I'm totally sorry about this super late update! I mean, it's not like I had anything better to do, but every time I opened up the manga and saw Soma's face I closed the window and looked for something else to do. I don't dislike him or anything I just...aw, who am I kidding. Soma's an annoying character to write. XP Anyway, it's a bit short, but I hope you like it and I'm sorry for any Soma fans reading this because I totally bypassed him completely ^^

Ugh, I feel like shit. I groaned in my bed and rolled over, bringing the blankets closer around me in a vain attempt to get more heat. Sweat coated my body and I shivered violently.

"Now Damon. What have I told you about your language?"

Stuff it. I received no answer and tried to go back to sleep, when I felt Sebastian's dark presence enter the room. I groaned again and dove under my covers as he opened up the curtains with a demonic smile.

"Come on, Damon. Surely you remember who is supposed to be paying a visit today?"

He reached over to pull the covers away from my head, only for me to snap my fist out to punch him across the face. He caught it, of course, but he seemed to have finally noticed something was wrong when the snarl on my face turned green and I dashed to the restroom.

Emptying out what little I had in my stomach, I slumped against the toilet and tried to steady my breathing. I felt Sebastian's cold hand against the side of my face and shivered. Today was definitely not a good day for me.

"Are you finished?"

I weakly flicked him off and he sighed before cleaning me up and taking me back to my bed. The moment I was under the covers, I curled up in a fetal position and let my ears and tail out. It was taking up too much energy to hide them.

"Do you know what may have caused this, Damon? Even the weaker demons have resistance to human sicknesses."

He brushed a strand of my bangs away from my face and began playing with my ears to which I sighed and relaxed a little.

"It's probably because I stayed in that from for too long. After having not used it my whole life, it must have weakened my immune system and I caught something."

"'Immune system'? My, aren't you using some big words today."

He chuckled and I scowled at him. "Jerk. You're just happy that I won't be around Soma."

"Of course~ I wouldn't want my little hell hound to be taken by some idiot, now would I?"

I rolled my eyes and waved him off. "Go tease Ciel or something. I bet he's just as happy as you that I won't be around."

"Damon, you know I didn't mean it like that."

"Yeah, yeah. Just go."

He left and I didn't see him again that day nor the next, but I did notice a glass of water that had been placed next to my bed that wasn't there before. Heh, I get mad at him and he still takes care of me. Butler at heart I suppose.

When the third day came around, I was finally feeling better and even managed to help Sebastian with setting up the plan that Ciel had set up for Maurice. It was simple enough; all I had to do was make sure that the P4 stayed for a majority of the conversation. They were not pleased, of course, of the new decorations but I managed to convince them to stay when Ciel and Maurice's voices came over the phonographs.

"Why did you call me here? I have to go to the Swan Gazebo."

"I won't waste much of your time. I just want to make sure of something. Cole, I'm pretty sure that your message to me was wrong the other day."

"How dare he accuse Maurice of such blatant lies!"

I sighed, "Please, Redmond. Listen to da whole thing before ya start makin' accusations and stay quiet or da vibrations will carry to da room."

The blonde man looked at me angrily, but my (fake) goofy smile seemed to calm him down as Ciel's voice continued.

"My friend asked other classmates. You know, you're the prettiest boy in the school There were many bystanders and by the way, 18 people testified that you mistakenly said '4 o'clock' as well. Well, it's not accurate to say 'mistakenly'. You said it on purpose."

Redmond went to get angry again, but I knelt in front of him. "Please sir."

He sighed and waved his hand. "Fine, fine. Just get up, Michaelis. No need to show respect for me with your position."

I nodded, listening as the conversation persisted.

"Among the students who were invited to the Swan Gazebo, all the ones that showed up late said that you gave them the wrong information. You're a prefect's fag, yet you look down on the weak. That's cruel and unfair. Only a liar would do that!" Hypocrite. "And not only that, you also make other people do your job as a fag."

"Hah? I have no idea what you're talking about."

"The data Redmond asked you to gather, ironing, polishing shoes, and even preparing snacks, you're doing none of that! All your skills are fake!"

I glanced at Redmond as his face steady grew angrier and mentally scolded Ciel. Will you hurry it up and get to the point already?

"That's some good imagination. You don't even have evidence."

"I do."

It was quiet for a moment and I pulled out a card similar to the one Ciel was probably holding right now, handing it to Redmond and allowing him to look it over.

"What is this?"

"T'is one of many cards that Ciel found connectin' Maurice ta these accusations."

He passed the card to Lawrence as Ciel explained.

"It's the cars you used to ask your entourage to do your job. This is when you requested to gather data. This is ironing. This is to polish shoes and I have many more. They even have the date and time, and it's all in your handwriting."

