Author's note: you have all been troupers waiting for this for so long! I have agonized over this chapter, and had many opportunities to cut it short just for the sake of updating, but I thinkn you'll agree with me that it was worth the wait. So here you go, enjoy the final chapter :D

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Chains were binding him. They wound around and around his slender body to the point where he could not move. He was floating in an endless misty blackness, only a slight glow coming from his own body showing the wisps of dark smoke engulfing him. He flinched as a feminine hand appeared in his view, reaching for his right eye. Ciel cried out in fear as he saw that Malira was looming over him, and he was powerless to do anything more as she laid her hand over his eye. A searing pain burned it, and he struggled against the chains, which tightened around him biting into his flesh. The demoness herself was giving off a glowing light as well, and she grinned as she began to chant in a language Ciel could not understand. He did not need to speak the language to know what she was doing with those words. Just as the horror struck him, he saw Malira lift up her other hand, tugging on yet another chain. From the black mists around them Sebastian emerged on the other end of the chain she was pulling. He too was bound by them, and he was having difficulty walking. Malira gave a vicious yank on the chain and Sebastian fell forward onto his knees just feet from where Ciel stood.

The boy tried to cry out for his demon, to command him to save them both, but he found he could not use his voice. He felt as though Malira had stolen it away and all he could do was choke and gasp desperately as he took in the scene before him. The entire right side of Sebastian's face was coated in fresh blood which dripped down onto the nothingness that they were resting on. When he looked up to meet Ciel's eye, Ciel could see the entire line of his teeth and jaw on the right side, exposed by a gaping, bloody wound. It was so grotesque that Ciel wanted desperately to look away, but the pleading in Sebastian's eyes was too much for him to avoid. Malira's chanting came faster and louder, and Ciel jerked as the pain in his eye increased. Malira wound her arms around him to hold him tightly as she nearly shouted her incantations into his ear, making him watch his butler.

Sebastian turned a soft smile upon him. The apology in that smile was nearly too much for Ciel to bear, and then,

"I'm sorry, young master."

The soft words came out distorted as though from a long distance, and echoed slightly as his butler began to fade away into blackness right before his very eyes. Ciel longed to call for him, to mourn for the loss, but he could not speak. He could not even breathe now. Ciel fought in the now total silence, against the arms that held him, trying to draw breath and relieve his burning lungs. He scratched at the soft flesh of those arms, feeling his nails drawing blood, and still he could do nothing.

Suddenly, something broke through this strange and terrible reality. The blackness wavered as a voice spoke to him.

"Master, wake up! Master!"

The words were Sebastian's; the urgency in them alerted Ciel that something was very wrong, and he needed to...he needed to do something, but...

"My lord, wake up this instant! Don't you dare die on me now!"

In a swirl of confusion and terror, Ciel jolted awake to find himself sitting upright in bed being supported by Sebastian's arms. He was being held against the demon's chest, and absolute relief flooded Ciel to realize it had all been a horrible nightmare. The next instant panic flooded him again as he understood that he still could not breathe. He was having an asthma attack, and was wheezing desperately to try and pull air into his lungs.

"That's it, master, stay with me, good boy..."

Ciel had no time to appreciate the tenderness of the words as Sebastian's fingers suddenly slapped something thick and cold onto his chest, rubbing it vigorously into his flesh up to the base of his throat. It was some kind of lotion or ointment, that much was sure, and it burned where it touched him and heated on his skin. Ciel jerked away futilely as a finger smeared some of the stuff just beneath his nose, above his upper lip.

"Breathe through your nose, master, you must inhale the scent."

Trying to calm his entire body, Ciel obeyed. Instantly a strong scent of spice and herbs nearly bit into the sensitive flesh inside his nostrils. But the fumes went straight down to his lungs, and seemed to ease them open. Ciel clutched Sebastian's bare knees, which were on either side of his own hips, and squeezed as he struggled to breathe deeper. The liniment worked like magic, opening his closed up lungs little by little. The ointment burned his skin almost unpleasantly where it was applied, but as Ciel breathed in its essence he felt his lungs expanding more and more to accept it. He gasped deeper as his breathing was eased by the strong, spicy scent. His airways cleared within moments, leaving him panting and resting limply in Sebastian's arms. All the while Ciel had been struggling to breathe his faithful demon had been stroking his hair and rubbing his arms, trying to comfort him through the worst of it. That rich voice did the same, speaking quietly to him,

"Just breathe, master, let it in. That's it, slowly, slowly. Good boy. It's alright, I'm here, I'm here. You're going to be alright."

Ciel could not recall Sebastian ever speaking to him in such a repetitively comforting way before, as though he were a small child. Somehow it was soothing to be reassured in so simple and gentle a manner. Ciel's grip on Sebastian's arms eased to nothing as his body relaxed, now finally fueled by the air it needed. Now that Ciel could breathe easily he became aware of just how intently that liniment burned the skin just beneath his nose and up through his nostrils.

"What...what did you put on me?" Ciel asked breathlessly, still panting lightly.

"Eucalyptus ointment, master. Much like mint it soothes the skin and improves the opening of passageways in the body. The Chinese have been using it to treat breathing conditions for generations."

Ciel could not care about how Sebastian knew this or where he had managed to procure the ointment so quickly right then he needed it. The horror of his nightmare was still fresh, his heart hammering in his chest with the resounding fear. He realized that it was still dark, no light seeped into Sebastian's little bedroom window. Ciel wondered how much sleep he had actually managed to get. He considered asking Sebastian, but then decided he didn't want to know. As the moments ticked by, he became aware of the sweet warmth of Sebastian's bare skin pressed so closely to his own. The slender body relaxed back into the larger man's chest, reveling in the softness of Sebastian's skin. It felt so intimate and wonderful to be held this way, both of them bare and warm and thrumming with life. Ciel could feel the steady beat of Sebastian's demonic heart against his back, and he found the comfort of it so intense he felt like his own heart would shatter.

"Sebastian..." Ciel said softly after several long moments of unbroken silence. He did not want to gain his demon's attention, he just felt that he needed to say his name in that moment. To try and communicate to him with the single word just how frightened he had been, and how much he needed the demon right now.

"It's alright, young lord." Sebastian whispered tenderly to him, lips brushing gently against his cheek. "Do you wish to tell me about it?"

The boy trembled in his arms and gulped. Ciel tried to sound brave as he spoke, though his voice still quavered against his will.

"M-Malira...she had captured us both and...she...she took you away from me...again..."

Sebastian's arms tightened around Ciel's waist, and his head dropped down onto Ciel's shoulder, pressing firm kisses.

"I'm right here, master. I'm here and we're safe. You're safe. I have you now, nothing will ever take me from you again. I swear."

