Autumn: well, i self-beta this ch, i'm sooo sorry Shadow (T-T) i hope you all can forgive me. for my lack of updating. as soon as i get my internet back guess what, the POWER TO MY HOUSE IS TURNED OFF! i've been staying with a friend for the past week and i thank her for letting me stay.
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Ch.9 – Tension
Just another day at school, that was how Sebastian looked at it. Even in high school the older teen's reputation as a respected and feared student followed him throughout. Sebastian was never late, and he'd be damned if he was. The raven-haired teen took school seriously, though he would not accept any offers to be bumped higher into college. No, the older teen would stay and graduate with his friends, and keep an eye on Ciel as long as he could. Sebastian was walking up the stairs to his first period class, when he saw something he wasn't really meant to see…
It was Will and Grell…and the two were engaging in something rather…. hot? Will's lips were crushed against the redhead's in sear passion and Grell's face was a lovely shade of pink. The student president had his arms tight around Grell's waist and his knee pressed between the redhead's legs. One would think, or at least Sebastian would, that Grell would be the dominator in a kiss, oh, but the raven-haired teen was proven wrong at this very moment.
It was indeed Will who was moving his lips almost roughly, no in fact, Will's lips moved in a pure and raw act of an animalistic desire. And it was Grell who was whimpering and moaning softly into the other's mouth, clinging onto Will's shoulder's as if they were the only thing keeping the redhead from losing what seemed to be felt of his sanity.
Sebastian turned from the scene, but then…..
"Ahem…" Sebastian cleared his throat.
Sorry Grell, but Sebastian wouldn't turn up this chance to tease you. Plus, it would stop the raven from teasing his younger brother today.
The two pulled apart and Grell's face turned so red, so fast that Sebastian had to bite his lip from laughing. The three stared at one another for what felt like a full twenty minutes until the bell rang, and then…
"SEBASTIAN YOU BASTARD!"
Ohhhhh that was sooo worth it….
"I'm sorry, really I am Grell," Sebastian pleaded, though he was laughing through the pleas.
"You-you self-centered bastard! I-I can't believe you saw that! I mean, how long were you even standing there?" Grell's face was truly worth it.
"Ohh…about a good three minutes….," Sebastian said, looking elsewhere and rubbing his head.
"Oh you….yoooou….you dirty, sneaky raven!" Grell blurted.
"Why thank you?" Sebastian took a graceful bow.
"Hello Sebastian."
Sebastian's smile suddenly dropped.
The raven-haired teen turned around and his eyes narrowed. A boy about his height stood only a few feet away from him and Grell. His hair was a dark brown that almost looked black, it was slicked in the back and bangs parted. He was well dressed in the school uniform, clean and neat. His thin glasses hid those yellow eyes that Sebastian thought showed nothing but a black heart filled with broken promises.
Sebastian's own eyes grew a dark crimson. Claude Faustus, an A student whose grades matched Sebastian's; he played the piano very well and was good at making origami. His smile was sweet, but oh, so fake. Sebastian disliked Claude, no, he detested the teen. Everything about this yellow-eyed teen was that of a spider. He lures his pray in and it would never get out.
Oh yes….Sebastian had heard the stories….even had seen one….
"Yes….Claude…?" Sebastian asked, slowly.
"What's that look? I was just saying hello," Claude smiled.
"Fine, hello, what do you want?" Sebastian asked, slightly annoyed.
The raven-haired teen knew Claude's little far shades of tricks.
"You're always like this toward me, it hurts my heart you know," Claude feigned a look of hurt and placed a hand over his heart.
"Like you ever had one….," Sebastian muttered bitterly.
Claude smiled and began walking past the two. Sebastian could tell something was off about the yellow eyed teen's character. Claude seemed rather triumphant today. Sebastian honestly considered that the spider like teen had raped another girl…..
"See you at class." Claude whispered by.
Sebastian watched with narrowed eyes as Claude walked past him and Grell. The redhead had a look of fear in his eyes. Yes, Grell had heard the stories as well, and personally, he didn't want to get in Claude's way when it came to the teen's business.
