AN: This story was actually written before the big reveal so I'm sorry if there are any inconsistencies with the character. I wanted to edit this story to make the characters consistent with the original but since the current arc isn't finished revealing its story yet (I mean we don't even have his name yet -_-') I figured I'd just stay with the story I've written before and just make the necessary adjustments once the character of Ciel and everyone else have been solidified by the author herself. For the meantime, I hope you will still love this story and hopefully review and tell me what you think of our three beloved characters. Thank you!
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After a few days he seemed to have been completely recovered from his asthma. Still, his doctor, Aunt Angelina, did not allow him to come together with his father and mother to the garden party his father was invited to.
He was left in the house...again.
Well at least he has Tanaka and Sebastian accompanying him.
"Ci~~~eeeeeel!" A loud voice sang through the mansion and before he knows it, he found the bright sunny girl wrapped in his arms.
"I saw the toy we played last week being sold in the market! I brought one, let's play again!" Her eyes were sparkling with excitement.
"But Eliza-"
Yet, again, she placed the Big Ship before he could even respond.
She giggled. "They now called it The Noah's Ark!" She informed him quite proudly.
"C'mon Ciel! What animal would you like to have?"
He stared at her for some time; observed her ever cheerful face…her melodious smile...
Then gave one soft, serene smile in return.
"Anything is fine, Lizzy."
Elizabeth's eyes widened for a second then smiled as if she's just been given one great reward.
"Okay!"
And they played like that and got lost in their own world, they did not even noticed the sky turned orange.
"Hmmm...how about...ah! Do you have any ribbons for this one?" Elizabeth asked raising his white rabbit stuff toy in her hands.
He stood up. "I'll ask Tanaka downstairs." And he opened the door and happily moved his feet.
"It's by that drawer over there young master. Do you want me to get it for you?" Tanaka asked in his blissful, gentle manner while pointing to the rosewood cabinet.
He moved his head left to right. "No, I'll do it!" He answered in full enthusiasm then he eagerly went to the cabinet, opened it and searched for a ribbon that Elizabeth would surely like.
It took a few minutes before he found a beautiful blue satin ribbon and pulled it out of the drawer.
He went back smiling up to his ears and almost skipping, that is, until he saw Tanaka at the side of the open door with his brother, father, and mother removing their coat.
"Father! Mother!" He called as he almost ran to hug them.
"Oh darling! How have you been doing? Were you lonely?" It was his mother who kissed him first followed by his father who raised him up so he could kiss his cheeks.
He smiled and moved his head left to right to signify a no. "I'm fine. I'm not lonely. In fact I'm feeling better!"
Suddenly, a tall woman came out from the west hall of the mansion, surprising his newly arrived family. For a minute he was utterly surprised to find his Aunt Francis present in the mansion too but it didn't take long before he comprehended it. She is probably the reason why Elizabeth is here in the mansion at the first place.
"Franny? What are you doing here?"
His father asked as he placed him back to the floor.
"I've been checking the mansion. Surprised you didn't turn it into ruins yet." His aunt muttered as she approached his mother.
"Rachel..." She leaned for her cheek.
"Francis..." Her mother did the same.
"Francis, what happened earlier this morning? Why is-"
"-What's this?" Ciel interrupted him from listening at his father's conversation. He looked back at him and as he saw Ciel holding up the ribbon he was holding, he immediately slapped Ciel's hand and roughly pulled the blue ribbon back, away from Ciel's hold.
Ciel was utterly surprised by what he did, but not as surprised as he was. He was stunned: his big blue eyes shot wide, his face reflected that of Ciel…unreadable.
Did he really just slapped Ciel's hand?
He looked back at Ciel.
Is he mad?
He hopes not.
But surely, Ciel's eyes are looking back at him, asking for a logical reason as to why.
Why?
He wasn't even sure himself.
He was as clueless as Ciel was.
He doesn't know, himself, why he acted that way.
…Was it because he was surprised at Ciel's sudden action?
But even so, why did he slap his hand away?
Did he actually thought Ciel was going to take the ribbon from him?
Did Ciel even thought of doing that?
And why does it matter?
Why did the ribbon matter?