Ciel leaned his head back onto Sebastian's shoulder as well, swallowing hard as he fought to shake off the ghostly memories of his nightmare. He flexed his hands as he did, realizing he'd been clinging to Sebastian's knees again. As he did this he felt an odd substance coating his fingers. He looked down, and with a shock, found that the palms and fingers of both of his hands were stained and smeared with drying blood. The dark red matter even dirtied beneath his once-pristine fingernails.

"Oh my god, what-." Ciel stammered, feeling the panic returning. He lifted the blood-stained appendages to his face to see better, to be sure he wasn't imagining it. It struck him suddenly that in his nightmare he had scratched at what he had thought to be Malira's arms... "Sebastian...Did I...Did I draw this blood from you?"

A quick glance down at the butler's arms revealed no wounds, but there were trails of blood with distinct finger-shaped patterns smeared here and there. Whatever damage Ciel might have done in his sleep, the demon had obviously healed quickly.

"It is of no consequence, master." Sebastian assured gently, nestling his face into the side of Ciel's neck.

"I've...I've hurt you."

"Hardly, master. You were in far more pain within your own dreams. Please, calm yourself."

At his last words Ciel realized that his breathing had sped up, and that his entire body had become tense once again. However minor the injuries (scratches most likely) might have been, Ciel was upset about what he had done. His blue eye could not be torn away from gazing down at his bloodied hands.

Sebastian sensed the boy's inability to start calming down once more, and carefully shifted them on the bed. A bit of tugging, lifting, and repositioning, and Ciel was cradled across Sebastian's lap like an infant, lying almost flat on his back with his shoulders in the unwaveringly strong crook of Sebastian's arm. Ciel was used to being carried in Sebastian's arms, but this was different. Even when Sebastian carried him he was at least on eye-level with the demon. This was something more intimate altogether; he was vulnerable laid out like this, depending on Sebastian to hold him up while the demon's face hovered above him. A trust was required here, a trust that Sebastian would look after him and keep him safe. Ciel could not explain how this particular position caused such a realization for him, but it did somehow. What the demon had actually done was force Ciel to hand over his control, any responsibility he might have felt toward the situation. In doing so physically, the boy was able to hand over his mental worries as well, trusting that in both senses his demon would support and soothe him.

"Now just lie still, master, and let me tend to you." Sebastian instructed him, and lifted one of Ciel's hands. To Ciel's utter amazement, the demon began to lap at the blood with his tongue.

"Seb-"

"Hush now."

Sebastian's breath was hot against his skin, and Ciel felt a shiver run down his body as that mouth sucked at his palm, delicately stroking with a soft tongue.

"Hmmm...my blood tastes so very sweet on your skin." Sebastian whispered. Ciel could not and did not wish to try and process that statement, but he closed his eye and relaxed back into the reassuring cradle of that strong arm. The hot tongue continued to lap carefully, cleansing the parts of his hands that had been sullied by blood. Around Ciel's palms, up and down each tapered finger, licking away every single stain. Ciel found the entire situation weird but somehow personal, as well as kind of Sebastian in his own demonic manner. But when warm lips wrapped around the tip of one of Ciel's fingers and began to suck gently...a delicious, lazy flutter of arousal went through his stomach. Sebastian's sharp canines gently scraped beneath Ciel's fingernail, cleaning out the blood that had been lodged there. It was a tantalizing sensation. Strange, but somehow nice. Ciel let out a sharp breath when Sebastian began to repeat this same unique process of cleaning his nails to all of his fingers one at a time. The cavern of Sebastian's mouth was a wicked place that sent wicked thoughts and desires spiraling through Ciel's head. By the time Sebastian had cleansed both of Ciel's hands white again, Ciel was squirming on his butler's lap with the urge to thrust his hips and beg to be stroked. He had never known that his hands were that sensitive.

Even now that he was clean, Sebastian did not cease to trace the lines of Ciel's palms with his tongue and lips, placing gentle kisses. But now his mouth inched down the boy's wrist, nibbling and sucking softly. The wrist twitched against the kisses and as those decadently soft lips began trailing up Ciel's forearm the boy moaned.

"Sebastian..."

"Mmmm..."

Sebastian only continued to caress his arm with butterfly kisses, flicking his tongue into the crease of his elbow. Ciel jolted at how powerful a tease that was, sending arousal pulsing down into his awakening cock.

"Ugn! God, you-"

"You're skin is incredibly perfect for a human." Sebastian purred, pausing to lightly rub the tip of his finger into that crease he had just licked. "Your body is so beautiful. Have I ever told you that?"

Ciel could not answer. He was powerless to do more than writhe and squeak. The demon dusted teasing lips and tongue excruciatingly slowly up Ciel's quivering bicep, over the cap of his shoulder, and when he reached the slender neck Ciel cried out. He arched upward and buried his hands into Sebastian's dark hair to hold on as that tender flesh was sucked and gnawed.

"Ah! Oh...ohhhh...st-stop..."

"You don't really mean that do you?" Sebastian murmured into his flesh.

"I...I...no...it's just so good...I guess I don't know what else to say."

Sebastian leaned down even farther than Ciel's neck, avoiding the patch of eucalyptus ointment and nuzzled Ciel's left nipple.

"Oh god, oh god, please..." Ciel gasped, digging through Sebastian's hair desperately. He could feel Sebastian's lips, just centimeters above his sensitive peak of flesh, but he wanted to feel them around it. A warm breath blew over him and Ciel jerked as he felt his nipple grow painfully erect. "Please, please..."

He senselessly begged over and over as Sebastian teased him with his breath. Finally the demon complied, dropping his mouth but only to cup the hard peak very gently, barely granting sensation at all but still feeling so pleasurable.

"uugnn...ah...ah..." Ciel whined, arching his back to try and force his nipple further into that hot mouth. Sebastian pulled away, knowing full well what game his master was playing.

"Ah-ah-ah." He scolded with a delighted smile, tapping his finger softly against the very tip of the taunt nipple. As Ciel squirmed and moaned at the frustrating sort of pleasure, Sebastian traced his finger around and around the outer rim surrounding the flushing peak.

"Ugn...Unnnn...ahhh! Please, just...god, I can't...mmm..." Ciel continued to moan and twist in Sebastian's arms, arching and dipping beneath the demon's onslaught of teasing.

"This is such fun hearing your voice begging me." Sebastian said with a wide smile.

"It's...not fair, you know." Ciel moaned. Sebastian flicked the nipple with his finger and Ciel whined.

"Whatever do you mean?" He asked.

Ciel looked up at his demon's smirking face.

"You get to hear me calling your name all the time, but I never hear-" Ciel stopped, blushing suddenly and looking away with something akin to a pout on his face. Sebastian cradled him in tight and chuckled into his hair.

"Young master, are you pining to hear your given name from my lips?" Ciel gave a noncommittal sound and did not reply. The butler stroked his hand over Ciel's cheek, gently turning his face to look upward at him. Ciel reluctantly met his eyes.

"Dear one, is that truly what you wish?"

The boy's mouth twisted into a childish expression of defiance and still didn't answer. Sebastian's eyes softened, and he leaned down until his lips were inches from the young earl's.

