Suzaku's shock and stunned the same time. He was now looking at Kallen without the mask. It was like a whole new world. He tried to open his mouth but nothing came out. He don't know what to say, WHAT TO DO!

"Suzaku it hurts" Kallen sofly said.

Suzaku immediately came back to his senses . He was squeezing Kallen's foot where the wound was. He let go of it and continues to treat it. An awkward silence fill the room. After a few minute Suzaku finally came up a quick response.

"S-so how did you know?" he look up at Kallen and saw her staring carefully at him. They were staring at each other for a second when he suddenly continued to treat her foot and Kallen started to talk
"When Lelouch died I already knew you were the next candidate for Zero, its just that-" Kallen stopped. Her foot hurt, HER FREAKING FOOT HURT!

'Suzaku what the hell are you doing!' Kallen thought while watching Suzaku put a very painful ointment at her foot. She twitched, her foot was very painful. Suzaku holds down her foot

"Just. be. steady. will. you?" Suzaku was holding almost half of her lower leg

"Kallen just stay put!" his anger invoke him to a swift movement. He was breathing hard. His leg was on top of Kallen's wounded foot leg, it prevent her from twitching, both of his hands was holding Kallens wrist down the bed, his face? An inch away from her. He was so close to her. He can feel Kallen's breath, her face was burning red from the treatment he gave her. He closed his eyes, inhaled hard when he opened it he saw Kallen, but this one was much more lighter to look at. Her soft skin and red silky hair was a perfect match, her eyes were closed and her breathing was soft. He can feel each and every soft hot breath she emit. Suzaku let one of her wrist go and slide his fingers in her soft and silky red hair.

"Why are you so stubborn?" Suzaku said while playing her hair. His fingers ran thru her face touching her fair skin,soft lashes, and her irresistable lips. Her brows were frowning from the pain she felt but that doesn't lessen her beauty. Kallen mumble something and unconciously pulled Suzaku near her. Their lips were now half inch apart. Suzaku was stunned, his mind says no but his actions were saying yes. His lips was moving bit by bit closer to Kallen's. He can't control it, he closed his eyes and go with the flow.

*ring. ring. ring*

The phone rang. He open his eyes, his lips was centimeter away from her. No, it was closer than a centimeter.

*ring. ring. ring*

The second ring provoked him to get up. He wore his mask and answer the phone. It was Ohgi.
"Yes. Sure. I'll remember that. I just need to handle somethings in here. Sure" he puts down the phone, glance one more look at Kallen, sigh, and head to the bathroom

He turned the shower on. Hot and steamy water started to pour down. Atlast, a place were he can relax in peace. The happenings from today started to get off his head. The fall, the mask, the wound, everything was popping out! He was, one by one, erasing the happening until the last one got his eyes. The, almost, kiss. What was he doing? What if the phone never rang? He could have kiss her! Asleep? At their first meeting after 2 years? What was he a pervert? Ideas began popping in his head. All the thing was returning one by one. All the deleted happenings this morning was now restored again in his head.
"ouch" his head was spinning. He knew something would have happen at that shrine

"You really like playing games with me, eh Lelouch?"

He finally got out of the bathroom. He already wore the suit at the bathroom because he can't wear it at the room, his hair was still messy but that isn't really a matter to him, his cape was perfectly plare at his shoulders all he needed was one thing, his mask.
A sigh was released by him. His mask was at the other side of the room, he have to first cross the bed were Kallen was.
Tip-toe, he started walking as gently as possible. He was almost there, he got hold of the mask, problem solved. Everything was running smoothly when suddenly a purple cat got in his way .

"nyaaa!"

"ARTHUR!" He fell down. Good news! He fell safely no harm just a small scratch from the cat. Bad news? His fall wasn't that lucky at all and it all happened because of Arthur!
Kallen grouned. She gently opens her eyes. The taste and smell of sugars and mint was circling her. It was too good to be true! She opens her eyes bit by bit and then she finally saw it. A guy! The ends of his brown muffly hair was touching her face, his knees were in the bed her legs were between them, his hands that was swallowed by the soft matress was each between her head, and his mint scented lips was lazyly lying against her.

"SUZAKU!" she roughly pushed his chest away from her causing the lad to fall of from the bed.

"That hurts! Hey-" a pillow sprung to actiom and hits his face.

"Stay away from me you perverted idiot!"

"Hey, stop throwing everything at me. It wasn't my fault that happened it was Arthurs!"

"Oh, and now your blaming the innocent cat?"

"Innocent? What's so innocent about that cat?"

"Cat or not youre still a pervert!" Kallen threw anything she can reach, the pillow, the sheets, everything beside her. Suzaku was walking towards the door dodging everything Kallen threw.

"You know you shouldn't throw thing at the man you just kissed" he teased with a smile

"IDIOT!" The door slamed after her shout. She was so furious now. How dare he? Kissing her at her sleep? He is so dead. As in so, so DEAD!

"Aaaahhh! SUZAKU YOU SLUT!" She buried her face at her pillow screaming at the top of her lungs.