Checkmate (Black Butler x Reader)

Chapter 31

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{Name} was quiet the rest of the carriage ride, she didn't really want to speak especially after the event that had just happened. She didn't feel the need to even speak after that. Alois was upset at her, and Ciel wasn't even expressing an emotion, as per usual.

She waited as the carriage slowly grew to a stop and sighed deeply. She really didn't want to see nobles at the moment, especially in the state of mind she was in.

The door was soon opened by Sebastian who greeted her with a smirk. Ciel and Alois let her go out first. She took Sebastian's gloved hand and stepped out of the carriage. She took a large whiff of the air and smiling softly at the fresh smell of flowers.

Alois and Ciel shortly exited the carriage after her and walking quietly behind.

{Name} looked at the entrance to the area they would be seated for and waited. She looked back at Ciel and Alois and looked straight into Ciel's orbs. She suddenly got paranoid and turned her head immediately, not wanting to look at him for too long.

Her cheeks were warming up and she started slapping her face, scolding herself in the process. Sebastian walked up next to her and took her hands into his.

"Don't hit your beautiful face with these." He said calmly. She could feel her cheeks grow warmer and redder. She turned her face from Sebastian immediately, not wanting to look at the man who made her feel weird and funny.

He smirked at her flustered face and turned to his master. Ciel avoided gaze with his butler, suddenly angry. He didn't like how close his butler was to {Name}. As much as Ciel didn't want to admit it, he could still get jealous at times. He of course wasn't telling himself that, and was just telling him that the feeling of anger that he was feeling at the moment was just him getting angry that his butler was tending to someone other than him.

Claude walked over to Alois who was avoiding gaze with both Ciel and {Name}, especially the butler. Alois was still angry about the incident and really didn't want to talk to anyone, with the exception of Claude. Claude was always someone Alois could talk to.

{Name} headed over to Henry who was standing beside the carriage, talking to the driver. She stood next to him and waited for him to finish talking to the man, smiling softly at him after. The carriage drove away and she looked up at Henry who was smiling brightly back at her.

At the sight of that, her mood immediately lifted until he opened his mouth.

"So what happened in the carriage?" He said teasingly. {Name} really wanted to just shut him up, not wanting to talk about it one bit. She opened her mouth to come up with a witty response but she couldn't think of anything to say.

Henry looked at her with a raised eyebrow, motioning for her to speak. She didn't realize it then, that she was practically frozen with her mouth open. Henry was waiting for her to say something but of course nothing came out. She quietly put her hand down and closed her mouth tightly, gritting her teeth.

"I'll tell you later." She said softly. Henry was definitely surprised by the answer, totally expecting her to get angry at him or to say something insulting towards him. She was totally not even expecting that to come out of her mouth either.

Henry suspected that whatever he was joking about did actually have an answer, and probably one she didn't want to share around the others, and especially around such a large group of people.

She had just realized that they were in the middle of a large crowd of people waiting for the garden to open. She hated the huge amount of people here, already feeling suffocated and uncomfortable. {Name} never really liked events like these, not wanting to bother with her reputation was what she would rather be doing.

She began to walk towards the entrance, the two other nobles closely behind her. She was let in immediately because of her rank and smiled politely at the man by the large gate door. She looked back at the peasants who were waiting in a long line, which looked more like a crowd of people, wanting to get into the garden as soon as possible.

She sighed and got pushed forward by the large amount of nobles behind her, waiting to get into their private areas and in their reserved seats. A tall man with green eyes and black hair led the 3 nobles and their butlers to an area up close to the ribbon, and specifically beside the queen.

She felt the pressure on her shoulders grow as she noticed that the Queen would be watching her cut the ribbon. She hated the idea of messing up and having the Queen see. The Queen was like her mother, and chose her personally to do this. If she had messed up, it would make her look bad, and make her feel guilty for messing the occasion up.

The Queen was definitely important to her, and everyone else. It would be disastrous if the Queen was in a bad mood because of a silly mistake she would make.

{Name} say quietly in the comfortable seats . The are they were in was similar to a large white tent of some sorts. It was beautiful, and that's all of what was had to be said. She was up higher than most of the other tents and she noticed it was because she was able to get a slight overview of the garden.

Based on the small amounts of color she could see from her location, she noticed a huge variety of buds. She smiled at the sight of multiple different amounts of plants, not even just flowers. There were bamboo, beautiful trees and more stuff that made her want to smile in glee. She wanted to just walk around barefoot in the garden and dance around.

Of carouse she couldn't even get out of her seat without distracted people, so she stayed in her spot. Daydreaming about what she wanted to do.

At the word Dream, she shivered at the thought of last nights dream. She didn't like the feeling of nostalgia she got from it. Nostalgia can either express a happy sense of longing, or a negative sense of longing.

She was feeling the negative sense. She didn't like the vibe or the aura of that dream specifically, and she didn't know why. She had no idea why she even had the dream in the first place. She didn't have any idea of why it gave her a bad feeling, and why she didn't feel like she liked it in general.

It wasn't that she did understand what was happening in her dream. She honestly had no idea what her dream was even about, or what was happening in general. It made her feel terrible that she had been feeling bad about such a wonderful dream that others would wish to have while they rest.

Ciel sat down quietly and watched as {Name} fidgeted in her seat. He knew she was going to be cutting the ribbon, and he understood the pressure on her. He didn't expect her to be this nervous though.

He wanted to ask what was wrong, but he knew that she probably didn't want to speak to him or Alois. He was also still embarrassed to even look at her, Ciel was very confused with these types of situations. He never understood how to solve them and he didn't know whether he was wrong. Ciel always juts thought it was the other persons problem and didn't care.

Ciel sighed and looked over at {Name} again. She had noticed and looked straight back at him. Ciel suddenly remembered the memory of her lips on his.

He blushed and just turned away.