Black Butler: Book of Abduction

05 | His Butler, Reunited Hearts

<3rd POV>
"I really can't believe you picked yourself back up after the tragic incident." Henrietta said amazed,
"Plus, you were able to get your hands on such a reliable butler!"

"What did you think I would do?" Ciel questioned with a sharp gaze,"die like you did?"

"I didn't die!" She pouted, "I'm 100% alive." She reinstated, pinching her skin.

"You're just a fragment of my imagination." Ciel teased, "And I'm closer to death because of it."

Henrietta ignored that comment and went on.
"You were such a fragile boy when I met you. So innocent and petite. Have you've been eating enough?"

"Don't nag me." He said while he remembered what Nina said, making a fuss the last time.

"You're so mean, I'm just worried." She sighed.

"Lady Henrietta, would you care for some tea?"
Sebastian suddenly appeared beside her.

"Yes, that would be lovely." She said

It was difficult to keep the conversation going so Henrietta asked, "how is your Fiancée? Liz?"

"How-"

"You're Ciel Phantomhive, you're really popular around London you know. Did you forget about the Funtom corporation? Even the babies know, it shouldn't come as a surprise." Henrietta sat more maturely in her seat, crossing her legs.

"Enough about me. What about you." Ciel changed the subject. "What have you've been doing these past years?"

"I've been working for the Undertaker."

"Undertaker..?" Ciel leaned forward.

"I met him four years ago-"

"Are you saying that for the past, 4 years, you've known him yet-"

"I'm just too dull for the Earl Phantomhive." She sighed, "a commoner like me, has no right to talk to the great Earl, because he is a noble." The inflection in her voice sounded like she was belittling him.

"You're not a commoner." Ciel sipped his tea.
"As long as you have the Turner's blood running through those veins."

"That was the past, Ciel. I have nothing left, my manor that my family owned burned down. Everyone in it, that day they were murdered, lost its history with it. What do you expect from me." Her tone changed, it wasn't peppy anymore.

"The Undertaker was my fathers dear friend. I've seen him around the manor plenty of times when I was young. So many times that his eerie creepiness, was apart of my daily life."

Ciel sat there, listening to her. He knew something felt out of place. Something wasn't right about her. Why now of all times, he thought.

"Who are you." Ciel questioned as Sebastian poured another cup of tea for him.

"Why must you care about the little things-"

"Tell me the truth, why are you even here?" Ciel demanded to know. "You can't be the girl I once knew, I remember that she died."

Henrietta started to crack, she laughed hugging her stomach, trying to be respectful.

"I'm the same Henrietta, you knew when we were younger. Why would you ask who I am, when you have also changed." She laughed with a playful cry.

"You know, when I met you, I thought you were just another kid, going to die. But instead you made me feel warm and gave me hope while I lied about our fates. Ciel, the question is, who are you." She finally stopped laughing but when she questioned him, she was smiling.

"We both changed. We're not little kids who had simple dreams to live. We felt how cruel and ugly the world can be, we can never go back." Henrietta got up from her seat and walked up to Sebastian.

He passed a cup of tea to her. She took the plate and cup and took a whiff.

"Keemun?" She raises a brow.

"You have a good nose, indeed." Sebastian acknowledged her.

She started to sip and saw Ciel catching a glimpse at her.

"Ciel, it must be incredible to have a butler. Sebastian? Is it? Is that your name?"

"It was the name, my young master gave me." Sebastian smiled. "Though the origins are quite peculiar."

"After his dog right?" Henrietta remembered from previous conversations years back with Ciel. "Sebastian, I wonder really. You have this thickening black aura that's radiating uncomfortably. Are you human?"

Ciel's eyes widen and exchanged eye contact with Sebastian.
He grinned and nodded his head, "last time I checked, I bleed the same way you do."

For awhile, it looked as as Henrietta was challenging Sebastian through her fragile gaze until she broke away,

"Oh. Seems like it's getting late for me. I can't have him wait for me again."

"Who?" Ciel questioned.

"The Undertaker, his coffins are quite comfy you know." She teased, "you would know since you always visit."

"I'll be back tomorrow." She stretched her arms out.

"I'm busy-"

"Don't lie." She stuck out her tongue and let herself out of the room.

"A charming lady, isn't she young lord."

"... You haven't seen the rest of her.." Ciel said frustrated.