Summary: Alternate Endings, AU, Shounen-ai, Crosses, and whatever I feel like at the time of Code Geass.
Title: Year 4056
Pairing: Shirley x Lelouch
Summary: Shirley never forgot anything. She chose her path, even if it meant watching him die. For the moment he held her in his arms, he didn't care.
Note: Disregards the fact that Lelouch erases her memory.
Warning: OOC, Weirdness, Total Confusion, Time Jumps Everywhere
She wasn't thinking when her hand connected with his cheek. All Shirley knew was that he was going to do something to her.
She didn't want to forget this. She refused to let him do what he wanted. She would not walk away again.
Shirley didn't know why, but the moment her eyes met his mismatching ones, she felt if she let him…she would never see him again.
Even if he was Zero.
Even if he was a terrorist…
Even if he…he killed…
She didn't want to lose him. She had willingly pulled the trigger for and against him. And in her heart, she knew that she would again if he asked.
That voice that almost enchanted her to look into those unnaturally mismatched eyes and forget. Let go of something she couldn't.
"I can let you forget…"
"No…" her voice was shaky and weary, but suddenly, determination burst in her heart.
She loved him. She wouldn't let him go. No matter how hard he shoved her away.
She couldn't bare a world without him. A world without his gentle smiles and righteous, but silent, actions. She couldn't bare just the thought of not knowing all this. She wouldn't see him as a stranger again.
Silly and impulsive, she tilted her head up, pressed her lips against his, and wished silently to get the message across. It was almost the same as the time in the rain. She knew somewhere in her heart that she was taking advantage of his guilt and compassion.
For the one moment he wrapped his arms around her and brought her closer, she didn't care.
Now thinking back on her actions, Shirley sometimes wished she let him push her away. She might not be like this then.
Her hand on the handle of a familiar gun. Suzaku's body lying at her feet. Lelouch gone through the stone doors of the temple.
He had given her one last kiss before disappearing into the white light in search of the 'answer's that were supposed to be there. Somehow, Shirley knew that Lelouch would not come back.
Kallen made no answer when she had called. The shock of everything may have been too great. Or she could just be speechless.
She couldn't blame her. After all, Lelouch's disappearing back was a bit melodramatic with that ridiculous cloak.
And only the cloak returned.
She found it on the shore a day later.
It wasn't until many years later. Many, many years later, that she knew what happened to Lelouch. Britannia had already fallen and with it, all its colonies were released.
One Britannian and his friends took a stand when the country was in devastation. They created a government based on the people. Democracy.
She had a great laugh with C.C. when they found a fancy signature on the Universal Declaration of Equal Rights of Humans.
'Lelouch Lamperouge.'
It was the year 4056.
The United States of America was celebrating its 50-year anniversary.
Omake of sorts:
It was the year 4056.
The United States of America was celebrating its 50-year anniversary.
Zero was celebrating the 1500th year anniversary of her name change.
After all, wouldn't it be weird if your name were the same as the era? Shirlian Age.
For the moment she pressed her lips against the once boy but now man, she didn't care.
And she thought, Lelouch was more creative than that.
A/N: This came out way weirder than it was supposed to. Originally it was supposed to be a what-if thing, if Lelouch didn't erase Shirley's memory. It was SUPPOSED to end with her turning him in or something sweet and sappy, but somehow, Shirley became like C.C.
It just kind of came out. Stress? No. Elation? Hardly. Trauma? I don't think so. Insanity? Probably. Boredom? Getting closer. Reluctance to do homework? Definitely.
Well, I hope this wasn't that weird. Shirley ended up just like C.C. Maybe I should write a one-shot on C.C. instead….