A/N: Nyahahahah!!! It works…it lives…..IT WRITES MOAR!!! I apologize for not writing more, but I was super busy being on staff for 2 anime cons! . Bishie Con that was in November and Kawa Kon that's going to be in March! ^3^ Even though Kawa Kon isn't for another 4 months, I've still got some planning to do! Not to mention that I've been studying to get into the college I want to get into! Oh and I'm trying to write a book AND find a job!!!! __ SPARE ME!!!!!!
Milly, Shirley and Mom! Oh My!
They had fallen asleep cuddling but had woken up in a tangles mess. Lelouch was lying on his back, arms and legs spread wide, covering the whole bed. Kallen was on her stomach lying somewhat off to the side of him with her legs entwined with his and arms around his neck and head.
Having already accepted the fact that no matter what they do they'll always wake up in a sexually awkward mess, Kallen rolled out of bed and hunched over to her dresser. She grabbed her school clothes and headed for the bathroom. She set her cloths down on top of the closed toilet seat and looked at herself in the mirror.
Her red hair was an absolute mess of tangles and flips, her eyes had a slight black tinge under them and her cheeks were rosy red and slightly puffy. She leaned in closer to the mirror and pulled down one of her eyelids with her index finger.
"Ew…" she mumbled softly and then pulled her tooth brush out from the cup holder. As she was brushing her teeth as thought came across her mind.
'You know…make up might cover up the bags from under my eyes. Or whatever that red dot is…A PIMPLE!? Oh no! I have a pimple!!' Kallen panicked. She wasn't normally one to worry over feminine beauty, but a pimple was considered something to hide and god help her if Lelouch found out. She rummaged through her bathroom bag in search of anything that'd covered it up. But sadly Kallen did not own make up. In a quiet and swift motion, she peeked her head out of the bathroom door and looked at Lelouch.
Lelouch was dead asleep on the bed and didn't show any sign of waking up anytime soon. She read the clock and decided that there was enough time to run to the store and buy some make up before school. In a mad rush she changed into her school uniform and threw her shoes on. She practically flew out of Lelouch's room, down the hallway and off of school campus.
She found herself in a massive crowd of people trying to get to work. She had trouble pushing her way through the crowd to get to the store that was just down the road. After several minutes of pushing and shoving, she finally made it to the convenience store. Once inside she had to ask a salesman where in the world the beauty aisle was. Feeling slightly ashamed of being such a pretty girl yet having no idea where the aisle even was, especially since she'd been going to this store since she had started junior high.
After being assisted to the aisle, she grabbed just about every color and shade of makeup she could find. She grabbed several shades of powder, about twenty shades of eye shadow, countless tubes of pink and red lipstick and last but not least, bottle after bottle of skin cream. She had managed to practically fill her shopping cart. A passerby walked by Kallen and took note of her massive collection of beauty supplies.
"Uhm..young miss?" the middle aged woman questioned the younger redhead.
"Y-yes?" Kallen stuttered out of surprise.
"Do you have a big date or something?" the woman giggled like a school girl. Kallen froze and pursed her lips.
"I…I have..a pimple…." She admitted in almost horror.
"Oh that's a quick fix!" the woman said as she reached up the rack of skin cleaners and pulled down a bottle. "Here hun, use this! I used this same brand when I was in high school! It got me the man I'm still married to today!" she said with a sly wink as she handed Kallen the bottle of blue liquid.
"Oh! Thank you so much!" Kallen exclaimed as she took the bottle.
"Anytime dear, but seriously, are you going on a date with a hot boy?" she asked as she raised her eyebrows in a fancy manner.
"N-no, I'm getting..married soon." Kallen sighed.
"Oh! Well congratulations! You know, a man really likes his girl to wear pretty under garments. I recommend stopping by the lingerie department before you leave!" she advised as she bid Kallen farewell.
Kallen stood there a moment, she figured the woman was older and therefore must be experienced and have great advice. Maybe she should follow it. After grabbing a couple more bottles of the recommended facial wash, Kallen headed over to the panty aisle.
Not once in her life had Kallen ever taken an interest in lacey underwear or push up bras. But, she was beginning to seriously consider it. She excelled at everything she did from fighting in giant robots to acing a chemistry test. Being a good wife was going to be one of them. Kallen did not back down from challenges.
