"For afternoon tea we have a double chocolate cake with fudge drizzle and a side of strawberries," I said to the Earl of Phantomhive as I lifted a small lid off of the serving tray. Ciel, looking rather bored, nodded , muttered a "thank you," and waved his hand to indicate my dismissal. I performed a small bow and walked slowly to the door. When I turned around from closing the door, I bumped into a large muscular chest.
I felt the smirk rather than saw it. I kept my head down and my eyes tightly shut, not wanting to look up into the glowing red eyes that were sure to belong to belong to the smirking face. I slowly lifted my face to meet the smirking read eyes of the devilly handsome face.
"Have you served the tea to the young master, Juni?" he asked with a sardonic smile.
"Yes I have, Sebastian," I replied cautiously and quickly walked away. Not before he grabbed my arm. I tried to shake his hand off but his grip only tightened around my wrist, nearly cutting off my circulation.
"Let go Sebastian; you're hurting me," I said in a tight voice, trying to hide my inner turmoil at being touched by him.
He only gave a dark chuckle and and slightly tightened his vice-like grip. Sebastian then brought his head right next to my ear . I could feel his hot breath on my neck , causing goosebumps to form on my neck and the hair to rise up. His lips were right next to my ear.
What do you want, Sebastian?" I asked him quietly , trying to move away from his mouth.
He quickly slammed me against the wall with my hands pinned to my sides after my failed attempt at trying to get away from him. By now I was terrified. It wasn't the first time he had slammed me against the wall .
The first time was a week into my employment in the Phantomhive manor when it first happened. After meeting the other servants of the manor, I was working well in my new job as the head maid. There was one servant in the Phantomhive manor that gave me an odd feeling: the butler. He gave off an eerie aura that unsettled me. Also, the way way he stared at me with those unnatural red eyes unnerved me.
"Juni, the young lord requests you in the library in 10 minutes," Sebastian told me as I dusted the kitchen.
"I'll be there shortly then," I quickly replied without looking at Sebastian. Even though I barely knew Sebastian, something about him gave me the creeps. I looked at the clock and got back to work dusting the kitchen. Once ten minutes we up, I dusted myself off and made my way to the library.
"What can Master Ciel want?" I thought to myself. When I got to the library, I didn't see the young lord. Where is he? "Master Ciel?" I called out, "you wanted to see me?"
"That was all just a ploy," a seductive voice whispered in my ear, then I was slammed against the wall, my arms pinned above my head and chest pushed against the wall. Whoever it was that pushed me against the wall untied my bun, letting my long, black hair cascade down my back. "I'm sure you know who I am, Juni..." He whispered in the same seductive tone.
"Sebastian," I whispered, terrified, "w-what are y-you d-doing?" I knew there was something different about him. What was he planning?
He gave another low chuckle and brought his mouth close to my ear, "Nothing Juni, nothing at all," he whispered throatily, moved my hair aside, revealing my neck, and kissed my neck lightly. He also let go of my arms at the same time . I gasped and turned around, but he was gone.
It happened a few months after that again. By then I had tried to forget about the incident between Sebastian and I. All I had done since then was to try and establish a friendship, after all, I was going to be working with him for a while, and I should have a good relationship with the head butler as the head maid.
I was working in the garden when I saw Sebastian cutting some roses for the manor. "Hi Sebastian," I called out to him.
He turned around with a smirk , wiping sweat off his brow. He wasn't wearing his trademark black tail coat. His sleeves were rolled up, revealing his strong forearms. Despite my preconceived notions about Sebastian, he was incredibly attractive, making my heart flutter, but I had learned to control that, lest he take it as an invitation to do "that" to me again.
"Hello Juni," he said with that seductive tone, making me flashback to the time when he kissed my neck. An involuntary blush to rise to my cheeks. I quickly turned around, hoping the dashing butler didn't notice. A dark chuckle confirmed my suspicions that he did.
"Now what was that?" Sebastian came up behind me, the tip of his hedge clippers touched my arms. Goosebumps formed the coldness of the tip. He was practically purring in my ear .
"Nothing," I whispered, "I have to go in now." I walked away from him, but he grabbed my arm and turned me around so I was facing him. "What do you Sebastian?" I asked, trying to sound bored and actually succeeding. It didn't fool him.
Sebastian smiled a dark smile, "I don't think that was "nothing" just then," he whispered , his face coming closer to mine. He smirked and stroked my cheek, keeping his finger on my cheek.
By now I was terrified. What would he do to me? He slammed me into a wall of flowers, just like last time except this time I was facing him. It was almost worse.
"Let go of me," I pleaded quietly.
He laughed, gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, and suddenly was gone; just like last time.
After he was gone, I collapsed onto my knees and clutched my chest. My heart was beating erratically. I had no idea what was going on anymore. Why was Sebastian doing this to me?
After that time in the garden, Sebastian didn't try to grab me or kiss me again. Every now and then he would grab my arm a bit too tightly or for a bit too long. Nothing as serious as slamming me into the wall or trying to kiss me. Even though he wasn't doing anything like that, I still tried to keep my distance from him. Until now, he hasn't attacked me in a long time. It's been one year since the last incident.
Coming back to the present...
"What do I want Juni?" he whispered in my ear, his hot breath tickling the back of my throat. "Meet me in the library after you finish your chores," he ordered me in his seductive tone.
"No," I said to him, almost spitting my answer in his face. He didn't take too kindly to that.
"You will meet me in the library today, Juni," he replied. His tone now cold and devoid of all humor. His grip around my hands tightened unbearably, making me gasp. "Now say it."
"No," I gasped out through the pain.
Crack! my head snapped to the left. The sound echoed in the empty hallway. Sebastian had slapped me! I could feel the throbbing handprint on my cheek. It stung, a lot.
"Changed your mind?" he whispered tauntingly, staring at my eyes alluringly, waiting for me to tear up, but I wouldn't give him that satisfaction. "Or do you to be persuaded again?" he raised his hand as if to slap me again.j
My eyes filled with fear, as much as I hated him, I didn't want to be slapped again. His eyes filled with humor at my obvious fear. "Ok," I whispered, "I'll meet you in the library after I finish my chores."
He smiled and let go of my arms. I rubbed my wrists, trying to get the circulation back into them while I glared at the red eyed monster. Too late, just like before, he was gone.