Author's Note: Hello again, my beautiful readers! It is Sunday which I have chosen as my upload day so I figured that I would get on with chapter two. A little bit of info about the story the chapters will flop between the perspectives of Suzaku and Lelouch until a bit later so let that be known. If you have any questions feel free to throw them in the reviews and I will try to answer them to the best of my abilities. Also if you notice any continuity or grammar or just general errors feel free to let me know and I'll fix them right up. I don't have a beta reader and I don't see everything so... yeah. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys Chapter Two: Suzaku's Lament and I'll see you at the end.
Chapter 2: Suzaku's Lament
"Zero," Nunnally's soft kind voice called to her new caretaker behind her as she sat staring at the unmarked grave that held her beloved brother Lelouch. "why did he do it? Was it really all for me?" Her voice broke as tears began to glide down her face. She tried her best to hold in the sobs. The tall slight man behind her nodded "He wanted to fulfill your dream for you Nunnally, he wanted to build a gentler world not only for you but for all of us." "NO!" at that a torrent of unabashed sobbing began, "I DIDN'T WANT THIS" her words were somewhat distorted by the tears "ALL I NEEDED TO BE HAPPY WAS MY BIG BROTHER!" Nunnally's sobbing and crying continued. Zero stood behind her and let her cry and mourn. He would never say so but he understood her pain, not as Zero but as Suzaku, the man behind the mask, he wished he could join her. He wanted nothing more than to break down and cry alongside her, but now Suzaku was dead and all that was left was Zero, and all that Zero could do was stand behind her. Acting as her silent protector, her guard, and the one who killed her brother.
The tall slight man behind her nodded "He wanted to fulfill your dream for you Nunnally, he wanted to build a gentler world not only for you but for all of us."
"NO!" at that a torrent of unabashed sobbing began, "I DIDN'T WANT THIS" her words were somewhat distorted by the tears "ALL I NEEDED TO BE HAPPY WAS MY BIG BROTHER!" Nunnally's sobbing and crying continued. Zero stood behind her and let her cry and mourn. He would never say so but he understood her pain, not as Zero but as Suzaku, the man behind the mask, he wished he could join her. He wanted nothing more than to break down and cry alongside her, but now Suzaku was dead and all that was left was Zero, and all that Zero could do was stand behind her. Acting as her silent protector, her guard, and the one who killed her brother.
Eventually, Nunnally's tears quieted and she simply asked to be taken home, Zero of course nodded and walked his young charge back to the respectable but by no means large home that she and Zero shared. After all that had happened she couldn't bear living in a mansion with her sister and brother, instead, she chose to use some of her fortunes to buy a 3-bedroom home near the coast of Japan and took Zero with her as her 'knight.' Even though the power that the Britannian royal family once held had crumbled the family still held a massive fortune and had their hands in basically every production company that existed. So, they still held a good amount of political power, and now Nunnally, Cornelia, and Schneizal all held basically equal power in the family. She and Zero lived rather comfortably, even though they had their occasional spat usually having to do with her brother and Zero's true identity. Suzaku wanted nothing more than to tell Nunnally that it was him. To grab her frail body and hold her as they both cried together. He wouldn't allow himself to have that. He had one mission, only one, to be Zero. Knight for justice, and Nunnally's protector. As Zero, he did whatever the young former princess asked of him whether it be to take the Black Knights and accompany her to political meetings or to walk her to her late brother's grave nearly every day, he did it all. Each visit as Nunnally's tears would fall anew Suzaku would fight his own tears.
"Zero," Nunnally spoke softly a slight edge to her voice, sitting at her kitchen table. "who are you?"
Suzaku sighed softly "I am Zero, that is all" he replied while putting the final dish from their dinner away in the cupboards.
"You liar!" her voice raised glaring angrily at the man in the mask. "TELL ME WHO YOU ARE! WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHY DID YOU KILL HIM?" Suzaku kept a fair distance from Nunnally she has more than once tried to remove his mask, he couldn't afford to let her see his face.
"I am Zero, I am here because I promised your brother I would protect you, and I killed him because he asked me to." It was the same answer as always.
"You're disgusting," Nunnally navigated her chair to her room locking the door behind her.
Suzaku sighed and made his way to his own room. His windows were blocked out and his door was secured with multiple locks. All of this so that he could have a place to remove his mask, to be himself for just a moment. "I miss you, Lelouch, we both do, I never thought that I would miss the man who killed Euphemia. But I do Lelouch… I miss you so much…" Suzaku sat at the desk in his room a picture of himself, Lelouch and Nunnally from their time together at school clutched to his chest. These were the only moments he would allow himself to cry, and he did. He wept as softly as he could manage until he fell asleep at his desk with his head in his arms.
Author's Note: Yes I know another shorty... I'm getting there okay... there just isn't a whole lot of meat here. Just a bit of a spoiler for next Chapter... I'll be starting to earn that M rating... that's all I'm saying... Okay, hope you all enjoyed remember always feel free to drop a line and Happy reading!
