Lavender Surrender

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or any of the characters. I do however own the plot of the story.

Summary: When you pick the wrong flowers, can you expect that the others, still will grow, or will they wither away, and bloom in another man's garden? Will they ever return just for you? Suzalulu rated M for future chapters. (Lelouch is a normal person, Zero never existed)

Chapter 10

"Mr Lamprouge, there's flowers for you again." His blushing secretary said as she carried a very large bouquet. Lelouch laughed. "Thank you Megumi-san, just place them… well wherever there is space left." Megumi nodded and placed the flowers on the very last spot on one of Lelouch's tables. Lelouch let himself blush as soon as Megumi had left the room and walked to the flowers to hold them up and smell them, then read the card. "Always from you, ne Suzaku?" Lelouch said. 'Dear Lelouch, This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected-in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life. Ps. Please go out to dinner with me Saturday evening?' And then Suzaku's phone number was on the bottom of the cart. Lelouch blushed. Suzaku quoting Thomas Mann and asking him out. How was he supposed to answer? Should he say yes? He looked around the room. Of course he should. Suzaku had sent him flowers every day the last 2 weeks. Which were 14 massive bouquets filling out his office now. Lelouch looked around. Suzaku didn't even know where his office was. Hell he didn't know where Lelouch worked or what he was or even owned. The flower shop apparently provided another kind of service. The 'I don't know where he/she lives or works, but I know their full name please deliver them to that person.' Lelouch giggled. The shop must have laughed at Suzaku, who obviously didn't know who Lelouch was. He was quite the wonder in the world right now. Lelouch sighed. "Well, I might as well call him sometime…"

"10 tips to seduce and date with success… what the hell are you looking at?" Suzaku flinched. "L-Lloyd… ahahah… erm it's nothing." Suzaku rubbed the back of his head, closing the laptop. Then Cecilie heard. "Aww, you have found someone?" She asked, Suzaku could've sworn he saw her eyes glistening. "Well not exactly… it's someone I've known for quite some time… you guys remember Lelouch right?" Lloyd looked confused. "Lelouch? You mean that sweet, highly intelligent and polite bishounen from your childhood?" Cecilie said loudly, with eyes of a fangirl. Suzaku smiled, Lelouch WAS perfect. "Yeah. We… well I realized… that I was in love with him so I asked him out… and erm… you know…" Lloyd laughed and Cecilie stabbed his side with her elbow. "That's sweet Suzaku! You haven't seen him for about 3 years now right? How is he?" Cecilie asked smiling sweetly. Too sweetly, to the point of scary. "Yes 3 years… he hasn't changed though." Suzaku said smiling; he then took out his pocket watch, and looked at the time. Lelouch should have gotten the flowers now. He then took out his cell phone and stared at it nervously. "Come on… call me!" he thought as he looked at the phone.

"So…" Lelouch looked up from his salad. "So what?" He said looking at Kallen who was eating a sandwich. "Are you really going to let him off the hook THAT easily?" Lelouch looked at her. "What do you mean?" Kallen frowned. "Are you going to just let Suzaku sweep you off your feet like that? Remember what he did to you?" Lelouch smiled. "Of course I do… but he really didn't remember, Euphemia was poison for the boy. And this may be my chance to become happy Kallen." Lelouch said. Kallen's expression softened. "If he makes you cry again though, I will kick his ass again." Lelouch laughed, he never forgot the pictures of the wedding. "Don't scare him off." Lelouch said. Kallen laughed. "I won't. Besides, this will be the first time in 3 years, you actually might get laid." Lelouch almost choked on his water. "Shut up! I'm not going let him… I still have to… oh shut up!" Lelouch spat, blushing. Kallen laughed. Lelouch blushed. He hadn't thought of doing it with Suzaku yet. He still had to tell him about his reproductive system and well… his prostitution. He had a lot to tell him actually. Suzaku still didn't know anything about Lelouch. But if Lelouch wanted a future with Suzaku, which really really really wanted, he had to tell him sometime. But he didn't have to just yet. "So are you going to call him?" Kallen asked. "Tonight I guess."

