Hey everybody! This is my new fan fiction – Contract or Bond, featuring Suzaku and Lelouch of Code Geass again! I can't get enough of them and for most of my short day dreams; I always have them in mind since the both of them are really suitable for each other. ^^
By the way, I'm sorry for not updating Fated to Love first, 'cause for the meantime, I'm stuck. .
Anyways, do read and review this new fiction of mine. Flames (which are not too harsh) are welcomed too. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass and its characters.
Contract or Bond
Chapter 1
Hi. My name's Lelouch. Currently, I'm having my last high school year in Ashford's High. I was studying happily, normally, till I reached my birthday, December 5th, which was also my wedding ceremony. On that day, I was married to the crown prince, Prince Suzaku.
It all started seventeen years ago, where one day, a family was kicked out of the house for not being able to pay the rent. The couple had been pleading the landlord the whole day to give them some time to earn more money to pay the rent. The landlord was greedy and impatient, and he despised poverty. They could not pay him as he had surprisingly raised the rent in double and had no at all intention in giving them a chance to raise more fund to pay.
So happen, her royal highness who was doing charity in that area of town had seen the situation and decided to help out. She bought the house for that family and chased the landlord away, warning him to never come back to that place ever again.
They wanted to repay her but they did not have enough money. The queen had kindly denied any payment back but they insisted, saying they would never be able to live in peace if they did not do so. The queen had no choice. While she was thinking, she saw the baby in the mother's arms. She carried it into her arms and looked dearly. The innocent baby was not the prettiest one in the whole world, but her smile had touched the deepest core of the queen's heart. The queen had fallen in love with the baby at first sight.
With a smiling face, she asked, "How old is the baby?"
The mother replied, "One year old, your highness."
The queen smiled even brightly and continued to watch the baby in her arms. The couple, however, did not feel safe at all.
After looking at the child for quite some time, she gave them back. She told them, "Raise her well; raise her to be discipline. I shall make her the wife of the crown prince when the time is right. This will be the payment for the house."
"But, your highness..." the lady called out but was stopped by her husband.
"Thank you, your highness. We shall do as told and will never disappoint you."
The queen smiled, "Very well then. I shall see you again in the future." With that said she got into the limousine and left towards the palace ground.
The mother of the child was having a perplex look, and the father saw it all.
"It was the best for the child, my dear. He can't live with us, he isn't supposed to suffer with us, he deserves a better life," His wife, being the modest one of all, had always followed her husband's will and never questioned it.
The father looked at the child, and told him sadly, "I'm sorry. I hope you'll understand that whatever we do, we'll always give you the best of life."
Since then, the boy had been dressing as a girl, talked like a girl and behaved like one too. He had never questioned anything, as he was taught that way, and he would never ask for anything, and was taught to never burden anyone, and live independently.
Seventeen years later, the boy had grown up and was known as Lelouch.
Shoulder length hair was tied up in a pony tail with a blue ribbon, leaving a wisp of hair falling to cover my ears; fringe reaching eye level; wearing a dark green pleated knee-length skirt, a white lace blouse, and finished off with a pair of white Mary Janes shoes; I carried a sling-bag and a few books on my hands. Breathing in some fresh morning breeze, I walked my way up to Ashford's High, in my last high school year.
"Hey, Lulu babe, wanna go on a date with me tonight? I've found a pretty nice motel with pretty cool café," a voice spoken into my ears. I rolled my eyes, not even stopping nor turning around to look.
"Tamaki, when are you going to stop?" I replied boringly. "And the name's Lelouch, don't you know how to pronounce it properly?"
He laughed and flung his arm around my shoulder, "Oh come on, Lulu! You know that name is so male! It doesn't fit you at all."
"Get lost, would you? That name is just perfect because my parents named me that way. Don't like it, leave it, and leave me too, or I'll shout," I was starting to become impatient. So what if my name doesn't fit my current appearance? I am a boy just that I couldn't look like one.
"What if…" he smirked and tightened his hold around me. His lustful eyes were staring straight into mine, "What if I refuse to let go and let you shout with all your might, and then I'll make the both of us disappear immediately?"
"Then, you'll have to get a piece of this," came a voice just right behind us. My smile broadened immediately as I saw his face full of fear and his grip had loosened. But, before he could pull back and run, his wrist was grabbed forcefully and I was pulled out of the way.
There stood my warrior and also the daughter of the chairman, Milly, holding him tight and another hand on her hip. Shirley was standing just beside Milly, with full hatred, cracking her knuckles in preparation to give her best blow. Though she was soft most of the time, but when needed, she can be one great body guard. As for this girl standing just beside me, checking all over me and making sure I'm fine, was Nina, the quietest girl I had ever known, but still as caring as this two in front of me.
