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Chapter 24!
These next few chapters will basically be about relationships between the characters (or stupid humor and fluff). These relationships will be very important and useful in future chapters, so you don't want to miss them!
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I awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of someone panting and the feeling of someone jolting. I opened my eyes to see Ciel sitting up in bed, pointing a gun ahead of him, sheer panic in his eyes.
"Ciel?" I asked, alarmed. Did he see something? I tried to move, but Ciel had his arm around my shoulders, pressing my body against his. I craned my stiff neck and looked around. Everything was in it's place, so sign of disturbance. "Ciel? Are you alright?" I asked soothingly.
"I-I" he started, still breathing heavy. "Ha-had a bad d-dream." he stuttered, the gun still pointed at the far wall. After a moment, he said, "I would rather not recall it."
"Young Master?" an inquiring voice asked as the door opened, revealing a man clad in all black holding up a candlestick. "Is something the matter?"
"No." Ciel said breathlessly, finally lowering the gun. He had been sleeping beside me every night, with a gun under his pillow. He was paranoid that something was going to happen to me. I couldn't judge him for it, although. I was scared something was going to happen myself.
"Everything is fine." He slowly slid the gun back under his pillow. He laid back down on his back and stared at the ceiling, his chest rising and falling with deep breaths. He closed his eyes and took a few more deep breaths. Sebastian and I gave each other a wary looks before turning our attention back to the teenage boy.
"Are you sure?" Sebastian asked gently as he and I leaned over him, staring down at his form. His forehead was shiny with sweat.
"Yes." he breathed. "I'm fine now." without warning, Ciel reached up and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me down so our chests were touching and he was hugging me. His soft, pale cheek was pressed gently against my own. I felt a faint blush find my cheeks as I realized the close proximity between us.
"Juliet." he said softly, his eyes still closed. His voice was just barely trembling. "Promise me you'll never leave me." my eyes widened. "Promise me that you'll always stay with me. That you'll never leave me alone." I smiled softly to myself.
"I promise, Ciel." I said quietly. A small smile made it's way onto Ciel's lips.
"Good." after a moment, he whispered to me, "I love you."
"I love you, too." I replied. Seconds later, he drifted off to sleep again, still holing me close. I glanced up at the smirking face of Sebastian as he began backing away towards the door. He shut it without a sound and, I assumed, walked off. I couldn't hear his footsteps.
I turned my face and kissed Ciel's cheek. I closed my eyes and hugged his neck, a smile present on my face. I would live up to my promise. I would never leave him willingly.
I loved him far too much.
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Ciel's POV
When I woke up, I opened my eyes only to squeeze them shut again from the bright light. I felt something pressing against my chest, but my eyes were still trying to adjust to the sudden brightness, so I kept them shut. I tried to figure out what it was by touch.
The thing on my chest was warm, for sure. There was also something wrapped around my neck. It resembled arms. The other thing was on top of me, and had two lumps pressing against my chest. I was still too groggy to figure out what it was, so I slowly opened my still tired eyes.
The thing on top of me was beginning to come around as well. It's eyes opened, revealing blue and gold. I blinked several times before my vision cleared, and I was fully aware. The thing on top of me was a girl. Juliet- to be exact. And the two lumps pressing against me were her. . .
"Ahh!" I shouted in surprise as jumped and realized just the position we were in. I leaned back on my elbows and stared up at Juliet as she jolted upwards into a sitting position, letting out a small scream of surprise as well. She was straddling me, sitting on the area between my hips. Her hands were on the lower sides of my waist. At least we were both clothed. I blushed to the point where it felt like my face was on fire. Juliet was blazing red as well. My heart was pounding against my ribcage.
I tried to move. Perhaps push her off, twitch a hand, blink, breathe, speak, something! My body wouldn't work no matter how hard I tried. Juliet seemed to be just the same as me. We stared into each other's eyes, neither of us able to move a muscle. A lecherous thought appeared in the back of my mind, from the more perverted area of my brain.
'She looks fairly attractive in that position.' it said, while the gentlemanly part of my brain was constantly screaming 'No! Look away! No proper gentleman should be thinking things like this of a lady!'
