Hey! Here's the next chapter! Unfortunately, I'm moving soon so I'm not sure how my updating will go:( so please bear with me, this is why I'm trying to upload as fast as I can. So sorry for this and all the other short chapters. Well, go enjoy the story!
Avoidance
Celeste sighed and pouted. Ever since the kidnapping incident, Ciel had been avoiding her. At first, she had paid it no mind, but then, it progressed so much that now, she didn't even see him anymore.
Celeste sighed again, drying the last of the dishes.
She had hoped that they had actually grown closer, considering what had happened between them.
-Flashback-
'Huh…? Where….where am I...?'
Scratching noises, like a pen on paper, filled her ears.
'What…is…that noise…?'
Celeste blinked her eyes open and turned her head to the side. Her eyes widened in surprise at who she saw.
Ciel sat in a chair, hunched over her night stand, scribbling away on a piece of paper.
"Master…?" Ciel stiffened and he slowly turned his head to face her.
She blinked owlishly.
"What are you doing here?"
Ciel blinked, than shot up from his seat, a light blush staining his cheeks.
"I see…you're up now…" he said, after clearing his throat.
Celeste blinked, and then gasped, shooting up from her bed. She flinched when she felt the searing pain course through her, her injuries still not fully healed.
"I-idiot! Don't just move around suddenly!" Ciel chastised his eye wide with shock.
"How…how long was I asleep?" she asked, ignoring his statement.
"Two days."
Celeste gasped, quickly throwing the sheets off of her body and scrambling out of the bed.
"I-I'm so sorry! I'll get back to work right away!" she apologized, bowing.
Ciel blushed a bit more and averted his gaze. Celeste was still in her night dress.
"It's fine…you got injured for my sake…so it's fine…"
"B-but I was slacking off on my duties a-and I—"
"I said it's fine! Besides, you're still injured."
Celeste remained quiet, knowing he was right.
Sighing, Ciel walked over to the sulking girl.
"Go back to bed." He ordered.
Celeste looked up at him.
"Bu-but—!"
She was cut off when Ciel gripped her shoulders and forcibly pushed her down onto her bed.
"Go back to bed. It's an order."
Celeste stared wide-eyed at him, nodding mutely, and slipped back under the covers.
Ciel let out another sigh and walked away, going back to the papers on Celeste's nightstand.
Celeste watched him for a moment, before letting out a small smile.
"Thank you for worrying about me…master…"
Ciel stiffened and whipped his head around to face her, his cheeks a vibrant red.
"I-I wasn't worried about you!"
Celeste giggled softly, turning her head away. She closed her eyes and fell back to sleep, a blissful smile on her lips.
-Flashback end-
'Maybe it was just my imagination and wishful thinking…' Celeste thought, sighing as she put the dishes away.
"Celeste."
Said girl jumped and whirled around to come face to face with Sebastian.
"Se-Sebastian!" she stuttered out, fidgeting a bit.
"Since you are finished here, please go clean the young master's study." He stated, holding out the cleaning supplies
"Sure!" she squeaked out, grabbing the cleaning supplies, and rushed past him.
She didn't know why, but recently, she felt the need to get as far away from Sebastian as fast as she could. Something inside of her told her to run away from him whenever he was around, that he was dangerous.
So, she did what he asked of her without complaint, just to save herself from being near him longer than necessary.
She knew that she was being irrational, that what she was feeling was irrational. Sebastian had never done anything to harm her, never even given signs that he wanted to harm her, but she still couldn't quell the feeling of fear and repulsion that raced through her whenever he was around.
Celeste didn't stop running until she was right outside Ciel's study room.
Calming down her racing heart, she stared sadly at the door, knowing that Ciel wouldn't be there. Letting out a soft, depressed sigh, she opened the door and stepped in, only to stare in shock at who she saw inside the study.
Ciel sat in stupefied shock as he stared into Celeste's gray eyes, which were also widened in shock. He had looked up in irritation and curiosity when he had heard the door open, ready to chew out who ever it was that was entering his study without permission, when he caught sight on who had entered his room without permission, he lost his anger, which was replaced by shock. By the look on the girl's face too, she was equally as shocked.
'Damn you, Sebastian.' Ciel thought irritably as he took in the cleaning supplies in the girl's hands.
Sebastian had been pestering him nonstop about his obvious avoidance of the white-haired maid, watching in amusement as he made it a point to never be around when Celeste was around.
-Flashback-
Ciel sat in his chair, hunched over his desk, scribbling away on a document.
Knock knock
"Come in." Ciel stated, not bothering to look up from his work.
