A/N: I do not own Sebastian, Ciel, William, Grell or Ronie. I do own Kylie, Nathan, and Jordan.

Chapter 4

". . . I have been sent to return him to his rightful parents."

The words hung in the air between the three men. Sebastian's eyes were glued to the baby in the man's arms, Ciel's were closed, and Jordan's were looking at the both of them. The baby was sleeping softly, he had a full head of black hair, long dark eyelashes, rosy cheeks, and the palest skin he almost didn't look real.

Ciel stood and left the room, emotions swelling, bubbling, and colliding. He couldn't take it. Sebastian had never told him that he had ever been with Will, let alone that they had had a child together. He felt betrayed. He felt hurt. He felt . . . lost. He left the house to walk around the gardens. They changed with his thoughts so he knew that Sebastian wouldn't be able to follow him where he was headed. He needed time to think through this and calm down.

The middle of what seemed the back wall in a maze of hedges opened before Ciel and after he had unlocked and opened the door behind them, he stepped through and it closed looking as though nothing were beyond it. This was Ciel's secret place. He hadn't told a soul about it since it's construction when he was still only twelve. Though he hadn't used it but twice since he and Sebastian had been married. He sighed as he sat in the plump leather arm chair that sat inside with a small table, a few books, and a heater for the winter time. The whole room was made of concrete aside from the door which was oak and steal, which made the room sound proof but also quite cold at times.

Meanwhile back inside the manor:

"Where daddy go?" Kylie looked at her Poppa curious as to why her dad had left so suddenly.

"I don't know princess, but why don't you and Nate go play upstairs in your play room, ok?" Sebastian said as he tore his eyes from the sleeping baby.

"Ok Poppa . . ." Kylie and Nate gathered their toys and took them upstairs. Kylie knew better than to argue with either of her fathers; neither were too keen on giving in even to each other.

Once he heard the door shut upstairs Sebastian turned back to Mr. Soverge, "You say that is my child. And someone who worked in the Custodiam Filiorum took him from me when he was supposed to stay and live. You do realize how absurd this sounds. William and I were together and had a child over a hundred years ago. I may not look it, as I am sure you know demons and reapers don't age, but I am four hundred and thirty four. William is three hundred and twenty. We have both moved on from our time together. If what you're saying is true . . . Why did it take so long to find him and return him? I have a husband of five years and a four year old daughter. Neither of which know about my tome with William. The young boy who is playing with my Kylie, is Nathan James Spears. He is the son of William and Grell Sutcliff who are currently in the hospital preparing for the early arrival of their second son," Sebastian hadn't realized until after he finished speaking, the tone his voice had taken, nor the volume it had risen to. He was angry, and fearful of what this, if true, would do to his life he had now.

Mr. Jordan Soverge looked a mix between confused and ashamed, he was only twenty and had only just began his job with the Custodiam Filiorum when he was handed the major task of returning the stolen children. This was his first time actually sein the parent of any of the children, "I apologize for the manner in which the situation has been handled. If you wish we can place the child with a family wishing to adopt." He remained professional as he was required to when speaking to clients.

"No." A single word reply was all Sebastian gave a he once again looked at the baby. His name was intended to be Liam Dimitri Michaelis. William had insisted upon the baby having Sebastian's last name.

"Then you wish to keep the babe?" Soverge said looking down at the baby then up to Sebastian.

"It would appear I have no choice. He is my child . . . I only fear how badly this will affect Ciel, William and Grell," Sebastian looked at the baby, his name would have to be decided between them both as he was no longer a Michaelis but a Phantomhive, "May I hold him?"

"Of course. I apologize if I made it seem otherwise."

Sebastian tentatively took the sleeping babe from Soverge and held him close. The child instantly snuggled into him without waking even a little. He couldn't help but smile at the baby. He felt nothing but love for the babe. He wanted desperately to hold this baby forever. The infant looked to be a no more than a week or two old. . .

"How old is he?" Sebastian asked looking up.

"He is one week and two days old. We took great care to retrieve each child as close to their birth as possible." Mr. Soverge seemed to be able to sink in to his professionalism with ease, just as William did.

