Hey people! Sorry for a bit of delay, here's the new chapter!

Question: Do you think Suzaku will be able to know who his future princess is by the end of this chapter? Please think of an answer before you finish reading this chapter. Wish you luck! ^^

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass and its characters, except this plot.

Chapter 4

The next day, Suzaku had went to the library and waited for Lelouch to show up. He had seen Lelouch's timetable through one of his fan, who was also in the same classes as Lelouch. Currently, it was Lelouch's free time and she would definitely come to the library. Thus, there he was.

He waited for ten minutes and that was when Lelouch appeared. She had walked to the most corner side of the library and picked a seat behind the shelves. She put down her books, flipped one open and started reading them. Suzaku slowly walked up to her after making sure no one was looking at them. Then, he pulled out a chair in front of her and sat down.

Lelouch heard the sound of friction and looked up. She was shocked to see the prince in front of her again. Even so, she was not really happy to see him.

"Your highness, I don't think it's wise for you to be here," said Lelouch.

Suzaku had yet to even greet her but was already being chased away. Slowly, he pushed away his awkwardness and talked.

"Erm…well, I just came to say hi."

"Oh, you just did. So, bye," Lelouch replied sarcastically and went back to reading her books.

Suzaku was stunned by her actions and words. Awkwardly staring between her and the book, he spoke again, "Lelouch, I was wondering if you're fully healed? You know, that day where I accidentally banged into you?"

Lelouch looked up at him and replied, "I'm fine, your highness. Is that all you have to say?"

Suzaku really did not know how he should react or what he should do to make Lelouch lower her guard down. Yet, he just continued talking, "I see. How much was the medical fee? Since it's my fault, I should really pay you back."

"I've went to the school's clinic, so it's free," Lelouch replied.

"Ah…right," said Suzaku, disappointed.

Out of a sudden, Lelouch smirked, "You think I'd have the money to go for a private medical centre?"

Lelouch sounded offended and Suzaku quickly tried to change the way the conversation was going.

"No, that wasn't what I meant. I just wanted to find a way to repay you, not only because of the accident, but also to repay you for finding my wallet."

"Forget it. Those weren't important anyway," Lelouch finished and wanted to return back to his readings when Suzaku spoke again.

"I want to be your friend, so I could help you," said Suzaku frankly. He did not want to fall into the silent and decided to speak what he really had in mind.

"For what?" Lelouch asked, frowning.

"I know your real background. The profile of your family being rich and parents owning a company…" Suzaku had yet to finish but was shut by Lelouch's hand covering over his mouth.

Then, she said in a whisper, "To the chess room, now." With that, she stood up, gathered her books and went out of the library first.

Suzaku was still kind of shock as the sudden movement done by Lelouch had stunned him. Lelouch had closed his mouth, went near his face till they were almost inches apart. His heart was thumping loudly and his face was beet red. This was the first time he had felt this way towards a girl. With the feelings still lingering around, he slowly stood up and moved away from the chair. Clumsily, he accidentally kicked the table and the pain shot into his mind, which cleared out his hazy vision. Swallowing the pain, he quickly rushed out of the library and headed towards the chess room.

After five minutes, Suzaku appeared in the chess room but he saw no one except chairs and tables. Suddenly, the door behind him shut. He turned and saw that Lelouch was locking the door. After locking it, she put the keys into her pocket and went to sit on one of the chairs in the middle of the classroom.

"This place is safer and no one's around. Only the chess club teacher and I have the keys. Now, sit and spill out whatever you know about me," said Lelouch as she crossed her right leg onto her left.

Obediently, Suzaku did as was told and sat on the chair opposite her. In that brighter room, Suzaku could finally see her face clearly. She had no make ups on her and her skin was smooth and it looked silky. He was mesmerized by not only her skin, but also her little pale lips and slanted angry eyes that were staring at him fiercely.

"Are you going to spill it out or I've to force you to?" asked Lelouch, which brought Suzaku back to reality.

"Oh, right. Erm…first, I apologize for violating your private life," said Suzaku as he dared himself to look directly into Lelouch's eyes, which was pretty scary for that moment.

"And?" asked Lelouch, impatient.

