Chapter 3
Deciding he didn't want to wait for the annoying blond to come back Ciel eased the door open quietly and peeked out into the long hallway. Judging by the way both halls turned eventually Ciel took a bet that the place was most likely the shape of a square or at least the hallways were. Deciding he didn't want to wait for Alois to to find him he shut the door quietly behind him and made his way down the long hall staring at the art work hung up along the walls some pictures were drawn with good skill. A couple of the drawings butterflies, some of flowers one a winter tree others more complicated looking as twist and twirls of colors collided in an interesting looking way that made you wonder. Ciel looked closer and noticed that some of the drawings had little notes of encouragement written on the bottom Ciel was guessing they where from friends but they read things like 'get better soon' and 'you can do it' while other drawings just looked like well..not exactly comprehendible not that Ciel was judging he himself wasn't one for art he had trouble doodling a simple stick figure and preferred music over drawing any day.
He continued his walk when he heard a small click from behind him that made him jump and spin around quickly. Ciel held his breathe and tried unsuccessfully to blend in with the wall as a young looking man appeared out of a room on the further side of the hallway. Standing in the doorway the man appeared to be wanting to finish up a conversation with whoever he was talking with because he was frequently nodding his head and slowly easing himself away from the door.
Deciding that it probably wasn't the best of ideas to be seen by himself, in the early hours, roaming the halls especially by what appeared to be a doctor Ciel decided he had two decisions. He could either make a dash for his room and risk getting seen by the doctor or go through the door that his back was to. The man finally waved to the unknown person in the room and turned in Ciels direction staring at a clipboard as he walked. Ciel mentally cursed himself and quickly pushed on the door behind him and shut it.
Ciel listened for the footsteps gently fade away before turning around to what he assumed was a music room judging by the way the chairs where arranged and how music note posters plastered all across the walls. What really caught Ciels eye was the aged grand piano in the front of the room. Ciel walked over to it cautiously before slowly lowering himself onto the bench as if afraid he would break giving a sigh of relief when it didn't he slowly placed a trembling hand onto the piano key feeling the dust that had collected on it's smooth surface. Ciel looked down at his hand with a sad blue eye as happy memories of an upbeat piano rang through his mind, memories of smiling loving people everywhere. Memories that were no more Ciel thought coldly slamming a finger onto a key that gave off a low noted throughout the room before getting up and sighing deciding it was probably time to head back to his new room.
When Ciel returned to the room Alois shortly arrived afterward in his new change of cloths. "so you want to walk down and just get our vitals over and done with." Alois asked placing a brush and a few other products onto the dresser. Ciel figuring there was nothing else to do nodded following Alois out the door.
"okay so what you need to know about this place is it's pretty ancient its been here since the eighteen hundreds. Apparently it was an insane asylum before they remolded it in the nineteen hundreds into a psychiatric hospital so lucky us." alois and Ciel continued slowly walking down the hall. "There's five floors to this place, the fith floor is for the adults so don't be surprised if you here screaming above you at night that's just them." Alois explained all this as if this was just a small problem in his daily life. "the forth floor is us obviously and it's the adolescent floor, the third floor is where all the doctors offices are but we don't really go down there because they have offices on this floor too that ones basically where your parents go to check up on to see how your doing."Alois waved his hand in the air as if swatting at the annoying thought.
"the second floor is apparently unused and locked which is a bit creepy if you ask me." Alois said with a hop in his step "And of course finally there's the first floor which is the ER, security desk, gift shop that kind of deal. So that's the history of this joyous place." he finished sarcastically.
"The people here are all fairly decent for crazies. There's Soma he's delusional and thinks he's a prince so I would just go along with it if I where you." he said warningly " then there's Elizabeth and no one really knows why she's here because she always seems happy but I'm guessing she has a eating disorder since she always throws a fit at Agni when he tells her she has to eat. There's Lau he's an impulsive liar so don't believe anything he tells you. Finny he has PTSD apparently he was abused by relatives so just be careful with how you approach him." Ciel was bewildered with how Alois knew all this information before he said "PTSD?" Alois nodded "post traumatic stress disorder. The rest of the kids I would just avoid because there either homicidal, psychopaths or they just don't understand the meaning of personal space so if you want to end up with someone's hand down your pants by all means talk to them."
Ciel folded his arms over his torso and hoped Alois was just kidding. Alois stopped and smirked at Ciel before reaching up to stroke the blue eyed boys smooth face "well don't worry they only really like guys with dicks so I think you should be in the safe zone." A pink tinge covered his cheeks and Ciel slapped the unwanted hand away glaring at the blond "oh go fuck yourself Alois." Ciel blinked rapidly as if realizing who was in front of him before gasping "oh wait thats right you already do since nobody would want to touch your ugly ass with a fifty foot pole you poor thing." Ciel said mockingly patting Alois face none to gently " including me so don't touch my face again." Ciel said.