The door opened and footsteps made their way towards his desk.
"Young master…it's such a nice day. Why not go outside and enjoy the weather?" a velvety smooth voice stated.
Ciel lifted his head up and stared at Sebastian, suspicion filling his eye.
"Why…?" he asked. Sebastian always wanted him to finish his work, so why was he insisting that he go outside? He had to be up to something.
Sebastian smirked, his eyes filling with mirth.
"If you do not wish to go outside…than why not look outside at the nice scenery." Sebastian stated innocently.
Ciel gave him a hard look. Deciding to find out what Sebastian was getting at, he sighed and got out of his chair and walked over to the window in his study. Ciel gazed out of the window and his eyes traveled down to the garden.
His eye narrowed dangerously, his hands clenching into fists, growling dangerously at the scene before him.
Finny was running around, which was not unusual. What was unusual was the fact that he was running around with his hand intertwined with a certain maid's. Said maid had a big smile on her face, a blush staining her cheeks when Finny stopped running and plucked a red rose out of the bushes and placed it in her hair.
Ciel watched as Celeste tentatively reached up and touched the flower. Her mouth widened as her smile grew and by the way her shoulders shook, Ciel knew she was laughing in embarrassment, if the way her blush darkened was any indication. He watched in barley controlled irritation as the maid and gardener sat on the ground, with Celeste plucking flowers from the ground, making a daisy crown, with Finny chatting animatedly.
Ciel watched as Celeste got up and placed the crown on the gardeners head, causing the boy to blush. He hissed violently as he watched Finny get up, grab the girl's hand, and plant a quick kiss on her hand and then quickly look away from her, a blush on his face. Celeste lifted her hand and stared at it, before looking up and catching the gardener's eyes. They stared at each other for a few seconds and then burst into laughter. Finny then grabbed Celeste's hand again, the one he had just kissed, and ran off with her again, leaving Ciel to stare at them, anger shaking his body.
"Is something wrong young master?" Sebastian asked, slight mockery in his tone.
Ciel whirled around and glared at the demon, knowing that was why the demon had wanted him to look out the window in the first place.
"Master?" Sebastian's face was one of pure, innocent, curiosity.
Ciel felt like bashing his face in.
"Get out." Ciel growled out, his tone low, dangerous, and with an edge of a warning.
Sebastian smirked, bowed, and left. His eyes dancing with mirth the whole time.
-Flashback End-
Just remembering the incident caused his blood to boil and he gave Celeste a glare, causing her to flinch and to take a step back. Ciel just went back to his documents, ignoring the white haired maid.
Celeste contemplated turning around and fleeing. She didn't know what she did to make him so mad. Just as she was about to turn tail and run, she stopped.
If she left, that meant she had to go back to report to Sebastian, and being around him anymore than what was necessary or required didn't sound too appealing to her.
Steeling the little nerves she had, she walked into his study, closing the door behind her, and began to tidy up the room. Ciel ignored her as she did this which caused Celeste to glance over at him nervously every few seconds.
"If you have something to say, say it." Ciel stated, agitated by how she kept glancing over at him.
Celeste jumped and quickly looked away from him.
'Oh no…I only made him angrier…' she thought, biting her lip. 'But…I do want to know why he's so angry and why he is avoiding me…'
She timidly made her way to Ciel's desk and shifted nervously from foot to foot, hesitating on what to say to him.
Ciel let out an irritated sigh, looking up at the fidgeting girl who was ringing her hands nervously
"What?" he snapped.
Celeste flinched before taking a deep breath, and steeling herself as she met his gaze.
"I-I'm sorry!" she blurted out, bowing.
Ciel just stared at her, his eye wide with shock.
"…Huh…?" he stated dumbly.
"I-I know that I must've done or said something wrong to be so mad at me! A-and even though I don't know what it is that I did o-or said, I apologize for it!"
Ciel just stared at her for a minute, before narrowing his eye.
"You don't know?"
Celeste flinched at his tone.
Truth be told, Ciel wasn't really mad at her to begin with. He had only avoided her before because he was embarrassed and ashamed of how he had acted when she had gotten hurt. It was so out of character for him. He only really got mad when he had seen what had occurred between her and Finny.
Just remembering it made his blood boil, which was why he was lashing out at her now.
Though the fault was all in Finny and his antics, the fact that she had been dense enough to let him do what he did only served to anger him further. This meant that his anger was misguidedly used on her.
"I-I'm sorry—" Celeste tried to apologize, but was cut off.
