A/N: Just a little note: The Trancy family never tried to take Ciel's soul prior to this story. Alois just adores Ciel, and Claude finds Alois a little bit disgusting because of his obsession with our favourite little lord. Also, thank you sooooo much for all the reviews and support! They make me very happy :) Love you guys 33 -SeaweedNeko

"Ciel! I'm so glad you came! I've got so much to show you, come with me!" As soon as they arrived to the Trancy manor, Ciel was immediately harassed by Alois.

Sebastian blinked awkwardly but calmly as Alois dragged his master away while talking about Claude's cooking and heading for the hedge maze. Ciel was (probably) strong enough to fight back if Alois tried to molest him anyway.

"Sebastian Michaelis." He turned around, quickly wiping off any emotion on his face to look at the other butler that had called his name.

"Claude Faustus." He said in an uncaring voice. "What do you want?" Claude straightened his glasses.

"I don't want anything. It's Alois who's after your master." He smiled as Sebastian's eyebrow twitched in mild disturbance. "It is my job to distract you so that Alois can have him." Sebastian frowned.

"What are you going to do to my master?"

"Not much. We're just going to manipulate him into thinking that he lives here in the Trancy household so that Alois can do whatever he wants with him, though I'm not sure if I want to think about it, or if the earl will let him do so."

"How sickening." He drew out a knife, but before he could throw it someone interrupted them.

"Ahh! If it isn't the Phantomhive's servant!" Viscount Druitt appeared and casually threw an arm around Sebastian's waist, too short to reach his shoulders. "Where is your charming little master? I need to find him so that I-"

"Good timing, Viscount Druitt. I was just about to head over to join the young master who I saw heading towards the maze. Would you like to accompany me?"

"Certainly. See you, Claude Faustus!" He waved, and walked off towards the maze, talking about the number of ladies that he had successfully seduced. Sebastian smirked at Claude, who just glared at him, unable to attack while guests were nearby.

~Meanwhile~

"So anyways, because she looked at me, I just gouged her eye out and then she had the guts to show up in front of a guest with a bandage on her face! So stupid, right?"

Ciel stayed silent. He had lost count of how many times they had turned left and right, and his instincts told him to get the hell out of there, especially before Alois tries to kiss him again.

"Alois, we should be getting back."

"What are we talking about? I haven't even shown you the centre of the maze yet! Come on!" reluctantly, Ciel followed him around a corner and blinked in surprise at the sight of a huge clock tower rising out of the ground with huge thorny vines surrounding it.

"This is…?" Alois smiled cheekily.

"Wanna see?"

"Ah~ A maze like this… It feels as if I am navigating my way through a labyrinth of love for that lovely woman I saw the other day with her pink lips and dazzling eyes… I just want to… Mm~ If only I had talked to her!" Sebastian ignored the Viscount as he followed his master's scent through the maze. "And… How close are we to the lovely Earl?"

"I think we're close." They turned a corner and stood there, surprised at the sight of the tower. "This is…"

"THE MOST PERFECT SETTING FOR THE PERFECT ROMANCE BETWEEN ROMEO AND JULIET! IF ONLY… Perhaps I'll find the beautiful young lady of my dreams in there! Wait for me, my charming little robin!" He skipped ahead, an aura of flowers and rainbows surrounding him.

"Young master…" Sebastian frowned, then ran after the Viscount.

"My charming Earl! It wasn't the fateful meeting with the princess of my dreams like I hoped, but I finally found-"

"Young master! Are you okay?" Sebastian jumped over the Viscount and stood in front of Ciel who was sitting on a stool, looking out the window.

"…Seba…stian?"Ciel turned slowly, lookng very confused.

"Young master?"

"What business do you have with me?" Sebastian's eyes widened in shock at the unexpected question.

"Hahahaha! Claude, look at the face that butler is making! He's so shocked to see his master changing sides!" Sebastian quickly turned around to see Alois and Claude watching the drama unfold from the corner of the room.

"Did Vincent send you to give us a message?"

"Young master?" Sebastian turned back to Ciel. "What is the meaning of this?"

"Hmm… Good question! Why don't you kiss my ass first? Then I'll tell you whatever you wanna know~" Alois giggled, turning around and slapping his own backside.

"We simply manipulated him with the help of a few memory-erasing drugs." Claude said, ignoring the annoyed expression that his master threw at him. "And he will be like this as long as we continue to talk him into thinking he is with us."

"Then all I have to do is take him back, no?"

"I'm not sure if that's a good idea." Claude smiled, enjoying the other demon's carefully hidden anger.

"Sebastian Michaelis, if you have no business with the Trancy household, please leave." Ciel said in a hard voice. Sebastian sighed.

"I'm not sure if taking the young master away from me is a good idea. However, since he has ordered me away, I have no choice but to oblige. Please excuse me. Viscount Druitt, shall we go?" Sebastian bowed, then left.

"Ah… such a tragedy! A butler losing his master… what- oh!" He quickly fell silent at Sebastian's glare.

A few hours later, Sebastian observed from a treetop outside as Claude helped Ciel prepared for bed. Inside, Claude cast a smirk towards Sebastian before he left Ciel's bedroom, blowing out the candelabra.

Not long after, Ciel began to cry out and struggle in his sleep. Sebastian smiled to himself as Claude and Alois both entered his room.

"I wonder how they will handle this situation…" He nimbly jumped to a closer tree and listened.

"Ciel? Hey, Claude, why is he…" Alois shook Ciel's shoulder. "Hey, Ciel! Wake up! Ciel!"

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Ciel suddenly woke up and instinctively slapped his hand away, quickly scooting away from them.

"Oh, my. That's certainly an extreme wake-up call." Sebastian said to himself, chuckling quietly.

"Where am I?" He grabbed his bed sheets, looking around. "Mother? Father?"

"You are at home. Please go back to sleep, it is far too early in the morning."

"B-but…" Alois eagerly pushed Ciel's shoulders against the pillow.

"It's okay! Claude is here! If you want, I can sleep with you as well!"

"… Yeah… No thank you…" Reluctantly, Ciel had no other option but to slowly close his eyes and drift again.

For the rest of the night, Ciel continued the cycle of sleeping and waking screaming. Nobody in the Trancy household slept well that night.

A/N: What do you guys think? :D I've written another 5 chapters ahead so I'm estimating that this story is going to be about 13 chapters long altogether. I know this Alois thing sorta sucks, I don't like Alois either and yeah. The story's not revolved around the other wannabe cute couple (aka Alois and Claude) so fortunately this won't be hanging around for long. Please enjoy this chapter until the next one is posted :] -SeaweedNeko 333