Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass. I do own the plot. All songs used belong to their respective artists; how many of you did the homework I suggested at the end of the last chapter, by the way? This story contains a prize for Magician Girl Mirani. I hope it was worth the wait~!

I bear in mind the miracle of our chanced meeting
In this colorless and wide world.
The place where you can fly more than any other place
I promise to take you there, so,
Please tell me.
Even if my spirit were broken, please don't pay attention to it
Because I can still not see through your heart.
I will color this monochrome world with red.
Washed with the sarcasm of this world, the color won't fade – Monochrome World by Kaito

Chapter Six

Lelouch blinked a few times, stretching slowly and yawning as he sat up in bed. He had taken a quick nap, curled into the warmth that was Suzaku, and now blinked a few times. Cici was seated on the twin bed, watching him with a box of pizza resting to her right. He crawled over Suzaku carefully and approached her, sitting on the ground next to the bed. 'Give me a piece,' He ordered bluntly, glancing at her through his bangs.

"I had a feeling you'd be rather hungry, considering you haven't been able to really hold anything down these last couple of weeks," She said, pulling out a piece from the box. She handed it over, laughing lightly as he rested the slice on the pads of his paw and nibbled at it quietly. "So I talked to Rakshata while you two were having some quality time. She thinks a smaller dose of the medication would finish you up and get you back to normal. She kept the formula just in case and said that she'll get that ready as soon as she can."

'Excellent. It's good to know that at least one of us has their head set on straight and can accomplish these tasks,' He thought as he swallowed a small bite of his food. He glanced over toward the snoozing Japanese man and a small, rumbly growl vibrated from his throat.

"You're having second thoughts about him being here," She commented calmly. Though sometimes Lelouch hated how well the witch knew him, he was grateful for it right now. He hated to admit it, but he really didn't want to end things with Suzaku, despite everything going on around them. "Do you think he'll be a hindrance to what we're trying to accomplish or is just your own feelings getting the better of you?" She asked before taking another bite of her piece of pizza.

'Does it make me a fool to say that I'm letting my emotions reign over me as such?' He asked her before growling lowly and attacking his food. His human side wanted to physically lash out in frustration and his cat side, for whatever reason, suggested that he take it out on his meal. A plan that Lelouch was surprised to say wasn't completely against for once.

"It makes you human and it makes you normal, Lelouch," Cici responded with a rare smile of hers. She reached out with one hand and gently stroked behind one ear, causing the other to start and then settle back down. He purred quietly. "You walk around like you're unbreakable and undefeatable, unwilling to accept your own humanity. It's a nice change of pace to see you be a little more like an average teenage boy; scared, emotional, and oh so terribly fragile."

'Has anyone been asking questions about why Suzaku and Gino have arrived here so suddenly?' He asked calmly, not wanting to have this conversation with her. There were a few things that Lelouch didn't like talking about with anyone; Lelouch's own mental status was one of these things. He knew that he was human like everyone else in the world (given his painfully high intelligence) but he didn't want to think or talk about death with anyone and though Cici was by far his greatest confidante (since he was a little unsure of how far he could trust Suzaku, Gino was a loud mouth and Kallen had already proved her main interest was self-preservation) he still wasn't in the mood. His body ached, his stomach felt like it was twisted in knots because of the lack of food and his patience with loose fitting clothes was reaching its end. Discussing his plans and movements would be an excellent deterrent from focusing on the here and now, and the soon-to-be future.

"Ohgi seems to be a little suspicious but I merely explained to them that Gino and Suzaku were double-agents all along. I explained that you trained them personally and that Suzaku stayed with Britannia after the botched rebellion to assure that you were alive and to keep in contact with Gino. Gino didn't seem to mind lying about it and Kallen nor Kaguya were forthcoming with the truth so for now I have subdued them. However," She trailed while still scratching behind his ear, "I assume hearing it from you will most definitely silence any misgivings they may hold yet."

'Well once Rakshata has prepared the medicine and I'm back to myself I will go forth and make a statement. After all, Zero is the man of miracles; for him to have two spies in the Knights of Round with close ties to the royal family would not be too hard to believe,' He thought back as he polished off what was left of the crust of his slice. Normally he didn't care much for pizza, but he was rather ravenous after his little bout with Suzaku and inability to hold too much down the last few days. For now, the pizza was to him as water would be to a dying man in the desert. 'After I finish eating my fill, please go talk to Rakshata about getting that antidote. The sooner I'm back to normal the better. I only say to wait until after I eat so that the medicine won't kill me or anything.'

