Uh, yes sir," Ciel replied, trying his best to keep the nerves out of his voice.

The last time he took a trip to Mr. Sutcliffe's office, he was questioned to death, but at least he wasn't guilty of anything. On the other hand, well...this time he was.

••••••{Principal's Office}••••••

"Take a seat, Ciel," Mr. Sutcliffe said, pulling out a chair for him.

"I'll get straight to the point. I got a tip that Alois was involved with the stink-bombs in the cafeteria. What do you know?" the Principal asked suddenly, not waiting for the boy to sit down.

Ciel blanched before realizing his expression revealed everything. Oops.

He quickly covered himself by asking, "you're not serious are you? I mean, it would be hard for him to pull off something like that, right?"

"I've come to realize that he's smarter than you'd think," Mr. Sutcliffe explained.

"Yeah, that's true, I guess...even so, he was in the cafeteria the whole time with me," Ciel argued.

"Hmm, I was told that he was outside beforehand…" Principal Sutcliffe said with suspicion, pushing his glasses further up his nose.

"Yeah, of course. He was with me. Obviously, your 'tip' was from Lizzie; she was there too. I'm sure she forgot to mention was that she came over to us just to cause problems. Her and her little friend were bugging us when we were trying to eat lunch," Ciel argued.

"Then why did you say he was in the cafeteria the whole time with you?" Mr. Sutcliffe questioned, raising a red brow.

Ciel sighed.

"Because he was. We went to the cafeteria to get away from Lizzie, when that stupid stink-bomb or whatever ruined the rest of our lunch."

Mr. Sutcliffe scratched his head, considering Ciel's seemingly flawless alibi. Ciel conveniently left out the small time-gap in which they set up the bombs and when Ciel went back later to remove the timers. After the bombs went off, something about those timers had bothered him. He didn't even tell Alois about taking them out. They were now safely under his bed. He knew that the teachers were smart enough to trace them back to where they were set up. If they found out about the timers, they could blame people who were in the cafeteria too, and it would ruin their alibi. So now, Ciel was silently congratulating himself.

"So, let me get this straight. The two of you were outside eating lunch until Elizabeth confronted you. Afterwards, you went back into the cafeteria for a while until the bombs went off. You wouldn't have had time to set them up and get back in time to loiter in the cafeteria, right?"

"Right...ugh, that reminds me…" Ciel said looking down.

He knew that would raise his Principal's curiosity.

"What's wrong?" Mr. Sutcliffe asked, brows furrowing.

"It's nothing important," Ciel replied, continuing his little façade.

"No, really, what's bothering you, Ciel?" Mr. Sutcliffe asked again.

"It's just annoying that she would pull something like this. She is always bothering him. Honestly, she's just jealous. Alois doesn't do anything to her," Ciel answered.

At the time, he wasn't actually lying, so he managed to sound sincere.

"What is she jealous of?" Principal Sutcliffe pried.

"I'm pretty sure she likes me. I don't care for her at all. She is mad that I'm spending so much time with him now. I guess it would be convenient if Alois got suspended or something. I wouldn't be surprised if...no, nevermind…" Ciel said, intentionally stopping mid-sentence.

"No, no. Continue," Mr. Sutcliffe encouraged, now completely caught up in Ciel's lie.

Ciel looked down, feigning innocence.

"I wouldn't be surprised if she and Mey-Rin...had something to do with it. No, nevermind. Forget it."

"It's okay, Ciel; say what's on your mind."

"After our argument, they went around the building before Alois and I went to the cafeteria. It was a little suspicious, I guess. It was right before it happened, and they didn't come back."

Grell leaned back in his seat.

••••••{Second Period, Art}••••••

Ciel was forced to sit through the crazy-lady's dreadful class. He was bored out of his mind, begging for anything better than this. When he felt a buzz in his pocket, his face lit up. That is, until he realized that if he got caught by Miss Red, she would kill him.

He already knew who texted him, and he was dying to tell Alois how he had managed to frame Elizabeth. He also knew that Alois would be just as ecstatic about it as he was.

When the crazy-lady turned her back to the class, Ciel pulled his phone from his pocket and read his text quickly:

Alois: Bathroom meeting ASAP.

Normally, Ciel would complain, responding that he was in the middle of class, but right now, it sounded amazing. He slid his phone back into his pocket and waited for her to turn around. When she did, he raised his hand.

"Yes, Ciel-dear?" Miss Red asked sweetly.

"Is it okay if I go to the restroom?" Ciel asked. There were only about ten minutes left in class.

"Sure," she replied, turning back to the board.

While she wasn't looking, Ciel grabbed his stuff and left. He didn't want her to notice he was bringing his book bag to the bathroom. If she ever asked why he didn't return, he planned to say something like: "I had some serious stomach issues, if you know what I mean."

••••••{Restroom}••••••

"S'up, Ciel?" Alois asked as he walked in.

