Sebastian watched Ciel leave the room. Confused, the elder demon discreetly went after the young one. He found Ciel sat with Atrer, in the kitchen. Convenient since the butler was in need of putting the tea cups somewhere. "Master, what's wrong?"
Ciel looked up as Atrer went to his saucer of milk. "I just. . ." Ciel began as Sebastian crouched down. Ciel shifted onto his knees and gently pushed the elder onto his backside. "I just. . ." Ciel said, trying again as he crawled in between the other male's legs. ". . .need you to kiss me, right now." said the young demon before pressing both his body and his lips to Sebastian's. Sebastian responded by kissing the young man back and stroking his hair.
The elder demon could almost taste the desperation on the young one's tongue and he pulled back. "What is it?" Sebastian asked cupping his lover's face. "What's bothering you, Ciel?"
Ciel pinched his lips together before asking, shyly "are you. . .are you ashamed of being with me? As lovers, I mean."
Ciel, what. . . ?
It took Sebastian a moment to understand what the younger of the two was talking about. His expression softened when he caught on. "How could I ever be ashamed of loving you?" he enquired.
"Because I'm not. . ."
"Not what?"
Ciel took in a deep breath. "Because I'm not female."
Oh, Ciel.
"Bocchan, that really doesn't matter to me." Sebastian assured the other male. "You're you and that's all that matters to me. I didn't want you to tell Lau about us because it's none of his bloody business what we do. I don't ask him what he does with Ran Mao, now, do I?"
"No, but. . ."
Sebastian hushed Ciel with a quick kiss. "Since when did you become so sensitive and insecure?" The younger of the two shrugged and began to kiss the elder. The elder pulled the young one closer until he was almost bruising the young master. Not that the master complained.
Lau's 'House of Pleasures', as the man himself called it, was more compact than what Ciel had ever seen of it the very few times he's been forced to venture there. By the smell of them, only a handful were actually human.
Ciel glanced at Sebastian who looked confused by this. "Do you know any of the demons here?"
"Not well." Sebastian told the young master as he glanced around him in distaste.
"BASSY!" yelled a voice all too familiar voice that had the two lovers cringing.
They turned to see the red obsessed reaper, Grell Sutcliff running towards Sebastian.
Grell jumped at Sebastian who sidestepped the reaper and Grell plummeted to the floor. "Oh, Bassy, how cruel you are." Grell said standing. "Haven't you missed me?"
"Not especially."
"What are you doing here, Sutcliff?" Ciel asked. "other than the obvious."
"William sent me and forbade me to do anything even a little pleasurable." Grell told them. "I think he just wants me all to himself."
Ciel rolled his eyes. "Why where you sent here?"
Grell folded his arms and refused to say anything.
"Grell, would you be so kind as to tell us why you were sent down here?" Sebastian tried.
"Oh, Sebastian. As if I could ever refuse you." Grell said. "Willy's been getting concerned about the amount of demons gathering here lately. They seem to be expecting something. Or someone?"
"Like what?" Ciel asked.
"I don't know, do I? no one ever tells me anything."
"I wonder why." Sebastian muttered.
"Oh, Bassy, just because you're sex deprived doesn't mean you have to be so mean."
"I'm not sex deprived, my lover has seen to that." Sebastian said calmly. "It's just the fact that you. . ."
"You have a lover?" said Grell and Ronald Knox, another reaper William had obviously condemned to keeping the demons under control.
"The young Lord doesn't seem too surprise by this news." Lau commented.
Ciel went red but, thankfully, neither reaper noticed.
"I might be able to answer your question." said yet another familiar voice.
Ciel groaned. He wasn't sure how many more reunions he could take. It felt like forever since he had seen them, even though it had only really been a week or so since he'd last seen them all, and forever just wasn't long enough.
"Undertaker." Lau said in greeting.
"I believe the demons are celebrating, little Lord." Undertaker said with his usual menacing grin.
"Celebrating what?" Ciel asked.
Undertaker's smile widened. "It would seem it would be time for a history lesson if the little lord wants to understand fully." he said. "personally, I suggest we go elsewhere."
They made their way to the back rooms where they could talk in peace.
They all sat down apart from the Undertaker who leaned against the wall.
"Well?" Ciel said as demanding as ever.
Undertaker took off his hat, shocking everyone in the room, and ran a hand through his hair, moving his hair out of his glasses over his. . .eyes?
Since when does the Undertaker have eyes?
"To begin with, little Lord," Undertaker began, sounding so much more serious than usual. "We must go back over a millennium ago. Back when demons were just mindless, soul sucking beasts. There came one born of a human's womb and made into a demon through a deal made between an unknown source. This demon fledgling had the body and mind of a demon but had kept the soul and heart he possessed when human.
When this demon was made, something happened to the other demons. They began to feel. Humane emotions were accessible to demon kind. They put a crown on the demonling's head and made him their master, their King, so to speak. When that demon was slaughtered for his position , he promised to return to claim what was his and to restore the peace between the supernatural creatures of the Three Dimensions. The signs say that he has returned for the third time and that is why Demon kind celebrate." with that the ex-reaper fell silent.
"Well, that was a nice story." Lau said.
They all ignored him.
"So, how would we recognise him?" Ciel asked.
"The different coloured eyes, one is always blue. His small structure and the angel killed by his hand. Indirectly, of course. And the fact his lover is always male." Undertaker said.
He's describing me. . . ?
"So, you think the young Lord is this. . .this. . .foretold one?" Sebastian asked.
"Exactly."
But that's ridiculous. . .
"But he doesn't have a. . ." Grell began.
"Oh, for heaven's sake!" Lau exploded. "It's obvious that the young Lord and his butler are. . ."
"Lau." Ciel said. His voice was even but even an idiot like Lau would get the message. Ciel looked at the Undertaker. "I think this whole affair is utterly absurd." he stood. "Come, Sebastian. Let's go home."
"Yes, my Lord." was Sebastian's reply.
Complete nonsense. . .
"My Lord?" Sebastian said.
They had returned home only minutes ago and were now in Ciel's study. Lau and his pet had gone to bed.
I am the Earl Phantomhive, nothing more, nothing less. . .
"My love," Sebastian said. If Sebastian wanted Ciel's attention, he had it now.
But everything Undertaker said sounded like me. . .
Most of Ciel's attention.
No, there is nothing supernatural about me apart from my demonhood.
By the time Sebastian's lips were on Ciel's, the young lord had convinced himself that Undertaker was talking nonsense, as usual. After all, Ciel couldn't possibly be the 'foretold one' for anything like that. . .
Could I ?
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