MODERN AU: CIEL IS SIXTEEN (I GUESS) AND SEBASTIAN IS NINETEEN. SORRY IF THERE'S ANY MISTAKES, I WAS LISTENING TO LES MIS WHEN I WAS WRITING PART OF THE TIME. ANYWAY, ENJOY!

Summary: Even though they have a successful relationship Ciel thinks that Sebastian is cheating on him, as he has been so distant lately. He thinks that the cause of the dishonest affair is because he hasn't initiated anything sexual with his boyfriend yet, but, little does he know, that's not the real problem at all…

Liar, Cheater, Vaguely Familiar-by PS

Ciel stared down, unseeingly, at the piece of paper that contained the rubric for his history paper. Truthfully though, he was not interested in the least about World War I, instead, bigger problems (in his mind) rested in his thoughts.

Sebastian had been acting strange towards him lately.

Usually, Sebastian was all so attentive to his smaller boyfriend, but, as of late, he had been anxious acting around Ciel and didn't pay much attention to him. It was really hurting the younger male's feelings, and after several dissatisfying events with the elder Ciel realized what was wrong.

Sebastian was upset that they weren't having sex yet.

Ciel was more focused on other things, like keeping his deceased family's business afloat, and finishing school, much to concerned to be worried about sex. True, he and Sebastian had had some heavy makeout sessions on the couch and in both of their rooms, but, it was never anything more than that since they were always interrupted, either by Tanaka, who was Ciel's new guardian, or by one of the Phantomhive Toy and Candy Shop's employees. It was really quite annoying.

"Hey." Ciel whirled around in his seat now, brought out of his troubling thoughts by the sound of his boyfriend's voice.

Sebastian Michaelis was gorgeous. With his textured raven black hair and gleaming dark red eyes he caught the attention of everyone around him, much to his jealous lovers' dismay. He was polite and seemingly chivalrous, but, Ciel knew the real Sebastian, the one that the rich partygoers of society didn't know.

In private, Sebastian was coarse and slightly cruel, his jokes lewd and his eyes always leering possessively over whatever he considered his property.

At first, that bothered Ciel, he thought that Sebastian was just another rich playboy who thought he owned everything; but, with time, he had come to know the even more sensitive side to his boyfriend and had fallen in love with him. Apparently, Sebastian didn't feel the same way.

Ciel blinked up at his lover, shaking his head again at his thoughts, "hi. I didn't think you'd come over today." He knew that Sebastian was busy helping out with his own family's business, of renting out butlers and their catering business.

Sebastian shook his head silently and sat down at the table beside Ciel, in one of the wooden chairs. His handsome black coat was slightly wet, obviously, Ciel hadn't noticed the rain outside. "I wanted to see you, Claude is being an absolute nuisance." Ah, so there was the problem.

Claude was Sebastian's new stepfather, and both males hated each other equally. The only thing they had in common was Sebastian's mother and money.

Ciel flipped his history rubric over and shoved it under an open folder, "that's too bad. Do you need to crash here?"

Even though Ciel and Tanaka lived in a flat over the shop they had plenty of room, including enough room to house all three of the other employees, and sometimes even Sebastian; though Tanaka was careful never to let them sleep in the same room.

Sebastian sighed and leaned back in the chair, "perhaps. He seems to be fighting with my mother. She's more welcoming to me than ever, at the moment, and he's more hostile. It's ruining my day." He looked up at the smaller boy and grinned softly, the smile that was one of Ciel's favorites. "So," he continued, "I came to see you, to brighten me up."

Ciel blushed; it was hard to stay mad, or think that Sebastian was unfaithful, when he talked like that. "I'm not sure I'm much help," he said bashfully, tilting his head down to look at the table.

Sebastian's black-nailed fingers came up but a moment later to lift his chin again, "you're plenty of help. Is Tanaka here?"

Ciel raised a brow, curious; "Downstairs, helping with the shop."

Sebastian smirked then, that lecherous look that he got sometimes, "good. Then we have plenty of time to spend together."

Before Ciel could say anything Sebastian was there, his lips pressing over the smaller boy's, all thoughts of how supernaturally fast the older man had been leaving the younger's mind.

God, it felt so good to be kissed by Sebastian. Ciel's hands came up to twine into those thick black locks, the inky silk sliding over his skin as he did so. Sebastian only smiled against his lips and kissed him harder, his tongue coming out to lap at Ciel's pout; but the younger didn't give in.

Too many thoughts were racing again; did Sebastian do this with someone else? Who was she?

He pulled away, gasping, "no…I-" he couldn't finish it, he couldn't say what he wanted to, he was to afraid of Sebastian's disappointment, or worse, his agreement to all of the accusations.

Sebastian stared at him, eyes nearly glowing in the suddenly darkened room, "what is it? What's wrong?"

Ciel licked his lips, the taste of his boyfriend remaining there, "you…I mean…I just can't. I'm sorry."

This was probably making Sebastian mad, probably making him want to go to her, his mistress. What did she look like anyway? Ciel imagined her looking somewhat like own of his closest friends, Elizabeth, with blonde curls and big blue eyes, the perfect woman to have at your side at a banquet or ball. Society's perfect dame. Ciel could never amount to that.

