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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
- 11
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  A/N I’ve decided that there will be one more arc before the story ends. I’ll warn you now that the story will take a darker turn than what it already was like.
“S-senpai…” Ronald mumbled as he was lifted out of the bed. His eyes opened to find that Grell was slinging him over his shoulder. “…W-what’s happening…?”
“I told you, Ronnie…” Grell whispered, running his hand through Ronald’s messy hair. “…We’re leaving, remember? We’re going to run away. Will and Undertaker don’t give a damn about me…”
Ronald moaned as he was jostled around. “H-hurts…”
“I’m sorry, Ronnie. Let’s go.”
Ronald couldn’t protest when Grell had carried him out of the room and slipped out of the back door. He was in too much pain from his wounds being disturbed. He stayed quiet – apart from the occasional moan of pain – as he was moved through the freezing streets of London.
“Senpai…” Ronald groaned again as a particularly large flare of pain shot through his abdomen.
“Sorry, Ronnie, but I –“ Grell immediately stopped in his tracks as the rumbling of a carriage drew closer. His hold on Knox instantly tightened as he watched the carriage approach them. “…That’s Sebby’s carriage!”
Ronald cried out when Grell accidentally squeezed him in his haste to run to the coach. He flinched instinctively when he heard the horse’s startled cry. He cracked open one eye to find that Grell had stopped in front of the carriage and now two people were exiting the coach.
“What is the meaning of this, Grell?” Ronald heard a male say with only a hint of malice in his voice.
“Senpai…” Ronald whimpered. He buried his face into Grell’s shoulder, not understanding anything – how did Grell know these people and who were they?
“Sebby, please…” Grell whimpered. He took a few steps backwards. “…Please… Help us… There’s no one else that we can turn to…”
“What makes you think that you can turn to us?” A young voice reached Ronald’s ears next. Ronald chanced a glance and found that there was a child standing next to a tall, black-haired male. It was clear that the kid was rich by looking at his clothing and the man wore a standard butler’s suit.
“Please…” Grell dropped to his knees in desperation. “…Please, Sebby… Ronnie’s hurt…”
Ronald turned his face back into Grell’s shoulder when the man’s eyes locked onto him. He knew that something wasn’t right about him.
“And who may this be, Grell?” The elder of the two strangers spoke. Ronald was sure that there would be a sneer on the raven’s face if he turned to look. “I don’t believe we have met before.”
“…He’s my subordinate…” Grell whispered. He ran a hand through Ronald’s hair as if to make a point. “…Please… He’s hurt… He’s hurt and I had to take him away…”
“Why would you expect for us to show you hospitality, Grell?” The child spoke. “You were, after all, Jack the Ripper.”
“Please…” Grell’s voice trembled now. “…Please… All I ask for… Shelter so that Ronnie can get better… Then we’ll leave and you’ll never see us again… We just need to get away…”
“What do you think, Master?” The one that Grell called Sebby said. “If it were anyone else, we would have given them refuge.”
The child scoffed before he turned and walked back to the coach. “That is true. Bring them home. You may do whatever you want with them. They’re your responsibility. I want nothing to do with them.”
“Certainly, Master.” Grell flinched as Sebastian’s red eyes glowed with something that he could only describe as frightening. “Get in the carriage, Grell. We were on our way home from a gathering. Lucky you had found us when you did.”
Grell shakily got to his feet. He was hesitant to get into the carriage, but he told himself that he could trust these two. He may not be able to trust anyone else, but he could trust them. Oh, how wrong he was.
-XX-
When William had stopped doing his paperwork and instead taken to just sitting in his office doing nothing, Eric Slingby and Alan Humphries had gotten worried. They knew that something was wrong, what with Grell and Ronald’s sudden disappearance and all, but to see it so blatantly affecting William was unusual – the man was so cold and always put work before anything else.
“What do you think has happened?” Alan asked Eric as he slipped paperwork into his draw.
