Hello, lovely people! I discovered this wonderful fandom a couple weeks ago and completely fell in love with the characters, the setting...everything about it. So, when that happens I naturally have to start writing fanfiction to start playing with my favorite characters. As it's December and almost Christmas, a Christmas fic! Happy Holidays! (And Happy Birthday to Ciel in nine days! Though this does take place after Ciel's birthday during the holidays.)
A few notes before we get started: 1. I've read the manga and watched the anime, so there will be some anime-only characters in here like Paula (Lizzie's attendant), Alois, and Claude. 2. Yes, being that I brought in these characters, Alois and Claude...means that events in the anime...didn't particularly happen the way they did. So I should state this is kind of an AU-verse before people start getting in my business about 'DIDN'T YOU WATCH THE SECOND SEASON AT ALL?' 3. Spellings. I know some of the servants have like a million different variations on their names. I've gone with Finny, Meirin and Bard. Sorry if you refer/spell them differently (Finni, Mey-lin, Baldroy etc.) 4. Yes, I know that the fandom is incredibly annoyed with Lizzie because she's annoying and it interferes with their SebastianxCiel or whatever. I'm not saying I love Lizzie either, but she is his fiancée. We're stuck with her as much as Ciel's stuck with her. (Come on people, they have their cute moments. And it's good to make Sebastian a little jealous). 5. YES, MULTIPLE PAIRINGS CAUSE IT'S FUN. I still haven't figured out what my official OTP is for this fandom is yet, (I've given my views about Lizzie). So far I'm like 95% SebbyxCiel, 3% CielxLizzie, 2% AloisxCiel(but that's kind of...). And I'm not a Grell fangirl...sorry. So be happy he happens to show up. Though I do like pairing him with people other than Sebastian...in this I've got squint-worthy GrellxUndertaker...but I'm also in favor of GrellxWilliam. I also need like one other straight pairing in this yaoi fest, so I tend to like BardxMeirin. If anyone wants to try and sway me to your side in any of these please feel free to do so. So there's that. I think that's it for now. Anything else will be addressed at the end.
I'll be impressed if anyone read all that.
Oh! And I used bocchan in place of young master if none of you realized the actual translation for that. Because I think it's just cuter when Sebastian says 'bocchan'.
OKAY, NOW GO.
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"My Lord," Sebastian bowed as he brought Ciel's mid-afternoon tea. He carefully poured it and set it in front of his young master. Ciel took it and eyed his butler carefully.
"What is it?" Ciel finally questioned as he sipped the steaming tea before placing it on the saucer on his desk.
"Lady Elizabeth will be arriving soon," Sebastian carefully chose his words, not wanting to upset Ciel. "She wishes to celebrate the holidays with you, as they are already upon us."
"They're only a ridiculous excuse to make a fuss over relatives," Ciel rolled his eyes.
"She only 'makes a fuss', because she cares, bocchan." Sebastian reminded him kindly. Ciel scoffed as he straightened the papers on his desk subconsciously.
"When will she be here?" he asked uninterestedly.
"She should be arriving just about now." Sebastian's gaze turned to the window. Ciel turned and followed Sebastian's gaze to the snow covered grounds. A carriage was pulling up just outside the mansion.
"Please allow me to see her in," Sebastian excused himself. Ciel waved him out. Just when he thought it'd be peaceful enough to get work done. Of course, Ciel should know by now that usually it was too good to be true. Naturally, Lizzie would be over for the holidays. The peace wouldn't last long. "Bocchan, Lady Elizabeth is waiting downstairs for you." Sebastian reappeared with his usual swiftness. Ciel heaved a sigh as he stood from his desk. "And please, try to be at your most charming today. As always." Sebastian teased Ciel as he followed him down to the parlor where his fiancée was waiting.
"Tch," Ciel rolled his eyes. They reached the parlor where Elizabeth jumped up with a smile to greet him.
"Ciel!" she squealed as she squeezed him tightly. Elizabeth's attendant, Paula, joined her.
"Hello, Lizzie." Ciel replied, giving into her overexcited personality. He rested his hands on her small waist as she continued to choke him.
"Shall I begin preparations for dinner?" Sebastian questioned. Elizabeth finally relaxed her death grip on Ciel as she stepped away.
"If that's not too much trouble," Elizabeth glanced between Ciel and his butler. "I'm ready for a nice meal after that long carriage ride."
