Hello! Sorry for the wait, though I do believe most of you all will like this new revelation on this story. Credit to fixing this goes to Carrie2sky for being my beta for this story. Thanks a lot for doing this- you're great at what you do!
Thanks to DeliciousKrabKakes for pressuring me to write this chapter! I can really tell that she at least loves my story. *beams*
Ciel wandered the halls and entered his drawing room and saw nothing. He entered his study and saw nothing of importance, but he still went in anyways and went to sit in his chair.
After doing some test swings from side to side, he went around in a full circle before the chair lost its momentum and came to a stop. He did it again. And again, and again.
After he went around in a circle multiples times, he stopped with a feeling of sickness in his stomach. He gagged a bit before he got off his chair and went and lay down on the floor, too sick to his stomach to even want to venture to his room.
His head had started hurting and a few heaves left him before they stopped. So he just lay there with a headache.
Stupid chair.
He was hot so he went to a new spot on the floor for a cold one before he relaxed onto it. My stomach still hurts.
He froze when he heard a knock on the door before he relaxed. He started getting up using his hands, but then he stopped and lay back down; he wanted to see what Sebastian would say when he saw him on the floor.
"Excuse me." Then the door opened and he heard Sebastian approach his desk and heard the click of the tray as it was placed upon his desk. "You're having-"
Ciel growled and sat up. "Sebastian!"
That made the butler turn and look at him. "Yes, young master?" He smirked a bit at the end, knowing why Ciel had gotten riled up. He knew when he saw Ciel and the askew chair, what exactly had happened. But he chose to ignore the fact that his young master was on the floor and instead just recited what he was having for breakfast.
"I was on the floor and you didn't even do anything!" Sebastian winced a bit when Ciel's voice turned high at the end.
He sighed and placed the tray of food on the desk. "You put yourself in that spot so I assumed that you had a good reason to lay there."
Ciel scowled a stood up, dusting himself off as he approached the desk and stood on his tiptoes to get a glance at the food his butler brought, only to grimace at the sight of mashed food.
He settled down and turned away from the desk with a small frown on his cherubic face. "I don't want this."
Sebastian tsked and walked towards his young charge and simply picked him up and placed him on his chair, only for Ciel to come up short with only his eyes and part of his nose showing above the desk. "Now what shall I do for this?" He put a finger to his chin and thought before he got an idea. "Stay there," he told Ciel before he left the room.
Ciel huffed and got down anyways and left the room after Sebastian as well, following as quietly as he could.
When his butler turned a corner so did he.
After two turns, he saw that Sebastian went in the drawing room so he approached on his tiptoes and peered around the door only to be met with a hard body in clothed in black.
He scrambled back and tried to run but he was snatched up by his waist by said person in black. "Young master, didn't I say for you to stay where you were? It seems you can't follow orders as well as I can, I suppose."
Ciel struggled as he was carried under one arm wrapped around his mid-section so he was hanging off the ground. If Sebastian so happened to drop him, he would make a face plant on the floor.
Luckily, no such thing happened and they were soon back again in Ciel's study.
Sebastian walked straight towards the desk and set Ciel on the floor firmly before, he took the pillows he had in his other arm and placed them on top of each other then he picked up the little boy and placed him on his throne.
"Now Young master-"
He was cut off by Ciel grabbing the plate with food on it from the tray that was set precariously on the edge of the desk.
The butler watched his master eat with a gleam of amusement in his eyes- witnessing Ciel's troubles.
Watching with renewed interest at Ciel's subtle growth, the amusement slowly dimmed before it went bleak as he remembered what exactly was at the end for him.
Punishment.
Ciel grimaced at the texture of his food but it still had taste, rather than lacking so that was a good thing. After he finished, he leaned back and let the butler clear his desk before he then made his way to the door.
Before Sebastian left, he looked back to see his little boy yawning, his eyes closing at the force of the yawn. Checking his watch, he saw that it was only 12:32.
Nevertheless, children need more sleep than young teenagers to begin with. After he finished his chore, he'd come back and check on his master. He went back to his duty and left the study, heading for the kitchen with a plan.
After Sebastian left, Ciel thought he would settle down for a nap, now matter how unusual it was for him. It was becoming an everyday thing for him seeing as all he wanted to do after eating was nap, much to his annoyance.
He jumped down from his makeshift throne and walked out of his study and headed to one of his many rooms, in search of a cool place to lie down seeing as he was suddenly hot.
After venturing through the halls, he found himself in front of a rather large door, but he went in the room anyways with intent of finding a cool place, somewhat like a cat but searching for the opposite- a cold place to sleep.