"We need to talk," Ciel said immediately with a big grin plastered on his face.

A smile tugged at Alois' mouth in response to Ciel's happiness.

"That's my line," Alois replied. "So what's up?"

"Well, I got called outta' first period by Principal Sutcliffe about what happened yesterday in the cafeteria. He said he got a tip—I figured it was Lizzie—that you set the bombs. I convinced him that we were innocently in the cafeteria at the time—which wasn't a lie—and I actually turned the whole story around to sound like Lizzie, and her little friend were to blame. Luckily, I took the timers out of the stink-bombs. You really should let me do the talking in these situations 'cause he was actually buying it, so we are probably off the hook now," Ciel explained quickly in one breath, still grinning from ear to ear.

"My, my, did you breathe? You don't usually talk so much! I think I like you better like this..." Alois commented after Ciel's little rant.

"Shu-shut up, asshole!"

"Anyway, nice job! I definitely can't smooth talk like that. With Grell, I've always just gotten away with...well never mind. Let's just say your way works best. And hey, we might just get rid of Lizzie for a few days; getting caught for something like that would definitely call for suspension, that is, if she doesn't convince him otherwise," Alois added.

"Oh yeah, didn't you have something else to say?" Ciel remembered.

Alois pondered for a bit before saying, "oh yeah, we didn't get in trouble with Grell for spying the other day because he got distracted with the stink-bombs; that's just how this sort of thing works. If you get caught doing one thing, do something much bigger as a distraction and pawn it off on someone else," the blonde said with a grin.

"Yeah, that is, until everything gets blown way out of proportion and we both get expelled," Ciel returned, rolling his eyes.

"No worries, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it," Alois said in a sad attempt to reassure him.

Ciel stared at him blankly.

"So, wanna have some fun?" Alois asked, expertly changing the topic.

Ciel thought for a moment before replying in defeat, "yeah, why the hell not?"

Alois smirked and tossed Ciel a roll of Saran wrap; that clear wrap that stuck to everything, used to wrap food and stuff. Ciel shot Alois a puzzled look.

"Oh c'mon, use your imagination. We're in a bathroom...with toilets...get it?" Alois asked before giving up.

"So, here's wassup. You lift the seats on the toilet, spread the wrap stuff and then close the lid. Obviously, it won't be as fun as the girls' bathroom because of the urinals. No worries though, we'll get to the girls' bathroom too," Alois explained.

Ciel had a look on his face that screamed, "are you fucking kidding me!"

"What?!" Alois asked.

"You want me to touch those disgusting things?" Ciel asked, pointing to the toilets.

"You're such a pussy, but that's okay, I knew you would say that, so I brought these—" Alois said, dangling two pairs of gloves in the air.

"Oh, okay. So you're not completely insane...still pretty fucking crazy. So, basically, when someone sits to pee, it will get all over the place...and on themselves, right?" Ciel asked thinking things through.

"Ding, ding, ding, you are correct!" Alois said excitedly.

"Heh, that's pretty mean. Although...It seems fun enough," Ciel said, giving in.

"Keep in mind that we have two obstacles, the janitors and students," Alois reminded.

"Yeah, figures. Alright, let's do this then!" Ciel said happily.

He was imagining Elizabeth wetting herself and throwing a hissy fit. What would people do if that happened? Would they leave after practically pissing themselves? It would be an awful situation for anyone. Like Alois mentioned, it would probably affect girls the most, and that thought alone was amusing enough for him. Ciel felt that most girls in this school were obnoxious idiots anyway.

Alois and Ciel didn't waste any more time and got straight to work.

"Aw man, do they even clean these?" Ciel asked over the stall after he lifted up the seat and wrapping it.

"Tch, probably not. I wish I thought of medical masks too."

They finished the boys' bathroom quickly before heading to the girls'. They managed to get through about half of them within a few minutes.

"This is not fair; why is their bathroom so much clean- Hey, did you hear that?" Ciel asked after hearing what he assumed were footsteps approaching.

Ciel jumped when the door to the restroom opened. Alois slid under to Ciel's stall and mouthed "be quiet."

A girl entered the stall two down from them and Alois' face contorted, holding in laughter. Ciel caught on quick. That stall had already been wrapped, and if they laughed, they would get caught. Ciel took off his gloves very quietly so he could cup his mouth to cover his laughter and Alois followed his example. It wasn't long before the poor victim let out a scream. Alois looked as if he was going to burst out of his seams and his face was red. Ciel had slightly better luck keeping it in.

Ciel mouthed, "get a grip."

He knew the girl would probably be stuck in there for awhile, and it wouldn't be long before someone else came in and did the exact same thing. The girl was obviously distressed, and it just fueled Alois' fire.

Ciel thought through his options. He could wait for this chick to leave, which may not happen and risk Alois bursting into an all-out laughing fit; they could try to sneak out, which could also raise attention. Then Ciel had an idea.

