~Drowning~
After twenty long minutes Sebastian stood, adjusting his jacket and helping the young lord out of his seat. He was still quiet, not in so much the trance that he was earlier, but still silent. The butler escorted the young Neko to to his room, where he helped the young lord out of his clothes and into his night shirt. Ciel couldn't find himself to look at Sebastian but once Sebastian tucked him in bed and took off his eye patch, the boy looked up at him blankly. Sebsatian's wine colored orbs rested on his one cerulean.
"Is there something you would like to say?" Sebastian asked after a long moment of a silent stare between the two. Ciel sighed and wore an expression of defeat and rolled over closing his eyes. Sebastian smiled but then looked serious as he blew out the candle and left the room.
Ciel woke up the next morning before day break. It was still dark outside and he decided to get up and make his way to the window, where he pulled over a chair and rested his head on the sill, scratching his kitten like ear with one hand gently to not cut himself with his claws. Tail wrapped around the chair. Two and a half hours later the door opened and Ciel ignored it. Watching the sun rise.
"Oh, Young Master, you're up early. I'm not to wake you for another half hour. Something on your mind?" He said in his velveteen voice as he opened the curtains more. Ciel didn't answer, instead he looked up at Sebastian and just allowed his head to lean on him, resting all of his weight on the butler. This took the man by surprise but he smiled gently and pet the Neko child gently, Ciel leaned into the demons hand and tried his absolute hardest to hold back the stinging in his eyes to keep from crying.
"Now then, what's all of this?" Sebastian asked in a gentle understanding voice, petting the boy behind the ears. Ciel didn't answer instead he stood up and walked over to the bed and grabbed the blue and white outfit Sebastian had set down for him.
"Come, get me dressed." Ciel said blandly, slipping out of his night shirt.
The butler walked curiously over to the cat child and picked up the clothes and began dressing him.
"You seem, different my lord." He said matter of factually, as he put Ciel's eye patch on.
"Do I? I wonder why.." Ciel said with mock humor.
Sebastian smirked and once finishing dressing the young master, he escorted him out to breakfast. Again Ciel didn't say a word, he just ate in silence and after words, they made their way to the Midford manor. Sebastian opened the door to the carriage on Ciels side and Ciel climbed out, his belled collar jingled slightly when he moved and stood by Sebastian, walking up the stairs to the front door, Ciel knocked and it was only a moment before a maid opened the door and Lizzy came as if from the woodwork and wrapped her arms around her fiance.
"Oh Ciel! I've missed you so! And what in the world are you wearing? That's not cute at all!" She wailed in a very childish pout.
Ciel smiled kindly at her and embraced her.
"Lizzy, I must ask you to do something for me." He said gently, Sebastian standing not far behind him, he spun on his heal and pointed at Sebastian.
"Have this man arrested at once! He's done terrible things to me, and I will not allow him to further insult my name."Ciel said with a look of determination in his eyes. Sebastian looked surprised but then had a slight dark grin. The young phantomhive turned to look at Lizzy who was standing beside him with a look of shame as she rested her gaze on the floor.
"L...Lizzy? Didn't you hear me?"He said as he looked over at her mother and father as well as their butler and maid. He ran over to her parents. "I'm serious! Have him arrested now! There is no one else at my manor to do it, so I am requesting that you do it."Ciel panicked, something was up and he didn't like it.
"I'm sorry Ciel, but, we've already been informed of your illness, and what's happened. Why don't you calm down and I will have Lidia here get you some tea." Her father Alexis suggested, the main beside him curtsied and left the room to fetch the hot beverage.
"W...what? No! He's lying! I am fine! A few changes in appearance doesn't change the fact that I am still Ciel Phantomhive! Arrest him!Or I'll go fetch Scotland Yard myself!" The boy ranted, raging mad. He ran back down to Lizzy. "Lizzy, as your fiance don't you want to do what's best? Have him arrested."Ciel nearly begged, the room was silent other than him.
"I...I am doing what's best..Ciel...you must understand. Please, it's because I love you Ciel.." The girl with long currly blonde pigtails said as tears came to her eyes.
"But..it's true, he's deceiving you all...he is.."Ciel said in disbelief as his voice became quieter. His plan had failed, he thought that if anyone could help him it was Lizzy's family the Midfords. He started breathing heavy and glaring. "You're all in on it too arent you! To make a fool of me! Well it won't work! I promise you!" The boy screamed, Lizzy jumped back at his loud and harsh words and began to cry, she ran over to her father and he held her as she sobbed. A pair of strong hands rested on Ciels shoulders from behind.
"Are you finished my lord? Shall we head to the Trancy manor now?" The gentle voice suggest in his ear, he felt Sebastian's hair brush his face and jumped away smacking him with his cane.
"Get away from me! I will not be your pet! Go to hell!" He screamed as he used his fencing lessons as a reference as he attacked the demon with his walking cane.
