Hi all! Here's the new chapter!

Before you begin, I have been wondering for months if it's too late to ask this, but still I want to ask or I won't feel satisfy. =/

I'm wondering if any of you ever read a one-shot (M-rated I think) about NaruSasu, which has the title of "Welcome home Sasuke" if I'm not wrong. The summary is about Sasuke who was back Konoha but was kept in jail for a year. Then when Naruto was already the Hokage, he let him out and takes care of him himself. I love that story and I wanted to add it to my favorites but when I try searching it again after I made an account few days later, it was gone from the website, even the author's account was deleted already. I was hoping that if I typed it out here, and if the author of that story is reading this, I would really love her/him to post it again. I sincerely love the work and I planned on printing it out as one of my collections as I do collect a few of the stories that I like. I really want her/him to know this and hopefully she/he could continue writing her stories again. So, if any of you do know where I could find this story or the author, please do tell me in the reviews.

And also, I recently just got a job, so…the updates will be taking a bit longer than usual. Sorry…

Well, enough said. Let's head on with the story.

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


Chapter 12

The morning was clear and birds were chirping happily. The sun was bright, but sadly it could not go through the thick curtains. Even so, he was stirring. It could be the birds that woke him up, or he had had enough of comfortable sleep.

Lelouch was awake. His eyes were opening slowly, his mind was working slowly too. The room was still a bit dark, but he had a hunch that it was morning already. Thinking what time it could be, he found a clock situated on the small table beside the bed. Looking at it carefully, it showed 8am. Closing his eyes back shut again, he stretched his body.

Suddenly, he stopped. He opened his eyes and looked at the clock again. He remembered his clock was on the left table, but now he was facing his right. He looked at his surrounding and realized he was not in his room, and then only it hit him. He had gone to Suzaku's room yesterday. Looking down immediately, the thick pillow was still firmly in his arms, his pajamas were still on. He heaved out a sigh, at least everything was fine, and luckily he had his bra on or he would have been found out already.

Pushing his pillow away, he was about to get up and head back to his room when he found that he was held back. Pulling away the blankets slowly, he noticed that there was a pair of arms wrapping around his waist. He turned his head back, Suzaku was still asleep. Lelouch decided there was no reason for him to wake him up. Thus, he lightly pull away Suzaku's arm and slowly sat up on the bed. Lelouch was already at the edge of the bed, grabbing his pillow before he left.

But then, he was stopped again by the same arms that wrapped around his waist. Lelouch looked at Suzaku, still lying on bed and refused to open his eyes. Lelouch frowned. He pushed away Suzaku's hands again and wanted to get up from bed, but was again held down by the same arms; Suzaku even went nearer to him and tightened his hugged.

Lelouch gave up. Instead of getting up from bed, he decided he should just force Suzaku to open his eyes and stop faking his sleep.

"Suzaku…" he called, but there were no response. "Suzaku, stop fooling around, just get up already." Still, Suzaku refused to move an inch. Lightly slapping Suzaku's face, there were still no responses.

"Suzaku, wake up already. I need to wash up and get change," Lelouch told him. He knew Suzaku was listening, but Suzaku is stubborn.

"You're going to regret this," Lelouch said finally as he was getting tired of Suzaku's tricks. Moving his hand away from his face, Lelouch moved to Suzaku's arms and pinched him. Suzaku did not wake up, still, but he was frowning, obviously trying to hide the pain. Lelouch smirked and he was about to go to the extreme level. He twisted while still pinching him hard.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! I'm awake! I'm awake! Stop! Stop!" Suzaku shouted and opened one eye slightly to look at Lelouch.

Lelouch let loose; finally he was given some attention. Suzaku had let loose too and was pushing himself up. Lelouch was about to stand up again when Suzaku wrapped his arms again around Lelouch's waist and rested his head on Lelouch's shoulder.

"Why so early?" Suzaku complained lazily, as if the pinch just now did not hurt.

"It's not early anymore, Suzaku. We have to get ready and head to school at 10am today, have you forgotten?" Lelouch told him impatiently.

"It's only a graduation," Suzaku replied, but still with no intentions of letting him go.

