Pawns not only create a sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soul,
the foundation, of any position~
"Is this really a time to for a game of chess?" Ciel's bored voice asked.
Madame Red put down one of her pawns, giving her nephew a smile. "Obsessing about it won't help solve the case, why not just leave it all to Sebastian dear?"
Behind Ciel was Sebastian, his back turned as he looked over some papers extensively, looking deeply concentrated. Ciel looked a bit distant and replied simply with, "Because he is simply my chess piece. I am the one who moves him by giving him orders…"
"But he's no ordinary peace," he started out. Madame Red only looked at her nephew with skeptical eyes.
"He can move as many squares as he needs too…" Ciel then grabbed the black knight chess piece and knocked over Madame Red's white piece. "Like that."
Madame Red gasped and her eyes widened before she scowled a little. "That was against the rules you know!" Ciel smirked and leaned forward. "Indeed it would be if this was a game, but rules such as that have no true meaning in the real world…~"
"There are always knights who break the rules and pawns who betray…if you let your guard down, it's checkmate." Ciel then slammed his knight onto a black square, a sudden ominous mood filling the room.
Madame Red narrowed her eyes slightly at her nephew, noticing there was a slight undertone of a threat there but she quickly pushed the thought to the side and gave Ciel a playful smile. "And what of that new maid of yours, Aria? What's her role in all of this? If she is not a knight, then what is she?"
Behind Ciel, Sebastian stiffened, his ears perking up as he wanted to hear his master's response, and Madame Red noticed this.
"I am unsure…" Ciel admitted, picking up a queen, observing it. "I wouldn't consider the girl a queen, she is far to…raunchy to be a queen." Ciel shuddered a bit, recalling a few times when he has fallen prey to being sexually harassed by Aria. She was the only female who would touch him besides Madame Red and Elizabeth. But her touch was more…seductive and spoke of things that a young boy shouldn't know about at all.
"I would not consider her a rook or a knight…that leaves me with the pawn," Ciel said, putting the queen down and grabbing the pawn.
"Since we know so little of Aria she could either become a great asset to me or…in the end she will betray me like any other pawn."
Madame Red raised a brow at her nephew's logic and then asked, "And what if it is the latter? She comes to betray you?"
Ciel smirked darkly, his pentacle beneath the eye patch glowing ominously.
"I'll let the knight strike her down."
Behind Ciel, Sebastian was suddenly gone as soon as the words left his mouth, a few papers floating ever so gently to the ground.
Madame Red chuckled. "Mm, seems as if you Knight does not like it when you speak so poorly of the Pawn," she said with a giggle, sipping her tea. Ciel scowled softly and leaned back in his chair. "The Knight works under me, the King, and if I say so, if I command it, he will strike the Pawn down whether he wants to or not~"
Though somewhere deep down. Ciel knew that he was beginning to grow attached to the Pawn, which was something he didn't like at all…
Ciel was laying in bed after Madame Red left, thinking over the conversation they had especially when she brought up his dead family members. It made him rethink back to the time when he had made the contract with Sebastian.
But it also filled him with such a dull ache. A pain he thought he had washed down a while ago…
Suddenly there was a knock at the door and Ciel expected it to be Sebastian, but was surprised to see Aria. His eyes widened in shock, his entire face flushed when he saw what she was wearing.
She didn't like to be in her maid's uniform too long, telling Sebastian and Ciel that was too constricting and it covered up her feminity. The outfit she wore was a white crochet and lace semi-sheer night down that hung off her shoulders, exposing her creamy skin, stopping at her mid-thigh (how does she keep making it short?!).
She held a candlestick in her hands and Ciel blushed even more when he noticed she wore nothing underneath except white cotton panties. Her pink nipples were seen through the thing fabric, hugging her body in all the right places. Her hair was in a high ponytail held by a red ribbon.
"W-What are you doing in here Aria?" Ciel asked in shock, sitting up in bed, covering his left eye quickly with his eye patch. Ciel had managed to convince Aria that she had dreamed that his eye was a pentagram since she was drugged. It took much convincing but in the end Aria believed him.
"Well I wanted to talk about the conversation, you and Madame Red had earlier," she started out, giving Ciel a slight smile. Ciel's eyes widened. He hoped she didn't hear him talk so poorly of her…
"Y-Yes?"
"I know it is awful of me to snoop but I heard Madame Red speaking to you of your parents deaths…" she started out, biting her bottom lip. Ciel's eyes widened but he let out a sigh of relief. She didn't hear him but…
"What about my parents?" he asked a bit coldly, turning his head to the side. "And what have I warned you about eaves-dropping?!"
Aria smiled a little and went over to him, sitting down on his bed. "You see Cie—young Master, you may have lost your family but you have accomplished great things to uphold your family name from what I can see. You may throw it off like you don't care, but I know you d—"
"You know nothing about me! You are nothing but a lowly servant that I let Sebastian keep. You are even lower than a servant, you are a mere pet!" Ciel lashed out, his blue eye filled with anger and bitterness.
Aria flinched a bit at his harsh tone, and she tried to touch his head but he slapped her hand away.
"I do not need to be coddled!" he hissed out, starting to visibly shake. Why did she have to prod in his life like Madame Red? Why couldn't anyone understand that he was fine. That he didn't need sympathy.
Aria looked at him with soft sad eyes and pulled him to her chest, her breast pushed against his face, causing the young Earl's face to become even redder.
