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magicalara · 1 year

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I can’t listen to bad romance by lady gaga without thinking of Grelle and it’s becoming a problem so I’m writing out what my mind keeps making me think about when I hear it (specifically the part in french bc Grelle knows french and is french on her mother’s side bc I say so). I might continue to make these impromptu posts a thing so here’s Grelle scenarios I think about part 1

TW: mentions of alcohol

- So we’re gonna start by establishing the fact that there are reaper-only bars/clubs. Most of them are open to both retired and active reapers, but there are ones that are only for each group respectively if a reaper prefers to only be around those in or out of the profession. There are also LGBT specific ones, though the vast majority are LGBT friendly spaces anyways.

- You and Grelle had known each other for a while after getting paired together for collections and frequent little chats around the office. Throughout this time, you’ve developed a nice crush on the lady in red which she suspects but doesn’t push besides her general flirting not wanting to ruin the friendship y’all have in case she’s wrong. But Grelle’s intuition tends to not be wrong and you are, in fact, head over red and black heeled boots for her.

- Grelle likes to go to the club sometimes you know just to let loose a little and have some drinks, especially after stressful days. Usually, her target as company for these nights is none other than our dear Ronnie but tonight he’s a little busier than usual and so Grelle’s options are to go alone or pester someone else enough to get them to come with her. Naturally, she chooses the second option. The only question now was who?

- She could have gone to William or Othello (William is a tough nut to crack, but sometimes he cracks nonetheless and Othello is definitely a fun drunk who can’t handle his alcohol after two hours max) but after running into you in the hallway, she got ideas.

- “Oh come on, I can’t even begin to remember the last time we hung out together that wasn’t for work reasons.” is what she’ll tell you. She gives you the puppy eyes, calls you every pet name she can think of, and even offers to buy you lunches for the next week. When you agree she does little happy jumps and hugs you and tells you that she’ll pick you up later that night.

- It’s later that night and she’s there and she brings you to the place and you know you get some drinks and now you have the influence of alcohol in your system and oh dear here we are now to the part that’s always in my head.

- So The Song comes on and let’s say that you guys are already dancing okay that’ll make things easier and you know that Grelle knows french and you know that there’s a part in french and so with a surge of confidence when The Part comes on you just fully pull her into you (and move her head down if you’re shorter) by the waist and whisper the part into her ear and she’s just all hafshdgadgaldg basically

- Congratulations, you’ve successfully flustered Grelle and now she definitely knows that you like her but it’s all good because she likes you too and now she is down to fuck cuddle you very nicely 🥰

- But in all honesty, she takes this as a “yeah they’re getting a little too drunk it’s time to go home” and she stays over to take care of you (it doesn’t matter if you’re good at holding your alcohol or not, she’s staying) and in the morning she finally starts the conversation about it and y’all confess and it’s all thanks to Lady Gaga and a spur of confidence

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undertaker1827 · 4 years

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Not a request. I would like to know your opinion on what Undertaker's overall plan is. He made those dolls and brought o!Ciel back but for what reason and what else is he planning? 🤔 Thank you! (feel free to delete)

Absolutely! This is part one of two, I’ll link the second part when it’s written. In the meantime, hello, welcome and strap yourselves in for one hell of a ride, we’re almost on 2000 words! Let’s go!

❗️obviously spoiler warning!!!! Also, I’ve only read up to chapter 148 so if you’ve read further, please don’t spoil anything for me either!! Thank you! ❗️

Way back at the end of the Circus Ark, undertaker said this;

So, whatever happened with Cloudia (which needs to be put in a whole other theories post) must have involved her being overly blasé about her life/soul, in a similar way to Ciel and Vincent, I would say. Obviously the connection between Undertaker and the Phantomhives is much bigger than anything we know about and I’m willing to bet it is connected to more than just Undertaker bringing R!Ciel back to life (again, another theory post needed).

ANYWHO back on track.