"Let's hurry to class…." Sebastian said, a bit too bitterly toward his friend.
Grell didn't say anything about Sebastian's tone and followed his raven-haired friend to class.
Some might wonder why Sebastian hates Claude to such a degree. One would think, 'What could this young man possible have done?' yes, one might think that, unless you were a Freshmen at Sebastian's school. Despite being an A student, Claude Faustus had a record, and a bad one at that. The teen was accused for stealing, drinking under age, fraud, grant theft auto, even cases involving rape and murder.
A lot of the students didn't believe the stories, but that didn't mean they would be friends with the guy. Sebastian, at the time, tried to understand Claude, tried to be a friend to the yellow eyed teen. Sebastian was, and still is, the kind of person who won't believe stories that sound so out of line until he sees it with his own eyes. And Sebastian…..had seen it.
Claude had invited Sebastian to a party. The raven-haired teen didn't think much of it at the time, though now, Sebastian wised he had listened to Grell. The party seemed normal at first, until the lights went out…..
Now mind you, Sebastian was a Junior at the time and partying wasn't the raven-haired teen's thing. The second those lights went out, Sebastian felt a cold chill run down his back, his breathing became ragged, and he was having a hard time thinking….until he heard a girl's moaning voice.
Through the darkness Sebastian could see almost everyone engaging in some kind of sexual activity. Moans and pants and loud gasps filled Sebastian's ears as he began backing up against a wall.
Aren't some of the people here Freshmen?
A familiar voice caught Sebastian's attention and his eyes widened. Claude was leaning over a freshmen girl from behind and practically shoving his cock deep into her. The girl herself didn't even seem to be enjoying the feeling at all; her eyes were teary and Claude had his hand over her mouth.
Once the girl came with a muffled scream she fell to the floor panting and….crying…? Claude stood up and looked over at Sebastian, and the red-eyed teen could only back away farther. Claude's eyes showed a greedy lust as he walked up to Sebastian, his cock still very much hard.
Come on Sebastian, join the fun.
Sebastian's body froze when he felt Claude's hand slowly ran down his cheek, his clothed chest, and lower down to his…
Get the fuck away from me!
Sebastian was not one to cuss such a harsh word, but at the time he felt the need to. He shoved Claude away and made a break for the door, not giving two shits about the whispers he could hear.
It was that night, and that night only, that Sebastian could care less about his self control. That night he had hugged Ciel so tight, so close, that the younger had to tell his older brother he was hurting him to get Sebastian to loosen his grip. Sebastian was the one to ask Ciel to sleep in his bed, for the first time, and held Ciel throughout the night, wanting to forget what he had seen, and felt…..
"Hey Sebas-chan, are you okay?" Grell asked, waving his hand in front of his friend's face.
Sebastian was too dazed out and that worried Grell.
"Okay, take your seeeeeats hee hee," came a crackling voice.
The room became silent at the strange voice. A long gray-haired professor walked in with a weird looking black hat and a white lab coat on. His nails were long and looked painted a dark, dark purple. Sebastian could hear whispers about the strange looking teacher, but didn't pay them much mind.
"I'm Professor Undertaker. You may call me Doc if you liiiike hee hee~" the grayed-haired Doc grinned.
"So Doc, what happened to our teacher?" one student asked.
Professor Undertaker grinned. "I'm afraid Professor Yard found a new profession for himseeelf~ so from today forward I am your new chemistry teacher."
Everyone looked at each other and began whispering about the new teacher. Grell looked over at Sebastian, who simply shrugged his shoulders.
"As long as this guy doesn't pick favorites, I'm okay with him…" the raven haired teen said.
"Now, for today I have a little project for you all. Today we will be experimenting on combustion," the gray-haired man grinned so wide it didn't look natural.
"Ohhh… I suck at this kind of thing….!" Grell said, pulling at his red hair.
"Calm down you drama queen, I'll help you," Sebastian smiled; he was slowly getting back in a good mood.
"Aaaaaand, since I know most of you will most likely be working with the person next to you, I'm going to change things up a bit, hee hee heee~"
The chattering stopped once Professor Undertaker said those words.
