A/N: And finally, the last one. Is it any good? TELL ME!

Title: Because We Knew Him

Author: liketolaugh

Rating: K+

Pairings: None

Genre: Supernatural/Friendship

Warnings: Non-canon elements, as in all my stories

Summary: They could tell he was a mutant. They knew him very well, after all.

Disclaimer: Sadly, Black Butler is not mine.

Sebastian

Sebastian didn't know. His Young Master was special, yes. He had the most interesting, contradictory soul of any human Sebastian had ever met.

Pure, yet smothered in darkness. Strong, yet shattered by pain. Loving to some, but full of hatred to all. Kind, yet cruel. That was his Young Master's soul.

And he had the most peculiar of quirks, as well.

His Young Master was a very odd human, indeed, but that was why he interested Sebastian so.

He always seemed very tense when there were crowds of people around, though Sebastian supposed that was only natural, given how anti-social his Young Master was. He would, of course, hate being around large numbers of people, secluded introvert he was, even ignoring his tendency to attract, frankly, creepy men who enjoyed captured or stalking him, or, on occasion, both.

His Young Master had hated crowds for as long as he knew him, after all. It was nothing odd at all, he supposed. High-tension environments and large crowds were bad for one's health, and it simply wouldn't do for someone as small as his Young Master to fall ill. And if he couldn't make sure his Young Master stayed healthy, well, then what kind of a butler would he be?

He also had the oddest way of having the best luck when he was manipulating someone; they always seemed to feel exactly as they were meant to. His Young Master was a chessmaster, indeed. Even Sebastian sometimes found himself impressed with how quickly and efficiently his Young Master would weave his words into a honeyed net well worthy of a demon; a death trap made from false gold.

Sebastian himself always enjoyed using such methods, and could do so nearly as quickly, but he had had centuries of practice and years of a demon's lifestyle even before that behind him when he did so, and he did sometimes wonder how his Young Master did it, but it must simply be the result of long-honed natural talent for manipulation.

Sebastian would never betray his Young Master's secrets – not that there was too much to tell.

If he told his Young Master's secrets, what kind of a butler would he be?

There we go. Sigh. I meant to publish a load yesterday, but my baby cousin was adopted and I was occupied from literally as soon as I got out of school, until I got home at eight, and by then it was more or less too late. I am SO SORRY. Please still review?