The couch was directly bathed in sunlight, as was the rest of the room so he left and decided to go back downstairs. He ventured downstairs and came to a few doors, but he knew who was who's so he went to the one room he knew there was no chance he would be found, seeing as it was barely even used other than to use the desk that was in the small and simple room.
Ciel was a bit surprised that he didn't go into a sneezing fit when he settled down on the cold bed and he was glad for that. He nuzzled his face in the cold, unused pillow and slowly slipped into a deep sleep.
...
Sebastian was busy cleaning the estate as was per his duties of a butler of the Phantomhive house when he sense a changed in the air that rippled slightly like a heat wave. He put down the pillow he fluffing of dust and left the drawing room and went in pursuit of his master.
He followed the life of his master's soul and came into the servant's quarters. Curious as to why his master was there, he came to his room. Okay, now he was downright puzzled as to why Ciel was there.
He felt silly to knock so he just went right in and saw nothing out of the ordinary and approached the small lump under his sheets that were never used.
A small wriggle came from the lump and so he peeled back the sheet and was dumbfounded at the sight.
Apparently the elixir had not made a full course through Ciel's body and had in fact made him even younger. He was now a baby!
Sebastian put a hand to his forehead in bemusement at the fact that his master was even more helpless and could not even say anything other than random babbles that would have absolutely no power over him.
Ciel woke up with a tremble as his warm sheet was taken away from him. He looked straight upwards and blinked wearily, his big eyes bleary from sleep. At seeing Sebastian, he tilted his head to the side, but smiled a toothless grin and reached up above him at the towering figure.
His wide smile died and he frowned when the man made no move to pick him up, but was simply staring at him with a black expression.
Baby Ciel kicked his little legs and wiggled his body in an attempt to turn over on his stomach. He started making a fuss when he couldn't.
Soon large warm hands picked him up and he saw the man that held him. Ciel smiled and squealed as he was picked up. He was then set against a broad shoulder and he immediately latched onto the longish raven locks that were hanging around the man's face.
Sebastian sighed when his baby master tugged rather painfully on his hair. He reached up and tried to take his hair away but his hand was gummed and quickly was slathered in saliva with a contempt gurgle from Ciel.
"Ciel."
He ignored his name and continued to play with Sebastian's hair with one hand and hold the large hand to his mouth as he gummed it.
The butler grimaced at the slick feeling his fingers were starting to feel like so he took away his hand, but Ciel used both hands to bring it back and abandoned his hair. "Ngh!"
Ciel shouted his little ramble of protest and bounced up and down as best as he could in Sebastian's arm to show his dislike of having the hand taken away from him.
He was ignored as the man cleaned his hand on a cloth.
Ciel whined and pulled hard at Sebastian's hair and started whimpering and screeched before he had a finger over his lips. He looked to the man's annoyed face with tears streaming down his pink cheeks before he popped the finger in his mouth much to the other surprise.
"Ciel, that's not for you to suck on." He took away the finger, but quickly stuck it back in when he saw that Ciel was about to start screeching again.
Sebastian sighed; he would have to buy something for him as well as baby's supplies. Thinking of all the trouble that had come with this new profound revelation, he grimaced.
He was going to have a long week ahead of him.
Seeing as Ciel had no clothes that fit him as well as shoes, he would have to fix something up real quick from scratch. Sebastian grabbed his bed sheet and wrapped Ciel in it much to his fuss and carried him out the room, avoiding all the servants.
Ciel who had a corner of a sheet flapped over his head, peered out from under it and gurgled happily when Sebastian dashed through the hall.
Sebastian shushed him and covered him back up so Ciel stayed quiet and simply nuzzled his nose in his butler's smooth neck closed his eyes and waited to be uncovered.
When he could see no one in the halls he walked through them and went directly to his master's bedroom and walked in.
He uncovered said master and placed him on his bed so that he was lying on his stomach and he would be able to satisfy his curiosity.
Sebastian grabbed a pair of shorts and a shirt; he did not have time to waste in search of other things nor did he have time to fix them up either.
He cut most of the shorts and cinched the back so it would fit around Ciel and his shirt would just have to fit him big for now.
Like a dutiful butler, he dressed Ciel up with no fuss and plucked him from the bed and again, he was on the move.
Setting Ciel down on the floor, he grabbed his coat and walked to the find the servants, leaving Ciel in his bedroom.
...
