So, here it is! A new update!

I was actually thinking of giving you readers a suspense at the end of this chapter, but then I had another idea and I don't think ending this chapter with suspense is necessary. Thus, there might be suspense in the next chapter. Wanna guess what it might be? ^^

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass and its characters, but the plot.

Enjoy!

Chapter 11

The press conference went well the next day. The prince had gotten back his justice and so was Lelouch, who had proved himself to be much of a noble-like than the real ones themselves. Milly, however, had become famous. It could be her stories that were dramatic enough to attract the reporters, or it could be her beauty. Oh well, Lelouch and Suzaku were fine with everything, as long as the problems were solved.

"Ms Milly, look this way please," one of the reporters called out.

"Oh, sure!" Milly replied and posed for him to snap a photo.

"This way too, please," another one called and Milly quickly complied.

Suzaku and Lelouch were both standing by the windows in the dining room. Suzaku had prepared tea for all the media members to enjoy after the interview. The reporters were happier to have the food and it totally shut them from bad mouthing the royal family.

"You know, I think that this small feast is really not necessary. Though some of them do appreciate it, some of them gladly take it as blackmail," Lelouch complained but Suzaku only smiled.

"They can treat this as whatever they like, as long as they don't interrupt in my life," Suzaku held Lelouch closer. "And I'm definitely not going to forgive them if they intend to separate us."

"As if they will," Lelouch replied as he rolled his eyes and looked out into the sky, definitely blushing but he refused to let Suzaku see it.

"Don't hide, it's obvious," Suzaku chuckled. He was trying to get closer so that he could steal a kiss in front of the public without Lelouch knowing.

"It looks like it'll rain today," said Lelouch as he stared at the thick clouds, ignorant of Suzaku.

"Hopefully it isn't a thunder storm," Suzaku whispered a reply.

Lelouch cringed at the reply but was utterly shocked as he felt a peck on his cheek. Lelouch turned bright red instantly and quickly covered his cheek with his hand as he turned to glare at Suzaku, who was smiling cheekily.

"Suzaku!" Lelouch whispered fiercely.

"That's very nice! Would you please turn around for another photo?" said one of the female reporters coming out of the blue.

"Sure, why not?" Suzaku replied as he turned, having Lelouch no choice but to obey.

While they were taking their photos, Lelouch whispered with a smile, "Don't you dare do it again in public or I swear I'll torture you."

"We'll see about that," Suzaku whispered back with a grin.

"Hey, don't leave me out!" Milly came forcing through the crowd of photographers and got to Lelouch's side. She hugged Lelouch and all three of them smiled to the cameras in front of them.

The photo shootings were extended a bit longer with lots of Milly only photos, Milly-Lelouch photos, Suzaku-Lelouch photos, Suzaku only photos, Lelouch only photos, and photos of the three of them. Both Suzaku and Lelouch had not expected it to be so long, but with Milly around, there were no doubt the reporters were willing to stay longer.

As soon as he stepped into his room, he fell onto the bed and heaved out a sigh.

"I'm so tired," said Lelouch, but still, he smiled as he remembered the short cozy moment with Suzaku. It was not really embarrassing, just that he was not very keen on letting the public know how close they are. He was worried if the public knew too much, everything would get worse. Not only was he afraid that his secret would be blow off, he had just realized another scary truth that he had never thought of till yesterday, and he wondered why his parents never thought of it before too. He was worried that the day would come where he has to give birth to a child. How would he do that? He is male and obviously did not have the female organs, so how would this work out? He knew he should tell Suzaku, but he did not have the courage to even say "I'm male". What if Suzaku freaked out and chased him away? Would everything that happens till now go to waste? Would Suzaku not accept their love anymore?

Shaking his head and pushing himself up from the bed, he walked towards the bathroom. He decided a shower would clear his mind for the meantime, till he got to work out on some plans.

Lelouch was sitting on the sofa, reading the newspapers that he did not get to read that morning. Suzaku, on the other hand, was dealing with some paper work that was totally ridiculous and nonsensical. Mostly were of the letters to invite him to some certain events which needed him to make a reply and sign his name. The most ridiculous ones were invites to their parties, be it birthday parties or just normal ones, but those always had the same motive, the father of the daughters would go all out to persuade the prince to accept a second wife. Of course Suzaku did went to this kind of party before, but he often just turned them down and instead told them about Rolo, which apparently made them changed their topic immediately. There was once or twice where they decided to make him drunk and made out a drama so that their daughters would accidentally be pregnant and had to get married, but who knows that alcohol would not affect Suzaku at all. Since then, he had decided to reject all of them, except for those whom are closer to him and not a fame-craze person or money-craze for some.

