A.N- Sorry about everything. I know I haven't been consistent on updating. I've just been busy. Christmas is coming up, and I have before break projects in school to finish. I just haven't had time to write. But I swear that will end on December, 26 at 12:00 AM. Anyway, here is chapter 12. Hope you like it.

(Ciel's POV.)

As usual I woke at 9:00 AM. But today Tanaka was the one to tend to me, not Sebastian. But this was to be expected, as Sebastian lapsed yesterday.

After I was dressed and fed, I headed down to Sebastian's room.

I knocked twice on the old oak door, but upon no reply, I let myself in.

"Sebastian?" I whispered entering. Upon doing so, I found the demon still sleeping.

I found this odd as he is usually awake by now. But yesterday was long and stressful for the butler.

I decided not to wake him. Instead I sat and watched him, observing his breaths and movements.

As I sat in silence, Sebastian quickly turned, appearing to be in pain.

"Sebastian? Are you okay?" I whispered expecting an answer. But when he didn't answer, I realized he hadn't woken yet.

I stood and walked to the other side of Sebastian's bed. I then bent down, inching my face close to his. (Yay, I'm beginning to really like Yaoi!)

I watched closely noticing something. Sebastian looked weak and fragile almost like a child. This was because of how red Sebastian's face had become and the current position he was in.

As I watched, I noticed his face redden.

With my face still close to his, I brought my hand up and felt his temperature. But right before I touched him, my hand stopped. I could feel heat surfacing, enough to make my hand sweat. I continued to place my hand on his forehead feeling how warm he had become.

I gasped upon contact with the butler's skin. It was almost to warm to touch.

I then decided on what to do. I stood and headed to the doorway.

I headed out and gathered what I needed.

Shortly, I returned with a large bowl filled with ice water and several rags.

I took a rag and placed it over Sebastian's forehead. But almost as soon as I placed it, I had to change it because it had already became warm.

After a while of placing and changing rags, I noticed Sebastian's temperature had gone down a bit.

Upon this, I decided to leave and let him rest more.

X_X

Hours pass and it become's about 2:30 PM. I again headed back to Sebastian's room to check on the demon.

"Sebastian?" I said entering once again. But when I turned from closing the door, I found him still sleeping. This time I became worried.

I walked over to his bed and tried shaking the butler awake.

"Sebastian, wake up. It's passed 2:30." I whispered. But nothing happened. He didn't even move. "Sebastian?" I said a bit louder. Still nothing. "Sebastian!" I yelled shaking him more. "Sebastian! Sebastian! Wake up!" I yelled.

I stopped shaking him and reached for his neck, searching for a pulse. I sat in silence feeling for something. Luckily I did. But he still wouldn't wake, which left me panicked.

I decided to try something else. I stood from his side and removed my eyepatch. I opened my eye and shouted an order.

"Sebastian! I order you to wake!" I yelled. But it didn't work. Sebastian sat still sleeping.

I then ran to the doorway and started yelling for Tanaka.

"Tanaka! Tanaka! Please help!" I yelled. I waited a minute, listening for footsteps.

I suddenly heard someone rushing my way.

"What's wrong, Young Lord?" Tanaka asked sounding worried. "It's Sebastian! He won't wake up!" I cried.

He the ran into the bedroom and over to Sebastian.

He grabbed Sebastian and started to shake his lifeless body while calling his name repeatedly.

After a moment of pointless attempts to wake the butler, Tanaka laid Sebastian's body down and reached for him neck searching for his pulse.

When Tanaka realized Sebastian was alive, he decided to try something.

He brought his hand up over the butler's face. Using his hand he slapped Sebastian twice.

Still nothing happened…

Tanaka let out an exasperated sighed. "What's wrong with him?" I asked worried. "I think it's a fever induced coma…" Tanaka replied sadly. "Will he be okay?" I asked. "I'm not sure. But we need to get his fever down to make him wake up." Tanaka claimed.

"Go get the others. I need some supplies." Tanaka ordered. "I'll do it!" I volunteered. Tanaka looked surprised. "Are you sure, My Lord?" He asked. "Yes!" I replied. "Okay…"

"Young Master, I need three things. First re-fill the bowl with ice and water, second fill a glass with ice cubes, third go to the washroom and get some medicine that'll bring down Mr. Sebastian's temperature." Tanaka ordered. "Okay!" I said taking the bowl.

I headed down the to the kitchen to gathered what I needed. First I headed over to the freezer and filled the bowl with ice and water, second I got a glass and filled it also with ice.

With both of those done, I headed up to Sebastian's room, dropping off the first things Tanaka had asked for.

Then I headed to the washroom to get the medicine.

I looked and looked for nearly ten minutes. 'Where does he keep it?' I asked myself. Finally I found what I was looking for.

'I wonder if this will affect Sebastian?' I asked myself remembering what the demon had told me.

X_X

With everything in hand, we (meaning Tanaka.) got to work.

We started by placing (and changing) cold rags on Sebastian's forehead. Then we force fed him ice to bring his body temperature down. (There is a way you can force feed sleeping people but I'm not going to go into that right now.) Once that was done we force fed him the medicine. The medicine was supposed to help maintain his temperature so we could get it down more.

