I hope this chapter holds entertainment for you all)
"Please be seated" Sebastian said in his most authoritive voice. Everyone took there seats and as the rest of the classes we picked up in a lesson after I was given a book.
Sebastian looked entirely unhappy the whole time and Ri was smirking madly at his discomfort. It was then that I took the time to really look at the woman.
She was pale with a perfect complexion and full lips a delicate pink. The only trace of make-up I could see was the black liner that defined her inhuman eyes...inhuman.
What was she? That must be it, she wasn't human. Had I really been so slow that it took me that long to realize? This whole thing with Sebastian really was getting to me.
She leaned over and whispered in my ear as so many people had been doing lately "He looks rather cute don't you think?" I knew he could hear her from his place at the desk.
I whispered back "He is, you have a good eye" and she smiled, the same sly smile Sebastian gets sometimes.
She went on about random things through the whole class much to Sebastians annoyance, but there was nothing he could do at this point. I was trying to get her to like me after all.
"It's lunch, lets not go to the dining hall okay? I want to go to the teachers lounge and eat, they have better food. Plus I'm sick of those idiots that crowd my table." she was still smiling.
"You can go in there? I thought you liked those people..." typical demon trait, being impatient with humans.
"They're annoying, I'm sure you think their chatter is nerve wracking to?" I nodded, wondering about the teachers lounge anyway.
She took me through the court yard back to the teachers' dorm. "This is where they have lunch?" I asked a bit confused. "They have the kitchen here anyway, like our dorms but stocked with better food" she said waving her hand with black nails in the air.
"First we need a pass, so follow me. The math teacher just...loves me" she winked. I resisted the urge to cringe, sleeping with a teacher.
She knocked on room 15 and a tall man blond hair and eyes like rain answered the door. I hadn't had math yet but he looked like he knew we would be coming. Something about the man felt off, almost the way Ri felt.
"Can we have a pass to the kitchen please, there's nothing to eat in the dining hall" he bent down and kissed her on the cheek as if he was oblivious to the fact I was standing there.
"You are such a little priss, never wanting to eat anything that's made there." he joked lightly and then seemed to realize I was there. "Who is this?" the suspicion in his voice was heavy.
"Ciel, he's new. You won't mind giving him a pass to?" She batted long eye lashes and instantly he was wrapped around her finger again. He didn't invite us inside though as he went in.
"See? I was hoping that new science teacher might like me too, but I think you're more to his liking" she nudged me.
I laughed nervously, wondering how much she really knew. Soon the man returned with a slip of paper that she took with a smack on the lips and a thank you.
"It's good to get them to do what you want. That way you don't get in trouble either. Let's go make some food"
She bent over and pulled out two pops, an odd thing for me to see considering no one drank it at the mansion. She handed me one and opened the other, drinking the whole thing in one gulp. "What would I do without sugar? I get headaches without it now, probably a sign that I should back off but I just can't"
She went through the cabinets and pulled out various things finally ending with some chips, hamburgers, fries, and glasses of milk. She handed me a piled high plate with a lazy grin. "Let's go eat in the common room and watch some TV" we sat on the worn couches and I attempted to keep up with the show she was talking about.
We ate and then went back to classes, she was waiting for me when my last class got out and I ended up being dragged along on a tour of the campus. She even made me go for a swim and some how I started to miss Lizzy.
"Ciel come on! The water won't bite you, it's warm." she smiled from her hovering spot. "Are you daft woman? I know it won't bite me." I had replied.
Somewhere from behind I hadn't noticed Sebastian though, and his hand came out to push me right in. I went under and panicked, flapping my arms like I was trying to fly.
When I came to the surface Lizzy was laughing like mad and so was Sebastian. Even the rest of the servants had come out and joined in with their bathing suits.
She was delighted and thanking Sebastian in her high pitched voice. I was almost annoyed, almost very mad but then the strangest thing happened. I started laughing too.
I was feeling something odd curling inside my chest, something that felt like happiness. Sebastian was looking on fondly at the whole thing while Lizzy was holding on to me swimming. I was feeling good for the first time in over a year, I was feeling like things weren't about to fall apart.
We finally got out of the pool and she returned me to my room. My roommate was quite boring, nothing remarkable at all. Humans I thought with an eye roll. I am a human, what an odd thought.
