A/N: Thanks for reading my series of one shots entitled "31 Days of Halloween". I really do hope you enjoy my work and please leave a review to let me know how I am doing.
Elizabeth surprises Ciel with a visit on Halloween.

A Very Pink Halloween

Ciel had been in his study going over, or at least attempting to, his paperwork. The Halloween holiday had always been busy for the Funtom Company and sales were generally up. He had used this opportunity to push new merchandise and the reception had been better than his expectations. He was quickly becoming bored with his work, though, and just sat there staring at it. He heard his door open and looked up to see Sebastian coming in.

"My Lord, Elizabeth Middleford is here and wishes to see you. I told her.." he began to say but was cut off from a loud cry.

"Ciel!" Elizabeth cried out as she ran past Sebastian and toward him, giving him a sideways hug as he sat there.

"Lizzy! Why are you here?" Ciel asked as he stood and disengaged himself from the crushing hug.

"It's Halloween! I wanted to have a party with you," she said, smiling sweetly, as was her way. Her yellow hair was pulled into a long braid and her dress was a soft pink that resembled something close to a person of the middle class. "Care to guess who I am?"

Ciel just looked at her, wondering if she was really going to wait for him to guess. He had no clue who she was supposed to be. She looked like she normally did: cute but not as dolled up as usual. He gave it a few seconds though before he shook his head, earning a giggle from Lizzy.

"I'm Rapunzel! Where is your costume?"

"Lizzy, I didn't plan on doing anything for Halloween. I have work to do," he said as nicely as he could but she got a sad look on her face that he felt helpless against.

"You are always working and we never get to see each other. Can't you just take this one night off? Please?" she asked, looking too adorable for her own good with those puppy eyes.

"I-I suppose," Ciel said, blushing lightly and internally groaning for having caved so easily. "Sebastian, prepare us a Halloween treat and some tea."

"Yes, my Lord. I shall bring the cart to the seating room in but a moment," he said and smirked as he gave a small bow before leaving.

"Ciel, I want to do bobbing for apples! The kids on the street today were talking it. Apparently you fill a tub with water and put apples in it. Then you stick your face in it and try to grab an apple with your teeth! It sounds like such fun! Oh! We should also make paper chains to decorate the hall with! Black and orange to go with Halloween! This is going to be a great Halloween!" Lizzy exclaimed, clearly excited to be spending the day with Ciel.

"I can have Sebastian set it up. Come, let us go to the seating room and have some tea," Ciel said, offering his arm and then leading her out.

~6-9~

Ciel couldn't imagine why he had allowed himself to be talked into this. After the tea and some delicious candy corn cupcakes, Elizabeth had managed to get him to sit here on the floor cutting out strips of paper for a chain. As he cut the strips, Lizzy was busy making pink bat cutouts, saying something about how black and orange were too scary and that everything should be pink. He hadn't wanted to argue so here he sat, cutting black and pink paper and making chains.

"Ciel, you should put on a costume! It would look so cute!" Lizzy exclaimed, giggling a gain.

"I don't have one, Lizzy."

"Hmm, I know!" she said excitedly, grabbing some paper and turning around to make something. When she was done, she stood and made sure to keep whatever it was hidden before placing it on his head. "There! You can be an Indian!"

Ciel grabbed whatever it was and saw that she had make a orange band to go around his head and a large red "feather", red construction paper cut to resemble one, stood up from the back. He looked at Lizzy, who was smiling, and put it back on.

"Thanks, Lizzy."

She gave a giggle and hugged Ciel before Sebastian came in with a tub. Lizzy ran over and was excitedly talking about how she couldn't wait to bob for apples while Ciel slowly got up and walked over. He saw Sebastian give him a questioning look when he saw the feather but Ciel gave him a glare and challenged him to speak out about it. Sebastian didn't, instead settling for a small smirk of amusement as he shrugged his shoulders and put some apples into the water.
Ciel looked around the room at the many different decorations Lizzy had managed to put up. Pink and black chains hung from the columns, pink bats were everywhere, and orange paper pumpkins decorated the walls. He knew it wasn't much but he was glad regardless that Sebastian had to clean it all up later. It felt a bit like revenge for that smirk. All of a sudden, Lizzy was facing him and had been talking, looking at her a bit sheepishly because he hadn't heard anything.

