Author's note: Hello again, dear readers! It took me ages to upload this but finally that day had come - the last chapter of this story is out ^^
I want to thank all the people who read (will read) this fanfiction and those who left their comments and "favorites". Nothing pleases me more than gaining your approval :3
Alicia was pulling the stroller with little Matthew who was supposed to be a noble man one day. Though it hadn't seemed so as far. The irritating brat was crying all the time and Alicia couldn't do anything to calm him down. She was nearly running to get to home as soon as possible. She didn't want to be seen with the noisy toddler by any of her friends. The streets were empty though. No human within her sight.
'Awkward' she mumbled shushing at the little boy in the baby carriage. It didn't help at all.
Suddenly she heard something behind her back. She turned around at once. Her blonde hair whirled around her face. She saw no one.
'You'd better stop reading horror books' she scolded herself turning again to the stroller. Then she froze, stunned.
'What is going on?!' The push-chair with the little lord-to-be disappeared somewhere. 'No, no, no' she murmured grabbing her head. 'Mr and Mrs Lloyds will kill me!'
All of a sudden she felt a puff of cold air. She noticed a few black feathers hovering near her. A black crow sat down on a big maple next to her and croaked forbiddingly. Alicia jumped up screaming. She looked around. Although it was still quite early it seemed to be becoming unnaturally dark.
'I need to get out of here' she whimpered and started running.
Something was chasing her, she was completely sure of that. The woman had read way too many horror stories to deceive herself that it was only her imagination. She reached the closest house and knocked on the door feverishly.
'Hello? Is anybody there?' She shouted clobbering on the gate with her fists. She had no reply as if the house was empty. The same situation happened when she tried to enter another three mansions along the street. No one opened the door to let her in. She started panicking as the whirls of black feathers were flying all around her making her feel claustrophobic. She could hear the croaking again which seemed to be transforming into a horrifying laughter. That sobered her up and she ran into the forest hoping to hide somewhere in the bushes. Finally she stopped feeling exhausted and leaning her back against a tree. She was panting heavily.
Suddenly she heard a quiet laughter and felt a small hand on her shoulder. Alicia opened her eyes immediately.
'Has something happened, my lady?' A fragile boy whose hand was touching her arm asked.
'Thanks god, someone has found me…' she didn't finish and goggled her eyes seeing the boy's double-colored eyes. One of them was purple with a five-armed star in a circle on it and the second one was even more terrifying - it was glowing red and the pupil was unnaturally narrow. Like a snake, the woman thought feeling cold. Then she noticed the boy's sharp teeth…
She pulled him away and screaming she continued her escape. Her heart bumped painfully in her chest as she heard that terrible laugher again. It seemed to be resounding all around her.
Her legs seemed as if they were made of lead. She was steadily slowing down even though she was trying her best to keep the murderous pace. Suddenly she stumbled over a protruding root and fell down. Panting heavily, she tried to stand up again but saw a pair of beautiful little shoes on heels which must have cost a fortune in front of her face.
'I've got you' she heard a giggle above her. She backed quickly on bended knees and stood up with difficulties. Her lungs were burning and she felt dizzy and couldn't focus her sight on the horrifying boy's face. She turned around to run away but the boy somehow managed to back her a way. She squealed and turned again to take another path. Though the monster didn't let her go again. He was as fast as light. She couldn't even register his quick moves.
'No, please, let me go!' She yelled out. 'I-I've got a child… and a husband!' She begged. The boy chuckled unpleasantly.
'Haven't they taught you that it's really impolite to lie?' He was coming closer to her as she was backing. 'You don't have either a child or a husband.'
Alicia was trembling. This is the end, she thought. Her heart was nearly jumping out of her chest. She felt the tears assembling in her eyes.
'What do you want from me?' She screamed piercingly still hoping that someone might hear her.
The boy didn't reply but his grin widened. In a fracture of second he reached her and tightened his fragile hands on her neck. She chocked.
'Please, stop! I'm begging you!' She yelled heavily. The boy ignored her entirely shutting his terrible eyes and breathing in the air slowly.
'You were right, Sebastian' he said after a while. 'The smell of human's fear is incredible!' His smile was almost dreamy. The black feathers were flying around them.
Alicia squealed as she noticed a second chuckling black figure emerging from the shadows.
'You see, my love, I never tell lies' that voice was low and seductive but filled with cruelty. Alicia whimpered.
