Something New 10

By Female Heero Yuy

Disclaimer: If I owned Kuroshitsuji this would be in the manga. XD

Sebastian was in the kitchen making a special dinner. The reality of it was, it was only a special dinner because the Marchioness was paying them another visit and was bringing a guest. He wasn't told who the guest was, but he knew if this guest was a friend of the Marchioness he was expecting someone of a similar personality to her. So everything had to be perfect. He'd even made very sure the other servants didn't do anything to mess it up.

"Ahh some garlic, rosemary..should I use roasted potatoes as a side or carrots?" he kept on to himself. As he mixed and chopped everything for dinner. "And what about dessert? Something with fruit? Or something chocolate?" he said his thoughts aloud. It was a wonder if he realized he was even doing it. He stirred the sauce he'd been working on as he flipped some fish in the other pan with his other hand. Multitasking to get everything done in time. "Oh maybe we should have rice?" he said aloud as he went to grab some pepper.

"Hard at work there? Sebastian." Ciel said with a smile. Though he could understand his actions. Ciel prior to anything had made sure his desk was completely cleaned of any form of paperwork that had ever existed atop it. As far as he was concerned he had the easy job compared to Sebastian at this moment. But he couldn't help but rub it in. Though he was stressed from having to do all his paperwork so quickly. He was pretty sure his fingers were going to fall off after a certain point. And were still a little numb even as he watched Sebastian in the kitchen.

"Young master do you want a chocolate dessert or a fruit one?" Sebastian asked almost like anything Ciel had even said had passed over him.

Ciel raised a brow in annoyance but said nothing of it. "Why not both? Like a chocolate cake with bananas or something?"

"Bananas aren't in season young master." he rushed back to the stove to move the sauce to an unlit part of the stove and put a new pot on top of it.

"It's fine, just do whatever."

"I can't just do anything young master, the dessert is the ending part of the meal and must go perfectly with the setting." he rambled.

Ciel was alittle happy he was still at the door and away from the knives in that moment. "Your freaking out aren't you?!"

"I am not!" Sebastian stopped completely. "I'm just stressed for time! There's too much to do and not enough time to do it in! Why of all the times she usually came early, did she decide to come over last minute?!"

"Sebastian why don't you just take a few minutes to breathe and calm down." Ciel tried using his hands to shield himself. Though he doubted it'd do anything. Deep down he knew Sebastian was right. It hadn't even been an hour since they'd received a telegram from the Marchioness stating she'd be arriving within the next two hours. Barely enough time to get anything done. Much less a full course meal. Sebastian even went as far as to lock the other servants in the basement to keep them out of trouble. He was also pretty sure Sebastian had used his demon speed to go to town to get high quality meat, because the roast on the counter, he was pretty sure they didn't have prior to the telegram. How else would he have known bananas weren't in season?

Sebastian took a few breaths. "It's just bad enough the Marchioness is coming. We don't need two of her in the same house." he calmly stated. Visibly calming down significantly after his small breather. He placed a hand to his head to move his hair out of his face.

"It might not be that bad. But who knows. We'll just take it all in stride."

Sebastian gave him a look that clearly stated he was crazy.

"If not then atleast you know I can afford to put us all in a mental institution....with running water." Ciel stated before leaving the kitchen. Smiling as he did so, as he heard Sebastian go back to his work with haste.

That evening went agonizing slow for Sebastian. So slow that he thought he'd actually seen his master grow an inch. Which wasn't true of course. Finally the ladies had arrived and he was utterably shocked. He'd never seen anyone so huge in his life. And this woman was only pregnant. His hand just seemed to stay attached to the handle as he continued to stare. He couldn't even find his voice to greet them into the manor.

"Ahem.." Frances coughed into hand, making him remember where he was, very briefly.

"Ah excuse, please come in." he stated as he moved to the side of the door to allow them in. Completely forgetting to use the proper introduction. He hadn't even bowed yet simply because he was still staring. He wanted to know how could she move since she was so big. Incredibly she seemed to even move with ease. He'd seen many pregnant woman in his time, but they'd never looked like their bellies could pop at any given moment. He was also wondering if he'd made enough food. Or if he'd have to make a few more dishes just for the woman alone.

