Amu entered her room in her nightdress, ready for bed, only to find Ciel sitting in the chair at her bedside. She looks around and realizes Mei Rin is not in the room either.

"Why-?"

"I wanted us to be alone. You've been avoiding me."

Amu's eyebrow twitched, "What did you expect? Did you want to be with me while still engaged to Lizzy? What kind of girl do you take me for?"

Ciel sighed, "Honestly, I don't think of Lizzy as a fiancee. She's family, of course, but she's not someone I could ever see to lead this house. "

Amu frowned, Ciel was troubled, and she didn't have the energy to be in an argument with him. She makes her way toward her bed and sits there, facing him. "Then, if you don't consider her someone you could marry, why not break it off? You are an earl now - not the toddler you were when your parents arranged the engagement."

Ciel's expression softened, "Lizzy is sensitive and loves me. I don't want to hurt her."

"But you want me." Ciel looked up; the confidence in her voice startled him.

Amu looked breathtaking; her hair was in a loose side bun, her hair brushing at her exposed shoulder - her usual scent of strawberries filled his nostrils. Ciel drank in the seductive image of her in the all-white nightgown that hugged her petite frame.

"Yes"

Amu pursed her lips, and Ciel swore; a deep desire in his gut wanted to push her onto the bed and put his hands on her body underneath that temptress of a dress.

"I can't be with you as long as you're engaged to Lizzy. It's not fair to her."

"I understand, but-"

"But what? I know you don't want to hurt Lizzy, but you're the one who said wanting me could never be inappropriate. Yet-"

"Fuck Amu, I love you!"

Amu's face reddened, startled by his proclamation as Ciel stood up.

"I meant all those things when we kissed the first time. I want to be with you in front of everyone to let them know you're the one I want at my side. Yet, I don't want to put you through losing me when Sebastian-"

Amu stands, putting her fingers to his lips.

So that's why...

"You were being considerate of the grief I would go through once Sebastian eats your soul."

Ciel's eyes widened, and Amu gently led him to sit with her on the bed again. "Y-you've known?"

"I've seen your other eye. I recognized the same symbol from Sebastian's hand. I figured you were in a contract with him, but I avoided asking because I wasn't sure you would tell me."

Ciel's eye lowered, and he took Amu's hand, "I will tell you everything if that's what you want."

Amu squeezes his hand as Ciel continues, "Will you tell me what I want to know too?"

The pinkette bites her lip, and Ciel closes his eye; his desire to kiss her senselessly would give him a migraine.

"What do you want to know, Master?"

That rush of power that filled him every time Amu addressed him like this made Ciel feel giddy. He licks his lips, making eye contact with her.

"Will you tell me why Sebastian was proposing coitus with you today? Is it because you're a cambion?"

Amu's golden honey-coloured eyes widened, and she stammered, unable to hide her shock. Ciel shushes her and tells her that Grell explained things to him when he asked earlier in the day.

"I'm a cambion. Why doesn't that change how you feel about me?"

"Why should it?"

Amu felt her heart pound in her chest, and she could feel her cheeks warming with a blush.

"Amu, how you came to be does not bother me. I am just thankful that you're here, or I would have never known how wonderful it is to love someone like I do with you."

Amu wanted to kiss him badly. She could feel it in her entire body, driving her mad.

"Young master, you should retire to your room."

Ciel stands again and turns to see Sebastian in front of the window, looking impeccable.

"I told you I would turn myself in."

"Yet here you are, in a young maiden's room. Come, I'll escort you back."

Ciel wanted to argue, but Amu squeezed her hand in his. He turns to her to see the maid shaking her head at him, urging him to do what Sebastian says. Ciel frowns; he turns to shoot a glare at Sebastian's way before lifting Amu's head to kiss her in front of him hard.

Amu moaned into the kiss; his passion leaked into her mouth like a tsunami. The pinkette kisses him back, her body aching to feel his embrace. When Ciel parted her lips with his tongue, Sebastian coughed and pressed his other hand on Ciel's back - forcing the earl to stop.

"We need to leave."

