Eventually the three men arrived in a small, secluded town consisting of cottage and cabin like houses. They were all scattered around and had decorative, lovely gardens. They passed a few small shops and a tiny gas station and continued driving up along a sloped road. Once they reached the top Sebastian pulled off onto an unpaved dirt road to their left. The two boys had their faces nearly pressed up against the glass, taking in the scenery. Sebastian couldn't help but chuckle quietly at the two, leaning his elbow against his arm rest.
"You two are adorable." Sebastian said as he wound along a familiar dirt path trailing along through a heavily wooded area. It was rather breathtaking, even to Sebastian. They all remained silent for a few minutes until Sebastian finally pulled up into an open area clear of trees with a small house placed perfectly in the middle.
"Is this it?" Ciel chimed excitedly. The dark haired man nodded and shifted the gear into park and silenced the purring of the car's engine. The two younger men hastily unfastened their seat belts and hopped out of the car. Alois twirled around in endless circles, dancing in the soft, green grass with the sunshine illuminating his pale face. Ciel rushed over to a vast bush of budding roses lining the stained wooden house. He inhaled their delicate, sweet scent and smiled, carefully caressing one of the red satin petals.
"Sebastian, this place is amazing." Ciel's eyes were sparkling in the bright sunshine as he scanned the area. His small chest lifted up as he inhaled the clean, sweetened air. Sebastian couldn't help but smile and extend his hand out and wait for Ciel's to clasp around his.
"Let me show you guys around inside." The two hopped up the stairs and Sebastian reached up to remove a wooden board from the ceiling above the doormat. His hand slipped inside and he pulled out a heavy looking iron key. Shoving it into the door and turning it to the left, the door clicked open. The two strode inside with Alois tailing them, eagerly peering into the dimly lit entrance.
Once completely inside Sebastian released Ciel's hand and glided up to a window to yank the curtains to the sides and pull the blinds up, flooding the room with warm light. A cloud of dust was visible in the ray of light peeking in through the window. Ciel glanced around and took in the coziness of the open living room. There was a fireplace at one end of the room with a lovely and intricately carved mantelpiece, a soft blue love seat placed in front of it. A matching couch and set of reading chairs were placed up against the wall across the way from an older looking television set in an entertainment center packed with VHS tapes. There were a few expensive looking paintings mounted against the walls and the room was littered with knickknacks. It looked like a house and older couple would live in.
Ciel began to slip his shoes off before he stepped onto the nearly brand new looking cream colored carpet.
"You can keep them on, a little dirt won't hurt this house. It's not like anyone is here to see it anyway." Ciel smiled and stepped further inside, Alois trailing behind him once again, staring at the interior in fascination.
"Watch your step." Sebastian pointed to a small step leading into another part of the house. It was a small rectangular room aligned with doors and a flight of stairs. He opened one door and allowed it to swing open.
"Bathroom." He said quickly. Then opening another door he allowed the two boys to peer inside.
"Bedroom. Basement." He said pointing to another door placed next to the flight of stairs leading up to another floor.
"You're not going to want to go into the basement, trust me." He began to lead the two boys up the stairs and when they got to the top there was another bathroom placed in the middle of two more bedroom doors.
"So, you two pick where you want to sleep. I'll go get your stuff." Sebastian ducked his head and fled down the stairs leaving the two boys in silence. Eventually Alois shifted his gaze over to Ciel who was exchanging glances between the two bedroom doors.
"Go ahead." Alois said while smirking.
"Go ahead and what?" Ciel's eyes darted over to meet his friends'.
"What's with that stupid look on your face?" Ciel stared at Alois as he remained silent, a cheeky smirk plastered on his face.
"Come on, I know you two are going to want to do it. Pick the room you want to do it in." Alois's voice was playful and Ciel's eyes widened.
"Shut up!" He gave his friend a playful shove and couldn't keep from blushing a little bit. He bit down on his lip and his eyes stared blankly at the door on his left. Alois was right. They would both eventually want to have sex. He couldn't help but think about what Sebastian had done to him in the car on their way to the house. He began to daydream. Imagining Sebastian's god-like body completely exposed, dominating him in one of these beds. He thought about his face buried deep in one of the pillows to muffle his cries of intense pleasure while Sebastian plunged his..
