A/N: Ah I miss writing, well I wrote in my English class too but it wasn't writing what I enjoyed. It's been what like two weeks since my last update? I even momentarily forgot what happens next in the story…so here's a extra long chapter since I probably can't update for a while as well. *sad*

Disclaimer: the obligatory "I do not own Code Geass"

Chapter 10:

The school festival had ended a few days ago, summer vacation just started and Lelouch is throwing cloths into his suitcase. He had been unsure of whether to go with his family to vacation in America but his mother and sister had managed to convince him by guilt tripping. "You haven't seen your brothers and sisters in years, I'm sure they miss you. And besides, Nunnally needs her brother to protect her from big scary American men." All the while, Nunnaly was pouting.

He could've told Sayoko to pack for him like his mother and sisters who had gone shopping, but this gives him time to think. True, he hadn't seen his half brothers and sisters for a while, but it wasn't as if he wanted to see them. Although he had their phone numbers and email, he never bothered to contact them either and they never bothered to contact him. It was a 'you don't bother me, I don't bother you' kind of relationship.

As he thought about his half siblings, Lelouch decided he couldn't stand them alone. So he grabbed his cell phone from his desk and dialed Suzaku's number.

"Hello," Suzaku's voice came through.

"Suzaku, get your dad's credit card and buy yourself a plane ticket to America. I don't want to deal with my half siblings alone." Lelouch said.

Suzaku laughed on the other line. "Sorry Lelouch, my cousin from Kyoto suddenly decided to come and stay for the summer."

"Kaguya?" Lelouch asked.

"That's the one," Suzaku replied and laughed. "But I should tell her not to come since you won't be in town anyways."

"Whatever," Lelouch sighed. Suzaku's cousin, Kaguya was two years younger then them but had the biggest crush on Lelouch, ever since they met as kids. Even though Lelouch parried her affections every time, it hasn't stopped her from trying to ask him out every time they met.

"Yeah sorry," Suzaku said again. "Is Euphie going with you guys too?"

"Yeah, it was kind of her idea to begin with." Lelouch said.

"That's a shame," Suzaku said, disappointed.

"Then why don't you just come with us? So you won't have to spend a Euphie-less summer." Lelouch teased.

"Shut up," Suzaku said quickly. "Anyways, have fun in America, call back anytime if you need."

"Yeah, talk to you later then," Lelouch said.

Lelouch flipped his phone shut and got back to packing. But his phone rang again before he made much progress. He walked back to his desk and looked at the caller ID, it was C.C. Wondering if she was lost somewhere again, and Lelouch flipped his phone open.

"What is it?" Lelouch answered.

"No hello?" C.C. replied.

"Ok, hello" Lelouch said. Arguing with her would lead nowhere.

"Heard you've decided to go vacation in America," C.C. said.

"Yeah," Lelouch said nonchalantly.

"When are you leaving?" C.C. asked.

"Tomorrow," Lelouch replied.

"Is that all you have to say?" C.C. asked.

"What?" Lelouch asked confused.

"Your responses are so boring," C.C. said.

"I'm answering your questions, aren't I?" Lelouch said.

"Whatever," C.C. said. "Anyways, want to hang out since you're leaving tomorrow?"

"You don't even consider the fact that I might be busy packing?" Lelouch asked playfully.

"That's what servants are for," C.C. replied.

Lelouch laughed. "I'm almost done packing anyways, so where do you want to go?"

"Hm, come pick me up at Shinjuku station." C.C. said.

"Ok, be there in a bit." Lelouch said and hung up.

He looked at his half filled suitcase on the bed. Maybe he should just ask Sayoko to do it. Right now she shouldn't be doing much except cleaning and the house is pretty clean as it is. Lelouch changed into dark blue jeans and a black shirt and grabbed his brown jacket. After checking if he had everything, he went downstairs.

"Sayoko, can you help me finish packing? I'm going out," Lelouch said when he met the maid at the bottom of the stairs.

"Of course Lelouch-sama," Sayoko said obediently. "Is there anything special I should pay attention to? Like any special items you want to pack?"