"Sebastian stop dawdling!" Frances shouted at him.

"Ah...pardon me." he said embarassed. Finally taking the time to close the door.

"You'd think he'd never seen a pregnant woman before." Frances stated to her friend who merely laughed in return.

"Do you want to feel the baby?" she asked in a pleasant tone, completely the opposite of what he was expecting. She grabbed at his hand and placed it on her belly, not even waiting for his reply. His eyes widened as he felt her stomach through his glove. It felt strange, harder than he was expecting and he practically jumped when something moved and kicked towards his hand. Even as a demon the concept of babies in the actual womb was a mystery. Demons understood the development about as much as humans did. They were probably even more curious about it as they could hear every little movement. Giving them a childlike innocence when a woman awaiting her child came around. He'd also never seen a baby actually be born before. It took all his mental strength to keep his instinct down and to prevent himself from letting out an animalistic whimper.

"I think you tramatized him." Frances smiled evilly. She was rather enjoying his predicament. She'd never seen Sebastian look so lost before.

"Sebastian! What are you doing?!" Came Ciel's shout from the second floor. He appeared a moment later at the top of the stairs. Surprised that Sebastian hadn't even mentioned they'd arrived yet. He come down the stairs within a few minutes, but still Sebastian had yet to even move. He was just staring at his hand on the woman's belly, and he looked like he wanted to cry. Making Ciel raise a brow at the sight. "Hey.." he tapped his cane on his shoulder. Expecting some form of movement. But he received none.

"I think you should let him go Clare, I think he's to scared to move while his hand is on your belly." Frances responded. Still smiling even while Clare smiled back and slowly let go of his hand. Sebastian slowly took his hand off her belly as well as a few steps back.

"I think he's still broken." Clare giggled.

"It's alright, this is a pretty good payback for the egg incident." Frances stated even as she lightly slapped Sebastian's cheek a few times in an attempt to make him come out of his stupor.

After calming down in the kitchen, Sebastian had managed to serve dinner without anymore delays. Though he still kept sneaking glances at Clare's belly. Ciel was very amused by this about as much as Frances was. The ladies simply thought it was just him being a man. While Ciel knew it was because of his demon instinct. Sebastian always seemed to get this way when there was anything pregnant around. Though usually he'd whine and pace around, sit on his heels and continue on until it went away. Also, usually the demon hadn't been so close before, and the other pregnant things had been animals and a few women here and there. So apart of him was worried he'd blow his cover since more of his instincts came out instead of human notions. Even now while Ciel sat sipping his tea while listening to his aunt, Sebastian was crawling on his hands and knees, slowly making his way towards Clare who was paying attention to the conversation. Ciel was sweating a little bit as he saw him draw near. Even when he reached to poke at her belly, Ciel's eye widened in shock and made him jump out of his seat. "Sebastian!"

This made the demon yelp and pull his hand back immediately as everyone stared at him while he was sitting on the floor. The ladies stared at him in surprise since they hadn't noticed he'd even been there. What's more they'd never seen anyone yelp before.

"Oh for goodness sake, why do men have to act so silly when there's a baby on the way?" Frances chided.

"I thought it was rather adorable." Clare giggled, even as Sebastian moved slightly closer like a dog to it's master. "He's like a pet!" she smiled as she picked him up by hooking her hands under his arms and lifted him up like he weighed nothing. Though he didn't seem to notice since his gaze was still focused on her belly. Even when she moved him to sit beside her. She laughed even harder when he seemed to work up the courage to lean over and poke her belly a few times. "That tickles."

"Sebastian stop that! Your being rude!" Ciel shouted at him. Nervous since his aunt was glaring at him. An obvious sign that she'd have enough.

"Is there really a baby in there?" he asked. Speaking for the first time in a while. He'd gone from poking to patting her belly. Apparently Clare was very ticklish. Because she laughed everytime he lightly patted her. "It's so squishy.." he kept on. Luckily he wasn't pushing very hard it seemed. Or Ciel was pretty sure the baby would of popped out.