Now Undertaker always talks about being happy/laughing/not wasting your soul (and by extension, life). We know he committed suicide when he was human (yet another tangent I want to go off on) after which he obviously didn’t want to have to face another life. So what, did he just get sick of reaping and the soul world and decide if he was being forced to live anyway, he should do something with his life this time? Which is where going to the human world comes into play, but (okay we’re off track again) what really happened 50 years ago?? Why did he actually leave dispatch and effectively become a fugitive? Surely there must be more to it than ‘I got bored’. And what, he just magically got involved with the Phantomive family? One of the most important families in England who also happen to operate within the underworld and work for the queen? I don’t think so. He definitely knew what he was doing. The question is, why did he do it?

Back to the task in hand, during this part of Book of the Atlantic;

Ciel actually looks scared. Ignoring everything we know about him/his personality and just looking at his face in the drawing, he looks young and frightened. Now imagine when O!Ciel was little. Undertaker would have been around a lot when him and R!Ciel were growing up, we even see him holding up the curtain behind the kids for their photograph later on in the series. O!Ciel now, as the Earl, is obviously very used to Undertaker’s antics, like his prices for information, so perhaps this was why he was goaded into paying said price himself earlier on, instead of letting Sebastian do it. Clearly, having seen Undertaker’s face for the first time, seen him attack Grell (who even Seabstain had to play dirty to beat) AND look serious all in one hit? Big shock. But that face to me is still a picture of fear rather than surprise, again demonstrating how well Undertaker kept his true identity hidden. Still, even as the lowkey crazy mortician, he’s not exactly someone you would trust your kids with. This says to me Vincent knew more about Undertaker than just face value and he knew the reaper would stay loyal to the Phantomhives. And THAT’S another thing; why?? Why would he, how could Vincent be so certain? Was it because of Cloudia? Did Vincent grow up with Undertaker around the same way the twins did?

But then there are other questions! How did he end up establishing his business? As in both sides of it. Dispatch must have searched for him, he was their best in collections, so how did he keep his true identity a secret from literally everyone, even them? Also, how much did the Phantomhives (prior to Ciel) know about him? Did Cloudia or Vincent know he was a reaper? I don’t believe that he was as close to Vincent and the twins as he was without Vincent knowing something was up. I mean the earl was very clever, in his line of work he had to be, and he trusted Undertaker with his kids, which must mean something.

Then there’s the thing with Othello. I mean clearly they know each other, hardly surprising, but Undertaker was this high flying INCREDIBLY serious collections reaper, compared to Othello (much as I love him) who couldn’t fight and ended up in forensics, the department which has practically no contact with the human world. So it makes sense that Othello knows about Undertaker, maybe even looked up to him, who knows, but why would Undertaker know Othello?

And whilst we’re on the subject (which we’re not) how did he get all those scars?? When he’s drawing wearing different clothes than normal, they are literally all over him. Anyone could have been fatal, particular focus on the one around his neck and across his chest. Now when we see him working as a reaper, he doesn’t have those scars. Given how good a fighter he is, there’s not a human in the world who could have done that. That leaves anything supernatural - demons, angels or even other reapers - which would have meant he fought them and survived (barely?). But the injuries must have been very bad to have scarred like that in the first place. Either that, or they’re fake and he just outs them on to mess with the characters’ (our) minds.

But moving on, when Ciel asks ‘to what end?’, Undertaker replies with;

So in other words, when he first rocked up in the human world, it probably was just curiosity. He needed some sort of a cover up for who he really was, so he set up a morgue. Why not? Maybe, during his many reaping jobs, he had come into contact with the work/estate of the Phantomhives. Enter Cloudia, and whatever happened there, happened. But somehow he went to serious reaper looking at the human world and the individuals living in it as one big experiment to actually caring about his lab rats. To have Cloudia’s mourning locket and be as fond of it as he is, something, in some way, must have changed. Another question is the rest of the mourning lockets. Unless they’re just for show so he can carry Cloudia’s and still fit in reasonably well (which I don’t think is the case) he must have cared about each of those people, and thus far, we have no idea who they are.

But then there’s THIS;

Bold words for a guy who cares far far too much about Ciel’s family, knowing full well right from the beginning that he would well and truly outlive them. But here is where the caring part comes in;

Unless he was taking about Sebastian. But even if he was, I think he was including himself in that statement to some extent as well, bearing in mind that of the people present, only Ciel was aware that his father knew Undertaker.