"And we'll get our results today, too. Besides, I want to meet my friends and family," Lelouch answered. He wanted to move Suzaku's hands away, but instead, his hands were grabbed by Suzaku and together they both wrapped Lelouch's waist. Lelouch was getting furious as he struggled to be free, "Let go, Suzaku. Don't make me pinch you again."

"Stay like this for a little longer, please? Besides, you haven't thanked me for yesterday. I've slept late because of you," complained Suzaku, rather than pleading.

"It's your own fault. You could have just chased me away," Lelouch countered back, though he was blushing as he remembered about last night.

"You know I would never do that," Suzaku replied as he started nuzzling Lelouch's neck. Lelouch's struggles stopped and he shrugged his shoulders. "Besides, you were hugging onto me so tight, as if the thunder would strike you anytime."

"Stop it! It's ticklish," Lelouch scolded while trying to hold back his laughter. "Because you…didn't hear me…"

"Of course I heard you. I closed the curtains. Besides, you should have told me that you're afraid of thunders," Suzaku continued talking as he kept on nuzzling on Lelouch's neck, changing positions whenever Lelouch shrugged.

"I…It wasn't the thunders…the lightning…too…" Lelouch was almost at his limit. "Stop…Suzaku…stop it…"

"Then, whenever there's thunder storm you would come here?" Suzaku asked.

"No…if you're…going to be…like this…I…won't…Ah!" Lelouch could not stand it anymore as soon as Suzaku added in his fingers to the job.

"Then I should go visit you," that was the last reply Lelouch heard of as Suzaku did not only nuzzled his neck but started to tickle him around the waist too. Lelouch was laughing and screaming out loud as Suzaku non-stop teasing him. Lelouch was kicking vigorously too as soon as he toppled down on the bed with Suzaku. Suzaku bound Lelouch's legs with his own but continued to tickle Lelouch up and down his waist. Instead of nuzzling on Lelouch's neck, Suzaku decided to stop that and looked at Lelouch's amazing reaction. Lelouch's face had gone read, and so were his ears. There were tears at the corner of his tightly closed eyes and yet he was laughing so hard like he had not before.

"Stop…Suzaku…please," Lelouch pleaded between his laughter. Seeing as Lelouch really had enough, as his face was beet red already, Suzaku finally stopped. Lelouch was breathing heavily and his eyes were still closed. Lelouch was totally exhausted and had no strength to move. Suzaku hugged Lelouch and bound his arms beside his body at the same time.

"Your whole face is so red," Suzaku chuckled.

"Thanks to you," Lelouch replied breathlessly. When he had thought everything was over, Suzaku did something unexpected. He had licked Lelouch's warm red ear, which made Lelouch jolted. Immediately, he turned to look at Suzaku.

"What did you do?" Lelouch asked in a rather soft but fierce tone, though he knew what Suzaku just did.

"Trying to cool you down," Suzaku replied with a cheeky smile.

If his face was not red, Lelouch's thick blush could be easily seen. Suzaku might have done it for his real intention, cooling him down, but he could also have done it for suggestive remarks. Trying not to think that, he looked away from Suzaku. Yet, Suzaku licked it again.

"Stop it, please," Lelouch pleaded quietly.

Suzaku got the hint and quickly stopped his action. He was afraid that Lelouch would blow up again. He quickly apologized.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to embarrass you," said Suzaku.

"I-I need to wash up. Please let me go," said Lelouch, still quietly. Suzaku was afraid of Lelouch's behavior. He did not want them to fight or feel awkward towards each other again. Quickly, he let go of Lelouch and helped Lelouch up.

"Thank you. You have to go wash up, too, and don't be late," said Lelouch as he stood up and brought along his pillow as he left the room.

"Wait," Suzaku called out and Lelouch stopped. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel…weird…" Maybe he should have just kept quiet, thought Suzaku.

Lelouch stopped for a moment. Turning his head back a little, he smiled at Suzaku, "It's okay, and thanks for yesterday." Then, Lelouch got out of the room.

