*Elizabeth P.O.V*

"Elizabeth." I hear a voice I haven't heard since a very long time ago.

I turn towards it, and the shock of seeing him again hits me. I know it's been four years, but I really expected him to look so different. I always pictured him as that same little boy, with the eye patch. But now, he isn't wearing an eye patch. It's coloured oddly.

"Ciel." I say with a slight crack in my voice.

He walks to me, and I try to get my breathing right. He's only a foot away from me now and reaching towards something that Sebastian is giving him, but I just keep my eyes locked on his.

"Shall we have some tea to calm down?" He says as he puts a blanket around me.

"Yes, but what is the blanket for?" I ask shakily.

"Shock." He says simply as he holds out his elbow for me to take.

I stay quiet and take his arm.

I look around the estate as we walk inside. It looks dull and not cute at all. The servants aren't here, they must think he's dead too. I look around for Sebastian and there's no sign of him.

"Ciel…" I say and look at him, only to find he's been watching my face.

"Yes?" He replies as he locks his eyes on me.

"Where are the other servants?" I ask him.

He looks a little surprised at this question. "I had Sebastian get Agni. He kept the three of them together."

"But Mey-rin…" I say. "Wait, didn't you lose your memory?"

"Yes, but Sebastian told me what happened." Ciel looks down at his ring for a moment. "And I know how Mey-rin feels about Sebastian, and how Sebastian feels about her, but it's the very same problem I had. And I think you should know…"

We walk into the study and he gestures for me to sit. Sebastian walks in, gives us some tea, and immediately leaves.

I look him over, taking in how tall he has become. He is no longer shorter than me; in fact, he is very much taller than me. He looks almost identical to his father, the only exception is his eyes.

Ciel leans forward in his seat and clasps his hands together. I can tell he's trying to build up his courage to tell me what is happening. I can see now that Ciel wouldn't have invited me here if he didn't love me enough to do this.

"Ciel, you can tell me anything." I reach over and place my hand on his. He flinches a little, but I know it's because he's about to tell me something about his first disappearance. "I love you."

Ciel looks up at me and I see he's trying to hold back some tears. I had never seen himcry before. It was so unexpected that I couldn't process it for a few seconds. Once I had got it through my head that he was crying, I became angry. Who had caused these feelings in my Ciel? Whoever it was I going to kill him.

He must've seen my anger on my face because he said to me "Lizzy, it's nothing. Please stop being angry on my behalf. Revenge is something you want to take back as soon as you get it."

I stare at him. What? He had revenge on someone before?

"Does this have anything to do with your parents?" I say quietly.

Ciel doesn't answer, so I take it as a yes. I look at the gloves on my hands and focus on the colour. It's almost white but it isn't. For some reason I can't think of it.

"Cream." Ciel says. I look up at him quickly and examine his expression.

"How would you of all people know?" I ask softly.

"There's no way to easily answer without causing shock." Ciel replies just loud enough so I could hear.

I look into his eyes. There's pain in them. I have no idea what I'm getting myself into, but I can't help the situation.

"What is it?" I lean towards him even more.

*Ciel P.O.V.*

Elizabeth sits and looks fully fascinated by the rug on the ground directly in front of her. She has a cup of tea in her hand that she hasn't even sipped at once since we first started talking.

I lean back in my chair and try to steady my breathing.

I take my time to scan her older self to get my mind off of the silence. She's eighteen now, and technically, I'm seventeen. Her eyes are still the same beautiful big, green eyes, and her long, blonde curls remain. Otherwise, she is different. She has reached her fully grown height, 5'5". Her face is more slender, and her figure is beautifully curvy.

"Elizabeth," I say and she quickly looks up. "Say something. Anything."

She looks in my eyes and she doesn't do my request.

"At least tell me if you love me still. I don't care if I'm dead to you now, or if you don't love me, I just want to know." I look at the rug she's been staring at.

"Ciel…" Elizabeth said slowly. "I'm just trying to figure out everything you've told me."

"Why do you need to figure this out? I told you everything! Do you not believe me or something?" I yell at her, and I instantly regret it.

She looks into my eyes and I see her turn even more shocked.

"Ciel, I'm in shock!" She cries. "You would be too if the person you love told you that everything up until now was a lie!"

"What about your secret? Being a swordsman, or a swordswoman, or whatever the hell that makes you!" I feel an emotion building in me more and more. Was it pain or anger that I was feeling?

Elizabeth puts her hands up to her eyes and cries into them. I feel my heart stop for a minute from seeing her like this.

I walk to her, kneel in front of her and pry her hands away from her face. Her eyes open and she darts her eyes away from me.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I guess it just hurt me that you haven't said anything and that you just sat there like a doll. You were so emotionless that I couldn't read you and it frustrated me." I apologize to her.

After a few moments she decides to look at me.

"I… I…" She stutters. "I…" She clears her throat. "I love you."

I feel relief and happiness spread over me. "I love you too."

I lean towards her and press my lips against hers. She seems shocked at first, but then kisses back. I know how badly it sounds, but I felt warm and as if the most wonderful thing in the world had just happened to me.

But really, the best thing has just happened to me. Elizabeth does love me even though I'm a monster, a demon.

I pull away and look into her green eyes. I find them staring back at me with love in them. But there's something else.

"What is it?" I ask her in a whisper.

"It's nothing…" She says but I know it isn't.

"It isn't 'nothing', I can tell. Now, you should really tell me what's on your mind."

She hesitates and stares at the rug again.

I walk back to my chair and sit. I look at her patiently, knowing that she will eventually tell me.

"You see, I'm worried. How can we make this relationship work?" I can now see that its pain in her eyes. "I want to come with you, but my family… I can't just do what you did." She looks up at me again apologetically. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't stand to hurt them again."

I look down at the ground now. I affected not only Elizabeth, but all of them?

She seems to sense my thoughts. "They all love you. Very much. We all miss you."

"I didn't know that I have been loved. At all." I look up at her and see surprise on her face. "I'm a very cold hearted person, Elizabeth. I was only that way to start with because I wanted to protect everyone around me, but it has taken over. It is now controlling me. I have no hope when it comes to getting it back to its normal self. It's something you would have to deal with all your life if we try to make our relationship."

"There is hope!" She yells at me as she stands up, which startles me. "There is ALWAYS hope Ciel! Also, we cannot try to make this relationship work, we WILL! I won't be without you anymore!"

She pants a little, releasing her remaining frustration.

I can't help but start to laugh a little.

She stares at me and crosses her arms over her chest, almost like she's offended. "What? What is it?"

"I apologize, but you startled me. I should have known you were going to have such an outburst because… well, I'm a demon, but I didn't." I lean forward in my seat. "That's what's so interesting about you. I can tell what other people think, but I cannot tell for you. It's a mystery."

"Well besides how tall you are, you haven't changed a bit." She says with a tad of a smile on her face. "And the obvious."

"Oh?" I say as I get up and walk to her chair again and smile back. "Well, you have changed a little, but then again, it's a great change." I wink at her and she turns a deep shade of pink.

"Alright, maybe you have changed." She looks away.

I turn her face towards mine and kiss her lips gently for a second.

"Well, we should probably figure something out, correct?"

"Yes." Elizabeth says with a nod before I walk back over to my chair and sit down.

"So how shall we get our relationship to work?"