Having a butler (of sorts) again did have its perks. Honestly, until now, Ciel had been struggling a little. He wasn't exactly the best organiser the world had seen, and was often caught up in things, despite how little he actually did. Sebastian didn't act the same as before though, and Ciel liked it better this way. The demon was less ridged, and had become more open in the way he spoke to Ciel. He also wasn't quite as particular about how things should be, though he did have quite a few changes once he moved in with Ciel. He demanded for Hannah to no longer be allowed to sleep on the bed, and came short of kicking the dog outside all together. After Ciel finally gave in, Hannah ignored him for a week, always giving him a look of pure betrayal. He also replaced all of Ciel's bedding and crockery, since they were apparently too common. Ciel couldn't see what his problem was, paper plates were much more convenient than the china Sebastian had bought, and he liked his worn paisley sheets.
"The 60's changed you," Sebastian would often comment with an expression of distaste.
Ciel found this a little hypocritical, since Sebastian hadn't exactly gained any good habits either. He caught Sebastian hiding cats in all manners of places, once even finding one in the washing machine, curled up on the dirty laundry. The older demon had also let his hair grow considerably, so that it was now brushing around his shoulders. Ciel got so angry at it that he forced Sebastian to tie it up until he could drag him into a hairdresser. Ciel had expected Sebastian to be fine with this, but the amount of protest he had to deal with was unimaginable.
"I like it this way!" Sebastian had complained as the younger demon pulled him down the street, "It's nice and warm."
"I don't care, you look like a bloody hippy," Ciel growled.
"I'm just trying to fit in with the times, maaan."
Life became much more interesting for the pair, especially since the past 30 years had been somewhat of a drag for them both. Not to mention the fact that they were now a couple. Ciel hated when Sebastian called them that.
"Well, what are we then?" Sebastian had asked.
"You're my bitch, that's what we are."
Grell and William would visit often, much to Sebastian's displeasure. Ciel couldn't believe it when Sebastian had told him that while he was living alone, he never visited nor had someone visit him.
"What did you for all that time you were living alone?" Ciel asked one day. Sebastian looked up from his book, he's reading glasses sinking down his nose. Ciel found this funny since Sebastian didn't even need glasses.
"Read mainly," Sebastian replied.
"Didn't you run out of books? It for 30 years
"Of course not," Sebastian said with a smirk, "Believe it or not, but we have a great library in Hell.
"Oh," Ciel hummed, "I didn't really think books would fare well in hell, what with all the fire and what not."
"You've forgotten what hells like," Sebastian said, rolling his eyes.
xxx
It had been a few years since Sebastian had moved back in with Ciel now, and winter had come back around. Christmas decorations started popping up, and finally the day came when Sebastian insisted they decorate the house. Ciel thought he'd escaped the horror of Christmas. They were currently standing in front of an array of plastic Christmas tree decorations, clad in matching reindeer sweaters.
"How about this one?" Sebastian said, holding out a plastic Santa on a surfboard. Ciel glared daggers at the older demon.
"If you're going to force me to let you decorate my house, can you please choose something more tasteful?" Ciel said.
"Well," Sebastian drawled, "You could always order me to."
Ciel rolled his eyes and turned away, eyeing the crystal stars further down the aisle. Sebastian continued to show him one stupid ornament after another, until the younger demon finally ordered him just to hurry the hell up. They ended up buying a ton of silver tinsel and, much to Ciel's delight, a bunch of the crystal stars he'd been eyeing. However, Ciel wasn't able to stop Sebastian buying a reindeer with sunglasses for the topper on their tree. As a compromise for this, Sebastian had promise not to celebrate Ciel's birthday this year, since he'd gotten used to it being like any other day. He was still forced to celebrate Christmas.
Ciel supposed that due to their change in relationship, he was probably expected to get a present for Sebastian. Ciel had never really bought presents for people, let alone his butler. What did he even like? Probably something dumb. Ciel had noticed that Sebastian still carrier around that old pocket watch, even though it was old and didn't even work properly anymore. The demon had always been a stickler for being on time. Ciel ended up buying him a handsome silver wristwatch, which even had small rubies embedded in the hands. He was very pleased with himself for his purchase, and could hardly contain his excitement when he gave Sebastian the gift.
