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Immediately after they left Marie standing behind, scowling, Ciel quieted 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 and 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?"

Sebastian didn't even acknowledge him so he in turned yanked on the black strands harshly and brought another tiny hand up to pull his butler's nose.

The butler (babysitter) finally brought his gaze around from the other demon to pin Ciel with a hard stare. He pulled away Ciel's hand's one by one and held them in one hand. "Stop it."

Ciel, not liking the change of tone, frowned and wriggled away but Sebastian held on firmly to the struggling infant.

"Why don't you let me take him from you?" While he wasn't looking, Nathaniel had crept a bit closer and was now a few feet away.

Sebastian narrowed his eyes and pressed Ciel against him, ignoring the muffle cries. "It would be of your best interest if you kept away unless you wish to die today."

Nathaniel smirked and held up both hands. "Just so you know, you're sadly misinformed. We do sell clothing here so you need to hand him over to get fit for the size."

...

In that terse moment of silence, Ciel broke it by muffled screeching. Alarmed, Sebastian pulled Ciel back to see him crying with a pink hue blushing his face and was taking in deep breaths with a slightly open mouth.

He silently chided himself for not paying enough attention to his slowly suffocating master before he shifted baby Ciel in his arms while the bundle sniffled slightly as he calmed down now that he was able to breathe.

Nathaniel tsked and shook his head. "Is that anyway to care for your young master? Surely, you must be aiming to make a fool out of yourself in jest." He chuckled darkly while he eyed the prize in the other demon's capable hands.

Ciel simply stared back until his butler blocked his eyes with a hand held over his line of sight, making Nathaniel glance back at the annoyed older demon. He snorted slightly and moved away to go towards the front desk that had a bell on it that was a bit dented from all the years of abuse it had been dealt with.

Sebastian stared at Nathaniel and narrowed his eyes when he was given a bright false smile.

"Are you coming? Your meal won't dress himself or are you hiding his ability from me?" The younger demon slapped the surface of the desk and laughed at his own joke. He pretended to wipe a tear and watched as Sebastian approached calmly with a seething look.

He stood in front of the desk, not daring to let go of his master, and told Nathaniel Ciel's measurements while the baby in question was eyeing the metal bell on the desk.

Reaching down with a grabby little hand, Ciel slapped the bell gaining the attention of both demons. He released a squeal and picked up the bell and leaned against his butler who was watching the act with an annoyed look while Nathaniel smirked with devious intention.

Ciel banged the bottom of the bell against Sebastian's shoulder, knowing that against his hand would hurt, and did so repeatedly not minding the fact that it might of hurt his butler.

Reaching his limit of patience, Sebastian grabbed the bell and placed it back on the desk and pinned Nathaniel with a hard stare. "Go and fetch the clothes immediately. I am at my end of patience and it would be wise if you did not push it." His usual flow or words were a bit off at the end as he tried to keep Ciel's hands to himself that were reaching out once again for the dented bell.

Knowing not to push his luck at the antagonized demon, Nathaniel scowled and went to the back of the shop where the shipments of clothes were still boxed.

...

After the younger, pestering demon left him and Ciel, he remained rooted in that spot as he tried to calm his anger. Sensing the tense atmosphere, Ciel stopped his reaching for the "sounder" and looked up at his caretaker who had a calm mask on, but Ciel knew that it was fake. To him, it just didn't fit with the tense air so in his baby mind, where he can make sense of his actions, he decided to pull at his butler's face to try and make him happy.

What he wasn't expecting was for his hands to be placed in a firm grip and for Sebastian to command him to 'stop' in a blunt voice all while not sparing him a glance. Not liking the tone of voice, he tried again.

This time he was rewarded a glance, which Ciel smiled at him toothless, and jabbered baby gibberish at him. "Se-bah-bah!" Ciel then poked him on his nose and snatched his hand back quick and giggled before he laid his head on the broad shoulder. "Mine."

Sebastian raised a brow at this and smirked before he grasped the small chin of Ciel's and looked down and met his eyes. "Yes, Young master. I'm yours until you-"

"Sorry to break your little self speech but here's the clothes. Need anything else that doesn't involve the meal, don't bother me." He dismissed Sebastian with a flippant wave and picked up a newspaper and started reading.

