That Butler, New Face

That Butler, Very Skilled 2

"Crazy girl...?" Chêne asked, blinking. Sebastian, Ciel, and Chêne peeked into the salon.

"This ribbon looks good on you... but this rose looks so cute on you too! I can't make up my mind! But this one definitely looks best! It's really cuuuute~!" a young girl said to Tanaka. "You look just like Marie Antoinette!" The girl was wearing her blond, curly hair in pigtails, and she was dressed in a cute and frilly orange dress. Her emerald green eyes sparkled with happiness.

"Do I? Hoh! Hoh! Hoh!" Tanaka said good-naturedly. Tanaka... Tanaka was wearing a curly wig that was pulled into an up-do and had wispy tendrils of curly hair loose here and there to frame his face and soften the look. He was wearing a caplet that had a high, lacey collar and bows to tie it shut.

"!? Mister Tana—" Chêne exclaimed before face-faulting onto the floor. She couldn't help it, the situation was just so ridiculous.

"Oi, Chêne!" Ciel whispered, trying not to catch the blond girl's attention. Too late, the bubbly girl had turned when she heard the thud.

"Ah!" she said happily, lighting up when she saw Ciel.

"Geh!" Ciel paled a bit, and the girl glomped him.

"Ciiiiieeeel~! I missed yooou sooo!!" the girl proclaimed as she happily embraced him.

"E-Elizabeth!" Ciel exclaimed nervously. Elizabeth squeezed Ciel tighter and rubbed her cheek against his in a rather aggressive display of affection. Ciel could not even speak. Chêne winced when she heard Ciel's back crack. "Come ooon! I'm always telling you to call me Lizzie! Aaaahn~! You're soooo cuuuute as always!!" Lizzie gushed. Sebastian cleared his throat.

"Ahem. Miss Elizabeth..." Sebastian said, taking pity on Ciel for once and distracting Lizzie.

"Oh my! Good day, Sebastian!" Elizabeth greeted Sebastian, releasing Ciel and curtseying.

"It has been quite some time since we last saw you, Miss," Sebastian said bowing, perfect manners as always. Chêne knelt down next to Ciel who was panting and wheezing, still trying to recover.

"Just breathe Ciel, breathe," Chêne said rubbing his back gently for emotional support.

"Oh! Chêne is here too!" Ciel quickly shuffled away from Chêne, not wanting to be in Lizzie's line of sight so soon after he had just gotten his  breath back.

'Traitor,' Chêne thought wryly.

"Hey, Lizzie!" Chêne said, smiling at the girl. Chêne really did like Lizzie... just in small doses. Lizzie had a tendency to...

"Look, Chêne! I saw this and thought it would look absolutely adorable on you~! " Lizzie said excitedly as she swiftly put a frilly cat-ear head  band on Chêne's head before she could even blink.

They were white, fluffy, and had pink ribbons and bows hanging on the sides of the headband, just under the ears. Yes, that's right... Lizzie had a tendency to force people into cute costumes... Chêne didn't really mind. After all, she was from Louisiana. They dressed up in costumes every year for Mardi Gras... She just didn't like giving Sebastian any ammunition to use against her.

"Sooo cuuute~! I want to pet you!" Lizzie gushed happily.

"Um... Thanks?" Chêne said. 'Why do people like to pet me?' she wondered.

Her old friends used to pet her on the head because her hair was soft, and they claimed she reminded them of a cute and faithful little puppy. She had actually elbowed one of her guy friends in the stomach for it once. He had called her chienne instead of Chêne... which meant female dog. So she decided to turn him into her female dog for the day. Sebastian smirked at Chêne.