Request: UT making wooden christmas presents or maybe drunk trying to fix cabinets? Funeral mutes would be given gin and often end up drunk for cold funeral processions. Also victorian undertakers would take side jobs as cabinet makers or general wood work 😀
Walking down the snowy street, you passed a few boys shoveling the snow from pavements. They were all lightly dressed, but thanks to the work, their cheeks blushed red over the laughing mouths. They sang a Christmas Carol completely out of tune, but didn’t seem bothered by it.
Passing them, you handed them a few cents. Whoever employed them probably wouldn’t pay them enough either way.
Humming the notes that got stuck in your head, you opened massive black doors to Undertaker’s shop. It was already late evening, but as you thought, he didn’t bother closing them.
On the other hand, who in their right mind would think of robbing an undertaker?
“Are you there?” you shouted into the dark, searching for any light. “Come on, we have to hurry or we’ll be late to Ciel’s-…”
Sweeped off your feet, you found yourself buried in Undertaker’s robes.
“Finally there, I thought you’d never come…”
He laughed, burying his face in your neck, his hat already lost somewhere in the shop while he danced around with you, swiftly avoiding the furniture, even though it was almost completely dark. The only light was coming through the windows.
“Don’t tell me you’re drunk again,” you sighed, letting him lead you.
“Maybe a little.”
“Let’s leave the dancing for the ball,” you tucked his silvery hair behind his ear.
Toad's Cave 