I honestly never intended to write a followup to this. It was strictly going to be a oneshot. But then stuff happened. And by stuff, I mean I watched and episode of Hell Girl and (no offense to any fans), thought it was extremely stupid especially compared to Kuroshitsuji. I guess the trading your soul stuff reminded me of it, so I went back and hit my favorite episodes (the corset one, of course, and anything with Grell in it). This in turn got me thinking about little bits of post-coital banter between demon!Ciel and Sebastian. And it bugged me until this happened. Surprise!

This is really just a bit of fluff, no actual sex. Mostly dialogue, as I need practice. And if the dialogue sounds kind of overly formal, that's how I picture these two speaking, so it is intentional this time and not just an example of my failure to write dialogue. And in this, Ciel has been a demon for a while and has chosen a form which resembles how he would have appeared had he grown to be nineteen as a human. Takes away the squick factor from the SebaCiel, in my opinion, which is what I need to write it. My understanding is that demons do have power over their appearance, but if not, then we'll call it artistic liberties. Anyway, please enjoy!

Sebastian smirked contentedly.

"Has the young master changed his opinion of such, 'unnecessary and impractical' activities?"

Ciel groaned quietly, shifting slightly to trap the older demon's arm under his body as he mumbled. "Sebastian, I'm comfortable, albeit a bit sore in places I would rather not be. Could you please be quiet for a moment?"

Sebastian smiled in fond amusement. "I'll take that as a yes."

Ciel wrinkled his nose, a childhood habit that he had never quite been able to shake even after aging mentally and physically for quite some time, but otherwise refused to budge or open his eyes while grumbling. "I would hope that you could infer that response from our earlier activities, unnecessary as they may have been. If not, then I have really been giving you too much credit all these years."

"Have I told you lately how much I appreciate your razor sharp wit? And of course, your biting sense of sarcasm."

"Have I mentioned that at the moment I don't really give a damn?"

Sebastian chuckled. "Well, that's quite all right. At the moment, I'm much more thankful that demons are able to change their appearance. We would never have been able to engage in such recreation were you still physically twelve rather than an acceptable nineteen to my twenty-four."

"Considering that I'm also decades old and you centuries, I think it's a little late to worry about the age difference."

"Ah, but my concerns are not for propriety. I simply would not engage in sexual relations with anyone under eighteen physically. Although demons are not known for their moral code, we accept the fact that relations with a child would be wholly unsatisfying."

Ciel opened his eyes long enough to glare up at his former butler. "Good to know you're not gallivanting around fucking children behind my back."

"Such vulgar language, my young master!" Sebastian raised the hand that was not currently trapped by Ciel and pressed it to his heart in mock-consternation. "You wound me with your words. Since I have been in your service, I have taken no other lovers but that ridiculous farm girl, and as I have told you, I did not enjoy it in the least."

Ciel roused himself slightly, propping himself against the headboard to look Sebastian in the eyes, freeing the man's arm as he shifted. "I have told you many times that if you seek amusement or sustenance elsewhere, you may feel free to pursue it. If I have need of you, you will know." The eye that marked the contract glowed gently, currently free of its customary eye patch, while his unblemished eye betrayed his hidden insecurity.

Sebastian lifted up his hand, for once gloveless, and covered Ciel's right eye, aligning his mark over his master's.

"If I remember correctly, you ordered me to do as I please unless you said otherwise."

Ciel nodded slightly, but remained silent.

"And as your servant, I am bound by your orders, am I not?"

Another almost imperceptible nod.

"And as I have told you before, I never lie. So you may believe me when I say that I have followed your orders to the utmost, and as such, there is obviously no place in this dimension or any other where I would rather be at this moment than here with you, Ciel."

Ciel's eyes widened in surprise at being addressed by his name rather than as "young master," but his exclamations where silenced as Sebastian lowered his hand from Ciel's eye to below his chin, gently tilting his head up til they were at eye level, red searing into luminous purple. They gazed at each other for a moment, a fleeting expression of the emotions which were normally so rare an experience for demons. And then their eyes ceased to meet so that their lips could instead.

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(And forgive my rambling. I am quite tired.)