A/N This is a multi chapter fanfic so make sure to follow! Pls R & R! I meant to upload this and several other fanfics several days ago but i keep being dragged along to shop... also make sure to check out my other fanfics (AKA my yuri on ice fanfic) and there are many other fanfics coming soon since im on winter break. Expext to see a Blue exorcist, Daredevil, HTTYD fanfics soon and updates on my avengers, this fanfic, and my yuri on ice fanfics.
It was a cold winter day in London, and the Earl Phantomhive and his servant were trying to buy Elizabeth a present.
It was while they were walking on the bridge that it all went wrong.
The bridge was crowded, and as a result Ciel and Sebastian were being pushed around a fair amount. Sebastian was clearing a path for bocchan when he heard it. He heard a muffled thump.
"Watch where you are going!"
Ciel was glaring at the man but quickly re-figured his face into a wide eyed look of innocence.
"I'm sorry, the bridge is crowded and I didn't see you" Ciel said in a polite tone. He could practically smell the alcohol on the man.
Ciel could see that the man was going to be trouble, and he tried to call for Sebastian.
"Sebast-!"
His sentence was cut off as the man grabbed him by his coat and threw him into the icy river.
Sebastian turned around to see bocchan being thrown into the river. Sebastian quickly stripped off his shoes and coat and jumped in after his master.
Ciel felt himself hit the ice and he gave a yelp of pain. The ice broke as his body hit it and he sunk into the icy waters below.
Ciel tried to claw his way to the surface but his thick clothing was dragging him down. His movements seemed sluggish, even to him. He could see black at the edge of his vision and he reached out as the last air bubbles escaped his mouth. The last thing he saw was a hand grabbing his own and he felt himself being clutched to a chest.
Sebastian pulled his master out of the lake and gently set him on the pavement before going to retrieve his jacket. He came back and put his jacket around the ominously still Ciel. A crowd had surrounded the pair as Sebastian began giving mouth to mouth to Ciel.
Ciel suddenly pushed away Sebastian before he began coughing up water.
"Sebastian, find the man who threw me in the river and return the favor" Ciel said in between coughs.
Sebastian smiled "Yes, my lord"
The man, who had been in the crowd watching with a bottle of alcohol, was now effortlessly picked up by Sebastian and thrown into the river.
The crowd now having dispersed, Sebastian helped Ciel to stand. Ciel handed him back his coat but Sebastian only raised an eyebrow. The butler had of course noticed that Ciel was shivering.
"Oh just take your coat" a very annoyed Ciel told the demon "we still have to find Elizabeth's present and that drunk made us lose precious time"
It was about an hour later when Ciel was leaning on the wall, coughing. He had stopped to look at something but was overcome by a coughing fit.
Ciel doubled over gasping for air and shivering. He could distantly hear Sebastian calling. He swayed and dropped to his knees. He saw Sebastian come into his vision and place his coat around his shoulders. His vision swam as he coughed. He could hear Sebastian asking him if he was okay, but he couldn't answer.
Ciel felt himself falling, but he never felt himself hit the ground. He blearily opened his eyes to see Sebastian holding him, keeping him from falling to the ground. Sebastian's worried face was the last thing he saw before the darkness surrounded him.
Sebastian put his hand on bocchan's forehead and frowned when he felt how hot it was. He lifted the trembling earl. With the unconscious boy on his hip, he began walking to the carriage. He put the fevered boy inside before getting out to drive the carriage. Ciel's eyelids fluttered but he didn't wake.
When they reached the mansion, Sebastian picked up Ciel and walked towards the building. Ciel moaned in his sleep and clutched at Sebastian's coat but did nothing else.
As soon as the other servants saw their young master they all rushed over.
"Is the young master OK?" Mey Rin asked worriedly, while grabbing Ciel away from Sebastian.
Finny quickly grabbed Ciel out of Mey Rin's arms to inspect him "The young master is sick!"
Tanaka, now in his adult form, took the young earl out of Finny's arms to hand him back to the demon.
"The last thing Bocchan needs right now is to be handed from person to person for inspection, he needs treatment" was all he said before shrinking back to small size.
Sebastian carried the sick earl in and put him on his bed, before sending everyone out of the room. He knew that Ciel had had an asthma attack and there was really nothing to be done except try to ease his breathing and lower his fever. Sebastian quickly undressed Ciel, noting how he felt hot but his skin was still cold and clammy after falling into the river. He redressed Bocchan in a nightshirt and put him in the bed.
Sebastian got a wet washcloth and put it on Ciel's head. The earl sighed and rolled over knocking off the cool cloth. Sebastian put the cloth on the boy's head and had started to walk away when he felt a feeble fist holding onto his coat. Sebastian turned to see Ciel's fevered and dazed eyes staring into his own. He gently removed the hand from his coat and bent down to the bed, where Ciel was tapping the space beside his chest.
Sebastian, seeing what his master wanted, placed his hand on the bed next to the sick noble, palm up. As soon as his hand was down Ciel took it and began tapping a message into it.
"Stay?" he tapped into the demon's hand.
"Of course I will, but is your throat troubling you, my lord?"
Ciel nodded and he sat the boy up and helped him drink some water. He had settled onto the chair beside the bed when he felt another tug on his jacket sleeve.
"Yes, my lord?" he said, holding his hand out to the boy.
"In the bed" the sick youth tapped. Sebastian raised an eyebrow but complied, taking off his coat and shoes. He crawled into the bed. He noticed that Ciel was still shivering and pulled him to his chest, spooning the sick lord.