Chapter 10

Twenty year old Ciel Phantomhive sat at his desk in the study, staring blankly down at the book that he had given up trying to read. He had been so busy these past couple of weeks; it was a relief to finally get some down time.

But, now that he wasn't preoccupied with work, he had time to think about a certain demon butler who he had sent out to spy on one of his family's many enemies.

Ciel closed the book, resting his forehead against his arms as he sighed. He remembered all too well what it had been like for him when he and Sebastian had been separated. He was only a child then, and they had been forced apart by the Scotland Yard. Sebastian had never left him side since then, whether it was Ciel's bidding or not. But now that Sebastian was gone….

"Don't be stupid." The young Earl muttered to himself as his hands curled into fists. He was not a child anymore. He was capable of taking care of himself.

There was a loud bang from downstairs. Ciel did not even flinch. He guessed it was probably Bard trying to use his artistic ways of cooking again. Again, he sighed. This would be the third time in a week - a new record.

Footsteps. The door at the other end of the room burst open, and Merlin stumbled into the room, breathing hard. "Young Ma- ahhh!" She tripped over the edge of the rug and landed flat on her face with a light thud.

Slowly, Ciel picked his head up and corked an eyebrow.

"Merlin? What is it?" He asked. There was no point in asking if she was okay. After all these years, she was still as clumsy as ever.

Merlin got to her feet and bowed.

"Young Master," her face was bright red. "It's Sebastian… He's come back!"

"What?!" Ciel got to his feet. Sebastian? Had something gone wrong?

"Merlin, go fetch him for me. Tell him-…"

"I know where you are, Young Master." came a cool, smooth voice from the doorway. Ciel's eye widened when he spotted Sebastian over Merlin's shoulder. The pink haired maid seemed to be almost quivering, but Ciel no longer paid her any mind. Sebastian grinned at him, stepping into the room as if there was nothing unusual about the situation. He reached out and placed a glove clad hand on Merlin's shoulder. "Why don't you go help Bard clean up the mess he made?"

"Y-yes, sir!" She squeaked and hurried out of the room.

Sebastian then tuned to face Ciel, and bowed deeply. "Astonishment does not suit you, my Lord."

"Sebas…tian…." Ciel breathed quietly. Why did this catch him so off guard? It had been years since he first made the contract with the demon, he should have seen this coming.

Sebastian chuckled quietly. "I have come to report like you specifically instructed me to."

For some reason, Ciel's heart sank. He slumped back down in his seat and popped his feet on the desk, crossing his ankles. "Well, let's here it then."

"The younger of the two know that I belong to the Phantomhive household. I am afraid this fact will make it rather difficult for me to gather information on the Nightray's."

Damn right you belong here. What was he thinking? He had been but a mere child when he had loved the demon. He thought for sure that he had grown out of those feeling with age but…

Ciel hid his thoughts with a smirk. "Well, that should not trouble you too much. After all, you are my servant."

Sebastian smiled, bowing with one hand over his chest. "It is as you say, my Lord. I shall do as you order until the end."

The end… It may have been prolonged, but the ending of his life was inevitable.

One step closer to being with you, Sebastian…

The Earl pushed his troublesome thoughts aside, and then remembered another important factor to the matter at hand. "Sebastian?"

"Yes?"

"What about the older one… What did you say his name was?"

"Gilbert. He suspects nothing other than the fact that he thinks I am some sort of rapist."

Ciel stiffened a snigger. "Heh." He knew Sebastian was enjoying seeing that. "So," He continued. "He is no threat to us?"

"None what so ever."

"Good."

The Phantomhive's words were calm, but inside he felt something cold and scaly come to life within his chest, its sharp claws clenching around his heart so hard he wanted to scream. What was this? He had felt it before when Sebastian had had no other choice than to seduce several women and even a man in order for them to reach their goals over the past years. Was it… jealousy?

"Young master?"

Ciel looked up, his constricted heart racing. Sebastian was looking at his curiously. "Is something the matter?" He went over and put a cool hand on his sweaty forehead. Ciel had forgotten how much he missed that touch.

He caught hold of Sebastian's wrist and yanked his hand away, almost snarling as he glared up at his butler. "Don't touch me. I'm no longer a child, so don't treat me like one."

The demon smiled, and Ciel wither wanted to slap him or kiss him, he was not sure which was more overpowering.