"Oh," Sebastian said, almost worriedly, when he opened the box, "This is amazing."
A grin spread across Ciel's face at Sebastian's remark.
"I knew you'd like it," he said happily. Sebastian smiled half-heartedly and slowly reached around to give Ciel's present. Ciel saw him wince as he began opening the box. What had he done? He slowly opened the box, dreading what was to come. Amongst a mass of tissue paper, sat a mass of pink lace. Slowly picking it up, Ciel realised what it was. Lingerie. Ciel's blushed a bright red, and shoved the offensive clothing pack into the box. Sebastian was trying, and failing, to contain his laughter.
"You're such an idiot!" Ciel cried, tackling the older demon. Sebastian gave a short yelp, before having his arms pinned down.
"Are you going to punish me?" Sebastian said, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Hmm well, I can think of a few things I could do," Ciel said slowly, placing a soft kiss on Sebastian's neck.
"You wouldn't!" Sebastian gasped in mock horror, and rolled the boy over. They rolled around half wrestling, half making out for a while. Ciel had become stronger and was now on a more equal level with Sebastian. However, this didn't stop Sebastian from finally pinning the boy down.
"So," Sebastian drawled, "You wanna try on your present?"
Ciel was about to protest before Sebastian dipped his head, and ran his tongue slowly up the younger demons neck. Ciel stifled a moan.
"Definitely not," he choked out. Sebastian gave him a wicked grin and pressed his hips down.
"You sure about that?" he murmured, touching his nose to Ciel's.
Ciel gave a soft snort and turned his head away.
"There's no way in hell."
xxx
Although Ciel was trying not to give Sebastian too many orders, he found himself accidentally giving them anyway. Sebastian tried to explain to him that it could only be considered an offer if Ciel though of it as that, but Ciel knew this couldn't be true. Sometimes Ciel would just ask Sebastian simple things, like asking him to pass the salt, but Sebastian would groan and tell him he could just ask instead of ordering him. The older demon wouldn't believe him when he tried to explain. He just thought Ciel did it to spite him.
"Hey Sebastian," Ciel said, looking up from his phone, "Can you turn the radio on?"
Sebastian winced slightly, his hand twitching slightly. He gave a groan as he slowly stood up.
"You could just ask you know," he grumbled, forcefully hitting the button on the radio. Ciel gave a sigh.
"I'm not doing it on purpose!" Ciel cried for the thousandth time, "Why don't you believe me?!"
Sebastian rolled his eyes and flopped back down on the couch.
"Whatever."
Ciel groaned, dropping his phone beside him and pushed himself up.
"God dammit Sebastian, stop being such a dick," Ceil said, sighing, "I'm not doing it on purpose, don't you remember how I promised I'd lay off on the orders?"
"Yeah, but still," Sebastian said with a pout. He's such a child, Ciel thought. Ciel got up tiredly, and swaggered over to Sebastian, sitting down on his lap.
"You know I wouldn't just fling orders around like that purposely. And anyway, usually when it's an order, I say it is," Ciel said, bringing his face close to the older demons, "I don't try to hurt you on purpose Sebastian."
Sebastian shifted his gaze slightly, before groaning and looking back at the boy.
"Okay fine," he said tiredly, "But it's still annoying as hell. This never happened before."
"Maybe it's because I haven't really been giving you any other proper orders," Ciel considered.
"What's that meant to mean?" Sebastian asked.
"Well, before, I used to give you big orders, like saving me or finding someone. But then we spent all that time apart, and now I'm holding back on them, maybe all that energy or whatever it is, is seeping through into other things?"
Sebastian considered this for a moment.
"That sounds... kind of logical," he said slowly, "But what are we meant to do now? You don't really have any big orders or anything."
"Maybe I could just order you to do an errand or something, once in a while," Ciel said with a shrug, "I mean, it only hurts until you do it, and it'd only be occasionally."
"Okay, but what will you order me to do?" Sebastian asked, "Nothing too bad I hope."
"Oh that depends, doesn't it, on how I'm feeling."
Sebastian rolled his eyes, but pulled the younger demon in for a slow kiss.
"You're dumb."
AN - Sorry about how long this took to post, I've had exams all week (╥﹏╥) Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you like the chapter! Be sure to leave a review to tell me what you think! Peace out xx