Riiiiing Riiiiiiing Riiii- "Hello? Lelouch?" Suzaku had frantically grabbed his cell phone and answered. "No…. This is Rivalz. Why would Lelouch call you?" Suzaku instantly felt stupid. "Shut up Rivalz. I asked him out, I'm waiting for his answer." Suzaku said. He wasn't in the mood for Rivalz's rambles right now. So he went on what he called 'telephone mode' where he pretended to listen and just did something else while doing so. He often got a lot of work done while doing this and today was no exception. "Aha…. Aha…" Suzaku was filling blanks in with his name on files as Rivalz rambled on about his new car. "Rivalz. I know that your new car is awesome and all, but I'm expecting a call from Lelouch. So I'll see you later, okay?" Suzaku said as he picked up his phone and held it to his ear. "…Erm okay then Suzaku. Good luck, see ya around!" Suzaku hung up and tried doing his work, checking his phone every 5 minutes. He was THAT excited about Lelouch's answer. "Please say yes Lelouch… I want that chance with you…" Suzaku sighed.

"Okay I'll call him now…" Lelouch grabbed his phone. "No… it's funnier to have him suffer more." Lelouch said to himself. He then slumped into his chair and stared blankly at his computer screen. He felt happy, for the first time, probably ever, someone was waiting for him to call, just for him to say yes to a simple dinner. Someone, no not just someone, Kururugi Suzaku was in love with him. The man Lelouch had loved since he was 10 years old. He'd never forget his first meet with that boy, that foolish small boy he fell in love with.

Lelouch was sitting, under his old oak tree in the park, reading a rather advanced book for a 10 year old, and eating a green rock candy stick, when he suddenly, almost got his by what seemed to be a tennis ball and a large dog following it. The ball had landed in Lelouch's lap, and the dog had noticed that. But he was more interested in Lelouch than the ball. So the dog jumped up against the smaller boy, trying to lick his face. Lelouch didn't like this at all. "Argh!" Lelouch clearly had gotten very startled by the sudden attack and dropped his candy to the ground. "Go away! Argh!" Lelouch desperately tried to fight the dog off. He was so scared of the, for a 10 year old, extremely large dog, that he started crying. The loss of his candy did help the tears come along too. Suddenly a voice, made the dog stop and sit to the ground; "Pochi! Get down! Pochi!" Lelouch noticed the dog's sudden disappearance from him. "Bad dog Pochi! Bad dog!" The dog whimpered and hung his head low. "Are you okay?" Lelouch looked up. A beautiful boy with chocolate colored curly hair, a tanned skin and large, curious, forest green eyes. The boy looked worried. "Hello? Are you okay?" Lelouch tried his tears away from his face, feeling embarrassed by his tears. "I'm sorry if my dog scared you!" The boy said and bowed in front of Lelouch. Lelouch blinked. "I… I… it's okay." Lelouch said, really wanting to see the boy's face again. The boy looked up and gave him a toothy grin. "I'm Suzaku." The boy then said. Lelouch had really wanted to know his name, but he couldn't help but think; 'what does that have to do with anything?'. "I'm… I'm Lelouch." The boy blinked., Lelouch knew he had a unusual name but it wasn't weird. "Lelouch? That's a cute name." Lelouch blinked. Cute? Nobody had ever called his name cute. "Thank you… Suzaku is really nice as well…" Then the boy, now known as Suzaku blushed. "Do you want to play with me?" Lelouch blushed. He had never had anyone as him that. He only had his sister Nunnaly to play with, and his mother. But he had never had anyone else. "Erm… erm… sure…" Lelouch said nervously. "Yay!" Suzaku grabbed Lelouch's hand and pulled him along with himself. Lelouch forgot all about his book and the dropped piece of candy. The tingly feeling in his heart, he often had read about spread in his body, his heart pounding with all its might had replaced every rational thought in his head. He was in love.

Lelouch smiled as he remembered. Oh screw it, he was going to call Suzaku right now. He picked up his phone and the card from the flowers and dialed the number. "Beeeeeeeeeeep… beeeeeeeeeeep…beee- Hello?" Lelouch tensed a bit. "Hello, Suzaku? This is Lelouch…"