Sebastian continued to look at him, darkened eyes hooded, "I can sense your unease, please, tell me what's wrong."

Ciel closed his eyes, tipping his head down once more before taking a deep breath, "are you…I mean…do you…never mind." He got up quickly from his seat, pushing the chair so that it was a little ways between them; he didn't want to ask anymore, he didn't want to know.

He hurried over to the door that led downstairs, "I'm going to go see what I can do to help. It might be a while." That was clearly an invitation to go, but Sebastian stayed in his spot, his eyes dark and mysterious, as they usually were when he was hot with lust.

Ciel looked away, opening the door, but, before he started down the stairs, he heard Sebastian plainly saying, "I will found out what is wrong, and I will cure what ails you."

Ciel pushed back tears as he let the door slam behind him. Sometimes, the cure was poison…

Ciel sighed as he nearly crawled up the stairs to the apartment; he had worked downstairs all afternoon, and all through dinner. Now, he was famished and his heart still hurt from all of the traumatic emotions that had run through him earlier.

He opened the door when he finally reached the top of the stairs, eyes widening when the scent of home cooked food hit his nose; Sebastian was standing in the kitchen, stirring a pot that sat on the stove.

"Ah, Ciel. I wondered when you would come up for some dinner." The smile he gave was encouraging, but it didn't exactly meet his eyes.

Ciel closed the door behind him slowly and made sure to turn off most of his emotions and leave his face blank when he turned back around, "I thought you had left hours ago."

Sebastian shook his head, his attention on the pot now, "No. You were upset earlier so I wanted to something nice for you."

Oh God, Ciel thought, eyes wide again, Sebastian was breaking up with him.

The black-haired man went on, oblivious to his younger boyfriend's internal conflict; "I sent Tanaka out to dinner with the others; that damned American seemed especially fine with taking my money." He grimaced happily, "so, I decided to make your favorite." As he said so he spooned some of the substance from the pot into a china plate and brought it to the table, "ah, smells nice. Come on then Ciel, no need to be shy."

Just to prove him wrong Ciel frowned at him and pushed himself away from the door and went to sit in his usual chair, looking down into the bowl. There, steaming hotly, was his favorite stew. The very stew that Ciel had spoken of fondly to Sebastian only once or twice when he was in a nostalgic mood. His mother used to make this very stew when he was feeling ill, or when it was a special event.

Ciel glanced up at his boyfriend, saying hesitantly, "thanks."

Sebastian smiled down devilishly at him, "you're quite welcome. Now, I was wondering if we could talk."

Ciel nearly choked on the spoonful of food in his mouth, "hmm…about what?"

Sebastian sat down next to him once more, leaning on the table with his elbows, "what was bothering you, earlier."

Ciel lowered his eyes, his lashes hopefully covering those windows to the soul, "I…it was nothing. Just something…personal going on."

Sebastian's eyes flashed angrily, but he didn't move from his relaxed looking position, "really? I thought that we were 'personal.'"

Ciel burst out in anger then, shoving his bowl away, "are you with somebody else?!"

Sebastian looked up at the younger male who was now standing, "what was that?" The way he said it made Ciel shiver, he was so cool and arrogant. It made Ciel sick, even though he was the same way.

"Are you cheating on me with someone else? Do you want to break up?" He fisted his hands, shoving them behind his back so that the older man wouldn't see the appendages shaking.

Sebastian stood up slowly, and walked around the table to stand towering above the smaller boy, "no."

Ciel blinked at the simple answer, "w-what?"

Sebastian stared down at him, expression dark and cold, "no, I am not cheating on you. I'm very satisfied with you. You are all that I want."

Ciel unfurled his hands, feeling his sudden temper tantrum leaving him, "then…why have you been so distant lately?"

Sebastian looked away for the first time then, his eyes hooded and lashes covering them, "I…was unsure of how to go about this…but, I wanted to confirm our relationship for years to come."

Ciel was so confused, "what do you mean Sebastian?" His brow furrowed as he tilted his head up to the older man.

Sebastian sighed gently and went to grab onto one of Ciel's still trembling hands, "I suppose, in a way, I'm asking if you will marry me and be mine. It's sort of like a promise or contract between us."

Ciel's jaw dropped, his mouth wide open with no sound coming out.

Sebastian grinned down at him, revealing perfect teeth, "careful darling," he purred, "if you keep up that expression I might get the wrong idea."

Ciel shook himself, "but…I'm too young to get married Sebastian. I can't right now!"

Sebastian tilted his chin up further with one finger, his face moving closer so that Ciel could feel the other man's breath, "I know. I'll wait for you, like I always have."

Ciel could feel the tears welling up behind his eyes, "oh Sebastian…"

The elder smirked and pulled back a little ways, "so, how about it Ciel, will you be my bride?"

Ciel rolled his eyes but grinned up at that handsome face, "yes, yes I think I will."

Sebastian actually smiled that genuine smile that he only ever had around Ciel and tilted down to kiss his lover. It was bliss, and it was something that Ciel had always hoped for…

HOPE YOU LIKED IT! THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING! I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL ADD OTHER CHAPTERS, SO, FOR NOW, IT WILL BE COMPLETE. PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!