Episode 8 - Her Butler, Careful
“Sebastian?” Scarlet said gently, knocking on the study’s door. “Are you still awake?”
I remained silent, back facing her as I lightly dusted off master’s desk. “There are things that need tending to,” I answered. “So, I do them.”
She just sighed and shrank into a wall.
“Having trouble sleeping, Scarlet?” I said then, moving to dust off a small keyboard.
“Well, yes, but… I guess I woke up because I heard a sound. I think master’s having another nightmare.”
My lashes lowered as I finished her desk and moved to her bookshelf. “How bad is it?”
“Pretty bad,” Scarlet answered, leaning against the wall, “I feel like she isn’t getting better. Every night she cries louder. It’s like she’s reliving something every time she sleeps.” She sighed gently. “Before I could sleep through it, but now I always wake every time she has one. And my room is across from hers, not next to hers.”
I just set the duster aside, gazing up at Scarlet. “I’ll take care of it. Go back to bed now.”
She nodded and turned back toward the door, leaving seconds later.
I sighed and patted off my hands, exiting the study after turning off the lights. “Master… why must you inconvenience me so?”
I just continued down the hall, silently padding down the carpeted floors before I made it to master’s bedroom.
I didn’t even bother knocking, I just walked in, gazing over at the bed.
She was there… the covers tangled around her like she’d been shifting and turning for hours. Sweat slid down her temples, her brows drawn together and twitching, and her eyes were tightly shut.
I just closed the door behind me, gazing back up before I stepped over to the bed.
It was dark in here, but I could still see; every bit of the darkness tinted with red from my demonic sight.
I knelt by the bed, lightly touching master’s arm.
She whimpered and shifted from my touch, making me pull back.
My eyes softened. “Your skin’s ice cold, my lord. That’s not good.”
I just glanced around before staring back down at her, finding her lips pulling back as she shifted into her pillow, whimpering softly.
I just sighed, closing my eyes before I parted my lashes again.
Before I could rethink it, I sat on the bed, watching her breaths strain.
“Se… Sebastian…” she whimpered, “Sebas—tian!”
“I’m right here, master,” I said then, touching her arm again.
She didn’t recoil like I expected her to… no… in fact, it seemed like my touch relaxed her.
I blinked at this, but then I stared down at her fully, watching her expression weaken.
But a small smile played on my lips, and my lashes lowered as I got an idea.
I just stood, hearing her continue whispering my name in a soft cry as if she was pleading for me to come back.
I didn’t waste a second.
Yumi shifted when I tugged her up by the arm, continuing to protest quietly when I pulled her off the bed and unraveled her from the sheets.
After I finished, I finally caught under her armpits and dragged her fully up, ending up with a small scoop with my other arm until I was carrying her.
The moment I had her in a comfortable position, she turned her face into my neck, relaxing into me.
I didn’t smile this time because honestly… I wasn’t really amused.
I just wanted her to stop crying in her sleep. It was exhausting, for one, and for two, it wasn’t good for her health. Physical or emotional.
I then got onto the bed and sat against the headboard, holding her in my lap as her breaths softened.
The moment I pulled the blankets over her, she weakened into me, all the tension and stiffness in her form easing into a sudden calmness.
My eyes softened as my lashes lowered, and I just set my head against the headboard.
“There,” I said then, brushing my hand along her back, “now stay asleep, master.”
A soft knock fell on the bedroom door, and I glanced up when it parted, and Scarlet peeked in, holding a soft lamp as she gazed over at the bed.
She blinked when her eyes fell on me. “Sebastian…?”
I smiled and pressed my finger to my lips, eyes glowing slightly in the darkness.
She just glanced down at Yumi before a soft smile spread across her lips, and she gazed up and nodded. “Alright, I’m going back to bed.”
Scarlet glanced at master one last time before she turned.
She then left the room, closing the door silently behind her.
“Sebastian…” Yumi said in her dreams, snuggling closer. “Sebas… tian.”
I just gazed down at her, finding her still sucked into those dreams of hers as her fingers twitched. Although… the dreams didn’t seem like nightmares anymore.
I just pulled her closer, threading my fingers through her hair.
She didn’t seem to protest in the slightest.
But I just closed my eyes, quietly pushing my lips to the top of her head as she remained asleep.
I then parted my lashes, feeling my red eyes glow in the darkness as my pupils slit like a cat.
“You can’t escape me,” I said then, more out of comfort than a threat. “And they cannot take you from me, master. I won’t allow it.”
I just kept my lips to her head, closing my eyes again as I continued rubbing her back.
“Your soul is mine.”
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