She truly was an image of beauty when she slept, that much Claude couldn't honestly deny to himself even if he felt irritated by the thought. Her long black hair streamed around her face like long tendrils of black silk, her lashes heavy and thick against her cheeks, her lips parted softly as she breathed evenly and softly. Her hand was curled by her face gently, he could clearly see her legs were crossed under the blankets, her left arm was crossed over her chest so her finger tips touched her right wrist gently which pushed her breasts tightly together.

The button holding the coat together was about half in and half out, ready to slid out at a sudden movement and though Claude hated himself honestly for it, he felt eager almost desperate for the movement that would pop his tail coat open to bare her pale skin that he knew rested beneath the layers of hidden cloth. He would be lying if he didn't say he wasn't aroused last night when she'd put his coat on, the way it had just barely fit her, her breasts ready to just burst out of the black cloth, her nipples standing hard from the cold air pressing against the fabric tightly, her bare legs were were long and slender.

Her thighs rounded beautifully so they touched one another fully leaving no space and her skin looked so silky soft. He felt his hands, even now, twitching with an unexplainable urge to stroke the soft silky looking skin and he clenched his hands into fists, his marked hand burning hotly as he clenched his hands so tightly they trembled. It was hard to grasp that him, who'd been emotionless and efficient in what he was, was slowly becoming unraveled by one little girl. He turned his head looking at her again, marveling just a bit he admitted to himself grudgingly, at just how peaceful she honestly looked as she slept, all the anger gone and leaving a sweet looking girl.

He could feel the sun beginning to rise in the sky, the pale light starting to fill the room gently. He felt a bit strange marveling at the girl in her sleep but he just couldn't help it. He felt so sick for staring at her, recalling these things about her but he couldn't help it, couldn't stop even the memories of the alley way from filtering his mind when she'd kissed him back so fervently and the way she'd curled her leg around his hip and moaned gently.

He clenched his jaw so tightly he thought his teeth would break, his nails managing to dig into his palms even through his gloves as he clenched his hands tight in an attempt to keep himself calm and to stop thinking so much for once. Then she shifted, rolling onto her left side causing the button to slide open and he hissed in a breath looking to the wall feeling like a silly little human man, being controlled by hormones and lust.

But. . there was something more drawing him to the girl, something that was pulling at him so intently he felt he would die and it was a very uncomfortable feeling. He growled at hismelf as he stood up pacing the small room slightly, his hands twitching and his heart seemed to burn and swell with a lustful feeling in his body as he looked down at her.

Her breasts were all but on display, the coat wide open revealing just how pale her skin was, how full and large her breasts really were, her nipples hard from the chilly air but it was her faintly flushed face that made him blink twice once then look away, pulling his glass off and cleaning them gently as he fought the burning lust in his body. He wasn't to feel this way, he didn't think he could andd he knew demons did NOT feel this way, they just simply weren't supposed too. He clenched his jaw when she shifted again onto her back and he felt an impulse to just lay himself on her and just kiss and suck on various places of her pale skin until she woke up.

He moved a hand through his hair as he clenched his hand tight sending a little jolt of pain through him which gave him a small sense of control. He shouldn't be doing this, shouldn't be lusting after a silly girl and to make it worse she was Sebastian Michaelis' daughter no less so she was the last person he should be feeling this for but even so it was hard NOT too.

It was so confusing but it was when she stretched, her back arching and her breasts jutting up into the air making his breath clog his throat and he scowled down at the ground when she shifted,moving up on one arm rubbing her eyes, he all but zoomed to his chair sitting down when she looked over at him. She seemed to become aware of the way the coat had come undone for she gave a little squeak as she buttoned it up and he smirked a bit to himself as sat up, the blankets pooling at her waist.

"Where are my clothes?" She asked as she looked at his back intently.

He smirked a bit more as he kept his back to her. "They're in the bathroom, I took the liberty of drying them or you." He replied and turned his head just slightly as he watched her slide out of bed. It was like her movements were precise and like liquid, so elegant and graceful it could take anyone's breath away but Claude was merely fascinated strangely, he stared at her bare legs sweeping his gaze up to her hip area feeling a sense of longing to get a clear view but he pushed the down and swept his eyes all the way up across her stomach and breasts to her groggy looking green eyes that flashed in surprise.

"Thank. . you." The words were said slowly and it made Claude grin just a bit, like he enjoyed her surprise which he honestly did.

