Chapter 4
Sebastian walked into the boys room, pulling the curtain open. It was Thursday, a day Ciel was supposed to be in school but with his parents murders, Ciel was allowed a week off from attending his classes. In this time he was to teach Sebastian about the city. In three days Sebastian had already gotten his license, an outstanding driver for never having driven before. To match the occasion, he bought himself a car, one that was less dressed up then the limo, one only his master and him could enjoy and ride around in, but his choice in vehicles made Ciel question his IQ.
"You…bought a Beetle?" Ciel grimaced, looking at Sebastian as if he were on crack. Sebastian smiled at him and opened the passenger side of the egg shaped car.
"It caught my eye instantly, my lord." Ciel groaned, feeling embarrassed that he would be climbing into it.
"If only it would have taken your head." He sat down, the interior was nice, he had to admit that. It was a lot more spacious then it looked from the outside. But comfort isn't a good thing when trying to improve your image, as fashion designers so often said about their outfits. Comfort is a big no no.
Shutting the door Sebastian went around to the other side and climbed in, looking oddly perfect for the tiny black vehicle. "Well, where to first my lord?" Sebastian grinned, turning the car on, waiting for it start up. The check engine light turned on, catching Sebastian's eye. Ciel just grinned, waiting for the disappointment to show itself on Sebastian's face. But it never happened. Smiling he lightly tapped the dash board, the light turning off. Ciel looked out the window as the vehicle started rolling. This was his first time in the car with Sebastian driving, his anxiety starting to kick in, not sure how this outcome would be.
"Just drive around, I'll point things out to you." He replied, rolling down the window. Sebastian looked at him. "Keep your eyes on the road." Ciel demanded, his voice sounding a bit shaken. But Sebastian just smiled and looked at the road.
"Does my driving scare you?" He asked, his driving perfect. He was well aware of everyone else around him, and well aware of what the car itself was doing. Ciel swallowed and looked back out the window.
"No." He leaned his head against the door, letting the wind blow across his face, messing up his hair, his eyes closing. A couple drops hit his cheeks, startling him for a second.
"It seems that it is starting to rain my lord, time to put up the window." Sebastian reached down, using his controls to roll the window up. Ciel watched it, all of the fresh air being cut off. He swallowed again and just stared as the rain hit the glass. Sebastian kept driving, turning out onto a back road. Ciel's head began to swim. He looked down, his vision a bit fuzzy. He was finding it hard to breath, Sebastian disappearing, the walls closing in around him. He leaned forward a bit.
Sebastian gave him a quick glance then looked back at the road. Ciel's breathing sped up, his heart racing. "Pull over." Ciel wheezed a bit, his voice barely audible.
"My lord?" Sebastian's eyes went from the road to the child, wondering if it was motion sickness.
"Pull over!" Ciel shrieked. Sebastian did so, almost swerving off the road. Before the vehicle was completely stopped Ciel unbuckled himself, tossing himself out into the rain, falling to his knees outside of car. Throwing the car into park Sebastian climbed out, rushing over to him, holding the umbrella over his masters head while the child wheezed, gasping for air.
"My lord, are you alright?" Sebastian questioned concerned. He hadn't been driving recklessly, so there was no reason for his master to have a panic attack. Ciel didn't answer, he just panted, sitting on the wet gravel, pulling his knees to his chin. Sebastian waited, holding the umbrella over his head until his master was ready to speak. Ciel leaned back against the side of the car.
"If you must know, I'm Claustrophobic" Sebastian looked at him sympathetically. Leaning down he picked him up, sitting him in the car but kept the door open.
"Claustrophobic, is there anything you don't have my lord?" He looked at him, smiling gently. Ciel just shrugged, looking away.
"I was always sickly as a child, so I guess it doesn't surprise me that I would be suffering this much at this age." Sebastian smiled and leaned down, startling the child a bit as he grabbed his chin, making Ciel look deep into his eyes.
"Then I will have to keep you twice as safe then, it would be one hell of a disappointment if you died before you were supposed to." Ciel smashed his fist into the butlers chest, knocking him away.
"If you ever prey on me like that again Sebastian in the manner you just did you will be punished." Sebastian looked at him shocked, then just grinned.
"Are you having mood swings again my lord?" Ciel hissed at his question.
