Jet Lagged

Chapter 1

So here it is! This is the official remake of Online Lover! Why did I choose to remake this? Well, because to be honest- I hated that story. So, I decided to give it more feels and make it much better than the original. Enjoy!

A body collided with the locker in the empty hallway. The small figure was being held by the collar of his wrinkled shirt. A black eye patched rested on the boy's right eye, hiding it from the public's eye. Blue hair fell over the boy's eyes. His name was Ciel Phantomhive- the biggest loser in all of Kuro high.

"You fag." The boy's bully spoke, kneeing him in his stomach. His name was Claude, the biggest douche in the whole school. Most people called him spider boy because of his weird obsessions to spiders. He didn't mind though, people still feared him and that was all that counts.

Ciel let out a grunt as he fell to the ground, curling up in a ball to try to sooth the pain in his stomach. Claude wasn't finished with the feminine looking boy. In a flash his leg moved to kick the boy in his stomach, repeating the action a few times before leaving, laughing.

However, Ciel wasn't laughing. He was on the ground of the empty school, with tears prickling his eye. No matter how many times he was beaten, caused names, and humiliated, he would always cry. He didn't know why he would always cry- he had been so used to this kind of lifestyle. People would always hurt him, and he would just accept it. After all, it was the life he learned to accept.

The tiny boy picked himself off the dirty school ground. He grabbed his fallen backpack and started to walk out of the school, glad school was over for the winter break. He hated that hell hole called school; it was a place full of stereotypes and drugs. Hell, not even the teachers taught or did anything about the bullying that the young boy endured.

Halfway through the walk home, the wind started to pick up speed, and snow started to fall from the grey sky. Ciel let out a groan as he started to fight against the wind, his body growing cold from the chilling wind coming at his small body at twenty miles per hour.

He put his hands around his arms, trying to warm himself up. Even though he was wearing a long sleeve shirt, he forgot about a jacket. The only thing that could keep him warm was still at his home, not on his own body.

Ciel's walking escalated into a slow run, his hands in his jean pocket, grabbing his inhaler in case his asthma started to act up. He smiled once his house was in sight. Just a few more strides and he would be home!

He finally reached his yard, snow coming up to his ankles already. He let out a soft groan, dragging himself through the thick snow to get to his small home. Grabbing the key from his back pocket, he inserted the metal object into the slot. Twisting the key in the hole, the door unlocked. He grabbed the handle and oened the large door, shutting and locking it behind him.

"I'm home!" His hoarse voice called out to nobody. The blue haired male let out a small sigh, taking his shoes off his small feet before heading upstairs. He walked down the long hallway before he reached his room. He opened the door and walked in, taking off his jacket and throwing it on his neatly made bed.

He picked up his laptop, walking to his bed before lying down and turning on the laptop. He stretched his body on the bed, stripping himself from his day clothes and into sweats and a baggy t-shirt and a skillet sweatshirt.

He logged into his account and logged onto his Skype, instantly greeted by his online friends. He saw they were all in a group voice chat. Ciel never volunteered in voice chatting, due to his social skills being non-existent.

The ground started to freak out after seeing Ciel go online. Ciel chuckled at his online friends' reaction to him showing up so late in the day. Ciel placed his hands on his mac keyboard and began typing away.

Phantom_Of_The_Sky: Sorry- I had a problem in school. Forgive me ^^;

The group started to talk again- seeming to ignore Ciel after he stopped typing. He felt his hand minimize skype, and go onto safari. He went into his tumblr, checking his dash- but laughing at nothing. Switching to a new tab, he opened up Youtube. He typed in his favorite band, skillet, and clicked on their newest album, Rise.

The intro started to play softly in his ears, relaxing him. No matter how many times he had listened to this song- he never got tired of its amazing tune.

A skype notification broke through the skillet in the background. He opened his eyes and clicked the skype icon. He clicked his group chat only to find a single message from his friend.

Mistress_Of_Swords: Hey Phantom, why don't you join our video group chat?

Ciel stiffened, his fingers hovering over the keyboard. He had always ditched the voice chats, but now that his friend had asked- how could he say no? He typed a quick 'okay' and moved is pointer to the 'join call' button.

Once he clicked the damn button, and was instantly greeted to three somewhat familiar voices and faces. They all had blonde hair. One was a girl with high ponytails. Through the terrible lighting, it looked like she had green eyes.

The other blonde had baby blue eyes, and short and messy blonde hair. He seemed to be happy. Ciel swore he had seen him before- but he shrugged it off. The third blonde had red clips in his doll like hair, and teal eyes.

