I'm not actually very happy about this chapter… (I waited a few days to post this and fixed it up a little though so it's not as bad as it was) but I figured that I haven't updated in ages so it is something that needed to be done. Why I decided to update during finals week… I couldn't tell you. I've been in the mood to write so this is what I've been doing when I haven't been having a mental break down about my future and my grades. School is stressful. Anyways… I hope you enjoy this and I apologize for updating so infrequently… I'll try to rectify that over summer break. Thank you everyone for being so understanding! I love hearing your reviews!
(None of these characters belong to me)
Lunch had passed rather quickly, and the two classes that were after lunch passed too quickly for Ciel's liking. Sure they weren't Ciel's favorite subjects, but they weren't the host club he was dreading. In his last class of the day, he had asked a fellow classmate named… Snake? (Ciel was sure that wasn't his actual name, but that's what he insisted on being called so he went with it) He asked Snake what the host club was like and if he'd ever gone himself. Snake was actually quite knowledgeable. He had told Ciel that while it was called a 'host club', it was actually a fan service café. Most of the people who went there were girls from the other dorms across campus, but there were some male frequents as well. The school was vast enough that Ciel hadn't seen a girl on campus yet. It was almost as if there were two different schools next to each other. The different sexes had different buildings and the campus seemed to mirror itself with the duplicates of each building for the separation of sexes.
Snake and Ciel ended up getting into a good conversation about biology (the class they were in). Snake told Ciel about how he got his name and Ciel understood why Snake was his name for all intents and purposes just from all the photos he had shown Ciel of his many snakes. It was actually quite impressive how much Snake knew about snakes.
When the bell rung, Ciel sighed somewhat dramatically and Snake arched his eyebrow in a questioning manner.
"Don't want to go to the club?" Snake said in his awkward and quiet voice. He seemed uncomfortable every time he opened his mouth, so he didn't talk much at all. Ciel liked that he was quiet.
"No, not particularly." Ciel shrugged as he slowly put his books into his messenger bag. "It's not like I joined it because I wanted to, and I definitely don't want to be some 'fan service' for some random girls. I think I'd like it better if it was just a plain host club."
"Ah" was all that Snake said, for once making Ciel the talkative one. It was weird for Ciel to talk that much at once, but he had kind of taken a liking to Snake.
"Cieeellll" The sing song voice that Ciel really would rather not hear at the moment called from the door of the classroom. "I've come to make sure you didn't run away or something"
"Hello Sebastian." Ciel said dryly, not even bothering to look up at the older student.
"Awe. Ciel is happy to see me~" Sebastian teased.
"Okay what's up with that attitude, if I didn't want to run away before, I certainly do now." Ciel looked at Sebastian's attractive smiling face with a scowl.
"It's simple Bocchan. Right now the most common couple supported in our café with me is a guy by the name of William. I don't like William." Sebastian made a face of disgust before letting his face return to a smirk. "I am confident that Bocchan and I can make hearts melt." Sebastian winked at Ciel.
"Uhg sorry I asked. Bye Snake." Ciel walked away from his new friend who had just given him a nod when Ciel had turned to walk away.
"So Bocchan, I was thinking that we could have a butler-master / slave-master dynamic. I think that could be quite popular." Sebastian suggested when they started walking through the halls.
"Explain how this works?"
"Think of it as a gay improve acting class where you pretty much do whatever your customer tells you to."
"Oh joy. This sounds like so much fun." Ciel deadpanned as he gripped onto the strap of his messenger bag even more tightly than before. He could have probably forced himself though it if it was a regular sit-and-chat set up, but if he had to act out suggestive scenes… this would be an actual challenge. He might not even be able to do it. What will happen if he completely fails? Will this once and for all prove that he really is inadequate in the talents required for his family's company?
"Not to worry Bocchan. I will keep you safe and happy~ just be yourself and I will guide you through it."
It wasn't long until they got to the club room. Sabastian walked in first and greeted everyone with his charismatic smile before announcing that the club had some new recruits. Someone called 'the Undertaker' called everyone to line up and they did. Ciel couldn't hide his shock when he saw Soma and Agni line up too.
"What are you two doing here!?" Ciel exclaimed in shock and slight horror. How did they even find out? … he answered his own question as he looked over at Sebastian and saw his mischievous grin. Well damn.
