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Don\'t Show Me Love	By : stephfarrow94 Category: > Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji ???) Views: 1235 -:- 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-Don't Show Me Love
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A/N There will be plot advancement at the end of this chapter. Just bear with me :) This chapter and the next one have also been finished for the last couple of days, I just haven’t gotten around to posting them because I’ve been in and out of hospital with a really severe flu/chest infection. I’ll post chapter six somewhere within the next day or so.
When William returned home that night, he was rather surprised to see Grell seated on the end of the couch with Ronald’s head in his lap. Grell beamed a giant smile at his lover and gestured to Ronald.
“Will, h-he let me play with his hair!” Grell said in a hushed whisper. “He went straight to sleep!”
William returned the smile. He took his coat off and hung it on the rack by the door before he approached the two males. He bent down and kissed Grell’s lips.
“He’s so cute, isn’t he, Will?” Grell smiled after their kiss was broken.
William nodded. “He is. Why is he so close to you?”
Grell shrugged. “Does it matter? He’s obviously doing better today.”
“True. Have you had dinner yet?”
“Yes, love, we ate a while ago. I put your dinner in the microwave.”
“Thank you.” William pecked Grell on the cheek. “You should put him into his room.”
“No, he’s fine.” Grell grinned and ran his hand through Ronald’s hair. “Now that he’s here, I don’t want to move him. He’s not a bother. Bring down a blanket before you get your dinner ‘cause I would hate to wake him when I put him to bed – he looks so peaceful.”
William nodded. He arrived back to Grell’s side with a blanket just minutes later before he left to eat his dinner silently at the dining room table.
Grell fussed with the blanket as he tucked Ronald in as best as he could without moving too much. He didn’t want to disturb the child’s rest now that he had finally relaxed. He stared down at the boy with a soft smile on his face as he ran his hand through the blond-black hair again.
Grell had been fourteen-and-eleven-months when he was adopted by the first carers that genuinely loved him. Before them, he had people who had abused him in every way that you could think of. But now, as said male sat here looking at the kid in his lap, he couldn’t help but be relieved about having saved Ronald from the abuse when he did. Clearly this child was still salvageable.
“Whatever it takes, Ronnie…” Grell whispered as he rubbed his thumb across Ronald’s pale cheek. “…Whatever it takes, I’ll help you recover from what those monsters have put you through… I promise that I’ll never give up on you, no matter what.”
With that said, Grell leant down and placed a kiss on Ronald’s temple.
It was quiet for about ten minutes more until William came back out into the living room. He stood in the doorway and glanced at the two on the couch with a raised eyebrow.
Grell smiled and pointed to the chair that was on the other side of the room. “You’ll sit there for tonight, darling. I’m not moving in case I wake Ronnie up.”
William rolled his eyes but did as told. He picked up the television remote that was on the coffee table and flicked the TV on. He changed the channels until he found the late-night news.
“Tomorrow I’m going to need you to come into the office, Grell,” William said after a few moments of silence.
Grell sent a concerned look towards his lover. “…Will… We talked about this… You said I could take a week off to be with Ronnie…”
“I know I did, Grell, but we’re severely understaffed right now and –“
“We can’t leave Ronnie home alone!” Grell hissed dangerously as he narrowed his eyes. “He’ll be scared if he is left alone!”
“Let me finish. I was about to say that Ronald can come with us to the offices tomorrow but he’ll be staying in my office with me, okay?”
Grell nodded and returned to stroking the gold-black hair. “That seems fair enough. Why can’t he stay with me, though?”
“Because you never do your work at the best of times, Grell, and you won’t do anything at all if he’s with you all day. I’d sooner hand him over to Alan and Eric during work hours than leave him with you.”
Grell sighed. “You’re so cruel, Will.”
“I’m being honest with you,” William explained. “I try my best to act nothing more than professional to you at work and treat you just the same as the others, but this has to stop, Grell. I need you to work – especially when we’re so understaffed as it is.”
Grell’s eyes welled with tears but the red-head refused to let them fall. “Why are you telling me this…? W-what did I do wrong…?”
William let a frown cross his face. He knew that underneath Grell’s happy demeanour was a very sensitive and unstable soul. He did what he could to avoid upsetting his partner, but as the younger’s supervisor, he had to make sure that he was performing well at work – regardless of their relationship.
“I’m telling you this because I love you,” William said softly. “You did nothing wrong, Grell – you just need to do your work, okay?”
“I-I do my work…” Grell muttered.
“Yes, but I usually receive it late and incomplete.” William sighed. “I want you to work harder, okay? Can you do that for me? For me?”
“…” Grell wiped at his eyes, pretending that he was just scratching his cheek. He nodded. “I-I love you, Will…”
“I know you do. Let’s go upstairs into our bedroom, okay? I’m sure Ronald will be fine out here by himself.”
Grell allowed a smirk to cross his face. He knew what William was subtly hinting at. He nodded, his insecurities already forgotten. “You know I’ll n-never say no.”
