a/n M'kay, I don't remember when I said I'll update... I fixed some things from the last chapters *mainly Euphy's name... Gee I didn't know that Euphy was actually Euphy, not Euphie...*
BUT HERE IT IS!!!
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Chapter 7 ~He Really isn't What He Seemed To Be~
C.C. waited silently in the big living room of the house Lelouch was living in. God, this place is huge… He really is rich…
C.C. was right, the living room was so big that you can put at least 20 people in it. It had a white base; white tiles, white walls white window pane and white ceiling. The furniture were striking though, a pastel orange three sitter sofa was placed at the center of the room, a vintage brown L shape sofa was placed on its right side and to its left was a stunning single sitter black sofa. At the center of the sofas was a long coffee table, a cozy looking brown carpet was beneath all of them. The windows were accompanied by elegant violet curtains that brushed the floor. In front of it was a huge white framed fire place which was left on burning, keeping the area warm.
Crap, I forgot winter was coming… thought C.C. as she groaned again. Where could she stay when she's got no money and the weather is getting cold?
C.C. was too occupied thinking about her accommodation and debt that she didn't realize someone entered the room.
"Excuse me, who are you?" asked a gentle voice. "Are you a friend of my brother?"
C.C.'s head shot up, "Huh?" Right in front of her was a young girl, probably around fourteen years of age with long curly brown hair and violet eyes that C.C.'s sure has seen somewhere. "Yes, I am."
"I'm Nunnally, Eleventh Princess of Britannia, I'm Lelouch's sister. You are…"
"C.C." she replied plainly, "Pleasure to meet you, Your Highness."
"Please, call me Nunnally, there is no need for such formalities." Said Nunnally smiling.
"Okay, Nunnally it is then." Said C.C. slightly smiling.
"I see the both of you have met." Said Lelouch appearing from the other room, he kissed Nunnally's head and sat next to C.C..
"Yes we have, Onii-sama. Is she your girlfriend?"
A choke was heard.
"Why would you think that?!"
Nunnally giggled, "You never invite any of your female friends over, this is the first time. I thought she'd be your girlfriend.''
"Uh, no."
"'Uh, no' or 'Uh, no, not yet'?" asked a voice filled with tease.
Lelouch's head whipped up and right there stood his best friend with an evil smile, "Suzaku…"
"Why the evil glare, Lelouch? You'll scare her away, you know?"
"That's a big catch you got there." Said Milly suddenly popping up.
"Wha--? The hell are you doing here?!" Said Lelouch standing up and pointing his finger at Milly.
Milly huffed, "I came with him, you skipped class today and Cornelia isn't happy~ Nice dress you got there." She looked at C.C. and smiled, the green haired girl was wearing a black turtle neck one piece that with laces at the bottom reached just above her knees.
C.C. gave her a small, "Thanks, Lelouch gave it to me."
Lelouch coughed and glared at her, she "innocently" cocked her head, "You did give it to me."
"He did?! Wow, Lelouch, smooth." Said Suzaku giving him two thumbs up.
Lelouch sighed and rubbed his temples, "C.C., can I talk to you? Alone?" He glared at both Suzaku and Milly.
C.C. merely nodded as she stood up and followed Lelouch into another room. Milly gave him a sly look and Suzaku coughed. Nunnally tilted her head, "So is she his girlfriend?"
"Might is the word."
"Oh, yeah~" said Suzaku slyly, "Hey, dude! Cornelia said she'd kill you if you skipped class again!"
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Lelouch sat down next to C.C. and let out a long sigh, "I hate to bring this up but what the hell was that just now?"
"You did give me the dress." Said C.C. innocently.
"I'm not talking about that. I was talking about earlier today…"
C.C. stiffened, "… That…"
"Who was that man?" asked Lelouch.
"He… was my first… customer…"
"The one you kicked?"
C.C. nodded and sighed, "His name is Mao… He's from China… He just…" She couldn't continue and tears started to roll down her cheeks again as the scene played in her mind.
Lelouch sighed, and held C.C.'s hand and pulled her into a hug, "It's okay… It's okay…"
"He wanted me to pay for what I did last time, so he…" C.C. trailed off in a shaky voice.
