Hey sorry for not updating. I've been procrastinating hardcore, but I have not forgotten. It might take a while for the next chapter, but it will come. Enjoy and review would be nice :D
Logan's P.O.V.
After Lord George told me and Melody that we were allowed to work at his manor, I was sort of looking forward to my first day. Which was odd because I had to work with Sebastian. Man, it's going to be a long day.
Anyway, I was helping Sebastian cooking in the kitchen. We were making lunch for Lord George and his daughter. He was cooking the main dish, while I was making the batter for Maddie's dessert (apparently in high society, you get a dessert with your lunch. Lucky bastards). We were quiet, with the excepting of the sounds of us cooking. The silence was kind of annoying me, I had to break it. "Uh, hey Sebastian", I started, gaining his attention from the stove. "How did you end up contracting Lord George? I mean, he doesn't seem like the type of guy to make contracts with demons". He was quiet for a while, as he put the meal in the oven. After that, he came over to where I was mixing.
"Why would you want to know a silly thing like that?" he asked, a fake smile growing on his face. I ignored his stupid look, and just shrugged. He let out a sigh as he gave me his explanation. "Well, when I first came in contact with him he was hitting an all time low if you speak. His business was going under, his wife had passed on and he was on the verge of bankruptcy. He called upon me to make sure that he had a successful business that would be able to live on without him. He wanted to make sure that he became the best and as his servant I will fulfill his wish". When he finished, I was kind of shocked. I couldn't believe that Lord George was at such a low point where he had to call upon a demon to help. But then again, humans are feeble minded creatures and will do anything to get out of trouble.
"How about yourself?" he said after a while, which sort of confused me since I didn't know what he was talking about.
"What?"
"Your master, how did you become contracted with him? He seems like a very intelligent boy to give up his soul". I didn't understand at first, but then realized what he was talking about when he said intelligent boy.
"Hector isn't my master!" I yelled at him, "He's my best friend. I would never do that to him!" He was surprised by my outburst, not expecting that. I was pissed that he would even assume that. I would never eat Hector's soul. Even if it was the last soul on Earth I still wouldn't eat it. "You can't just assume something like that! You know what, how about I keep doing what I'm doing and you stay out of it", I told him, not realizing I still had flour on my hands. When gestured him to go back in his space, some of the flour on my hands went all over his face. His face was priceless. I laughed a little at his shocked appearance as he gave me a glare. "Well, it's quiet an improvement", I told him with a sight chuckle. He didn't like my little banter and gave me an annoyed look. I was too busy laughing that I didn't notice that he came close to me or that he grabbed some eggs. I stopped laughing when I heard a crack and felt something slimy drip down my face. I looked up to see Sebastian with cracked egg shell in his hands and an amused look on his face.
"Now, who's the improved one?" he asked with his stupid smirk on his face. Hell was I letting him get the last word. I looked to the bowl of chocolate mix next to and an idea came to me. I dipped my hand into the bowl and grabbed a big hand full and began to smear it all over his face and clothes.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm getting chocolate all over your face and pretty uniform", I said sarcastically as I finished wiping the chocolate over him. When I was done, I felt an accomplished smile on my face. Sadly, that was short lived when Sebastian had decided to dump the entire bowl all over my head and face. As soon as I saw his fucking smile, I knew that this wasn't over. This means war asshole.
Melody's P.O.V.
"Okay Mistress Madeline, what would you like to do now", I asked the girl, since we were done teaching some of her lessons. She thought for a moment then she smiled.
"Can we go outside, please?" she asked. I looked to Hannah seeing if it was okay. She nodded and with that we both took her out to the garden. I saw that Charlie was outside pulling out some weeds, but stopped when he noticed use.
"Oh, hello my lady. What brings you hear", he asked Madeline as she walked towards him.
"I wanted to play outside since I was done with my lessons. Come on let's play", she said as she grabbed his hand and took him away from his work. I sort of laughed a bit from her adorableness. Even though I didn't know her that well, Madeline was a really sweet and caring girl. She probably makes anyone happy. I wonder why she decided to sign a contract to a demon. I looked to Hannah; who was smiling at the scene before her, and decided to ask her.