"Forgive me. You have grown up so fast, it is hard for me to keep track."

Such a mocking voice.

Ciel let go of Sebastian's wrist and looked away. "Humph."

He heard Sebastian laugh in his usual way, quietly and under his breath so that it was barley noticeable. That may be true, and yet it was enough to send a certain thrill through his body right to his crotch.

"Oh my, what is this?" Ciel's eyes widened as he felt Sebastian's breathe tickling the inside of his ear. He could feel the hairs on the back of his neck stand up on end. That's not the only thing. "Are you, perhaps, jealous, my Lord?"

"Of course I'm not!" Ciel snapped back a little too quickly. Damnit. He was too old for this. What was he doing, acting like such a child?

He was not expecting what the handsome being before him did next.

Sebastian slowly moved his hand to the center of his chest again and got down on one knee, bending his head down so low his forehead almost touched the tip of Ciel's boots. "There is no need to be, young master. I serve you and only you until the end… and even long after that."

Ciel sat frozen in his chair, staring down at Sebastian in utter shock.

Sebastian stood gracefully and smirked down at his master.

Before he could stop himself, Ciel said breathlessly. "Prove it."

"My Lord?"

Again with the mocking tone. This time he was pretending to be confused. How aggravating.

"Prove to me that you are mine and mine alone." It did not matter if these words were the words of a child. They were the words of a child who hand taken a demon for a companion and had fallen in love with him in the process. They were the words of the child who had not had the courage, or the opportunity to say them before now. He would not pass up this chance for fear that he would never have it again.

Sebastian smirked as a dark, almost animalistic look spread across his too beautiful to be true features. "Is that an order?"

"Yes."

Ciel was prepared to feel pain, for the demon to draw blood from his body… No such feeling came. Instead, warm lips pressed lightly over his in a gentle, almost loving kiss. Ciel kissed back, wrapping his long arms around Sebastian's neck, almost clinging to him.

Sebastian's tongue as it invaded his mouth was dominating, but the Earl refused to go and be completely under his control. Sebastian was his, after all. And no one, especially that stupid Nightray kid was going to change that.

Ciel's tongue wrapped around Sebastian's and, without warning, gave the demon a push so that he fell back against the desk. He felt the butler's perfect lips twist into a smirk, which he was determined to get rid of once and for all.

Ciel broke the kiss, his chest heaving unevenly against Sebastian's as a thin trail of saliva connected their lips, which were already kiss swollen and wet. Sebastian tried to move, to reverse their positions, but for once Ciel was quicker. He pinned the butler's body beneath his own, using one of his hands to pull Sebastian's hands up over his head.

He caught Sebastian's eye, and he could have laughed with pride at the look of confusion that was so clear on his face.

"I said prove to me that you are mine. I never said that you would be in control."

Sebastian's eyes closed, and he smiled. "This is my young master."

Without another word Ciel crushed his lips against Sebastian's, thrusting his hips against his, grinding their hardened lengths together. He wanted to hear the beautiful demon moan with pleasure that only he, Ciel, could supply him with.

Reaching downward with his free hand, Ciel rubbed Sebastian's groin roughly. He felt the body underneath him stiffed, heard the slightest of moans escape from the beauty underneath him. Ciel pulled his lips away from Sebastian's, smirking as his breath came in short pants and gasps. Sebastian was biting his bottom lip, curling and uncurling his fingers which were still held firmly in his master's grasp.

Ciel's smirk only grew as he closed his fingers around Sebastian's covered length, squeezing lightly. Sebastian let out a small gasp, his eyes widening slightly before coming to rest on Ciel.

"Where had my young master… ha… learn to do something such as this?"

Ciel scowled, and kissed Sebastian in order to shut in up. Inside he was conflicted with the feelings of both pride and frustration as he heard Sebastian chuckle against his mouth. Pride won the battle when he clenched Sebastian's length again, but harder, causing the demon to let out another gasp, lips parting against his so that the Earl could ravage his mouth with his tongue without difficulty.

This moment could have lasted forever, he could have ordered the demon to never again leave his side, but he knew what had to be done, and that was somehow get the Nightray's out of the way. Then Ciel could do this to Sebastian, over and over…

It was said demon to this time break the kiss. He looked up at Ciel through half lidded eyes that were so dark with lust, they were almost black.

