Chapter 5: I Hate You

A long long time ago, there once was a beautiful boy who lived happily with his parents. They had everything so the boy could never ask for more. But one day, the boy's happiness was taken away in seconds. They boy had lost his family, his house, and his fortune in a terrible fire.

For days the boy roamed the streets of London as people simply ignored him. The people called him dirty and unsightly, never accepting the existence of the boy. For days and days the boy was given abusive words that he soon had no will to live. But one day, the boy was found. He was accepted into the Victorian Orphanage for talented children. But this orphanage was not a safe haven for the boy but a prison. A prison to keep him trapped forever.

XxXx

In the morning after the incident, Sebastian was in a terrible mood. The relationship between him and Ciel had become more complicated since last night. Sebastian clearly remembers how Ciel had trembled in fear when Sebastian had finished his so called "fairytale".

Sebastian knew he had gone too far with his games.

Ever since Sebastian was young, he was good at analyzing people just by their actions and their belongings. Therefore, Sebastian had merely "guessed" Ciel's past just by Ciel's actions and belongings which were found in his room.

However since the incident, Sebastian has not seen Ciel at all.

With heavy steps, Sebastian walked into the dining hall where he found all the children (except Ciel) and college students (strangely except Claude) already seated and eating their breakfast. After getting his own portion of food, Sebastian scanned the dining room until he spotted Alois Trancy sitting by himself at the corner of the room. Slowly, Sebastian approached the lone boy and sat across from him.

"Where's Claude?" Sebastian asked as soon as Alois looked up at him with a bored expression.

"He went back home to get something" Alois replied with a yawn as he continued to pick on his platter of food. Then after a few moments of silence, Alois studied Sebastian before he asked, "What did you say to Ciel yesterday? I tried to force him out of his room this morning but I failed."

"I didn't say anything" Sebastian answered nonchalantly which caused Alois to feel a bit irritated,

"I may not have a high IQ like you or Ciel but I'm not dumb either. Tell me Mr. Sebastian, what did you say to Ciel yesterday?"

"Like I said" Sebastian hissed as he glared at the boy, "I did not say anything to Ciel."

Suddenly Alois smirked as he leaned back into his chair with an air of arrogance. He crossed his arms in front of him and asked, "Mr. Sebastian, I haven't told you what my talent was have I?"

"Talent?"

"Yes, my talent. Well it's not something to brag about but I am able to do this better than others thats for sure."

"What is it?" Sebastian asked hesitantly suddenly afraid of the boy who was gleaming with confidence.

"Persuasion, Mr. Sebastian. Persuasion…" Alois whispered as he leaned his body towards Sebastian with cat-like grace. "I am good at persuading people to do things. People say that it's a sick ability but honestly I admit that it is useful sometimes. Like times like these when I need answers…"

Despite being Mr. Arrogant, Sebastian gulped. The confidence radiating from Alois was just so blinding that Sebastian could not doubt Alois's words.

"Ciel is my friend and my only friend to be exact" Alois continued as he stared into Sebastian's eyes with his icy orbs. "So I believe I have the right to know, don't you think? Or should I punish you for not answering me?"

Sebastian was already mesmerized by the boy's eyes and his mind was completely blank. "I-I told him about his past…"

"His past?" Alois echoed, "So that was what it was" Alois sighed as he again leaned back into his chair.

"Yes…So now that I told you, will you please help me?"

Alois glared at Sebastian as he hissed, "Why the hell should I? Bringing up Ciel's past is the worst thing you could have ever done!"

"That's why I'm sulking here!" Sebastian bit back, suddenly feeling annoyed with the whole situation.

"Fine, I will help you but under one condition…"

"What is it?"

"Tell me Claude's phone number!"

XxXx

All children need a place to hide. Wherever it could be…anywhere is fine. But Ciel was a child who could not run. Therefore, Alois found a hiding place for him, a space between the bookshelves where only Ciel and Alois can crawl into.

Sebastian found the space where Alois had indicated and peered into the dark. He squint his eyes to find Ciel sitting there with his eyes tightly shut.

