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Chapter 5: Disruption
Alois smiled and cuddled up close to Ciel for both warmth and comfort. He knew what it was like to have a brother to love and know that you were loved in return, so he wanted to show Ciel what it could be like, not just because it was nice, but he knew that Ciel really needed more people in his life.
Alois couldn't sleep so he rolled over and stared at the ceiling for a while in the hopes he could fall asleep, but it was no good. He was too happy and excited to sleep because Ciel was finally going to move in with him.
'We're going to share a room, make dinner together sometimes for Claude, watch television together, do our homework together, and maybe even give up this whole gang business and start a club instead!' Alois thought to himself and he started bubbling over with happiness.
Ciel twitched a little, but Alois didn't pay much attention. Ciel twitched again and Alois leaned over him to see if he was having a nightmare.
Ciel's eyes were wide open and he was gasping for air, and Alois screamed as loud as he possibly could, "Claude! Hurry! Something is wrong with Ciel! Claude!"
Alois heard Claude trip around but he entered the room as fast as he could and grabbed the lantern.
Claude turned the lantern up all the way so the room was bright enough to see, "Ciel!"
Ciel's face was ashen, his lips turning blue, and he had broke out in a cold sweat.
Claude tried to keep calm, "Can you breathe? One blink for yes two blinks for no."
Ciel blinked twice.
Claude scooped Ciel up in his arms, "Alois, grab your coat from the couch and hurry, we need to get him to the hospital!"
Alois started crying and scrambled for his things as Claude ran out the back door with Ciel, he called over his shoulder, "Lock the door back before you close it!"
Claude ran straight for his car and put Ciel in the backseat so that he could lie down, Alois joined him shortly and sat in the back so he could hold Ciel's head.
Claude started the car and threw it in gear within a few seconds, pulled out of their driveway, and sped on the road to the hospital.
"Thank goodness it's stopped raining at least." Claude said as he checked his rear-view mirror.
Alois petted Ciel's hair and hiccupped through his tears, "Is he going to be okay?"
"If we get him to the hospital soon." Claude said and sped up more, going well over the speed limit.
They finally made it to the hospital after what felt like hours and Claude parked next to the emergency room. He scooped up Ciel and sprinted into the emergency room.
The staff looked up at him, but he didn't give them time to speak, "He can't breathe! Help him! I don't know what's wrong!"
The nurses behind the desk shot up and started shouting orders as another nurse came by with a stretcher for Ciel. Claude placed him on the bed and followed them with Alois in tow to the ICU but was stopped at the doors.
The nurses told him to wait in the chairs next to the doors and that they would be back with any news as soon as they could.
Claude felt helpless as he watched them disappear behind the double doors.
Alois sat down and pulled Claude over into a seat next to him, "What if we hadn't been there for him? Claude, he just has to come live with us!"
Claude pulled Alois in close to muffle his cries, but Claude could barely hold his own back.
A few minutes later, but it felt like hours, a nurse came out of the double doors, "Ciel is going to be fine. He had an allergic reaction to something and we gave him a shot of epinephrine and his swelling has significantly reduced. We're going to move him into a normal room for further observation, and if everything goes well, we'll release him in the morning before school."
Claude let out a huge sigh of relief and Alois hugged him tight, "So everything's going to be okay now?"
"We don't know what caused the reaction in the first place, so I think he needs to move in with us immediately." Claude said.
Alois cheered and the nurse returned to guide them to the room Ciel was assigned. She opened the door and revealed that Ciel was in a room by himself with an oxygen mask.
"He needs to keep that mask on until his oxygen levels are back to normal. I'll give you some privacy, but the doctor will be here shortly." She left and closed the door.
Claude and Alois both walked over and Claude spoke first, "How are you feeling now?"
"I feel so weak, but thank goodness Alois woke up and found me. I couldn't move or anything." Ciel admitted.
Alois put his fingers to his mouth, "Shh, don't overdo it! You need to keep that precious oxygen in your system!"
Ciel smiled.
Claude sat down in the chair next to Ciel's bed, "Do you have any idea what could have caused this?"
"They said it was an allergic reaction, but I'm only really allergic to cats, so I don't know what caused it." Ciel said.
