Stay With Me (Black Butler Sebastian Fanfic)

~27~

Ciel and I continued to talk that night as we waited for Sebastian to come back. When he did, without a word, Ciel tapped the ceiling of the carriage with his cane to signal that we were ready.

"Report." Ciel ordered.

"I'm afraid I was interrupted before I'd made a full circuit of the camp. I'd like to penetrate a bit deeper into their organization, but I have a request for you in that regard, young master." Sebastian had his eyes closed.

"What?" Ciel asked.

Sebastian slowly opened his eyes and then a smile came to his lips.

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We returned to the London house Ciel had and we walked inside. Ciel was not happy to hear that he had to be a circus performer.

"I'm asking you why that suddenly became the plan!" He shouted. "When did I order you to say that?!" Ciel was practically threw his hat at Sebastian.

Sebastian caught it. "Does it inconvenience you, my lord?"

Ciel ground his teeth together. "Well, we'll argue about it later. I'm exhausted. I want to go straight to bed."

"Certainly, but..." Sebastian was interrupted by one of the doors opening.

"Ciel!" Soma cried happily. Ciel gasped. "Ciel, I'm so glad you're here! I've been waiting and waiting!"

"Welcome home, Lord Phantomhive, Siren, and Sebastian." Agni clapped his hands together and bowed.

Ciel sighed. "Right, I forgot you were here."

Soma ran towards Ciel and hugged him. "Ciel, it's been too long! How have you been?!" Ciel kept trying to push Soma away as Soma affectionately stroked Ciel's hair. Finally, Ciel did manage to pry him away.

Soma laughed. "I didn't expect you at the town house so early! Did you miss me that badly? Poor lonely Ciel!"

Ciel turned around. "Sorry, but I'm tired. I'm not in the mood to deal with you right now."

"What?!" Soma whined. "But I've been so excited to challenge you to that 'chess' game of yours! Don't you care about dashing my hopes?!"

"No!" Ciel shrugged Soma's hand off his shoulder.

Soma clenched his fists like a little kid. "What's wrong, Ciel?! You look so grumpy! We finally get to see each other again, so at least smile a little!"

As Ciel was walking up the stairs he stopped and turned around, his teeth clenched and an angry expression on his face. "Shut it! I'm tired! So keep quiet!"

Soma stiffened. "Right...You won't attract good fortune if you don't smile, you know!"

Agni walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Your Highness..."

Soma swiftly then turned around and glomped me. "At least I have my precious wife to myself, now!"

I softly grunted, a frown on my face and my eyes sad, looking down. "...Please excuse me, Prince Soma..." I used my elbow to gently push Soma away. "...My apologies..."

I slowly walked up the steps to my room.

I went to the bathroom and looked down at my hands. My palms were coated with blood as well as my fingertips. I had never done that before; clenched my fists so hard that I started to bleed. I sighed softly before I used my elbow to turn on the faucet.

As I was about to put my hands under the water, a gloved hand caught my wrist. I looked to see Sebastian standing there.

He was staring at the palms of my hand, a surprised expression on his face. "What happened?"