*Disclaimer* I don't own Kuroshitsuji!

So, all these short story photos kept popping up on my facebook… and I figured I'd adapt one! So, on another note, I guess I was inspired by that short story… so I'm not sure I entirely own this either then!

I give some credit to a friend who helped me plan this out (ie. themes, sentences, words, ideas and such).

Contains a lot of depressing themes and such, so I give you this one and only warning!

*bows* I hope you all like this!

William POV

Dear William,

Guess what? It's my birthday! So, I thought about what I wanted most, since every year I try to get what I want most. So… this year, I decided I wanted you happy! And what makes you happier than having me not around? So... I'll leave you alone for the next 24 hours of my birthday! Have a great day!

~Grell Sutcliff~ signed 12:00 AM

I frown at the note that was left on my office door at work. Just what I needed at 6 AM. Surely, this was another one of Grell's tricks….

A whole day without Sutcliff, I wonder to myself as I head inside my office. Well… it'd be interesting. But knowing the reaper, this was just another joke, another trick. Just an amusement for him… like the note claimed, it was his birthday after all. It'd be just the way for a person like him to celebrate it... as I walk towards my desk, I glance at the calendar on the wall.

Sure enough, it was his birthday. Shaking my head, I sit down in the swivel chair, enjoying the early hours. It was always quiet the early… quiet, tidy. Great time to start and plan out my day. Putting Grell's note out of my mind, I enjoy the scenery of the room.

There's a desk, chair, a large window to my right where the early sunlight comes in. Two large couches for when people visit, or certain matters are to be discussed. Filing cabinets, shelves. The perfect epitome of a straight, strict and organized office.

Nodding with satisfaction of nothing amiss, I turn to look down at the files piled on my desk. My normal work I left the night before was piled on the right, as it always was… but there was a pile to my left. Wondering what it could be, I assumed it was work I had intended to get around to and never finished last night. I quickly pick them up, my eyes scrolling through them, flying over the pages… but I didn't recognize the names of these people. Not people I had reviewed on the death list.

Frowning, I look to the name signed on it… and then didn't believe it.

~Grell Sutcliff~

So… he had completed the entire work for the day… when? I look at the time. 6:08 AM. What, did he complete it all night? And why? Then again….

The note he left on my door would explain it. Finishing today's work, he didn't have to come in to complete it. Then he could successfully leave me alone. I shake my head and go through the rest of the files. I didn't care if he spent all night on the files, at least they were done.

Nodding with satisfaction, I return to my normal work. I decided I would go to find Grell to investigate the meaning of this later.