Demon with a growing Heart
Chapter 3,
What is Revenge?
Was it an ice cube or a mountain of frozen ice?
No, it was none of that, the little shivering bump on the bed was none other than the young Earl Phantomhive and he was frozen cold from fear.
Thinking alone in the warmness of the blanket made him realize that the cat plushy he saw sounded a lot like the voice he sometimes hears at night.
A whispering creepy voice that always reminds him of his haunted past, all of it at once in one dark nightmare.
The fire, the cages, lots of cages, the burn of the mark, unheard screams of help and then in the end nothing but darkness.
But that's not all there is to the nightmare, it sometimes changes into something of warmth and peace.
The darkness disappears and suddenly, just like so many years ago, the little earl is in the safety of his mother's arm.
"Mommy is here now and everything will be alright now. Nothing will harm you as long as I'm here, I will always be there and protect you, my little one, I promise."
That's what she usually tells him in a calming tone and it always makes him relax and, in a way, sad because he knows that it's just a dream.
He is never safe, no one can be trusted, especially his butler because all of it is just a facade until the end.
Sebastian may seem like he truly cares but all he really cares about is getting his price.
The demon is bound to the contract so he must follow every order, even if it's something silly like watching while testing toys or singing a lullaby.
In the end the, even though it seemed like he cared, the demon will devour his soul and nothing will be left.
Well, that's what Ciel used to think but now after reading the diary he's a bit confused.
If Sebastian only cares about the soul then why did he write that revenge is foolishness that only leads to more suffering? Well, he never read the whole sentence so maybe in the end it was written something like:
'and that's the kind of soul I want'?
But that's not all to the diary, Ciel is curious to know about what the weird feeling in the chest could be.
A demon illness or perhaps a heart?
The idea of Sebastian having one or even growing a heart sounds so ridiculous it made Ciel laugh and all of a sudden he wasn't even cold nor scared anymore.
A loud rumble from his tummy reminded him that he was hungry and, remembering that Sebastian came into his room a while ago with dinner, Ciel went away from his hiding place and begun to eat the slightly but not too cold dinner.
The dinner was eaten fast and when the young master has finished eating the door opened and in came Sebastian with lots of blankets and some hot Earl Grey tea.
"Are you feeling alright, my lord?" was the first thing Sebastian asked and went towards his master, handing him the tea.
Ciel nodded, taking a few sips from the warming tea and thinking about how to ask Sebastian about the diary.
While Ciel was distracted by his thoughts Sebastian wrapped him up in the extra blankets and wondered what made him so cold in the first place.
He didn't have to wonder long though because he had a pretty good idea what could have made his master frozen as ice.
In silence they were in the room until Ciel broke it with a question that Sebastian knew would come but hoped not so soon.
"What is revenge, Sebastian?"
"Do I really need to answer that, you of all people know all too well what revenge is, my lord." Sebastian answered, clearly not wanting to give the question a proper answer and Ciel, too, noticed that but before he could order Sebastian to answer the question properly Sebastian told him what revenge is but what he said was not what Ciel expected.
"Revenge is, for example, when two young children are playing and one of them accidentally breaks the others favourite toy and as revenge gets a pillow throw in the face."
Ciel didn't know what to say and while in confusion, Sebastian took advantage of that and closed the theme of the revenge, or more specifically, his diary.
"Now then, I think it's time to go to bed, the time is much, you have quite a few lessons tomorrow and you're already so tired, my lord." Sebastian said, taking out the young master's pajamas from the garderobe.
"I am not-" Ciel was about to say he's not tired but, to his embarrassment, interrupted himself with a sleepy yawn and then had to admit that he was indeed tired.
Sebastian said nothing and skillfully changed the sleepy master into his pajamas and then gently put him into bed. The butler was about to turn around and leave but he got stopped by a faint call of his name.
"What is it, my lord?" Sebastian asked quietly, kneeling in front of the bed.
"Stay with me, until I fall asleep." came the usual request.
"As always my lord, I will stay by your side until the end, but the end may not be the one we expected."
And like that Sebastian stayed not only until Ciel fell asleep but the whole night, watching over his young master so no nightmares would come.
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