Yes, i know, it took forever to get this updated but ive had my share of distractions and besides, i was doing a lot of work on fillers before my plot is reviealed! so hopefuly this spices things up a bit for ya ;D

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Chapter 2: A Five-star Phantomhive Welcome.

Yuki P.O.V

I watched my thumbs as they rubbed at Ciels' hand—this tiny hand that new exactly how and where to touch me. What I really wanted, though, was to kiss him. I was missing him so much and now here he was, sitting right beside me, as if he had never left. But we were with a whole bunch of people and I wasn't in favor of public displays of affection and neither was he.

When the carriage stopped and Ciel's butler opened the door to let us out, I almost jaw dropped in shock. His house—no, his mansion—had to be the largest building I've ever seen for just one boy to own. It was magnificent! Complete with fountains in the gardens beside the pathway that led to the building and tons of multicolored blossoms sprouting from all over the gardens. I stepped out first, being followed by Ciel and others. When we were all outside the carriage, Sebastian bowed deeply at the waist with his right hand over his heart.

"Welcome to the Phantomhive household. It is my wish that you would enjoy your stay here." He straitened himself out and then led the way into the household. As one of the heavy double doors was pushed open, I felt as if my jaw could fall to the floor: If the outside was impressive, than the inside should be worthy of an award of some kind. From below, there were dark brown, glossy tiles: from above, there was the most impressive crystal chandelier I had ever seen! And then, to top it off, a wide staircase sat in the center of the room like a red carpet specifically made for royalty to walk on. There were other furnishings, of course—like the sofa off to the side or the circular rug that was sprawled out just before the staircase—but all looked miniscule and inferior in the wide expanse of the room they resided in. "Young master, dinner will be ready within the hour. I will have Maylene show our guests to their rooms." My eyes visibly widened. He had enough rooms for all of us? I looked at Ciel.

"How many rooms does this place have?" I asked, trying to hide my astonishment. He simply shrugged. Almost as soon as the butler left, the purple headed maid came stumbling in the room in a rush. Luckily, she didn't fall or anything. In no time, she had us up the stairs and into our own rooms along with some towels. My room had a royal blue and gold theme to it that looked as if it should be the bedroom of a prince. The bed sat against the north wall with a canopy hiding it partially. The canopy and bed spread were a deep blue with golden seams and tassels on the corners of everything—even the wide variety of pillows that were arranged neatly on the head of the bed. Also in the room were a desk and chair and a mirror near a closet door.

I took the towel the maid had given me and draped it over my head, letting it soak up all of the rain water. I walked over to the bed and felt the bedding. It was satin. Suddenly, a knock came at my door.

"May I come in?" my chest tightened at the sound of his voice. I turned around to greet him, finding him standing in the door way, watching me.

"Of course, Ciel: It's your house, isn't it?" he closed the door behind him and walked up to me.

"Yes it is, but you are my guest and it would be rude to barge in without permission." Ciel explained. I nodded, trying to calm the fluttering in my chest. The cause of which was being alone behind a closed door with him after three months without him.

"It's been a while." I said with a small smile, "Too long for my liking, though."

"Agreed," he mumbled, almost trance-like.

Like a magnet, I closed the space between us: taking one of his hands. He didn't pull away but instead reached his free hand up to caress my cheek. And I did the same. Now was the time: now is when I would get to kiss him again. I leaned in, brushing my lips over his, shivering with delight. I could almost feel Ciel trembling slightly, too. He must have wanted it just as badly. Before I could continue, another knock came at the door. I cursed in my head.

"Come in," Ciel said, pulling away from me. The loss of his presence against me made me sad-faced. The door opened to reveal Sebastian on the other side.

"Oh, young master. I was just coming to tell your guest, Yuki, that it was time for dinner." He smirked, knowingly. "Well at least some time has been saved in visiting your room."

Kyo P.O.V

Ever since I got here—to the mansion that the kid owns—I've been unknowingly gravitating towards Sebastian. I didn't really notice until we were all being called out for dinner. He had knocked on my door first, greeting me with one of his signature smiles. What threw me off is that he didn't attempt anything. At all. Naturally, I wanted to know what the issue was. I followed him while he called out the others to dinner and watched as they all followed his directions to the dining hall. Even when he went to Yuki's room, finding Ciel in there as well, and he had followed after his master down towards the hall. Even then, I was following Sebastian even more closely than he was following Ciel.

"Kyo, please take your seat." He said suddenly, his hand on my shoulder. "There is no need for you to accompany me to the kitchen. After all, you are a guest here." He was smiling pleasantly at me. I flushed a bit as I looked around, finding myself halfway to the kitchen and everyone else sitting at the dining room table behind me. Aw hell, I must look like a lost kitten trailing after him like this! I pushed his hand off of my shoulder, slightly regretting it. After all, I had been dreaming of that touch ever since that night when he… when we…

"Tch! don't get all self-centered. I wasn't following you; I was looking for a bathroom!" I retorted, trying to cover up the fact that I was actually following him. A challenging eyebrow elevated over one of his rust-colored eyes, though he covered up the expression expertly with one that looked mildly apologetic.

"How foolish of me, dear guest: Forgive me for assuming things." He bowed deeply at the waist before straitening out and pointing to a door. "Just through that door, take a left and the second door on your right is the nearest restroom."