She chuckled lightly and nodded, slowly rising to her feet. "I'll tend to that now. I'll go get a few more pizzas and bring in some water bottles so you can get some fluids in you as well," She said calmly. Arthur suddenly mewled as he crawled out from under the bed, his head poking out next to Lelouch's thigh. "And I'll see about getting some fish or chicken for him, too."

'Thank you, Cici,' Lelouch thought calmly. He rarely felt the need to thank her but she was being far more helpful than usual. She flashed him a small smirk at the door before heading out. He then looked back at Arthur, offering him a piece of crust from the second slice he had snagged, using his claws to pull it from its home. "So are you ready to tell me about how you met Little Paw?" He asked casually.

"Toss in a pepperoni and I may consider it," The cat answered, taking the offered food and scarfing it down eagerly. Lelouch carefully plucked a pepperoni from the piece and handed that over as well, watching the other as he chomped it down carefully and licked his chops, removing any traces of sauce or cheese with the quick motion. "He was a cast-away."

"Cast-away?" Lelouch asked calmly. The other nodded calmly.

"Cast-aways are the kittens most humans leave out for anyone to just kind of take if they want. You know those boxes that people leave, unguarded, on the corner of streets with little kittens inside? The last kitten inside, the one that no one seems to want, is the cast-away kitten. There's always at least one per litter and that was Little Paw. Found him on my way to our base during this really bad rain storm; his box was filling with water and he couldn't get out so I plucked him out and took him in," Arthur explained, a sentimental gloss coating his eyes as he talked. He turned his head upward, looking toward the ceiling as nostalgia washed through him. "When I saw the look in his eyes I just knew he needed me. And, I guess, I needed him too."

"I think I can understand that feeling," Lelouch said softly, looking down at his second piece of pizza. He remembered the day Nunnally was born; it was the first, earliest thing he could remember. He had been three-years old and originally been upset because he had wanted a younger brother instead. But when his mother had the nurse set him on the bed next to her and he got a good look at the infant, he changed his mind. Ever since he had been a supportive, protective, dedicated older brother.

"I realized pretty early on, though, that I had underestimated him a little bit," Arthur chuckled, sharing another story with Lelouch, who listened happily.

…

Suzaku was awoken by the sound of the shower in the tiny bathroom going. At first, he hadn't cared, until he went to wrap his arms tighter around Lelouch to find he was hugging the empty air. He then sat up and looked around, blinking when he saw that night had fallen and there was a missing member to his current roommates. He shot a murderous glare at the amber eyes watching him with an aloof gleam. "Where's Lelouch?"

"He's taking a shower now that he'd basically back to normal. According to Rakshata, he was such a perfect match with a cat that she can't completely separate his DNA without the risk of killing him. We were able to get him back to his correct age, however, and it didn't even hurt him as badly this time; he just had a terrible migraine and a mild case of nausea," She said calmly as she took a bite out of a slice of the pizza (her third in the last hour) she was lounging with. She then blinked and made a small noise around her mouthful of cheese and sauce, swallowing with a graceless and obnoxiously loud gulping noise. "But your mother wanted to talk to you. She's in a cabin next to the cafeteria."

"I'll be back and as soon as I am I have a few words to spare with Lelouch alone," Suzaku said in a warning tone and he put on some socks and shoes. Cici chuckled mirthlessly at him in response.

"That works out quite well, since I believe that Lelouch wanted to talk with you as well," She retorted. He paused at the door, glaring at her, before leaving and slamming the door behind him.

He was a little surprised that it was so nippy out but he resisted the urge to shiver. He headed toward the small shack next to the cafeteria, where Cici had told him to go, and knocked quietly. He heard a small, lazy moan followed by his mother's groggy voice calling, "Come in." It sounded more like the noises zombies made in those old horror movies he used to watch as a child but he slipped in anyway.

The room was illuminated by only three candles resting on the table next to his mother's bed, where she was laying on her side with half opened eyes watching him. Her hair was tied off over her shoulder in a long braid, a few strands sticking out from any movement she'd made in sleep or when waking up. There were multiple shadows around them, the faint light of the candles casting a pale, sickly light to his mother's face, despite the small spark always present in her eyes. "Cici said you wanted to speak to me?" He asked politely. She shifting, sitting up calmly and folding her hands in her lap as she sat against the wall near her bed.