'Alright I can do this!' she pumped herself up and she walked nonchalantly into the aisle of fancy panties. After only moments of being in the aisle, one main thing was going through her head as she passed up every rack of underwear.
'I can't wear that with a skirt!!'
Kallen gulped, most of them were thongs or booty shorts. But finally she came to the conclusion of buying bikini cut ones. But they were so plain and…tasteless. She tossed them back onto the pile and continued to scour the section. Finally deciding that she just wouldn't wear the lacey panties with her school uniform, she grabbed several pairs of red and pink ones. She could always just wear them with her pajamas or when she's wearing a pretty dress. She then moved on to the bra section where she found lots of push up bras and corsets.
She casually glanced at her watch and saw that she must've misread her alarm clock because she had a couple hours before school actually started. She sighed, it was a sad thing for a girl to not remember her own bra size. Kallen had to go by visual preference and grabbed a frilly red bra.
She looked around nervously to make sure that no one was watching her before holding up the bra to her chest. She made a scowl when she could not determine the bras' size by just holding it up. Deciding that she'd have to try it on in the changing rooms, she grabbed several colors and sizes. On her way to the changing area she heard someone calling her.
"Kallen!! Over here Kallen!" came the notorious voice of Milly.
'Oh no! Not her! Not now!' Kallen's head span.
"Kallen! What're you…..ohhhh are you gonna wear those for Lulu-Chan?" the perky blonde asked with a voice that almost sounded like she was plotting Kallen's demise.
Kallen's eyebrow twitched. 'Lulu…Chan…?'
"Uhm…..yeah…." Kallen said as she grabbed a number card and stopped in front of a dressing room door.
"Ne ne Kallen! I wanna help!" Milly asked as if it were a normal thing to do.
"H-help how!?" Kallen asked bewilderedly.
"Here, let me come in there with you!" Milly said gleefully as she grabbed Kallen by the arm. But before Milly could get inside of the tiny room, Kallen piled in there and closed the door on Milly. "Ohh…Kallen! I can't help if I can't see you!" Milly pouted from outside.
"I think I'm alright by myself Milly." Kallen reassured her.
"Oh really? What're you going to change into? All of your stuff is out here!" Milly said as she knocked on the door.
"Uhm…..could you please toss some of them over the top of the door?" Kallen begged, not wanting to open the door and risk her friend barging in.
"Oh, fine! But you gotta let me see when you're done! You can't go off marrying Lulu-Chan without my approval first!" the blonde said as she began grabbing random clothing articles from Kallen's cart. Kallen's heart stopped, how did Milly know?
"M-milly….how did yo-" Kallen as cut short by Milly tossing another pair of silk panties over the door and on top of her head.
"Oh, I'm the school president's daughter, I know everything that goes on in that school! Besides, it was between you and me who'd have to marry him. I refused so they picked you instead!" she said with great amusement.
Now Kallen wasn't sure if her eye was twitching at the fact that there had at one time been a way out of this mess, or the fact that her Lelouch could've ended up with Milly. Deciding that Lelouch would've killed himself had he married the effervescent blonde, she felt slightly better.
"So, try one on and show me!" Milly chirped from outside of the changing stall.
"B-but we're in a public place, I can't go out in just underwear!" Kallen spat as she blushed madly.
"Fine then, I'll just come in when you're done!" she said as she walked away to find more lingerie for her friend. Kallen prayed that Milly knew what was hot and what wasn't.
Kallen succeeded in finding a red lacy bra that fit her perfectly. It hugged her chest nicely and she wasn't hanging out over the top. Kallen's face lit up lightly, she'd never seen herself in this manner before. It was up lifting and exciting to see herself so…sexy.
"Milly! My size is 36 DD! Go get me some more!!" Kallen yelled ecstatically through the door as she began to put another sexy bra on. Milly didn't hesitate to pick out every color and style in that size.
After the panty mayhem was over, Milly reviewed everything in Kallen's cart. She threw out the make-up brands that she knew were no good and they headed off to checkout. As she was piling everything up onto the conveyer belt, C.C. walked up to them.
