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In the cool mist of early morning, Alois's ragged breathing cracked the deafening silence on the Trancy estate grounds.
Alois was so full of rage, so full of hatred, he felt like there was a great weight on his chest, threatening to crush his lungs.
The Earl Trancy had risen hours earlier than usual, at the break of dawn, for Claude to load the carriage and take him to visit Ciel.
Claude had quickly returned and told Alois that was impossible for him to do.
Alois was rightfully upset at that statement and Claude brought him outside, to explain.
Alois's eyes had widened at first, in surprise, but now, anger caused his ocean-blue orbs to narrow.
Alois was standing directly in front of his carriage house, or what was left of it.
It seemed to have mysteriously burned down overnight, taking all of Alois's carriages with it, and leaving him stranded without a vehicle.
"Did anyone see who did this?" Alois hissed to Claude.
"No, Highness, I'm sorry." Claude apologized, adjusting his glasses. "But it seems someone does not want you to visit Phantomhive manor today."
Alois's expression shifted into a smirk.
He may not have carriages anymore, but he still had horses.
"Yes, well, we Trancys are always full of surprises. And someone is about to be very surprised, Claude!" Alois said gleefully.
Claude blinked.
The blonde ordered his butler to saddle a horse for him while he went inside and packed a small bag.
Alois was going to see his beloved Ciel today if he had to crawl all the way to the Phantomhive estate.
Once the animal was ready, Alois mounted his horse and took off into the morning mist, thinking as he rode along.
He had mentioned marrying Ciel in Phantomhive manor…..where there were servants….nosy, tall servants with black hair that were always too concerned with Ciel's affairs…...….
Someone had been listening….
Because immediately afterwards, someone had started burning his letters…..
Now, after Claude was sent to the Phantomhive residence as a spy, someone mysteriously destroyed Alois's vehicles so he couldn't come and ask questions…
If the letters stopped because Ciel was sick, she wouldn't destroy Alois's personal property.
No, this was the work of someone.
Alois scowled as he thought of Sebastian.
Then he smirked.
He should arrive in the early afternoon.
Yes, today, someone was going to be very surprised.
—-
"Better?" Sebastian purred, mopping Ciel's face with a cool, wet rag as she sweated through another gripping wave of nausea.
"Yes, much." She exhaled, a little bit of color coming back into her face.
Her sapphire eyes moved over to Sebastian's and she was almost surprised at the softness in his gaze.
"Is there anything I can get you to eat or drink, my lady?" Sebastian asked.
Maybe some water or some club soda would help.
That little bit of color vanished from Ciel's face as she turned a sickly shade of green at the mention of food.
"S-Sebastian…...w-why would you say that?!" Ciel choked out, jumping from the bed and running to the toilet.
Sebastian was instantly behind her, catching her hair and pulling it back only a second before she started to gag violently.
"My apologies, my lady….." Sebastian frowned sympathetically.
Poor bocchan.
—
After Sebastian cleaned Ciel up, she requested the same pickle-relish covered sundae again.
Sebastian quickly made it for her and she gobbled it down, rubbing her eyes afterwards.
"I'll let you rest awhile, young master." Sebastian cooed to her, nestling Ciel against the pillows.
"I don't have time today." She said weakly, sadly.
Sebastian looked at her and frowned.
She didn't look pregnant, she looked very ill.
The vomiting had made her lose quite a bit of weight.
The midwife had assured Sebastian that was normal. The only problem was, Ciel was very petite and she didn't have much weight to lose.
Her skin was taut, her cheeks were hollow, and instead of a healthy glow, she had a desperate pallor to her complexion.
"Rest." Sebastian growled, tucking her in.
"Sebastian…" Ciel cooed while her eyes closed almost involuntarily.
As she fell into a deep sleep, Sebastian quietly left the room.
Her schedule today was mostly correspondence and a few phone calls…..
Sebastian could handle that himself.
—-
Ciel's small body was truly exhausted from the stress of the pregnancy, and she slept through lunchtime.
Sebastian didn't bother her, he stayed in his office and spent a bit of time handling her daily matters.
