Akashitsuji - Red Butler

Ciel had wanted to warn Grell for the toy lingering on the ground, whoever put it there, but it was too late. When he had opened his mouth to speak, it had already happened. To be honest, Ciel was already surprised Grell did a good job up until now, he always used to mess everything up. Well this was it. It was going to be a close one whether the customer still wanted to do the business trade after this unlucky accident. Ciel apologized to the man, saying Grell was still in the process of learning, and offering him the costs for new clothes. But the man couldn’t agree with anything anymore, for some reason, the silly incident had ticked him off enough to blow off the entire business trade. The man left furiously without saying another word.

When Grell returned to help clean, Sebastian had already done most of the job. ‘W-where did he go?’ He managed to get out. Ciel gave him a blank stare. ‘He left.. maybe because I didn’t immediately fire you..’ Grell looked at the boy, wondering if he still would. He would totally understand if he was fired now, being the most useless butler in the world probably everyone would have. ‘Just get out of my sight, I want to enjoy dinner, Sebastian can handle this by himself.’ Ciel commanded the red-haired shinigami. ‘O-of course, young master..’ Grells voice broke when he said that and bowed to the boy. He was grateful for not getting thrown out immediately, he left the room looking at the ground.

His day couldn’t have ended worse. He thought Sebastian was more friendly to him than before today, Meiren had been open to him and even complimented him, even Bard and Finni seemed to have changed their opinion towards him a bit. It was like the tomato soup could have made everything about this day have a happy ending. But the only one he could blame for ruining it was himself. He had upset the young master, Sebastian didn’t look him in the eye anymore and he was sure that soon enough everybody in the household knew what happened. Tomorrow he would be fired, it was a gut feeling he had. He better start packing tonight.

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The red haired butler had decided to take a nice hot shower to calm down. He put the shower fully open and let the water cascade down onto him. Thinking of what all happened made him only feel more miserable. It was true, he was clumsy and useless.
He should quit trying to be what he wasn’t, and focus on his true job, that of the reaper.
There was just this one thing that made him want to stay here so badly, the man he dreamed about, the beautiful demon butler who stole his heart. Grell started sobbing uncontrollably, hoping no one could hear a thing because of the shower. He stayed in there for at least an hour until he had calmed down a bit.

When he was done he put on a bathrobe and found his way back to his bedroom. It was quiet in the mansion. Everyone had probably decided to go to sleep early today. When he was halfway in the corridor, Grell noticed he forgot to bring his glasses from the bathroom, normally he would have gone back, but now he didn’t care. All he wanted was to fall asleep as soon as possible, as long as he could escape this reality. In his dreams, everyone was always nice to him, one person in particular. In his dreams he could talk to him endlessly, he could crawl into his warm embrace, he could even kiss him and more.. Sebastian… Grell let out a deep sigh.

He found his way back to his room and locked the door behind him. His room was dimly lit because the curtains were still open and the moonlight shone in. Grell did not see much without his glasses but what the heck. It wasn’t like there was anything he had to look out for in his room. He had no problems finding his way in the dark. Grell turned and walked up to his bed, taking off his bathrobe in the process. Then he suddenly heard a sound as if someone gasped.