Yes, Lord Trancy (Ciel x Alois)

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Corny, Cheesey, but Nice

Hannah had dropped Alois and Ciel off at the Trancy manor. Alois flopped down on the nearest arm chair, having had quite enough of travelling for quite some time. "I should imagine it will be nice having easy access to running water again," Ciel stated, sitting down next to Alois in a more orderly fashion.
"I'm just looking forward to an actual mattress and a fireplace," Alois replied, earning a small chuckle from Ciel, when a rather spontaneous thought hit the young blonde. "So, what is the current state of Lady Midford?" Alois asked. Ciel looked slightly alarmed by the question, before leaning back and running a hand through his hair.
"Maybe later Alois..."
"Oh, sorry..."
A tense feeling filled the room, the friendly one long since gone. It felt almost as if the air had got slightly colder. Alois made a mental note to avoid the subject and Ciel stood up to go and make some tea.

Ciel's POV

I walked off to the kitchen as a means of escaping any further questions. Truth was, I knew very well what had happened to Elizabeth, but I really didn't want to bring back the memories, or panic Alois.
I gripped the side of the worktop, steadying my breathing. I would not let Alois see me in any undignified state. I began resolutely heating up the oven to boil the water.
The note, the face the face of horror on Elizabeth's maid, how no one had seen it coming... I should of. I knew Elizabeth well enough, I should have come sooner...
It felt like something was lodged in my throat, like two stone gargoyles were sat on my shoulders, sneering at me, the memories worming their way back into my mind. I curled up against the worktop, tears falling from my eyes. It reminded me of how fragile people were, and try as I might to conceal myself from feeling, I too am no different. I'd kept running, I'd lasted out a lot longer than other people have, but I'd fallen, I'd fallen that fateful afternoon. I had not go back up.
"C-Ciel...?" A small voice whimpered, Alois' voice. I needed to pull myself together. Alas I wasn't really in the kitchen of the Trancy manor anymore. I was in Elizabeth's manor. All pink, the large windows letting light stream through into the hallways and rooms, intricate chandeliers glinting in the sunlight. All except one room, which the sunlight hadn't managed to brighten, even the sun couldn't penetrate the dreary, stale atmosphere of that room.
"She commit suicide." Shocked silence. I remembered it so clearly. The musty, dead smell of the room, the hazy atmosphere, the desaturated appearance of every object in the room. The chair that was lying on the floor, likely kicked over, the rope attached to the chandelier, her deathly pale skin, her blonde hair down and lying limply around her shoulders, her cold, dead eyes. Green eyes that were usually sparkling with happiness and life, lightless and dull. I shivered, I could feel the cold, heavy air of the room biting at my skin. Elizabeth was just hanging there in all black with her hair down, bags under her eyes and a rope round her neck. She had missed me, she thought I was dead, she hadn't been able to take it, I had been gone just a few hours to long.
"Ciel? Ciel!" A familiar voice shook me from my nightmare. I pulled Alois close, trembling and sobbing. I had never really been able to get over what I saw that day. Elizabeth was my last living relative, snuffed out like a candle. I felt mildly nauseous.
Alois hesitantly wrapped his arms around me whilst I continued crying. I don't think I had any composure left in me at that point.

It took at least twenty minutes for me to calm down, Alois was there the entire time, though oddly I wasn't that embarrassed or regretful, though I wouldn't really of liked anyone else knowing. It was odd, it felt nice afterwards, like I'd been carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders the entire time, and now it had been lifted from me.
We had tea afterwards, we both fell asleep on the sofa, in each other's arms. Incredibly corny, but it was definitely one of the better experiences of my life.

A/N: *Throws new chapter at you* you have a new chapter! You have a new chapter! And you have a new chapter! Bam! (IDK, don't ask.)
Welp, hope you enjoyed, until next time my fellow nerds and otakus, serpent author out!🐉