"Young master…." He moaned through uneven breaths. "Young master, please…" He thrust his hips upward to indicate what he wanted. Ciel did not need further persuasion. He wished he could have teased the demon more until he was nearly out of his mind from the pleasure of it, but he needed more. He needed to be inside Sebastian now.

Ciel wasted no time. He kissed Sebastian's lips, his cheek, then lower, stopping at his smooth neck and ravaged the skin there much like he had done to the other's mouth not a moment ago. At the same time, his hand was fumbling with the clasps that held Sebastian's pants to his narrow waist. It was rather difficult to do with one hand, but he would not let go of Sebastian, not yet.

Finally, the butler's dress pants gave way and were pulled down carelessly to land in a heap on the rug, burying underneath it the shoes and socks that had been discarded without notice. Now, Sebastian's bare, weeping member was free of its condiments, Ciel's not long after it. There was no time for preparation, and he knew that the demon would probably enjoy the pain from what was to come.

Wrapping his free arm around Sebastian's waist, Ciel moved the demon's elegant body upward and was deep within him in one single stroke. Sebastian's mouth fell open, his scream stopping short as he threw his head back. Ciel shuddered violently. Sebastian was so tight and so blissfully hot, he could not help himself but begin to thrust his hips, moving in and out of that tight ring my muscle. It was then that he freed Sebastian's hands, wrapping both his arms around his upper body and burying his face into Sebastian's neck. He felt nails scrape down his back and found himself wishing that it too was bare so that he could feel true pain of it.

Again and again he thrust into the tight body, and again and again it jerked and twitched, writhing in pleasure as its owner screamed his name. Yes, this is what Ciel had wanted all along.

He felt the heat that had been pooling in his lower stomach move even lower, and with one final thrust he came inside Sebastian, letting out a loud gasp. Sebastian's body arched upward, and Ciel felt something hot and wet spread across his chest before they both feel into a tangle of legs and arms, chests heaving, what remained of their clothes stuck to their damp skin.

Slowly, Ciel pulled out of Sebastian, kissing him before leaning back in his high backed chair as he tried to even out his breathing pattern.

Sebastian sat up on elbows and smirked at Ciel. "Satisfied, my Lord?"

Ciel nodded. He could say nothing more.

It took a few more moments before Sebastian was able to stand and gather his clothes. "Look's like I will have laundry to do." He said snidely as he looked down at himself and then his young master. Ciel rolled his eyes.

"Merlin will do it. I suppose you have to be getting back now."

Did Sebastian's face flash with pain? Or had the young, dazed Earl been hallucinating?

"Yes, I do. I fear there will be even more suspicion now that I have left the house."

Ciel felt Sebastian kiss his forehead gently. When the Earl looks up the butler was gone.

He sighed, and leaned back in his seat to stare up at the ceiling.

Miles away at the Nightray manor, Gilbert had managed to find the strength to get up out of bed and look around the mansion.

Where is he? He thought over and over again as he wondered through the halls looking for that eerie butler. He crossed a doorway that had light spilling from the crack under the door. He backtracked, and knocked upon the wooden barrier twice. He shivered as he heard Vincent's voice on the other side. "Yes? Do come in."

He entered. Vincent's face alighted when he looked up and saw Gilbert standing in the doorway. "Big brother!" He ran over and embraced him.

Gilbert's body stiffened, and after a moment he stepped away from the blonde. "Big brother!" Vincent said again, beaming up at him. "I'm so glad you're well again. I was so worried about you! Good thing Sebastian took such good care of you, neh?"

Gilbert suppressed a shudder. "Uh, yeah… About that… Vincent, have you seen Sebastian today?"

Vincent smiled broadly, eye twinkling in the flickering light of the fire that cracked and hissed in the grate. "Nope! Haven't seen him at all. Maybe he went out on some errands or something."

Gilbert nodded, suddenly feeling very dizzy. "R-right. Errands."

A/N: Okay, well, here's chapter 10. Sorry it took so long.

Surprisingly enough it's actually not that bad, considering that I have been a blocked up for the past several months.

Anyway, about the chapter:

As was hinted in the previous chapter, Ciel and Sebastian made up for lost time... Yay CielSeba in a SebaGil fanfic??? Wow, there's just sex all over this thing. Way to go me.

Chapter11 will be up... some time in the future.

Thank you so much for reading! Leaving a comment is always appreciated.

~Thorn of the Rose