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(4 years later)
A raven makes his way through the forest, followed by a shorter brunette girl.
"Watch your step." The raven gently tells the girl, holding his hand out to the girl.
She smiles and takes hold of his hand. "I can't wait to see Gino again."
"Me too."
"I wonder how Sophie and Ben are doing."
"They've probably grown a bit since last we saw them."
They continue through the forest, it slowly thinning out as they near the Britannian settlement Charleston. The raven leads the girl into the town, both of them receiving a mix of plenaries, smiles and waves along as well as insults and glares. The raven glares back but they continue towards one of the houses, knocking once they arrived. The door opens, revealing a blond male.
"Hey Lelouch, Nunnally!" the man smiles, opening the door and stepping to let them in. "It's good to see you."
"You too," Lelouch smiles.
"Sophie and Ben are in the kitchen with their mother." Gino addresses Nunnally, who nods and heads into the back of the house. "You look well." Gino sits down at the table.
"So do you. How are the kids?" Lelouch sits across from him.
"They're doing well, though I am worried about Ben; I think he might have a fever or something and with winter almost here…" Gino trails off.
"If you want, we can take him and Sophie to Chiba and have her look them over."
"You would do that for me?"
"You are my friend and besides Ohgi would kill me if they got sick and I didn't do anything about it." The raven slightly chuckles.
"Yeah probably." The blond nods in agreement.
"There's still plenty of day light left, do you want to go now?"
Gino nods and both men stand, heading into the back. Nunnally sits playing with the children as their mother watches them as she reads her book. Gino goes over to her.
"Hey hun. Lelouch and I are going to take the kids out." The bond kneels next to his wife.
"Where will you be going?" she looks at him.
"Lelouch knows of a nice lake where some river otters live. WE will be back before nightfall, I promise." His wife looks up at Lelouch, then back at Gino. "The kids will be fine." He sets his hands on hers. "I promise."
"Alright, just be careful."
"We will." Gino stands and kisses her forehead. "Come on kids- we're going on an adventure."
"An adventure?"
"What kind of adventure?" Sophie looks up at her father.
"We are going to a secret location where some river otters live."
"River otters?" the children's eyes widen.
"Yes. Come on." Gino leads his children outside, followed by Lelouch and Nunnally.
"You seemed comfortable lying to your wife." The raven looks at the blond.
"Comfortable, no but if I told her where we are actually going, she would have never allow it."
"So she still doesn't like us huh?"
Gino shakes his head. "Not really."
So what do you think? I will post the next chapter once I finish it and get it typed up. Please leave a review- I want to hear any and all feedback along with an ideas you have/would like to see happen and I'll see what I can do!