Claude And Alois Shorties ♥

Wake-Up Call

"Your Highness... You have to get out of the bed sooner or later..." 

Claude sighed, giving his master a glare. The blonde boy had himself wrapped in the thick blanket like a cocoon, and the butterfly didn't seem like he'd come out anytime soon. 

"No thank you!"

Alois clutched onto the blanket, curled up into a little ball and closing his eyes tightly, wishing he were somewhere else. The last thing he wanted to do was get out of the warm, soft, comfortable bed, where there was no paperwork, no meetings, no greedy old men asking him for money, and no... dentists. 

The spider butler looked at him with a glare before reaching out to grab the blanket, but to his surprise, the blonde had a tighter hold on it than he thought. Claude sighed and put a hand over his face, his patience slowly running out.

"Your Highness... You usually aren't this difficult in the mornings..." 

"Yeah, well, I USUALLY don't have to go to a scary masked guy to get my mouth brutally operated on!"

Alois trembled under the blanket, his eyes closed as tight as they could be. Claude was beginning to regret telling him about his dentist appointment the night before. But how was he supposed to know that the blonde boy was terrified of the dentist? 

"They aren't going to kill you, master..."

Alois's eyes shot wide open as he suddenly popped his head out from an open area in his cocoon, looking at his butler with a deranged expression.

"BUT WHAT IF THEY DO." 

"They won't."

Alois quickly buried himself back, out of sight from the butler. The Trancy butler glared, his eye twitching in anger. Suddenly, he got an idea.

His expression changed to a calm, gentle look as he leaned down close to the little earl, whispering to him quietly.

"And if you're good... we can go out to the forest and play with the butterflies today..." 

Alois's interest was caught as he peeked his head out from the blanket, just barely.

"Butterflies...?" 

He looked at Claude, wide-eyed for a moment, the quickly ducked his head back under the blanket. 

"No! You can't bribe me!" 

Claude smiled a little, reaching to pick the little earl up, blanket and all and holding him bridally.

"Can't I?"

Alois looked him in the eye with irritation, pouting angrily.

"Put me down."

Claude gave him a concerned expression, holding him as close and tight as he could.

"Your Highness, I won't let them hurt you. If they even try it I'll kill them in a second."

Alois thought about this for a moment, hugging himself unsurely. 

"...Do you promise?"

Claude nodded swiftly before reaching forward to place a gentle kiss on the little earl's forehead.

"I promise."

Alois looked away quickly and covered his face up with the blanket to hide his red face.

"...Fine. But I'm only doing it for the butterflies."