Catherine's POV
"Hard to believe Funtom's third anniversary is coming up" I told Ciel impressed.
I was in the study with my brother along with Sebastian.
"Yes it is hard to believe" Ciel agreed. "My company is going to be presenting Hamlet to poor children and their families"
"You always had a soft spot for younger children" I teased the Earl with a smirk.
"I would quite agree my lord you do have a philanthropic spirit" Sebastian added.
Ciel snorted because he knew we were both right. Even though he may not show it often my little brother was a caring individual.
"Let's just hope the play isn't too graphic we don't want to scare the kids" I stated firmly.
"Oh I made the instructions for the actors clear about that" Ciel reassured me. He then looked to my enlarged middle. I was now seventeen weeks and people knew now I was with child. "She's been awfully quiet"
Sebastian placed his hand on my belly hoping to get Esme to move but our daughter was either asleep or not in the mood to kick up a storm.
"She moves whenever she's in the mood" I explained placing my hand on top of Sebastian's.
There was a knock at the door and Ciel called for whoever it was to come in.
"Young master I'm afraid I have bad news" Mey-Rin began. She gave an apologetic bow before continuing. "The theater group has had an accident and the earliest they can arrive is next week"
"I see thank you Mey-Rin for notifying me" Ciel responded.
Mey-Rin bowed again before she took her leave.
"We can't postpone the play due to the press and other attendees plus the play is set to debut in three days from now" Ciel said with a sigh. My brother then looked to Sebastian. "Sebastian this is an order make sure that this play is successful"
"Yes my young lord" Sebastian replied with his usual bow. "If I may master I do have a solution"
Ciel arched an eyebrow and I shot my husband a questioning look. The demon butler made his suggestions and Ciel agreed.
"Count me out from performing" I notified. "I love the idea of the play but as you two can see I'm pregnant and being on my feet for long periods of time hurts"
I then muttered my back hurt a little and Sebastian began to massage it.
"Since this a Funtom Company affair I'll participate as well"
"Now this I have to see" I joked. "Ciel your always cute when you dress up"
Ciel blushed and I laughed.
Later.
Elizabeth, Undertaker, Lau, Ran-Mao, and Agni would act in the play. Sebastian thought it was a good idea for me and Finney to be narrators. Bard and Mey-Rin were just helping with practice. I would have the chance to sit down on stage if I needed to. At the moment everyone was in then recreation room so we could do a reading of the play.
I sat down in a chair by the piano and watched as Sebastian prepped for the read through. The play was going to be a musical something I forgot to add. My husband looked damned good in his attire and his glasses. After messing with the piano my beloved turned to the others.
"It's time for us to begin so we will start with vocal exercises" Sebastian explained before giving an example of the exercise. Everyone mimicked my beloved back and Sebastian was about to do another example but stopped when he heard Lau was sighing. Ran-Mao was stretching Lau's right leg for whatever reason and the idiot was on the couch enjoying it.
My mate got annoyed and told Lau there would no more inappropriate moaning. Shaking his head Sebastian went back to the piano and told everyone to resume their vocal exercises as he began to play a note on the piano. But again things got interrupted when Soma exclaimed the curry Agni just made was wonderful.
"Oi! Come on guys enough screwing around okay?" I asked.
"Yes Ma'am!" was their response.
Sebastian led the group successfully with the vocal exercises until he felt it was enough. Then he stood up and announced it was time to act out the script.
"To be or not to be that is the question" Ciel began. "Whether it is noble in the mind's eye"
"Master try to put a bit more heart into it" Sebastian interjected.
Ciel sent my husband a glare before doing what the demon butler suggested. Well until a familiar voice rang out.
"Not to be of course! What an absurdity!"
"Oh Geez" I muttered sweat dropping and Sebastian stood as the doors to the recreation room were opened revealing Grell.
"What pathetically horrible acting! Do us all a favor and drop dead this instant my dear little Prince Hamlet"
"Grell what are you doing here?" Ciel demanded.
