Did someone say Ciel & Alois?

Part four.

After the Phantomhive boy left the room, Alois finished getting undressed and got into the warm bubble bath. Relaxing with a small sigh into the large pool-like tub for a few minutes before he began to wash up. Shampooing his hair and washed his body with some soap that he put onto a washcloth he was given, taking some more time to relax in the bath after he washed up. He leaned against the edge of the tub, thinking to himself about the interaction with the other teenager. It felt strange talking to him about what had happened with Claude, then to hear that Ciel actually cared about him and worried? Despite the fact they moved on from their past experiences of being what some would call enemies, he never thought the shorter male would consider him a friend and more so care like this. It felt nice though, to actually have a friend and someone that cared. He was confused about how Sebastian didn't go into much detail about why he brought him here or even ask the head of the manor if he could before doing so, then again. For a demon, Sebastian surely was nicer than he should be. Perhaps it was years of working for Ciel and his family, he thought.

Soon enough, alittle over half an hour passed and he drained the bath. Rinsed off with some clean water and slowly got out of the bathtub, grabbing a towel from the bathroom counter and dried off. Noticing that the blue-grey haired male had left one of his clean long sleeve button up shirt's with the towel's, assuming for him to borrow it until Sebastian retrieved some of his own clothes from the Trancy estate. He slowly grabbed it to put on, buttoning the buttons and noticed it fit decently well despite their small size differences. It was a nice gesture. He put on his own shorts that he was wearing before, along with his thigh high socks and ran a hand through his damp blonde hair. Not bothering with his vest or coat, not even his boots at the moment. Instead he figured he would go about finding Ciel, going to open the bathroom door and opened it. The hot steam from the bath flowing out into the hallway, he went adventuring down the hall and tried to remember the way to the study. He managed to find it after a couple minutes of wandering around, giving a small hesitant knock on the door, that was barely loud enough to hear.

Within that time, Ciel was in his study sipping his tea and opening letters & mail he had gotten today that Sebastian had left on his desk before leaving. His gaze flickering up when he heard a knock on the door. "Come in" he said softly, sitting up in his chair from where he had been slouching. Taking the letter he was writing and finishing up, folding it in half before putting it in an envelope that he carefully poured a bit of hot colored wax over, taking a wax seal stamp to press over the wax. Letting it set for a few moments before he moved the metal stamp to set aside with the letter, blowing out the flame of the candle he used to melt the wax.

With hearing the Phantomhive boy say he could come in, The blonde turned the door knob and walked into the room. Quietly closing the door and walked over to the other male, he gazed to him and offered a small shy smile. "Are you busy?" He asked. "I'm sorry if I bothered you.." he said quietly.

"Ah, not really.. I was finishing up a letter to the queen, is all. No need to apologize." The blue-grey haired male reassured, standing up and stretched a bit before he went to retrieve a chair from the other side of the room to put beside where the taller male stood. "I don't know how to feel about you not wanting to bother me, even if I were busy. I feel as if that's usually your favorite thing to do, Alois" he said softly with a small chuckle, an attempt to lighten the mood some. "I see that you found the shirt I left you, I hope it fits alright. I would've offered you a pair of my shorts too, but last time when you insisted we swapped clothing. You complained you didn't like how long they were." He said with a playful roll of his eyes. "Sebastian should be back soon with some of your clothes though" he reassured before he gestured to the chair. "Sit, I'll get you some tea?" He questioned and picked up a clean tea cup from the silver tray the raven haired demon must've brought in before he left, picking up the teapot from the tray and carefully poured some tea into the cup. Setting the teapot down and handed the cup to the Trancy boy, moving to sit back in his own chair.

Alois stood there and listened to the shorter male, he couldn't help but to give a small smile at being told not to apologize and Ciel didn't know how to feel about him not wanting to bother him forsake of feeling like that was one of his favorite things to do when he was over. "I suppose you have a point there.." He said. "I just.. feel bad for suddenly coming over like this." He explained and nodded at being told he noticed he found the shirt he let him borrow. "Yes I did, thank you.." He said softly and gave a small giggle at the mention of the shorts. "It's true, they are too long and baggy for my liking. You told me that you didn't like mine because you felt like it showed too much leg, even with my socks" he joked, yet nodded at the mention of the demon butler. Sitting down when the chair was brought over and he was told to sit, watching the shorter male pour the tea for him. He took the cup when he was handed it, quietly sipping it. "Thank you.." He said quietly.

Ciel sat and picked up his own cup of tea from where he left it on the desktop, sipping it and listened to the blonde speak. Raising an eyebrow when he heard him say he felt bad for suddenly coming over on short notice. "Don't feel bad, it's alright. Of course I was a bit surprised to see you show up in such a short notice, without being told ahead of time. But it's with good reasoning, besides. I was starting to wonder when you'd come visit again, it's been quite awhile now. Considering you used to come over at least once or twice a week" he explained, of course referring to the last few year's where they'd gotten closer after moving past their early teen years when they fought & were practically at eachothers throats for blood shed. "You're welcome." He said when he was thanked, giving a chuckle at the mention of the time they swapped clothes after the Trancy boy insisted it would be fun. "I didn't want to swap clothes, you begged me to until I caved in. My clothing is not to your liking and yours is not to mine, yours looks better on you. Mine looks better on me." He said. "At least until it comes to the boots. I have a feeling you still have a pair of mine you asked to borrow and never returned" he teased. "Anyways, would you care for a game of chess while we wait for Sebastian?" He questioned curiously.

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To be contiued..

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