Chapter 4

A/N: Hey my little yaoi kittens, I'm back with the next chapter of my story, sorry it's been so long since I've updated but I want each chapter to be as perfect as possible, anyways, in the previous chapter Sebastian went downstairs to where they held the information about the patients and found a little more information on what happened to Ciel, well that's all I had to say and I guess I'll see you all in the next authors note.

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(Sebastian's POV)

I held the picture of my patient in one hand as I walked home, I wasn't allowed to use the car because he snapped at me after the little "accident" that occurred last week, luckily our house was about a mile from the asylum but by the time I got there it would be pitch black and I'd be scolded by him. Sounds like hell right? Well your guess is right especially when you have to live in the same house your entire life.

Anyways, enough with my complaining, I need to find out more information about this child; Ciel Phantomhive...I swear I've heard that name before, but where?

I looked up from the picture in my hand and saw that I had already made it home, it was pretty strange actually, usually it took me a couple minutes to get home but I guess that's because I would always get distracted by little things that I passed. Shaping my hand into the form of a fist, I banged on the door loudly," Hey! Open up!"

I heard a loud, and very audible, groan come from the other side of the door. The person who opened the door for me was my step-brother, Claude Faustus, he had dark violet hair that he would always keep in perfect order unlike my messy black hair, golden eyes, and wore black thin framed glasses which he pushed up with his middle finger," you do realize you have a key?"

" It nice to see you too Claude," I said, completely ignoring the statement; I heard him lock the door behind me when I entires the house and threw my jacket on the cost rack beside the door and kicked off my shoes. Walking into the living room, where a black-corner-couch sat with a glass coffee table sat in front of it and a large flat screen sat on top of a black wooden stand, and fell back on the couch, grabbing my laptop that sat on the table in front of me.

I pressed the power on button and watched as the computer slowly booted up to the lock screen where I typed in my password and opened Google Chrome then typed in my patients name into the search bar.

" Now...let's see what I can find about you," I clicked on the first link that came up and a website that said 'Funtom Toy Company' loaded onto my screen. I began to scroll down and clicked on an article about the founders of this toy company and my eyes widened at what I read.

" A tragedy at the Phantomhive manor has occurred; a mysterious fire had been started and the manor was completely burned to ashes. The investigation team have yet to find any evidence of who started the fire but the only survivor of this tragic event was the Phantomhive's only son, Ciel. He's now at an insane asylum after losing his mind from the death of his beloved parents."

I only stared at the article and the picture above it that showed Ciel who looked about to be six years old in the arms of a man who had the same hair color as Ciel with chocolate brown eyes and beside the two was a woman with long golden hair and deep sapphire blue eyes. Below this photo were their names, Rachel, Vincent, and Ciel Phantomhive.

" Ciel is the son of the famous Vincent Phantomhive!?" I shouted in shock; why was I so surprised, his last name was Phantomhive after so my reaction was pretty stupid. "Sebastian! Keep your voice down, I have a test tomorrow!" I rolled my eyes when I heard Claude shout from his room upstairs.

I read more into the article and was surprised by a certain sentence," the body of Vincent Phantomhive was never found. Could it be that Ciel's father was possibly still alive?" I stopped to think for a moment then I opened a new tab then searched, 'Phangomhive Manor' and saw that the ruins of the manor were pretty close by, if Claude would let me use the car I would be able to drive there tomorrow in under a few minutes.

I looked to the bottom-right-hand-corner of my screen as saw that it was already 9:56," I guess that's a sign that I should get ready for bed," shutting down my laptop, I moved it to the side and yawned as I stood and walked to my room, which happened to be across my brothers room.

I entered my room and fell back onto my bed, not bothering to put on my pajamas, then looked at the picture I had gotten from Angela one last time before setting it on the nightstand beside my bed and rolled onto my side. I closed. My eyes and began to drift off to sleep, vowing that I find the answer to all of this.

The next morning, I awoke with a loud yawn and reluctantly crawled of bed, feeling a terrible pain on one side of my body, but I guess that's what I get for falling asleep in my clothes. I shuffled over to my dresser and pulled open some of the drawers, pulling out a pair of dark blue jeans and a normal black T-shirt.

I changed out of my clothes from yesterday and put on my new outfit then groaned when I realized I had to walk all the way to the bathroom just to brush my teeth; why does everything have to take so much effort. With a sigh, I began to walk out of my room and toward the bathroom.

I entered the bathroom and saw my brother taking a shower, ignoring that, I turned on the cold water and grabbed my toothbrush off the countertop and put toothpaste on it then made it a little damp and began to brush my teeth, also ignoring the angry comments I was getting from Claude when he noticed that I was in the bathroom as well.

" Sebastian! I'm in the middle of a shower and your messing up the water pressure when you do that."

I rolled my eyes and rinsed out my mouth and my toothbrush," stop being such a drama queen. I'm borrowing the car by the way," said nonchalantly.

I walked downstairs and put on my shoes, laughing to myself when I heard him shout at me, obviously saying that he would kill me if I got in a crash again. I grabbed the keys off the hook by the front door and left, making sure to lock the door behind me even though I knew Claude could lock it once he left for class.

