The Plague Doctor [RATED R] ✓

(28) Eyes Don't Lie

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TODAY WAS THE MASQUERADE ball, the ball where master Claudio was going to release his second plague. I was told that I was going to come with him as his guest and not as his butler, and like the obedient boy that I was, I agreed, as if there was ever an option for me to decline it.

     I washed my face and turned the faucet off before looking in the mirror. I almost startled myself when I saw what I looked like. My hair was now completely black, and my eyes were a natural brown and blue. Claudio said that he didn't want me to cover the other eye even though I didn't want to, but I didn't want to get beaten either so I just did what I was told.

     "I look hideous," I tell myself.

     "You've honestly looked worst," Someone in my head suddenly replies, and I wasn't even sure if it was Autumn or Alice. But based on the tone of the voice, I could guess it was coming from the pretty one.

     "Like you guys could do any better," I answer back as I walked out of the restroom so I could change my clothes.

     On top of my bed was a tuxedo made by Ms. Sunny, and a black mask that perfectly matched it. I'm still a bit confused as to why master Claudio asked me to come with him as a guest, but seeing how the ball is hosted by the Ricci family, I can say that the evil doctor is planning something again. All I have to do now is prepare myself for the worse.

     I stripped and used my shirt to wipe my face, but just as I was about to wear some pants, the door to my room suddenly opens. For a second I thought that it was going to be Lino, but to my surprise, it was the evil doctor himself, master Claudio.

     "Master!" I shout, startled by his sudden appearance. I couldn't help but cover my naked upper body as Claudio closed the door behind him. He was already wearing the white suit that Ms. Sunny prepared for him, and he was also wearing his gold mask that covered his intimidating eyes.

    "Looks like black hair suits you," he says as he approaches me, unconsciously making me take a step back. When Claudio stopped moving, he reaches out to touch my cheek. "It seems like the scar is gone now," he says,and I swallowed the lump in my throat and looked away from him.

     "Let me help you," he then tells me.

     I didn't answer him, but Claudio takes the shirt that I used to cover my body and dropped it on the floor. Right after that, he takes the pants from the bed and hands them over to me.

     "T-Thank you," I say as I wore the pants myself. He then takes the shirt and helped me wear it next, and then the coat that had such a beautiful pattern that it even left me in awe.

     When I was now wearing the suit, Claudio takes a step back and stares at me from head to toe. "Perfect," he says, and all I could do was look away from him again. His words were poison to me, and they stung every time he spoke.

     "Now take a seat, I'll help you wear your shoes," he then tells me. I didn't know why he was doing such a thing, but I sat on the edge of the bed anyway as Claudio took some socks and the pair of shoes that I was supposed to wear.

     Claudio kneels in front of me, and the way I was looking down at him made me gulp. He then takes my left foot and gently grabs hold of it. I thought he was going to put on my sock, but then he brings my foot closer to him, and without any warning, he presses his soft lips on it, making my body shiver.

     "M-Master..."

     "Is there a problem?" He asks, and I couldn't even answer him, so Claudio chuckles and puts on my sock and shoe without saying anything else.