"I have a very fun way of picking partners for projects such as this. Hee hee hee…..it's by the way you look," the grinning teacher's voice took on a sadistic turn.
It made the entire class slide down into their seats, even Sebastian cringed at what ever this guy was planning.
Then it hit Sebastian like a tone of bricks. As Undertaker began to take roll, while pairing students up, Sebastian looked at the only person he looked similar to. Those yellow eyes met with his red ones and a smirk crossed Claude's lips. That damn spider knew it too, and he was basking in the fact that he could sit next to Sebastian and possibly….
"Claude Faustus~" Professor Undertaker leered.
"I'm here." Claude said, calmly still smirking.
"Hmm…let's see, yooou there," Undertaker's long nailed finger flew over to Sebastian.
Sebastian's eyes darkened, as if trying to tell his teacher not to pair him up with that….spider.
"You look like the perfect match for Claude here. So, I'm pairing you two up, hee hee~"
Sebastian swore he would get this creep of a teacher back, once he found a way to. Maybe getting him fired by some sort of accident would work?
The raven-haired teen tensed up horribly once Claude sat next to him. Sebastian tried to ignore him as he began working on the project laid out for them. He could feel Claude's eyes looking over at him from time to time and it was making him uncomfortable.
"This is a group project, shouldn't we be working together?" Claude asked.
"You and I are both A students, I don't see why we should be working together if we already know this…" Sebastian said, a bit of venom in his tone.
Claude moved closer, as if to see what Sebastian was doing. No, Sebastian told himself he wasn't going to make a scene of this. He would just have to bare with it a little longer, then he could see Ciel. Oh, how he missed the blue-gray haired teen so much right now…
"You have a younger brother, right?" Claude suddenly asked.
Sebastian almost dropped the chemicals in his hand. "What the hell brought that up…?" he asked, looking over at the yellow-eyed teen.
"I was just wondering, no harm in asking, right?" Claude smiled.
Sebastian's eyes narrowed. "Yeah, I have a brother, and if you value your life…" Sebastian's voice suddenly took on a darker tone. "…you'll stay away from him…."
"Scaaary. You must really love him if you're that protective. What was his name again?" Claude asked, resting his cheek against the palm of his hand.
"I don't think that matters, now hand me that tray over there," Sebastian pointed without looking at Claude.
The yellow-eyed teen picked up the tray and handed it over to Sebastian. "Wasn't his name…Ciel…?" Claude whispered in Sebastian's ear.
Sebastian jolted up, dropping the tray. The loud clattering noise made everyone's eyes turn in the direction of the two teens. Grell looked over at Sebastian with a worried expression in his yellow-green eyes. Claude looked surprised, as if he had done nothing wrong. Sebastian narrowed his red eyes and turned, leaving the class. The raven-haired teen called out 'bathroom' when Undertaker asked where he was going.
Once in the boys' bathroom, Sebastian splashed some cold water over his face. Bottom line, he just didn't like Claude, and the fact that he was bringing Ciel into conversation pissed Sebastian off. No, there was no way in hell Claude was getting anywhere near Ciel. Sebastian swore to it.
The raven ran his fingers through his hair and let out a heavy sigh. Sebastian really wanted to see Ciel. Seeing his younger brother would ease him and make him forget…..he just had to bare a few more class periods…
"Class, today we have a new student," said Ms. Red.
Ciel was looking out the window while Ms. Red made the little announcement. He had been lost in his thoughts for most of the day. Last night was the first night Ciel was top. He remembered everything so well; the way Sebastian chuckled at his childlike shyness, the look in the older's eyes once Ciel had sheathed Sebastian to the hilt, the moans and pants that escaped his older brother's lips, the way Sebastian's nails slowly, roughly ran down his back as they kissed and moved together.
Ciel, shook his head, blushing a visible cherry red. He remembered that Sebastian had left marks on his back. Long pink streaks ran down his back when Ciel woke up to take a shower this morning. The younger rubbed his shoulder.
"Jeez…Sebastian has to stop bottling things up…" Ciel muttered to himself.
"Hey there!"
