Chapter 11: Return

School was already over on Friday, so I was packing my bags to go back to Kyoya's house, when I heard my cell phone buzz and ring. Confused, I took it in my hand and looked at the caller ID. Seeing a picture of my dad on the screen, I sighed and flipped the phone open. "Hey dad. I already told you that I wasn't coming back to the manner. I live with Kyoya now, weather you like it or not."

"Please let me speak before you jump to conclusions." I heard my dad groan. "Listen, first off, how did the conflict with that odd boy in school work out?"

"He wanted me to join the Black Magic club." I huffed.

"Oh?" he asked, sounding interested. "What did you say to him?"

"No, of course." I sneered. "After going through hell to be human, I'm not going to get sucked back in that supernatural black hole! Besides, he kinda creeps me out, especially that freaky puppet thing he has, so I'm going to stay away from him."

"Alright, alright." he stated defensively. "Just curious." After a breath, he went on to the real reason why he called. "I just found out that your mother's in town, so I was going to meet with him and explain your...circumstance."

"What about Ciel?" I asked. "Isn't it un-butlery or whatever if you just up and left?"

"That's why I'm asking if you can substitute for me." he stated. "After I'm done talking with your mother, then you can go back to the Host Club, and I won't bother you with a request at all similar to this ever again."

I took in a deep breath and huffed it all out. "...Fine. I'll go tell Kyoya where I'll be, then I'll be there in a few minutes."

As if on cue, Kyoya came in my room right after I said that. "Dad, I gotta go." With that I huffed out a hasty, "love you too" and snapped the phone shut.

Kyoya already knew something was up and sighed as he rested his arm around my waist and pulled me close, swaying me slightly as if he was buttering me up for something. "...That was your father?" he asked. I nodded in his chest. "What were you two talking about?"

"He wants me to baby sit his master." I sighed out.

He then tilted his head down and rested his forehead on my shoulder. "...Please don't go." he whispered. "You're not a butler anymore, you're a student of Ouran Academy."

"It's just for one afternoon." I stated back to him. "I'll be fine."

"Why does he want you to do that anyways?" he asked. "If I remember correctly, a proper butler never abandons his duties, nor leaves his master's side."

"He has to see my mother." I explained. "My mom still doesn't know that I'm a human yet, so he's leaving to find him and explain it to him."

"...Him?"

I groaned as we parted. "Yes, my mom's a man. Didn't I already...no...that was Tamaki..." I then re-explained my family for him. After the explanations, I finished with a sigh, "...so now, my mom would most likely want to come and visit me, and he's expecting a girl with some glimmer of a reaper potential left. The last thing he'd be expecting would be me with no reaper glasses, and hardly any vision of the future further than five seconds."

He thought for a while, still holding me close, and arched a brow. "I'll come with you then." he stated. "You're still new to being a human, and I don't want you to push yourself."

I shook my head. "I'll be fine." I reassured. "All it is is just making the master a cup of tea, bringing him a slice of cake, and standing beside him, looking threatening, but protectively professional. That's already what Mori-sepia does with Honey-sepia!"

"I insist!" he argued.

I let out a sigh and clutched my head, completely parting from him. "Alright, fine. Just, please don't get in my way." I requested. "It'll slow me down, and Ciel would be very displeased. After that, anything could happen. He might be my father's master, but he's still an unpredictable baby demon."

Kyoya looked at me oddly. "I thought he's been a demon for over a century."

"Exactly!" was my reply. "It took me over a thousand years to mature my demonic powers, and (depending on who you ask) I STILL never had control over them!"

When Kyoya and I made it to the manner, I knocked on the door, looking up to see my dad's smiling face when he saw me, quickly drop to a glare when his ruby red eyes fell on Kyoya. "_, what is your boyfriend doing here?" he asked.

"When I told him I was coming here, he insisted on helping." I explained.

My dad clutched his head in his white gloved hand. "Have I ever mentioned that I don't like him?"

"...Yes." I stated bluntly. "Several times."

I was honestly surprised that Kyoya was silent. I knew he was smart, but even I didn't know he was smart enough to not talk back to a crow demon with the strength and speed to kill him on the spot, or at least torture him and have him lose his mind.

"Would you rather me date Kaoru instead?" I asked my dad teasingly, making Kyoya just stare at me with his mouth hung open and a glare in his glasses that cut off his eyes. "He does seem interesting and fun to be around. I could always get a good laugh from the shenanigans he pulls with Hikaru."

My dad looked down at me. "If you're asking me which member of your little club I approve of to be your 'boyfriend', then I'd have to say that young man, Haruhi."

I just stared at him blankly. "...Dad...Haruhi's a girl."

"Well, I should get going." my dad hastily stated as he passed us, pulling his over coat over his shoulders. "I just gave the master his tea and cake, so he shouldn't need anything for a while."

After he left, Kyoya just stared at me. "...Kaoru?" he asked.

I shrugged. "If I compare you to Kaoru around him, then you seem like the best choice to him. Besides, his first impression of the twins is them playing on the chandelier, remember?" I explained. He didn't reply as I showed him in and shut the door behind us. Looking around, I tapped my chin in thought. "...Let's see...what could you do...?" I asked. I lingered on that thought for a while as he looked around much like he did the first time I let him in.