"Are you forgetting who you're talking to Francis or need I remind you of who I am in this household?! Look at me when I ask you and answer me clearly!" His father's voice started to elevate and sound different that it caught him and Ciel's attention and looked right at their father in surprise, fear and utter confusion.
"Hon..."
His mother suddenly clung on to his father and whispered softly onto his ear. His father's eyes widened for a second then started to soften right after while putting his right hand upon his right temple to massage it.
Francis's eyes moved from the twins, then back to her brother and her sister-in-law.
"I suggest we move to a more private place." She mentioned.
"I couldn't agree more." He muttered, still massaging his right temple, as he moved across the hall, most probably towards his study, followed by their aunt.
Their mother suddenly turned to the two of them.
"Why don't you guys play upstairs for a second?" She said with a smile.
"Okay." They both answered which earned both of them a pat on their heads before their mother turned back and followed the two adults who left.
It was awkward at first. Mainly because he didn't know if Ciel is mad at him right at the moment or not.
But then, suddenly, Ciel looked at him and gave him one comforting smile.
"Shall we?" Ciel asked andas soon as he smiled back, Ciel's smile grew larger, took him by the hand and lead him in their flight up the stairs, towards the playroom. Looking at Ciel's back, he slowly reflected back to his actions...
He really shouldn't have done that.
"Ciel! Finally! What took you so long? Did you find any ribbon?"
Elizabeth was too busy hanging up some decorations on the curtain that she did not actually recognized there were two people entering the room.
Ciel, was surprised for two reasons. One because he didn't actually anticipate for Elizabeth to be there. Second, because he didn't actually know what she was talking about.
But as soon as he turned to his brother, everything started to dawn upon him.
He, on the other hand, looked upon Ciel with a worried face.
Yet, despite everything, Ciel still assured him with a gentle smile.
"He brought it!" Ciel suddenly proclaimed taking a step closer to Elizabeth. "He wants to play with us too!" He added.
Elizabeth finally turned to the door.
"Ah! Really? That's great!" She happily rushed in front of him.
"Oh you also have the same outfit as Ciel!" She took notice. "So cute~!"
He, in anxiousness, then rapidly reached the ribbon to her hands. "Ah, thank you! This is beautiful!" She happily exclaimed as she took the ribbon and finally wrapped it around the neck of the rabbit.
"Now, what do you think? Your Mr. Rabbit is finally complete!" She muttered as she presented it to them.
Ciel looked disappointed. "That's it?"
Elizabeth pouted. "Why? It's beautiful!"
Ciel went on to get the rabbit and fixed the ribbon tied on its neck, adding a bowtie to it.
"There. Better." Ciel then presented the bunny in the now glimmering eyes of Elizabeth.
"What do you think?"
Elizabeth squealed as she tackled Ciel down and they both fell on the ground laughing, forgetting the Mr. Rabbit that was rolling now to the ground in front of him.
He picked it up.
"Ah! It can be your stuffed toy too!" Elizabeth informed him.
"Mine?"
"Yes! Instead of Ciel's it could be your Mr. Rabbit too!" She happily proclaimed.
"Ah look!" Ciel dipped his hand on the plush pile and soon, in his hand, was another rabbit stuff toy.
"There's another rabbit here!" He happily proclaimed.
Elizabeth clapped her hands in delight. "That's great! We could make two!"
He was almost at a daze at the two people in front of him. They were glowing before his eyes.
"I...I'll get another ribbon!"
He volunteered then hurriedly went out of the room and descended down the stairs.
"Tanaka! Tanaka!" He called, almost heaving, and soon Tanaka came out of the kitchen and helped him to find the same ribbon inside the rosewood cabinet.
But no matter where and how long they look, the ribbon of the same color seemed to have been gone.
"Did you find anything?"
He looked back and found Ciel walking towards him.
He moved his head left to right. "I can't find something similar..."
Ciel's eyes somehow dimmed. "Why are you looking for something similar? Why not just find something as equally cute?" Ciel soon found his eyes on a pink satin ribbon. "Like this one."
"Ah! That's cute!"
He and Ciel turned to the voice and were both surprised to find Elizabeth walking in the room towards them.
"Lizzy?! Why did you go down?" Ciel asked almost scolding.
Elizabeth pouted. "You're both taking a long time finding a ribbon, I got bored." And Elizabeth took the ribbon from Ciel and ran upstairs, back to the playroom.
