"I'll miss you"
Ciel mumbles incoherently in response.
"I'm sorry? What'd you say? I couldn't hear properly. Repeat it, please." the woman cups a hand around her ears as if to maximize her hearing.
The boy sighs "Nothing," he says tightly "Goodbye"
He turns on his heel to climb up the carriage. Sienna grasps his arm mid-step, pulling him toward her.
He spins around, as she expected, allowing her to embrace him against his will. Ciel squirms against her, his arms crushed between them. She tightens her grip, silently instructing him to stop moving. "Come with, Ciel."
He freezes, smiling wickedly "Why? Because you'll miss me too much?" Ciel breaks from her hold "No. I have work to do and duties to complete. I cannot simply abandon my station."
"Don't get ahead of yourself, little lord. I merely desired you to accompany me so that I could have someone to entertain me. Sebastian can only be my play thing for a little while before I get bored." she says
"No"
Her face wrinkles in displeasure "Oh, come on! Please?! It's just a little trip."
"No."
"Fine. Be that way." she storms away childishly.
Ciel shakes his head bashfully.
He re-enters his carriage, pausing at loud shouting. "Bye! I know you'll miss me, and I didn't want to deprive you of your chance to see me off!"
The Earl's eye twitches. Ciel raises his hand in acknowledgement. "Yes, goodbye" he mutters.
He sits down on the cushioned seats of the transportation, cherishing one of the few moments he has to relax. The hired driver continues without a word, nothing needing to be communicated, as Sebastian had already directed and paid him.
The rhythmic beat of the horses' hooves lull him to sleep.
Ciel awakes to rocking, slushing water, and the slapping of water..
Boat. A boat. He's in a boat. What exactly did that crazy girl do this time?
"Ah, you're finally awake, sleepyhead. You look so peaceful when you sleep, ya' know?"
"Wh-what?" he stutters "Why are you watching me sleep? Where am I? I demand you return me to the manor immediately!"
"Sorry, but no can do. We're already miles from shore. Unless you want to swim back?"
Ciel turns his head away from her mocking expression, just now noticing the fresh air. It's so nice to be away from everybody.
"It's nice out, huh?" Sienna asks, not needing nor desiring an answer.
The boy stands up, dusting himself off. He heads to the railing bordering the edge of the ship. It comes to about his chest. Sienna follows suit. No words are spoken between the two, only the sounds of the sea.
Suddenly, a bubbling in his stomach causes him to clutch his belly. His face pales, and his eyes dilate.
The woman crouches down next to him, her sapphire eyes concerned "Ciel? Are you okay?"
No answer. He shakes his head rapidly. She picks him up bridal-style easily, carrying him to the nearest bathroom. Only moments later, he upchucks into the toilet. She soothingly rubs his back, but retches silently, cringing away from the ill boy.
When he finishes, she asks several questions relating to his illness, which is revealed to be sea sickness. "Don't worry, little lord. It'll go away within a couple of hours, You'll get used to it eventually, and when we get to America, you might have trouble with getting your land legs back."
"Land legs?"
"Yeah" Sienna confirms "Land legs. Sea legs are when your legs become accustomed to the movement of the sea and boat, so land legs would be getting used to no moving. Your legs will feel like jelly when you first step off the ship, so you might get sick again. I've never experienced sickness, but you're kind of gross...so...I don't really have any desire to be near you when we arrive."
Lie. She had experience with sickness, and he was actually kind of cute, even when he was sick.
Ciel would have gotten angry had he though she actually meant what she said. "Leave if you despise my presence so much. I'm here to stay"
"As am I" The Seraph grinned "I think some bonding time would do us some good. I hardly know anything about you."
Another lie. She knew him like she knew the back of her own hand.
Did she truly know her hand, though? If someone were to compare her hand with a total stranger's, would she be able to tell them apart? What made her hand so different from everyone else's? The power running through her veins? The blood? No, she concluded. That's not what made her different. It was her normalcy that made her different. Which is weird, really. How is normalcy different from others? Well, uniqueness was so common that normalcy was hard to find. She's pretty normal. Other than the demon blood in her, that is. But who cares about that?
Her awesomeness makes up for all of that. Awesomness overrules all.
"Do you want me to prepare dinner, Sienna?"
Ciel is surprised to hear his butler refer to her so informally. Typically, he is dull and detached. Must be something in the air, for he also feels the need to be more casual. Specifically in her presence. Odd.
"Oh," he straightens "Young master. I wasn't aware you had awoken" Sebastian bows to his contract holder. "If you wish, I can return you to the estate."
