Ciel glared at Mordred as he droned on about himself, he had heard quite enough the second the demon opened his mouth.

"And so you see that not only am I a better choice for king, I would also take you as my mate and we shall have no less than two demonlings at which time you will be able to do as you please with them so long as my future is secure.- our future is secure." Mordred corrected himself.

"So tell me, what makes you think I would ever give something like you whatever demonlings are?" Mordred growled softly in annoyance.

"A demonling is an infant born to our kind. As my mate, you would be required to become pregnant with the first during our first year together. That -"

"Required?" Ciel asked equally annoyed by the statement.

"correct. You would be obligated to provide a family in order to keep our blood line alive. It's a simple formality. Once the throne is mine, I do not care what you do with the things."

"As far as demons are considered, I've always thought that maybe you weren't as evil as my brothers taught me. I've always believed that there is good in everything, you Mordred have proven otherwise. I'm going to be very honest with you now, I wouldn't trust you with a plant. There's no way I would ever allow you to have children and anyone who would even consider it is insane." Ciel stood up and walked back to Michael. Mordred ran toward him growling angrily only to be grabbed by Sebastian. Ciel turned quickly and saw the two fighting.

"You crossed the line brother, whatever happened between the two of you does not warrant such behavior and I will not tolerate it. It doesn't matter to me that you are older, I am stronger and you will not harm Ciel. You are unfit to be within a thousand miles of him!" Sebastian shouted picking his brother up by his throat and slamming him into the ground.

"Sebastian, Mordred stop this immediately!" Their father screamed.

"Ciel, are you alright, did that beast hurt you?" Michael asked looking him over frantically.

"No, I'm fine." He turned back to the fight.

"I don't like the eldest,he's cruel and nasty. I can't stand the sight of him, the sound of his voice just -"

"I'm sorry Brother but this must be done properly. The youngest one however...he seems protective of you. Tell me Ciel, what do you think of him?"

"It's too early to tell, he's much different than his brother. I suppose I would have to speak with him before I make my judgment."

"Of course,don't forget there are other opportunities planned in which you will have to attempt to get to know them and choose. You can however end this activity with Mordred early and begin your talk with Sebastian once things have calmed down." Ciel nodded.

"Yes, I would like that." He replied. The fight was vicious and lasted only a few minutes before they were separated. It would be another half an hour until they calmed themselves under threat of the meeting being cancelled if they continued.

"Sebastian, Ciel will speak to you now, you may choose an area that you are most comfortable in. Know that I am watching you." Michael warned.

"where will you go?" Sebastian looked around.

"Ciel seems to enjoy the flowers here, perhaps he would be more at ease after today's events if we simply spread out a blanket." Michael was surprised by Sebastian but agreed.

"Sebastian takes after his mother for the most part." The devil explained when Michael returned to stand beside him.

"Then your eldest son must purely be after your own heart." The archangel motioned for Ciel to approach Sebastian who was now seated on the blanket. Ciel nodded and went to him. Once Ciel was beside him Sebastian stood and motioned to the cover.

"Please Ciel, make yourself comfortable and once again accept my deepest apology for the fighting you witnessed today. It is an everyday occurrence between us. However I will not allow him to be so disrespectful to such a perfect creature." Ciel sat down followed by Sebastian. There was a long silence between them.

"Are you alright Ciel?" Sebastian was clearly concerned about him.

"Fine, I'm just trying to regroup, talking to Mordred was-"

"Possibly the worst experience of your life, enough to drive you to pull out your own hair, drive you to drink perhaps, believe me I know what you are going through." Ciel chuckled.

"Something like that." Ciel admitted.

"Well then, I propose that you and I simply relax, you are safe with me Ciel."

"I know it sounds strange, we just met but I kind sensed that. Then you proved it, you practically knocked your brother out. "

"Truth be told he deserves it."

"You're an interesting one aren't you, not like your lunatic brother."

"Not entirely no. However I am a demon and so have most of the tendencies."

"But you don't show that to me, you're quite a gentleman for the most part." Sebastian smiled.

"Thank you, you seem to bring out the best in me. Whatever you choose, I am happy we have this time together. I assure you that I will not lie to you, ask me anything you like Ciel." Sebastian invited.

"Anything at all Sebastian?"

"Nothing is off limits."

"Alright, We should probably start with something small. What's your favorite color?"

"Come now, you can do better than that, I quite like blue. Which do you prefer?"

"The same,ask me anything."

"What is your favorite flower?"

"White roses, but I like others too."

"How interesting, roses are sometimes used when demons form agreements with each other though typically we prefer red."

"You make contracts with your own kind?"

"At times it becomes necessary. However instead of taking souls, the deal often ends with the demons involved fighting for something of mutual interest."

"Does it ever get to you, taking souls?" Ciel asked.

"At times. The souls of humans are required for us to live, but it doesn't mean it's always easy Ciel. I recall at least two instances in which I found that I could feel regret."

"I'm sorry."

"No matter, tell me, could you truly be happy as a demon's mate, if not, I could try to arrange for you to be released from the agreement."

"That's an odd question, why would you ask that?"

"Because I - I would like for you to be happy Ciel. I can't explain it exactly but when you smile, or laugh it brings me joy. I would never want you to be trapped in a situation for eternity and never be happy."

"I don't know really."

"Please give it some thought."

"Sebastian?"

"Yes Ciel?"

"Michael told me that you made it possible for me to choose, and your brother said you extended it, why would you do that,you could've taken me that day couldn't you?"

"The best way I can think of to explain it is... When you like a flower, you pick it so that you can take it with you and admire it. When you -When you love the flower you want it to continue to grow and live as long as it can." Sebastian turned from Ciel hoping he would understand.

"So you're saying that you did this because you love me?"

"Yes. More than you will ever know. This is why I cannot condemn you to our way of life I want you to have the opportunity to return to your brothers one day. I'm sorry, you must be wishing I would not have said so much."

"No, Sebastian, I-"

"Ciel, the time is up, come back brother and tell me what you feel so far." Michael called. Ciel and Sebastian stood up.

"Ciel, what I said, it wasn't meant to influence your choice by any means." Sebastian folded the blanket as Ciel walked back to his brother. Sebastian's words replayed in his mind. His memories were also beginning to come back, how gentle Sebastian had been, and his willingness to save Ciel even then, during a time when they were enemies. The soft kiss on his cheek that had temporarily caused his wing tips to turn from pure white to black. He knew what he would tell Michael but he wasn't sure how he would react.