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One Door Closes	By : stephfarrow94 Category: > Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji ???) Views: 3516 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Black Butler, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 1-One Door Closes
- 2-2
- 3-3
- 4-4
- 5-5
- 6-6
- 7-7
- 8-8
- 9-9
- 10-10
- 11-11
- 12-12
- 13-13
- 14-14
- 15-15
- 16-16
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Undertaker smiled sadly as he lifted Ronald out of the tub and wrapped him in a blanket. He carried the still-unconscious Reaper back into the bedroom and laid him down on the bed.
“At least you’re looking a little better,” Undertaker whispered as he reached out and stroked the boy’s cheek with his finger. “If Grell were here, he’d be so pleased to know that colour is starting to come back to your face…”
As soon as Undertaker had stopped speaking, someone cleared their throat from the doorway. He turned back to find Grell standing in the hall, looking in with a cold expression.
“Grell…” Undertaker frowned. He could tell that the red-head was still hurting over what had happened earlier today. “…”
Grell just stuck his nose in the air as he walked into the bedroom. He completely ignored the silver-haired Shinigami and instead sat down on the bed beside Ronald. He lifted the younger’s head so that it was resting in his lap and stroked the hair in a calming manner.
“Grell, I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to be here with him…” Undertaker whispered. It broke his heart when the Sutcliff ignored him, however. “…I’ll just leave you two alone…”
When the bedroom door was closed, Grell turned back to Ronald. A large frown crossed his face as he looked at all of the bandages that covered Knox’s body. He fingered a particularly loose bandage that was wrapped around the younger’s throat.
“I wish I was there to protect you, Ronnie…” Grell whispered. He closed his eyes as he leant back against the wall. “It’s all my fault… I’m so sorry… Everything’s wrong… Ronnie… Please… Wake up… You’re all I have left… I wish you would wake up… I know that it’s all my fault, but I don’t want to be alone… I’m so scared… Please… Don’t let me be alone, Ronnie…”
Grell couldn’t stop the tears that flowed down his cheeks. He lay down and snuggled in against Ronald, sobbing.
Outside the door, Undertaker sat and listened. He heard Grell whimpering about how he was so scared to be alone and didn’t want Ronald to leave him. The silver-haired Shinigami stood up with a sigh and walked out to the front of the shop. He knew that it would do no good to intrude upon Grell’s moment when he was already so distraught. He could only hope that the red-head would soon settle down by himself.
-XX-
Two days had passed. All that they had consisted of was Grell ignoring Undertaker every time they were near each other and instead doting upon Ronald.
Undertaker was at least happy that Ronald had been doing better since Grell had shown up. The young Reaper had more colour to his skin and had been stirring without external stimuli. Though he still hadn’t regained consciousness, it had been a good sign to see him move by himself.
As Grell sat on the bed beside Ronald, holding a small cup filled with water to Knox’s lips, his heart almost soared when Ronald’s eyes opened.
“R-ronald…” Grell whimpered. He watched the boy’s eyes look around for a few seconds before his eyelids closed again. “…Ronald…”
-XX-
If Undertaker had thought that Grell was going to talk to him again, it wasn’t today. That was why when Grell came running out of Ronald’s room yelling for him, he had assumed that the expected had happened.
“Grell, what’s wrong?” Undertaker asked. He ran to Grell and grabbed him in the hallway. He placed his hands on the younger’s shoulders. “What’s happened?”
“…R-ronnie…” Grell choked on his tears. “…Ronnie… He opened his eyes…!”
Underneath his fringe, Undertaker’s eyes widened. “Really? That’s very good. Are his eyes still open?”
Grell shook his head. “No, he opened them for a few seconds and then closed them again.”
“Let me see him.”
Grell grabbed onto Undertaker’s robe as he followed the elder back into Ronald’s room. When they pushed the door open, they found Ronald lying on his side, a small smile on his face.
“Is he going to be okay…?” Grell whispered as he fixed his eyes on his subordinate.
“…” A smile graced Undertaker’s lips. He turned and kissed Grell’s forehead before pulling him into a hug. “He’s woken, Grell. I think he’s going to be just fine.”
Grell let out a relieved sigh. He returned the embrace for a few seconds more before he pulled away and left the room. Undertaker watched him go with a confused expression – was this a good thing or a bad thing?
-XX-
“Open up, Ronnie.”
Grell had a large grin plastered on his face as he lowered a spoon to Ronald’s mouth. The now-conscious Reaper did as he was told and allowed his mentor to feed him.
Ronald had awoken just that morning. Grell was over the moon about it – a complete turn from his moody, depressed state. While Ronald was still very slow in understanding and reacting, he was doing well enough to speak slowly.
“Sutcliff-Senpai…” Ronald mumbled as he turned his head away from the spoon. His eyes closed as he spoke again. “…I don’t understand what happened…”
“I know you don’t, Ronnie.” Grell put the spoon into the bowl of porridge before he reached out and petted the younger’s hair. “All you need to know is that tonight, when Undertaker is asleep, you and me are going to leave here. We’ll leave everything behind and be together, okay? Just the two of us.”
Ronald blinked a few times before he replied. “…We’re… running away…?”
Grell nodded. “Of course we are. I refuse to stay with either of them…”
“But… You love them both… And Undertaker loves you, too…”
Grell scoffed. “No, he doesn’t… He sided with Will and tried to get me to talk to him… They’ve probably been playing best pals. Wouldn’t put it past them… My life only consists of my heart being broken again and again…”
“He loves you…” Ronald insisted. “He really does… Have you even tried to talk to him about it…?”
Grell shook his head. “Of course not. Why would I want to talk to him? …He broke my heart, Ronnie…”
“And you broke mine…” Ronald reached up and cupped Grell’s cheek. “…But I still love you, Grell… I forgave you…”
Grell avoided eye contact. “…It’s different…”
“No, it’s not.” Ronald offered a weak smile. “You say that Undertaker and William have broken your heart, but… Who’s to say that you haven’t done the same to them…? You broke my heart…”
“Ronnie…”
“Senpai, I’m tired…” Ronald whispered. “I want to sleep…”
“…” Grell bit his lip. “…Okay…”
The red-head watched as Ronald rolled over onto his side and closed his eyes. He sat on the bed beside the younger for a few minutes more before he stood up and left the room.
“One way or another, I’ll get you to come with me…” Grell whispered to himself as he walked out of the front door to the funeral parlour. “I won’t be alone any longer, Ronnie…”
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