Now as for the Weston College Arc, Undertaker was obviously trying to keep away from Sebastian and Ciel for as long as possible, I suspect so that they found out about Derrick at the ‘right’ moment (for him at least) and to ensure a fight didn’t break out in front of the entire school, which would guarantee he could get away quickly without anyone knowing where he was going. But moving back in time a bit, Undertaker was involved with Weston College sometime prior to the Campania debacle (as Rian Stoker was with him when he arrived) and been contacted by Edgar Redmond, no doubt via Viscount Druitt, so all of that probably has something to do with how he managed to take over as headmaster so quickly (after all, this arc takes places directly after the Book of the Atlantic). He had been forced to blow a cover he’d been keeping up for the last 50 years so he needed somewhere to go quickly. Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if he had worked out that Weston College would be where Ciel went next too and as we established when he allowed Ciel to keep the mourning lockets, Undertaker clearly doesn’t want to cut any mores ties with him than necessary.

Then there’s this;

I think what Undertaker really wants to do is bring back Vincent, if not Cloudia, but given that reanimation requires a near perfect corpse, neither of these options are especially viable. As for his reasons, he is clearly very attached to them, and if you ask me, his lack of care for personal space in any capacity says he’s lonely, so I suspect that’s part of it. However, I think there’s probably a more important reason than that, but I honestly don’t know what. I believe it will be tied in with his mysterious connection to the Phantomhive family, but as we don’t know about that either, its difficult to say.

Now this part;

has always confused me. What was Sebastian referring to? And the fact that Undertaker implied their strength is equal? He would have killed Sebastian back on the ship if it hadn’t picked that exact moment to sink. All very intriguing.

Then this whole double page spread;

which really only gives more questions than it answers.

But now! Onto the Green Witch Arc. The bit to focus on has to be the interaction between Diedrich and Undertaker, in which Undertaker makes one very important comment;

Humans. He specifically said humans, meaning Diedrich knew he was a reaper, so by extension so did Vincent and most likely Cloudia as well. I admit, I had forgotten that sentence, so this explains why Vincent trusted Undertaker with the twins (which I was going on about earlier). And I assume when he said this;

He was talking about bringing Vincent back. Even he couldn’t bring back someone without their body.

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rotcon · 6 years

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[KNOX]

@unbeschwxrt:

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How annoying. He had hoped that he could get some sort of answer, yet he stood there, realizing that it had been stupid to ask in the first place. The demon was probably just playing around with him and upon hearing those words, the young reaper let out an annoyed sigh. He had tried to figure out what Sebastian would do next, how he worked, to find some sort of weak point. Ever since their first encounter it seemed like a good thing to get some sort of idea how the demon was. It would make killing him easier. Why were demons just so difficult in the first place?

His annoyed expression was soon replaced with a smirk. “So you don’t know what you’re doing? That sounds like a great plan!” It almost sounded mocking, but he knew that he should be carefully about what he says, still, it didn’t stop him from saying it anyway. “Why are you here anyway? Shouldn’t you be somewhere and do other things instead of bothering poor Reapers like me? Or were you looking for Grell, because if you did then I need to inform you that she’s not here. I can let her know that you were looking for her.~” He leaned on his lawnmower, tilting his head a bit to the side.

“Well played. Your quick wit is commendable,” came the dry response.

Knox was a particular favorite. Not in the sense that Sebastian enjoyed the substance of their talks (as he did Othello’s), but because Ronald was good fun to rile up. In Sebastian’s eyes, the reaper wore his heart on his sleeve. A faux-disappointment painted his features.

“You wouldn’t believe how many times a week I am asked precisely the same thing. Shouldn’t I be somewhere? Heaven knows; perhaps I ought to be elsewhere, perhaps I oughtn’t. But just as one should not ask a lady for the due date, it is impolite to question someone’s business elsewhere. Mr Knox, I know not how you were raised. But as things stand,” Here he shrugged with the kind of practised grace a cat could only dream of, “A gentleman might come to the conclusion you don’t appreciate his company.” The demon quirked a brow in challenge, although he dreaded the thought of having Grelle set on his trail. Perhaps too quickly he replied; “You needn’t let the lady know. I wouldn’t want to cause a bother, as you say.”

