Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass.
Author Notes: A KaLuLu drabble this time. Angsty and sad.
Mouth Full of Lies
"Maybe I loved you." Kallen froze and stared at the blank facade that Lelouch was sporting.
"What?" She sat up straight, the rickety old wooden chair digging into her back. Her hands were handcuffed together and she was anyways too surprised to fight.
"I do not like to repeat myself Kouzuki." Lelouch's tone was cool and there was nothing in it that betrayed the fact that he had just confessed to her.
Kallen reflected that this might be the most unromantic situation to confess in but this was Lelouch. While she conceded that he was a brilliant strategist and am amazing leader she had to admit that he was completely hopeless when it came to things like this.
"I am not sure I understand what you said." Kallen pursed her lips.
"I am sure that I spoke in English and not French though I am sure that an ex- high ranking Britannian like you would have already taken lessons in French." Lelouch dry humor didn't seem to be lacking though Kallen could still feel the difference.
While a year before (with the Student Council) it was more of amused retorts now it had a sharp edge to it like it was meant to hurt.
And hurt it did.
"I am sorry Your Highness but the fact that you said you might've lo- had feelings for me is a little bit hard to digest when you ordered your Knight to destroy me." She matched his tone with a sassy one of her own. The Black Knights might've been defeated by him but there was no way she was going to bow down to him.
She felt a vicious sense of satisfaction when he scowled at her. She had managed to get a reaction of him.
"But you came out victorious didn't you?" His face had slipped back into the blank mask and Kallen frowned. While it was true that she had won against Suzaku it was just barely.
"Yes…. But you couldn't predict that could you?" Kallen questioned before her eyes widened. "Or did you already know that I would win and yet pitied Suzaku against me?"
She felt even sicker when Lelouch didn't meet her stare but turned his head and pursed his lips.
"You killed your best friend just so you could win?" Her voice sounded hollow even to her.
"He betrayed me to the Emperor so I think this is getting even." The look on Lelouch face was unrepentant and Kallen wondered how she ever fell in love with him.
Or more importantly, how was she still in love with him?
"You are sick." She managed to grind out as she tried not to let the tears spill. "You are-" She just shook her head as words failed her.
He didn't say anything but continued to sit and stare at her.
"I want to go back to the holding cell." She stood up after a few moments of silence still not looking at him.
"I meant what I said." He said as she neared the door. She didn't have to ask to know what he was talking about. It seemed like they had come a full circle in their conversation.
So she did the only thing she could.
"It's bad to say 'I love you' with a mouth full of lies."
Break her own heart.
With those parting words, she left, without turning back.
If she had turned she would have seen him look down at his hands. "I think I have run out of lies to tell."
But she didn't and the next time she sees him on top of the float as the sword impales him. For an instance their eyes meet and she then knows that that was one thing he hadn't lied about.
But it was too late for her, for him; for them.
So she did the only thing she could.
"I love you too."
Bury her heart along with his body.
