The Butler
Title: The Butler
Pairing: KyuSung / YeKyu
Genre: Romance, Fantasy (a dark one), AU
Rating: PG-13
Length: one-shot
Prompt: nightmare
Summary: Kyuhyun had a nightmare, a nightmare that Yesung doubt that will happen.
Note: Might contain errors... loosely based from Kuroshitsuji
Dedicated to: phoenix_soar Happy Birthday Arvy^^
In the middle of a cold night, Kyuhyun abruptly opened his eyes as sweat rolled down his face. His breath was uneven and his body was shivering.
A nightmare... Kyuhyun thought. He couldn’t believe that he had another nightmare after so many years of sleeping peacefully for he’s certain his butler was there to protect him.
There was a knock on the door and Kyuhyun immediately knew who it was.
"Do you even need to knock Yesung?"
The door slightly opened, a man entered the room with a smile on his face. "Of course Master Kyuhyun," he slightly bowed his head after fully entering the room, "Being polite and punctual are traits of a gentleman."
Kyuhyun glared at Yesung, his butler, "You're a demon."
Yesung closed the door as he slightly chuckled. "Ouch, that hit on the spot. But may I remind you that I'm your demon butler for 15 years now Master?"
15 years... It had been 15 years when Kyuhyun was supposed to die. He, as a 10-year-old boy, served as an offering of some cult to the demon after his parents were burned alive inside their house for some kind of accident. But instead of dying, he found himself standing in circle, with weird symbols in it, surrounded by floating flames.
"What do you want from me? I'm supposed to be dead right now, right?" Kyuhyun asked as he courageously faced the mist forming in front of him.
The forming mist laughed, low and husky. "Wow, what a brave child."
Kyuhyun glared at the mist, choosing to remain silent.
“You’re the one who summoned me here,” the demon amusedly stated.
“I didn’t summon you,” Kyuhyun replied, “I’m not even aware that demons really exist.”
“Do you believe in heaven and angels then?”
“…” Kyuhyun was silent. “Not anymore,” came off his mouth, to which the demon laughed at.
"You're asking me what I want from you, right?" Kyuhyun remained silent. "Well, I want your soul."
"My soul?" Kyuhyun asked.
"Your soul's high quality," the demon said. "It's the best I have seen for a long time."
"So you're going to eat my soul and then that will finish everything?"
"No... I can't eat your soul yet... It's not yet complete," the mist covered demon answered.
"Incomplete?"
"It seems like you have a lot of unfinished business in the human world," the demon stated, thoughtfully.
Kyuhyun fisted his hand as he remembered everything he wanted to avenge. "And how am I supposed to finish them?"
"That's why I'm here," the demon said casually and Kyuhyun can say that he was smirking even though he can't see him. "We can make a contract. I shall help you avenge so your soul will be completed, and once all of those are done you will be mine."
Kyuhyun cringed as he heard those last words. But the offer to help him avenge was so tempting and promising that he immediately agreed to it. Thinking that he'll end up dead if he turned down the offer, he nodded his head and composed his words. "I'd like you to be my butler then. You will follow my every order."
The monstrous figure behind the mist started to bubble but Kyuhyun remain still and unaffected as he continued telling his terms and conditions.
"Remain loyal and serve me obediently."
The bubbles continued shifting.
"Never lie to me..."
It slowly started shaping like a human being. He closed his eyes and tried imagining what the devil will look like when the transformation end.
"And never leave by my side..." Kyuhyun murmured, "…Until we finish the contract."
"That sure is a lot of condition Master," the demon said as the mist surrounding him started to dissipate, revealing a man with ebony hair gracing over a very handsome but cute face. The other's eyes were of crimson color. Stepping forward, the demon said, "But I can do all of that, especially if it means I can have you afterwards." His smiled and Kyuhyun felt something inside him ignited.
"S-So what do we do next?" he asked the demon.
"Shall we mark you with the contract now?" he asked and Kyuhyun just nodded for he was admiring the demon's human form. "Where do you want me to put it?"
"Is that relevant?"
The demon nodded, "The contract will the link between us, as long as we have it I’ll follow your every order. Also, it will be the basis of how powerful the contract will be. The more visible it is, the more powerful our bond will become."