"Hey Hannah, can I ask you something?" She turned to me, her smile still on her face.
"What is it Melody?"
"Why did Madeline make a contract with you? Not that I think it's a bad thing, but Madeline seems like a good girl and I wouldn't see her contract with someone who was going to take away her life". I saw that my question surprised her a bit. She turned her head back, seeing Madeline and Charlie playing. She was quiet for a while, but then she let out a sigh and answered my question.
"When her father created a contract with Sebastian, she was unsure of how to take it. She was depressed for a while and unintentionally summoned me. She was surprised, but not scared. She asked me if I can help her and I said that I can do whatever pleases her. She told me that she wanted to make sure that her father's wish came true. When I told her about the consequences, she wasn't afraid. "I only want to make my father's wish come true. I don't care what happens to me" was what she told me". I was kind of shocked with what Hannah told me. But I understood why she would do it. She kind of reminded me of Isabella. After a while, Hannah spoke up again. "Her soul reminds me of your sister. So sweet, so caring and willing to give up her own life to save another". She stayed quiet for a little, and looked ahead with regret in her eyes. "Do you hate me?"
"What?" I asked, not expecting that. She looked back at me with a serious look in her eyes.
"Do you hate me? Do you hate me for taking away your beloved sister and brother?" I didn't expect her to ask me a question like this. I never knew that she felt that way. I took a deep breath and slowly stated my answer.
"Hannah, you made sure that Isabella and Alois were taken care of. Both in life and in death. Why in the world would I hate you?" Again what I had asked Hannah shocked her. But this time, her eyes held some relief.
"I'm glad to hear", she told me with a smile. I smiled back at her and later she hugged me. It sort of surprised me, but I didn't mind. I hugged her back enjoying our embrace. After our short hug, Madeline walked up to us, with Charlie in tow.
"Miss Hannah, is lunch going to be ready soon? I'm hungry" Hannah looked at her wrist watched and her face contorted with confusion.
"That's odd, it should have been ready by now", she said out loud. "Charlie, please watch Madeline while I see what's taking lunch so long".
"I'll go too", I told her as we went inside the manor. We walked to the kitchen door and Hannah opened it. What I say almost made me laugh out loud. Logan and Sebastian were having a food fight. It wasn't anything like the food fight Claude and Sebastian had back when Ciel and I were human. No, this was much more childish and so much funnier. I had to make sure to cover my mouth so that they wouldn't hear be laughing. When Logan slammed Sebastian's face into bowl of whipped cream that did it. I took out my phone and started to record the entire scene. This moment should be saved and shared with everyone.
/
After the incident with the chocolate, both males had gone into a full food fight. They threw whatever was in the kitchen for a while until there was nothing left. Once Sebastian and Logan had stopped, they both looked at their messy appearance. They soon began to laugh at how ridiculous they looked and ended up on the floor in their fit of laughter. They stayed on the floor for about a good ten minutes. Once they calmed down a bit, Logan looked over to the butler next him and he noticed something. He saw that Sebastian was smiling, but it wasn't fake or forced. Sebastian had an actual smile on his face, as if he was enjoying what had just happened. Logan breathed slowly, trying to catch his breath that he lost in his fit of laughter. He tried to comprehend why a demon like Sebastian would be happy at something like this. Logan later passed it off as a good imitation as he sat up into a seating position. He looked ahead and was shocked to see both Hannah and Melody in between the doorway. Logan held a shocked/embarrassed look on his face as he looked at the door women. "H-Hey guys", he started a bit nervously, "how, how long were you both standing there?"
"Long enough", Melody said with a slight chuckle, her phone still in her hand. Logan noticed this and gave her a questioning look.
"What are you doing with your phone Mel", he asked at he pointed to it.
"Oh, you know I'm preserving the memory of your first food fight with Sebastian", she told him with a wide smile. Logan's expression would immediately change into a more pissed off one and stood up in a fast motion.
