The sleeping ash. Black Butler various x reader

In the morning: The Butler, Parleying

*3rd pov*

"Hey. What're you doing here?" Doll holds the lantern to Ciel. "Se–" Ciel was about to call Sebastian, but Doll covered his mouth. "Don't move." Doll gets closer to him. "Heeey theere, Doooll! Wot's doll doin'?" Dagger wonders with Snake behind him. "Snake!!" Doll shouts. "!!" Ciel's eyes widened. "A deadly snake was roamin' 'round." Doll holds the snake and goes to Dagger and Snake. "UWAH!" Dagger shrieks at the snake. "Don't we keep sayin' to not let these buggers have free rein of the place?" Doll reminds them. "Why ye–! Keep 'em to yer tent like ye ought!" Dagger tells Snake. Snake doesn't say anything as his snake wraps around him. "I don't wanna give up the ghost all sudden 'n' unawares, like!"

Snake and Dagger leave the place as Doll stares at them. Doll turns to the crates where Ciel is. "This way." Doll grabs Ciel's wrist. "Quick!" Doll moves quickly, dragging Ciel. "Don't touch that rope." The two crawl under the rope. "We ought to be safe here." Doll tells him as they go to the corner. "Wh–Why did you resc–" Ciel asked. "Ya don't recognize me yet? It's me. Me!" Doll pulls down the ribbon and removes the wig. "Ah...... Freckle Face...!? You're a boy... Yet you dress like that...!?" Ciel freaks out.

"What a rude feller, y'are!! I'm a pure honest-to-goodness maid, I am. See?" Doll grabs Ciel's hand and places it on her chest which Ciel jolts. "......!!?" Ciel moves away from Doll while clutching his hand with a blush. "Wanna give us a tickle down there too to make sure?" Doll teases with a grin. "No thank you!!" Ciel shouts.

"Well? Why were ya o'er there? Ya heard 'bout the venomous snakes from brother Joker, din'tcha?" Doll questions Ciel. 'No choice but to play it like I'm a thief for the present, hm?' Ciel thought. "I'm sorry!! I haven't messed with or taken anything at all today. I swear! Please don't kick me out of here!" Ciel shouts as he holds his head. "Today!? You!" Doll is shocked by Ciel's 'confession'. "I lived in the East End before I was a page boy... And I did everything necessary to survive. I know I shouldn't steal, but I can't seem to break the bad habits from back then... Even at the manor, when they found out about it... I–! If I'm thrown out of here, I'll have to return to the East End again–!" Ciel lies about his background. 'Was my acting too obvious?'

"......So ya really haven't stolen anythin', yeah?" Doll asked. "No! I swear to god." Ciel tells her. "Ohhh, aaall right." Doll rubs the back of her head. "Th–Then–!?" Ciel 'stutters'. "Well, I owe ya one, after all." Doll said. "Thank you so much!!" Ciel is pleased. "Everyone's got one or two things they don't want no one to know. I know that, but... I wronged ya this afternoon." Ciel looks at her as his bangs shadow his eyes at the memory. "So I'll keep yer secret for ya. Now we're even. But don'cha ever sneak in here again or nothin', ya hear!?" Doll tells him. "Yes'm! Koff! Um... May I ask you something? Why are you sharing a tent with me when you're part of the first string?" Ciel asks.

"Ahhh... I don't like bein' in a room by meself. And I sleep better when someone else's with me, like. Say. Yer gonna keep sharin' with me even though I'm in the first string, right?" Doll asked Ciel. "Yes, by all means." Ciel nods. "Eh heh heh! I'm glad! Then the stuff that went on 'ere stays between us, yeah?" Doll extends her hand to Ciel. "Yes." Ciel shakes her hand. 'But that said, there's no guarantee that this person won't tell anyone. Humans lie without compunction.' Doll left as Ciel stopped faking it and showed his true face. 'Of course, that applies to me as well.'

*Sebastian, (Y/n), and William's tent*

Sebastian turns to see Ciel enter the tent while Will sits on his bed, reading the cinematic records and (Y/n) on Will's head. "Young master." Sebastian said. "You cur... You set the venomous snakes free even though you knew you knew I was still there, didn't you?" Ciel glares at Sebastian. "Yes." Sebastian admits. "You're a piece of shit, Sebs." (Y/n) insults which Sebastian gets a tick mark. "Watch your language, (Y/n)." Sebastian warns.