"Then... Place it where I can be more powerful than the rest," Kyuhyun immediately replied, "I need to be more powerful than them."
"Gee, what a greedy master," the demon said and chuckled as he covered Kyuhyun's right eye with his right hand. Kyuhyun closed his eyes and anticipated for what will happen next. The next thing he knew was that a great force came from the demon's right hand. It felt like something was branding his eyes. It hurt but Kyuhyun repressed to form any sort of reaction to the pain besides biting on his lower lips. He reminded himself that he had been under more pain compared to this. After a few second the pain finally faded and he opened his eyes as the demon removed his right hand. Nothing felt different, he still can see with his right eyes. Earlier, he thought that having the mark there will make him blind. If the blindness of his right eye would compensate for the power to have revenge, he would totally trade his vision for that.
"Beautiful," the demon's smile got wider as he saw Kyuhyun's right eye, with the Faustian contract. "This was the first time someone managed to keep the pain to himself. You're truly exceptional my Kyuhyun."
Goosebumps erupted on Kyuhyun's skin as he heard the other said his name in that baritone and husky voice of his.
He watched as smoke rose from the man's right hand. There was the sign of the contract too. The demon’s eyes turned black.
"Don't call me informally," Kyuhyun said as he reminded himself that the demon was now his butler, a personal servant and pawn of his.
"Forgive me then Master Kyuhyun," the demon said mockingly. "Now that everything's settled, what would you like me to do?"
"I want you to burn down the place where they offered me to you..." Kyuhyun said in a firm voice. "I want you to erase that place from this world..."
"Certainly Master Kyuhyun," the demon has a smile on his face, as if Kyuhyun was only ordering him to get him some pastries and tea. With a snap of his finger, Kyuhyun found himself and his new butler standing in front of his dreaded place. "Please close your eyes for a moment."
Kyuhyun did and after a minute he can smell smoke while the temperature increased.
"Done. I'm finished with the task Master Kyuhyun; you can open your eyes now."
He opened his eyes, and Kyuhyun watched as the building was engulfed by fire, just like how his house was. This was the first step in his revenge. His got a feeling that with this demon on his side, he can do and achieve everything.
He looked at his butler and said, "Yesung." His butler confusedly looked at him. Kyuhyun breathed and hoped that the blazing flames can mask his blushing face. "I need to call you something. It will be suspicious if I call you demon or something even if you're one."
The demon, now named Yesung, chuckled at Kyuhyun's weird sense. "Yesung, what a great taste Master Kyuhyun. I really like it," he stopped and frowned, "That's what my reaction should be right?"
Kyuhyun rolled his eyes in attempt to stop himself from smiling, he succeeded. "You're still a demon, but right now, you're my butler too so I'll call you Yesung until we fulfilled the contract. I'm too tired now, let me rest," Kyuhyun said before collapsing towards Yesung.
Yesung caught him on time and smiled. "Interesting... Usually, humans do not last this long after having a contract. My Kyuhyun is really exceptional," he adjusted his hold on Kyuhyun and carried him like a bride.
"Master Kyuhyun, starting today, I am your loyal demon butler," Yesung said to the sleeping Kyuhyun before walking towards a carriage.
"Master Kyuhyun, are you okay?" Yesung asked after a long silence.
Kyuhyun snapped out of reminiscing. He looked up and saw a somewhat concerned expression gracing the handsome face of his butler, which usually got his trademark smile that dazzles every being that looks at it. Maybe Yesung started caring for him after 15 years of serving Kyuhyun to fulfill the contract. Nah. That's impossible because Yesung was a demon. A demon doing everything that Kyuhyun ordered him because of the contract. Yesung wanted his soul while he needed his revenge. Nothing else. What craziness made him think that Yesung cares for him?
"I'm fine," Kyuhyun answered as he looked away from his butler. He stared at the waning moon through the large window.
"Obviously you're not," Yesung said. Leaning in a little, he was suddenly too close Kyuhyun's bed. His standard smile no longer gracing his face.
Kyuhyun was drawn to look at Yesung. His breath almost hitched as he saw the close approximately of their faces. Illuminated by the moon, he was awed as he studied Yesung's face up close.