"Oh I give up. Men are just plain silly. Sebastian by far is the silliest of all." Frances stated as she watched with a mild amused look on her face. Her glare went away when Clare had laughed at being patted. "And it looks like we've lost our tea server at the same time."

Ciel put a hand to his head as he felt embarassed. He couldn't believe what was happening before him. He was just grateful no one else was around to see it.

"Good help is so hard to find these days." Clare laughed.

"Indeed. So have you lost your mucus plug yet?" Frances asked randomly. She'd asked it like she was asking for the time.

"Mucus plug? What's that?" Sebastian asked as he kept his hand still on her belly. He was now looking at Frances with great interest. Clare even started petting him like he was a dog. Though he didn't seem to notice or care.

Frances smiled very demonically. Almost giving the impression she was a demon herself. She probably was considered one by some people's standards. "Do you really want to know?"

Ciel just sipped at his tea, and prayed that soon they would leave. He was going to give Sebastian a very long talk about his actions today. Sebastian and strangely enough Clare nodded with enthusiasm. Both equally curious.

"It's like this plug that protects the baby from infections while in the womb. It kind of looks like a large thing of snot."

"Ewww! That's inside of me?!" Clare bellowed. Making Sebastian jump as he was assaulted by her loud shreek. Hurting his sensitive ears.

"Well since your so close to being due. You might of lost it already. Most women don't even notice." Frances replied, though it seemed like she was disappointed. Possibly due to not getting the reaction she wanted from Sebastian. "That's not as bad as other things that could happen during labor. I hope your prepared for the happiest and most embarassing day of your life." she smiled. Making everyone abit confused. Leaving them with a single word in thought. Embarassing.

"Ah my belly is so big, it's a wonder someone couldn't make a shamisen out of it. It's so stretched. I hope I can get my figure back." Clare spoke as she rubbed her belly. Sebastian had finally gotten off his seat and was refilling everyones teacups with fresh tea. Though Ciel could tell he was still abit interested in the creation in Clare's belly.

"Shamisen?" Ciel questioned. Unsure of what it was.

"It's a japanese playing instrument. Clare is very interested in the japanese culture. More of an obession really."

"Frances i'm not obessed! It's just a hobby! A hobby!" she responded with great embarassment. Her cheek red as she looked at Frances sheepishly.

"You say that now, but you have a room filled with so many objects from there. I'm surprised you haven't opened your own museum."

Sebastian poured Frances a cup of tea and passed it to her. Pretending he'd been the good butler the whole time. "A shamisen..how it is made it sounds interesting." he stated, not realizing he'd spoken out of place. Earning him a glare from Frances as she sipped her tea.

"Oh it's very interesting actually. For the covering they use the belly skin of an uninjured female cat." Clare stated with a smile.

This made Sebastian drop the teacup he was handing to his master. Ciel hissed as the hot tea fell into his lap making him jump. "Owww!!" he shouted even as Sebastian just stood in a tramatized state.

"What?!" he squeeked loudly.

"It's rather very interesting actually, you see they..." she started to explain but was cut off.

"How cruel! How could they do such a thing to such a magnificant creature?!" he whined. At that moment Ciel thought he was a pretty good impression of Finni when he cried in Sebastian. He was in the pose as well. With light tears in his eyes. Ciel wished he had a camera. The image was priceless.

"Oh my I didn't mean to upset you." Clare stated stunned at his reaction.

"It's quite alright, Clare. You see, just as you obsess over the japanese culture. Sebastian...has a great obession with cats." Frances smiled evilly.

Ciel snickered as Clare looked as though she were insulted abit at being told she was obessed again. Sebastian was still in his same teary eyed pose leaning over her like he would pounce on her at any given moment in tears.

"He's not obessed, he's just...overly excentric!" she made an excuse for him. Almost like she was using it to defend herself as well.

"No it's obession." Ciel responded. Glad he was no longer being burned by the hot tea. "Trust me it isn't anything less. If it's a cat he'll go up to it without thinking."

