A brother arrives

 ???: Hey, cutie. You going anywhere later today?

Victoria: Nice try, Christian, but two things. One, I’m gay. Second, you literally cheated on my sister less than a century ago.

Christian: Wait, Victoria!? What the hell happened to your hair? 

Victoria: Just going for a new blue hairstyle~ It’s been a while, might as well try the blue look.

Victoria: Well, it’s been nice meeting you, Christian! Seriously, stop flirting with me because I’m really gay. See ya~! *finger guns and winks*

Sebastian: There you are, brother. It’s taken you long enough.

Christian: What up, bro? 

Sebastian: I would certainly appreciate if it didn’t take you quite literally an entire year to answer my calls and letters. I’m certain I sent well over two-hundred of both.

Christian: What can I say? The ladies were callin’ me first and I’m not gonna deny a lady~

Astre: Sebastian, what in the world is your twin brother doing here?

Sebastian: Hello, master. I have called my brother to assist us. 

Christian: Yo, Ciel. Wait...It’s Astre now, right? This whole thing is confusing as hell. You seriously didn’t have to lie about the whole twin thing, Sebastian and I are twins.

Astre: *sighs* Sebastian, we don’t need another butler right now. What are you talking about?

Sebastian: As you are well aware, sir. Your brother, the real Ciel Phantomhive, has many enemies and eyes. We need our own allies so I called my brother as he is the perfect ally to have.

Sebastian: Considering Ciel appears to have my wife’s family on his side, likely some portion of the Trancy estate and Ellen - then it seems Christian is the perfect help.

Christian: Doesn’t help I messed around with like...half of Stella’s sisters so I guess we’ve got a common enemy and all that.

Sebastian: As you know, he is a terrible butler but what he lacks in being a butler, he has in being an excellent bodyguard.

Astre: Hm...This might work out actually.

-MEANWHILE-

Ciel: Mr Faustus! I have a perfect business opportunity for you.

Claude: Normally, I would not even bother with you but your plans have interested me so I am interested. Tell me.

Ciel: As you know, Alois is incredibly loyal to my brother. I mean, the two pretend like they despise each other but Alois does genuinely enjoy him as a friend.

Ciel: And my sister is “dating” Alois Trancy as his plan was to simply make my brother upset. 

Ciel: Alois, as you know, doesn’t want to be with Cecilia so I say we work together to...break them up.

Claude: Messing with love? I like the sound of this. I assume this is to have Alois at your side instead of the spare?

Ciel: You truly do catch on. I may hate demons, but I do like how quite smart you are, Mr Faustus.

Claude: I would completely agree to this, but the best choice for lady Phantomhive is to set her sights on someone else and have her fall in love with that person instead of Alois.

Ciel: Glad that you thought of that! 

Ciel: We have a professor. Professor Asuka, he seems to be in absolute love with Cecilia. I mean, I may like boys but it’s easy to tell when a boy loves a girl.

Ciel: And I’m sure you’ve noticed that he’s been watching Alois to try and damage his reputation so he can win Cecilia’s heart already.

Ciel: And once Alois is finally mine, we can be proper allies. We do have a common enemy after all~

Ciel: All you have to do is get Cecilia and Professor Asuka to fall for one another!

Claude: I suppose I can do that. It’s relatively easy. It would be most beneficial to work with someone who also despises Sebastian Michaelis.

Claude: You have a deal, Earl Phantomhive. 

Ciel: Excellent, Mr Faustus! *shakes his hand*

Ciel: I’ll be going now. Once this plan works, we’ll be able to discuss how to destroy Sebastian.

Alois: Ciel! What are you doing here!?

Ciel: O-Oh...Alois, I didn’t expect you to come back so soon...

Ciel: Unfortunately, I have to do. I came here to receive some documents from Claude. I promise, I’ll visit again soon.

Alois: Aw...I hope it’s really soon!

*Ciel leaves*

Alois: *sighs* You know what I’m thinking, Claude? 

Claude: ...That I am supposed to get the gong to remind you that you are still gay?

Alois: Finally! Now you start thinking on my page! Now go, get the gong!

Claude: Ugh...Yes, your highness.

TO BE CONTINUED

For context: Alois has been pretending to date Cecilia for years in an attempt to piss off Astre.