"I wanted to discuss a few things with you," She said calmly, gesturing with one hand for him to sit on the bed. He did so, sitting toward the edge so as to give his mother more space. He looked around a few times, wondering where her roommates were. "Kaguya took Lindo to get something to eat and your friend Gino is walking on the beach. A nice kid, for a Britannian noblemen's brat, that is. Anyway, I feel it's important that we discuss a few more sensitive and rather urgent topics. In specific, I wanted to talk with you about these suicidal tendencies and masochistic persona you've developed in the years since Japan was overthrown by Charles." He flinched at the bite of accusation to her words but sent a small glare at her.

"Why are you suddenly so concerned over my well being?" He asked flatly. She glared back at him and for a moment Suzaku almost felt like he should bow his head and apologize, as he had down as a child, because that look held just too much power over him. He used to bend over backwards in hopes of pleasing his mother but now he wondered why. She abandoned him and now tried to resume her role after years of separation, as if he owed his unwavering loyalty to her?

"I have always been concerned over your well being, Suzaku. It is my job as your mother to care for you and protect you from harm," She said delicately, her tone stern yet affectionate. Suzaku had learned that no one but Rin Kururugi could successfully combine the two emotions in reference to him; not even Lelouch was able to accomplish such a tricky thing.

"Then where were you after Japan was invaded? Why did you claim to be dead and leave me behind?" He snapped angrily at her, fists clenching on his thigh. She blinked a few times, her eyes softening a little bit on him.

"Suzaku, I sent you away to protect you. I explained this to you in Pendra-"

"Yet you kept Lindo with you? Why was that? Because his hands weren't soaked in our father's blood like my own?" He hissed out angrily. Rin flinched back, seeming to be physically hurt by the conversation, before she sighed lightly and shook her head.

"Suzaku, after Lindo was old enough to drink from a bottle, I had been planning to send him off to be with Toh-Doh and you, where I felt he'd be the safest. By that time, however, Toh-Doh had already fled to who knows where and I didn't want to leave you with the responsibility of raising an infant," She explained gently. She reached out to take his hand, but he pulled it away, and she took the hint to return her own to her lap. "You were just barely ten years old at the time, Suzaku, and you were struggling to fend for just yourself. I couldn't have forced you to become the guardian of your brother so I decided it was best for me to watch after you both, though Lindo was admittedly closer to me than you. And, about your father, I don't blame you for that either."

'Please… Don't,' Suzaku thought to himself, unable to open his mouth to speak due to a lump forming in his throat at the new subject.

"If anything, I blame myself for what happened," She said with a sigh, placing a hand to her heart and causing Suzaku's head to snap up, "on that night. I pressed my beliefs on you because you were young, impressionable and for the months after Lelouch and Nunnally arrived, your contact with your father was limited. I knew he had taught you against Britannia but I couldn't stand to see my son become just as racist as many of the people around you. I thought that if I taught you to see the good in people, not for their race but for their hearts, maybe you would be given better chances in life with more cherished bonds. But it wasn't my place to put such thoughts in the head of a child while a war was waging in the world around him, and for that I accept the blame for what you did, even though I can never really apologize enough to wash your heart free of the blames or scars."

"You truly are a piece of work, aren't you, mother?" Suzaku spat out with a small laugh. Rin blinked away tears and looked at him, stunned, as he rose and met her gaze. A small, bizarre glint was in his eyes and a humorless smile was on his lips.

"Suzaku, what do you-"She silenced herself when she saw his hands. He had dug so deeply into the flesh he had broken it and blood was beginning to trickle out, colored a pitch black in the lack of proper light. Her eyes widened a fraction on him. "My God, Suzaku, you need to stop doing that!" She said quickly, reaching to take his bleeding hands into her own. He slapped them away roughly, causing her to wince and look at him in pure bemusement.

"You really are a wicked woman, aren't you? Trying to use reverse psychology to try and use guilt to control me, huh? I never thought my own mother would try something so low," He said coldly, glaring at her with a look of pure disgust on his features. She watched him in sheer horror, stunned that he was reacting like this.

"This isn't some cheap gimmick or trick to control you, Suzaku! This is the truth!" She snapped back at him, the waver she felt inside not present in her voice. His eyes hardened and narrowed on her even more before he turned to the door, walking away as fast as he could. "You may not be ready to hear this, Suzaku, but it is the truth! You are my child and I could never hate you for something you didn't mean to do!"

