A/N: Hey. Thanks so much for the reviews and favorites, trust me; I was sooo excited about that! Anyways, since my cheer team made it to states for the first time, I decided to upload TWO chapters at ONCE in celebration. So after you're done this one, go read chapter three. (My favorite chapter of this story to date) Warning: This chapter is where the crack-fic nature rears its head...due to the rather arbitrary assignment of characters. However; I did put a great deal of thought into them, and if you think about it...they kind of make sense. Still, let me know if it scares you or if you feel inclined to commit a murder after reading this. Either way, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroshitsuji or Twilight. Thaaannnkksss!
Chapter Two:
It wasn't long before Ciel felt every eye in the building sear into his back as he walked towards his first class. After all, he was the first new kid to come to the school since it was built. As he contemplated turning around and screaming at each and every student to avert their eyes, one overzealous blonde jogged over to him and held out his hand. Not another blonde! Ciel groaned.
"Hi! You're Ciel Phantomhive, aren't you? I'm finny." The boy's voice was surprisingly soft as he shot Ciel a large, sparkling grin that was close to blinding.
While accepting the handshake, Ciel analyzed the boy's strange attire. A childish candy-stripe tank top clung to Finny's thin frame, accompanied by jeans that cut off just below the knees and effeminate red hair clips. "Nice to meet you. Would you happen to know where the gym is…"
"Yeah! Would you look at that, we're in the same class! I'm on my way right now, come on!" With that, the lanky blonde grasped Ciel's wrist and pulled him through the crowd of curious onlookers to the gym.
"Watch ouuuuut!" Finny yelled loudly as Ciel's volleyball headed straight for another student's head, but it was too late.
"Ay, Finny! What'd you do that for!" The student's yells echoed through the gym and a red haired girl with glasses rushed over to see what had happened.
"Bard! Are you alright?" She exclaimed, examining his scarlet cheek.
"Yeah yeah Mei, I'll be fine." The tall boy's blue eyes darkened as he glared menacingly at Finny, who was running quickly towards him with the new kid.
Ciel watched as Finny incessantly apologized to his tall flaxen-haired friend. Seriously! How many blondes are there in Washington?
"Sorry Bard! We kind of got carried away with the game…" Finny averted his eyes and gave an embarrassed smile.
Bard raised his large hand and slapped the thin boy on the back harshly, but playfully. "Just don't do it again, okay?" He strained through gritted teeth. "This the new kid?" He thumbed towards the silent Ciel.
"Oh, yes! Bard, Mei-Rin, this is my new friend." Finny beamed.
I wonder how many times I'll have to say my own name today…Ciel thought as he introduced himself yet again.
"Nice to meet ya Ciel! A friend of Finny's is a friend of ours!" Mei waved enthusiastically, making her red ponytails sway with each move.
"Right. So feel free to ditch all of these other crazies at school and chill with us." Bard winked.
"Thanks." Ciel hadn't expected to make a friend on the first day, so the fact that three new people welcomed him came as a surprise.
"Stop fooling around and get back to work people!" The gym teacher bellowed.
"Yes Mr. Randall!" Mei waved sympathetically at Ciel as she watched him and Finny return to their side of the gym. "Meet us at lunch!" She called, and the two boys nodded affirmatively before accidentally pummeling another student with a volleyball.
"So, Ciel, what was it like in Arizona?" A blonde-haired spirited teen asked the boy as she leaned closer to him with interest, her pink dress slowly exposing more skin. If it weren't for her enormous emerald eyes, Ciel would have assumed that half of the Aryan race attended this school alone. She had been sitting with the people from gym class and had introduced herself as Elizabeth. Soon after, she had retracted that statement and insisted that Ciel call her Lizzy instead.
He thought for a moment, looking away from her bright, expectant face. Finally, he answered. "It makes Forks feel like living in the shower." The rain pattered against the cafeteria ceiling as he said this, further advocating his point.
Lizzy rested her head on her hands and giggled softly. "Don't worry, the rain does stop once in a while. It's great to see the sun when it does come out…" The girl dropped her smile and her face took on an expression laced with curiosity. "By the way…why do you have an eye patch?" The three from gym class leaned into the table to glare curiously at the new kid as soon as the words escaped Lizzy's glossy lips.
"I'll bet he got it in a nasty brawl, right kid?" Bard punched his shoulder and let out a deep laugh when Ciel rubbed his arm from the impact.
"No! I'll bet he just wears it to make himself look tough." Mei joked, winking at Ciel.
"Let him explain," A thin hand reached out to pat the stunned boy on the back and Finny grinned as Ciel mouthed a thank you. Not a word was spoken at the table of five as the students awaited the teen's answer.
"I ugh…" Ciel thought about lying, but it was against his better judgment to lie to his only friends. Yet still, it was a part of his past that he was striving to keep hidden. So, he took a breath and settled for an answer. "It's a long story." It was true. His eye throbbed lightly against the silk as he sighed.
A soft clink was heard as the toothpick that had dangled out of Bard's mouth hit his lunch tray. "Aw, come on! That doesn't tell us nothin'!"
Mei opened her mouth to agree but was stopped by Elizabeth's upturned palm in her face.
"Look, they're here." She whispered, earning two successive looks of inquiry then understanding from everyone except Ciel.
Across the cafeteria the door opened, revealing five students as they sauntered into the building.