Riiiiing Riiiiiiing Riiii- "Hello?" Suzaku was polishing his Knightmare, Lancelot when he answered the phone. "Hello, Suzaku? This is Lelouch…" Suzaku then tensed and almost fell of the Lancelot. "Lelouch?" Suzaku said happily after he regained his balance. "Yes, I just wanted to thank you for the flowers I got today… and for all of the others I have gotten from you in the last 2 weeks." Suzaku heard Lelouch laugh nervously on the other line. "You're welcome, I wanted to get you something nice and you know…" Then it was Suzaku's turn to laugh nervously. 'Oh my god, am I sweating? Oh yes I am… oh dear god Lelouch just tell me if you want to go out with me!' Suzaku thought, sweating like hell. He even had to remove his jacket to get some air. "It was really nice of you. I got very happy getting them from you." Lelouch said. Suzaku smiled. "I'm glad." "So about Saturday evening…" Suzaku tensed up. "Yes?" "I would really love to go out with you." "Huh? Really?" Suzaku said happily. His smile was radiant right now. "Yes really…So do you have any idea where to pick me up or should we meet somewhere?" Suzaku blushed. Lelouch wanted to see him. Lelouch Lamprouge the most beautiful creature on earth, wanted to see HIM. "I erm… erm, how about we meet at the place?" Suzaku said. "Sure, where?" Lelouch answered him with a happy tone. "I thought that you might like 'Le ciel lunaire', should we say 7 pm?" Suzaku asked. Le ciel lunaire, was a really romantic French restaurant next to Lelouch's favorite park, where you could see the lake from the restaurant. He had of course made a reservation, by the window, so that he and Lelouch could enjoy the view. It hadn't been easy to get a table at that place, he knew so he had called 2 weeks ago, the day Lelouch had told him to 'court him probably'. "That sounds wonderful. So I'll see you Saturday at 7?" Lelouch sounded happy. "Yeah, I'll be looking forward to seeing you then… Lelouch." As Suzaku said the name, he tasted it. It felt fantastic. "Bye, Suzaku." He heard Lelouch say. When they hung up. He felt his heart beat feverously. "I have a date… with Lelouch Lamprouge…"

"I have a date with Kururugi Suzaku…" Lelouch said as he leaned back into his chair. He felt light. "I have a date with Kururugi Suzaku…" He almost couldn't believe it. He had waited for this chance for years. How many times hadn't have wanted to ask Suzaku out, then backed off in the last moment? And then when... SHE came into the picture he backed off entirely and had only watched Suzaku from a distance. His heart had always yelled; 'Look at me! Look at me, not her, please… Smile at me… I love you.' As Lelouch remembered, he shrunk in his seat. It hurt to remember. 'Oh stop whining! Suzaku just asked you out and confessed his love to you 2 weeks ago! Be happy you fool!' Lelouch reminded himself. He looked outside. Summer wouldn't be over any time soon, but it was raining heavily. But Lelouch loved the rain. It was as if the earth was washed clean. He collected his things, and walked out of his office. "I'm going home for the day. Fill me in, if something happens." Lelouch said as he walked past his secretaries. They giggled, they had noticed his good mood. "Yes sir." "What has happened?" One of the secretaries asked. Kallen had walked into the room to go get a file from her own secretary and overheard and saw Lelouch walk away happily. 'Hmm… he called him then.' He smiled happily. "He's in love." She said smiling.

"I'm leaving Lloyd! Cecilie!" Suzaku said as he grabbed his own stuff to walk home. "He sure looks happy, doesn't he?" Lloyd whispered at Cecilie. "So did Lelouch call you?" Cecilie hurriedly asked before Suzaku had a chance to walk away. "Erm, yes. Yes he did. He said yes." Suzaku said rubbing the back of his head happily giving of a toothy grin. "Oh that's great Suzaku!" Cecilie said, clapping her hands. "Yea it is. Erm… I'm going home now." Suzaku said. He knew that if he didn't hurry, Lloyd would experiment on him. Something like; 'Does the human body feel more or less pain, being in love?' and Suzaku weren't going to find out. So he ran. "Oh wait! Suzaku-" *SMACK* "Lloyd, please don't ruin Suzaku's moment of love." Cecilie said in her scary voice, and sweet scary smile. "Y-yes mam…"

