It was a remotely ordinary day at the Phantomhive estate, the servants were all busy with their chores and the young master was sipping tea in his study. The door opened to reveal a tall figure dressed in black, the butler Sebastian Michealis,
"Forgive the intrusion young master, but I bring a letter" He stated politely.
"Who from?" Ciel replied bluntly.
"It doesn`t say" Sebastian replied sounding slightly confused, "But it says it`s of great importance that you read it"
"...Interesting..." Ciel stated bluntly hiding his curiosity.
Sebastian passed his young master the letter and he began reading it.
"It says that you are to take on an apprentice?" Ciel read aloud with confusion in his voice
. "I`m to take on an apprentice?" Sebastian repeated sounding quite amused, "Well that should be interesting." he stated with a smirk.
Ciel gazed at the letter still confused... "it doesn`t even say who we`re supposed to be meeting" Ciel noted bluntly, "well that`s certainly unusual"
"Shall I send a reply master?"
"Yes."
Sebastian bowed "Yes my lord." He said with his signature smirk.
Later in the afternoon Sebastian was clearing up the dead remains of the roses Finny had accidently sprayed with herbicide, he sighed wondering if there would come a time when the other Phantomhive servants would actually perform their given tasks without causing something break, die or explode when he was interrupted from his thoughts by an all too familiar greeting
"BASSY!" Grell cried leaping at Sebastian in an attempt to hug him, before Sebastian ducked sending Grell sailing into a dead rose bush.
"Oh Bassy, you`re too cruel to me" Grell stated going into one of his many dramatic poses.
"I still wonder if you`re aware as to why that is" Sebastian muttered glaring at the red reaper he so wished to strangle sometimes,
"Anyway is there any particular reason you`re here?" he questioned still glaring at the reaper,
"Can`t a woman visit her lover?" Grell replied playfully before receiving a swift kick to the face from his "lover"
"Well since you have no actual business here I suppose i`ll go back to my duties now" he sighed, "I assume you know where the exit is?"
Grell pouted, he didn`t come all the way to the Phantomhive estate just to be cruelly cast out by his adored demon
"Why don`t you take a break and at least talk to me" he said still pouting
"Because as a butler have many duties" he replied coldly, "aren`t you as a reaper supposed to be collecting souls too?" he asked hoping this would make him leave.
"Will sent me to retrieve some souls around here, but I don`t have to collect them for a while so I thought I'd come and see you" he answered with a grin.
Sebastian sighed once again wishing that the reaper didn`t have such a strong attachment to him "Well I'm afraid if I don`t finish my tasks for the day the young master will be displeased" he replied with a smile feeling glad that Ciel was so strict and despised Grell almost as much as himself. He bowed politely before turning to leave,
"That damn brat" Grell muttered angrily, "He always has dear sweet Bassy to himself..." he said sadly,
Grell started walking back towards the gates from which he had entered before noticing someone walking towards the manor, they had long silver hair tied back into a red ribbon, bright green eyes that shined like emeralds, they wore a smart waistcoat, black trouser and black shoes, a plain white shirt, and a pair of dark glasses. They almost looked like a butler they were so smartly dressed. Grell just stood there feeling puzzled, and slightly fascinated, he hadn`t seen anyone so dazzling since he`d first met Sebastian when he was working as a butler for Madam Red. The dazzling figure walked up to Grell before politely asking
"Excuse me is this the Phantomhive estate?"
Grell was too shocked to answer, he felt drawn into those shinning eyes,
"Um..." he said nervously
"My name is Darcy, I'm supposed to be working here as a trainee butler under Sebastian Michealis"
He continued before smiling at Grell, Grell didn`t know what to say, he just stood in a daydream,
"Would you happen to know where he is?" Darcy asked innocently before Grell snapped out of his thoughts panicking
"Um yes he is this way" Grell replied wondering who this mysterious and extremely good looking man was and why he felt so obliged to show him where Sebastian was,
when they entered the mansion Sebastian immediately noticed Grell feeling rather irritated as he thought the reaper would have given up and returned to his duties by now, he then noticed the trainee and felt quite surprised at to why he was with Grell
"Ah Grell I see you have met the new trainee butler" he stated before deciding to ask why he was with him.