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darkspellmaster · 7 years

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Could the Candy be something other then the ring. Kuroshitsuji Chapter 128

Okay throwing this out there as a means of dealing with what’s going on in Kuroshitsuji and the events that have unfolded recently. To those looking for the new Voltron Shipping list, working on that as we speak.

Anyway, what I wanted to talk about was something that has been bothering me for a while in regard to the recent situations regarding the Blue Sect arc and what people have been ignoring in regard to story lines and developments, in favor of the 2CT theory. So before I begin I’d like to lay out some ground work.

First we need to talk about demons and exactly the rules that have been set forth by events in the manga. We know that in order to summon a demon you must be willing to give up your soul for a wish. This means that no murder has to be done, no blood sacrifice, just someone willing to give up their soul. The reason I bring this up is because of the rules set forth by Sebastian.

1. You have to be willing to give up your soul to summon them.

2. Normal events that were seen as witch meetings or what the cult was doing would not work.

By these two rules alone we now know that a demon cannot be summoned by a normal kill them all way. This also means that the person that was killed on the table was NOT the reason why Sebastian was summoned. Rather either Ciel was wishing it at the time and Sebastian heard it, or someone else was wishing to have a demon come with all their soul.

Keep in mind that if there was a twin this would mean that his wish was to summon a demon for some reason. If he died he would have had to have been reaped right away. Or his soul would have been devoured at some point given that the wish would need to be fulfilled before the demon could eat.

Problem is that Sebastian hasn’t eaten. We know that because he says he hasn’t. So if there was a twin, where is the soul exactly?

Second we have to discuss what Sebastian also said, and I’m going via the fan translation, as I do not have that issue and I need to get it next time I go to the book store. Sebastian mentions off handedly, that there are some that appear at random though. This adds to the rules that demons have to apparently abide by.

1. They need to be summoned normally.

2. In order to summon them you have to have a strong wish and a willingness to part with your soul.

3. Some demons do not need summons and appear randomly, meaning that they break the rules.

We know that there are quirky demons, Sebastian is one of them as he’s a picky eater. Yet his line about them appearing randomly was so throw away I don’t think people really thought about it at the time. I need this kept in mind.

One other factor that needs to be mentioned is that Othello notes in discussing demons, he states that the people the normally summon demons are those that are simplistic, as we saw with the people that wanted Sebastian and that he refused them as their wishes were dull, and once the wish is fulfilled the contracts done and the person is dead.

However he also notes that there are situations where there’s someone that is beyond the simple wish idea, and that makes things that are groundbreaking, thus keeping the demon interested in the long haul.

We also know, thanks to Sebastian, that demons can and do change their looks. Sebastian became the human butler that we all know about, and he’s also made himself out to look like other people (although he’s mostly retained his normal looks for reasons).

So to add in on the rules that we have about demons we now have.

1. They need to be summoned normally via someone willing to give up their soul to get the wish.

2. Witches Sabbaths and events like the Cults activity would not summon a demon

3. Normal demons tend to not be picky about who and tend to prefer to take contracts from.

4. Demons tend to take Simple people as they are a one and done situation for them to eat.

5. There are abnormal demons that have quirks ala Sebastian

6. Some Demons do not need to be summoned and appear at random

7. Some demons do not pick simple people and help develop amazing things with them.

8. Demons can change physical appearance.

With these facts in mind we need to delve into the next area.

Second fact that I want to talk about is the fact that we have Othello’s comments at the start and it’s restated later before the attack on Soma and Agni.

In the scene early on we have Grell hanging around, as you do, and suddenly in pops Othello noting he’s there to investigate matters because the deaths seem weird. Fast forward to the first time the demon is mentioned by the forensic officer.

When he’s talking about the machines they find in the back room, Othello notes that demons have helped people create such things, but this seems even bigger than just that. Given what we know now about the size of the operation there’s a possibility that you could still do what needed to be done and build things if you have the right number of people, as the Green witch arc showed.

Furthermore the second time a demon is mentioned directly by Othello is when he’s talking about events that are happening in the record. He mentions that demons can act as an external influence that could change things for everyone.

This I think is a strong hint in connection to the record book that there are demons that might be involved in all of this. We know from Othello now that a demonic influence can not only affect the life of the contractor but also everyone around that persons as well.

