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KISSES AND FIRST-STEPS.

Ciel stared, lips slightly agape as Sebastian unlocked the restaurant with a swipe of his card which stated his name with bold letters stating 'owner' on it.

"I always had a feeling there was something fishy about you. You're some sneaky nouveau riche guy aren't you?" the teen grinned, walking in as Sebastian opened the door for him, a light smile gracing his face. Ciel looked at the place in amazement. He couldn't believe that the professor owned one of the best restaurants in all of London and most of England. Just how accomplished was Sebastian at such a young age?...he definitely was sure that he was about twenty-three at most. He bit his lips lightly at his assumption. If the idiot was that young, then why the hell did he always call him boy?. Young, cocky bastard...

"Why a restaurant though? If anyone asked me to guess what kind of project you were thinking of carrying out, I'll say a library, a school or something of that sort." The teenager pondered, taking longer glances at the environment as he walked around the large hall. He couldn't believe the place was almost entirely void of people. If he remembered right, this restaurant hardly ever closed...

"Just a lazy idea really, but a school does sound like a great idea." Sebastian answered, catching up to Ciel.

"Here is the key to unlock the sixth reserved room, walk straight towards the elevator and go up to the seventh floor. Open the fifth reserved room and wait there for me." he said, handing the card to the teenager before he could object, giving him a reassuring smile before turning left. Ciel looked around, walking towards the area where the reserved rooms were supposed to be once he got out of the elevator. Gosh, the place was so big and there were so many storeys too. It was too easy to get lost in here, what the hell was Sebastian thinking...

He frowned, staring at a door with the number 12 on it. Ah, he never knew he could get so frustrated over a place with the most 'simple' directions. He looked behind him to see Sebastian and a cook, carrying a load of food.

"What the hell? Are you planning on killing me this evening?" he gasped, handing back the key to Sebastian, who in turn handed it to the cook to open the door and drop the food.

"You didn't find the reserved room, even though it was right beside you." Sebastian sighed. Ciel growled lightly, looking at the next door a few feet away from them. What kind of thoughts were running in the professor's head to make him decide to number the rooms so randomly?. Sebastian ignored the teen's exasperated expression and slipped a hand into the back-pocket of Ciel's pants. The young man raised his hand to pull Sebastian's away, but stopped as the cook turned around.

"Hope you enjoy your meals, Sirs."

"Thanks." Sebastian answered, splaying his fingers in Ciel's pocket, before lightly groping his butt. Ciel held back a gasp, twitching lightly. Did Sebastian really think the poor guy couldn't see what he was doing?

"...thanks." he said to the cook, who looked suspiciously at the both of them for a split second, before leaving with what seemed to be an 'understanding smile'. They both stood in their previous positions until the man was out of sight.

"..."

"You wierdo, Get of my ass." Ciel finally said, taking caution not to yell. He walked away from the older man and into the room, while Sebastian followed, shutting the door behind them.

They stared at the food quietly, one with an amused expression clouding his face and the other, well...utterly confused.

"So...you're eating all this right? Because just the fact that I admit I'm hungry doesn't suddenly make me an elephant." Ciel said, glaring daggers at the professor.

"Don't take everything so offensive, little one." Sebastian smirked, pushing the food towards Ciel. The teen sighed, knowing that the professor just enjoyed pushing on his buttons. He would pretend that Sebastian just didn't call him that. He glanced at the food carefully trying to understand what was what exactly. Everything looked very palatable really but...

"Is there something missing?" the professor smiled softly, tilting his head slightly to assess the teen's expression. He could be quite the easy one to read most times.

Ciel blushed in embarassment, slowly looking up to Sebastian. "It's not like that exactly..."

"Ah, then it is because you usually eat some form of pastry before you begin an actual meal, right?" Sebastian said, his face expressing sheer victory at his statement. And Ciel unfortunately felt like dying on the spot, at least for the first minute that information registered. How did Sebastian know his eating habits?

