Knight of Rounds Headquarters, 9:00 p.m. (A/N: Do they even have a headquarters?)
"Oi, Suzaku!!"
Kururugi Suzaku turned around just in time for a certain blond-haired knight to tackle him.
"…Gino… This isn't really how a Britannian nobleman should act…" growled Suzaku under the weight of the Knight of Three.
"I can't help it Suzu," Suzaku flinched at his new nickname, "You just missed one hell of a party at Ashford!! Why didn't you come!?" demanded Gino as he got off the fuming Japanese pilot and then slung his arm over his shoulder.
"Sorry Gino, I had to help out Governor Nunnally and I had other duties to attend to," Suzaku said stiffly, trying desperately to throw off Gino's arm.
"Hehe… you said 'duty' hehehe," giggled Gino while Suzaku rolled his eyes in annoyance, "Putting that aside," said Gino seriously, "You really did miss something important… I wish I could tell you, but it was one of those you-had-to-be-there- moments."
"Yes, what a pity." Suzaku said sarcastically. He finally succeeded in wrenching himself out of Gino's hold and was about to run away when…
"Y'know your friend Lelouch, he's quite an interesting guy"
Suzaku did a 360 and was back at Gino's side right after he heard the name "Lelouch".
"Why, what did he do?"
The blonde shrugged, "Like I said, it was one of those you-had-to-be-there-moments."
Suzaku struggled to resist the urge to punch Gino and tried to think of a way to get him to talk. Finally, he did something that he never thought he would do. He slung his own arm around Gino's shoulders, smiled a casual smile, and said, "C'mon Gino, you can tell me. We're friends right?"
Gino's eyes widened. Kururugi Suzaku just said that he was friends with him, Gino Weinberg. This had to be the happiest day in his life. Well, except for that time he piloted the Tristan around Ashford and poured paint all over the school after one of the teachers had called him "kid". Now that was fun.
Nobody messes with Gino Weinberg, the Knight of Three, he thought proudly to himself.
"Well I guess I can tell you…" said Gino and Suzaku's face brightened, "But I still think you need some kind of visual to really get the full effect of it."
Suzaku prepared himself to slug Gino as the Britannian raised his head in thought.
"I GOT IT!!" Yelled Gino, completely surprising Suzaku, causing him to fall backwards, "Anya took some pictures! We need to go see her right now!!"
Gino hurriedly picked up Suzaku and took off. Several guards in the hallway stopped and stared as they watched the infamous Knight of Three, carrying a screaming Knight of Seven over one shoulder, run through the hallways and into the elevator. The guards turned and looked at each other with something akin to shock and disgust on their faces. They all made a silent vow to never speak of this again and agreed that one of them had to stop by the Media Room and erase the horrid images before the Emperor could see the tapes. The guards dispersed, feeling that they were doing the world a favor.
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Anya's Room, 9:15 p.m.
"ANYA EARLSTRAM!! OPEN THIS DOOR, RIGHT NOW!!"
Anya looked up from her cell phone, her lazy eyes looking at the door, debating whether or not she wanted to get up and open it.
"AANNYYAA!! I BROUGHT SUZUUUU!!"
"DON'T CALL ME SUZU!! AND PUT ME DOWN, DAMMIT!!"
Anya's eyes widened a bit and she slowly stood up, walked across her room, and opened the door. There, stood the weirdest thing she had ever seen in her entire life. Gino Weinberg was panting slightly and smiling his usual goofy smile, while carrying an enraged Suzaku, bridal style, who was glaring murder at the still-smiling Gino.
Click
Anya lowered her phone from its camera position and looked at the results.
"Beautiful," murmured the Knight of Six and looked at the pair of Knights at her doorway.
"Um… Anya, can we come in... Suzaku is a bit heavy and I don't know how much longer I can keep on carrying him."
Suzaku, who had accepted his twisted fate, had calmed down and was looking at Anya pleadingly.
"Please Anya? We brought Arthur."
Surprised, Anya watched as Suzaku brought out Arthur, who had securely attached himself to Suzaku's finger. Anya blinked a few times, still retaining her blank look.
"No."
Gino sighed and dropped Suzaku, who dropped Arthur. The cat hissed at the Knight who was lying on the floor in pain and jumped into Anya's arms, cuddling his favorite person.
"Gino…" Suzaku said, a dangerous edge in his words.
"At least let us see your pictures of the party!!" begged Gino, getting on his knees so that he was eye-to-eye with the pink-haired pilot and gave her his signature puppy-dog look.
Anya looked blankly at Gino, "Oh, so that's what you wanted? All you had to do was ask."
"…GINO!!" yelled Suzaku, reaching out a hand and smacking the back of the blonde's head, who seemed too happy to even notice.
"YAY!! Quick Anya, show Suzaku the picture of Lelouch!"
Anya's fingers flew across the keypad of her phone until she seemed to have found what she was looking for and she showed Suzaku the picture.
Suzaku's eyes widened to the size of ripe watermelons as he stared uncomprehendingly at the picture
"What the-"
--TBC--