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Chapter 2
The Mansion
As they drove in the carriage back to the mansion, Ciel kept glancing at the boy across from him who was currently playing with his thumbs. He noted the boy's raggedy clothes with disgust, but then, moved on to the boy's face which was covered by an over- sized hat that covered all of his face.
"How do you see like that?" Ciel asked his companion.
The boy shrugged, still fiddling with his thumbs.
"Stop that! It's annoying!" Ciel demanded.
The boy stopped.
"*Sigh*. Since you are going to be living with in my home, I might as well know your name." Ciel sighed.
"I-I am C-Ce-" the boy started but was cut off
"Stop that stuttering!"
"S-sorry…"
"What did I say?"
The boy gulped and took in a shaky breath.
"Sorry."
Ciel smirked.
"Good. Now, go on, I don't have all day,"
"My name is Celes,"
"Celes? What kind of name is that?"
"My mother…she liked the name Celeste but since I was born a boy, she shortened it to Celes,"
"I see."
The ride was silent after that. After a few more minutes, the carriage stopped. The butler opened the door and helped his master out who was then followed by Celes. Celes looked up from under his hat and gaped. The mansion was HUGE.
"Well? Are you just going to stay there, or are you coming?" Ciel asked, smirking at Celes and then walking towards his mansion.
Gasping, Celes scurried after Ciel. As they walked up the path to the house, Celes worked up his courage and asked the question he was dying to know.
"Umm…ex-excuse me? Umm…wha-what is y-your name?"
Ciel sighed tiredly.
"What did I say about that damned stuttering?"
"Sorry, it won't happen again,"
"Good. Now, to answer your question, my name is Ciel Phantomhive, but you will address me as Master Phantomhive or young master, do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand…"
They reached the mansion's door. The butler opened it and they were met with the sight of broken dishes, mud tracks, and screaming. Celes blinked and then looked at his new employer and noticed that he looked irritated, and then he looked at the butler who had an indifferent expression on his face.
"QUIET!" Ciel yelled, stopping the screaming.
The three people stopped what they were doing. Celes noted that the oldest of the three people had had their hair on fire and the female had a pitcher in her hand as the last drops of water plopped onto the males head. The youngest was restraining the man, so, as that the oldest wouldn't run around as the female poured water on his head. Celes had a hard time containing his laughter.
"What in the world happened here?" Ciel asked, eyeing the mess.
And all the servants started stuttering, trying to explain.
"Stop!" Ciel yelled, putting a hand up to silence them. He then pointed to the red head female.
"Mey-Rin, you explain."
"Y-yes sir!" the woman identified as Mey-Rin replied.
"Well, you see sir, Bard set the kitchen on fire and then his hair caught on fire and he started screaming. Finny was out working in the yard and then, he came in to see what was wrong. Meanwhile, I was carrying the dishes and bard came out the kitchen and crashed into me, making me drop the plates, and when finny came in and saw Bard's hair on fire, he started yelling and that made me start. So then-"
"Stop. I've heard enough" Ciel said exasperatedly.
"Sebastian! Clean up this mess! You three, go get cleaned up. Sebastian, when you are done, bring me my afternoon snack, I'll be in my study." Ciel was about to walk away and up the stairs when he heard Celes start talking.
"Umm! Please wait! What am I supposed to do?"
Ciel stared at Celes for a moment before sighing. Celes noticed that he seemed to do that a lot.
"Mey-Rin, show him to an empty room and run him a bath. Finny, I want you to get some of your clothes and lend them to him. As of today, Celes is going to be a servant here." When he was finished, the two servants nodded.
"Yes sir!" they chorused.
They then turned to Celes, along with Bard, and sang happily at the same time: "Welcome to the Phantomhive manner, Celes!"
"Uh, umm…T-thank y-you!"
With that, Mey-Rin rushed him to his room and ran his water, claiming that she would come back later with his clothes.
Sighing, Celes stripped out of his clothes and tied up his hair. Just as he was about to go in, he noticed that he couldn't find his stuffed fox.
'Okay. I know I had it in me when I went into the carriage, but…!' Celes's eyes widened in horror.
"Oh no! I left Kiki in the carriage!" he muttered, wrapping the towel around himself and walking out of the bathroom to put back on his clothes.
Ciel walked towards Celes's room with Sebastian and the servants. He had come to give him the stuffed fox he left in the carriage. Sebastian had 'forgotten' to give it to Celes when he had gotten out of the carriage and had forgotten it. Sebastian was just accompanying him out of boredom, Mey-Rin was delivering his clothes, and Finny came because he wanted to speak more with the new servant, and Bard had just tagged along, also curious about this new comer.
When they reached the door, instead of knocking, Ciel just pushed the door open…. he heard Finny and Bard quickly turn around and Sebastian sigh and turn around. Mey-Rin blushed and past out from a nose bleed. Only Ciel stayed put. He caught a sight of smooth creamy and pale legs and a smooth and flawless back. Celes gasped and turned around; staring wide eyed at Ciel's shocked face. They stared at each other in stunned silence for a few more seconds before the silence was broken….by Celes's scream….
"EEEEEEEEEEKKKK!"
Ciel grabbed the door handle and swung the door closed; his face flushed a deep shade of red. While Celes wrapped the towel around his body tighter, his face flushed. Ciel blushed as the mental image of Celes's scandalously glad body came rushing full force into his mind.
Soft, smooth, flawless, creamy, and pale skin. Subtle curves, petite figure, and a….. swelling chest. Rosy red lips, petite but small button nose, and smoky grey eyes framed by long lashes. A heart shaped face framed by snow white wisps of hair that got loose from the bun…. Ciel slammed the door back open, his 'gentlemen' manners completely forgotten as he stared at Celes in shock.
"YOU'RE A GIRL!"
Yeah, I know it's a short chapter but I wanted to leave it off there. Anyways, please tell me your thoughts! Until next time! ^.^
