アニーの遺産

Hands on either side of his face, I wiped away the sweat beading at his forehead. "Sebastian, what's wrong, are you hurt? What's happening?" I asked. I was worried. And scared. So scared. Sebastian seemed to look even paler than before, his eyes no longer pink, but they weren't red either, they were... rusted. Not even rusted... they were a brown-red color. Sebastian, put a hand on my arm, pulling himself up to sit straight. "Miss Annie... its getting rather hot." He said, his voice breathy. I nodded quickly, and started taking off his tail coat, "Its okay, its okay... um, I'll take off your coat... is this better?" I asked, and he shook his head slowly. He was really getting pale now. Almost yellow. I panicked, and swallowed back the lump in my throat. I undid his tie, and undid his shirt a bit. Exposing a pale, and rather well built chest-

GAH!!!! PAY ATTENTION!

I ran into the bathroom, found the cloth he used to bathe me that one time, and I grabbed it, when an idea formed...

...

"Come on... just get in here... watch your step." I said, and watched as Sebastian lifted his leg over the bathtub, into the ice water. "Now the other leg..." I said, and finally, he was in the tub. Shirtless, listless, and now, was restless... "Miss Annie... I can't sit down, I have a duty to my-"

"Sebastian, please hush, and stay in the water..." I said, putting my fingers to his lips. He looked at me lazily, his eyes didn't have their normal red look, but instead looked worse... they looked a muddy brown color. "Miss Annie?" He asked, his brows furrowing, looking worried all of a sudden. "Yeah?" I asked, and his gloved hand made its way to my face, "Your body is cool..." he said, his voice very soft. I felt my lip quiver.

Was he going to die?

Sebastian's expression changed, his hand suddenly drawing me in with sudden strength. I blushed, realizing what he was doing, "Uhh, Sebastian?" I started, feeling smothered by his sudden act of affection. I'm not even sure if this classifies as affection, more like... intense rubbing. My face was first at his neck, then his chest, then he moved it up to his cheek. "Sebastian?"

"You are very cold, Miss Annie..." he said. I looked at him, and I blinked. Blushing this time... I couldn't help it. I stared at his eyes, the red seemed to come back to them. "Even in the ice water?"

"You're cold..." he said finally, his other arm then hooked around my waist, and dragged me into the water. I yelped in surprise, at the way the ice water bit my skin. I blushed and looked at my legs. They were hanging over the tub, while Sebastian was cradling me like a baby. He hugged me to his chest, "You're very cold, Miss Annie. It feels good..." he said, breathily. I felt his head rest on mine. Well damn it. I'm trapped. This cold water is making me rather uncomfortable... and Sebastian isn't letting me go anytime soon. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit shit. Shitty shit shit. Fuck. I can't move. No matter how much I squirm or try to escape, this damn butler only tightens his grip. Has he...

I heard a light snore coming from him.

Oh fuck.

...

I opened my eyes, and looked around for a moment. It was morning, I could tell that much. I was also soaking wet. And this butler, was still holding me. Only this time, I was between his legs, and he had pulled me on top of him completely. Despite this being kind of hot, I was still really uncomfortable.

"Mmnn, Sebastian..." I mumbled against his chest. His grip tightened for a moment, before loosening. His hand was at my lower back, while his other... I blushed madly, feeling his hand tighten around my thigh. "Sebastian, wake up... please..." I said, I got up, my arms on either side of him, supporting myself with the tub walls. I saw him flinch, then his eyes open. I never felt so happy to see that bright red color before...

He grunted, and looked at me, his eyes widening for a second, then straightening himself up. Sitting up by himself in the filled bathtub. "Miss Annie!" He exclaimed, and I blinked. "What?" I asked, and Sebastian gave me this bewildered look. "Your blindfold! I see your eyes!" He said finally, and I stared at him for a moment.

I realized two things at once:
1. He wasn't convulsing like he should be from the inside out
2. I could hear him say "she looks rather pretty without her eyes covered..." in my head.

Fuck.

Again.

...

I watched as Sebastian fired himself off, looking absently at the wall, while I buttoned up my uniform. No, I did not strip out of that god forsaken pervert eye catcher in front of him, I had only just finished putting the dress over my head when he walked in out of the bathroom.

'I will need to ask her what happened last night... I don't remember what happened after I drank some of her blood. She does taste unique to say the least...' my eyes widened, and I swallowed. Sebastian wasn't talking... but I could hear him. '... its so different from humans... and she knows about my kind as well. She even killed a grim reaper... how exactly does a girl of her size accomplish something like that. I've only run into her "feral" side a few times. It was a narrow escape for our guest last night.' It was like... he was whispering or something.

"Who?" Sebastian asked suddenly, and I blinked.

"I didnt say anything..."

I wasn't used to the bright colors without my blindfold on. It felt rather weird to not have it too. But Sebastian wasn't exactly on his knees, so in guess its okay... his eyes look a lot redder this way.

"I'm sorry, did you say something, Miss Annie?" He asked, and I frowned, my brows furrowing. "I didn't say anything Sebastian." I said finally. Sebastian furrowed his brows and looked a but lost this time.

'I can't possibly be hearing things... was it her blood?'

I widened my eyes. Oh shit. Now I get what's going on. "Ughh, crap." I let out a moan, and Sebastian seemed to catch my drift. He looked at me, with his eyes wide open, and his mouth slightly agape. "Miss Annie, you mean to tell me you can hear my thoughts?" He asked, and I blinked at how stern he sounded.

"Y-yeah..."

'She stuttered...' I heard him think. And I frowned, a bit mad.

I can hear that you know!

'Pardon me, but it isn't often I have someone in my head, Miss Annie.'

That makes the both of us.

We stared at each other with heated looks. One trying to compete with he other, when mine suddenly blazed and he back down.

'They really do catch on fire when she is angry, huh? And I am supposedly the hot head...'

I could hear his sarcastic tone he used with himself, and I smirked, the blaze dying down just as quickly as it came.

I'm still here.

'I know, Miss Annie.' He said privately to me in my head, I heard him say he was going to get properly dressed and he was to meet me at the kitchen when he is done. I nodded and watched as his back retreated. I sighed and thought about what I had to do today. Going back I to the bathroom, I looked at my blindfold, laying atop the counter.

Thinking about what happened just now. Sebastian should be squirming on the floor in extreme pain right now.

I relayed the events of last night, and thought hard. Sebastian sucked my blood last night... and then he had a... a what? I didn't know what that was at all. But he was very weak... and disoriented. Did my blood do that to him? Even in ice water, apparently I was the only thing that was cold. I grabbed my blindfold, thankfully this thing is waterproof. And fire proof. Literally, Winter made thing thing completely indestructible. I out it over my eyes anyway. Just because Sebastian wasn't affected didn't mean the other servants couldn't end the same way our "guest" had last night.

I thought about all the servants, Meylene, Bard, Finny, even the old man Tanaka. He was always some were drinking tea, or sleeping. The poor old man barely talked... I sighed, and made my way towards the kitchen.

Time to start off the new day.