"And has he been named?"

"No. We do not impart on parental rights. We have simply referred to him as One. As he was he first to be retrieved and now the first to be returned," Mr. Soverge said as he pulled a small business card from his pocket, "Call this number when his name is decided so that we can enter it in the records."

"Alright. Well thank you . . ." Sebastian said as he felt the child begin to wake in his arms.

"I shall be leaving then. Good day," Mr. Soverge stood and walked to the door, opening it.

"Have a lovely day, Sebastian stood and followed the man to the door and letting him out then shutting it behind him.

The kids were still playing upstairs so Sebastian took the opportunity to go out and look for his husband. First he needed to find the stroller they had used for Kylie when she was a baby.

The sound of footsteps outside his secret space startled Ciel from his thoughts. He had gotten to the point of accepting that Sebastian and William had been together in the past. He had even been able to talk himself into being ok with the possibility that they had a baby together. He was not able to accept that Sebastian hadn't told him about it. He felt betrayed. A knock at the door startled him even further, no one knew about this room . . . He got up anyway and went to the door, opening it slowly to find a distraught looking Sebastian leaning against the stroller they had used for Kylie, but instead the baby that the man from the Custodiam Filiorum had brought rested within, sleeping softly.

". . . You . . . How did you know about this place?" Ciel sputtered.

"I've always known, my love . . . I'm sorry I never told you f my past with Will . . ." Sebastian said moving into the space enough to pull Ciel into a tight hug. Only seconds later he felt the smaller man's body wracked with shaking sobs. Closing his eyes and stroking charcoal blue locks Sebastian whispered, "I'm sorry I know this is a lot . . . but I need you with me to get through this . . . I love you and I won't ever keep anything from you again I swear . . . anything you want to know just ask and I'll tell you."

Ciel stepped back slowly, "So we'll be keeping him then?"

"He is my son, love . . . we'll need to talk to William and Grell," he said and looked at the baby.

Ciel looked at the baby, "He is quite beautiful . . . have you decided what to name him?" He had to admit the baby was in almost every aspect perfect . . .

"I have to ask Will, but when he was born, we were going to name him Liam Dimitri Michaelis . . . but I'm no longer a Michaelis."

"Well . . . then let's call them and discuss that . . ." Ciel answered looking at the baby, "Where are Kylie and Nathan?"

"Playing in the playroom inside, I sealed the door after taking her scissors so they are fine. Let's go inside though . . . the cold air isn't good for any of us," Sebastian said taking Ciel's hand and leading them down the path, pushing the stroller with the other.

Once they were inside they went upstairs to choose which room they were going to set up for the baby. They pulled out the bassinette they had for Kylie and a few toys putting them in the room.

"We can't use the pink butterflies we had for Kylie . . . He's very much a boy," Ciel said with a laugh as he sat in the rocker, holding the baby for the first time.

"I know . . . I suppose that means we will have to go on a little shopping spree doesn't it? We don't have anything for a baby, let alone a baby boy," Sebastian said as he smiled at the man he loved holding the son he never had.

"I suppose it does. I also suppose that it's a good thig we aren't pregnant with our second baby . . ." Ciel answered shifting the baby in his arms.

"We did try, my love . . . we aren't sure that I'm not pregnant. Only time will tell on that matter. Though I am not so sure that William and Grell won't want to be in his life."

"Right . . ." Something in Ciel's heart broke at the fact that this baby wasn't his and Sebastian's to love and care for forever. They would have to share him with his second father.

They walked through the store, Ciel holding hands with Nate and Kylie and Sebastian pushing the stroller, the baby sleeping within.

"Daddy, can I get a new doll?" Kylie asked tugging on her father's hand.

"Maybe later princess, we need to get things for the baby first. There is a lot to get . . ."

"But why do we have to get things for the baby? Whose baby is he? Why does he have to live with us?" Kylie whined playing with her pigtails.

Ciel sighed and stopped to scoop his daughter up in his arms and carry her, "Because he is your poppa's baby and we have to take care of him. We love him just like we love you. So if you can be good while we get everything we need for him to stay with us, then you can pick out any toy you want and one piece of candy, to eat after dinner tonight, before we leave. Does that sound fair?"