Closing the door behind him, Lelouch slumped on it. For a moment, Lelouch thought they would be doing it, but he knew he should not, unless he intended to let Suzaku know about his identity. He sighed. When would he be able to tell him his secret? He did not want it to prevent him from doing anything he wanted with Suzaku. He really wanted to be free from it. When would that day come? Shaking the thoughts away, Lelouch heavily brought himself back into his room.

Down the hallway, CC was observing everything, but none of them noticed. She was not happy or sad, but she was worried that something might happen, and it would not be long till it does.

Suzaku was still staring at his bedroom door while sitting at the edge of his bed. Lelouch's reaction just now scared him. He could not figure out if Lelouch hated it or he was just embarrassed about it. During that moment, he thought it would work out between them, which was the reason why he did that. But apparently, that was not so. Lelouch had rejected him silently. What was it that Lelouch had been hiding? Why could not they just carry out the thing that most couples do? What was it that was preventing them? He really could not figure out.


The graduation day was lively. Everyone was already in the hall, dressed prettily and handsomely, including the two royal highnesses. As soon as they arrived, they were surrounded by thousands of reporters and some of their fans too. Many of the guards were already in front of them, pushing to make a way for the highnesses. Both Lelouch and Suzaku were holding hands, walking gracefully as they greeted everyone till they reached into the grand school hall. Lelouch was, however, looking everywhere in hope that he could find his parents, but sadly they were not there.

As soon as they were free from the massive spectators outside, Lelouch and Suzaku parted ways as both their friends came and dragged them to their own groups. Everyone was happy, of course. None of them had failed the examinations and the principal was extremely proud. Cecile had came down to greet each and every student, but lingered longer with the top 10 students. No one had realized who the top ten were yet, but everyone was too excited meeting their own friends that the results did not really cross their mind at all.

In Lelouch's group of friends, they were congratulating each other. All of them were forcing Milly to tell their results since Milly is the chairman's daughter, but Milly only smiled and assured them they were in the top ten. Even so, that was more than enough for them to scream and cheered.

However, in Suzaku's group of friends, everyone was more concerned about his life with his new bride than his result. Even if Suzaku did ask about his result, none of them knew and would immediately change the topic back to his life. Suzaku did not really like to talk about his private life and would prefer to just smile and said everything was fine. His friends would understand and leave it just that, but the girls whom he did not know or some random fans that got into the hall kept pestering him about it. Suzaku wanted to avoid them and his friends were helping him to chase them away, yet they were still there. Looking around the hall, he finally found where Lelouch was. He knew he should not use Lelouch, but he had no choice as he really wanted to get off the crowd.

Hinting his friends towards Lelouch's direction, they quickly understood and clumsily made a way for Suzaku to pass. They had managed to distract the fan girls while Suzaku made his escape. Immediately, he went to Lelouch's side and had one arm curled around his waist.

Lelouch was shocked and he turned to look. It was not only Lelouch's face that showed curiosity, but his closed friends too. Awkwardly, Suzaku tried to explain to all of them about his situation.

"They were pestering me. I had to come here. Sorry," Suzaku apologized as he had not wanted to barge into their conversations purposely.

Milly looked behind Suzaku and saw that the fan-girls had finally realized that the prince had gone to the princess. Suzaku's friends were ignoring them as they were gossiping nonsense and continued with their own conversations. The fan-girls had suddenly seemed less interested in the prince and decided to leave.

Looking back at Suzaku, she said bluntly, "You know, it wasn't nice to just leave like that and take shelter here. Though it's true the fan-girls won't come and pester us, but it's pretty obvious that they're from the anti group."

"Milly!" Shirley whispered as she nudged her. Milly only stared blankly on Suzaku. Nina did not feel comfortable either.

It took Suzaku a while to understand what Milly had meant. He was blushing not because of embarrassment, but he was slightly furious at how Milly described his situation.

"It wasn't…" Suzaku was about to counter back but Lelouch cut in.

"It's okay. At least I'm powerful enough to fright those pests," Lelouch replied and smiled. Suzaku did not know if it was a good thing or not, hopefully there was not any bad meaning behind it.

Milly rolled her eyes and said, "Oh, please Lelouch! You're even covering for him now?"

