kuroshitsuji high | cielois

E I G H T

"Welcome, make yourself at home" Alois flops onto the mattress that is placed on the concrete floor.

"That mattress has mould on it" Eren says, disgusted and Alois rolls his eyes, laying down on it.

"Its been here forever, and it does get damp underground, ya know?" Alois smiles as Eren's grimace stays on his face.

"It is pretty cool down here" Eren admits, looking around the dimly lit room, the only light source being a small wireless lamp in the corner that flickers every few minutes. "Who knows about this place?" He asks and Alois sits up.

"Me, Ciel, Doll, Lizzy, Lizzy's girlfriend, Lau, Ran Mao...and I think that's it" Alois hums. "Lau, Ran Mao and Paula rarely come down here though" 

"What do you do down here?" He asks and Alois shrugs, looking around.

"Talk mostly, it's just nice to have a hangout place without anyone bothering us" He trails his fingers over the side of the mattress. "Like, my house is always full, Lizzy's got her brother, Ciel's brother is always around and Doll's foster parents don't even know she's in Form K so having us around will kinda give it away"  

"Yeah, it is kinda embarrassing being from 'Special K'" Eren laughs and Alois furrows his eyebrows.

"Huh?"

"Special K..get it? Like the cereal." Eren says and Alois frowns.

"But nobody likes Special K" Alois says and Eren nods, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

"Well, yeah, that's the point.."

"Is that what people call us? Special K..because we're dumb?" Alois asks and Eren frowns.

"Not you anymore, you're in L, but yeah Form K was always Special K"

"Oh.."

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"Where is he?!" Ciel shouts at Lizzy as he quick walks down the pavement, Lizzy jogging to keep up with him.

"I don't know, Ciel, please-" She reaches forward and grabs his arm, pulling him back. "He went with Eren somewhere, he didn't specify. But please, please don't start any drama..Today has been hard enough already" 

"He fucking promised me" He yanks his arm from his elder cousins grip and runs across the road, Lizzy gasping as he almost gets hit by a car but Ciel didn't seem to care, he just carried on running.

Lizzy looks both ways before following him across the road and down the block. "Ciel! Please wait!" She yells and Ciel groans loudly and stops, waiting for her to catch up. "From what I remember he didn't promise you that he'd stay, he said he'd probably stay" Lizzy says and Ciel just rolls his eyes and sets off running again. "Jesus Christ" She mutters before running after him.

It's not long before they reach Alois' house and Ciel bangs on the door repeatedly until Timber opens the door.