Chapter Eleven: A Love So True

Sebastian's POV

Lacie aimed her gun at Ciel and fired. This gun wasn't ordinary; it was made to harm demons. Meaning if you shoot a demon with it, the wound will heal like it would on a human. Slowly, painfully, and it will leave an awful mark. I froze because for some reason I was too scared of a toy to help Ciel. If I moved in front of it, it would hit my heart. That would kill me. If it hit Ciel, he'd be okay... But in so much pain. I figured he would rather be in pain than see me die for him, I tried that once and he almost jumped of the manor.

I stayed where I was and let the bullet fly past me, it went through Ciel's eye patch and into his right eye. He cried out in pain and dropped to the floor, Lacie was panting. She looked upset that he wasn't dead. I leaped at her, grabbing the gun and crushing before grabbing her throat and throwing her into a wall. I quickly moved to Ciel's side, he was bleeding from his eyes. A lot. But the blood was a light purple... I had a bad feeling. I felt like I had lost something just then.

"Ciel! Ciel are you okay...? My love, I'm so sorry..." He looked at me, one eye nothing more than a gaping hole, the other was its normal sapphire blue. He was so pale. "The contract... The seal was destroyed... The contract broke..." I noticed just then that the seal on my own hand had faded and disappeared. "I thought something was wrong... Never mind that, it's not important..." I picked Ciel up and rushed into the mansion, trying to stay calm and not cry. "Mey-Rin, Bard, Finny, Tanaka!" One after the other the four servants filed into the room quickly, Mey-Rin screamed when she saw Ciel. "Y-Young Lord! Wh-what happened!?" Finny had almost yelled it, Ciel chuckled weakly, coughing slightly. "A psychopathic demon in love, that's what." I frowned at him, "This is no time to be joking... Mey-Rin call the doctor right away."

While Ciel is being tended to, I will take Lacie and deal with my parents.

~Many Hours Later – March 16th, 1895~

Ciels' POV

I woke up in my room, it was dark, only dimly lit by candles. I saw the miniature grandfather clock on the dresser; it was 11:43pm. Was I out that long? I felt the familiar feeling of scratchy bandages on my right eye. "I was shot, that's right..." I mumbled it quietly, but it didn't matter. It was like my voiced echoed through the entire world and suddenly the door flung open. A very worried Acacius with a tear-stained face was there, looking at me; his lip was quivering, his breath was shaky, he looked pathetic... But oddly cute, like a little distressed kitten. He walked into my room and closed the door behind me, kneeling by my bedside. "My love..." His voice was quiet, shaking still.

I took his hand gently and smiled weakly. "Honestly, since the contract broke I thought you'd be long gone... I still have some dark thoughts in my head... I kept having strings of bad dreams where you thanked Lacie for destroying our contract, and then you left with her. In others you killed me yourself, or you spat in my face and told me your love was a lie, or—" Acacius cut me off with a kiss, he was crying again.

Our kiss last several minutes, when Acacius finally broke away both our faces were stained with his tears. He gripped my hand a little too tight, but I said nothing. He took a deep shaky breath and looked at me. "Ciel... My darling, I did not love you because we were contracted to each-other. Yes, it did help me realize that I loved you, but that's all. I realized that spending forever with you wouldn't be so bad... Why, I asked myself. For many years before I confessed to you five years ago. Why. Because I was in love with you... I was truly, madly, deeply in love with you. I wanted nothing more than to spend my life with someone who made me smile when even the slightest thought of him popped into my mind. I wanted to spend my life with the person who made me want to be human... Who made me feel human. When you were shot, damn I could not have hated myself more. I was so selfish in that single moment that you were injured so badly and it hurt me too... Even if out contract is broken, dear, I'm not going to leave. You are my true love, and I wouldn't throw that away... Not even for the Kingdom of Hell..."

It was my turn to cry now, I wanted to hug Acacius, but I could barely move. So instead I slid over in my bed. "Come lay with me, Acacius..." He nodded, removing his tailcoat, vest, shoes, socks, and gloves, before laying down beside me. I sniffled slightly; Acacius put his arms around me and held me, wiping my tears away as they showed up and leaving soft kisses on my forehead.

Sebastian's POV

We stayed like this for many hours, just cuddled up with each other. Mumbling soft 'I love you's' every now and then. Eventually Ciel fell asleep; it was nice to watch his small figure curled up in my arms just resting... Sleep was a luxury for demons, a pointless luxury and I enjoyed it very much. It had been a long day, I might as well rest. I kissed Ciel's forehead and whispered, "I'll see you in the morning my love..." I closed my eyes, and fell asleep shortly after that.

Author's Note: Hello there my lovelies! So, that was a longer chapter than most of them, so much typing... Whateves, I just like seeing my dears happy! Anyways babes, I was thinking of holding a contest? Basically, you PM me your OC characters. Give me first and last name, physical description, and a detailed layout of your character's personality and so no. And then, I will have my two sisters help me judge. Only one entry per person. And I think the top three will be put into future chapters of BIHE! How does that sounds? I don't know! If ya'll like the sounds of that, then go ahead and start messaging me, I guess! Once I get, let's say, thirty entries I'll cap it, and then later I'll add the new peeps in! Well, thanks for reading all my words, I love ya'lls 3