'Just look at the way the light makes her hair shine and her skin glow.' the unreasonable side of me said. 'And that exposed shoulder-'
I felt my erection twitch, and Juliet made a choked gasp sound; she had felt my movement. Although I had no idea it was possible, I felt myself blush harder.
'Of all the times to think of her like this,' I thought. 'it has to be now!'
"My, my." a male's voice said. "What a compromising position you two are in." our eyes flicked to the source of the voice, and it was none other than the demon butler, whom was standing in front of the window, light seeping through it. A devious smile was on his face. He would certainly be entertained for a while.
I tried to glare at him, but my body was still in shock. Sebastian held a hand up to his mouth to try to stop himself from laughing. "I never knew these were the things you two did while you were alone. Perhaps I should leave you two be. . ."
"No!" Juliet and I screeched as she jumped off of me, and I jerked up into a sitting position, quickly jumping out of the bed and dashing out of the room. 'Why does that damned demon always have to embarrass me in front of her?!'
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Juliet's POV
I sat on my knees on the bed, panting for breath. Ciel had just ran out of the room as quick as lightning. Sebastian only laughed softly and followed after his master, shutting the door behind him without looking back. I pressed my legs together and tried to stop thinking about what just happened.
I had felt it when Ciel had twitched underneath me. It only made the heat that was already between my own legs grow. My heart was still racing. I had never expected to wake up to that happening. . .
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Shortly after I had gotten dressed, I went outside into the cold morning air to the garden to help Finny. After I finished pulling the weeds, Sebastian appeared behind me. Just the person I wanted to see. Not. When I turned and looked up at him, I still saw amusement in his eyes. A faint blush crossed my cheeks from the memory.
"My Lord wishes to see you in his study." he said. I tried not to groan. He actually wanted to see me after that little episode?
"Alright, Sebastian." I said, reluctantly standing and removing my gloves. Sebastian and I walked inside together, and we went our separate ways. I walked up the stairs and towards Ciel's study, never able to shake the feeling that I was being watched.
When I arrived at the door to his study, I gave two short knocks. "Come in." I heard, so I opened the door.
Ciel was sitting at his desk, staring at a paper he had in his hand, a bored expression on his face. He put the paper down onto the desk a bit reluctantly. He stood from his seat, glanced up at me, blushed, and looked back down again. I shut the door behind me and stepped up to his desk, the tips of my ears hot.
"Ahem." Ciel said, clearing his throat awkwardly. "Juliet, I would like to ask you if you would go with me to Undertaker's." he said, still not looking at me, but rather his desk. I was staring at the same thing he was. "There is an issue the Queen would like me to solve."
"Of course." I answered, lacing my fingers together, practically burning a hole in the wood. "I-I would be delighted to go with you." I said, mentally cursing myself for stuttering.
"Please be ready in thirty minutes." he said quietly.
"Alright." I said softly, both of us trailing off. We stood in an awkward silence, neither of us daring to say a word. My hands were trembling slightly.
"I. . ." Ciel said, choosing his words carefully. "I apologize for my behavior this morning." he said, sounding as if he were trying to say something only for the sake of saying something.
"Mine as well." I said. We slowly looked up to each other's eyes, and we blushed. Yet we didn't look away. I stared at his blue eye for the longest time that it was burned into my vision temporarily. I still kept staring, as did he.
In perfect unison, our eyes darted away, staring off to the side somewhere. My heart started to pound. 'Well, this is awkward.' I thought to myself. Deciding he had nothing else to say, I turned and began walking back towards the door, my cheeks heating up again.
"Wait!" Ciel shouted, before I could hardly take a step. I turned to see him looking up at me, his cheeks pink. His eyes looked down as he stepped around his desk, but he looked straight at me as he stood in front of me, resting his hands on my shoulders.
"Can we just. . . forget about this morning?" he asked, lowering his voice. I nodded, and he gave a small smile. "Good." he said, then he leaned in and placed a chaste kiss on my lips, lingering for a few seconds longer than what it had to. When he ended the kiss, he stared into my eyes for a moment, then smiled. I smiled right back at him.
