So I just started rewatching Kuroshitsuji for the billionth time (But this time it's the dubbed version – which is horrible! Their voices are so annoying! D:) and I just realized that when I thought of Ash for this story – I wasn't thinking of the angel in Kuroshitsuji who also had white hair and has the name Ash. Oh well, my bad.
To Fumetsu Kaji: I really, really liked that idea with Grell showing up with a camera! So I hope you don't mind if I used that idea. It was too interesting to ignore.
Anyway, I think it's time Ciel was reunited with his old butler. Enjoy!
SEBASTIAN
The mask Sebastian held in his hand looked exactly the same as the one he wore at Aleister's party so many years ago. He tucked his dark hair behind his left ear and placed his mask on. Will had scolded him to dress formally and not to wear any leather. Even though Sebastian didn't really like that, he ditched the leather pants, high heels, and corset for black trousers, a dark red vest, and a long black jacket with a collar.
Grell glided into the room in a bright red gown with thin straps that crossed in the back. He spun around and flipped his curled hair back. "How do I look Sebas-chaaan~?" The reaper asked as he fluttered his mascara coated eye lashes. Not waiting for his answer, he held up two masks that matched the color of his dress.
"The one with the sparkles or the one with the lace and feathers?" Sebastian sighed and pointed to the one in his right hand. Grell shot him his cheshire cat smile and dropped the mask with the sparkles on it. "Heh. I was thinking the exactly same thing! Lace and feathers is so much sexier than plain old sparkles."
Grell pushed Sebastian away from the mirror and began to mess with the mask. "What about your glasses? Don't reapers always have to wear their glasses?" Right on cue, Will sauntered into the room.
"That's true, but times have changed and now there are contacts – so no need to worry, demon." Will wore a plain black mask with gold lined around it and a white design. He also wore black trousers with a gold chain hanging off of them. The black vest that was over his plain white dress shirt that had the sleeves rolled up had (of course) gold buttons on it. His hair was not slicked back in a neat way like it usually was and hung in his face.
"For an extremely formal reaper, you are extremely dressed down." Sebastian stated as Will leaned against the wall.
"Well, Grell made me do it." A smirk was placed on Sebastian's face as he watched the reaper look away from him, trying to hide the blush that presented on his cheeks.
Grell smiled as he linked his arm through Will's. "Are we ready to go?" Both Will and Sebastian nodded and started moving toward the door.
The red reaper gasped. "I'll be back in a second, I forgot my camera and feather boa!" Sebastian groaned as Grell pulled up his dress (revealing spiked ruby heels with bows) and dashed down the hall.
"Is that reaper ever going to come to the conclusion that he is of the male gender?" Sebastian wondered aloud. Will shrugged. "As long as he does his work, I don't care how he looks."
Grell returned with a red feathered boa wrapped around him and a small red camera in his hands. "All right, all good to go!"
"May I ask why you have to bring a camera to a masquerade?" Grell grinned as he linked his arm back through Will's.
"To take pictures of all the cute demons of course~! Addison couldn't come because of that grumpy Crystal, so I decided to be kind and take pictures for him." Sebastian shook his head. "But this is a masquerade. Everyone will be wearing masks…"
Grell huffed. "I know that Sebas-chan, but I have my ways."
xxx
Dancing and chatter filled the ballroom once guests started showing up. Grell's "ways" were lifting up every single male's mask so he could to get a shot of their face. Will and Sebastian decided just to stay off to the side.
"I don't see any sign of the boy just yet; then again, it's still very early." Will commented. It was only 8 and it was clear that not all of the guests were there yet, but a majority of them were.
"Maybe he's become the type to be fashionably late. Oooh~! How sexy is this one?" Grell was going through the pictures he had already taken, showing them briefly to the two men standing next to him.
Two males entered through the door and Grell quickly rushed over to rip their masks off. Will growled and jealousy was shown in his eyes.
Sebastian chuckled. "You know if you like that reaper so much, why don't you just lock him in a cage or something?" The frustrated reaper huffed and looked down at his feet.
"I couldn't do that to Grell. If his happy the way he is, then I should just let him be. We're just co-workers." There was disappointment in his voice as he spoke the words. How curious. He never really knew that this reaper had much feeling for the annoying thing. Sebastian had no idea why anyone would feel that way for…well, it.
"I despise that creature almost as much as I despise dogs, but if you have any type of good feeling for him maybe you should just let him know. It'd probably make him ecstatic." The reaper had a look on his face as if the demon just started dancing in a bright pink tutu. Then he began to laugh.
