Three hours later and Sebastian was almost forcing Ciel to devour the soul of a young man the young demon had made a deal with. Ciel should have realized that his husband was going to act like a psychopath once he found out Ciel could potentially die if he didn't get a soul in his system ASAP.

Grell was still there when they returned home. He was sitting in the lounge obviously waiting for the couple to return. Now that he'd had such a insightful conversation with Sebastian, Grell had several other questions he wanted to ask the pair.

Sebastian slumped down onto a sofa and let out a sigh, enjoying the fact he was home. Ciel, though Grell expected the young Lord to sit in the lone grand chair as the young one would have done back when he was a spoilt Earl, curled up into his husband's side and allowed Sebastian to drape an arm around him.

Grell studied the two for a minute, his yellow-green eyes observing the affectionate gestures, before sitting up straighter. "Who's brilliant idea was it to keep you two apart while Ciel was training?" the red head asked.

"A demon by the name of Zeno." Ciel said drowsily.

"It was him?" Sebastian demanded, anger boiling in his veins. "He did that to us, to you?"

"Hush, love." Ciel said. "He had his reasons."

"Care to elaborate?" Grell asked and Ciel let out a soft chuckle.

"If Sebastian had been there, I would have been able to take advantage of the situation. I would not have learnt to fend for myself because I knew that Sebastian would protect me no matter what." Ciel explained. "I needed to learn in case something happened that rendered Sebastian unable to defend me. Also, my frustration at not being able to see Sebastian helped me find my power and maser control. Part of me is grateful that my tutors did what they did but most of me is still a bit pissed off."

Grell laughed at Ciel's uncharacteristic swearing. "Ok, I guess that makes sense." he chuckled. "but something else doesn't add up." the demon and the demonling frowned in confusion. "Why did Lau give up his soul to save Sebastian?"

Ciel frowned. "That's a good question." he said looking up at his husband.

Sebastian let out a sigh. "One of the demon's had injured him. Lau had an out-of-character moment of reflection one what he had done with his life. I guess, figuring he had never really done much and knowing that he owed us big time must have been what had made him act. He was tired of wondering whether or not he was a butterfly."

"Ok." Grell said sarcastically. "And I suppose you also had a nice chat with Thomas the Tank-engine too?"

"With whom?" Sebastian asked in disbelief with a raised eyebrow.

"I think he just referenced a kid's TV program." Ciel said.

"Yes, that's what I thought but I was hoping my ears had deceived me." Sebastian replied.

Ciel laughed and snuggled further into Sebastian's side. It was times like this when the young reaper could plainly see the young demonling as the twelve year old human that he had once been. Except, of course, Ciel was much lighter hearted and less serious. Maybe it was the realization that he wasn't going to die young that had pulled the young one out of his state of adult-like seriousness, perhaps that was why the young one had embraced his inner child and had become one with it thus being able to grow into an adult and not an adult ready to embrace the red clutches of Death.

Several hours later, Ciel and Sebastian were back in the bedroom ripping off on another's clothing. They fell onto the bed, kissing with an urgency that shook them both. They needed each other or, at least, Ciel needed Sebastian and Sebastian wasn't going to argue. "I love you." Sebastian whispered before he thrust in making Ciel throw his head back and cry out an boisterous "Yes!"

They clung to each other desperately, moaning in pure and untainted bliss. At some point, Ciel had begun to cry and Sebastian kissed away the tears best he could. He knew his master was fragile at the moment, he knew his lover needed the tender kisses and the love he was giving.

"Sebastian." Ciel gasped passionately. There was still an air of desperation to his words and Sebastian did his best to erase his little lord's fears through their fervent love-making. "Oh, Hell, Sebastian." the younger moaned and Sebastian made some sort of unidentifiable noise as a reply. "I love you, God, how I love you." Ciel whimpered and Sebastian held him tighter in some form of reassurance. "N-Never. . .Never let me go." the younger begged. "Never l-leave me again. Never. Sebastian, please."

Sebastian's heart broke as Ciel revealed his thoughts through their moment of intimacy. "Never." the elder promised as he held the other tighter. "Never. Mine. Yours. Always." with that they toppled over the edge.

They collapsed beside one another, breathing rapidly. Ciel, recovering slightly quicker, forced his jelly-like (jell-o for all you Americans) limbs to tangle with his husband's as he rested his head on Sebastian's chest and listened to the elder's heartbeat.

"Sebastian?" Ciel said suddenly as a thought suddenly struck him.

"Yes, Bocchan?" Sebastian asked and Ciel refrained from rolling his eyes at the old title.

"When we were separated. . .when I was training. . .did you. . .did. . ." Ciel let out a frustrated sigh. "Did you take up any lover's. Since we've been together, has it only been me?"

Sebastian was silent for a moment, surprised Ciel had even bothered asking such a question. "No, Hell no. Ciel, you were the only thing in my thoughts. I never took up any lovers, never had sex or enrolled in any sexual activities with another person." Sebastian swore. "It was you. It was always you.. It was always only ever you. I love you."

Ciel nodded. "Good." he said with a sleepy sigh.

"And you, Ciel?" Sebastian asked after a pause. "Did you take up any other lovers."

Silence.

"Ciel?"

More silence.

"Please tell me you didn't."

Not one word was uttered from the younger.

Then Sebastian realized. . .

Ciel had fallen asleep.