"Save it. I don't want an apology from you if you don't know what you did."
"But…what did I do?"
"If you don't know then maybe you should ask Finny." Ciel sneered.
"E-eh?! What does Finny have to do with this?!" she asked, looking at him curiously.
Ciel sighed and stood up, making his way towards the door.
"Forget it. If you don't know then forget it."
"W-wait!" Celeste quickly grabbed his hand to stop him from walking away.
Ciel went rigid and turned his head around to look at her, a glare ready, but his glare disappeared and was replaced by shock when he saw the girl's expression.
Her bottom lip was trembling and her eyes were wet and shiny, a tell-tale sign that she was holding back tears.
"I-I-I'm s-so-sorry…I-I know tha-that y-you don't wan-want t-to here m-my apology b-but I…I—" her voice wavered then broke, she released Ciel's hand as she covered her face with her hands, burying her face in them as she cried.
Ciel watched as she cried, running a hand through his hair he let out a huff.
"Stop it." Celeste continued to cry.
"Stop it!" his voice was becoming desperate but Celeste continued to cry.
"Stop it! Stop crying! It's an order!" he finally snapped, his eye wide as desperation filled him.
To his utter relief, Celeste's cries began to lessen into sobs.
"I-it doesn't wo-work that way, master," she murmured, smiling a soft, amused smile through her tears.
Ciel huffed in frustration and growled.
"Well, what do you expect me to do?!" he demanded, annoyed that she was finding the situation amusing. He was also mad because he was blushing.
"Well what do you want me to do?!" he demanded, hating the way his voice leaked out his desperation and agitation.
Celeste's smile dropped as she rubbed her eyes, trying to get rid of her tears.
"No…nothing…I-I'm s-sorry master…I-I know th-that yo-you—" her voice broke again as she let out another sob.
Ciel sighed, watching as the girl before him broke down again. Really, why did girls have to cry so much?
As if acting on impulse, Ciel opened his arms and embraced the girl. Celeste stiffened but then relaxed, crying into his arms. When her crying was reduced to sniffles he pulled away from her and held her at arm's length, both of their faces red from embarrassment, though Celeste's face was also red due to her tears.
'What is wrong with me?!' Ciel thought, glancing at the girl. 'When Elizabeth cried, I only handed her a handkerchief! So why am I hugging this girl?!'
"Sorry for acting like that master," Celeste said.
Though she didn't know why, she missed the feel of his arms around her. She felt safe in his arms.
Though Ciel would never admit it, he liked the feel of her in his arms as well. It felt so…right to hold her.
Banishing those thoughts from his head, Ciel sighed.
"No…don't apologize…"
"Bu-but—"
"I was angry at something else and I took it out on you." Ciel explained, cutting her off.
Celeste just stared at him before giving him a relieved smile.
"Really?! I'm glad!" Ciel just stared at her as she smiled at him.
Only she would be relieved and not angry with him.
He watched as she lifted her hand up and rubbed away the rest of her tears. Ciel's eye narrowed when he noticed it was the hand that Finny had kissed.
Feeling Ciel's intense gaze on her, Celeste looked up and recoiled in shock as she saw Ciel's narrowed, predatory gaze. It frightened her a bit.
"Ma-master…?" she called out to him cautiously.
Ciel snapped his gaze from her hand to her face and Celeste flinched under the full force of his gaze. He started to advance on her and Celeste stumbled back, away from him.
She didn't get very far though, because her back soon met with Ciel's desk, preventing her from moving any further. Celeste watched Ciel, never dropping his intense gaze.
Ciel placed both arms on either side of her, effectively blocking her from escaping. Bending down, Ciel angled his head so that he kissed Celeste's cheek. Backing up, he watched her with an intense eye, waiting for her reaction.
Celeste stared at him in shock.
Slowly, she lifted her hand up to her cheek, as if not believing what Ciel had just done. Blinking, her eyes widened and her whole face turned a heavy red.
"I-I-I-I th-th-think I- I-I sh-should b-be g-going kn-kno-know!" she squeaked out and dashed away, out of the room, forgetting all about her job of cleaning the room, and who she would have to deal with because she didn't finish cleaning.
Ciel didn't turn around to watch her go. Instead, he lifted his fingers to his lips, still feeling Celeste's soft; smooth skin on his lips, in sudden realization of what he had just done.
Eyes wide, he staggered over to his chair and plopped himself in it, a heavy blush on his face.
Though he was embarrassed and confused by his action, he was strangely content with it as well.
Even though Celeste would probably be avoiding him now, he had at least one upped Finny.
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