Chapter 11
"Water please!"
Kimmy is not in the mood to consume the tea Sebastian poured for her before. Probably because he thought girls would prefer sweeter beverages and dumped a ton of sugar in the only things that she liked sweet were cheesecake and milk tea. Desserts were a bane to her weight and workout routine.
"Of course Ms. Kimmy," right after Kimmy asked for it, a glass of water was delivered before her. Sebastian only smiled as he retreats behind his master again.
'It sure is convenient being a demon huh?'
That cart did not carry water.
The young blue earl has been silent for a while after her abrupt confession. This would be something normal since the contents of her confession is quite shocking, however, Ciel's expression was not one of shock, but of contemplation.
There was once a face of disbelief but the instant Sebastian served her the glass of water that appeared seemingly out of nowhere, the 'game face' was back on. Her story would be unbelievable, but he himself was currently contracted to a demon. Can he really doubt her?
Added to that, her behaviors and all the tangible items she possesses can be attributed to her coming from another place that perceives this as normal. There is no place, to his knowledge at least, will accept a woman so brazenly dressed with such language that may be seen as unladylike as a societal norm.
Her being a reincarnated soul would be easier to explain since there's a living demon right next to him serving tea. However, she said that his life and this world was just a story in her past life.
Ciel looked at the demon at his side, smiling like there's nothing out of the ordinary.
Huh.
The only thing out of ordinary here would probably be himself. And now this lady turned girl as well.
"So me being from the future might be a little high of a bar to accept but, I'm guessing that with all the supernatural things you've experienced so far with Sebastian at your side," trailing off, Kimmy waved her hands around in a circular motion as if that will dispel all his suspicions.
"Besides, you saw how I looked like yesterday. I was way sexier and way hotter than the figure I have right now."
"Your adjectives might not be accurate, but the point of you being different has been conveyed."
"Shaking my head," she laments, looking at the boy with a gaze that seems to pity him, "It's okay, you're still young Ciel."
Ciel twitched.
"You look pretty young yourself now so don't be too quick throwing words around!"
That definitely hurt.
Kimmy was salty enough about her hard earned glamorous body disappearing overnight, being stranded in a era where females are inferior, and learning that her soul was probably hundreds of years old.
This brat!
"So Ms. Kimmy, is there anyway that you can prove that this world was indeed a story in your past life?"
Right away, as if there's been a switch flipped Kimmy all but jumped up from her seat.
"I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT QUESTION!"
Unable to conceal her excitement, Kimmy stood up and with both hands on her hips she raised her chin like her time has finally come.
"Huh-"
"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW!"
"It seems that Ms. Kimmy is eager to prove her knowledge, young master."
"Well, since you two kindly rescued my poor soul from being savagely devoured by that bimbo demon, I would be happy to help you and your demon butler on your journey to revenge."
"You know about that." Ciel chuckled slightly, "How do you think that you'll be of any help at all?"
"My dear Earlie-"
"Earlie?"
"Hush," Not minding his disturbed tone, Kimmy soldiered on like the charismatic idol she is (was, semi-retired, hiatus, whatever). "Don't be rude. As I was saying, this world is a very highly popular work that is one of a kind, as the artist Yana Toboso put in many years of hard work to refine all the distinctive characters that appear."
Looking at Ciel, Kimmy smiled and continued in a more subdued tone, "Young protagonist Ciel Phantomhive was born into an Earldom that carries a great burden to eliminate the Queen's concerns in the undergrounds of this nation. After suffering a tragic month after the fire that took everything you knew as life away, you were forced to contract a demon—" over here Kimmy threw a look at Sebastian, who remained smiling, "—in exchange for your soul and now is in a journey for revenge as you believe the culprit of that incident will definitely come back and finish the job."
"You're certainly well informed about the past, but you need to prove to be more useful and provide what would happen in the future."
"Well, are you ready to house and feed me?"
Ciel closed his eye and leaned back from the table, "As long as you are of value to me, that can be—."
He was cut off Kimmy ran over to Ciel's side of the table and glomped him on the back.
"THANK YOU! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU"
"GET OFF OF—" Ciel's eye widened as he heard sniffling sounds from the girl behind her. Then he suddenly realized, this shrunken lady probably didn't have anywhere else to go. Of course she didn't. She was about to become a demon's snack if not for Sebastian driving it away. While she is an adult in the future, she was more disadvantaged living in this era than a poor working class woman.