Amu covered her mouth with both hands, still reeling from the kiss as Ciel wished her good night. Sebastian's irritation was transparent as he ushered Ciel out. Amu turned her face to the mirror and was startled by her image - her eyes were glowing pink.

Sebastian could feel a headache coming on - he intended to return to Amu's room to give her a piece of his mind, but he saw Meirin returning with her pillow. Sebastian cursed inwardly. If Amu doesn't have her first coitus with someone soon, all the men around them will fall to their knees before her. He needed a plan.

Meanwhile, Amu lay in her bed, buried under the covers. Thoughts of Ciel kissing her and touching her drove her wild. She felt hot, but she knew if Meirin saw her, Amu's flushed face was a dead giveaway to what she was thinking.

Oh, Ciel...

Days passed, and Ciel was convinced that Sebastian was up to something.

Since his kiss with Amu, Sebastian has kept the pinkette as far away from him as possible. She wasn't even present at mealtimes because Sebastian would send Amu to town as much as he could for groceries, etc. Ciel had noticed that Sebastian would 'trip' Edward often to collide with Amu, but the girl easily sidesteps him. Alternatively, Sebastian, not so subtly, would remark that Cheslock and Amu were an attractive pair causing Edward to blush and stammer making Amu embarrassed as Cheslock tries another flirting attempt.

"What is your goal with Amu Sebastian?"

The butler looks up at him, smiling politely. "I don't-"

"Cut the crap. I saw you propositioning Amu with coitus in the hall the other day. I won't allow it!"

If Sebastian was surprised that Ciel knew what happened, he did not show it. "Frankly, young master, Amy will continue to entice the men around her. If she does not pick someone to have a courtship with, she will start feeling pain from practising abstinence. Amy needs to have intimate experiences."

"I c-could-"

"No, we cannot disrespect Lady Elizabeth."

Ciel glares at him, but Sebastian merely gives him an impassive stare.

Humans were just selfish creatures.

Sebastian hoped that Edward and Cheslock would intrigue her to partake in their affections, but they failed. Sebastian would need to take action.

He couldn't complain, of course. Amu was delectable.

Amu sank into the water with a contented sigh, dunking her head underneath to soak her pink hair. She emerged from the water with a faint gasp, then leaned back against the tub wall with a deep sigh. Amu closed her eyes and let the warmth of the water soothe her every ache.

"Content, are you?"

Amu scowled; she knew who barged into her private bath time. "What do you want, Sebastian?"

"Look at me."

The pinkette opened one eye and gasped with shock seeing Sebastian only with a towel around his waist. "W-what-?"

Amu shrieks as Sebastian pushes her into the tub, and her face reddens as the older demon gets into the tub so he can sit behind her. He uses one arm to snake around her waist. Amu tried not to think about the hard thing that pressed into her behind and that his towel was on the floor.

"I told you to stay away from the young Master."

Amu opens her mouth to retort, but she stops when she feels Sebastian's hands on her chest. "Sebas-!"

The butler shushes her, pressing her back against his chest as both hands start massaging her breasts.

Amu cursed under her breath; she could feel her body getting hotter. "Why do you keep touching me like this?"

"We are kin - I am keeping you out of trouble and relieving you of your tension. Suppose you don't choose me to mate with, fine. However, your pheromones are leaking everywhere. Your two ex-classmates are beginning to desire you, and you enjoy it."

Amu gulped, her nipples hardening beneath her superior's fingers. Sebastian was right; she enjoyed how Cheslock licked his lips whenever he watched her eat. She was amused at how Edward would falter around her, trying to be a gentleman, but she could see it in his eyes; he wanted to French kiss her just like he did on the cruise ship.

"You are a very naughty girl, Amy, dear."

Amy shrieked again when she felt Sebastian bite into her neck. The butler covers her mouth with one hand as the other hand moves to touch Amu between her legs. Amu struggles in his hold, but Sebastian would not let her; Amu groans in his hand, feeling him partake in her lower lady parts.

Sebastian lifts his head and kisses her neck and shoulder, whispering seductively. "Choose me, my little cambion. I could show you the world if you let me."