He leaned forward and whispered in my ear, "I love you." then, he kissed my cheek. This sent shivers down my spine. I reached my hands up and clutched the collar of his shirt.
"I love you, too." I said. Ciel chuckled.
"Your voice is shaking." he said softly. 'It is?' "Do you like it when I whisper in your ear?" he whispered into my ear. 'Yes. . .' I couldn't find my voice to respond. My knees began to get weak. He gently pressed his lips to the tender skin covering the corner of my jaw. I held his shirt tighter. I felt him smirk against my skin.
He pulled the fabric covering my neck down and pressed his lips to my skin, gently sucking on it. A small gasp formed in my mouth, and my knuckles began to turn white from balling my fists so hard. He snaked an arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him, our bodies lightly pressed together. We were so focused on each other we never noticed the prying eyes or hushed voices just beyond the door. . .
Ciel worked his way down to nearly my shoulder, leaving a trail of electric shock on my skin in it's wake. He released the fabric of my dress and pulled it back up to it's original place. He put his lips on mine in a tender yet passionate kiss.
Our tongues tied together in a fight for dominance, and our fingers found each other's hair. I could feel my heart pounding and racing rapidly in my chest. He tasted like tea and sweets, as usual. I unknowingly moaned into the kiss, making Ciel clutch me tighter and kiss me slightly harder.
"Ciel. . ." I moaned, letting out a high-pitched gasp for air as we pulled apart for a split second, only for our mouths to fit together again.
The next thing I knew, Ciel had me pinned down by my shoulders on a bare spot on his desk, his face hovering above mine. I blushed, but had no objections. He put his body on top of mine, and his lips found mine again, and we kissed over and over.
In the back of my mind, where I was somewhat aware, I felt his hand slowly creeping up my stomach. I knew what he was going for, and I didn't try to stop him. I knew I could trust him, and I knew he wouldn't hurt me. Just as he was about to reach the part of my body he was aiming for, we heard three loud squeals of shock and excitement.
Our eyes flew open, and Ciel quickly sat up, pulling my head to his chest with one hand and grabbing his gun from his pocket with the other. He pointed it at the door, where we noticed it was cracked open, and four faces peeking in at us, one smirking, the others blushing in shock and embarrassment. Our faces were on fire as well. Sebastian, Bardroy, Mey-Rin, and Finny were peeking in at us. I noticed that Mey-Rin was holding a rag to her nose, and Bardroy didn't have a cigarette in his mouth for a change.
"Get out of here, you bastards!" Ciel roared loudly. "Get back to work!" the three humans screamed and ran off, while the demon only chuckled and shut the door. Ciel slammed his gun down on the desk and sighed, closing his eyes and furrowing his brows. He was still holding me against him.
"I apologize, Juliet. Again." he said, clearly annoyed with the sudden disruption from his curious staff. "I need to learn better self-control." he said, the tips of his ears turning red. I giggled at him.
"It's quite alright, Ciel." I said as I stood up straight again, finally being released from his hold. "I was actually enjoying it." I said as I smirked at his now blushing face. I kissed the tip of his nose and began walking towards the door. When I glanced over my shoulder at him, he looked lovestruck and like he was about to pass out, with a flushed face.
"I'll see you in a few moments." I said, then I decided to put the cherry on top.
"My love."
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Sebastian's POV
I was walking around the corner when I noticed Bardroy, Mey-Rin, and Finny standing at the cracked door of the Master's study. I arched an eyebrow and walked over to them, whispering, "Why aren't you working?"
"They look so cute!" Finny whispered, smiling like an idiot as he spied on the Master and Miss Juliet.
"He's kissing her!" Mey-Rin squealed quietly.
"I never knew the young Master had it in 'em!" Bardroy whispered excitedly. I looked through the crack of the door and saw my young Master gently kissing Miss Juliet's lips. He pulled back after a few seconds, then leaned in and whispered in her ear.
"I love you." I heard. I smirked. The others didn't seem to hear it.
"I love you, too." Miss Juliet said just as quietly as she clutched his collar, her voice trembling.
"Your voice is shaking." my Master said.
"What are they saying?" Mey-Rin asked.