Yesung was perfect compared to Kyuhyun. Kyuhyun was broken, tainted and incomplete. He was nothing compared to Yesung.
"If you already knew, why did you ask?" Kyuhyun inquired. He continued admiring his butler's handsome face.
Remembering a past event with Yesung concerning about his looks, Kyuhyun got to praise his taste and imagination too since he's the one who created Yesung's image. He remembered the time when he called Yesung ugly and his butler retorted that Kyuhyun's the one who made up his image so blame himself for that.
"Out of politeness," Yesung grinned. "Would you want something to drink?" he straightened his body and placed his gloved right hand over his chest again.
"Wine..." Kyuhyun answered, "I need something that can make me sleep again."
"Then, I shall excuse myself and get some wine in the cellar," Yesung said and bowed before exiting Kyuhyun's room.
Closing his eyes for a moment, Kyuhyun was reminded of the nightmare he had. Instead of dreaming about losing his family in the fire again, he dreamt of Yesung leaving him. Yesung told Kyuhyun he no longer needs his soul since there were a lot of other better complete souls compared to his incomplete one. Yesung smirked as he turned around and started walking to the darkness. Kyuhyun seemed to be chained in his position and all he can do was helplessly call out Yesung's name as he retreated to darkness.
Out of the blue, Yesung said, "Here's your wine Master Kyuhyun." He was balancing a silver tray with a bottle of wine and a glass semi-filled with the red liquid.
Not making any movement or gesture of taking the wine, Kyuhyun opened his eyes and stared longingly to Yesung. To which Yesung sighed and placed the tray on the nightstand beside Kyuhyun's bed.
"Don't look at me like that Kyuhyun," Yesung said. He dropped of the formality and sat on Kyuhyun's bed.
There were times Yesung would call Kyuhyun by his name and forget their status together: master and butler. And those times were when they were secluded with each other. Times when Kyuhyun removed his mask and allowed Yesung to see the true him: a child seeking for love and care who’s scared of the world.
"W-Why?" Kyuhyun stuttered.
"Because your gaze is melting me that all I want to do is hug and comfort you," Yesung smiled, this time a genuine one, something he learned to do after serving Kyuhyun for 15 years. He let his gloved right hand touch and rub Kyuhyun's cheek lovingly.
Kyuhyun held his hand and removed his gloves, showing the Faustian contract at the back of his right hand, similar to the sign in Kyuhyun's right eye.
Yesung's hand was cold but it still emitted a comfortable aura. He silently placed it against his cheeks again. Closing his eyes, Kyuhyun gave a relieved sigh.
"I thought your nightmares stopped for a long time. What is it this time?" Yesung talked as if he's talking with a child.
"Nothing of importance," Kyuhyun said as he smiled a little.
"Then why did it bother you?"
Kyuhyun remained silent as he asked himself. Why would I be bothered when Yesung leaves me? Then he answered quietly, "Because I don't know what I'll do when that happens."
Yesung removed his hands off Kyuhyun's face. Kyuhyun froze and tightly closed his eyes, afraid that Yesung will leave him now. But suddenly, Yesung hugged him.
"You don't have to worry since I'll be there for you when that happens."
Hearing his butler said that, Kyuhyun hugged back and felt all his fear and worry disappear. How can he be worried and bothered that Yesung will leave him if the Yesung himself promised he'll be there when that happens?
Fin~
How is everyone?
This is a one-shot(?) for my beloved Arvy^^
This one-shot and the drabble are dedicated for her^^
Happy Birthday big brother Arvy~ Hope you’ll have a great day! And hope that all your wishes and hopes will come true! I love you!
Arvy was the one who indirectly taught me how to do kilometric comments! Hahaha!
This is supposed to be a drabble but ended up with more than a thousand words...
I've been motivated to write a master-butler KyuSung relationship and I needed to find a perfect inspiration... And then I saw Ciel and Sebastian's gorgeous picture together... So this is loosely based from Kuroshitsuji.
*insert awkward laugh*
I don't have any idea how it turned out like that...*I'm getting crazy, I know.*
our first semester will be ending in a month~ YAY!
