A/N Sorry for the delay guys! I had some computer troubles, (My laptop broke) so thankfully that is all resolved now. I'm still getting used to the new laptop so if there are any errors I'm so sorry, please enjoy the new chapter. (^w^)
Ch.6
Why is it so bright?
I sat up on my bed to see the curtains pulled to the side letting in the sunlight.
A simple wake-up call would've been nice.
I got up squinting my eyes at the harsh light and pulling the curtains back down to cover the blinding light, I turned and walked to the clock.
6:30 a.m. huh? Why so early…I'm not much of a morning person.
I quickly showered and got dressed in my clothes.
Thank god Mey-Rin washed them. Now I just have to go ask Ciel where to find Elliot.
I walked out of the room and headed for the study; now that I have a better sense of direction it wasn't that hard to find my way around. I knocked on the door to the study only to receive no answer.
"Ciel? Are you in there?" I asked opening the door slightly.
To my surprise no one was in there. I closed the door and leaned against the wall.
I know it's early but someone must have moved the curtains to wake me up, I'm sure at least Sebastian would've wakened Ciel up by now.
I sighed softly and wandered the house.
Maybe I should just go back to my room, I barely learned my way to the study so it's best to just go back and wait.
I made my way into the hall and bumped into something before I could see what it was. I was bumped against the wall and thankfully didn't fall on the floor.
"Ouch, sorry I didn't see you." I stated apologetically standing up straight.
"Oh it's you." I said staring at Ciel.
"Yeah…" he said yawning.
He looked like he barely woke up despite being dressed already. His hair still looked messy, and he continued to yawn as he made his way to the study. I followed since I was going to need to be there anyway.
"You're tired?" I asked as Ciel staggered a bit while walking.
"Yeah a little, I was up later than usual." He said yawning again.
"What were you doing?" I asked as curiosity took over.
"Research, I came up with nothing in the end, but it will progress soon enough no later than a day from now." He said as he opened the door to the study.
"Speaking of which, where am I supposed to interrogate Elliot?" I asked.
"Sebastian will give you the details for now I need to know if you know how to defend yourself. If you're going to help us with this case, or any other cases, you need to protect yourself and probably others. After all we are dealing with a murderer." Ciel said sitting in his chair.
"W-Well, sort of, I guess." I murmured as I sat in the chair on the opposite side of the desk.
"What do you mean sort of? Do you?" Ciel asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I mean, yes, and no." I said trying to find the right words to use.
"Like, I'm not experienced like you are, but I can put up a fight. Well not like that it's, it's complicated, just trust me okay?" I said leaning back lazily on the chair.
The door opened and in came Sebastian with a cart of sweets and tea.
"Oh finally." Ciel said as he leaned back on his chair also.
"My apologies, I took more time into the dishes for this morning, I felt like you would need more energy. So I specially chose these." Sebastian remarked gesturing at the cart.
"Thanks for your effort; anyway you need to give Clary the information on Elliot." Ciel said taking a cup and piece of cake.
Well he wasted no time in getting to the point and devouring the cake.
"Oh yes, Elliot is staying in an orphanage near his former home. It shouldn't be too hard to find. Take these with you." Sebastian said handing me a gun and knife.
"U-Uh, are these really necessary?" I asked in an uncomfortable tone.
"You should be used to them shouldn't you?" He asked.
"N-Not really…I'm fine without them trust me." I said handing them back.
"Just take the knife then, we need to make sure you're safe. You're more than capable of using it despite your, lack of attention, or thought, or responsibility-" Ciel said before I cut him off.
"Alright alright! I get it can I leave now?" I asked anger filling my words.
"Sure just stay out of trouble." Ciel said with a grin.
"Make sure you do your own research as well." I said leaving the room.
"I swear Ciel just loves to piss me off doesn't he?!" I muttered under my breath as I headed for my room.
I walked down the various halls then slammed the door. I flopped on my bed and sighed heavily.
