Ciel had forgotten how much he loved running, not running away or most likely running for his life, something he seemed to do a lot these days, but just running, care free pointless running. He looked behind him, Lizzy was catching up to him as they raced down the hall. She had always been faster than him, even as small children as they ran round the garden, never burdened with thought or worry. Ciel smiled as he slipped back into this forgotten state of mind. He reached the stairs just seconds before Lizzy, although he had a sneaky suspicion she had let him win as an apology for beating him at chess.
The two of them were silent, Lizzy was bent over with her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath. Ciel was also doubled up and panting like a dog, but despite his exhaustion he couldn't resist letting his eyes wander to the girl next to him. First her little round bottom, displayed perfectly by her angled pose, then he followed her slender body, up to her chest. Her breasts were not especially big, but with Lizzy leaning forward like that, they were dangling down, wobbling slightly with every deep breath she took. Making sure she couldn't see him, Ciel edged round a little in hope of seeing her from the front.
It was obvious to anyone that Ciel and Elizabeth had become closer lately, or at least Ciel seemed to tolerate her more, infect to the untrained eye it could even look like he enjoyed her company. But no one quite knew why. There were several speculations going around, with everyone trying to guess what sparked such a change in character in the adolescent earl. People had noticed that Ciel had been acting differently since his ordeal on the sinking Campania others argued that they had noticed it sometime after his return from the circus. Most people assumed he was being protective of her not wanting to see her in peril again, however this idea was soon shot down by the fact it was Lizzy who saved him. In the end everyone agreed that Ciel had simply matured and grown up.
This was only half right, yes it was true that the events on the sinking ship played a big part and yes he was growing up, but at this point, his growing up was not so much mental maturity as it was physical. Ever since he and Lizzy had been trapped in the ship, he could no longer look at her the same way. Now all he saw was that that striking image as the lady struck a bizarre doll with her sword, her flimsy petticoat swirling around her, and for a second, just one second in time, Ciel saw everything.
Damn Ciel thought as his attempt to look down Lizzy dress appeared futile. She was wearing the orange dress she often wore when visiting her fiancé, but it had a high collar meaning it wasn't going to reveal anything. Why must she insist on wearing these childish dresses, doesn'tshe know how sexy she is. Even after telling Ciel her storey on why she dresses so young she still persisted on being cute.
'Do you remember when we were kids' Ciel asked, he could feel Lizzy looking at him and had said the first thing to come into his head, he didn't know it would be such an odd question.
'Ciel,' Lizzy said, 'we still are kids' Ciel sighed and looked her up and down, she was taller than him even with her flattest shoes on, her waist nipped in creating the perfect contradiction to her rounded hips and even more rounded breasts. They may not be adults yet, but Ciel knew they were definitely not kids.
'I mean little kids, the games we used to play, I'm afraid I can't remember any' Ciel explained
Lizzy cast her mind back, she was happy Ciel was opening up, but wasn't sure where all this going.
'well, we used to run, and sing nursery rhymes like…' she trailed of shuddering at thought of ever singing London bridge again, across from her Ciel nodded, encouraging her to continue. Lizzy took a deep breath. 'There was hide and seek, and tag and we used to go exploring remember'
Ciel nodded knowingly 'I remember that, we used to try count every door or window in the house,'
'But we never got very far, we always lost count or lost interest.' Lizzy giggled as she reminisced
'Not to mention there were rooms we couldn't go in, so it pointless any way' Ciel said, his sharp cynicism darkening the conversation.
'We could explore them now' said Lizzy, her voice no more than a whisper, Ciel looked at her, and to his surprise found himself warming to the idea.
'Okay' he said, 'Where shall we start'
Lizzy looked at him, she never once thought he would do it. 'Were haven't we been'
Ciel thought long and hard, they'd explored everything as children and he now occupied the forbidden rooms more often than not. There was still one place though.
'What about downstairs' he asked? Lizzy blinked at him with her big emerald eyes.
'You mean the servants rooms downstairs' she furrowed her brow 'I don't think I've seen them before'
Ciel agreed, 'shall we' he held out his arm.
'Yes we shall'