"Ahem," He cleared his throat and hesitantly put a hand on her head that held faint streaks of brown, "Like I was saying, you can stay, but it won't be for free."
"I won't be a leech! I can also offer you music lessons in addition to information! I am a globally certified piano player and quite proficient in the violin for the classics."
"Well then young master," for the first time in a while, Sebastian spoke up. He approached the two humans with his permanent smile and offered Kimmy a handkerchief. "I believe that it is decided for Ms. Kimmy to be your new live in music tutor."
"That should be passable as an explanation for her, a private foreign music tutor to the Phantomhive Earl should be able to deter most nosy people."
"How nice of you to do this for Ms. Kimmy, young master."
His face heating up slightly, Ciel glanced at Kimmy who was looking at him with a soft gaze and immediately turned the other way.
"It's only because she can be useful to me! I am only making the logical choice when such a chance to further my goal appears!"
"Either way, it is the truth that you provided me with a safe haven. If you were to reject me, there was practically no way for me to survive in this society! Don't worry cutie Earlie! I will do everything I can to help you!"
Ciel's face that almost regained its original pale hue flushed again at Kimmy's nickname.
"Do you want to be kicked out?!"
Kimmy giggles and beams a magnificent smile, showing off her idol calibur visuals and bows to them both.
"I will be in your care!"
"Since you will be staying here for a while, it would be good for you to meet the rest of the staff here Ms. Kimmy."
Sebastian was trailing ahead of his master and Kimmy, guiding them to the official room that she would be staying in as of today.
"Oh right!" Kimmy claps her hands, "Finnian the superpower gardener, Meyrin the sharpshooting maid, and Baldroy the veteran chef!"
Ciel hummed, "I shouldn't be surprised that you know about them and their origins right?"
"You can still be surprised if that pleases you, Earlie. I'm always appreciative of those that gas me up."
"Gas?"
"It's a future American slang that means to inflate someone's ego or confidence."
"Come to think of it, your English has an American accent."
"I was born and mostly raised on the East Coast of America. My family relocated to after my father passed away and I decided to become an entertainer there instead of going back to the states."
"You called yourself an 'idol' before, what exactly do they do?" Ciel turns to face her and adds, "I doubt they were worshipping you like a religious idol."
"Well they certainly can go to the extent of religious devotion to me if they want. I just don't think any of my fans are up there yet. I sing, dance, host, model, and sometimes, I'm lucky enough to act! There's nothing better than being able to do so many things we enjoy and get paid by our fans. It only motivates me to be much better at those things!"
"Seems like you enjoy your profession; it's admirable for a woman to be completely independent and have such success."
Kimmy couldn't take it anymore and managed to catch Ciel off guard right then to gather him in her arms again.
"WHAT ARE Y—"
"TOOO PRECIOUSSSSS!"
Sebastian only chuckled the whole way to Kimmy's new room as the two bickered—Ciel was the one being difficult when she only wanted to show the cutie some affection—like they haven't just met yesterday.
Poor little Ciel wasn't too comfortable at Kimmy's affectionate hugs. This only strengthens her resolve to smother him in more affection she thinks a growing teen should have.
Plus, he is too cute to not fawn over. His big blue eyes and soft cheeks are really all just asking for it.
Her little room tour was done and over with in a flash and the first thing she did was go into her luggage and set her solar charger on the windowsill. Ain't no 21st century woman living without a phone, service or no.
"This will be your room from now on Ms. Kimmy, do you feel that it's acceptable at first glance?" Sebastian still had that same smile on and it irked Kimmy, but it could be because she already knew that a demon is always a snake. Another one just tried to snack on her soul too so she ain't trying to piss this stronger one off.
"Everything seems like more than I could've asked for!" Kimmy turned around and gave him a light hug, "Thanks Sebastian!"
See? She's such a nice girl, friendly and polite. Even Sebastian won't harm her just because he's hungry right?
Oh, his face changed.
Shit.
Damn this demon is such a hottie.
But that smile though…
When a demon's smile looks to be brighter, it's a good sign? It's better than a dimmer smile right?
She really shouldn't try to read him using human standards…
Oof, let her poor soul be untouched throughout this stay in the Victorian Era.