That is, until he heard a knock on the door.
The Phantomhive butler looked up from his paperwork and scowled.
Ciel was not expecting any visitors today…..
She didn't have any meetings scheduled…
Who could that be?
Sebastian didn't know, but he didn't appreciate people dropping by unannounced.
He also didn't appreciate the way whomever it was kept banging incessantly on the door, causing the Phantomhive butler to have to run down the hallway, lest the loud noise wake Ciel from her sleep.
Sebastian finally reached the door and swung it open, blinking curiously as to who…..
"Hello Sebastian~!"
Oh.
The Phantomhive butler's face turned into a deep, dark, deadly glare as he found himself face to face with Alois Trancy.
How?
Why?
How did he even get here?
Alois was far too foppish and dramatic to travel anywhere without the comfort of a carriage….
Sebastian looked past Alois for just a moment and saw the lone horse grazing on the lawn grass.
A horse.
He rode the horse.
Snake!
If Sebastian had gone to the Trancy Estate himself, he would have been careful to kill the horses and burn the carriages.
Snake did like animals…
Snake let the horses go.
"My master is not accepting visitors, Earl Trancy." Sebastian said coldly, going to shut the door before Alois stopped him with his foot.
"Funny, I didn't say I was here to see Ciel." Alois smiled, that sugary, sweet, evil smile of his.
Sebastian's glare became even darker.
That was true, Alois hadn't said he wanted to see Ciel, but Sebastian knew.
How much did Alois know?
Sebastian had better chose his words more carefully.
"Why have you come then, Earl Trancy?" He asked in a low growl.
"I wanted to give you this important message myself." Alois said, his sickeningly sweet smile remaining as he handed Sebastian a single, sealed envelope.
"And to see Ciel." Alois muttered under his breath, pushing past Sebastian while he was distracted and making his way into the house.
Sebastian grit his teeth and slit the blank envelope open with a finger, pulling out the letter inside to read it:
EAT SHIT, SEBASTIAN
Sebastian growled threateningly as rage coursed through his veins, turning sharply to see Alois already making his way up the stairs.
The blonde and the butler glared at each other.
In an instant, Sebastian chased Alois up the stairs and down the hall.
Alois used every muscle in his body to reach Ciel's room unscathed, dashing in and locking her door.
Sebastian snarled and quickly turned to make his way to the basement to get the skeleton key.
All of Sebastian's best efforts to keep the blonde at bay had failed so far…..
How?!
Sebastian couldn't let him find out about the baby!
—-
"Hmm?" Ciel asked, stirring gently from her bed, the commotion in the hall and Alois running into the room waking her from her slumber.
"Ciel~!" Alois exclaimed happily, rushing over as the bluenette blinked.
"What are you doing here?!" Ciel snapped.
Alois looked hurt. "Ciel, I love you. I know you think I don't, but I can explain! I've come all this way just to see you! I've heard how ill you've been!"
Ciel sniffed and crossed her arms with a scowl. "What concern is it of yours? You threw me away and moved on, my affairs are none of your business now."
"Ciel! That's not true! We've been kept apart! By your butler! Look!" Alois claimed, coming over and kneeling beside her bed.
From his bag, he pulled out some of the burned fragments Claude had retrieved and showed them to Ciel. "Claude dug these out of your servants' fireplace! Someone here has burned all my letters and all of yours. Sebastian's the only one that would do such a thing!"
Ciel's scowl remained until she saw that some fragments bore her address and other's bore Alois's.
The bluenette blinked.
"He probably burned your invitation to my ball! I spent the entire night waiting for you! We were supposed to get engaged! We should be planning our wedding!" Alois cried, his face a mask of sadness and remorse.
"What about that girl you danced with?!" Ciel cried back.
—
Meanwhile, Sebastian was in the basement, rummaging for the key.
He snarled as he discovered it wasn't where he left it last.
It was not in the basement at all.
That meant either Finny, Mey-Rin, or Bard had borrowed it.
But who?
Sebastian almost roared as he ran to find each servant and ask.
He didn't have time for this!