The boy suddenly moved his face closer to her so that she could feel his breath on her cheek. The woman shuddered in terrifying anticipation for the worst.
'P-please, d-don't k-kill me' she whispered hopelessly. The boy made a sad face.
'But the whole point is to kill you' his voice sounded playfully. 'I enjoy our little game very much' saying that he licked her face from her chin to the temple. Alicia shivered screaming and trying to free herself but the midget boy was holding her surprisingly strongly. 'Mmm… I love the taste of your terror' he growled.
'Please, s-stop that!' She tried again even though she knew that it would change nothing.
'Darling, you have to suck her soul in from her body' the second man with the same horribly red eyes whispered to the boy's ear.
'M-my s-soul?' She squeaked. 'What are you?'
The boy chuckled without any joy in his voice.
'I am your death' he whispered to her ear and put his lips closer to her.
Suddenly she felt a terrible pain in her chest. It soon spread out all over her body. She was screaming in agony and desperately fighting for the air but after a few seconds she finally gave up and drowned in the never-ending pain.
Ciel was really enjoying torturing his victim. And her fear smelled so wonderfully. He was becoming more and more hungry knowing that the meal was already awaiting him. He moved his lips closer to the lamenting woman ignoring her cries and sucked in the air roughly. His victim yelled out in agony. The demon felt a delicate scent of her soul but it disappeared as quickly as appeared. He frowned trying once again. Without a success though.
'You need to do it stronger, love' Sebastian sighed. Ciel was trying again and again but couldn't suck in the soul. It was escaping somehow every time he tried to swallow.
'Wait a minute, dear' Sebastian came forward to the woman. 'Let me help you a bit.' Ciel nodded quickly nearly losing his mind due to the boundless hunger.
Sebastian took a deep breath finally ripping off a piece of the soul from the body. He quickly grabbed the boy's chin and joined their lips pushing that piece to insides of his cavity. Taken by surprise, Ciel automatically swallowed and suddenly he felt the euphoria.
'More!' He ordered when their lips disconnected.
Sebastian repeated the operation and fed Ciel by a kiss again. Each time their kisses were becoming more and more hot and passionate. Ciel could feel that the soul was finally filling his insides and the hunger disappeared.
He licked his lips and reached for Sebastian again kissing him deeply and forcing him to lay down on the ground. The dead corpse of Alicia fell down of a slope disappearing somewhere beyond bushes.
'This is the best way of feeding me ever, Sebastian' Ciel whispered near his demon's lips. 'Do it more often.'
Sebastian chuckled wrapping his arm around the boy's waist.
'I simply couldn't let you toiling over it all by yourself. I saw your tormenting.' He stroked the back of Ciel's head. 'You truly were hungry, my love. You ate her all!'
'What? Does it mean that you ate nothing?' The boy widened his eyes in shock.
'Indeed, dear. I let you ate the whole soul. I only felt the taste, nothing more.'
'But why? You're still starving then!' He grabbed Sebastian's cheeks and stroked them.
'When we were making our contract, I made a special vow. Do you know how it sounded?' Ciel shook his head. 'I swore that I would eat no soul before consuming that one of yours…'
'But you can't do that now!' The boy interrupted. 'I don't have a soul anymore!'
'Yet my vow is still current, darling.' Sebastian smiled lightly.
'But that means that you're going to starve forever!' Ciel felt awfully. Because of him Sebastian was sentenced to be suffering from hunger forever..
'It doesn't matter as long as I'm with you, my love' he whispered kissing the boy's neck. 'With you by my side, I can starve to the end of time and never complain about my fate...'
'I wonder if my could parents ever forgive me' the boy said. 'I am a demon and a soul taker now. I'm responsible for taking others' lives away… this is a big guilt, after all.'
'You are a demon, Ciel' Sebastian helped him to stand up and took his hand. 'That means that you won't ever die. You're going to live forever and so am I. Though, you can never enter through the heaven gates. You won't ever meet your parents again, my darling.'
'I know' the boy smiled surprising Sebastian. 'If it's with you, I can go to the ends of hell and come back. And I won't ever be afraid nor alone again.' He kissed Sebastian's cheek. 'This is what really matters now, my love. And I think I'll kinda enjoy my existence' his grin became a bit malicious.
'I will always protect you, my little demon…' Sebastian embraced him.
They went forward without looking back and having no regrets and the hell's gate closed behind them as they went into the flames.
~We're bound together 'till the very end, love. No one can ever split us apart.~
THE END