Alois just glared daggers at Ciel before he gave Ciel a small smirk and kicked Ciels feet out from underneath him. Falling to the ground with a with a light thump Ciel gave a shocked gasp as the wind was knocked out of him. Alois smirked at his handy work and continued to walk over to ciel just as he was about to open his mouth a threatening voice came down the hall " that's enough Alois." a voice shouted.
Ciel sat up and rubbed the newly formed bump on the back of his head before glancing behind him to see that the source of the voice was the young looking doctor he dodged this morning. Alois figuring it was probably best to step away from Ciel did so "oh and what are you going to do about it Sebastian" Alois said mockingly. " I think you me and everyone else here is very well aware that this isn't the worst place you could end up Alois." Sebastian said in threatening tone finally reaching the two teens and helping Ciel off the ground and placing himself in front of the boy. Unaware of what the hell was really going on Ciel just watched them both in confusion. "Aw come on Sebby I was only playing with him" Alois whined. "I know how you like to play with people Alois. Now go get your vitals done while I go speak to Claude about how you've been acting lately." Sebastian said firmly.
Alois face immediately fell at the mention of Claudes name but he didn't say anything else sure to give Sebastian one last glare as he turned on his heel and walked down the hallway calling over his shoulder happily " see you latter Ciel." and then he was gone. Sebastian closed his eyes and ran his fingers through his long raven hair giving a tired sigh before turning around to face the younger male. His expression grew softer as he noticed how the boy was trembling " Ciel are you okay?" Sebastian asked wanting to place his hand on the boys shoulder but deciding it would most likely make the situation worse. When the boy didn't reply and just stared blankly ahead still trembling Sebastian cursed. Lowering himself slightly so he was at Ciels eye level Sebastian called out to the younger boy " Ciel it's alright, everything's okay look at me Ciel." Sebastian cooed.
In Ciels mind everything was not all right Ciel was tired so very tired he thought as he curled up in a small ball trying to keep himself warm from the cold draft that went through the dark empty room why couldn't they just leave him alone he wanted them to all leave him alone Ciel let out a small chocked sob. Rough hands, Pain, Dirty, Useless. All these thoughts flashed through Ciels mind. Ceasing the useless tears and gripping his knees tighter when he heard the door click open.
A small fraction of light hit the wall Ciel was snuggled against showing Ciels disheveled appearance. Ciel braced himself for what was going to happen before a voice called in the room "Im leaving." the door inched shut slowly before the voice whispered " I'll see you soon Ciel." before shutting. Alone in the room once again Ciel stared angrily at the unknown. He wouldn't give up he 'refused to let them make a fool out of him he would defiantly survive and make them pay was what Ciel told himself over and over again. But no matter how many times told himself this he still couldn't stop the nagging in the back of his mind that told him that he was just a small child all alone in a cold room with no one to help. What could he possibly do?
Ciel sat up when suddenly heard a voice from outside the door. He ran as best he could toward the door with weakened legs that wobbled slightly when he rested his ear against the cold metal door listening for the voice.
"Ciel are you alright look at me" Sebastian continued to call. Ciel was suddenly shocked back into reality and blinked up into worried red eyes. Sebastian stood back up when the boy nodded "sorry about that I dozed off" Ciel smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. Sebastian knowing better but not wanting to push the boy let it go "can you just come with me to my office real quick I want to discuss a few things with you it won't take long." he reassured the nervous looking boy. Ciel thinking it was most likely best to agree and also wanting to find out when he was leaving Mathens nodded following Sebastians lead. While walking around the conner of the hall Sebastian looked at Ciel giving him a slight smile "And just in case you didn't hear from Alois which I highly doubt my name is Sebastian." he introduced himself.
A/N **finally a little bit of Sebastian. Just a heads up this story might possibly be changed to mature in the future if I can manage to write *ahem* "that" decently ;) but any who thanks for reading and I'll try to update soon!
***Also thanks for all the reviews guys. Including Mah I didn't consider what you said harsh at all. I do want to improve my writing skills so I appreciate any advice on how to make it better. Also as to the comment made before I honestly don't view my stay at a psych ward exactly a positive one to brag about to everyone yes. But I also don't view it as something so negative…..My view on it was that I was able to be strong enough to actually ask for help and not taking the easy route out J ….and who says I'm sane? ;)