"No, just organized what I already took out and pack a few more essentials." Lelouch said.

Sayoko bowed as he opened the door and walked out into the bright July sun. The jacket wasn't necessary but then it can rain very unexpectedly in Japan during this time. It may be bright and sunny now but next thing you know, it'll be pouring. At the station, he bought his ticket and waited on the platform. Lelouch tried to ignore it but he can feel the stares of a group of giggling girls behind him to his left. Sometimes he curses his good looks, which apparently runs in the family. When the train came, he quickly lost himself amongst the crowd trying to get on.

He arrived at Shinjuku Station soon enough and started looking around for familiar neon green hair. Lelouch found her when he went into the area where the ticket selling machines were, standing by the entrance. She had her hair down and was wearing a white blouse with the top few buttons undone, a black corset around her waist and a white dress that went down to her knees. Over her dress and under her blouse, she had what looked like a green cloth and over the green cloth was a red plaid cloth, all of which seemed to be held secure by the corset. A brown purse hung across her shoulders.

"Been waiting long?" Lelouch asked as he walked up to her.
"Yes, how dare you make a girl wait," C.C. answered looking away. She let out her restrained giggles when she noticed Lelouch's shocked expression. "I'm just kidding."

Lelouch sighed, "Ok so where do you want to go?"

"What's with the sigh? It's like you don't want to be here." C.C. said as they climbed the stairs to the streets above.

"No, it's because you play too much." Lelouch said.

"Well I don't know about you, but being serious all the time is boring." C.C. said.

"But when we do lie or say something sarcastic, no one will notice." Lelouch smirked.

"Anyways, where should we go?" C.C. asked as she caught up.

"You're the one who asked me out," Lelouch said. "Shouldn't you have some idea of where you wanted to go?"

"Not really, because I just wanted to hang before you have to go." C.C. said.

"Then you could've just come to my house, my family isn't home. Or your apartment," Lelouch exclaimed.

"And what were we going to do there?" C.C. asked, before an expression of mock surprise took her face. "Lelouch, I didn't know you were that kind of guy, how bold."

It took a moment for Lelouch to understand her but when he did, he started blushing profusely. "That's not what I meant!" he yelled.

"But what else can a young man and young woman do, together, alone, in a house," C.C. said covering her face trying to look shy.

"My maid is in the house," Lelouch exclaimed.

"You get riled up too easily Lelouch," C.C. said dropping her shy façade. "I wouldn't have let you even if you wanted to."

"I don't…" Lelouch said looking away embarrassed.

"Oh, am I that unattractive?" C.C. said pouting.

"You're just playing with me aren't you?" Lelouch said bluntly.

"Hey, I was genuinely hurt by that," C.C. said, pout replaced with anger. "You just don't understand girls. I was hoping to spend the day with you but obviously I'm not attractive enough for the great Lelouch." And she began walking away.

'I may not understand girls, but I understand you.' Lelouch thought. "And I was going to take you that new pizza buffet that's opening today, guess I'll go enjoy all-you-can-eat pizza myself." And he began walking the opposite direction, a smirk on his face the whole time.

Moments later, C.C. ran up to him and grabbed his arm, holding him back. "Did you say all-you-can-eat?"

"Of course," Lelouch said hiding his smirk now.

"Ok I forgive you this time," C.C. said rather quickly. "So where is this place?"

Lelouch laughed inwardly to himself as the smirk graced his face again. Complete Victory. Rather then getting back on the crowded train, they decided to take a taxi instead, it's not like Lelouch doesn't have the money to pay for it. The taxi doors opened for them automatically and C.C. got in. The door closed automatically after Lelouch and he told the driver where to go before the driver even asked.

They talked about various things along the way, like what were their plans over summer break. Lelouch had known C.C. was also from the U.S. but apparently she was born in England. So in a sense, she's been around the world. Even though they knew each other for months, they never really knew each other's past.