Ciel was alone in his room when a knock on his bedroom window startled him. "Neh?" He questioned with some more babble and a few words at the strange knock when with a swift sound, his window opened and a gush of wind came through sending a small shiver through Ciel.
After a flutter of his long curtains, there was a man dressed in dark blue with a strange face, but yet like Sebastian.
Ciel tilted his head to the side and felt uneasy, but he crawled forward towards the man until he reached the bed. He reached a hand out and opened and closed his hand at the strange man and smiled a bit when the man chuckled. "How cute. You want me to pick you up?"
Not knowing what the man was saying, he simply made a few sounds and leaned over more, but he leaned too much and fell face first towards the unforgiving floor.
He closed his eyes and waiting for the painful impact, but was caught instead. Blinking once, he looked up at the stranger and saw that his eyes were a bright red that were the same color as the familiar man in black that Ciel was used to by now.
His head was patted as he was pressed against the man's shoulder. But not knowing Ciel's fascination with long hair and seeing as he had long hair, the man's hair was gripped in a tight hold and was pulled.
The man in blue winced and pulled Ciel away from his body at arms length. He looked sternly at the wide mismatched eyes. "No, do not pull hair. Understand?"
But it seemed Ciel did not seeing as he did the same thing so the stranger finally just decided to let him.
He set baby Ciel on the bed to let him crawl, but it seemed Ciel was much too interested in his long hair. The stranger's hair reached mid-back and was black- same as Sebastian's.
Little small hands reached up and tugged in earnest at the hair before he finally settled down and simply played with it as it tickled his face.
The man turned to the side, making Ciel release the light grip on his hair and laid Ciel down and poked his stomach. "You are exactly what I need, little one. Do you know that?"
At Ciel's gurgle, the man supposed he did not. "And here you are, all unprotected without that bastard. I suppose the point goes to me, doesn't it?"
It was getting pretty boring waiting for Sebastian, but seeing as Bard was attempting to cook, Sebastian had his hands full.
"Perhaps I'll just take you. He wouldn't like that would he? No, not at all."
A loud explosion sounded through the air, jarring the estate, sending vibrations through the mansion.
Scared, Ciel let open his mouth and elicited a loud cry that had the man panicking.
He picked him and made his way to the window.
Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by a cold voice.
"What do you think you're doing with my Young master?"
The man sighed and turned from his perch on the windowsill and looked at an angry demon that had silverware at the ready.
The stranger laughed. "Already reduced to mere silverware? This boy has you more enamored than what is usual for us demons. But I will admit, he does smell simply divine- a true meal."
"I don't need to listen to you." Sebastian held up his arm and was about to aim the knives at the demon, but Ciel was suddenly brought to the open window.
"Go ahead and let's see if you can catch your master in time before he splatters on the floor outside."
Sebastian snarled and was cut off by a whimper.
Ciel was looking at Sebastian with wide frightened eyes and the butler watched in amazement as Ciel was coddled by other demon.
But this was exactly the chance he needed. Sebastian dashed forward and snatched Ciel from the demon and placed a well-aimed kick, sending the other through the open window.
When he got Ciel in his arms, he immediately started pushing away with little whimpers. Sebastian scowled, but smoothed his expression and patted Ciel's head, hoping to gain some closure back.
Ciel calmed down after two pats and settled down and turned towards the window in search of the man with the long raven hair. He pouted when the man did not show up again.
Sebastian walked over to the window and peered out of it and scanned the rest of the terrain. After making sure the property was free of any vermin, he shut the windows with a firm click and closed the curtains.
He finally went to the bed and sat down with Ciel, doing his best to ignore the smell that emitted from the bed sheet, and forced his master to face him.
Ciel, of course, was doing his best to pry his butler's hands away from his face. He pushed and cried 'No', but Sebastian didn't care and finally got him to face him with a firm tug of his chin and he was made to face his butler's glowing eyes. "Young master, why didn't you cry out? Did you want that filth to take you?"
Being unable to understand as well not being able to answer, Ciel simply whimpered and started crying.
With a small huff, Sebastian patted him on his back and pressed him against his chest to try and calm him down.
Getting up to walk out of the bedroom, Ciel's butler shifted him to his hip and left the room with the baby rubbing his eyes as his cries finally subsided.
Ciel hiccupped so it was his butler's job to pat his back until they stopped and he was finally able to breathe correctly without the little jar from the sudden intake of breathes every time a hiccup escaped.
Every time Sebastian turned a corner of a hall, Ciel slowly felt himself mold his small body against his butler until he was comfortable. Though he wasn't really tired, he felt like a nice nap was in order so he hunkered down and laid his head near Sebastian' neck and shoulder, finding just the right spot and closed his eyes.
