Stella pulled him closer and lightly patted his head. She kissed his forehead, and she kissed his cheeks. Ciel had always felt Stella's strong feelings for him. It was very straightforward, without any sugar coating, or pretension.
It was very different from Chloe's feelings for him. The intensity was very close to a primal instinct. Like a wolf choosing his mate, Stella had marked him as hers. Even so, she didn't want to force him to reciprocate her feelings.
She wanted Ciel to love her because he wanted to love her and not because she forced him to love her. Ciel understood this and knew that Stella would wait until he sorted out his feelings.
However, that didn't stop Stella from taking the initiative to make her moves on Ciel. Kate was currently asleep and snoring inside the mindscape. Completely oblivious that her other half was with Ciel, in their room, in the middle of the night, doing something that she wished she could take part of.
