What's Your Name? (Ciel Phantomhive X Reader)

Slap Back..

I got to keep the dress on and met Lizzy and the Young Master, who changed into the garments Lizzy got him. She smiled broadly seeing him in his dazzling outfit, gushing on how adorable it looked on him. "Ciel! It looks soo cute!" She giggled and twirled him around. Then the blonde girl suddenly went sour. "Why do you have that ring on? It's much too big for you and I found an even better one!"

"Lizzy this is no ordinary–" As sneakily as a cat she slipped the ring off of his thumb. "Give it back!" Ciel bellowed angrily causing me to jump. I looked at Sebastian in alarm watching him tense up. "B-but my ring is better!" Blubbered Lizzy before she looked at the ring and back at Ciel. "You know what?" She whined like a child.

"I hate this ring!" Lizzy spat and threw the ring down. I saw Ciel's movements before Sebastian did. The ring shattered on the wooden floor and I ran in front of Lizzy as Ciel's hand rose and hoped to strike Lizzy.

I took the blow without flinching, looking the Young Master dead in the eye. He was stunned and angry, I felt my cheek stinging with pain and knew the hand mark was showing up. "I'm sorry Master," I said with a dead tone. "I just seen that there was something on your outfit. I now know it was nothing." I said and brushed him off before bowing and silently retreating to my room.

After I got to my room I looked in the small mirror seeing a clear handprint on my left cheek. A small drop of blood adventured down my face and onto the polished floors. I ran my hand over the raw skin finding it like a firecracker wherever I touched. I took a deep breath and investigated further, finding that his slap drew blood.

"Miss (Y/n)?" Sebastian asked politely, knocking on my door. "You may come in Sebastian. I was making sure I didn't leave my wash rag in here." I said looking around before Sebastian stuck his head in and seen my cheek. "Young Master has quite a hard hit." He observed. I nodded briskly before walking out of the room with him and going back out where Lizzy and Ciel danced together like a true couple.

I smiled as Sebastian picked up a violin and began playing. I seen Finny and Tanaka begin to dance together, I giggled slightly and looked at Bard who stood by Mey-Rin awkwardly while she fawned over Sebastian. I walked to the blonde man and tapped on his shoulder.

"You seem lonely, what to dance?" I asked holding out my dainty hand. He shrugged before tapping his cigarette and then joining me in dancing together. He chuckled when I stepped on his feet a couple times. "Sorry Bard!" I said before catching Master's eye. He seen my cheek and I quickly looked away in embarrassment. "It's alright (Y/n)! I'm bad myself." He said.

"Dancing, or cooking?" I challenged jokingly. "Dancing, my food is edible."
"So is Sebastian's." I said with a smug smile. Bard rolled his eyes as the music stopped. I stopped and clapped along with Lizzy and Ciel. Finny giggled and walked to me. "Miss (Y/n) would you like to dance?" He asked innocently. I smiled and Sebastian started up again. Finny took the lead and chuckled as we swayed together.

Ciel looked at Finny and I, since Bard had asked Lizzy to dance, in an odd demeanor. "That was really something you did when the Young Master almost hit Lady Elizabeth. Why'd you stand in the way?" Finny asked. I smiled and stomped on his foot by accident, again. He winced in pain before returning to his smile. "I stood in the way because it was my duty. Young Master was so full of rage he had to take it out on someone. When I played I got hurt a lot worse than this, I could take it."

"Playing," Finny contemplated. "What exactly is that to you?"
"Playing is roughhousing until someone dies trying to win. That is my way of playing." Finny's smile fazed for a moment before he returned to smiling. "Okay!" He said and twirled me around and then dipping me.

"Was that fun miss (Y/n)?" He asked holding me over the floor with his, I learned, amazing strength. His blue eyes sparkled and I chuckled. "Very!" The music had stopped and I felt a tap on the shoulder. "(Y/n), would you care to dance?" I heard someone ask. I looked over and Finny straightened me right away.

Ciel stood looking away from me and holding out his hand. I took it and Sebastian began another piece as Lizzy giggled with Finnian. "I must apologize for my behavior. I was upset Elizabeth broke my ring." I smiled calmly as we spun, Ciel stepped on my feet and vice versa. "Dammit." He muttered looking down at our clumsy state of dancing. I looked at him and smiled.

"I'm terrible at dancing." I said with an embarrassed flush. Ciel looked at me. "As am I, really Sebastian tried to teach me. I didn't get the lesson right." He scanned my face up and down and Ciel's eye landed on my cheek. He sighed and spun us around again. "I'm very sorry for the mark that I made, it's rather unsuitable for a lady to have that."

"I'm no lady Master, I'm merely a maid."
"Of Phantomhive manor, that doesn't mean that I, the Queen's Guard dog, should be hitting around my servants. That mark on your cheek is simply.. Outrageously disgusting that I put that there."
"It bled too." I muttered. I looked at Ciel seeing his guilty face. "I'm sorry I–"
"Stop Young Master, during Playtime I get hurt worse. I've had knives through me, stop saying sorry. What would've happened if I wouldn't have been there?"

"Sebastian would've stopped me (Y/n). He knows what I expect of him as a servant."
"But he didn't and I did. As your servant, Master, I knew that I needed to protect Lady Elizabeth. Stop apologizing and suck it up. You hit me, so what it'll heal."

"It hurts me more to hit you other than Elizabeth."