The Interesting Adventures of Aries ~ Black Butler ~

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Chapter Eight:

As soon as Ciel, Aries, and Sebastian arrived back to the home, Sebastian sentenced Aries to three days of bed rest due to her stab wound. He had already had to restitched it twice because she was being foolhardy and reopened it. This turned into a intense game of cat-and-mouse where Aries was trying to get past Sebastian and wreak havoc in the manor.

On the first day, Aries attempted to climb out of her window on the third story, only to have Sebastian yank her makeshift bed sheet-rope down and drag her back in her room. Then, Aries made cleverly placed traps all around her room, and the third floor, getting Sebastian in quite a few of them. This resulted in them seeing who could out last each other without getting caught in a trap.

On the second day, Aries had changed the lock on the door, making lock from the inside, and then deliberately locked herself out of her room. This sounded much better in her head because Sebastian simply put her in another room. This resulted in Aries spending the afternoon changing the door knobs on all the rooms, and thus locking herself out, keeping her from being locked in any room.

Sebastian changed the locks while keeping her tied up on the bed in her room, knowing she wouldn't be able to get out.

On the final day, Sebastian suggested a truce — he didn't want to deal with the girl again, and she didn't want to be tied on the mattress. She would deliver the breakfast and lunch he prepared to Ciel, and he wouldn't force her to stay in bed, if she was careful. Aries agreed and that morning, she delivered Ciel's his breakfast.

Aries giggled as she pushed the cart into Ciel's room. Once she finished delivering him his breakfast, she planned on riding it down the steps. That would be fun.

The thought made her giggle to herself set the cart by his bed and glancing over at Ciel. She spotted a copy of Edgar Allen Poe's writing, on the nightstand beside him. Aries smirked. Ciel turned on the bed, his soft features twisted in discomfort.

Aries stepped over, "Silly Ciel, it's time to wake up~," she giggled, but the boy merely turned, ignoring her. "Ciel!" She shook him by the shoulders and he snapped up, in an instant a gun in his hands, his finger on the trigger and pointed between Aries' eyes. He was panting heavily, obviously just waking up from a nightmare.

"Don't... Don't touch me..." He panted, not lowering the gun.

Aries stared at him for a second, her mind running a mile a minute. Obviously just had a nightmare, probably from post traumatic stress. Keeps gun under pillow because he doesn't trust his staff. Get the gun out of hands, can easily be turned against him with a blow to the elbow crevice — would weaken him enough to get the gun away from her and in her hands. Still tense. Would shoot if provoked. High chance Sebastian could be in here in 6.5 seconds.

Calm him. Easier to get gun away if his heart rate is lower. With this thought, Aries smiled, and stepped away. This gave him the distance to breathe, and reassess the situation. The gun hadn't left his hands, but he was less likely to shoot her now, even if she attacked him. "Silly Ciel. If you have both hands on that gun, you won't be able to drink your tea." She stated, moving to the side of the cart so she could pour his tea and he had a clear view of her doing it. If he couldn't see her hands, he would most likely think she was preparing something dangerous.

Ciel said nothing, so Aries continued, "It's Assam black tea with added milk. Sebastian made the milk tea. The properties in milk effect the chemicals in one's brain and helps to calm down their nerves that get riled up with adrenaline. That's why you drink it before you go to sleep. I don't know much about it, I'm lactose intolerant." Aries turned and handed the tray to Ciel, giggling, "And, it helps after nightmares, silly Ciel."