Lelouch loved driving in the rain, the way the rain would hit the windshield when he drove was calming. But in general he loved driving this car. He loved his car and could spend a whole day just driving around, watching the world around him, feeling the peace. But not today. Today he was going to curl up in his couch, with a cup of coffee and a blanket, watching a movie. He didn't do that often, but days like this one was created for it. He walked into his apartment building, and took the elevator to the penthouse apartment, where he lived, alone. Well aside from Arthur. He had brought Arthur with him, when he graduated. Despite all of Suzaku's trying, he didn't manage to take Arthur home. The cat had wanted to go home with Lelouch, and that was what had happened. Arthur, was getting more calm without Suzaku there to play with him. Lelouch didn't play much, and would often just have the cat in his lap, cuddling it. But Arthur had somehow found a way to entertain himself, with all of the toys Lelouch had bought him, and with Nunnaly's few visits. Usually Lelouch would leave the TV on for Arthur's sake. And he seemed to like that. "I'm home." Lelouch felt silly to say that as he unlocked the door and went in. He took of his shoes and grabbed his slippers. He liked this particular Japanese costume, because it made his floors cleanness last longer. But with Arthur there, and his free access to the outside, made Lelouch clean 2 times a week. He had more than enough money to have a housekeeper, but he preferred to do it himself. Arthur was at his feet instantly, normally Lelouch wouldn't be home this early. "Hi Arthur." Lelouch said and picked him up, letting the cat say hello to him probably. "Phew Arthur, you need a bath." Lelouch said as he looked at the cat. Arthur made a disapproving sound. But he had gotten used to it. Normally Suzaku would be the one to bath him, which never really had been a success, but Arthur had learned that if he wanted to stay with Lelouch, there were certain rules. And a weekly bath was one of them. He had actually come to like Lelouch's way of washing him. Suzaku had just tried stuffing him into the tub and scrub him while Lelouch, would wash him in the shower and use the showerhead to wash him carefully in warm water, then turn it off and use a nice cat shampoo, massaging him and then wash it off and dry him carefully. A shower was nice, not a bath, where there would be water everywhere. So that afternoon when Lelouch showered him, he stayed calm and even purred as Lelouch washed him. "Good boy!" Lelouch had said as he dried him off. Arthur knew that a Lelouch this happy, would mean a treat for him. And he was right. Lelouch gave him a can of his favorite luxury cat food, with a flavor of duck. Lelouch even made himself a good meal for once. Normally he wouldn't really eat so well. He was all alone now, so he didn't really eat anymore. But because of the thing with Suzaku, he ate, happily, in front of the TV even. This weren't very normal for Lelouch, at all. Sitting in front of the TV, under a blanket, just watching whatever was interesting and eating a nice meal and enjoying a glass of wine.

Suzaku had reached his own apartment. It was a nice normal sized apartment, he was living by himself anyways, so he didn't need somewhere big. He spent most of his time on the base anyways. This was more of a retreat, where he could hide and relax. And today, he was going to lean back in his couch and watch sports after his daily run, which he would extend today. Maybe… 10 miles? Yeah 10 miles sounded perfect, he was in that good of a mood. Maybe he'd grab a pizza and a six-pack on his way home and watch some kind of game on TV. That was a relaxing evening for Suzaku. Suzaku started stripping down and threw his clothing into the laundry basket after checking that he had another clean uniform hanging in his closet. He turned his head and looked at himself in the mirror. He studied himself, would Lelouch find him attractive? He frowned and grabbed his sweatpants and an undershirt. He sure hoped so. But he took that run anyway. It was warm out, but as he ran a nice wind hit his face. He smiled throughout the run, thinking of Lelouch's voice when he said 'I would love to go out with you…' the whole time and it only made his energy level rise. So he ran the 10 miles pretty fast, then he ran home to shower. He had hardly sweated at all, but after such a long day and the run, he needed a shower. So he stripped again. He laughed a little. He really enjoyed walking around in his apartment naked. And he wondered why? Maybe because the only time he had been able to walk around naked had been… 9 years ago, long before he met Euphemia. He remembered that time as he went into the shower and he laughed. He had walked around naked at the Kururugi shrine, with Lelouch because it was really hot outside and he and Lelouch had gone to a calm place in the forest. He remembered it clearly. Both of them 12 years old, puberty only sneaking up on them. They were playing with water to cool down, and it hadn't once occurred to them that they needed to be shy, to run around naked yet. Suzaku had hugged Lelouch, even if Lelouch was a lot smarter and knew that he was to be shy over his nakedness, he had hugged him back. It hadn't bothered them at all. But what about now? Suzaku blushed. Would Lelouch find him attractive? He turned off the water and walked out of the shower and went into his kitchen to grab his phone and order pizza, naked. He was however putting pants on when the delivery guy was there and when he ate. But, he was going to sleep naked tonight. That was his way of celebrating.

