Chapter 20
His Maid Princess. His Black Butler.
The Tale of a Wounded Heart II
Opposite of Love is Love
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Three months have gone past in a blink of an eye and Ciel was already back to his bossy old self, relieving everyone's stressed out selves.
Right now, the boy was inside Lucifer's office, wanting to ask the King of Hell if he and others could go back.
"...I have nothing against it"
Lucifer finally answered and the boy's eyes widened a little- he didn't expect that it'll be that easy to persuade the Demon King to let them out.
"However, as you are aware, angels began taking over England."
"What?"
Ciel asked, not really understanding what Lucifer meant and the devil sighed, massaging his temples:
"The angels, those rats that you silly humans call 'holy', my ass, the ones with white wings?...I do believe you're familiar with one- Angela was her name?"
Ciel sighed and nodded, finally catching on.
"So, you mean that Angela is finally showing herself?"
"Not precisely. The one you need to fear the most is Constancia...Ainselle's mother. And, you might not be aware of this, but both Ainselle and Kaine severed their ties with her when they were young, leaving Heaven with me and that angered the crazy bitch. To shorten things, she kicked them out and is now regretting it."
Lucifer sighed again and looked at a portrait of four people. Three Ciel recognised- Rachel, Lucifer and that shady guy, Kaine. However, the fourth one, a woman, he could not recognise because the canvas where her face was supposed to be was torn, as if someone clawed it and clawed it, to the point that the claw marks were left on the golden frame.
"Ainselle drew that when she was five. She loved and trusted Constancia a lot...but it turned out to be that their mother was a lying, two faced monster..."
Lucifer murmured, more to himself than Ciel and the boy walked up to the canvas. After a minute of looking at the claw marks, he gently started tracing them with his fingers, knowing exactly who left those.
"Even now, that pain is there, buried deep inside..."
Ciel whispered, as if opening his eyes anew, looking at the girl he knew for so long but at the same time, knew nothing of her. Lucifer's eyes widened a little when he heard Ciel's little comment and then, a small, gentle smile took over his lips:
"...I see...You ARE just right for her..."
Ciel's face instantly turned bright red and he gave Lucifer a surprised look:
"Eh?"
Such response made the man laugh at the boy's innocence.
"You can all go back to the Human world- the humans' memories were re-set to erase that incident so you can have a normal life once again. However, like i said before- it is not safe so Artemis, Kaine and Deadon will go with you."
Ciel nodded, knowing that Ainselle wouldn't really mind it; he hoped that she wouldn't, and walked out, wanting to start packing right now.
"I heard everything"
Artemis glared down at the boy and Ciel shrugged, walking away. He was used to the fact Artemis hated him. Why? Who knew?
"Do you really think she loves you?"
Artemis called after the boy and Ciel stopped on his tracks to give the tauntingly grinning demon a surprised look. Artemis' grin widened and he chuckled, wanting to torture Ciel a bit more:
"How can you be sure that she does not just pity you, you poor little 'lost' soul?"
"Hearing you say those things...you really know nothing of her"
Ciel retorted and walked away. However, even if he said that, the strong feeling of sickening insecurity took a hold of his heart.
What if Artemis was right?
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"Artemis!"
Ainselle walked up to the grinning demon and he turned to give her a surprised look.
"Do you know where Ciel is? I swear i just saw him here a few seconds ago...but now i lost him"
She pouted and he noticed that she was carrying a stack of dusty papers with Ciel's name written on top of the pile. Now, a new, crueller idea came inside his mind and he smirked:
"He was here a minute ago. And he said that he couldn't stand you any longer"
He enjoyed it all- how her beautiful eyes went wide, how deathly paleness took a hold over her porcelain skin he longed so long to touch...
"What?"
She finally managed to choke out, making his smirk widen.
"Yes, he said that you are too clingy...too annoying..."
Suddenly, she burst out laughing, feeling somehow relived:
"Thank God, you're making it up!"
Artemis' eyes went wide- how could she tell?!
"And what if i'm not?"
He asked, his voice deadly serious. Or so he thought anyway. She gave him a grin and began walking away:
"Because hearing you say all those things...you really know nothing of him"
Artemis was furious. This was the second time someone said it and he couldn't take it any longer:
"I told him the truth about your feelings!"
She stopped dead on her tracks and turned to face him once again, her expression unreadable:
"What truth?"
"That you don't love him! Face it- you only pity him because of what happened to him! You-"
...SLAP!
Artemis was finally silenced by her angry palm. Yes, Ainselle finally slapped him, unable to hold back her anger.
"What do you know about my feelings, Einstein?! You think you know everything but let me surprise you- you don't! My feelings towards Ciel should not concern you so leave us alone! Get a life!"
She hissed and stormed off, leaving Artemis standing in grave silence, too stunned to do anything.
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They say that
To the ones that
Are truly in love,
Opposite of Love is
Always 'Love'
Well,
What do you think?
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