"You better delete that or else!" he told her in a furious tone.
"Or else what?" Logan made a raged growl and charged at the girl. Melody quickly ran from the Logan, keeping her phone on her. The teens ran through the home for a while until Logan tackled Melody to the ground. Logan tried desperately to get the phone out of the ravenette's grasp. Seeing that she was keeping a good grip on her phone, Logan smeared the chocolate from his shirt onto Melody's face. The girl made a slight squeak, not expecting that to happen and loosens her grip on the phone. Seeing this, Logan tried to reach for it but Melody smeared the chocolate back into his face as a counterattack. After that, Logan couldn't stand it and decide to go to his plan B. He started to tickle Melody until she let go of the phone. Once she was caught in a fit of laughter, Logan grabbed the phone from her, scooted away and deleted the video and any pictures that she had taken. When she had calmed down, Melody looked to Logan and pouted seeing that he had deleted everything. Logan looked back to her and gave her a victorious look. After a while the two teens were got in a fit of laughter. They laughed for a while, until their sides hurt. Once they were done laughing, Melody was the first to speak up.
"Man I hadn't had that much fun in years", she said catching her breath. Logan would nod as he stands up.
"Hell yeah, I can't remember the last time I had this much fun". The two were quiet for a while until Melody spoke up again.
"You seemed pretty happy back there".
"Huh?"
"When you were with Sebastian, you seemed pretty happy", she said with a smile. "Sebastian seemed happy too, I haven't seen him give a real smile in…well actually I've never seen him with a real smile". Logan would stay quiet for a while then turn to Melody with a blank expression.
"I doubt it, demons like him are practically masters of deception", Logan said, even though his mind says differently.
"He wasn't faking it and you know it Logan", she said as she pointed at him. Logan ignored Melody's comment as he walked up to her and gave her a hand to help her up. She accepted it and stood back up.
"We should probably get cleaned up", Logan said gesturing to themselves. Melody nodded and the two teens began to walk to the servant quarters to get cleaned up. As they were walking, Logan noticed one of the hallway doors was open. He looked and saw a large black piano in the middle of the room. Melody followed his stare and looked to him in a questioning way. The teen boy would walk towards the piano and press the white keys softly. When was the last time I played this?, he thought to himself. Melody noticed his interested and decided to question him.
"Do you know how to play?", she asked.
"A little, but it's been a while", he said as he sat down and played something more complex. The notes flowed beautifully from the piano as the teen played. Logan moved his fingered in a majestic way as he played the instrument. After a while of hearing the lovely music, Melody spoke up.
"Can I play with you?" Logan stopped playing and turned to the girl. He nodded to her and scooted so that she could sit with him. When the girl took her seat, she soon began to play with her friend. They played even more passion and it was lovelier than when Logan had played by himself. They played for a while and when they were done they heard clapping from behind. The teens would turn to see Hannah, Charlie and Madeline with smiles on their faces. Both teens would be shocked and surprised that they were behind them.
"H-How long were you guys here", Logan asked slightly embarrassed.
"Long enough to hear you both play. You both played beautifully", Hannah said with a smile. Logan would groan and slam his head on the keys out of embarrassment. Melody would notice this and place a hand on his back, gaining his attention.
"Hey don't be like that", Melody told him with a smile, "you played really well". Logan would look up to her and smile at her compliment.
"Thanks", he told her as he took his head off the keys.
"You both should play at the party tonight", Hannah suggested with, her smile still on her face. Like many nobles, Lord George has thrown social events to express his wealth and or business. That night was a perfect example since it was the 15th anniversary of his company.
When Hannah gave out the suggestion, Melody's eyes would widen with extreme interest and a smile would appear on her face.
"Of course I would", she told the older woman. Melody looked to Logan, with a look saying "we have to do this, please". Logan shakes his head to her.
"I'm going to have to pass your offer", he told the lavender haired woman, "I don't play in public".
"What? Come on Logan, it would be a perfect opportunity to show up Sebastian".
"Tempting, but I'm still passing", Logan told the girl, "but I'd be happy to help wait on people and serve them refreshments". Hannah nodded to his reply and turned to Melody.
