Sigh...end of the term tests are such a pain. Especially the ones where you have to remember a lot of formula's they don't give x.x Anyways, new chapter everybody! Please enjoy!
Disclaimer:Code Geass is not mine, but owned by Sunrise. Why you ask? The reason is because there would be plenty of yaoi in each episode, that's why. :)
"Clovis, how long you going to have me pose like this with Euphemia in some weird outfit?"
"Lulu, its Euphie! Call me Euphie!" Euphie corrected puffing her cheeks as well as losing her pose.
Lelouch slightly glared at her then shifted back to Clovis, never letting go of his pose. "So, how long will this take?"
"Well, now that you once again made Euphie lose her pose, I would say another hour." Clovis finally answered looking at his watch."Hey, where are you going?"
"Where do you think I'm going?" Lelouch said in an icy tone, already standing at the exit of the studio. "First things first, I need to get out of this horrendous outfit."
'But the Ciel Phantomhive cosplay suits you so well…' Clovis mentally whined as he folded his arms. The reason he was even able to get Lelouch in his studio to take pictures in cosplay was because he asked Schneizel to challenge Lelouch in chess and make a wager. He knew Lelouch wouldn't back down when it comes to battling their elder brother. Plus, Schneizel said he wanted some copies of Lelouch's pictures. Clovis still wonders about that…
Euphie is here because…because this would be a perfect opportunity for the two to really get along. They are his cute siblings after all…
… And Clovis needed someone to cosplay Elizabeth as well.
"Lulu, wait a second!" Euphie shouted, running to grab Lelouch's hand. As she was about to, he snatched his hand away.
"Don't touch me."
"Why are you so mean?! I didn't do anything wrong!"
'Oh, boy…' Clovis sighed as he saw Euphie ranting at Lelouch. 'Euphie, please don't antagonize the Black Prince.'
"You treat everyone else differently than the way you treat me! Especially Nunnally! It's not fair!"
Clovis then saw Lelouch's signature glare aimed right at her. Oh boy, he then knew what he had to do.
Frantically, he stepped in between the situation with a nervous look. Bending his knees down to his level, he looked at Lelouch and said,
"Lelouch, please I beg you! Spare mercy on her or else Cornelia will have my head! I have a date later this week and I don't want to get my beautiful face wrecked up! You may not understand what I mean now, but later you will, so please!"
Yup, fifteen year old Clovis Lamperouge knew he had to beg eight year old Lelouch Lamperouge to spare seven year old Euphemia Lamperouge…
…Truly pitiful indeed.
"Clovis, I'm going to change. Do me a favor and call Mother to come pick me up." Lelouch ordered. Euphie wasn't satisfied at all.
Mustering all her strength, she began to speak seriously. "Lelouch."
"What?" He responded coldly, slightly turning around.
His glare started to get hard again which scared her a bit, but she mustered up the courage to continue. "Can't you stay?"
Turning his back to her, Lelouch began his exit, but abruptly stopped and faced Euphie once more. He then untied the blue tie around his neck and grabbed her hand. Both Euphie and Clovis were too much in shock of his actions to even say anything or stop.
"There." He said, with slight relief. Coming back to her senses, Euphie looked at her hand that he borrowed. She was in awe. The blue tie was neatly tied on her wrist, like a bracelet. Not only did that surprise her, but the face and words Lelouch gave after.
Making a small angelic smile as he was at the door frame, Lelouch said,
"Thanks to Clovis making us cosplay in matching colors, you can call that a little apology gift for scaring you, princess, but make sure you improve your acting. Then, I may do this again."
Then he left.
Then Clovis felt like he lost five years.
Then she fell in love.
It's been years since then, huh? A giggle came after. Things may have changed after he left.
"Euphemia, thinking about those lines for that movie you ditched?"The guilty-feeling manager asked the main cause of his hair to fall out bit by bit. For leaving a high-budget movie under orders of his star client, that would definitely cost him millions, but he wanted to use those millions to take his family on a nice vacation. Sadly, that's not going to happen. Looks like he'll have a fight with his wife again…but what scared him the most was the cause of this forced trip. His star client was in love with her brother, and now that she found out he was taken, said client says she'll put an end to it and will permanently claim him. "Sigh…Never interrupt a woman's path of love or else you'll have a lot to pay, or something like that."
His star client sighed as he began to stiffen. What is she going to say, what is she going to do? Will he get killed by her? Will he get thrown off the plane; for just one semi-sarcastic comment? Here it is, the moment of truth.
