Love and Libraries:

Chapter 2:

Over the next week their relationship flourished. Ciel helped out Sebastian with his assignments in the library, let him kiss him and complimented him regularly. In return Sebastian's thoughts became surprisingly less disdainful and more positive.

Ciel is pretty cute.

The person in question gave the owner of the thought a searching look. It was strange that Sebastian hadn't tacked an insult on at the end. He couldn't tell if it was the assignment help or the compliments that were changing Sebastian's opinion.

"Ciel, is this reference right?" Sebastian asked.

"No, you need to put the name of the journal in italics, not the article name," Ciel pointed.

Where would I be without him? He's better than the rest.

The compliments were beginning to unnerve Ciel. He settled for reviewing an online article on his laptop instead. They were in the study area of the library on a Wednesday afternoon so it was completely dead.

"When can I visit your flat?" Sebastian asked suddenly. "You've seen mine now and we are friends now."

Will he sleep with me? He does say my ass is nice. He has to like me like that.

Ciel gritted his teeth in disgust. He knew he was lucky that Sebastian hadn't been thinking it before, but it still wasn't pleasant to hear thoughts like that. However it all benefited his plan.

"My flatmates are going away at the weekend so you can come round on Saturday. What do you want to do?"

You.

That thought had been predictable. At least it guaranteed that Sebastian would be easily distracted.

Ciel had finished making arrangements and all that was needed was Sebastian. The student turned up at the agreed time promptly and looked surprised by the interior design. Perhaps the chandelier and the piano hinted that it wasn't an average student flat, Ciel reflected. It was too late for that now.

This place is fancier than I thought.

"Which one is your room?" Sebastian enquired with an innocent tone.

"It's down the hallway. I thought that we could have some tea first," Ciel told him, already on his way to the kitchen. "I found a new type of tea to try."

He brought the teacups in on a tray and placed it next to the chess set on the coffee table. The pieces had been set up so that the game had been half played. He passed Sebastian the black rimmed teacup and picked up the white rimmed one himself.

"Can you play chess?" He asked. "I have competitions with my flatmates, but we didn't finish last night."

Sebastian sipped his tea and his expression cleared.

This tea is good. I wonder what blend it is.

"The tea is a special blend, it might have an unpleasant aftertaste if you have sensitive taste buds, however it is worth it," Ciel replied.

"That's interesting. I can play chess, do you want to continue the game?" Sebastian offered.

If I beat him, I can ask for something.

It didn't really matter what Sebastian was going to request from him so he agreed.

"We can. You can take the black pieces."

Sebastian counted the number of pieces and nodded. There were more black pieces on the chess board than white which signified an easy win to him.

"If I win, will you give me something more than a kiss?"

Ciel was very confident that Sebastian was not going to win so he had no problem agreeing. The game progressed like an average chess game with pieces being taken on both sides and Ciel reminding Sebastian to drink the tea so it was worth the money.

After Sebastian took both of Ciel's knights, Ciel became very talkative.

"Are you interested to hear about my part time job?"

The black haired student looked sharply at him. "I am interested in anything you say."

It's probably boring.

"I work for the crown," Ciel said as Sebastian took one of his rooks.

"What does that entail?"

"I dispose of the scum that can't be caught by legal means. It's very rewarding. I inherited the job from my father."

"That sounds interesting," Sebastian commented.

Did he drink before I got here? He talks like a drunk.

"Sometimes I choose the targets myself. I found someone suitable this week that deserves to be disposed of."

Has the anticipation gone to his head? I'd better win the game quick.

"You can't beat me at this game," Ciel replied and took Sebastian's remaining knight.

"I can."

I think I need to readjust my strategy. He is stranger than I thought; I should go with my original intent. It's not too late to start.

"I have some information about you from the police and from your previous universities," Ciel informed him tartly. "I know that you supplied drugs to lonely students that later died of overdoses. You left those other universities because the suspicion was beginning to catch up with you."

How the hell does he know about that?

"The police and university suspected you in all cases, but there was no evidence. You were just casual friends with the victims. It's interesting that you didn't care if the victims were male or female. It makes your motives all the more unclear. I happen to know your motive though."

I need to shut him up now.

Ciel held up his hand. "It's okay Sebastian. This matter will not be discussed outside this room."

Does he love me enough to think that I can't kill him?

"I know that you didn't approach me at first because I met your criteria, you were planning to get through first year without killing anyone. You just thought that I was cute, then your thoughts became more murderous after noticing that I met your requirements and you made a decision to make me another one of your victims just now."

Sebastian glanced at him in confusion and moved his queen into position.

"Whilst I may have wanted to make you my next victim at first, I stopped after getting to know you better."

"That is true," Ciel conceded. "You wanted to sleep with me instead. However, that does not excuse anything that you have done in the past."

He moved his remaining rook into position so the black king was trapped by his rook and queen.

"It's checkmate. I drugged your tea."

What? No wonder it had a strange aftertaste,

"That's why I said that you can't beat me at chess, you will be unconscious before you have an opportunity to win," Ciel picked at Sebastian's king and twirled it. "Don't bother trying to attack me, you should be paralysed right now."

I can't move my legs.

Once he had heard that Ciel stood up and towered over Sebastian's paralysed form.

"You've always been unable to beat me because I've known every thought that has passed through your mind in my company. Every odious thought, I heard it. I knew about your type of victim because you thought about classing me as one."

I can't see a way out...

"There is no way out," Ciel said nastily and enjoyed the panicked look on the murderer's face. "Your autopsy will say that you died of a drug overdose. I thought it would be poetic justice for you."

... you...

Ciel watched as Sebastian's eyes became distant and his thoughts faded away.

"That's what you get for thinking you can play with me," he said and tossed the chess piece at Sebastian's prone form and leaving the room.

Tanaka was waiting outside his flat with a worried look marring his face. He was always concerned about the targets that Ciel had chosen of his own accord.

"Is it done, young master?"

"You can administer the fatal dose. I don't want anything to do with him anymore."

Ciel didn't return to the flat until Sebastian's corpse had been removed. He put away his chess set and sat down with a normal cup of tea. It had been a long week for him and now he had a report to write for the Queen. The paperwork was always the worst part.

In a few days he would probably forget about Sebastian Michaelis. He would just be another name he had struck off.

The End

A/N: The original wattpad version has a different ending in which Ciel ends up with Lizzie.