"Yeah, thanks." I mumbled, robotically going in the direction he described. When I found the appropriate door, I opened it up to find what should have been the bathroom inside some sort of palace. Everything—down to the toilet paper holder—was colored in a deep cream color and accented with a forest green. A bit absently, I walked over to the mirror that was positioned just above the sink. What I was drawn to first were my still-pink cheeks. I wished so deeply that there was some sort of cure for blushing too much.

I gazed at my reflection for what seemed like a long time, thinking. Why was he acting like this? When I came here I had expected – hoped— Sebastian would at least show some kind of affection towards me. Instead he was being so formal: so professional. No special gestures were extended towards me; not even a seductive whisper in my ear. The lack of his usual treatment was unnerving.

But wait, wasn't this what I had wanted from the beginning? To be left alone? Then maybe…maybe this was a good thing.

"Yeah, just what I've wanted. Right from the beginning." I murmured to my reflection. Man did I have a hard time lying to myself. I ran some cold water and splashed some on my face before heading back to the dining room. I was going to have to get over this and soon.

I decided to sit in the open spot between Haru and Yuki. The set up in front of me was confusing to say the least. Two spoons, three forks (or what I assumed were forks) and two knifes on either side of the plate which had a bowl on top of it. Behind the bowl and plate were two glasses. One was a wine glass and the other a regular glass with water in it. When the meal was served I had to stop myself from drooling. Some sort of beef curry was made and it was accompanied by small biscuits and what looked like a red wine. Wine for dinner? Sebastian was busy explaining what everything was while I tried to understand. The only things I understood was 'curry' and 'butter biscuits.' But then again, that was more than I needed to understand to eat it. Then the question became 'how am I supposed to eat this?'

I looked over at Haru who was using the fork with four prongs and then over at Yuki who was using a spoon (also noticing how all three of his forks had been shoved aside). I decided to go with the three pronged fork and stabbed at a hunk of meat floating in the thick soup. I brought the beef to my lips and stuck it in my mouth. My eyes visibly widened. The meat practically melted on my tongue and the flavor seemed to override every other thing in this room. It was just so good. In no time at all, I had scoffed It all down; every last drop. It had been on a nice bed of rice, too. Immediately I began to wonder if there was anymore and scanned over the table. I frowned when I turned up short.

"Is there something amiss?" came Sebastian's voice from behind me. My teeth hurt from biting down on the fork, though; I did my best not to look as startled as I actually was. My head turned to look over my shoulder at him.

"Um, yeah, is there any more?" I asked, mumbling around the fork in my mouth.

"Well of course there is, but, wouldn't you rather save your appetite for dessert?" he asked, suggestively. I blinked. Dessert?

"Oh, okay, sure." I wondered what it would be. One glance around the table told me that everyone was almost done, and yet, they couldn't seem to eat fast enough. When desert came, I wasn't positive or anything, but I may have uttered something along the lines of 'ohmygazmfawkyes' after just one bite. Weather or not they understood me or not was another ordeal. Like the curry, the delectable chocolate desert was gone in no time. It had been chocolate cake filled with hot raspberry flavored fudge and topped with a raspberry sauce. It was so fraggin good it was nearly orgasmic. I didn't think I've ever eaten anything that good in my entire life!

The one to break the silence after we all had finished was Haru.

"That cake…was sexy." Its funny, but no one laughs because it was also very true.

"Agreed." I said, fully meaning it.

We all excused ourselves from the table and were lead to the lounge. Well, all except for the blonde girl who had dubbed herself Lizzie: she went home, tired, after dinner. I guess I was shocked: the kid knew how to play pool better than I did. In the lounge room, he had a billiards table and a few comfortable chairs. While a few of us decided to play pool, Ciel had begun talking.

"I have to say, since your unexpected arrival, I have been pondering what to do with my schedule." He hit the cue ball. "Not to say that your presence is a hindrance, it's just that I need to work around it, which should be easy." He must have not gotten that last letter, I thought.

"And how do you plan to do that?" Yuki asked casually as I took my turn, aiming for the 5 ball.

"Well I was thinking I'd have you all stay here in the estate; for safety purposes."

"That's no fun. Can't I come with, at least?" Yuki complained. I struck the ball, hitting the 5 into the nearest hole. Haru stepped up and got ready to take his turn while I polished the tip of my pole with the chalk.

"I don't think that would be possible." He responded a bit bluntly.

"Well what about the Viscount's ball that you are to attend, young master?" Sebastian spoke up from his corner in the room. Ciel glared at his butler for a brief moment who grinned playfully back. The exchange was so subtle I almost didn't catch it.

"Sebastian, I can't bring Yuki to the ball, we are both male for Pete's sake!"

"Nothing a little cross-dressing can't fix."

"But what about you, Sebastian? Will you just become my tutor again and be a third wheel?"

"Not if I find a date, too, young master."

That is when my head popped up. I wish I had seen it coming sooner. If I did, there would have been more time to escape but now: no such luck. Sebastian locked eyes with me from across the room. I wanted to look away, I really did, but I couldn't. Faster than normal, he was suddenly in front of me bent down on one knee. Oh no. he took one of my hands in both of his as he looked up at me with a sweetly devious smile. Oh, please, no: there are people watching!

"Kyo, would you please be so kind as to attend Viscount Druitt's Ball with me as my date?"