I didn't bother talking to him much, he truly was uninteresting and after his snores were making the room shake I called out to Sebastian.
"Come here, we have much to talk about" I said and he was on his knee in front of me before I even finished the sentence. "Yes Master, what is it you'd like to know?"
"What kind of demon is that thing?" I asked.
"Not a demon sir, a devil. Not the devil mind you either. They are like demons that've specialized in things. She would be a charmer devil, easily works over other humans, devils, demons, Death Gods and even lowly angels. Once she has you she can get you to do just about anything. I implore you to be careful Young Master" he sounded truly worried.
"Can she get you?" I asked. "No, I have a contract with you. And even if I didn't I'm much higher in ranks than she" I nodded absently. "So she can't get to me either? I'm protected by our mark" he nodded.
Weeks later we had become attached to one another at the hip. I fell into the school schedule and we worked on homework, got up early, made a big deal about weekends, and everything else typical High School students would do.
I called on Sebastian only a few times, trying to make sure we didn't get caught by anyone. I missed his presence and that was for sure but Ri was making it more bearable. I dare say I began to like the lying little witch.
We were laughing and smiling, having a good time. I think maybe she had grown honestly fond of me, we were sitting perched on the counters in the teachers' dorm I decided to talk about it. "I was wondering...about the Opium trade? I heard you had some business in it?"
Her eyes narrowed calculatingly as they so often did when she was thinking about the best way to lie or voice her suspicion without sounding to forward. "Someone like you has interests in Opium? Interesting. I would have never guessed..."
I shook my head. "I'm not really interested in it so much to use, more because I'd like the business. I could use some extra money." Her eyes widened back up a bit and she nodded. We were playing a dangerous game, I know she's sure of Sebastian and I's contract and I knew of what she was. I would not lose this game though.
"Will you tell me about him..." she whispered. "Tell you about whom?" I asked innocently. "Sebastian" her voice was still low. What was she getting at? She knew I wouldn't tell her. How far did she think this thing with us went? "I can't." I whispered back.
"Yes, if you wait until tomorrow then we can go to my den. I'll start you out on it, give you a little tour, some good pointers. Selling a little bit on the side can make you quite enough living money for this place" Something about the very way she carried herself seemed to wilt.
"Come on okay? Before lunch is over" I'd become accustomed to touching her even, I realized as I seized her hand. Her face brightened when I touched her and she jumped off the counter in to my arms.
I was used to her doing this, but still I staggered under her weight. She wasn't big or anything but I was rather weak in body. She planted a sloppy kiss on my cheek and I smiled a bit. "Lizzy would kill you if she saw this" She smiled now, her very own lazy smile that she wore when she was content. "Yes well, I tend to make people jealous. She'd be even madder if I told her you were mine wouldn't she?" I set her on her feat and she wrapped her arms around me.
"Can we skip the rest of the day? Let's just go back to my room and hang out" What the hell? "Yeah, I got some new movies that we can watch on the lap top" I nodded. We grabbed them up from my room and then settled on her bed with the lap top on me and she curled up to my chest. This was usually how we spent our school nights when we weren't studying.
It had been hours since we had moved to do anything but change DVDs so I didn't think anything of it when Ri said she was going to the bathroom and to grab a snack. Almost an hour later I was getting nervous. What could be taking so long?
I jumped up then and ran as fast as I could to Sebastians room. I threw open the door and he was no where in sight. "Damn!" I yelled as I made another mad dash for my room. There was a note on my door.
Ciel,
Darling I'll be performing a bond breaking on you and should have just told me.
I didn't enter my room then, spent hours searching around his for something that might tell me where she'd taken him. There was nothing of note I could find however.
I decided to check in my room now, thinking maybe there was something in there. I had wasted so much time on just his room.
I threw opened my door, hoping that by some miracle he would be there, and yelled "Sebastian!" but it was Grell who was lying on my bed. "What are you doing here?" I asked perplexed. "I'm here to save Bassy of course" he smiled a creepy one flashing pointed teeth.
"Well let's go then" I said wondering where we would be going. "Do you know where they are at least?" I asked. His smile widened. "Close your eyes and feel him, I can't believe he never told you that you could. If you focus on him then you can see what he sees."