"I guess I can help too", the ravenette said in a slightly bummed tone. "It would have been nice if we could play though".
"If you're trying to guilt-trip me, it's not working. What I said was final and I don't want to hear any more of it okay", Logan said with a serious tone as he stood up and walked away. Once the raven haired boy left, both Melody and Hannah exchanged looks of confusion with the boy's outburst.
"What was that about", Melody thought out loud.
/
Night came very quickly and people started to arrive to the mansion. They were all dressed in their most expensive and dressiest outfits as they walked into the extravagant manor. As multiple aristocrats and philanthropists entered the manor, the servants were getting dressed for the occasion.
Logan was in his room getting himself in his servers' clothes. It wasn't anything to flashy, just a white dress shirt, dark grey dress pants, and a greenish gold button up vest with matching bow tie. He contemplated taking off his facial piercings, but in the end he decided to keep them on. His mother told him that when he turned sixteen, he could get any piercing he wanted. And he got them a year ago and never took them off since. They were apart of him and they weren't really that noticeable, so it was good for an occasion like this. Once he dressed himself, Logan looked himself over in a full-body mirror. He nodded to his overall appearance, and raked through his dark hair to make it more presentable. Once that was done, Logan smiled at his appearance, not noticing that someone was watching him.
"You clean up nicely". Logan was slightly surprised and turned to see who it was. To his surprise, he saw Sebastian in-between the doorway.
"What did you say?", the teen asked making sure that what the butler said was true.
"I said that you look nice. You look more mature than you did before", the black clad butler said with a sincere look on his face. The teen was rather surprised by the compliment and turned his head away out of embarrassment.
"Uh…thanks I guess". They stayed quiet for a while, until Logan noticed that Sebastian was giving him an odd look. "What's with the face?" The butler didn't answer as he walked towards the teen. His look quickly turned into a scowl once getting a closer look at the boy's face.
"What are those", the butler said with slight distaste, pointing at the facial piercings.
"They're piercings".
"I know what they are. What I'm asking is why are you wearing them? It's very improper for a servant to wear such vulgar items", he said with more annoyance. Logan didn't like what the butler had said, and it caused him to scowl at the butler
"I don't care what rich people think of me", Logan said in a bitter tone, "they're staying in". Sebastian glared at the teen, not liking his attitude.
"If you say so", he muttered. Without a second thought, the demonic butler reached out to grab at the teen's piercings and take them out by force. Before he could even touch the piercings, Logan slapped his hand away with a furious look in his face.
"Fuck off!". With that said, Logan stormed out of the room. Too blinded by rage and annoyance, Logan accidently ran into Melody, causing her to fall down. Once realizing what he did, Logan got out of his raged state and picked up his friend. "Melody, I'm so sorry", he told her picking her up from the ground. Once she was standing again, she dusted off the imaginary dust from her dress and turned to her friend.
"It's okay, you seemed in quiet a hurry". Logan would nod at her response and then took notice at her wardrobe. She was wearing a knee length, black dress with lace detailing at the top half. The dress was also sleeveless and had a high neck that covered her tattoos. The raven haired boy would give her a questioning look.
"What's with the high neck line", he asked, pointing at the dress.
"Well, since we're servants it's inappropriate for us to show any tattoos…or piercing", she told him, putting emphasize on the last part. Logan only scoffed at her comments and put his hands in his pockets.
"I don't care".
"I know you don't, but we're trying to make a good impression on our Lord. Can't you compromise just for tonight?" Logan didn't reply and only gave her a look saying "I'm not doing it" and walked away not saying another word.
As she watched her friend leave, she realized that he was more pissed than usual. Sebastian must have done something.
/
Melody's P.O.V.
As I entered the ball room, I noticed how many people were actually here. The room was packed, but not to the point that people were bumping into one another. However, I couldn't let that distract me. I had to find Sebastian and ask what happened between him and Logan. Logan seemed real pissed and I bet my money that Sebastian commented on his piercings or something.
