Waking up. Slowly regaining consciousness. Ciel slowly opened his eyes, his eye lids feeling heavy. How long had he'd been asleep for? Oh well, that didn't matter. He wanted to sleep more. He took in his surroundings, his eyes lazily darting across the room. He noticed he was on a bed, a very soft bed. His body was covered with thick bed sheets… and something damp on his forehead. His body felt sore. Both of Ciel's eyes were visible, the dirty eye patch had been removed, revealing a scarred eye. Most scars were quite hideous, but this one… it was neat, a single scar across his eyes. It was a fresh scar, his eye slightly puffed. He slowly began to drift off again after seeing a dark silhouette enter the room. Was it the man from before? … He was too tired. Drifting off, his mind was engulfed with sweet darkness, his senses dulling by the second as he fell into a deep sleep.

Sebastian had entered the room; he looked at the still boy with his scarlet eyes. His face was pale, and dashingly handsome. Walking over to the side of the bed, he removed the damp cloth and placed a bare hand on Ciel's forehead. He smiled, "Your temperature has gone down." He spoke to himself, "… How they treated you there. How miserable you must have been. Some of those wounds were infected, no wonder you had a fever." The tall raven-haired man spoke, "No matter… I'll see to it that you are nursed back to health and taken care of properly." And with that, he walked out of the room with the damp rag. He had walked through the door several feet away from the bed, the bathroom. Wetting the rag with cold water and ringing it out slightly, just to the point where it did not drip everywhere, he walked back to the boy's side and placed the rag to its previous location on Ciel's forehead, "I shall return later.." he said softly to himself walking out of the room and quietly shutting the door behind him. He was slightl worried, but also relieved. Ciel's condition was improving quickly… but the time he had been sleeping was what worried him, "… Perhaps sleep is the ebst medicine for humans." Sebastian said with a slight smile, "I will talk with him when he wakes.. Rght now, he must rest."

Darkness enveloped Ciel, he stood in complete and utter darkness, nothing around him. Only the sounds of foot steps that grew ever closer to him. They echoed blatantly with the darkness surrounding him… almost devouring him.

"Who's there?" the boy asked, his voice a low whisper.

"Ciel…" a haunting voice beamed softly, "Ciel…."

Squinting his eyes, trying to see better, though it was in vain, as he could see nothing, he was curious to whom the voice belonged to. That voice, it sounded oh so familiar. That voice…. Was it? No, it couldn't possibly be.

"Mother?"

The foot steps came to a stop, and suddenly, something grabbed Ciel around the ankles from the floor. Panic stricken, Ciel looked to the black floor and watched in terror as two pale hands were wrapped around his feet. Trying to struggle free, he was slowly being dragged down. Soon enough, he was slipped down into what it seemed to be water. That feeling of drowning rushed through his body, and he clasped his hands over his nose and mouth, tightly shutting his eyes as he was pulled down deeper into the water.

'what's going on?' he asked himself, 'what's going on! This can't be happening… someone…' he thought, his eyes widened, "SOMEONE HELP ME!" he screamed, or tried. Screaming underwater didn't give the best results, and it was nothing but a muffled shout. Water filled his mouth, and he gagged, feeling his lungs fill up with water.

'Dying…. Dying… is this what it feels like… to die?' he thought, starting to lose all thought and vision. He felt someone touching him, and then a small light above him appeared as he slowly closed his eyes, 'someone help me….. I want to live…'

Outside of this hellish nightmare, he lay in bed, thrashing around and breathing rapidly, his eyes screwed shut. The oh so familiar man by his side, trying to wake the boy, "Ciel!" Sebastian said, "Ciel? Wake up, Ciel!"

Ciel, snapping his eyes open and shooting up in a sitting position . His chest heaving as he gasped for air, his eyes darting around the room, finally coming to a stop on the tall man with scarlet eyes. He noticed worry wash over his face.

"It's alright… You're safe. I wont let anything happen to you." Sebastian said placing a hand on Ciel's shoulder.

Ciel flinched, tightly shutting his eyes when Sebastian put his hand up to place it on the boy's shoulder. Sebastian, upon seeing this, frowned, "… what are you so afraid of?"

Ciel, realizing that he had not been hot, opened his eyes to look at Sebastian. Those eyes filled with pain, hatred, sorrow… every emotion but happiness could be seen in those deep azure eyes of his, "I wont hurt you." Sebastian spoke.

"…" Ciel looked at him, his small form shivering again, wanting to cry so badly, but afraid how the man who had adopted him would act. Slowly wrapping his arms around himself, he sat there, still breathing heavily from the nightmare. Ciel, suddenly noticed an arm wrap around him, and then another. These arms were not harming him, and soon enough he had lain his head on the shoulder of Sebastian. Sebastian had wrapped his arms around him, hugging the fragile boy.