"Damn bastard. He's not getting close to you anymore, I'll make sure of it…" He said pulling her closer, "I'll make sure of it…" He repeated, stroking her hair.
C.C. smiled slightly, "Thank you, Lelouch…" She buried her face in his shirt, his scent intoxicating her.
"Um…You said you'd tell me why you're not in your kimono today…?
C.C. groaned, "I'm about to be kicked out of the brothel… Because I'm not "productive"…" She said quoting the word 'productive' all the while resting her head on Lelouch's chest.
"Oh… And you were wondering around town looking for a place?"
C.C. shook her head, "Not really… I was thinking of a way to pay of my debt…"
"You have a debt?"
"Yeah…" C.C. sighed again.
"How much…?" asked Lelouch unsure.
"Three million one hundred and twenty thousand yen."
"WHAT THE CRAP?! What did you use that money for?! Buy Pizza Hut?!" exclaimed Lelouch pushing C.C. to look at her in the eye.
"That's my life expenses, for the past thirteen years… " said C.C. rolling her eyes.
"Oh… That makes sense…"
"I have to have it by twelve midnight… tonight…"
"Where the hell are you going to get that money from?!"
"I. don't. know…" said C.C. frowning.
Lelouch sighed, "May I help?"
C.C. shot her head up and faced him, "Why would you do that?"
"Well, I can get you that money." Said Lelouch shrugging, "It's not that hard. A gentleman should help a lady in need."
"You can't help me all the time…"
"I can and I will…" said Lelouch determined.
C.C. chuckled as Lelouch wiped her tears away, "You're actually nice..."
"I'm always nice." Said Lelouch proudly, "You just didn't see it."
The both of them chuckled and looked at each other in silence. They didn't realize that their faces were getting closer each second and before C.C. could say a word, her lips touch Lelouch's and both of them went to lalaland. Both teens' eyes were closed by now, Lelouch's arms snaked it way to her waist and C.C. wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Mmph…" said C.C. was she fell backwards, arms still around Lelouch's neck. Just as she was about to open her mouth and give Lelouch access the old antique clock near them chimed, very loudly.
Lelouch, who was also surprised at this pulled away quickly and prepared himself for a kick… or if he's lucky, a slap in the face.
But that didn't happen… Not at all…
In fact C.C. just laid there with her cheeks flushed and her arms still around his neck.
"Uh, I, uh… Sorry?"
"… Should you be?" asked C.C. boldly.
"Maybe not…" He said as he dipped his head to kiss her again, just as their lips were about to touch the door in front of them opened.
"Hey Lelouch, I got a call… from… Corne… Never mind!" said Suzaku slamming the door shut.
Silence enveloped the room as Lelouch processed what just happened. "He's totally going to add salt and pepper to what just happened…"
"What just happened?" asked C.C., the redness of her cheeks contrasting her pale white skin.
"I… don't really know…" said Lelouch blushing. "But it was good."
C.C. shyly nodded, "It was… My first."
Lelouch chuckled, "Same here. Want another go? Suzaku interrupted us…"
The green haired beauty meekly nodded and Lelouch crashed his lips onto hers all the while smirking.
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C.C. looked away as she and Lelouch broke apart, "Lelouch…"
"Yes?" He asked stroking her hair.
"Will you liberate me?"
"You don't need to ask me that." Lelouch chuckled.
"Why would you liberate me?" asked C.C. again seriously.
"Why are you asking that?" Lelouch raised his eyebrows, I offer her money to help and she's asking why instead of saying thank you, is this girl really for real?
"I'm just a commoner to you, you could've just ignored me and go on with your life… So why do you want to liberate me?" C.C. said looking away.
"I just want to."
C.C. decided to let it slide for now, but her gut tells her that Lelouch is hiding his real purpose. She gave up on her dream of her prince charming a long time ago yet at the back of her mind she tells herself that he's still out there, what's worst is that somehow she thinks that Lelouch is said prince charming. It can't be him… It just can't… Maybe he's using me… Nothing's free in this stupid world…And what would a prince want anything to do with a commoner like me anyway? Then she looked at the time, "I have to go…"
"Where?"