He slammed her door shut and stood there, fists shaking as he shook. 'Please… Please don't forgive me… Don't tell me that it's okay. Please don't ever tell me that I have repented for what I did,' He thought as he took in slow, shaky breaths. He then hardened himself again, much like he had after Euphemia died and he went after Lelouch, to go and have another conversation that he assumed would be slightly difficult. He walked toward the shack and opened the door, blinking a bit at the sight before him.

Lelouch was sitting on the larger bed, toweling off his head with a towel, wearing nothing but a pair of black slacks that fit him perfectly, a long black tail swishing slowly behind him. Cici was still seated on the twin bed, munching on the final slice of pizza in that box, when she saw him and blinked. She swallowed the bite in her mouth, picked up the empty box, and sighed. "I guess I'll leave you two be so you may have your private conversation," She said before disappearing, easing past Suzaku easily.

"So how did things go with your mother?" Lelouch asked smoothly, pulling the towel off and shaking his head. His hair fell back into its usual style perfectly, aside for the two triangular squares that jumped to life on his head. Suzaku stared a bit too long, given the annoyed scowl that came to Lelouch's face. "Yes, I know, I still have the ears and tail. Please pay attention to my words rather than my apparently permanent attachments." He seethed while heading toward the bathroom to put the towel away.

"Did you tell my mother about me?" He asked, suddenly finding his voice. Lelouch said nothing until he exited the restroom, shutting the door quietly behind him. He had a small, haughty smirk on his lips as he approached the suitcase in the corner of the room, most likely aiming to fish out a shirt to wear.

"I may have mentioned it to Cici out of concern, and she may have spoken to your mother for me since I was unable to do so myself. Telling your mommy on you is a little juvenile, though, I must admit," Lelouch said with a small smirk, his back facing Suzaku.

"I guess I should just be grateful I have a mother to be tattled on to, unlike you," Suzaku bit back with a small shrug. Lelouch tensed, his hands halting in their search through the suitcase. The brunette wasn't done yet, however, as he put a bored look on his face and shrugged again. "Then again, I guess it's a good thing your mother was murdered. Somehow I doubt that a simple time out or lecture would be enough of a punishment for her to dish out at you considering you're a murdering terrorist against your own people. And it's an even better thing that Nunnally's blind and crippled, because otherwise she would be horrified to see what you've done and would use her legs to run as far away as she could."

"How dare you!" Lelouch snapped wrathfully, turning to glare at his insulter. His fists clenched at his sides as he took a deep breath, trying to recollect himself. He then released another breath before regarding the other calmly. "Then again, such traitorous, hurtful words should be expected from you. It's a good thing I got what I wanted earlier on; from now on, you and I have no connection to one another aside from a simple leader-and-subordinate relationship." He said casually before returning his attention to his search for a shirt.

Suzaku deflated slightly at these words, his eyes filling with fear and his shoulders sagging slightly. "What do you mean by that, Lelouch?" He asked after swallowing hard. Lelouch didn't answer or even turn around to meet his gaze. "What do you mean by that?" He snapped louder, his anxiety getting the better of him. Lelouch glanced at him from his bent position with an agitated expression on his face.

"I know that you're a little slow on the uptake, but this is truly embarrassing. Since you clearly don't understand, allow me to spell it out in terms you'll understand; I'm done with you in an emotional way, Suzaku. I trust you with my secret and that is it because, honestly, no one here would believe you even if you tried to tell them who I am. But since we took care of business physically earlier I don't see a reason in us continuing this shame of a relationship we like to pretend exists," He said in a dismissive tone, like a teacher releasing his class for summer vacation after they all passed their final exams. The detachment and carelessness to his tone stung Suzaku much more than any physical blow could have.

"Are you saying that you were just in this for sex?" He croaked out nervously, blinked a few times to try and shake off the dizziness slowly overcoming him. No, no, Lelouch didn't really mean this. He was just saying this to try and make Suzaku apologize for what he had said, that was all. No way could Lelouch honestly want to break up with him after they had just committed to each other in the most intimate way known to all creatures.

"My, it seems like you were able to understand that little ramble; your mind really isn't completely gone yet. Though you should probably consider reading more books during your free time, just to help further your knowledge and ability to decipher the underline points of certain conversations. Oh, and if you weren't able to uncover the meaning of that sentence, you need to read more because you're a complete idiot was the underline point I was trying to make there," He said in that same tone of disconnection. Suzaku swallowed hard, feeling a lump in his throat and heat rising to his cheeks; the lump from sheer shock of Lelouch's words and the heat from the insult aimed at his intelligence.

