Early Merry Christmas! And to those of you who don't celebrate Christmas, happy holidays! Like I promised, here is a little short story as a present from me to you guys. I hope you will accept it :)

In this story, this is the first official Christmas Dusk is spending in the Phantonhive manor (in the main story, she had just begun staying at the manor in the fall but I'm not sure if she was there during Christmas so that's why this is the first).

By the way, I wanted to make sure everyone knows that this Christmas story is in no way connected to the main story. You can think of it as a parallel universe because the ending of the main story is going to be different than what's written here. Just a heads up!

I don't own Kuroshitsuji or any of its characters. I do own characters and events no seen/didn't happen in the anime or manga. Enjoy!

I sighed as I looked at the calendar on my phone. Christmas is so close yet I still haven't prepared anything. Now that I've kind of been adopted into the Phantomhive manor, I wanted to prepare gifts for all the servants as well as Ciel and Elizabeth. I counted on my fingers of the number of people I wanted to get gifts for.

"Finni, Pluto, Mey-Rin, Baldroy, Tanaka, Ciel, Elizabeth...and Sebastian."

I gazed out the window at the white landscape as I thought back to the crazy year I had and reminisced the first time I met Sebastian. I can't believe I was so terrified of him! But then again, I was kidnapped by someone I didn't know. Moreover, I was kidnapped by someone who wasn't human. I gave another sigh when I remembered the reason the past year had been so crazy and heartbreaking.

"I still can't believe it..."

"Can't believe what?"

I jumped at the sudden voice next to me. I turned around and saw Sebastian's face super close to mine. I felt a little daring so I turned my head slightly and gave him a little peck on the cheek.

His eyes widened slightly before narrowing in his signature smirk.

"Goodness gracious. If you do something like that, I might attack you."

I giggled and shrugged. Then, I put my phone away in my pocket and turned around to face him.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Sebastian had a relaxed smile on his face as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Remember, if you ever need help with anything, just say the word, Miss Dusk."

I pouted when I heard him use such formalities with me.

"Geez, Sebastian, don't call me that."

"My apologies. I am on the job right now and I am here to serve you, Miss Dusk."

Even though he's saying these things, his arms around my lower back had tightened a little. He snuggled his head in the nape of my neck and I felt his lips on my skin.

"Mmm."

His hands began sliding further down my back before I stopped him.

"Wait! I don't have time for this. I need to figure out what to get everyone for Christmas." I stopped his hand from traveling further south and held him out at arms length. "Sebastian, would you go shopping with me?"

He released me and gave me a closed eye smile.

"Of course, Miss Dusk." He said before leaning in once again to whisper in my ear. "Anything for me to spend more time with you alone."

I could feel my face flush and I looked at the ground.

"Al-Alright then. Let me go tell Elizabeth and Ciel."

I left the room before he had a chance to respond and I quickly walked to the couple's office. The door was slightly ajar so I pushed it open and walked in.

"Oh my! You guys! If you're going to do that, at least keep the door closed!" I chastised the two, who quickly pulled away from each other with a thin strand of saliva connecting their mouths.

"Hehe you caught us!" Elizabeth laughed, unashamed, while Ciel just wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as a dark blush spread to the tip of his ears. He cleared his throat and pushed his chair back to his desk.

"Oi Dusk, don't you know how to knock?" He muttered angrily, shuffling around some documents that he obviously hadn't read.

"You know, if you guys want some privacy, go to your room or lock the door. How was I supposed to know you guys were messing around instead of working like you were supposed to be?"

I rested my hands on my hips and slightly shook my head.

"This is why I hate newlyweds. They just can't keep their hands off each other."

Ciel looked up at me with a smirk.

"Oh? And what about you and Sebastian? What I saw earlier in the hallway was something meant for the privacy of the bedroom too. You are such a hypocrite."

I felt my face heat up and I turned around to hide my embarrassment.

"Anyways, I came to ask if Sebastian can go shopping with me later today."

I heard the earl give a little huff.

"Ah, sure. Just don't stay out too late. Good thing I don't have a lot of work today and Lizzie is decent at making tea."

"Thanks, Ciel," I said as I began to walk out the room. I opened the door and glanced back at the couple. "Don't let me catch you guys doing something indecent again, okay? Let me put it this way: I get way more embarrassed than you guys do when I walk in on you."

With that little warning, I quietly shut the door and went to my room to get ready. It has been a while since I got to spend time with Sebastian outside the mansion. Recently, I have been helping out with the Funtom business and Ciel hired me as a taste testor as well as help come up with new designs and flavors for cake since Funtom has expanded into the pastry/cake business. The company is soon going to open a cake shop and I have been busy creating different types of sweets. Today was one of the rare days I had off and I would like nothing more than to go Christmas shopping with Sebastian.

I reached my room and when I entered, Sebastian was already inside.

"I have prepared the carriage for your trip, Miss Dusk."

He said, already knowing the earl had granted permission for him to go shopping.

"Good. Just let me grab my coat and scarf and we can go."

I opened the wardrobe and selected a grey coat and a white scarf. Sebastian opened the door for me and we left the mansion.

I'm just a little bit stressed out, trying to figure out what gifts each of the people will get but I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I'm hoping this will be a pretty short story because I seem to have an inability to write them. This should be 3-4 chapters at most and if it's anymore than that, I'll just make the chapters super long. Of course, you don't have to read this if you don't want to. If not, I'll see you on the main story! :) Have a great day!