Fighting everyone!
truly grateful to everyone reading this~
Pairing: KyuSung / YeKyu
Genre: Romance, Fantasy (a dark one), AU
Rating: PG-13
Length: one-shot
Prompt: nightmare
Summary: Kyuhyun had a nightmare, a nightmare that Yesung doubt that will happen.
Note: Might contain errors... loosely based from Kuroshitsuji
Dedicated to: phoenix_soar Happy Birthday Arvy^^
In the middle of a cold night, Kyuhyun abruptly opened his eyes as sweat rolled down his face. His breath was uneven and his body was shivering.
A nightmare... Kyuhyun thought. He couldn’t believe that he had another nightmare after so many years of sleeping peacefully for he’s certain his butler was there to protect him.
There was a knock on the door and Kyuhyun immediately knew who it was.
"Do you even need to knock Yesung?"
The door slightly opened, a man entered the room with a smile on his face. "Of course Master Kyuhyun," he slightly bowed his head after fully entering the room, "Being polite and punctual are traits of a gentleman."
Kyuhyun glared at Yesung, his butler, "You're a demon."
Yesung closed the door as he slightly chuckled. "Ouch, that hit on the spot. But may I remind you that I'm your demon butler for 15 years now Master?"
15 years... It had been 15 years when Kyuhyun was supposed to die. He, as a 10-year-old boy, served as an offering of some cult to the demon after his parents were burned alive inside their house for some kind of accident. But instead of dying, he found himself standing in circle, with weird symbols in it, surrounded by floating flames.
"What do you want from me? I'm supposed to be dead right now, right?" Kyuhyun asked as he courageously faced the mist forming in front of him.
The forming mist laughed, low and husky. "Wow, what a brave child."
Kyuhyun glared at the mist, choosing to remain silent.
“You’re the one who summoned me here,” the demon amusedly stated.
“I didn’t summon you,” Kyuhyun replied, “I’m not even aware that demons really exist.”
“Do you believe in heaven and angels then?”
“…” Kyuhyun was silent. “Not anymore,” came off his mouth, to which the demon laughed at.
"You're asking me what I want from you, right?" Kyuhyun remained silent. "Well, I want your soul."
"My soul?" Kyuhyun asked.
"Your soul's high quality," the demon said. "It's the best I have seen for a long time."
"So you're going to eat my soul and then that will finish everything?"
"No... I can't eat your soul yet... It's not yet complete," the mist covered demon answered.
"Incomplete?"
"It seems like you have a lot of unfinished business in the human world," the demon stated, thoughtfully.
Kyuhyun fisted his hand as he remembered everything he wanted to avenge. "And how am I supposed to finish them?"
"That's why I'm here," the demon said casually and Kyuhyun can say that he was smirking even though he can't see him. "We can make a contract. I shall help you avenge so your soul will be completed, and once all of those are done you will be mine."
Kyuhyun cringed as he heard those last words. But the offer to help him avenge was so tempting and promising that he immediately agreed to it. Thinking that he'll end up dead if he turned down the offer, he nodded his head and composed his words. "I'd like you to be my butler then. You will follow my every order."
The monstrous figure behind the mist started to bubble but Kyuhyun remain still and unaffected as he continued telling his terms and conditions.
"Remain loyal and serve me obediently."
The bubbles continued shifting.
"Never lie to me..."
It slowly started shaping like a human being. He closed his eyes and tried imagining what the devil will look like when the transformation end.
"And never leave by my side..." Kyuhyun murmured, "…Until we finish the contract."
"That sure is a lot of condition Master," the demon said as the mist surrounding him started to dissipate, revealing a man with ebony hair gracing over a very handsome but cute face. The other's eyes were of crimson color. Stepping forward, the demon said, "But I can do all of that, especially if it means I can have you afterwards." His smiled and Kyuhyun felt something inside him ignited.
"S-So what do we do next?" he asked the demon.
"Shall we mark you with the contract now?" he asked and Kyuhyun just nodded for he was admiring the demon's human form. "Where do you want me to put it?"
"Is that relevant?"
The demon nodded, "The contract will the link between us, as long as we have it I’ll follow your every order. Also, it will be the basis of how powerful the contract will be. The more visible it is, the more powerful our bond will become."