"Kallen." C.C. said flatly. Kallen nearly jumped three feet in the air.
"Gah! C.C.!? What the hell are you doing here!?" the younger girl asked as she put a hand over her chest.
"We need to talk, alone."C.C. said as she made a stern face at Milly. Milly shot her a mocking glance and muttered under her breath.
"Oh, okay. Meet me outside, I have to finish checking out." Kallen told the immortal woman solemnly. C.C. nodded and walked out of the store, leaving Kallen alone with a confused Milly.
"Uhm..Kallen. Who was she?" the older girl asked as she tapped her chin in thought.
"Oh, she's a friend of Lelouch's. Well! She's more of someone he happened to meet and she's just around to try and thank Lelouch!" Kallen had to lie to Milly, because if C.C. was ever caught as a Black Knight, they'd try to track it to Lelouch.
"Oh I see, Lelouch was always such a thoughtful guy." Milly laughed nervously.
Kallen finished paying for her stuff and hauled her five huge bags out of the store. Milly offered her help but Kallen dismissed her and continued to walk away. As Kallen slowly crept out of the store lugging her stuff behind her, C.C. was patiently waiting outside the door.
"C-can we…talk after….I get this crap home?" Kallen pleaded through pants of breath. C.C. sighed and walked with Kallen back to school campus.
Once Kallen had everything settled down inside the room, Kallen took note that Lelouch was gone. Kallen sighed in relief; she wouldn't have to worry about Lelouch listening in on them.
"So, what'd you wanna talk about?" Kallen asked as she began pulling the sales tags off of her new clothing.
"Zero sent me, he said that you've been invited to the Valanche party." C.C. said as she only gave Kallen a sideways glance and handed her a decorative envelope. Kallen dropped the red bra and took the letter. After reading it carefully she couldn't find a date or address.
"C.C., where and when is this party?" Kallen asked as her azure eyes scanned the piece of paper over and over again.
"Tomorrow night at the dance floor down town." The green haired woman replied as she stretched her arms above her head. Kallen just nodded as she went back to tearing tags off of her new lacy bras.
"Oh, Zero also wanted me to apologize for him." C.C. said with a hint of amusement in her voice. Kallen blinked in confusion and with a tag that was refusing to come off crammed in her mouth and pulling on the bra she managed to mumble a 'for what?'.
"It's a formal ball, you'll have to get a ball gown." C.C. said slyly knowing that Kallen despised dresses. Kallen's eyes narrowed a ball gown? Oh hell no…..
"Well I'm off, Zero will contact you later tonight." Was all the witch said as she exited the room and left Kallen by herself.
The redhead finished her clothing chore and put all of the bras and panties into her underwear drawer. She then stalked into the bathroom to take a shower. After her long, hot shower, Kallen got dressed and even wore her new sexy bra and panties and walked back into the room and plopped down onto the bed.
Kallen let out a long sigh of exhaustion, today was going to be a long day. But none the less, if it meant she could see her beloved Zero again, she'd do it. Kallen's hand slowly and uneasily reached outward for the phone. She gulped, knowing that she could very well be about to destroy her sanity. But Kallen was a brave girl, a brave girl with a mission to see the one she loved.
Kallen picked up the phone and dialed the familiar number very slowly. It rang and rang for about fifteen seconds and Kallen was ready to put the phone down when a familiar voice came into hearing.
"Hello? This is the Statfeld residence, who may I ask is calling?" said the voice of a sickly woman. Kallen breathed in and out once to prepare herself.
"Mom, I need to go dress shopping." Kallen said with a quivering lip. There was a loud sound and a gasp on the other end, Kallen feared for the worst. "Mom!?" she panicked.
"Oh that's fantastic dear! You're at Lelouch's right? I'll be right over and we can go shopping right now!" the frantic woman said with joy.
As the phone call ended, Kallen wanted to cry. Her mother gave her a headache just by talking to her on the phone, she couldn't possibly imagine the stress of dress shopping with the woman. Suddenly a small sound caught Kallen's attention.
"Who's there!?" Kallen demanded as she stood up and ran over to the closet and threw the door open.
