🌙When the Lights Go Down🌙

Chapter 8

The soft chirping of a phone slowly pulled Ciel from the land of dreams and into the world of the waking. He groaned lowly, not wanting to move but the noise was quickly grating on his nerves and he rolled over to grab the device. It was shut off and with a long sigh, Ciel shifted onto his back and looked up at his ceiling.

Almost two months ago, Ciel had first stumbled across Sebastian sleeping in his bed and in that time, his views on the man had been completely turned around. He was spending more time with Sebastian and had ended up staying the night several times because it was late by the time they finished a lesson.

It had been close to two weeks since the first cooking lesson and Ciel was slowly learning more and more about Sebastian. He knew that Sebastian had an unhealthy obsession with cats and desperately wanted one but the apartment he lived in had a ban on pets. Not only that, Sebastian was aware of his financial situation and didn't want to adopt a kitten when he wasn't sure if he could afford to take care of it.

Ciel had to respect that choice even though it was painfully obvious that Sebastian wanted a kitten and Ciel had thought about buying one for the man but understood Sebastian's point. Pets were expensive and even though they were wonderful to have, Sebastian had to think about not only the kitten's welfare but also his own.

Aside from his love of cats, Sebastian also had a passion for music and had an old iPod that was filled to capacity. It was so well used that it could barely hold a charge and lasted only a few hours before dying. Ciel had scrolled through it one time when Sebastian was still sleeping, finding that the man enjoyed a wide range of songs ranging from instrumental to the current songs that topped the charts. Claude's music, Ciel noted, was nowhere on the device.

It seemed that music was one thing the brothers shared and once or twice, Ciel had heard Sebastian humming a tune to himself while he was cooking. The noise had been unexpected but even more than that, it was a rather pleasant noise that made Ciel long to hear more. It made Ciel wonder about Sebastian's past and if the older male was mute at birth or if something had happened to cause it.

They had classes that helped to recover lost speech and Ciel had entertained the idea on several occasions to pay for Sebastian to take some classes. He wanted to hear Sebastian's voice. In his mind, it was deep and seductive, a mix of Claude's and Master's; because no one could match Master's voice.

But the desire to know what it sounded like was simply that, a desire. Ciel was fine with the silence that came from Sebastian and it somehow made him appreciate the older male even more. It was something Ciel never thought would happen but now that it had happened, Ciel was glad that Sebastian had given him another chance.

Sebastian had given him so much and Ciel knew that. He was teaching him new things, such as cooking and sign language, and was giving up his time to spend it with Ciel. Time that Sebastian could be using to sleep but was instead waking up early so he could play chess or watch a movie with Ciel.

Ciel had seen the bags under Sebastian's eyes and knew that the man did something during the night hours, although Ciel hadn't pushed further to find out if Sebastian worked at DIE or not. Regardless, the man had to come back home around six or seven in the morning and would go straight to bed before waking up at noon, as that was the time Ciel usually met with him.

The older male never complained about the missed sleep but Ciel could still see the tired look on Sebastian's face when he came by early. The times that Ciel had a session with Master, he wouldn't show up until three or four in the afternoon and it gave Sebastian the chance to sleep in more but recently there seemed to be less of those days.

Compared to going every other day as Ciel had in the past, Ciel was now going about two times a week and choosing instead to spend more time with Sebastian. He wasn't needed at work right now as Claude was busy writing new songs for his next album and there wasn't anything to do, leaving him with plenty of time to spend with Sebastian.