Things to remember:
A) This fanfic contains shonen-ai. MALE ON MALE. BOY X BOY. Don't like, don't read. It's simple, folks.
B) I do not own Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler, sadly. But that's okay. I'll live.
C) I own Lincent and Kosuke and Hiroki. They are mine.
D) This is a work of FICTION. So because of this fact, anything I say goes. No complaining if something below does not make sense. I will be more than happy to explain my logic if you ask me.
E) MPREG ALERT. Deal with it.
F) 2/14
G) This is a sister fic to The Way We Were In Tokyo.
More relevant info to this chapter: Hello everyone! I am so happy that so many of you loved this fic. This chapter is about raising the baby. NOTE: Next chapter will be heavy Sebby/Ciel. Hope you can't wait for that~
Special thanks to: Donttell and FEMALENARUTO1
Sincerely wishing you all well,
Kida-Asumi, the Captin of Sirius
"I want to name her after my mother, but seeing as she was named after hers, that might doom her." Ciel sighed, looking down at the infant in his arms. The three were in the kitchen as Sebastian was preparing lunch, while the rest of the household was out winter/Christmas shopping. Sebastian nodded his agreement.
"Then make that her middle name. What else would you like to call her?" He asked, setting the tea down in front of his lover. Ciel's brow scrunched up as he pondered the possibilities. Snapping his fingers, he smirked smugly.
"I've got it. We're going to honor Lizzie and both of my parents." He stated. Sebastian raised a curious brow.
"Oh? So many wonderful people she must live up to." Sebastian teased. Standing, Ciel walked both he and the infant over to his window, and looked over the snow covered grounds. His butler quickly put his house coat over his shoulders, not wanting him to catch a cold. The mansion was quite drafty.
"Stay where you are Sebastian." Ciel ordered softly when he moved to pull away. Obediently, his butler did so. Leaning back against him, Ciel smiled softly. He and his daughter were soon embraced. Looking down at the infant, Ciel gently ran a finger down her soft cheek as she blinked her big onyx eyes at him warily.
"Child of mine, heiress to the Phantomhive clan, I, your father Ciel Phantomhive, bless you with the name you were destined for: Lincent Rachel Phantomhive-Michaelis." He declared softly. Sebastian smiled as well.
"The L, for Lizzie. The 'incent', for your father Vincent. Rachel, after your mother. Amazing." He breathed in awe. Their infant smiled, seemingly in agreement. She reached up towards Ciel's face, hoping to touch it. Her birth parent chuckled, bringing her up to nuzzle his face against hers.
"Merry Christmas Lin!" The household cried out as Ciel walked down the stairs, Sebastian assisting him. The cold had set into his bones, making his movements stiff and awkward at times.
The household had been extremely excited for Lin's first Christmas and had taken many measures to make sure it went off without a hitch. While Ciel continued focusing on making sure Lin was getting everything she needed, Sebastian and company had been working hard for the past three days to prepare everything for this day. Lizzy had planned out the decorations and Sebastian had dibs on the meals.
Nothing could screw it up.
"Linny~" They heard. All of them felt a deep sense of dread appear within them at the sound of what Ciel described as 1000 angels dying.
"Shit." Ciel swore, passing their daughter off to Sebastian, in an attempt to keep their little one from Grell's clutches. Sebastian seemed to be better fit for that purpose. He chuckled, shifting the 10 day old against his shoulder. They had Lincent in a white dress made from silk with a red bonnet atop her head.
The doors were thrown open. In swooped Grell, dressed in a skimpy Santa outfit.
"How did he find out about her?" Ciel hissed softly as he moved to stand in front of the butler.
"I have an idea…" Sebastian replied, his red eyes narrowing as Grell reached them.
"Oh, Sebas-chan, she looks just like you. Let me see her!" He insisted, reaching for the baby. A resounding smack to his hands followed.
"Keep your hands off of my daughter, you creep." Ciel snapped. Sebastian ran a soothing hand over Lincent's back when she jumped slightly.
"Shh, little one." He whispered into her ear. She cracked open an eye, relaxing when she met his with a sigh.
"But I love babies! They're the best! Please, Sebas-chan." Grell pouted. Sebastian flashed Grell a sickeningly sweet smile.
"She's too young, Grell. Why don't you go and find her hand spun, baby versions on Cinderella's glass slippers for a present. I hear that a hermit on Mt. Fuji specializes in that." Sebastian suggested. Ciel held back a snort, sending his butler a skeptical glance.
There was no way in hell Grell was going to buy that…
"Okay!" Grell chirped. With that, the red-headed shinigami fled from the house. The group was left in stunned silence.