—-
"I hosted a debutante ball, Ciel! I had to be cordial! Do you think I cared for some girl I danced with? If you had been there, you would have had to dance with other men!" Alois retorted.
Alois felt bad for getting so upset, Ciel really didn't look well at all.
Thin and gaunt, pale, and upset.
His little bluenette butterfly just wasn't herself.
And not just physically…
Alois blinked in surprise as Ciel began to wipe away tears that rolled down her thin cheeks.
That wasn't like her….to get this emotional.
She kept weeping until her body was shaking with sobs.
Was all this true?
Who would do this?
Had…...had Sebastian done this…...to push her into his arms?
What about her baby?
It overwhelmed her and she began to cry as if she were in great pain.
Alois frowned, sitting on the bed, he took her hands in his.
She gasped through her sobs as Alois gently lifted her chin up to meet his ocean-blue gaze.
"Ciel," the blonde cooed softly, stroking her cheek. "You can believe whatever you want. I know that you and Sebastian…..I know about you and Sebastian." Alois said, swallowing hard as he looked away for a second. Only a second though and his eyes turned back to her sad, sapphire gaze, "But whatever he tells you, whatever he does, whatever he means to you, I just want you to know, that I will always love you. I love you, Ciel!"
Oh!
Had Sebastian really sabotaged her relationship with Alois?!
Kept her apart from the man who loved her most in the world so that with her heart broken, she would give it to him?!
Upon hearing Alois's declaration, Ciel began to cry even louder and it almost scared the Earl Trancy.
A kiss.
Kissing had always been one of his favorite methods to make Ciel happy….
The stoic bluenette was actually rather fond of kisses.
And so, the handsome blonde leaned in and pulled Ciel close, kissing her lips deeply and tenderly.
Ciel grabbed his face and returned it, clutching onto him.
—
Sebastian sighed in annoyance as he made his way down the hall….
It was Bard.
Bard had the skeleton key.
He had borrowed it that very morning to get into the second pantry since they were running low on canned vegetables.
Sebastian quickly bounded up the stairs towards Ciel's room.
He just hoped he wasn't too late….
—
Alois and Ciel's breath became ragged as the blonde deepened their kiss, his eyes rolling back into his head.
Ooh~.
He forgot how good his little butterfly tasted.
His hands began to roam over her arms, touching the top of her rib cage, until they ghosted over her breasts.
Alois smirked into their kiss.
He knew his lover well, and her breasts were very sensitive.
With a few gentle touches, he could have her moaning in his arms.
That would remind her who her true lover was, Alois bet Sebastian didn't know all of the secrets of her body like he did.
The blonde cracked his eyes open as his hands inched over and gave Ciel's nipples a rough pinch.
Ciel didn't have a belly yet, but her breasts had already started to get tender.
That hurt.
Instead of the happy sigh the blonde expected, Alois was rewarded with his hands being slapped as Ciel wriggled away from him on the bed.
"What's the matter with you?! You love that!" Alois frowned, confused.
The bluenette moved her hand off her breasts to push hair out of her face and Alois saw…..
Ciel's nipples looked…..darker, fatter…
For that matter, her breasts looked a little swollen for her to have lost so much weight.
"Ciel, what's going on?" Alois asked as he moved the covers back and looked over her.
Was….
Could…..
"Alois, stop." Ciel sniffed, drying the last of her tears.
The blonde bent down and kissed her hips through her night shirt, something else he knew Ciel liked.
That still felt nice, apparently, as she sighed happily.
He wasn't doing it for her pleasure though.
Not right now.
Now, it was a distraction.
When he reached her abdomen, he pressed his ear to it and listened.
His eyes widened.
He heard a second heartbeat…
Much faster than Ciel's….
Strong.
Outside her room, Sebastian jammed the key in the lock and threw open the door just as Alois looked at Ciel and almost screamed in shock, "You're pregnant!"
Ciel blushed.
Alois snapped his head to Sebastian, his ocean-blue eyes boring into the butler's dark orbs.
Both men glared at each other.
Ciel's heart was caught between the butler and the boy…...
What would the pregnant blunette do now?