Hey Hi Hello Everyone! So, for this collection, both Alois and Ciel have lost their parents to different reasons.

Just a little background history.

Warnings: Language and OOC-ness.

Enjoy!

Ciel wakes up Christmas Eve to the smell of a hot breakfast. He sits up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and stumbling down towards the smell. He makes it downstairs to find a naked Christmas tree in his living room and a clothed Alois humming in his kitchen. "Alois?" He asks as he watches the blonde grab at a bowl of blueberries next to him, sprinkling them over whatever he's making. He sways his hips in time with whatever Christmas song he's humming.

"Merry Christmas Eve, Ciel!" Alois says, quickly turning and pecking Ciel on the cheek.

"What are you doing?"

"Making breakfast, hun, duh." Alois turns again, sliding a perfect blueberry pancake onto the already high stack next to him.

"You hate blueberry pancakes." Ciel points out, raising an eyebrow at Alois, who sighs.

"Yeah, but you don't." He says, pushing the plate towards Ciel. He produces two mugs full of steaming hot cocoa, over flowing with whipped cream and marshmallows. "Come on, grab your plate so we can sit down." Alois orders, gesturing to the pancakes and walking into the dining room. He sets one mug down at Ciel's usual spot before sitting opposite of it. Ciel follows him in with the plate.

"They really look good, Alois. Thank you." Ciel smiles as he sits down. Alois returns it, shrugging and sitting back in his seat. He watches as Ciel slowly takes a bite and beams. "They're delicious."

"Thanks." The blonde smiles again. "Now, hurry up, we have things to do!"

"Aren't you going to eat?" Ciel asks, already cutting up his pancakes. "Because you can have a couple of my-"

"Nah, not hungry." Alois interrupts, waving the idea away. "I made them for you. Now eat."

Ciel hesitates before taking another bite. He finishes two pancakes in comfortable silence before speaking again.

"So..." He says, getting the blonde's attention from sipping his drink. He gestures vaguely with his fork towards the Christmas tree and raises an eyebrow.

"Oh. I thought would could decorate it. Together." Alois explains, nodding once before sipping his drink. "I mean, if that's what you want. I know how it is for you though, so if you don't want to, we don't have to." Alois shrugs.

"I...I think I want to. Thank you, Alois."

"No problem." Alois smiles. "Now finish eating so we can start!"

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"Alright." Alois sighs, heaving a big red bag onto the living room couch. It's soon followed by its smaller look a like. "All the decorations we're using are in here." Alois gestures to the small bag, "And gifts in here." Alois smiles as he pats the larger sack.

"Who are they for?" Ciel asks as he sets the tree on a stand. Alois groans dramatically.

"They're all for your lovely neighbors, darling. Who do you think they're for?"

"Those all cant be for me, Alois." Ciel protests, standing and brushing his pants off.

"And why not?"

"That's got to be like, what, 10 gifts? I didn't even get you that many."

"And that's why its called the season of giving, Ciel." Alois says, wrapping his arms around the other boy's neck. "I didn't buy these expecting something back. I bought these things because I thought you'd like them, because you deserve them. And don't even try to say you don't. I know how hard the past year has been on you, you really deserve some nice things." Alois smiles, leaning forward to kiss his boyfriend's nose. "And I just wanted to be the one to supply you with said 'nice things.' Don't worry, there's a couple in there for Grell and Will." Alois smiles again before pushing himself off of Ciel and turning towards the tree.

"Now. Lets decorate the fuck out of this tree."

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"Alois." Ciel groans, nudging at the blonde's head with his foot. Alois whines from his end of the couch, hoping to go back to their shared power nap, but Ciel pushes his face with his foot again.

"Fuck off." Alois grumbles, shoving Ciel's feet off the couch.

"Ass." Ciel mumbles, sitting all the way up on his half of the couch.

"Something you're not going to get for a while if you don't let me- oh God, Ciel, you weigh a ton. Babe, I cant breathe." Alois gasps as Ciel throws his body over him, nuzzling his nose into the blonde's neck before letting out a satisfied huff. They lay like that for a while, both wavering back and forth on the edge of sleep, before Ciel speaks up.

"Alois." He says, poking the blonde's face with his nose.

"Hmm?" Alois absently swats Ciel's face away. The blunette sighs, glancing up at their 'decorated' tree.

"What did we do?"

Alois laughs, opening an eye and smiling at the tree in the corner. "We made a fucking masterpiece."

The couple take in the tree in silence. Ciel cringes at the silvery tinsel that they tied to one branch, the string now hanging vertically down the tree before dramatically swinging to the left, making a 'J' shape. Their Christmas lights are strung haphazardly on the top half of the tree, blinking an annoying red and green. The bottom half was free of lights, they ran out of them halfway down and couldn't be bothered to go get more. They made up for it, though, by spewing a rainbow-vomit of ornaments on the naked half. They had dark blue snowmen and black snowflakes next to yellow smiley faces and pink hearts. Alois especially likes the cardboard box with a star drawn on it, topping the tree off.

It's ridiculous, it's stupid, it's untraditional in every meaning of the word, and it doesn't bring up any fond memories of Ciel's family filled Christmases.

He loves it.

"Yeah, it is a masterpiece." Ciel mutters, kissing the blonde's cheek.

"Oh, gosh. You're about to get sentimental on me, aren't you?" Alois asks, rolling his eyes fondly. He cups Ciel's cheeks and tilts him so they're face to face.

"I went out, in this cold ass weather, at 5am, just to buy this damn tree. Then, I went to the store, buying all the stuff I thought would be perfect for our tree, because heaven knows that my dad never kept a damn decoration." Alois says, his voice cracking. He smiles before continuing. "Then I returned it all, because if buying it was hard for me, it was going to hell for you trying to put it up. So, I bought random shit. I know how hard this time of year is for you Ciel, I get it. We're on the same shitty boat. But, if I could make our Christmas tree- our very first Christmas tree- bring you happiness, and not just in the ways you're used to, that would be memorable all on it's own, and that's perfect for me. I love you, Ciel. I love you something fierce, and I want to be able to bring you happiness like this all the time. I was glad I was able to do it today." Alois smiles, pressing a kiss to Ciel's forehead before bumping it with his.

"Thank you for this. I never knew how much I needed this, until you gave it to me." Alois beams at him. "But, you do realize we have to take it down in two days, right?"

"Are you kidding? That bad boy is staying up until Valentines Day!" Alois laughs, pushing Ciel off of the couch.

I honestly suck at endings oh my goodness.

This was a tad bit on the cuter side, no? Did you like it? Make sure to leave a review!

Hope you all are having a wonderful Holiday!

Until next time, Darlings!

~Alix