"Milly, enough!" Shirley cut in and Nina was trying to stop Milly from saying another word.

"You two should be on my side-…"

"It was a pleasure to meet you, your highness," a man's voice suddenly appeared beside Milly, who was standing in front of Lelouch now. Milly turned immediately and was shocked by his sudden appearance. The man had a dull yellow hair tied up in a pony tail. His eyes are slanted and his chin seemed to be split into two.

"And you are?" Milly asked, annoyed that yet another man came to disturb her conversation.

That man had gotten nearer to Lelouch and took hold one hand of his and shook it naturally. Suzaku eyed him suspiciously.

"My name is Reid. Currently a student in this school but is originally a reporter," he explained casually with a grin.

"And you're sure that you won't be chased out of this hall for letting me know who you are?" Lelouch asked sarcastically, not intending to make a formal introduction to him.

"Now that I've finally meet you, I don't mind being chased out," Reid still had his grin on as he spoke.

Suzaku had enough of looking at them both shaking hands. He reflexively broke their contacts and held onto Lelouch's hand instead. With his annoyed look, he shot back, "Leave now or my guards will have to drag you out."

That man, Reid grinned genuinely before he bowed and left. Passing Suzaku, he whispered, "Your glorious days will soon be over, prince."

Suzaku did not turn back to look and ignored his evil smirk. As soon as the man was far away from them, Lelouch, who had noticed the smirk, asked Suzaku, "What did he say?"

Suzaku smiled at Lelouch and answered reassuringly, "Nothing. He's jealous of us, that's all."

"Ha!" Milly suddenly laughed sarcastically. "As if he was, I'd think he's planning something wicked. Now that he had an eye on you, Lelouch, you have to be more careful, even in the palace."

Lelouch nodded and smiled in his reply, "I will."

"Anyway, your parents would be coming. I'm sure. So don't worry, okay?" Milly told Lelouch, as she finally could finish their cut off conversation.

Lelouch nodded and smiled in reply. Suzaku only realized that he had cut into their conversation at the wrong time, which explained why they were not only suspicious of him entering all of a sudden, but also slightly mad as his intrusion.

The ceremony finally started and every student was back at their designated place. All their seats were arranged properly, though not in alphabetically order, nor according to their classes. Cecile was on stage giving a speech. It was long and boring, though she had dramatically spoken all the while. It was after the chairman's speech only did they reveal their results.

Apparently, the seats were arranged according to their examination marks. As Milly had said, Lelouch was in the top ten, and was also the most excellent one. Lelouch had gone up stage to get his certificate and a souvenir from the school. He bowed and posed for the cameramen while looking everywhere in the huge hall for his parents. He was not very sure, but he saw two pairs of hands waving at him at the back of the hall. He finally smiled happily, as he knew his parents did come to his graduation.

The second person to head up the stage was Milly, followed by Suzaku, Shirley; the sixth place was Nina, and so on. The ceremony was quite long but eventually finished as everyone had received their own results and prizes. All of them were back in front of the hall, throwing their imaginary hats, took photos and congratulated each other again.

Lelouch, however, immediately went to search for his parents as soon as the ceremony ended. He had been running through everywhere and finally found them at a secluded area in the school grounds under a tree. Joyfully, Lelouch ran and hugged both of them tightly. He was so happy that he cried, leading his mother to cry too. His dad was touched, and eventually joined them too. After all, it had been quite a long time since they last saw each other.

Suzaku had been following Lelouch soon after he noticed Lelouch ran passed him. He was in the middle of a photo shoot with his friends but quickly left them as soon as the camera had got their pictures. He had memorized which route Lelouch had taken, that was why he got there pretty fast. Suzaku had stood there for a while, looking at Lelouch's family from far. He did not want to go to them, not because he was afraid, but he had just realized that Lelouch was crying because he finally met his family again. Suzaku had thought Lelouch would be happy enough just being with him as he did not even complain to him anything about not visiting his family, but he had realized it was all wrong.