I rolled my eyes no doubt suspecting the reaper was here to see me and Sebastian. Grell then proceeded to give some advice about acting before giving an example himself and he began to sing which was pretty amusing and the others joined in.
Then Grell glided with ease over to me and picked my hands up into his and he rubbed his face on them. The next thing Grell knew he had Sebastian's conductor stick shoved up his nose by Sebastian.
"Must I remind you Grell that is my wife" Sebastian said.
"Oh my Bassy! But her pregnancy makes her glow like the moon! I can't help but express my!"
Grell didn't finish because I punched him hard on the head which made Grell respond in a yelp. Sebastian cleaned up his stick and agreed with Grell's suggestions on acting which made the reaper very happy. I could tell Sebastian was getting annoyed because no one seemed to be taking this seriously.
Suddenly the room became dark and I joined my husband's side so the others could get the message there would be no more laziness. Sebastian lit up a candle and began.
"Hamlet nothing but pain in its plot, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth combined with Hamlet therir his greatest tragedies" Sebastian referred to Shakespeare on that comment.
Sebastian placed the candle on a nearby table.
"You have to understand Hamlet" I continued and I made sure my eyes glowed so the others were paying attention. "You have to understand the Phantomhives"
Sebastian wrapped a possessive arm around my waist and he spoke after me.
"They are two blood tragedies that are intertwined"
The demon aura Sebastian was giving off was sexy but it scared the hell out of the others. As they screamed Grell exclaimed.
"My, my, my, Bassy! You and Catherine are terrifying!"
Next Day.
After a grueling practice everyone got the plot line and their assigned lines correctly. Ciel got cast as Hamlet which was what I had been expecting. The theater was packed and the audience was eager to see the show start. Before the play started I made an announcement thanking the public and the theater to allow Funtom to host the play.
Once I finished the curtains rose and it was show time. Finney began the narration as Lau and Undertaker appeared on stage. Lau was casted as Claudius and Undertaker was his wife. They both recited their lines perfectly but Lau being an idiot decided to grope Undertaker and the mortician laughed.
The curtain thankfully dropped down quickly and it rose for the next scene and it was my turn to narrate. Ciel playing Hamlet found the ghost of his character's father who was portrayed by Tanaka. The rest of the scene went smoothly but I noticed the children looked bored as the next scene took place and was led by Finney's narration.
Grell came out on stage and he was dressed like a damn woman since he was playing Ophelia. Several children and adults laughed at the sight of Grell and I actually hid a laugh too. Agni emerged on stage as Ophelia's father and Elizabeth played the guard. Grell recited his line before leaping into the air but Agni gave Grell a hard punch to the gut and Grell fell to the stage floor acting out Ophelia's death. Elizabeth then went to Grell and kicked him into the realistic river and the red haired reaper was swept away and Ran-Mao acting as seaweed popped out of the river and began to dance. This made the children laugh even harder and things were looking good.
A few more scenes later Ciel began to recite Hamlet's famous lines which really got the audience's attention alongside with the other cast members. Suddenly that idiot Count Druitt went into fan mode and began to give the play's performance in detail but he was hushed by other audience members and I laughed.
My eyes went wide as I saw Sebastian in costume and I held back a nosebleed. Thank god it was Finney's turn to narrate. My husband was playing Laertes. I watched as Ciel and my husband prepare for their duel. The swords supposedly had poison on them and whoever was touched by the swords would die.
The children shouted warnings for Ciel's character not to fight but the duel ensued anyway and I was confused because I didn't see this in the script. The duel was damn good and even I was entranced by it. After Sebastian announced Grell's character's death wouldn't go unavenged Grell came on back on stage singing on a gondola which was slowly lowered to the stage floor. This also wasn't on the script. As Ophelia the red haired reaper begged for Hamlet and Laertes not to fight over her and the children laughed hard.