"And...It was all because of my curiosity. So, I found out you're not from a rich family, that your dad and mom weren't the owner of an electronic company. You live in an average single terrace house instead of a bungalow. You really did accept the school's scholarship to enter here and really did score flying colors in your entrance exam."

Lelouch stared at him before asking, "That's all?" which Suzaku nodded.

Lelouch smirked, "Really? I thought the almighty prince will get more information than just that?"

Suzaku thought for a while before he spoke again, "Oh! There's another, you play chess too, and won lots of medals."

"Uh-huh? Anything else?" Lelouch asked sarcastically.

"Erm…well…it's more or less something like that," said Suzaku, still thinking what it was that he left out.

Then, Lelouch laughed. Suzaku was dumbstruck. It was the first time he heard her laughed and she looked like she was glowing. Well, obviously it was the job of the sunlight shining in on her.

After Lelouch stopped laughing, she said, "Seriously, Prince, you're the most naïve one I've ever known. Even the stalking part, did you think I didn't notice your body guard was following me back?"

"You did? He was so careful all the time!" Suzaku exclaimed.

"Yes, but only I did since I'm very observant of my surroundings."

"Then, your house, it wasn't yours?"

"Nope, it was my parents," Lelouch replied.

"Oh…then you must have lived in a different place?" asked Suzaku, then came the laughter again.

"Oh my goodness! How dense are you? I don't own the house, but I live with my parents. Is this clear enough?" Lelouch tried to hold back his laughter, which sort of failed.

"Ah! R-right! Haha! Silly me!" Suzaku chuckled.

After a short while of laughter, Lelouch finally calmed down and looked at Suzaku. Suzaku was still smiling as if the joke was not on him. During the silence, Lelouch studied his feature a little. Then, he said, "You're actually kind of fun to hang out with."

"Really? Do you want to hang out with me from now on?" Suzaku asked back and really anticipated a 'yes' for that.

Lelouch thought of it for a while before saying, "No, thank you. I don't need a bunch of bees following us around whenever and wherever we hang out."

Suzaku's emotion changed immediately. Lelouch felt sort of bad that it actually hurt the prince that much, but she had no choice.

"What about…meeting secretly?" Suzaku asked, trying his luck. Lelouch did not expect such a question, but who doesn't want some privacy once in a while? Even meeting with friends will cause havoc. Still, Lelouch denied.

"Sorry…I don't want anybody to think that we've some weird relationship being alone together."

"But, aren't we now?"

Lelouch was surprised. The prince actually did know how to think.

"Well, this will be the first and the last," Lelouch replied. He then stood up and walked towards the door, "Please leave since we're done chatting. I would like to study alone."

"Can't I stay and watch you study?" Suzaku asked by using his ultimate trick in hope Lelouch would fall for it.

However, it failed miserably.

"No, and you look creepier this way. So, please leave before I chase you out, which is very embarrassing for a prince," Lelouch said as he unlocked the door.

Suzaku sighed and stood up, heading towards the door. Before opening it, he tried once again, "Can I stay? Please?"

This time, Lelouch sighed, "Prince, you have a final exam coming too, and it's exactly a week before your wedding day. Aren't you supposed to study too?"

"Yeah…" Suzaku replied, but then it struck him. Didn't the final exam was only known by the prince, his wife-to-be, and the principal only? How did Lelouch find out?

"Lelouch, how did you know about my final exam?" asked Suzaku.

"Of course I…" Lelouch stopped halfway. She had accidentally spilled out her own secret. Quickly, she thought out another excuse, "Milly told me. The chairman heard it from the principal and told her."

"I see," said Suzaku, which made Lelouch relieved. She was in luck that the prince was not that bright and she could easily lie to him.

"But don't worry. Only she and I know it. This was supposed to be a secret anyways," Lelouch said and opened the door. "So, good luck to you then. Bye." With that, she pushed Suzaku out, closed the door, and then locked it.

"Ah…Thanks…" he said to her, which ended up talking to the door. He took one last look at it and left.

Behind that locked door, Lelouch listened as the footsteps faded away. Slowly, he let out a deep breath and slid down against the door to the floor. He was so worried that Suzaku would manage to guess that the future princess might be him. Even so, he could not help chuckling as he imagined how dense Suzaku was. Looking out of the window, he said to himself, "Guess I'll be living with a simpleton for life, huh?" He thought for a while before continuing, "Maybe it won't be that bad after all."

