The Phantomhive Manor

Chapter 2: Breakfast

As I waited in the living room, I was sitting down in a chair as Sebastian had closed the door behind himself and walked down the hallway to tend to Ciel's bath. I looked out the window, trying my best to not use my witch powers that I was taught by an old woman who was a witch.

Honestly I wish I had never learned how to use a witch's powers. It was hard not to use those powers. But I knew I had to learn them. My father didn't want anyone to know who I was. He didn't want anyone to march to wherever I am located and kill me or torch the building.

Father even had to hide it from Ciel.

Soon Ciel was going to know. Soon he was going to find out.

*

Last night I had fallen asleep in the chair I was sitting in.

When I had woken up I had found myself in the bed I was in when I had arrived here.

I got out of bed and when I opened the bedroom door I had found Sebastian standing there. It looked like he was going to open the door. But I had got to it before he did.

That was odd. How did I get there before he did?

"Hello Father." I greeted.

"Good morning Master Sieglinde." He responded.

I have him a look. honestly it didn't seem right to me for him to be calling me by that with no one around. But then again there might of been someone near by listening to us.

"How are you feeling this morning?" He asked with a smile.
"I'm all right. Thank you for asking." I smiled back. "Where's Ciel?"

"He is down stairs in the dinning room. He does not want to eat his breakfast until you come down. So I came up here to take you down." He explained.

"Thank you. I might of gotten lost inside this huge mansion. I barley know my way around."

"Ah, getting lost here is quite unpleasant. Sebastian seemed to agree.

I nodded and started walking down yhe hallway. " I really don't even know where the dinning room is. Again I thank you for coming back up here to show me the way. It means a lot to me."

"It is always a pleasure being in the presents of young master Sieglinde." He said and placed his right hand on the left side of his chest.

*

We got to the dinning room where we found Ciel sitting at the edge of the table with his food untouched.

The maiden, Gardner, and chef was nowhere to be found. It seemed they were off doing they're morning work. It was rather quite when they were not around and when they were not in the room and somewhere nearby.

"Please... Have a seat." Ciel said with a smile as he gestured with his hand to the seat beside him.

It was a little weird to be and at that it was new to me. Ciel never did this.

I walked over to the seat as Sebastian walked in front of me to pull out the seat.

"How are you this morning, Sieglinde?" Ciel suddenly asked.

"Oh... Um... I'm all right." I looked down at the plate in front of him. It seemed he was already served. "What's for breakfast?"

Sebastian came from two double doors, pushing a cart.

Sebastian rolled it beside me and said "Today's breakfast is..."

I listened, but as I did, my eyes drifted over towards Ciel.

Ciel gave me a smile and our eyes met.

I quickly looked at Sebastian, who was now finished talling me what today's breakfast was.

As Sebastian began setting food on my plate, I did not once look back at Ciel. I was actually afraid that our eyes would meet again.

I most certainly do not like looking Ciel in the eye. To me it was disrespectful.

When I was being trained by the witch, she told me that it was disrespectful to look at a man in his eyes when you are not in his girlfriend, and when you are not marrired to him.

My eyes met Sebastian's. He had stopped dead in his tracks and stood there frozen as if he were an ice cube in the freezer. Though it seemed he wasn't shivering. He definitely wouldn't of been shivering unless it was cold.

I looked down at the floor and sighed. "I'm so sorry Ciel. Sebastian. I would eat the food you had prepared for breakfast, but I am not hungry."

I expected Ciel to say something in anger, but the strange thing is, he didn't. All he had said was "I understand. I get that way sometimes."

I looked up at Ciel with an expression of surprise.

Ciel gave me a small smile and said, "It's okay, Sieglinde." He turned to Sebastian. "Have this plate saved for Sieglinde and give the left overs to the survents. Do not let anyone touch her plate."

Sebastian had a smile on his face. But this smile wasn't his normal smile. It was something along the lines of "we shall see." And "So help me if one of them finds it."

I placed my left hand against my lips, trying to hold in my laugh. What Sebastian did seemed funny to me.

Sebastian smiled big but he didn't allow Ciel to see it. Sebastian gently grabbed the side of the plate and set it onto the rolling cart. Then he pushed the cart through two double doors.

I took my hand away from my lips and looked at Ciel without looking at him in the eye. "Forgive me for not being able to enjoy breakfast with you."

Ciel shook his head with his eyes closed and then opened them up and said "It's quite all right. There is nothing to worry about. I understand. I get like that sometimes, as I said."

Then I got nervous. I wanted to ask him something that I had never asked him before. I was afraid he would decline. I asked away, wanting to know his answer. "...Ciel...?"

Ciel was starting to eat his breakfast.

"I know you normally don't teach or play Chess with anyone... But do you think... Do you think you could teach me...?"

There was a long pause. Ciel swallowed and he placed his silverware down and grabbed the napkin that was next to his plate.

'Did I make him angry? I hope not.... Please don't be angry...' I thought as sweat dropped. 'I shouldn't of had said anything...'

Ciel took a drink of his orange juice and he looked directly at me. A smile grew on his face and he said "I would love to teach you."