Yeahhhh. This is just another filler chapter, but don't you worry your little heads! There will be more meaningful chapters in the near future, or so my crystal ball tells me. But just cuz it's drabbling doesn't mean it isn't entertaining, at least I don't think soo…. Anywho, new black butler chapter this week, who's excited? I know I ammm! ;) hopefully more Ciel/Sebastian yummyness… *troll face*

Disclaimerarara: Yup, still don't own Kuroshitsuji….Meh

~Enjoy!~

Today I was feeling stressed, tired, and angsty (if that's even a word.) Yesterday's events had been interesting… to say the least. On the bright side, that horrid blonde dye was out of my hair; I had scrubbed and scoured the yellow right out of my locks and now it was back to its original auburn coat. Thank god, this way I didn't feel super guilty every time I looked in the mirror and I wasn't instantly reminded of how I had damaged Lizzie.

After Sebastian and I had our "heart-to-heart" and Ciel & Lizzie talked things over, Lizzie came back and cussed me out. I didn't really care, that dumb bitch didn't really have any effect on me, and I just kind of laughed along with it the entire time, much to her displeasure. But after about fifteen minutes, Lizzie suddenly pulled a baseball bat out of thin air and tried to come at me, so I bid Sebastian goodbye with a quick "Bye, Bassy!" to which he stiffened and I swear all the blood drained out of his face. That is, if demons have blood. I would have to test that out sometime.

I normally would've stayed home after a day like that, but my parents' flight was scheduled to arrive this morning, and they would've noticed if I wasn't at school. Damn them for actually being home for once. Oh well, being a closet coward didn't do me any good and I needed to face my problems at one point or another, so why not today?

Before I opened the door to enter into school, I took a deep breath and readied myself for whatever came at me today and prayed a silent prayer of good luck. To whom the prayer was intended to, I was unsure of; although I needed as much luck as I could get today. I could tell it was going to be a loooong seven hours of school.

Tottering in on my silver pumps, upon reaching my locker I was ambushed by my over-concerned flock of friends. "Is it true you lost your V-card to Ciel in music room 3?" Alois questioned brashly, clearly he had no boundaries whatsoever.

I sighed, but rapidly got to correcting his inaccurate story. "No! We didn't do 'it'! We only made out, and that was in the art room! Get your facts straight!" How had this story already become so widespread? And to think I would give up my virginity to Ciel Phantomhive, as if. That kissing incident had been a one-time thing. There would be no repeats of that, HELL NO.

"You made out with Ciel Phantomhive?" Alois asked in a stentorian voice, as if he was trying to speak as loudly as he possibly could.

"Shh! I don't want everyone knowing!" I shushed him, and tried to avoid getting more rumors spread about me. Let people think that the events that occurred yesterday were just usual false gossip, and hopefully they'd let it slide once there was no evidence to back it up. But I still can't believe that people would go around believing those stories were true. Didn't they realize Ciel was too prude to do anything like that? That damned little British prick.

"Okay, I promise not to tell…" Alois said, teasingly batting his eyelashes.

"I mean it."

"Alright, my lips are sealed!" the blonde persuaded me.

I only sighed and dreamed of a world where that would actually happen. Cause here in this one, there was no way Alois was keeping this to himself.

"Now tell me the deets!" He said giddily and strode down the hall with me.

"I really don't want to talk about it," I said coldly, ending the conversation abruptly. I tried to ignore the brusque stares I got from the people I walked past, knowing that they were all thinking the same thing. What a slut. Whore. I always knew that underneath her weird exterior she was easy. I tried not to think of how far the tales of my scandal had spread, because if I did it would only cause more grief.

Apparently almost everybody had gotten over their fear of Ciel and Sebastian, and now they thought of them as like this sexy bad boy duo. So, along with the disapproving glances I was already getting, there were also some jealous ones mixed in there too. Great, I act on impulse one time and this is how I'm rewarded.

You made a fool out of me, and boy, you're bringing me down. You made my heart melt, yet I'm cold to the core, but rumor has it I'm the one you're leaving her for,

Adele raced through my mind because the rumors circulating were also about how Lizzie had "mysteriously" transferred back to London and that was due to her and Ciel breaking up. I knew for a fact that the latter was true, but the thing about Lizzie leaving was news to me. Hm, you learn something new everyday. And sometimes everyone learns a thing or two about you.

