Black Butler: Dangling From The Web

~Goodnight, Boochan~

Madam red carried her nephew out of the home and to the carriage. She kept him safe from what was going to happen.  "He's all yours." She spoke to a man.

"Thank you." The man answered and drove the carriage away.  He checked on his charge as he slapped him awake.  His ring imprinting on Ciels cheek.  It was too dark.  Ciel thought it was Sebastian but when he spoke...the voice was different familiar...the man punched him again and carried him over his shoulder.  He could smell water?...gosh his mind was so foggy and suddenly.

"I hope you can't swim...." he threw Ciel over a cliff and down to the ocean.

His eyes opened wide as he panted afraid and tried not panic, he tried gripping into something but he caught nothing but air. He finally hit the water holding his breathe for only awhile before having panic attack and loosing air, he let go as water into his lungs and started to suffer a bit almost drowning,

'Sebastian~'

he thought and his vision began to become blurry drowning slowly.

-ciel was running in the back yard. He was laughing and chasing a small rabbit in the back.  His mother came from behind him and picked him up, swinging him side to side.  "You chasing that rabbit you didn't see me chasing you... my son.. will you ever stop chasing things you won't ever catch?" His mom swung him to face her and she hugged him tight.  "I love you.  Whatever you do... whatever happens.. ill always be here for you.... "... his mom slowly disappeared -

His mind started to clear and his lungs were begging for air, his eyes were wide Sebastian sat him up and patted his back... "boochan... take it easy..deep breaths..."

He looked around and panted a bit unable to breathe, still confused and scared he was dripping with water as he had just been pulled out of the water and the wind touched him making him shiver with the cold feeling, "Se-sebastian... Where are we? And what are we doing here? What happened?!"

Sebastian removed his masters wet clothes and wrapped him in his dry tailcoat.  He picked him up and carried him away from the water, as he calmed him down a bit, "We are at the beach my lord. If you wanted to cliff dive, you should probably learn to swim first."

"You idiot! I wasn't cliff diving!! I was thrown off!" he smacks him in the back of the head and growls at him upset.

"Oh? And who would want to throw you off my lord?" he continued to walk towards a carriage.  "Its not like you have many enemies...."

"I DON'T KNOW! OBVIOUSLY!! IF I'M CONFUSED FOR ALL I KNOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU BASTARD!" he pushes himself out of Sebastian's arms, falling to the floor with the tail coat. He was just confused, but the voice and the eyes, was so familiar.

"It could.  But if so, then the real one responsible will get away free....So are you going to sit there and be weak?... or will you investigate what happened? " he puts his hand out to help him back up.

Ciel looked up at the tall butler, and took his hand standing up slowly as he closed his eyes taking in a deep breathe and letting out a small sigh, "I suppose your right Sebastian, I want to investigate this!" he was about to walk ahead when he remembered they were somewhere unfamiliar. He stopped and waited for his butler to take him.

Sebastian smiled and walked over, picking him up, and carried him, "I don't wish for you to slip back into the water. Hold on tight boochan" Sebastian jumps up onto the cliff edges.  "What is the last thing you remember?"

Ciel looked up at Sebastian and gasped a bit in fear, Sebastian had the face he had just seen earlier. He cries a bit feeling betrade, "l-let go!

..let go of me Sebastian don't throw me over again!!" He fought Sebastian as he was carrying him.

"master, did you hit your head? again? I'm getting more curious about this imposter.  Listen to me master, think clearly... Was it really me that you saw?"

He closes his eyes and keeps trying to push him away, "yes! Your damn eyes!! And your face! But..." he stops, "your voice...that voice...." he remembers the voice, but it wasn't Sebastian's voice. One with the face and eyes similar...but with different voice.

"Interesting.  Let's get you home and into warm clothes." No.  He has to go back to the dinner party!  Figure out what had happen.

Ciel looked away from him, "tell me Sebastian...if it was you...why would you have done it?

"I can't answer that question.  I wouldn't betray our contract my lord." Sebastian carried him to the carriage.  "Your soul is not ripened to my satisfaction...." he grins and whispers in his ear.  "Still tender and innocent."

"How innocent can I be? I made a deal with a demon...is that enough of a sin?..." he pushed himself to the corner of his seat in the carriage,

"there's many more sins to commit boochan.  I can wait." He grins.

Ciel frowns and yawns, closing his eyes and sighing, "madam red...I need to speak to her... Invite her over for tea tomorrow.

"yes my lord." Sebastian orders the driver to head back to the Phantomhive manor.

When they arrived, Sebastian looked over at Ciel that had fallen asleep on their way back to the manor.

Sebastian smiled.  He knew he was getting too attached.  He should devour the soul right now. 

He carried him out of the carriage and looked down at his master.  He can wait... 

He walked him to the room and changed his master into dry clothing and into the bed.  "Goodnight Master....."

Ciel woke up a bit with Sebastians voice, as he slightly turned looking over his shoulder, "Sebastian...~"

"Master?" Sebastian brought the candle light back around.

"Do you hate me?..." his voice was low and soft.

"boochan.... No.  I don't hate you." Sebastian checked him for a fever, removing his glove by biting it and placing his hand on ciels forehead.  "i am upset someone is trying to doubt my loyalty towards you.  I am after all your butler.  Go to sleep..." Sebastian kissed his masters forehead, an action he been wanting to do for a long time.  " sleep well my lord."

Ciel blushed light and without thought he reached for Sebastian wrapping his arms around his neck and hugging him tightly, not saying a word.

Sebastian smiled, he held his master for as long as he felt the young boy held him.  "Rest now boochan." He whispered into his ear as he felt Ciel had fallen asleep in his arms.  He knew his master and knew this was his form for apologizing for accusing him of distrust and for saving him.  He looked down at his master and for once... didn't desire him as a meal.. but desired him for...

The butler then sighed as he walked towards the door and lifted a hand to his face seeming as he was about to cry just a bit, but didn't he just chuckled lightly and blew out the candles.  

'It's surprising really....how much I desire you so differently my lord...~'
~Sebastian