The taxi arrived at the intersection and they got off to walk the rest of the way down the crowded sidewalk. Lelouch didn't take much notice but C.C. was holding his arm like when she grabbed him at first. They stopped in front of the place. It wasn't big but it wasn't small, obviously some small business. The sign on top said "Raguna Pizza" in fancy cursive.

They got a table inside as a waitress brought drinks. The inside was pretty cramped, tables that seat various numbers of people filled the room from two-person table to family sized six-person tables and booths with comfy slide in seats lined the wall. Various types of pizza lined the buffet table at the center along with a salad and bread sticks bar off towards the end. Lelouch could see that C.C. was already eyeing the line of pizza hungrily and he couldn't help but chuckle a little.

"You can go get some now," he told her.

She got up quickly and went to grab a plate at the right end of the table, behind the small line of people already getting their fill. Lelouch got up slowly and followed her, wondering how long they would stay here.

Despite the fact that she complained about the size and quality of the pizza, C.C. still wolf down the equivalent of three large pizzas. Lelouch could only stare awe struck by her appetite for this cheesy junk food. Lelouch had only managed to eat three slices and some salad but he ate slowly since he anticipated how long they would stay.

"How do you do that?" Lelouch asked stunned, as they left the restaurant.

"Do what?" C.C. asked licking her fingers trying to get the last dregs of cheese flavor out.

"Eat all that pizza," Lelouch said amazed. "Do you always eat that much?"

"Just pizza," C.C. said, wiping her fingers on some napkins she took.

"You're going to get a heart attack before the age of 30 at this rate," Lelouch sighed.

"Well so far I'm fine right?" C.C. said winking.

"Whoever you marry in the future better prepare for eating pizza everyday of the week," Lelouch said playfully.

"No, that means I would have to share." C.C. said.

"You're a completely different person when pizza is involved," Lelouch said.

"I guess," C.C. replied. "Hey look, is that Kallen?" she pointed across the street.

Lelouch looked at the direction she was pointing and sure enough, she saw the familiar fierce red head. Except this time, instead of looking mad most of the time she was smiling and to Lelouch, that was very un-Kallen like behavior. This is also the first time Lelouch ever saw her in everyday street clothes and she looked more feminine then he thought. Lelouch always thought that given the choice, Kallen wasn't likely to wear skirts or dresses. But here she was, wearing a short lavender strapless sundress with a white collar and a blue sweat sweatshirt over the dress that was pulled down so her shoulders were exposed. She seems to be waiting for someone and sure enough, they saw a guy with black hair and thin black rimmed glasses walk out of a store and went to her. The guy said something and they both laughed before walking down the street, away from Lelouch and C.C. Kallen didn't seem to have noticed them at all.

"That guy looks familiar," Lelouch commented.

"He was the one at the festival," C.C. said.

"The one who helped us catch the thief?" Lelouch asked.

"You were the one who talked to him and you don't remember?" C.C. asked.

"Didn't seem important enough to remember," Lelouch said. "Anyways, I wonder what they're doing."

"Isn't it obvious?" C.C. said.

"No, do tell." Lelouch said.

"God you're dense," C.C. sighed. "They're on a date."

"Oh," was all Lelouch could say.

"You really don't understand women at all do you?" C.C. asked.

"Never felt the need to," Lelouch said.

"Sometimes I wonder if you swing the other way," C.C. said as they walked the opposite direction.

"That I assure you I'm not," Lelouch said confidently.

"I hope so," C.C. said.

"So where do you want to go now?" Lelouch asked, ignoring that comment.

"How about a movie," C.C. said.

"Ok, which one?" Lelouch asked.

"We'll decide when we get there," C.C. said.

The movie theater wasn't far so the two of them took their time walking there. Lelouch conceded that it wasn't going to rain so he took off his brown jacket and held it over his shoulder. C.C. was staring at his chest.

"What?" Lelouch asked.

"Nothing, I'm just wondering why you're wearing such dark colors on a hot day like this," C.C. told him.

"I guess I just like dark colored clothes, everything in my closet is dark." Lelouch said. And it was true, whether he was conscious of it, all the clothes he ever bought were either black or dark blue or purple or some sort of dark shade of some color.