Approaching my locker was awkward as ever, as Ciel was already there with Sebastian next to him. Sensing the uncomfortableness in the air, Alois said a quick farewell and skedaddled out of there. Same old Alois. I reached my locker and shied away from Ciel, trying to block him out. Although, it was a failed attempt, and he acknowledged me anyway.

"Good morning, Kylee," he welcomed quietly, but it seemed forced, almost like what to you say to a one-night-stand the morning after. Although that was NOT what had transpired between us, it still had the same aura.

"G'Mornin'," I grumbled to Ciel. I could only imagine what people would be thinking, seeing us talking to each other, confirming their suspicions. Agh, why was I being so paranoid? Feeling slightly guilty I added a quick, "Sorry."

"What for? It was my fault for being so impetuous," Ciel complained.

"But- I ruined your engagement, and besides, have you heard the things people are saying about us? I even heard a story that I'm pregnant." I lowered my voice. "Can you imagine me as a mother?"

"That would be…awful, but still I caused this."

"No, if it hadn't been me and my ineptitude to keep a paintbrush to myself-"

"You two, please start bickering or something. Seeing you both apologizing to each other is rather too abnormal to handle," Sebastian interrupted me, surprising both me and the blue-haired kid.

"Don't tell me what to do," I replied, my irascible side returning. "Cause if the rumors that I'm secretly a ninja and Ciel's my stealthy accomplice are true, you better watch your ass."

"Hm, those stories sure are getting outrageous," Sebastian contemplated. "There's no way either of you are agile enough to be assassins."

"Sorry we all can't go around throwing silverware at everyone we see," Ciel retaliated.

…What? I quickly decided it was better not to ask. I didn't want to know what those two did in their free time. Probably role-playing or something like that. Wait! So if Ciel kissed me does that mean he doesn't have some secret gay relationship with his butler that he was trying to cover up with an engagement with Lizzie?

….Nah.

"So I hear Lizzie left town…" I mentioned casually.

"Yeah, all thanks to you," Ciel rejoined.

"Ooh, cold as ever Ciel," I answered sarcastically. Lizzie's feelings no longer mattered to me, seeing as she wasn't around to remind me of what I had done to her.

"So we went from having two Lizzies to none," Sebastian thought aloud.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" I yelled at the butler adorned in black.

"He's referencing to how you looked like Lizzie with your blonde hair, dipshit," Ciel said odiously.

"Well, well no need to be nasty about it, I was only wondering!" I said, hurt.

"To think that I missed this," Sebastian sighed, and pressed two fingers to his temple, while Ciel and I continued arguing. "So much sexual tension…"

We stopped our quarreling and turned to face Sebastian with a "What did you just say?" look upon our faces.

"Demon, just because-" I started to go off on him but was hastily cut short.

"Don't call me that." Sebastian said coolly.

"Why? I'm only-" I said, brushing off his remark, but was once again interrupted when he grabbed me by the collar of my shirt and shoved me up against the gray lockers gently but forcefully.

His sharp yet soft words sent a shiver down my spine as he whispered them into my ear. "I told you not to call me that in public. We can't have people finding out my true identity." I struggled against his grip, but it was to no use. He was too powerful. "Now, if you ever mention anything like that again, I will have no choice but to punish you for your actions." Sebastian said "punish" almost too indifferently, like he had made threats similar to this before. "Do you understand, you pathetic human girl?" He said right into my ear, his hot breath making me even more uncomfortable.

He looked around and noticed we were making a scene, so he suddenly released his hold on me and with a yelp I fell on my butt on the cold, dirty floor. It was obvious that whatever connection Sebastian and I had made in the art room yesterday had vanished.

I got up and brushed myself off, making sure to send the butler a hostile look. "You may have won this round, but I swear I'll get you back, you d-" I caught myself quickly, "-dick."

Sebastian snickered at my feebleness, but I was dead serious. His ass was as good as dead once I got my hands on a mythical being that outmatched him. Just he wait.

