Ciel Durless was a loner.

He was alone. Anti-Social. Didn't like people. He was often revered as 'the Ice King', as no one could break through his ice cold barrier and actually get to know the boy behind the ice.

Besides two people. His best friend, Sebastian Michaelis, and his childhood friend and girlfriend, Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Middleford.

And being Ciel's best friend, Sebastian would like to say that he knew him best. But one thing that always puzzled him was simply, Elizabeth.

To anyone else, Ciel was the Ice King. Cold. Sarcastic. Bitter. But to Lizzy...

He was a completely different person.

Well- not completely. But the change was there. Anyone could see that Ciel was in love with the girl, besides Ciel himself. But what puzzled Sebastian, and the entirety of the student body, was why he changed.

What exactly did Lizzy do to break and enter the Ice King's frozen barriers? Girls gossiped, boys raised eyebrows, and Sebastian himself didn't raise the topic with Ciel, [he would simply get snapped at], but he couldn't help but wonder along with everyone else.

And speaking of Elizabeth...

People wondered why the most popular, and well liked girl of the school had chosen to go out with the most unpopular and anti-social boy in the school. She had plenty of admirers to chose from. So why would she chose Ciel?

"He can be the sweetest person, if he wants to be," came the quiet reply, "He was such a nice guy, before the accident. Even now... I know that he closes himself off to everyone. He's afraid of getting hurt. I know that the Ciel who used to be so sweet and innocent is still in there, somewhere. And that's why... I want to be there for him. No matter what."

Sebastian liked Elizabeth; even if she could be annoyingly chirpy at times. But she was always truthful, and always straight up, which was something that he admired. And when it came down to it, she was actually quite wise. So one day, he raised the tentative question to her, during lunch.

"How did you guys get together in the first place? Was it a childhood promise, or did you just ask him out of the blue?"

She chuckled, "I guess it's a bit of both. Ever since we were little, we've been engaged. Our family set it up while we were young; they're really old fashioned. Back then, we just knew that we would be together forever, and we didn't mind. We even promised each other that we would get married, as if we couldn't reinforce it enough. But when we grew older, and what it really meant to be in a relationship, we considered breaking it off. We were both convinced that we really didn't like each other that way. But then the accident happened... and I realized how much it would have hurt if he died along with his parents. I came running, and nearly tackled him to the ground when I saw him again. But he was so... broken. I felt like I needed to protect him from the world, because if something else happened to him, then he'd completely shatter. And that's when I realized... after all this time... I had fallen in love with him. So after I was done crying, and at that point, he was holding me, I just looked up, and kissed him." Elizabeth sighed, "And after that, it was sort of official. We've been dating since."

Sebastian was astonished. He hadn't known that Ciel and Elizabeth had such a... history together.

"It sounds like you two have been through a lot."

She smiled. "Yeah, I guess we have. But you know, what won't kill us will make us stronger. And that is true, especially for Ciel and I. ...Sebastian, why haven't you dated anyone yet?"

Sebastian blinked in surprise. He hadn't expected the conversation to turn on him.

"I guess I haven't found anyone I liked yet."

"Is that so? It's okay, I'm not trying to pressure you or anything. Having a relationship is over-rated anyway. To date for the sake of dating... it's stupid. You should date someone because you like them, not because of how popular they are or how cute they are. People here break up and get back together all the time, it's simply not worth the drama. And trust me, I've been in enough drama to last me a life time... but enough about all this relationship talk; how was Grecco on your class? I heard that you guys got steamed second period..."

After that day, whenever someone said that 'Elizabeth deserved better', or how 'Ciel shouldn't be wasting his time with such an air-head', he would simply shake his head and say, "Those two are definitely made for each other. And I don't think anything you can say can break them up."

A/N: This is a hybrid of a monolouge and a regular drabble. xD I guess. This was fun though! I hoped you like this Xiao! Ah, and I should mention; this is a prequel to That Couple, Trick Or Treating. Next chapter... I have no idea what I'm doing x3 Suggestions would be appreciated, of course!

And just as a note, if I'm doing a request, then when I'm done, I'll let you be the first to see it before it gets published to the rest of the world ;3 Just putting that out there.