"You know I will always do as you wish...Ciel..."

The intense wave of arousal that crashed over Ciel at that moment was so powerful that he gasped, shuddering. Sebastian covered his parted lips with his own, humming sweetly with content and hunger as he cupped the back of Ciel's head, pulling him closer.

"Oh, Sebastian..." Ciel slurred into the kiss, unable to wait until they broke it.

"Ciel..." Sebastian responded, causing the boy to whimper and reach up to clutch at black hair. A soft, broad tongue slipped into Ciel's mouth, and he moaned, slightly confused that there was not even the slightest trace of his own coppery blood in the demon's mouth. He stiffened when Sebastian's lips pulled forth his tongue and began to gently suck at it. This was a sensation foreign to Ciel's experience, and it was exciting and erotic. He felt his cock leap to full life, and he shifted his hips in Sebastian's lap, feeling the demon's own rock-hard interest. Ciel's hands began to grope at Sebastian's bare chest, needing an anchor as that hot mouth made him feel light enough to float away.

Sensing this, the demon drew back to smile down at his panting master.

"Let's clean this up now, shall we?" Sebastian commented, wiping at the oily eucalyptus ointment still lingering on Ciel's upper lip. "It's effects have worn off by now, but do tell me if your breathing becomes labored again so I may apply more."

Ciel looked up at the butler incredulously.

"Damn it, Sebastian, I don't care about that!" Ciel whimpered, pulling him back down for another kiss. He loved kissing Sebastian. It was so warm, so sweet, and so very intimate. As he lost himself in it, Sebastian's hand began to wander, down his smooth side, over his stomach, up the middle of his chest. It was light and teasing, triggering jolts of tickling sensation over sensitive skin. He rubbed his black-nailed hand over the patch of liniment still on Ciel's chest, wiping it away. Ciel had no idea how, like the taste of his blood and even the blood that had been on Sebastian's arms, how the demon could somehow erase substances with his own body.

The boy spent very little time pondering this as Sebastian's fingers began to circle his nipple again. This time those fingers fanned out in a circle around the pointed peak, dragging lightly against the skin before closing in to grasp it gently, then flaring out again. Over and over this action was repeated and it was a sumptuous tease. Ciel had to bite his lip to keep from screaming. It was maddening.

"Sebastian! I...oh, Sebastian..."

Ciel twisted and turned, not wanting to move away but unable to just lie still.

"My dear Ciel." Sebastian crooned into his ear. Ciel's body shuddered he let out a shameless,

"Ohhhh..."

The demon's fingers traveled slowly across his chest in the same in-and-out pattern to tease Ciel's other nipple, making the boy jerk. He found that his right nipple was oddly more sensitive than his left. It caused a stream of nonsensical words to pour from his trembling lips.

"Oh my...no, don't...that's...please, just...god, oh god...hmmm...gah! No! I can't...please, Sebastian...ah, ah, ugnnn...please..."

All the while Sebastian was planting kisses in his hair and to his face to distract him, causing a particularly violent shiver when his tongue dragged along Ciel's sensitive earlobe.

"Ah! Ugnn!"

"I love your voice; so pure and brimming with feeling."

"An it's all your fault!"

"Why thank you, Ciel."

Hearing his name caused the boy to groan, arch, and whimper helplessly.

"Oh, you darling..." Sebastian chuckled, his hand now leaving Ciel's nipple and coming up to stroke Ciel's face instead.

"You really are stunning, you know." He murmured. His long fingers traced the line of Ciel's jaw, now sharper than it had once been. "Your skin is so white and soft. That delicate nose..."

His fingertip brushed lightly down the slope of Ciel's nose, dropping down to circle his panting mouth.

"These full, rose-petal lips..."

They parted for Ciel's heavy breathing as Sebastian continued, rubbing his thumb just beneath his left eye.

"But these eyes of yours...this blue...it defines who you are. So lovely, and yet so cold. Hmmm..." Ciel closed his eye as Sebastian leaned down to gently kiss his tender eyelid. "Such a lovely color...my lovely Ciel..."

"You're such a sweet-talker." Ciel huffed, and Sebastian grinned. There was the Ciel Phantomhive that he knew. He was enjoying the sweet, pleading side of him, but it was a good sign of recovery to hear him speak flippantly again.

"Only for my sweet master."

The boy's cheeks flushed and he smiled. It was rare to see a genuine smile on Ciel's face, and the sight was lovely.

"You're going to give me a cavity, you know." Ciel joked, "Or a bellyache."

Sebastian's eyebrow arched mischievously.

"Hmmm...a bellyache, eh?"

Ciel knew immediately that his comment had given the demon an idea. This suspicion was confirmed when Sebastian lifted him slightly and then bowed impossibly low to press his mouth to Ciel's stomach. The soft flesh rippled as muscles twitched beneath it in response to the soft kisses. It tickled, but felt wonderful; the warmth of his demon's breath bathed his skin and the wet heat of his tongue flicked into the dip of his navel. Ciel's hips jerked and he gasped. Sebastian hummed, his open mouth roaming over the curve of Ciel's belly, enjoying the softness of a form that was still slim, but was perhaps an inch or two rounder than it had been, from years of hearty feeding. Ciel was a healthy adult weight now, no longer scrawny to the point of boney with a sunken stomach. No, Sebastian inwardly mused, he preferred his master's body with a slight ounce of softness.

Sebastian nuzzled the tender flesh with his cheek between kisses. When Ciel began clutching at his hair again Sebastian pulled back, remembering that he had decided to tease his master crazy, but had been sidetracked.

"You are such an imp." Sebastian purred against Ciel's lips.

"I am not!"

"I did not mean it as an insult, sir."

"Still, I-"

Sebastian silenced Ciel with a simple kiss, just a peck on his lips.

"Let me see to your back now, my lord." He whispered softly.

With Sebastian's help, Ciel laid down onto his stomach, lengthwise on the bed. The boy could not help rutting his hips forward into the soft blankets when they made contact with his aching erection. Sebastian's hands wrapped around his hips when he noticed what Ciel was doing.

"Stay still and let me adore you. You don't want to spend too soon and end it, do you?"

"Would it be over if I did?" Ciel asked, sounding crestfallen and desperate. "Because I...I'm...I'm so very primed, Sebastian..."

The butler gave a small laugh and leaned down to brush aside the hair behind Ciel's ear and kiss that spot.

"Of course it would not be over, but you want it to last, don't you?"

Ciel shivered, and hid his face in his hands. Sebastian pulled his hands from his face, lacing their fingers and placing them onto the blanket on either side of Ciel's head.

"Leave these here, master, out of the way."

Sebastian released Ciel's hands and sat up, frowning down at the pattern of bruising across it. Ever so gently, he ran his hand down the middle of Ciel's back, barely touching.