"Very well then, I shall begin right away." Sebastian smiled at their guest as he quietly disappeared from sight.
"I'm sorry if I was interrupting your work, Ciel. Sebastian said you were very busy—"
"It's not important." Ciel interrupted her. "It is the holidays after all, right?"
"Oh, Ciel!" Elizabeth gave another neck-breaking hug. After prying her off of him, Ciel led her to the drawing room where they sat and Sebastian broke from his dinner preparations and provided them a peppermint flavor tea. After a little while Finny and Meirin burst into the drawing room with rosy cheeks and excited faces.
"Bocchan!" they both exclaimed. Ciel looked startled as they surrounded the sofa he was sitting on.
"Please help us come choose the Christmas tree from outside on the grounds!" Finny grinned. "I'm going to cut it down and Meirin is going to decorate it when I bring it inside!" Finny grinned. Ciel sighed.
"Please, come with us Lady Elizabeth!" Meirin smiled at the master's fiancée.
"Let's go, Ciel! It'll be fun!" Elizabeth called.
"If you are going outside, you'll need more clothing than that, bocchan." Sebastian appeared inside the drawing room again. Ciel bit his lip in irritation.
"You're coat is downstairs, milady!" Paula, Lady Elizabeth's attendant reminded her.
"Of course! I'll meet you downstairs, Ciel!" Elizabeth shouted, following, Paula, Finny and Meirin out of the room.
"Don't you have a dinner to be preparing?" Ciel asked crossly, as Sebastian secured Ciel's coat on the young master.
"Yes, of course. Bard is very busy finishing preparations…I'll be taking over finishing touches." Sebastian smiled. Ciel rolled his eyes. He knew dinner would be wonderful either way.
"Now go pick us out a wonderful Christmas tree, bocchan." Sebastian finished up the last clasp. "I have my utmost faith in you."
Ciel watched as his butler disappear from sight and sighed. He headed downstairs where Paula was helping Elizabeth with her own jacket.
"Come on, Ciel! Meirin and Finny are outside!" Elizabeth jumped when she saw him. Paula struggled to finish buttoning her jacket. Ciel rolled his eyes at her as Paula finished and Ciel reached the bottom of the staircase. Ciel extended his hand to her as she graciously took it and he led her outside.
"There you two are!" Finny exclaimed. "Now let's go! We already scoped out the best trees!" Finny hoisted the ax over his shoulder. The group set out, Finny in front, Meirin in the middle and Ciel and Elizabeth in the back. After ten minutes of Finny leading them through the grounds they arrived in a patch of tall evergreen trees. "Okay, bocchan! Which tree?" Finny asked excitedly.
"I don't care…" Ciel sighed. "Can we just hurry this up? I'm cold."
"Come on, Ciel! How about this one?" Elizabeth pulled him over to a good-sized tree.
"Do you like it…?" Ciel asked.
"But, I kind of like this one over here…" Elizabeth sighed as she sprinted over to another tree. "Or that one…" she whirled around. Ciel sighed. Elizabeth ran back and forth between trees, measuring which branches would be easiest to decorate. Eventually she tripped over her own feet and fell into the snow.
"Hey!" Ciel hurried over to help her up. She chuckled as he reached his hand out to her. "You're such a klutz." He rolled his eyes. "Can you just choose a tree, now? If you stay out here any longer with cold wet clothes you'll get sick."
"Heh, yeah." Elizabeth nodded. The two decided on a tree and Finny chopped it down with his axe.
"Let's go!" he declared, dragging the tree with a tremendous pace. Elizabeth had begun to shiver from her fall, and Ciel sighed. He stopped and begun to unfasten her coat.
"C-Ciel! What on Earth are you doing?" Elizabeth chattered.
"You're only going to get colder if that snow seeps into that jacket." Ciel took her coat and dropped it, as he began to unbutton his own jacket.
"Now, you'll be the one with the cold!" Elizabeth sighed.
"Don't worry about me…" Ciel shrugged as he picked up Elizabeth's wet jacket, "We're almost to the mansion. I'll be fine."
They trudged along behind Finny and Meirin until they reached the mansion. Ciel and Elizabeth hurried inside as Finny pulled the tree in behind them. Paula hurried to Elizabeth and pulled off Ciel's jacket.
"My Lady! What happened? Where's your coat?" Paula asked, anxiously.
