Chapter 2
"Your butler?" Kate questioned curiously. "Are you a nobleman's son?"
"I became the earl of the Phantomhive estate when I was ten." Ciel replied simply. Kate was about to ask him how he had become an earl at such a young age, but she had a good guess why.
"Well, I'm going to get breakfast. Are you hungry?" She asked him, changing the subject.
"...Sure?" Ciel replied a bit hesitantly, since he had no idea what "breakfast" was in this place.
"Should I bring it in here, or would you like to see the rest of my lovely home?" Kate wondered. Ciel had to think about that for a minute; he didn't exactly like the idea of being stuck in this room, but being carried around like a pet wasn't exactly a wonderful thing either.
"Promise I won't drop you." She chuckled lightly, setting her hand palm-up on the bed in front of Ciel. Ciel stared at it for a good minute or two. Compared to him, her hand was almost as large as a queen-sized bed. He slowly stepped on to her hand, using her thumb to help himself up. Kate carefully brought her hand up and swung her legs over to the side of the bed before standing up.
"Am I going to fast for you?" She asked jokingly.
"It's fine." Ciel stated simply, even though he was struggling to keep his balance. With Ciel in her hand, Kate headed toward the door, opened it, and then walked down the hall into the kitchen. It wasn't much really; just a few cabinets, a sink, and a rusty old stove with a table in the center of the room.
"Well?" Kate asked, gesturing toward the room in front of them. Ciel couldn't really think of something to say. This kitchen wasn't really anything compared to what he had.
"I guess it's not much, but it's enough for the two of us." She went on.
"It's... simple." Ciel tried. Kate placed her hand on the table and Ciel stepped off it.
"Why, thank you." She said in mock gratefulness giving him a short curtsy. Kate grabbed a glass out of one of the cabinets and filled it with water, before she took a seat at the small wooden table. Ciel looked around the table and spotted what they were going to be eating; a plate of muffins.
"Don't tell me you don't like blueberry muffins." Kate joked, pulling the plate closer to the two of them. To be honest, Ciel couldn't remember the last time he had such a normal food. At the manor Sebastian always prepared him such fancy meals.
"No, it's not that." He replied.
"We always get a batch from the bakery every morning. A different kind of muffins every day." She explained. Kate picked up one of the muffins off the plate and took a bite. Of course the muffins were pretty much as big as Ciel was, so it wasn't as easy for him to eat them. He pick a piece of one of the muffin and ate it, repeating the process until he was full. Once they both had finished, Kate put her cup in the sink.
"So where do we start?" She asked Ciel.
"Start?" Ciel echoed, a bit confused.
"To find your butler, maybe?" Kate remarked jokingly.
"Well... Do you have a phone?" He wondered.
"No, but my friend might let me use the one in her shop." She replied, "The only problem is it's a pretty far walk." the brunette added.
"So...?" Ciel questioned.
"So unless you'd like to stay here I'd have to carry you there." Kate answered.
"It's fine. I need to be with you when you call." He said.
"I'll get dressed. Just wait there for a minute, okay?" She told him.
"Like I have a choice." Ciel muttered after Kate had already disappeared back into her room. A few minutes later Kate came back out into the kitchen. Instead of her nightgown, she was wearing a long-sleeved red dress that stopped at her ankles, a belt and a pair of black snow-boots. Her hair was tied back with a long red ribbon.
"I just need my coat and then we can go!" She declared, walking over to the coat rack and slipping on the same faded brown jacket she had worn the night before.
"That coat is terribly old." Ciel observed.
"Well it still does its job quite well." Kate countered, coming back over to the table. It then occurred to Ciel that he would have to ride in one of her pockets, because obviously Kate couldn't carry him in her hand through the crowded streets of London.
"Ready?" Kate checked after placing her hand on the table. Ciel nodded before climbing aboard. Kate raised her hand from the table slowly, and then carefully slipped Ciel into the pocket of her coat the which was on the chest area of the heavy jacket.
"Hey Ciel? Kate whispered.
"Hm?" Ciel replied.
"No matter what I will make sure you get home."
