Black Butler Love Story

Chapter 7- Shattered

   I've been trying to teach Ciel how to do the simple Viennese waltz, and let me tell you, I'm going to have sore feet in the morning. Five minutes don't go by without him stepping on me. "Why are you so shaky? Keep still." He ordered. I glared at him.

    "Im not used to human contact, little boy."I snarled. He gave me a nasty look back. "Now, when you want to go forward, you actually go back a step." I said somewhat normally calm. His gaze dropped down to his feet. I let go of his right hand and gently lifted his chin to meet my gaze. "Don't look at you feet, keep your eyes on me."

    And that's what he did, his dancing even improved. He got confident and started to lead us both in the dance. "See, now you got it." I looked down at his feet, then back to his face. He was still staring at me. I could feel my face getting red. I looked away, towards the window on the left side of the room. "I think that's enough. You've got the jest if it." I let go and stepped back, still not looking at him."

    "Thank you for teaching me Annabelle Willington." He smiled softly, I couldn't help but smile back. It was the first time I've ever seen a real smile from him. It was nice.

    "No problem, you weren't as bad as I thought you'd be." I laughed teasingly. 

   "What does that mean?" He laughed.

   Before I was able to respond, Elizabeth came bursting through the door. "Are you finally done with your dance lesson?!?!" Her voice squeaked. I looked over to Ciel, with sympathy written on my face.

   "Yes Elizabeth." He said, with bordom in his voice. Damn, right back to his usual state.

   "Oh goody, I picked you out the perfect outfit." the woman who stood beside her brought out a green suit. "I even picked out a beautiful ring for you, so you didn't have to wear that old one that you always wear." Oh no, this isn't going to go well.

    "I'd rather not wear those ridiculous outfit and that ring. The one I have on is just fine." He said sternly.

    "Oh come on Ciel, just wear my ring. Please?!" Elizabeth whined. I took a few steps towards her. 

   "Elizabeth, he already said that he didn't want to wear them." I said calmly, not wanting to set her off. But I failed, big time.

   "Oh shut up you stupid brat!" She yelled with tears in her eyes. Then pushed me aside and ripped Ciel's ring off of his finger and through it on the ground, shattering it to pieces. I looked at the shards of the ring with wide eyes. Oh god no.

   I then looked up at Ciel, who didn't look effected by what just happened. "Im so so sorry Ciel, I was just mad. I'm so sorry." By this time Sebastian, Mey-Rin, Finnian, Bard and Tanaka had wondered into the room. "Im so sorry." Elizabeth had fallen to the ground crying.

   "Elizabeth." He said as he helped her up with is left hand and picked up the ring with his right. "It's fine, it just a stupid ring. I am the head of my family, and I don't need a ring to symbolize that."  I could feel the sadness in his voice, but he didn't show it on his face. Then he threw it out the window.

   I did the same thing I did the first time I watched Black Butler, I gasped. Only because that ring was the only thing he had left from his father. And there was no way that he didn't miss him. You'll always miss your father, no matter what happens or what he does. 

   Ciel then held out his hand and asked, "Would you like to dance?" Elizabeth smiled again and took his hand. He led her to the middle of the dance floor. Sebastian turned on a classical music record. Ciel didn't seem to be having a hole lot of fun, but Elizabeth seemed to be having a blast. How sweet.

    A small smile appeared on my face. The things that he does to make people happy. Even if it means hiding his feels, holding them in inside never to see the light of day. I made my way to the stairs and walked up them, then stopped at the top, then whispered "Be nice to him Sebastian." He looked at me, as he had heard what I had said. Then I walked back to my room, closing the door behind me.

   I got undressed and into my red nightgown. After bursting my hair, I wrapped it up in a purple ribbon. Then I cuddled up underneath the warm heavy blankets, and drifted off to sleep.

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    Sebastian's P.O.V.

   After the Young Master and Lady Elizabeth finished their dance, she went home and Ciel went up to get ready for bed. As for me, I decided to do some more snooping. I went to Annabelle's room to find her sleeping peacefully in her bed. I've already tried to read the older version of Ciel's dairy that she brought with her, but I couldn't read a thing. Besides the entry dates, that was it.

    What a curious creature, one with more knowledge about my future with Ciel  that I couldn't even imagine. I must find a way to get her to tell me. I must know what happens at the end of my story.

   I went straight to her bag, only finding a strange looking small, flat,  rectangular looking thing. I pushed a button had a tiny picture of a house and the glass part lit up. What in the world is this sorcery, I've never seen anything like it.

      "Uhhh." Annabelle mumbled. "No, don't go." Who is she talking to? She still seems to be asleep, so I wonder what that's all about. "No." She began to shake in her bed, tossing and turning. Before she had the chance to wake up I flashed out of her room so that she didn't wake up and see me there standing over her. Even I would find that creepy. 

    "That was a waste of time." I sighed quietly to myself as I walked into thr Young Master's room.

    "What was?" He asked, already dressed in his grey night wear.

   "Oh nothing." I told him, he turned and looked off into the distance. He looked saddened, more then usual. "Is it possible for the young Ciel Phantomhive to have gone soft?" I asked mockingly.

   "What does that mean?!" He asked. "There is no possible way for *me* to have gone soft. Like I said, I am the head of my family and I will be treated as one." He said sternly. I smirked at him. "Now, I want to go to bed now."

   "Yes sir." I said as I tucked him into his bed and left the room. Still thinking of what Annabelle said. She had predicted two things that happened today. She is a very interesting creature. One that obviously knows both heartache but somewhat still keeps joy in her life. Her soul would be a tasty treat, but sadly her soul is something that I cannot touch. 

    Even with all of the assistance she can give us, she also can become dangerous with what she knows.