"I told them to dispose of them-"

I gave a small smirk as Redmond looked up at the phonograph horns in shock. Maurice had just sold himself out.

"They did. Luckily, they hadn't been collected yet. I had a hard time. I had to find all these tiny pieces of cards among garbage gathered from all over the school." He didn't- "And they were all carefully ripped up. It took a long time to patch them together."

I tightened my fists and clenched my teeth. Apparently, while I was out sick, Ciel used Sebastian like a slave and there was something in me that just wanted to tear the little brat limb from limb.

"What would Redmond think if he knew this? As a student of the prestigious school, aren't you ashamed?!…I will forget that you deceived us, but you have to be honest with Redmond. Fags should be trustworthy brother, right?"

I poured Redmond some tea since he seemed a bit on edge and he accepted it gratefully.

"Yeah. I'll tell him everything…the fuck. No way I will!"

Redmond's face was shocked for but a moment before he frowned and started drinking his tea like nothing happened. Turning towards the other members of P4, I frowned as well.

"I suggest ya send someone up there. Things 'ave seemed ta 'ave taken a turn for da worse."

Green hill stood and shouted to Edward something (I could tell, I think my eardrums burst) before they dashed off along with all the others except Redmond. Bowing to him, I spoke.

"I'm really sorry 'bout this, Redmond."

He waved it off. "No. I should have seen it coming. You are not at fault, Michaelis, I am simply a bad judge in character."

I had no words to comfort him and we grew silent, listening further as Maurice became less and less like the fag we knew. The word 'fag' used in both contexts of course. I thought with a mental snicker.

"Your attitude pisses me off! You're getting carried away just cause the seniors kind of fancy you. Using others is also a skill you know?! I'm simply making good use of otherwise average people. Since I'm the most beautiful in the school! Your life changes greatly if you're able to become a prefect in this school. Do you know how much I flattered them to be where I am now? You're already a winner. You can't understand the feelings of a younger son that will never inherit a title."

"I believe that winning by cheating has no value!" Bull~

"You acting like a good boy gets on my nerves! I'll become the next prefect of the red house! And Redmond will like me more than anyone else! I'm also the most beautiful here!"

I sighed and Redmond gave me a glace over the rim of his cup.

"What is it, Michaelis?"

"Nothin'. It's just…all beauty is fleeting. Even da most beautiful will be ugly somewhere."

He nodded and held out his cup for more tea, which I gladly gave him.

"Hn! No! Please stop it!"

"How do you not go running to your friend's aid?"

I looked over at Redmond with a smile as the crash over the horns announced Greenhill's arrival.

"Because I know I'm not da only friend he has."

He smiled slightly before we heard Maurice over the horns.

"P-Please Greenhill! Don't tell Redmond-"

"Shouldn't you ask us the same?"

"Bluer…and Violet! W-Why are you here?!"

"After hearing that the skilled and brilliant Maurice Cole is about to commit an act of violence, anyone would come running."

"But the Swan Gazebo so far away from here. My voice couldn't be that loud…"

"Well, sound is not transmitted by loudness but by vibrations. Like this."

"No way!"

He continued shouting and Redmond glanced at me for permission to which I nodded.

"I listened to everything. Even you betrayed me. I'm ashamed of my inability to judge people."

"It's not-"

"No excuses! You disappointed me. Cole…I cancel our brotherly relationship!"

Redmond sighed and held his head with one hand waving towards the phonograph horns.

"Get rid of them, please."

I nodded. "Of course."

I went around removing the horns and cutting the strings, trying not to use my demon powers since Redmond was watching. I finished quickly though and grabbed the horns getting ready to leave Redmond alone when he called out to me.

"Michaelis?"

"Yeah?"

"Would you mind coming for the next meeting and pouring my tea?"

I blinked. "But isn't Clayton supposed ta do that?"

He nodded, "Yes, but I would like your company. You seem…different from the others."

Oh shit. I think he's onto me. Abandon ship! Abandon-something else besides a ship! The last time I abandoned a ship there were those freaky doll things… As you can see, my mind kind of imploded that is, until Sebastian voiced his thoughts.

"Something wrong, Damon? You seem a bit muddled."

I quickly shut down all thoughts knowing that if Sebastian knew what I was going to do right now, he'd skin me alive.

"I s'ppose I could do that."

He nodded and waved me off with a slight smile, which I returned until I turned my back to him and went full panic mode. I knew that, between Sebastian finding out about me hanging around Redmond and Ciel finding out about my new connection with the P4, something bad was going to happen to me. I lowered my head in a depression.

"I'm so screwed."