Chapter 2: Awkward

Something about that girl is peculiar. Something. But what? What is it? What is so special about her? Her energy? Her very soul?

Ciel frowned.

"Sebastian," he spoke coolly to the tall man currently driving the black vehicle they were comfortably seated in. "Why am I changing?"

A small smirk found its way onto the man's lips, a smirk unseen by the only passenger.

"What could you possibly mean, Bocchan?"

"You know what I mean, Sebastian. Why am I growing? Changing? I haven't changed in over a hundred years! Why now?" Ciel's eyes were narrowed as he glared at the visible part of the back of his butler's head. Over night it was as if he had matured a year! What would happen by the end of this night? By the end of the week, the month, the year! Would he age to be an old man?

"I do not believe you actually want to know the answer to that question."

Did he?

Ciel sat in silence for the remainder of the car ride.


Kagome tried to be happy, she really did. And, if she did say so herself, the customers seemed to love her so she must be doing something in her job right. Right?

She was on aisle duty again, rearranging the shelves and assisting any of the customers in any way she possibly could.

Personally, Kagome hated working here. She didn't like the other employees a lot and to be frank, she really didn't like the customers to much. If she said there weren't any in stock that meant there weren't any! There was no reason to make her go triple check in the back!

'The things I do for this stupid job.'

Kagome hadn't even wanted to work here in the first place but there was no other place hiring that she could walk to after school and Kagome really needed the cash. Unlike some people, her parents didn't give her any sort of allowance. Nope, she had to work for it in this place.

With a sigh and a fake smile, Kagome continued to work until one of her fellow employees taped her on the shoulder to gain her attention.

She wanted to scream 'WHAT?' at the person, but decided it was probably best to try to be nice. You never know what stupid things will get you fired.

"Yes?" She turned around to look at the other girl.

"Well, um…it seems as though…um…I think you need to go into the bathroom and check in the mirror…" The girl flushed timidly as she pushed a confused Kagome towards the bathroom.

With a nice shove, Kagome found herself in front of the large mirror as the other employee turned her around so her back was reflected at her.

"Nothing seems— No! No no no no!" A nice red stain was visible, seeping through the denim of her work jeans. "It's not even supposed to be that time of the month yet! Damn it! I can't go out like this! Koharu," Kagome sent a pleading look to the other girl, "can you go buy me a pair of jeans? Please? Here, I have some money," she handed the other employee some crumpled up yen bills from her pocket before making a shooing motion.

"But, Kagome-san…"

"Just grab a pair! And can you grab my bag while you're at it? Please?"

"W-what size pants?"

"Guess! Now go!" As the younger girl left, Kagome leaned against the wall and sighed. She was probably a little too harsh to Koharu. Just a tad bit.

Running a hand through her hair, Kagome waited for the other girl to return.

What a day. What a shit-tastic day.

It seemed like hours before Koharu returned, although it had probably only been minutes. Kagome eagerly watched for the familiar girl to appear until she finally came back.

"Thank you so much!" She gushed as she rummaged through the bag before finding what she needed and disappearing into a stall.

By the time Kagome had come out of the bathroom, she had bumped into a grouchy looking manager.

"Where were you, Kagome? I've been looking for you!" The balding man scolded her as she tried to step somewhat away from him.

"I was just in the bathroom, sir. I'll get back to work, then!" She said before walking off hurriedly to drop her bag with the rest of her belongings and get back on aisle duty.


A whole couple of hours later, her shift was over and Kagome grabbed her belongings and high tailed it out of the accursed store. No need to linger just in case someone asked her to do something.

In her haste, she knocked into someone. No surprise there. What did surprise her was that it was the teenager from the last two days. It kind of creeping her out that she had been seeing him so much lately.

"I'm so sorry! Ciel…right? I was in such a rush and it was completely my fault!" She jabbered as she picked up the contents of her bag that had fallen to the ground. "Although we seem to be seeing a lot of each other lately, don't you think?"

"We're not stalking you, if that's what you mean," the man that seemed to follow Ciel said. He had almost escaped her notice until he had spoken. With the same friendly smile as the day she met him, he knelled down to help her. Ciel only stood and watched, looking down at the two.

"I didn't mean—" Kagome started but she was cut off.

"He was joking," the dark haired teen said with no hint of humor.

"Oh…" She trailed off, awkwardly.

After a silence between the three, Kagome finally spoke up. "Well, I guess I should be going. Sorry again for knocking into you!" She waved before leaving, not bothering to look back at the odd pair. They gave her a weird feeling and right now she just wanted to go home.


Sebastian and Ciel watched her retreating form.

"You're not very good around girls," Sebastian stated.

Ciel frowned. "You're not much help, either." And with that he walked off, expecting Sebastian to follow. He didn't like that they kept bumping into that girl…literally.