C.C, immortal witch that she was, could boast that a rather large variety of events had occurred in her lifetime. War, miracles, the founding of Pizza Hut- you name it, she knows and can likely relay some small memory.

The one thing that had never happened to her, however, was being awakened by a distinct tickling sensation and a purring sound. So when it did happen, she was caught off guard.

It was the middle of the day. Lelouch was off in class, or rather, skipping class as was the more likely scenario, and she didn't feel like getting dressed just so that she could hunt down the teen and ask him why there was a cat in his room. And she knew she couldn't call him, because even if he wasn't in class, he was likely talking to the Black Knights or screening her calls altogether. All in all, she had very little chance of getting him without a lot of effort.

As she ran through her various options in her mind, the gray cat watched her silently. It had a black patch of fur surrounding its one eye, she noticed.

"What do you want?" She asked after a moment, meeting the small animal's gaze. It was still sitting on her chest.

It meowed in response.

"Are you hungry or something? You can't have pizza."

Another meow.

"Neither Lelouch or Nunnally is here, so I don't know what you expect me to do."

A purr now. Had she said something it liked?

C.C shrugged to herself, picking the cat up and placing it down next to her on the bed as she rolled over. Surely the animal could wait a few more hours until Lelouch came back.

A few hours later, C.C awoke as Lelouch stepped into his room and sat up. She felt a small furball to her right, and quickly picked up the cat, holding it up. "Lelouch."

"Yes?" He had his back turned as he took off his uniform jacket, preparing to hang it up.

"Whose cat is this?"

He turned now, a somewhat bemused expression on his face before he laid eyes on the offending animal. "That's just Arthur. He's a stray that the Student Council has taken in. Why?"

"He woke me up."

"Did he now." Lelouch took Arthur out of C.C's outstretched hands, setting him down on the bed. "He was probably just hungry. Or tired."

"Yes, but why did he come find me?"

Lelouch's palm came to rest on his forehead, and he spoke after a moment. "Despite your being an infuriating immortal witch, you're still warm. Animals like heat."

"Ah, so he only came for my body heat."

"Correct."

"Well, in that case," she reached over, scratching Arthur's ear. "I suppose we may be of some mutual use to each other, cat."