𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕼𝖚𝖊𝖊𝖓'𝖘 𝕷𝖎𝖔𝖓: 𝕯𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖎𝖕𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖉

Nina Hopkins

To say Sebastian was livid was an understatement. A whole wing of the Manor, not to mention various parts of the roof, had been caved in. "As I believe I have mentioned before... Servants are to perform their work unobtrusively... Like shadows. Well?" Mey-Rin and Finny were trembling before the demon, while Bard just looked away with a bored expression. Y/N just thanked her lucky stars she wasn't being thrown under the bus with this tongue-lashing as well. Sebastian could've probably chewed her out for hours about her recent behavior at the Kelvin Manor, the circus and the workhouse. "How many times must I repeat myself until you understand the meaning of 'unobtrusively'?" Sebastian growled at the others. Bard and Tanaka must've had some courage not to be trembling like Finny and Mey-Rin.

"We're sooooo sorry!" Finny and Mey-Rin choked out as they tried not to break down completely.

"In any case, please clean up what you three had scattered about," Sebastian sighed as he turned around, handing Y/N an empty sack to put rubble inside. "I'd say this has been a little more than scattered," Y/N thought as she swept a pile of disintegrated kitchen-ware into her bag. "I shall do something about repairs and your daily duties." Sebastian went quiet for a moment, muttering something about red as he picked a strand of long, crimson hair from the charred remains of the table he was cleaning. Y/N smirked to herself as she moved some rubble aside to find a red rose in pristine condition.

"Looks like we had an unexpected visitor," Y/N whispered as she showed Sebastian the rose. "Such a shame I missed her."

"Mister Tanaka," The demon paid her no mind as he continued to clean, only stopping when the remnants of a cream colored scarf caught his eye, and subsequently Y/N's. "Do carry on as per usual," He instructed as he tossed the scarf into his own bag.

"Found something you're not so proud of?" Y/N muttered. "I could've gotten her to say just as much without having to resort to something like that."

"I suppose we'll never know if that claim has any backing," Sebastian brushed her off again. "Besides, I don't know what you're talking about." Y/N could only scoff, Beast had been the only thing they'd seriously fought over. Y/N and Sebastian's bickering had been a constant since they met, but there were just some hatchets that couldn't be buried.

"Now everyone." Sebastian clapped as he addressed the other servants. "Today will be a busy day. Devote yourself to cleaning up and nothing else."

"Sebastian, it's awful!" Elizabeth wailed. "There's nothing left at all!"

"Excuse us," Sebastian said as he and Ciel ducked out of sight so the Earl could change. "Due to the servants' ineptitude, the Young Master's dressing room was destroyed as well, and the only suits left are those we had taken to London."

"Eeeh?" Lizzie was much more concerned about the sudden lack of wardrobe for Y/N and Ciel than either of them. Y/N got used to having to wear the same things for days if not a whole week when she worked at the Dog, and Ciel just didn't seem to give a damn. "I was hoping we could get all dressed up today and take a boat ride together..." Elizabeth looked rather glum, it made Y/N's feel a little bad... But not terribly bad. Where there was a need for new clothes, there was a need for Nina! Y/N hadn't been looking forward to something in quite a while, the events of the Circus had left a bad taste in her mouth and a dark shadow lurking in her mind.

"I am so very sorry. As soon as I have finished repairing the manor-"

"Oh! I know!" Elizabeth interrupted him. "We need only to have some made if you haven't any!" Normally Y/N would've thought anyone who would suggest that without considering that maybe Sebastian already had a plan was spoiled, but Lizzie was an exception. She was absolutely adorable. And Sebastian was an asshole.