"Why are you being like this, Lelouch?" He whispered weakly, forcing the words to slip out past the lump. He watched violet orbs widen on him in a mix bewilderment and pure loathing. "I know what I just said was a little harsh but does it really call for you to react like this?" He pressed further in hopes of showing Lelouch that he was behaving like a child.

"Why am I being like this? Did… Did you really just ask me that?" He asked with a small laugh, standing and meeting his gaze. He laughed again and threw his hands in the air, sitting on the bed, while shaking his head and dropping it to his hands. His laughter died away after a few short seconds and he glared up through his fingers at the other male. "Well, where do you want me to start? At the part where you lied about what department of the army you were working for, or maybe when you became Euphemia's knight and began your apparent affair with my sister, or maybe when you let Charles completely erase my memories with his Geass or when you handed me over to Lloyd the clinically insane scientist to become the newest guinea pig? I have quite a few places and points I can start at, so just pick a fucking place!" He snapped angrily, dropping his hands and standing again. He stepped so that they were standing far enough apart that they could have reached out their hands and touched one another on the shoulders or hips. "But, you know what, just for the sake of tradition, how about I stare from the first point I mentioned? Let's discuss why you lied about what you were doing in the military."

"I did that so you and Nunnally wouldn't worry about me! I didn't know you were Zero and I didn't want you two worrying that Zero would kill me!" Suzaku snapped back quickly, trying to remain strong on his stance in this argument. "And you never told me about you being Zero either, so you can't argue that if I had said something you could have made sure I wasn't hurt!"

"Fine, I'll give you that one," He said flatly. Though he said he accepted that argument, something in Suzaku's gut told him that Lelouch really didn't think he was right in that point. "Now let's discuss your courtship of my older sister, Euphemia. You became her knight, so clearly you had some sort of interaction before that. Plus there was the command she issued to you to love her and how she came to stop you when I gave you the Geass command to live so as to keep us both from dying. And, the real kicker," He laughed harshly, "being how you reacted when she was shot. Clearly you weren't as dedicated as you like to pretend to be and you're just arguing with me to give me grief."

"Lelouch, it wasn't like that," Suzaku said softly, trying to think of a way to explain everything. There had never been a romantic relationship between he and Euphemia, at least on his end, but he had to admit that Lelouch raised a few good points. He stayed silent, trying to think of how to explain things, while Lelouch rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"Next point is how you eagerly handed me over to Charles for the brain-drain and then over to Lloyd for my cat-boy transformation," Lelouch said in that same dead tone of voice. Suzaku glared a bit, knowing that he could fight this one.

"You were a criminal, Lelouch! You killed tons of innocent people, your Geass turned Euphemia in to a monster, and it wasn't even like you were truly doing it to free Japan! It was all for your own selfish reasons!" He retorted sternly. The other growled and ran his fingers through his ebony locks, in hopes of calming himself back down. "And now you're reacting like this because you don't want to hear the truth!"

"That wasn't the only reason I did this! I also did this to create a world you and Nunnally could be safe and happy in!" He snapped back, causing the other's jade orbs to widen a smidgen in shock. Lelouch let out a small sigh and flopped down on the edge of the bed again, resting his head back in his hands. "Did I want to make my Father pay for not protecting my mother and then abandoning Nunnally and I in a foreign land? Yes, I did, but I also wanted to create a peaceful place where Nunnally would be unafraid to open her eyes and you would not have to become a martyr. Even if in the process I had to lose everything about myself, soil my hands in the blood of my relatives and my fellow Britannians, and even if it came to me giving my own life, it didn't matter if I could just create a safe place for you and Nunnally. A world free of hate and discrimination, a world free of crime and suffering and war and pain, was all worth everything I had, everything I was, as long as it meant that the two of you would be okay. That was why I did all of this." His voice grew softer, meeker, as he spoke.

"But why?" Suzaku whispered softly, not really expecting an answer.

