Halloween Mischief

Day 1

        “Hello?” Sebastian paused halfway through his walk in the garden. Fall was clearly in England as the trees, or what was left of the trees, had multicolored foliage alongside the crisp feeling in the air. He was walking through to check the garden for the night, especially since they were having guests. Then suddenly he spotted a bright orange dot, hidden in one of the chrysanthemum beds. “What’s this?” Walking closer, he found a medium-sized pumpkin just sitting in the middle of the flowerbed. “What are you doing here?” Picking it up, he curiously looked around to see if there was any explanation for the pumpkin. Seeing none, he shrugged.

            “Come in.” Sebastian opened the door to the workroom, holding the pumpkin. Ciel glanced up from his work to see whom it was, glanced back down and shot his head back up curiously. “Erm, why do you have a pumpkin?”
            “I found it in the garden.” Ciel raised an eyebrow at him.

            “Isn’t that where pumpkins are supposed to be?”

            “Yes, if we actually planted seeds there. This was just sitting in the chrysanthemums-“ Sebastian was interrupted when Ciel grabbed the pumpkin from him.

            “Silly pumpkin. What are you doing with the flowers? You’re a vegetable. Sebastian, go put this vegetable in my room.”

            “Um…yes, my lord? Where would you like it?” Sebastian asked uncertainly. He tried to search for teasing in Ciel’s face, but couldn’t find any.

            “On the windowsill.” Ciel pushed the pumpkin into Sebastian’s hands and then returned to his work. It was silent as Sebastian tried to process what just happened. Seeing the Earl completely focused, he decided not to question it and left.

            “Very well, my lord.”