AN: Oops...Looks like I have no patience. I hope this capture your interest, so in the meantime..Enjoy! :)
P.S. Sorry for any mistakes I may have missed.
Chapter 1: That Fateful Night
It was an unusual night, that's for sure. The bar where he sat with a drink in hand was pretty quiet when compared to it's usual rowdy and loud late nights, when drunks brawled and customers cheered on the game that played on the TV. It wasn't like he's complaining about the silence though, for once in a long time, he's actually enjoying the view which indeed turned out it be a good thing because for whatever reason this was the only place where he could think clearly and rationally about his inner deep thoughts.
"What's the matter Lelouch? You still look blue, I would've thought that after a couple of drinks you'd be fine again."
The raven-haired man forced his amethyst eyes away from the floating ice in his drink to meet the barmaid's concerned gaze. "It's nothing Milly, just one of those nights I guess." Telling her simply as he traced a finger around the rim of his glass.
"Yeah, I guess, but you've been having more of 'those nights' than an average person would. So tell me what's wrong."
"Like I said, it's nothing really...I-I'm just stressed all the time and with the new school year coming up, it just piles up even more." He lifted his glass to his parted lips, "I don't know, I guess that's why I'm here tonight."
Milly watched him take a few sips before setting down his glass. She looked around the almost busy bar before averting her attention back to him. "I think you need a lady in your life Lelouch." She gave him a wink to which Lelouch rolled his eyes.
"Milly were not-"
"You do and I'm serious! You're a stick in the mud Lelouch. You always have your head stuck between work and even more work, you hardly have the time to hang out with us aka your awesome friends, and it upsets me that you're missing out on life." The blonde woman reached behind her for the a bottle so she could refill her broody friend's glass. "Lelouch, you're 28 years old, a very attractive man, smart, you're a teacher at a university, and yet you ignore all the girls who has tried to work a relationship with you."
"You mean all the girls who throw themselves at me?"
"Yes!"
"I don't need a girl who has to throw herself at me, it's a turnoff and will only drive me away further." He continued to take another sip of his newly filled drink.
Milly watched her poor friend in disbelief, she just couldn't understand why he's so stubborn in looking down the same road and missing out on many memorable opportunities.
"Miss? May I have a refill?" A stranger called down from the bar for her.
"In a moment." She gave the customer a smile before turning back to the raven-haired man. "I'll come back later and when I do, that panty that is twisted so far up your ass better be undone." She giggled giving him a wink and excused herself to tend to her other customers.
"Ha-ha very funny Milly." Lelouch mumbled sipping back more of his drink. He pinched the bridge of his nose feeling a headache coming on when-
"You look stressed as always."
Her sly silky voice cut through his thoughts and struck his heart with a thousand needles as it pumped faster in his chest. Feeling himself go numb for a moment he turned around slowly to where her voice had came from.
A voice he hadn't heard in nine long years.
He met her alluring amber eyes that held so much life and adventure inside.
"Damn...she's still so beautiful."
And he will continue to see her like that no matter how many years has passed between them. Her unique green hair, seemingly porcelain flawless skin, golden eyes, and quirky lips, she will always capture his heart like no other woman has been able to.
"Is this seat taken?" She asked, but sat down anyways.
He let out a chuckle from her never-changing attitude. "Well, I guess whoever wanted to sit there no longer can."
"That's their fault for leaving it open." She gave him a smile which had his heart unbearably racing inside. "Even after all these years you still look stressed...well never mind, that's just your face in general." She giggled and Lelouch smirked in annoyance.
"The first time we see each other in years and you start off by bashing me, how typical...it's nice to see you too."
"Same."
"So what brings-"
"Hey there handsome, looks like you made a new friend." Milly interrupted giving him a wink. "Mind introducing us?" She rested an elbow on the counter and placed her chin in her palm as she looked between the two.
With a clear of his throat, "C.C. this is my obnoxious friend Milly, Milly this is uh…" He looked to the green-haired woman who raised a brow waiting for his description of her. "...this is an old friend of mine from High School."
C.C. held out her hand to the blonde woman, "I'm his ex-girlfriend, but we were friends too once upon a time." The two ladies shook hands and C.C. poked out a tongue to him. Even though they are ex-lovers, she purposely introduced herself like that just to make him fluster in embarrassment.
"Two points for me." She giggled looking at the blush across his cheeks before turning back to the woman.
"Oh wow," Milly pulled away from the handshake. "Lelouch never told me anything about having a girlfriend in High School, nonetheless a very hot one."
"Thank you, you're too kind."
"Hey! That's really not your business to know everything about my life." Lelouch intervened attempting to take the spotlight off the subject.
"Alright, I'll just ask C.C about her life...So C.C. what kind of boyfriend was Lelouch?"
"Oh, he was quite pathetic. He's arrogant, selfish, a workaholic, and hardly paid any attention to me. It broke my heart and all I wanted was to make him happy." C.C. exaggerated and placed a hand over her 'breaking heart'.