"I don't need mood swings to protect my personal space you letch!" Sebastian laughed and stepped forward again, grabbing Ciel's chin like he did before. Ciel snapped his hand out to hit him again but Sebastian was too quick and caught it, pinning the boys arm behind his back. Ciel struggled against him, his eyes filled with fear and anger.
Sebastian smiled, crawling over him, his knee in between the younger boys legs. "You have it wrong my lord, you see, this isn't a sexual desire." He leaned down, dragging his tongue across the boys neck. Ciel gasped, struggling harder. "I just want a nibble my lord. I want to sample you. I wish for my taste buds to dance." He recalled how Claude had reacted at the taste of the young masters blood, he wondered if this young master tasted similar. But Ciel wasn't too pleased with how Sebastian was asking for it. His eyes darkened as he looked down, his voice almost silent as he spoke.
"Sebastian, I command you to get off of me…now" Sebastian looked at him shocked, his face blank. He let go and pulled back, the rain stopping. He knew he over stepped his boundaries. Kneeling, crossing an arm over his stomach, he closed his eyes.
"I'm sorry my lo-" He was cut off. Ciel's foot snapped out, catching Sebastian in the mouth, knocking him back. Ciel looked pissed, hurt.
"You ever do that again Sebastian…" He was so angry that he didn't finish his sentence. He couldn't. Sebastian looked up from his spot, sprawled out on the wet, dirty ground, seeing the sun breaking out.
"I understand, my lord." Ciel turned in his seat, rolling the window down and shutting the door.
"Let's get going before you make me rethink the importance of our contract." he hissed. Sebastian pushed himself to his feet, his jacket covered in mud. Taking it off he shook it, and almost as if there had been no mud on it at all, it was gone. Climbing into the car, he shut the door and pulled it into drive, heading down the road.
It was silent for a while until they reached town. Pointing at a turn off into the trees, Ciel directed Sebastian to a huge mansion like building. It was rich looking, cars out front. There were children in the front court yard playing a curious little game. All wearing the same outfit. Most of the boys wore slacks, but there were a few who wore shorts, knee length shorts. They were gold tartan design and Gold blazer. Divided by a long wall and a gate was another mansion. "What a curious building." Sebastian commented, looking at the boys playing in the front court yard.
"This is my school. Chillingworth Elementary for the wealthy. This is the boy's building." Sebastian looked at him curiously and smiled.
"So they separate the females from the males. How clever. Although it must be frustrating for the young master." Ciel didn't look at him, he just looked at the kids. A few feet away from them were their butlers. At least a couple of them.
"I prefer it this way. Nothing is more irritating then listening to a frivolous anime loving air heads talk about starting a yaoi club in school. Instead we have to deal with male anime loving air heads starting a yaoi club." Sebastian looked at him.
"There is a difference my lord?" Ciel nodded.
"Yes, with female anime yaoi lovers you have to arm yourself with headache medicine, and blunt objects to keep them from squealing and dressing you up like some…uke. With a boy anime yaoi lover you only have to worry about going to the bathroom and leaving a virgin. The numbers are very different. With the girls it'd be the whole school, with the boys it's only two or three" It was silent. Hesitating, Sebastian looked at the boys who were playing together.
"What is Anime, and yaoi?" Ciel gave him a look that screamed really? You're so dense. Sighing he shook his head and unbuckled his seat belt.
"Anime is Japans clever way of colonizing people around the world to be their mindless little slaves and fork over every red cent they own. Anime is a well drawn cartoon with an actual plot line, unlike Family Guy or Bugs Bunny or whatever. If you like history, voila you have an anime that teaches you history, if you like samurai's or ninja's, you have an anime about samurai's or ninja's. If you like school girls being abducted by demons and being brutally raped by tentacles or dirty gang bangs, well, they have more of those then they should."
The look on Sebastian's face was priceless. It was a mixture of what the hell is wrong with these humans, and oh my god, that exists? Ciel continued. "Yaoi is boy love. So basically it's a cartoon centered around two men having sex. This is split up into three main different categories. Shounen Ai, Yaoi and Shotacon. Shounen Ai is fluff. Just flirting basically, and it takes place during an emotional struggle between an Uke and a Seme. Or rather a Bitch and a Butch. They usually start off not liking each other, then they become friends, then someone drinks too much alcohol and they kiss then they're all confused after, then they start dating etc. and one of them dies." Sebastian looked at him, concerned with how his master could announce that so casually. Catching the expression Ciel added. "Not really, but I wish one did. It would keep them from making another damn season. In Yaoi it's usually between two men of the same age and you can actually watch them have sex. Shotacon is the one that disgusts me. It usually amplifies the attraction between an adult and a child. And it's probably more hardcore then Yaoi is. So to make long story short, Anime is where gushing fan girls, cosplay maniacs, complete nerds and pedophiles can feel like a normal human being." Sebastian smiled a bit and looked out the window.