"I wish I had the capacity to lend you my healing ability." He growled, leaning down to kiss one of the dark marks over Ciel's shoulder. "But since I don't, I'll take the next best option." Sebastian carefully straddled Ciel's legs, making it easier for him to lean over the boy and kiss his back. The demon ran his fingertips up and down Ciel's sides, while his mouth made its way leisurely up Ciel's spine, dusting his lips across the flesh, both bruised and pure.

Ciel whimpered, twitched, and shivered beneath this most gentle adoration, loving the delightfully intimate brush of lips and fingers. He found that there seemed to be many more nerve endings along his back than he had ever imagined there could be. He sighed when warm lips nibbled over his shoulder blade and made their way up to his nape. Ciel giggled at how ticklish he was there.

"D-don't!" Ciel laughed, reaching up to rub at the tingling spot. Sebastian humored him and dropped back down to flick his tongue in the very center of Ciel's back, teasing a his hands ran up either side of Ciel's spine.

"Sebastian..." Ciel moaned, arching beneath him He gasped when his movement caused his bare backside to brush up against Sebastian's very hard arousal. His heart beat double when he heard the very small sound Sebastian made. It was a quiet groan, barely more than a breath, but it drove Ciel mad.

He lifted his hands to brace on the mattress, half-expecting Sebastian to hold him down. When he met with no resistance, Ciel carefully turned himself onto his back, his body brushing between Sebastian's thighs as he did so. He leaned up on his elbows to glance down, and his breath caught in his throat at the sight of Sebastian's cock pointing directly upward, blushing pink. Ciel's eye grew even wider as he saw it jump up and smack lightly against the pale skin of Sebastian's abdomen. To think that teasing his master would produce this kind of dramatic result...it sent chills down Ciel's spine. The boy gulped and leaned up on his elbows to get a better view, but Sebastian eased him back down and leaned over to kiss his brow.

"Sebastian, I want to-"

Those delightfully wicked lips stopped his words with a kiss and then whispered against his own,

"Not yet, master. I'm not through with you yet."

Ciel gasped as that low tone excited him and his mouth was taken briefly by another hot kiss. It did not last long, to Ciel's disappointment, but he recovered from the loss quickly as Sebastian began sliding down his body, dragging his hands softly over his flesh as he went. Down his arms, over his chest, down his sides and over his hips. He purposefully avoided Ciel's erection and his hands did not stop until they reached the boy's feet. His slender fingers trailed over the tops of Ciel's feet, and his thin legs jerked in response. The demon watched him with a giant smirk of enjoyment on his face as his light touches triggered his knees to jolt upward over and over.

"Stop!" Ciel whispered, the sound drawn from him against his will as that intense feeling sparked along his nerves, incredibly coming from such a soft touch.

"Why, mast-I mean...Ciel? Do you not enjoy what I'm doing to you?"

"It's...it's not that!" The boy whined, his hips twisting upward, heels sinking into the mattress.

Sebastian gently held down Ciel's slender ankles, pinning them in place.

"Then there should not be any issue."

Ciel moaned helplessly, unable to verbalize what he meant for once, as he was inhibited by a wealth of sensation. Sebastian continued to hold Ciel's ankles down as he shifted low to stretch out on his stomach. The graceful movement oddly reminded Ciel of one of the cats that the demon was so very fond of. Those eyes, those devilish eyes were flaming and the pupil even looked like a feline as he gazed up at Ciel with an teasingly arched brow. Holding Ciel's eye, Sebastian lowered his head and pressed a slow, deliberate kiss to the ball of his left foot. Those lips were so very soft Ciel could hardly believe it. They tickled and yet aroused that place, and his toes curled. Sebastian's eyes flicked up toward the movement, and then they darted back to Ciel for a second, as though seeing and accepting a challenge. With that his smooth lips trailed up to Ciel's big toe, and gave several tiny kisses to the underside of the appendage, making small sounds that caused Ciel to blush. Even darker did his cheeks turn when Sebastian's lips wrapped around the tip of his large toe and his teeth grazed down into the flesh.

"Oh! Ah! What..." Those lips sunk down to engulf the entirety of the toe, and it was pertinent of Sebastian that he held Ciel's ankles down, because they jolted hard. "ohmygodwhatareyoudoing..."

The words jumbled together in one long breath as they came out, his head tossed back and his limbs quivering.

"That's...dirty...isn't it?" Ciel whined, tangling his fingers into his own hair. Sebastian rolled his tongue, causing an intense wave of excitement to crash over Ciel and throb in his member. The demon drew back slowly to chuckle and answer his master,

"Hardly, Ciel. You have no idea where I plan to kiss you later."

Ciel groaned both at Sebastian's words and the stroke of a wet tongue. That felt so amazing. Sebastian's thumbs rubbed tantalizing circles on the inside of his ankles while his mouth suckled gently at Ciel's toe, slipping slowly onto the smaller ones as well, one at a time. Ciel had never conceived of anything like that sensation, and even more startling was how it somehow registered in his cock, as though that mouth was actually on...

"Uuugnnn...oh,oh,oh..."

Ciel's gasps and groans of pleasure only encouraged Sebastian, who switched to his other foot and began the same treatment. While Ciel found his toes to be the most sensitive, it was the very middle of his arch that was revealed to be a direct line to his erection. Sebastian not only kissed the flesh there but applied his mouth and sucked, making Ciel feel like he could actually release just from that glorious sensation alone. Sebastian teased his feet one at a time, kissing and licking lightly at the most sensitive places, until Ciel could feel the liquid seeping at the head of his cock from his desperate want. It wasn't until Sebastian began to kiss his legs that Ciel truly thought he would lose his mind. His calves were brushed by soft, full lips which never applied more than a small amount of pressure. They trickled their way up to his knees, where they nibbled teasingly and made them jump.

"Hmmm...I want to see all of you." Sebastian murmured, almost to himself, and spread Ciel's legs wide to expose him. A small flash of fear tried to fight it's way to the front of Ciel's mind as he remembered other times when this had been done to him, but the care and tenderness in Sebastian's eyes softened his lust. The demon continued with his kisses, eventually flicking his tongue and dusting his lips over Ciel's inner thighs.

"Sebastian, you're driving me mad!" Ciel finally exclaimed, arching his back and wriggling his hips. Sebastian responded by gnawing gently on the sensitive juncture between Ciel's thigh and hip, holding Ciel's knees down more forcefully.

"You're strong," The demon mumbled, soft lips began suckling at the sharp curve of Ciel's hips, "this is just a bit of teasing."

The boy's hips arched upward again, and he let out a frustrated groan.

"I...I'm strong against pain, I've felt so much of it...but this...this is...URRG I can't handle this any longer!"

As he spoke, Ciel's twitched hard. This seemed to catch Sebastian's attention.

"Hmmm, you might be right." The demon cooed, running his hands over Ciel's knees. "You're leaking you're desire and impatience all over your cock."

Ciel covered his face with his hands, mortified that Sebastian had actually said that to him.

