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Madame Red quickly requested some supplies that Sebastian ran to fetch while she stayed with the laboring bluenette.
As soon as he re-entered the bathroom, he knelt down beside Ciel, holding the panting bluenette's hand while Madame Red scrubbed her hands and checked Ciel's progress.
"I see those rumors flying around had merit. My darling niece a mother. You should have written me, dear. I remember when you and your brother were born!" Madame Red commented as she gently examined the bluenette, giving her and Sebastian a smile.
Madame Red found it amusing that she would get to deliver the baby of the baby that she helped deliver.
"We offer our sincerest apologies, my lady. We simply didn't want to trouble you." Sebastian said as Madame Red removed her hands.
Ciel clutched Sebastian's hands tightly.
Sebastian saw that his little wife was biting her lip.
"Ciel…." Madame Red spoke in a low, soothing tone, touching her mounded belly gently. "It's going to be very soon. Are you comfortable here?"
Sebastian noticed Ciel was shivering.
"N-no, no its cold…..please…." Ciel whimpered, closing her eyes, letting go of one of Sebastian, she placed a hand over her face .
Madame Red looked at Sebastian and gave him a nod as she spoke. "Very well then, Sebastian and I are going to move you onto the bed, alright?"
Ciel gave a small, silent nod.
Madame Red helped Sebastian gently and gracefully lift Ciel.
They carefully stood the pregnant bluenette on her feet to dry her off.
Sebastian was working on toweling off Ciel's legs when she groaned suddenly and sunk to the floor on her knees.
Sebastian caught her and held her close, whispering, "Kitten, it's alright. I'm right here."
Ciel couldn't hardly hear, she couldn't hardly see anymore, all she could do was feel…..
And all Ciel felt was pain…..pain and pressure as the child within her moved down, down, down…...
A keening noise tore from Ciel's throat as she rocked her hips back and forth and Sebastian hurriedly looked at Madame Red for instruction.
Ciel started to pant again and Red calmly placed Sebastian's hands on one side of her back and her own at the other as she started to coach the bluenette. "That's it, dear, just keep breathing."
"What the hell is going on?!" A voice shouted.
Cie groaned in response.
Sebastian and Madame Red looked up.
Grell stood in the bathroom doorway, aghast at the scene before him.
"Grell, not now, please." Madame Red implored, turning her attention back to focus on her niece.
The red-headed reaper's eyes lingered on Ciel and her round belly.
"Bassy! How could you!? You know how much I always wanted to have your babies!" Grell whined.
Sebastian's eyes narrowed.
Ciel whimpered and leaned against Madame Red for support as Sebastian leapt to his feet.
"Get out of here, you nuisance!" Sebastian growled, grabbing Grell by the face and roughly tossing him out of the bathroom, through the bedroom, and into the hallway.
Sebastian chased after the red-headed reaper as Ciel began to moan again.
Already?! She just had a pain a moment ago! Sebastian thought.
Their baby was in a hurry.
Out of the corner of his eye, Sebastian saw Red help the laboring bluenette onto the bed and adjust the pillows around her.
"Bassy! Don't be so mean!" Grell cried, standing to run back to the butler.
"AAAAAAGHHHHH!" Ciel screamed behind Sebastian as Madame Red peered between her legs. "SEBASTIAN! HELP ME!"
"Alright, dear! Get ready to push!" Sebastian heard Madame Red say excitedly.
Sebastian snarled.
He had no time to deal with Grell now.
He was not going to miss the birth of his first-born because of the red-head's delusions.
The pain in Ciel's voice struck Sebastian to the core.
His little kitten needed him now more than ever.
Sebastian stepped forward, catching Grell's face roughly in between his fingers. Sebastian hissed at the pest, his saliva splattering against the reaper's face in his anger, "If you care about your life at all, then you'll go downstairs and STAY OUT OF MY WAY."
The animosity in Sebastian's voice gave even Grell a chill. As the door slammed shut in the red-headed reaper's face, he decided to heed Sebastian's warning.
Grell turned and began to walk down the stairs.
"Why must Bassy always hurt my feelings so?" Grell frowned.
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As soon as the door closed, Sebastian flipped the lock and dashed onto the bed, crawling behind Ciel.
Madame Red had draped a towel over her legs and Sebastian slipped off his gloves, grabbed a clean cloth and mopped the sweat off Ciel's forehead.