Suzaku had decided to leave them alone and to not go and greet them at all. There were no reasons to anymore after he had realized the mistakes he had done. Suzaku did not blame Lelouch for not telling him about his feelings straight, but blaming himself for being useless and not able to see him through. No wonder Lelouch was still avoiding close contact; he still had yet the privileged to do so since he knew too little about him.


Lelouch once again sat at the same bench at the same spot under the big tree. He did not have a book with him though; instead he just sat there and closed his eyes as he enjoyed the shades. The light breezes only blew by once a while, and though the sun was bright, it did not matter as he was under the shades.

"How was the graduation?" Came a voice beside him and Lelouch opened his eyes. Rolo was sitting beside him with a smile.

"It's okay," Lelouch replied back with a small smile too.

"Good to know," Rolo replied, though he was silent after a while. Looking far above the trees, Rolo said, "I'm going back to London again."

"Why?" Lelouch asked curiously.

"Have some things to deal with," Rolo replied.

"I see. How long?" Lelouch asked again.

"I'm not sure. It depends on how long the things have to be dealt."

"Is it that serious?"

Rolo smiled and shrugged. Lelouch was curious. Then, Rolo spoke again.

"Would you like to follow me?"

Lelouch jolted. He was absolutely surprised by that.

"Why would I?"

"Well, you said that you wanted to leave this place, don't you?" Rolo asked and Lelouch immediately got his point. Lelouch suddenly looked disappointed and unsure. Rolo then continued, "Though it's temporary, at least you get to leave here for a while right? At least you'll get to live your own life for a while."

Lelouch was silent, and Rolo waited. It felt like ages as Lelouch thought of a reply.

"Yes, I would like to…" Lelouch answered. But, just then, they heard rustles and looked towards that direction, yet there were nothing.

"Some stray or lost cat I suppose," Rolo said. "So, you agree to follow me?" Rolo did not even care what that rustles were and was only interested in Lelouch's answers.


Suzaku had been thinking for some time on questions he should ask Lelouch, so that he would have a greater chance to knowing him. It was not only about Lelouch's favorites, but also about Lelouch thoughts on everything, including him. He had told Lelouch that he had some things to deal with, just for the sake of that. Now that he had finally wrote out the questions he wanted to ask, he set out to find Lelouch.

He had gone to the garden where Lelouch would be, as he was told that that garden was his favorite spot. So, happily and excitedly, he speed walk to him.

Just a few steps away, he heard Lelouch talking, and then there was Rolo too. Suzaku stopped immediately and hid behind the tall bushes. He was not one to eavesdrop but their conversation was tempting him to.

"Would you like to follow me?" he heard Rolo asked.

Suzaku was surprised. Why was Rolo asking Lelouch to follow him, and where to?

"Why would I?" Lelouch replied and Suzaku nodded. Why would Lelouch follow? Lelouch had said that he had no feelings for Rolo, so there was no reason for him to go with Rolo, wherever that might be, unless Rolo do feel something for Lelouch.

"Well, you said that you wanted to leave this place, don't you? Though it's temporary, at least you get to leave here for a while right? At least you'll get to live your own life for a while," Rolo asked back. It was true that Lelouch did say about it, Rolo had told him, but why would Rolo encourage Lelouch to leave? Was not he the one who taught him to make Lelouch stay? So why was he doing the opposite? Anyway, Suzaku was extremely positive that Lelouch would never say yes.

"Yes, I would like to," Lelouch replied and Suzaku was shocked. Lelouch really wanted to leave that badly, even if the person who would be bringing her along was Rolo, his brother? And that day Lelouch had confirmed that he felt nothing for him, so why did he agree to leave with him? Why did he have to hide that he actually does have feelings for him? Why did not he say it straight to him instead?

Suzaku was furious and confused that he left at once. There was no point in listening anymore. Lelouch had betrayed him.


"Oh…I would like to, but not right now," Lelouch replied, though he was sure something or rather, someone was behind the bushes, but since nothing came out, it might just be some stray animals hiding in it.

Rolo was shocked at Lelouch's answer.

"Why not?"

