Black Butler: Mating Season (sebaciel, boyxboy)

XXIII. Butler x Master, At War

In the eyes of... Ciel Phantomhive

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I awakened from what seemed like a strange dream.. or some kind of nightmare. I slowly opened my eyes and realized.. it wasn't a dream at all. 

I was in a dark room. I could still see the rows of chairs in front of me. I seemed to be up on some kind of wooden stage. My wrists were tied to the wall behind me. I looked around and found it was not a wall at all. It was a massive inverted cross. 

"What is the meaning of this!" I screamed. My voice echoed into the empty room. 

No one answered. 

"Sebastian!" I screamed. 

Where was he? How long had I been here?!

Again no answer. I was all alone.

In the eyes of... Sebastian Michaelis

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It had not taken me long to realize my master had been taken from me. I ran through the hotel, desperate to find him. 

For us to be separated at such a time.. I would not forgive myself if anyone laid a hand on my Ciel. 

I'd thought things over and he had been right. When he said I was a coward. Of course there was a very big part of me that wanted to protect him at all costs but that wasn't the main reason why I tried to stay away from him. The way I felt with him confused me. It was unlike anything I'd ever felt before. I thought if I could just ignore it for long enough it would go away. But it never did. And I don't believe it ever will. 

It seems that for as long as he's alive I will feel this way for Ciel Phantomhive. 

I stood in the elevator waiting for it to make it down to the ground floor. I had followed his scent to here.

It was then that I saw one of my Master's cat ears on the floor. I picked it up and I knew that some kind of struggle had taken place in this very elevator. 

I looked, smelled and felt around the room and finally I heard the wall to my left creak and I found that it was not at all a wall. It was a door. 

I pushed it with all my strength but it did not open. 

I thought I heard another sound so I placed my ear against the wall and heard Ciel scream in agony. 

In the eyes of... Ciel Phantomhive

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After a long while of waiting I felt a presence in the room. 

"S-sebastian?" I called. 

I heard an evil laugh. 

"Is that your father? Or should I say, your butler, Ciel Phantomhive?" Howard Wickard stepped into the light and revealed himself. 

"Howard!" 

"Yes, it is I. Did you really think I wouldn't know who you are, Earl Phantomhive?" 

So he did know.. 

"It has been our plan all along to get you, Ciel. You will be.. very useful to us." 

"What do you mean us? And who was that man-"

"Do it, Jan." Howard called. 

Before I knew it I felt a stinging pain in my wrist. I screamed in pain.