Sorry but this part is really hard… Lelouch is a really hard dude to write for, eventually I just sorta gave up in keeping him in character.
Lelouch sat there and stared at the fully set chess set. He was happy when he woke up (got revived? Zombie-fied?) he shouldn't have been happy. He had completed all he needed, so why was he happy? He should be sad or at least pissed that his plans were ruined. Yet he was happy. Picking up the black queen he looked it over then set it back down. Leaning back he closed his eyes and examined his feelings.
He was happy, he had already figured that out. So why was he happy? To see Nunally? No, she was better off with out him, seeing him would bring any lingering regrets to the surface. To become Zero again? Still no, he had no need or want to continue to be a hero to the people it was more effort than he could put in, it was best for Zero to stay as Suzaku, as a person who cared for the lives of all the people who looked to him.
Muttering in annoyance he caught a scent that he hated: pizza. Why had he had to introduce her to pizza of all things? Cursing himself, he looked up as CC came in followed by that Sai. "Why so much concentration? Haven't you completed your goals?" asked CC in that utterly toneless way of hers.
"I am analyzing how resurrection has effected my personality and intellect." Was his only response.
"Oh… sure you are not thinking of a certain pilot?"
About to shoot back a reply he stopped and considered her point. He was actually about to start thinking about Kallen. Curious to see where she was going with that point he asked, "What does Kallen have to do with this?"
Looking straight at him, even pausing her pizza consumption, she looked as if she was just noticing something very interesting, she replied as if testing him "What makes you think that I talking about that girl?"
Frowning, he did not like being tested; he replied, "You said 'a certain pilot' which obviously meant Kallen."
"She could have meant that White Knight of yours, the one dressed in the action of another yet more suited to the role than the original." Said Sai speaking for the first time. When Lelouch did not reply she said, "The Red Ace is something intimately attached to your being. The wounds you take for the other is proof of that."
Thinking this over he relived what she said was true. CC could have meant Suzaku instead of Kallen. Yet he had thought of Kallen, why? "Intimately attached" Sai must have mean t the possession, of course that is why his mind was on Kallen part of his soul was stuck on her, the whole wound transfer was proof… Could she have meant it differently? Could Kallen and he- he cut off that thought before it could continue. No he thought of Kallen because of the possession that was all… But why did seeing her as he awoke make him happy? Beca- he changed the direction of that thought suddenly. Q-1 he had see he fighting potential and had made her his right hand. Of course he also chose her as someone who would make him pleased, after all if he was happy he would be more productive. Deciding that this was answer enough he picked up a chess piece and left the room.
Kallen woke up the next morning feel more rested than she had in awhile. But her thoughts clouded why was Lelouch haunting her dreams now? Sighing, she looked up at the picture of him smiling. She smiled back at it. She came to an easy understanding she was the Ace, Q-1, obviously her job was to pay attention to Lelouch, her commander. She would of course she forgot her earlier conversation with Suzaku. It was one thing to love a dead man, another to love a live one.
Happier now that she had come to a conclusion she got dressed for school. She as always made sure to take the Key to the Guren with her.
