Ciel's face was priceless.
It really was.
"What?"
"You heard me." Sebastian replied snarkily. Snarkily? Where had he even learned that word?
From me. A soul inside him whispered. The severely irritating one.
Who are you? Sebastian thought at it seriously. The force of personality was like a tidal wave. How could he have been so stupid as to have eaten it?
"Are you even paying attention to me?" Ciel yelled, and Sebastian snapped abruptly back to the real world with the sting of Ciel's hand on his cheek.
"I told you what I thought. If you do not wish to accept it -"
"I do not. Tell me something else."
Dear God, he's a special one.
"Is that an order?" Sebastian's eyes glittered with sudden fury, the first time he'd allowed himself to show real emotion to Ciel in... in over a century. "Because unless that is an order, I will not. I will not lie to you, my Lord. I do not regret her death. I was happy she died. She was a nuisance. Irritating. She never matured."
"I loved her!"
"She did not love you." Sebastian continued ruthlessly, mercilessly. "She tried to contract with me. If she truly loved you she would have never done something that would break your heart."
"She what?" Ciel's face turned the color of snow.
Sebastian laughed. Laughed. "I did not do it, my Lord, have no fear. She wanted to become a demon. Such a thing would have resulted in a massacre like no other for such an undisciplined soul."
Ciel slapped him. Again. Sebastian resisted the urge to sigh.
Yeah, he's a real keeper, this one.
Oh, shut the fuck up, would you? I ate you, so what?
"Why did you not do it? Truly? You have no respect for human life." Ciel scrutinized the face far above his own. "You could have consulted me on the matter."
Living with someone for two hundred some-odd years you get to know them, don't you?
Enough with the witty comments until I know who you are, please.
"To create a demon you must kill a demon. There must be a balance to all things."
"I wouldn't have ordered you to die." Ciel said levelly.
"I know." Sebastian said, voice just as even.
Ciel frowned, suddenly confused.
God, he's thick.
"Who the hell are you?" Sebastian yelled abruptly.
The voice inside his head cackled hysterically. What, can't remember all the people you've eaten over the centuries?... I'm you.
AN: Sorry it's so short. I hope all the drama makes up for it... :-) As you may already have noticed, everybody is sort of out of character, and it's alternate universe as well. More like way in the future alternate universe, but still.
Thank you to all the people who reviewed and alerted ~ you are my favorites ~~