"Keep her steady, Sebastian." Madame Red smiled as she took her place when Ciel's breathing picked up again.
"Yes, my lady." Sebastian replied, holding his little mate as she started to groan again, lacing his fingers with hers.
"That's it, Ciel, go ahead and give us a nice big push!" Madame Red smiled cheerfully.
The bluenette scowled and leaned forward.
Ciel dug her nails into Sebastian's flesh as she bore down with all of her strength, her efforts causing a guttural groan to rise from her chest. "NNNNNGGGHHH!"
Sebastian frowned at seeing his poor Ciel in so much pain.
He let Ciel squeeze his hands, placing a kiss of encouragement on her sweaty head as he whispered soothing words in a low, gentle voice, "You're doing well, my kitten. It'll all be over soon."
How much longer?! Ciel thought as she gasped for air.
A hoarse cry of anguish came from the bluenette's lips as she stopped pushing, the pain ebbing away for a moment.
She fell back against Sebastian, panting heavily from her exertion.
"Good work, dear." Madame Red smiled at Ciel, patting her heaving belly gently. "Just a few more and your little one will be in your arms alright?"
Sebastian's eyes flickered with anxious excitement at that statement.
He knew what was happening, but somehow, despite Ciel's labor, hearing those words fall from the doctor's lips made it even more real.
Red quickly looked at Sebastian and started to ask, "Tell me, did you want-?"
"AAAAAAAAGGGHHH!" Ciel screamed suddenly, her nails grinding into Sebastian's palms as she curled forward and started to push again before Red finished her question.
Sebastian watched the doctor's eyes widen as she peered between Ciel's legs.
"There we are! There we are, Ciel! Keep going!" Red cried excitedly.
Sebastian watched her hands go between Ciel's legs and he craned his neck over the towel to see what was going on.
He wanted to watch…...
"NNNNNNNGGGGGHHHH!"
Sebastian heard Ciel screaming, he saw Madame Red's smile disappear in stern concentration, he looked…
Over the towel across Ciel's legs….
Raven-black hair…
A face…..
A neck…..
In one swift burst, Madame Red's empty hands were filled with a small, chubby, pink…
"WWWWAAAAAA!"
Sebastian's eyes widened in inexplicable shock.
That was a baby!
A real, live baby!
Ciel really had a baby!
His baby.
Sebastian's chest ached as his heart swelled with overwhelming pride.
His eyes glowed in adoration of his strong little bluenette..
"Ciel~..." Sebastian breathed as the bluenette collapsed against him tiredly. "It's….it's….!"
"She's here!" Madame Red beamed, carefully swaddling the whimpering newborn in a towel and handing her to Ciel.
"It's a girl?" Ciel gasped, her chest still heaving with the effort of the birth.
Sebastian watched his mate's sapphire eyes scan over their new daughter, his gaze going back and forth between Ciel and the new baby.
Sebastian couldn't decide which was more lovely…..
The baby girl pouted up at both of her parents, pursing her pink little lips out adorably.
"I can already tell she'll be as cheerful as her mother." Sebastian smirked.
Ciel shot him a dangerous glare.
Sebastian purred happily and nuzzled into Ciel's neck, staring down at his tiny daughter. "I'm only teasing, kitten."
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"Sebastian, would you like to bathe the baby while Ciel and I finish up?" Madame Red asked after the new family had a moment to get acquainted.
Ciel and Sebastian blinked.
The baby was so small, Sebastian was almost afraid to hold her, but of course he would love to…
Ciel began to shift uncomfortably and Madame Red prepared to deliver the afterbirth, retrieving a bowl that Sebastian had brought earlier.
Someone had to hold the baby…..
"Of course, my lady." Sebastian nodded.
He gave Ciel a quick, encouraging kiss on the cheek before he took his new baby girl from Ciel and stood, walking into the bathroom.
Sebastian heard Madame Red's voice carry from the bedroom…
"Alright, dear, just a couple gentle pushes and we'll get you a bath too….."
Carefully cradling his little one, Sebastian pulled out a small, clean basin and began to fill it with water of a suitable temperature.
The baby didn't seem to cry much so far, she had shrieked at the cold when she had been born, but other than that, she had been very quiet.
When Sebastian removed the towel that had swaddled her though, she began to get fussy.
The baby girl kicked her feet and waved her arms as her father tenderly and thoroughly began to clean her.