"Um…can we open presents now?" Lizzy asked. Ciel nodded, raising a hand to massage his eyes. Dealing with that idiot left him with a massive headache.
"Yes we can. Sebastian hand Lincent to me and then fetch me aspirin." He ordered. Sebastian nodded, passing over the infant. Lincent let out a meep of protest as she was passed, but calmed when Ciel placed a tender kiss upon her cheek.
Lizzy squealed, leading the way towards the tree.
Months passed. As winter blurred into spring and spring almost became summer, Ciel watched his daughter grow. In July he would introduce her to the Queen as a child he took in. But that was a later tale.
Currently the young Earl was, as usual, signing his signature upon contracts and letters and what not. It was early afternoon, and Lincent was crawling across the floor, surrounded by letter blocks.
"A!" Lincent cried out suddenly. Ciel looked up, smiling slightly at his little girl holding up a block with the letter A.
"Very good." He said. Lincent giggled, continuing on with her journey. A gentle knock on the door sounded.
"Come in, Sebastian." Ciel insisted, looking back down at his papers. The demon entered the room, expression softening as he watched Lincent pick up another block.
"The Queen sent you a letter with a date for you meeting. I assume you wished to see it immediately." Sebastian explained. Ciel nodded, motioning his butler closer.
"I would." He said simply. Sebastian nodded.
"Lunch will be served in-"
"Sebastian!" Ciel gasped suddenly, gripping his butler's arm. The demon frowned at his master, wondering what brought this about. He followed his master's gaze, and his heart caught in his throat.
"Lincent." He murmured softly, and together they watched their young daughter crawl across the floor. Ciel gripped his hand.
"Look at that, Sebastian. She's growing up." He murmured sadly, all other things forgotten. Sebastian nodded, his hand squeezing Ciel's.
"I suppose she is." He said as he went to pick up his daughter.
"Come here, my little one." He said warmly. Lincent cooed as she was picked up, her hand clinging to his coat jacket. As he gently brushed her cheek with his free hand, Ciel joined them, wrapping an arm around Sebastian's waist.
"Good job, Lincent. We're very proud of you." Ciel informed his daughter, who grinned at him and waved. Ciel smiled, waving back. Sebastian placed a kiss to Lincent's forehead, looking at Ciel's smile. He slipped his arm around his shoulders, nodding.
"We love you too, little one."
"What do you think the Queen will think?" Lizzy asked Ciel softly as they made their way towards the Queen's private chambers.
"She will think you are very brave for assisting me in raising Lin. She'll think that Lin is the most adorable little one of the face of the planet." He answered confidently. Lin looked up at the sound of her name from Elizabeth's arms.
"Ma!" Lin cooed, reaching for Ciel. His expression softened and he gently tapped her nose.
"Be a good girl, Lin, and I'll let you sleep with me and Daddy tonight." He said softly. The baby giggled, nodding.
"She always is." Sebastian commented behind the two. Ciel jumped slightly, almost forgetting that he was with them.
"Earl Phantomhive, the Queen will see you now." A page boy said as they approached.
"Very well. Lead the way."
"Evening sun is going down, out on the ocean," Sebastian sang to Lincent on the way home that night. He had her in one arm, Ciel in the other. Lizzy was sleeping across from them. Lincent had awakened due to the crash of lighting and thunder, and had whimpered in her seat before she began to actually cry. Then and only then did Sebastian save her from the personal hell and cradled her in his arms.
"Wind is blowing round and round, and this is your home, it's our home now," He continued with his lullaby, crooning it softly into her ear. She was clinging to him, her face scrunched tight with fear.
God, she looked like her birth parent with that expression. He only hoped that a thunderstorm was the only cause for such an expression.
"Here's the place we go to sleep, and here is your garden," Lincent began to relax in his arms, sucking on her thumb as she watched him with curious, black eyes. He shot her a reassuring smile, leaning down slightly to kiss her nose. His baby girl grinned, reaching up to touch his face.
"I've got two arms just for you, one lullaby for you," Lincent let out a soft mew, her tiny fingers latching onto one of the buttons on his coat-jacket. She wiggled slightly in his arms before finally settling, sending her father a content smile.
"Now it's time to close our eyes, Dream and have no fear," He sang, truly meaning what he was singing. As long as he was around, nothing dangerous could hurt this precious child who fell asleep in his arms, who saw his face first thing in the morning, whose eyes would flash red when angered. This little angel spawned from a demon, conceived in lust, carried by an orphan.
Lincent Rachel, his entire world.