Gently, she knocked the door.

"Come in!" said a voice.

The door opened and the girl walked in. The principal, who was looking at some documents, slowly looked up and put down her pen. She then smiled and clasped her hands on the table.

"Hello, princess. How may I help you?" Cecile greeted.

Lelouch frowned, "Madam, please refrain yourself from calling me that way in front of everyone, and now too."

Cecile laughed, "Alright, alright. What's it that you need? For you to come all the way just to meet me is very unusual."

"I have a request," said Lelouch.

"Oh? What's it then?" asked Cecile.

"During the day of our final exam…"

"Who's that 'our'?" Cecile cut in and smiled.

"You know who I'm talking about," said Lelouch while blushing, though it was not obvious.

Cecile laughed again, "Ok. No more jokes. What about that?"

"I want to take my exam separately."

"I see. Where do you intend to take it then?"

"If it's possible, can you be my examiner?"

Cecile's eyes went wide, though just a bit. "Why would you want to take it secretly? Everyone's going to find out anyways."

"I don't need thousands of bees staring through the window while I'm taking my papers with him. I would prefer a quiet surrounding then that."

Again, Cecile laughed. It had always amazed her, the way Lelouch described things, even humans.

"Ok, sure. I'll lock you with me, since no student dares to come up here, except you."

"Thank you," said Lelouch. But, he was not finish yet, "And also, no one should know who the princess is nor where she's taking her exam, not even a hint should be given out."

"Even your friends?"

Lelouch thought for a while. She never liked to lie to her friends, and even though she knew she can trust them, she still did not want to take the chance.

"Yes, even my friends. I'll tell them once my exam is done."

Cecile nodded, "Fine by me. I'll think of some story for the teachers too. So, don't worry."

"Thank you. I hope I can really count on you," said Lelouch.

"Yes, you can. I'm the only one who knows your biggest secret too, and till now, anything leaked out?" Cecile asked and she shook her head. Lelouch smiled and was about to leave.

"Lelouch…" Cecile called out. Lelouch turned and looked at her. "I…I'm not very sure if I should congratulate you."

Lelouch only smiled, albeit sadly, and left.

The door was shut and Cecile was left alone in her office. She knew the whole story about Lelouch ever since the day he applied to enter that school. But, knowing that he was male was not that surprising yet, it was the news that he would be marrying the prince shocked her even more. Cecile just could not imagine how Lelouch's life would be, and she could only hope for the best.

That night, Suzaku was trying his best to study in his study room. He was quite annoyed as his two bodyguards were whispering nonstop. Unable to bear it any longer, he finally looked up and called them in.

"Yes, prince?" Gino said as he walked near him.

"What's the point of whispering when I can still even hear it?" Suzaku questioned, almost at his limit of patience.

"We apologize, your highness," Jeremiah apologized and bowed while Gino just continued to talk.

"You know, prince. Even if you didn't start studying right now, you can still score better with just a week of studying before exam. Didn't you always do that?"

Suzaku suddenly blushed, "Well, I…err…was bored and decided to start studying now." He smiled. He was quite sure that they would fall for it and decided to leave it at that.

Surprisingly, Gino laughed, "Oh, my prince! Surely you think it's because of that?"

Suzaku blushed even more and frowned, "W-What makes you think it isn't?"

"Wouldn't it be better if you just say 'Lelouch wished me luck in my exam, that's why I decided to study harder'?" Gino said while mimicking Suzaku's voice. Suzaku was speechless.

"Gino, you're not supposed to tease his highness," Jeremiah scolded, though he did not totally deny Gino's statement.

"OK, OK. Whatever the reason is, prince, I wish you luck too in your coming exam. So, study hard, yeah? Hopefully your Lelouch would be able to see how good you are," said Gino as he smirked.

"He's not mine, Gino. He belongs to his parents. Leave, and quit whispering so I can concentrate," Suzaku commanded and continued looking at his book.

"Yes, your highness," said Jeremiah followed by Gino, who smiled all the way till they were outside of the room, and shut the door.