"I fell and got cold and wet…" Elizabeth chuckled. Ciel handed over Elizabeth's jacket.
"I'll get this dried for you…" Paula bowed.
"I'll help you!" Meirin took the coat from Paula. "Follow me!"
"Okay, bocchan!" Finny dropped the tree in the front parlor. "Where should we put it?"
"It may look nice here!" Elizabeth decided. "Or in the dining hall? To enjoy it while we're eating?" Sebastian appeared in the parlor with one of his smirks plastered on his face.
"Dinner will be served in ten minutes. Did you pick this tree, bocchan? It's lovely." Sebastian smiled at Ciel.
"No, Lady Elizabeth was the one who made the decision." Ciel blushed folding his arms.
"Ah, I see. Wonderful job, milady." Sebastian nodded. "May I suggest placing the tree in the drawing room? So that after dinner you may take dessert and tea and decorate it?" Sebastian suggested to Finny.
"Will it fit in the drawing room upstairs?" Ciel questioned, uncertainly.
"Yes, I'm fairly certain. Now, will you please join me in the dining hall? Dinner will be served shortly." Sebastian bowed.
"Yes, yes." Ciel sighed. The two followed Sebastian to the dining hall as he opened the door for them. The two stood in shock for a couple of seconds. The entire room had been decked in holiday decorations. It looked as if a Christmas tree had gotten sick all over the place.
"Ah, Ciel! Mistletoe!" Elizabeth cried pointing to the doorframe above them. Elizabeth nearly attacked Ciel trying to obtain her mistletoe kiss, and at the last minute Ciel panicked and moved his face so her lips caught his cheek. She still grinned in ecstasy and giggled as she ran into the dining hall.
"Bastard!" Ciel hissed at Sebastian rubbing his cheek. "Did you decorate this all?"
"Technically yes, I carried out all of the decorating." Sebastian shrugged simply. "Though most of it was the other servants' idea's. The mistletoe was Bard's idea."
"Whatever," Ciel spat, irritably. Elizabeth and Ciel were both seated and Sebastian disappeared to make the final preparations and to bring them their dinner.
"Sebastian looked at me oddly after I kissed you, Ciel. What was he thinking?" Elizabeth questioned Ciel as she played with the silverware in front of her.
"How the hell am I supposed to know what he was thinking? Perhaps he was thinking of something else and just happened to have that expression." Ciel rolled his eyes. He was just glad Lizzie wasn't questioning why he didn't kiss her back or something ridiculous. Ciel knew Sebastian was protective of him, but only because of the contract and his soul. He shouldn't react to something as miniscule as this.
"It wasn't because he was thinking of something else…he was definitely—" Elizabeth declared before the door to the kitchen opened and Sebastian reappeared with their dinners. It was silent as Sebastian served them their meals.
"Meirin and Finny wish for you to join them upstairs once you finish your meal." Sebastian notified his master.
"Why don't they join us? There's plenty of food here…Paula, Meirin, Finny, Bard, even Tanaka! And you, too Sebastian!" Elizabeth declared. Ciel nearly choked over his first bite.
"Bocchan," Sebastian started towards Ciel. Ciel stopped him as he cleared his own esophagus of food.
"What?" Ciel turned towards Elizabeth.
"There's plenty of food here, and we aren't going to eat it all." Elizabeth shrugged.
"I'll notify them," Sebastian bowed.
"Lizzie, that's never—"
"It's the holidays, Ciel!" Elizabeth declared.
"My, my…" a voice came from the door Sebastian had just left from. "Already, bickering like an old married couple." Alois Trancy stood with his butler, Claude Faustus. He was in his full glory, maroon coat, tiny shorts and tall stockings like always.
"Who the hell let you in?" Ciel demanded.
"Does it matter? It was a small butler, who didn't look very competent. He only greeted us by saying 'Hoh, hoh, hoh'. I didn't think it was very polite." Alois sighed as he pranced over to where Ciel and Elizabeth were sitting. "Oh, this looks excellent." Alois grabbed food off of Ciel's plate. "Not as good as my Claude's, though." Ciel clenched his teeth. "Hello, my lady…you look…festive." Alois grabbed a hold of Elizabeth's hand and pressed his lips to it. She froze as he lifted his face; he licked his lips displaying his contract mark for only a millisecond. Elizabeth grimaced.
The doors opened again as the other servants of the household including Paula, excitedly charged inside. They froze when they saw Alois and Claude.
