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The chibi blinked at Sebastian with a curious frown.
Sebastian took a vial out from his pocket and held it in one hand, making sure it was open.
No part of him wanted to do this, but as Undertaker had explained to him, if he didn't, both Ciel and his fragment would surely die.
All it would take was the vial and a touch of his hand….
"Take my hand, my lady." Sebastian said to the chibi, offering his other, gloved palm to her.
The chibi frowned and reached out, as soon as her hand met Sebastian's, a flash of light illuminated the room.
Sebastian squinted.
When the bright light ebbed, Sebastian's face fell into a deep frown.
…..Undertaker was right…..
It was over.
His little lady was gone.
The only trace of her now was the powder in the vial.
Sebastian knew this would happen…..
but it just….
this felt….
Seeing it was almost more than he could bear.
With a long, reluctant sigh, he walked over to where his ill master lay.
Sebastian took his hand and opened Ciel's lips, tilting his head back, he poured the powder into Ciel's mouth.
When Ciel began to cough and sputter, Sebastian released him.
The butler's eyes sadly watching the bluenette slowly wake.
"Better, young master?" Sebastian asked, keeping his voice even and composed even as his frown remained.
"Yes, much. Did you find that annoying pet of yours?" Ciel asked sourly as he rubbed his head, still a little disoriented.
"She's gone." Sebastian replied simply.
Ciel scowled, about to snap again, but he could see the grief on Sebastian's face as he looked sullenly down at the floor.
"Oh." Ciel replied.
What else should he say?
"Will there be anything else, young master?" Sebastian asked quietly.
There were ten other things Ciel could have asked Sebastian to do, to bring him, but, just for tonight, Ciel decided to be merciful.
"No, Sebastian, thank you." Ciel replied.
The bluenette would do them himself, get them himself.
He could tell that just for once, Sebastian needed the evening to reflect and remember.
Oh well, at least now, Ciel would have his loyal butler focus on him again and not on that irritating cretin.
Sebastian retired to his room, laying on his bed and sighing sadly as he looked over at his spare pillow.
The corners of the butler's mouth sagged even more when he realized he could still see the tiny indentation of where his little lady used to lay.
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With the break of dawn, Sebastian rose and saw to his duties as normal.
His smile and manner as pleasant as ever as he woke Ciel, readied him for the day, and carried on with his usual tasks.
Neither Ciel nor Sebastian ever spoke of the fragment again.
Both worked to fulfill the terms of their contract.
And eventually, that day came.
But it did not go as expected.
Sebastian sat numb in the carriage as it rattled along at dusk.
He looked across at Ciel and scowled.
How did Alois's interference come to this?
Sebastian turned to look out the window.
He certainly never saw it coming.
Now, he and Ciel were stuck together.
Now, he could never break his chains, he would be a butler forever.
"Sebastian." Ciel called, interrupting his thoughts.
Sebastian wearily turned his head. "Yes, young master?"
It wasn't that he was depressed or that he hated Ciel, he just…
This was not what he had expected.
Nothing about this day was what he expected.
"I have a gift for you." The bluenette replied, turning away from his butler for a minute to rummage through a carpet bag he had sat beside him before they left the manor.
Sebastian blinked and looked on curiously.
Could this day get any more unpredictable?
What kind of gift?
Ciel had never given him a gift.
Ciel turned back to Sebastian with something cupped in his hands.
Sebastian leaned in as Ciel's fingers unfurled to reveal his innocent, sweet little lady, sitting prim and proper in her pink and white dress as she waited to see…
"Bas-tian!" She chirped happily.
"My lady!" Sebastian gasped in joyful shock, catching the chibi in his hand as she launched herself towards him.
"My lord…..where….how?" Sebastian chuckled as the chibi began to crawl over his hand and up his sleeve to nest on his lapel.
"That's between Undertaker and I. Never you mind." Ciel sniffed, trying to sound curt and haughty, but Sebastian noticed the small smile that kept pulling at the corners of the bluenette's mouth.
Sebastian said nothing and bowed his head politely. "Yes, my lord."
Sebastian's eyes were soft as he admired the chibi, who was currently playing with his lapel pin, swinging on the chain.
Maybe forever with his master wouldn't be so bad.
As long as he had his little lady.