3 days had went by really fast, especially for Suzaku who had been thinking non-spot about Lelouch, and had send small flowers with small notes on them to him. And now he was waiting for Lelouch, with a rather large bouquet of lavenders. He had seen them at a flower shop nearby, they had the same deep purple color as Lelouch's eyes, and had bought a large bouquet for Lelouch when the lady, who owned the shop told him that they meant 'devotion and love' after telling him that this sort of lavender was called 'Mitchum Grey Lavenders'. He just hoped Lelouch would like them as much as he did. This had been the only flower he could find with a color, closing in on Lelouch's intense beautiful eyes. He only knew one flower with the exact same color. Lilacs, there was lilacs with the exact same purple color as Lelouch's eyes growing in his favorite park. But the lilacs' season was short and only lasted a few weeks in the spring. They were impossible to get. He distracted himself with such thoughts, trying to make himself less nervous. However that was a harder task than it sounded like. He felt less nervous going directly into war, than meeting with Lelouch. Little did he know, Lelouch was just as nervous. He was actually standing on the exact same street, trying to catch his breath, trying not to look nervous, even if he was about to burst. His heart was pounding as fast as ever and his head was spinning. his brain had stopped functioning rationally and had started yelling; 'You have a date with Kururugi Suzaku! Suzaku! Tanned, toned, HOT Kururugi Suzaku… with his chocolate colored curls and his deep green eyes… he is so… damn…' Lelouch had actually wanted to hit himself quite a few times now. Being in love, made him… foolish. He took a deep breath and walked on.

"Lelouch! Hi!" Suzaku showed him a toothy grin, making Lelouch's knees feel like jelly. "Hi Suzaku." Neither Suzaku or Lelouch really knew how to greet one another so it became a rather awkward moment before Suzaku remembered the flowers. "Here, I got these for you. They… reminded me of your eyes." Suzaku said shyly as he held the bouquet in front of Lelouch. Lelouch blushed and smiled as he took the flowers. He knew what they meant, and came to think of Suzaku's confession to him just a few weeks ago. "Thank you Suzaku, that was very thoughtful of you. I love them." This made Suzaku's ears turn red. Lelouch had always found that adorable. So he smiled and hugged Suzaku. Suzaku blinked a few times, but then he hugged Lelouch back, squeezing his body tightly. Lelouch liked being close to Suzaku so he didn't mind much. "Should we go in?" Suzaku whispered to Lelouch, still not letting go. Lelouch nodded, even if Suzaku couldn't see, he could feel it. So Lelouch wiggled his way out of Suzaku's embrace and held the door for Lelouch to go in. and as Lelouch walked in, Suzaku got a good view of how graceful and beautiful Lelouch looked. Lelouch was wearing a pair of black formfitting jeans, which complemented his nice ass. Suzaku didn't want to think such lewd thoughts, even if he wanted to sleep with Lelouch, like… really, really, REALLY bad. So he put his focus on the upper half of Lelouch's body. Lelouch was wearing a light blue shirt, with a white scarf hanging loosely around his neck. Suzaku smiled. Lelouch had always had a sense of style. After Lelouch had walked in, he followed suit and went to the host.

