A/N: Yay! I finally have a Christmas Code Geass fic!
Christmas Time in Ashford Academy.
Although Japan had been conquered by the Holy Britannian Empire, that did not mean that the holidays were not celebrated. It was one of several days Britannia held in high regard. The first was Empire Day, the day when Ricardo von Britannia succeeded Queen Elizabeth III as leader of Britannia and was formerly declared Britannia an empire. The second was New Year's festival, and third was Christmas. Christmas was the one day of the year where it didn't matter if one was an eleven or Britannian citizen. It also seemed one of the few days where Britannians seemed to treat the native Japanese more or less as equals, something that they didn't do often.
Everywhere throughout Tokyo, whether it be the Britannian Settlement or the the Japanese slums, the divided city was transformed into a more lively and holiday friendly place. Shops everywhere were stringing up multi-colored lights, putting up ornaments and Christmas trees in an effort to boost commerce and sales in the various districts.
Just outside the Britannian Settlement, the prestigious Ashford Academy was no different. Student Council President and granddaughter of the dean, Milly Ashford had the student council working together to help decorate the school. However, one could make the argument that she was the mistress of the school working her slaves to death.
"C'mon guys, step it up! The school is not going to decorate itself you know!" Milly shouted to the other members as they walked around with their arms full carrying decorations.
"Alright Madam President, we get the point." Shirley called back.
"Sheesh, I just want to get this over with, the faster we get this place decorated, the less Madam President over there is going to work us like dogs." Rivalz said as he set up a ladder to hang some more lights.
Even Suzaku and Kallen were being worked to death. Suzaku however didn't seem to mind. It was a walk in the breeze when compared to piloting the Lancelot and serving in the military part time. The one he did mind was having Milly breathing down his neck half the time. At least when he was piloting, he didn't have Lloyd or Cecile yelling at him every five seconds.
Meanwhile Lelouch was busy helping to decorate the Council's clubhouse with Nunnally and Sayoko's help, which made his work a bit easier.
Well, not really. Nunnally couldn't help that much with decorating, and Lelouch was against her handling any breakable ornaments. Sayoko however was more than happy to take some time off her cleaning duties to help Lelouch out.
"Wait a sec, who's taking care of Nunnally then." Lelouch almost panicked.
"Do not worry Master Lelouch, CC is taking care of her as we speak. Now come on, help me set up this Christmas tree."
Lelouch sighed and helped the maid move the nine-foot tall Christmas tree into position.
At least she is watched and being taken care of. Better than no one watching her at all. The former Prince thought to himself as he got out a cardboard box of lights and tinsel and started stringing them all over the tree.
So while Lelouch was busy decorating, CC and Nunnally were busy making Christmas cards and decorations out of paper. Nunnally was a bit saddened that she couldn't help Lelouch decorate, but was still happy that CC was here to keep her company.
CC always thought that Lelouch was being too overprotective of his little sister. She noted how he always treated her like a fragile work of art than an actual human being. It was logical yes, but sometimes unwanted. CC had taken upon herself to take the little brunette out of the house every now and then feeling that some fresh air would do her some good.
"CC? What do you like to do for Christmas? Aren't you going back home to your family?" Nunnally asked the green-haired witch as she folded another paper crane to hang on the tree.
CC was silent but said, "I don't have any family. So I guess I don't really do anything for Christmas."
"Wah! But that's so sad! Well then I guess you are spending Christmas with us then! You're already like an older sister-in-law to me anyways!" Nunnally said to her. CC flushed a little when she heard the words 'sister-in-law.' It's true that when Lelouch was out with Black Knight business, he would leave Sayoko in charge of taking care of Nunnally, but Sayoko was still a servant, and CC felt that Nunnally needed another girl her age to play with. So CC had in a sense become an older sister for Nunnally, something that Lelouch was not able to do. She also treated her not like a disabled little girl, but as a regular human being.
CC continued with making her Christmas cards and looked up at the clock. It was already a little past four in the afternoon. That meant that she had gone more than four hours without a slice of pizza.
As usual, Milly was very excited about this time of the year. Then again, she gets excited for just about anything, once having the whole school search for a the cat Arthur, with a kiss from one of the Student Council members as the prize. But Christmas was another thing within itself for Milly. This year she had planned a Winter Ball at the end of year as well as a smaller, more intimate gift exchange among the student council. It was also the perfect time to give Shirley a little nudge to get her closer to Lelouch. She admitted that she liked Lelouch somewhat, but felt if she could make Shirley jealous, she could get those two together.
The Ball she had planned was going to be held at the school's gymnasium and it would be the perfect opportunity for her to dance with Lelouch and hopefully that might get Shirley jealous enough so that she would take it up a notch with Lelouch.
Milly laughed as she though how the orange-haired girl would respond to this. She had noticed that Shirley was filling out quite nicely, not to sound like a pervert or anything, and she had always been jealous and flushed whenever another girl got close to Lelouch. Milly remembered how angry Shirley got at Lelouch when she thought he was going out with Kallen, or at least seeing her.
Now that the blonde thought about it, Kallen and Lelouch have been away from school lately, and they have been absent on the same days for a while. Milly smiled and evil smile, perhaps there is more to this than I thought.
She was so busy thinking about her little scheme, she didn't see Rivalz come up to her, "Um, Madam President? Milly? Um.....do you know who you are going with to the dance?"
"Oh, Rivalz! Oh um.....not yet really why?" She replied.
"Just wondering......" he said and walked back off to his work. He had admired Milly for a while, and he had a chance to ask her to the dance, and perhaps give her a present to show his feelings to her.
And where was Lelouch in all this? Getting the short end of the stick again as usual, and it didn't matter if he was Zero in disguise. The Black Knights could fight Britannian soldiers on the battlefield, but they could not stop Milly from forcing girls on him.
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A/N: Special thanks to Kiki Hayashi for helping me proofread this!