So this is a Kuroshitsuji(black butler) Alternate Universe Fanfiction. This is my first time posting a fanfiction so please don't criticise too harshly.
I do not own any of the characters of Black Butler. They belong to Yana Toboso.
Oh and by the way its kinda long. Hope you enjoy.
He tossed and turned in his sleep. He was dreaming he was running. But where? He was running in an endless darkness, no way out. Something invisible was clawing at his skin, on his arms, through his clothes and no matter how many times he swatted the air around him or scratch his arms...his hand would hit nothing each time.
So he ran blindly.
"AH!" he screamed, flinging the entangling covers on him to the ground as he fell from the bed at the same time.
His eyes met morning light from the open window next to his bed.
His ears heard the birds singing on the window sill. His skin felt nothing but the cool morning air, the smell of blooming flowers pleasant.
'It was just a dream' he told himself.
He lay on the floor motionless, thinking, letting his mind drift from his terrible dream. There was a sudden knock at the door, pulling him from his thoughts.
"Ciel. Ciel are you alright?"
He sighed. "Yes Mother I'm fine."
"Okay. Just remember it's the first day back at school, attending your new one."
"Yes Mother I know."
"Do you remember where it is?"
"Yes Mother. I'll catch the bus there. Is that all?" he said in an irritated voice.
"Yes dear."
Ciel heard his Mother's receding footsteps. He sighed as he ran his fingers through his shaggy dark navy blue hair. He got up off his floor and threw the blankets back onto the bed. He rubbed the sleepiness from his blue eyes as he let out a small yawn.
He walked out of his room and straight to the bathroom, turning his shower on and letting the hot water soothe his raging thoughts. After he went back to his room and put on a fresh pair of blue skinny's and a plain white shirt under a black and blue hoodie. He zipped up his hoodie and grabbed his bag, slinging it over one shoulder.
He walked down stairs as quietly as he could so he could avoid his parents. Once he made it outside, he let out a breath that he didn't even know he was holding.
Ciel made his way down the paved street, focusing mainly on the ground. It was the first day of the term and of his new school. For that he was thankful. He never liked his old school. There he was constantly bullied. Being called an emo, goth, cutter, fag you name it. He would be pushed aside in the hallways, pushed down stairs and even got his head dunked in the toilet a few times.
So he was more than happy to leave that miserable dump behind. He just hoped that none of it happened at his new school.
Ciel rounded a corner and made it to the bus stop. There were already a few people there, chatting about their holidays, how they hated going back to school and such. Ciel stood away from the majority of them leaning against a wall, hands in the pockets of his hoodie and supporting a blank expression.
He waited impatiently for the bus to arrive. The people around him were so loud it was annoying. But the bus was worse. The people on there were much louder and would occasionally throw things at each other.
Ciel sat in the middle of the bus alone, getting grumpier by the minute. As soon as he arrived at the school, he quickly rushed off the bus getting as far away from people as possible.
As he walked through the main gate of his new school, he glanced at the sign. The paint was faded but the letters easily stood out. It read: Wisteria High School.
He then turned his attention to the big building in front of him. The bricks were old and worn down by the weather with the occasional crack in the bricks. It was a large building definitely bigger than his old school. But the building was duller. A few floors of the building were noticeable. He wondered for a brief second how many there were.
As soon as he stepped into the corridor, the bell rang, singling people to go to roll call. Everywhere people talked as they walked on their way to class. Being a bit smaller than the other students, Ciel got bumped a few times. He was at least as tall as the average year 9. Once the corridors were completely empty Ciel could finally find his way around.
He was told to report to the front office as soon as he was here. He eventually did find his way to the office. He pushed open the door and there was a girl waiting at the front desk, smiling at him. She was younger than all the other women working there which was nice.
'At least I won't have to deal with a cranky old bat' Ciel thought.
He casually strolled to the front desk.
"Can I help you?" the girl asked sweetly.
"I'm new here and I was told to check in here on my first day" Ciel replied, no change in expression.
The girl nodded. "And your name would be?"
"Ciel Phantomhive."
"Okay let me just check."
She tapped the keyboard and a few clicks later, she nodded. "Okay then Ciel, you are to wait right here and we'll send for someone to show you around."
Ciel took a seat and waited. He didn't have to wait too long when he heard his name called. He turned around and saw that someone was beckoning him over. It was a male about the same age as himself. He had short blonde hair with soft green eyes. He had a big grin on his face completely opposite to Ciel's frown. He wore simple black pants and a white shirt.
Ciel walked over to him.
"Hi my name is Finny" the boy chirped. "I'm to be your guide for today. So what's your name?"
"Ciel."
