Now that they were alone, Ciel wasn't sure of exactly where to begin when trying to explain this whole thing to Alois. He still wasn't exactly sure how Alois would take hearing that Claude had gotten Sebastian pregnant, considering how clingy the blond was to his butler. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath before he finally spoke.
"Alois, you know that Sebastian and Claude are both demons, right?" he asked, knowing it was a rhetorical question, but not knowing where else to start. Seeing the look of derision from Alois, Ciel continued, swallowing hard. "Um... What do you know of demon mating cycles?"
Alois had briefly wondered if something had addled Ciel's brain that he would ask such a ridiculous question, though the next had him pausing for a few moments. He really didn't know what of what the dark-haired teenager was talking about. "I know nothing about it, quite honestly," he finally answered, beginning to wonder more and more as to why Ciel was talking about such a thing with him. Surely nothing of that nature had happened between Ciel and Claude!
Blushing slightly, seeing the clueless look on Alois' face, Ciel moved to sit, not wanting to stand while they had this conversation. Looking at Claude, he inwardly groaned. The demon was not looking at either of them, leaving him to be the one to explain this whole thing by himself- and he wasn't even a demon!
"Demon mating cycles are like animal mating cycles," Ciel said with a baleful look on his young face as he actually glared at Claude, before looking back to Alois. "When it happens to a demon, it's time for them to mate and um... have children..."
Clearly seeing Ciel's embarrassment, Alois followed the other's dark look to Claude, who seemed to be indifferent to the scowl. His pale eyes then returned to Ciel, meeting the darker blue of his eyes. "Why are you telling me all this, Ciel?" he finally questioned, really hoping that Ciel wasn't going to say that he'd slept with Claude. That would be something that he would neither accept nor stand for. Sitting in the chair just next to the one Ciel occupied, he watched him carefully.
"Claude mated with Sebastian, Alois," Ciel finally blurted out, realizing that he was going to have to be blunt. His cheeks felt like they were on fire, having to speak of their two butlers like this. "Sebastian is going to have a baby- Claude's baby."
Claude coughed quietly, having remained silent, though he hadn't really expected the young Phantomhive Lord to say it quite like that. Then again, he hadn't been sure of what to say either. If he'd said he'd slept with Sebastian only because of his being in heat that would be a lie, as it would be if he claimed that he regretted it. He'd enjoyed initiating the younger demon in the pleasure of sex, being his first, and was already extremely devoted to his new mate.
"Sebastian and I have become a bonded, mated pair," Claude quietly admitted, finally taking pity on Ciel. The horribly embarrassed human child was staring at the ground like he hoped that it would open up and swallow him. "The only reason Lord Phantomhive found out before you is because he was there in the demon world when it was discovered that Sebastian is carrying my child, your Highness..."
This was the moment he was dreading, to see what Alois would do or say in response to this turn of events. He would not give up Sebastian, even if it meant that he had to break his contract with Alois; he cared far more about his mate and unborn child than anything or anyone else right now.
Alois choked slightly, looking between the two in shock. Claude had had sex with Sebastian and they were going to have a child together? He didn't know whether to cry because he could tell that Claude had no regrets; he showed no remorse upon his face. His gold eyes, when he spoke of Sebastian, held deep emotion that he hid so deeply most of the time. He also wasn't sure if he should be glad that it wasn't Ciel who had been the one Claude mated with, because that would also hurt. Right now, emotions were running high within him; he didn't know how he should be feeling.