"It's just a unique way of enjoying it!" Clare whined. "Really it is!"

"So unique that when he sees a tiger he goes up to it and pets it like it's a regular cat and doesn't mind that it bit him....twice." Ciel replied. Getting odd looks from Frances and Clare. They both looked at Sebastian, who was glaring at Clare with teary eyes.

"Bit..by ...a tiger?" Frances raised a brow. "Twice?" she finished off looking him over, as she thought it was rather odd he didn't seem to be wounded.

"In the head." Ciel smiled as she casually stated this like he was saying something like a comment.

"In the head?!" Clare and Frances shouted at the same time. Making Ciel crack up with laughter while Sebastian just kept saying over and over, it's cruel, it's cruel.

After a very through check of Sebastian's scalp, Frances finally released him. She'd taken a good 30 minutes to check every part to see if he'd really been bitten by a tiger. "Was he..really bitten by a tiger twice?"

"It was a play bite." Sebastian smiled with glee like it was a holy artifact that he'd received that'd come from the heavens. He tapped his index fingers together at the memory of it.

"Really!?!" Clare squeeled with delight. "Did...did the tiger have golden eyes?"

"Oh god..." Ciel stated embarassed with his hands covering his face. It seemed Clare was also obessed with cats. But either didn't admit it, or it was only when it came to exotic cats.

"Oh yes! And it's paws were very plump! It was so charming!"

Frances just sipped her tea like nothing was going on around her. Ciel gave her a wary look. "Just what I need, obessors."

"Oh...oh my!!" Clares voice erupted suddenly.

"What happened?!" Frances shouted, suddenly on full alert.

"My water broke!"

"I'll get hot water." Frances stated, seemingly as calm as ever.

"I'll call a doctor." Ciel stated with a hint of panic.

"MY RUG!!" Sebastian shouted louder than anyone. Which gave a very, very brief silence. He was pointing at the spot where Clare's birthing water had fallen, almost as if he was hoping it'd go away if he just made it known it was there.

"DO YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW?!" Ciel shouted in aggitation. Even as Frances was helping Clare to a seat.

"It'll stain the carpet! And I just cleaned it today!" he whined.

"Oh my god I think it's bringing luggage!" Clare shouted in pain.

"Can't you hold it!?" Sebastian turned at her frantic with his hands in his hair. Apparently he was no more than useless in this type of situation and was only able to think of keeping the rug from getting stained.

"Oh sure! And while we're at it why don't we throw a party!" Clare spat in anger.

"The doctor is on his way." Frances stated, since she had to be the one to call the doctor and forgo getting the hot water. "Clare do the breathing exercises I told you about."

"Oh my god, i'm never letting my husband touch me ever again!!" Clare shouted, then glared at Sebastian and Ciel, "All men are bastards! You hear me! I hope your genitals all shrivel off and turn to dust!"

This somehow, through an insult, knocked Sebastian back to his senses, but not in the way Ciel would of liked. "NEXT TIME KEEP THE LOCK CLOSED BETWEEN YOUR LEGS!!!" he shouted. But within a few minutes had hot water in the room, and many sheets that he'd planned to burn later.

"Ciel I think your going to need to repremand your butler very much so later." Frances less than hinted.

"I understand Auntie." he replied with a sigh. He was then urked when he saw Sebastian actually using one of the buckets of hot water to clean the unintentional mess Clare had made. "Sebastian! Stop that and help!" Sebastian just turned at him as if he didn't know what he'd been doing wrong since he was on his hands and knees scrubing at the stain on the rug at a high speed. He then looked at Clare, then back at his master.

"I don't know how to deliver babies."

"Well now your going to learn!" Ciel shouted as he shoved Sebastian in front of Clare.

"Don't just sit there! Get her knickers off!" Frances ordered.

With abit of effort, they'd managed to take off Clares stockings and undergarments. It would of been easier, but Clare had been kicking as she didn't want anyone to see under her skirts.

"Is that a bubble?" Ciel asked, looking a little grossed out.

"That's the head you idiot!" Frances shouted back.