"Well okay then Ciel. The first thing the timetable says you have is Science. Hey that's the same as me! Come on I'll take you there."
Finny lead Ciel to their class. On the way, Finny tried to strike up a conversation with him. Ciel would nod occasionally and answer in a word or two. Once they arrived Finny apologised to the teacher and told her why they were late. She just told them to sit down at a bench and to be quiet.
The Science lesson seemed to be going at a snail's pace for Ciel. Finny would try and chat him up whenever the teacher wasn't looking. Ciel barely replied to any of the questions and wanted no part to join in on the conversations.
When the bell did finally ring, he stood up in his seat to go.
"And where do you think you're going?" the teacher asked, raising an eyebrow.
Ciel looked around then he realised she was talking to him. "Oh, I was preparing to go to my next class."
"This is your next class Mister...Phantomhive is it? Yes. On Monday's you have a double period of Science. Now could you please take your seat and don't disturb the lesson again."
"Yes ma'am" Ciel replied as he sat back down.
"Oops. I'm sorry" Finny apologised. "I was going to tell you that we had a double period but it just slipped my mind."
Ciel offered a small smile. "It's okay. No harm done."
Finny sighed in relief as the teacher kept babbling on about science stuff. When the bell rang again at the end of the period, Ciel waited for others to get up and walk out before he himself did.
"Hey Ciel this way" Finny smiled as he grabbed his arm and dragged him down the hallway.
"Where are you taking me?" Ciel asked as he tried to pry Finny's fingers from his hoodie.
"I'm going to show you around silly."
Ciel grumbled. After about 20 minutes of walking around and Finny's non stop talking, Ciel finally got a break when the bell rang.
"Oh, I thought we had more time" Finny said disappointed but in an instant cheered up. "Now on to your next class!"
His next class wasn't very spectacular. It was cooking classes. And he was expected to make something. He refused to do any cooking and when he was told to he would give the teacher such an attitude they would just give up and leave him be.
By the time it was lunch he was one of the first to leave. He thought if he left early enough he could avoid Finny and go sit by himself like he always did. But that hope faded when he saw Finny running towards him.
"Hey Ciel. I'm glad I caught up to you!"
"I'm glad too" Ciel said with a frown.
Finny smiled. "Come with me. There are some people I would like you to meet."
Ciel didn't have a choice as Finny yanked him to the Cafeteria. He might not look it but Finny was very strong. This showed in his tight grip he had on Ciel.
The Cafeteria was crowded and noisy. There were kids scattered across bench tops and chairs doing whatever they pleased. Ciel was led through this chaos as he and Finny grabbed some lunch. They brought their food over to a quiet table at the back and sat down.
"So who are these people you wanted me to meet?" Ciel asked.
Finny was too distracted to answer his question as he was currently scanning the crowd. He smiled when he spotted two familiar faces.
He stood up and waved to them. "Bard! Mey-rin! Over here!" he called.
Finny sat down as the two figures weaved their way through the crowd till they reached them and took a seat. One of them was a guy with shaggy sandy blonde hair. He was beefy and had fine hairs covering his chin. He wore plain blue jeans and a white shirt. The person that was sitting beside him was a girl.
She had long maroon hair that was tied at the sides of her head in two pigtails and wore big round glasses. She wore a long sleeved shirt and a long blue skirt that went to her ankles.
Finny smiled. "Ciel these are my friends Bard and Mey-rin. Bard, Mey-rin, this is Ciel."
"Nice to meet you" Mey-rin replied.
"Hey I saw you in my cooking class" Bard stated as he started eating.
Ciel blinked. "You did?" He thought about it. "Wait, weren't you the one who burnt his batch of cupcakes?"
Bard scratched the back of his head and gave a small laugh. "Well you see, I thought they weren't cooking fast enough so I decided to turn the heat up a bit. Turns out I overdid it and they burnt."
Finny smiled. "You might not notice it but Bard is a very good cook."
Bard slightly blushed. "You're too kind."
"And everyone knows that Mey-rin is the top of her maths club."
Mey-rin went red. "Well...I wouldn't say the best."
"Oh come on. You are definitely better than anyone here at maths" Finny pressed.
Ciel tuned them out as they continued to ramble on. His eyes wandered around the big room. There were teenagers of all different ages in this room. More boys than girls though at the moment. His eyes then landed on three boys sitting by themselves at a table not far from his.
They all seemed to be eating in perfect unison. But what was most strange was they looked the same. They wore the same clothes. Had the same hair and eye colour and also the same build. The only difference between them was their hairstyles. Other then that, completely identical.
"Who are they?" Ciel asked.
"Those are the triplets" Bard replied.
