OMG, look what you guys have made me do! Ah well, couldn't be helped. I actually became a big Kallen and Lelouch fan so I thought, just do it. I don't really have time to come up with a new story plot, so I figured making another cute short story to add on to this one would be fun. If I ever come up with more short story ideas I might just add them to this story, like how I did for one of my Fushigi Yuugi fanfics. I have no plans for this though, so for now, just enjoy the small continuation of the previous short story.

Author: Ongaku

Genre: Humor

Pairing: Slight Kallen and Lelouch

Summary: After a nights rest, Kallen wakes up with a dilemma.

Disclaimer - I do not own Code Geass. (of course)

His Face, Her Dilemma

(Part Two)

Kallen sighed heavily as she left the classroom for the day. It had been a long one and she was glad that it was finally over. So many classmates kept asking what her dream was about or what Lelouch did to her. She could never give them an answer and had to pretend like they didn't know what they were talking about.

Every now and then she would sneak a glance in Lelouch's direction. He seemed to be taking the teasing a lot better than her and that made her even more upset. When she realized that she started to get mad at herself.

"What is wrong with me?" Kallen mumbled to herself. It was just a stupid dream after all. Lelouch was not the kind of guy she would usually fall for.

"That's what I would like to know."

Kallen jumped sky high at the sound of the voice coming from behind her. If she was really a delicate girl, that probably would have made her faint. She turned ever so slowly to face the one person she planned on avoiding all day but failed miserably.

"Don't do that!" She seethed and glared as he gave her a smirk.

Lelouch was resting his back up against the wall, acting as if his being there was the most natural thing. "Do you always talk to yourself like that?"

Kallen blinked for a second and tried to remember what she had just said to herself and then started to blush as the memories of her thoughts came rushing back. "No. Of course not. It's just been..." She trailed off and her voice became calmer. "One of those days."

At that, Lelouch pushed himself from the wall and made his way towards Kallen.

Kallen wasn't sure if she should run away right then, but then figured that it wouldn't be a good idea to show any strength while she was still on the school grounds. She stood her ground and waited for whatever he planned to do next. She only hoped her face didn't give away what she was feeling. Deciding not to take any risks she looked down at the floor.

"Kallen." Lelouch said, as if asking a question, but she still didn't look up. "Are you really okay?"

His question caught her off guard. It was the second time she had heard him ask anything that seemed like concern and she began to wonder if he really did mean it.

She glanced up at him and came face to face with his eyes. She blushed again and wondered if her face wasn't permanently red now.

"I'm fine Lelouch, why do you ask?" She smiled and tried to act normal.

But instead of answering her question Lelouch reached out and placed his hand on her forehead. Kallen was petrified. She knew he was just checking if she had a fever but the touch was making her dream come to life.

"You have been red all day. I thought that maybe you were coming down sick."

Kallen was wondering when he was going to take his hand off her now. She knew it didn't take that long to find out if she had a fever or not.

Not being able to take it anymore she reached her hands up and grabbed his arm.

This surprised Lelouch and he took his hand off her forehead. "I'm sorry; I was out of line there. I was never good at being able to tell if someone had a fever or not."

Even though Lelouch pulled away, Kallen still had his arm in her hands. "Thank you for worrying Lelouch, but I'm okay, really."

She watched as he gave her a gentle smile. "That's good to hear. I was afraid that, after this morning, I might have made it worse or something."

"I'm sorry." Kallen spurted out without thinking.

Lelouch looked confused. "What? Why are you sorry?"

Kallen finally let go of his arm, feeling a little uncomfortable. "I'm sorry I slapped you that time."

"Kallen..." He sighed. "I had that one coming, don't worry about it. I was never mad at you for it."

Kallen smiled and moved to leave. "I'm glad. I'm also sorry about screaming in your face and pushing you away today."

Right as she was about to leave she felt a grip around her wrist.

"Yeah, about that Kallen."

