Kallen stopped abruptly, realizing how what she had said could easily be misinterpreted. Her face turned an even brighter red but this time out of embarrassment as she attempted to backtrack.
"I..I mean that I had…like homework and stuff….and..I was planning to cook something. I LIKE COOKING BY MYSELF. IT'S MORE FUN DOING THINGS BY YOURSELF!" It was useless.
CC gave an aloof smile. "Ok. I'll wear a blindfold until everyone gets back then."
The pizza boy had a huge blush and was trying desperately not to laugh at the situation. He leaned down to set the still warm pizza on the floor and bowed back at both the girls as he turned to exit.
"You already paid me so I'm gonna leave this here." he said, trying his best to put on a relaxed face.
CC nodded. "Thanks. Make sure to leave a few packets of special sauce, I'll need it for later."
"Mmm." CC was now sitting on a high stool at the kitchen bar counter, contentedly eating her pizza. Although she was dressed in her weird white space outfit thing, she somehow managed not to get a drop of pizza sauce on it. Everything seemed to slide off her, literally and metaphorically.
Kallen stormed into the kitchen, having returned from the embarrassing scene at the door in her regular Ashford uniform. She was still flaming mad and wasn't about to let CC stay there.
Her voice was already shrill as she began to address CC, "What do you think you're doing?" she said, pointing angrily to the girl, eyes wider and more hot than before upon seeing that CC had no qualms about sitting down at table as if she owned the entire building. "I told you that you CANNOT STAY HERE. Take your pizza and LEAVE!" she said, stamping her foot.
"I can't eat while I'm walking. I might spill some sauce on my dress." Her face was placid and disinterested, as always.
"Then wait to eat until you get back to your room, oh I'm sorry, Lelouch's room." She spat his name bitterly. "And what dress? That thing you're wearing is not a dress, it looks like some demented space alien suit from Close Encounters of the Third Kind." she said crossing her arms petulantly and "hmphing" and CC's reluctance to leave.
Not seeming to notice the insult, CC absent-mindedly played with the cardboard box. "I told you, Lelouch wouldn't give me the keys for his room."
She doesn't even seem upset about this. "Lelouch didn't give me the keys to his room," she says it like it's my job to pick up his slack. Damn him, and damn her for staying with him, and damn him for being DAMN STUBBORN AND SECRETIVE AND THROWING HIS RESPONSIBILITIES ON OTHERS—"
Her thoughts were interrupted as CC held up a piece of pizza with a particularly long string of cheese, inspecting it lazily. As she held it closer to her face she failed to notice the gooey string stretching longer and dripping onto her clothes. Kallen started to say something but stopped, smirking. That's what she gets, stupid bitch.
Somehow, CC noticed the smirk not the dripping pizza.
"What?" she said flatly, then looking down she saw her lap covered in red tomato sauce and oily cheese, quickly cooling into a sloppy mess.
"Shoot."
Ha ha ha. Now she'll have to go find some clean clothes and I can lock her out. That's perfect, and I didn't even have to do anything.
Kallen smiled triumphantly and let out a "Ha" but before she could say anything else, CC began to take her clothes off.
Her face showed no change as she slipped off her thick jacket, revealing a silky sea-green bra and pale skin. Kallen stepped back, rather shocked.
"Wha…what are you doing?" she stuttered, eyes glued to CC's sculpted body.
I never thought she'd be so…slim. Why does she wear those clothes with a body like that? She's actually attractive…Gah why am I thinking these things dammit!
Kallen shook herself from the disturbing thought of liking anything about the horrible witch as CC simultaneously answered her question.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm taking off my clothes because they're dirty. Does it bother you?" she looked her in the eyes as a pale blush made its way across Kallen's cheeks. Like she would care if it did bother me. She always does what she wants…including hijacking my room.
"No, it only bothers me because you're still in my room WHERE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. "
CC rolled her eyes. "Oh please, will you hurry and give that up…"
"Well it looks like I'll have to since now you're not wearing any clothes and even I wouldn't send you out in the hall naked." Kallen said as she walked towards the cabinet, throwing the door open and pulling out a black and white lacy apron. She flung it around her waist in a huff, fumbling with the ribbon in the back.
"I'm not naked. There's no need to make your fantasies so obvious." she said and leaned forward on the counter not leaving time for Kallen to reply. Peering over the edge she eyed the apron. "What's that for? Some weird meccha porno?"
Now she's *purposely* pushing my buttons if she wasn't already before. I'm not going to give in to her. Nope, I'll show her who's boss.
Not missing a beat, Kallen reached for the bag of flower in the second cabinet over "Nope, I told you, I'm cooking." I'm not falling for that crap anymore. Ha.
Just then a loud clap of thunder sounded causing her to jump. Of course CC didn't flinch, but curious she got up from the stool to pull back the curtains Kallen had closed earlier. The sky had gotten considerably darker, especially with it being on 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
"Looks like rain."
Kallen leaned around the corner of the wall and peered out the window too. Uh oh. I hope it's not raining where everyone else is. Didn't Milly check the weather before they left? That wouldn't be like her not to be prepared, but then again she is pretty stressed out with graduation stuff…I hope they're ok.
As if she had been reading her thoughts, CC spoke again. "I bet everyone will be stuck in the rain. This will be interesting." She said, giggling to herself. Kallen scowled but determined not to fall for the trap, she said "I'm sure they'll be fine. They always are. And Milly is a good leader."
Meanwhile...
"LELOUCH!" a high pitched scream spun through the air.
"WHAT!" he yelled back, the thunder too deafening to hear anything in a normal voice. The wind was picking up and lightening flashed, promising inevitable rain. Milly had apparently not checked the weather, or had used a faulty website like Yahoo...
"I NEED HELP GETTING THIS TENT UP! THE RAIN WILL BE HERE IN ANY MINUTE!" the scream came again.
As Lelouch stumbled closer, pushing madly waving branches out of his face he could see in the clearing that Milly was the culprit of the horrible shrieks. She was quite a sight in her hiking short shorts and button down blouse as she tried to hold down the tent pegs while fighting with the fabric madly.
"I'M COMING." He yelled now, a little less loudly as he was closing the distance. Seriously, why couldn't she get someone else to help her? He was no good at outdoor activities. The only reason he'd agreed to go camping with them in the first place was because he didn't want to deal with the annoying and persistent wrath of Milly scolding him for being "cold and aloof" and Shirley's sad puppy eyes. He had enough crap in his life and if he could do anything to cut down the amount he had to deal with, he would. So here he was, the back of beyond with Milly, Shirley, Suzaku, Nina, Rivalz and Gino.
This is hell, he thought to himself.
As he got even closer he saw why he was being called to help; the others were huddled under the camp shelter, refusing to come out "for fear of being hit by a tree" Nina yelled. Everyone except Suzaku, who had apparently gone to get his survival kit from the SUV parked half a mile away.
"Guh." he sighed disgustedly, now at Milly's side. What a bunch of losers. I can't wait to be home.