WAH! Been a while, right? Sorry, but here is this chapter! Yea! This focuses on the traits of the characters so it might be a little bland, but it will get better!
Sebastian POV
This day couldn't possibly be going any better. Ciel is flushed with jealousy. I know for a fact that it is that emotion because he has always had this habit. He is not necessarily distressed with me being hit on, but rather, he is upset that it is not him being showered with attention. Either way, I use this opportunity to it's fullest potential by causing the guy to become flustered with an abundance of compliments and sly touches.
I can't see Ciel's expression fully since I need to focus my attention on the waiter's response, but by the excited grip my sister has on my arm, I know Ciel is about to explode with balefulness. It's only a matter of time
Ciel's POV
My mind drew blank, as it always does when Sebastian infuriates me. I expected for their exchange to last for a minute or two. My God, it is just a drink order! When it spans to five, I can't keep my mouth shut. I begin to bedevil the, what I can only assume, slutty server.
"I'll take an iced tea, thank you," I interrupt them. The guy blushes and struggles to write down my simple order on his shaking notepad. " If you wouldn't mind, can we switch to a competent waiter? Frankly, I would like to have my lunch before I die. Also, that man you are trying to sink your paws into, yeah, he is straight so you are wasting your time. Oh, no offense but even if he was gay, I think he would have more taste than to fall for you." I lash out insults. He wants to say something but can't since he might lose his job. What he does do is take the rest of our drink orders, whispers something in Sebastian's ear and leaves.
I turn sharply to the tease, trying to zap him with my glare. He smiles, and I had to bite back a un gentleman response. Instead, I calmly say, "Sebastian, try to keep it in your pants. If you must find a warm body, please try to attract females. Leading on unsuspecting gay males is too cruel."
His condescending laugh empties out from his mouth. Next to him, Serena is clutching his arm, smothering her high-pitch giggles in her hand. Now, being Sebastian's personal joker was normal. He found the smallest details to ridicule me but to be a laughing-stock to his little sister? That's too much and I wouldn't stand for it.
I clear my throat, trying to get them to shut up while I speak. When their laughter increase, I reach over to the two.
Sebastian's POV
I have absolutely no idea what the waiter whispered to me, but I believe that it would never be as important at the high-strung Ciel. Sometimes, like now for instance, it is hard to concentrate on the words Ciel spews out because his lips are memorizing. His voice that is deeply inscribed in my mind is just as dazzling, and it takes all of my mental strength to not get lost in his allure.
It is even harder when he is in a fiery mood because he had this unconscious trait of biting and chewing on his bottom lip or the inside of his cheeks. But I get the gist of what he says, and suddenly, I am cracking up. Serena joins me. It is funny that even after all this time, Ciel is too oblivious to see that I am, in fact, gay and in love with him.
Serena and I would have continued, but Ciel unexpectedly stretches his hand towards me. Well, I thought it was me because he would normally try to inflict bodily harm to quiet me, but it is not me who he touches. It's my sister, and my laughing abruptly stops. My eyes narrow as he pulls Serena's hand away from her mouth, holding it with his own. She turns to me, her facial features trying to convey that she did not know what was going on, but it fell on blind eyes, for I was already seeing green. Ciel and I are very similar, and our intense jealousy was no exception.
I knew I should look at Ciel and read his explanation, but I couldn't move my glare from their interlocked hands. The longer he kept her hand imprisoned, the more irrational I grew. Inside, I imagined a past between the two that I was unaware of. Maybe Serena was in a relationship with Ciel, and she didn't tell me to spare my heartbreak. Maybe Ciel was going to propose to her, and he would force me to be his best-man and I would be there, standing next to him in the alter, waiting for my sister to walk down the aisle. While they said their "I do's," I would be thinking "I don't" and I would watch them kiss the start of their new life together...
Ciel POV
My only intent was to grab Serena and shake her for being disrespectful to someone that was like her older brother. I didn't expect for her to be this shocked. She practically iced over. I didn't notice Sebastian's sudden silence until his sister tried turning his face towards her using her other hand, but when I did, I experienced a shock of my own.
If you found the cutest puppy in the world and watched it being slowly and mercilessly being beaten, you would know how I felt at the moment my eyes landed on Sebastian. I have always been slightly (massively) protective over Sebastian since we met. I thought the only person who could/should make his life a living hell was me, so I made sure that no one ever got the chance when were together. That's why I whipped my head around the room, trying to find who the hell made him so damn sad. No one stood out above the others but for all I knew, it could be everyone in the restaurant. I was getting nowhere with my scanning, and that look was still present on his face.
Frustrated, I grabbed his shoulders, pulling and pushing him to me. "Yah! What is wrong with you!? Snap out of it!" I yelled in my quietest voice in order to not create a scene. I failed when my mother shushed me, but it didn't make me pause my inquisition. Not even the owner could stop me.
Sebastian POV
When my vision starts to return, I am greeted with Ciel's face. There is a saying that the people you love the most are the ones that can hurt you the most, and it couldn't be anymore true than it is right now. I guess, though, that those that hurt you the most can easily bring your spirits up the quickest because his wild yet concerned eyes and movements make me forget what had upset me in the first place. His lips are trembling as he tries to set me back with the living, which is quiet a feat since I was six feet under.
I look away from him, and I see Rachel trying to calm him down on one side and on the other, who can only be the owner of Bouley is demanding for Ciel to quite down, or he will be escorted out. I smile weakly at how everyone is looking over here, curious at the free show that is on exhibit. They are pointing at us: a heart-sick deaf person and an ambiguous male who is softly stroking my cheek while he dictates for the owner to leave us be, and he will keep his voice to a minimum.
"Are you alright, now? Huh?" He is no longer stroking. He is pinching because I have yet to respond, but he is not giving me a fair chance. He is making me light-headed by his touch and his closeness. I offer him a nod, which makes his shoulders slump in relief? It must be because he pats my skin and sits down. I could feel my baby sister rub her face against my arm, and I could sense that my mother is worried.
"I'm fine," I announce to no one in general. I know my family won't believe me, but by the almost satisfied aura around Ciel, he has no doubts. It's always so easy to deceive someone who wants to live in denial.
Ciel POV
"I'm fine," he says. Fine my ass! Okay, that's not a fair comparison because my ass is fine. I know he is lying, but I let it slide like I always do. I learned a long time ago that if someone tried to force their way past Sebastian's walls, only more will be put up in defense, so I deliberately wait patiently. Wait while leaning on the solid barriers until he lowers them himself or until time wears them down by forces of nature.
The rest of the lunch is awkward. Sebastian is reserved throughout the meal, and though Serena tries to get the two of us interested in her topics, we both remain in our own thoughts. Our mothers are lost in their gossips causing them not to notice the lack of conversation on our side. It doesn't matter anyways because we soon finish with our food, and we all stand to go our separate ways.
Claire goes to Sebastian's side and starts to lead him out, but I rush and grab his arm. They are both surprised. "I am sorry, Claire, but I need to borrow him. He and I need to schedule a time for our next meeting. We also need to discuss other things," I explain. Her lips twitch, but she just says to keep him safe and leaves with her daughter. My own mother gives me and Sebastian a kiss on the cheek and exits, leaving us alone.
I stare into his eyes, and I can see that a part of him is still not with me. Miffed, I drag him out, force him into my car, and drive off from this horrible experience. The only thought that occupied my mind is if the remedy I have found back in high school to cheer him up still worked despite the years that passed.