I don't own Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji or any of these characters.
True to his word, Sebastian picked up a few things for Ciel on his usual shopping trip on Saturday. He bought a soft brown teddy, a fuzzy yellow blanket for his bed, two sets of pyjamas which would be more comfortable than the hospital gown (most children had their own pyjamas, but Ciel of course had lost everything in the fire) a cheap toy harmonica (obviously Ciel couldn't see the holes, but he thought the child might enjoy blowing through it and hearing the different sounds he could make), a record player with some children's songs and a few books that he or the nurses could read to Ciel. He also bought a pair of shoes, as Ciel didn't have any footwear of his own. They were slip on shoes, so Ciel wouldn't have to feel for any awkward straps. He had no idea what size the child's feet were, but he bought one size smaller than the average nine year old as Ciel was rather short for his age.
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Sebastian returned to the hospital on Monday morning. He checked on Ciel first, but the boy was asleep. So he greeted his other patients then went to his office; reading his notes for the day, his heart sank when he remembered that Ciel had his first X-ray that day, at 12:00 pm. He couldn't imagine the child coping with it very well.
To cheer him up, Sebastian visited him shortly before twelve. Ciel sat up the second he walked into the room. "Sebastian!" he said, happily.
"How did you know it was me?" asked the doctor in surprise.
Ciel shrugged. "I know how everyone walks. When I lost my eyesight, my other senses improved."
Sebastian nodded in understanding. "Well, I've bought you some presents."
Ciel beamed as Sebastian sat down in the chair next to the bed and pulled the teddy out of his bag, placing it in his hands.
"I love it!" exclaimed Ciel, cuddling the bear. "Thank you, Sebastian."
Sebastian nodded in approval. "You said that very nicely. What are you going to call him?"
"Vincent," said Ciel. "It was my daddy's name," he explained.
Sebastian nodded and took the blanket out of the bag. Ciel felt it with his hands and said he loved it.
"I've got some pyjamas, too," said Sebastian. "They'll be more comfortable than the hospital gown. Oh, and some shoes." Ciel reached out his hands and Sebastian handed him the shoes; Ciel felt them, nodded in approval as he noticed there were no straps.
"I got some books that I or a nurse can read to you, if you wish. Oh, and I got you this," laughed Sebastian, passing Ciel the harmonica.
"What is it?" asked the child curiously, running his fingers over the holes.
"It's a harmonica," explained Sebastian, gently pushing Ciel's hands upwards so he was holding the instrument to his mouth. "Try blowing into it."
Ciel took a deep breath and gave a big blow. A loud sound erupted through the room, startling Sebastian and Ciel, who dropped the harmonica on the floor.
"Maybe try blowing a little more gently," laughed Sebastian, picking it up and placing it on the table. He checked his watch. "Now, you are aware that you have an X-ray in five minutes, aren't you?"
"Mm," mumbled Ciel, fiddling with his yellow blanket.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't want to do it."
"Do you know what an X-ray does?"
"Not really…"
"It lets the doctor see inside you, so he can know what's wrong with you."
Ciel looked at Sebastian like he was stupid, his blue eyes widened. "I know what's wrong with me, my eyes and legs don't work. So I don't need an X-ray."
Sebastian chuckled. "Yes, we know your eyes and legs don't work, but we don't why. And if we know why, we can make them work again. Does that sound good?"
Ciel nodded hesitantly. "I want them to work…"
"Well then, do you want to come with me and get your X-ray?"
"Okay," replied Ciel.
"You stay here and I'll go and see if they're ready for you and I'll take you down, all right? I'll be in the room when they do the X-ray but I'll be behind a screen behind I'm one of the doctors looking at the pictures."
The X-ray department said they were ready for Ciel to come down so Sebastian took a wheelchair to Ciel's room. The child wasn't too happy about having to travel in it, but he allowed Sebastian to lift him into the chair and push it to the X-ray room.
"Right, we need him on the bed because it's his legs we're looking at today," said John, the man who worked the X-ray. "I don't think he's big enough to get on by himself, so help him, someone."
Sebastian lifted Ciel out of the chair and onto the bed. "Just lie still and don't move unless John tells you to," he told the child. "I'm not leaving the room."
Ciel nodded. He looked terrified.
John prepared the camera. "Right, here we go."
Ciel was told to change position a couple of times. He heard the clicking of the camera and smelt the strange smell of the sheets and he didn't like it. He actually began to cry silently about halfway through, but John couldn't see or hear it from where he was.
When it was finished, Sebastian came to take Ciel back. "Well done, you were very good," he praised, but frowned when he saw Ciel's wet cheeks and red eyes. "Ciel? What's the matter?"
The bewildered child didn't answer. With no idea where the doctor was, Ciel sat up, looking vacantly in Sebastian's direction.
Worried, Sebastian lifted Ciel off the bed and held him in his arms. "It's okay, it's over now." He wiped the child's tears away with his thumb.
Ciel buried his face in Sebastian's chest and sniffled, his arms wrapping tightly around the man's neck. He had felt lonely and scared and confused when the X-ray was being done, but he felt safe now. He protest when Sebastian tried to pry him off to put him back in the chair, clinging onto him tighter. He didn't want to leave Sebastian's arms.
"Looks like you're carrying him back to his room," grinned John.
"He's traumatised," said Sebastian defensively.
Ciel didn't look up as Sebastian walked, pressing himself closer whenever he heard a sound.
