His Master, Making A Choice
Sequel to "His Master, In Love"
A Kuroshitsuji FANFIC.
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I do not own Kuroshitsuji.
All credits go to Yono Tobasa-sama (did I get it right?)
Yes, that person is the god who made this awesome series.
The Third Turn
His Master, F a v o r i t i s m ?
Three years of marriage. Yes, three quite pleasant and almost entirely blissful years....
Being a Phantomhive had fully changed Elizabeth Middleford's life. Getting accustomed to a bigger home, clumsy and almost entirely useless househelp (except for Sebastian, who still did all of his duties meticulously and properly), and almost total freedom to express herself and from her mother Lady Francis...
...all of this was simply wonderful for Elizabeth. Her mother had always taken over her life, after all. But when her father was alive, he was able to help her regain her freedom somehow...but there were times when he coupled with his wife, making things worse for poor Elizabeth who was stuck in confusion about who had more authority in her messed-up family....
...yet after a year of being married to Ciel Phantomhive, Lizzy was grief-stricken after hearing about her father's untimely - and unexpected - death.
This was terrible news, and at some point, it became the first darkest point of their marriage. For about a few months, Elizabeth lost her laughter, the bounce she had when walking, and her usual happy-go-lucky approach towards life. She felt like she had been left behind by everyone, including the husband she loved so much. At that point, Elizabeth was taking care of her children alone. Well, not really, for she had Maylene, but all Maylene ever did was infuriate her so much with her usual clumsiness and long-sightedness. Lizzy was not the type to send her away angrily, but instead she secretly had Sebastian watch over everything so he could know when to barge in and take Maylene's place.
Ciel back then was busy with the affairs of the Funtom company. Demands for certain products were increasing, and keeping up with them was tedious work. He also had to meet up with clients day and night. Sometimes they would come during dinnertime or breakfast time, which infuriated him the most. And so Ciel forgot about his family and obligations for quite some time. Fights between him and Elizabeth became an everyday happening, especially during the morning, when there was a whole day ahead of them....
They would still sleep together during nighttime. But some nights, Ciel did not lay down by Elizabeth's side, which made her feel very lonesome, and her pillows would be stained with tears.
Their relationship was slowly deteriorating. Cries of anger and desparation filled the mansion. Depression came over every single one of its residents (except Sebastian yet again), and conversation between the Phantomhives became very rare...
During this time, Sebastian thought he would be able to take his master's soul at last-
....but he was terribly mistaken.
Somehow Ciel and Elizabeth managed to work things out between the two of them.
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And now, years later, the disastrous period of the Phantomhive family's lives had ended, leaving no particular evidence behind.
After moving on, Ciel and Elizabeth had never raised their voices at each other ever again.
Elizabeth knew that everything was almost back to normal.
Well, if only Ciel could treat both Beatrice and Cedric as equals, that is.
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"Give me thaaaat~ It's miiiineee~!!" a little girl's sharp voice echoed through the halls of the Phantomhive mansion.
"No it's nooot~ top hats aree fooor booys~!!!" a little boy's irritated cry-
"I said gimme~!"
"Nooooooo!!! Mooommmaaaa!!!"
"Yeeeeeeess! Papaaaaa!!"
Anyone would love to give these two little Phantomhive children a good spanking back in those days. Beatrice, the elder one of the twins, was pulling at a top hat her little brother Cedric had found lying around in the storage room. Sebastian, although he knew it was his duty to maintain order inside the mansion, simply stood aside and watched the two children fight over something so trivial, with that grin plastered on his face, entertaining himself.
"Ceddie, give up to your onee-chan!!"
"Nooooo!!! This is MIIINE!!"
A pull, a tug, and a push- and then a powerful slap which sent little Cedric falling to the floor.
Ciel had been listening in his bedroom to the sounds of his offspring arguing loudly. They happened to be right in front of his room and he was trying to make up for the lack of sleep, which, as always, was caused by his business....
"Pa-pa....why...me?" Little Cedric asked curiously, touching the cheek where his father had slapped him so forcefully. What exactly had he done wrong...?"
"Papa!" cried little Beatrice, running towards her father with fake tears streaming from her eyes. Cedric, still sprawled on the floor, stared at his elder sister with anger etched in his apple green eyes. How come she always got away with every single thing...?
"What is this racket all about, you two? Bea? Cedric?" Ciel asked his children with a tone of irritation etched in his voice.
Beatrice then put on her best crying face and tried to make herself sound as innocent as possible. "Papa....I only...wanted Ceddie to lend me his hat~ but then he pulled it back and I fell to the floor~waaaiii~" she cried, waving her hands around with the tears still falling from her eyes. Ciel then looked lividly at Cedric, who gave him back a piercing glare.
"Cedric, how many times do I have to tell you before you understand that you shouldn't ever fight like this with a lady?" Ciel inquired, squatting down to have a closer look at his son, who now bowed his head down to hide the tears falling from his eyes.
"You didn't hafta slap me...." Little Cedric replied, his voice breaking. Beatrice chuckled mischievously, and Cedric totally lost awareness of his father' presence. He got up from the carpeted flooring and lunged at his little sister before Ciel could stop him. Cedric was about to strike his sister's face with his fist, when all of a sudden-
"Young Master. I would like to inform you that the time has come for your horseback riding lessons." Sebastian implied calmly, grabbing a hold of Cedric's pulsing fist.
Beatrice was crying for real this time. "That Ceddie is a meanie and a bad boy! He was going to hit me Papa! Did you see that?" she wailed, grabbing the hem of Ciel's long coat.
Ciel scooped up his wailing little girl in his arms and held her close as Sebastian walked away with Cedric. "Your little brother and you really should know how to get along better. But Bea, remember this. You shall always be my little treasure..." he murmured, rubbing Beatrice's bluish gray hair gently and giving her a kiss on her cheek.
Beatrice simply loved her father. He never really shouted at her or slapped her....to little Beatrice, Ciel Phantomhive was the best father in the world, the man she looked up to....
Not to mention, she and him resembled each other so much. Same bluish gray hair, deep purple eyes....
...but was that really a reason to favor Beatrice over Cedric?
Ciel did not want to admit that to himself, but yes, he always chose Beatrice over Cedric, usually hurting Cedric and treasuring Beatrice. Even Lizzy had told him about this countless times.
But still....
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THIS IS THE END OF CHAPTER FOUR!!
HOW IS MY SEQUEL GOING SO FAR MINNA?
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Regards,
Your Kindly Fujoshi
Ichi Okazaki