Hello! I just wanted to give you a heads up. This chapter is written from Suzaku's point of view.
A couple quick things. Suzaku believes Lelouch is Luluko, so he'll think of her as Lelouch. As for the height mentioning in this chapter, dear Suzaku is 176 cm and Luluko is 170. And let me add on from that, there will be differences between Luluko's personality one because of her past, and two because she is a different gender. Not being rude or anything, but boys and girls tend to have a couple differences. Nothing very major though.
OH. And Luluko has contacts on that make her eyes blue. There are a couple of you who think it's impossible to cross dress, I don't think it's that hard. If a girl cut off her hair and took other procedures, I think she could pass for a general boy.
Suzaku watched as Lelouch was once again reading a textbook, while his computer lay to the right of him. His cool purple eyes flickered up to the computer just to type a few keys before returning to studying his book. He was lounged on his own bed frowning at a couple math problems like they were alive. As a Knight, he wasn't required to take high level math, but it was important that he have some sort of education. So here he was, seconds away from smashing his head against the wall because he didn't understand why the hell he needed to learn these things when there was a creation called "a computer" dammit. Nevermind just that. Why did he have to know this things when others specialized in this? It's not like he was ever going to be a leader of some kind. Maybe it was useful for Gino, but he was a number. Never in a million years would he ever reach a position others would respect. Even if he did, the world was just going to push upon him even harder. His goal to become the Crown Princess's Knight was good as dead. How was it even possible when she had billions of people to choose from? But he was getting off track here. Homework was waiting for him. Suzaku spent another ten minutes staring at the problems trying to guess where to begin. He was about to quit when Lelouch stood at his bedside smirking slightly. "Do you need help?"
"Yeah… I don't really understand any of this, since I fell asleep in class." Suzaku gave him a sheepish smile as Lelouch rolled his eyes. Thank god. Oh and math class was right after combat which was also second to last period. COME ON. Suzaku had been exhausted and the teacher was rambling. It was a miracle that she didn't notice his light snoring in the first place and that he woke up just when she was handing out homework. He moved over from his position on the bed to make some room for him. But somewhere, somehow, the soldier felt his cheeks heat up a bit when their hands touched lightly. Sparing a glance at Lelouch, he watched as the lean boy sat down at the edge of the bed. His soft hair fell just in front of his gleaming violet eyes perfectly. A furious blush crept over him as Lelouch picked up the papers with an amused smile.
"Hm. Give me your pencil." Before Suzaku could hand it to him, he felt it being swiftly snatched from his hand, but not before a second of contact. His skin was so smooth. So smooth and pale. Honestly, if he didn't know better and this wasn't an all boys school, Suzaku was easily assume that Lelouch was a girl. But girls wore dresses and other pretty things. Lelouch didn't. In fact, Gino had once asked if he had ever worn a dress before and Lelouch blew up on him. Literally, exploded. Back to the present. At the current time, Lelouch was dressed in a black t-shirt and white shorts. School had ended three hours ago, and most students do end up changing into something else. After all, it was burning hot outside. He was wearing a white t-shirt with his favorite foot team's logo on the front, plus dark blue jean shorts that went to his knees.
"It's just sort of hot in here. Let me turn on the air conditioning." Pushing himself up from the bed, Suzaku released a sigh. It was sometimes nice to see Lelouch being semi-nice instead of raising his walls against everyone. Suzaku just assumed that he had a hard past after telling him that story. Flipping the air conditioning on, he slowly headed back to the bed. He criss-crossed his legs after dropping down on the soft sheets. It was the first time that Suzaku had a place like this. Even after his deal with Lloyd and Cecile, he stayed in the military barracks which were much less comfortable than this. "Thanks by the way, Lelouch." His green eyes matched the raven haired boy's purple ones as he lifted them from the paper. It was only for a split second before Lelouch simply nodded and looked back at the paper. Suzaku gave him a bright smile that he completely missed, but it was there.
His instructions came swiftly and quickly. It seemed like the pencil danced on the paper with his handy work. Lelouch finished the problem in a matter of seconds and then asked him to do it. To his embarrassment, instead of watching the numbers be written, he had been observing Lelouch's delicate hand. After attempting and failing miserably, Lelouch groaned and walked him through it again, but this time much much slower. "Oh! I get it! Thanks a lot Lulu!" Lulu must be a major turn off for Lelouch because his eyes automatically hardened and he scowled slightly. Realizing this, Suzaku raised his hands defensively, "Whoa! I'm sorry Lelouch. I didn't mean it like that. But really thanks for the help. I owe you a favor?" Just like he regretted that calling him Lulu, he regretted that as well. Lelouch's face quickly switched into a smirk.
