Also in that RP I was talking about earlier, the guy asked if Ciel ever loved them. Ciel then asked who, the circus or the three people that had died do to his position and his plan of vengeance, and the guy replied "what about both" and this was Ciel's reply.
"The circus, yes. They accepted me and my butler, even though the two of us weren't completely truthful. They allowed me to see the world in a different light. I had always been wealthy, I didn't know what being poor was like. My Aunt Red? Again, yes. As she said herself if I stayed out of that stupid guard dog position, maybe we could have played chess again. If I didn't try to stop her Grell wouldn't have killed her. Abberline? Once again, yes. No one believed in me, no one was on my side. Then, he all together did. All of a sudden someone was on my side, even if neither of us knew what that side was. Then he gave his life protecting me from my own job. If only he didn't do that neither of us would have died. Sebastian would have saved me. Heck, I even miss Alois. He was my worst rival, but in the end... In his final moments, we were great friends. I can still remember his last words. I asked him how he felt about everything and his reply was 'truth be told, I'm not sure how I feel anymore. But.. As crazy as it sounds, that's fine with me.' And those are the last words he ever spoke. He insisted that though we were different, in some ways we were the same. So to answer the question, yes, I loved them."