"He's here!" The girl with the high pitch voice squealed, clapping her hands. Ciel stood out like a sore thumb in this group. Everybody had blonde hair while he had blue; everyone had a cheery attitude while Ciel had a depressed attitude.

"Wicked!" The teal eyed kid spoke, smiling. Ciel was silent, afraid to speak. He knew his voice would be hoarse. The blue haired male was afraid to talk due to his shyness.

Everyone was silent- waiting for Ciel to say something- anything. Ciel panicked and muted his mic, letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding in. He quickly opened up the chat and typed an apology, his heart racing,

Phantom_Of_The_Sky: Sorry- I'm very shy around people.

The whole group started to tell him to talk- to overcome his shyness. However, after a while of silence, they had stopped. Ciel had zoned out and went onto safari, typing in the name of a website he used a lot. Instantly, he was greeted to a white website.

Omegle: Talk to Strangers!

Ciel smiled as he clicked the 'text' button, being connected to a random stranger.

Stranger: Hey, you interested in talking?

You: Yeah- that's why I'm on this site. Lol.

Stranger: Thank god- someone actually here to talk, not just looking for someone to jerk off to.

You: true true.

The two talked for what seemed like hours. They discussed their favorite bands, animes, and music. Ciel actually enjoyed talking to this mystery man. For some weird reason, Ciel felt like he could trust this mystery person. However, there was still a chance that he could be a pervert. He hoped that wasn't true though.

Soon enough, it was time for this man to leave. He must have lived in another time zone or wanted to go someplace.

Stranger: Well, it's time for me to leave you. Hey, do you have skype or kik? I would really like to keep talking to you ;)

You: Yeah, I have them. It's Phantom_Of_The_Sky. You are actually a very cool person to talk to.

Stranger: Really? That's the first time I have ever heard that. Haha.

You: No way! You are like- so cool! O:

Stranger: Why, thanks…^.^

Stranger: Well, I should get going- see you around~

Stranger has disconnected.

Ciel sighed as he clicked off the website- going onto youtube to put on some Mayday Parade, but he jumped when he heard the skype notification in his earbuds. He saw a contact request from a person he didn't know. He accepted the request, the

Caged_Raven: It's me, the guy you met on Omegle. C: Just wanted to say hello! Don't forget about me, kay?

Ciel let a small smile appear on his face. For the first time in a while- he felt happy that he had a friend. A friend he knew nothing about.

Phantom_Of_The_Sky: I won't forget 'bout you! Talk to you later!

~X~

The break had flown by. Ciel spent all his time talking to his online friend. They didn't know a lot about each other yet, but Ciel knew that they were going to be amazing friends. Ciel plopped down in his seat, letting out a soft sigh. He took out his book and started to read- straining his one eye in order to read the pages of the book.

It didn't take long for tired and annoyed students to fill the classroom, rambling to their friends about their newest gifts, or their stupid resolutions for the New Year. Ciel sadly didn't have any of those. He spent his Christmas alone- his aunt working late at the hospital that night, and spent the new years talking to his friend, his aunt at a party- getting drunk.

The bell rang and startled the tiny boy, causing him to jump. He put his book in his bag and focused ahead. However, halfway into class, he started to feel paper balls being thrown at him while the teacher had her back turned.

Ciel looked back to find his bully's friends throwing paper balls at Ciel, laughing. The bluenette grabbed a few of the crumbled up paper and opened them. One word was written on them, each hurting Ciel more and more.

'Fag' 'kill yourself' 'loser', he had heard all those words before- but the one that hurt him the most was only three words, scribbled in black pen on a crumpled piece of paper.

'nobody loves you'

Anyone would have shrugged those words off, not take those words to heart- but Ciel wasn't anyone. Memories flashed through Ciel's head. His father was the first to appear, then his aunt leaving him not even hours after he came to her home. The memories of his old school rushed into his mind, making him want to throw up, pass out, or just scream.

The terrified boy bit his lip, keeping in the scream that threatened to surpass Ciel's pale lips. He wasn't going to panic, he couldn't!

If he did panic, all he would get is unwanted pity from everyone. That was the last thing he ever wanted. He excused himself from class and ran into the bathroom, grasping the sink and taking deep breaths, calming himself. He walked into a stall and put his back against the tiled wall, sliding down until his bottom reached the cold, dirty ground.

