Black Butler Fanfiction – For the Love of Chocolate
Disclaimer:
-I do not own the Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler series.
Warnings:
-This is a smut/lemon, yaoi, Sebastian x Ciel fanfiction, out-of-character story.
Notes:
-Please be gentle on me! This is my first time ever on writing any sort of fanfiction.
It was a warm, spring day at the Phantomhive estate. Although it was around the late afternoon, the sun still shone brightly through the cloudless, pale blue sky. The birds were chirping and a cool breeze flowed through the trees surrounding the estate.
All the servants were outside enjoying the sun.
Except one.
"Sebastian."
Ciel was in his usual dimly-lit study room with the window as his only source of light flowing into the room. He stood and looked out through the window, and watched as Bard, Finny, and Mei-Rin played kick-the-can out in the garden. Tanaka watched them play on a picnic blanket while sipping on a tea cup.
"How childish of them," Ciel said loftily.
Today, Ciel was feeling irritated due to the warm weather outside the manor. As he stood and gazed outside for few minutes while waiting for Sebastian, he began to think about the stack of paperwork that was sitting on the desk behind him.
Sebastian had not come yet after calling out for him once. He called out to Sebastian once more.
"Sebastian! Where are you?"
"Young master."
Ciel turned around to see Sebastian standing a few feet away in front of his desk, bowing slightly and stood up straight.
"Where were you?" questioned Ciel.
"I was already in the room after you called for me."
"Well, why didn't you say anything?"
Sebastian smiled and replied, "I was waiting for you to notice that I was in the room."
Ciel let out a sigh. Annoyed, Ciel walked around his chair and sat down.
"Sebastian, I would like my afternoon tea now."
Sebastian bowed and replied, "Certainly, young master."
Sebastian straightened up and walked out of the room. Just as he walked out, he instantly walked in, bringing in a silver cart carrying a steaming porcelain tea pot next to a matching tea cup on a top of a matching saucer. Next to the teapot was a small dessert plate that held a slice of coffee cake topped with cocoa powder, chocolate shavings, and three raspberries as garnish. He walks over to the desk and began pouring the tea into the teacup.
With a straight face, Sebastian began to describe the menu.
"Today's tea is black tea infused with an aroma of chocolate. Imported from Belgium, the tea leaves are dried along with cocoa nibs and finely ground to keep the strong chocolate aroma."
Sebastian placed the teacup on top of the saucer and placed it in front of Ciel. As Ciel reached for the cup, Sebastian laid down the plate holding the coffee cake in front of Ciel.
"Coffee cake garnished with the finest Belgian chocolate available for the young master-"
"Is there something special about today?" interrupted Ciel. "You rarely serve me this much chocolate."
Sebastian smiled a little. "Is it wrong to serve chocolate on a pleasant day? When consumed, chocolate has many health benefits. Not only does it taste pleasing when the weather is appropriate, it contains caffeine to keep your mind stimulated, and endorphins to lift up your mood. It is also a natural aphr-"
"Sebastian, I did not call out to you for a lesson about chocolate."
The butler fell silent. Sebastian calmly served the tea while he watched Ciel consume the tea and cake.
Ten minutes had gone by when Ciel suddenly announced, "You can leave now, Sebastian."
Sebastian bowed. "As you wish, young master." He straightened, took the stained dishes, and left the room with the cart.
Ciel's eyes narrowed slightly at the doorway where the demon had left through.
"I wonder what he is up to this time…"
Ciel forgot almost immediately about Sebastian's behavior as he noticed the pile of papers that were waiting for him to be examined. He began spreading out the paperwork and began to read…
After a few more hours in the study, nighttime had fallen. Ciel glanced around the room, noticing that the room was darker.
Looking at the clock, Ciel thought, "I need a break. It's dinner time anyway."
He left the study and walked out into the dimly lit corridor towards the bright dining hall. As he walked toward the dining table, something felt odd. Ciel looked around. Bard, Finny, Mei-Rin, and Tanaka were not there to greet him. Not to mention there was no food on the table as there should have been at that hour.
Ciel called out for Sebastian.