How should I execute this plan, I am dealing with a little kid who lost his family a day ago. How is he going to react, will he even remember me?
I got up and dressed in my clothes, I looked into the drawer to get a bandage to cover my seal, and to get the notebook I was writing in. I slipped on my shoes and headed outside. Once I got out I made my way to the garden and over the gate again. This was the only way I knew would take me to where Elliot was anyway. I made it to the house Elliot lived in only to find police tape surrounding it. I just ignored it and went looking for the orphanage.
Is Sebastian sure that it's around here?
I turned a corner and saw a big building, it looked a little run-down, but decent.
I'm guessing that's it. It does have a faded sign that I think says orphanage on it. I need a closer look.
I quickly walked toward the window of the building and saw someone at a desk. It was a lady, some-what old, but young. Maybe in her 30's, but what caught my attention was a room just to the left, I couldn't see the words on the door but I could see a figure on the inside. The door opened and a man came out, Elliot following behind.
"There he is!" I said and opened the door to the orphanage.
I ran towards him but was stopped almost immediately. There were guards who were restraining me from behind and the lady at the desk motioned for the man to take Elliot away.
"N-No you don't understand I need to speak with him!" I said trying to break free.
"Let her go." The woman said, and the guards loosened their grasp.
"Thanks, uh I'm here to investigate the mu- I mean, I have some questions to ask Elliot regarding the incident that put him here in the first place." I said trying not to give away any information.
"Hmm, well, you will need to fill out a form to gain consent, but you look a little young to be taking out kids for questioning. No matter we need your information gathered first." She said raising an eyebrow at me.
"Fine." I sighed and followed her to a room.
Several minutes later I was given permission to take Elliot into temporary custody, it was going to be a few hours at most. I took his hand and lead him out.
"So how was it?" I asked trying to break the ice.
Elliot just stayed quiet; it was uncomfortable, very uncomfortable. We were walking around town and Elliot still said nothing. After a few minutes his stomach started to growl.
This is my chance!
"E-Elliot, are you hungry?" I asked unsteadily.
Elliot just nodded in response refusing to speak.
"What would you like to eat?" I asked trying to have him say something.
He just shrugged and kept looking around him.
"Is something wrong?" I asked.
He just shook his head, but I could tell something was bothering him.
"Look, I really need you to cooperate. It would be nice if you told me something you know." I said with a sigh.
"I just don't want to talk. They made me answer questions over there too." Elliot murmured loud enough for me to hear.
"Trust me, I won't ask much of you, please?" I asked kneeling down in front of him.
"Promise?" Elliot asked holding out his pinkie.
"I Promise." I smiled and held mine out as well.
"So, are you hungry?" I asked as I stood up again.
"A little." He said looking at the shops.
It's a good thing I still have my wallet.
"Let's go get you something." I said walking into a coffee shop.
Elliot's eyes grew big as he saw the colorfully decorated menu.
"Can I have the cake?" He asked excitement filling his voice.
"Sure." I said with a smile.
The waiter came to our table and ordered Elliot his piece of cake; I made sure to sit at a table in the far corner of the room so no one could hear our conversation.
"So Elliot, would you like to answer some questions?" I asked nicely trying not to upset him.
"Sure." he said eagerly.
"Alright, state your full name, age, and date of birth." I said pulling out a pen and the notebook I took from the room.
Elliot said nothing, he just looked in confusion.
I think he didn't understand.
"Scratch that, why don't you just write down some information about yourself. Think of it as getting to know you, so write anything you want me to know. Secrets, personal information, just like you would be making a new friend." I said with a smile handing him the pen and notebook.
"Oh, now I understand what you meant." Elliot said grabbing the items I was holding.
He kept on writing until the waiter came back. He quickly looked up and his eyes lit up with joy and grew, the big blue-green orbs were locked on the cake that was on the platter. Once the waiter set it down he returned to take another person's order and Elliot practically attacked the cake which made me laugh.