Ciel looked up. There was a blond-haired boy with blue eyes smiling down at him. He took the seat next to Ciel and looked at the teal haired boy, still grinning.
"I'm Alois Trancy, I just transferred here," the blonde boy grinned.
"Um….." was all Ciel could say.
"Ms. Red said I should sit next to you until I get my law book. You don't mind do you?" Alois kept grinning.
"Um…a-as long as you don't bather me, then sure…" Ciel said, slowly.
Alois nodded happily and looked down at the law book. Ciel thought that would be the end of it and continued writing down his notes.
"So, what's your name?" Alois asked.
"Um…I'm Ciel Phantomhive…" Ciel said, looking at the boy, then back to his notes.
"How old are you?" the blonde boy asked.
"Why does it matter?" Ciel asked, getting a bit annoyed.
"You're so short; I've never seen someone in high school that was this short," Alois giggled.
"Well, excuse me for being- hey, I'm not that short!" Ciel suddenly blurted.
"Hey, keep it down Ciel," scolded.
"S-sorry. I'm thirteen, there happy?" Ciel hissed, looking at Alois.
"Really? You must be super smart," Alois grinned.
"Doesn't grinning that much hurt your face…?" Ciel said, annoyed.
Alois pouted and his smile fell.
There was finally some silence and Ciel was able to take his notes in peace. There was a test coming up and the younger didn't want to get a bad grade. He would study all night if he had to.
"So, who's Sebastian?"
Ohhh, how Ciel wished the blonde boy sitting next to him would shut up…wait…
"What are you asking?" Ciel slightly narrowed his eyes.
"When I walked up here you said, 'Jeez, Sebastian has to stop bottling things up.' who's Sebastian?" Alois asked, folding his arms on the desk.
"He's my…..older brother…" Ciel felt heat rise in his cheeks.
"Brother ehh? You think I could meet him?" the blonde boy smiled.
"Why?" Ciel asked.
"He sounds cool," Alois stated, as if it was common sense.
"I haven't even said anything interesting about him…" Ciel frowned. What was this kid getting at?
"Anyone who bottles up their feelings is an interesting person. I'd like to meet Sebastian," Alois' smile turned into what looked like a smirk of delight.
"What are you getting at?" Ciel asked, slowly.
"Oh, nothing at all, I just want to meet him," Alois giggled.
The bell rang for fifth period and Ciel could only sigh in distress since he and this new kid, Alois, shared the next class. It wasn't that Alois was a bad person; it was just that he talked too much. And what irritated Ciel more was that the blonde teen wouldn't stop asking about Sebastian. Ciel was happy when the lunch bell finally rang, but to his dismay, Alois kept following him around.
"So, where are you headed?" Alois asked, skipping along.
"Look, I need to do some studying and I can't have you asking me a million questions. Go to lunch," Ciel said, walking past Alois.
The younger was so annoyed that he didn't pay attention to where he was going. Ciel bumped into someone, and was about to tell them to 'watch where you're going', when he saw who it was.
"Sebastian…!" Ciel exclaimed happily.
"Wow, that was the nicest greeting I've ever gotten from you." Sebastian smiled.
"Heeey!"
The two brothers looked to see the blonde boy running up to them. Ciel narrowed his eyes while Sebastian just blinked.
"Is this a new friend of yours?" Sebastian asked.
"Not exactly…." Ciel muttered.
"Hi, I'm Alois Trancy, I just transferred here," Alois smiled.
"Oh, um…nice to meet you, I'm Sebastian," the raven-haired teen smiled back, just to be polite.
"Ahh, so you're Mr. Sebastian Phantomhive. Ciel was telling me all about you," the blonde said with glee.
"I was not! You wouldn't stop playing twenty questions about him," Ciel protested.
"Um….my last name isn't Phantomhive…" Sebastian said.
"Huh?" Alois looked at the teen confused.
"My last name is Michaelis. Ciel is my step-brother," the older teen said, rubbing the back of his neck.
Alois looked from Ciel to Sebastian for a minute. "Ohhhh, I get it! I was wondering why you two looked so completely different. Say, you're quite the eye catcher Mr. Michaelis…" Alois said, moving closer to Sebastian.