"Ciel?" Sebastian whispered which caused Ciel to perk his head up.

"What are you doing here?" Ciel hissed as he noticed Sebastian at the entrance of his hide out.

"I came here to apologize…"

"Apologize?" Ciel scoffed as he glared at Sebastian intensely. "Do you even know what you are apologizing for?"

"Honestly, not really. But I have something to say concerning next year."

"What is it?"

Sebastian smirked before he replied, "Alois has told me that if you don't participate then you will have to do this again next year. But it seems that if you participate in every activity during this time period, you will never have to participate in this event ever again."

This seemed to do the trick immediately as Ciel crawled out from his hiding spot. He brushed himself off before he looked at Sebastian and asked, "So I heard that we have to do at least five projects together. What do you plan to do?"

"Well, I heard you like cake."

XxXx

"So it seems like we have everything so shall we get started?" Sebastian announced as the ingredients for chocolate cake was laid before Ciel and Sebastian on the kitchen tabletop.

"Sure…Well, you get started." Ciel yawned as he looked at the things laid out before him with a bored expression. Ciel loved sweets but it didn't mean that he loved making them.

"We have to do it together Ciel, that's the requirement of this project."

With Sebastian's remark, Ciel clicked his tongue in annoyance. "How annoying…"

"I have already measured the ingredients so Ciel, will you mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, sugar, and vanilla essence in a bowl for me?"

"Sure…" was Ciel's unenthusiastic reply as he dumped the contents into the bowl and started stirring the mixture.

After a few minutes of silence, hesitantly Sebastian said, "I was really sorry about yesterday. I sometimes say things without thinking."

Ciel who was listening remained silent as he continued to stir the mixture.

"So…what I'm trying to say is…"

"It's quite alright…" Ciel whispered which caught Sebastian off guard, "Because everything you said was true that I fell off guard. The Little Mermaid? That allusion might be fitting for me actually because I really do want to dissolve into bubbles of the sea…"

Sebastian couldn't say anything as he stared at Ciel who kept stirring the mixture slowly. Sebastian knew that he was the one who caused Ciel to say those things.

Disappear? No, Sebastian couldn't have Ciel disappear.

"Who told you about the secret hiding place anyways?" Ciel asked which caused Sebastian to pull himself out from his own thoughts.

"Alois told me. It seems like you two are good friends."

But Sebastian was answered with silence.

"Well can I ask you something since you aren't too talkative?" but Sebastian knowing that Ciel will not answer him once again continued on, "Is it true that Alois has the ability to persuade people?"

Suddenly, Ciel looked up at Sebastian with wide eyes before he smirked. "Oh? And who told you that information?" Ciel asked as his smirk widened even more.

"Alois did himself." Sebastian replied, clearly confused as to why Ciel was smirking in that manner.

"He tricked you then. Alois is a master of words, he could trick people by just talking to them. That's his talent."

"What do you mean trick? He did no-"

"I'm sure he said something like, 'My talent is to persuade people so you better tell me what happened between you and me."

"You're right…he did say something like that."

Ciel gave a small chuckle before he stated arrogantly, "I never thought that you will fall for that kind of trick Mr. Sebastian. Alois placed the same trick on me the first time we met but I never fell for it. Well, it seems like you were more of an idiot than I thou-"

But Ciel was interrupted when large quantities of flour fell on his head, making him into a pale mess. Sebastian had the bowl of flour hovered above Ciel's head as he purposely tipped it over so that the contents could land on Ciel's head.

"Oh, I'm sorry" Sebastian apologized with sarcasm, "My hands slipped."

"You bastard!" Ciel shouted as he flung the spoon at Sebastian which hit the opposite wall instead.

"You missed you little brat!" Sebastian hissed as he dodged another attack of eggs from Ciel.

"Bastard! I can't stand the idea of staying another five more days with you!" Ciel hissed back as he continued to throw things at Sebastian.

And their fighting continued until Ms. Angela came in to stop their fighting. Then until lunch time, Ciel and Sebastian were forced to clean up the kitchen as their punishment.