Thirdly, let’s talk about the ring that Ciel had in Sebastian’s memories. We see that the ring is in a pool of blood in Ciel’s hand. However the hand is not covered in blood the way that you would have it if you were rooting around someone’s inside. It would be far messier and while Ciel’s cuffs are covered in blood, this may not be from digging a ring out of someone’s stomach. If it is, that’s one of the cleanest jobs I’ve ever seen, or the ring didn’t go all way down into the guts.

In a number of cases people had hidden items by swallowing that item and throwing them up later. This could be the case with Ciel, where the blood we see is from his throat after he threw up the contents inside him (what little he probably had) and the ring from probably cutting up tissue and such in the throat. Vomiting up a ring could take a while as you have to empty a lot out of your guts and you can, and do, in some cases puke blood.

Fourthly we have to talk about the fire, or rather demonic fire to be honest.

According to Undertaker Vincent was burned up to the point that there was no bones left. We know for a fact that when Sebastian burned the house down in the circus arc there was no one there but doll whom they had to kill. We also know that Sebastian burned down the original cult house and that was an inferno.

Lastly we need to talk in short of Doll and Snake. During the Circus arc we saw that every member of the group was killed save her until the very end. We know that because of the fact that the two of them are alive that someone could have gotten out of the fire situation if they were outside of the range of it.

So based on recent events in the story and older chapters I’m going to put forth a theory as to what might be happening in regard to the death of Agni and why of all people Soma was targeted.

Adding this in because I thought this was really rather interesting and it connects to something I’m about to bring up down below. @thedarkestcrow and @midnight-in-town, both had connecting posts (here and here) in regard to this asked question “ What if there is no Twin.” .

In their post the poster noted the possibility of someone gas lighting Ciel into thinking his twin was alive. This could fall right into what Blavat wants and makes additional sense. They also noted that someone had to have told Baron Kelvin about what the set up was for the cult event that he missed. This means that there’s the chance that someone survived. And we know that one can survive the demon fire if you’re not in the place when it’s burning. Doll was only killed after she made it to the location, so we know that once outside you can live.

There’s also the fact that Ciel has been carried out of the fire by Sebastian, and we know that demons can control fire.

We know for a fact that whoever broke into the house was someone that knew about the events the night of the cult. Now the only people that we know of that know of what was going down there was Ciel, Sebastian and possibly one other person. This one other person may have been Blavat. We don’t know anything about his past but what we have gleaned so far is that he’s someone that knows how to manage large events, and that he has money to spend on the concert hall and costumes. Has connections to Nina, and also has shown that he has religious devotion to the Blue Star given everything that he’s doing.

We also know that when he saw Ciel he was surprised to see him in the first place. As if he recognized him and Sebastian.

So could it be that Blavat had been someone like Joker and the Circus crew at one point. A person that had lost their way and was in need of care and compassion, and the person that took him in was a member? Or it could very well be that he was one of the people that was being held by the cult? Either way, he may have been out of range of the fire that night and saw Ciel and Sebastian. So could he have been the person to have told the baron how to build the room.

However I have to wonder about that Tummy thing. We’re all predisposed by now to assume it’s the ring. Clearly Yana wants us to think it’s the ring and Ciel seems to think it’s the ring or at least something akin to it. We’re also guessing that the warning was for Ciel, but what if that’s not the case.

Yes it was put in Ciel’s room but who would be the first to see it going in. Sebastian. Now the weird thing about the situation for me regarding the ring and the message, why would Polaris carve that into the wall? If Twin Ciel was dead at the moment, would he even realize the ring had been taken out of him? Assuming the Who means that he doesn’t know who did it, then why put it in Ciel’s room?

There’s another thing that it could be referring to, that being a soul. So let’s say for this moment that the twin is dead. No bringing him back. If I was a demon that had had wanted a meal, and Sebastian took my place, I would be rather unhappy. Remember Sebastian did say that he was a picky eater, and that souls are a full on meal for them.

If Ciel’s soul is so unique that Sebastian, who is starving, is willing to wait for it, that’s a damn fine treat. Any demon would see this soul as a form of delicacy or candy. So that message may not be directly for Ciel that could be for Sebastian.

