Chapter 4

Shinigami

Eclipse smiled and waved at the crowd as she walked backstage, high-fiving the artist to follow her up as he passed. Sebastian followed her with a satisfied smile, happy that his clothes had remained spotless even with the hose. Eclipse noticed his satisfaction and smirked at him.

"You can't stay spotless forever, Sebastian." she said, leading him back to their car to put her equipment back in it.

"Perhaps not, but I can try for as long as possible." he replied with a small smirk.

"Alright, now we need to meet my friend. He said he would find us at our car, since he would be at the concert."

"Actually, I'm right here." said a voice.

Both of them turned around to face the source of the voice. A man stood before them, his yellow-green eyes peering over a pair of rectangular glasses. He had wild orangish-brown hair that stuck out at odd angles. He wore a business suit and leaned against a somewhat fierce-looking lawnmower.

Sebastian's eyes went wide at the sight of the man, and he tensed up, ready to leap at the man if need be. He was caught off guard when Eclipse ran past him and pounced at the familiar man, hugging him tightly. He grinned and hugged her back, ignoring Sebastian's glare and nuzzling his friend.

"It's been too long, Roxie." the man said softly.

"Same to you, Ronald. Oh, how rude. I need to introduce you to my assistant. Ronald, this is Sebastian Michaelis. Sebastian, this is my longtime friend Ronald Knox." Eclipse said happily.

Sebastian and Ronald exchanged a look before Sebastian returned his gaze to his master.

"He and I have met, a long time ago. You do realize that this man is a Shinigami?" Sebastian asked her critically.

"Yeah, I've known that since we met." Eclipse giggled.

"You knew about Shinigami, but not about demons?"

"Who said I didn't know about demons?"

"You were so shocked when I told you I was a demon."

"Well, duh. I'd never met a demon before you. I had only talked about them with Ronald and William."

Sebastian's jaw would have dropped in surprise if he allowed himself to express such emotions so intensely.

"You know Mr. Spears as well?" he asked carefully.

"Yeah. I've even met Grell a few times, but he's usually doing field work." Eclipse replied.

Sebastian shuddered at the mention of Grell's name, and Ronald chuckled.

"He's missed you, by the way." Ronald said with a smirk, walking over to Eclipse and draping an arm over her shoulder.

Sebastian glared at him as he began to lead his master away, and followed them quickly. He glared at Ronald as the Shinigami led Eclipse past the Convention Center and to the front of a nice-looking restaurant. Ronald chuckled and looked over his shoulder at Sebastian.

"I hope you don't mind being a third wheel on this little date, Sebastian." he said with a wink.

Sebastian tensed and nearly slammed into Ronald's back.

"Date!?"