"You're very welcome. I suggest you get dressed and get to your work." Claude said as he looked straight into her eyes then turned back forward, writing down random things on a piece of paper when he felt her hesitance.

"Alright. ." She said slowly then turned padding of to the bathroom and when the door clicked shut he blew out a soft breath, his eyes fluttering shut as he leaned back in his chair. It was so stupid! Ridiculous! He was a demon and he was lowering himself to human emotions! He glared deeply as he clenched the pen he held in his hand tightly, his brows pulled tightly together.

It was less than five minutes when Elodie was walking back out, her clothes in neat order, her glasses gleaming gently in the low light and her shoes were very lighy clicking against the floor gently as she walked to the door and he stood up walking over to her and opened the door before she could. They walked out in silence, she blushed a tiny bit when she got a smirk from the manager much like last night and they made it outside. It was like last night in a strange way, with barely anyone out there but it wasn't raining and the sky was a beautiful array of colors, the light a weak gold but growing brighter gradually and with barely any people outside it was kind of. . . .relaxing.

She walked beside Claude, her hands held tightly together as she walked and she couldn't help but look at Claude out of the corner of her eye and through the dark curtain of her hair as she walked. There was something about last night that changed her view of him but even so she wasn't going to be letting him have control over anything of her and as if to answer her thoughts he stopped walking and looked at her making her look down at the ground quickly as she stopped just a couple steps in front of him.

"I will tell you this now, Elodie, I will not kiss you again." She breathed out an obvious breath of relief as she smiled rather happily but he jsut grinned. "Because it will be you next time that will kiss ME instead."

She imemdiately scoffed at him. "Yeah right. I doubt I will, I can't stand you trust me on that. I hate your very exsistence, I'd rather go and kiss Ronald than you."

"Oh I doubt that very much so, you aren't being honest with what you want now are you?" Claude said with a raise of his brow making her blush suddenly and she glared at the ground hotly.

"I am to being honest with what I want. And it's not you." She snapped out as she crossed her arms tight over her chest as she glared at the ground like a child and it made Claude grin widely.

"You're a terrible liar." He murmured gently and she couldn't help but looked up at him once through her lashes and blushed looked down again when she caught sight of his grin. She hated it honestly when he showed emotion like that and she shifted.

"I am not. Just shut up." She said but it sounded more like a whine and he grinned a bit more.

He stepped forward close to her and she stood her grond surprisingly as she glared defiantly up at him. "I could just get my kiss now, you know it's what you want, I doubt you would deny me if you were honest with yourself."

"I won't kiss you so you might as well just take it." She snapped out when, instead of grabbing her roughly as she expected him too, she felt his arm sliding around her waist making her blush gently, one hand move up to grab her chin gently and without warning, her glasses found themselves on top of her head and his lips were pressed to hers.

She wanted to sigh with content as every part of her relaxed just a fraction of an inch, she blushed darker and her arms slowly, ever so slowly, moved up and wrapped around his shoulders as she gradually began to kiss him back slowly, her cheeks burning hot. It was always there, when he was near her that she fought her hardest against herself, but her mind whispered she loved this, that THIS was why she couldn't be with Ronald, that she was Claude's simply as he was hers, that she couldn't have another.

She hated that little voice but she was powerless against it's charm surprisingly and she melted like butter in his arms. She trembled gently with the sudden harsh feeling of something acute to longing or lust, one of the two emotions, flooded her body from the top to the bottom of her and set her heart squeezing and thudding against her chest as she began to kiss him a bit more fervently, as if this would be the last time.

She felt her palms tingling gently with the urge to touch Claude everywhere and her veins filled with heat that wanted to be let out immediately and flow free and burn her skin lightly with the feeling, to be removed of the sudden confining clothes as she pressed herself to Claude. She didn't think of him as just "him" or "he" bitterly anymore, he was Claude. It was so sudden, this new feeling and almost new mindset as she clutched onto him tight. She kissed him deeply, her cheeks burning hotly when the shout of her name brought her just an inch out of her fog, she broke the kiss gulping in a breath and shivered whem she felt his velvet like lips sliding along her jawline and neck.

"Let her go!" A voice suddenly snarled and her vision, half horrible as it was, seem to clear from the fog of lust and longing, to look straight into Ronald's furiously glowing green eyes.