Milly laughed, "So you mean just the way he is right now."
"That's not true! None of that is true." Lelouch nearly shouted to stop the ladies.
"We're just playing around Lelouch." Milly smiled turning to C.C. and asked for what she wanted to drink. While the ladies chatted Lelouch looked away trying to calm the rising emotions that hadn't been provoked in a long time. Slightly looking back to the woman next to him, "I don't understand...I thought she would hate me forever after what happened between us." He looked down in shame.
"Lelouch?" Her cool voice pulled him away from his thoughts. "Are you alright?"
Looking up, he realized that Milly had already left to tend to other customers. "Yeah I'm okay." Presenting her a smile. "So what brings you around? I thought you moved away or something."
C.C. sipped onto her drink, "Well I moved back here a few weeks ago and because I had nothing better to do I just thought it would be nice to go out and drink a little. And you?"
Lelouch let out a tired sigh, "I needed some time to think and drink."
"Doesn't sound like a good combination."
"You're probably right." His mind started to wonder back to their High School days. The love they shared together was so intense and real, it ended up being be used wrongly to turn them against each other and tear them apart. He's two years older than her so when they started dating back then, she was 15 and he was 17. They were friends shortly before starting a relationship, but it was because of him that that fiery passion ended. Being put out with his harsh and coldness.
And after what happened...he could never forgive himself at how insensitive he was towards her, despite his true feelings about the situation.
C.C. watched the man next to her carefully as he sat there in silence with his brows burrowed forward. "He's thinking about negative things as always." She took a few sips of her drink. She too was taken by surprise in seeing him tonight and even though her mind demanded her to leave the bar, her body said otherwise and next thing she knew, she was sitting down next to him.
She doesn't regret it anymore, it felt really nice being around him again. The same giddy feelings and the quickening of her heart reacted all the same like it had done all those years ago. For the longest she hated his guts for doing what he did, but eventually learned how to forgive. Because there was no point in holding grudges.
Speaking of which-
"So...what have you been up too? Have any girlfriends I need to look out for tonight?"
The brooding man let out a chuckle, "I don't have a girlfriend, but I am an English Professor so I'm busy with work anyways."
"Wow...you're pretty young to be a professor."
"And you, What have you been up too? Have a boyfriend that is showing up late?" He admired the way her cheeks pinked and the small smile gracing her lips.
"Nope, single as a pringle. And as for my job, I'm still doing photography for now."
"You still love photography?" Amazed that she stuck with that.
"Yup." She popped the 'p'.
"So what are you going for now?" He waited patiently as she finished her drink. "It's a secret, but it's something that I've always wanted to do."
"Hmm, good for you." He smiled and she did the same.
"You know Lelouch," She playfully bumped him on the shoulder. "Your smile is just as charming as it was back then...I'm glad that you finally stopped brooding and looking all stressed." She giggled and Lelouch smiled again.
"I appreciate the compliment."
"No problem stranger."
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The old friends stayed out late till closing time, they walked around a nearby park for a couple more hours until the wee hours of the morning. Being the gentleman that he is, he offered to take her home since she told him that she walked instead of driving. After giving him her address, the chatting sort of died down since they were both tired and wanted to get some much needed sleep.
Finally come too and stopping in front of her nice apartment building.
"It was nice seeing you again." The man gave her a sad smile, not really wanting their night to end. "I haven't had this much fun in a long-"
"It was nice seeing you too. Thank you for driving me home."
"No problem." Lelouch stared into her golden eyes deeply. The weird tension between them started to make him feel nostalgic of the whole situation. He carefully lowered his eyes to see her briefly bite her lower lip, making him chuckle a little from the cute habit she has.
"So she's nervous huh?"
She turned around pressing the button to unlock her door, opening it just slightly, she turned back to face him one more time. "Goodnight Lelouch."
"Goodnight C.C."
The raven-haired man watched as she closed his car door and made sure she got inside safely to her apartment building. He stayed there a little longer before turning on the engine of his car and driving away so he too could go back home.
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C.C. carefully closed the door of her apartment door before sliding down the surface area to be seated on the ground. "Why is my heart racing so fast?" She closed her eyes and rested her head back as she attempted to sort through her thoughts. After a few minutes of just sitting there she finally decided to rise and made her way to her closet, digging through the mountains of clothes, shoes and other meaningless things before she found watch she was looking for.
Flipping through the pages of her photo book, she smiled fondly at the funny and sweet memories that were forever captured and placed in the book.
She continued to search a little longer until she found what she was looking for.
Looking at the once crumbled picture, she pulled it out of it's slot with shaking hands as she still glanced down at it.
It was a picture of her and Lelouch kissing on his graduation day. They stood outside the building as he was wearing his dark blue graduation cap and gown and she wore a light pink summer dress.
A sad smiled quirked on her lips before turning the picture around to read the message he left her all those years ago.
"I'm forever by your side, I love you now to eternity." -Lelouch
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