Night was a demon's domain.

Sebastian Michaelis could not forget this simple obvious fact even after all these years under his human master, Ciel Phantomhive's, employ. He still craved to feel that freedom and dominate the shadows and the night as he used to. However, he realized this would clearly have to wait until he was free of this contract that bounded him to that human boy, which would hopefully not be much longer.

With a soft labored sigh, Sebastian peeled his attention off of the window he had been staring out and tried to focus on something indoors. The Phantomhive Butler's duties were never done, but considering it was nighttime, the duties were significantly less in number and less urgent.

Ciel and the rest of the human servants were asleep currently considering it was in the middle of the night; this made the large manor was as quiet as a grave. Eventually the silence was interrupted by a soft sigh then the soft footsteps caused by the butler as he began to walk to the kitchen, he hated to waste time thus he supposed he would use this time to begin baking some pastries for Ciel's morning breakfast.

In a matter of minutes he had all the ingredients, utensils and dishes laid out on the counters that he needed to make the pastries he had in mind. Without hesitation he began to work on whipping up some éclairs, which would taste ironically divine at the hands of the demon.

It was when he started whipping up the chocolate frosting for spreading on top of the pastry that he felt a small breeze pass through the kitchen. He frowned to himself, he wasn't absent minded enough to forget to close a window on the first floor when everyone retired to bed for the night. Either way, it was evident a window was open so he closed it in one quick, smooth motion before getting back to the frosting.

The second he placed one hand on the bowl and the other on the spatula he felt something, rather someone grasp his wrist before they spun him around before even he, with his quick reflexes, could stop it. Before he knew it his eyes had locked upon intense golden hues.

"Claude Faustus…" Sebastian breathed out a quick second before he attempted to strike the spider demon aside with the spatula he still had in his hand. Claude was a demon as well allowing him to have just as quick reflexes allowing him to simply block the spatula with his fingertips. All Sebastian managed to accomplish was getting some frosting flicked on his own cheek.

Seeing the chocolate frosting upon his counterpart's pale cheek, Claude could only smirk. "Such a disgrace Sebastian Michaelis… So messy for a butler." He cooed out letting his presence fully resonate over the male before him, then, he simply flicked his long tongue out and slowly licked Sebastian's cheek feeling him shiver in response when he did so. "How delectable as always Sebastian… the icing is good as well." With that said, he smirked all the more.

Having pride, Sebastian scoffed, "and naturally you're as disgusting and perverted as always." He tried to break the male's grip with some quick precise jerks but Claude held tight with an iron grip. After a few seconds of useless struggle he slowly locked gazes with the demon before him.

At this point Claude had a very irritated expression. "You are a hypocrite Michaelis." One of the hands that held tight to Sebastian's wrists snapped up and grasped his chin forcing their eyes to stay locked. "You have an affinity for human children's souls just as I do, so you're just as much as a pervert as I am."

Annoyance sparked up in Sebastian's intense eyes in response to this. "I intend to devour Ciel's soul, that is all. Unlike you that is all I intend to do."

"I don't intend to do anything with that psychotic boy that proclaims his dominance over me for this short annoying period of time. He may be a bit off his rocker but he's irritatingly predictable like most humans. You, however, never cease to amuse me. You are the only one who seems to never lose my interest…"

The Phantomhive Butler's usually calm facial expression twitched a little at this, "you're being odder then usual Claude, and that's saying something. After you got a taste of Ciel's blood something snapped in your brain but this is a whole new level. Get a hold of yourself Faustus."

"This isn't about me Michaelis, this is about us…"

Now Sebastian was even more convinced that something had snapped in the male's head and he was debatably insane at this point. As far as he was concerned they had a rivalry that pitted them against one another and thus far Sebastian always came on top and he had everything that Claude had wanted. The other demon hated him for it. Perhaps that wasn't the whole story after all.

"There isn't an 'us' Faustus. There's me, and then there's you, that will never change."

"Mm, so you say. However, you cannot deny that I understand you and your true desires then anyone else on this Earth. Humans cannot even begin to comprehend what makes us tick, only fellow demons could possibly understand." When Sebastian opened his mouth to retort Claude simply placed a finger over his lips to silence him before he continued. "When you were looking out of the window before you were longing back for that time that you patrolled and ruled the night where everything was your domain… correct?"

Sebastian took a breath and visibly hesitated before he spoke, "perhaps I was but I wasn't seeking any sort of companionship or understanding on the matter." Once again he attempted to break the male's grip on him.

Claude's grip was tight and relentless but clearly he started to get irritated by Sebastian's constant refusals and unwillingness to give in. This called for a different approach, a more direct one. The hand that had been holding the male's chin then snapped back to Sebastian's free arm. "You're mine now Michaelis, and I will open your eyes to the truth you're trying to deny that only I can truly understand you. No amount of denying will change what is about to happen."