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Slowly, Ciel regained consciousness.

At first, all the bluenette could hear were whispers…….

Ciel fought to open her eyes and as soon as her dark lashes parted to reveal a glimpse of her sapphire irises, Sebastian immediately came into view.

"Bocchan?" Sebastian asked hopefully.

Ciel still felt disoriented as she tried to rouse herself. "...Sebastian?"

"Bocchan!" Sebastian breathed, sighing in relief once Ciel became fully awake.

Ciel moved her head to look around the room and she saw the doctor and the midwife consulting each other at the foot of her bed.

Sebastian was at her side, but……

"Where's the baby?" Ciel asked Sebastian quickly, sitting up in a panic.

"He's with Mey-Rin, kitten. He's with Mey-Rin." Sebastian reassured Ciel, placing his hands gently on her shoulders to steady her.

Sebastian turned his head and nodded at the midwife, silently signaling for her to go and fetch the baby.

The doctor turned his back to Sebastian and Ciel while he began to clean his instruments.

"What happened?" Ciel asked, furrowing her brow as she tried to remember.

"We thought we lost you." Sebastian explained.

Although Sebastian tried to keep his tone light and causal, Ciel heard the fear in his voice, "It was a good thing that help arrived when it did, else we just may have."

"You could take care of me." Ciel said confidently, "You always take care of me, Sebastian."

"I'm a butler, kitten, not a doctor." Sebastian chuckled.

Ciel was going to speak but her attention fell on the squirming bundle that the midwife held in her arms as she entered the room.

Ciel glanced over at Sebastian and she couldn't help but smile softly at the immense pride in his gaze as he watched his tiny son be placed into Ciel's arms.

Carefully, Ciel cuddled her little boy, getting to meet him for the first time, while he fussed and wriggled in her arms.

"He's beautiful." Ciel declared after a moment, her tone uncharacteristically loving and warm as she looked over her baby.

"Thank you so much kitten." Sebastian purred, his voice still beaming with pride. "How well will you end up paying me? First, you gave me a wife and now, you've given me an heir."

The fairytale ended suddenly.

"An heir?" Ciel asked as the baby whimpered and rooted against her chest, waving his tiny arms as his face collided with the soft cotton of the clean gown that Sebastian had placed on Ciel.

"Yes." Sebastian blinked. "Surely you must realize that I had a life before I knew you, kitten. I have lands of my own, property, a family name……I thought I would return to all of that, but since I seem to be spending my days with you instead, it's such a relief knowing there'll be someone to take my place one day."

The baby's cries turned from neglected longing to outright frustration, but Ciel still didn't understand.

Sebastian took it upon himself to help his wife and while the doctor and the midwife kept their heads respectfully turned, Sebastian pulled down Ciel's gown to expose her swollen breasts.

Sebastian smirked at the look on Ciel's face as their newborn finally found one of her nipples and latched on, starting to suckle.

"Don't move him, kitten." Sebastian urged when Ciel started to shift on the bed, "Let him take his fill, he's depending on you. You didn't tell me to purchase any powdered formula, so I'm afraid you're all he's got for now."

Ciel didn't seem to like the feeling of nursing, but though she scowled down at her son, she cradled him close.

"You never mentioned wanting an heir, Sebastian. And I'm afraid you still don't. He'll be the next Earl Phantomhive, I'm sure that title and this estate is far more important than whatever or wherever you came from." Ciel snipped haughtily.

"He's my son too. My lands and my title and my wealth are his birthright." Sebastian countered, his tapered eyes losing some of their mirth as he and Ciel argued.

"So is this estate, and everything in it, and Funtom, and the earldom itself." Ciel countered, narrowing her gaze at Sebastian.

"I think you're forgetting something, my sweet kitten." Sebastian said with a jovial purr, flashing Ciel the friendliest of smiles.

"What's that?" Ciel asked, clutching her baby close.

"I give the orders now~." Sebastian said in a very commanding tone of voice.

Ciel scowled at Sebastian while he looked down at their baby boy and purred proudly.

