Chapter 8
Ciel lay in his king-sized bed, a naked mess of tangled limbs along with Sebastian who was busy stroking his hair. Somehow Sebastian had enough mind to transport them to his bed before pounding into him with full force, or else it would've been a wee bit awkward to explain to Finnian what exactly they were doing. He sighed contentedly at the fact that there wasn't a nees to solve such an embarrassing situation.
"What are you thinking about?" Sebastian asked, gently tracing Ciel's right eyelid with the pad of his fingers. Under, his mark was brighter than ever, radiating his essence and Ciel's body his scent, just as he sported Ciel's mark embedded around his navel, uniting their beings more.
"I was thinking of how grateful I am that you were quick enough to transport us here before Finny noticed us," the younger replied, amusement colouring his voice. "Otherwise we would have had quite the explanation to do." Sebastian snorted in bemusement. He continued stroking the boy's hair contentedly, untill he remembered something.
"So," he cleared his throat quirking a brow, "will you tell me why you did all this?"
"I promised you didn't I," the boy sighed exasperedly, making Sebastian grin. "And I don't go back on my promises now do I."
"No you don't, so you better give me a straight answer," the raven haired demon said with a smirk.
"Fine," Ciel huffed blushing like a tomato. "I fell in love with you, and I didn't want to leave you alone." Sebastian blinked two or three times before he fully understood what Ciel said.
"That's it?" He asked stupefied. "You could've told me!"
"I - What?!" Ciel sat up glaring at Sebastian. "And pray, do tell me how am I supposed to tell a demon, who supposedly feels no human emotions, that I fell in love with him?" He asks sceptically. "Without getting mocked at?!"
"You just go and say 'I love you'. That's it!" Sebastian said making Ciel facepalm. "And the fact that I don't feel human emotions does not at all mean that I don't feel any. On the contrary. Demons' emotions run so much more deeper," he said pulling Ciel back into a tight hug.
"And how was I supposed to know that?!" The boy retorted, his voice muffled against Sebastian's bare chest.
"I thought it was obvious," Sebastian deadpanned joking, earning a slap on his stomach from his bocchan. "Jokes aside, I thought I made it obvious that I loved you too?" Ciel looked up astonished.
"No you didn't you oaf," he said with a snort.
"Then I was obvious while I marked you and made love to you as humans say." The demon ruffled the earl's ash-blue hair and smiled. "And it'll be obvious from now on too."
"Good," the boy burried his face in Sebastian's neck. "Now bring me to Hell."
"You really couldn't have waited another 15 minutes till we cuddle, could you?" The demon deadpanned exasperedly and Ciel laughed mischeviously. Sighing, Sebastian got up and dressed themselves then opened a portal into his homeland. Threading his fingers through Ciel's he stepped through the vortice and pulled the boy through it, revealing a completely different realm that Earth. First thing the demonling noticed was the heat. It was scorching, unbearable for a human, but for him it was a pleasant warmth. The sky was bloodred and the ground varied from sulfuric yellow to coral read and black, forming an uneven, jagged surface, full with various sized stalagmite-like forms. You could see bigger and smaller patches of dark purple plants covering most of the ground, each leaf and petal sharp as a blade that would cut through any mundane thing, except for demons they were just normal plants, like a forget-me-not or simple grass. Occasionally you could see a black tree or two, near which there would be a pool of bubbling sulfuric-like, lava-like liquid. As Ciel took in his surroundings, he noticed they were standing on a road made of condensed smoke, that lead to what looked like a city nestled in the horizon, just as there were more cities around them, some closer, some farther. Over all, Ciel was left speechless at the difference and at the impression the realm had on him.
"So... this is Hell," he stated the obvious, making Sebastian chuckle.
"It's the layer where demon's live. Where the souls of condemned humans are tortured is a layer above." Ciell nodded and mused.
"I like it. It looks interesting, to be honest."
"Wait till it's night and the sky turns pitch black. The ground will radiate soft red light and it looks quite nice," the raven haired said. "Now come. Mother Lilith's mansion is a layer deeper. But we can only get there through my shared mansion where my siblings live." He placed the young teen on his sholder as he used to carry him in old times and started towards the closest city. He turned into his demon form, making Ciel blink. There were a few changes from what he remembered. His skin was actually increadibly white that deeple differed from his pitch black hair, and his ears were long and pointy. A pair of bone coloured curled horns adored his head. The horns' shape was similar to a ram's horn, it's tip jutting forward menacingly. His skin turned ebony from his keybones and shoulders, merging with some sort of midnight coloured clothes which ended abruptly by his wrists, where an ivory white large hand with black claws held him in place on his shoulder. And of course his boots. The killer 15 inch stiletto boots. Ciel couldn't even comprehend how Sebastian could walk in them. And his wings on his back were even more luscious and fascinating. A swirl of so dark black, there's no proper word to deskribe it.
"Y'know, your demon form is amazing," the teen murmired with a smirk and Sebastian merely grinned up at him with a wink. Sebastian seemed to become more and more deep in thought as they neared the city. Ciel noticed in dismay as different type of demons appeared, that whispers started spreading like wildefire through them as they passed. In the city, openly disdainful and disgusted looks were shot their way, and Ciel couldn't help but arch a brow at Sebastian's indifference.
'Doesn't it bother you?' He asked through their bond so no-one could hear them. Sebastian snorted looking up at him.
'Did it ever bother you when the nobels you send into jail call you disgusting or cruel?' The older demon asked back.
'No, actually never,' Ciel mused with a half smirk.
'Plus I'm powerful. A lion doesn't need to show or prove he's a lion. He just knows it. And I'm a demon for Go d's sake. I don't suffer from something called lack of self-confidence or low self-esteem. That's for humans.' Sebastian remarked with a chuckle, making Ciel snort. Their pleasant thelepatic conversation was interrupted by a demon with green skin adressing Sebastian.
"You have the face to come here, you whore?!"