"No," he waves his butler off "that will not be necessary. I've decided to stay."
"Of course"
Sebastian's expression darkens the tiniest bit, jut enough for Sienna to take notice of the change. "So...wanna play a game?"
"No"
"Jeez, you didn't have to be so mean about it. Besides, what is it with you and the word 'no'? Why do you say it so often? Are you guys best buddies or something?"
"N- We are not." he corrects. Ciel turns to step up to the wheel of the ship. The wheel was tied down as to prevent unintentional movement. Even though it was already locked in place, it was just a safety precaution.
The boy runs his hand over it softly, tracing the grooves of the carved wood. "I'd like some tea and a scone"
"No."
The Earl's startled face is priceless. "Pardon me?"
"No."She says simply. Sienna follows him up only a couple steps until she's at eye level "Try something new. You're gonna grow up to be a flabby old rich guy with gold-digging wives. That simply will not do"
The boy's face goes red as a tomato, and he's about ready to explode. He looks to Sebastian for help, but his vision is blocked by Sienna. "Don't always look to him for help. I'll have to kill him soon, so he won't be around to do your bidding forever. And you know just how willing I am to fill in for him." she snorts "Not very" The woman answers her own question. Or was it a question? Not really, she determines.
"Master?" Sebastian looks to Ciel for guidance "What will you have me do?"
Ciel sighs "Nothing."
"There you go! Now we're making progress! Come on, we have to go make some dinner." Sienna drags the boy away, into the kitchen, but he resists.
"Why doesn't Sebastian just make it?"
"We've already gone over this. I want you to learn to survive on your own. I know you have other servants, but just in case..." she trails off "Anyway, little lord, we'll be making some tomato soup and grilled cheese today!"
Sienna bustles around the kitchen, but Ciel merely stands in the center awkwardly.
"Don't just stand there. Put those hands to good use, and peel some of these tomatoes for me." She shoves a box in his hands. "Over there." the woman points to an empty counter top.
He stands, his hands covered in tomato guts within seconds.
"No," she gently nudges his hands a towel. "like this"
Her nimble fingers deftly separate the skin from the center."You first tear it around the core. Then you go back to actually tear it off. It's fine if you squeeze a little two hard, as long as you don't totally destroy them."
Ciel obviously has trouble keeping up with her, so she walks him through the steps. Together, they manage to peel them all in a mere 5 minutes.
Sienna chops them up for him, because she doesn't trust him with a knife, he suspected. She pulls several items from the exposed shelves, knocking cans down in the process, but she seems unfazed by the ruckus.
"Next..." the girl pulls a jar containing white grains. She grabs some between her fingers, preparing to put it in the pot with the tomatoes.
"That's sugar" Ciel blocks her hand from sprinkling it in "I may not be a chef, but I know enough not to put that in a meal like this."
"Well, I'll be putting it in anyway. It's how I learned to make it."
His incredulous look does not go unnoticed.
"Dinner is served!" she exclaims
Ciel raises his spoon to his mouth, but it hovers there for a moment, as if unsure. Sienna watches eagerly as he eats it. His expression is surprised delight.
"It's good, right? Food always tastes better when you make it yourself, I think. I think the more effort you put into something, the more disappointed you'll be with the result, because reality just doesn't seem to work out the way we think it will. Cooking is different, though. It's as if it defies the laws of the world."
Her passionate spew revealed pretty much her whole view on life. The two males' silent stares are enough to make her yell out expletives at the two, shaking her fist metaphorically. The earl's face flushes at the insults she throws out.
"Those are no such word for a lady" Sebastian tsks.
She whispers "Oh, a lady?"
It was at that moment, Sebastian received a grim reminder. He was at the mercy of this woman as long as his master ordered. And judging by the amused look on his young master's face, the ending of his torment would not be approaching any time soon.
She lunged for him, but didn't quite get anywhere, for she tripped on a loose floor board. She flew forward, a look of horror pasted on her face. She falls in what almost seems like slow motion, Sebastian and Ciel to surprised to do anything. Her knees hit the ground first, the impact jarring their placement. Her hands come forward instinctually in an attempt to break her fall. Her head is not far behind the rest of her body. The collision knocks her out immediately, and her head bounces a couple of times before she rests there.
Silence. Gasps. Cries of horror. Orders shouted. All is to late to save her, and she dies.
Who knew the great Sienna would die by tripping? Well, a little someone did... who else could have planned such a perfectly executed, amazing death for the woman Sebastian was sure would go out with a bang. She definitely did. Literally. As she expected.
How was it?
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