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Suzaku, having managed to win the battle with 'Zero', landed his Lancelot nearby Zero's own knightmare. He jumped out, and hurried towards the over-sized robot, seeing the cockpit was open, and there, sure enough, in the seat was the one he was aiming to kill. He walked over cautiously, gun in hand. Upon reaching the other's form, he reached for the mask and slowly started to pull it off, his gun now aimed at the target's head. Once the mask was removed, his eyes widened, before he looked around real fast. Upon seeing no one, Suzaku quickly made work of removing Zero's clothing from the other's form, before picking him up and placing him in his Lancelot, making his way home. Upon reaching the place he called home, he snuck the other to his room, laying him in his own bed, staring in disbelief at the other's unconscious form.

Lelouch didn't move for several hours and when he finally moved he could only hold his pounding headache touching the dry blood on the right side of his head. He pushed his form up only to slip back down onto the bed, he was confused to why he was there and who's room he was in.

Suzaku, who had disappeared only moments ago to get the other something to clean himself up with, walked back through the door in time to see Lelouch fall back onto the bed. "Ah, you're finally awake. That's a relief." He said, walking over with the bowl of warm water and damp cloth, sitting them both on the nightstand, turning to Lelouch now, frowning at the confused look. "Lelouch?"

"..... Suzaku?" He looked up questioning his appearance now. ".... You look so much older then the last time we met." He smiled now at the other as he forced himself back up sitting up finally on the bed. Lelouch looked to the other now as if nothing had happened. "Is this your room now? It looks a lot different then when we lived together."

Suzaku blinked, tilting his head as he moved, dipping the cloth in the water, before ringing it out and sitting on the bed next to him. "Lelouch, how old are you?" He asked, still frowning as he took the damp cloth to the other boy's forehead.

"I'm 12 Suzaku the same age as you...., You're just a lot taller then I am..." He frowned as he closed his purple hues as the other cleaned his forehead of the blood.

Suzaku paused in his action, though kept the rag where it was. "Tw-twelve? Lelouch, that's not funny." He murred, returning to cleaning the other's forehead. "You didn't hit your head that..." He trailed and the rag fell as he stared in disbelief. "You really don't remember..."

Lelouch opened his orbs to stare at the other his facial expression never changing. "Remember what Suzaku?"

"It's been...Lelouch, you're seventeen. You...Were even..." He trailed and frowned, shaking his head. He'd leave the last part out. "You hit your head really hard when you fell. Are you okay?" He asked, reaching up to brush his bangs from his face to see the wound, only to find it was hidden by the other's hair.

Lelouch blinked looking to the other sadly as he tilted his head to the side. ".... I just have a small headache, but I'm twelve just like you." He smiled kindly.

Suzaku bit his lower lip as his eyes met Lelouch's, unsure of what he should do. "I know...If I show you some pictures..." He started, standing and walking to the desk, grabbing a photo album. "See the year dated on this picture?" He asked, flipping the book open, pointing to a random picture of himself, Lelouch, Shirley and them.

"Who's that girl Suzaku.... How come I look a lot bigger then I was the last time I looked in the mirror?" He asked looking to the sadly. "... Where's Nunnally."

Suzaku frowned, then looked down a bit. "Lelouch, I told you. You're seventeen. This girl here is Shirley. She's one of our classmates. And Nunnally is..." He trailed, cursing under his breath. What was he suppose to tell Lelouch. "She's at the hospital. They're trying to find a cure for what she has, and she volunteered." He lied, smiling a bit at Lelouch.

"Then I want to go see Nunnally and check on her." Lelouch moved now trying to push himself up off the bed. "I still don't know what kind of game your trying to play telling me I'm seventeen you are being cruel to me Suzaku..."

"No!" Suzaku panicked, pushing back on his shoulders. "Lelouch, you're not well enough to move. And I'm not playing a game. I'll prove it. What year were you born?" (Feel free to make one up if you don't know, 'cause I'm right there with you on lack of B-day knowledge.)

"December 5, 1999." He whispered out as he looked to the other sadly.

"It's 2017, Lelouch." Suzaku said, grabbing a nearby calendar, pointing to the date to prove his point. "May 11." He spoke, frowning.

"... I-I then why?" He whispered out looking to the other before he lowered his head.

"I told you, Lulu..." He started, lowering his head to catch the other's eyes, lacing his fingers through Lelouch's hair gently. "You hit your head pretty hard."

"..... Then what happened during the years I don't remember Suzaku?" Lelouch looked back up to Suzaku leaning against his hand.

"You...I think you should try and remember everything on your own." He replied, smiling some. "Not much happened really. We hung out with our friends when we could, attended school events, celebrated birthdays and holidays." He continued, before something popped into his head, and he debated trying to push his luck.

Lelouch nodded lightly as he looked up to Suzaku still his purple orbs never leaving the green emeralds of his friend. ".... Was it fun... Did Nunnally enjoy herself?"

Suzaku smiled and nodded. "Of course she did. She had you with her." He replied, letting his hand fall to Lelouch's shoulder. "Lelouch, there's...Something else..." He spoke, leaning forward a bit.

Lelouch looked to the other once more blinking. "What is it Suzaku?"

"We uh...You and I..." He started, looking down some now. "We're together, and have been for a while now..." He added, glancing back up.

"Together like a couple?" He asked once more his purple orbs blinking as well.

He nodded. "Yeah." Suzaku replied, almost feeling guilty about how easy it was to lie to the other teen.

A smile formed as Lelouch looked to up to Suzaku. "Are we pretty popular on campus?"

Suzaku smiled a bit, almost sadly, and shook his head. "No. We've had to keep it a secret. It's a long story, so don't worry about it." He spoke, leaning forward. "All that matters...Is that we're happy." He added in a hushed tone, brushing his lips against Lelouch's now.

Lelouch nodded as he looked to the other as he blushed faintly. ".... Why though keep it a secret?"