It's Not So Easy When You're Evil

Chapter 1

It had started like any ordinary day in the Trancy household, with Alois doing everything he could to annoy his butler. He popped his buttons open and threw his shirt on the ground and everything Cloude could do was try to maintain a straight face. Honestly, sometimes he was a hair away from snapping at the little brat and hitting him, or better- throwing him against a wall and taking his soul. It wasn't like he didn't have the right. Alois didn't have any purpose in his life- he was like an insect, waiting for a human to crush it. And how much he wished to be that human!

He didn't dislike Alois, which didn't mean he liked him- he was a demon after all, his life wasn't about like and dislike but more about what was interesting and what not. And right now taking care of Alois was completely and utterly boring!

Claude fastened the buttons and silently vowed to himself that if Alois unbuttoned them again he'd let him walk around with an open shirt. He wasn't really going to do it but the fact that he was a demon didn't prevent him from dreaming. But what happened, or rather didn't happen, next shocked him like nothing else had for a long time. Alois just headed toward the door, without making any complains and if Cloude had been observant enough he'd have seen that the step of the blond lacked its usual lightness.

The rest of the day continued with Alois refusing to do anything annoying or childish. He even missed the opportunity to humiliate Hanna when she dropped the tray with the morning cake right in front of him. Even the triplets were starting to suspect something and they have always refused to pay attention to the world outside theirs. Claude just found it troublesome and a little fishy.

"Claude?" called his name his "master" as he was serving him the tea that followed the supper. His voice was quiet and raspy, and that made the demon realize that this was the first time the blond had spoken today.

"Yes, your Highness?"

"Are you tired of me?"

So that was the reason for today? The brat had been merely sulking! Claude would have breathed a sigh of relief... that's it if he cared.

"No, your Highness, I'll be with you until forever ends," he lied with a blank face, that completely contrasted with his words, as he had done thousands of times.

Alois reply was a little smile. But it was different from the smile he had on his face when he tore a butterfly's wings, for example. It was more like a... sad smile. As if he liked what the demon had said but simultaneously hated it. Humans... Claude would never quite get them.

"Claude?" asked the blond in his childish voice. It really did suit him, thought the demon. He was an interesting boy with as interesting and delicious, even if not as tempting as the young Phantomhive's, soul. The loneliness it had known and the pain, the pride from which it had been willingly stripped, combined with the almost innocent need to be loved and taken care of. That made it... special. Not that the demon would ever admit that something fascinated him about his "master".

"Yes?" he asked with barely contained annoyance.

"I'll let you take my soul."

... Well, he hadn't expected that. He glanced down at Alois, trying to see if that was one of his jokes but the blond had bent his head and his face was hidden by his bangs. However, it was most probably one of the brat's tasteless jokes so Claude didn't get his hopes up.

"If you don't mind me asking but why the sudden change of heart?" he said as he continued serving the tea as if nothing strange was happening, as if his seemingly-non-existing heart hadn't started beating a little faster.

"Come on, Claude, my life is boring! I'm tired of it and I'm sure you are, too. He is dead and I have all the luxury in the world. Anything else that I want, you can't give me. That doesn't mean I won't ask for something in return."

Claude knew what the blond was talking about- the only thing that his master truly wanted was love and there was no way he could give him that. His next words didn't surprise him either. Of course Alois would want something for prematurely freeing him. He could be a brat but he was a calculative brat, he almost never did something that wouldn't pay off.

"Anything you wish, your Highness." The demon placed the last plate and bowed slightly.

"Sleep with me," mumbled Alois, his head still downwards, making the words nearly impossible to hear. That it's if you were a mere human but Claude heard him perfectly and he couldn't help but chuckle darkly. His eyes flashed red for a second. His next words were something that no butler would even dream of saying to their master

"You really think that because of a fuck I would suddenly fall in love with you and break off the deal?"

Alois shook his head, looking so vulnerable and little, but then he lifted his head and the mad glint was back in his eyes. "Of course not. You wouldn't be my butler if you did. I just want some good time"

The demon just nodded. Maybe he'd been wrong about the brat... but no, he was never wrong about people. Alois must be just faking it. Well, it didn't really matter. Everything was going to end after tonight.

A/N What will happen? You'll find out soon (within a month)! And remember nothing is what it seems. Next chapter- M rated.