"Well I can only stay with you for a few more hours, let's see…" I trailed off looking for a clock.
"Its 12:30 so we have plenty of time, enjoy your cake and I'll ask you some yes and no questions in the meantime, just nod yes or no." I said grabbing the notebook and pen.
I looked over what he wrote to make sure I didn't repeat a question, after all, I did promise.
"Alright first question, do you know any reason why your family would stand out? Like, for example, did you think you had any enemies?" I asked pen in hand to write his answer.
Elliot shook his head indicating 'no'.
Great. This is off to a good start. I thought sarcastically
"Did you see which direction the killer went?" I asked hoping for a better answer.
Once again he shook his head.
"Did you see where he came in?" I asked sighing.
This time he nodded yes, and cleared his throat.
"He came in through the back door, that's when my mother and brother went into the room, but I hid so I didn't see much after that." He said taking another bite.
I quickly wrote down the information and Elliot destroyed the cake.
"Well we are finished here; go wait outside for me alright." I said getting up.
"Okay." Elliot said leaping from his seat and heading for the door.
I finished paying and left the shop, once I was out there Elliot wasn't anywhere to be seen.
"E-Elliot?!" I said in shock.
I told him to wait outside where could he have gone?! Don't tell me he ran away or something does he not like me? Damn this!
I closed the door and ran to the nearest person I could see.
"Um, excuse me have you seen a little boy, blue-green eyes, light brown hair?" I asked frantically.
"No, I'm sorry I haven't seen anyone pass by here." The man said.
"O-Okay thanks for your time." I said before running in the other direction.
Where could he have gone!? I don't think he would want to run away I didn't do anything to provoke him.
"Excuse me; have you seen a little boy pass by here?" I asked a lady who was selling jewelry.
"Hm? A boy, actually yes." She said.
"Really? Do you know which way he went?" I asked ready to dash in the direction I was told.
"He ran towards the orphanage around the corner, it looked like he was worried, maybe he forgot something there." The lady said pointing to the direction of the orphanage.
"Thank you very much!" I said before running off.
Why would he go back there, it looked like he was miserable when he was in that place?
I kept running until I saw Elliot walk out of the orphanage with something.
"Elliot! I told you to wait outside! Why did you leave!?" I said furious as I walked toward him.
"I'm sorry I just forgot someone important before I left." He said holding out his cat.
"Really?" I said with a sigh.
"You have to tell me these things before you run off." I said grabbing his hand and walking towards a bench.
"Well I did write it down in the notebook." He said pointing at my pocket with the notebook.
"What? Well how was I supposed to know you wrote something like that down?" I asked.
"Well, I thought that you would've looked inside the notebook at some point." He said pouting.
"Sorry for yelling." I said with a heavy sigh.
"I thought you ran away or something, I guess I over reacted." I said sitting down.
"So why did you go back to get your cat?" I asked as he sat down at put the cat on his lap.
"Well earlier they took him from me so that they could ask me questions. I got lonely and bored so I forgot about him, then I remembered when I was outside and I went to get him." He said stroking the cat's black fur.
"Well at least you got him." I said opening the notebook and reading over the information.
"Well you pretty much answered everything I needed, so is there any other thing you want to tell me about yourself?" I said putting the notebook back in my pocket.
"Let's see…" Elliot trailed off.
"I wanna know more about you." He said smiling.
"M-Me?" I asked surprised
Well I would understand since I'm practically a stranger to him.
"Yeah, so we can be friends, you did help me out that last time remember?" He said looking away and focusing his attention on the cat.
"You remember?" I asked.
"Yep, so what's your name?" He asked.
"It's Clarissa." I said looking away.
"That's a nice name, but I meant your full name." He said with a laugh.
"O-Oh, Clarissa Stonewell, I'm used to just saying my first name so I'm accustomed to that only." I said looking back at Elliot who just smiled brightly.