"Ciel?" The boy jumped forward being snapped out of his deep, perverted black hole of a mind. He looked at his friend and shook his head.
"Ah, I think I'll take the one downstairs." Alois clapped his hands together and smiled.
"Good, I wanted this one." The blonde boy pushed the door to the right open and stepped inside, twirling around and examining the decor of his room. Ciel heard Sebastian walking around in the living room and peeked around the corner. He saw a hand grab the railing and a face appeared that was completely unfamiliar.
It was an older woman. In her seventies it looked like. She gasped when she saw Ciel staring at her and backed away, disappearing. He blinked quizzically and hurried off down the stairs after the woman. What was she doing in the house? Sebastian didn't say anyone else lived there. He stepped into the living room and stood there silently, waiting to hear a door close or a floorboard squeak from outside. He heard a small rustling noise in the kitchen and he tiptoed silently across the carpet and onto the glossy, tiled kitchen floor.
It was empty. He stood there, dumbfounded. There's no way he had imagined and old woman standing there at the bottom of the stairs. She looked right at him! But if she was really there, where was she now? It's not like a woman her age could have booked it out of the house and gone completely unnoticed by Sebastian. He shook his head and rubbed his eyes.
'Pull yourself together.' Ciel sighed and leaned forward to place his elbows on the counter. He relaxed and laid his cheek against the cool tiled countertop. He hadn't even realized how tired he was. Being in the car for so long had worn him out, and he wasn't even the one driving. His mind was at peace and his eyes fluttered shut while he remained bent over the countertop, half asleep.
Suddenly, while dozing off, Ciel felt two hands gently grab his hips and he stood up quickly while spinning around.
He was relieved to see that it was just Sebastian.
"Whoa, it's alright." His face looked rather amused but switched to concerned after he noticed how frightened Ciel looked.
"What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost." Ciel's breathing was heavy and his heartbeat was ecstatic but he tried to act calm. He wouldn't mention anything about his hallucination to Sebastian or Alois. No need to freak anyone else out.
"You just startled me, that's all." He flashed Sebastian a halfhearted smile and grabbed the man's hand.
"I told Alois we would take the room down here. Is that okay?" He said to quickly draw attention away from him being startled so easily. His voice was quiet and it made the man smile.
"It's absolutely perfect." Sebastian flashed a tender smile at Ciel and pulled him closer, wrapping an arm around the boy's waist. He buried his face into the nape of the boy's neck and nuzzled against his soft flesh. He couldn't help but inhale Ciel's sweet, rather feminine scent and melted when he felt a hand combing through his hair. His nerves were tingling and the gentle touch from his lover was more than enough to send his heart plummeting over the edge. He smiled sweetly and carefully placed his lips against Ciel's skin. He nipped gingerly at the flesh and felt the boy shudder beneath him. His tongue slipped past his lips and he traced a wet trail along Ciel's neck and up to his ear, catching his earring with his teeth and playfully flicking it with the tip of his tongue.
"Nnghn." Ciel let out a rather shy groan and latched onto Sebastian's silky hair, tugging at it ever so slightly. He felt his captor pull him closer and nip at his ear again, gently running his piercing canine over his ear. Ciel had never thought about how sharp Sebastian's teeth were, like he was part vampire or cat.
He felt a heat rising up inside of his belly, fueling his desire and need to be pleased endlessly. Sebastian pulled away much to Ciel's dismay and wiped away the leftover saliva with his hand. He flashed a quick but sexy smile at Ciel and turned his head as Alois entered the living room.
"Am I interrupting something?" The blonde boys' eyebrow arched. Ciel shook his head and smiled.
"Actually, I was just about to come get you. I have something else to show you two." Both pairs of blue eyes lit up and the two boys smiled at each other following Sebastian out of the door. He walked past the car and Ciel stopped for a second.
"Sebastian, where are you going?" The tall man turned his head but kept walking.
"I told you, I have something to show you." He smiled and turned back, waving the two forward to follow him. They obliged and rushed after him into a heavily wooded area. The only thing that led them through the mass of tall trees and lush grass was a small invisible trail where the grass suddenly split off into two separate directions.