He fell into a peaceful trance, though he wasn't really asleep, and steadied his breath.
After a sudden whoosh of cold air, his eyes snapped open and he was met with the scenery outside his mansion.
Ciel whimpered and tucked his limbs in as best as he could underneath him and huddled against Sebastian.
Seeing this, Sebastian covered him with his jacket that he had grabbed and swaddled him as best as he could and then continued his brisk walk towards the carriage where Tanaka was already seated.
Seeing as he could no longer drive the carriage because he had to keep a hold of Ciel, he had Tanaka drive.
Once he stepped in and shut the door, he felt the carriage start and then they were finally headed to town after the little mishap with the vermin and Ciel.
On the way over there, baby Ciel made noises only a baby could produce and tugged on Sebastian's hair, much to his annoyance, and grabbed his nose.
It was almost a laughing situation indeed every time Ciel grabbed his butler's nose and then look at his own palm only to see nothing there. Frustrated, he grabbed a bit more harshly on Sebastian's nose and pulled.
Ciel fussed a bit when Sebastian finally pulled away his wandering little hands and told him 'no', but soon he settled down and simply watched the changing scenery with steady inquisitive eyes.
Seeing this, Sebastian produced the usual black eye-patch and tied it expertly around the baby's head but it was taken off by said baby and thrown on the floor of the carriage.
Squealing, Ciel leaned forward when Sebastian bent down to pick up the eye-patch only for it to be put on again.
Sebastian held Ciel's hands when they went to take off the patch again, and sighed in irritation when his master began kicking his legs in an attempt to free the hold on his hands.
Ciel opened his mouth wide and started screeching with round tears falling from his scrunched up eyes.
Babies were absolutely dreadful to care for.
The butler let go of his master's hands and looked for something to distract Ciel with when he suddenly felt a button on his coat being pulled.
He looked down to see Ciel with minuet fingers, tugging the black buttons that were securely sewn on. Giggling, his master pulled at the buttons and then it dawned on Sebastian that he was going to have a tough week from now on with his master's new tendencies. He would have to get the brat some toys. Or everything he owned would be destroyed, or all his hair would be pulled out.
The carriage slowly rolled to a stop in a designated parking spot and Sebastian looked out into the streets where men and women were walking about. He opened the door with a smooth gait and climbed out with Ciel securely in his left hand.
Closing the door, he left Tanaka where he was and bid the old man goodbye.
With a quick check-up to make sure his master wasn't too startled with the loud noises of adults and children around him, he saw that, instead of Ciel being frightened and huddled against him, he was sitting up as best as he could and peering around him with one big eye (Sebastian finally got him to keep on the eye-patch) and was apparently liking the sights.
Ciel suddenly frowned and wrinkled his nose as best as he could at the smell, making Sebastian chuckle.
Giggling at the deep sound that emitting from his butler, Ciel peered up at Sebastian with a gleeful smile. Sebastian looked down at him and smiled down at him. "Having fun, Young master?"
A gurgle was his answer and so the pair finally set off in the direction of the clothing shop where they kept toddlers and babies' clothing.
...
It wasn't everyday you see a tall man in black walking through the streets with a squealing baby on his shoulder so he was bound to get looks. Women awed at him and men gave him a reproachful look if their wives looked a bit longer than usual at the 'family' man.
Once Sebastian got to the store, he saw a closed sign on it. With a brow twitching, he turned back around and started heading towards another store for bottles and what not.
He immediately stopped in his tracks when he saw a familiar woman by the shop. Ciel didn't notice any change in Sebastian luckily and continued looking around with a hand in his butler's hair.
Just as the butler was about to continue his way to the other shop, the woman spotted him and smiled brightly at him before she made her way to him, walking past busy people.
Sebastian smiled falsely at her when she came to a stop in front of him and only then did Ciel notice the strange woman. He frowned and one small fragment of his old self-conscious flashed before him; he thought of the woman as dirty.
"Ahh, Marie, it seems we are just bound to meet again." Sebastian nodded in her direction and used both hands to carry Ciel so he wouldn't need to have physical contact with her.
Ciel whined and shifted before pulling harshly on his butler's hair making the older man wince a bit before he pulled his hair free and looked at Ciel sternly.
Seeing this, Marie finally glanced at the baby in the arms of her object of affection, and she was taken back by the striking resemblance to the earlier child she met in the last meeting. "Is this the same child as the last time? He seems so much smaller!"