"Sebastian! Get rid of these vermin!" Ciel ordered.
"Now, wait just a minute…" Alois flung his arms around Ciel. "It is the holidays…" he muttered into his ear. His breath tickled the inside of his ear as Ciel squirmed. He hesitated for a moment.
"Bocchan?" Sebastian threw a glance to the other boy's butler. Claude returned the glare.
"Take a seat…" Ciel murmured. They all hesitantly looked around, unsure if the words that left his mouth were really what they had just heard. "All of you!" he shouted. All but the butler's raced to their seats.
"I get the seat next to Ciel!" Alois nearly pushed Elizabeth to the ground. Elizabeth squeaked as she was shoved.
"ALOIS TRANCY!" Ciel roared. "I'm allowing you to stay," Ciel angrily hissed through his teeth. "There is a seat on the other side of me, although I'm really regretting my decision. Do not shove my fiancée or you will leave." Alois seemed to ignore almost every other word and rolled his eyes as he pushed his way to the seat on the other side of Ciel.
"And I thought you were the drama queen around here…" Ciel sighed, glancing toward Elizabeth.
"What did you say?" Elizabeth hissed before brushing herself off and sitting down.
"Nothing! Sebastian, help serve the rest of these people," Ciel commanded in a bored manner.
"Understood," Sebastian instantly provided new plates and silverware.
"Sebastian, you're going to sit and eat, too aren't you?" Elizabeth asked.
"This food doesn't interest me…" Sebastian tried to explain nonchalantly. "I have other things to take care of while you all enjoy dinner."
"For food that doesn't interest you, you sure cook it well…what food does interest you? Exotic foreign food?" Elizabeth asked. Alois began laughing hysterically.
"Is she an idiot?" he asked Ciel loudly. Ciel bit down on his lip, incredibly hard.
"Alois!" Ciel exclaimed. As he was about to tell Sebastian to sit and eat to entertain Elizabeth, he looked up and both Sebastian and Claude had disappeared. Fantastic, off to trade demon stories I'm sure, Ciel sighed to himself. At least everyone was served and it became silent as everyone began eating.
"Thanks for letting us eat with you, bocchan!" Finny exclaimed.
"It was Lizzie's idea…" Ciel sighed.
"Thank you, milady!" Paula exclaimed.
"I like her," Bard grinned nudging Finny who nodded in agreement. Once they had finished their meal and Meirin picked up their dishes.
"Did you get the tree set up in the drawing room upstairs?" Ciel asked Finny.
"Yes, sir!" Finny nodded.
"But please, go upstairs without us. Sebastian has asked us to meet him…before accompanying you upstairs." Meirin bowed.
"'Us' as in…?" Ciel asked, furrowing his brows, scanning the room around him.
"Bard, Finny and I." Meirin finished collecting the plates, balancing them precariously.
"Careful, there, Meirin…" Bard helped grab the top of layer dishes. "Don't want to get in trouble for dropping the dishes again."
"Thanks," Meirin smiled as they hurried out of the room.
"Just meet us upstairs!" Finny called following the two out of the room. Ciel looked around, leaving him alone with Alois, Elizabeth and Paula. He sighed as he stood and extended his arm to Elizabeth. She smiled as she reached for Ciel's hand. Alois jumped at Ciel, clutching his arm.
"Alois!" Ciel groaned. He tried to peel the boy off of him as Elizabeth rolled her eyes at the boy yearning for her fiancé's attention. When they got upstairs Ciel finally managed to yank his arm out of Alois' grip. "The only reason your still here is because our butlers have mysteriously disappeared."
"Oh, please, Ciel. You know as well as I do that you could call Sebastian in an instant. I'm only here…because you want me here." Alois jumped onto one of the sofas in the drawing room. Paula stood by the window as she supervised the group of children.
"I'm sorry, Lizzie…" Ciel sighed as they both sat on the opposite couch. Elizabeth bit her lip anxiously, looking at the boy across from them. She sighed as she looked to the tree now standing in the drawing room.
"Well, at least the tree looks nice in here…" Elizabeth sighed. Paula smiled in agreement. "I wonder if Sebastian and the others are preparing decorations for it?"
"I hope they're doing something worthwhile." Ciel shrugged.