"I can see your blush in your cute ears." The demon whispered against his abdomen, kissing lovingly.

"You're shameless!" Ciel whined from behind his hands.

"If I wasn't think how dull this would be." As he spoke, Sebastian lifted one hand from Ciel's knee and traced Ciel's sac lightly with his fingertips. The boy twitched and a generous amount of fluid leaked and ran down his erection.

"Please, Sebastian! Oh, please! You're simply awful!"

Sebastian hummed, his mouth inching down until his lips were brushing the base of Ciel's cock. Ciel felt like he was going insane he wanted stimulation so badly and the extremely light touches were causing his genitals to actually tingle.

"Ciel, if you thought having your feet kissed was filthy I don't know what you'll make of this..."

Ciel's heart skipped a beat and he peered out from behind his fingers just in time to see Sebastian opening his mouth just above the head of his dripping cock. The next instant his head lowered and engulfed him in hellish heat and soft flesh.

"Ahhh!" Ciel wailed at the utter intensity of that feeling, his body shuddering. His hands grappled at the sheets before finding a hold and griping tight, needing to anchor himself to earth. That pleasure was so intense that Ciel didn't know what else to do with himself. Sebastian lifted his eyes and caught Ciel's wide-eyed amazement. His mouth otherwise occupied, Sebastian's eyebrow did the smirking for him, raising haughtily on his forehead. Ciel was already overwhelmed simply from the lowering of Sebastian's mouth, but when he felt that mouth clamp in on him, a slippery tongue rubbing against the tip of his cock...

"UUUUUGGGNNN!"

Valiantly, Ciel tried to muffle his cries in his hands, but they were ripped from him with every move that Sebastian made. His hands soon returned to gripping the sheets, while he valiantly tried not to scream and scream his enjoyment.

"Ohgodhowareyoudoingthat?!" Ciel spouted, moaning and twisting and fisting his hands in his hair. He was enraptured as Sebastian's head began to bob up and down, dragging lips and tongue along the entire length of his shaft. Without thinking Ciel began to buck his hips, forcing himself even deeper into Sebastian's mouth.

"I'm sorry!" He gasped when he realized what he'd done, but Sebastian did not seemed effected in the slightest. Instead of choking or pulling off, Sebastian actually bore down harder, hollowing his cheeks and sucking hard. Ciel was so ready, having been wound so tight by Sebastian's intense teasing for so long and now ready to snap and let it all go. He wanted to hold back, wanted to savor this delicious feeling for as long as he could but his body was too primed, and he only lasted a moment or two longer before he moaned loudly,

"I'm-ahhhh!"

His vision went white as a sharp surge of pleasure shot through his cock, and into Sebastian's waiting mouth. The demon diligently and eagerly swallowed, continuing to bob his head and let Ciel jerk upward, riding the pleasure out. The slender body of the young man was quivering, jolts of post-orgasmic pleasure flying through his veins. Ciel was gasping and moaning lightly, completely amazed by what had just happened. He drew in a sharp breath as Sebastian slipped his mouth gently to the tip of his spent cock and continued to suckle there. The flesh was so overly stimulated that the pleasure was almost painful.

"S-stop that, oh god I can't handle it!" Ciel whispered, reaching down to push Sebastian's head away. The demon let him, and finally released his cock entirely.

"We'll have to explore that another time." Sebastian said with a devastatingly seductive wink.

Ciel felt as though moans and gasps were a large part of his language at the moment, and let out a long groan at the prospect of Sebastian forcing pleasure on his flesh so soon after his completion. Sebastian enjoyed the effect his words had on the boy, and smiled.

"Master-Ciel...if you will allow me, I would like to try something." Barely able to catch his breath let alone think, Ciel merely nodded, trusting Sebastian to take care in what he did to his young master's body. "Just relax, if you want me to stop I shall."

His legs were parted even further, his thighs pushed up against his stomach and supported there by Sebastian's hands. Ciel felt his mind snap back into action as he realized what part of his body this position exposed.

"Sebastian...I don't know if-."

"Trust me, Ciel. Please, give me a chance to prove something to you."

Ciel had no idea what Sebastian meant, and even though he did trust the demon implicitly a sliver of fear was cutting through his heart. That place was one that had been misused, tormented, mocked...he felt shame course through him at the very idea that Sebastian was looking at it right now. And he was, his red eyes taking in the sight of Ciel's puckered treasure where it lay, exposed now, between his round buttocks.

"Please don't..." Ciel muttered, a whimper threatening his voice. Sebastian could sense Ciel's extreme unease and discomfort with the idea, and took a different tactic. Sometimes tenderness was not enough, and bargaining was required. He leaned his cheek against Ciel's bent knee, and looked into Ciel's eye. He tried to convey with the gentlest of expressions just how careful he would treat the boy if given the chance.

"Master, grant me ten brief seconds. You can count aloud if you wish, and after I shall stop at once, but only if you did not enjoy what I do."

Ciel thought this offer over, thinking how very much like the demon it was to negotiate like that. Ten seconds? He supposed that couldn't be too disastrous, even in-no-especially in Sebastian's hands. The feel of that soft cheek against his leg was nice, and the warmth of the demon's large hands cupping his thighs and keeping them pinned to his stomach was nice too...everything Sebastian had done to him was nice so far...

"Alright." Ciel said shakily, and Sebastian turned his head to place a kiss on Ciel's knee.

"I will start the countdown, sir." Sebastian told him quietly, and then his head dipped below Ciel's legs and out of sight. The young man shivered as he felt the heat of the demon's breath against-oh god, what was he-

"One..." The word was breathed hot against the flesh of Ciel's buttock, and then a warm wetness was ever so gently tracing the tender strip of flesh just beneath his balls. Ciel gasped and wriggled a bit.

"Master, will you count?" Sebastian reminded him, that tongue dipping lower.

"Two...Three..." Ciel breathed out, as Sebastian's tongue swirled down incredibly sensitive flesh, sending thrills through the boy. Still, he was concerned about where the demon was obviously going with that tongue...surely it was far too dirty...down there...for him to- "Four...Five..."

Sebastian's tongue met with tender, tightly folded flesh which twitched at the contact. Ciel stammered in his counting while the demon's wet, hot tongue teased around his most private of places and sent unexpected jolts of arousal through Ciel's body. He couldn't believe Sebastian...that place was so filthy, so defiled, and so very tender to him in much more than the physical sense. Yet here he was, licking at it, teasing it, forcing Ciel to realize that the shame he felt was unwarranted as it felt...good...to be touched there, that place that had caused him so much trauma in his past. Sebastian knew well what he was doing, light flicks and long licks around and around, avoiding the very center which somehow made it all the more obvious that that was where Ciel's body wanted it.