William sighed and stood up, following the smaller male upstairs and into the bedroom. They were careful to lock the door behind them – a big change from not needing to close the door at all.
-XX-
When Ronald awoke the next morning, he was rather confused to find himself still out on the couch with a blanket covering him. Sure, he had slept on the couch many times at different houses, but never with blankets – hell, sometimes he didn’t even have clothes!
With a sigh, the boy closed his eyes again and snuggled in closer to the couch. He didn’t feel as bothered about this as he usually would have – maybe because Grell didn’t seem like that kind of person.
Just minutes later, a bell chiming caught the boy’s attention. He opened his eyes and sat up as it grew louder and was now accompanied by rushed footsteps. He flinched slightly when a white cat ran into the living room with Grell right behind it.
Grell was giggling, a large smile plastered over his face as he chased the cat. He paid no heed to Ronald, instead laughing loudly when the cat stopped and leaped at him. He leant down and picked the cat up, hugging it tightly. The small creature purred and rubbed against his makeup-clad face.
Ronald smiled at the scene. He tilted his head when the Sutcliff turned to look at him, a small giggle escaping his lips.
“Ronnie, darling, this is Snowball.” Grell grinned as he approached the boy. “Will kicked us out of the bedroom while he got dressed.”
Ronald reached out, tugging at the cat’s front legs. Grell handed the cat over, watching as he stroked and hugged the cat. The red-head knew that he loved animals, so he was hoping that Snowball could help him settle in easier.
“Ronnie, will you go and get dressed into something nice, please?” Grell sent a small smile to the younger. “You’re going to come to work with us today.”
Ronald tilted his head. He clutched Snowball tighter, worry slowly creeping up on him. “…”
“Will and I work at a very large company,” Grell explained. “Will is supervisor of our division but I’m bound to boring deskwork.”
Ronald’s mouth moved silently as if he wanted to say something but wasn’t too sure. Instead, he looked down at the cat in his arms, closing his mouth.
“Ronnie, darling, you know that you can talk to me…” Grell whispered. “I know that you must be scared of talking to people, but I’ll never hurt you, okay?”
Ronald nodded. He buried his face into Snowball’s silky fur and allowed a few tears to slip down his cheeks.
“How about you go and get dressed and I’ll make you some breakfast?” Grell offered a small smile to the boy.
Ronald nodded. He shifted Snowball into one arm and picked Kitty up by the leg. Grell watched him disappear around the corner before he headed into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for everyone.
-XX-
When Ronald first laid eyes on William and Grell’s work building, he was in awe. He had never seen such a huge building before. To him, there must have been a billion floors and the building itself disappeared into the heavens!
Ronald made a small noise in the back of his throat which had William and Grell smiling. He followed said males out of the car and into the building. He was sure to stick close to Grell, doing his best to avoid the many other people that were wandering around the ground floor.
“Give me your hand, hon.”
Ronald looked up at Grell with wide eyes. He knew that it was better for him to hold the red-head’s hand so that he didn’t get lost, but it was still a frightening idea. But, as he reminded himself, he felt safer with Grell than he had with anyone else.
Raising a shaky hand, Ronald slipped it into Grell’s firm hold. He looked down at his feet as his guardians started to walk again, leading him along.
After what had felt like forever, Ronald soon found himself standing in a rather open area while William and Grell exchanged words. He looked around, noticing that despite there being many people at desks when they first got onto this floor, now that they had passed by a wall of sorts, there were only two other people in this room – a brunet and a blonde with cornrows in one side of his hair.
Ronald tugged at Grell’s red coat and pointed to the two males.
Grell smiled. “That is Eric and Alan, Ronnie. They work with Will and I. All of the other people behind the divider work for a different division, but there are only us in our division.”
Ronald didn’t quite understand what Grell was saying, but he nodded anyway. He remained silent as Grell and William exchanged a few more words, and he whimpered and Grell released his hand just moments later.
“Ronald, you’re going to stay with me for today, okay?” William said. “I’d let you stay with Grell, but he won’t work otherwise and he’s already behind in his reports.”
Ronald whimpered again but nodded anyway. He watched as Grell hurried over to the other males sadly before he followed William towards the back of the room. He flinched and pulled away when the raven reached down in an attempt to grab his hand. He didn’t mind holding Grell’s hand, but he wasn’t ready for anyone else just yet.
William sighed but didn’t say a word. Instead, he led the boy into his office and directed him to the leather couch that was off to the side.
Ronald was silent, but he felt oddly at peace here. He knew that even though William seemed to be cold and distant to everyone but Grell on the outside, on the inside he did care. Allowing a small smile to creep onto his face, Ronald closed his eyes, preparing for a sleep.
However, the smooth way that things had been going for Ronald so far was about to crash and burn. Would it ruin all of the progress that he had made so far? Or would he be salvaged once again in time?
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