Unlocking the car door, I opened the door to the drivers seat and saw how perfectly clean the car was," Claude you need to stop making everything so near," I said to myself, putting the key in and turning it, hearing the engine start up and I pressed down on the gas pedal lightly, turning the steering wheel and began to drive to work, the picture of Ciel in my back pocket.

I pulled up to the asylum and put the car in park then turned it off, pulling out the key and putting it in my pocket. I stepped out of the car, making sure to lock the door, and walked to the entrance.

As I entered the building I saw that the labcoats we were meant to wear were all hung up on different racks on the wall, each one having a name tag attatched to it. I looked over each coat until I finally found mine.

I put my coat on as I walked past the front desk only to be stopped by a certain red head.

" Good morning Sebas-chan!"

" Morning Grell. Don't call me that, and where is everyone?" I stated, relishing that no one was walking through the halls like they usually do," most of the doctors have taken their patients to get breakfast downstairs, oh yeah, that reminds me, can you bring Patient 013 to the cafeteria."

I was hesitant, but I nodded; I know this wasn't going to end well, especially when my patient has actually killed people. With a groan, I said goodbye to Grell and made my way to the third floor, where nothing really changed, and opened the door to Ciel's room, seeing it was just as it was yesterday.

The blue haired child laid on his bed, probably asleep, but not wanting to take any chances, I kept my distance," Ciel, are you awake? I need for you to get up so you can eat."

" Hmm? I-It's wonderful to se-see you again, right Bitter?"

I still couldn't shake the chills I got every time he spoke," I'm glad to see you too, now, let's get going," I could hear the creaking of the bed as he stood, still holding that stuffed animal to his chest. I noticed that the toy had a few tears and scorch marks on it, they were probably caused from the fire I read about," Ciel, don't you think it would be better to leave Bitter here?"

" No, Bitter and I are both afraid of being left alone."

" I see, well then, I guess you can bring him but I think we should get him patched up while we're down there," I said with a smile; Ciel only looked at me curiously, as if he's never met anyone who's treated him like this. I opened the door and held it open as Ciel hesitantly walked out of his room, flinching as the door slammed shut behind us.

As we walked toward the staircase, I was shocked to feel Ciel grab my wrist; I looked down at him and saw that he was trembling some, could it be that he was scared?

My eyes softened and I put a hand on his head, hoping that it would reassure him that everything was going to be okay. It worked, but his tremulous form didn't stop shaking.

We reached the staircase and I could've sworn we walked down ten flights of stairs, but at least it was better than walking up them.

As we walked through the halls of the lower part of the facility, I found myself running into Angela again," oh, hello Sebastian, did you bring back the picture?" I nodded and reached into by back pocket then handed her the photo," thank you; good morning Ciel," she said with a kind smile, but Ciel only responded with a cold glare and murmured something under his breath that neither of us could hear.

" Angela, would you happen to have a thread and needle I could use, along with a damp cloth; she only nodded and entered a room she had previously come out, she came out a few minutes later holding some white thread and needle.

" I'm pretty sure the bathroom is just down the hall next to the cafeteria," I thanked her, taking the spool of thread and the needle and walking toward the cafeteria where I saw many different patients I have yet to see, eating with their doctors. Ciel squeezed my wrist tighter and shuffled close just before we entered," there's no need to be afraid Ciel," I said, comforting him again.

We entered the cafeteria and I walked him over to an empty table, letting him sit down," I'll be back in a minute, so don't move," he nodded and I left to get him some food.

I saw a line not to far from where Ciel was sitting and I grabbed a tray as I watched over my patient. Looking over the food choices, I just grabbed the simplest thing which was cereal and milk, along with two slices of French toast, I also got a glass of water and area napkins.

i walked back over to Ciel, who didn't go anywhere just like I asked, and set the tray in front of him, then sat in a seat next to his. He reached for a slice of toast and began eating, setting Bitter on the table.

When I realized he wasn't paying any attention to me, I reached for the stuffed rabbit and began to see up some of the tears in its arms, legs and sides. I looked back at Ciel, who was curious to see what I was doing, and dipped a napkin in the water and began to wash the ash and soot off it revealing the pure white fabric beneath it.

Once I knew it was clean, I gave it back to Ciel who had just finished eating. I laughed under my breath when I saw his eyes light up.

" Y-You fixed Bitter...thank you."

" It wasn't any trouble, I just wanted to fix him up."

Ciel untied the black ribbon from around his stuffed bunnies neck and held it out to me," Bitter says he's happy to be fixed so he wants to give you our prized possession,"I took the ribbon from him and smiled," thank you Ciel."

i could only wonder what was so special about this ribbon but I guess I would have to wait until Ciel becomes a little more comfortable with me, but until then I can say he has been slowly improving and hopefully it will continue like this.

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A/N: Well everyone that was the next chapter of my story, sorry if the ending is terrible but I couldn't come up with anything good, well that's all I had to say and I guess I'll see you all in next chapter, Ciao.