"Six..." Ciel gasped and Sebastian realized he was running out of time and tossed away the teasing. He laid his broad tongue to cover the entire area, engulfing it in heat and slickness and pleasure as he rubbed at it with the talented appendage. Ciel's head tossed back onto the pillow and he moaned, his legs jerking in Sebastian's hands. It was unbelievable. Why did that feel so very, very pleasurable?

"S-Sev-en..." Ciel forced out, while his hole was massaged by a hot, wet tongue that began probing him with the tip every now and again. That area was incredibly sensitive, and his flesh tingled and even throbbed at the contact of Sebastian's knowing mouth. The demon's lips soon joined in kissing and suckling.

"It's dirty!" Ciel could not stop the words as guilt and shame overcame him. "Please..!"

"It is not dirty," Sebastian assured him, his words slurred against Ciel's flesh, "it is very lovely, like the rest of you."

Ciel's heart melted and he began to shake as Sebastian redoubled his efforts to prove his point to his master. That tongue became vigorous, rubbing, prodding, wriggling, drawing as much sensation as it could from the tender, secret place. Ciel could not deny that he liked it. Against all odds, it felt incredible. That was the power Sebastian had over his body.

Suddenly, it stopped.

Ciel opened his eye in confusion, and looked down to see Sebastian, hair tousled, panting slightly, gazing up at him.

"Why...why did you stop?" Ciel asked, dazed.

"You lost count, Ciel, but...it's been ten seconds."

The boy was gasping, and gazed down into Sebastian's patient face. The demon was obviously giving him time to think, but his head was so fogged by how good that felt...

"Shall I continue?" He asked gently after a moment. Ciel bit his bottom lip a bit, and closed his eye.

"Perhaps...just a little..."

Sebastian grinned at him, and reached out for the small table beside the bed. He opened the drawer and withdrew something Ciel could not see. He tucked it in the sheets, out of Ciel's sight and then lowered his head once more. This time he did not hold back, but lavished his devilish talent upon the poor boy, who found himself writhing and moaning and loving it. He could feel his muscle twitch at Sebastian's tongue dipped gently just inside, feeling around and softening it up. After long moments of this, Ciel's cock was wide awake once more, fully erect between his parted thighs. Sebastian eased his hand from beneath Ciel's leg, and added his finger to the equation, probing lightly and rubbing in lovely circles.

"Oh, Sebastian I can't believe how that feels..." Ciel groaned, tossing his head and twisting his upper body. The demon did not reply, but his finger disappeared for an instant, leaving the pleasuring to his talented tongue. When it reappeared, it was spreading something lusciously smooth and wet across Ciel's opening.

"What is that?" Ciel whispered, shivering.

"Oil, master. It will make this entire affair much more pleasant."

Ciel had not even considered using such a substance before, but it made perfect sense now that he thought about it.

"It...it tingles..." Ciel said, squirming.

"It is peppermint, master; it soothes but has the capacity to arouse as well."

The cooling oil did indeed make Ciel's flesh tingle wherever it touched, and he found it so strangely enticing. Sebastian applied a generous amount, so much that Ciel could feel it running down between his buttocks and pooling in the sheets beneath him. Sebastian's fingers rubbed and massaged the oil from the sweet strip of tender flesh beneath Ciel's sac all the way down to beneath his opening, leaving a cool, tingling trail that felt amazing. Ciel felt so wet that his first instinct was to tell Sebastian to dry him off, there was far too much liquid coating tender places, making him feel unbelievably aroused. When Sebastian began to prod at his opening with the slick tip of a finger, Ciel felt more at ease because of just how very wet he was, drenched in the slippery oil. That finger slid inside him gently. Ciel let out a small wail, his eye going wide. He sat up on his elbows to watch Sebastian, even though he could see nothing at this angle. But he could certainly feel. It was odd, foreign, but...not unpleasant to feel Sebastian's long, slender finger within him. There was a little pain, but not enough to cause him to stop Sebastian. Especially when the oil coating that digit was making his inner walls quiver. The demon's other hand also released Ciel's other leg and came up to gently press on his chest, encouraging him to lie back down.

"It will be easier if you are on your back, master." He whispered, as he began to lick the base of Ciel's cock once more, distracting him. Ciel complied, but he quickly took Sebastian's hand that laid on his chest, and laced their fingers, holding tightly. The demon squeezed his hand back, and lifted his head so that Ciel could look at him.

"Don't...hurt me..." Ciel breathed, unable to stop the plea from passing his lips as that finger made a small twist and a twinge of pain assaulted him.

Sebastian's face softened, and he shook his head.

"The pain will not last, Ciel. I promise. This oil will ensure it is much easier. Trust me. You trust me, do you not?"

Ciel nodded, wincing as Sebastian began to slide his finger in and out, reaching deeper.

"I...I trust you..."

Sebastian leaned over his trembling master, and granted him a tender kiss on his cheek. The feel of those satin lips eased Ciel, and he lifted his face to bring their mouths together. Kissing Sebastian was so decadent it would have taken Ciel's mind off of anything. He cared not where that mouth had just been, as it tasted fresh and clean, and Ciel lost himself in it as he brought his hands up to sink into Sebastian's soft hair. The demon used this opportunity to ease yet another finger into him, causing Ciel to tighten up. Ciel pulled briefly out of the kiss, gasping, but Sebastian cooed wordlessly to him and captured his lips once more. Sebastian began to scissor his fingers inside Ciel's hot, tight body, and it began to open up to him. Ciel could not believe what his body was doing, could not believe that such a sensation could be so pleasurable. His body was about to surprise him even more, as Sebastian changed the angle at which his fingers entered and thrust upward, hard.

"UUUGN!" Ciel moaned loudly into Sebastian's mouth as an intense wave of pleasure crashed through him, radiating from someplace inside of him that Sebastian was stroking. His fingers twisted tightly in Sebastian's hair.

"There it is..." Sebastian breathed, nibbling on Ciel's jaw and humming in delight. His free hand slipped behind Ciel's neck and supported his head, bringing their lips together once more. "That is why I am doing this to you; to make you feel that pleasure."

The young man groaned relentlessly as Sebastian's fingers kept rubbing that spot deep inside him. The desire and the ecstasy was so overwhelming that Ciel's cock began leaking copious amounts of fluid into his stomach.

"Oh my god, oh my god, that's good, sogoodsogoodohmygod..." Ciel began chattering like a maniac and gasping like he was drowning as the amazing feeling washed away any pain that he had felt. His legs were jerking and twitching, his cock jumping against his abdomen, his lips mumbling against his demon's...it was so very incredible.

"Master..." Sebastian whispered against Ciel's lips. "May I..."