"Emo…" C.C. muttered.

"What?" Lelouch asked, not catching it.

"Nothing," C.C. said and walked ahead of him.

They arrived at the movie theater soon enough. You were supposed to buy the tickets days before you want to watch the movie so buying it on the spot cost more than usual. C.C. was about offer to pay for hers but Lelouch had already handed the cashier a 5000 yen note and was receiving his change. Lelouch handed her a ticket and saw her holding her wallet.

"Its fine, I paid." Lelouch chuckled as she took the ticket.

"I guess," she said putting her wallet back in her purse. "Guys are supposed to for everything when they take a girl out right."

"I'm being generous is all," Lelouch said as they went in.

"But I'm not as helpless as having the guy do everything for me," C.C. said.

So she paid for the snacks and drinks for both of them. Being the gentleman, Lelouch tried to pay for it instead but she won't have it and so he just accepted it. It turns out the movie C.C. wanted to see was some feudal era love drama. Lelouch was impartial to these movies; he's watched a few with his sister and her friends back when they were still too young to go out alone. It was about a girl who had her village destroyed by soldiers and she was picked up by a young fighter as she cried next to her dead parents. Then the rest of the story is pretty predictable. The young man teaches her how to fight and they go on adventures, and she falls in love with him, and oh no, it turns out the young man was a prince or something. Yeah, that kind of story…

They sat at the back since they bought their tickets on the spot and those were the only seats available. They didn't mind since sitting up front while watching a movie at the theaters will just give you a neck cramp. This allowed them to talk while they watch the movie without disturbing the other movie goers. Being in the back also gave a Lelouch a good view of everyone else in the room. As he scanned the room, he realized that it was comprised of entirely couples, all either holding hands, snuggling together or making out as a few were doing. Lelouch glanced over at C.C. whose attention was turned to the screen and saw that she had her left hand on the hand rest between them. Was he supposed to take it? Various thoughts raced through his mind until common sense took over. She wasn't that type of girl and he doesn't think of her like that…right?

The movie finished in about two hours and everyone got up to leave. Whether by bad timing or just luck, Lelouch and C.C. got stuck between the crowds of couples, all still holding each other.

"So where to now?" Lelouch asked, as they went back outside.

"You decide," C.C. replied.

They still had some time left. "Want to go the arcade?"

"Sure," C.C. said, "Didn't know you were a gamer."

"Well I didn't know you like those kinds of movies," Lelouch said.

They didn't stay long at the arcade. C.C. had managed to beat Lelouch at every game they played so by the end it, he felt pretty defeated. The sun was beginning to set so they decided to leave.

"You may be good at chess, but you suck at everything else." C.C. said.

"Shut up," Lelouch retorted.

They took the train back to Shinjuku and Lelouch walked her to her apartment. Night had completely fallen by the time they arrived. Lelouch walked her all way up to her door; he didn't know why he did it but felt like he should. C.C. opened the door but didn't go in, instead turned around.

"Today was fun," C.C. told him. "Have fun on your vacation." And before Lelouch can even react, C.C. had leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. She flashed him a small smile before going into her apartment and closing the door.

Lelouch just stood there stunned. What was all that about? He was about to knock on her door to ask but his phone vibrated. It was a text message from Nunnally asking where he is and to come home. He sighed and turned to leave.

As he got back on the street below, a thought struck him. "Wait, was today a date?" He looked back up at the building and thought he saw a wave of neon green hair disappear from a window.

AN: So nothing much this chapter except some Lelouch and C.C. fluff.

C.C.'s outfit is the one she wore at the end of R2 when she was on the wagon, plus a purse.

And if you're confused about Kallen's outfit, it's the one she wore when she found Lelouch about to use Refrain and then tries to kiss her, with I guess slight modifications.

Movie tickets in Japan are actually quite expensive…I guess it'll depend on the place but when I was in Japan; the place I went charged 1,400 yen ($14) for general.

5000 yen = around $50

And movie was actually based on a song that I was listening to when I wrote that part.