A soft, wet nose snuffled at Ciel's black nailed hand, which hung from the chair he was resting in, waking him with a start. Looking around wearily, he realised it was only his greyhound, Hannah, and relaxed back into his large office chair. He'd fallen asleep again. At 80 years, Ciel was still a young demon, and was yet to fully let go of his human habits. He still slept from time to time, and could still enjoy eating cake and other sweets. He still liked to bath every now and then, despite the fact that he didn't sweat. He found comfort in these habits. Ciel sighed and looked around the slowly lightening room. The office was furnished smartly, with beautiful antique desks and bookshelves. Ciel found it hard to keep up with the ever-changing fashion and trends of the decades, the 60's being the strangest for him. Hannah whined beside him.

"Alright, alright," Ciel said with a chuckle, and slowly stood up. Hannah had her lead hanging out of her mouth already, waiting for Ciel to take her on their daily morning walk.

It was a cold day, prompting Ciel to swear softly as he strode out onto the sidewalk. Breathing in the brisk air, he walked quickly down the street. London was beautiful in autumn. He loved the way the red and orange foliage complemented the beautiful old houses that occupied this neighbourhood. Hannah gave a happy bark as she trotted beside Ciel.

Ciel's days were usually filled with mindless activities, since he usually didn't have anything pressing to take care of. He didn't like to make contracts often, and when he did, they were short. He had not yet acquired the taste for a well-ripened soul, happily settling for quicker, easier meals. He only had one extended contract so far, and that had only lasted half a year. The girl's brother had been kidnapped out of the blue, and she wished Ciel to find him and bring him to safety. Infuriatingly, the kidnappers were extremely good at what they did, and had kept Ciel searching for just over six months. In addition, the girl had ordered Ciel to act as her lover for the time they were together. After that, Ciel vowed never again. Thankfully, Ciel had in fact grown since he'd become a demon, and he now had the body of a 19 year old. Ciel had assumed he would be frozen at the age he was changed, and was extremely confused when he noticed he'd grown. Sebastian had assured him it was a normal thing for Demons to age physically, and that most stopped when they were physically mature, much like the older demon was. This, however, entailed Ciel receiving much more attention from humans, usually females. He found this comical, in their desperate attempts to court him.

"Come on Hannah," he said tiredly and broke into a jog, all the way back to his town house. The greyhound jumped and yipped with excitement to whole way. He'd acquired the dog a few years ago, after he'd found her on his doorstep, soaked to the bone, whining. He'd spent weeks searching for her owner, but never found them. Honestly, he was glad he was able to keep her, as he'd started to feel almost lonely. Her silver fur and violet-blue eyes had reminded him of the demon who had made him this way.

"Shush, you'll wake everyone up!" Ciel said, smiling, "Sebastian would never have let you do that."

Sebastian. The name slipped from the young demons lips so carelessly. He hadn't spoken that name in a long time. He hadn't seen the older demon in almost 30 years now. The two had spent 50 uncomfortable years together after Ciel had been turned into a demon. It was clear Sebastian did not enjoy the arrangement he was forced to keep with Ciel. Ciel finally matured enough to consider Sebastian's feelings, and agreed to spend some time apart. Ciel didn't really mind the time he'd spent apart from Sebastian. Though still young, he didn't really have much use for the older demon anymore, since he possessed most of the same abilities. He'd also found that it had become quite impractical to have a butler these days. However, he did occasionally find himself missing the demons company, strangely enough. Maybe it was the fact that they were now, to an extent, equals which let Ciel begin to see the demon as a person, rather than simply a servant. But he knew Sebastian probably felt exactly opposite. The first twenty years as a demon were the worst. Not only did Sebastian have to tutor a resistant Ciel on all the elements of being demonic, but he also made no attempt to hide his loathing for the boy. He began losing his ability to remain cool and collected around the younger demon, his anger easily flaring up. Being the adolescent idiot he was, Ciel had quite enjoyed getting on the demons nerves. He liked seeing Sebastian lose his cool façade. But over time he began to see this for what it truly was. Sebastian hated him. Remembering the always-evident cold loathing, which glowed behind the demons red eyes made the boy cringe.

Hannah whined lightly and nudged Ciel's hand impatiently. Looking down, Ciel realised he'd stopped walking. He let out a short, nervous laugh and strode quickly down the road again. He looked up at the sky and smiled the way the clouds reflected the rising suns light, in streaks of orange and pink. Like a cupcake. God Ciel wanted a cupcake right now.

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Now that Ciel had opened the floodgates, he couldn't stop thinking about Sebastian. And the more he thought about him the more he missed the older demon. Sebastian had actually been quite good company when Ciel was still human, when he wasn't being completely condescending. He found his mind always slowly wandering back the older demon. He even accidentally called Hannah "Sebastian" a few times. Maybe he should visit him. Sebastian had decided to stay in hell when they'd split, Ciel preferring to go back to the human world. He didn't get much chance to visit while he still lived with Sebastian. Unlike the older demon, he was still interested in what went on in the human world. He enjoyed being with a species he understood, as much of the demon culture was still a complete mystery to him. He still visited Hell regularly however, since he'd made a few friends down there. Perhaps it would be a good idea to visit Sebastian again, to see how he was getting on. And maybe Ciel could apologise for being such an idiotic dickhead to him. He was finally beginning to understand what it must be like for Sebastian, doomed to be forever in serviceto what was meant to be his meal.

After a few weeks, Ciel finally decided to go. What was there to lose anyway? Their relationship was already bad enough anyway.

AN - Tada! I hope you liked this chapter. It began as a drabble but it sort of grew a little bit. I promise there are more juicy chapters to come! I'd really appreciate it if you could leave some reviews (or even favourite it o0o0o) to let me know what you think!