After only a split second of hesitation, Ciel nodded. Sebastian gave him such a genuine smile of affection that Ciel's heart ached. He granted Ciel one last kiss before he moved back, taking hold of Ciel's legs once more, and situating himself between them, draping them around his own hips. The young man's heart thrummed heavily and his legs shook in Sebastian's hands, trying to prepare himself. He was frightened, but not of Sebastian. He knew he could trust him, and he truly wanted to be with him this way, wanted to feel him inside...but he was still frightened. He tried to concentrate on the memory of that pleasurable place inside him, the one Sebastian's fingers had abandoned just now to pour more of that oil directly over his own cock. Ciel's own excitement jumped at the sight of the demon's eyelids fluttering as he rubbed that slick substance over his swollen flesh. Then the hot tip of Sebastian's dripping cock was against his throbbing opening, and Ciel knew there was no more time for doubt. He needed to relax and accept his demon.

"Breathe, Ciel..." Sebastian advised him, stroking his hips gently. Ciel obeyed, and as soon as he exhaled Sebastian began to breach him. The very head was barely thicker than Sebastian's two fingers, but Ciel felt his muscle rebelling and trying to resist the entry.

"Sebastian!" Ciel cried out, immediately afraid. "I can't, please, I-"

"A moment more, master, relax."

"I can't, I can't!" Ciel panicked, and actually tried to push Sebastian away. The demon took action and pinned Ciel down, and held him there by the shoulders. He made sure not to push forward anymore, or withdraw. After a few long seconds of struggling Ciel was forced to stop and be still, catching his breath. By that time he found that there was actually much less pain than when Sebastian first entered.

"I am not trying to hurt you, Ciel." Sebastian whispered tenderly into Ciel's ear, pressing his lips to the curve. "There has to be some discomfort at first, it cannot be avoided, I am sorry."

The young man whimpered, and couldn't find breath to speak. There was a pause, before Sebastian once more entreated in his ear,

"You said you trusted me. I need you to show me that you were sincere in that statement."

The way Sebastian worded that was brilliant, Ciel realized; the responsibility of how this union played out was as much Ciel's as it was Sebastian's. Ciel had promised that he trusted the demon, and yet here he was trying to fight him. The young earl also saw that Sebastian was challenging his pride as well; was Ciel Phantomhive really going to be proven a liar? His eye flew open, his jaw set, and he responded,

"I do trust you. Please, continue."

Sebastian looked incredibly grateful, his breath coming in ragged pants from having to hold that position. He sat back up on his knees now and very slowly began to bury himself even deeper. The pain was less, but still present, a deep burning ache that radiated from where Sebastian's cock was stretching. Ciel bit his lip and breathed carefully through it, repeating to himself in his head that this was Sebastian, he was safe, it was Sebastian, he could trust him, it was Sebastian...

"I'm all the way inside you, my dearest..." Sebastian groaned, sounding so very unlike himself that it made Ciel open his eye again and look up at him. He was instantly startled; giant black feathered wings had sprouted from Sebastian's back and were now curled tightly against his shoulders like the petals of a new rose. He fancied that the demon's black hair looked a bit longer too, now brushing his chest at the very longest point.

"Sebastian, what..." Ciel moaned, trying to adjust both to the length within him and the sight of those unearthly wings.

"I apologize for my lapse in form, master." Sebastian forced out between teeth that looked much sharper and longer than normal. "The feel of you...so very tight is...wearing on me a bit...it's so good..."

The thought that it was his body that was causing such changes in Sebastian's excited Ciel, and he wanted...

"Move." He whispered, feeling the tingling of that oil soothe away the burn. Sebastian growled, tossing back his head as he very slowly began pulling out, leaving a trail of slippery oil in his wake. He was nearly out before he slid back inside, easing the tight walls to loosen for him. The feeling grew better and better with each inward thrust, until Ciel was panting again, and found himself blurting out,

"Faster, Sebastian, please!"

The demon did not obey him at once, picking up just a little speed but not at all near the pace Ciel thought he wanted. He came to find that this was wise, as the increased tempo did cause a bit of an ache. Sebastian obviously had experience with this. Ciel was not going to dwell on that for now, but cling to his pillow and ride out this new adventure with his demon.

And then...

"AAAAHHHH!"

Sebastian's broad cock hammered into that place, that tiny little bundle of nerves that sent such unimaginable pleasure through Ciel's entire body.

"Yes..." Sebastian growled, and slowly began to pick up the pace as Ciel had ordered. Now that he had found it, he made an effort to pummel that place over and over with precision.

"UUGN! OH GOD! Sebastian! That's amazing! Don't stop! Faster! Oh god!"

Ciel reached up and seized his butler around the neck, pulling him down over his own body. The demon braced himself on his hands, leaving Ciel's legs to themselves. They hooked up and around his waist, holding on as the demon continued to thrust. This was incredible. So very, very intimate and pleasurable...and it was theirs...theirs to have together. Ciel's heart was beating so fast that he feared it would burst as Sebastian began kissing him. Wet, messy kisses that spread heat and delight and panted breaths between their lips.

"Don't stop, please don't stop, it's so good, Sebastian, better than anything-AHH-oh god..."

"Ciel, my Ciel you feel incredibly hot and tight inside..."

This was the last bit of conversation between them before the thrusting and kisses overcame them and all was hot flesh and wet tongues, scalding breath and groping hands. It was like they were melting into one another. Ciel realized that he couldn't discern where he ended and Sebastian began...his pleasure was Sebastian's, and vice versa. Their bodies moved smoothly together to join again and again, the pleasure rising every time they came back together. Ciel felt Sebastian driving him to euphoric heights that he didn't know he could reach without wings. He wanted to feel like this forever, nonstop, linked to his demon more closely than he had ever been. If there was a chance that this was what it might feel like to give his soul to Sebastian...After several moments of wild thrusting Ciel felt his pleasure wind tight, and he started babbling desperately,

"ohmygod I'm going to come, I feel it I feel it, I'm so close, I can't hold on, please, please, please!"

He was on the cusp, could not hold back the flood that he felt rising in him. Sebastian had other ideas, apparently, and eased off his thrusting, stopping and taking Ciel's head in his hands, stroking his cheeks.

"Shhh, Ciel, calm down..."

"I don't want to calm down!" Ciel gasped, tossing his head on the pillow and whining shamelessly. "I want to come!"

"You're too excited, you need to breathe for a moment." Sebastian panted, rolling his hips slightly and watching Ciel closely. The young earl was nearly weeping with his desire, clinging to Sebastian's arms tightly, his entire body shaking. He loved this, love this feeling of Sebastian buried within him, driving away all the pain that place had caused him in the past. While Ciel had a moment on Sebastian's wisdom to breathe and think, a wild thought came to him, a desperate, glorious thought that he could not contain within himself.

"Sebastian, kill me!" He blurted out, opening his eye to plead with the demon. Sebastian's body stilled entirely with shock, his red eyes going wide with disbelief.

"Master, what..."

Ciel pulled on Sebastian to draw him down into an embrace. Tears began running down Ciel's face as the desire for that ultimate closeness with his demon overwhelmed him. It made perfect sense in his mind; right here, right now, he could be forever united with Sebastian.

"Kill me and take my soul to you." Ciel sobbed, twining himself as closely around Sebastian as he could, arms and legs drawing the demon against him. "Right now, in this moment! Please."