Ciel was too exhausted to press their disagreement any further, but that didn't mean she was giving up.

There was no way that Ciel would allow her firstborn son to not take over the title of Earl one day…….

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Sebastian dropped his quarrel with Ciel for the time being and focused on caring for his little one while he helped his wife recover.

Sebastian was careful with Ciel's diet and made sure that she received the nutrients she needed to heal from the birth and the blood loss she had suffered.

To Sebastian's pleasant surprise, Ciel, who was usually frigid, seemed to be very attentive to their small son.

Sebastian was there to assist while Ciel changed the baby, fed the baby, cuddled the baby, and played with the baby.

But a week passed and the issue between Sebastian and Ciel had not been revisited……….

……..And Sebastian and Ciel's little boy was still without a name.

One afternoon, Sebastian found Ciel in the nursery, rocking their sleeping son in her arms.

Walking into the room, Sebastian opened his mouth and cautiously spoke, "Bocchan……"

"Sebastian." Ciel greeted cooly.

Never before had Sebastian and Ciel said so little to each other over the course of a week.

Most of the time since the baby's arrival though, they were either focused on his care or Sebastian was busy tending to Ciel…...and in the few, fleeting moments where things were not busy, Sebastian whispered quick but meaningful words of love to Ciel and they exchanged a kiss.

And that had been that.

"A week old today….." Sebastian mused, smiling down at the baby in Ciel's arms.

Ciel nodded silently.

Sebastian's eyes flickered back up to Ciel. "I do believe that it's time we chose a name. Don't you?"

"His name is Vincent." Ciel replied.

"Vincent?" Sebastian asked.

"Yes, after my father." Ciel snipped.

"What about my father?" Sebastian asked.

Ciel looked a little bewildered. "Well…...I-...look, Sebastian, he's the firstborn, and he will be the head of the Phantomhive household one day. Does he not deserve to be named justly? What would you call him, then?" Ciel finished with a scowl.

"His name will be Thaddeus." Sebastian replied. "That's fitting for a Michaelis."

"How unfortunate, then." Ciel sniffed. "Because his name is Vincent, Vincent Phantomhive, the second."

Sebastian was silent but he loomed over Ciel while she stood from the rocking chair and walked over to the bassinet, laying their baby down gently to let him rest.

Ciel had barely let go of their son when Sebastian's hands wrapped around her and lifted her up into his arms.

The bluenette squeaked but Sebastian placed a gloved hand over her mouth to silence her so they could avoid waking little Thaddeus-Vincent.

Sebastian elegantly strode out of the nursery and stepped into their bedroom next door.

Ciel's eyes were wide and she struggled in Sebastian's grasp, causing him to tighten his grip so she wouldn't hurt herself.

"My poor, poor kitten, I still don't think you quite understand~." Sebastian chuckled while he gently sat Ciel on the bed and knelt down in front of her so they were eye to eye.

Once Ciel stopped struggling, Sebastian took his hand away from her mouth and smirked, "I give the orders now~. I'm the one in charge. That isn't just your son in the other room, it's my son too. And I order you to give him the name, Sebastian Thaddeus Michaelis, the second. There will come a day when he leaves this place and goes to claim his birthright, a birthright much larger and grander than this estate, contrary to your unfounded belief."

Ciel grit her teeth at Sebastian while he gave her a wolfish grin and asked, "Is that clear, kitten?"

Ciel couldn't control herself.

If there was ever a time when she had wanted to smack that smug look off of Sebastian's face, it was in that moment, "Sebas-"

"But don't worry, bocchan~." Sebastian smirked. "If you're determined that Vincent the second will inherit this manor, then we can always try for another~."

Ciel blushed at the lascivious way that Sebastian looked at her as he spoke.

Ciel felt out of sorts, out of shape, and at the moment, she certainly didn't feel as attractive as she had before……..

But as Sebastian gazed at Ciel and purred in patient anticipation of what was to come months down the line after Ciel had fully recovered, the bluenette couldn't help but blush……..