"You should come along, Cousin, it's only for a day, Cousin Ciel and my Alois can look after the demonlings, they're quite capable." Naveen followed Sebastian through the hallway and into the drawing room where their mates sat watching over the eight young demons.
"I'm afraid it's out of the question,though I'm confident in Ciel's abilities to care for our children, it's not exactly fair is it, expecting our mates to sit about while we pretend to have no responsibilities. When we decided to be mates, we also decided to-"
"Haven't you given Cousin Ciel days to himself, just as I offer my Alois, they often take Lady Elizabeth and go off together." Naveen reasoned.
"And so they should be given that time away. It's different for you and I." Sebastian explained
"How so?" Naveen crossed his arms.
"Ciel has done things for the little ones that I myself could never attempt in the wildest section of my imagination. "
"Such as?" Sebastian scoffed.
"Giving birth is no easy feat. Not only would it be physically impossible for me to do so, having witnessed him give life to our children, each one mind you was over ten hours of labor, he keeps me in line, feeds nearly everyone and still manages to accompany me to mother and father's social events. So if he needs his time away now and then,I offer it to him."
"Alois has given me two beautiful children, keeps miss Hannah from completely destroying me daily, looks after Lenora and Cayden, and do you know, he still agreed to this. There is no excuse."
"If Ciel-"
"What are the pair of you on about over there?" Ciel called from the love seat.
"We're only talking." Sebastian replied.
"Cousin Ciel," Naveen walked swiftly to his cousin. "Alois has offered me a little outing that I would very much like to take your mate on. It's only a day trip and you have my word that you'll have him back. May I take him?"
"If he wants to go, that's fine." Sebastian was stunned. Though the demon Prince was interested in going, he hadn't thought Ciel would approve.
"Are you sure, Ciel?" He asked.
"Yes, everyone needs time away at some point. You give me days off, why shouldn't you have the same opportunity?"
"I do that because I love you and I don't want you to feel-"
"Well, maybe I'm letting you go because I love you too, you rarely leave home and when you do it's because your father called you. You like doing things with Naveen, you should go. Alois can bring Lenora and Cayden over again and maybe, depending on Angelina, we can go out."
"It sounds like the perfect solution to me, thank you Cousin Ciel. I'll bring my Alois and our little ones with me in the morning then, shall I?'
" That's fine." The former earl replied.
"You would do this for me?" Sebastian was thankful to his mate. He had always been close to Naveen, watching the younger demon grow, often helping to care for him when he was small.
"Yes, how often do you really get to spend time with him without one or more of our children interrupting?"
"Not often at all. Thank you." Sebastian kissed Ciel gently.
" icky!" Vincent and Rowan cried in unison.
"One day your opinion will change." Sebastian said with an amused grin.
"It is not icky, brothers. Daddy is loving mommy, it is a happy thing." Rachel shook her head turning to her sisters and Lenora.
"Brothers do not understand happy things." She told them, picking up a block and beginning to build a tower.
The parents smiled. Sebastian sighed, he adored his family and would miss them. Even a day away from his mate would be difficult. He would take the gift given to him and make the most of it.