"Ah! This is boring!" Suzaku shouted as he put down his pen and lay back on the chair. He then stretched, "I'm 'a take a break."

"You've been taking it every 5 minutes, Suzaku," Lelouch replied while still looking at the newspapers.

"Wrong," Suzaku replied and stood up. "The last time I had it was 10 minutes ago."

"With a deduction of 5 minutes," Lelouch countered back as he flipped the page. Suzaku was already behind him then. He wrapped his arms around Lelouch's shoulders and rested his chin on Lelouch's head.

"I need an energy boost before I continue again," Suzaku replied casually as he smiled.

"Really? Don't you think you've been taking it too much? You're becoming lazier every 5 minutes," Lelouch replied, ignoring the light caressing on his skin, which was a bit ticklish, and still reading his newspapers.

"I'm taking a break, Lelouch, and it's 10 minutes without any deductions. Besides, you've been reading it for half an hour already. Why can't you pay attention to me for a while? I am your husband, not those pieces of papers," Suzaku complained as he looked down to Lelouch.

Lelouch rolled his eyes. Letting go one side of the newspaper, he turned up and brought Suzaku's face lower to him. Lelouch left a light peck on the cheek, just like what Suzaku did that morning, before he focused back on his newspaper.

"There, now please let me read in peace," Lelouch replied.

Suzaku was dumbstruck with the sudden action. He had been trying to get one from Lelouch after they were done with the conference but Lelouch just would not get any hint of it, yet now Lelouch just gave him without any complaints at all. Since it was sort of rare to have it, Suzaku went a bit out of control.

"Hey! What are you-?"

Suzaku snatched and threw away the newspapers from Lelouch, leaped over the sofa, pushed Lelouch down on the way and straddled him. Lelouch was blushing in a second and could hardly move as he was too shocked too as Suzaku's manly features suddenly appeared in front of him. Suzaku grinned slyly.

"You've made a big mistake there, lady."

Suzaku bent down slowly towards Lelouch.

"I-I just want…to read p-peacefully, but you j-just…"

"No point complaining. This is what happens when you press the wrong button," Suzaku replied as he was already an inch away from Lelouch.

"I…I…didn't…" Lelouch's face was beet red as he was forced to stare the zoomed in look of Suzaku's. He had nowhere to run, though there really was not any reason to.

"Your lips are red," Suzaku smirked. "And it attracts me."

Suzaku planted down his kiss onto Lelouch's lips, which Lelouch went with the flow. It seemed that Suzaku was the one to attack, but the truth was Lelouch had planned for it. He would not be the attacker, never, because if he did, Suzaku would not be able to show that naughty side of him, which Lelouch thought was actually humorous and cute at times.

"Your high-…" Jeremiah came in suddenly and stopped immediately as soon as he saw what was happening in front of him. Jeremiah was blushing lightly and he seriously wanted to leave them alone, but he could not as he had an order in hand. He cleared his throat, but Suzaku only opened one eye and closed back, still leading the kiss. Lelouch heard it and immediately jolted. He tried hard to push Suzaku away but he was very stubborn that he hardly even moved. No choice, Lelouch bit on Suzaku's injury again. Suzaku let go and got up immediately, holding onto his injury. Though it did not bleed, it definitely hurt.

"Sorry," Lelouch replied as he crawled out from underneath Suzaku and sat at the very end of the sofa. He took back up the newspapers that was messily thrown on the floor and hid his face behind it. He was blushing furiously, not only because Jeremiah had saw them making out, but also furious that out of all times, they had to be interfered now.

"What?" Suzaku asked angrily as he glared at Jeremiah. He looked scary, very scary in Jeremiah's point of view. Jeremiah sighed; he had to be blamed all the time and had to carry out his order at the wrong time. Ignoring the deadly glare, he cleared his throat again before explaining his orders.

"Your highness, the King and Queen invited both you and the princess to have tea in the hut in the Zen garden."

"Tch! Of all times," Suzaku complained under his breath. "Inform them we'll be there in a while."

"Yes, your highness," Jeremiah replied and walked away immediately.

Licking on his injuries, Suzaku stood up and adjusted his clothes. Lelouch was putting down the newspaper slowly and organized it a little.

"Just leave it. We'll have to be there fast or they'll have more of the servants to come get us," said Suzaku as his anger still resides.

