Both of us froze, feeling the warmth of the others mouth. I was just about to pull away and apologize for my crude boldness, but stopped when I felt her kiss me back, her arms wrapping themselves around my neck. We leaned into the kiss, holding one another. I didn't know how long we stayed like that, but once we broke apart it felt like it wasn't long enough.

C.C. blinked her golden eyes. She stepped back, unwrapping herself from me. She opened the door, light pouring into the closet. She turned away from me and stepped out. I watched her, at a loss for words. She motioned for me to follow her and I did so.

She sat on her bed, grabbing the drink. She took a sip and swished it around her tongue. I asked, "What are you doing?"

She looked at me. "Checking for poison. Your knights might have slipped something in it."

"Then why didn't you just give it to me? If there's anything in it, then I'd be poisoned, not you."

"Because I would be blamed for your death," she replied, throwing the full cup in the trash. "There was a weak poison in it, but it was a lethal dose. It would have killed you."

"If that's true, why aren't you kneeling over?"

"Because I trained myself to handle all poisons. I suggest that from now on you allow me to be the food taster for you, your knight, Euphemia, and myself."

"Why would you take poison for Suzaku and I?"

She looked at me. "Because it's a sign that you can trust me. I don't want people thinking that I'm trying to kill you. All negotiations would go that waste that way."

I nodded, sitting next to her on the bed. She looked at my chest. I looked down at myself, seeing that I wasn't wearing a shirt. I smiled nervously. "It gets really hot in my room..."

She nodded, grabbing the ingredients once more. She poured them into a new cup, the scent of vanilla filling my nose again. I watched as she elegantly stirred everything. She examined the drink and thrust it towards me. "Drink."

I nodded and downed it in a minute. It tasted like vanilla. I looked at her and asked, "What's in this?"

She put everything away and said, "Mostly just vanilla. There's some nectar from a lily flower." She pulled out an orange lily. I asked, "Why do you have an orange lily? Don't they symbolize hatred?"

She nodded. "Yes. It was given to man two years ago, when I was sixteen. A man named Mao had given it to me after..."

"After what?" I asked.

She smiled at the flower ruefully. "Maybe I'll tell you some other day. Tonight, I just want to sleep and forget what happened."

I wondered if she meant the kiss and I nodded, getting up. I said, "I better get going. It's late."

She nodded and showed me to the door. I stood outside it. "Thank you for the-"

I was interrupted by a sharp stingy pain that suddenly landed across my cheek as my face was sent to the side. I blinked and looked over at the green haired queen. She said, "Never kiss me again," and slammed the door in my face. I blinked.


BREAKFAST

That morning, C.C. made an announcement.

"My bodyguard, Kallen Kozuki, is coming. Therefore, I expect that she will guard me, Suzaku will guard Euphemia, and Jeremiah will guard Lelouch."

Suzaku jumped out of his seat. "What?" he exclaimed.

She looked up at him calming, taking a bite out of her french toast. "You heard me. You'll be guarding my younger sister. Do you have a problem with that? If so, all negotiations are cut off and we'll leave to our own country. Sadly, for you, I am extremely skilled in the arts of poisons and assassination. Lelouch drank something I gave him last night to ease his sleep. The drink was laced with a simple poison called Butterfly's Dust. It's won't kill him right away. He just needs to come to me for the antidote daily. If I leave, he dies. Do you want that?"

He froze and looked at me. I was frozen is place. She poisoned me? That bitch! No, she's not a bitch...she's a witch. A sneaky, conniving witch. A sneaky, conniving witch that's an extremely good kisser...ugh! Why do I keep thinking of that kiss? I sighed and put a hand on my knight's shoulder, making him sit back down.

I looked at her from across the table. "Very well. Suzaku will guard Euphemia."

C.C. nodded. "Good." She passed me a small vile. "There's your antidote for the day."

I nodded and drank it. Euphemia asked, "Why does Suzaku have to watch me?"

The queen looked at the princess. "Because you think he's cute. If you and him spend time together, then Geass might just end up with an heir."

Suzaku choked on his drink and Euphemia jumped out of her seat. "Onee-Sama!" I gaped at her boldness as she just continued to eat her french toast and eggs.

Euphemia said, "I plan on being a virgin at least until marriage!"

She looked up at her sister. "Not everything goes as planned. Besides, we are all legal to drink. Who knows what will happen between you two if you're both drunk."

Suzaku, still in chair, fell backwards onto the floor. Euphemia gasped, her eyes widening. "Onee-Sama! I can't believe you'd think-!"

C.C. looked at me. "You never know what happens behind closed doors. Right, Lelouch?"

This girl is going to be the death of me...

A/N: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Please, review!