"I already know the lines to the whole movie, so there is nothing to worry about. This plane needs to hurry up. I want to see him. It's been so long!" She said, looking out the window of her family's private jet with anticipation. Turning to her manager to give him some assurance, Euphemia noticed something,
"For a thirty year old man, you sure do lose a lot of hair."
"Hey Madam President, have you seen Lelouch?"
The curvaceous, bold, man-slaving President of Ashford Academy answered, "No, I thought he was with you since you two are so intertwined." She jeered as she slammed her hand against his back. Suzaku's cheeks then turned into a slight pink as she came out with tremendous laughter.
"Nunnally said almost the same thing when I asked her." He added, lowering his head out of embarrassment.
Milly continued to laugh. "If Nunnally said something close to that, then it must be certain! Lelouch's precious sister never lies!"
"I-I suppose. Nunnally is a sweet girl." Lifting his head up, he smiled when mentioning Nunnally. He could easily see why Lelouch cares about her so much. Although it can be a bit too much sometimes; there was this one time when Lelouch dragged him out of his house to go spy on Nunnally on her date. What amazed him even more was that Lelouch knew how to do a spitball. He didn't seem like the type, but he knew his Lulu was full of surprises. It was a fun 'date' between the two of them, for they were both enjoying throwing spitballs at Nunnally's date.
Getting back to what fits her standard of normal, Milly assured Suzaku even though she had a hint of where Lelouch was at. "Don't worry; I'll look around if he's here. You should still keep an eye out. That Lulu has always been a clever one."
"I know, Thank you." Suzaku said as he turned around to leave.
"Wait up Suzaku!"
"Hm, yes Madam President?" Suzaku wondered.
"Go for it! GUTS! No, something better…IMPULSE!" She shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Huh?" Suzaku was now scared. Sometimes he knew what was on her mind and sometimes he doesn't. This time, he doesn't know at all.
Milly put a thumb up and winked. "Go for it with you all when the moment comes. Put one-hundred percent into it! As a Witch of Charms, I'm sure you'll get your feelings accepted. Now go to class!"
Understanding most of what she meant, Suzaku felt overjoyed at her support. "Thank you, Madam President!" As he dashes out, Milly walked back to her Presidential desk, and took out a walkie-talkie.
"Squad A, can you hear me?" She asked, waiting for a response. What she then heard as a response was a 'kyaa!' "Squad A, this is your President speaking, I demand a response!"
Then all the fangirl sounds stopped, and finally, there was a proper response.
"Member 19 reporting in, ma'am. Sorry about what you just heard, it's just that our retainer said something so hot about our seme and uke and-and-kyaa!!!!"
"Kyaaaaaa!!!!" The resounding squeals of Squad A were heard once more.
"STOP! REWIND! PLAY!" Chanted Milly was she wagged her finger at the walkie-talkie. The other side of the walkie-talkie was silent again.
"Again ma'am, we apologize."
"No problem. Have you been keeping track of the uke like I ordered you to?"
"Um…we were, but, uh, we kind of lost him."
"Answer me properly! It's either yes or no!"
"NO WE HAVEN'T WAHHHHHH! PLEASE DON'T HURT US!" The cries of Squad A made Milly slump into her chair disappointingly. This was tiring.
Milly sighed. "Knew I should have left it to LASS; they always get the job done…"
Suzaku knew that if Lelouch was not in class or on the rooftop, then he was not on campus at all. Milly's chant had motivated him. He needed to go find Lelouch and tell him head on. To hell with waiting! He was on top, so he needs to make the first move! Ah, but ditching classes, would mean making up all that work?
Slightly swaggering at realizing this, he wondered how the hell was Lelouch able to do all that make-up work? Then he realized something truly magnificent in his mind…
A nice study-session with Lelouch; a very nice study session alone with Lelouch in a secluded area...
Suzaku can see it already, but immediately felt heat down in his pants.
He needed to stop, or else when he finds Lelouch, he might get arrested.
Standing in front of the twelve foot wall with his bag in his hand, he moved back a bit and took deep breaths. Jumping over huge walls has sometimes been a pain for him. Today, his body was not up for it, but he had to do what he had to do.
"You are done already, Master? Truly impressive, it's a new record." Jeremiah praised as he bowed, opening the limousine door for Lelouch. Upon closing the door and entering into the driving seat, Lelouch replied in a bored tone,
"This opponent was annoying me, so I wanted it to end as soon as possible."