We now had the audience on the edge of their seats until William freaking Spears decided to show up. The damn reaper had been hiding in the audience and he used death scythe to cut the ropes of the gondola that Grell was using. Grell fell with a thud onto the floor. William reprimanded Grell for skipping work and ranted off other nonsense. Soma decided he wanted to participate in the play so he was now on stage as Ramakrishna.
This play was getting ridiculous but the audience was enjoying it and hell even I was too. Ciel decided to drop his sword and he announced as Hamlet he would go on living and forget about vengeance. This made the children cheer and the play ended up successful. By the time everything was done I had a damn headache.
Later After Play.
Julia's POV
That stupid mate of mine. I loved Grell but he was such an idiot. While he was out not doing his assigned reaping's I snuck into his room. Catherine sent me a letter that Grell had taken some pictures of her and Sebastian. I found the photographs and took them with me back to my bedroom and hid them. Knowing my hot headed mate would come charging here demanding where his photos were I changed into a red nightgown I recently bought and pulled on black thigh length stockings.
I didn't have to wait long because the door to my bedroom opened.
"My Juliette where are my photos?!" he demanded.
However he stopped ranting when he saw what I was wearing. I smirked and bent over letting Grell get a good view of my cleavage. While holding his nose due to it bleeding my mate shut the door with his foot.
"Your going have to earn your photos back Ginger in the mean time I could use a distraction"
"Oh my Juliette you are a seductress" Grell purred coming up to me. I pulled his jacket collar and gave the red haired reaper a kiss to shut him up.
Back at Phantomhive Manor.
Catherine's POV
"Since when did you decide to participate in the play husband?" I demanded from Sebastian as he took off his tailcoat. I was already dressed for bed and due to my growing belly I couldn't sleep on my stomach anymore.
"It was a last minute decision" Sebastian replied.
"Well I'm just glad it was successful Grell was hilarious"
This was a given fact because I laughed my ass off at Grell's parts. My husband shot me a look and I saw jealousy in his red orbs.
"Get that look of jealousy off of your face Sebastian Michaelis you know damn well I belong to you"
"Oh yes you do Little Dhampir" Sebastian agreed. His voice made me shudder and Sebastian smirked before resuming his undressing.
I tried to get comfortable but my breasts were sore again and Esme decided she would torment her mother. She started kicking like crazy an hour ago and the little minx wasn't stopping.
"Catherine love what's wrong?" Sebastian asked seeing I was miserable.
I was distracted by Sebastian's abs due to him being shirtless. He wore his usual sleeping pants which made him look sexy.
"For one your daughter is driving me crazy with her constant kicking and two my breasts hurt again" I complained.
Sebastian chuckled before sliding into bed next to me. He lay his head gently on my belly and began to talk to our daughter. When she heard her father Esme ceased her kicking and I breathed a sigh of relief. Sebastian placed a kiss on my swollen middle before he began to massage my breasts like he did before when they hurt last.
It took awhile for the soreness to go away but when it did I was relieved. Sebastian then made me sit up and he turned his attention onto my back and shoulders.
"You like to spoil me don't you husband?" I teased Sebastian.
"You are my mate Little Dhampir and us demons make sure our mates get the attention they deserve" Sebastian pointed out. When he finished with massaging my back and shoulders I lay back down.
"Have you discussed housing with Ciel? I don't mind staying here until he's married but eventually we need our own space"
"You let me worry about that my love I am still his butler after all"
"The correct term would be one hell of a butler and one hell of a lover if I might add"
"Oh yes I am quite the lover indeed" my husband agreed before he rested his head onto my chest and he stroked my belly affectionately. "It was how she was conceived"
"Hey get your mind out of the gutter Sebastian" I scolded. "You maybe a demon but you are a pervert from time to time"
"Oh? And that offends you darling?"
Damn that smirk of his!
"Just do me a favor and kiss me before I change my mind"
"As my beautiful wife wishes"
Sebastian complied with my request and kissed me passionately and Esme kicked her approval.