"Tch, you make it sound like I undergo some wierd ritual before I begin eating." Ciel answered, watching Sebastian cautiously as he slipped his hand under the table as though reaching for something, with the professor's gaze on him the whole time.

"Aren't I full of surprises?" The older one smiled calmly, dangling the beautifully designed cake carefully over his head, before dropping it in front of Ciel.

The teen glanced at the cake in admiration, before averting his attention to Sebastian. The cake seemed quite...well irresistible to put it blank, but he wasn't going to let the professor have the sparkly 'Oh-my,I love this cake and therefore I love you for giving it to me' look on his face.

"You're full of shit." the teen scowled, a light blush playing on his cheeks.

"Of course, of course." Sebastian smiled lightly as he noticed the teen's mild embarrassment. "It's all just for you actually. I'm not too fond of sweet things."

Ciel's eyes widened slightly. How could anyone not like sweet things like chocolate, cake, candy... It was quite impossible. Except...

"I see...does that makes you the type who loves sour foods like lemon and grapefruit?" the teen asked curiously, cutting a slice of the cake onto his plate.

Sebastian nodded, a light smile gracing his face as he watched the young man's contented expression once he took the first bite. "You know, you can still be such a kid, no matter how much you deny it."

Ciel looked up to the professor with a bite-full of cake in his mouth, his fork wedged between his teeth. He took it out slowly.

"Hm? I'm not a kid!" the teen frowned, dropping his fork on his plate, and hoping impatiently that Sebastian could drop the arguement and let him have another bite.

"Definitely are." the professor stated, moving closer to the teen, who was sitting opposite him.

"I'm so not! You old geezer-Hey!, what do you want?" the teen gasped lightly, moving back in shock once he noticed Sebastian's face was quite too close to his. How could Sebastian get that close to him when there was a table between them? Once he noticed that Sebastian's chin was resting on his hands, and his elbows were in turn firm on the table for support, he understood just how. He blushed, looking down at the piece of cake in front of him to avoid the professor's lingering gaze.

The idiot looked lovestruck...Maybe he was in love with the cake? After-all, what was there not to love about this gorgeous pastry?

"I'm not giving you any of my cake, you gave it to me-" he stopped as Sebastian's finger tilted his head slightly so he could meet his gaze. Those auburn eyes were filled with admiration...for him, he realized. Ciel exhaled as calmly as he could afford to in the current situation, ensuring that his eyes did not waver from Sebastian's as they both looked at each other calculatingly.

"What is it?" Ciel asked hopelessly, since he couldn't think of anything else to avert the professor's attention from his growing embarrassment. He knew what Sebastian wanted, and it surprised him that embarrassment aside, he really wouldn't mind kissing Sebastian.

"I just, like always, have the sudden urge to kiss you." Sebastian whispered softly against the teenager's lips, making his cheeks redden deeper. Ciel altered his gaze away from the professor.

"You idiot." Ciel muttered, resting his hand on Sebastian's arm that was holding his chin. The teen closed his eyes slowly as Sebastian's lips pressed against his, the older man placing his hand behind Ciel's hair to draw him closer. Sebastian pulled away from Ciel, nibbling at the teen's lips fondly, before their lips found each other once again. Ciel fought back a moan as he felt Sebastian's tongue in his mouth, skillfully exploring what felt good where. It was quite a pleasing sensation, if he had to be truthful.

The young man gripped tighter onto the professor's arm. "Mmn..." Ciel finally let out quietly. He could not believe how easily Sebastian was capable of taking over his senses. The older man smiled inwardly at the sound of the teen's moan, pulling away from Ciel.

"How was that?" the professor smiled, sliding back to his seat. He really couldn't help but adore Ciel's look at the moment, his whole expression filled with embarrassment. Ciel breathed heavily, glaring at Sebastian. "You egoistical bastard...why would you ask me that?"he muttered, his cheeks getting redder.

Sebastian laughed lightly. "You're just so adorable."

The teen frowned in return. "Just let me eat this cake in peace." he said, lifting his fork to begin eating once again. Sebastian nodded, deciding that he himself also needed to begin eating. Ciel took a careful glance at the older man who occupied himself with sorting out what exactly to put in his plate. Maybe he should loosen up a bit for the day...