The other thing is that if they are gas lighting Ciel, then could it be rather than a normal human that has taken the form of Ciel’s twin, could that be a demon? Remember they can look however they want, and if that’s the case, then maybe the reason they were targeting Soma and Agni wasn’t because of Ciel, maybe it was because of Sebastian. If the demon saw how, or got an idea of Sebastian caring for others, it wouldn’t be too hard to think that maybe he or she saw an opportunity to hurt him by killing a human that he genuinely respected as punishment for his actions or slights that they felt. Taking on the form of Ciel would only magnify that feeling. And, again, if they can take any form, what’s to stop a Demon from taking on the form of the Earl?

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undertaker1827 · 4 years

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Can I request 3,7,and 23, for othello, maybe they work together and are on mutual/friend terms but one of them confesses at work, whether it be over time, a break, morning, whichever you choose. Thank you! 🧡💚🧡

Yes of course you can!! Ahh young love ... I had far too much fun writing this, sorry it took so long and I hope you enjoy!!

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“I don’t know why,” you started, eyebrows drawn in frustration and already starting your third coffee of the day, “but I swear dispatch has been even crazier than normal these last few days.” Your companion nodded his agreement, a few strands of dark green hair falling over the frames of his glasses. You both glanced to the side to watch as another six or seven reapers rushed by in a group, a good four of them from the same section of the collections department as you. They were all whispering to each other in hushed tones, looking very much like they were trying to give the impression everything was fine when in reality it was everything but.

“Bound to be something going on in the human world,” Othello commented, gaze lifting over your shoulder as another three collections reapers strode towards the opposite corridor. The two of you had managed to coordinate a five minute coffee break in the canteen to ‘rest’, really just wanting to trade theories on what was going on.

“Hey!” You exclaimed, a thought suddenly presenting itself in your mind, “What about that latest murder they had your lot looking into? Apparently Ronald Knox was supposed to be on collections for it but I heard they even sent William T. Spears down there.” Othello’s eyes widened slightly in surprise, then he allowed his gaze to drift as he thought about the crime scene in question.

“There was nothing overly out of the ordinary about that though. I mean, yeah they wanted us to take a look, but only as a safety precaution. I never even went down there myself; sent one of my colleagues to have a look - and he said there wasn’t much to report anyway.” Othello mused about the various tests that had been conducted and that he was on the verge of concluding ‘no forensic notes of interest’. “Maybe it’s something to do with that demon,” he continued, “y’know, with the young contractor who Grell’s always going on about.”

“Bassy.”

“That’s the one.” Suddenly feeling eyes trained on the back of your head, you turned to see your superior standing at the canteen’s entrance clutching what looked suspiciously like your clipboard and looking like he was physically restraining himself from telling you to hurry up and dragging you back to your office.

“Well, duty calls I guess.” You gave the other reaper an apologetic smile then stood to drop your disposable cup in the bin. “See you later.”

“See you.” Othello watched as you walked briskly away, facing your superior with an air of professionalism that he had never quite seemed to conquer. He had always admired you for that. In fact, he thought, he had always admired you for a lot of different things. You were always immaculately dressed in crisp black suits, no matter how many souls you reaped you never got a drop of blood on you - you claimed you didn’t dare to as you had no idea where it had been - and he didn’t think you had ever handed an assignment in late, even during your training days. He sighed dejectedly though, as he could think about you all day every day if he should choose, but it would never change the fact that you only saw him as a friend. Little did he know that you were thinking something very similar.

Once your superior had handed over your latest bout of paperwork and then left, you sat at your desk for a few moments, twirling a pen between your fingertips. Forensic science had always been a great interest of yours, even if you never went into the department for it. You had completed countless personal projects in the field, often enlisting the help of Othello for the sake of first hand accuracy and sometimes even using your friendship to get in on a few cases after hours. You let out a deep breath as you thought about your ‘friend’. You had considered him to be more than that for quite some time now, but hadn’t worked up the courage to tell him yet, lest it destroy your relationship all together. In your mind at least, something platonic was better than nothing at all.

It would be another few days before you saw Othello again. Everyone’s workload had been shot through the roof and there was crazy gossip circling the hallways during people’s breaks, to the point where you had heard one girl from management whisper to her friend about a deserter who was going on the rampage in the human world. Personally, you took all the gossip channels with a heavy pinch of salt, but that didn’t mean you wouldn’t take your hard earned intel to Othello to have a good old fashioned discussion about it.