"Need someone for a date, Tamaki?" Milly spoke with sarcasm.
Tamaki gulped and shivered as he talked, "No ma'am! I was just…fooling around! Hahaha…"
"Oh, really? Then, you've met the wrong person to fool around with," Shirley said as she stood nearer to him, fist all ready for him.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I won't do it again! I swear! I swear!" Tamaki shouted as he covered his head with both his arms.
"Sorry won't do, you know," Milly replied.
"I'll do anything! Just don't hurt my face, please?" he tried hard to plead with those terrible puppy eyes.
"Hmm…anything?" Shirley asked.
"Yes! Anything!"
"OK!" Milly answered. "I'll give you…"
"…YOUR WORSE NIGHTMARE!" Both Shirley and Milly replied into his face. He shrieked.
"You're going to kneel here till the bell rings, and that will be 45 minutes later. So, be a good boy, and receive your punishment," Milly smirked and gestured all three of us to leave with her. I turned back and took a look. Tamaki was in great depress. He had a cardboard with big wordings saying, "I'M A JERK WHO GROPED ASHFORD HIGH'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUTT. PLEASE PUNISH ME!", and in just a few seconds, people were already throwing stones, rotten vegetables etc. Some of the guys were even scolding, "A disgrace to Ashford's men!" as if they were some great VIPs.
"Milly, maybe that's a bit too harsh," I told her. I really do feel bad since he really didn't grope me.
This time, she wrapped her arms around my shoulder, saying, "Oh, come on Lulu! If the punishment is light, it won't teach him a lesson at all!"
"That's true, Lulu. You shouldn't feel bad for bad people," Shirley cut in. Nina only nodded in agreement.
I sighed and said, "Its Lelouch, Milly, Shirley. How many times am I supposed to repeat that?"
Milly replied, "You know me, Lelouch. You know how much I love calling you Lulu. It's just a habit anyways."
"And only the three of us can call you that," Shirley cut in again, while Nina just nodded in agreement, again.
I rolled my eyes, but couldn't stop smiling at our daily routine.
"Thank you, by the way, for saving me," I told them.
"No problem, Lulu! That's what we three musketeers are for!" Milly said in a high and mighty tone.
"Yup! Besides, we're your only best friends you could rely on," Shirley replied and Nina nodded.
I laughed and said, "Of course! You guys are the best!"
Milly, Shirley and Nina suddenly stopped and stared at me. I stopped, too, but soon regretted it.
"SO CUTE!" The two of them shouted and all three of them came pinching my cheeks. I sighed inwardly; this is one of my daily routine that I really don't want it to be repeated.
"Kya~! It's the Prince! The Prince!"
The four of us had to put our fingers into our ears to shut off the screams.
"Here they go again," Milly said as she stared uninterestedly towards the limousine which stopped directly in front of the school gate. The chauffeur came down from his driver seat and came to the back seat and opened the door.
"Black leather shoes," Shirley said as she looked at the Prince's shoes coming out into view.
"Dark green trousers," Milly continued after Shirley as the Prince's legs came into view.
"Dark green coat with white shirt in," I continued.
"Weird green eyes with stupidly curled brown hair," Nina ended everything as the Prince was already standing tall and straight beside the limousine. Nina was not one to talk very often, but when it comes to humiliating him, she must have a say.
While the prince was looking all cool, his two bodyguards came out from the other back seats with the same uniform and quickly walked beside him. The bodyguard on his right, who is the most annoying one, named Gino. Here's why:
With a sway of his fringe and his three braided hair at the back, he spoke melodramatically, "Good morning, young ones, cute ones, cheeky ones, pretty ones, and not forgetting the sexy ones! Nice meeting all of you again!" Then, he gave them flying kisses, which surprisingly made the girls' screams louder. I have totally no idea what was wrong with them, maybe because I'm not them. But, this guy certainly is a pervert.
Then, the other bodyguard on his left looked quite old, not very old, but in his thirties I think, named Jeremiah. He is normal, doesn't talk much, and pretty strict with the surroundings. A foot nearer into the forbidden zone, and he'll throw you out of school. That is the truth.
Anyways, for a young man to be in school, why would they choose two obviously elder people as his bodyguards and join him in studies? That is one question that I need answers.
"Let's go. There's nothing to watch here," Milly said as she dragged us all out of the crowd and into our classroom.
"Recess! Great!" I shouted inwardly, sarcastically. I never liked recess, because it's about squeezing in and squeezing out of those sweaty bodies. Disgusting! But, today really is my unlucky day. I have forgotten to bring my lunch box. No choice, I had to squeeze into the crowd and get a bun.