His thoughts were interrupted as he heard his name.

"Let me get that for you."

Ciel watched confusedly as Sebastian stood up and walked toward's him.

"Get what?"

Sebastian stopped once beside the teen, moving down and licking the side of his face lightly. "You can be quite the messy eater, boy." Sebastian sighed, sitting beside the young man.

The teen blushed, turning away quickly and grabbing the rest of the large cake by the bottom of the pan once the older man had taken a seat beside him. Sebastian's contented smile morphed into one of uncertainty as the cake edged towards him rapidly. He sighed once again. Oh well. Sebastian closed his eyes as the cake plastered over his face, wiping the squished pastry from his eyes before opening them to find Ceil smiling warmly at him. The professor looked at the teen in shock. It was the first time he had seen the man smile since he met him. Ciel dropped the pan on the table, quickly licking a pinch of icing off Sebastian's cheek.

He flushed as he noticed that Sebastian's perplexed expression was still very evident. "Read more into that and I'll kill you."

The dark haired man finally smiled, ruffling the teen's hair. "Catching me off-guard, I see. You surprise me." Ciel turned back to look at the professor sitting beside him. "...and thanks for that smile, I'd love to see it more often." The teen blushed, sighing heavily.

"You say that with cake plastered to your face. You could only imagine how ridiculous you look right now." Ciel grinned, his face quickly brightening at the idea that suddenly came to him from his statement. Sebastian smiled, knowing just exactly what the young man wanted.

"Go ahead and get the camera."

X-x-X

Sebastian sighed, turning on the windshield wipers as he drove them back home. "The weather has been an ultimate disaster today. If there's anywhere else you wanted to go, just let me know." he said to the teen, who wearily stared at the stream of water that flowed down his window.

"It's alright. There's always another day," Ciel answered, his eyes widening slightly as he realized that he was probably making a pathway for yet another date, since he could assure himself that the subconscious context of his words didn't slip Sebastian's ears. He risked a quick glance at the professor, to find a sleek smirk on his face, suggesting that he in fact, understood the teen's little message. Ciel blushed hotly, finding sudden interest in observing the window by his side. His...date with Sebastian was the most fun he had ever experienced, at least since the accident,that, he could be sure of. For Sebastian to have gone that far to make him happy...It was only starting to occur to him that there was a large possibility that the professor was indeed serious about everything- and it scared him a little.

Because.

I love you.

He didn't know how he would react if Sebastian ever said those words again. Would he ignore him, yell at him, or tell him that his feelings were recently also becoming quite close to home? He didn't know. After all, these situations weren't something he was used to, and he hardly ever accepted the company of anybody in his life.

He needed to take his steps slowly.

Ciel turned to face Sebastian as he drove into the garage, parking the car. The professor followed the teen's gesture, patiently waiting for what he had to say.

"Thanks for today."

The professor smiled. "It's nothing."

He watched the teen lower his eyes as though contemplating something, and then look back up at him with a light blush on his cheeks.

"You helped me make a great memory...and even if I lose them up here, I know that there'll be a back up plan with these pictures, thanks to you." Ciel said, putting up a mock frown towards the end of his speech. The teen looked at Sebastian in confusion as he caught a glimpse of pain in the professor's expression.

Why?

He gasped lightly as Sebastian pulled him into an embrace, stoking his hair softly. "Those won't be going anywhere...so don't be afraid to keep those memories and let them drift freely... they won't be going away this time." Sebastian whispered against his neck, his hot breath making trails that sent a shiver up Ciel's spine. Something about the way Sebastian said those words hit him, though he couldn't quite understand what exactly it was.

Ciel took a deep breath. Maybe he didn't need to understand just yet. Let them drift freely...the past may come flooding in.

He smiled lightly, resting his head on Sebastian's shoulder, for the first time thinking that, maybe looking forward to memories with this crazed genius wouldn't be such a bad thing.


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