"Haha! Sorry Kallen, I couldn't help myself!" said the ever so perky Milly as she popped out of the closet. Kallen could feel a blood vessel about to burst in her head.
"Wh-what're you doing here. How long have you been there?" Kallen panicked; did Milly hear the conversation with her and C.C.? If so, Kallen was either in deep shit….or Milly was a dead girl.
"I knocked on the door and got no response, so I let myself in. But you were in the shower so I hiding the closet, I was gonna pop out to scare you!" Milly chirped as she giggled. Kallen let out a sigh of relief, if the story was true, then Kallen was safe.
"Soo…..you're going…dress shopping?" Milly said slyly, she'd be wiggling her eyebrows if she knew how. Kallen grit her teeth, there was just NO way that she would could go dress shopping with both Mom and Milly!
"Y-yeah…I am…Why?" Kallen asked hesitantly, hoping that Milly didn't intend to go as well. Without responding, Milly pulled out her cell phone and dialed a number.
"Hey Shirley! Let's go dress shopping with Kallen!" Milly beamed as Kallen scowled.
"We have school!" Kallen hissed at her friend.
"Nah, school was canceled for today. The water main broke in the basement. So all of the water fountains, sinks, toilets and gym showers are out of order. So daddy just called school off for today!" Milly said with glee and she grabbed Kallen by the shoulders. Kallen wanted to cry, today would not be pretty.
XxXxX
Once all four girls were inside the car, they sped off to one of the cities most famous dress stores. Kallen had her head rested on the back of her seat and her legs crossed. She looked rather miserable, but the other three girls were all in high spirits.
"Ohhh! It's been four years since I've been to this store! I wonder if Mackily still works there!" Shirley said in awe.
"Ohhh you mean the main dressing assistant? Yeah I had him design my sweet sixteen party dress!" Milly said as she and Shirley reminisced. Kallen wanted to vomit.
"My my, you girls are lively for so early in the morning! Kallen dear, have you thought of what kind of dress you want?" her mother asked as she pulled into the parking lot.
"Uhm…no. I'm not sure which kinds I like…" Kallen said softly, reverting back to her ill persona. She had been so worked up lately, that she'd forgotten to put on her sick act in front of her friends and classmates.
As they all entered the store a man in skin tight, black, leather pants and frilly shirt approached them. "How're you fine young ladie- Ohhhhhh! If it isn't Milly Ashford!" he exclaimed as he hugged the girl tightly. Milly tasseled the man's medium length brown hair with her hands in a friendly manner.
"I've missed you Mackily!" Milly said ecstatically as she let go.
"Who do we have here? Shirley Finette!" he said with an accent of another culture as he hugged Shirley too.
"Wow you're very good with remembering people! Here, meet my daughter Kallen Statfeld!" Kallen's mother said as she forcefully shoved Kallen into the man's embrace. Kallen nervously hugged him back.
"Well if you aren't the little fire cookie? Look at that gorgeous red hair! It matches your sparkling cerulean eyes perfectly!" he said as he took her hand and kissed it gently. Kallen was at a loss, this man was off his rocker.
'He's either a lady's man or gay….' Kallen thought with great confusion.
"Let's get started, shall we?" he said as he showed the girls to the dressing rooms.
"So let's start with the basics, what color do you want?" he said as he started to turn on the inventory computer.
"Red." Kallen stated flatly, she just wanted to get this over with.
"Sleeves or strapless?" he asked again.
"Mmmm……I…I don't' know." Kallen stuttered. Visions of herself trying on pretty bras flashed through her mind, if she found herself pretty in a lacy bra, imagine how pretty she'd be in a strapless, red, silky dress.
'I bet I could be so pretty that Zero would just steal me away! I'm so gonna find the perfect dress!' Kallen's inspiration went through the roof.
"Strapless!" she said quickly.
"Cocktail or full length?" he asked again.
"Full length, make it loooong and flowing!" she said with hand motions describing her words.
Milly and Shirley both wondered where this high energy and perky Kallen came from. But Kallen's mother was just happy that her daughter was finally taking an interest in girly matters. Mackily walked back to the rack of dresses and pulled several red dresses out and presented them to Kallen. Kallen had a hard time deciding, they were all so pretty.
