Cold Metal

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Oneshot about our cruel, adorable, psychopathic Geass-user we all love and hate (though mostly the latter) and about why he killed Shirley.

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"A knife. That's my 'signature' weapon for assassination. It's not supposed to be some sort of cliché like you see in a movie, it's because it suits me. My Geass stops my heart, and for those small seconds, I become as cold as metal, and that's why I have a knife, because it stays cold with me. If I used a gun, it'd get warm, even though I'm not warm. I'm not happy about killing, but I'm not sad, angry, or anything like that; I'm simply cold"

That's what I was thinking of as I saw Shirley…with a gun in her hand, the irony.

"Shirley-san, I enjoyed being with you. You were nice to Brother and I, you even helped Brother get out of his depression; I was a bit envious. You tried to invite me to whatever crazy antic Milly tried to plan, I always wondered why. Even with false memories, why would you still do something like that to me?"

"Rolo, I want to help Lulu get back his happiness" said Shirley.

"Yes Shirley, that's exactly the sort of thing you'd want to do, somebody like you who doesn't know Brother like I do. You probably still think of him as the handsome boy in the Student Council; a schoolgirl crush…how trivial.

"Nunally too"

"I see, now I know. Your actions towards me were leftover feelings of sympathy directed upon me since you didn't have Nunally to mother. I guess in the end, that's all I ever was to the others in the Student Council, a shadow.

I activated my Geass and went 'cold'.

"Shirley, once upon of time, before now, I could've said I liked you; at the very least, you were the most tolerable amongst everybody else. Maybe if we had met differently, I might've fallen in the mental illness known as 'love'…maybe. Still it is too late, but I shall give you one implication of my feelings. I've never killed anybody with a gun, because it'd get warm, even though I'm not. Still, right now, I feel warm…no hot, with envy, and hatred, and betrayal. So I'll kill you warm"

I fired that shot

Then went cold

I have to look for Brother now

I bend down to Shirley and give her a small kiss…a thank you

For being a friend I never needed or wanted, for trying to get me involved with your stupid emotions, thank you.

I go warm again…but only for a moment.

Then I resolve myself to perform the action that would solidify my existence in this time, place, and my Brother's heart.

"Nunally, I'll kill you with a gun" I said.

I turned my Geass off, and look for Jeremiah, this time with my knife.

I go back to cold metal.

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Wow, major crack-ness there. Please tell me if it was a bit OOC. Still, it makes a lot of sense…poor Shirley.

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Oh yeah, in case you didn't notice: the story is told from Rolo's POV "Rolo" "Shirley"

And I, KingsJester, using the Geass of the Author, command you to…READ AND REVIEW