"Hmhm, very good young master, I see your lessons are paying off. However, this is not the time nor place to practice." Sebastian said as he all too easily dodged each of Ciels strikes. In one swift movement the butler connected the blue leash to the childs collar and began forcing him to follow him outside, and into the carriage. "Really Master, your putting on quite a show.."
"Elizabeth! Lizzy! Mr. Midford please!" The boy called out as Sebastian put him in the carriage and locked the doors. Ciel tried his hardest to get the door open but it wouldn't budge so he instead fumed and sat back digging his claws into the leather, tearing it mercilessly.
After a while the carriage stopped and the door opened.
"My lord."
Ciel ignored him and got out, if he didn't know Sebastian was a demon, he would try to run, but he'd seen what the demon was capable of and knew he wouldn't make it anywhere. Sebastian took hold of his leash and took him up to the door, before he could knock however, a familiar looking butler opened the door, a blonde Neko hanging off his arm.
"Ciel! I'm so happy you came over!" He shouted in Ciels face, in return Ciel hissed slightly and glared. "Uh, are you okay?"
"Ciel has had an...overwhelming morning. Please excuse him." Sebastian said but then grunted slightly when the boy slammed his heal into the butlers foot.
"Hm...I suppose he is taking it rather rough.." Claude said and Ciel simply growled. "Alois, take Ciel to go play. Try not to break anything."
"Hehe okay. Me and Ciel will have loads of fun won't we.."The boy said as he took hold of Ciels leash and dragged him off into the main part of the lobby where he had a chess board. "You said last time that you only liked to play chess. So I got one out." Alois said, his bushy tail swishing around behind him and his ears perked up.
"Very well." Ciel muttered, glaring back at Sebastian every now and then.
"Master! Master! Who goes first?White or Black?" Alois asked innocently, the Phantomhive Ciel frowned and sighed heavily. This boy didn't even know how to play? How annoying.
"White." Claude answered from the sofa he and Sebastian were sitting on.
"How did you train Alois so well?" Sebastian asked as he looked on at the happy go lucky blonde.
Claude handed Sebastian a cup of tea, who accepted it politely.
"I was a little more harsh with him." Claude answered with a hidden darkness. " But over all he wasn't hard to train, he accepted what was going to be within the first week and I only had to punish him twice. I'm not sure about yours though, he seems...different." The man answered as he looked back over at the boys calmly.
Sebastian didn't answer, instead he just sipped his tea again.
"The young master Ciel has always stood out, that's why I signed my contract with him."
A moment later Alois came over whining loudly with watery eyes and was clinging to Clauds arm.
"Master, Ciel is so mean, he beat me in four moves and then said I was stupid for losing like that." The blonde cried. Claude sighed in an annoyed manor and handed the boy a tissue.
"Then perhaps you should keep practicing before you play the game with him again." He answered as he looked down at Alois then over at Ciel who was putting the chess board away. Sebastian took a cup and dropped three drops of the cat nip liquid into it and then poured the tea over it, adding a half tablespoon of sugar and then mixing it in. He then stood and took the cup to Ciel, who was looking out a window.
"Master..." He said as he handed the cup to the solemn boy. Ciel took it but didn't give thanks, instead he just took a sip and looked back out at the moon. He looked curious and then took another sip, and another, and another until he put the cup to his mouth and drank it all in a few large gulps.
"Uh, it's so good."Ciel said as he set the cup down wishing there was more in it.
Claude reached into a sugar dish and pulled out a blue berry flavored treat for Alois, the boy gasped and hopped up and down excitedly.
"Hehehehehehehe..." The boy giggled, Claude glanced over to Sebastian and then back at Alois.
"Sit.."He commanded and the boy sat criss cross on the floor instantaneously. "Good boy. Now go show Sebastian some affection." Sebastian gave Claude a warning glance but it was too late, the blonde was in front of him, caressing him.
"Hmhm...Sebastian.." Alois said softly as he sat on Sebastian's lap and put his hand in the butlers shirt.
"Not that sort of affection Alois, how many times have I told you not to touch people in such fowl ways.." Claude said in a dissaproved tone. "I'm not so sure you deserve this now.."
The boy gasped and climbed off of Sebastian and kneeled before Claude.
"Oh please Master! Please.." He begged as his eyes began to water. Just then Ciel shuffled over.
"What...exactly are you giving him?" The phantomhive asked as his face took on a little more pink, and he looked off to the side, shoulders stiff.
"Hmhm, my lord..are you interested?" Sebastian asked with an all knowing grin. "He picked out one of the treats and held it up. "These are treats, given to well behaved kittens."
"Mm...oh."
"I'd give you one but your hardly well behaved hmhm.." The demon hummed a laugh and put the treat in his waste coat pocket. The face that Ciel gave was priceless, he pouted and then looked down, a slight upset glare on his childish features.
"But..it's not my fault. Your an ass hole and don't listen to me. You told everyone I can't care for myself anymore." He snapped as he folded his arms and looked off in the distance.