Ciel watched Sebastian duck under low branches of trees and copied him, occasionally turning around to make sure that Alois was not far behind. Glancing over his shoulder once again, he saw his friend waving his hands around in the air while blindly wobbling around over large rocks and discarded branches.
"Sebastian, where are we going exactly? I can't get these goddamn bugs to stop following me." The boy sounded slightly agitated and continued to wave his hands about furiously.
"We're almost there. Try not to wear too much lotion or perfume or, whatever it is you like to coat yourself in. The insects out here are crazy about it." The man heard Alois sigh from a few yards back and smirked. He stopped abruptly and turned to face the two younger boys following him.
"Alright, this place is a secret and has to be kept a secret, understood? Nobody else is allowed to find out about it." The two blue pairs of eyes met and they nodded in unison. Sebastian could tell they were both excited and grinned. He extended an arm out, brushing a curtain of hanging branches out of the way. The two younger men knelt forward and slowly walked through their small passageway and stared in awe at what was hidden behind the wall of branches and leaves.
It was a beautiful sight.
A quiet stream was splitting the land in half, keeping them on one side with another vast wall of trees on the other. The sun was shining down through the tree tops, casting a warm orange glowing light upon their naturally pale faces. It smelled so fresh and there were hints of sweet grass being carried through the air by a steady breeze. The water trickled over a rather curious looking stack of rocks, tumbling down into a separated pool of water, filling it up and acting as a waterfall. There were generous patches of thick, comfortable looking green grass leading from the wall of branches up to the shallow end of the stream. Everything looked so majestic and perfect. Ciel's small hand wrapped around Alois's frail wrist and he latched onto his friend with a loose grip.
"You're really here. I'm here. This is real. I'm not dreaming." Ciel's words were so faint and hardly audible. His heartbeat was steady and he felt at peace. There was something about this place that completely soothed him, he felt safe here. Anyone would feel safe here. He heard a soft rustle from behind him as Sebastian dropped the cluster of branches and allowed them to be completely separated from the thick woods they had trudged through to reach this utopia. A cool hand engulfed his free hanging one still at his side and a pleasing, familiar scent wafted up to his nostrils. Ciel's bright eyes glanced up and his heart skipped a beat or two at the sight of Sebastian standing in the sunshine. His skin was flawless as always, his eyes sparkled a bit with the light reflecting off of them. His hair appeared much darker and glossy than before and his lips..
His lips.
Ciel couldn't stop staring at his beautiful, thin, smooth lips. He felt his stomach do an unexpected flip and he felt his face begin to tingle. His eyes became heavy and he couldn't help but begin to chew on his own lip while staring at Sebastian's. The older man's eyebrow arched a bit as he glanced down to meet Ciel's bright eyes. The boy blinked quickly and looked away.
"It's rude to stare you know?" Ciel glanced back up at the man standing next to him. He was smirking and Ciel watched, frozen still as Sebastian leaned forward and placed a tender kiss against his barely parted lips. The kiss was brief but Ciel felt a spark go off inside of him. He felt himself stepping up onto the balls of his feet so that he could return Sebastian's kiss. He hardly realized he was moving until he heard a twig snap in the distance, pulling him out of his trance and startling him.
Both Ciel and Sebastian's heads snapped to the side expecting Alois to be creeping around behind them but the blonde haired boy wasn't there. Ciel's eyes darted back to the stream and saw Alois sitting on a large rock, dangling his feet over the edge of the water and playing with a few tall reeds of grass. His blood began to boil and a sense of fear replaced that sense of longing and desire. He turned around to watch Sebastian and opened his mouth to say something but remained silent when Sebastian held up a hand, signaling him to keep quiet.
He backed up and stood closer to his friend who was still rather oblivious and felt his heart thumping within his chest. He felt like he was going to vomit. He wasn't sure why he was so afraid. His heart pounded louder and louder as he watched Sebastian approach the wall of tree branches. The man's long, slender fingers slipped into small holes between branches and he stood still for a brief second before ripping the green curtain back.
Ciel inhaled sharply and felt fear overwhelm his entire body. He couldn't believe what he saw.