Finny nodded. "The one on the far left is Timber. The one on the right is Thompson and the one in the middle is Cantebury. They tend to keep to themselves and don't socialise with other people. They prefer the company of each other."
"Hmm."
A second later Bard pointed. "Them over there are not very friendly people."
Ciel turned around and looked. He saw a boy his age with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a white shirt under a green one with a purple jacket over the top and a black tie. He wore very short shorts and wore boots to go with it. Ciel thought that no guy gay or straight should look like that.
The one talking next to him was a woman with a very revealing blouse and a very short skirt. One the other side, sitting on the table was another guy wearing a hoodie with a white shirt and black pants that hung low, his belt obviously not holding them up properly. Underneath his hoodie was a plain black cap.
"That's Claude, Hannah and Alois. It would be better if you steered clear of them."
Ciel nodded and turned away. Just as he was about to go back to eating he looked over Bard's shoulder and spotted someone sitting not far from them.
He was donned in a black jacket that had a black and purple shirt underneath. His jeans were black and he sat with his feet on the table, showing everyone the black boots he wore. He had a lip piercing with dark brown eyes that really stood out with his black hair. He wore fingerless gloves and a belt that hung loosely from his waist.
Interested Ciel looked at who he was sitting with. He spotted red flowing hair and saw a woman sitting on the table, filing her nails as a guy with long silver hair that covered his eyes and a black hat was sitting on either sides of her legs, resting both hands on either side of her thighs.
Suddenly his long black nailed hands slowing crept up her thighs and pushed past the short red mini skirt. It was like she already knew what was going to happen because the next instant she used the nail filer to whack away his hands, not even taking her eyes off her nails.
The man wearing the green shirt with a skull on it plastered a wide grin on his face and chuckled, saying something that Ciel couldn't hear. Ciel looked at the attire of the girl. To go with the red mini shirt she also had red mesh underneath her black crop top. She also had red boots and thigh high stockings. The guy she was sitting between had grey pants and a black belt to complete his appearance.
Sitting on the other side was another guy with blonde hair and glasses, similar to the style the girl's was. He wore a bright gold and black jacket with a yellow and black shirt underneath. He also wore black gloves and a pair of ripped blue jeans.
Ciel's eyes landed back on the man in black.
"Who are they?" he asked.
Mey-rin turned and instantly turned red. "That's Sebastian and his group. Isn't he dreamy?"
She sighed and seemed to drift off into her own little world as Bard filled in the rest.
"The blonde is Ronald and the red head is Grell, and that's her boyfriend Undertaker."
Ciel raised an eyebrow. "Is that really his name?"
Bard shrugged. "No one knows. But that's what name is registered."
Ciel turned his attention back to Sebastian and noticed he was watching him. Their eyes locked and Ciel felt his blood suddenly boil. He quickly looked away just as Sebastian smirked at him. 'New guy huh?'
Ciel tried to keep his attention off Sebastian as much as he could as he ate lunch and went to his next class when the bell rang.
Finny insisted that he drop him off at his Maths class and as soon as he walked in he found the classroom was different from the rest. Instead of tables where two people would sit at, there were whole long benches that could seat at least five or six people.
He scanned the room for a seat and the only one left was next to a couple of meatheads and the man in black know as Sebastian who had seated himself next to the window.
Ciel slightly gulped and sat uncomfortably next to the football players and Sebastian. Now that Ciel was closer to him he noticed more details. Like he had piercings in his ears as well and that his fingernails were painted black. And that he was quite tall this unusual guy.
The guys on the other side of Ciel then started trying to talk him up. When he wouldn't give them his attention they started calling him names and started to make fun of his size. Ciel felt like yelling at them already. For them to stop calling him names. He always hated criticism especially when it was directed towards him. They were being complete dick heads to him.
It was obvious that Sebastian on the other side of him was getting irritated. Because as he was drawing, the end of his pencil snapped, which brought the desks attention to him. He looked at the idiots and gave them a death glare that screamed murder. The guys audibly gulped and pulled their chairs to the other end of the desk.
Ciel blinked. "Uh thanks."
"Don't mention it" Sebastian replied with a small smirk. "Those guys are total wankers and were annoying the shit out of me."
He talked in such a cool and calm way. A voice that Ciel would imagine he could listen to all day. He shook himself to reality.
"Well you did me a favour."
Sebastian smiled and stuck out his hand. "My name is Sebastian Michaelis."
Ciel shook it. "Ciel Phantomhive."
"So, Ciel, what brings you to this hell hole?"
The teacher was talking and writing on the blackboard that neither took notice of.
"My mother thought it would be better if I changed schools. This was her first choice."
"And she chose here? What an odd first choice."