"Sebastian told us that you were joining his club, and I though it would be fun to join a club with you so Agni and I joined!" Soma explained with a grin on his face. "We also already introduced ourselves to the rest of the team"
"Yes! Introductions! I would love to know the name of this beautiful porcelain doll of a boy." A guy with long blond hair cooed as he eyed Ciel. "My name is Aleister Chamber and I would love to know your name~"
"Y-yes. Hello, my name is Ciel Phantomhive and from today on I'll be joining the club activities here."
"There are a total of 11 members and they don't all come every day. Today, since the semester has just started yesterday, all of the members won't be here. We won't have a full member day for a bit actually." Sebastian informed.
"Hehehehe Sebastian has seemed to be taking a liking to you master." The Undertaker giggled. "He's usually so standoffish! I am the Undertaker and I run this delightful little café hehe." He had long silver hair that wash pushed off into a side part, and a wicked grin.
"My name is William." The guy with glasses stated coldly. This was the guy Sebastian says he doesn't like.
"My name is Lau." He smiled at Ciel with a slightly creepy smile that made you think he was up to no good, but he also somehow seemed like a pleasant person at the same time.
"Introductions er fun and all folks, but let's get 'et up!" The Undertaker somewhat ordered/somewhat suggested as he walked back behind a desk by the door. "Let's hope today is another day filled with laughter." He put his feet up on the desk and silently started observing his surroundings.
Everyone started going around doing little chores to tidy up… well everyone meaning Will and perhaps Lau. Lau was holding a broom, but it didn't look like he knew what he was doing. Aleister went over to gush over Ciel while Sebastian tried to explain the kind of chores that they do before and after club to the newbies.
Ciel had never really done any of the listed chores before. They didn't sound hard though. Wiping the tables, sweeping the floor, dusting the centerpieces to the tables, setting the tables, etc. They were all common every day chores that required little to no effort.
Or so Ciel thought. Somehow Ciel had managed to make a mess of everything he tried to do. When he tried to grab the plates for setting the table, he had been too short to reach them. Then when he got a stool and reached them, he tried grabbing three plates… only three… it wasn't like he stacked them seven plates high or something. He dropped them. Then he tried to clean the floor. He cut himself trying to pick up the larger shards of plate. At this point Sebastian gave up trying to clean the tables and centerpieces in favor of helping Ciel.
The Undertaker helped Ciel bandage his finger happily… he seriously seemed happy about it. (Did he have a blood fetish or something?) So Ciel tried to help out with sweeping. Because nothing can go wrong with a broom. Right? Well something went wrong. When Ciel tried to sweep what he had collected with the broom into a dust pan, his hand slipped slightly and with an accidental swoosh of the broom, he created a dust cloud of dirt and grime that floated up into Ciel's eyes and lungs.
At this point Ciel had given up and resigned himself to sit at one of the tables to cry and cough the dust away. Washing his face in the little kitchenette that was in the room didn't do much to help. Again, Sebastian had cleaned up his mess for him again. This time however, Sebastian had knelt in front of Ciel and dabbed at Ciel's face with a wet hand towel after he was done sweeping.
"Bocchan you really are helpless." Sebastian gently dabbed at Ciel's eyes with the cloth. They looked red and irritated.
"W-well it's not like I had chores to do back in England! I've never done any of this before." Ciel coughed a few more times and started looking in his bag for his inhaler just to be safe. He always carried two inhalers with him, the one to use before he did anything that could cause an asthma attack/when he felt as if he was starting to have one, and the one that he used in emergencies.
"AWE! Sebastian who is this!" A girl called from the door. She must be the first customer.
"Ah, this is my young master. He is a freshman who I share a dorm with." Sebastian gave her a devilish smirk before turning towards Ciel again and whispering suggestively to him, "Are you better now Bocchan?" Sebastian caressed Ciel's face as if to show his 'worry' for Ciel.
"Tch I'm fine now would you stop it." Ciel pushed away Sebastian's hand
"Awe he's crying! Sebastian where you bullying him!?" The girl playfully scolded Sebastian.
"Oh of course not. My master is just a bit clumsy that's all." Sebastian smiled at the girl, ignoring Ciel's protest. "Are you ready to start the café master?"
"As ready as I'll ever be…" Ciel looked over at the open door to see a cluster of girls walking in.