When I finally got out, the bell rang. "Damn! Am I really that unlucky today?" I cursed. Picking the books and my sling bag on one of the table, while my mouth was biting onto the bun, I quickly ran towards my next class, History class. And unluckily again, that class is situated on the fifth floor in the screening room, since Mdm. Viletta decided to play a movie today. What's worse was that room was situated right on the other end of this enormous school compound.
"I am so gonna be late! That devil is so going to kill me!" I cursed again while biting on the bun and running across the hallway. Can't these students stop dilly-dallying on the hallway?
"Excuse me! Pardon me! Please let me go through!"
Wait, that voice is familiar. Oh who cares? If he's late I am late too! Run, Lelouch! RUN!
"Ow!"
"Ouch!"
It hurts. My arm really hurts. Who in the world would actually bang into a student who was late for class? A girl in fact! Though, I'm not a real one.
"I'm sorry. You, okay?" This voice, isn't he the one in a rush too? I looked up and…
"Erm…you okay? Did I hit your forehead too?"
"The…prince…" I mumbled out.
"Sorry?"
I was dumbfounded, I know. I was mesmerized by the sudden nice looking guy in front of me. He looked so different from far, but when he was an inch in front of you, is it this what the girls really felt? Heart thumping loudly and vigorously?
"Erm…what's your name?" he asked.
"Le…Lelouch…" Wait. Why am I stammering?
"Lelouch, I'm sorry I banged into you. Erm…" he took out his wallet and a piece of name card. Why would he have a name card? "If you needed to go for medical checkup, call me, I'll pay the bill." Unknowingly, I brought up my hand and received the card.
"And, I can't help you pick up your books, I'm late for class. Sorry. See you!" he said as he quickly left, running away towards the opposite direction of where I was going to.
Staring towards that shadow disappearing into the corridor, I just realized I had been sitting for 5 minutes! Quickly, I gathered up everything and left for class.
I reached my class all huffing and puffing. The movie was already playing and everyone was watching it in silent. A bit of scolding from the teacher and an apology from me, I quickly went and sat beside Shirley.
"Did you get your breakfast, Lulu?" Shirley whispered.
"Yeah, I d-…where is it?" I could not find my bun! I searched through every book and my bag but I saw none! Instead, I saw an unfamiliar wallet. I opened it up to have a look, and it almost gave my heart out. "Oh, god!"
"What is it?" Shirley whispered again.
"My bun was switched with a wallet," I replied.
Shirley stared at me. "A wallet? Did you steal it?"
"No! I banged into the prince just now and…"
"You what?" She shouted. Everyone turned and stared at both of us.
"What's going on behind there?" Mdm. Viletta asked.
"Nothing! Sorry to disturb," I quickly replied and Shirley was giving an apologetic face.
"Pay attention or I'll have to give you detention," Mdm. Viletta spoke in a scary tone.
The both of us nodded and everyone went back to watching the movie. Shirley then whispered again, "What have you done?"
I rolled my eyes and replied, "It was an accident. The both of us were late and we were rushing our way through the crowd in the hallway. We didn't see each other and then we banged. Our things dropped, so I guess he had mistaken my bun as his wallet. I wasn't aware too as I was in a total rush to get to class."
Shirley gasped, "Oh my! But, don't worry. We'll get the bun back for you."
"No, it's OK. I'll get it back from him later. Besides, you have your club to go anyway."
"Well, Milly and Nina can follow you."
"They both have student council meeting either. Don't worry about it, OK? I'll be fine. I can go to him myself."
Shirley sighed, "OK, but if there's anything, call. Get it?"
"Sure," I smiled and we both turned to look at the screen.
After the History class, I waved Shirley goodbye, and headed towards the other end of the school ground, where all the science departments were. I knew where to go as he had his timetable in his wallet. I did not mean to look at his private stuffs, but I had to in order to give it back to him. While looking at his timetable, I accidentally (yes, accidentally) saw his Identification Card. Surprisingly, his birthday is on the tenth of July. Anyway, that was not the main point.
I was searching all around and could not find him. But, lucky me, I saw a group of girls standing outside the window of the robotic club's laboratory. From the looks of it, the prince must be there.
I went near them and tip toed to look above their heads. In the lab, the prince was fixing a machine. He looked very serious, his hands worked as if they knew the machine very well. When he was working with the machine, I could not help but to feel impress. He did not care about whatever was going on with the surrounding, he ignored the girls squealing, he ignored the intense stares from all the guys in his class, he even ignored his teacher who was talking all the way, and just continued doing his work.