"Please don't use such language Ciel, its quite unbefitting of you." Sebastian said as he frowned at the boy. Ciel sighed but then caught sight of Alois playing with a ball, he tried to casually walk over to the other boy, but when he did he pounced on the ball, his hat and cane falling to the ground and his ears perking up.
"Hey! That's mine!" Aloise cried and chased Ciel with it, who of course, clutched the ball to his chest and took off, the two boys danced around the room dodging each others attacks and traps for each other, they nearly matched each others speed and skill. They ran around the room until they off down a hall and out of sight. Claude and Sebastian both stood and looked slightly suspicious.
"Give it back! Hahaha.."Alois yelled as he chased the young Phantomhive Neko. Finally Alois got close enough and pounced on the other Neko, sending them both crashing into each other and rolling down the hall, smashing into the kitchen and into the staff, as well as all of the cooking ingredients that were set out. Alois and Ciel sat up and started laughing histerically.
"Hahaha, you should see yourself Trancy.."Ciel laughed as Alois tried wiping off the eggs and flour from his head.
"Tehehehe, you too Ciel." The blonde giggled as he looked at the dark haired boy who was now, covered in chocolate syrup and baking powder as well as blue berries. The two started popping the now chocolate and sugar covered berries into their mouths until they had this horrific vibe slip down their spines. They both looked over at the doorway and saw the two butler demons standing there together, a sadistic shadow over their faces and a white glint in their eyes.
"Run!" Alois screamed out and took off through the kitchen, for a moment slipping on the flour, which was quite large.
"Why? Their butlers, are you afraid they will clean up the mess too fast and you wont get anymore sweets?" Ciel scoffed as he stood and popped another berry into his mouth.
"Alois. Come back now." Claude said in a controlled but slightly harsh tone. The boy hid in a cabinet on the opposite side of the room. Claude sighed and made his way to the cabinet that his pet was in, kneeling down and opening the door.
"No! It wasn't my fault!"Alois cried hiding his face in his hands, knees to his chest.
"Alois. Who ever said I was going to do anything." Faustus said as he helped the boy out of the cabinet. "We have guests over." Claude said as he guided the boy back over to the Phantomhive boy and his butler.
"Heh, I can't believe you took off that way, such a pathetic kitty you are..." Ciel chuckled but felt a breath on the back of his neck.
"Behave.." Was all the whispered words said, Ciel glared up at his butler and folded his arms, but then he felt tender scratching behind his ears and he looked surprised and leaned into the hand, then proceeded by cuddling into the butler who stood behind him.
"Is that the cat nip or does he do that periodically?" Claude asked as he dusted off most of the flour from his pet.
"Hmhm, it's most definitely the cat nip..he wouldn't do this at all if it werent for the herb." Michaelis answered with a small smile. The two butlers lead there pets to the baths and helped them undress. Alois was excited for the water, Claud tossed a ball into the water and it floated on the surface, The blonde haired boy then dove into the water and went after the colorful toy. Ciel on the other hand, was hesitant, but watched the other Neko in curiosity.
"Aren't you going to get in?" Sebastian asked as he folded a towel over his arm and held it close to him. Ciel glanced back at the butler with an indecisive frown. He went to the water and stepped in, keeping his tail above the water.
"All the way please my lord."
The ash haired boy looked back up at the raven haired man, his crimson eyes held all the authority, and he wondered how this had happened. How he had been removed from his status completely in only a series of days. Ciel began to back out but then he heard the jingle of the chain that the tone device was connected to and winced, instead he glared and plunged himself into the water, making his way over to the blonde Neko and tackling him for the ball.
"No! You took the other one from me this one is mine!" Alois shouted angrily with a sadistic sort of tone. It made Ciel jump, it was as if his character had swung and changed. Ciel simply harrumphed and dove down into the water and let himself sit there at the bottom. Looking up at the surface. It wouldnt be so bad, drowning. At least, that's what he told himself. But he wasn't about to let his life be ruined by becoming the pet of his servant. He closed his eyes and folded let his hands float beside him. A few air bubbles escaping his nostrils every now and then.
"Hasn't he been under there long enough.." Claude asked as he looked curiously at the water where Ciel had disappeared. Alois was happily playing with the colorful ball ignoring them completely.
Under the water, Ciel was just running out of breath when the fear sank in, he didn't want to die, but he didn't want to live the life he was being forced to live. He forced himself to not swim up to the top, and sucked in a lungful of water. Panic set in and he wriggled around in the water, as he looked out he saw a pair of gloved hands reaching in to him. He tried to swim away from them but he didn't have the strength, he felt himself yanked up to the surface as he started to black out, then everything went dark as he felt the cold tile floor under him. The last thing he saw was a pair of angry glowing red demon eyes that belonged to Sebastian.
"You will have to watch him. Mine isn't brave enough to commit suicide. Ciel is definitely something else." Claude said as he licked his lips, imagining the flavor of his soul. Alois clung to his arm, leaning his head on him, ears laid back and tail hanging behind him.
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