"How could you ask something like that of me now?" Sebastian asked, completely shocked.

"I'd never be apart from you again." Ciel wept, clutching Sebastian so tightly that his already shaking arms began to quake. "I can't bear being without you, Sebastian, so please, please take me away from this painful world and let me feel this pleasure with you forever."

Ciel was crying forcefully, completely sincere in what he was asking for. Sebastian realized that he needed to tread delicately. As his master wept, amidst a turmoil of pleasure and anguish, he placed kisses on Ciel's neck. Choosing his words carefully, Sebastian began to speak.

"My dear Ciel, I understand how alluring that option might seem to you right now. But please understand, there is no need to speak like this..."

"Please, please..." Ciel begged him, burying his face into the side of Sebastian's neck.

"No, Ciel." Sebastian said firmly, pulling away from Ciel's tight hold and starting instantly to thrust harshly into Ciel's sensitive body. Ciel wailed with pleasure, moaning and twisting beneath Sebastian. "There is no need to think about that."

Sebastian's voice was harsh with pleasure, the words forced out of him as he spoke.

"If it is this pleasure that you seek, be content with it here, in life. Think not of it existing only in death."

"But..." Ciel began, barely able to get any sound out other than mindless groans and whimpers. His entire body was moving up and down on the mattress with Sebastian's thrusts, the shocks of ecstasy shooting through his entire body.

"You said you trusted me!" Sebastian insisted again. "Trust me in this as well; we shall be one in the future, but we are also one right now, in this moment. Is that not enough?"

Ciel could barely concentrate on Sebastian's heavy words as the pleasure wracking his body was pushing logical thought away. But as always, his demon's words soothed him, grounded him, reassured him of the truth. When the young earl could not answer Sebastian's questions, he lifted Ciel's hips and began to hammer within him with all his might.

"Is this not enough, Ciel?!" He demanded, as he pleasured his master with inhuman speed and agility. As he spoke, he reached out for the bandage around Ciel's head and ripped it away, exposing the eyelid that was squeezed shut over Ciel's right eye. Suddenly it slid back and the seal of their contract blazed up at him from the blood-stained halo of Ciel's eye.

"Oh! Oh! Sebastian! Yes, yes!"

Blinding white flashed behind Ciel's eyes, as an almost painful explosion of bliss erupted from him. His cock spurt forth gushes of hot pleasure, scalding his stomach. At the same moment his demon let out a beautiful groan of delight, and scalding liquid was suddenly filling Ciel's sensitive channel. Ciel had the image of Sebastian's great black wings spreading out to full length, brushing the ceiling and reaching wall-to-wall as they quivered and shed feathers. Then Ciel felt himself being drawn into darkness.

Several moments later Ciel felt a coolness on his forehead, and he gasped as he came back to himself. Sebastian was holding him in one arm as he leaned over him, looking concerned and wiping his hot brow with a wet cloth. He looked like himself again, wings once more hidden.

"You passed out, master." Sebastian said quietly, dabbing as his flushed cheeks. He had replaced the bandage over Ciel's eye, and worked around it to cleanse his face.

There was a very long silence in which Ciel caught his breath and Sebastian continued to hold him close and cool his heated skin. Aftershocks of delightful pleasure still thrummed in Ciel's body, and he felt a lazy smile growing on his face.

"I didn't handle that very well, now, did I?" Ciel asked softly at last. Sebastian chuckled and shook his head.

"Your emotions have been tested most cruelly in the past two days, master. It is not surprising that you experienced such a shift so drastically."

Ciel shifted his legs, and winced as he felt a twinge in his lower regions. There did not seem to be any trace of their dalliance, however, even the bedding had been changed in the small interval in which Ciel had been out. Ciel still felt the tingle that incredible oil had left in his flesh, however, and it made him grin wider. He snuggled in close to Sebastian, wrapping his arms around him.

"I've never felt so incredible." He mumbled.

"Nor I." Sebastian agreed, laying them down now to recline into the fresh new pillows he had arranged.

"Are you just saying that to please me?" Ciel asked, nuzzling beneath Sebastian's chin. He sighed as the demon's hands stroked his back and his hair.

"Not at all, master. You should know by now that I never lie."

The whimsical tone caused Ciel to laugh.

"Ah, yes. Of course, how could I forget?"

There was no real humor in that line, but they both laughed anyway, being caught up in the afterglow of their intercourse. They lay there, chuckling with happiness and mirth for a few more silent moments. The mood oddly shifted when Sebastian said,

"Ciel...will you promise me something?" Ciel drew back to look up into Sebastian's face, surprised by this request. Sebastian had never asked anything of him before, certainly not a promise. Sebastian cupped Ciel's cheek in a gentle hand and spoke sincerely. "Never demand that I end your life again. Ever. Not until this world determines it is your time."

They young earl's heart ached at the demon's words. He felt slightly ashamed that he had asked such a thing of Sebastian.

"I promise." Ciel whispered. "I wasn't thinking clearly, Sebastian. I just...I just felt so good and in my mind at that moment...that was how I could feel for eternity if you took my soul right then."

"I understand that, master." Sebastian assured, pulling Ciel's head back in to cuddle against his throat. "Still, I needed your assurance to be absolute. I have no desire to end your life prematurely."

Ciel relaxed completely in his demon's arms, listening to the soothing beat of his heart. It was oddly exciting, knowing that he now had his entire life ahead of him, no fear of death so soon, not that he had ever feared it, but now he was free. Free to enjoy Sebastian in ways that he had only imagined, free to take his vengeance and have life afterward. It was blissful just to think about.

"Sebastian," Ciel asked quietly, just when he felt sleep creeping up on him once more. They had been lying there, Sebastian's fingers stroking through Ciel's hair and Ciel lightly kissing the demon's neck for long moments. It was such a safe, soothing atmosphere.

"Yes, Ciel?" Sebastian whispered against his brow, making Ciel smile upon hearing his name.

"What are we to do now?"

A low rumble of laughter vibrated against Ciel's chest, and Sebastian lifted his chin and kissed him tenderly on the lips.

"We live, Ciel. We continue on together in life and death. I will treasure you now and always, bring you pleasure and bliss, keep you safe, hold you in my arms. We shall enjoy all that this world has to offer until fate drives your soul into my possession. At which time we shall be one until this world crumbles. For now, however, we shall simply...be together."

Sebastian once more dropped a deep, gentle kiss on Ciel's lips. When he pulled back he saw the small grin of utter, sweet rapture on Ciel's face and asked for the second time that night,

"Is that enough for you?"

Tears of happiness pooled in Ciel's eyes, and he hid them by drawing Sebastian close and embracing him, holding on as though any moment he might dissolve in his arms. Yet he knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt that he would never be alone again, and that filled him with unspeakable joy.

"Sebastian...my beloved Sebastian...it is more than enough."

THE END ^.^