🌙When the Lights Go Down🌙

Chapter 7

Ciel stared at the shelves before him, the bags mocking him before he looked back at the list in his hand. Sebastian's neat handwriting flowed across the page, telling him exactly what he needed but for the life of him, Ciel couldn't find the proper brand of flour that Sebastian wanted. A part of him wished that Sebastian was here, as the older male knew what they needed for the first cooking lesson, but Ciel wasn't about to let Sebastian step out of the apartment today.

The older male had looked dead on his feet when he answered the door and his shoulders were slumped with fatigue. After that, Ciel had pushed Sebastian back into the apartment, demanding that Sebastian get some sleep before he passed out. Sebastian had argued weakly, claiming that he would be fine, but Ciel had held firm.

In the end, Ciel had snatched the paper from Sebastian's hand and claimed that he would do the shopping while Sebastian got some much needed sleep. They could cook again at another time when Sebastian didn't look as though he would pass out any minute. Reluctantly, Sebastian had agreed, retreating into his bedroom while Ciel scanned over the list.

It hadn't looked too hard and Ciel had set out after that, Sebastian's keys a comfortable weight in his pocket as he made his way to the grocery store. Where he found himself overwhelmed almost the moment he stepped into the building. He had no idea where anything was as he rarely had any need to enter the grocery store to begin with. They had someone else for that.

For several minutes, Ciel simply wandered up and down the aisles, taking everything in and trying to familiarize himself with everything. After making a full trip through the store, Ciel had returned to the front to grab a cart and had started his mission. But that mission would've been made vastly easier if the cart didn't have a bad wheel and Sebastian hadn't been so specific about what he wanted.

Ciel had been in the store for over an hour now and only had five things out of a list of thirty items that Sebastian had listed. Pride kept him from asking for help and he couldn't just call the older male as Sebastian was sleeping. It was slightly annoying but Ciel was determined to make it through this. He could do something as simple as shop for food.

He hoped.

Glancing down at the list, Ciel re-read the words and looked at the bags of flour again. His eyes skimmed over the labels and finally settled on a small brown bag that sat innocently right in front of him. Ciel glared at the flour before snatching it off the shelf and tossing it into the cart. He continued down the aisle, pushing at the finicky cart and grumbling under his breath the whole way.

Next time, Sebastian was coming with him or the older male could just go on his own. Either way, Ciel wouldn't be doing this alone again and he let out a long sigh as he looked at the list. Irritation filled his body at the words and he slumped against the cart. "Why do you make things so confusing Sebastian?" He whined and looked at the sugar.

"You know Mr. Sebastian?" A cheerful voice said behind him.

Ciel turned his head to look at the person who was talking to him and found a blond haired employee smiling widely at him. "I know him," Ciel answered cautiously, running his eyes over the other male. Bright eyes gazed back at him and Ciel found that the male reminded him of Elizabeth in her cheerful personality. "I'm sorry; I don't think I caught your name."

A gloved hand was held out. "My name is Finny. I work here and I see Mr. Sebastian all the time."

"I see," Ciel murmured, his stomach churning slightly with a feeling he couldn't place. "Well, it was nice to meet you but I should get going. I have to finish picking up some things for him."

Finny's eyes lit up and he reached for the list, plucking it from Ciel's grip. "I can help you with that if you want. I usually do the shopping for Mr. Sebastian when he can't come in himself."