"Shh! Claude you should only ask yes or no questions so he can blink!" Alois giggled and leaned over the bed to hug Ciel.
"While you two are at school today I'm going to have a few of my friends come over and move your stuff into my house, Ciel. Is that okay?" Claude asked.
Ciel blinked once meaning yes.
Alois was so tickled that he didn't want to let go, "We're going to have so much fun living together! We'll play games, do our homework, watch television, and all kinds of other things!"
Ciel nodded, "Alois, you're crushing me. I can't breathe."
"That's silly, I'm not even putting weight on you, but okay." Alois stood away from Ciel.
Ciel still struggled for breath, "It feels like there's a weight on my chest."
Claude leaned over and stroked Ciel's hand, "It's probably left over from the attack earlier."
Ciel struggled to breath, "No, it's like it was before, and now my mouth feels weird. It's like there's tissue or something in it. Claude...I..." Ciel trailed off.
Claude stood and ran out into the hall, "We need a nurse or something in here! He's having another attack!"
The nurses jumped up and quickly came in with an epi- pen, injected him, and told Claude and Alois to leave until the doctor arrived.
Claude put his hands on Alois's shoulders and led him out of the room.
They both sat down in the chairs just outside the room and waited on the doctor.
"What do you think is causing Ciel to do that?" Alois asked, and he was on the verge of tears again.
Claude shrugged, but really looked at Alois's shirt, "It was your shirt! It's covered in cat hair!"
Alois looked at it and quickly tried to pull it off, "How did this even happen? I don't know anyone who has cats!"
"It didn't start to affect him until you two were in the bed." Claude added.
"Maybe a cat broke in?" Alois stated after taking off his shirt.
"You'll catch a cold if you stay like that." Claude gave Alois his coat.
"You don't have cat hair on your coat, so it must have been the bed." Alois said as he snuggled up in the large coat.
A tall man in a lab coat came over to the room, "Are you two with Ciel?"
"Yes." Claude said,
"Come on. I need to tell you a few things." The doctor said as he went into the room.
Claude and Alois stood and made sure to leave the shirt on the chair outside the room. Claude walked over next to the bed and Alois made sure to stay as close to the door as possible.
"Hello Ciel, I'm glad to see you're doing better." He said.
Ciel nodded, still weak from all the trauma.
The doctor picked up his chart from the end of the bed and said, "We know that an allergy caused your asthma to kick in, so I'm prescribing you this epinephrine that you'll have to carry around at all times. It's in a small epi pen like we've been giving you, so you know how to use it, right?"
Ciel nodded again.
Claude stepped in, "So this is a permanent change, right?"
"Yes, until further notice he'll have to carry these around, but we've made small models of these, so he could keep one in his pocket. It's no big deal. They don't have plungers either, so you just stick and that's it."
Claude nodded, "Are there any side-effects to using these pens?"
"None that we know of. It's just a simple remedy for his allergies, and I'm also prescribing him an inhaler for his asthma." The doctor added and jotted down a few things on his chart.
"When will he be allowed to leave?" Claude asked.
"As soon as his oxygen is back to normal, so if they keep going up at this rate he'll be out in time to get to school." He added and looked over at Alois, "You can come in, you know."
"I can't get close. My clothes are covered in cat hair and he's allergic to cats." Alois added in a small voice.
"Ah, so that's what happened. Well, all I can tell you is try and keep him away from cats as much as possible and this shouldn't happen again. I'm telling the nurses to discharge you at 10:00 so that you can take it easy at home. I'll also write a doctor's excuse for the two of you so you can have the rest of the day off." The doctor jotted a few more things down on his chart and left.
He closed the door and Alois sat in the chair on the opposite side of the room, "What a night!"
Claude smiled but he was still concerned, "Are you feeling okay now?"
Ciel nodded, "My throat is killing me."
"It was swollen closed, so it might be sore for a few more days. You just take it easy so we can get home."
"Do you think I can change out these clothes for a clean gown? I don't wanna trigger his allergies in the car." Alois noted.
Claude nodded and Alois went out into the hall.
Ciel's head nodded a little and before he knew it, he was dozing off.
Claude reached out and held Ciel's hand, "It's okay. You can go to sleep until 10, then I'll take you home."
Ciel was fast asleep.