"Yes you do…we all need to be coddled once in a while. Who was there to coddle you when it happened, Sebastian? No…he's not the coddling type," she said gently. "I may not have been here that long but I know a lonely broken soul when I see one…"
Ciel felt his eyes widened in shock, his heart tugging slightly at Aria's words.
"I have no memory of where I came from, yet I was found on the streets, broken and beaten down. And you took kindness in your heart, letting me stay. I may be a pet, but I'm a family pet Ciel," she said softly, pulling away from the hug, looking down at her young Master.
She grasped his chin, making him look at her at her, his eye widening.
"I can't believe I'm saying this…but we are your new family. Each and every one of us has something to contribute to the Phantomhive household. A king cannot expect to run his castle with just his knight. He needs his rooks, the people who are the foundations of this place. We are a family Ciel, and I just don't want you to lose sight yourself…"
Ciel had to look away from her gold eyes that were showing so much warmth right now. Ciel felt himself tear up but he refused to cry.
"Your nice, whether you hide it or not. You're still just a kid, a cute one at that," she said and squeezed his cheek.
Ciel blushed, not sure what to say but one word came from his lips. "T-Thank you Aria…"
She smiled and gave him a smirk, kissing his cheek. "It's nothing sir, I'm just doing my job."
She then laid Ciel down and tucked him into bed, standing up. "Now sleep my Lord," she said gently.
"W-Would you be able to stay with me until I have fallen asleep?"
Aria felt a smile come onto her face, her eyes glinting in mischief. "I can do something else that help ya sleep my Lord," she purred out. Ciel blushed and threw a slight glare at her. "D-Don't be so improper Aria, I just want this alright. And it's an order!"
Aria smiled a little, putting the candlestick down on the table next to them. "As you wish Master Ciel," she said with a slight giggle.
She took her place back down next to him and pets his head softly. "I'm unsure how I know this song, but I think it's from my past…I remember it clearly, so I'll sing it to you."
Aria cleared her throat and began to sing softly:
Sleeping soundly, I have a dream
Of your profile
Without noticing the overflowing tears
That are running down my cheeks…
I've hidden the heartrending
Throbs that are in this chest
Ciel felt the song flow through him, Aria's voice bouncing around the room, filling the air with a song that sounded so sad yet so beautiful. It completely fit the mood.
"You have…a beautiful voice," Ciel mumbled out before yawning gently, rubbing his right eye. Aria only smiled and continued to sing:
Last night, Good night
Last night, Good night
This night
I'll hold your hand tight
And go to sleep
Good night
It'd be wonderful if I could
Spend morning with you once more
I just wish even such a small
Hope can be made a miracle
As it is, I can't convey anything
So I can't say goodbye
Ciel yawned once more, feeling drowsier now, his eyes feeling heavy.
Last night, Good night
Last night, Good night
Even if this voice dies
The melody won't fade
You shall not cry
Last night, Good night
Last night, Good night
When I think that the end
Will arrive someday
I'll walk an a million miles
And that's when I hope that one-day
The night sky will keep your smiles
Good night my king, my prince
Good night…
Ciel felt a true smile creeping onto his face and then he drifted off into sleep, muttering his last sentence, "Never leave…my side…"
Aria smiled and kissed Ciel's head, brushing his bangs out of his face.
"Wouldn't dream of it my Lord," she said with a giggle, looking down at him. "He's just too cute…"
She then blew out the candles and walked out of the room, closing the door, only to bump into none other than Sebastian who seemed to have an odd look on his face.
Aria raised her brows in confusion. "Sebastian?"
He looked down at her, his red eyes shining with something Aria couldn't describe. He moved his head down, his lips almost touching hers, but not touching them. Aria felt her breath hitch in her throat.
"S-Sebastian…?"
"You…sing beautifully," he said softly, his gloved hand caressing her cheek before he pulled back, turning on his heel and walking away, leaving a stunned and red-faced Aria in the dark.
His eyes glowed their demonic color and he smirked, touching his lips. They tingled, his body was anxious to kiss her, but he knew he should yield. He didn't want to get too attached to her. She was a pet, his pet to be exact. But he knew he'd be lying if he said he didn't feel something between them.
Maybe his kitten wasn't a pawn.
A Queen…
He chuckled to himself at that thought, shaking his head as he sung lowly to himself, "It'd be wonderful if I could, spend the morning with you once more. I just wish even such a small hope can be made a miracle…last night, good night, last night, good night~"
The Queen can move any way she wants, as many spaces as she wants, she is the most prominent and favorite piece of the game. The Queen influences the King, and the Knight watches her from afar. Always wanting, always waiting…
END
STP: I actually liked this chapter. It was like some fluff between Aria and Ciel mainly with slight Sebastian and Aria. I do enjoy making Aria and Ciel's relationship, think of them sort of like a brotherly-sister type of relationship
Ciel: Except she harasses me at every second ._.
STP: But you didn't mind her tonight, you seemed to enjoy her company no?
Ciel: *blushes* N-NO!
STP: Awhhh Ciel! *glomps*
Ciel: G-GET OFF OF ME! *blushes*
STP: Anywhos here's a picture of Ciel just because the chapter was fluff and not that much funny. But since I am following the storyline of the Jack the Ripper arc, there will be a bit more seriousness thrown into it. But anyway…*pulls out naked picture of Ciel, his body bent over in a provocative position*
Ciel: *entire face turns red and blood shoots out his nose* W-WHERE DID YOU GET THIS FROM?!
STP: *giggles* I'll never tell~
Sebastian: *prints out more pictures* Since I wasn't in here that much, young Master shall suffer some embarrassment :P