Lelouch stood up and adjusted his dress. Suzaku held out his hand to him. Lelouch was surprised for a moment, yet he still took it. Lelouch was again surprised when the hand suddenly pulled him hard and he fell into Suzaku's arms. Suzaku grabbed Lelouch's chin and turned his face up to him. Suzaku smirked.

"No more biting or I'll have revenge," said Suzaku before he planted a peck on Lelouch's lips, as a mark of continuation for later.

Lelouch blushed, but still he smirked and replied, "We'll see about that."

Since it was cloudy and the wind was cooling, the tea was held outside in the garden. The royal family was happily enjoying the tea. Bismarck was there to serve the men, while Sayoko, the Queen's lady-in-waiting and also the head of all female servants, served the ladies. It was rare for the King to talk a lot, but when Rolo was the one talking, King Schneizel gave lots of attention to him. It was not surprising for all of them, except for Lelouch. Though Lelouch did not really point it out, he had somehow guessed that the King favored Rolo more than he did to Suzaku. But, as to why, he would have to ask later.

Well, what they were talking about was not important at that time. There was a small incident that happened around them when they did not notice.

The four body guards were quite far away from them, since they were there to guard the surroundings. There was not much to guard in the palace grounds since there were guards everywhere, but they had nothing to do except to be there. Since it was a guarding job, it was very boring for Gino. Gino had been yawning for who knows how many times, while Jeremiah only looked around. Kallen was bored, but she did not show it out. Even when she yawned, it was not visible to anyone. CC, however, had a plan in her head. She had been studying Jeremiah, Kallen and Gino for quite some time now and this was the time to carry out her plan. This person she chose had passed every requirements needed for her plan. Thus, she went closer towards him.

"Gino, I need to have a word with you," CC told him when she was just beside him.

Gino jumped as he was almost dozing off standing when CC came all of a sudden. Rubbing his eyes, he replied, "What's it? Can't you just say it here? We need to guard, don't we?"

"This is important, Gino, and it must be kept secret. Come on, quick," said CC as she headed to a direction where none of them saw.

Gino was confused about CC's sudden mischievous act. Though she was quite the weird person, he could not help thinking that CC was up to something very serious. Looking around to make sure Jeremiah and Kallen did not notice him, he followed CC and disappeared behind a big tree, and into one of the unused rooms.

"What do you want to talk about?" Gino asked as soon as the door was shut and locked.

"Shh…Not so loud. I need your help, not now but for the future, whenever it happens," CC whispered.

"For the future? But why are you asking for my help?" Gino asked. "Jeremiah or Kallen could do a better job than me."

"Both of them didn't pass my requirements, only you. Now listen carefully and don't shout or scream," CC replied.

"Right," Gino replied sarcastically but still listened to what CC was talking about. It was not long when CC finished and Gino had his eyes wide opened.

"You're seriously not lying?" Gino asked, unbelievable.

"Why would I lie when I know everything's real? Anyway, you promised to keep this a secret, so you'll do what I told you to?" CC asked, impatient.

Gino thought for quite some time. He was not one to love hearing secrets, or keeping it either, but this secret is absolutely terrifying and he knew he should not tell anyone, especially the royal members. He was afraid what the future might hold, but for now, he only wished for the best.

"I will. Don't worry about it," Gino replied, but his face was serious and he was kind of afraid too.

"You only need to do your part. Don't worry about mine. I'll carry them out perfectly. I'll go back out first. You come later," CC replied. She unlocked the door and headed out when she confirmed no one was there.

Gino stayed in the room slightly longer. He was puzzled, definitely, but there was no point denying CC's secret. As mischievous as she is, her information was never wrong. She was once a sneaky spy after all, working for the royal family in order to execute any suspicious person who had intentions on betraying the royal family. So, if those things CC said just now were true, he really needed to be careful and figure out which side he should be from now on.

It had started raining heavily ever since Lelouch just finished washing up and was about to go to bed. He had already switched off the lights and covered himself in his blanket, but the loud thunder and bright lightning kept keeping him awake every 5 minutes. He knew it was going to rain after he saw the cloudy skies earlier that day, but he hated it that it had to happen at night. He had never liked thunder storms ever since he was young.

It had been an hour and he was still wide awake. He would not be able to sleep if the thunder storm kept going on. Lelouch had been thinking about his idea during that hour and was undecided till the thunder suddenly got louder and shocked him. Lelouch got up immediately and brought along his pillow. As soon as he got out of his room, the thunder struck again. Lelouch jolted and automatically closed his ears with his hands.