Lelouch sighed, "You see, I'm kind of…" Lelouch clutched his skirt tightly. "…attached to Suzaku right now. I don't think I'll be able to leave just yet. Will you be leaving very soon? Can you at least give me some time to break things out to Suzaku before I leave? So that by then I won't miss anything or anyone here and just leave without a trace."

Rolo thought for a moment. He was not quite happy that Lelouch admitted his feelings for Suzaku, but still Lelouch did consider his idea. Maybe he should give it another try and give Lelouch some time rather than rushing it. He would not be able to get Lelouch for himself if he forced him to.

"I'll be able to postpone it to next month. Would that be enough for you?" Rolo asked.

Lelouch smiled, "Thank you."

Rolo nodded, "No problem."

The both of them were quiet for a while till Rolo broke it.

"So how was the graduation? Did you meet your family?"

Lelouch smiled warmly, "Yeah…"

And so, the story went on with Lelouch talking about his graduation day.


Lelouch was on his way back to his room as he suddenly felt tired and wanted to take a nap. Maybe the UV rays were too much for him.

"Finally willing to come back?" said Suzaku coldly as he leaned against Lelouch's door.

"I felt tired all of a sudden, so I thought of taking a nap," Lelouch replied casually, though he did sense some dark aura lurking around.

"Sure, hiding under the shades and story-telling. Wow! That must be tiring," Suzaku replied sarcastically. Lelouch sensed it very clearly that it must be jealousy. It could be that he saw them talking about the graduation. Thus, he decided to quickly explain it and get into his room.

"Suzaku, I told you there's nothing between me and Rolo. I told him about the graduation because he asked me too. Now that I've explained, please let me go into my room," Lelouch asked tiredly.

"Again…" Suzaku mumbled.

"What again?" Lelouch asked impatiently. He was tired, but Suzaku's reaction had given him a headache.

"When are you going to stop hiding things from me?" Suzaku asked, though soft but the words were strong.

"What?" Lelouch's was shocked. Did Suzaku find out already?

"Ha! So you were hiding things from me, didn't you?" Suzaku smirked.

"W-What things?" Lelouch asked carefully. There was a chance that Suzaku may not know it yet.

"Are you still going to pretend? What you guys said back then, do you think I don't know?" Suzaku finally exploded.

So it was somebody after all, he did have a hunch it was a human, but little did he know it was Suzaku himself. If so, Suzaku did not know anything about his gender yet.

"What have you heard, Suzaku? You might have misunderstood everything," Lelouch answered tiredly. He seriously had no strength to argue right now. He really needed a bed to lie on.

Suzaku was angry, very angry till he totally ignored his small thought saying that Lelouch was not in a right condition. But, his anger took control of everything.

"Do I need to explain clearly, Lelouch?" Suzaku scolded.

"If you're not going to tell me, how am I supposed to know what you've misunderstood? Even so, why didn't you just come to us when you heard us talking? Why didn't you just ask things out clearly before making stupid decisions?" Lelouch really did not want to argue, but this blockhead in front of him was almost getting on his nerves.

"You knew I was listening, so why didn't you call me then? Why did you just agree to him that easily? You said you don't feel anything for him and yet the both of you are planning to get away from here?"

Lelouch frowned and massaged his forehead. He had long leaned on the wall soon after Suzaku sprouted nonsense.

"Ok. I think I get it. You were listening, but then you did not listen to everything. You left just before I get to finish my talk. If you're going to eavesdrop, you should just eavesdrop till the end. How stupid can you be, Suzaku? You weren't in a rush… Ow!"

Suzaku had turned Lelouch so that they were facing directly to each other. Lelouch was pinned against the wall and his hands were pinned down by Suzaku's above his head. Suzaku's face was scary, very scary, and Lelouch regretted saying that he was stupid.

"I'm stupid. I'm dense. I'm no match for Rolo. But these few days, everything that I've been trying to do for you, have you not been touched by them at all? What were all those caressing and kissing then? Were those just an act from a sly fox?"

"Suzaku! How dare you…!"

"Shut up!" Suzaku shouted. Lelouch eyes widened in shock, he had seriously triggered the wrong button.