"Now, now, little one. That behavior is most unbecoming of ladies, even small ones like yourself." Sebastian chastised, speaking to the baby.
She seemed to quiet down at her father's words and as Sebastian washed off her tiny feet, that was when he remembered…
Throughout Ciel's pregnancy, whenever the baby wouldn't settle down or was causing his bluenette discomfort, Sebastian would lay a hand on Ciel's belly and speak directly into her abdomen.
Was it possible his daughter…..knew his voice?
The baby gazed up at him with wide sapphire eyes.
"You remember me, don't you, my little one?" Sebastian asked his infant daughter quietly.
The tiny baby blinked at her father and let out an adorable coo in response.
Sebastian chuckled and reached for some more soap. "Well it is lovely to make your formal acquaintance as well, my lady. Your mother and I have waited a long time to meet you."
The baby wrinkled up her face in a scowl as Sebastian gently washed her downy tufts of raven-black hair.
His eyes widened at just how similar his little girl already was to her mother.
Sebastian finished the bath once the baby was clean and gently dried his infant off.
He purred as the baby cooed when he diapered her and wrapped her up in a soft blanket, as snug a curry bun.
Sebastian held the little girl in his arms and touched her face gently, his eyes soft and loving as he whispered, "I'll always protect you, my little lady."
The baby whined and Sebastian blinked as she latched onto his finger.
He knew what that meant.
Sebastian could do a lot, but he couldn't do that…..
"Let's go back to mommy now, shall we?" Sebastian chuckled.
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As the morning sun rose, the storm seemed to fade away with the night.
"Thank you for all of your help." Ciel said tiredly to her aunt, watching the baby nurse hungrily.
Madame Red had coached Ciel on that too and the doctor was still keeping a watchful eye on the new mother and baby, just in case her help was needed again.
"Of course, dear, I just wish you would have written me. I'd have been here much sooner!" Red said genuinely.
Sebastian sat behind Ciel on the bed, a proud smile on his face at his new little family. "Yes, thank you, Madam, I wish there was a way we could repay you."
Out of the corner of Sebastian's eye, he saw Grell dare to peer into the doorway.
The red-headed reaper was still deeply upset that Sebastian had rejected him yet again, perhaps this time in the worst way possible, but a part of him was curious to see the new soul that had entered the manor.
Sebastian shot him one deadly scowl of warning and Grell disappeared from sight.
Sebastian sighed in relief when he heard Grell's footsteps carrying down the stairs.
"We will you repay you, auntie." Ciel nodded, looking down thoughtfully at the baby. "We're going to name her Angelina."
Sebastian blinked.
He and Ciel had never discussed a name for either gender.
But Angelina didn't sound bad and if Ciel wanted to honor her last relative and the one who had had come to their rescue last night, Sebastian supposed he couldn't protest.
He bent down and placed a kiss on Ciel's head as Madam Red clasped her hands together and drew in a sharp gasp.
What an honor!
"Oh, darling, you don't have to do that!" Madam Red said with tears in her eyes.
"But I want to." Ciel said quickly. "I hope she'll grow up to be just like you, smart and strong. I wonder…...is it…...is it too much to ask for you to stay just a while longer here with us? Just to show us a few things? We've never cared for a baby before."
Sebastian stayed silent and hopeful.
He had read plenty of books on the subject, but yes, on-the-job training would be most helpful.
"Of course, my dear! I'd be delighted! Sebastian, is that alright with you?" Madam Red asked.
The baby let go of Ciel's breast and wriggled in her mother's arms as he spoke, "Of course, Madam, but only on one condition…"
"What's that?" Madam Red blinked.
Ciel scowled.
"I'm afraid Grell has to go." Sebastian replied.
The baby let out a shriek of laughter.
Ciel's scowl faded into a smile and the bluenette actually chuckled, along with Red and Sebastian.
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Later, after Sebastian had served dinner, Sebastian did allow Grell to peek at the baby as she slept.
Nothing more.
Before Sebastian could throw him out, the red-headed reaper informed the butler that he was needed at the office and left on his own.
Once the reaper was gone, the baby smiled in her sleep, as if she were happier without Grell in the manor.
Sebastian grinned before the baby began to whimper, waking up with a hungry cry.
Sebastian picked his baby up with a purr, walking to take her to Ciel again. He spoke softly and the baby calmed at the sound of his voice, "Yes, my lady~."