"If you were playing against with Master Schneizel, things would have been more entertaining. You shine well when around him." Jeremiah claimed, stopping at a red light.
"Hm, I guess you could say that." Slightly blushing, Lelouch added, "He was one of the few people in the family to actually understand some parts of me. Same goes for me. His moves and strategies tell me all that I can know."
Turning a green light, Jeremiah looked through the rear view mirror for a second. "Isn't he coming to visit soon?"
Lelouch lifted his head from his palm in response. "Huh? What are you talking about? Nunnally's birthday isn't even here yet."
"I was sure before I came to get you, Sayoko told me he was actually coming. Oh, about that, it seems you have an appointment that was just added into your schedule. We are going to meet them now."
Lelouch was surprised. Who was able to get into his schedule that easily? He had to find out. This person must be really important. "Can you put it on the screen?"
"Certainly, Young Master." Jeremiah answered as he pressed a blue button above the limo's radio. In the back a flat screen monitor slid out from the side and showed a list of Lelouch's schedule. It was filled with chess matches with the elites in the society from business meetings at many of his family's companies. Truly a chaotic schedule, but the box that was in pink and had some picture of a chibi smiling and holding out a peace sign scared Lelouch the most.
"Jeremiah, WHAT THE **** IS THIS?!" He asked with much disbelief.
Jeremiah laughed a bit as he made a turn. "It's as it seems. Lady Euphemia wants to meet you. Oh, but please refrain from using such language that does not befit the Lamperouge family heir guidelines."
"Screw those guidelines! What does she want then?! I thought she was in France making a movie."
"Yes, and I heard that it is going quite well too."
"How do you know?"
"She told me on the phone when I told her that you were not here."
"Oh, that…" Lelouch remembered."I was busy talking to Suzaku in my room."
"Yes, I know, that's why I said you were not here. She would most likely throw a fit."
"I don't even want to meet her. I have too many things to do at hand. Who was the one who put her in my schedule anyways? I know you wouldn't do so."
"No it was n-THESE RUDE DRIVERS AND THE WAY THEY LIKE TO ESCAPE A RED LIGHT! RIDICULOUS!" Jeremiah shouted with anger. He truly hated those types of people who would do stupid things on the road. Thus he would often rant about it.
"Answer my question please."
Gaining back his senses, he answered, "Yes, indeed. It was Lady Marianne who did that."
"Mother did?!"
"See C.C., what did I tell you?" Marianne smirked as she sipped on some of her smoothie, closing her cell phone.
"You were right?" C.C. couldn't believe it as she ate her 15th large pizza at Pizza Hut. A bunch of people stared at the two in the mall's cafeteria, but they didn't really mind.
"Yes~! Jeremiah just texted me that he and Lelouch are close to the mansion. Euphie is almost there as well. Shall we go back?"
C.C. grimaced. "What about these other twelve pizzas?"
"Heh heh, let's do something about that. Excuse me? Can you make these 'to-go'?"Marianne asked the guy standing at the counter.
C.C. stretched as she stood up. "Seems that I have to get working again, but at least I know Charles' children are not normal."
"Indeed, my friend."
"I'm home!" Declared Euphie as she burst open the double grand doors of the Lamperouge estate while her manager was scared to death.
"Um, Euphemia, maybe you shouldn't do that when entering people's homes…"
"Nonsense."Euphie stated, twirling through the main entrance gracefully. "This is my home. My last name is 'Lamperouge' after all. All Lamperouge family members and their guests may enter the head's house with or without a reason." She giggled with authority.
"Still…" The manager shivered a bit, not wanting to step on a land mine. "It's not like you live here."
"Don't worry about that! I've been here once, but even so, I had set up an appointment with my beloved. My Lelouch and I will meet! And I'll show him what a great actress I have become! Then we'll marry and make an awesome picture book filled with images of our love!"
"Um, if I may ask, is he the reason you have been acting for all these years?"
Euphie nodded cheerfully. "Yup, all thanks to my Lulu!"
"I'm sorry to say that Lulu is all mines." A voice claimed.
Euphie's victory face was now replaced with one of anger and jealousy. "Who are you to make such a claim?! Show yourself!"
Said voice's owner came through the grand double doors. "I am Kururugi Suzaku; it's nice to meet you."
"So you're the one Cassius told me about? Unbelievable, you don't seem to be Lulu's type at all."Euphie said, demeaning Suzaku by her own means. She did not acknowledge Suzaku as a worthy opponent for Lelouch's affection.
