The next morning arrived and Ciel arose from bed early. He looked around for Sebastian by habit and jumped when he heard the door to his room creep open. Sebastian walked in and smiled as he walked passed his young master's completely red face. "Get out Sebastian." Ciel ordered and pointed towards the door. "But young master, I have your tea and clothes ready." Sebastian questioned the little lord. "Just send Tanaka in." Ciel said as he harshly looked the other direction. Sebastian quietly left without another word, knowing Ciel was just upset about last night.
A week had passed and Ciel had done everything in his power to avoid his demon butler. He couldn't face him yet. His face turned red even thinking about what had happened that night and he got mad every time. "Young master, I received a letter from the queen for you." Sebastian walked into the room, already talking, which startled Ciel. He froze for a moment and then snatched the letter, irritated. Ceils eyes quickly scanned the letter and handed it back before speaking. "Get Tanaka to arrange a trip for me." Ciel spoke as he walked away from Sebastian. "Young Master, will I be accompanying you on this trip?" Sebastian asked, trying to keep from showing he was getting angry at his young master ignoring him. "No." Ciel bluntly answered, not even turning back to look at him.
Annoyed at the lack of response from his young master, Sebastian scanned the letter with his own eyes and walked back towards Ciel. "Young master, you cannot go alone." Sebastian questioned his reasoning. Though Ciel knew he would probably need Sebastian's help in his mission he quietly stared. "I'll call for you if I do." Ciel answered. Sebastian's eyes flared red as he glared at Ciel. "Don't be stubborn." Sebastian threatened. Ciel remained quiet, now nervous. After a moment of silence Sebastian broke the ice, "Fine. I'll stay here young master, but if you get hurt because of your childish stubbornness you'll be punished." Ciel froze and cringed remembering the phrase. "Fine! Do whatever you please! Come with me!" Ciel yelled back and walked off.
On the way to their destination Ciel looked out the window refusing to speak as Sebastian went over the details of the mission. "Are you listening?" Sebastian asked. After a moment Ciel replied, "Yes…" and sighed loudly. In return Sebastian also signed. "Young master, I know why your mad and- "Ciel quickly cut him off by yelling, "I don't want to talk about it!" They both went quiet once again until they arrived. They were both quickly put in their hotel rooms and left for the night.
Ciel opened his eyes to the scenery of a blue moon outside his window. It was still pitch dark outside and he couldn't figure what woke him until the sound of jack-in-the-box music could be heard outside the hotel. He quickly jumped out of bed to find Sebastian wasn't in the room and ran over to the window to look around. A small boy with a square box stared up at him from below and ran off when he was spotted, stopping to look behind him to see if Ciel would follow. Ciel looked around, seeing if Sebastian was anywhere to be found before running off. As soon as the coast was clear he crawled out of the window and chased after the random boy. "Hey, wait!" Ciel yelled as he ran after him.
Sebastian, who was in the lobby, quickly heard his young master shouting and ran to his room to find him but to his dismay he was gone. In a panic he quickly looked around and then out the window to see his young master running after a random child. Ciel unknowingly followed the child into a confusing maze of alleyways, ultimately losing the presence of the child. "Hello?" Ciel called out but heard nothing. Everything was pitch dark and he didn't see or hear anything. After an hour of trying to find his way back to his hotel he sat on the street corner. He didn't want to call Sebastian and get scolded for sneaking out. After a few more hours he gave up. "Sebastian." He mumbled the name.
Sebastian appears quickly like usual. "Come let's go back to the hotel." Sebastian guided Ciel back. Ciel nervously sat on the edge of his bed confused on why Sebastian hadn't acted like he cared or scolded him in any way. "Sebastian, I should have told you where I was going and took you with me." Ciel admitted shamelessly, exhausted. Sebastian looked at him, "That's good to hear, young master. Hopefully you won't run off again." "Thanks for forgiving me…" Ciel spoke trying to avoid argument. He was tired from being lost for hours and went to lay down. "You're not forgiven yet, young master. But for the sake of the host and your title I'll wait until we go back to the manor." Sebastian calmly spoke.
Ciel felt his heart drop into his stomach. "Sebastian, you aren't going to… do that again." Ciel questioned nervously. "That seemed to work for the lesson dilemma so yes young master. But rest now, we have a busy day tomorrow." Sebastian assured him while handing his young master his tea. Ciel laid down but couldn't sleep, consistently thinking about his punishment he'd be forced to endure.
To Be Continued…