Sebastian just stared as if he was mesmerized by it for a moment. "....Are you sure? It doesn't seem very head like."

"Yes i'm sure you moron! Now help her!" she spat at him, "Clare push when you have a contraction!"

Clare instead tried to close her legs. "Nooo! He's looking at my woman hood!"

"DON'T CLOSE YOUR LEGS YOU'LL CHOKE THE BABY!" Frances said in a panic. "Besides he needs to look in order to help the baby!"

"Are you sure we shouldn't of shaved her first? She's kinda hairy...the baby might get rug burn or something." Sebastian stated bluntly. Making Clare blush profusely. Ciel blushed himself, wishing he was somewhere else.

"Someone get me a doctor!!" she shouted.

"There's no time to wait for the doctor. You'll have to deal with this. And Sebastian stop poking at the baby's head!"

"Ah..sorry..I don't know what i'm supposed to do....it's so squishy. How sure are you that this is a head?"

"Ahhh!!" Clare shouted in pain.

Finally after a few hours of labor, somehow they'd managed to deliver the baby. The doctor had arrived after the birth, but in time to cut the umbilicle cord. He commended everyone for helping to safely deliever Clare's baby. Though by Frances it was termed 'mostly safely'. Especially since Sebastian kept poking at the baby and commenting on how squishy it was.

"Congrats Madam, it's a beautiful baby girl." the doctor stated as he handed the now clean baby to Clare.

"Ohhh, how adorable, I could just eat you up." she said as she hugged her new born.

"You did an excellent job." Frances stated with a smile at her. "Even if a certain...someone, was less than useful."

"I told you I didn't know how to deliver babies." Sebastian defended himself. After a certain point he'd had enough and backed away. But was promptly forced to help with the delivery anyway.

"Well now you know how you came into this world. Sticky and messy." Frances chided.

"And squishy..don't forget squishy." he added, though it was obvious he was more than amused.

"Well you stop with the squishy thing already!" Ciel shouted at him. He was completely green, the moment he saw the fluids gush from Clare after the baby came out he was more than ready to throw up. "And make sure to burn those clothes! Why haven't you changed yet?!"

Sebastian stared at his master for a moment then looked down at his uniform. He'd been in the line of fire when the fluids came out. He simply shrugged.

"And make sure you get a long bath!"

"Yes my lord." he bowed.

"Ewwww don't touch anything either."

"But if I don't touch anything how will I get back to my room?" he asked with a smile.

"Don't be a smart ass with me!"

"But I love you!" he said cheerily and then hugged his master tightly, making a squishy noise on contact.

"Ewww!!! Ewww ewww ewww ewww ewwww!!! EEEWWW!!!" Ciel shrieked as he tried to push Sebastian off. Frances just turned and tried to pretend she wasn't laughing, and doing a terrible job of it, as her shoulders shook.

Mother, child and aunt were gone to the hospital. The house was clean once more, as were master and butler.

"Sebastian...I have a question." Ciel asked as he stood still for Sebastian to dress him.

"Yes young master?" he responded as he buttoned Ciel's fresh shirt.

"How were you born?"

"I don't understand." he raised a brow.

"I mean, were you hatched from an egg? Did you just come to life? Were you just created?"

"I have parents just as you do young master." he stated as he got up to aid Ciel in putting on his coat.

"Really? Do you ever see them?"

"Hmmmm I suppose the last time I even saw my parents was a few hundred years or so ago."

"Oh I see, but you also never answered my question."

"Oh...hmmm....I guess I was born as you were, messy and squishy." he laughed.

"Enough with the squishy thing." Ciel clentched his fist.

"But I also heard my mother nearly destroyed my fathers hand in labor. She pulled it off supposedly. Thus making him endure many surgeries to fix many broken bones because my mother stated that she wasn't going to have a one handed mate."

"Wow." Ciel stated with surprise.

"Young master?"

"Somehow I just can't see it. I always thought you were hatched from an egg or something."

Sebastian gave his master a very awkward look. "Eh? That's just weird young master, as you can clearly see.." he lifted up his shirt and vest to show smooth abs. "I have a belly button. If I was hatched from an egg I wouldn't have a belly button."