"Let me try a few on!" Kallen said as she picked four of them.
Kallen ran into the dressing room with the dresses and tried the first one on. It was strapless with a bust push up, making her chest look obnoxiously larger than it actually was. She tried the second one on and she didn't like the way it hugged her hips. The third one was too plain and gave no head to her curves and waist line.
Finally she tried on the fourth one. It has a small slit in between the bosoms to show off extra cleavage. It was long, flowing and make of sparkly silk. It hugged her waist and clung to her behind nicely. Kallen did a spin in the mirror admiring herself. Just like back at the store earlier that morning, Kallen saw herself in a new light. For the second time that day she found herself pretty and desirable.
'Maybe a life of heels and pearls isn't so bad after all….' Kallen thought half sadly, half happily.
"Hey, mom, will you go pick me out some red high heels please?" Kallen requested from the closed curtains.
Her mom dashed off with Milly and Shirley. They each grabbed the pair they liked the most and brought them back to Kallen. Kallen tried them all on, but found that she liked the ones Shirley picked out the best. Kallen stepped out of the dressing room and onto the raised platform to show everyone.
Everyone clapped for her, she was absolutely stunning and entrancing. Milly made her usual, and sarcastically playful, cat calls as Shirley cheered and her mom smiled. Mackily lifted Kallen up and spun her around before setting her down on level ground.
"Marvelous darling!" he cried out in happiness! "You're the flower that all butterflies flock to!" he said as he clasped his hands together in joy.
Milly and Shirley both liked Kallen's dress so much that they too got a new ball room dress, just for the fun of it. They all checked out together and made their way back to the car. After gently packing all of the dresses neatly into the trunk of the car, they took off to go get lunch.
Once at the restaurant, they all placed their orders and began chatting. Kallen was in such a good mood that she decided to be daring and ordered a low level alcoholic drink. Milly and Shirley decided a little sip was in high order too. As the girls ate and drank, a conversation piece came into play.
"So Kallen, when's the wedding?" Shirley asked casually. Kallen nearly choked on her salad.
"Oh uhm…It's in a month." She said nervously as she began to fiddle with her fork.
"MAID OF HONOR!!" both Shirley and Milly shouted in unison. Kallen sweat dropped.
If Milly and Shirley were her brides maids….Kallen could only imagine who Lelouch's men of honor would be.
XxXxX
Back in her and Lelouch's room, Kallen slinked inside the room and stuffed the dress inside of the closet. Little to her knowledge, from not paying attention, Lelouch was watching her as he lay on the bed. He watched curiously as she stuffed a long white plastic bag held up by a clothes hanger into the closet.
'A dress? Did she actually go dress shopping for the ball?' he mentally giggled.
Lelouch lay on his back shirtless as he watched the crimson haired girl. He could feel his hormones kick in as Kallen bent over and nearly exposed her rear end. Her legs were smooth and long, her behind was round and firm and her waist line was trim. How could he not think of her like a hormonal boy? It was getting hard to resist letting out a whistle of approval.
Kallen cold feel herself being watched, almost like a serial killer was in the room. She was rather afraid to turn around to find herself face to face with the military or a psychopath with a butcher knife. She slowly stood up and pulled her pouch knife out of her pocket and slid it open.
She turned around quickly and hid the knife behind her incase it was just Lelouch. Much to her relief, yet somehow her great irritation, it was only Lelouch. Lelouch without a shirt and a cocky look on his face. Kallen rolled her eyes and put the knife away.
"You know I almost attacked you right?" she said with a sheepish grin. Lelouch's smirk only grew and his eyebrow quirked. Kallen bit her lower lip, the tension between them was odd yet relaxed.
"So….what'd you buy while I was gone?" he asked with a hint of knowing.
"I uh….." Kallen couldn't explain to him how she'd just up and bought a ball room gown so she thought of something quickly.
"I bought new bras!" she said as she opened her panty drawer and pulled one out. Lelouch did a double take, Kallen bought that bra!? It was very unlike Kallen to buy something so girly, but then again he wasn't complaining.
"Wow, but I meant…what were you stuffing into the closet?" he asked again, but this time he pointed at the large white bag sticking out of the door frame.