"I can't hear them!" Finny said in a hushed voice.
"Well, dammit." Bardroy said, crossing his arms.
"Do you like it when I whisper in your ear?" my Master whispered into her ear. I smirked to myself. He was learning a thing or two from me. I could faintly tell that Miss Juliet's knees were shaking. My Master gently kissed the corner of her jaw, making the others gasp and watch closer. He pulled away the fabric covering her neck and began sucking on it.
"Oh, my word!" Mey-Rin exclaimed softly, blood starting to run out of her nostrils. She held a rag up to her face and watched even closer. When he was done there, he covered her neck back up and kissed her lips once again, their tongues twisting together. Miss Juliet moaned his name.
In an instant, my Master had pushed Miss Juliet down onto his desk by her shoulders, hovering above her, causing her to blush. He laid his body over hers, his feet still touching the ground. They kissed several times.
"My god!" Bardroy said, his cigarette nearly falling out of his mouth. "Is he gonna to have sex with her or somethin'?"
"Oh my goodness!" Finnian exclaimed, his face bright red.
"Keep your voices down!" Mey-Rin hissed at them, her face crimson as well. "We'll all get it if the Master hears us!" I continued to remain silent, only watching with an amused smirk.
A glint in the sunlight from a blue diamond caught my attention. My Master's left hand was slowly yet surely moving up her stomach to her chest. I smiled wider. Jaws dropped, Bardroy's cigarette fell from the corner of his mouth, the rag covering Mey-Rin's nose was now soaked with blood, and Finnian had wide eyes and red skin.
"He's gonna touch her chest!" Finnian exclaimed, his eyes wider than saucers.
"He's going to grope her!" Mey-Rin exclaimed, putting a second rag to her nose, which was quickly red as well.
"He's going for the gold!" Bardroy said, and everyone gave him a weird look, including me; he just ignored it, and continued staring into the room with flushed cheeks, totally unaware his cigarette was on the floor.
Just as the Master's hand was a centimeter below her breast, the three idiotic servants squealed, alerting the two lovebirds that we were there. My Master whipped out a gun and pointed it at the door, pulling Miss Juliet to his chest. They were both glowing red.
"Get out of here, you bastards!" he screamed. "Get back to work!" the others screamed and scattered, while I only chuckled to myself, gently shutting the door and walking off.
'The Master has been around me for quite a while. It's about time he started acting a bit like me.'
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Juliet's POV
BANG!
Ciel fired his gun, killing the man in a matter of seconds. He had just fulfilled his orders of getting rid of the person responsible for the short chain of murders in London. It was in the middle of the afternoon, and we were in the abandoned part of town with hardly anyone around. Ciel was opening his mouth, probably to give Sebastian an order, but he was cut off by the sound of a lovesick reaper.
"Bassy!" a girlish man's voice shouted, jumping off of a roof and landing beside him ungracefully. "It must be fate if we meet again like this!" Sebastian shuddered, glaring at the offending reaper.
"It must be fate for you to end up with my shoe print forever engraved in your face." Sebastian said harshly, but Grell was totally unaware that he was just insulted.
"Grell!" an unfamiliar voice voice called. "I told you to wait up!" 'Who on Earth-' Out of nowhere, a man with bright yellow hair layered over dark hair, yellow and green eyes, and glasses. He wore a black suit and tie, with a white shirt. He was standing on some sort of strange contraption. It had blades and wheels on the bottom of it, and a long handle where he gripped it with his hands.
I jumped back a step, gasping in surprise. Where he came from was anyone's guess. He landed on the concrete with a loud crash.
"Roland Knox, grim reaper at your service!" he said, making hand signs and smiling widely. I noticed that his eyes were the exact same as Grell's. He also had a strange device, most likely a death scythe. Grell was too busy fangirling over Sebastian to even realize his presence. I glanced over at Ciel, and he looked a bit annoyed at the fact that not one, but two grim reapers had decided to bless us with their presence.
"Hello there." Ronald said, suddenly appearing in front of me. He was bent down to my height, his face inches away from mine. "What's your name, sweetheart?" he was creeping me out a little. I could already tell without looking that a vein in Ciel's head was pulsing.