To Suzaku, he knew all about Euphie from Lelouch and the movies she starred in, but meeting her was a different story. She seemed to be very beautiful and imposing for her age. As expected of a woman wanting his Lelouch's affection, but…
Even at the slightest mention of Cassius, those words rang throughout his head once more;
"…you can join me and we can put hell on him. A lost love can really hurt."
"You know my family as well as yours won't accept such a thing."
Clenching his fists once more, Suzaku replied, "Aren't you being used by him?"
Euphie blinked. "By who?"
"Stop playing, you know who!"
"I am not being used by anyone. I lead my own life!"
"You're wrong! Cassius is using you!" Suzaku shouted, nearing his breaking point once more.
"Cassius is not using me! Cornelia wouldn't let him live it down." Euphie smirked realizing Suzaku's weak standing. "Yes, even Lulu." Walking towards him with her hand confidently around her hip, she giggled once more as she stood directly in front of him. "Let me tell you something. Lulu is my fiancée since we were kids. Our family arranged it. I was okay with it, but even if Lulu denied it at first, did he ever show any signs of truly hating me, but instead caring about me?"
Suzaku thought about it for a bit and came to the conclusion that she was right. He never recalled Lelouch saying he hated her or doing anything mean to her. Whimpering in defeat he answered, "Yes."
"Exactly, you who are someone from a different family than ours cannot comprehend this. It's alright though. I can see why you are so devoted to my Lulu. Someone as lowly as you to be treated kindly by my Lulu can certainly have delusions!" Euphie mocked as she got in Suzaku's face. Suzaku could see why she was related to Cassius, but never expected to be this cruel. She seemed so different on television too. He wanted to cry, but in front of a girl, in a different place where a lot of other people could probably see? No, then it would be Cassius' win. That's why she was brought here.
"I will not let Cassius win."
"What's this? Didn't I tell you Cassius is not using me? He is my brother even if we have different mothers; same goes for my Lulu. He will take care of me forever and ever." She scoffed. "When looking at you once more, I can see why my Lulu would pity you. I bet you are using him. Cassius told me all about it. You two are quite the dynamic pair huh? My brother is not using me! Instead, you are using my brother you-!"
"My, my, I think these failure-filled accusations have somewhat bored me just now." A voice interjected. Both Euphie and Suzaku turned around in the voice's direction to see that it was Lelouch leaning against one of the doors, with Jeremiah at the side. Euphie's once cruel, mocking face turned into a lovey-dovey one. While Suzaku's…
"Lulu!!" Euphie smiled with wide arms open, ready to embrace her brother. However,
SMACK! That was all you could hear throughout the main entrance. Euphie, grasping her now red cheek, wined with tears about to flow out.
"Ow, why did you do that? Lulu it hurts!"
"Does it? That's fine then." He brutally answered.
Tears now falling from her face, she asked another,
"Why did you hit me?" Looking up at Lelouch's face, she saw that glare once more; one that she has not seen in many years.
Lelouch began to smirk. "Oh Euphemia, I am quite disappointed in your actions. Entering my house in such a manner and what's this?" His face then turned into one of seriousness and anger. 'Suzaku's tears…'"You pester my honored guest and closest friend with those sharp-edged words. Did you really think you can get away with that?"
"I-I didn't mean to!" Euphie whined, wailing a bit.
"You didn't mean to, huh? For an actress, that's some bad improvisation."
"But Lelouch, I love you! I became an actress working all these years just for you!" She proclaimed wailing much louder.
At that point, Lelouch could not comment on that one. Suzaku stood there, lowering his head, ready for Lelouch to say the same about her and embrace her. More tears slowly came out of his eyes. Surprisingly, that did not happen.
"Look Euphie, I appreciate those feelings of yours, but I only see you as a sister and nothing else. As a brother, I wish for you to find someone who is worthy enough to stand by your side."
Her face turning serious as well, Euphie lifted up her head looking straight at Lelouch's eyes while hers continued to shed tears. "Does this mean that you are rejecting me?"
Sighing with reluctance, Lelouch answered. "Yes I am."
Biting her lip, Euphie yelled, "Then why were you nice to me at that time?!"
"That was when our engagement was announced, right? I rejected it with full force, so at that time, I was not fond of you at all. I realized during that photo shoot I was being a bit harsh. So-"
"You were being the nice person that you are, right Lulu?" Euphie finished, reminiscing that time with a regretful smile.
