Flames Part 6. (Ciel Phantomhive x Reader)

"Young master?" You heard a voice say, and you almost instantly matched it to a face.

"S-Sebastain..." Ciel mumbled, looking towards his butler in slight shock. Once he realized the predicament he was in, what with the room being wrecked and you held tightly in his arms, he turned bright red.

Before Ciel could say anything or act upon his thoughts, Sebastian chimed in.

"Lady Averell, I do apologize for my intrusion, but I must get my young master ready for today, as he has a guest coming over shortly. You've both seemed to have over slept." Sebastian said with a slight smile, receiving a nod from you and a confused look from the earl beside you.

"Guest?" He asked.

Sebastian nodded. "Did you forget already? Lady Elizabeth is coming over today. She'll be spending the night." Ciel's lips formed an O, and he loosened his grip on your waist.

"Who's Elizabeth?" You wondered aloud innocently, earning a bright red faced Ciel to look down at you.

"Eh, she's um-" He was cut off by Sebastian.

"Lady Elizabeth is the young master's fiancé, and she will be spending the day with us today." You nodded, then felt slightly awkward. You'd just spent the night in the arms of an engaged man? Really?

To be honest, you were also slightly disappointed, he was taken. Perhaps he was just being a very kind host. Yes, that was it. Perhaps he just liked you in particular, or maybe he'd had trouble sleeping too and needed someone with him. You mentally smacked yourself for thinking otherwise.

"Oh, ok then." Was your only reply.

"Mey Rin will be here to dress you shortly and clean up this mess." He gestured to the chaotic jumble of books and papers, even candles and pens lying about in the floor.

"I'm sorry about that..." You said.

"It's fine, we will be able to clean this up quickly enough. Now if you will excuse me," He walked over to you and you released your grip on Ciel's shirt, then Sebastian proceeded to pry Ciel off of you and drag him out of the room.

Before you could even stand up and brush some of the dust that had settled on you off your shirt, Mey Rin came rapping against the door, even though it was open.

"Em, I'll meet you in my room in a second!" You hollered  making your way around the various objects scattered about until you reached the door.

You stepped out and were greeted with the sight of Mey Rin, dress already in tow, a beautiful blue dress with black lace sleeves and lace trimming the edge of the skirt and collar, various swirls of a metallic gold, long gold ribbons flowing from the sides.

Gold. It seemed to be a recurring theme throughout both your wardrobe and your room. But you liked the color, so you didn't mind.

Mey Rin helped you into your dress then proceeded to do your hair, which you hadn't noticed had seemingly taken quite a beating last night, what with the indoor hurricane you produced.

She neatly curled it and put it in a side ponytail, something you'd rarely ever done yourself. She helped you into your shoes and then left silently, well, as silent as she could manage, but not before telling you to meet the earl in the dining area.

You prayed to god that you remembered where it was.

Leaving your room and heading down the hall, you briefly rummaged through your memories for where the dining half was.

You seemed to remember, although you were a bit skeptical. Oh well. The worst that could happen is for you to get lost and need to call for Sebastian to come and find you.

Miraculously, you found the dining hall. Ciel was already there, but he hadn't touched his food yet.

You noticed that, besides his own tray, there were also two others set up. You assumed one for you, and one for 'Elizabeth' his fiancé. You found yourself quite excited to meet whatever girl had caught the eye of Earl Phantomhive himself. She must truly be one interesting character.

Before you had time to worry yourself over something as idiotic as where to sit, Sebastian lead you to the chair closest to Ciel, the other was across from him, longways.

You smiled in thanks, and proceeded to fork food down your mouth. There were eggs, biscuits, even a slightly tart fruity pastry with butter oozing out. You wondered what it was called.

You tried to remain as lady-like as possible, especially when Ciel seemed to be staring intently at you (something you pretended not to notice), but before yesterday, you'd never had a full meal. It was surprisingly difficult to swallow it all, even though your portion was not half the size of Ciel's.

"Ciel!" You heard a bright and cheery voice squeal before a blonde haired girl launched herself at the young earl, immediately locking her arms around his neck. You genuinely worried about his safety.

"E-Elizabeth." Ciel responded although it seemed to take quite a large amount of effort, seeing as he began turning blue from oxygen deprivation.

Just as you were about to pry the girl off his neck and get him some air, possibly to save his life, she let go, leaving her hands on his shoulders.

"I'm staying the week Ciel! Father says he'll let me! Won't it be fun? I'll get to decorate this whole place again!" Again? You raised an eyebrow, feeling slightly awkward seeing as you were in very close proximity with the somewhat happy couple.

After no response, she seemed to notice your existence.

"Oh, who's this?" She asked, turning to face you. You decided to speak up, seeing as Ciel wouldn't.

"I'm Averell, Averell Bloodgood." You responded, and her eyes widened.

"A-A-Aver-" She choked, and it looked like she was about to faint.

Before she could however, Sebastian came out of nowhere and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I do understand that you may be a bit confused Lady Elizabeth, but I am afraid I will have to explain the situation to you, outside." You crinkled your eyebrows.

These people were most definitely keeping a secret from you. Why was everyone acting like they knew you? Like they knew something you didn't.

Turns out, they were, and they most definitely did.