It was mesmerizing to Ciel, watching those people. The first girl wore a tightly drawn lavender dress that showed her endowments and rippled slightly as she coasted along the tile floor with dancer's legs. Onyx strands fell over her flawless porcelain face and gathered just above her angled jaw in a meticulous bob that kept a blossoming pink flower wedged in between its length. He only tore his eyes away from the sight to regard the other beautiful beings that crossed the doorway.
The statuesque girl held the hand of an almost identical male. His waxen tone rivaled that of the girl's, and he swiftly lifted a turquoise-sleeved hand to brush a short ebony string of hair from his face before placing a chaste kiss on the girl's small hand. His eyes remained closed and his lips never faltered from the serene curve they exhibited as he fluidly took a seat at a small table with the girl next to him.
"What's with them?" Coughing slightly, Ciel tried to appear uninterested as the three other celestial forms filtered in and moved to sit with the original two. There was a bedazzled olive-toned teen with an ostentatious purple curtain of hair, followed by a hulken, equally tan male with a silvery fringe that just barely protruded his ethnic headdress, and another person that was hidden behind the latter.
The purple headed guy twirled happily as Mei-Rin began to speak. "Well, they all live with Dr. Ash and his wife Angela. Apparently they are part of some foreign affairs committee and decided to bring these kids to America. The two over there are from China; Lao and Ran-Mao. Then those two are originally from India; Sohma and Agni. And that one there…" Just as Mei was about to continue, Agni moved to keep the spinning Sohma from falling and in the process, revealed the final person to Ciel. Their eyes met, and Ciel stopped breathing.
"That one…is Sebastian Michaelis." Lizzy finished. "Not exactly sure where he's from."
Time stopped. Not a soul inhabited that cafeteria in Ciel's mind. Those eyes, those smoldering, relentless vermilion eyes, fell quickly on his own as the boy engaged in the most extraordinary staring contest of his life.
Sebastian halted the connection when he heard Lao call him over. Before accompanying the others to the table, he snuck in one last glance at the boy's face; his widened, deep blue eye, the seemingly misplaced eye patch – such a young boy couldn't possibly have lost an eye – Sebastian reasoned, noticing the stranger's slightly parted lips and his luminescent skin.
"Sebastian!" Lao repeated, his brows furrowing over irritated eyes while he waved the guy over once again. At the repeated sound of his name, the black-clad male turned to finally sit with his group and left Ciel staring like a gaping goldfish.
A look of concern spread over Lizzy's soft face. "Ciel, are you okay?" She waved a painted finger in front of the boy's frozen features until he blinked consciously.
"Yeah…I got distracted, that's all."
Mei grinned mischievously and jabbed an accusatory finger into Ciel's chest. "Distracted by Sebastian, you mean?" Thin eyebrows rose over her thick glasses in amusement.
"No!" It was the first time since second grade that Ciel had blushed, and at the realization, his cheeks went completely red.
"Leave 'em alone Mei, you had the same exact face on ya when you first saw Sebastian!" Bard crossed his arms and moved a new toothpick between his bleached teeth.
The redhead's cheeks rivaled her hair as she shot back at the blonde. "Oh yea? Well I wasn't the one trying to sneak a peak under Ran-Mao's skirt for a week, now was I?" Satisfied, the girl relaxed into her chair and smirked as Bard gawked.
Ciel figured the two students' argument would escalate into a full-blown war, but was proven wrong when the bell sounded through the crowded café and the two laughed and headed to their next class.
"They do that all the time. It's nothing new." Finny produced a nearly inaudible snicker and grabbed his empty tray. "Time for Biology!"
Oh no…Ciel attempted to hide his face from the class as he felt a familiar heat radiate through his skin. There has to be more seats in this class besides…His internal struggle was interrupted by the teacher's reprimand.
"No hoods in class, Phantomhive. Anyways, I usually assign seats in alphabetical order but since you came late you'll have to sit in the only spot there is left. Sorry about that…" The teacher sincerely apologized and motioned to the seat that had already caused Ciel's face to turn such a delightful color; the empty seat next to Sebastian.
Reluctantly, Ciel brought a quivering hand up to remove his hood. Would the students comment on his abnormally red face? The teen was so preoccupied with potentially embarrassing himself that he accidentally loosened the string on his eye patch as he pulled off his hood. "Crap!" As the silk garment tumbled to the floor he hurriedly slapped his free hand onto his face to conceal his right eye, but not before one particular student caught a glimpse of something that glowed neon amethyst. Books clattered to the floor as Ciel hastily retied the silk in place under his hair. The teen stole a few stealthy glares at the reactions of the other students. None of them seemed to notice as they were all immersed in their own petty conversations. Ciel dropped his tensed shoulders and breathed out deeply. The teacher looked a bit concerned, but said nothing unusual. Good. Nobody saw it. I'm safe.
He bent down after his heart had stopped beating out of his chest to grasp the books that were strewn across the floor. Contentment graced his soft features as he celebrated his own agility until he finally rose to meet the astonished eyes of Sebastian Michaelis.
A/N: That was shorter than I thought it was...but that's not up to me! Tell me what YOU think. Don't forget to review. Your comments make my heart feel positively tepid. Wait..I mean warm. (Ahah I just quoted Sebastian...okay, not funny I guess.) Yarrr! Just read chapter three and review; the threat from the previous chapter still holds!