Sebastian stared at Will. After a few moments, he stopped laughing and became serious. "What ever are you going to do when you see your precious Ciel?"
He started to say something and then he stopped. What am I going to do? Sebastian never really thought of it before. Suddenly he became a bit nervous. Why do I feel this way all the sudden? I never felt this way before.
Will sighed. "It's nothing to freak out about. Ciel is just Ciel, after all." Grell came back over and grabbed Will's hand.
"Come along my William, I want to dance." He began to drag Will out and then he stopped. The yellowish green eyes matched the red ones.
"By the way, I just saw Ciel enter with his groupies. I wish you luck, Sebby. Give him a kiss for me."
CIEL
Ciel hadn't spoken to Ash for days. He avoided both him and Marcus all together. When Ash called him down for his meals, he took them up and ate them in his room.
Ciel blocked out all thoughts of Sebastian by focusing on random books that he found around the apartment. He even read a book on pregnancy (which he couldn't quite understand why a gay male would have a book on pregnancy and he truly didn't want to find out). Finally the night came along and he didn't really care what he wore, because in all honesty, he knew he looked good.
His mask was silver and blue and had a black jewel on the side that had dark blue feathers tucked behind it. He settled for a dark grey dress shirt (that he had so fashionably left untucked) with a black tie, a black vest, and tight black pants. He decked himself out with jewelry and chains. Ciel settled with shiny dark blue Dr. Martens to match the feathers on his mask.
Now entering the giant ballroom, thoughts of Sebastian flooded back into his mind. What if he was here? He felt a wave of sickness wash over him. Oh god.
"Boss? You alright there? Lookin' a little pale. Well, paler than you usually are…" Leave it to Trey to notice such things.
"I'm fine." Ciel plainly stated. This was no time to act weak. As soon as they were done, they would leave. He wouldn't even look for Sebastian. Suddenly, the color red flashed in front of him and his eyes met with yellowish green ones that came with two rows of sharp teeth.
"Are you male or female?" Drake questioned the reaper in the red dress that stood in front of them.
Grell didn't respond and just stood there staring at Ciel. A sigh left his mouth and he finally spoke. "Grell, why are you here?"
He opened his mouth to speak, but then quickly turned around and ran off into the crowd of people. Eli latched onto Ciel's arm and looked after to where the reaper ran.
"Well, that was strange."
"Indeed it was."
"Seriously, was that a male or a female?"
"I think it was female."
"No, no. It had no chest! It had to be male."
"But what if it WAS a female?"
"I really liked it's dress though."
"Now you're referring to it as an it?"
"You just called it an it?"
"…So?"
Ciel was beginning to get a headache and decided to go get something to drink. He pulled away from the bickering group and strolled casually over to the bar. Xavier followed after. "So I'm guessing you knew who that thing was?"
Ciel nodded. "But it's not a thing, it's a he. That he is a reaper too. I really don't know why he would be here." He asked for just water and leaned against the bar.
"A reaper you say? That isn't good then. Maybe we should hold off on this job tonight." Ciel took a sip of the glass he was handed and glared at the other demon.
"You're kidding, right? A reaper couldn't be that much of a threat. I didn't come all the way here for nothing." X snickered and looked into the crowd of people that danced.
"Why don't you just enjoy yourself, boss? Relax a little. I'll go tell the others."
xxx
So here Ciel was, just wandering around. He found himself standing on the balcony alone. He had no reason to stay but no reason to go back to the apartment. At least there was no chance of running into anyone that could possibly be Sebastian.
Then a voice brought him back out of his thoughts. "You out here all alone, sir?" Ciel turned around, ready to say a witty response back, but then noticed something familiar. Something very familiar.
A man stood in front of him. No, not a man, a demon. This particular demon made him freeze up inside, but he made sure he looked like he kept his cool on the outside. This demon happened to have mask, a familiar mask, one that was presented on the demon's face during a 'magic' show.
"I was out here all alone, but now you're here. Though I don't understand why you'd be here." Sebastian smirked and moved closer to Ciel.
"What? A man can't enjoy a good masquerade every once in awhile?" He said sarcastically. Ciel huffed and crossed his arms.
"No, because masquerades are silly. Who would want to spend time here?" Sebastian leaned forward, putting his arms on the balcony railing, capturing Ciel. The younger demon made no objections but glared at him.
"But aren't you here?" Sebastian questioned. Ciel reached behind his head and untied the strings of his mask.
