Sooo….I've decided to go through with this collection of one-shot thing. Normally I'll update this the same day I update Angel in a devils arms or maybe a day before or after. Anyways, enjoy these little moments/ story ideas that couldn't make it into the main storyline.
Esmeralda Gets Sick
Sebastian walked into the kitchen, a list of chores in his hand. As he scanned the servants, he realized that one very important one was missing.
"Celeste…where is Esmeralda?"
"She was getting dressed the last time I saw her…but now that I think about it…she should've been here by now…" Celeste answered.
Sebastian sighed, wondering what his mate was doing.
"Alright…I'll go check on her after I tell you all what to do. Celeste please go start on the master's breakfast, Mey-Rin wash the laundry, Bard find some suitable meat for lunch, and Finny go tend to the weeds outside." Everyone nodded and rushed off to do their jobs.
Looking at his pocket watch, Sebastian smirked.
'Two hours before I have to awaken the master…enough time for me to go check on my mate.' pocketing his pocket watch, he left the kitchen and made his way towards the servants hall.
"Esmeralda, I do hope you are not planning on skipping your maid duties." Sebastian said as he knocked on her door.
When he heard no reply, he furrowed his brows and knocked again.
"Esmeralda?" still no reply.
Sebastian, though he'd never admit it, actually felt slightly worried and a teeny-tiny bit afraid.
Sebastian wiggled the door knob a bit. Once he determined the door was unlocked, he pushed the door opened, only to sigh in irritation at the sight before him.
Esmeralda had her uniform on, except for her shoes, and was collapsed on the bed, still asleep.
"Honestly…" he muttered, going towards her and shaking her awake.
"Esmeralda, get up. You're late."
"Hm…?" she murmured, opening her eyes only slightly.
"Get up Esmeralda, you've slept in." Esmeralda blinked, before slowly pushing herself up, wobbling slightly.
Just as she took a step forward, she swayed on her feet and fell forward, right into Sebastian. Blinking in surprise, Sebastian glanced down at her, a coy smirk on his lips.
"I'd gladly have you anytime, but right now we have work to do." He waited for a snappy comeback, but Esmeralda remained silent.
Frowning, Sebastian pulled her away from him and for the first time noticed her flushed cheeks. Putting his hand on her forehead, he sighed.
"I see…you've gotten yourself sick." He muttered, narrowing his eyes at her. "Well I suppose you'd be useless today if you were to work so just lie down and get some rest."
He pushed her back towards the bed, only to stop and smile sinisterly.
"We should also get you out of your uniform." He said, reaching for the buttons on her uniform, only to have his hands slapped away.
"I…I can…do it…myself." Esmeralda growled as she grabbed her night gown and stumbled towards the bathroom.
"Are you sure? You can barely walk right." Sebastian asked with feigned concern.
"I'm fine." And with that, Esmeralda slammed the door closed.
Sebastian chuckled, smirking. It was so very amusing to tease her. Taking one last look around the room, he turned towards the door to leave.
"Sebastian…" he stopped and turned back around to find Esmeralda still fully dressed, standing in the door of the bathroom.
"Yes?" he asked, watching in amusement as she shuffled awkwardly and looked everywhere except at him.
"You…can you…can you help me…take off my…my uniform…?" she blushed, causing her face to turn redder than it already was.
Sebastian smirked, holding back a chuckle.
"Why of course." He walked over towards her and into the bathroom, closing the door behind him.
"I'm warning you…sick or not if you try anything funny…I'll kill you." She threatened, but she muttered the words and was swaying on her feet so Sebastian couldn't take her seriously.
"I wouldn't dream of it." Esmeralda grumbled incoherently, turning around so that he could unbutton the uniform.
The angel stood still as Sebastian undid her uniform. Finally he finished and Sebastian moved away.
"Do you need my help undressing as well?" he smirked at the glare she gave him.
Chuckling, Sebastian turned to leave, only to be stopped by Esmeralda clutching his tailcoat. Raising a brow, he turned his head to look at her.
"I…I need help…"
"Oh..?"
"I-I could barely put my uniform on! S-so…" Sebastian chuckled as Esmeralda turned redder and redder.
"I'd be happy to help you."
"I'm sure you would." Esmeralda mumbled.
Sebastian didn't reply as he slipped her uniform off, causing Esmeralda to quickly cover herself, and then grabbed her night gown and slipped it on her.
"Thank you…" she mumbled.
Sebastian smirked, bending down slightly and scooping her up in his arms.
"He-hey? What do you think you are doing?!" Sebastian just held her tighter as she thrashed in his arms.
"You're sick and can barely stand, let alone walk; I'm just carrying you to your bed."
Esmeralda stopped struggling, a sour look on her face. "To think you'd actually care."
Sebastian placed her on the bed and hovered over her. "Of course, you're my mate after all. If you're not okay then it unsettles me. Now relax and get better."
Esmeralda blushed and turned away from him.
"Yeah, yeah." She grumbled, pulling the covers up to cover her face.
Sebastian smirked and pulled away from her.
"I'll send someone to check on you later." He said, walking out.
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Throughout the day, Celeste and Mey-Rin were the ones who came to check on her. Sebastian didn't stop by once, not that she really minded, she didn't have to fend off his advances while she was sick.
It was night time, when everyone else was sleeping, when Sebastian finally showed up again.
"How are you feeling now?"
"I was feeling better until you showed up." Sebastian sighed at her reply.
"You are obviously feeling better now." Sebastian placed the candle on her dresser and pulled the covers off of her.
"H-hey?!" Esmeralda sat up quickly, only to groan and flop back down.