"Because you two were the only people I truly held dear in this world. Though, by what happened after you learned the truth, I already know that the same can't be said of you," He said in a voice that was riddled with exhaustion that only came to those with far too many years under their belts and too much heartache stilling the beats in their chests. "You handed me over to the Britannian military eagerly, despite seeing what they'd done to other people that had come before me. Even with that knowledge, knowing that I may very well end up dead and left in a shallow grave or tossed down a ditch, you still gave them to me without a second thought. And why? Because it was your orders." A silence fell between them before Lelouch shifted his hands, one covering his eyes and the other sweeping toward the door. "Just… Please just go away for a while. I need silence to calm my growing headache."

Emerald spheres shifted between the door and the other figure, noting the almost invisible shaking of the frail shoulders. He slowly approached, slipping his hands along the other male's sides and leaning in, brushing his lips against his forehead. "I can't leave you alone while you're crying and you know it," He whispered softly, reaching one hand up and slowly moving the other's hand away from his eyes. He was met with watery violet orbs that looked so broken, so sorrowful, that he felt his own heart break a little. "Please don't cry, Lulu," He mumbled, hoping the pet name would cheer him back up a little bit before leaning in and lightly kissing him. He waited a moment, watching the other's eyes fall shut, before he pressed in a little deeper.

"You're such a jerk sometimes," Lelouch mumbled when Suzaku pulled away, making the tanned male laugh lightly. Suzaku leaned in and kissed him again, a little more heated this time, and smiled when he was awarded with a small groan from his partner. "You owe me big time for everything you've put me though. You can start right now."

"Of course, Your Highness," He whispered softly, easing up a little more and slipping his hands up Lelouch's thighs. Suzaku moaned as he reached the other's rear, finally understanding why his little prince was so fond of skin tight clothes. He moved Lelouch higher up on the bed, still kissing him, and then slipped his tongue in. He relished in the warmth of the other's mouth, listening to their groans as their tongues brushed against one another. He pulled away slowly, instead opting to kiss a little path from the corner of Lelouch's mouth to his pale collarbone. His tongue flicked out here and there, just to get a rise out of the other.

"No… Too similar," Lelouch mumbled softly, pushing one hand against Suzaku's shoulder to get him to ease up. The other did so, tilting his head in confusion at the lightly panting mass beneath him. "It's too much like earlier. I'm going to try something different so take off your shirt and lie on your back." He mumbled, his tone still as regal as ever despite their activities. The curly topped male had to laugh at this before doing at he was told.

Lelouch got up, resting on Suzaku's hips and leaned in, kissing along Suzaku's neck and leaving a few dark marks. He did this mostly because the other let out some very delightful noises when he was bitten a little bit rougher. The inky haired rebellion leader put this down as a notch in the "Suzaku is part masochist" folder in the back of his mind for later reference.

He moved down lower, his tongue lapping at one dusky nipple. The hiss the other let out was a reward that made Lelouch smirk devilishly, before he began nipping and teasing it with his teeth. He made sure to give it a particularly painful nibble, making Suzaku gasp and shift a bit. "That sounded like a rather pleased noise to me," Lelouch teased with a small smirk, sitting back up to look at the other. Suzaku was beginning to flush, his eyes were hooded, and his hair was a little messy from him shifting against the bed. Despite this, however, Lelouch realized that there was still a much more masculine appeal to it than Lelouch could ever dream his expressions were, condemning him to a life as the uke of this relationship. "Such is life, though, I guess."

"What?" Suzaku mumbled lowly, an eyebrow raised in question. Lelouch merely chuckled and shook his head, shifting a bit and pressing one hand to the other's groin. "D-Don't do that!" Suzaku yelped in surprise. Lelouch merely smirked back in response, resettling again so that his head was level with Suzaku's stomach. He placed a small kiss to his naval before his fingers worked on opening the other's pants up, pressing them down his hips with his boxers in one move. He waited until he'd gotten them dropped to the floor before turning his attention to his nude partner, whose shaft was standing at attention for him. Lelouch resisted the urge to salute at it, knowing that would only make Suzaku want to stop. "What are you going to do?" He heard the other mumble lowly.

"Why don't you just relax and enjoy what's going on? Live in the moment? He whispered with a smirk before leaning down and taking an experimental lick at the head of the other's erection. He was answered with a large gasp and arch. He then took as much as could in to his mouth, making sure to pin the other's hips down by resting one arm across his hips. He may not have been very strong but he knew that this would be enough to keep Suzaku from bucking up needlessly.