"The monster's gone he's on the run, and your dad is here, It's your lullaby," Lincent's eyes began to close, her little grip loosening. Holding back a chuckle, Sebastian continued singing anyway.
"There will be joy and there'll be pain, you will find out it's just the same," He felt Ciel stir beside him. Sure enough, a minute later Ciel raised his head from Sebastian's arm, blinking away his sleep-ridden mind. He glanced up at Sebastian, frowning slightly as the lullaby continued.
"This is your life that now begins, Here you belong my darling kin," Pressing a kiss to Ciel's forehead, Sebastian nodded towards the dozing baby in his arms. Ciel's face lit up with understanding and he reached out to gently readjust her blanket.
"Will you be patient with your dad, Someday you'll follow up the sun," Sebastian continued to sing as Ciel fussed over their daughter. Once satisfied, the Earl returned to his previous resting place, closing his eyes as he listened to Sebastian finish the lullaby.
"I'll be forever by your side, and you will hear from time to time, your first lullaby," Sebastian finished. Lincent was back to sleep, her little chest rising and falling in a peaceful rhythm.
"Where did you learn that lullaby? Madam Red used to sing it to me when I was a boy." Ciel commented. Sebastian chuckled, shaking his head.
"It's actually from the demon realm. It's something my mother would sing to me as a child. The first demon-human hybrid learned it from his mother, and then passed it onto his own children, thus introducing it to the human world." Sebastian explained patiently.
"Oh." Ciel said, cuddling closer to Sebastian's warmth. "How many times have you sung that to Lincent?" He asked.
"About ten, I think. It really does help soothe her." He explained. Ciel nodded once again, pondering this.
"And it's not some brainwashing thing?" He asked. Sebastian shook his head.
"Of course not." He assured Ciel, brushing down some of his wayward strands of hair. Ciel nodded, satisfied.
"Okay then. Maybe she'll introduce it into our family and make it a tradition." Ciel mused. Sebastian chuckled, nodding.
"Perhaps."
Some of the people in Lincent's life came into it easily. Her parents accepted their presences and dealt with anything unwanted.
Well, at least they tried.
The first outside influence exposed to Lincent was, of course, her godmother Elizabeth. Having been there since the moment she was born, it was only natural that Lizzy would become Lincent's greatest influence throughout the rest of her life.
Of course, besides her parents, there was also the help, which included Ciel's help and Lizzy's maid, Paula. By the time she was two, Ciel finally grew comfortable leaving her with them…if only because they got a dog.
And then there was William. She needs a physician who wouldn't be surprised by any…unexpected changes as she grew. So, with great reluctance from Sebastian and much arguing between the two, he was deemed her doctor.
Even Undertaker had managed to get a place in her life. Whenever Ciel felt that he would be in London for longer than two weeks, which became an often occurrence, he would take her with them. Then, while they worked, he would leave Lincent with the Undertaker or William. After all, if he left her with the help, she may end up dead and if he left her with Lizzy, he may not recognize her when he returned.
And so, with those colorful influences in her life, it was only a matter of time before an even greater splash was added.
So as Sebastian was making dinner that evening, and Ciel was doing his evening paperwork, their little girl met a new friend in the attic.
As the family was so preoccupied by their personal activities, none of them noticed the dark silhouette closing in on the two year old.
Except for someone not even in the house.
"D-daddy?" Lincent whispered, cracking her tired eyes open. Slowly, she sat up. Surrounding her were sleeping men. Lin frowned, standing up.
"Mama?" A creak in the floor boards had her heart racing and a nervous sweat covering her brow. Turning, Lincent gasped, covering her little mouth with her hands. A soothing sound was released from the figure in the doorway.
"Shh, Linny. Auntie is here to bring you home. Your mother must be frantic." The person said, sauntering over to the toddler. Confused, Lincent ran towards the person, clinging to them. "Oh, look at this. They even ripped your pretty dress. And look at your tearstained cheeks. Morons." The person tsked, arranging Lincent into a more secure hold. Then, with a flash of shining teeth and the sparkle of various jewels, they left the house.
"Oh Lincent!" Ciel breathed out as soon as his daughter was in his arms again. He pressed her head to his shoulder, pressing kisses to her cheeks and face. Weak with relief, Ciel leaned against Sebastian as they stood in the doorway to the town house. Sebastian studied Lin's savoir with barely veiled suspicion in his eyes.
"Where was she? We only noticed her missing fifteen minutes ago." He pointed out, slipping his arm to Ciel's waist, who was finally gaining back his composure.
"I have my ways." The red head winked. Sebastian and Ciel shared a look. Adjusting Lincent on his hip, Ciel turned a stern blue eye to the red-head.