"Then... Place it where I can be more powerful than the rest," Kyuhyun immediately replied, "I need to be more powerful than them."
"Gee, what a greedy master," the demon said and chuckled as he covered Kyuhyun's right eye with his right hand. Kyuhyun closed his eyes and anticipated for what will happen next. The next thing he knew was that a great force came from the demon's right hand. It felt like something was branding his eyes. It hurt but Kyuhyun repressed to form any sort of reaction to the pain besides biting on his lower lips. He reminded himself that he had been under more pain compared to this. After a few second the pain finally faded and he opened his eyes as the demon removed his right hand. Nothing felt different, he still can see with his right eyes. Earlier, he thought that having the mark there will make him blind. If the blindness of his right eye would compensate for the power to have revenge, he would totally trade his vision for that.
"Beautiful," the demon's smile got wider as he saw Kyuhyun's right eye, with the Faustian contract. "This was the first time someone managed to keep the pain to himself. You're truly exceptional my Kyuhyun."
Goosebumps erupted on Kyuhyun's skin as he heard the other said his name in that baritone and husky voice of his.
He watched as smoke rose from the man's right hand. There was the sign of the contract too. The demon’s eyes turned black.
"Don't call me informally," Kyuhyun said as he reminded himself that the demon was now his butler, a personal servant and pawn of his.
"Forgive me then Master Kyuhyun," the demon said mockingly. "Now that everything's settled, what would you like me to do?"
"I want you to burn down the place where they offered me to you..." Kyuhyun said in a firm voice. "I want you to erase that place from this world..."
"Certainly Master Kyuhyun," the demon has a smile on his face, as if Kyuhyun was only ordering him to get him some pastries and tea. With a snap of his finger, Kyuhyun found himself and his new butler standing in front of his dreaded place. "Please close your eyes for a moment."
Kyuhyun did and after a minute he can smell smoke while the temperature increased.
"Done. I'm finished with the task Master Kyuhyun; you can open your eyes now."
He opened his eyes, and Kyuhyun watched as the building was engulfed by fire, just like how his house was. This was the first step in his revenge. His got a feeling that with this demon on his side, he can do and achieve everything.
He looked at his butler and said, "Yesung." His butler confusedly looked at him. Kyuhyun breathed and hoped that the blazing flames can mask his blushing face. "I need to call you something. It will be suspicious if I call you demon or something even if you're one."
The demon, now named Yesung, chuckled at Kyuhyun's weird sense. "Yesung, what a great taste Master Kyuhyun. I really like it," he stopped and frowned, "That's what my reaction should be right?"
Kyuhyun rolled his eyes in attempt to stop himself from smiling, he succeeded. "You're still a demon, but right now, you're my butler too so I'll call you Yesung until we fulfilled the contract. I'm too tired now, let me rest," Kyuhyun said before collapsing towards Yesung.
Yesung caught him on time and smiled. "Interesting... Usually, humans do not last this long after having a contract. My Kyuhyun is really exceptional," he adjusted his hold on Kyuhyun and carried him like a bride.
"Master Kyuhyun, starting today, I am your loyal demon butler," Yesung said to the sleeping Kyuhyun before walking towards a carriage.
"Master Kyuhyun, are you okay?" Yesung asked after a long silence.
Kyuhyun snapped out of reminiscing. He looked up and saw a somewhat concerned expression gracing the handsome face of his butler, which usually got his trademark smile that dazzles every being that looks at it. Maybe Yesung started caring for him after 15 years of serving Kyuhyun to fulfill the contract. Nah. That's impossible because Yesung was a demon. A demon doing everything that Kyuhyun ordered him because of the contract. Yesung wanted his soul while he needed his revenge. Nothing else. What craziness made him think that Yesung cares for him?
"I'm fine," Kyuhyun answered as he looked away from his butler. He stared at the waning moon through the large window.
"Obviously you're not," Yesung said. Leaning in a little, he was suddenly too close Kyuhyun's bed. His standard smile no longer gracing his face.
Kyuhyun was drawn to look at Yesung. His breath almost hitched as he saw the close approximately of their faces. Illuminated by the moon, he was awed as he studied Yesung's face up close.