"Then how about you come with me to do some errands?" He regretted it. So bad. "It's nothing bad. Honor student? I don't really have tons of spare cash, so the principle let's me make my own food in the kitchen. I ran out of supplies." Oh. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. This meant that he would only have to carry around things right? Lelouch wasn't really a girl, so he wouldn't take hours right? Maybe he would still have time to watch a movie when he got back… Who was he kidding? No way. But Lelouch helped him with his homework and he had promised. Suzaku always tried his hardest to keep promises. Releasing a long sigh, he nodded slowly in agreement. He watched as Lelouch smiled lightly and walked to the door to slip on his sneakers before grabbing a small case. "Stop moping soldier. I'll treat you to dinner after."
He was just about to open his mouth and state how Lelouch just mentioned that he didn't have tons of money, whenthe darker haired boy was already out the door. Standing up from his place on the bed, he dashed over to the door to put on his shoes. "Lead the way." With that, the pair were off. They walked for about twenty minutes with little snippets of conversation. It didn't become more detailed than talks about the weather, and a couple times they chatted about politics. It was only when they were minutes away from the reaching their destination that Suzaku opened his mouth for a serious topic. "Don't you have anything against numbers? Other Britannia nobles would have sued the school for allowing me a place in… Yet you couldn't seem to care less. Why?"
Lelouch eyed him strangely and frowned. "Do you have two eyes? Do you have four limbs? Can you speak English? Are you a human being? I don't see what's different from you and the rest of that noble trash. For all I care, seeing someone who can speak two languages and pilot the seventh generation Knightmare is enough for you to earn my respect." He stopped and turned to lock eyes with him, "I believe that if you are given a position of nobility that you should use it to help others, and if you aren't blessed like that, work hard. Earn others respect no matter what race. Always try your best, always give your one hundred percent into anything you do. Maybe when I become a noble myself, I'll hire you Kururugi." Lelouch gave him the signature smirk that Suzaku swore that he had seen before. Somewhere… Was it on television? But still. Hearing those words from the short male meant the world to him. So there were people in the world that didn't see him as a 'filthy eleven monkey'. It was also in that moment that Suzaku wanted to form a never ending friendship with Lelouch.
"I… Thanks. Not a lot of people would say that. I don't even know why Gino had no problem for it. When I met you, I was super nervous.. But really Lelouch thanks. Those words mean a lot to me." Suzaku smiled as Lelouch continued to walk forwards towards a very high class apartment buildings. "W-wait. What are we doing here?" Lelouch's talking about his opinion on numbers completely distracted him from where they were walking. Was he planning that? No. He highly doubted it, Lelouch seemed to mean every word he said. But still! They were in front of some nobles or some rich guy's house and he was not alright with this. Lelouch said they were going to buy food, why the hell were they here? That… "This is not a place to go shopping Lelouch!"
"Hmmm…" The guy hummed, clearly amused, "I predicted that reaction from you. As you know, I have to earn my own money." There was one thought that popped into Suzaku's head. A highly inappropriate thought. Scanning his new friend from top to bottom he concluded that Lelouch was quite good looking for a male. He was lean, tall, but not too tall, and beautiful blue eyes… So he could see the appeal if the person was gay, but still! It was illegal to do that! Much less a… What? Seventeen year old? Was he eighteen? That was wayyy too young! He must have made a strange expression, because Lelouch gave him a look of confusion before choosing to ignore it. "I like playing chess. It's enjoyable… And gambling against over privileged, arrogant, nobles is a perfect way of keeping myself alive. Generally each trip gets me about two grand? It's enough to live off of for a week." Oh. Oh. Damn his teenage perverted mind. Lelouch wasn't like that. Not in a million years. A furious blush exploded onto his face. "Suzaku. Is something wrong?" Lelouch's voice snapped him back to the real world
"A-ah nothing! I just thought you… Nevermind…" The blush darkened as Lelouch shrugged it off and continued towards the tall, intimidating building. Suzaku watched the younger boy head straight for the door, talk to the person, and enter swiftly. Freaking Lelouch. He wasn't scared at all? UGH. People these days were so damn arrogant. Realizing that he was falling behind, he dashed to catch up. Passing through the door, he ran into the elevator in the last second. "Lelouch… There are other jobs better than gambling that you could do. I saw your skill with Knightmares and long ranged shooting. Why don't you join the military? I'm sure they'll accept someone as talented as you. Though…" He paused. There was only one thing. Lelouch was extremely out of shape. He remembered seeing the younger boy run across the campus, only to stop and catch his breath a couple seconds later. Literally a ten second run.
