When you have lived as long as I, you become rather bored. I've lived centuries. I've seen almost every significant piece of human history. My life used to be rather exciting. Until I met Ciel Phantomhive. Now don't misunderstand me, my master has provided me with some exciting exploits. But every now and again there are calm periods in his life, that provide no fun for me. This unfortunately, is one of those times. All of my master's affairs are stable at the moment. No new assignments from the Queen, for about a month now. No enemies making attempts on my master's life. No new guest to entertain.
Even the servants have been on a somewhat mild behavior. I can barely remember the last explosion that occurred at the manor. Even the master has been boring. Simply spending time with his fiancée and tending to his duties as an Earl. Every day I tend to the same tasks day in and day out. I tend to all the household chores and take care of my master the almost exact same way, everyday. I had to admit that, I, Sebastian Michaelis, was bored out of my mind. I felt uninterested in everything. Nothing was exciting or unexpected.
"Sebastian." My master called out to me.
"Yes, master?" I answered automatically.
"I'll be heading to Elizabeth's manor for dinner, you will not need to prepare anything." Ciel informed me.
"Yes, sir. Shall I accompany you?" I asked, even though seeing Lady Elizabeth and Miss Paula was not necessarily thrilling for me.
"No, I will summon you if I need you. You may take your leave, until I return." Ciel said.
"Yes, my lord. Enjoy your dinner, sir." I said exiting my master's office.
Once again I find myself with idle time on my hands. I decided to take a stroll into the night. I had nothing else to do. I put on my overcoat, as the night air was chilling.
"I am heading out, please take care of anything that should arise." I said to the servants, as I was taking my leave.
"Yes, sir! We will not let you down, Mr. Sebastian!" Finny answered eagerly. The others agreed as well.
Then I was off, into the night. To see if anything would arouse my interest. I had no set destination so I just began walking westward. There were many people out. Some shopping, some drinking in local pubs, others just seemed to be getting some air like myself. I went into some shops, but saw nothing worth purchasing. What need did I have for clothes, when I wear the same thing every day. Next, I stopped at a small book store. Usually, I had no time for things such as reading, but now I have all the time in the world.
Human books were very simple minded to someone like myself. I usually figure out the plot and the ending, all in ten pages. I went to the best seller selection. It was mostly filled with suspense and mystery novels. Although, there was one book not like the rest that caught my eye. The title read Love Pains, it was a dark green book, with the title and author seemingly engraved in a cursive font on the cover. I decided to give it a chance. I purchased the book, and walked to a near by cafe. I ordered some tea, and opened my new book.
It was a romance novel, following the life of Aleister Mcfields. He was a wealthy aristocrat, and was quite the ladies man. He went through women like a child goes through candy. This is until he met Harley Powell. Harley was immuned to Aleister's charm and wealth. She often ignored him and went about her business. Which drove Aleister completely insane. As Sebastian finished the tenth page, he had predicted the plot and ending, like he always did with human literature. But instead of putting it down and continuing on, he kept reading. Forty-five minutes later, he read the last page and shut the book.
Aleister ended up renouncing his lecherous ways, for Harley. Completely giving himself, heart and soul, to Harley. They married and after stripping Aleister of all his wealth, Harley murdered him. Harley turned out to be an infamous black widow, and to her, Aleister was just another game. Sebastian felt renewed by this piece of literature. It had given him a new idea for fun.
In all my years of living in this world, I've never had the pleasure of playing love games with anyone. Every female and quite a few men have always thrown themselves at me, barely even knowing me. I've never had anyone not think of me, as a perfect man. So I shall set out to find someone I can play with for awhile. Someone to keep my attention, and to peak my interests. I would play the role of both Aleister and Harley. The question was, where would I find such a person?
I began making my way back to the manor. Lord forbid, the young master returns before me. There would be hell to pay. I was only a few blocks away from the manor, when I got a feeling that I was being followed. Being that I work for Ciel Phantomhive, I have acquired numerous enemies. I slowed my pace, to see if I could identify the person by their life energy. Whether they be human, shinigami, demon, or other. Whoever this individual was, they weren't a complete amateur, as they began to mask their energy. So with me not being a fan of games. I stopped walking.
"Please reveal yourself, and I might spare your life." I said to my follower.
"You're no fun, Michaelis." A figured stepped out of the shadows.
"Don't you like surprises?" Claude Faustus appeared to me.
"How may I help you, Faustus. Perhaps you've become tired of living?" I asked my long time rival.
Claude Faustus is another demon that just so happens to be serving a young lord. At one point in time he made the mistake of trying to take my young master. Thankfully for his sake, he abandoned his intentions. His master, Alois Trancy, became quite attached to my master. Even though, Ciel couldn't care less for his company. But in Alois' ill mind, Ciel and him are the best of friends. Forcing me to be in constant company of Claude.
You would think I would be thrilled at the chance to share the company of another demon, after being surrounded by humans. However, that is not the case. Claude's very existence irritates me. He for some odd reason believes he is my equal, if not superior. Which is just complete and utter nonsense, seeing as I have bested him, time and time again. Claude calling himself a butler, is an insult to the very profession itself.
"You're sense of humor, is as sharp as ever, Michaelis." Claude replied, adjusting his glasses.
"My master has requested that your master comes for tea and lunch tomorrow." Claude said giving me an invitation.
"This wouldn't happen to be an attempt on my master's life would it?" I asked with a smile.
"Oh, you still don't trust my lord and I, Sebastian? I'm truly hurt by this. After everything we have experienced, we should be like brothers at this point." Claude said with a hurt expression.
This is one of the many reasons I dislike Claude Faustus.
"I would sooner be a relative to a stray dog, than to you. I will see if my master will accept your invitation. If not I will phone you in the morning." I said with my kindest smile.
"I would honestly believe that you were related to a mongrel. Good night, Michaelis." Claude said, seeming to disappear into the shadows.
The day will come when I kill Claude, and that will be the night, I sleep peacefully.
I returned to the manor a few minutes before the young master. So I prepped his bedding and set out his night time attire. I drew him a warm bath, and set milk by his bedside.
"Welcome home, young master. Did you enjoy your outing, sir?" I asked, bowing as my master came through the door.
"It was fine. Did anything occur while I was away?" Ciel asked, as I removed his clothes for his bath.
"Well, Earl Trancy, invited you to lunch and tea tomorrow afternoon." I said, washing my young master.
My young master sighed loudly.
"How I wish that imbecile would leave me alone." Ciel said closing his eyes, as I washed his hair.
"Would you like me to call and decline. sir?" I asked, rinsing my young master off.
"No. If I attend this time, it will be a while before I have to see him again." Ciel said, stepping out of the tub.
"Just be prepared for any incidents. Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus are never to be trusted." Ciel said
"Yes, my lord." I answered
After dressing my master for bed, I attended to my nightly duties. I picked up after the other servants, and made the preparations for the next day. I ironed my masters outfit, for the meeting with Earl Trancy. My mind reflected back to Claude. It wasn't a secret that I was more intelligent than Claude would ever dream to be. Claude was easily fooled and out done, when it came to competing with me. Then my mind reflected back to my new book. Then I decided that Claude would play a very important role in relieving my boredom.
~Joker11315~
Thank you for reading the very first chapter of Catching Spiders! This is my second Black Butler fanfic, and also my second fanfic ever. So if there is anything wrong with it, please let me know politely. Sebastian and Claude are one of my favorite pairings so I'm excited to be writing this! Please comment and follow this story plz!