"I have reserved a name under the name, Kururugi." Lelouch looked at Suzaku as he said that. He was standing tall and proud, smiling brightly. That was Suzaku, always in a good mood. He couldn't help but study his date, as the host checked the list. Suzaku was wearing light blue jeans and a white shirt, with a black jacket. He looked great. He looked, very charming. "Kururugi, yes. We have a seat by the window right this way." Suzaku grabbed a hold of Lelouch's arm, and made a movement for him to go first. Suzaku was acting, really… gallantly towards him. It was nice. "Here you go sir." The waiter said as he showed them their table and as Lelouch went to sit down, Suzaku even pulled out his chair for him. "Thank you, Suzaku." Lelouch said shyly. Suzaku really had grown up. Suzaku was a grown man. He hadn't changed much since high school, he still had his childish eyes, but he had gotten bigger. Lelouch on the other hand hadn't changed at all. Lelouch and Suzaku, however acted like high school students as they looked at each other, they blushed each time. The waiter thankfully came and broke the silence. "Here are the menu's, but may I recommend, tonight's special menu. The entrée consist of Soupe aux champignons au four, the main course consist of Guinea fowl breast filled with mushroom duxelle and for the dessert we have Baies de gelée de Champagne. How does that sound?" Suzaku saw the approval in Lelouch's face. "That sounds absolutely wonderful. Lelouch?" Suzaku said as he handed the menu's to the waiter. "I assume that there is recommended wine with the courses?" Suzaku said smiling as Lelouch smiled approvingly at him. The waiter nodded. "Yes sir." Lelouch then smiled at Suzaku and nudged his foot at Suzaku's leg, signalizing that it was okay for him to order that for both of them. "We'll take that." Suzaku said, the waiter bowed and walked away. "Lelouch, what the hell was the first course?" Suzaku said and Lelouch laughed. "It was a baked mushroom soup." Suzaku blushed, he felt stupid not knowing, even if the name said it all. "Am I wrong if I say that the dessert was berries in champagne jelly?" Suzaku then asked. "No, you're absolutely right. You always had problems with French in high school didn't you?" Suzaku blushed and nodded. "And you were just amazing at talking French." Suzaku said. Lelouch laughed. "I speak it fluently now, I actually speak a lot of languages fluently now." Lelouch said. "So you're in college now?" Suzaku asked. "No." Lelouch said smiling. "Then what do you do?" Suzaku asked, confused. "…You don't know? Suzaku I'm mentioned on the news all the time." Suzaku blinked. "You're famous?" He asked. Lelouch sighed, I didn't matter how much Suzaku grew up, he would always be a child. "Haven't you heard of Zero Economics?" Lelouch asked. Suzaku shook his head. "Oh wait, it's one of the companies that support Lloyds research… what about it?" Lelouch sighed again "Suzaku, I own Zero Economics." Suzaku looked at him with wide eyes. "You own that big of a company?" Lelouch nodded. "Suzaku, I invented Code Geass, you know the thing that got the world out of its financial crisis?" Suzaku gasped and Lelouch laughed. " Don't you ever watch the news?" Suzaku rubbed the back of his head. "No… not really. I only watch if there's something about war." Lelouch sighed and laughed. "If you only were interested in other news, you would have known." Lelouch laughed. Suzaku laughed again. "I know Lelouch, I know… you look really nice tonight…" Lelouch blushed as the starters were served.

Lelouch and Suzaku had hit it off pretty quick, and had mostly talked about their times at Ashford and about when they were children. None of them mentioned Euphemia even once. Lelouch smiled a lot, and that made Suzaku smile even more. Soon enough they were finished eating and were just enjoying each other's company and the view of the moon rising over the lake. Every time Suzaku looked at Lelouch, he got more beautiful. Finally Suzaku gathered his courage and placed his hand gently on top of Lelouch's, which was resting on the table. Lelouch looked at him, smiled and turned his hand, so that his palm would turn upwards and his fingers could caress Suzaku's palm with his fingertips. Suzaku blushed as he felt this. He was holding Lelouch's hand. Oh how he wanted to pick it up and kiss it. So he did. Lelouch blushed heavily at this gesture as Suzaku lightly kissed his knuckles, caressing Lelouch's palm with his fingers. Lelouch's hand was soft, and smelled nicely of something sweet. Suzaku chuckled, Lelouch was the kind of person, who carried hand crème, wherever he went. He also had a small sewing kit, in his bag, which actually was more of a really big purse. Lelouch was prepared for almost everything, which was what made him seem so perfect. Though Suzaku knew he wasn't, he knew that Lelouch was pretty lazy and would rather spend all of his day in his bed without ever getting up, rather than go out and socialize with others. But that was pretty much everything, he hadn't seen Lelouch for years after he had let Euphemia push him away, and Lelouch could've changed a lot. While he was with her, he hadn't noticed that Lelouch had started selling himself, or started dancing for strange men, or even that he was unhappy and in love with him… he felt guilty. If only he had noticed sooner, Lelouch might not have done that to himself. He looked up at Lelouch and smiled. "Let's get out of here, you want to go take a walk?" he said. Lelouch nodded. "That would be nice." Suzaku signalized for the waiter to come, and asked for the bill. When Lelouch suggested that he would pay for his half, Suzaku blankly refused. "You're on a date with me remember? I asked you out, therefore, I pay!" Suzaku said happily as he paid. His salary weren't very small anymore. Ever since he started with the Lancelot a few years ago, his salary had increased. And now, he was waiting for a promotion to chief warrant officer. He had been in service for long, and had waited for his promotion long enough. He wanted to go as high as he could in the army. Lelouch laughed but gave up, when it came to cases like this, Suzaku couldn't be argued with. After Suzaku paid the waiter, he stood up and helped Lelouch out of his seat, Lelouch had to admit that it was somewhat embarrassing but it was sweet.

