The next morning, ciel woke up with messy hair and dark circles under his eyes. He'd assumed he got maybe a few hours of sleep due to that...dream... if that's what you'd even call it. He sat up and paused as music was softly playing. His eyes narrowed at the suspicious sound; after all, it was always quiet in the mansion unless he was talking to Sebastian. Oh God... would he be able to even look at the man the same way again due to last night's events? Quickly, he scurried from the bed and decided it was best if he didn't think of that at the moment.
He wandered through the halls until he came across a room he hadn't seen before. The door was cracked, and he peaked inside to see Sebastian sitting and playing piano. He could see the man's lips in a thin line of concentration as his nails would make little tapping sounds against the keys; but it was mostly unheard from the melody. Ciel found it rather amusing that he could hear sebastians nails; it was another part of his beast-like character.
He opened the door, and Sebastian stopped abruptly and turned around. "Did I wake you?" Ciel shook his head, "no." He lied. "You play rather well." He muttered, which made sebastians eyes light up. "Did I really receive... a compliment from you?" Ciel scowled. "Maybe you did. But I won't repeat myself either." Sebastian tilted his head. "Have you played?" Ciel looked down and fiddled with his night shirt. "No. I never had an instrument in my house as a child." Sebastian stood from his little bench and made ciel shuffle to the piano. "Then I'll teach you." Ciel's eyes widened as he tried to move away, "No I'm fine. R-really Sebastian I don't need to-" but he froze as the king took his hand and placed it against the keys. "Just try."
Ciel felt like he couldn't breath. Sebastian's chest was pushing against his back as he sat, and the long fingers led his own against the keys. "You're doing fine." Sebastian whispered out against ciel's neck which made him flinch. Of course, he couldn't see the grin across sebastian's face. Oh he knew what he was doing. He knew all to well. 'Crumble before me.'
"Okay well I did it." Ciel snapped quickly and pulled himself away. After a moment, he spun around. "What is in that book Sebastian." The kings eyes flashed and he stepped back with a nonhuman snarl. "I won't tell you. I forbid you from looking into it." Ciel gave his own scowl and slammed his hands onto the bench. "What is in there? Its just a book! Let me see it." Sebastian frowned and almost looked disgusted at ciel, "no. You'll leave anyways so why do you care." Ciel sat back with a huff. "You're inconsiderate." He muttered and looked away.
Sebastians head jolted to ciel, and in an instant ciel's wrists were pinned in the kings hands. Ciel was mercilessly thrown back as he held the boy down. "Do not ever call me that. I have been your everything even in these few days. I have given you freedom and a place of your own. I have admired you, and given you one rule!" His voice boomed out as his chest heaved, "you're the inconsiderate one. What more can I give you to make you pleased? Because obviously being here isnt enough. Would you rather be thrown back down there? Where they'll ignore you and starve you? The book is the only piece of my life I want untouched. When will you respect that?" Sebastian softened and almost pleaded with saddened eyes which were hidden behind strands of black hair.
Ciel was terrified. He was pinned down and being yelled at by a man, no, a king. His eyes were wide and his voice was caught in his throat. His eyes closed with a whimper at seeing the pleading eyes look down into his own. "I'm sorry." His voice cracked out after a while. "I feel compelled to know. I'm almost being dared to look at it. You have no secrets with me besides that stack of paper with a cover! Maybe that's why I want to know so badly. I don't like you hiding things from me."
Sebastian slowly let go of ciel's wrists, but instead they rested on his hips. "You don't know me or what I've done to people." Ciel sat up, "But I'm the only one who's ever gotten to know you this far aren't I?" Sebastian didn't answer. Instead they just sat there. Ciel was teetering off a cliff with Sebastian, and one more wrong doing would cause him to slip and fall. Sebastian wouldn't catch him. Very carefully ciel lifted a hand to move the black strands away from sebastians eyes. He watched him intently to see if Sebastian was angry; but instead he slowly looked up at the boy.
"Forgive me." Ciel murmured out as the pads of his fingers slid down sebastians cheek; Which also ended up brushing against his lips due to the man moving his head to feel more of ciel's touches. Like a needy dog who's owner was gone for a few hours. Sebastian gave a tiny nod and licked at his lips as ciel rested his head against the man's shoulder.
Was he going mad...?
What the hell was happening to him?