It took a while until Ciel expelled the thoughts running through his mind, and he was totally calmed down. Most kids would think he was crazy for getting worked up over such a small topic like a few harsh words- but when you are Ciel Phantomhive, those words hurt you. They were true though. His mother had committed suicide, leaving him alone with his drunken father all the time. Vincent had expressed his thoughts about Ciel very…dramatically. Aunt Red seemed to want avoid him at all costs…but hey, he was used to nobody loving him, right?

~X~

Lunch came quickly, leaving Ciel to sit alone once again. He laid his head on the table, letting his blue hair fall all around his small face. It's not like anyone would just walk up to him and ask what was wrong. Nobody cared about him, so why would they start now?

Ciel's head shot up when a hand tapped his shoulder. His eyes widened as he turned around. He nearly fell out of his seat.

Standing before him were his three internet friends; the three blondes from his group.

"Hey, we were wondering if you would let us sit here…" The green haired blonde girl spoke, a smile on her doll like face.

Ciel didn't hesitate to nod, his shyness taking over, causing him to hide his face in his sleeves. The trio laughed and sat down, looking at the blue haired male.

"I'm Elizabeth by the way!" The girl introduced herself, the smile never leaving her face.

"I'm Finnian!" The green haired boy giggled, waving to the shy boy.

"I'm Alois Trancy!" The last one giggled, sticking his tongue out. "And we are you're new best friends!"

Ciel couldn't believe his ears. Were these people forced to be friends with him, or did they just want to play a joke? Nobody ever wanted to be friends with a loser like Ciel, right? Ciel was just a nerd, a loser like one might say. He liked to watch anime and read yaoi fanfictions- why would anyone want someone like that to be their friend?!

Something then dawned on Ciel. Maybe they saw how lonely he was and just wanted to make him smile. That could be a reason, couldn't it? A few friends wouldn't make him smile; nothing could ever bring back his smile. Maybe, just maybe, he could enjoy what having friends are like- before they leave him like everyone else.

~X~

A year passed since Ciel and his group of friends met. Little by little- Ciel started to feel happy again. Not only did his real friends help with that, but his online friend helped as well.

They had learned a lot about each other over the course of a year. He found out that his friend was named Sebastian, and that he was a high school dropout. He lived with his boyfriend- who from Ciel's eye- was very controlling.

He also knew that he was 17 years old- one year older than the Phantomhive kid. Sebastian lived in London, and he loved cats. Over the course of a year, Ciel began to trust him more and more. Their usual chats turned into voice chats. It felt nice to have someone who cared a lot about you.

It wasn't until a few months after spring break that Sebastian was offline. It wasn't just 'oh he is just offline for a few hours', no, Sebastian was offline for a few months. It worried Ciel to not have someone he loved talking to just disappear without warning.

Summer eventually came, and Ciel was still awaiting for his British friend to return back to him, but with every day that passed, he got no word from the British lad. All he saw when he got online was: Caged_Raven: Offline.

For an odd reason, he left very worried that he was gone. Every time he talked to his friend, he would always get all flustered. His face would go red, and he would stutter. He didn't know what this feeling was- but from his research and his fanfictions, he could only think one thing.

He was in love with his online friend.

It wasn't until late one morning Ciel woke up to a voice call. He put his eye patch over his right eye before looking at who would be calling him in the wee hours of the morning. His eye widened at the familiar name on his screen. He clicked accept and placed his laptop in his lap, wide awake.

"Hey Sebastian! I missed you!" The American greeted, excited. However, the British male didn't seem so excited.

"Hey…sorry about leaving…I had a few problems…" He spoke in a hushed tune, as if he didn't sleep that night. His voice also seemed panicked, like he was looking out for something.

"I'm here…" Ciel reminded, "I'm just glad to have you back."

~X~

Ciel and Sebastian grew closer as the months went on. They even celebrated New Years together. First they celebrated Sebastian's new year, than Ciel's; due to them being in two different time zones. However, something big happened on a certain date.

It was February 14th, valentine's day. Ciel and Sebastian were skyping- like normal best friends would. However, that day Sebastian was quiet. When Ciel was just about to log off- Sebastian had stopped him.

"Ciel…is it bad that…I have fallen in love with you?" The British male asked, causing Ciel to gasp.

"No! No, not at all!"

"I know…online relationships don't always work out…but I was wondering if you would be mine? Would you care to be my online lover?" The British lad awkwardly spoke, trailing off at the end. Ciel was stunned, but he let out a laugh.

"Yes! One million times yes!"

Here is the prologue to the story. I am excited for this! Like, very excited! I hope you enjoy this! See you in the next chapter! s2