Yesung was perfect compared to Kyuhyun. Kyuhyun was broken, tainted and incomplete. He was nothing compared to Yesung.
"If you already knew, why did you ask?" Kyuhyun inquired. He continued admiring his butler's handsome face.
Remembering a past event with Yesung concerning about his looks, Kyuhyun got to praise his taste and imagination too since he's the one who created Yesung's image. He remembered the time when he called Yesung ugly and his butler retorted that Kyuhyun's the one who made up his image so blame himself for that.
"Out of politeness," Yesung grinned. "Would you want something to drink?" he straightened his body and placed his gloved right hand over his chest again.
"Wine..." Kyuhyun answered, "I need something that can make me sleep again."
"Then, I shall excuse myself and get some wine in the cellar," Yesung said and bowed before exiting Kyuhyun's room.
Closing his eyes for a moment, Kyuhyun was reminded of the nightmare he had. Instead of dreaming about losing his family in the fire again, he dreamt of Yesung leaving him. Yesung told Kyuhyun he no longer needs his soul since there were a lot of other better complete souls compared to his incomplete one. Yesung smirked as he turned around and started walking to the darkness. Kyuhyun seemed to be chained in his position and all he can do was helplessly call out Yesung's name as he retreated to darkness.
Out of the blue, Yesung said, "Here's your wine Master Kyuhyun." He was balancing a silver tray with a bottle of wine and a glass semi-filled with the red liquid.
Not making any movement or gesture of taking the wine, Kyuhyun opened his eyes and stared longingly to Yesung. To which Yesung sighed and placed the tray on the nightstand beside Kyuhyun's bed.
"Don't look at me like that Kyuhyun," Yesung said. He dropped of the formality and sat on Kyuhyun's bed.
There were times Yesung would call Kyuhyun by his name and forget their status together: master and butler. And those times were when they were secluded with each other. Times when Kyuhyun removed his mask and allowed Yesung to see the true him: a child seeking for love and care who’s scared of the world.
"W-Why?" Kyuhyun stuttered.
"Because your gaze is melting me that all I want to do is hug and comfort you," Yesung smiled, this time a genuine one, something he learned to do after serving Kyuhyun for 15 years. He let his gloved right hand touch and rub Kyuhyun's cheek lovingly.
Kyuhyun held his hand and removed his gloves, showing the Faustian contract at the back of his right hand, similar to the sign in Kyuhyun's right eye.
Yesung's hand was cold but it still emitted a comfortable aura. He silently placed it against his cheeks again. Closing his eyes, Kyuhyun gave a relieved sigh.
"I thought your nightmares stopped for a long time. What is it this time?" Yesung talked as if he's talking with a child.
"Nothing of importance," Kyuhyun said as he smiled a little.
"Then why did it bother you?"
Kyuhyun remained silent as he asked himself. Why would I be bothered when Yesung leaves me? Then he answered quietly, "Because I don't know what I'll do when that happens."
Yesung removed his hands off Kyuhyun's face. Kyuhyun froze and tightly closed his eyes, afraid that Yesung will leave him now. But suddenly, Yesung hugged him.
"You don't have to worry since I'll be there for you when that happens."
Hearing his butler said that, Kyuhyun hugged back and felt all his fear and worry disappear. How can he be worried and bothered that Yesung will leave him if the Yesung himself promised he'll be there when that happens?
Fin~
How is everyone?
This is a one-shot(?) for my beloved Arvy^^
This one-shot and the drabble are dedicated for her^^
Happy Birthday big brother Arvy~ Hope you’ll have a great day! And hope that all your wishes and hopes will come true! I love you!
Arvy was the one who indirectly taught me how to do kilometric comments! Hahaha!
This is supposed to be a drabble but ended up with more than a thousand words...
I've been motivated to write a master-butler KyuSung relationship and I needed to find a perfect inspiration... And then I saw Ciel and Sebastian's gorgeous picture together... So this is loosely based from Kuroshitsuji.
*insert awkward laugh*
I don't have any idea how it turned out like that...*I'm getting crazy, I know.*
our first semester will be ending in a month~ YAY!
Fighting everyone!
truly grateful to everyone reading this~