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Just to be clear on their ages. Well, demon pets are immortal, yet they age. But S.L.O.W.L.Y.
Elizabeth- 13
Ciel- 12 (though he looks like a 10 year old)
Lizzy giggled as she and Ciel sat down in her playroom. The room was pink and was decorated in ribbons, bows, stuffed animals, and other girly things. Currently, they were seated on ribbon-decorated chairs, having a real tea party with strawberry scones and milk tea.
"Isn't this wonderful?" Lizzy asked as she took a bite on the pastry.
Ciel nodded after he sipped his tea. "Y-yes. It is very... pink."
The bunny giggled and stood up. "Come, Ciel! Let's play a game!"
Elizabeth tugged Ciel's hand to make him stand up. The cat boy raised an eyebrow as he was dragged to a colorful chest filled with various toys. "What kind of game?"
Lizzy grinned. "Lots and lots of games!"
Sebastian's eyebrow twitched as he eyed the playing pets sprawled on the carpeted floor. The bunny was giggling as she tied ribbon's onto his pet whilst said pet was busy building a house of cards with other toys laying around them.
While Sebastian was busy being annoyed, Aleister was chuckling as he joined them, helping Ciel finish his card tower. The demon lord coughed to gain their attention and straightened up.
"Ciel, it is time to go home." Once again, his eyebrow twitched when the pets-and Aleister-groaned in disappointment.
Ciel's shoulder sagged. "Now...?"
"Yes, kitten. Right now."
The kitten sighed and stood up along with Aleister and Elizabeth. The bunny gave him a tight hug whilst the light blonde-haired Viscount gave him a pat on the head. Ciel trotted towards his master and Sebastian removed the ribbons on his hair, handing it back to Elizabeth.
When they got to the front door, Elizabeth once again hugged him tightly. "I'll miss you, Cielly!" She cried out.
"We'll meet again." Ciel reassured as she patted her back.
Lizzy smiled as she pulled back and kissed his cheeks, making Ciel blush a pink tint with a slight smile. If Sebastian was a bull, smoke would be coming out of his nostrils.
"Let's go, Ciel. Right. Now."
Ciel stared at his master walking down the hall of his mansion, one of his ear flopped down as he tilted his head in question. He shrugged and went the other way to annoy-ahem-interact with Bard, Finny, Mey-rin, or Tanaka. But even so, they loved him as their young master. Except for Bard. He didn't know how to react to Ciel's cuteness because it would ruin his 'manliness'.
Walking down the hall, the neko grinned mischievously when he saw the maid dusting a vase. He slowly crept up to her and...
"Hello!"
"GYAAAH!"
Ciel caught the vase and giggled as Mey-rin huddled against the wall, clutching her chest. "Y-young master! Y-you s-scared me!"
"Sorry..." Ciel replied as he placed the vase back where it belonged. "Where's Finny?"
"In the garden, young master. Say, where is Lord Michaelis?" At this, Ciel's shoulder sagged, same goes with his ears and tail.
"I... he's busy..."
Mey-rin, confused, watched as the sadly young pet walked out of the room.
A blonde haired- teal-eyed gardener hummed happily as he carefully trimmed a bush. He kept replaying Tanaka's words of wisdom about always taking it slow, gentle, and careful. He stopped in his actions when he caught the sight of a blue-haired neko sitting down in front of the beautiful pond.
"Young master? Is there something wrong?" Finny asked in concern as he sat down next to the neko.
"Finny... I think master is mad at me..." Ciel answered glumly, his ears pointing downwards.
"Why is that?"
"Well, all I did was go to the party with him. Then, I met a pet named Elizabeth, and we play, and had so much fun!" Ciel replied happily. Then, he sagged when he remembered what happened after. "Then master came and said that we had to go home. And when we got home, he didn't talked to me. He's mad, Finny. What do I do?"
Finny smiled reassuringly as he placed a hand on his shoulder. "Well, why don't ya go talk to him? I'm sure he'll understand!"
Ciel sighed. "I guess I could do that...later.
Ciel glumly walked down the hall, down the stairs, and down the hall again. He then stopped in front of a pair of doors and softly opened it and quietly went inside. It was a place where the chef always goes too. The neko wonders why his master only hired a few servants.
Bard hummed as he fixed up his flamethrower, unaware of the intruder sneaking up behind him. Though, today, Ciel had no intention of suprising him, like what he did to Mey-rin a while ago. Instead, he silently sighed as he stood just behind him and leaned forward to rest his forehead onto the chef's back.
"GAAAH!" The chef cried out in surprise, almost dropping his flamethrower. He twirled around and pointed the flamethrower at the enemy, though, he only found the usually cheerful neko who is now as glum as a leftover plum.
Bard sighed in annoyance. "Kid, you scared the shit outta me... What's up? You don't look like your usual self."
Ciel looked up at him with dull eyes, making Bard shift on his feet nervously. Without saying a word, Ciel stood on his tippy-toes and bopped Bard's nose with a finger. Silently, he left the kitchen where a confused chef was still standing frozen in place.
Tanka-in his chibi form- calmly sipped his tea as the blue-haired neko joined sat beside him, joining him in his tea-sipping.
...Tanaka, you've known master for years."
"Ho."
"Do you know what makes him angry?"
"Ho ho ho ho ho."
"Yeah... People say he is scary. But he's not."
"Ho ho."
"Maybe it's because someone made him mad?"
"Ho ho."
"Well, all we did was go to a party."
"Ho?"
"And then I played with this bunny named Elizabeth."
"Ho ho?"
"Uh-huh. She's also a pet. And when we came back home, he hadn't talked to me. Even at the carriage ride!"
"Ho ho."
"What should I do?"
"Ho ho ho."
"...Yeah, I think your right." Standing up, he smiled down at the steward as determination grew inside him. "Thank you, Tanaka."
"Ho ho ho."
The neko stood in front of his master's office. His eyes were pointed down as his tail wrapped around one of his leg. He breathed shakily and lifted up a shaking fist to softly knock on the mahogany door.
KNOCK
KNOCK
KNOCK
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Ciel sighed when he got now answer. But just as he was about to turn and walk away, he heard the door creak open and strong arms wrap around him as a gentle baritone voice spoke to him.
"Where have you been...?"
...Well, this chapter is longer than usual.
Reviews are appreciated. Like always, they bring butterflies in my appendix.