"It was a nice dinner Suzaku, thank you for picking that place." Lelouch said as he let Suzaku hold his hand as they walked next to each other, in Lelouch's favorite park. "You're welcome. I knew you would like that place. Even if we haven't talked in years, I still feel like I know you." Suzaku said smiling, but the last bit came out with a sad tone. "I know… I missed you a lot. I'm alone most of the time now." Lelouch said, squeezing Suzaku's hand. "Alone? What about Nunnaly?" Suzaku asked. "Well, when she learned to walk fully, we decided that she would benefit of a change of air. So she's in an all-girls boarding school in the country." Lelouch said smiling. "When did she regain her sight?" Suzaku asked. "When I was about to say goodbye to her a few summers ago, she just… opened her eyes like it was the most natural thing in the whole world. I'm really proud of her." Lelouch said. Suzaku smiled. "Me too. She has very pretty eyes. She takes after your mother right?" Lelouch nodded. "her eyes that is, I guess my father's hair have been some kind of weird blond or something once." Suzaku laughed and ran his fingers through Lelouch's hair. "Do you know, that black hair is considered true beauty in Japan? As well as white skin…" Suzaku said as he caressed Lelouch's hair and cheek. "I didn't know that, you never told me before now…" Lelouch said as he leaned into Suzaku's touch. Of course he knew, but Suzaku was showing him affection for his beauty right now, showing that he was the Alfa male. And Lelouch surrendered to Suzaku, letting him touch his face and hair. Suzaku was acting like Lelouch was a fragile piece of china, that would break under the slightest wind. Lelouch looked up into Suzaku's eyes. Suzaku's eyes were… amazing. Looking into them was like running through miles of forest. His eyes were so beautiful, so tender and caring and yet so passionate. Lelouch could almost see the fiery animal, hiding in Suzaku's eyes. Suzaku, the vermillion bird of the south, the ruler of fire, the summer's spirit. Lelouch was convinced that if the soul of that bird was real, it was resting in Suzaku's heart. Who else would there be, to hide in? Suzaku was a good person with a big heart, who was tender and passionate about everything. He was selfless and he was brave. He was strong and he was… majestic. Lelouch could never love anyone like he loved Suzaku.

Suzaku smiled at him. "I love you Lelouch…" Lelouch blushed. "I…" Lelouch stopped. Or rather was stopped. Suzaku was giving him, a sweet, tender kiss on his lips. Even if shocked, Lelouch kissed back tenderly as well. When Suzaku pulled away, Lelouch felt the need to kiss him again, just to see if this was real, he was scared that he was going to wake up in his bed, alone in the dark. So he leaned in, and kissed him again. Suzaku got surprised by this approach, but smiled into the kiss. he felt the need in Lelouch's kiss, just as much as Lelouch felt the need in Suzaku's kiss. When Lelouch pulled away, Suzaku had his eyes closed for just a few seconds more, Lelouch's taste lingering on his lips. He opened his eyes, to find Lelouch close to his face, still in a daze of the tender, sweet, longing kiss. No lust was involved, even if Suzaku had wanted Lelouch for so long. But they were to take this slow. This was just a kiss, in the moonlight. "I don't want to mess this thing up…" Lelouch said, a sad, tearful voice escaping his lips. Suzaku hugged him as he felt tears run from Lelouch's eyes and into his shirt. But he didn't care. "We don't need to rush it Lelouch… let's just take it as slow as you need… as we need." Lelouch looked up at him. "Let's do this the right way… so for now, I'm okay with just a kiss goodnight." Suzaku smiled at him as he felt tears in his own eyes, this was such a beautiful moment. He had never felt his heart pound in such rhythm, begging for him to kiss Lelouch before he would die. His heart wanting, to mix and become one with Lelouch's own beating heart. "So just a kiss goodnight?" Suzaku said. Lelouch nodded. So Suzaku kissed Lelouch goodnight, a long, loving and tender kiss goodnight, before each of them turned and walked home, to feel an empty space in their beds, but with a warm heart, feeling complete.

Hi everybody! Sorry for the long wait… again. I've been sick lately and it has been hard concentrating, when you're coughing like a mad man. This chapter, I'm really proud of. I hope you will like it just as much as I do. I really appreciate all of you reading my story, and it makes my heart pound knowing, that you like it. So I love you all! See you next time! Kya~~ =^.^=