"Thank you for returning my daughter, Grell." He said. Grell nodded, leaning against the doorframe.
"Anytime, Earl. She's just so adorable! I can't believe that someone would want to hurt her." Grell commented. Sebastian nodded, looking down at Lin as she attempted to capture Ciel's attention.
"Would you like tea, Grell?"
And so, just like that, the red-head became a normal part of Lincent's life.
"So Santa will eat our cookies?" Lin asked skeptically. Ciel nodded, brushing back her bangs.
"Yes. I promise." Ciel assured her. It was Christmas Eve, 1943. Sebastian had slipped off to somewhere, but promised to be back that night before Lincent went to bed. So Ciel was left to bake cookies with his daughter. Of course he had Sebastian write him out a recipe. So, with that in mind, he and Lincent made nearly thirty cookies.
"Is that why he's so fat?" Lincent asked as she crawled into Ciel's lap to wait for them to bake.
"Yes. He eats all of the good children's cookies. Especially cute little girls named Lincent Rachel Phantomhive-Michaelis." Ciel teased. Lincent gasped, turning around to look up at him.
"That's my name!" She giggled. Ciel pretended to be just as surprised, and then humored her with teasing comments that had her giggling for the next five minutes.
"Are the cookies done yet?" Sebastian asked as he entered the kitchen, shaking the snow from his hair.
"Daddy!" Lin giggled, jumping out of Ciel's arms to run into Sebastian's.
"Lin." He said warmly, hugging her tight. Ciel gently pulled the toddler back so that he could remove his coat.
"How is the weather?" Ciel asked, leaning forward to kiss Sebastian's cheek.
"Cold and windy. No playing outside for a while, Lin." He said, gently ruffling her hair. Lincent pouted, lifting her arms up to signal for him to pick her up. Sebastian indulged her just as the timer went off. She grinned, tightening her arms around his neck.
"Cookies!" She exclaimed as Ciel went towards the oven.
"Want me to get them?" Sebastian offered, gently placing a hand on Ciel's back. The younger shook his head, half-glaring up at Sebastian.
"I got it." He insisted. A few seconds later he was hissing from a burn to his finger. Sebastian was shaking with silent laughter as he shoved his finger under the water of the sink, Lincent still bubbly from the cookies being finished.
"Let me help." Sebastian insisted, gently pulling his finger from the water. He then wrapped it up and placed a light kiss over where the burn was.
"For good luck." He teased. Ciel rolled his eyes at the suggestion in his butler's voice.
"Later." He hissed quietly, moving towards his child. Sebastian chuckled once more, joining them.
"Lin Phantomhive!" Ciel roared. His daughter giggled, racing away from her birth parent and slipping into the kitchen.
"What have you done now, my little demon?" She jumped, turning to see her father making a lunchtime cake.
"Hiding from Mama Ciel. What are you making?" She asked, standing on her tippy-toes to look at the pastry. Sebastian chuckled, picking her up.
"It's one of my older recipes. A simple cheery pie." He explained. She nodded, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Ah. Auntie Lizzie went to visit her Mom again, right?" Lin asked. Sebastian nodded.
"Yes." He said simply.
"Lin-chan~" Was all the warning the pair had before the kitchen doors were thrown open and Grell stood before them.
"Auntie Grell!" She beamed, waving to the red head. He smirked walking over to her.
"Come and play with me little one." He cooed. Lin nodded, smiling up at her father.
"By Daddy." She said, kissing his cheek. Sebastian ruffled her hair, nodding.
"Have a good time." He said. Grell threw him a wink as he left the kitchen. Rolling his eyes, Sebastian continued to make lunch
"Happy Mother's Day!" Lin cried happily as she bounced onto Ciel's bed. Ciel smiled at her, pulling her into his arms.
"Thank you, Lin. Oh; did you draw this for me?" He asked, taking a picture from her. Lin shook her head, grinning.
"No way! I asked Daddy to get a picture of you and me together in the garden and get one for me and for you. I'm going to put your face in my Christmas locket, and I guessed you'd frame yours." She explained. Ciel's expression softened as he took in the picture. It had been Easter Sunday, and they had been checking on the roses after church.
"It's beautiful, Lincent. Thank you." He murmured, pressing a kiss to her forehead. As she continued talking to him, he noticed Sebastian standing in the doorway. From the frown on his face, Ciel knew that whatever he had to inform him about, it was not good.
A/N: So what do you guys think? Again, next chapter will be more Sebby/Ciel oriented. Thanks so much for enjoying it!
- Kida-Asumi
- ps: can any of you guess the lullaby Sebastian was singing?