I would yell at him later for not informing me of this. I closed my eyes and filled my head with thoughts of Sebastian, about how worried I was for him.
Sebastian
I was in some type of stone basement chained to a wall with charmed cuffs. I was staring that Devil girl in the face feeling rather upset about the whole thing. She just pissed me off in a way that I couldn't even begin to explain.
"He loves me to you know...he just doesn't realize he loves either of us." She smiled. "Master could never love some one as lowly as you." She smacked me so hard blood splattered the floor then smirked some more. "He won't even like you after I break this bond."
Suddenly I could feel him as if he were in my arms. Was he in my head? I wouldn't be surprised if he had figured it out. I looked around searching for something to tell him where I was.
I couldn't find anything to do the job but I did try and tune into his body as well, it would let him feel me better. In rare cases some are even able to detect where their demon is without a clear knowledge. I did my best to tune in with him, a dangerous decision because it would drain my energy quick.
Ciel
Grells high pitched screech brought me out of the intense concentration I'd had on seeing what Sebastian saw. I could almost feel where he was, almost find him.
I turned to yell then came face to face with a very large math teacher whose eyes were glowing like Sebastians did, but a blue color rather than red. I looked at Grell who was debating on saving me or himself and in the end I knew there was no way out of this. "Run! Inform my people to find and save I was cut off by a hand on my mouth and out like a light before I knew it.
I was trying to force myself awake and take in my surroundings but the damn room was spinning. "Sebastian…Seba…stian" I could feel my mouth mumbling for him but didn't hear the words.
After God only knows how long I was finally able to keep conscious and look around. I was chained to a wall without my shirt. I wanted to scream about someone finding a better way to do things than chaining people up, how old.
When my mind was able to process what I was looking at I realized Sebastian was on the other wall. He was looking at me with wide eyes glowing red in the darkness, they were the eyes of a true demon.
"Master, don't watch if you can't. It's disgusting anyway, no reason for you to see" He said squeezing a bit harder on the man we were to exterminate.
"It's by my words that he dies, I should watch. I need to be strong" I said standing as tall as I was able. "Master? Can I take his soul?" Sebastian looked torn between asking.
"Why would you do that?" true astonishment wrote itself on my face. "I'm rather ravenous and I don't want to hurt you" he said with eyes on fire in a way I had never seen before.
I was thinking about how they looked on his face, it seemed to be etched in pain. He was a demon, and a beautiful one at that. His lips curved into a grin that truly did appear evil, the demon I had never thought him to be was standing right before me.
"Fine, but I have no desire to watch that if you don't mind" I turned my back on the same fate that would befall me some day soon. Curiosity and a strange feeling that made me feel sick curled in my stomach.
Sebastian looked like he had taken the beating of his life, whip marks that I knew all to well from my own experiences, burn marks, blood splatter here and there, already forming huge bruises. "When we get out of here you will feed" I whispered.
He looked up dazed, as if he hadn't realized I was there and then let out an awful hissing sound, lunging at me so hard I was sure the chains would snap.
I backed closer to the wall realizing they were enchanted chains and a sudden fear came over me of Sebastian. I had never been afraid of him until now, ever.
As if realizing who I was he stopped and looked amazed. Suddenly he was throwing himself against the wall, yelling in a language I didn't understand.
It was then that Ri walked down, in all her smiling glory. She flipped on a light and stood in front of me. "Don't worry; I won't cause you any more pain then necessary. You should have just told me… I can break your bond you know" The contract! No.
She sauntered over to Sebastian and smiled. "When you are free of him, I'll replace him for you. Devils are so much better any way." An acute anxiety began to shake my small form. "What have you done to him?"
She ran a hand over his chest almost lovingly. "I've made him very hungry; he's in so much pain right now he probably can't even hear you talking. He's not even able to speak anything but Hellish" The demon language.
"Don't you dare kill him, or it will be the last thing you ever do. I swear by my life on that." I threatened, and I was serious in a way that frightened even me.
Sebastain was taken this timeee X3 what a change of pace (even though Ciel was to in the end). What will the next chapter hold? No one knoooooows *ghost noises*
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-Ena