Automatically, Lelouch's eyes hardened fiercely."If you're insulting my athletic skill, Mr. I-fell-asleep-in-class-so-I was-going-to-fail-math, I don't think you of all people should be judging. I excel at different things than you. Instead of fighting directly, I prefer to be the one pulling the strings. I'll say this once. Do not look down on me because I am not as physically strong as you," Lelouch replied, clearly annoyed. Okay. Maybe he was pushing his boundaries. It was rude for him to say and not consider the other's thoughts. Of course, attacking his weakness is definitely going to cause him to be more sensitive.
"I didn't mean it like that." Yes, he did. "I'm sorry about that Lelouch." Suzaku was about to continue on correcting what he meant when the elevator pinged lightly, signaling their floor. The number twelve flashed in red as the metal doors slid open. The first thing that came to his mind was rich. Like any other high class apartment building, everything was decorated beautifully. Instead of having extremely lavish style halls, these took on the modern aspect. Across from them were glass panes that gave you a view of the entire city. Silver colored lamps hung from the roof, while the floor had been created with smooth, pure, marble. He watched as Lelouch smirked slightly before stepping out and turning right. The echoing sound of their shoes was the only thing to be heard. They walked past three doors. Upon the fourth, Lelouch pushed it open and stepped into the room without knocking. Once again, he noted just how rude and arrogant the blue eyed boy was.
"Shall we start right away? I have a place to be soon." Lelouch smiled slightly and dropped the case that he was holding into Suzaku's arms before walking forward and sitting at a chessboard with the noble. Two large, bulky body guards stood on either side of the opponent's chair. Each one was at least six feet, and weighed feet hundred pounds. If this got ugly… They would have major problems. Releasing a sigh, he refocused on the chess game at hand. Lelouch was playing black, he was surprised. It didn't seem like the other to put himself at a disadvantage of any kind. Though, he quickly saw why it truly had no effect on the game. Pieces danced on the the board before him, each one moved without hesitation. It was actually scary how absolutely amazing Lelouch was. Minutes ticked by quickly as black quickly overwhelmed white. Circling around the once proud white king, there was no escape. The game was decided the moment the first piece was moved. Twelve minutes, that's what it took for Lelouch to make his clean victory and earn himself three thousand grand. It was then that it happened.
One of the boy guards for the nobles raised a gun and pointed at Lelouch, whose eyes barely flickered with shock. Suzaku automatically froze with one thought running through his head, Lelouch! "Stupid school boys. I'm sorry to end you here, but if this loss were get out onto the news, I would be ruined you know. We'll just rearrange the pieces, and call me victor. Then out of anger, you attack me? Alright?" The noble said these words, but Suzaku tuned them out easily. Instead, he watching as Lelouch's cold blue eyes turned to observe him. Giving him the slightest nod, the other boy dropped down to the floor. That moment seemed to be in slow motion, as the man fired his gun. The shot missed badly and hit into the chair instead of Lelouch's eye. Suzaku pushed himself into the air as he quickly kicked the gun far away and pinned the nobleman on the ground.
One of the bodyguards grabbed him by the waist and tried to haul him off and being much bigger than himself, it was easy. In retaliation, Suzaku brought his elbow up and smashed it into the man's nose. A sickening crack and scream was heard and blood started to slowly pour out. Using this moment to gain his freedom, he twisted away and knocked the guy out by hitting him on the head. Though behind him, the other man ran towards him with his fist swinging. Suzaku easily moved out of the way and kick his feet out from under his large body. The guy stilled for a moment before he lunged back up at him. Suzaku was pushed onto his back and suddenly felt 300 pounds of weight on top of him. Only then did he have time to worry about where Lelouch was. Luckily for him, no harm had befallen his friend.
"Everyone freeze." The dangerous weapon was now under Lelouch's control. Holding it with one hand, he looked quite relaxed as he pointed the gun at the man was holding it moments before. "Attempting murder is illegal and is punishable by death, however mercy is one of qualities of a good leader. Do expect to lose your position as Duke by next week, but for now, I'll take the money and leave." Keeping it trained on the same person, Lelouch grabbed the award money on the otherside, checked it, took the amount that he brought as well, and signaled for Suzaku to follow him. Wasting not a second, he quickly flipped the man over and dashed after him. "Let's run." Lelouch mutter into his ear as he made a move towards the stairs. Of course, going down was much easier than going up. Though it was still a surprise that Lelouch managed to get all the way down the stairs without losing his breath and stopping.
It took him a couple minutes to process everything that happened, but after that, "LELOUCH! Are you insane? You could have gotten the both of us killed with your stupid gambling habit! What the hell were you thinking? It's not normal for a teenager to be gambling for money, and their lives! Weren't you afraid? Give me that gun!" Snatching the weapon from Lelouch, he took a couple long deep breaths. "Who the hell are you?!" It was impossible for Lelouch to be a regular scholarship student. "Normal people don't point guns, and normal teenagers don't gamble!" A couple people in the crowd turned to look at him, but quickly turned their heads away when a killer glare was given to them by Lelouch. He took another deep breath, and was about to speak again when Lelouch's hand covered his mouth.