"You seem to hate it, my lord." Ciel opened the door, climbing out. He dusted off his knees from the mud that had dried and fixed his shirt, his jacket covering his dirty bottom which seemed to attract Sebastian's eyes almost immediately.
"You would hate it too if you were labeled the Uke and had to use the Urinal with your hands clasped over your ass." Sebastian climbed out as well, shutting the door. "This is my school building, this is where you will drop me off every morning, it will be damn well embarrassing if I'm seen climbing in and out of that egg shaped monstrosity so you will take a different mean of transportation. You have the option to stay here with me, or to go back home afterwards." He looked back, wondering if Sebastian would choose to remove himself from his side for a few hours, but the smile on Sebastian's face was almost a reassurance to him that he was willing to stay with is young master no matter what.
"It is up to you my lord. If you wish to have me around then I will certainly stick around." He followed his young master to the group of boys.
"I would rather you stay by my side." One the boys looked up as he approached and grinned almost nastily.
"Well if it isn't Fantomhive, who's this shabby looking bloke?" The kid sneered. Sebastian could feel the irritation in his young master, and decided to introduce himself first, bowing.
"I represent the Fantomhive family."
"His name is Sebastian, he's my butler, obviously if you couldn't tell from his outfit." Ciell added, his eyes reflecting his irritation.
"Your butler? I doubt that he looks too proper to belong to you." He laughed, his friends joining in. Ciel just stared.
"At least my butler is capable of doing whatever I ask. Unlike you, my butler is certified in more then just grabbing me a pop drink or a twinkie whenever my fat ass has a craving." Sebastian grinned at the insult. The kid snarled.
"My butler can do twice as much as yours can in half the amount of time!" Ciel just rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"Telling false truths can get you and your family killed." He turned, starting the other way of the boy. Sebastian followed, never bowing to the children, sort of as a snub or an insult. The kid growled, looking after him.
"I bet you'd know all about that wouldn't you you bastard! You're family got what they deserved Fantomhive! I'm surprised it wasn't suicide because of how shitty of a son you are!" Ciel's fists clenched, stopping dead in his tracks. He looked down, his voice quivering.
"Sebastian…pull me away before he dies." Sebastian looked at him confused for a second, then back at the child. Suddenly Ciel kicked off, racing towards the kid. Sebastian lashed out, grabbing him, pulling him back. "How dare you make such a stupid assumption!" Ciel shrieked. "You vile, no good piece of trash! You free riding bastard! You have no idea what happened! You clueless son of a bitch!" Sebastian picked him up, carrying him up the steps and into the school. Ciel kept screaming, thrashing around, clawing at the door. Sebastian carried him away from the door, putting him in the middle of the room.
"Now now my lord, your language is getting even more foul by the second, it's not pleasing to my ears" He held him still, looking into his eyes. Ciel's face was red with anger, his eyes burning.
"I don't care if that bastard insults me, but to sit there and say that my family got what they deserved was going too far!" He snarled. Sebastian sighed and nodded.
"Indeed it was my lord, but what are you going to do about it? I could always exterminate the young masters pest problem." He grinned, opening his now glowing red eyes again. Ciel sighed and pulled away.
"As tempting as it is, it's not worth it. I shouldn't have even blown up on him, now he will know I have a weakness." He started for a large office area. A man stopped and smiled at him.
"Ah, Mr. Fantomhive, you're back so soon?" Ciel stopped looking at him. The man was tall with tan skin and short tussled blonde hair. He wore a suit and a kind smile. One that Ciel didn't return.
"I won't be back in class until Monday, I am just showing my new butler the school." Sebastian bowed, smiling, his tailcoat sweeping behind him. The man whistled and looked at them both, slightly circling them.
"Such magificent looking clothing you have Mr. Fantomhive." He examined Ciel's jacket and old style clothing. "It's so old, but it's in perfect condition. It makes you look as if you were born right out of the eighteen hundreds! And this tailcoat, such magificent grace it has." He grabbed the sparrow tails of Sebastians coat, examining those as well.
