Hi guysssss. Hope you're having a decent week because I know I am! It's a great feeling to be able to sleep as much as I want haha. And sorry for posting so late...I'll admit I've started playing Maplestory again so time flies by and before I know it, it's 10:30 pm...

I don't own Kuroshitsuji or any of its characters but I do own characters, events, and other stuff that did not happen in the anime/manga. Enjoy!

When I turned around, Sebastian's face was close. Closer than he's ever been to me before. Like, so close that my eyes were crossing from trying to focus on his face. I felt an alien sensation on my lips when my situation finally became clear in my mind.

W-we're kissing!

I pushed him away and saw that he had an uncharacteristically shocked expression. I tried to calm down my pulse when Sebastian bowed to me.

"My sincerest apologies, Miss Dusk. I did not expect you to turn around."

"Are you saying it's my fault?!" I complained as I fanned my face in hopes of cooling my cheeks down. "Woah, it's hot in here...can you open the windows?"

"Of course."

Sebastian walked to the window in the kitchen, seemingly completely undisturbed by what just happened. I turned away from him and cleared my throat.

"Well, like I was saying, I'm going to go check up on Liz and Ciel."

"Very well."

I left the kitchen and the moment I exited the doors, I felt my legs begin to shake and I let out a deep breath.

"That was...too...much."

I steadied myself and went upstairs to talk to the couple.

I have been helping Liz and Ciel with some planning when we heard a knock on the door. Sebastian walked in with a cart and some afternoon snacks. But for some reason, I could not look at him at all. It's not like I couldn't look him in the eye; rather, I can't even look at his person.

How do I act?! I've never kissed anyone before...let alone someone like him!

I felt my body temperature rise again as I panicked internally.

"Hmm? Dusk, why are you acting so weird?"

"Oh..uh, it's just really hot in here."

I heard Sebastian chuckle and I panicked even more.

"What are you talking about Dusk? The room is rather chilly...are you okay? Do you have a fever?"

"Uh, no haha I think I'm fine..."

I tried to take a deep breath and calm myself.

"Actually, Ciel. This reminds me."

"What is it?"

"I was thinking, since the weather has been so nice, maybe we could push the wedding up to next week?"

"What?! Bu-"

"Before you say no, let me just remind you that we have everything planned already. You have your outfit, I have my dress. Plus, there's no guarantee the weather will be as perfect as it is now. You wouldn't want to wear a full suit in the middle of summer, would you?"

Ciel brought his hand to his chin as he looked at Liz thoughtfully.

"You do have a point...Well, then we need to send out the wedding invitations immediately. But since this is so sudden, there might not be a lot of people who can make it."

"I know my family will be able to make it next Saturday. Should we still send the invitations to the list of people we wanted to invite?"

Ciel waved his hand dismissively.

"There's no one I want to invite."

"I see."

Liz nodded her head sympathetically before turning to me.

"Is there anyone you want to invite?"

I shook my head before smiling at her.

"Nope! But..."

"But?"

I bit my lips and decided to be blunt.

"I don't want to see your mother."

"Dusk, you know I can't just not invite my mother to my wedding."

"I know..and I don't want to be selfish. Maybe I just shouldn't go to your wedding then."

"No way! You're my best friend AND you're my sister. You have to be there."

I looked at Liz's green eyes and sighed in defeat.

"Fine. But just know, I do not like this idea. Not at all."

"Yay!"

Liz squealed as she threw her arms around me.

"You're the best!"

"However," I said as I peeled off my best friend's arms," I make no promises things won't get awkward. I don't think I will ever forgive your mother...or Marie for that matter."

"I know..that makes me sad but I understand your reasons. I won't try to convince you."

"Thanks, Liz."

"Of course. I'll always be here for you."

"I know."

Too bad I won't be able to be there for you, Liz. But it's too late to turn back and I do not regret my decision to save Ciel.

As if reminding me of this fact, the symbol on my palm began to sting. I felt my lips curl up in a bitter smile.

"Anyways, you guys finish up here, alright? I need to go take care of something real quick."

I went outside the castle and began wandering around, allowing myself to get lost in the beauty of nature. Before I realized, the sun had began to set and I was once again surrounded by nature during its most beautiful moment. Despite having been injured before, I felt no fear as I traced the last traces of the sun. Just as the sun was about to completely go below the horizon, I realized I've wandered into a weird place.

"I didn't know a place like this existed..."

Despite the weak light from the setting sun, I could see that the trees surrounding me were connected with countless vines. As I walked further into this odd place, I noticed the vines on the trees were not vines but were, in fact, snakes. Even though most girls I know are deathly afraid of snakes, I've never felt such fear. Snakes are generally not that aggressive and rather adorable. I approached one of the snakes and noticed that I almost stepped on a smaller snake on the ground

"Aww, what a cutie!"

Suddenly, I felt a pair of arms enclose around me.

"Did you just compliment me?"

I tried to turn around to see who it was when the guy loosened his arm. I turned around, not sensing any hostile intentions in his voice, and gasped.

Standing in front of me was a rather tall and lanky young man with white hair and he had similar eyes like Sebastian's.

"Like what you see?" He said as he shot me a goofy smile.

"Uhm...no? I'm just surprised. Who are you?"

"Me? Well, I'm here to collect your soul."

"What?!"

Welp..I wasn't going to introduce a new character but I guess I just did..anyways, I hope you enjoyed this story because I actually felt kinda into this chapter! Lemme know what you thought :)

guest: Oohh that's a tough one..I don't know if I'll write a sequel for this story...we'll see though ;)

TheLionfart: OMG how did you know?! Man, and I try not to be predictable too...But I hope you liked this chapter. I felt a burst of inspiration earlier :D