After what it seemed forever I finally found Sebastian, but he was on the move. I followed him until I saw that he was talking to the Lord. I quietly listened as Sebastian was talking to Lord George.
"Parton me my lord, but it seems we have a small issue", he whispered to the Lord.
"What would this issue be?"
"The entertainment that we booked cannot make it tonight." This caused Lord George to give him an upset look.
"Well what do you suppose that we do? These people are expecting the finest entertainment". With that said, I intervened.
"Um, Lord George, if I may", I started as I approached the two, "I think I know a solution to your problem". Lord George would be a bit apprehensive, but listened. "Logan and I can provide the entertainment for the guests. We will make sure that they get the full treatment of a good party as servants of the George manor". The Lord was quiet for a bit, but then replied.
" Alright. You both have 10 minutes to get ready", he told me in a serious voice. I nodded to him and went to go find Logan. After a while I found him serving some wine to a few people. I walked over to him after the people got their drinks.
"Hey Logan can you help me for a second", I told him knowing that if I told him what I was actually up to, he would say no in an instant.
"Sure", he said as he placed the tray on the table. Once he did that, I took his hand as we walked towards the stage. Once we reached the steps, I guess Logan figured out what I was planning seeing the piano on the stage. "No, no Melody I don't want to do this!", he said trying to get away. I grabbed his arm and forcefully dragged him onto the stage. He tried to get out of my grip, but we had already reached the piano stool. Once we both sat down, I noticed something. Logan was shaking and he looked like he was about to have a panic attack. I've never seen him like this and it was freaking me out a bit. After a few seconds I realized why he was like this. Logan Michaelis had stage fright.
Ugh! Now I feel like an ass for dragging him up here. I would have never done this if I knew. I saw that the crowd was getting irritated due to us not playing. Before I could do anything, I heard some violin music. I turned in the direction of the music and saw Sebastian playing his violin. The crowd gained some interest as Sebastian played. I turned to Logan and saw that he calmed down a bit. I put a hand on his shoulder which gained his attention. When he looked at me I smiled to him and said, "it's just like when we played in the music room". Logan nodded to me and we turned our attention back to the keys. We started to play and the crowd was in awe with the combination of the piano and the violin. After we were done, the audience gave us a round of applause. Logan and I held hands and bowed to the audience.
Within a few hours, people started to leave. I overheard a few of their comments and so far, they were all pretty good. Once everyone was gone, I took Logan into the hall to talk to him.
"What did you want to talk about", he asked once we entered the hall.
"Logan, I'm so so so sorry! If I only knew I wouldn't have forced you to play in-front of all of those people. I'm so sorry!" Logan was surprised at my out-burst. After a while, he sighed and gave me a small smile, which surprised me.
"It's okay Melody", he told me calmly, "you didn't know. Actually, I think this night cured my stage fright". I scratched the back of my head out of embarrassment as I gave him a smile.
"Well in that case, I'm glad I dragged you on the stage. I had fun".
"So did I, come on let's help Charlie and Sebastian clean up". I nodded to him and we went back into the ball room to help clean up the empty cups and what not. I helped Charlie with washing the tables and putting dishware away, while Logan was helping Sebastian sweep up the floor. We were all quiet, cleaning and everything. A few minutes after I looked over to Sebastian and Logan and checked on how they were doing.
"You played well", he said earning Logan a surprised look.
"What?"
"I said you played well. You and Melody and a real talent for that", Sebastian explained with a sincere look on his face.
"T-Thanks, but I wouldn't have even started to play if it wasn't for you", Logan stated in an embarrassed tone. He was quiet for a while before speaking up again. I saw that he turned himself so that he was facing Sebastian and said, "I-I sorry for the way I acted towards you. I shouldn't have done that".
"I can say the same for myself", Sebastian stated, his voice holding some guilt, "I should have been so forceful". Logan gave him a small smile and let out a small chuckle.
"I guess we're both at fault. We good." Sebastian nodded and they continued to work. Seeing them make up like that, it made me happy. I'm glad that they're having this chance to build a new relationship.