By the time you got to your midday break, or rather, crashed into and almost fell straight through it, you were all but desperate for a heavy shot of the gloopy, black sludge the canteen offered as coffee. It tasted horrendous, but the caffeine hit was like no other.

You glanced around for Othello in the spot where you usually sat when you arrived, only to find you couldn’t see him. Shrugging to yourself, you took a seat for the sake of fishing out a small notebook and penning in a reminder, before standing up again, intent on getting-

“Can I sit with you?”

“Othello! I didn’t see you there!” You exclaimed, a wide grin splitting your features. “And of course, sit down!” He did so with a grateful smile, looking about as worn out as you felt. He then slid a black gloved hand across the table, pushing a disposable cup of pure delight in your direction.

“I made you coffee,” he started with a small, almost bashful smile, “Or rather, bought you coffee. Got you coffee? I think it’s law that they have to give it out for free here anyway...” He trailed off to laugh at the goofy look on your face. Your features were the physical representation of the ‘heart eyes’ emoji as you took the proffered drink, inhaling the heavenly smell and then all but inhaling the liquid too. You came up momentarily for air and to give him as many thanks as you could muster in the time you had, then went back to downing the caffeine. Othello’s gaze softened the longer he looked at you, and the words were out of his mouth before he really had time to consider their consequences.

“You’re so beautiful.”

You almost choked on your drink. Beautifully.

“I’m what?!” You proceeded to spend the next minute hacking up a lung and finally fell forwards onto the table, chest heaving for air. “You were saying?” You tried to recover the situation as best you could, ignoring the other reaper’s raised eyebrow.

“From that overreaction I’d guess you heard me, but just in case you didn’t-” might as well just go for it now, “-I said ‘you’re so beautiful’.” A pause. “And-god I don’t know if I’m going the right thing here- I ... I like you. Like a lot. Not as a friend. And I really hope I’m not ruining our current relationship by saying this but I was wondering if you wanted to goonadatewithme?”

He said the last part so quickly that it took a minute for your brain to decode the message, but when it had it was all you could do to keep your mouth from literally dropping open. You spluttered quite incoherently for a few minutes before coming up with, “I - you - really?! You - you like me? Like me like me? Like that?!”

Othello offered a cheesy grin, almost as if he was expecting your permanent, undeniable rebuttable. “...yes?”

“Oh my god I like you too,” you blurted out, a little breathless with the confession. The other reaper visibly, full body relaxed right in front of your eyes and you couldn’t help a small grin of your own. “I like you too,” you repeated, more calmly this time, “and I would love to go on a date with yo-”

“Y/N!!” You froze in horror, slowly turning to see your superior striding towards you with an armful of papers in hand and noting repeatedly how the entire canteen had gone silent and were all now staring directly at you.

“Sir?” You asked quietly, having to put real effort into not shrinking under his intimidating stare.

“What in the world do you think you are doing?” You went to answer but he cut you off, not letting you state your case. “Here I am, waiting for you in your office where you assured me you would be at this exact time, only for you not to show up. I had to ask a coworker, a coworker, who, by the way, I have no jurisdiction over whatsoever, what has happened to you, only to find out that you’re here, slacking off in the canteen!! You made me walk all the way down here to come fetch you, now I will not tolerate this Y/N! Come with me immediately!”

One hand twitched out of reflex as he leaned down to your sitting height, eyes glinting and you fully expecting to receive some growled threat too severe to be shouted to the rest of the canteen.

“And congratulations on finally getting together, by the way,” he murmured, still glaring for the sake of keeping up appearances, “the entire office has had bets on when and which of you would finally get on with it for weeks.” He winked, almost too fast to catch, then stood abruptly and stalked away, chin up and back ramrod straight as usual. “Now come along! Stop dilly-dallying!” With that, he stalked right out of the canteen, a room full of whispers starting up as soon as the door closed behind him. Flabbergasted and simultaneously thrilled, you flashed a grin at Othello, who was bright red and doing his best to hide behind his coffee cup.

Even when walking through the crowd of people discussing what you possibly could have done to warrant that extreme of a reaction, you couldn’t keep the grin from your lips.

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