Kallen wanted to kick herself for saying that. She should have known he would want to know. She could have made it out of there without embarrassing herself if she just left after apologizing to the first thing. She was pretty sure he had forgotten why he was there in the first place and she had blown it.

"Why did you do that?" He kept a strong hold on her wrist as if to tell her she wasn't going to get away until she told him.

Kallen jerked, she knew she could probably pull away real easy, Lelouch wasn't known for his strength and stamina. The only problem was that she was still on school grounds, and for her to show that she was stronger than a boy, well; her weakness problem would be hard to claim after that.

"Lelouch... please don't ask me that. It's kind of personal. It wasn't really directed at you. I was just caught off guard to have you that close to me when I first opened my eyes. That's all, really."

Lelouch let go of her wrist and Kallen walked off, not daring to look back. She had no idea if that answer was really good enough, she was just glad he let her go without asking anything more.

Kallen sigh heavily. She was beginning to worry for her health if she kept up all this sighing. She couldn't believe she was being called for a mission already. She wanted to go home and sleep. Her body ached all over from the lack of sleep she got.

It also didn't help that, after having to spend all day around Lelouch, now she was going to have to spend the rest of it with Zero. Life really wasn't fair for her right now.

It was about this time that she cursed the fact that she was Zero's personal body guard.

Everyone else had already deployed for the battle field and so it was just her and Zero, standing and waiting for the right time to go out.

It was very quiet and Kallen could feel the tension in the air. She wondered if it was for the battle or if it was just because of her. She would never really know for sure.

"Um... Zero, when am I to depart?" Kallen glanced at his helmet and tried not to show discomfort. She always hated having to talk to a faceless person. It was even worse than trying to talk to someone behind sunglasses. She had no idea what his face and eyes were expressing towards her. She would wonder if it was annoyance, or maybe he was giving her a gentle look, or worse, maybe he had no special look for her.

Shaking her head to be rid of the stupid thoughts going through her head, she waited for his reply.

It took awhile, it was like he was trying to decide if he should say it or not. "You're not."

Confused, Kallen turned her full attention to him. "What? Why not?"

Zero turned to face her and put a hand on her shoulder. Kallen felt a sense of déjà vu, but couldn't place it directly.

"This mission is something they can handle on their own. I was going to send you but it looks like you haven't gotten enough sleep. Have you even noticed the dark circles under your eyes?"

Kallen shrieked and pulled away from Zero's hand. "I could still fight though! Do you not trust me?"

"Kallen, it's not a matter of trust. You are a very valuable pilot. If you were to make one small mistake and that mistake were to be your last one..."

Kallen's eyes got bigger. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. It almost seemed like he would be really sad if she died. Feeling like there was nothing more she could say to win she, yet again, let out another sigh and took a seat in the chair she was standing next too.

Zero stayed standing and Kallen thought that she had the last of their conversation so she closed her eyes to let them rest.

"Kallen..."

Kallen opened her eyes quickly. For some reason she felt like she was being called out by Lelouch again. It was unnerving. "Hai, Zero?"

"Is something bothering you?"

Kallen sucked the inside of her cheek. She then realized why she felt like she was talking to Lelouch again, this conversation was starting to sound exactly like it. She thought about how to answer him for a long time. It wasn't like he was someone close. He was more like a boss than anything else. Of course, he was a boss that she would risk her life for to protect. Tired of having to hold everything in, she figured telling him a little bit about it couldn't hurt. She would, of course, leave out to really embarrassing details.

"It's nothing serious. I just had a really weird dream, so I didn't sleep well last night." She watched as Zero shifted a little but didn't make any move to turn towards her.

"Was it a bad dream?"

Kallen blushed a little when she thought about it. Inside her head she was screaming, 'hell no, it wasn't a bad dream. It just sucked it had to get cut off so short with the appearance of a classmate!' but she knew she couldn't say that. "No, it's just... Someone was in my dream that I wasn't expecting, is all."

"why would that keep you awake?"

She was afraid he would ask that. She knew she didn't have to tell him. He was probably only asking her out of boredom and because he would need to know how long she was going to be unusable.