Eric shrugged. “Don't know, but it definitely has something to do with William. Do you remember the way he was abusing Sutcliff in front of everyone a while ago? There were rumours flying around that someone had even seen him beating little Ronnie just the day before their disappearance.”
“I’m not sure if I believe that. I know that William has problems with Grell, but I don’t see him as the type that would abuse Ronald. And besides – he’s clearly depressed about Grell’s vanishing.”
“I wish I knew what was going on. No one seemed to suspect that anything was wrong between them until William started hating on Sutcliff. But then again – no one probably even cared to notice that something was wrong because no one seems to give a damn about Sutcliff in the first place.”
“He’s troublesome, but he’s still our fellow Reaper.” Alan agreed. “It’s not right to act like everyone does towards Grell. I’m wondering if we should try and find Grell and Ronald ourselves. I mean – Grell probably thinks that no one even cares, not even William.”
Eric nodded. “He’s right, though – no one does care. Everyone is so much happier without Sutcliff around. People miss Ronald, but I’ve heard others say that they’re glad Sutcliff is gone.”
Alan stood up from his seat. “That settles it, then. We’re going to look for Grell and Ronald. We may not be close to Grell, but he’s okay to hang around with. And Ronald is just adorably sweet. We can’t leave them out there on their own.”
“Alright. What do we tell boss?”
“Nothing. If he wanted anything done, he would have done it by now.”
“Okay.”
  With that said, the two Reapers quickly left the office. With William, however, he had been listening carefully to the conversation and couldn’t help but feel relieved that someone did care. He had wanted nothing more than to go and find Grell when Undertaker had told him that the red-head had gone missing with Knox in tow, but Grell’s last words to him still rung through his head.
If you truly love me, Will… You would leave me alone… You’ve done enough to me… If you had ever really loved me in the first place, you’d have never treated me as you did… I think that we’re better off without each other…
William could not help but blame himself. Deep down, underneath all of the walls he had built and emotions he had buried, he knew that he was what had driven Grell to run away.
-XX-
“Good morning, Grell.”
Grell’s eyes opened slowly to Sebastian’s voice that morning. He lifted his head from the pillow to find Sebastian standing by the bed with a smile on his face.
“What would you like for breakfast?”
“…” Grell blinked in confusion. What was going on…? Then the events of that night came rushing back to him. He remembered how he had found ‘safety’ with his precious Sebby and fallen into a deep sleep before they had even arrived back at the mansion. “…B-breakfast…?”
“Yes.” Sebastian’s smile grew wider. “You can’t start the day without breakfast, now, can we?”
Grell sighed. He then became aware of the weight on his side. He turned his head and looked to find Ronald cuddled against him with his head resting on Grell’s side. He smiled and reached out to stroke the two-toned hair before him.
“I’ll just have a glass of water, but maybe some toast for Ronnie will be good, Sebby.” Grell returned the smile to Sebastian. His faux charade of happiness that he was so used to donning around Sebastian had been abandoned for the Michaelis to see his true personality – submissive and timid.
“Certainly, Grell. I’ll be up soon.”
Grell watched Sebastian leave the room. He turned and laid on his back before he pulled Ronald on top of him. He held the boy for a while, unable to believe his good turn of luck. He truly believed that he was safe here and that he had done the right thing.
-XX-
“Master…”
Ciel looked up as Sebastian entered the study. “What is it?”
“Just thought that I should tell you that I have tended to our guests.” Sebastian smiled again.
“Guests? Please – they’re nothing more than pests. I don’t see why you wanted them.”
“Oh, but can’t you imagine how fun it will be to break Grell’s heart?” Sebastian’s eyes filled with joy. “Just think – it’s clear that he has some kind of emotional attachment to the kid. Think about how Grell will react when he finds out that all the kindness we give him has not been returned to his dear Ronald.”
Ciel smirked. “Fine, do what you will. Play your games. Just keep them out of my way.”
“Of course.”
Sebastian had already planned out his first day with the two Shinigami as his newest toys.
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