~After School~

"…Kylee, what are you doing here? And why do you have tomatoes?" Ciel queried.

I stood in his doorway, outside his house, tapping my foot in impatience. In my left hand, I carried a basket of ripe red tomatoes for absolutely no reason at all. Why was I here? Good question, dear friends of mine. Well, I was bored out of my mind and the thought of having to go home to an occupied house wasn't exactly appealing, so I came to Ciel's house. Although we were having problems of sorts, I couldn't really think of anywhere else to go and stopping in uninvited at Ciel's always freaked him out. And as for the tomatoes? The deliveryman had left them outside the Phantomhive estate's wrought-iron gates and I thought I would take those juicy fruits with me. Although I intended to use those 'maters for my own uses, they were still Ciel's, so I would just have to convince him that they were actually mine. What he didn't know didn't hurt him, right?

"My darling Ciel…" I charmed, trying not to provoke him right off the bat. "I was in the neighborhood, and I found these lovely toe-may-toes, so I decided to drop by and pay you a visit."

"Mhm, you were in the neighborhood, my ass," Ciel scrutinized my story. Wow, I sure was rubbing off on him. Curse my bad influence. "I live twenty minutes from town, and thirty from your house. And also, aren't those my tomatoes?"

*le gasp* "How do you know where I live?" I interrogated the child decked out in navy. Actually he looked kind of adorable in his white skinny jeans today…Wait, no! Kylee, focus!

"I stalked you, remember? I thought we already went over this…" Ciel answered, unamused.

"Oh yeah, but that was like- *counts on fingers* –seven chapters ago!" I added in my defense. *epically breaks the fourth wall* "And those tomaters are rightfully mine!"

"I'm pretty sure I remember ordering a couple dozen of them just the other day," Ciel countered.

"What would you need with so many tomatoes? Oh, are you making a sauce to put on your paaaastaaaa?"

"No, nothing of the sort. What kind of homeowner would I be if I didn't have a suitable quantity of tomatoes?"

"A normal one?" I replied. "Side note, don't steal catchphrases if you're gonna make them stupid. Sincerely, everyone." I tried to divert the attention away from the topic of my gorgeous carmine globes, 'cause I didn't want Ciel to get even more suspicious than he already was. But it was to no use.

Ciel heaved a deep sigh and extended his hand. "Just give them back, Kylee."

I jerked away from his outstretched palm and exclaimed, "No! These are rightfully mine, I found them!"

"Just because you found them, doesn't mean you own them," Ciel explained.

I clucked my tongue and waved my right pointer finger back and forth disapprovingly. "Finders keepers, losers weepers, Ciel."

"Don't make me-" Ciel warned.

"OH MY GOD, Ciel," I huffed. "Can't you do anything for yourself without having to call Sebastian to help you? You're like, constantly the damsel in distress. It's pretty pathetic."

"Sebastian is supposed be my butler, my servant, my bodyguard," Ciel clarified. "It's his job."

"Whatever," I said nonchalantly. "How about I make you a deal? I'll give you these plump cerise fruits in exchange for you dressing up in a banana suit and singing 'The Banana Song.' Sebastian can be the chicken."

"What? No!" Ciel blurted out. "First of all, those were my tomatoes in the first place! And second, there is no way I'm dressing up in a ridiculous costume and singing some fatuous song. Although, dressing up Sebastian as a chicken might not be such a terrible idea…"

"Well, it was worth a try," I pined. "But I'm curious-" I strolled into his house due to the fact that I could not stand staying out in the freezing cold any longer- "How does one get a being from hell to become their servant and obey their every command, hm?" I casually sat down on one of Ciel's couches and rested my chin on my fist, waiting expectantly.

"It's kind of a long story…" Ciel elucidated as he unconsciously reached up and touched his eye patch lightly. Sometimes I forgot he even had an eye patch, it seemed to blend in with the rest of him.

Suddenly a light went on inside of my head, and I sprang up and snatched the black cloth so delicately tied around his head right off. He looked alarmed, but I just stood, stunned at the sight I saw. I had been prepared for there to be a gaping hole where his right eye should have been; in fact, I had almost expected it. But that wasn't it at all.