Even though her mind screamed at her to stop, her mouth wouldn't quit. It was like she had turned on a faucet only to have the handle fall off. "

That person... it was a classmate of mine. This classmate was someone I was suspicious of for a while. I was afraid he might have found out about me being in the rebellion. It turns out he only found out that my act at school was fake. Anyway, I freaked out because... I'm starting to think I might have feelings for him."

As soon as she said the last part she regretted it. Why was she telling Zero, the most amazing leader she had ever known, her silly high school crush stories? It didn't help that she noticed the little stumble Zero took.

"I'm sorry. I don't know why I'm telling you this. It's unimportant and stupid." She put her head down into her hands and wished she could burry herself in a hole somewhere.

"No, don't worry. It was my fault that I asked."

Kallen cringed inwardly at his words knowing the underlining meaning to them was that he wished he never asked.

"I don't mean that I regret asking. I just mean, if you are uncomfortable about it, you don't have to continue."

Kallen looked at the man behind the masked and wondered what he looked like once again. 'Um... Zero... this might be way out of line and you can say no if you want... I also don't want you to think I have to know, it's just, if I don't ask I will never move on and..."

She was cut off by Zero. "Just spit it out already Kallen. I already know how loyal you are. It's human nature to be curious."

Kallen's cheeks went warm. She wasn't sure if it was because she was embarrassed about her rambling or because she was just that nervous about asking him. "Can you remove you helmet and let me... feel your face? You can even blind fold me." The request sounded even more ridicules once she said it out loud and immediately regretted saying it.

"Sure."

She was ready for Zero to laugh or something but when she heard his response she wasn't sure what to do next.

"Really?"

"I don't mind, but it will have to be quick." He walked over to her and pulled out the sash around his neck. "Hold still." He wrapped the piece of cloth around her eyes and was very gentle about it, which she took strong notice too.

The cloth smelled of fresh laundry and a hint of lavender which she found slightly odd but not a turn off.

She waited for what was next. Listening carefully she heard the click of his helmet and a swish of it being pulled off. The lavender smell got a little bit stronger too and she wondered why he smelled that way.

It startled her when she felt his gloved hand grab her arm and gently tug her hand up to his face. It was warm and very smooth.

"Go ahead."

Strangely, Kallen was starting to get excited and thoughts about her dreams were coming back to her. She moved her hands slowly, tracing the outline of his jaw and up higher to his eyes. His face felt young since there wasn't a sign of facial hair anywhere and that pleased her. She may not have been able to see him but his voice and the feel of his face made her realize that Zero was definitely attractive.

Finally, after working her way all over his face she reached his mouth. Her fingertips brushed against his moist lips lightly and traced it all around. She was afraid about what Zero was thinking of her right then. If anyone was to walk in on them like this they would think they were playing some kinky kind of sex game. Especially because she knew her face must have been flush red.

Getting the strongest urge ever she reached up on her tip toes and placed her lips on top of his. It was strange. There was no movement, just the feel of lips on lips but at the same time it was a nice feeling and the butterflies in her stomach went wild. Knowing she was in danger of jumping him she pulled away quickly.

"I'm sorry."

She heard a small chuckle. "Got that out of your system now?"

Kallen pinched herself to make sure this wasn't another dream and was saddened that it wasn't. "I don't know what came over me. You may punish me however you like."

She heard the click of his helmet, which meant he had put it back on. Then she felt his heat as he got closer to remove the cloth around her eyes. "Don't be so serious all the time Kallen."

She watched as he started to walk about but then stopped once he reached the door.

"Besides, it was kind of nice. You have a sweet taste."

Startled by his words she stumbled to the floor.

"Go home and get some rest Kallen. I will need your help tomorrow." Then he was gone, door closing behind him.

Once he was gone it was the Kallen felt the wind being knocked out of her. She took a deep breath and felt her face. It was burning hot. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Get some rest? Not likely! If the dream was bad, now her mind was going to do even worse things to her.

Was she ever going to get any rest?

End.