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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
- 6
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- 8
  A/N There will be a fair bit of dialogue at the start of this chapter, but push through it and you will find out some of Grell and Will’s history together.
“S-senpai…?”
Grell looked up at Ronald. The two were sitting in a small café as they stopped for a small rest. They still had a few more hours left to kill before they would need to collect the soul assigned to them.
“What’s up, Ronnie?” Grell offered a small smile. To his relief, things really hadn’t changed that much between them. The only thing noticeable was that Ronald was a lot more hesitant in touching his elder.
Ronald played with his gloves for a few seconds before he replied.
“…I-I… You don’t have to answer it, but…” Ronald bit his lip before looking away. “N-never mind, it’s stupid…”
Grell’s smile grew at this. He reached out and grabbed the younger’s hand. “No – tell me, Ronnie.”
“…It’s just… I-I was wondering… About you and William…”
Grell’s smile dropped and he gripped his subordinate’s hand tighter. He sighed. “…Ronnie… Things are difficult between us…”
“…I just wanted to know…” Ronald’s voice was barely above a whisper. “…Why you chose Undertaker over me…”
“Ronnie –“
“No.” Ronald’s voice rose just a little. “No. We… You knew that I loved you… And you refused to leave him… But yet… You were able to go with Undertaker the second he opened his mouth… After what we did together… You told me to forget about it… I-I don’t understand…”
“You’re just a boy, Ronald…” Grell whispered. “…What Will and I had... You wouldn’t understand it if I tried to tell you…”
“I understand that you love him – even now.” Ronald fumbled with his jacket. “…I understand that he hurt you constantly… And that you feel safe with Undertaker… But what I don’t understand is why you let that happen between us and insist on breaking my heart like this…”
Grell sighed again. “Ronald… I can’t talk to you about this… I-I just can’t…”
“Was William always like that…?” Ronald couldn’t help but ask.
“…No…” Grell was honestly surprised by the fact that he wasn’t crying. He knew that he should be upset by talking about this – so why did he feel so numb? “…Will… loved me. Well, he loved me as much as he could. Work always was and always will be number one to him, but… I knew that he loved me because he opened up to only me, he was gentle with me, and when no one was around… He was so affectionate…”
“I-I don’t understand…” Ronald repeated.
“I don’t either, Ronnie… We were together for a few years, and then… I show up late for work one day, and… He hits me…”
Ronald fidgeted nervously. He wasn’t sure if he was comfortable hearing this because he knew how painful it was for Grell, and he knew what William was like.
Grell smiled a sad smile. “…That was the first time I had really cried… And you know what he said to me, Ronnie…? He said to me ‘I’m sorry, Grell, but I was just frustrated. It won’t happen again. I’m sorry. I love you, Grell.’”
Grell couldn’t help but snort before he continued on.
“He knew that I had forgiven him instantly… Even though he hit a lady’s face, I could forgive him for that – because I loved him. We cuddled for a bit before he kicked me out of the office so he could finish off his paperwork. I had overtime for coming to work late, but that was fine – I honestly didn’t mind… When I got off work, I had to stop at Undertaker’s and talk to him about something. I don’t think that I stayed there that long, but… When I got home… Will was furious.”
“That was when it started…?” Ronald licked his lips in anxiousness.
“Yup. He blamed me for his bad mood, saying that I had taken too long to get home and had made him wait up. Then I explained that I had gone to Undertaker’s, and… He hits me again and accused me of cheating on him… You know what, Ronnie? I have never felt so betrayed or upset in my life then I did right then. Will had promised that he would love and protect me forever, and… I had put all my trust and love into him… And for what?”
Tears welled up in Grell’s eyes, but the male refused to let them fall.
  “For the agony I was in because I kept trying to force myself to believe that William would stop what he was doing – would change back into his old self? …That he would love me again…? Every time it seemed like the old Will would return, something else happens… My love - my trust - was broken all over again and again… Nothing hurts more than knowing that the one you love the most wishes you were dead, Ronnie…”
“…S-senpai…”
“You’re so young, Ronnie…” Grell whispered. “You have so much to look forward to… I don’t want the same thing to happen to you… Or anything to happen to you because of me… You’re so sweet… You don’t deserve it…   That’s why I couldn’t be with you, Ronnie…”
“…” Ronald looked down at his lap before he nodded. “…I see… I-I’m sorry – I’m just acting like a spoiled brat…”
“It’s fine, Ronnie.” Grell gave the younger a forced smile. “Now, let’s get going, okay?”
Ronald smiled back. “Yes, Senpai.”
The two stood up. Grell left some money on the table before they walked out of the café. If only they knew what was waiting for them up ahead.
-XX-
The sound of a quill scribbling over parchment paper was the only noise that could be heard in William’s office. The Reaper was working hard to catch up on his paperwork. He only stopped briefly to glance at the clock on the wall opposite him. It was nearing six in the evening.
“Where are those two…?” William muttered to himself. “They should’ve been back ages ago…”
William shook his head in annoyance before glancing at the work before him. He gripped the quill in his hand hard enough to snap it when he realised that Grell still hadn’t put his paperwork on the desk that was due weeks ago.
“I’ve had enough of this.” William stood up from the desk and stormed out of the office. He shouted to whoever was listening that he would be back soon and no one was to enter his office in that time.
William was planning on straightening both Sutcliff and Knox out for good – but would he have a change of heart when he would see just what was holding the two Reapers up?
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