"There's no need to be afraid." Sebastian said, a smile playing at his lips, "You're out of that nightmarish place forever. You're safe here, no one will harm you."

"N-no.. one?" Ciel asked, almost whimpered, his face buried in Sebastian's shoulder.

"No one." Sebastian repeated, he rubbed the boy's bare back. Ciel was shirtless, the bruising had slightly eased up, but the cuts were still very clear, but not as red any more due to Sebastian cleaning them thoroughly while Ciel slept, "Let it out if you have to. No one will judge you here." Sebastian spoke reassuringly.

Ciel shook his head, "I wont cry anymore…" Ciel said in a weak whimper, "… I've forgotten how… My tears have dried up."

"Now that isn't true… you had been crying when I adopted you."

"…. Crying… I don't remember." Ciel said quietly.

"You've forgotten?"

Ciel nodded his head, his face still buried in Sebastian's shoulder. For some reason, Sebastian was familiar to him. He had the feeling that they had met before, but couldn't quit pinpoint the memory, "… Don't let anyone hurt me.."

"I wont. You've been through enough." A smirk forming, Sebastian looked at Ciel with his scarlet eyes, they almost seemed to be laughing, "You're safe."

Ciel nodded, "….. Good." He lifted his head off of Sebastian's shoulder and pulled away, allowing himself to escape the comforting embrace that Sebastian was responsible for.

"… Mind telling me how you ended up in that orphanage?"

"….. My parents abandoned me. They left me to fend for myself in this cruel world… and they never even asked me.. They had no right."

"No right? … so they abandoned you?"

"They died…"

Sebastian smiled, "They did not abandon you th-" he was cut off.

"YES THEY DID! THEY DESERTED ME! LEFT ME ALL ALONE! LET ME GET HURT! THEY WEREN'T THERE FOR ME WHEN I NEEDED THEM!"

"…" Sebastian frowned ever so slightly, "… Ciel. That is your name, correct?" he asked, "Your parents did not abandon you like you say… death cannot be stopped. No matter what. Death is inevitable for all humans… even if it means leaving earlier than expected."

Ciel looked at him, a slight glare evident In his eyes, "what do you know…"

"Enough." Sebastian replied, he suddenly smiled, "You must be hungry. You have been asleep for two days."

"…. Two days?"

"Indeed. I can prepare a suitable breakfast for you… anything y-" once again, cut off.

"Spinach pie.."

"Spinach pie?" Sebastian repeated questioningly.

Ciel nodded, "… my mom made it all the time."

"I see…" Sebastian said, "… I'm not sure if I have the right ingredients to prepare that. However, I could create a spinach soup for you."

"…." Ciel was silent, but he nodded, "That's fine…."

"Then I will work on cooking it immediately." Sebastian said, he stood up from kneeling and walked towards the door that leads to the hallway. Ciel watched him leave. Realizing that his eye patch was not on, he touched his right eye, following the scar that lay over his eye like an ugly mask. He bit his lip… That damn orphanage. How dare they touch him like that.

"They all deserve to die.." he whispered to himself, "all of them… No mercy."

It wasn't long before the tall man returned with a steaming hot bowl of spinach soup. "Here you are, please be careful… It is very hot." He said, handing him the bowl.

Ciel took the bowl and sat it on his lap. It smelled delicious, and he almost started drooling. Picking up the spoon, he took a spoonful of the soup and blew gently on it and then slipped the spoon into his mouth, along with the soup. His eyes widened for a few seconds, the soup… the taste was amazing. It was rich and creamy, and the spices made it even more amazing, and the spinach completed it. Taking the spoon out of his mouth and placing it back in the bowl, he looked at Sebastian, "… You made this yourself?" he asked.

"Of course. I make all of the food here myself." Sebastian said with a smile, "It's to your liking?"

"I-it is… It's really good…" Ciel said with a small nod of his head.

"Good. I am glad that you like it." Sebastian said, standing beside the boy's bedside, his face suddenly held a concerned look, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm…. a bit sore."

Sebastian nodded, "… That is to be expected from the condition that your body was in. I've thoroughly cleaned out the injuries on your body. You had quite a fever while you were sleeping. Those wounds you had were infected. You're lucky." He said, smiling slightly, "I do think you need more rest though… Once you've rested up enough, we'll talk about your schooling, you also need a wardrobe, don't you? "

Ciel nodded, "…. Yeah. I don't have any clothes."

Sebastian nodded, "First thing is first. I'll get measurements and shop for you if you would like."

"… That's fine." Ciel said, eat more of the soup that he had on his lap.

"Very well. I'll return shortly."

Ciel responded with a nod and watched Sebastian walk out of the room. One question flowed threw his mind though, 'Can I trust him to buy clothes for me?'

I think I did better with this chapter : )

My first Kuroshitsuji fanfiction

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