"Sebastian, this is my history teacher Mr. Mirrow. His father helped to place investment in the Fantomhive toy company." Sebastian looked at him, making a connection, noticing that this man did look awfully young to be a teacher. Mr. Mirrow nodded, frowning at the mentioning of their fathers.
"I am dreadfully sorry about your parents Ciel, I truly am." Ciel looked away, unable to stomach those sad looking eyes.
"Everyone is sorry, but it's in the past now. All we have now is the future. And soon that future will be as dark as our past if I don't dwell on the present." He gently rubbed the blue gemmed stone on his thumb, getting lost for a second. Mirrow frowned, then looked at Sebastian again with wonderous eyes.
"Have I seen you before?" Sebastian looked at him and smiled.
"No, I'm afraid you haven't." But his answer didn't convince him. Mirrow shook his head and thought about it, shifting.
"I've seen you before, but where was it." He thought.
"He's just a butler, he has no significant importance." Ciel commented as well, sounding almost as if he were demanding Mirrow to stop even trying, but the shocked look on the teachers face caught both of them off guard.
"I know where now!" He smiled pointing at Sebastian. "Folk tales of London! I saw you in that book! Sebastian Michaelis right? Is that your last name?" He seemed generally excited. Sebastian looked at him shocked, then at Ciel.
"You said you saw his picture in a book?" Ciel asked, disbelieving it. Mirrow nodded and grabbed their hands.
"Follow me!" he dashed down the hall, dragging both the shocked boy and baffled butler behind him. Pulling them into a large fancy room he shut the door and raced over to the book shelf, ripping books off left and right until he found the one he was looking for. "Here it is!" He flipped open to a page and put the book on his desk. Both Sebastian and Ciel looked at it. There it was. A picture of Sebastian and the original Ciel, the chapter titled "Sebastian Michaelis and the Phantom Child."
"What the hell." Ciel looked at it, his eyes skimming the identical boy in the picture. "Ciel Phantomhive's body...lost in a fire that claimed his parents lives...a demon." His forehead crinkled, his hands shaking. Sebastian stood up straight, looking at the teacher. He smiled gently and bowed.
"It's pure coincidence I assure you. I have no ties to this Michaelis."
"Sebastian." Ciel pulled away, his face hidden by his hair. Sebastian looked at him concerned, waiting for his order. "Let's go home." Sebastian bowed, waiting for him. Looking up Ciel grabbed the book. "You don't mind if I borrow this, do you?" Mirrow looked at him shocked, shaking his head a bit. Turning Ciel headed for the door, Sebastian following behind him.
Leaving the school, Ciel ignored the insults thrown at him by the kids and climbed into the beetle. Sebastian flashed them a look that made all of the screech and run away. What look that was wasn't visible to Ciel. Climbing in Sebastian rolled down Ciel's window a bit and headed back to the mansion. "Who is this boy?" Ciel asked, clinging onto the book for dear life, looking as if he'd just seen a ghost.
"Which boy my lord?" Sebastian questioned. Ciel snarled, turning on him.
"You know damn well what boy I'm talking about! This Ciel Phantomhive! Who is he?" Sebastian looked at him calmly, then looked back at the road.
"He was my master. Those clothes you are wearing used to belong to him. He lived a similar life to you with similar acquaintences." Ciel stared him down.
"Just how much of my life is like his?" He hissed. Sebastian hesitated, then answered calmly.
"Almost all of it my lord. His mother and father were murdered, his mansion burned down, I made a contract with him to avenge his parents death, he had a fiancee named Elizabeth, an aunt that looks like your Aunt Scarlet named Madam Red. Your attitudes are fairly different." He went through and explained everything that didn't involve Claude or Alois, figuring he didn't need to know about that. Ciel looked down at the book and nodded.
"I see. So you contracted with me because you wanted another tasty morsel like your previous masters." Ciel muttered. Sebastian shook his head.
"No, I contracted with you because I couldn't watch you burn away with that house. It was...I guess, a reflex from my last contract. I couldn't let my master be killed. I couldn't let you be killed." He looked at Ciel and smiled. "Your body and soul are mine, and I intend on devouring every inch of you my lord." Ciel couldn't help but feel heat flush over his cheeks. He coughed and looked out the window once again.
"Keep your filthy, letcherous eyes on the road before we die." Sebastian smiled at him, fighting the urge to pull over and devour him there, the looked out over the road, pulling up onto the backroad where the mansion was located.
"Yes, my lord."