I took a small step back and answered, "My name is Juliet. It's nice to meet you." I said cheerfully, trying to be polite.
"It's even better to meet someone as beautiful as you." he purred, stepping closer. He stood beside me and whispered in my ear, "Would you like to come home with me?" this sent shivers down my spine. Not the good kind of shivers that Ciel gave me, the I'm-so-totally-creeped-out-right-now shivers.
"Pervert." I said, pushing against his chest, trying to get him away from me.
"What?" he asked innocently. "I only asked you a question!"
"No normal man goes around asking thirteen year-old girls if they want to home with him!" I said, yelling up at him, my fists clenched tightly at my sides.
"I was only joking with you!" he said, holding his hands up. Ciel and Sebastian both were watching us by now, but Grell was still busy tripping over his own feet trying to get Sebastian to look at him.
"Some people could take it the wrong way!" I argued.
"I can't help myself!" he said, then he smiled wryly. "It's not my fault you're so pretty." I shuddered uncomfortably, and I noticed about five veins pulsing furiously in Ciel's head. If looks could kill. . .
"If you want me to stop flirting with you, just say so." he said.
"Stop flirting with me." I said. He sighed, but gave in to my demand.
"Fine." our attention was brought to Grell as he started poking Sebastian in the chest, beginning to say perverted things, making Sebastian shake like he had hypothermia.
"Please, Sebastian!" Grell pleaded. "I would do anything to bear your child! Just take me away and we'll do whatever you want! You can-" he started talking vulgarly, making me blush at such thoughts. Ronald reached over and covered my ears. I heard him yelling at Grell.
"There are children around, Grell! Stop talking about that stuff!"
"I can't help it!" Grell whined, twisting his fingers together. "Sebas-chan turns me on so much!"
I shuddered once more. Grell was just as perverted as Ronald, just in a different way. Once it was safe, Ronald finally removed his hands from my ears and sighed.
"We'd better get going, Grell." Ronald said, walking over to his strange contraption. "William's going to kill us if we make him work over time." Just then, something shot out of the air from above us and struck both of the reapers in the back of the head- sharp and pointy- making blood spout everywhere and knocking them down.
"It's too late for that." a deep monotone voice answered. From a building above, a man in a suit with dark hair and glasses gracefully jumped down to us. 'Not another one. . .'
"William!" the previously injured rapers answered, jumping to their feet and rubbing the backs of their heads. Whom I assumed to be William looked like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. 'Grumpy' was an understatement.
"What are you doing associating yourselves with these people?" he asked bluntly and rudely. I tried not to glare at him, which Sebastian was doing a good job at. 'It doesn't seem like grim reapers and demons get along very well.'
"We were just taking a short break!" Ronald answered quickly.
"There are no breaks in this business." William said. He continued to chew them out and threaten to demotivate them. Cruel and boring.
"I expect you to-" William suddenly cut himself off, a bit of shock crossing his face before it went serious again. He looked around with narrowed eyes, as did the others and Sebastian. Ciel and I remained clueless.
"What is it, Sebastian?" Ciel asked.
"I sense a strong demonic energy." Sebastian answered bluntly, a look of disgust crossing his face. "Much like the one I've been sensing around the manor." Ciel and I instinctively moved closer to one another, our shoulders nearly touching.
"Come along, Grell and Ronald." William said, beginning to walk off. "We have business to attend to." said people picked up their weapons and quickly said goodbye to us, following after William. As soon as they were gone, I wrapped my arm around Ciel's and pulled him closer to me.
"Is it still there?" Ciel asked quietly to his butler.
"Faintly." Sebastian answered. Ciel had a troubled look on his face.
"Take us back to the manor, Sebastian." Ciel said.
"Yes, my Lord."
Sebastian took us back to the manor, and we arrived without trouble. I had a feeling that something was going to happen soon. Something life-changing. . .
And bad.
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There's the chapter! Sorry once again for the late update :P
So, this chapter was basically fluff and relationships. The next chapter will have more action, and will also have relationships formed that will be important in the future. You'll see why later. * wink, wink *
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