Sebastian's heartbeat was becoming fainter and fainter.

Sebastian. You promised. You remember? You promised.

Ciel had finally calmed down and was just rocking Sebastian slightly.

I'm sorry, Sebastian. Please, don't leave me. You promised. Please. I love you.

The young one stroked the dying elder's face lovingly before gently kissing those soft, lifeless lips.

Come back to me, my love.

An odd, bust strangely familiar, sensation tingled down Ciel's spine.

He had only felt it a couple of times when he had. . .

Oh!

. . . When he had healed Grell's wounds and Sebastian's burns with just his touch!!!

Hope flared inside the young demon as he opened up Sebastian's shirt to get to the wound before pressing his hand against the bullet hole.

The effect was immediate.

Warmth spread throughout Sebastian's body, his heartbeat picked up steadily and he was visibly breathing. Ciel flinched when he felt the bullet. He pulled it out and Sebastian groaned.

"Sebastian?" Ciel asked, uncertainly as the wound closed over to become nothing but a little pink scar.

The demon gasped and his eye, those gloriously ruby red eyes that had always captivated the young one's attention, flickered open. "Ciel . . . What. . ." but he was silenced by a pair of desperate lips on his.

"Sebastian, thank God." Ciel whispered. "Sebastian." the young one was loosing consciousness quickly having used up a lot of energy to kill the assassin and then again to heal Sebastian. "I love you." he sobbed resting his forehead against Sebastian's. "I love you."

And he was lost to the darkness.

Sebastian.

Ciel awoke to find himself curled in Sebastian's arms. The elder was awake, holding the young one close and stroking Ciel's blue-black hair. The memory of what had happened, God knew how many hours ago, has Ciel gasping for breath like he was having an asthma attack. Of course the young one didn't get them anymore now that he was a demon but, the young one's emotional state was threatening to overwhelm the young Phoenix.

"Sebastian?" Ciel asked apprehensively, his fingers clutching the front of Sebastian's open shirt. He could hear the other demon's heartbeat, feel his warmth and hear his soft breathing but the younger needed to hear the elder's voice.

"I'm here." Sebastian said tightening his hold on his love.

Tears of relief flooded Ciel's eyes and streamed down his cheeks, soaking his husband's shirt. "You almost broke your promise." Ciel said at attempt to lighten the mood but his voice shook.

"Almost." Sebastian agreed. "But I was saved by an angel."

Ciel let out a short laugh. "No angel. Just me." he said snuggling closer into Sebastian's arms.

"No, my Love. I believe you are an angel." Sebastian said kissing the top of Ciel's head. "Not one like that horrid thing that killed your parents. You are one of the True Angels, one that hasn't fallen."

"You do realize I'm a demon, right?" Ciel said. "I eat human souls, I sin and . . . and all that jazz."

"I don't care." Sebastian whispered before shifting his husband so that he and Ciel could see one another, their faces only inches apart. "You are an angel to me."

Their mouths met and the world fell away.

After that, they just stayed there like that. Ciel curled up, with the duvet draped over him, lying in Sebastian's arms. Unmoving and perfectly content to hold each other forever.

LOL and you thought I was actually going to kill Sebastian.

What kind of person do you think I am?