Suzaku looked up to make sure that they were both gone and the door was securely closed. Then, he walked towards the mirror hanging on the wall and looked into it. He saw his face still had some pinkish color lingering on his cheek. He sighed and walked back to his seat.

Silently, he said, "No wonder I suddenly felt warm. The both of them must be laughing outside." Then, he looked at the door again before returning back to his study.

It was the final exam week for Suzaku. He was asked to take his exam in the teachers' meeting room so that no students would be able to disturb him. He was happily walking his way to the meeting room, though with thousands of girls cheering for him in his exam, he could only hear his thoughts, which he would finally be able to meet his target.

With a big smile on his face, he opened the door. Looking around, the one person he was hoping for was not there, but only his science teacher, Mr. Lloyd was grinning and sitting at one end of the table, waiting for his job as an examiner to begin. Suzaku's expression dropped.

"Why so serious, boy?" asked Lloyd as he imitated Joker from "The Dark Knight" movie he had watched last night.

"Nothing, sir," Suzaku said, ignoring the evil grin as he walked towards one of the chair and took a sit.

Apparently, Lloyd was addicted to that grin and decided to use it whole day to send some creepiness to everyone, if possible. Thus, with that grin of his, he went to Suzaku and gave him his papers.

"Here's your Mathematics paper. You can start now, but before that…" Lloyd used his hand and pulled his cheek horizontally. "Let's put a small on that face, shall we?"

Suzaku was shocked of the sudden force and could not stop staring at his teacher. Lloyd was still grinning as he walked back to his seat at the other end of the table. He saw Suzaku's expression and evilly laughed in his heart before urging Suzaku to start with his exam.

During the exam, Suzaku really concentrated on his work, like how he used to be all the time. But, this time, he had his mind on Lelouch, which actually gave him more confidence in doing his exam. Still, he would sometimes wonder where his future wife is, if she was not with him in that room. Well, he decided he would find out within that day itself, and that was to ask the principal directly.

Lelouch, on the other hand, was taking his final papers in the tearoom inside the principal's office. The principal's office was comfortable and quiet, just nice for him to concentrate and do properly in his exam. He was not worried about his best friends going around the school finding him, as he had promised them that he would tell them the truth after that week. However, he could not help wondering if the prince would be surprised that his future princess was not there with him. Even so, he was eager to see Suzaku's expression when they finally meet during their wedding day. Hopefully that day would be a good one.

Suzaku had quickly run to the principal's office straight after he had finished his first paper. With two loud knocks on the door, he was invited in.

"Hello, your highness. Have a sit. Why are you running anyways?" Cecile asked and got up to pour him a cup of water.

"Thank you," said Suzaku as he quickly drank in some water. Then, he continued, "I have a question to ask and please answer honestly." He said as he looked straight into her eyes.

"Sure. What is it?" asked Cecile, though she had a feeling of what he might ask.

"Where's the princess taking her final exam?"

Cecile was very proud of herself; she had guessed correctly what the prince would definitely ask. So, she answered frankly, "I'm sorry. I don't have the right to tell you."

Suzaku was in utter shock.

"Why?"

"It was a request by her that nobody should learn who the princess is nor where is she taking her papers."

"Even me?"

"Yes, even you and all her friends too," Cecile replied and went back to her place to sit.

"Can't you at least give me a hint?"

"No, not even a single hint was I allowed to give anyone."

Suzaku slumped in his chair and sighed heavily.

"Why would she do that?" he asked.

"No idea but I think it's best to be this way," Cecile answered.

Suzaku looked up, "You think so?"

Cecile nodded and said, "Think about her after your finals. Maybe that was one of the reason she doesn't want to take her papers with you."

Suzaku was silent. Cecile was right. Maybe the princess really did think that way, that she would want the prince to have the best result in his final, so that he would be able to face the world better. But, what is the world to him if he could not even know who he was going to marry to? He sighed as he got up from the chair and headed out of the office.

"Good luck, prince!" Cecile called out as Suzaku waved his hand and shut the door.

Cecile smiled and said to herself, "Don't worry, she'll be the best partner you'll ever want in life, just don't push yourselves too hard and everything will be fine."

So, have you gotten the answer? Congratulations to you who got the right answer, but for those who didn't, better luck next time. I'll try to start a question before each chapter from now onwards. So, be prepared. ^^

To be continued…