"Uhh…uh…uh…..I got invited to a party!" she blushed. Why was she so flustered by that?
"Oh so you were invited to the Valanche party too?" Lelouch said with phony excitement. Not that he wasn't actually excited, but he already knew that she'd be there.
"Y-you're going too…?" Kallen asked as she sat uneasily down on the foot of the bed.
'Wait…why would Lelouch be going to a party where Zero invited me!? That makes no sense!' Kallen's head raced with thoughts of every possibility.
"Well, I wasn't originally going to go. But seeing as you're going to be there, it should be worth going just to see you in a dress. " he teased. Lelouch prayed that she didn't catch how he knew that she hated dresses when she didn't know he was Zero.
"Well that's enlightening." She said sarcastically as she crawled up to lay on her belly beside him. Lelouch turned on his side to face her and he moved some of the stray hairs from her face.
"So you're going now, huh?" she mumbled.
"Only if you're going." He reassured her.
"I don't see why I would've gone without you. It's a bunch of politics and royalty. Being exiled, even if no one recognizes me, I just don't fit in that crowd." Lelouch sighed out. It was initially a lie, he had every reason to go, but in order for Kallen to understand that she'd have to know he was Zero.
"I see." She said flatly.
"So why were you invited Kallen?" he asked with the urge to smirk again. He was dying to see what lie she'd come up with.
"My dad is going and you know him, he's a politic. Why were you invited is a better question!" she stammered. 'Why was he invited? If no one outside of the student council and school authorities know that Lelouch is a prince….then why would he of been invited!? Zero, did you have something to do with this!?' she thought as she waited for Lelouch's answer.
"C.C. did. She wanted to thank me for helping her out when she was stranded." He lied in return to her lie.
'Oh god C.C…..are you nuts!?' Kallen wanted to cry. Should she ask Lelouch to stay back, incase C.C. is planning on having Lelouch taken hostage at the party? Did Zero change his mind about not hurting Lelouch? Either way, Kallen couldn't let Lelouch get to that party.
"Lelouch, maybe it's best if you didn't go- What the hell are you doing?" she asked with great confusion and amusement. Lelouch was on his back with this legs pulled up to his chest and his hands up to his face with puppy eyes; effectively impersonating a puppy dog. Kallen giggled, it was funny to see him so cute. "What's with the puppy face?" she asked with a soft smile and rosy cheeks.
"Woof woof?" he barked like a puppy.
"What do you want?" Kallen asked with a silly smile and raised eyebrow. 'What was that nickname Milly called him again…?´Kallen tried to recall. Lelouch let out a whimper and Kallen proceeded to rub his belly.
"What does little Lulu-Chan want?" Kallen said in a cutesy voice as she continued to pet him. Lelouch froze.
'….Lu…lu…Chan….?' Lelouch's mind span as he tried to comprehend where in the world Kallen came up with that horrid nickname.
"K-kallen….wh…..what…..What's up with the nickname?" he asked slowly and unsurely. Kallen mentally patted herself on the back, she found his weak spot.
"But, that's what everyone calls you behind your back!" she half lied, not everyone did, Rivalz had some dignity. Now it was Lelouch's turn to want to cry, how was he going to live with that nickname!?
"But…." Lelouch wanted to complain but he could not find the words.
"So why were you acting like a little puppy?" she asked as she laughed.
"I was bored!" he whined with frustration as he lay on his back defeated.
Kallen leaned down and brushed her lips against his softly, surprising Lelouch a little. Her lips locked with his in a slow and gentle kiss that lasted several seconds. "It's ok, Prince Charming!" she said after she pulled away. Lelouch's face went bright red, it seems as though he liked that nickname much better.
A/N: Sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes, I was in a hurry! Nyahahahaha!!!! Lulu-Chan and Prince Charming!? Oh my! XD Well for all those wondering what's going to happen, I'll be updating once a week from now on! Usually on Saturdays unless it's a holiday or something special came up. So hang in there each week for new chapters on my fanfics!! Again I'm very sorry for the delays on this story, it has been maddening around this house the last few months! See you all next week and at Kawa Kon in March if possible! (I'm on staff!)