Walking towards the nearest room, he waited in front of the door. Lelouch thought again. Should he really do this? Lelouch shook his head and was about to turn back to his room when suddenly the loudest thunder struck again. Lelouch shrieked and knocked on the door thrice quickly, hoping it would be opened soon. After a while, there was no response and he was about to knock again when the thunder again scared him. Lelouch was too frightened that he non-stop knocking on the door, almost at the verge of tears.

"Open the door. Quick!" Lelouch pleaded though softly.

Soon after, the door was opened and a sleepy Suzaku appeared. He was still rubbing his eyes, so that he could see who had disturbed his sleep in the middle of the rainy night.

"Who?" Suzaku yawned as he asked.

"Su-…"

The sudden bright lightning shown through the window in Suzaku's room stunned Lelouch. The loud thunder came next.

"Eek!" Lelouch shrieked again and he reflexively hugged onto Suzaku with his thick pillow in between them. He gave up in explaining the situation at all.

"L-Lelouch?" Suzaku asked as he finally could see a bit more clearly.

"Close the curtain, please!" Lelouch pleaded but still not letting go of Suzaku.

"Ha?" Suzaku was still mentally blurred.

"The curtain, close it!" Lelouch shouted into the pillow. Suzaku turned to look at the glass window and noticed the curtain that was tied up neatly at the side.

"Oh, okay," Suzaku replied as he shut and locked the door and dragged Lelouch with him towards the window, since Lelouch refused to let go at all.

Suzaku untied the curtains and pulled them towards the middle. The windows were all covered and no trace of light could come through.

"There, it's close. You can open your eyes now," said Suzaku as he waited for Lelouch to look up.

Lelouch was slowly turning his face on the pillow. He looked towards his right and peeked at the curtains that had fully blocked the lightning view. He was about to slowly look up when the thunder struck, again. Lelouch jolted and hugged onto Suzaku even tighter, his face was back into the pillow.

Suzaku knew he should not be laughing at people's weakness, but he could not help chuckling at Lelouch's reaction. He actually found Lelouch to be very cute when he was frightened. Not only Lelouch could not defend himself, he actually let him, the Prince, of all people knows his fear and became clingy towards him, giving him a chance to protect his princess. Well, he was quite happy that Lelouch chose him though, out of the other people in this mansion.

"It's okay, it's okay. Let's go to bed, alright? I'll close your ears when you sleep," said Suzaku as he hugged Lelouch gently and caressed his hair.

Lelouch had no intentions to move away from him at all, so Suzaku had no choice but to drag Lelouch with him towards the bed. Slowly, Suzaku got Lelouch up the bed first before he crawled underneath the blanket and lay beside him. Lelouch was still hugging his pillow and shut his eyes when Suzaku was adjusting the blanket properly to cover both of them. Suzaku then brought his hands to cover Lelouch's ears just in time when the thunder struck.

Lelouch could still hear it, but it was much softer than before. It was then did he brought up his face and looked at Suzaku. Lelouch's eyes were red but the tears were already absorbed in the pillow. He had just looked up but the first thing he saw was a gentle smile.

"It's not that bad right now, right?" Suzaku asked with that gentle smile of his.

Lelouch nodded slowly, and adjusted himself to lie comfortably on Suzaku's bed. Before he shut his eyes to sleep, as he finally found some peace, he said, "Thanks."

"Don't worry about it. Go ahead and sleep. I'll always be here, so don't worry about the thunder," Suzaku replied before Lelouch nodded and finally slept.

Suzaku was staring at Lelouch as he slept. Lelouch looked cute with his sleeping face and it extremely attracted Suzaku to kiss him, but he knew he should not. He might just wake Lelouch up and he did not want that. Besides, the thick pillow in between them was preventing him from getting him any closer at all. Even so, he was happy that Lelouch showed him his other side where no others would know, except maybe his family.

Suzaku suddenly wondered how Lelouch managed himself when he was back in his home if there was a thunder storm. Most probably he would go to his parents and sleep with them, or he could have just locked himself in a cupboard or hide under the tables with thick blankets. The later suggestion would not be the one, he hoped. Anyhow, now that Lelouch is here, he would be the one to protect him, be it just a thunder storm, and he would definitely want to know more about Lelouch.

Definitely.

To be continued...

You know, I'm worried that I'm rushing the story because now I'm really eager to get to one of the main peaks of the story. But then, I kept holding back myself as I don't think both Suzaku and Lelouch had show enough of their affections towards each other yet. What do you think?

Anyways, stay tuned for the next chapter! ^^