"You shouldn't move too quickly, you're still not fully recovered." He smirked at the glare she sent him.
"Why did you take away my blanket?"
"You need to bathe; you can't stay all day in your sweaty clothes. Now come along."
"Wha—?!" Esmeralda cried as Sebastian grabbed her and lifted her into his arms.
Grabbing the candle he made his way to the bathroom with Esmeralda struggling in his arms.
"J-just what do you think you are doing?!" she cried out.
"Like I said, you can't stay in those clothes." He opened the bathroom door, closed it behind him, and then sat Esmeralda on the bathroom sink counter top. "Now please wait here while I run your bath."
Esmeralda crossed her arms over her chest but didn't argue. Giving her his signature smile, Sebastian ran the bath water. Once it was full, he turned off the water and turned towards Esmeralda, signature smile back in place. Walking up to her, he pulled her off the counter and began to take off her clothes.
"Just what do you think you are doing?!" Esmeralda snapped, slapping his hands away from her.
"Well this morning you needed my help, so I figured you would still need it." Sebastian said, giving her his best 'innocent' smile.
Esmeralda was not fooled.
"That was this morning. And besides, you're actually trying to undress me to where I am in the nude!" Sebastian's smile dissolved into a smirk.
"Well I've already seen you in your undergarments and you are my mate. It should not matter if I see you naked." He stated matter of factly.
Esmeralda hissed at him, pressing herself up against the counter to put as much room in between them as possible.
"Well it does! Now out! Out! I can undress and bathe myself just fine thank you!" as she said that she began to shove him out.
Sebastian only chuckled as he was pushed out. Just as Esmeralda pushed him out the door, she felt her head begin to spin and she staggered back, only to be caught by Sebastian.
"You should not over exert yourself. Just because your fever has gone down does not mean you're completely better. Now stop being difficult and let me assist you."
"Fine…But! I'll undress myself and you can't look! Got it!" Sebastian chuckled and nodded, turning around.
Esmeralda didn't take her eyes off of him as she took off her clothes and got into the tub.
"You can look now." Sebastian turned around and took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves to his elbow.
Esmeralda just grumbled as Sebastian began to wash her.
"Most women would be happy to have a man pamper her." Sebastian said off handedly.
"Really? I'm being pampered? Feels more like I'm a prisoner who has no choice in this matter what so ever." Sebastian sighed at Esmeralda's snarky reply.
"Why must you be so difficult?"
"Why must you be so controlling?" Sebastian glared at her, his pupils narrowing into slits.
"I'm not controlling." Esmeralda scoffed at him, rolling her eyes.
"If you think so."
"If you feel that I'm controlling it's only because you refuse to acknowledge me as your mate and other reasons I've already told you."
"Why do you even care? What? Are you in love with me or something?"
"I'm not. However I have waited many many years to find my mate and now that I have you, I refuse to let anything happen to you. It just irks me that you are a defiant angel who refuses my advances at every turn."
"Well sorry I'm not what you expected me to be. Not like I wanted my mate to be over-bearing controlling demon. I expected him to be a kind angel who was actually capable of feeling love and loving me." Sebastian paused, feeling anger bubble up inside him at her words.
He grabbed onto her face and brought it towards his own, his demonic eyes growing brighter.
"I already told you why I am so 'controlling' and 'over bearing' as you say. I'm not a kind angel, I'm a vicious demon. I am capable of love. There are actually a lot of demons who have come to love their mates, however if you want me to love you, you have to give me a reason to love you. You refusing me and not listening to me is not the way to get me to love you." Esmeralda turned red at his words.
"I'm not trying to get you to love me! You can keep your love! If you don't love me stop pushing me so hard!" she hissed, slapping his hand away from her face.
"I will not. I already told you, I will not let go of you, no matter how hard you push me away I will always come back to you. We're bound together and no matter how hard you try to deny or fight this connection, we are always bound together."
"You're impossible." Esmeralda quipped, grabbing her towel from Sebastian and quickly wrapping it around her.
"I could say the same thing to you." Sebastian replied, smirking.
Esmeralda scowled at him as she stormed out of the bathroom, Sebastian following her.
"I just don't get it! Your mate is supposed to be someone who is the perfect match for you, someone who fits with you perfectly. How can a demon fit me?"
"I can say the same. How could an angel be the perfect match for me? However the fact remains the same that we are a 'perfect match',"
"More like a 'perfectly-dysfunctional match'," Sebastian chuckled as he reached for her towel.
"Hey?! What do you think you are doing?" Esmeralda snapped, moving away from him.
Sebastian sighed in exasperation.
"I need to get you dressed." He said, his voice sounding as if he were talking to a six year old.
Esmeralda glared at him, clutching the towel around her tighter.
"Not going to happen." Sebastian merely rolled his eyes at her. "I can dress myself just fine."
"Fine." Sebastian sighed, causing Esmeralda to gawk at him.
"What?" he asked irritably.
"It's just that…you're actually being reasonable and letting me do what I want?" Sebastian sighed at her teasing yet astonished tone.
His lips tugged into a smirk as he turned to leave.
"I figure the only way to get you to cooperate with me is if I give you some room. I'm also guessing that if I do this you'll fall in love with me and that will make it easier to 'control' you." He chuckled at the sound of her spluttering.
"Hurry up and fall in love with me." He said as he opened the door.
"Ne-never going to happen!" Esmeralda declared, just as he closed the door.
Chuckling, Sebastian walked away from her room.
'We shall see about that.'
Well I hope you guys enjoyed this! Be on the lookout for the next one!