The Crowned Prince of Hell

Chapter 18

Alois pushed the gates of the cemetery open, walking inside, Claude following him closely. He walked through the tombstones, to the path that lead to his little brother's tomb and stopped once in front of it. He kneeled in front of it, placing down the flowers that he had bought with Claude before coming.

"Hey Luka, it's me, Alois. Yesterday was my birthday, I wish you could have been here to spend it with me, but I was with Ciel so I wasn't alone." He said with a sad smile before looking over his shoulder and seeing that Claude was nowhere near him, probably wanting to give him privacy but Alois wanted to introduce the older male to his brother, even if he knew that Luka couldn't actually hear him.

"I'm here with my boyfriend Claude, I wish you could have met him, he's amazing. I'm sure you would have loved him and he would have loved you too."

Alois spent some time in front of Luka's grave, talking to him about trivial things he wished he could tell him if he was alive until he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. It wasn't the first time since he had arrive that he felt it but he ignored it until now, something told him he should answer it. Maybe it was Ciel that needed something and since he would leave soon, maybe he could ask Claude to take him to Ciel's.

He took his phone out of his pocket and saw that it was in fact Ciel calling.

"Hello?"

"Alois, thank god, you need to listen to me carefully, Claude is dangerous, I'm on my way to get you at the cemetery."

"What are you talking about Ciel?" Alois asked, confused.

"I need you to trust me, just get out of there, now." The blond could hear the worry urgency in his friend's voice.

Alois felt a presence behind him, surely it was Claude and now because of Ciel's words he was paranoiac, Claude couldn't be dangerous, could he?

"Okay, I-" he felt a strong hand grab his phone away from his hand and ear and Alois turned around just in time to see Claude hang up.

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They were halfway there to the cemetery, Grell and Ciel where in the back seat, William in the passenger seat and Sebastian driving. They had been in total silence for most of the ride until Grell couldn't take it anymore and leaned in to whisper to Ciel.

"We should team up and try to get our boyfriends help, they are clearly delirious and we should let them know we'll provide them any kind of support they need and always be there for them but they have to get help."

"They can hear you, and they don't need help. What Sebastian says is true, I've seen it with my own eyes." Ciel kept his eyes on the window, like he had been doing ever since he got in the car.

Grell narrowed her eyes at Ciel, not believing.

"It's true Grell, once we resolve everything with Alois, I'll show you. I know it's hard to believe unless you see it from yourself." Sebastian spoke, looking at his friend from the rear view mirror.

Grell crossed her arms on her chest, before looking at her boyfriend.

"What about you Will? Are you saying you're going to "transform" too?" she huffed

William turned around to look at his girlfriend, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

"No, we grim reapers don't have another appearance."

"Tell me then, you said you retired from being a grim reaper, why?" Grell challenged, wanting to know how much stories her boyfriend could come up with.

"For you. I retired when I fell in love with you. Well, I technically never retired, I just left, I'm a deserter." He said

Grell kept eyeing him suspiciously and was about to ask him something more when Sebastian spoke first.

"Was Grell about to die? Is that how you met her? Grell told me you two met when she was at the hospital. Two years ago, she said she fell, that was a lie, wasn't it?" He asked, his voice calm, never taking his eyes off the road.

Grell flinched as she heard Sebastian's words, two years ago she had tried to kill herself, she woke up in the hospital and that's where she met William.

"You said you were an intern at the hospital." Grell spoke, why hadn't she ever questioned why her boyfriend's job had suddenly changed from supposedly studying to become a doctor to accountant? "I should have known something wasn't right..." She mumbled, mostly to herself.

"To answer to your question Sebastian, yes. Grell was about to die, I was the grim reaper in charge of taking her soul when she'd pass but normally, we grim reapers study the human for a month before the date they are due to die, because there are special occasions where we are allowed to prevent that human's death, for example if they could be useful to humanity." He paused to look at Grell again

"I fell in love with her over the month I observed her, I couldn't let her die so I decided to save her, but I knew I'd be reprimanded for it so I left. I decided to go and meet this human that made me care so much that I'd break rules for her." William turned around as much as he could.

"Grell, please believe me, I didn't want to lie to you about what I am, I was just scared you'd never believe me. I'm not that different from you, I once too killed myself too, when a human kills themselves, they become grim reapers, forced to collect human's souls and be around death all the time as a punishment."

Grell looked at Will, surprised by everything that he said "Then why didn't you just let me die? You would have met me anyway..."

William shook his head "Because being a grim reaper isn't fun! It's a punishment!" He snapped "I would never wish that for anyone." He added, more calmly.

Grell nodded slowly, taking in all the information and decided to stay quiet again, having too many things to process in her mind.

In 10 minutes, you'll be arriving to your destination, the GPS announced in the speaker, making Ciel look away from the window for a moment before picking up his phone and dialing his friend's number once more.

He waited as it rang once, twice and then...

"Hello?"

"Alois, thank god, you need to listen to me carefully, Claude is dangerous, I'm on my way to get you at the cemetery." Ciel spoke quickly, sitting up straight in his seat.

"What are you talking about Ciel?"

"I need you to trust me, just get out of there, now." Ciel begged, worried.

"Okay, I-" There were some sounds on the other line and then, nothing.

Ciel looked at his phone and cursed, throwing his iphone on the floor of the car in anger and frustration.

"Fuck! Sebastian I need you to drive faster, Alois is in danger."

The demon eye's met his boyfriend's eye in the rearview mirror and nodded. "Yes, my lord." He said before pushing the pedal and speed up.