"Ok daddy!" she smiled brightly with her blue eyes sparkling.

Ciel sat her back down and took both her hand and Nate's again. They walked and gathered everything they needed for the baby, diapers, bottles, food, formula, clothes, a crib, sheets, toys, blankets, etc. After getting all that Sebastian went up to pay for it all and Ciel took both Kylie and Nate to go get a toy and candy each. He know with the help of the two servants, who had come with them, Sebastian would be able to have everything ready to go home when they headed out to go home.

And sure enough about twenty minutes later they sat in the dining room while the servants unloaded and put the nursery things up in the nursery, as well as set it all up. Sebastian sat at the end of the table feeding the baby a bottle, while Ciel worked to make the older kids sandwiches and chips for lunch. Kylie and Nate sat at the table talking about their new toys.

"Alright here we go, kiddos," Ciel said as he sat a plate in front of each of them and took his seat opposite Sebastian watching him feed the infant.

"Thank you daddy," Kylie said with a smile.

"Thank you Uncle Ciel," Nathan said before eating a chip.

Ciel smiled at them and reached over to stroke the baby's cheek with his thumb. Sebastian smiled at the act of love, he was glad that Ciel had accepted the baby into his life.

"I love you," Sebastian said with a smile.

Ciel smiled back and shifted in his chair, "We need to name him . . . we can't just keep saying him and the baby . . ." he let his voice trail off.

"I know, but I want to talk to Will about it first."

A k nock at the door of Grell's hospital room startled both the redhead and the brunet from the movie they were watching. Will got up carefully from the bed and walked to the door, opening it, "Yes?" on the other side of the door stood Sebastian and Ciel and a black and green stroller.

"Whose there babe?" Grell spoke from the bed wear he lay covered with the blanket Will had brought from their bed at home to help him feel more comfortable.

"Sebastian and Ciel . . ." Will answered.

". . . We have something to tell you both . . ." Ciel said shifting on his feet.

"It has to be now. And we have to tell both of you before we can do anything because it requires us all. Especially you, Will, and myself. . ." Sebastian said.

"Ok? Come in I suppose." Will said stepping aside to let them in, eyeing the stroller. The front of the stroller was covered with a black blanket, Sebastian had always favored black even for babies, which was common this time of year as the weather grew colder.

Ciel walked in and sat in the chair that was a little further away from the bed than the other. Sebastian pushed the stroller over beside Ciel and stood behind him, his hands resting on the smaller's shoulders. William shut the door and walked back over to sit with his husband on the bed.

"Alright what is this that you need to tell us?"

Ciel shifted and removed the blanket from the front of the stroller. Will gasped seeing the infant resting in the seat of the stroller; black hair, porcelain skin, nails that were naturally black and as the child woke slightly, bright green eyes. This was his and Sebastian's son from so long ago, but he was very clearly alive and appeared only a week old at most. He stared at the child, until he felt a hand on his and looked to his husband.

"Darling . . . is that . . ." Grell asked, he clearly knew of the past William and Sebastian had had together.

"Indeed he is . . ." Sebastian said, answering for Will, "This is our son William . . . the Custodiam Filiorum had an employee who chose to steal children, she has been apprehended and with the help of the time masters have retrieved the babies from as close to their births as possible, as well as removed anything pertaining to their lives after the point of their retrieval. He's ours. He doesn't have a name yet, they just called him One because he was the first."

"We wanted to talk to both of you before we made any decisions on anything," Ciel said carefully picking up the baby so as not to wake him.

William and Grell sat staring and looked at both men and the baby. After a few minutes William stood up slowly and walked to Ciel, "M-May I hold him?" William was never the type to stutter, or stumble over his words, but this situation had him all turned around and unable to focus.

"Of course," Ciel said carefully handing the baby over to William.

Will stared at the baby, he we beautiful, he was perfect, he was . . . alive. He moved back and resumed his seat on the bed with Grell.

The pregnant reaper sat up slowly to look over his husband's shoulder at the baby. Grell smiled at the baby and placed an arm around his husband's waist and kissed his cheek. He shifted closer, "What were you going to name the little lady killer when he was first born?"