Ciel put up his finger, signaling Alois to wait for a moment. Ciel carefully slipped down and slid himself under the door as quietly as possible before tiptoeing across the floor to the entrance. He knew that Alois couldn't pull it off in his current state so he re-entered as if he were just a regular student. He walked to the sink and turned it on to cover the sound of unlocking Alois' stall. Before Ciel got to explain that they should walk together, Alois darted out of the bathroom.

'That stupid bitch, now I have to sneak again,' Ciel thought.

He could hear the girl rustling and about to open her stall. She was probably getting brave and trying to get help from whoever had entered. So, he snuck carefully and quickly until he was back in the boys' bathroom.

Alois had fallen to the floor, rolling around and laughing his ass off. Ciel finally let out the laugh he was holding in as well.

"You idiot, I'm sure the floor is clean. It's not like people piss with bad aim or anything, right?" Ciel asked sarcastically.

Alois stopped mid-roll after thinking about it and gave a disgusted look. Before he got a chance to get back up, they heard more shrieks coming from the ladies' room and Alois was right back on the floor laughing.

"Ladies, ladies, what's the issue?" A sultry voice asked.

"Shit! Who's that?" Ciel whispered.

"Sounds like the janitor...that really weird one!" Alois whispered back. "We need to get outta here!" Alois warned as Ciel pulled him off the floor.

They waited until the janitor went inside the womens' bathroom before leaving. As they made their way down the hallway, Ciel asked, "is he even allowed in while there are still girls in there?"

Alois made a face after thinking about it.

"Yeah, uh no...he's not," Alois replied, thinking about the janitor with the long silver hair and the bangs that covered his eyes.

"He's probably some pedo or something," Alois added.

Ciel laughed and said, "Yeah, I imagine he is so fucked up from inhaling cleaning fumes all day."

They turned down the next hall and saw people leaving classrooms.

"I guess it's lunchtime now," Alois commented.

He then dragged Ciel into the second boys' bathroom without warning.

"Aww damn. I don't wanna go in another one!" Ciel complained. After what happened earlier, he didn't want to be caught dead in another bathroom.

Alois pulled him into a stall and locked the door.

"Uh, Alois? Don't rape me, please," Ciel said, referring to their close quarters.

The blonde rolled his eyes and pulled out a cigarette from his bag.

"Wanna try it with me? It'll be awesome!" Alois asked, pulling out a lighter.

"Tch, I'm not doing that here, it's too obvious and ridiculous!" Ciel answered.

Alois rolled his eyes and lit the cigarette while Ciel unlocked the stall door. He knew that Alois wouldn't be able to handle the smoke and laughed when Alois started coughing. He ran from the stall—almost pushing Ciel in the process—to get water from the sink.

"You're such a drama queen! It's not that serious," Ciel said with a smirk.

Alois came back over and said, "I just did it wrong...let's try this again!"

"Y-you dumbass! There's a fire alarm there!"

"Oh shit!" Alois exclaimed after he saw it.

Just as Ciel thought, the alarm rang through the whole school. Knowing how many kids try to get away with it, the alarms were probably extra sensitive.

"Oops...my bad," Alois said with a look of surprise, scratching the back of his head.

Ciel face-palmed.

"Shit, give me the damned cigarettes!" Ciel demanded.

He threw them in the toilet and watched as they flushed.

'As for the lighter...' thought Ciel.

Ciel grabbed Alois, and they left the bathroom casually to follow their fellow classmates outside like they did during fire drills. When they lined-up outside, Ciel made sure to get to the back of the line. He whispered to Alois, "hey, hand me the lighter."

Alois pondered for a minute trying to remember where he put it.

"Hey Ciel, could you get my phone out of my book-bag?"

Ciel sighed in annoyance and unzipped the pouch where Alois usually kept his cell. He searched for a minute before a smile crept across his face and thought, "hey, sometimes the jackass can be smart." The lighter was in the same pouch, and he grabbed it with the phone and put it discreetly in the pocket of his jeans. Within his pocket, he felt the balled up piece of paper from earlier that day. He fiddled with the paper until he had successfully wrapped the lighter in it. Noticing a trash can nearby, he took a lucky shot and it bounced off the edge and into the can. He heard a little giggle come from Alois and a murmured, "you're such a baller."

He figured it was better to be safe than sorry. More than once, his instinct and attention to detail have saved their asses. He'd be damned if everyone got searched because they traced down the cigarette smell or something. He knew it was a bad idea from the start but sometimes, there was just no controlling Alois.

•••••••••{END}••••••••••

So yeah, not much plot advancement but hey, don't you love to see your favorite troublemakers wreak havoc in Toboso High? And I'm sure you all want to know what's going to happen to Lizzie...right? Next chapter update will be on some Friday. Anywayz, happy Friday 13th, don't die or anything ^_^

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