He made sure to move sporadically, shifting between fast and slow whenever he wanted to. He delighted in the noises he was able to get out of Suzaku, his own arousal peeking up at the guttural sounds. He kept going, surprised at how long Suzaku was lasting, but suddenly yanked back after assuring himself he had coated the other's arousal in quite a bit of saliva. "What… are you…. doing now?" Suzaku huffed out, vert orbs narrowed a bit.

"Oh settle down, you big baby," Lelouch said sternly as he shimmied out of his own pants and briefs. He then crawled back on top of Suzaku, resting so that his rear was pressed back against Suzaku's pulsing member. He grinned wider at the low groan and soft curses the other uttered in Japanese. "Do you want it?"

"More than I should," He whispered back, not realizing that he was making Lelouch want t that much more as well. With a small nod, Lelouch lifted his hips, leaned back, and pressed down slowly, wincing a little bit as Suzaku filled him up. "Does it hurt?" He asked worriedly.

"No, it's just a little sore," He huffed out as well, beginning to pant a little. He began to move slowly, resting his hands on Suzaku's chest as leverage. The other rested his hands on his hips, helping to guide his movements. Lelouch groaned loudly, feeling the spot from before getting hit, and shifted to move at that angle perfect. He let out short gasps of delight as he made sure to strike that same spot over and over, letting out a shrill cry when one of Suzaku's hands slipped from his hips to brush against his arousal. "Su… Uhn… Suzaku… That feels great," He huffed out, his ride becoming a little rougher and enjoyable as Suzaku bucked up to meet him as he came down, both eager to reach completion.

It didn't take too much longer for them, considering Lelouch had worked Suzaku up and Suzaku was taunting Lelouch to the same spot. Suzaku noticed this time that Lelouch's ears flattened to his skull and that his tail fluffed out a little bit. Lelouch laid there, head pressed to Suzaku's chest, panting frantically, while the other tugged up the covers and stroked his hair. Suzaku stared lightly scratching behind one ear and he let out a mix between a purr and groan of approval. "I'll go get Nunnally back so please promise not to hate me for the rest of our lives," Suzaku mumbled softly.

"I wouldn't be able to hate you, whether you go get Nunnally or not," Lelouch said softly, looking up at him worriedly. He knew Suzaku had the Geass on him but some situations probably wouldn't be escapable, even with the command in place. "Just… Don't just do this because you feel like you have to. And take someone with you."

"No, I can do this alone, Lelouch," Suzaku said sternly. Lelouch growled lowly, ears lowering a little bit, and a verbal fight began between the pair.

Meanwhile, Cici sat outside against the door, eating another box of pizza and eavesdropping on the whole thing.

…

Lelouch had been unable to convince Suzaku to see reason so the other had decided to leave by himself the next morning to get his boyfriend's (since Lelouch changed his mind about dumping him, though he was rethinking it given Suzaku begin so damn stubborn over the current situation) little sister. "It'll be easier to travel if I don't have anyone else with me," Suzaku had said gently. Currently, Lelouch stood in his Zero uniform (his tail wrapped around his waist on the inside) as Suzaku readied to get into the Lancelot. "Be careful," He said sternly, thankful that the only ones present were Gino, Kallen and Cici.

"I'll do my best," He said gently before heading up on the cord to the cockpit. He perked up a bit when he saw his mother standing off in the distance, watching him. She mouthed something and he blinked, reading her lips quickly.

"Watashi no daijina musuko chūi shite kudasai," She had mouthed to him in Japanese. He blinked, eyes wide as the translation sunk in. "Be careful my precious son." She had said. He nodded mutely before slipping into the cockpit and heading off in the bright sunrise to complete his task.

Rin watched him go, forest green eyes filled with concern.

I will not fall
Won't let it go.
We will be free
When it ends. – What Have You Done by Within Temptation

End

So this chapter was shorter and had no bonus story… Mostly because I didn't have time to write. I had to do a bunch of stuff on Saturday because my family was having a Halloween party that night, Sunday I had to clean up the aftermath of the party and then my friend had to take her sister trick or treating so I tagged along because free candy is just too delightful to pass up on. I also don't know how accurate that Japanese is because I used google translate; if it's incorrect and you know the proper phrasing for what Rin said, please send me a message so I can fix it~! And the lyrics at the end come from something Magician Girl Mirani mentioned in her review; it wasn't in your request, but I like the song and decided to include it~! Hope you don't mind~! But, anyway, I've updated my profile with some more info on what's going on with my updates and upcoming fics so check it out. Read, review and see you next chapter~!