The door swung open, and Ciel's jaw dropped, Elizabeth's eyes widened with excitement and Alois everlasting smirk transformed into a grin. Sebastian was clothed in a red jacket that was lined with white fur with a matching hat. Next to him was Claude who was covered in brown from head to toe with antlers attached to his head. Behind those two were the servants who were dressed in elf attire with the exception of Bard who also had reindeer antlers.
"What the hell is this?" Ciel demanded.
"We're only helping you celebrating the holidays…" Sebastian bowed.
"Kyaa~! Sebastian! You're so adorable!" Elizabeth sprung from her seat. She hurled herself towards Sebastian.
"You mean you had nothing to do this, Lizzie?" Ciel demanded.
"No!" Elizabeth giggled, as she clung to Sebastian. "Nothing!"
"Oh, Claude, don't you make a fabulous reindeer." Alois also jumped from his seat on the sofa. "I want a ride."
"I don't believe that people really ride the reindeer, Your Highness—"
"I said, I want a ride!" Alois demanded as he climbed onto Claude's back.
"So, can I tell you what I want for Christmas, Saint Nick?" Elizabeth giggled.
"I already know what you want, milady. You've already told me this afternoon," Sebastian smiled. Elizabeth stepped away for a minute and pondered it over.
"Oh!" she giggled even more. "I suppose that would be my only wish for Christmas! Your turn, Ciel!"
"Wh-What?" Ciel stuttered. He couldn't concentrate as he watched Alois ride Claude around the room. It was like some freakish dream. "What do you mean, my turn?"
"Would you like to tell me what you like for the holidays, bocchan?" Sebastian smiled at him.
"Wh-wha—I don't need anything!" Ciel backed away from Sebastian, nearly tripping on the table between the sofas.
"Surely, there's something deep down in that heart of yours—" Sebastian grabbed a hold of Ciel's wrist with a smirk.
"Sebastian! This is extremely unlike you! What the hell is wrong with you?" Ciel gasped. Sebastian pulled him onto his lap. At this point the room full of craziness had come to a stand still as everyone watched the butler and his master.
"Tell me, bocchan, what would you like for Christmas?" Sebastian asked.
"Sebastian, this is embarrassing!" Ciel hissed as blood rushed to his face and he struggled.
"I won't let you go until you tell me what will make you happy." Sebastian raised his eyebrows. "So, you're really the one making the scene."
"Hrnggh…the only thing I want…is…urgh…" Ciel struggled against Sebastian's demonic strength. "The only thing I want…is for Lizzie…for everyone to be happy."
"We just want you to be happy, too, bocchan!" the three servants exclaimed.
"Oh, Ciel! That's exactly what I told Sebastian earlier today!" Elizabeth squealed.
"So, you did have something to do with this?" Ciel growled.
"Indirectly!" Elizabeth smiled as she grabbed Ciel and hugged him.
"MY TURN~!" an obnoxiously loud voice burst through the door.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Ciel stumbled. When they looked up, the red haired shinigami stood in the room. "Is Tanaka just letting anyone in today?"
"Ciel, who is that?" Elizabeth gasped.
"Ugh, not now…" Ciel groaned.
"Sebas-chan~!" Grell crooned. "I get to sit on your lap and tell you what I want now, right~?"
"No," Sebastian stood. He grabbed the shinigami by the collar and pulled him towards the door.
"Sebas~chan~!" Grell exclaimed. "W-Wait!"
"Sebastian, you should exercise some of that holiday spirit." Ciel smirked. "I've had to put up with this idiot all day," Ciel indicated to Alois.
"Hey!"
"Bocchan, are you seriously indicating we allow that shinigami to stay? You know that—" Sebastian protested.
"I know! It's the holidays! Isn't that what everyone is saying?" Ciel argued.
"Wonderful~!" Grell grabbed a hold of Sebastian's arm. He shook the death god off and Grell sighed. He perked up a moment and hurried out of the door for a moment. Grell came back the next moment with the Undertaker.
"Hehehehee…wonderful time of year isn't it?" the Undertaker grinned from underneath his long scraggily grey hair. Ciel groaned, what did he do to deserve this?
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Part two coming soon! Will wait to see what the reception of part one is...
I totally meant for this to be a small little oneshot and then I kept writing and writing...but before I knew it it was like twenty pages so I decided to break it up into two parts. Even after finding a decent end point I could continue it a little longer...hrm. Still getting used to writing the characters so let me know if there was something that particularly bothered you.
Reviews are appreciated and constructive criticism always welcomed.