"Oh….um….thank you…?" Sebastian said, taking a step back.
"Ciel says he's going to go study, mind helping me…?" Alois asked with puppy eyes.
"S-sorry, I'm helping Ciel. He needs help in math," Sebastian smiled warily.
"Oh me too! Come on how about it….?"
The blonde boy was then pulled by his collar and away from Sebastian. Alois' eyes met with the narrowing blue orbs of Ciel's
"Stay away from my brother…." Ciel hissed.
Alois looked at Ciel with wide eyes. Then the teen grinned and put his hands up in defeat.
"Okay, okay, I'm hungry anyway and studying is boring," Alois turned and began walking away. "Have fun you two…"
Ciel didn't like the smile Alois gave him.
The younger teen was then practically pulled up to the roof top by Sebastian. Ciel tired asking his older brother what was wrong but the raven-haired teen wasn't saying a thing. Once the two reached the roof, and the door was shut, Sebastian pulled Ciel into a tight hug. The teal haired teen blushed at his older brother's forwardness, but didn't pull away or complain.
"Big bro….what's wrong…?" Ciel asked, wrapping his arms around Sebastian's waist.
"I just want to hold you, is that so bad?" Sebastian asked, nuzzling his nose into Ciel's blue-gray locks.
"N-no….you can hold me as…as much as you want…"
Ciel buried his nose into his older brother's shoulder and inhaled his scent. Sebastian smelled like lavender and roses today. Ciel hugged the older teen tighter and began softly kissing his neck. Sebastian shivered at the gentle touches and hugged Ciel just as tight. Indeed, the younger made Sebastian forget about everything.
"Do you…want me to rub your back when we get home…?" Ciel muttered against Sebastian's shirt.
"That sounds nice, but why the sudden offer?" Sebastian asked, kissing Ciel's ear.
"You….you seem so tense, and your back has a lot of bumps in it…" the younger blushed.
"Sure….that would be nice…" Sebastian smiled. "Hey Ciel…?"
"Yeah…?"
"I want to kiss you…."
"Then kiss me…it's not like I'm going to get mad if you don't ask…."
"But I need to…I just want to make sure…."
"You're weird big bro…"
"Yes….I am…."
Sebastian pulled away to look into his younger brother's deep blue eyes. Yes, he was weird, strange, sick even. But all that seemed to wash away every time Sebastian was with Ciel. He kissed the younger, gently, lovingly. When Sebastian pulled away he hugged Ciel again.
"I love you, Ciel…." Sebastian whispered.
Ciel blushed, hugging his older brother tightly. "I…I love you too, Sebastian…"
After school Ciel had cleaning duty again, so Sebastian waited outside the classroom. He offered to help, but Ciel said it was his job. Still so stubborn.
"Okay, I'm all done," Ciel said, popping out of the classroom.
"I'll buy you sweets on the way home; you can have anything you like," Sebastian smiled, holding out his hand.
Ciel blushed and took his brother's hand, it was warm.
"How cute…"
Sebastian stopped and his eyes narrowed at the person in front of them. Claude stood a few feet away with his hands in his pockets. He was smiling.
"What are you doing here so late, Claude…?" Sebastian asked.
"I had cleaning duty; I was just on my way home now."
Claude walked up to the two brothers and looked down at Ciel. The teal haired teen averted his eyes and hid behind Sebastian.
"How cute, this must be Ciel," Claude smiled, leaning to get a better look at the smaller teen. "It's nice to meet you."
Sebastian stepped in front of Ciel, blocking Claude's view entirely. "Back off Claude…" Sebastian hissed.
"You really are protective of him, how sweet…" Claude chuckled.
The yellow-eyed teen walked past the two brothers. Claude stopped to look over his shoulder.
"Oh, Sebastian, be sure not to give anyone the wrong idea, you wouldn't want little Ciel to get hurt now would you…?"
Claude let out a soft laugh as he walked away, that spider's smirk never leaving his face.
And there was so much tension in the air that Sebastian Michaelis thought he couldn't breathe.
