Shinigami Marching Band (Black Butler)

Chapter Fifteen~ Moody Part Two

I am SO SO SO SO SO SO sorry its been so long since the last update. Things have been busy what with school and all but I promise there will be more updates over the next few weeks. I'm in my last year and theres a lot more to do at the moment. I hate to keep you all waiting like this but unfortunately there just isnt enough time in the day to do everything. Anyway, ON TO THE STORY NOW~

William's P.O.V.

I sneaked down the halls, careful not to be caught by any teachers or hall monitors or anything. I checked each bathroom I pass along the way and mentally cursed this school for having so many restrooms. When I finally came across the right one, I didn't even have to open the door to know that Grell was inside. He was weeping and sniffling loudly and I figured it was because he thought no one would bother him this way.

I took a deep breath before slowly pushing the door open and stepping into the tiled room. As soon as I saw him my heart practically broke in two. He was standing at the sink, staring at his own reflection helplessly. His hair was messier than usual and his bangs were in his face so I couldn't see his eyes very clearly.

After a moment of standing there, he finally noticed me in the background of his mirror. He jumped up a bit and I could see on his face right away that he was scared more than anything. "W-Will ...." He stuttered out brokenly before turning to look at me.

I took a step forward and opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out. This was clearly going to be harder than I thought. Seeing my boyfriend in pain only made me want to hold him until everything was better and punish myself for making him feel that way.

He noticed my silence though and wrapped his arms around himself tightly, taking a step back from me. He looked like he was bracing himself for the worst possible argument to happen right now or for me to hit him maybe.

"Grell..." I said in a soft sigh. "I need to explain." I wished he would look up at me, even just a glance to let me know that he was willing to listen to what I had to say. He didn't move. "Look, I'm sorry about this morning .... and forgetting to contact you last night."

"It's fine." He snapped, seeming to be on edge. I clearly wasn't doing this right.

"Let me finish, please." I said softly, trying to be gentle with him. I knew if I didn't do this right that he had the capacity to go off like an angry time bomb and he would most definitely tell me off. "I don't know why I acted the way I did this morning..... All I can guess is that it was just one of those moods again because you weren't on my mind at all until I saw you waiting there for me. I don't really know what came over me but for whatever reason I turned around to head to class instead and as soon as I got there I regretted it but it was too late to go apologize because the bell had already rung." I explained. The entire time I had been staring at Grell intently, hoping beyond hope that he would just look at me, even just steal a glance for a brief second.

He shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot while standing there. I could tell he was taking in the information I had just presented to him. I figured I could at least try to continue with my apology now.

"I know I should have told you about the mood instead of running away but I couldn't control it. It was like I went into auto-pilot or something. I'm not really sure how it happened. I'm so so sorry." I took a small step forward and was incredibly relieved when he didn't step back this time.

He peered up at me through his hair. "so .... you're not mad at me?" He asked weakly.

"What? No! Of course not! If anything, you should be mad at me." I said, making it clear that I was in the wrong here. He sighed in relief and I think I saw a hint of a smile from behind his bangs. But just as quickly as the smile was there, it was gone again.