"You first Ciel!" she said suddenly and he looked at the tub.

Heaving a sigh, he kneeled before it and took off the paper band so it wouldn't get ruined. One last look at Lizzy, he took in a breath and dunked his head into the tub. He hadn't expected it to be so cold though and he immediately came back up, rubbing the water out of his face with his hands.

"It's cold!"

"Aww, come on, Ciel. You have to try it! Remember, grab them with your teeth," Lizzy said, taking a towel and wiping his face for him.

Blushing only a bit, he whispered a quick 'thanks' before he went back in, this time his mouth open as he tried to get an apple. It was actually much harder than he thought as he felt them moving away from him. He came back up a few times to hear Lizzy laughing and cheering him on before he had finally managed to grab one. He came back up with it in his mouth and he smiled, feeling accomplished and having had maybe just a little fun. He grabbed it after taking a bite and set it on the floor. His eye patch felt like it was a bit loose but before he could fix it, Sebastian was already doing that himself. In fact, he had just given him a dry one to replace the wet one.

"You did it Ciel. Now it's my turn!"

Ciel watched as Lizzy kneeled next to him at the tub and plunged her head in, mouth wide open. She moved about a bit as she tried to get one and Ciel couldn't help but smirk. He didn't cheer like she had but he did give her a big grin when she came back up with an apple, in a lot less time than he had.

"That was actually lots of fun! Wasn't it, Ciel?" she asked happily, drying her face with a towel as the two sat there, Sebastian cleaning everything up.

"It wasn't bad. What else would you like to do, Lizzy?" Ciel asked, having long ago given up on getting any work done today and instead settling for spending his afternoon and evening with Lizzy and put the head band back on.

"I have dinner preparations set up in the dinning hall if you please," Sebastian said before Lizzy could answer. "I have made for you today a creamy pumpkin soup with a side of fresh berries. I thought it would be appropriate given the holiday."

"That sounds yummy! Then after we eat, I want to watch a film Ciel," Lizzy said as the two of them headed to the dining hall.

"Sebastian, you can set that up while we eat. Understood?" Ciel commanded, sitting down at his seat and knowing full well that Sebastian would handle everything.

"Yes, my Lord," he said, giving a bow and leaving to handle the task.

~6-9~

The rest of the dinner had been spent with Lizzy talking almost nonstop about how much fun she was having, how she was glad Ciel had spent the day with her and then about some of the cute dresses she wanted him to see at a few upcoming balls that he was still even debating on going to. When they had finished, Sebastian had cleared away the table and then lead them to where he had set up a projector for the film.

"I am so excited, Ciel! Which movie is it, Sebastian?" Lizzy asked as she sat on the sofa that had been positioned before the screen.

"I am glad to say that I was able to find a move that was best suited for the occasion: The Phantom of the Opera. It is a rather new film but one that shows such promise as to be a hit among the city."

Ciel had sat down on the couch while Sebastian was talking and Lizzy had sat close to him. Figuring he might as well let it be, he watched as the movie began to play on the screen. He had to admit that it really was a rather good film and at least Lizzy seemed to love it. Thinking of her, he looked toward her to find she had fallen asleep on his shoulder. Deciding it was best not to wake her, he turned his attention back to the screen and pretended not to notice.
When Sebastian came back at the end of the film, he shut down the projector and went around to the front of the couch. What he saw surprised him and then a slow smirk made its way onto his face. Lizzy's head was on Ciel's shoulder as she slept and Ciel had fallen asleep himself, his head resting on top of Lizzy's. Grabbing a blanket, he settled it around the two and left them to sleep. He cleared everything up and went to go about clearing the decorations in the main hall, pink bats and all.

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