Consistently we kept this up. Changing his rags, feeding him ice and medicine, slowly nursing his temperature down.

"How long will this take?" I asked the elderly butler. "All night I suppose. But Lord, your not staying up. You need your sleep." Tanaka replied. "I want to though. I have to make sure Sebastian's okay!" I fought childishly. Tanaka sighed. "You know he'd tell you the same, Young Earl." Tanaka replied. "I know…" I said remembering all the times Sebastian had told me the same.

As we sat, a sound rang from where the butler was laying. Several coughs could be heard.

"Sebastian?" I whispered coming near the demon, hoping he was awake. But when I came to the side Sebastian was facing, I saw he was still asleep.

Tanaka looked at me with hopeful eyes, but I shook my head indicating that Sebastian had not yet woken.

I looked down at Sebastian, noticing how uncomfortable he looked.

I again bent down to feel his temperature. Not much changed sense the last time I checked. (Which was about an hour ago.)

Suddenly as we sat, we heard a knock on the door.

"Young Master?" Meyrin's voice rang through the door. "Come in, Meyrin." I called. She did as told and slipped in.

"I've brought you a snack. I figured you two would be hungry, yes I did." Meyrin claimed holding a tray filled with small sandwiches.

I looked at her slightly surprised. "Who made these?" I asked. "Me of course." She replied. I sighed glad it wasn't Bard who had cooked them. (Incase any of you are confused. Bard is the character Baldroy. It's just I swear they call him Bard in the anime. But it's Baldroy in the Manga.)

Tanaka and I took the sandwiches and gladly ate them, both of us delighted by the taste.

"These are really good Meyrin." I said taking a bite of one. She smiled widely. "Thank you Lord!" She cried happily. "That's the first time you've ever praised me." She stated. "It is? I'll have to change that." I replied.

Once we were done eating, we gave Meyrin the tray and got back to work.

X_X

I soon found myself asleep in the dark room. Sebastian still hadn't woken and it was growing very late. Nearly 11:00 PM.

"Young Lord… Young Lord wake up." Someone called shaking me lightly. I opened my eyes to see light sunlight. "Tanaka? Did I fall asleep?" I asked rubbing my drowsy eyes.

I looked up to find I was still in Sebastian's room. I was sitting at his desk with my head on my arms.

"You did Young Lord." Tanaka replied. "How's Sebastian?" I asked. "He still asleep…" Tanaka replied. "His temperature has gone down a lot though." Tanaka claimed. "Did you sleep?" I asked. "No… One of us had to stay up to keep taking care of Mr. Sebastian." Tanaka replied. "Go to your room then. I'll take over from here." I ordered softly. "Are you sure, Young Lord?" He asked sounding a bit worried. "Yes, you need your sleep. Like I keep telling Sebastian. I don't need a incapable butler." I replied getting up from where I was sitting.

Tanaka had no choice but to listen. So he headed out of the room and to his.

I turned to look at Sebastian. He was still peacefully sleeping.

I was becoming impatient. So I again took off my eye patch and shouted an order.

"Sebastian, I order you to wake!" I shouted. I waited a moment hoping something would happen. But nothing did.

"What happened to, 'Master's order's are always absolute?'" I asked coming to Sebastian side again. "I thought that was some sort of law for demons?" I whispered only loud enough for him to hear. "Plus, aren't you supposed to be by my side even in death?" I asked.

I laid my head down on his bed, close to Sebastian, realizing how tired I was, despite just waking up.

But suddenly as I sat, dosing off, Sebastian started to stir. I wasn't expecting him to wake, so I didn't ask him anything.

But as I watched he shot up in bed coughing. He clasped his hand over him mouth.

"What is this nasty taste in my mouth?" He asked. "Probably the medicine." I replied. "What… Medicine?" He asked.

Sebastian quickly grabbed the wastebasket and started getting sick, nauseated from the taste of the medicine Tanaka and I had force fed him.

Once he finished he reached for the water Tanaka had left for him incase he did wake up. (Tanaka predicted this to happen.)

He took several big drinks of it, trying to get the putrid taste out of his mouth.

"What was that Young Lord?" Sebastian asked calming down. "Medicine…" I replied. "I meant what type." Sebastian said sounding angry. "I don't know what it's called. But it's supposed to maintain your temperature." I replied. "Why would you need to do that, Young Lord?" Sebastian asked. "Because all of yesterday, you were in a fever induced coma." I replied. "What? I was?" Sebastian asked with a surprised look on his face. I nodded.

I explained everything that happened yesterday.

"So I was asleep all day yesterday?" Sebastian asked. "Yes, because your temperature got too high." I replied. "And you and Tanaka stayed up all night trying to get it to come down?" He asked shocked. "Well, I didn't stay up. Tanaka did though." I replied. "I see… I'll have to thank him later." Sebastian said.

To Be Continued…

A.N- Sorry about being sooo late. Like I keep saying. I have a lot going on. Anyway, how did you like this chapter? I think it's interesting. I'm not really sure how I came up with this. It just kinda happened. I don't know. I'll go now. Updates coming soon! Please Review!