"Yeah." Lelouch didn't know what to really say at that. Of course he broken a lot of girls' hearts and it didn't faze him that much (not even guys for that matter), but his sister was a different story.
"Then can I ask you one more thing?"
"Sure." He smiled with some relief.
"Are you in love with someone else?"
Instantly, Suzaku lifted his head and turned it to Lelouch, finally getting out of his dark void. He was very curious at this question as much as Euphie was.
Seeing Euphie and Suzaku expectant with anticipating looks, Lelouch sighed, 'Looks like I'm cornered. What a pain.' Then while softly smiling at Suzaku he answered,
"Yes, I am in love with someone else."
Both Euphie and Suzaku were amazed at the warmth in that answer, especially Suzaku. He wanted to hug Lelouch, but he felt so heavy that he was unable to move.
Sighing in defeat, Euphie wiped her tears. "Well then, I guess I'll leave. I don't like being a hindrance."
"Ah, but wouldn't you want to stay for Nunnally?" Lelouch blinked at the sudden change of mood.
"It's okay. I have work to finish up. I'm wasting millions right now just for you. For some sort of payback if you're feeling down, you better see it. Suzaku, you should make photos with Lulu and I. I'll assure you, it'll be fun. We need someone to pose as Naruto anyways. Oh, and Jeremiah, can you carry my manager into the car? He seems to have passed out on the floor a while ago." Euphie babbled, but Lelouch could see right through that. She was hurt, and he felt bad that he was the cause, but she'll be okay.
"Certainly, Lady Euphemia." Bowed Jeremiah, grabbing her passed out manager from the floor.
"Well then Lulu and Suzaku, Tata!" She chirped as she smiled the actress' smile.
With that, the double grand doors closed. Lelouch could not believe how much closure just instantly happened. Just like the passing of the summer rain. Nevertheless, he did not want to continue his schedule. Looking at Suzaku, he smiled,
"Well then, that was like a storm passing by."
Suzaku blushed when looking at Lelouch's smile. "Yeah."
"Hm, but how did you know I was going to be out of school?"
Suzaku made a small laugh. "You should know the reasons as well as I do. Not in class or on the rooftop means that you are not at school."
Lelouch blushed in embarrassment, feeling bad that he left these openings. "I shouldn't be that easy to read! Maybe I should change my pace a bit. Hm…"
Looking at Lelouch think of strategies, Suzaku wiped his tears. "I don't mind if you do, I'll be beside you anyways."
Realizing what he had just said, Suzaku covered his mouth.
Lelouch, being almost fully pink, laughed a bit. "Well then, let's go to my room. I'll order something to eat." Passing Suzaku, Lelouch began to ascend the stairs.
Turning around to follow suit, Suzaku replied. "Kay, as long as it's-"
THUMP! Looking back at Suzaku, Lelouch's face was hit with fear.
Suzaku had collapsed on the floor.
Dashing back towards him, Lelouch shook his body.
"Suzaku, can you hear me?! Suzaku!" He shouted with pain in his heart. Trying to calm down, he placed Suzaku's head on his lap. He wasn't able to pick up his body, so this is as much as he can do for this moment.
Getting his cell phone from his pocket, he speed dialed Jeremiah.
"It's me, I need you to get here quick. I really I need your help! It's Suzaku! He collapsed. Two minutes? Alright, thank you."
Hanging up, he placed his cell phone to the side and grabbed a handkerchief from his pocket. Suzaku's face was drenched in sweat. Wiping Suzaku's face, Lelouch instantly felt heat transferring to his hand. This began to emerge into a callous dream.
'Suzaku has such a high fever! This could not be happening! It rarely happens! Please Suzaku, be okay!"
What shook Lelouch Lamperouge's heart after was the murmurs of one Kururugi Suzaku who grunted in pain,
"...Aishiteru…
...Lelouch…"
Caressing his head softly, Lelouch chuckled darkly with regret as Suzaku's body began to relax,
"I know Suzaku, I finally know."
There you have it, chapter three. I'm going to try to fit in a Halloween special (a late one XD) and maybe a turkey one. The other day when going food shopping, I had to carry two turkey's and a ham in one giant bag. It was torture...Also, I am going to work on a new story that I'm in the process of thinking plot wise, but it does crossover with another series. If you guess the right series(fairly easy guess too lol), then you can be admitted as an honorary member of Ashford's SuzaLulu Committee!~ (Plus cookies and pocky) I thank all that have reviewed so far and I hope to continue seeing your reviews. To others, I hope to see your review too!~ Please and thank you ^^