Revelations

Chapter sixteen

AN: Just a short chapter cause, I felt like it...
Enjoy, friends! :)

When Ciel wakes up the next morning, he is surprised to find that Sebastian is not laying beside him, or standing over him with a freshly brewed cup of Earl Grey tea, smiling slightly at the still drowsy-looking boy.
"Sebastian?", the little Earl asks the quiet stillness of his bedroom.
"Sebastian, are you there?", he questions again, voice quickly becoming more urgent.
But, all he gets for a reply is the closed door slowly opening to reveal Mey-Rin, that clumsy maid of his, that Ciel often still wonders why he still keeps on at his manor.
He sighs as she walks toward him, face blank, as she extends a small neatly folded up piece of parchment to him.
Her eyes are sad as she gazes at Ciel, no doubt feeling the same undeniable pity Lizzy had felt when she'd seen him, yesterday.
'But, why?', Ciel can't help but ask himself.
'Why do they pity me so? And, what's become of my butler?'
"What is it?", the young boy finally asks aloud, as he takes the folded parchment from the maid's now trembling hand.
Mey-Rin just shakes her head vigorously, not daring to look at Ciel.
"I can't believe him! No, I can't!", she yells out, her face flushing with a new emotion altogether.
Not infatuation but...anger?
'No, that can't be right', the Earl of Phantomhive thinks.
'Mey-Rin is rarely ever angry...something is definitely wrong...'
So, Ciel tries asking the maid again, voice now more insistent.
"Mey-Rin, what's wrong?"
But, the girl just shakes her head again, as if willing herself not to tell Ciel what he should already know, and then breaks down into sobs.
Instantly, she drops the piece of parchment and flees, as she hurries away, the young boy can hear her angry sobs echoing through the halls.
Now, feeling very worried, he reaches down and picks the piece of parchment up off the floor, before slowly unfolding it, his breath hitching as he reads the first line and suddenly knows where Sebastian has gone.
My Dearest Ciel,
I am deeply sorry but, I am afraid that I can no longer be your faithful butler, anymore.
Lady Elizabeth has somehow found out about our night together and has contacted the courthouse and other officials. Do you not see? I am now being tried for something that I knew was wrong from the very start. But, that I finally succumbed to because, you and I both knew that it was just a matter of time before, such things between us, occurred. Please, do not bother looking for me or getting me out on bail, although I know that even as you read this letter my dearest, Ciel, you are already concocting a plan to foil Lizzy's plan and get me back. I only hope that you won't go about whatever it is too rashly, but again, if you did, then I would not be surprised in the least. Also, if you do decide to fight your cousin on this case, please, please, do not go about doing so, alone. Seek out the others and confide in them about what has happened and how the situation seems to have been twisted. Tell them: Bard, Finnian, Mey-Rin, and Tanaka, that it was not a sexual assault crime I committed, for it could not be, if both parties were agreeable to such an undertaking. They may not believe you at first, but do try to reason with them, make them see that I would never abuse you in such a way that mirrors your wretched past. For, I could not do such a horrible thing to the one I most love, dearly.
Well, I guess that is all I have to say, I trust that you will do what you know is best and seek an alliance in your servants, even if you feel it might be easier on your own.
Whatever happens in all of this, just remember that I love you, Bocchan. And, that love can never be tampered with.
~Sebastian
The very second Ciel finishes reading Sebastian's letter, is when he finally decides to set the record straight.
He is going to tell the other servants, the truth.
The same truth that he has kept hidden from practically everyone, including himself.
That is, until the day that he had finally admitted his true feelings for Sebastian, to said demon.
Now though, it will be different because, they all probably think that Sebastian is a pedophile who forced Ciel to do his bidding, but when they find out that it was actually Ciel who wanted to have that experience with Sebastian, well then, they will most likely go into shock.
And so, with a new burst of determination in his heart, Ciel slowly heads downstairs, still clad in his demon's shirt (which he uses as a nightshirt), and gets ready to tell his servants a secret that if Lizzy ever knew, would make her positively sick with disgust and insurmountable jealously.