This was the first time I had ever seen him being so serious. He had given me a new impression. He was not the kind who takes on fame and popularity, but the kind who would never take things for granted. And for the second time, I was mesmerized by his looks.
"Kya! It's the prince! Hello!" I was pushed by the squealing girl and fell in front, making all the others standing in front of me fall too, like a domino.
"Ow…" I hissed while pushing myself up, then only did I realize that the fall had made me injured the same arm again.
"What do you think you're doing? Can't you see there're so many of us standing in front of you?" A girl shouted. I thought she was scolding the other girl, who made me fall, but instead, my hair was pulled up hard and I faced with the girl who actually made me fall.
"You're the one to talk!" I scolded back, but I regretted it. Apparently, all the fan girls were staring at me. This wicked girl pulling my hair acted so real that everyone believed it was me.
"Hey! Isn't that the prince's wallet?" Another girl shouted and everyone turned to stare at the wallet I had in my hand.
"She stole it!" This girl who pulled my hair exclaimed and everyone gasped.
I looked around, panicked, and cursing myself for not bringing Shirley with me. There's no time to whine, I had to think of something.
"I did not steal it!" I quickly replied them. "I was about to return it to him. And besides, how did you know it was his? You haven't even seen the inside of his wallet."
Their gapes widened. Then, this girl, still pulling my hair, stared fiercely at me, she said, "Of course we know! We often seen him holding it around, it was his favorite! But you! You stole it, and even seen what's inside! How dare you?"
"I saw because…" I was about to back fire but another girl came in front of me and started shouting again.
"Just take it from her! We'll give it back to the prince!" With that said, everyone started to scream and hurl towards me. All of them started to snatch the wallet among each other, and not forgetting to hurt me even more.
"Stop it! Stop!" I shouted but none of them heard me.
"What the hell is going on?" a lazy man's voice suddenly shouted over the screams of the girls. Everyone stopped immediately. Then, he continued, "If you're going to make noise out here again, I swear I'm going to make all of you my live experiment! Now, leave!"
The girls around me had stood up and quickly bowed before they left. I, who was lying on the floor, pushed myself up slowly and looked towards the man who was talking. It was Mr. Lloyd, the so called mad scientist in our school. He was the one who shouted just now, and was also the one who was ignored during his whole class. Beside him, all the students were looking at me. I saw the prince looking at me too, or more like the girl who had his wallet in her hands. She walked shyly towards the prince and gave him his wallet.
She said, "Your wallet, Prince Suzaku. I help you save it from her." I knew she was talking about me, making me as if I was the thief who stole his wallet. But, that did not matter anymore; I only hoped to get out of here.
"Thank you," the prince replied with a smile. The girl then turned away, happily squealing all the way out in the hallway. Now, there was only me left, still sitting on the ground. Ignoring their stares, I slowly pushed myself up. Halfway through, a hand was around my shoulder while the other was on my uninjured arm, pulling me and helping me stood up. I turned to look and realized it was actually the prince himself.
"You OK?" he looked at me sincerely. I could not help but to just stare.
"Are you OK, Lelouch?" he talked again and it brought me back. The prince was calling my name, and he called it right for the first time. No one had ever done it whenever I first told them my name, not even the three musketeers, my best friends.
"All right, back to class, there's nothing to look at," I heard Mr. Lloyd said and they all went back into the lab.
Looking away from him, I tried hard to calm down my heart beat and pushed myself away from him.
"I'm fine, thank you," I said and quickly turned around to head back.
"Wait!" He called and held my arm. I hissed as he had touched my injury. He immediately let it go and apologized.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to touch there."
"I-It's OK," I replied without looking at him, and quickly urged myself to walk faster, even though my right ankle was hurting like hell and I had to limp.
"Let me bring you to the clinic," the prince said but I just keep on moving, ignoring him, and hoping he would give up. When I thought he had given up as there was not anymore sound, he came in front of me and knelt down with his back facing me. I stopped immediately.
"I'll piggyback you there," he said.
"N-no need, I can…"
"If you don't want a piggyback, then I'll have to carry you there," he said seriously, as if he was giving an order. It gave me a shock, again, but since young, I was told to never ever depend on someone else, even if that someone is the prince.
"There's no need for your help, your highness. I'm fine and I can still walk. So please, let me be," I said and walked pass him. He was still crouching on the ground, having an unbelievable look on his face. Denying the prince might be the worst thing to do, but I could not help myself to smile a little at his perplex look.
That's it for now. And, I apologized again for not updating the other one. I'm on my way to find some inspiration. So, please be patient and wait. TQ!