Sebastian mentally sighed at the woman's denseness and placed on his perfect facade of politeness. "No, this is his younger brother." Seeing as Marie had no interest in his master, Ciel's name did not matter.
She hummed in fake interest before she smiled slyly up at him while puffing up her chest a bit, letting her bosoms peep over her tight bodice. "So where's your wife?"
"I do believe I mentioned that she passed away a few years ago."
Marie laughed falsely at her mistake. "Oh yes, silly me. I don't know what goes through my mind. So are you perhaps free for the ball-"
Ciel suddenly squealed at a dog that ran by with street children on its heels. He wiggled and squirmed in an effort to get down but his efforts were wasted by the firm hold on him. He kicked out his feet as best as he could and made a fuss at being held.
Sebastian grimaced when a small punch to his nose met its target. He suddenly held Ciel away from his body and let the boy tire himself out. "Stop, Yo- Ciel."
He quickly caught his mistake and frowned when Ciel huffed before he calmed down.
Marie watched the scene with a grimace. Oh, how she detested children and dogs. "I don't even know why they let those mangy things run around. They should put a stop to it."
The woman suddenly gained a point in Sebastian's eyes, thinking she meant only dogs. "Yes, dogs are something that I can not stand. To be frank, I hate them." He smiled warmly at such a cold thing to say, so unlike his statement.
She laughed dumbly, "No, I was meaning both the children and the dog. Goodness me, I'm surprised they haven't picked either of those vermin up."
Sebastian was a bit taken back with her bluntness, but he didn't pay her any mind. His real attention was on his master who was frowning at the woman.
Somehow, Marie was familiar to him. He stretched out a hand towards her, which surprised both of the adults. "Do you want to go to her, Ciel?"
Marie quickly objected. "Oh no, I'm bad with children. They don't like me and I don't really have a care for them."
Seeing the scorn on the woman's face, Ciel returned back to the warmth of his butler and snuggled into his neck, feeling some sort of small victory when Marie sneered a bit at him.
Deciding to take it a bit farther, Ciel placed a hand on Sebastian's cheek and looked straight at the woman. He repeated one word that had some of his old authority in it. "Mine."
Sebastian's eyes widened a bit in surprise and looked at Ciel to see if his body was making any changes, but he saw none. Instead, Ciel's eyes had gotten smarter with more clarity and he had a frown etched on his baby face.
Marie laughed forcefully. "Oh kids, say the cutest things, don't they?" She got a bit closer to Ciel making him stare down at her while he kept his hand on Sebastian's cheek. "Aren't you sweet? Aww, worried about your Papa?"
Ciel felt frustrated which led to him putting up a fuss. He wailed and wiggled, making Marie back up and Sebastian turn his attention to his master.
"Shhh, Ciel." He tried his best at calming the child down; he looked up at Marie with a fake apology in his eyes. "I'm sorry, it would seems I have to go before this turns out to be even more chaotic." He nodded his head at her and turned around and went towards the store he had intended go in the first place.
Immediately after they left Marie standing behind, scowling, Ciel quieted down and settled down and looked around with a wide eye, though the covered eye beneath it was twitching a bit.
Once they entered the shop, Sebastian was met with a familiar man- it was the man with the long hair. Ciel's bedroom intruder.
Seeing the man, Ciel gurgled and reached towards him, but Sebastian held him back. "No, Ciel. Stop it, don't go to such filth."
The man merely laughed and gestured towards his work clothes. "As you can see, I work here so I need to handle him if you want to see what size clothes he wears."
"They don't sell clothing here," was Sebastian stony reply.
The man simply laughed and held up his hands. "So you caught me. You're as smart as always, Sebastian, is it?"
Sebastian risked a glance at Ciel who was simply staring at the other man.
"It has been a long time, Nathaniel."
Nathaniel opened his mouth to reply but was cut off by Ciel. "Nat-" The rest was baby gibberish.
Sebastian growled at held Ciel closer. "You are not to come closer to my master or touch him again."
The man flicked his hair back with a smooth smirk etched on his face while he fixed Sebastian with an amused look. "Really? What if your master wanted to come with me?"
They both looked at Ciel who had a firm hand in Sebastian's hair and put a hand in his mouth while looking at Nathaniel. He noticed them both looking at him and he turned to look at Sebastian with a gurgle. "Neh?"
Bahahaha! I wonder how many of you all expected that. Oh and about Nathaniel, yeah he is not Sebastian's brother. Just wanted you all to know that. Thanks for reading and yes, please review.