No answer.
"Useless demon butler," he muttered. "Once I see him, he's going to regret it." He began walking toward the study when he saw a pet dish that he never saw before was filled with water on the floor.
Ciel's emotions began to flare up and his fists clenched. He shouted, "Sebastian! I order you to come here at once-"
All of a sudden, he began to develop a slight headache and saw his vision cloud up. The room began to spin as if he was experiencing vertigo.
Ciel slowly fell on his knees. Weakly, Ciel called out to Sebastian. "Sebastian, this is an order. Come here this instant…"
As he began to fall on his side and drift out of consciousness, he saw two gloved hands catch him from behind.
"So you finally decided to come after all, demon…" was all Ciel could say before passing out.
"…Young master?"
Sebastian's voice. Ciel opened his eyes slowly. The dark room was still hazy after forcing himself to wake up. The first thing he noticed was his surroundings were different. He was in his own bedroom, and he was wearing his nightgown. He had his sleeping eye patch over the eye where the seal was hidden under. There was a cool, wet towel on his forehead as if he developed a fever. He turned his head to the left. Sebastian, in full uniform, was standing there while holding a candelabrum with lit candles. He had a concerned look on his face and set down the candelabrum on the bedside table.
"Are you alright, young master?"
Ciel sat up and the cold towel fell off. With an empty gaze directed at Sebastian, Ciel softly spoke.
"How did I end up in the bedroom? And why weren't you at the dining hall?"
Sebastian gently smiled. "Why, young master," Sebastian slyly said, "seeing you asleep at your desk in the study is definitely not good for your health. I decided to carry to your room and dress you into your sleeping clothes."
As Ciel became more conscious of his surroundings, Ciel narrowed his eyes at Sebastian. "You're not telling me the truth. What actually happened?"
With a sigh, Sebastian looked down and closed his eyes. He opened them and looked at Ciel. Sebastian began to explain himself.
"Forgive me, young master. Dinner was not prepared in time. Everyone was in the kitchen when you called out for me."
"Well, if that were the case, why didn't you let me know ahead of time?"
"To be honest, I lost track of time."
Ciel looked at him with distrust. "That has to be the worst lie yet. What were you really doing?"
"Fine." Sebastian's concerned face disappeared. In its place was a mischievous smile with narrowed eyes.
"You see, as a butler who has attended to your every need, I began to notice that you needed some rest once in a while."
With an angry look on his face, Ciel opened his mouth in protest but Sebastian kept talking.
"However, it is too late for you to return to the study or have dinner. All the servants have already gone to sleep. At this hour, it's time for you to sleep as well."
In a sharp tone, Ciel began to scold Sebastian in a raised voice. "That doesn't explain how I passed out before dinner. And why you haven't you answered immediately when I called out to you in the first place?"
Smiling, Sebastian calmly said, "I thought you would have figured out by now, but I guess you did not take a moment to think about it back then."
Although it was still hard for him to concentrate, Ciel tried to silently think back to the time when he last saw Sebastian.
"What was Sebastian saying earlier? He came in after I asked him for the afternoon tea. The tea and cake had a theme of chocolate. Thinking about it more, all he did was talk about was chocolate…"
After a while, the idea struck him like a lightbulb turning on in the dark.
In anger, Ciel questioned the butler, "What did you put in my tea?" Immediately after, he began to feel tired and fell back onto the bed. His heart began to race, and sweat started to bead up on his forehead, neck, and chest.
"Oh, you finally figured it out." Sebastian said with delight. "If you had continued to listen earlier, you would have known that chocolate is also known as a natural aphrodisiac. Obviously, any normal aphrodisiac was not going to be enough to knock you out, so I decided to add in my own potent aphrodisiac that had natural hallucinogenic properties."
Sebastian reached into his coat pocket and held up a tiny bottle that contained a clear liquid inside.
"This is a very strong drug, so I only added a few drops to drug the entire content of the teapot. To be honest, I didn't know if it would actually work."
"Demon," said Ciel. "Tell me how it works."
Sebastian only smiled.
"You'll soon find out."
You ready for Chapter 2? :D
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