"How old are you?" He asked petting the cat and looking at me.
"13, I'm still surprised that they let me have temporary custody on you." I said trailing off.
"What about the boy that came with you the other day?" He asked.
"Oh, him." I said pouting.
"That is Ciel Phantomhive, I think he's 13 too, I never really asked him, and he never really talks about himself either so I never brought it up." I said.
"Oh what about the other guy the one who found my kitten?" He asked.
"That was Ciel's uh-well he is our teacher Sebastian Michaelis. I'm not sure how old he is though." I said falling deep into thought.
Come to think of it I hardly know anything about them; maybe I should start this sort of thing when I get back. After all I am practically going to live with them might as well get to know them.
"Clarissa! Hey can you hear me?" Elliot said waving a hand in front of me.
"Oh sorry I was just thinking. Anyway is there anything else you want to know?" I asked.
"Where do you live?" Elliot asked.
"Do you live with your parents? Do you have any pets? Where do you go to school? Do you have any plans for tomorrow?" Elliot asked he voice filled with curiosity.
"One at a time please, you sure do have a lot of questions. Let's see, I go to Westen College, same as Ciel, no I don't have any pets, well unless you count snakes…" I trailed off then met with large blue-green eyes filled with excitement.
"Go on." He said his eyes growing wider.
"Well the mansion you were outside of, that's where I live, and no my parents don't live with me." I said looking at the sky.
"So then you live alone? Why?" Elliot asked slouching back on the bench.
"I live with Ciel and Sebastian, my parent's died when I was young, probably your age, they are really nice, so are the servants at the mansion. I haven't met them all, but it's very welcoming." I said with a smile.
"That's terrible, but it seems nice that you found another place to call home." Elliot said stroking the kitten.
"I'm sure someone will come to get you too, and besides, I'll always be here for you." I said with a kind smile and Elliot smiled brightly at me.
"How much more time do we have?" Elliot asked.
"Oh that's right," I trailed off looking for the nearest clock.
"Well it looks like we've spent 2 hours at most, I'm sure they wouldn't mind if I kept you for a little longer, if that's alright with you." I said standing up.
"Why don't we go look around some more?" I said taking his hand and dragging him from the bench.
"Where are we going?" Elliot asked holding his kitten tightly to his chest.
"Anywhere." I said as I quickened my pace.
After what seemed like hours, the sky had turned into a navy blue and stars filled the sky. We had gone to so many different places, places I didn't even know about.
"That was so fun!" Elliot said stretching out his arms.
"I had fun too, I learned a lot about you today." I said patting his head.
"I know and I learned so much about you too. Can we do this tomorrow too? I want to see the inside of your house and I want to meet everyone else too." Elliot said eager to hear my answer.
"I don't see any problem with that, but first I think we should take you back before I get into trouble." I said.
"Fine." Elliot said pouting.
"Okay let's go back then." I said going towards the orphanage.
Elliot was pouting the whole walk there, he only smiled when his kitten would purr or lay on his shoulder. I reached out to touch the kitten but ended up petting Elliot's head.
"What was that for?" Elliot said looking up.
"Well, it seemed like something was bothering you." I said trying to cover up my idiotic mistake.
"I just want to spend more time playing." Elliot said as we stopped in front of the orphanage.
"I want to too, but I can't." I said opening the door.
There was no one at the desk, I walked up to see a bunch of forms and found mine.
"I guess I'll sign the form stating I brought you back safely." I said signing the papers.
Elliot's kitten meowed softly and curled up on his shoulder. Elliot let out a laugh and smiled brightly.
"You must really love him." I said petting the kitten.
"Well, he is my family, but he isn't the only one I have left." Elliot said looking at me.
"I have you too." He said with a smile.
"Yes, yes you do." I said hugging him tightly before leaving.
"See you tomorrow!" He said before running up the stairs.
"See you." I whispered back as he disappeared in the dark and I shut the door.
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