A Beautiful Tragedy

Chapter 3

Why are you looking at me like that?"

You sweat drop at the glare Ciel is sending you and he scoff "you are supposed to be resting, (name). I understand that you want to help but Sebastian and i can do this on our own" you knew he would say that and he knew you're not going to listen "Ciel, i'm pretty sure i made it very clear that i want to help you with everything I can whether this matter is dangerous or not" he roll his eyes "this was supposed to be a break for you, to do whatever you want since you're not living in Germany anymore" the young boy shiver and hug himself for more warmth "it's cold"

"Though your usual garb would have stood out in the east end, you must be feeling chills in those clothes?" the demon butler who's beside you, spoke. You three are standing in an alleyway at night, patiently waiting for the ripper to strike. "You're certain he'll make an appearance if we keep watch here, right?" Ciel asked this question probably more than one time "yes, that is the only entrance and the only path that leads to it" Ciel glance at the door that is at the end of the alleyway "and you're certain that the next victim is Mary Kelly who lives in that tenement?" Sebastian nod "yes, i believe i have told you as much numerous times?" he then spot a cat and kneel down to grab it while Ciel talks "quite, in addition to the prostitute lacking internal organs... there is still a commonality" he narrow his eyes "but what makes killing them a necessity for the bastard?"

"Hatred for women?" you said "it is common for men to be like that and hold this... disturbing urge to hurt them" Ciel nod "it is a possibility, moreover i..." he stops when he notice that Sebastian wasn't even paying attention to you two "hey! Are you listening to a word we're saying, Sebastian?!" the butler looks at them whilst holding the cat in his arms "ah, excuse me. I could not resist" the cat jumps out of his arms and goes to you. It is so cute! No wonder Sebastian got distracted. You kneel down and gently pet the cat making Ciel facepalm and Sebastian joined you.

Ciel groan in annoyance, he knows Sebastian have a weird obsession with cats and their cuteness but he didn't think you would also be like that "honestly, you two-" suddenly an agonizing scream filled the air and you three wasted no time and begin to run towards the door "how could this be?! No one entered the room!" Ciel shouted "let us go!" Sebastian run towards the door and you reach it, quickly slamming the door open and coming face to face with a gruesome sight of the Mary Kelly's body lying on the floor. You unconsciously take a step forward to make sure that she is still alive but you know that it's too late for her to be saved, you just don't want to believe it.

"(Name)!" Sebastian grab your arm and drag you away from the door "you must not look!" and going back to where Ciel is standing. "(Name), are you alright?" he is still holding your arm so he'll catch you quickly if you fall but you are still in shock. Are you really alright? No? Yes? Maybe? An innocent woman just fucking died. She may be a prostitute but she didn't deserve this kind of fate. How could this be? How was the killer able to get to her? That makes no sense- "(NAME)!" you flinch then blink, seeing Ciel worried about you and Sebastian is still steadying you. "I... she's dead?" your mind isn't working well and it's stressing you out. You hate it when your brain just freezes but isn't this a natural reaction after seeing a dead body, even after seeing so many of them in the past? You should have gotten used to it though.

"Calm yourself, (name)" Sebastian squeeze your arm, whether to give you some comfort or make you focus, which you assume that he wants you to focus, it's working. You let out a shaky sigh "i'm sorry, it's just... i didn't think-" "no, it's fine" Ciel cut you off "don't force yourself to speak, it is not your fault. Just take a deep breath" you nod and do as you were instructed "and stop apologizing" he pinch your hand, something he used to do when you blame yourself for something that was never your fault. You would've yelped by now but you're too numb for this kind of pain. "Okay... i'm fine!" you give him a small smile and pull your arm out of Sebastian's grip "thank you, Sebastian" he smile "you're welcome" then he turns to the door "you have made quite a mess, Jack The Ripper... or should i say, Grell Sutcliff?"