"Look." The shorter man's eyes flickered to the a couple men in the crowd. "Stay out here and watch them, I'll be right back. Trust me." He didn't have a chance to reply or stop him because Lelouch slid away into the crowd the moment he finished whispering to him. Okay… This is officially one of the most confusing days ever. But he was a soldier. His job was to take orders. So he obeyed, Suzaku stood there and waited. In a matter of minutes, the two men that Lelouch said were following him had been arrested. Though it was strange, he could have swore that he had seen one the police officers before… His brain searched hard for an answer. The man was wearing a regular uniform, but had waverly blue hair. Lelouch returned moments later with two officers, a look of confusion crossed the boy's face when seeing that they were completely missing from the crowd before apologizing to the officers about his mistake. He watched as they walked away with a slight frown on their lips. "What happened? I thought I told to keep track of them."
"T-they were arrested. The strange part was that… I think I saw one of them before. On television… He had blue hair with amber eye..." Suzaku thought for a moment longer trying to remember more. "Oh. I know. That guy was with Princess Luluko vi Britannia. Jerry? Or was it.. Jeremiah…? What would such a high ranked soldier be here? Where those men extremely dangerous?" His eyes flickered over to Lelouch. A look of annoyance had crossed the boy's delicate face.
"I had to run to get those officers for no reason." Lelouch scoffed and started walking away again the case of money in hand.
That was too close. She didn't think that the noble would be so outright violent and in front of Suzaku especially. A miscalculation on her part. As for the the arrest, ten points to Suzaku for observation. That was the captain of her personal royal guard, Jeremiah Gottwald. She had called them urgently before getting the police as cover. Though sadly for the Japanese boy, he wasn't smart enough to put two and two together and discover that she was a girl. Oh well. Luluko walked off, knowing that Suzaku would follow her like the loyal person he was.
Soon enough, they arrived at a small Japanese shopping center. Luluko wanted Suzaku's loyalty, and what better way to gain the trust from him then to help his people? Opening the case, she swiftly took out a stack of bills. Luluko glanced around the grocery shops, trying to find eggs and other necessary food. Entering the first store she saw, Luluko grabbed a grocery basket and started drifting down the aisles. Even after a couple weeks, this still felt strange. She was so use to food being brought to her and served, instead of buying and cooking herself. Her eyes flickered back and forth between two types of bread before grabbing a random one. Luluko's way of randomly taking this and placing them in her basketed continued for the rest of the trip. "Say Suzaku… Would you like anything?" The guy had been walking around and putting up with her for hours now. He deserved something in return in addition to the dinner she promised him.
"No… The amount of money I earn from piloting is enough for me to live off of. Thank you for offering though." Forever being the polite one. She rolled her eyes and hummed in response. Oh well. It was up to her to decide what Suzaku could use. What in the world would a boy exercise freak want? Other than weights or other ridiculous training materials. Luluko finally decided on asking her siblings for advice later. After they would return, she would get the rest of the day off. Perfect time to get in touch with the others again. Yeah… She missed the back-stabbing Pendragon and of course, she was just so looking forward to talking to her amazing siblings again.
They walked around in the store for a couple more minutes looking for more items to purchase. Finding nothing else important, Luluko headed to the cash register to pay. She handed the women, probably the owner, an hundred dollar bill and smiled lightly. To her dismay, that only caused her to take a step back and revert eye contact. Did she do something wrong? It's not like she was going to attack her. Were she smiles really that frightening? The women started placing her things in plastic yellow bags, which Suzaku lifted, before handing the twenty dollars of change to her. "Keep it. Thank you for your service." Luluko mumbled and grabbed the last bag herself. Lost in thought about the recoiling of the owner, she let her pace fall behind by more than a couple steps. Suzaku was about five meters ahead by now.
"Lelouch! Keep up!" His voice snapped her out of her thoughts. The bag was heavy though. She was 100 percent sure that it was leaving red marks on her fair skin. Releasing a frustrated sigh, Luluko ignored the exhaustion pulling at her moved her feet forward a bit faster. Eventually, Suzaku had to slow his pace to match her's. There as an uncomfortable silence as the pair continued to walk.
Hello :3
I have a schedule and plan for these chapters. By the way, this took place a couple weeks later than the first day. Some time skips will be happening and these are filler chapters with a purpose. Next chapter will be Luluko texting her siblings in a group chat and the one after that will deal with Gino's relationship to her.
Hopefully there is some humor in this and you do get a kick out of reading my and Sara-Saturday's story.