"_!" I heard a call from the staircase. "What are you doing here?"

"My father requested me to fill in for him." I explained. "I will be your butler for the afternoon."

"What about him?" he asked, pointing to Kyoya. "Why is your boyfriend here?"

I froze. There really wasn't any reason for him to be there aside from him insisting on coming. Before I could even answer, I heard Kyoya state, "I came to make up for _'s loss of demonic powers. Since she is a human now, I thought she might not be able to serve you as well as she might have in the past."

Ciel seemed not just satisfied, but impressed with his answer as he returned up the stairs with a quick, "Get my mail".

I huffed out a sigh of relief as Kyoya turned to me. "I'll get the mail, you go and see what else he might want." he stated before going out the door.

I ascended up the steps and followed him to his study. "Is there anything else you would like?" I asked.

"No." he huffed out. "Nothing that is within your power at the moment." he stated.

I averted my eyes as Kyoya came in and gently placed the mail on the desk. I knew it was wrong, but I guess curiosity killed me (I know, I'm not a cat anymore, but still). "...Master," I brought attention to myself. "Over my time serving you after your...incident...I couldn't help but notice you still never changed as far as ability goes."

He looked up at me with his deep blue eye. "I mean," I chuckled a little. "I've never seen you in any other form, nor use any type of demonic powers. I assume my father has taught you at least the basics of Demonics."

Much like he did when my father asked him a similar question about his dancing skills, Ciel snatched a random paper and covered his face with it. "...I see..." I stated.

Sensing the tensions, Kyoya stated, "...Would you like some tea?"

"Yes." he stated. "Earl Grey tea would be nice."

As Kyoya left, it took me a while to adjust my brain to the fact that my father didn't say that, instead it was Kyoya, my rich boyfriend, who I thought never served another person (aside from the Host Club guests obviously) in his life.

I looked back to Ciel in slight wonder. "Master," I stated. "I truly am curious if you even have demonic powers aside from your eye color."

"Well, you're the one who was born a demon." he sighed. "You should know if I would have powers or not."

I gently took the paper from him and leaned over his desk to get my face close to his in an intimidating way (demon, or no demon, I can still be intimidating). "With all due respect," I stated. "Demonic powers is a necessity to survive if you ever wish to move to the Underworld with my father. True, you have my father's protection, but there will be times when he is called away, and you will be left alone, unguarded. There are demons there who will kill you on the spot the moment they see a powerless demon, and you will suffer greatly. Don't think this is like your dancing skills, where all that will suffer is your name in high society, you will not survive one night without my father."

"Alright, fine." he brushed me off. "I'll begin experimenting with it."

I pulled up my sleeve and glanced at my wrist watch. "My father will return this evening." I stated.

He looked at me in confusion. "So?"

"If you have gone over a century without him at least talking to you about the basics of demonic powers, then my guess is that he wants other demons to destroy you." I answered. "Therefore, I offer to teach you what I know."

"How?" he asked. "You're not even a demon anymore."

"Just because I'm human now doesn't mean I've lost my demonic knowledge."

I saw the young master huff out a sigh as Kyoya came back with the tea. "I apologize if it isn't the way Mr. Michaelis makes it." he stated, handing him the tea.

The boy put the tea to his lips and took a regular drink. "...It's exactly how Sebastian makes it." he stated. I had to admit, I was slightly confused. How did Kyoya know how Ciel likes his tea?

I took a peek at what he was fiddling with behind his back and mentally smacked myself. Because I've never made Ciel's tea without my dad coming behind me to remind me of something, he wrote down the instructions and left them in the kitchen next to the tea leaves. Behind my boyfriend's back was the small paper with my dad's hand writing.

"I don't know why Sebastian doesn't like you, Kyoya, is it?" Ciel stated, propping his head on his hands as Kyoya nodded. "I suppose he's just embracing the cliche that all fathers hate their daughter's boyfriends."

I saw my boyfriend nod as the young master turned to me. "And going back to your offer, I honestly doubt that Sebastian is refusing to teach me."

"It would make since, my Lord." I stated. "I mean, my father hates the fact that you were made a demon, and hates it even more so because he is bound to you for all of eternity." I explained. "His survival is now dependent on if you can get a contract yourself, and that's assuming the soul you get a contract with is large enough to split between you and him, and that's assuming you won't keep the soul for yourself." I added.

"If I were in his place, I would do exactly what he's doing now, keeping you in the dark about demonic nature so that I could leave you the first chance I get and you would be torn to shreds by the other demons of the Underworld." I stated as Ciel thought for a moment.

I saw his train of thoughts follow mine as he nodded. "It does seem to be the most logical thing for him to do." he stated. "But wouldn't he die as well if I die?"

I shook my head. "He would suffer great pains, but he would survive. He has done that before, but only when his contracts are impossible to fulfill. Believe it or not, he has had masters more impossible than your situation."

I could see the thoughts in Ciel's eyes. Though Kyoya stood next to me, he was silent and still. I couldn't tell what he was thinking, but whatever it was, he seemed to fear them. The young master finally looked up at me and said, "What did you have in mind?"