Instead of the cavity I had expected in the hollows of his eye, there was instead a pupil that was a deep violet shade, heavily contrasting from the midnight blue of his other eye. What was most shocking, though, was the magenta pentagram in the center of his eye, almost inky in appearance. Was this some kind of strange tattoo of his? Were they custom-made contacts? I tried to make up excuses for the strange star on his pupil, but still there was something unearthly about it, something that caused an unsettling feeling in my stomach.

"I-I-I'm s-sorry," I stuttered with trepidation pulsing through my veins. I took a step backward, but felt myself back into a muscular body behind me. I didn't dare turn around, for fear of what might happen to me if I did. I could feel myself trembling and feared what might happen next.

"Don't apologize," Ciel calmed lightly, his head bowed and rested in his right hand so that it covered up his strange mark. "You wanted to know, so you deserve to find out, and face the consequences."

"W-what is it?" I asked, still shaking faintly.

"It's the sign of my contract with Sebastian," Ciel explicated.

"Contract?" I wondered aloud. This wasn't your normal servant-master contract with a pen and paper. It was etched into his eye, so much so that he had to cover it up when out it public.

"Yes, in exchange for following my every order and carrying out my final request, he gets to devour my soul when I am finished with my mission."

I tried to swallow the lump in my throat unsuccessfully. How could such a young teen be so calm when talking about matters like these? And how does one decide that he wants to give up his soul at only fifteen, what would drive him to make a decision like that?

"My parents were murdered a few years back, and I was taken into slavery by a child trafficking gang. I was beaten, starved and abused for months on end. Finally, when they were about to finish me off as well, Sebastian appeared and I made a contract with him; to get revenge upon those who had done those horrid things to me and get back my pride."

I was stunned at how difficult Ciel's life had been. And here, I thought I had it hard. Pssh, that was nothing compared to how rough it had been for Ciel.

"I thought you said your parents were back in London," I asked, perplexed.

"I lied." was his short, simple answer.

Although he didn't seem to show any signs of grief, I still felt an overwhelming amount of sorrow him. But then, I did something extremely stupid, even for me, to try and console him. I held out the basket of stolen tomatoes to him and said "Here." Yeah, nice one, Kylee. Like globular fruits would make a kid who sold his soul to a demon feel better. Reaaall good thinking on your part.

But Ciel accepted the offering, wordlessly anyway. I wondered what to do next. Should I hug him? Stand there awkwardly like I already was? Run away? The options flew through my mind, but I only stood there, motionless. I crossed out running away, since Sebastian was behind me and I had no idea what he might do with that action. I knew I couldn't stand there alone any longer, so I went with the first choice. I embraced Ciel and he didn't shy away from me that time. I combed my hand through his silken hair, which was surprisingly easier to do without the strings from the eye patch there.

From underneath me, I could feel Ciel's mouth twitch up into a smile. "What's so funny?" I questioned him at his sudden sign of delight.

"Your smell is so overpowering with tomatoes," he chuckled.

"You are such a child," I laughed and squeezed him tighter to my chest. I suddenly thought of our current position and warned, "Sebastian, I swear to god, if you say anything-"

"Oh, but I just can't help myself," That butler was smirking, I could just tell.

"Go find yourself a cat or something," came Ciel's muffled yet still audible response. Again, another reference I did not understand, but it seemed to shut Sebastian up and that was good enough for me.

I was unsure of what Ciel's had been like before he met me, but I knew that it wasn't going to be awful this time around. I would make sure to be cautious yet still myself around him. I couldn't let him get completely scot-free from my teasing. But, I knew something was different between us, I felt a strangely closer connection linking us than I had before. No matter what we did to each other in the weeks to come, it seemed like our bond would always be there.

There it is! It may be a little more backstory (that most of y'all already know) but still, its more emotional bonding time w/ Ciel & Kylee! *insert dramatic pause here* This is for all my readers, all whopping 500 of you. *sarcasm* Hope it wasn't too far off from the plot, but it was a fun break for once, riiiighhtt? Oh well, love it, hate it, review nevertheless, kay? The fasturr you review, faster the next chapter comes out. Actually I was pretty speedy on getting this chapter out, I'm pretty proud of my self. XD Anyway, have a good week!