~VII~

Harriet smiled at the comedic trio. They were all so funny, she forgot about her own situation of losing all circulation within her body.

Sebastian sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He seemed to be annoyed with the three of them on a daily basis. It was very amusing to watch.

"What did the three of you do this time?" He asked clenching his teeth together tightly. His voice, which was usually so leveled and calm was now shaking to keep from yelling out from anger and frustration. No one seemed to notice but Harriet that Sebastian was seething with anger.

The trio were wide eyed and confused as they saw Harriet muddled and tied up and Ciel sitting in his chair watching her.

"What's goin on 'ere?" asked the dirty blonde one who helped Harriet up earlier. His eyes took in the the situation before him. They looking back and forth between Harriet, Sebastian, and Ciel.

"That p-poor girl." said the maid who had bumped into Harriet earlier. She twiddled her thumbs shyly as the glare in her lenses blocked out her eyes from view.

"It's not polite to tie up a lady, Sebastian." said a boy, scratching the back of his head and blushing. He adjusted his straw hat that hung on the back of his neck shyly.

Harriet was tilting her head to the side, confused. Why did the three of them stand up for her like that? They barely knew her.

"This does not concern the three of you." Interrupted Ciel blatantly ignoring the fact that he had a woman tied up like a wild animal.

"B-but young master," cried the maid, "y-you can't just t-tie her up like that!" The maid cried.

Sebastian's aura seemed to flare up and swirl around him like some kind of powerful entity. "And as the young master has told you, stay out of it." He said in a cool whisper. His voice did not match the the aura around him.

Harriet felt the chill in the room from Sebastian's mood. It was frightening. Like he wasn't human at all. She noticed, that it didn't seem to faze Ciel at all. It was like he was used to it.

The three servants did their best to try and argue for Harriet's well being, but to no avail. They stood to the side and watched her with sorrowful eyes.

Harriet smiled at them sadly. No one has ever fought for her well being. No one has ever cared about her like that before, at least, not anyone she could remember.

Ciel's brooding frame came into view as he stared the older girl down. His light blue eye had become darker, and for a moment, Harriet could see a sadness in him, but before it could even be acknowledged, it was gone in a blink of an eye.

This boy has seen so much. Harriet could tell. He was like her in a sense she felt. They were so traumatized from the past the forgetting it all together seemed to be the easiest thing to do. They both chose to push forward and move on, through escaping.

Harriet stopped struggling with the attached ropes and whispered one thing in her raspy voice that only the earl, and without her knowing it Sebastian could hear.

"Sorry."

Ciel's eyes widened at the girl. She spoke! He turned and looked around him to see if anyone else heard her. It was like a ghost haunting him and making him feel crazy. He couldn't have been the only one who heard her, right?

"Is everything alright, young master?" asked Sebastian in his condescending tone. It was obvious he heard the woman speak also.

Ciel ignored the tone in which Sebastian spoke to him. "Untie the ropes, Sebastian. That is an order." replied the boy.

Sebastian suppressed a chuckle and smirked devilishly as he moved towards the girl. He broke the rope with his bare hands.

"What is this man?" Harriet wondered, "He is really not human."

Harriet stood and rubbed the delicate spots where the rope cut into her skin before she was suddenly bombarded with hugs from the servants, the blond haired boy even picked everyone else up in a gigantic bear hug in the process with surprising strength.

Sebastian and Ciel started to retreat away from the group back to the study. There was so much that had to be done and they were already off schedule because of Harriet.

Harriet thrashed her way out of the dog pile she had been in. The hug literally took her breath away. When she say Sebastian and Ciel retreating, she ran after them.

Ciel stopped and turned to look at her. "What is it now," he asked. "I have a lot to do so make it-oof!"

Harriet had run up to the little lord and grasped him tightly in a hug. She whispered a small thank you to him. her raspy voice tickling his ears.

Reluctantly, Ciel hugged her back and sighed. "You're welcome."