Sebastian grabbed the wrapped packages, choosing not to mutilate the pest, and strode towards the dingy door.

A rustle of the newspaper and then Nathaniel's voice stopped him. "You might want to hurry and get bigger, meal. I don't know how long your Queen will wait for the case to be solved and I don't know how long your butler will be able to protect you in your miserable form."

Sebastian looked at him from the corner of his eye.

Nathaniel continued with a flick of his newspaper. "And I don't know how long it'll take for me to snatch you up." He looked up from the news and smirked at Sebastian and licked his lips with eyes burning.

...

Sebastian opened the door and paused. "My master will never fall to scum like you." With that, he left the shop with a firm click.

Stepping from the shadows of the shop, Sebastian narrowed his eyes slightly as he took in the disarray of people on the streets before he sighed only to be patted on the cheek by Ciel's comforting hand.

Ciel looked up at his butler and smiled his toothless smile and brought his hand down and wrapped his arms around Sebastian's neck as best as he could and looked at the scene behind the older man.

With a raised brow, Sebastian wondered if that gesture was some sort of comforting pat from his young master. He returned the pat briefly on Ciel's head before he walked towards the carriage with a smooth gate as to not to jostle Ciel who was taking in the scenery as well as paying attention to Sebastian's hair that fluttered every now and then with the soft breeze that whisked through the busy streets.

In his mind, he mapped out exactly what he needed and where he needed to go. Since he already accomplished purchasing Ciel's clothes, the next thing he would need is cloths for his master's new predicament when he needed to use the chamber pot as well as a few bottles for milk to be drank from.

All in all, he was just ready for the elixir to wear off. While at times it was humorous to see Ciel act on his childish whims, it was also downright irritating to be subjected to said whims with things such as being the object of amusement.

With a sigh, which a common action he was already getting use to, he strode into the next store with Ciel on his hip; his little bundle of annoyance.

And so it continued like that, along with kind remarks from women with how it was nice to see a man carrying around a baby for a change and so on. It was very tiring indeed for the black butler.

After Sebastian exited the last store with all the things in hand all tied together to make it easier for carry, he walked towards the carriage with the bottles clanking slightly, glad for the necessity of caring for his master to be done and out of the way.

On the way back to the carriage, Ciel risked a hand, sticking it out of his bundle to pull the back of Sebastian's head at the hairs and rubbed the strands between his thumb and index finger as he took in the cold, flat feeling.

Paying no mind to his master's wandering hands, he spotted the carriage with old man Tanaka sitting there with his signature cup of tea. He nodded as Sebastian passed by to the carriage door, he being glad to return to the mansion and away from all the pesky nuisances.

A sharp sting of his hair being pulled out as his seated himself in the carriage made him acknowledge that he would be returning with one said nuisance. He was ready to be rid of his baby master or at least hand him off to one of the servants seeing as he still had all the housework left.

...

But then again, there is no way possible to know if his master would be in safe hands with those bumbling idiots.

Hearing the crack of the reins as well as coming up with a plan brought him back from his thoughts. He glanced down at Ciel who was bending over in the crook of his arms to reach his toes. He finally grasped one his small feet and squealed in glee making Sebastian watch the scene with amusement at how far his master had fallen into the grasp of his childish mind.

With a smirk, he grabbed the foot Ciel was holding on to and tugged on it, grabbing the baby's attention. Ciel leaned his head against Sebastian's chest as he looked up at the smirking man. He frowned at the smirk, knowing he was missing something so he kicked his foot from the man's hand in retaliation.

But Sebastian grabbed it again and this time, by the ankle.

Ciel squirmed from the grip before he finally grabbed Sebastian's hair and pulled to show his dislike of having his leg held in place. He ripped hair from Sebastian's scalp and was rewarded with his foot being freed. He kicked his feet in the air before he looked up at Sebastian to see him glaring at him.

Sebastian contemplated if it was too soon to spank his young master while all Ciel did was smile at him and patted his cheek with the hand that had strands of hair tangled in his fingers.