"Liam Dimitri Michaelis. I insisted on him having Sebastian's last name since he was the one to bear the baby," William said, still not looking away from the baby.

"But I'm no longer a Michaelis though," Sebastian said looking at the scene in front of him.

"Well . . . as far as that . . ." William looked to the redheaded reaper, "With the new baby almost here I don't think we could handle two . . ."

Grell sighed then smiled sadly, "I suppose you're right my darling. And I like Dimitri, but not Liam. It's simply too dull." Grell whined and toyed with a lock of his hair.

"What about Dimitri Alexander?" Ciel said quietly.

Sebastian smiled, "I like it. And was your saying that you would be unable to car for two infants you're way of saying he take our last name, William?"

"Dimitri Alexander Phantomhive . . . Hmmhhmmm . . . I like it to, Will," Grell said smiling at the baby.

"Then Dimitri Alexander Phantomhive it is," William said, "But while he may be with you, I want to see him as often as I can."

"He is you're son too. Of course you can see him anytime you want," Sebastian responded, "Although we need to do one last thing before this whole matter is settled."

William looked up, sorrow in his eyes at what they had to do, "Right . . . then let's get it over with and quickly."

Grell looked over confused as his husband stood and walked to the bathroom followed by Sebastian. Ciel only shifted in his seat watching them.

"What's got to be done?" Grell asked looking to Ciel.

Ciel sighed looking at the floor, "The baby need's blood from both his parents. More of Sebastian's than William's. They also have to bleed out what bit of reaper there is before they give him the blood. Any child born between a demon and a non-demon will have the abilities of both parents for their whole life, but the parents must choose if they want the child to be a demon or not. If not then they must have more of the non-demon parent's blood and vice versa. But the baby must have the non-demon blood removed if the child is to be a demon. The demon half will tear the other half to shreds leaving the child dead on the inside."

"Oh . . ." Grell said laying back down and closing his eyes tight when he heard the Dimitri scream loudly from the bathroom.

Ciel winced when he felt the pain of Sebastian biting to draw the blood needed for Dimitri; they were linked in body and mind. It was part of being married as a demon you feel everything the other feels but no marks are left. In some minds it's the best way to abuse and never get caught.

A few minutes later Will and Sebastian came out with Dimitri, who had calmed and now played lazily with one of Sebastian's fingers. Will looked as though he had been crushed and drug through the mud; he felt worse. Will felt as though he was losing his son for the second time, even though he knew that wasn't the case at all. He could see his boy any time he wanted, and when he was older even tell him of how much he meant to him and that he was his father. He knew only time would tell what his relationship with Dimitri would be. He smiled and shifted sitting back on the bed with Grell and his unborn baby boy; reminding himself that he had everything he'd ever wanted with the man he loved more than anything, even if it took him nearly a hundred years to realize it.

Will leaned over and pressed a light kiss to the crimson reaper's lips, "I love you."

Grell smiled and rested his hand on his swollen stomach, the baby within shifted and pressed a hand up against his which only made him smile more, then a thought occurred to him, "Say, Bassy, who's with Nathan and Kylie if you two are here?"

"Ronald and the two servants of Phantomhive manor. They were playing one of Kylie's games when we left. Ronald is quite good with them . . ." Sebastian answered as he settled Dimitri into the stroller once more.

"He should be, he's only a child himself," Will said with a small laugh, while he was good friends with the young reaper, he had always been a little put off by the way 'The next die hard reaper' reveled in his youth.

Ciel smiled, "But so am I when compared to any of you. Even Dimitri," he laughed. It was true though, he was thirteen years old when he was turned into a demon; that had only been ten years ago. Though upon his first 'birthday' as a demon his body had changed and become that of an adult, causing him to look quite like his father, though he was still shorter than Sebastian. He and Sebastian had been married only five years. Everything of his life was young compared to what surrounded him; it reminded him of how his human life had been.

"Ahh-huh!" Grell winced heavily.

William turned to him quickly, "Are you alright?"

"I don't think Mykel is going to wait any longer.