A Romance: Ciel and Sebastian

Chapter 8 - Rats in the Manor

Hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter! Here is another one for your enjoyment! :)

It was nearly afternoon when the two woke from their slumber, that left two hours until their guest was to arrive. Sebastian quickly jolted out of the bed and got dressed before gently calling to the young master who was still asleep in the bed he had just excused himself from. Ciel slowly opened one eye so that it fell perfectly upon his handsome butler, he then opened the other eye so he could bask in all his radiance - his butler was his, only his, and this caused him to smile ear to ear as Sebastian quickly dressed and prepared him for the day. 

"My lord, if you will excuse me, I must begin preparations for our guest." Sebastian said while bowing deeply. 

Ciel nodded and the butler turned on his heels to leave, closing the door gently behind him, and he rushed down the stairs toward the front door and the outside garden that needed a trimming. Sebastian grabbed the shears off a desk that sat near the front door and proceeeded to exit the manor in order to trim the garden. Outside, the air was crisp and rather cool, however, it was the perfect temperature and Sebastian began to trim his master's favorite white rose bush so that not a single blimished blossom resided upon the shrub; he then proceeded to trim the branches off of the trees so that not a single branch looked odd or disproportioned on a single tree within the estate. He then proceeded to head inside when he heard a commotion coming from under the stairs, he then peered under the stairs in order to glimpse the other servants gathered there like a pack of wolves, however, they were far from a pack of wolves, they were more like a school of fish that got ate by a fairly large shark without suspecting it. 

"What is going on here?" Sebastian inquired with a tone of annoyance in his voice. 

"S-Sebastian!" Mey-rin exclaimed. "We were just ttrying to solve the rat problem." 

"Ah, I see. Please, allow me to take care of this. How many rats are within the manor?" 

"So far, we've seen three." Mey-rin replied. 

The butler nodded and walked towards the kitchen in order to find mouse traps, and noted that it wasn't unusual for rats to show up now of all times because they had swarmed the nearby city, however, finding the mouse traps was a rather difficult task because he had no clue where the others had placed them over the years. Sebastian opened the next cabinet and, much to his luck, he found the mouse traps there, all he had to do was add cheese to the contraption in order to make the rats squirm right to him, well, the mouse traps. And, once he added the cheese, he set the mouse traps out in various locations and began preparing the dinner that was to be served to his master and the guest. Once arriving in the kitchen, he began preparing the tea and glanced at his watch.

"Only an hour left." He muttered while appearing to be ashamed of himself. 

He then grabbed the finest table cloth and spread it upon the large, elegant table that was seated outside so they could enjoy the finest of light, which would be sunlight, and he then returned to preparing the tea. The water was not yet boiling but he still took out the tea bags that were required in order to make the proper amount of flavoring that would be to his master's delight, he then proceeded to grab silver ware and fine china and set them upon the table cloth with elegance and perfect proportions so that neither side would appear odd or in his master's disfavor. Finally, he glanced at his watch and noticed that he had only thirty minutes left and he began to hurry into the kitchen in order to prepare the tea; the water was boiling to perfection and Sebastian lowered the temerature on the stove in order to allow the water to simmer before openning the lid that was on top of the pot and placing the tea bags within the small pot for three minutes before, suddenly, there was a knock upon the door of the manor.