That brat.

Before they arrived at the mansion, Ciel had more little tuffs of Sebastian's hair, which some of them resulted in Ciel screeching before Sebastian finally gave in and patted his back to stop him.

When he was calm, Ciel played with the strands of hair that he pulled out before Sebastian took them away and threw it out the door making a rush of cold air penetrate the inside of the carriage.

After having his amusement taking away, Ciel would proceed to tear more hair out and from then on out, it was a whole cycle. A viscous one in Sebastian's case with getting his hair tore out and all.

Sebastian was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief when they pulled up to the mansion. He opened the door with Ciel in tow and nodded at Tanaka to show his thanks before he made his way into the mansion where he was greeted with cheerful hellos from the servants before they all gasped and dropped their jaw to the floor or so it would seem if the need to talk hadn't overruled their shock.

Finny ran over first followed by Mey-rin as they stared up almost adoringly at the usual stoic master who was now staring back at them with a open expression. Not at all how his expressions use to be- closed off or annoyed. "Mr. Sebastian! What happened to the young master?!"

Ciel squinted his eyes at the loud blonde before he babbled some strange mash of words and pitches making Finny eyes light up. "Ooh, ooh! I heard of something like that! Dolphins can make the pitches too!"

"Idiot! The young master isn't a dolphin!" Bard cut in while Mey-rin nodded.

"He sure isn't! He's a baby!" She goggled more at how eye catching Sebastian looked holding a baby than the new adorable look of her master.

Sebastian cleared his throat to catch the attention of the house servants who started bickering among themselves on how exactly Ciel sounded like.

"I do not think it matters on what animal the young master sounds like. What does matter is that is still work to be done and you're not doing it. Now get to work! I'll deal with the master, you just go and do your jobs."

All three servants, minus Tanaka, saluted in stiff army salutes and scurried off and if Sebastian allowed dust to be collected on the floor then they surely would of kicked up clouds of dust.

Ciel merely blinked at the empty spots where the servants once stood before he looked up at Sebastian. "Se-bah-bah." whereas his mind had been on the fact that those people he met were strange, his stomach had another agenda and let out a gurgle.

Sebastian patted Ciel's bottom briefly to check for wetness and was pleased to see that he didn't have to be cleaned just yet. He approached Ciel's bedroom and entered before he placed him and the bag of things on the bed. He bent down on one knee and placed a finger underneath the drawstrings that held the packages together before he snipped the ropes in half making the packages come toppling down onto the bed.

The bottles clinked briefly, grabbing Ciel's attention and as Sebastian quickly sorted the packages, Ciel grabbed the bottle that was partially covered in brown paper and looked at it. It was made of glass and instantly had his attention especially when he could see his hand wrapped around the bottle even though he held something solid.

Strange, he thought, you couldn't see through solid things. That's the way it always worked because he even couldn't see through Sebastian!

But then the bottle was grabbed from his hand and he was now being undressed and was subjected to the colder temperature in his room. He frowned at the concentrated look his butler had on while he pulled off his shirt before the shirt was folded and laid on the bed.

Next came his pants and he was made to lie down on his back, which he didn't like; the top of his bed was boring and unappealing, and held no interest to him.

Feeling a breeze in his lower regions, he just knew he was bare before he was lifted up briefly and a cloth of some sort was taken out from the brown crinkling paper and it was placed under his bottom before the man folded it around him and secured it with pins.

Ciel cooed at being treated gently, not that he was treated anything but, and stared up at Sebastian who was dressing him. He reached up and grabbed the man's hair and tugged on it gently before he goggled up at his butler and smiled. He received a stern stare in return, but that didn't matter to him.

He released the trapped hair and clapped his hands clumsily and squealed before he quieted down letting Sebastian finish dressing him with no fuss, his quiet baby noises filled the room with him releasing a coo every now and again.

...

When Sebastian finished the small, but new task of dressing his baby master, he looked down at Ciel to make sure nothing was out of order. From the blue simple shorts and the white shirt that both were made of fine fabric quality, he was ready to go out and about.

