Author's Note:
Chapter 4…this chapter took me longer to write. There was a lot of staring at the screen. I don't write a lot of dialogue namely because I don't like writing dialogue. I'm more of an excessively detailed doing one thing throughout a short story with enough horror and psychological emotional stuff to make people move away from me kind of person but I know I should expand my writing so after this chapter I'm going to try and get in more structured dialogue…
Disclaimer:
I don't own Black Butler. Wish I did but it never would have been so good if I created it.
The shocked vision Alicia saw…
A wild-eyed man stood in my doorway, door off its hinges. The silence lasted a mere moment before a spluttered; "What the Hell?" was closely followed by an apology. Dressed in a white chef's uniform, flame-thrower in hand, Bardroy frowned confused.
"Uh hey there Bard…what's u-", I was interrupted by another plane overhead, screams, and as my eyes slid back to the laptop screen, an acknowledgement of my death. "Ugh this sucks I died…" It took me longer than it should have to realise that-Bard. Game. Gunfire. Door-"Oh uh yeah Bard it was just a game so um…sorry?"
The quiet wrath of an interrupted Sebastian…
My eyebrow twitched as I heard a large bang from the direction of the room Miss Alicia currently occupied. What trouble is she getting into now? Turning away from the cake I was mid-decorating, I stepped away from the cooking bench. I grimaced as I checked my pocket watch; if this was not rectified soon the master's lunch would be behind schedule. Whatever fuss she was causing needed to be resolved quickly.
Even as I walked down the hall it was evident that Miss Alicia's door had been 'misplaced'. What on Earth has she done?
Upon my entrance to her room, my gaze was met by a conflicting scene of elegance, brutality, and…Bardroy? Well that would explain the commotion. Slouched on the ground in a mass of deep blue fabric was Alicia whom could almost be mistaken for an eccentric lady, if not for the accompaniment of what seemed to be a faked battle eliciting roars of victory and rage from both Alicia and an enthralled Bard.
Alicia's first-person view…
Laughing I mercilessly demolished the enemy troops I faced. There's no way I'm going to lose this, especially with my former knowledge of the first three campaigns. Or so I thought until a certain butler interrupted my final moments before rising victorious.
Without so much as a knock-oh right my door- he stepped into the room announcing, "Bardroy I do believe I told you to make yourself useful by providing assistance to Mey-rin did I not?" Jeez he just came in and started ruining our fun. Bard scratched his head nervously, muttered something along the lines of 'yeah yeah', and made his way out of the room. Turning to me Sebastian reprimanded, "Lunch will be ready shortly, however it would seem you cannot be left alone without causing disruption in the manor. Miss, I do believe any further noise should disrupt my lord so I am afraid I must ask you to accompany me whilst I finish meal preparations."
Reluctantly I shut down the laptop and to my dismay, was forced to leave the comforts of my room in exchange for a kitchen.
A multi-tasking Sebastian's viewpoint…
Almost as if she was trying to unnerve me, Alicia locked a pointed stare to my eyes. Despite the obviousness that her attempt had no effect on me, brown eyes failed to cease their auto-lock. Smiling politely I looked towards the girl occupying part of the cooking bench, "Is there something wrong?" Her brown eyes finally flickered from me to the cake beside my workspace. It was only a minor action yet when her hand speedily attempted to take hostage of a decadent slice; she discovered her wrist to be firmly locked in my own hand. "What atrocious table manners. Not even out of the kitchen and already mice try to scavenge a meal", releasing her wrist to fall limply into Alicia's lap I narrowed my eyes, "The least you could do is wait to be served Miss, honestly…"
The rest of my meal preparations ran smoothly with barely another incident. Miss Alicia busied herself swinging her legs from the edge of the cooking bench, music once more unleashed on my ears.
Say good-bye
As we dance with the Devil tonight...
I felt my face take on a characteristic smirk; this song was definitely preferable.
Don't you dare look at him in the eye
As we dance with the Devil tonight…
Adding the finishing touches to my task, I turned to Miss Alicia. Her brown eyes skimmed to the side away from my gaze. "Miss Alicia? Lunch has been prepared, if you could just follow me." I took a step to lead the girl from the room when she met my eyes with her own.
I shuddered in disgust at her reply, "Sebas-chan, did you ever give Grell that date?" A smile played across her face before she burst into a fit of laughter. Shoulder's still shaking with repressed mirth, Alicia stood beside me tittering over my silence.
Deciding any acknowledgement of her question would be condemning, I instead silently accompanied Miss Alicia to the decided meal destination. Turning to the girl once my I announced, "Today a table has been prepared outside to heighten the enjoyment of as sunny a day as this."
Sunshine made deadly in Alicia's mind…
"Outside", my voice came out more hoarse and desperate than I intended, "Does it have to be outside?" Sebastian's only answer was to open the large doors and with one arm point me in the direction of the garden. Fighting the distinct urge to hiss as sunlight hit my eyes causing a throbbing headache, I took hesitant and stumbling steps forward. I trailed behind Sebastian as my ears tuned into a crash of glass shattering, an explosion accompanied by the stench of burnt meat, and in the distance the shadow of a large tree toppling.
Dragging my mind from the clouds, my eyes widened as I turned around in a hurry. Lost, I was lost. Where did Sebastian go? I had only been walking for a couple of moments; surely the manor's garden wasn't that spacious. No-one would ever get lost when they have a guide right in front of them…well this is me.
End Note:
Yeah looks like Alicia gets lost easy huh. Personally I want her to get to be around Bard more but would sort of defeat the purpose of SebastianxAlicia huh… I think it is about time she meets Finny and Mey-rin. First she'll need to get out of this whole being lost in a garden thing though so \|*_*|/