"Um would you be Mister Sebastian?" Darcy asked politely
"Yes that would be me" Sebastian replied smiling "I assume it was you who sent the letter?"
"Yes that was me sir" he answered politely, "you see I was butler to the Atherton household, but after the death of my late master and the other members of the family I had nowhere to go, as I'm relatively new to the job" he said trying to hide his embarrassment, "But I heard the Phantomhive household had an supremely talented butler, and I wished to learn from him" he finished bowing deeply "Please accept me as an apprentice" he asked calmly.
Sebastian looked rather startled; he had never seen a human quite like this before, so polite and determined,
"Well my young master has already made his decision, you are to learn from myself as a trainee and become a proper butler" he announced.
Darcy tried to hide his excitement "thank you!" he gasped excitedly.
Grell was still stood next to him with a look of pure confusion plastered onto his normally deviously smirking face, he blinked back to reality again then realised he had been gazing at Darcy he blushed and hoped no one had noticed
"Thank you Mister Grell" Darcy said politely bowing
"WA-what for!" he said panicking
"Hehe for assisting me in locating Mister Sebastian" he stating formally smiling,
Grell blushed before replying quickly "N-no problem"
"Oh Yes!" Darcy gasped suddenly, "I'm sorry I haven`t properly introduced myself" he apologized bowing "My name is Darcy Blackthorn, who might you be besides Grell?" he asked sweetly
"Who is this man, he`s so cute and innocent looking, yet...why do i feel so drawn to him..?" Grell wondered blushing "Uh... Grell, Grell Sutcliff"
"Hehe nice to meet you" Darcy replied smiling away, he shook Grell`s hand "I hope we can be good friends" he said sweetly
"God he`s too God damn cute!" Grell thought panicking again "Um yes.. I would like that" he answered nervously trying to hide the fact that he suddenly felt quite turned on.
This was very strange for Grell, he`d never felt affection like this for anyone other than Sebastian... and maybe William but he had soon given up on that after being rejected coldly.
"Well I suppose you should come and introduce yourself to the young master" Sebastian suddenly interrupted smirking as he had immediately noticed Grell`s fascination with Darcy
"This should be very interesting" he smiled to himself darkly as he led the new trainee to Ciel`s study,
"Would you care to join us Mister Grell?" Sebastian asked suddenly
"Oh um...alright then" Grell replied nervously. Sebastian smirked to himself; he was looking forward to seeing Grell in torture.
They entered Ciel`s study "Forgive the intrusion young master, but the new trainee has arrived" Sebastian said, Ciel looked up from his studies and then frowned
"What is He doing here?" Ciel grunted showing his anger
"He accompanied our new trainee so I thought it was only polite to offer him our hospitality" Sebastian replied calmly smirking to himself still
"Fine then" Ciel grunted before turning to Darcy "You sent the letter then?"
"Yes sir"
"Who might you be then?" Ciel asked suddenly quite interested.
"Darcy sir, Darcy Blackthorn. Thank you for this opportunity."
"..You`re quite welcome" Ciel replied intrigued by his unusual politeness
"Well I Suppose we should introduce you to the other Phantomhive servants" Sebastian noted, "This way if you will Mister Darcy, is there anything you require master?"
"No, Thank you" Ciel replied his interest now gone he returned to his study. Sebastian smirked again,
"Will you be accompanying us Mister Grell?"
"Um yes" Grell Hurriedly followed, "How can someone be that freaking adorable and utterly perfect? His eyes were so beautiful, and that smile..."
He hadn`t seen such beautiful eyes since he had seen the Undertaker`s eyes, Grell continued to daydream as he stared dreamily at Darcy whilst following. They then arrived to the kitchen where all the servants had gathered.
"I would like to introduce you to Mister Darcy Blackthorn; he will be working here for awhile as a trainee butler"
"Um how do you do?" Darcy said shyly.
To Be Continued In Chapter 2.