G/T Adventures

A Little Thief (Black Butler)

Black Butler is an anime. If you do not know what that is, I recommend you don't read this story. But hey, if you want to, go ahead. 

Sebastian hummed as he trimmed the hedge with the Clippers, his ruby colored eyes darting back and forth across the lawn to keep an eye on the other three servants. Finny was weeding, Mey-Rin was watering the flowers and Bard, well, Bard was being Bard. Most of his thoughts were bent on the strange presence he was sensing. It was human but very faint. But also very close.

Worried it could be a possible attack on his Young Master, he turned his gaze to the servants with a closed-eye smile. "I believe it may rain today, go on inside but take the back door. If I find mud across the already clean and polished floors it will not end well for any of you." His smile remained perched on his face despite his words and watched as the three idiots practically clambered over each other to get inside.

"There. Now, wherever you are you best show yourself. I am in a good mood so I might not kill you as painfully as I would until after you attack my Master." He placed the Clippers in the freshly cut grass beside him, dusting his velvet gloved hands together to wipe off any dirt before cracking his knuckles.

A soft rustling of a bush caught his immediate attention, and when no one came out o anywhere else he was drawn to the shrubbery. He hadn't seen any of his cats all day, so he was drawn to this bush as he hoped to see one. His tone changed to a more calm and gentle coo to lure the creature out. "Oh, come here little darling. Allow me to see your beautiful face and lovely little paws." 

The bush rustled more and he caught a flash of reddish color, only slightly lighter than Mey-Rin's. Suddenly, much to his surprise, instead of a kitten or cat, a tiny figure emerged from the leaves. Its reddish hair was matted and tangled, and the clothes it was wearing were old and raggedy. "I-I'm t-terribly sorry that I am n-not a cat." It spoke, and again he was surprised to hear a feminine tone. Even throughout all his years in Hell and on this Earth he'd never heard nor seen a creature like this. It only made him curious.

"Hm. Forgive my bluntness tiny Miss, but who are you?" His gloved hand outstretched and plucked the little woman out of the grass, completely oblivious to the fear he was causing. 

She let out a small scream as she was suddenly lifted by the collar of her dress and began to kick her legs in a poor attempt to struggle. But she hadn't eaten in some time and she was terribly weak from lack of sleep and nutrition. "I-I'm a Borrower, n-now p-please release me!" She cried out, her emerald green eyes filling with frightened tears as she met the intimidating crimson colored ones.

"Borrower?" The butler hummed in thought, taking in her skinny and weak looking form. Her cries go unheard as he rises to his feet with her dress still gripped between his thumb and forefinger. "What exactly is a...Borrower?" He was only growing more and more curious by the second. 

Seeing that he was more curious than anything, the tiny woman used her hand to push her red hair out of her tear filled eyes. "W-W borrow from h-humans. L-Living in the walls and u-under the floorboards." She whimpered out and watched as the curious gaze suddenly shifted into a hard and upset look.

"So you're the one that took a bite out of the Master's chocolate cake I made." He mumbled. He had only left the kitchen for a few minutes but when he returned there were very small nibbles out of the frosting and spongy center. "It had troubled me how small the bites were." 

"I-I couldn't r-resist. P-Please, forgive me! I-I'll do anything!" She pleaded and buried her face in her hands, certain the scary looking butler was going to snap her delicate body in half like a twig.

"Anything?" His ruby gaze turned back to the tiny woman as his lips curled into a wide smirk. "Well. I suppose you could start by telling me if you have a name. As you could be staying with me for a while you tiny thief." 

A chill ran down her spine as her breath hitched in her throat. She struggled to form the words but all she managed to do was choke out her name. "K-Kadence." 

"My name is Sebastian Michaelis, the butler of the Phantomhive estate. And little Miss Kadence, I want you to understand that I do not abide well with thieves." Sebastian's lips remained a smirk as he lowered her into the pocket of his tailcoat. "Also, stay still. I'd rather you remain a secret from the others for now."

Kadence squirmed around to get comfortable in her new fabric prison, struggling to make sense of the whole thing. He seemed...gentle, but also very intimidating. She doesn't know whether to trust this strange butler or to fear him completely. But she does as told, staying still with her heart hammering in her chest.