"Oh right Ciel! Has Chlaus came to visit you yet?" 'Let's divert the attention away first…'
He took a while to respond, until he remembered that she probably knows his own life better than himself. "Yes, he visited before you appeared."
"Then weren't you supposed to have a whole hush hush meeting today with your Sus Squad?"
The young earl pinched his nose bridge and turned an accusing eye at Kimmy. Disregarding her choice of words, he could still piece together what his "Sus Squad" is.
"It was pushed back due to an unexpected guest showing up at the manor."
"Wow that's different, was the guest that important? I don't remember another guest appearing in the series."
Kimmy racked her head, trying to remember the memories she had in her past life. It's like her memories but at the same time, it's so different. The little girl that she was before passed on some important core traits to her, but besides that, Kimmy was nothing like Serena.
That girl always had duty on her mind.
Kimmy just wants to live and have fun.
So if there's a new character involved here, it would definitely bring the series into a new territory. Of course, it'd be better for that new person to be a harmless character, but in the world of Black Butler…
As her thoughts trailed off, the other two in the room were focused on this dimwitted girl.
Was she really the one they had tea with in the greenhouse before?
Pointing a dramatic finger at the—still lost in her own head—denim wearing girl, "Mei Ling! You were the one that disrupted the scheduled meeting!"
"Oh." she looks so enlightened that it's more amusing to Sebastian that this was the girl that tried to bargain for her stay at the mansion before. "But are you going to continue calling me Mei Ling?"
"Is that not your name?"
"It's a mouthful, so just call me Kimmy."
"Then," Ciel cleared his throat and took a seat on the chair in front of the dressing table, "Kimmy, you wanted to tell me something about the meeting tomorrow?"
"OH RIGHT!" She really jumped and clapped her hands together, "man, even becoming younger doesn't fix my poor memory LOL. So yeah, you're gonna be meeting with some influential people but I think you know already that one of them isn't really such a great friend to invite over right?"
"Ho? Do go on," ciel's single eye narrowed and all trace of a child immediately disappeared. This was the infamous watchdog of the Queen.
Kimmy's voice returned to lower volume along with her tone, "The Italian one, be sure to wear some paddings cuz you're gonna be catching some hands boy."
'Catching some hands?' What's that?
"Ms. Kimmy,"
"Yes demonic dear?"
While he raised an eyebrow, there weren't any other reactions. Boring. Ciel on the other hand, gave them a wide eye of the century!
How cute!
Ciel was definitely a lot more fun than this old demon. Such a waste of his hot face though…
"From your warning, can it be safe to conclude that the young master will encounter some danger tomorrow?"
"That should be how it goes,"
"Poor young master, all the things you have to do in order to keep your family title."
"Do shut up, Sebastian. I am hungry."
"I will be off to prepare supper then. I assume that Ms. Kimmy will be dining with you as your guest?"
"Yeah, do you have any dietary restrictions, Me—ahem—Kimmy." The little earl glanced her way before looking back at Sebastian, "From now on, she as my private music tutor will be treated as an important guest at the estate. See to it that all her needs are met, including her diet."
"I'm allergic to taro, but I doubt that you were planning to prepare anything with that anyways so don't worry and show me a meal that will make me forget about calories!"
"As you wish, my Lord."
Oh, won't the servant trio be down there too? Maybe she should go with Sebastian and greet them.
"Say Sebastian, can I come and say hi to the three others?" Kimmy tugged on his sleeve as he was about to walk away and waited for his okay. Not like he's going to say no to an 'important guest' right?
Like she thought, the butler smiled and bowed slightly to her.
"Right this way, young lady."
Ight. it's been while bitches, how's it going?
I really thought that an update was going to happen over my spring break but it turns out that it wasn't really a break at all so this chapter was more late than I thought.
Well, it's here now.
So what do you think so far? I know what I think. I think I want to write in first person for this story from now. With a lighter plot in mind, I'm not sure that having such a stiff 3rd POV can convey the humor Kimmy views the situation as. So I think I'm gonna try it for the next chapter and play around a little.
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Btw guys, let's play some small Q&A! I want to get to know my readers a little bit (and I want my comments section to be a little more alive LOL)
Q: Sebastian, Lau, Vincent Phantomhive are your options. Pick one to fuck, another to marry, and the leftover to die!
~~My answer will be revealed in the next chapter ^o^. Let's see if anyone has the same choice as I do lol
See you all next time!
~RuIn2T
