My Dirty Little Secret

|Secret Five: Vincent's Knowledge|

"Doctor~" Vincent smiled and clinged to the man standing before him. Diedrich had just walked through the door to do his final check-up. He wasn't expecting to be greeted in such a way. The two had only known each other for a few days and they'd already gotten so close. Diedrich was becoming quite fond of Vincent and Vincent was becoming quite fond of Diedrich too. Ciel secretly thought the two would be an interesting couple, but there was something about the doctor that he still didn't like, so he refrained from thinking such things. Besides, Ciel had his own relationships to worry about. He couldn't spend too much time on his father's relationships too. Come to think of it, did Vincent even have any friends?

"It seems that you are doing well, Vincent," Diedrich patted Vincent's head and smiled. This would probably be the last time they ever saw each other. Diedrich wasn't going to tell Rachel a single thing, but he wasn't going to risk his current marriage just because he was becoming attached to Vincent. Diedrich would never do that. It was true that he had started to regret his marriage to Rachel, but that doesn't mean he would follow in Rachel's evil footsteps. Diedrich was a loyal man. If he was married to an individual, he would stay by their side, quite literally, 'till death forced them to part.

"Yes! I am fully recovered thanks to you!~"

"That's good to hear," he said whilst rummaging through his bag to try and find the items he needed to proceed with this examination. Ciel rolled his eyes in the background. The two were so obvious about their flirting that it was hard to watch sometimes. Why didn't they just kiss or something? That would make everything a whole lot simpler. But Ciel noticed the look in Diedrich's eyes, he was hiding something, he was holding back for some reason. Ciel didn't like it. Not one bit.

The doctor finished with whatever he had come here for and was about to say goodbye to the two Phantomhives. His good-will was over now. He could return home to his wife and forget about these two once and for all. That would be it. That would be the end. No more encounters. No more hellos. No more goodbyes. It would just be the end .

Or at least it would've been, had Vincent not stepped closer and kissed him. Ciel stared at the two, and silently fist bumped the air at the progress in their relationship. Although, he was regretting the fact that they'd only known each other for a few days. Should they really be moving so fast? Well, what does it matter? Ciel is the child in this scenario. He doesn't have to worry about the complexities of relationships. Right? A ship that has sailed is still a ship that has sailed. Nothing else really matters except the sailing part.

Vincent took a step back and smiled at Diedrich, "Thank you for your service. You won't accept cash no matter how many times I try to hide it in your coat, so you'll just have to accept this for now," he winked.

"W-w-" he tried to say something but the right words wouldn't come out of his mouth, instead he just stood there awkwardly. Vincent placed a finger on Diedrich's mouth and halted the words he was trying to say. Vincent had no interest in what the reaction would be, he only wanted to make his payment, and to make his feelings known. He feared not the rejection that would surely come to him, for rejection is the easiest way to move on.

"Thank you for your service, however, I don't think we will be needing you again," Vincent stated. He removed his finger from the doctor's mouth and turned the bewildered Diedrich in the direction of the door, forcing him out. "I'll make sure to take care of myself in the future," Vincent said.

Diedrich placed his hand on the door's frame and forced Vincent to stop pushing him out the door. He turned around and returned the kiss, "As much as I would hate to see you sick again, don't you dare call another doctor," he said before leaving. This wouldn't be the last time that they saw each other, but it would certainly be the last goodtime. The door closed as Diedrich left and Vincent stood there standing, absentmindedly. Ciel walked over to him and tugged on his sleeve.

"Father?" he questioned. "Why did you force him away? Did you not want to be in a relationship with him?"

"Ciel, my son," Vincent forced himself to hold back tears. How was he going to explain this situation? He didn't know how to, so he only said this: "the doctor is married."

Ciel's eyes widened at the news, so that is why he had a weird feeling about Diedrich! It was because he was married! The boy knew that after Rachel's affair, Vincent wouldnever do that to someone else. But how did his dad know? Diedrich never wore a ring...

"He is always fiddling with something in his pocket. I'm sure you've noticed that. When I tried to give him money one day, that's when I found it, the ring." It was true, Cielhad noticed that weird habit of the doctor's. He wondered about it but never asked a single question. The boy only felt sorry for his father, wishing that someday he would find someone to love...someone that wouldn't betray him...

"Ciel," Vincent said turning to his son and placing his hands on the boy's shoulders, "if the day ever comes when you find someone you love, and they say they love you too, never let go of them, okay? Don't ever give them the chance to go to someone else's side," the beauty-marked man gave his advice and then retired to his room. He had taken enough time off work and they hadn't had a decent meal since he had been sick. He had to go back to those long hours, just to get some money each week for a meal or two. It was surprising that Vincent recovered, given the fact that he had barely eaten during this time. Ciel had at least gotten some sort of food, school lunches, but his father had nothing .

Just how much would the world force his father to go through, before it was satisfied?

A small flip-phone vibrated in Ciel's pocket. He took it out and checked to see who had tried to reach him. The phone had been given to him by his aunt, it was one of the many things that had been thrown at him because she felt pity. He managed to refuse the other things, but he felt that a phone might come in handy for emergencies, if such a time arose.

The person sent a message, it was Alois, something about being dumped and needing to go to a cafe to scout for some new boyfriends. Ciel didn't really want to go, but he knew he would never hear the end of it if he refused.

Ciel: What's the cafe? Are you sure we will make it? Do they close early?

Alois: Svante, don't worry hun, they are open supppppppper late!~ c; You're going to hate me so much after this, but I know you'll love it. I'll pick you up at your place so don't worry about the directions.

Svante? He had never heard of that place before and he didn't have internet access to look it up. Where was this place even? But more importantly, why would someone likeAlois want to go there?

Many questions filled his mind but none were being answered. He told his father that he would be leaving and he didn't know when he would be back. It wasn't a school night so everything should be okay...or he hoped that would be the case anyway.

Who knows what Alois would drag him into...