"Put down your shirt you idiot." Ciel turned annoyed. "No one said you had to flash your stomach."

Sebastian just let his shirt fall, but didn't bother to retuck it in his pants.

"Sometimes I wonder if your really hundreds of years old. You act like such a child at times."

"Oh?" he raised a brow. Then leaned over at the foot of the bed, then rolled on his back. "Well if that is true young master then I guess I can only say someone has to. You certainly don't have many child moments." he smiled his angelic smile. Looking at his master awkwardly from his position. Then he rolled onto his belly and kicked his legs back and forth.

"Get off my bed!"

"But you said I acted like a child, and as such, i'll have to deny your request." he pretended to look at his nails, though he was still wearing his gloves.

"Tch." Ciel pulled the covers to his chin and laid down. "Fine, stay there then. Your nothing but my dog anyway. And dogs sleep at the foot of the bed."

Though Ciel couldn't see it, Sebastians face contorted to anger, he was glaring at his master for comparing him to a dog. But no sooner had he opened his mouth had Ciel blew out the candles and went back to his spot on the bed. "Goodnight."

Stunned while covered in darkness, Sebastians anger turned into sly. Slowly getting up he crawled towards the middle of the bed, edging his face towards his masters ear, taking a deep breath.

Ciel groaned in his sleep as he fell asleep quickly the moment he'd gotten comfortable.

"ARROWOWWOWWORWWW!!" Sebastian bellowed like a dog in pain, jumping up and down on his knees, making his master fall off the bed and on to the floor.

"Gaaahhhhh!!!" Ciel screamed after getting the loud noise in his ear and falling off his bed. "Sebastian you bastard!!"

Sebastian's grin was huge, he flashed his fangs and laughed at his master, who was picking himself off the floor. "You said I was a dog young master, and dogs howl at random times. I was just living up to the species. Shall I go and find a mate as well?"

Ciel shoved his pillow in the demons face. "NO!"

"Ah..syouth ishm ord." came a muffled response.

"What?" Ciel slowly removed the pillow.

Still smiling, "As you wish my lord." he repeated then got off the bed. "Such a shame though. Right when I learned to deliver a baby you won't let me have a mate."

"I don't want any demon spawn in my house!"

"Somehow I can see the Marchioness saying that." he said in a thoughful tone. He appeared to be thinking on it.

"Get out so I can sleep you idiot!"

"Yes my lord." he bowed, then left. Ciel went back to sleep.

This is Ciel's dream:

It was morning, the wind blew slowly to lightly kiss the trees. Ciel was at his desk, and he was much older. Handsome, and beautiful at the same time. He got up when someone walked towards him. "Oh darling i've missed you." he said. "Please allow me to hold the baby." he held out his arms. He was now holding a baby wrapped in a blanket. "He's beautiful, Elizabeth our baby is beautiful. I'm sure it is." he opened the sheet. Then screamed and dropped the baby. The baby came out of the sheet and it was the Marchioness's head on a baby's body. "Demon spawn!!!!" she pointed at him.

"AAHHHHHH!!" Ciel screamed as he awoke with fright. Panting heavily. "What a nightmare." he mumbled to himself as he put a hand to his forehead. He could only pray his baby wasn't like his aunt. "Damn demon! Putting thoughts into my head!"

I swear to you all I cannot read the part where Sebastian says "And squishy..don't forget squishy." without laughing. I can just see in my mind on how he would say it, like he was ordering a burger and said "Don't forget the tomatoes." or something.

I also apologize if it was graphic. .; Sorry to say but giving birth is actually very very messy in real life (No I don't have any spawns of my own...Unless you count my dog, but technically he's my nephew if we're gonna go that route). But i've taken classes and seen enough to know it's not as pretty and beautiful as they say it is. I tried to be as ungraphic as possible. So I hope that worked out.

I don't know I can just see Sebastian having that type of reaction when it comes to an actual pregnant woman and the part with the birth. Like you know it's there, but never saw it up close type thing? And then when you finally do your kinda in the line of fire.