Ciel sighed. He turned his head to his brother. "Shall we?" He more of stated than asked as he ran to follow Elizabeth after that.
He, however, was left staring upon the two people running together up until they were far from his sight. How come they never stopped glowing?
"Young master..."
It was Tanaka who caught his attention.
He looked back.
"That ribbon has a similar one here." He muttered, sitting down to face him.
"But shouldn't one be enough?" He asked.
Tanaka smiled. "It's always better to have a spare."
Seeing his gentle smile, he took the ribbon and finally went upstairs.
"Ah great, you've found one!" Was Ciel's greeting to him the moment he opened the door.
Ciel was about to take the ribbon from him when he suddenly stopped.
He looked at Ciel in confusion.
Ciel looked back.
"Are you going to slap my hand again if I try to take it?" Ciel asked.
He was not able to answer.
"What are you guys doing? ~Ah! You managed to find something similar!"
It was Elizabeth who rapidly took the ribbon and put it on one ear of the second rabbit.
"Tadaa! What do you think?" Elizabeth asked to the two of them.
Ciel giggled. "It looks like you!" He commented.
"The Lizzy rabbit." He coined. And both Elizabeth and Ciel looked back at him in surprise.
He blinked his eyes. Did he just said something wrong?
"That's one brilliant name." Ciel commented.
"He's a genius." Elizabeth added, then handed the Lizzy rabbit to Ciel and took Mr. Rabbit who's sitting by the tea table.
"Then this shall be Ciel Rabbit!" She happily proclaimed. She then moved the hands of Ciel rabbit and tried to do a curtsy in front of Lizzy rabbit.
"Hi! My name is Ciel rabbit." She happily played trying to sound manly and deep.
"Very nice to meet you, I am Lizzy rabbit!" Ciel answered back and he watched them play with their made up voices as they laugh and smile with the rabbit stuff toys at their hands.
Out of a sudden though, Elizabeth started to sulk.
"What's wrong?" Ciel asked through the Lizzy rabbit.
Elizabeth's eyes turned to him. "We need another rabbit." She informed Ciel.
Ciel looked at him, then back to Elizabeth.
"But he can't play anymore."
Even he was surprised by that sudden information.
"Why can't he?" Elizabeth asked.
"If he does anything more than he did today, he'll be attacked by his sickness." Ciel informed her.
"I don't believe you." Elizabeth retorted, then went on in front of him.
"There are only two rabbits, but we could always share." She informed him then gave him the Ciel rabbit.
"Let's take turns. I just did mine so now, it's your turn!" Elizabeth cheerfully stated.
"Lizzy, I told you-"
"What? It's not like we are running." Elizabeth protested to Ciel with a pout.
Ciel sighed.
"If you don't want to, I could be Lizzy rabbit." She was almost snooty as she grabbed the rabbit away from Ciel.
She then turned to him.
"Nice to meet you! I am Elizabeth Cordelia Midford the rabbit!" She greeted with a sweet voice.
He looked from Ciel's worried face, to her bright smiling one, then to the white rabbit stuff toy that truly resembled it's namesake.
"Nice to meet you I am-" and surprised himself, he started to cough and cough, and soon enough he started to heave.
Not again.
He didn't do anything rigorous today. Why did he have to be attacked now?
He thought he recovered. Was he still not fully healed after all?
His eyes glanced through the worried face of Ciel, then to the almost ghostly face of Elizabeth.
Air. He needs air. His coughs continued to come one after another that he couldn't seem to breathe an ample amount of oxygen. He needs to breathe. It felt like he was drowning again. He was wheezing, his chest was tightening and he doesn't even know what to do now. He needs air. He wanted to breathe but his body doesn't seem to want to.
"-Stay with me, hold on!"
"Moooom! Daaaad! Tanaka!"
He was starting to feel the cold wrap against his face again and his consciousness is starting to lose, but he was trying so hard to fight against it.
"Do you hear me?"
Why did he have to question him?
He should have known.
Ciel knows better...
He always does...
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AN: I do not own Kuroshitsuji
It was owned by the ever magnificent Yana Toboso.
Thank you for reading. Will upload Chapter 3 next week. Hope you'll review!
With love,
MLS