Ciel began walking down the steps towards his former butler. His lover. His fiancé.

"Is this what you've been plotting, young master?" Sebastian asked with a small smile, his head tilting to the side slightly. Ciel didn't answer straight away. First he made his way to Sebastian and pulled the taller down for a heartbreakingly sweet kiss.

"Not entirely." Ciel finally answered. "come." he dragged Sebastian to the dining area where the table was set and the room was lit with candles. Red candles.

"This was Grell's idea." Sebastian accused.

Ciel laughed. "No but, I confess, he helped." the young one then pushed the elder into a chair. "Stay." he ordered and sat at the other end of the table. "eat." Ciel said with an amused smile.

Sebastian pay much attention to what was on the plate, he was watching the other intently.

Ciel didn't take his eyes off Sebastian either.

Then he blinked. "Oh, before I forget. . ." the young one dug around in his pocket before throwing a small box at the other demon who caught it with ease. "you'll want that."

Frowning, Sebastian opened the box.

Inside, resting against blue velvet, was a silver ring etched with an old Celtic rune that was embedded in Celtic knots. The rune meant harmony, wisdom and love.

"I would have got the gold one but it didn't look right." Ciel said with a smile.

A lump formed in Sebastian's throat but he remained as composed as usual. "Isn't it tradition for the one who asks for the hand to be placing the engagement ring on the hand?"

The young Phoenix rose an eyebrow. "And what, Sebastian, is traditional about us?"

Sebastian laughed and didn't answer. He didn't need to. There was absolutely nothing about the couple that was traditional.

Ciel leaned back in his chair, his visible eye flashing red. "Funny, isn't. I returned here a first time with a demon owning my soul. Now I return again with a demon owning my heart." he looked up at the ceiling. "Do you remember the first time I ordered you to stay with me until I fell asleep?"

"Yes," Sebastian told him. "It was after that so called ball with Lady Elizabeth. You seemed so vulnerable that night. . .what of it?"

The young one smiled slightly. "I think that must have been the first time I realized I was in love with you." he closed his eyes, remembering. Then he let out a chuckle. "how foolish I thought myself. I wished that it would go away. It was inappropriate to feel that way about someone like you." the young one sighed. "Then I became a demon after that fiasco with Alois, Claude and Hannah. You were so angry and that. . .hurt. It was only a few days later that you were going to leave me."

A tear trickled down the side of his face but he made no move to wipe it away. "It was then that I be came aware that, in order to keep you, I had to crush my pride and destroy my dignity." another sigh. "It had come t the point were I would have gladly given you anything you asked for. Anything at all."

He smiled suddenly. "And then you kissed me. You have no idea what effect that had. You could have made me do anything but all you did was kiss me sweetly before taking me back to bed."

The young one looked down at the table. "It was confusing the next morning. I thought you were going to leave me again. I thought you had forgotten or was trying to forget what had happened. I wouldn't have blamed you if you did. But you've kept your word best you could. You've stayed." Ciel fell silent and lifted his visible eye to meet the glowing rubies on the other side of the table.

"I think that night, the one you ordered me to stay until you fell asleep, I think that was the first time I realized I love you too." Sebastian admitted quietly. "you had revealed a side of you that was vulnerable but you had managed to still sound like an adult. I walked out of that room and put my face in my hand before laughing at myself. I thought I had gone insane but. . . the more I tried to deny the way I felt, the stronger the feeling became."

Ciel stood up. The action was slow but unexpected. He walked back to Sebastian and cupped the elder's face. "I don't just offer you a ring and a dinner, Sebastian. I offer you everything. You want my soul,? Take it. You want my heart? You have it. You want my life? I would gladly give it."

"Ciel." Sebastian said. "I have your heart and your soul. All I want now is your hand. You've given me everything, Ciel. Why do you want to give me more? Are you still afraid I'll leave you?"

The young one didn't answer. He only responded by kissing the elder.

The bed was almost exactly the same as the master's original but, the difference was, the wood was slightly lighter than the original. They fell back on it, kissing softly. For a few minutes, there was only kissing but then, hands slid under clothing.

Ciel.

Ciel gasped into Sebastian's mouth as the elder slid his hands up under the young one's t-shirt.

Sebastian suppressed a chuckle as his hands continued to travel up the sides of Ciel's petite body. The skin was just as baby soft as it had always been and still as ghostly pale. Sebastian's thumbs found Ciel's perked nipples and the younger made a small noise as those thumbs circled those nipples.

Amazing. . .

Their t-shirts came off and were abandoned on the floor.

. . . Even after all this time. . .

Sebastian began kissing Ciel's neck, making his way down, licking and nipping as he went. He licked the young one's nipple before gently sucking and lightly nipping. When that one was abused thoroughly, the elder moved on to mistreat the other as his hand slid down passed Ciel's navel to unbutton the young one's jeans.

. . .We still desire one another.

Realizing what Sebastian was doing, the young one pushed the elders hands away and rid himself of his jean on his own. Sebastian smirked down at the younger before removing his own trousers then surprised the young demon by taking off Ciel's underwear and taking the hard length of the young one into his mouth.

Ciel let out a startled cry of surprise before moaning in pleasure as Sebastian sucked and licked him with that sinful tongue of his. He threw his head back and moaned loader as he came in Sebastian's mouth.

After a moment of heavy breathing, Ciel sat up and pulled off his lover's underwear then began to give Sebastian the same pleasurable treatment. However, Sebastian had different ideas. Before Ciel could do anything, the elder stuck three fingers in the younger's mouth.

Ciel realized at once what Sebastian wanted and licked those fingers until they were coated with saliva. Not too long later, the fingers were replaced with Sebastian's tongue and one finger entered the younger who made a small noise of discomfort.

A second finger entered.

A noise of pain.

A third finger.

A cry of ecstasy as Sebastian's fingers pushed against Ciel's sweet spot.

Those fingers were removed but was replaced by something much larger.

Ciel's cry of pain and pleasure was muffled by Sebastian's mouth.

The elder demon pulled out then thrust himself back in, deeper than before. Ciel moaned loudly when his sweet spot was rammed into again and again. Their breathing turned into panting which soon became gasps for air as each screamed the other's name. Ciel's nails dug into Sebastian's back, drawing blood as Sebastian's nails dug into Ciel's hips, also drawing blood. Neither registered the pain as they both reach climax and came together, each covered in bodily fluids such as sweat, saliva and blood.

Sebastian rolled off his lover and lay beside him. "Ciel?"

Ciel looked at the elder demon. "Yes?"

"Merry Christmas, my love." he whispered.

The clock suddenly chimed midnight.

"Not anymore." Ciel said sleepily as he pulled the duvet over both his and his lover's naked forms. He snuggled into Sebastian who wrapped his arms around the younger. "Sebastian?"

"Hmm?"

"I think I'm beginning to believe it all now." Ciel told the elder.

"Believe what?"

"Your promises."

And the younger fell asleep.

Sebastian smiled.

About time, my love.