A gurgle from Ciel's stomach broke his thoughts.

He glanced down to see Ciel staring at him before he tilted his head up at him, mussing his hair against the sheets.

Seeing as they had no wet nurse and he did purchase bottles, his master will have to do with cow's milk. He put a hand to his chin and thought about his choices. Tanaka is out of the question, Finny would probablymaim the cow and I don't think Bard would know where to grab and... Mey-rin isn't really capable of doing that either.

Well he shall have to do it himself, he will simply have to hand off Ciel to one of the servants, though to 'who' is the real question.

He brought his hand down and bent over to pick up Ciel who went willingly and grabbed the bottles with as much agility as only a Phantomhive butler could possess and made his way down the corridors.

His path took him to the kitchen where at least one of the servants were and it would seem to just be his luck that all three were accounted for, minus Tanaka who was most likely in one of the other rooms drinking tea.

As he stepped into the kitchen that seemed to bring everyone to attention though most of their attention was on their master who looked positively adorable in his new outfit.

"Listen here, I need to go out the stalls and milk one of the cows, but I need one of you to watch over the young master." He stared every one of them down. "If the master is harmed in any way, I will have your head. Do you understand?"

They all nodded, which pleased the butler to know that they were at least somewhat listening. "Good. Here, Mey-rin. Don't trip and if possible stay within yelling distance should anything happen."

Mey-rin just hastily nodded as all her attention was focused on her master who was staring back at her curiously.

Sebastian surveyed the servants before he left the kitchen.

All three of them simultaneously gulped at the threat that was placed in Sebastian's words before they glanced down at Ciel who was looking around the kitchen.
He was suddenly hugged and was pressed into the maid's neck as she cooed over him at being able to hold someone so small and soft in her hands. She suddenly sneezed, knocking her glasses aside a bit making her acknowledge the smell of talcum power and baby.

She fixed her glasses as she steadied Ciel with one hand and decided to settle down somewhere, but Finny stopped her.

"He's so cute and tiny. I want to him hold him!" He stared up at her with pleas in his eyes but still... Sebastian would kill her if Ciel were accidentally crushed.

"I don't know Finny, you might crush him since he's so tiny." She looked on as Finny's happiness gloomed over before she sighed and handed Ciel to him. "Okay, here you go, but be careful."

Ciel fussed a bit at being handed over so carelessly making Finny worry at first, but he calmed down a bit and looked at his new holder. "Neh?"

A hand poked his cheek, which he frowned at and pushed it away before he looked at the other male in the room. He looked mean so he grabbed the finger that approached his face and bit it.

Of course, Ciel didn't realize that he had no teeth so that didn't hurt at all. The only thing that might hurt is his pride when he returns back to normal; he may not remember it but they surely will and no doubt Sebastian will tease him about it.

His stomach suddenly let out a gurgle again to announce his hunger and he looked down at his tummy with an inquisitive look before he looked up Finny who was fawning over him. He babbled up at them, pretending he knew what he was talking about before a clank on a counter brought them all to attention.

Sebastian returned with the milk and just in time because Ciel chose that moment to start screeching. Finny, looking alarmed handed Ciel to Mey-rin and cried out 'I didn't do it!' before he too started crying.

Mey-rin just panicked as well before she handed the baby to Bard who just looked shocked before he awkwardly tried to calm down the screeching baby. He looked up at Sebastian who was calmly filling up a bottle. "Oy! Think you could hurry up over there!"

He tried rocking Ciel a bit, but that didn't help but then soon after, Ciel was plucked from his hands, crying and all while they all watched as Sebastian handled Ciel with care and stuck a bottle in his screeching mouth.

They all watched in amazement when Ciel immediately quieted down.

"Wow, Sebastian! You're a pro at this!" Finny looked on in admiration at how calmly Sebastian took control of the situation.

Sebastian merely shook off the compliment. "If I couldn't do this then what kind of butler would I be?"

Ciel finally took his mouth away from the teat and yawned cutely.

Sometimes Sebastian wondered how his young master could cause this much trouble for someone so small. He looked down at him while he placed the bottle on the counter.

Such a brat.

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