Sebastian dug into his bag and brought out another pencil and started drawing again.
"Well you seem like an alright kid. Make sure you don't get in with the wrong crowd."
"Wasn't planning on it."
"That's good."
Ciel found that he couldn't stare long at Sebastian without felling flustered. He looked away and he looked somewhere else. He spotted some people up the front of the class that looked like they were staring into space.
"Uh, what's up with them?" Ciel asked.
Sebastian looked. "They're stoned that's what's up. Eddy, Frank and Vikki are always like that. They're pretty much always stoned as fuck."
"Wouldn't they get suspended for taking that sort of stuff?"
"Not if they don't get caught" Sebastian smirked.
Ciel looked away again and a second later Sebastian lightly nudged him. Sebastian pointed to a group of girls not far from them.
"Those girls over there are desperates. They absolutely love all the attention from everyone. But careful, those chicks do anything for attention. And I mean anything." He then pointed to the row in front of them.
"These guys are the goodie goodies. They actually do their homework and pay attention in class." He pointed to another group.
"Those three girls are gossiping machines. They practically live off the stuff. So don't do anything stupid or the rumour will be spread like wildfire." He pointed to the last table.
"And those two are the "in love couple". Ugh, makes me sick. All that lovey dovey crap. I think I might empty my guts just thinking about it."
"How long have you been going to this school?" Ciel asked, changing the subject, hoping Sebastian wouldn't actually throw up.
"All of my high school years. It's a pretty shit place but you get used to it."
Ciel nodded as his mind started to wander. The only thing that brought him out of his thoughts was when Sebastian tapped him on the shoulder. Ciel slightly jumped and looked up at him a bit confused.
"Its home time" Sebastian supplied.
"It is? Oh. Okay then."
It was because he saw that everyone was leaving. Ciel got up and picked up his bag and headed out of the classroom with Sebastian. He was slightly surprised when he started to walk with him.
"So how are you getting home?" Sebastian asked.
"By bus" Ciel replied.
"You want a lift?" Sebastian asked as they exited the building.
Ciel shook his head. "No need. The bus will do."
Sebastian nodded. "Then I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
Sebastian flashed him a dashing smile that made a shiver run down Ciel's spine. He slightly blushed and quickly turned away and walked off without saying goodbye. Sebastian smirked after him and went to find his car.
The bus ride home for Ciel was better than it was this morning. He let his mind drift and no matter what he thought of his mind would always wander back to Sebastian.
Sebastian with his silky black hair and those nice deep brown eyes. His lips looked so soft despite his piercing. For a brief moment he wondered exactly how soft they actually were. He caught himself and shook these kinds of thoughts from his head.
'No' he thought. 'I must not think of this guy so much. I barely know him but there is just something about him...shit Ciel are you getting infatuated?'
Ciel crossed his arms and huffed. Yes he knew that he was interested in the same sex. Gay people called it. No one knew it of course. Even though he was called so at his old school, everyone thought he was straight and that it was just a rumour that some idiot made up. Ciel was glad they thought so.
When he finally got off the bus he raced home and upstairs, to the sanctuary of his own room. He looked the door behind him, throwing his bag to the floor and collapsing onto the bed.
He wasn't exactly sure how long he was lying there for but he got up when he heard his mother knocking on the door.
"Ciel open the door and let me in please" came his mother's voice.
Ciel grumbled as he got up and opened the door for his mother. "Yes mother?"
She stepped into his room. "I just want to know how your first day of school went. No need for the attitude. Now sit and tell me all about it."
She sat down and patted the bed beside her. Ciel reluctantly sat on the bed. He was uncomfortable sitting this close to his mother. It had been the closet he had been to her since he was six.
It wasn't because she was mean it was because she just neglected to get to know him better as he grew older.
"Well?" his mother asked.
Ciel shrugged. "It was alright."
"And no one bullied you are harmed you?"
Ciel shook his head. "No mother. Nothing of the sort."
"Did you at least make any new friends?"
Ciel nodded. "Yes. His name is Finny." Ciel tried a small smile to reassure her.
His mother just sighed. "Well I guess that's a relief. I'll be leaving very shortly and won't be back until late. Will you be alright?"
Ciel nodded. "I'll be fine. I'll see you later."
His mother got up off his bed and left Ciel alone. He locked his door as soon as she left and he just lay there. Alone. He was finally alone. Something he had wanted to do all day. But he knew he wouldn't be as soon as his step father came back from work. Even if his mother encouraged it, he would never call that man his real father. He refused to call that horrible man his father. His mother didn't know it but Ciel held a lot of hatred towards him. How blind she was. Ciel sighed as he flipped over onto his back and started to drift off to sleep.
