Ciel's P.O.V~

I woke up, and in a sad attempt to sit up, noticed I was tucked in my bed. I pushed the covers aside and looked at the door. Three seconds. If I woke up by myself, Sebastian would always come in three seconds- no more, no less. I stared at the door, even still, but my faith and hope had vanished. He was never coming back. He was dead. Sebastian was dead. That night... When they took his body...

~ Flashback

Ciel's P.O.V

Pryce only smiled, and Taylor grabbed Anna's arm, leaving the apartment. As expected, Pryce dropped Sebastian to the ground and followed them. I didn't know what to do or how to it. I crawled over to his body weakly and set a hand on his chest, noticing his heart was beating slower than usual. He was unconscious, but suddenly, his eyes opened. He simply chuckled.

"Young master, I'm alive. Don't worry."

Sebastian's P.O.V

"Young master, I'm alive. Don't worry," I said reassuringly. It must not have helped when I coughed up about two cups of blood afterwards. "Listen, when this all blows over, we'll go out for ice cream. Alright?" Suddenly, I felt two small hands clutch my tailcoat. "Young... master..?" I heard muffled sobs, and looked down to see Ciel's face snuggled in my chest. I smiled sadly.

"Just stop with your jokes... Can't you tell when something's wrong, you stupid demon!?" he screamed at me, banging my chest with his small fists.

"Young master, please understand that I'll be alright," I picked him up and set him in my lap, hugging him. He hugged me back, sobbing louder now. He was so young and had suffered too much pain. I couldn't just leave him sobbing like that, could I?

"You're the only one, Sebastian... The only one I have left... Everyone else is dead and gone! I told you not to die for me, but you go and do it anyway!" he yelled, slapping me across the face. I welcomed it, though. He did it quite often, even once with his walking stick.

I hugged him tighter. "Because I couldn't stand living without you," I whispered in his ear... Then everything went black. Darkness? I was used to darkness. But I still heard his sobs. I was used to darkness. That was because I was alone. I had no one else there with me. Now I have a fragile, young boy suffering because of the inevitable.

Ciel's P.O.V

He died right in front of me. A few hours later, Chantal ran into the apartment. She saw me sobbing on the couch. I did my best to take Sebastian back to his room, and I succeeded. His bed sheets were all red now, though.

"Hey, what's wrong? I came, just like you asked," Chantal sat next to me, wrapping an arm around my neck. "C'mon, I won't tell!"

"He's dead..." I uncovered my face, looking up at her. I really was short.

"Who? D-Don't tell me it's..." Chantal gulped audibly.

"It's Sebastian," hesitantly, I hugged her tightly, and she hugged back.

"C'mon, I'll bring you home. Maybe my mom or dad could help him, alright?" Chantal smiled a bit, still worried about Ciel.

"O-Okay..." I nodded slowly. And surely, enough she took me home to two 'loving' parents. Her father, William T. Spears looked at me with sheer disapproval, and her mother, Hannah Annafeloz, frowned at me. All the while, Grell sat on the couch, reading.

"Chantal... Why did you bring home a demon's nuisance?" William shook his head.

"A demon's... Oh! That explains a lot..." Chantal hugged me tightly in front of her father. "We're friends, daddy! I don't care if he sold his watcha-ma-callit, but I'm not leaving him just 'cuz you say so!"

Hannah sighed. "Dear, what's wrong with him?" I'm guessing my eyes were still puffy.

3rd Person P.O.V

"His demon died," She said, calmly.

"He wasn't my demon..." Ciel muttered to himself.

"Ah... I see," Hannah bent down in front of Ciel with a smile and opened his hand, setting a small, black gem in it. She closed his hand again and stood up, returning to her duties in the kitchen.

"Please show yourself the door," William shook his head again and I did as asked. Sprinted home as fast as I could, and Chantal only watched me with a frown.

When I was back at the manor, I saw Sebastian's body on one of those hospital gurneys, and two workers carrying him away.

"What are you doing!?" I exclaimed.

"A little blonde girl reported a death here. Her name is..." One of the workers explained, "Anna, I think." As if it wasn't bad enough.

"Don't just take him away!" Ciel screamed at them.

"Sorry, little dude," the other worker ruffled his hair and he ran into his room, slamming the door. He climbed into his bed, sobbing into his pillow.

"I hate my life!" he exclaimed.

~ Flashback End ~

Ciel walked outside, picking up the newspaper that came every Sunday. He looked at the headline on the first page, which didn't help him at all.

SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS, PHANTOMHIVE SERVANT, FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT.

Authorities say that "slave-owner", Ciel Phantomhive murdered him.

He crumpled the paper, tossing it aside. Every time he tries to forget about something, it pops up in the newspaper. That's going to make it hard to sleep at night... Ciel thought to himself.

Hey guys! Sorry for the short chapters, I haven't had much time to write! So sorry for making you wait so long! = I'm sure I've lost a lot of my original readers. xD Aaaanyyyywaaays... I'm eating goldfish. Adios, my beautiful panda-pigs!