"Back to the brothel…"
"Let me accompany you, witch." Said Lelouch smirking and taking his black, thick, wallet and stuffed it into his pocket.
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Kallen was waiting impatiently, "She said she'll be out for a bit… She's been gone for over 2 hours now! Where the hell is she?!"
"Calm down, Kallen. I'm sure she's fine, maybe she went to enjoy pizza." Said Euphy lightly.
"She doesn't have the money for that!"
"Kallen! Just, calm down! C.C.'s fine."
Just as Kallen was about to argue back, C.C. came with Lelouch, "Kallen, Euphy, I'm fine."
"See? I told you—Lelouch?"
"Euphy…" Lelouch said mouth hanging.
"N-No… I'm not—"
"You said my name, you know me. You know me, Euphemia." Said Lelouch walking towards her.
Euphy stood there, eyes watery and body shaking, "No… No I'm not her… I'm not! G-go away, Lelouch!"
"You're her…" said Lelouch cupping her cheek.
Euphy was crying by now, "N-No… I'm not…"
Lelouch hugged Euphy and C.C. wanted to kick his ass.C.C. gritted her teeth while looking at Lelouch hugging Euphy, she did not like the fact that the black haired prince was hugging her friend. Not. one. bit. I KNEW IT! The only reason why he wanted to come with me is because he wanted to see Euphy, it's not like he wanted to be nice or anything! Stupid C.C., so stupid! You kissed him even!!! Why can't you grow up and forget about that stupid prince or angel or whatever? It's not real! You have the option to run now, run dammit, run! Forget about the debt, by midnight you'd be out of this damn country anyway!
C.C. did not consider another reason which is the fact that Lelouch came with her to pay off her debt for her. She also didn't consider that she has no money to take her anywhere. Like some people say, jealousy can make you mad. In C.C.'s case she went on a frenzy… inside her head.
"No!" Euphy pushed him away, "NO!!!" Euphy turned around and ran out.
"Euphy!" called out Lelouch as he ran after the pink haired girl.
"What the hell is going on?!" asked Kallen with her mouth slightly hanging. "C'mon, C.C.!"
C.C. scowled and ran after Lelouch and Euphy with Kallen following suit.
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a/n LEGASP What's going on?! Euphy's hiding something and C.C. and Lelouch smooching each other! *insert evil laughter**choke**grumble* I didn't really like this chapter but I had to put it in, I can't really have Lelouch chase after Euphy suddenly without any heads up now can I? Well I can but we'll totally lose the LLCC moment here. But tell me how it turned for you guys anyways! Reviews are love after all XD
And here are the replies!
SuperCeller - O.O Really? Yay! Yes well what's done is done... As long as Lelouch is there XD Oh lol, good then, I'm glad you had a good laugh ^^
Ledilettant - Thank you!
KazumaKaname - None taken ^^ Why of course, Kallen isn't dumb, C.C.'s just mean XD
patleon909 - Lelouch's brain gears did that XD Well, not anytime soon, my dear, not anytime soon... Thank you!
Ze Bird - Yes of course, I'm not yet in that area yet XD Yay no typos! Thank you!
sakurahanaalice - Good, good, take some rest! Hehehe, arigatou!
keaRy anCe - O.O you don't have to wait everyday... I'm flattered, but don't... It'll make me feel guilty...
C.C. Lamperouge - *pats shoulder* C-calm down... YESH! IT ISH MAO! Lol More fluff!!!
muzique04 - *thumbs up* It's ok!
Vincent-Shin - Well he didn't actually, he just pushed the guy into the dumpster and he passed out. It's not like Lelouch actuallybeat him (which is why he called the police XD) Thank you for the support!
the author to be - I hope this chapter is better than the last! Looking forward to your review!
booklover4177 - YAYZ!
fairydustillusion - It's okay! As long as you don't miss out! ^^
berrytart94 - O.O So that's a shower bar Lol, I actually have that XDDD Here ya go tart, something to keep you wondering! Still didn't get to check the amv tho *mumbles in a corner* Will do later...
KAY! Next chapter, if I get things organized, will be up in 2 weeks... again! Toodles!
