That Butler, a father? That Master, a son?
Red. Blazing red everywhere. It's my recurring nightmare and memory. I can feel the heat surrounding me and my home; it's going to destroy everything I hold dear. Even though I have had this dream a thousand times I still run to see if I can save them. The heat is slowly engulfing me and my hopes. I run down that familiar corridor, towards the doors that have been the barrier of the everlasting truth of the outcome of the situation. I expect the usual, my father, surrounded and trapped by that blazing red. However this time the dream is different. As I, Ciel Phantomhive, open the doors to the one memory that clings in my mind forever and puts the ache in my heart, it's different. There are no flames, the room is completely cool, and then I see – Sebastian. Sebastian is sat where my father had always sat in this memory. He is in his clothes and it enflames my anger, for once I thought that I could save my father, even if it was a dream. I want to shout at the demon for ruining this chance, but he speaks first.
"Ciel. Why don't you give your father a hug?"
Ciel awoke sitting right up, screaming his response. "No!" He was gasping for breath and his forehead was sweating, from the heat of the dream. At the end of the exclamation Ciel noticed that he was staring at bright red eyes. The demon's eyes.
Sebastian had come into the young master's room at exactly ten to eight in the morning. This was time he always came in. It was routine, of course. He would bring the master's breakfast in, and Ciel had a tendency to sleep in. After he set the tray down; aligned perfectly straight, by the young master's bedside table, then he was going to wake him. However the young master awoke with a startled expression. It was that dream again. This was the thirteenth time this week as the young master had been taking several naps when he was meant to be working to regain the lost sleep. A butler's work was judged by the appearance and effort of the young master, it was assessed at any social gathering that the master attended. At the moment the young master was making a mockery of the demon. Today the butler decided to take action, for the sake of the young master or perhaps himself. Sebastian held back a smirk while staring back at the master's fearful and innocent blue eyes. The demon liked the fact that the master had fear in his heart, but that fear was clouded by innocence and that was something the demon detested. The boy's soul was like his favourite food; sweet. Sebastian hated sweet things. He would make that boy's soul sour and the most delicious soul that he could sink his teeth into, by any means necessary. For now the demon pushed his scheme away so that he could attend to the young master. When he spoke his voice was completely unaffected from the master's awakening. "Good morning, bocchan."
It didn't take long for Ciel to react; he was already infuriated with the demon and he was going to make his feelings known, for once. His hands were clutching the sheets to stop him shaking as he snapped at the demon. "Get out of my room now, demon!" He wanted him out of his room now; he wanted him out of his head now. He glared at the demon, his whole body shaking; the glare was the only threatening body language he could produce.
Looks like the dream was different this time, the demon thought. Usually the young master would scream out a cry of help or distress and then he would immediately go back to his normal self. Sebastian couldn't help but smirk at the young master's current appearance. He was trying to look threatening and this was shattered by how his whole frame was trembling, even despite his obvious attempts to stop the shaking. Humans were so weak. They could invoke bravery and courage when it was needed most, yet they broke down over the past. With these breaks the soul is easily affected and Sebastian wanted to see how the different dream had affected the master. The master had not directly ordered to him leave the room, so the demon leaned in closer, breaking the barrier of distance and pushing the strands of the master's sanity towards the edge of his short existence. "Are you alright, bocchan?" he muttered, and went to undress the young master, just the daily procedures again. Although there was another procedure that Sebastian would carry out whenever he dressed the master, it was at this time he would sample the boy's soul. How can one create the greatest feast without sampling it along the way? The demon expected to taste the sweetness of innocence, but he was given the delicious dark taste of hatred slowly bubbling inside of the young master. Well, now the demon was certainly going to find out what had happened in the dream and exploit it. Then the boy's soul would be fit for the banquet that he had been waiting for, for two years.
He is getting closer, not further! Ciel's mind screamed at him and to do anything to get Sebastian away. He shoved his hands against the demon's chest, and screamed out his demand. "I order you to get out of this room now! Now!" Ciel didn't even look at the butler when speaking and let his arms drop to his sides. He waited to see if the demon wanted to torment him more, or if he would comply.
The demon was not at all shocked at the young master's defensive counter attack, in fact when the young master had tried to push him away, he hadn't moved one inch. Ciel is child, and therefore weak. However the master had now directly ordered him to leave the room, so the demon complied. He made sure that the master's clothes for the day were on the bed and he left the room without a whisper of noise. As he closed the door behind him he grinned. The butler started to walk down the hall then took one glance back at master's door with a wide smirk he muttered to himself. "Well then, time to prepare bocchan's breakfast, perhaps I should make him his favourite dessert to cheer him up."
Hi guys, this is my first fan-fic ^_^. I'm not really sure where it's going at the moment...but oh well! I do plan to write more, I just don't know when. It might be a Sebastian X Ciel. I can't make my mind up. But I hope you enjoy and hopefully there will be more!