"Obviously I'm here, you fool. I just don't have anything better to do." He spat. Ciel wanted to make sure he sounded cruel to Sebastian, making sure that he didn't know that him leaning into Ciel was at all effecting him.
"Hm. Well you don't seem to be doing anything better out here either…" Red eyes looked into his and Ciel began to give in. Those eyes… He dropped his mask and reached up to untie Sebastian's. The demon smiled and leaned down more (since he was still a few inches taller than Ciel).
The white mask fell to the ground. "Am I dreaming right now?" Ciel asked himself out loud. Sebastian shook his head.
"No, I don't believe you are. Would you like me to pinch you just in case?" Butterflies fluttered around in Ciel's stomach. Why am I so happy right now? I'm acting like such a girl. He nodded his head.
Sebastian moved one of his hands and lightly pinched Ciel's cheek. Yeah, he felt that. Suddenly – he didn't care if he acted weak. He wrapped his arms around Sebastian's waist and buried his head into his chest. Ciel took a deep breath and the scent of cinnamon filled his nostrils.
He felt Sebastian's arms wrap tightly around him. "You may give in to this, but will you give in enough to admit it?"
He lifted his head. "Admit to what exactly?" Sebastian chuckled and moved close to Ciel's ear.
"Admit to the fact you've missed me." He said in a voice that sent chills up Ciel's spine. Blushing, he turned away from Sebastian. "I don't believe I know what you're talking about."
"You look the part of a man, but play the part of a child," Sebastian grabbed Ciel's chin and forced him to look up at the other demon. "I can admit that I've missed you."
Ciel pretty much knew his whole face was bright red and he still tried to look away from the demon. Sighing at the fact that he couldn't, he let down another wall.
"I've missed you, Sebastian." Now, what happened next – Ciel couldn't quite register in his mind fast enough to send out a reaction right away. Sebastian pressed his lips against Ciel's; kissing him. His ex-butler was kissing him.
Is it strange that I've been wanting this? He decided to close his eyes and kiss back. Ciel enjoyed the way this all felt. Sebastian's body against his, Sebastian's lips against his. He didn't want this to end.
Sebastian leaned in more to deepen the kiss. Ciel felt his tongue tracing his bottom lip, asking to enter. He opened his mouth, allowing the other demon's tongue in.
Ciel wrapped his arms around Sebastian's neck. He wanted more. This wasn't the same with the females he made out with; this wasn't the same at all.
Ciel pushed his tongue through, battling with Sebastian's. He felt Sebastian's hands move up his shirt and caress the skin on his back.
Finally they broke apart. Gasping for air, Ciel glanced up at Sebastian. He wasn't quite sure on what to say. So he kind of just stood there looking at him.
"I apologize, I couldn't help myself. You were just too cute." Sebastian pressed his forehead against Ciel's and looked into his eyes. "But maybe I should be apologizing for something else."
"You mean like leaving him?" A voice spoke up behind Sebastian and Ciel leaned over to see who it was. There stood Drake who was shaking with anger.
Sebastian turned his head around. "Ah, and who may you be?" Ciel found himself wanting to hide because he didn't know if this was actually going to end well.
"The name's Drake and I think maybe you should step away from my Ciel." The purple hair demon growled.
"Oh. You're Drake. Yes, I've heard about you. But I don't appear to believe that this Ciel is yours." He felt Sebastian's arms around him tighten even more.
"Ciel, back away from him. Now." Did he just order me to do something? Now Ciel found himself getting angry as he watched Drake's eyes start to glow. He pushed away from Sebastian and faced the purple haired male.
"Who do you think you are ordering me around?" Ciel demanded. "How dare you say such things! I'm your boss, not your lover. If I want to be here, I will be here! You don't know anything about us. Maybe I want to be Sebastian's." His eyes darted away from Drake. Did I really just say that?
He felt Sebastian's arm wrap around his shoulders and his head rest on his. "Now that you've heard that, will you be so kind as to go away?"
Drake's eyes turned back to being green and now he saw they were filled with sadness. "Whatever. Just know that I'm still here for you when he hurts you." He turned away and walked back inside.
"Well that was annoying." Ciel sighed. What am I going to do now? Sebastian suddenly took Ciel's hand, bent forward and gave it a kiss. His red eyes looked up into Ciel's.
"May I have this dance?" A blush creeped back onto Ciel's face, but he allowed himself to be treated like a lady.
"There's no music, you idiot." And with that, Sebastian took the lead and hummed a beautiful tune. The ex-butler flashed a smile at him. This is ridiculous, but I'm enjoying every second of it.
