Silence hung in the air as neither Ciel nor Oz dared to speak to the other; the first one because of sheer anger against the blond, and the latter due to personal guilt and shame for not foresee this unpleasant outcome. The chain boy was being completely honest with the young Phantomhive. He really didn't imagine that the pact agreement could go as wrong as it was now.
"There, all done" said the caring nurse after she carefully put a medical eyepatch on Ciel's right eye. Then, right afterwards, she excused herself and left both the patient and his companion alone in the room.
"Ummm…that eyepatch suits you really well" commented Oz sheepishly, attempting to break the ice between the two.
Just as he finished that sentence, he received the most resentful glare a young boy could give him. It was almost like the Phantomhive was piercing his soul with a sharpest knife remorselessly.
"That's it? That's your so clever way to fix things up?!" spat Ciel angry.
"Ci-Ciel, I swear!" stuttered Oz worried as he tried to ease his furious friend.
"You couldn't have just said: I'm sorry Ciel, or please Ciel, forgive me? Or better yet: sorry I forced my disgusting tongue into your mouth without considering how you would feel!"
Oz remained silent
"Well? Don't you have anything to defend yourself?" he confronted him outrageous.
"No, I really don't" replied Oz gloomy, feeling guilty of all his actions up to this point.
Now it was Ciel's turn to remain quiet
"You couldn't be more right than you are now, Ciel. You were in distressed and I took advantage of it to force the pact agreement".
"Wha-what do you mean?" he asked a little surprised.
"It's true that chains and humans can make a pact as long as both sides agree with the terms of the contract. Yet, sometimes, we chains can force the agreement with the contractor thanks to our powers" explained him Oz thoroughly while Ciel just listened.
"At that moment, I was too reckless in forcing the pact with you because I was afraid, afraid that you could back down if I tell you the consequences of us being bound by the terms of it".
"Terms? Which terms?" asked Ciel confused since he didn't know said stipulations. In fact, Oz never got to tell him that part.
After hearing his perplexed statement, Oz slowly rested his head at the back of the chair and smiled mischievously while looking at the brown ceiling with his emerald eyes.
"You want me to use my powers to avenge your parents, is it not?" he commented wittingly.
"Ho-how did you?!" stuttered Ciel shocked.
"I used my powers to read your thoughts. Even if you didn't get the chance to tell me that, that was going to be your proposal for me to accept it"
"Mmm…" thought out loud the young Phantomhive. As he tightened the white sheets from his hospital bed with guilt, he couldn't help but to have second thoughts about his cold revenge against the ones that destroyed his life. Only to come to the conclusion that he was too proud and too vengeful to just turn around.
His dead parents might disapprove his behavior, and he would not care. Society might consider him a senseless killer with issues, and he would not care. Right now all that matter was settling his debts, and he was planning to make it big.
"Well? Are you going to help me?" asked Ciel as serious as possible without hesitating (something that Oz quickly noticed).
"Hmm, I don't have much of a choice right now" he replied calmly while sliding his hands to the back of his head.
"I mean, we managed to escape from the Abyss because I agreed to your terms back then. Now, I'm bound to accomplish your wish with no possibility of going back".
"I see…" answered Ciel both thoughtful and pleased for the assistance-in the form of a supernatural being-that had just been granted to him.
"However, Ciel, you need to know that once I accomplish your revenge, you and I will…" began Oz sadly when
Oh! Hope I'm not interrupting something important!
Almost suddenly, the two startled youths looked at the room's entrance. There, a mysterious happy young man with short white hair and right wine-red eye greeted both Ciel and Oz enthusiastically.
As expected, the abrupt and unanticipated appearance of the man made the boys feel very uncomfortable, not just for the surprised Ciel, but for the shocked Oz too. Being a chain implied that your senses were keener than those of a normal human, then how he failed to notice that man from afar?
"Unless…crap!" cursed the blond mentally.
"N-nurse! Nurse!" cried the raven haired boy a little worried, hoping that his pleads were heard by the staff members and they would come to escort this weird man out of his sight.
"Don't bother, boy. The director made sure to dislodge this hospital wing, so we'll be the only ones getting all the fun here" stated the merry young man as three men in black uniforms quickly came to support him.
"What?! Wow!" yelped Ciel surprised the moment Oz lifted him from his bed with both arms (bride style).
"O-Oz?!" he cried embarrassed. A feeling that quickly disappeared when he noticed Oz's deadly red eyes filled with rage.
They way he pressed his small body against his, the way he viciously growled to the strangers. Was he turning into an animal?
"Hehehe…" chuckled the wine-red eyed young man entertained. "It seems that you two won't come quietly with us. Well…" he continued as he unsheathed the sword that was carefully hidden in his cane.
"Maybe you want to try your luck by passing through all of us" he challenged them amused.
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"Once one has rejected faith, it will be impossible for him to enter the gates of Heaven" Sebastian Michaelis. Kuroshitsuji