"Maybe I don't want too. After all she's the one who wants this." Claude murmured gently as he clenched her to him in a way she was unfamiliar with. She found that she liked being held to Claude this way but with Ronald standing there it made her feel weird about it but also a little guilty. Instead of finding him right away and talking to him, she'd worked herself nearly insane, spent the night with a demon and was caught kissing him.

"No she doesn't! She never has!" Ronald snapped out angrily as he glared at Claude and Elodie realized she didn't WANT to leave Claude, she didn't want to go back with Ronald and with him standing there she almost said as such but he suddenly pulled her away from Claude, who actually growled.

"Ronald stop!" She shouted ripping her arm away from Ronald angrily as she glared at him. She never felt angry with him but she did right then and she wanted to slap him for pulling her away from Claude.

He looked at her surprised but still angry all the same."Are you serious? You WANT to stay with him?!" He asked, his tone angry and shocked as he looked at her intently.

"Well you don't need to be so rude first of all Ronald, because I never said anything about wanting to stay with him!" She suddeny yelled out shocking herself and the two others just a bit and she glared at nothing in particular."Just leave me alone about this!" She shouted again stoping away uickly then broke into a run in the direction of the Phantomhive manor, her now perfect sanctuary.

She paused in her running, half way between the town and the manor, her body still as a rock and she realized that all she was doing was running away. She stood there looking at the ground as her heart hit against her chest hard couple times and she felt tears welling up suddenly in her eyes as they burned and she sucked in a breath. She was going to lose her mind. She let out a long breath. She's gonna be okay soon enough.

She repeated this over and over, her eyes shutting gently and she rubbed her eyes softly pushing the tears back. She hated running away, it made her look weak and more than anything she wondered why she was just running away so much. She tilted her head back letting her hair fall back joining the other locks of hair and she shut her eyes gently as she made up her mind slowly and opened her eyes, turning around the let out a little scream. Ronald was standing right behind her, his green eyes dark as he stared at her.

"Don't do that!" She snapped as she held her hand to her chest tight as she blew out a soft breath.

"So sorry. Tell me Elodie, is the reason you won't be with me is because of him? HIM? A demon?" Ronald asked demandingly, his eyes narrowing a bit as she looked at him and felt a stab of guilt.

"Ronald-"

He cut her off coldly and abruptly as he looked down at her. "I care for you Elodie, more than he ever will! Don't you understand that? He's just using you and you're going to be thrown away like nothing when he's done with you!"

"Ronald you don't know that he-"

"I don't but I know how demons work Elodie, you're just being deluded and too caught up in his act. He doesn't care about you at all!" Ronald shouted, his arms going out harshly as he glared at her and then the glare softened leaving only pain. "I care about you so much. Why do you choose him?"

"Ronald." It was just his name alone that caused tears to rise in her eyes and she pulled her glasses off rubbing a few tears away wondering why this hurt her. He stepped closer to her and moved his arms around her mid section hugging her tightly, catching her off guard, his breath warming the top of her head gently and she felt more tears rise wondering how this was even happening.

"You don't understand Elodie. I can't not be with you but it hurts to see you with him. I hate it. I. . can't be around you, not anymore, not while you're being with HIM." Ronald whispered gently, his voice holding true pain and was completely clean of any lie. Elodie's heart clenched tight in her chest. She coudn't lose Ronald, SHE COULDN'T.

"Ronald please, I-I can't lose you. PLEASE." She whispered as tears began to roll down er cheeks, wondering why she was feeling so much panic and pain at losing him but he just pulled away, leaving her cold and baren.

"I'm sorry Elodie." He said turning around and without looking at her again he took off leaving her there. The only warm thing about her was the tears slipping down her cheeks softly and she crouched down, her arms wrapped around her stomach gently.

She wanted Ronald to be in her life he was her best friend and she was nothing without him but. . if he wasn't willing to be around her, if he could just walk away so easily then she shouldn't care should she? She stood up, feeling cold and hard as a rock before turning and walking back towards the town and just when she got to the beginning of the cobblestone ground she noticed Claude standing there.

Her heart trippled in beat though some part of her was very very hesitant about him still but she ran forward launching herself at him and she wrapped her arms around him tightly, her face burrowing into his shoulder as her cheeks flushed. He was HERS. She'd be an idiot to give him up, she didn't know why she'd fought to hard against him, but then again something about this, how easy she was accepting him, wasn't normal but she just clung to him as though life itself depended on it and she shut her eyes softly.