"And here I thought I've done not enough to get your attention. Forget it, then. Those are the past and since you're leaving anyway, you don't think I'm being bad right now, huh?" Suzaku smirked.

That was seriously not good.

"What are you planning to do?" Lelouch asked. He was afraid, very afraid of Suzaku right now.

"This…"

Suzaku forced his kiss on Lelouch, not caring if Lelouch hated it or not. Everything he done was harsh on Lelouch. Suzaku was practically raping him. It was a good sign, so that he could finally end things and leave just it is. It was a bad sign, because he knew he would not be able to part peacefully.

"Stop this! Suzaku! Stop!" Lelouch shouted but Suzaku just ignore. "There's nothing you can get from this, Suzaku! Stop it!"

Suzaku had already reached the third button did Lelouch finally shouted, "I'm male!"

Suzaku finally stopped. He opened his eyes and saw directly at Lelouch's chest. It was flat, very flat, and the bras were thick and full. Suzaku's grip loosened and Lelouch's hands fell to his side. He took a few steps back till his back reached the wall.

"You…You're male…a-all along?" Suzaku stuttered. The truth was definitely unbelievable.

Lelouch's face was red, and so were his ears. His eyes were red too, and watery.

"Happy now?" Lelouch asked softly. Suzaku was speechless as he still looked at Lelouch's flat chest.

"It wasn't supposed to be like that," Lelouch talked. "It was supposed to be quiet and sad, not furious and desperate."

"W-Why?" Suzaku tried to ask. He was too shocked to use anymore words.

"I was going to tell you, someday, about this side of me. I never intend to lie, but getting closer to you had made me lose courage in everything. I was so scared that you'll hate me, so scared that I'll have to give you up forever because of this. I was so frighten that that day would come, but this is just too sudden," Lelouch spoke as his voice was trembling.

"B-But…you're never…attracted to…anything I do…"

"I did!" Suzaku jolted when Lelouch suddenly shouted. Lelouch stared straight into Suzaku's eyes and spoke again, "It's all thanks to you and your innocence plus stupidity that I was attracted to you! You just don't know how much…how much…that it hurts…to love you…"

Suzaku was totally confused, but then again, if everything Lelouch said was true, what about Rolo?

"R-Rolo…he knew?" Suzaku asked carefully. Lelouch nodded. "Then…leaving…because…?" Suzaku finally had a clearer mind to ask things properly.

"He was supposed to leave soon, but because I wanted to break out this secret to you first did he postpone the date. He knew someday I'd have to leave, that's why he was helping me. Yet you, you have to be there the right time but be gone the wrong time."

Lelouch was glaring heatedly at him. Suzaku could only stare with shock and say nothing more. So first, he really did misunderstand everything, but second, Lelouch did hide something from him, and it was something that he would never know unless Lelouch found the right time to do so. Thus, was it his entire fault again that Lelouch could not break his secret out properly and was misunderstood?

He had enough, Lelouch really had enough. Whatever Suzaku wanted to do from now on, would be up to him. Lelouch just wanted to sleep now, and be gone the next day. Since the secret was out already, there was absolutely no way would the royal members still accept him. Looking away from the still stunned Suzaku; he turned towards his room and went in, locking the door as he shut it. Before he could even reach the bed, he fell kneeling on the ground just beside it. He clutched the blanket tightly, face buried into it, and he cried really hard with the sound muffled. No matter what, his heart ache as he knew Suzaku would never love him anymore.

Suzaku was still stunned. Lelouch was back in his room, so what should he do? Lelouch had finally let out his ultimate secret, but why did he not feel mad at all? Why, instead, he felt sympathy and wanted to apologize so badly? He knew him and Lelouch would never have a good ending anymore, since Lelouch is male. He could not have a family, no sons or daughters to be his next heir, so why would he still care about Lelouch? Even if he did not tell the royal members about this, they would eventually find out, right? The female servants would find out about his unwashed bras and ask right? There was not any need for him to be the bad guy, right? So, why was he still feeling confuse, unsure and unsatisfied of things right now?

"I need some sleep," Suzaku muttered to himself. He turned towards his own room and shut the door. Sleep definitely could cure his confusions, he thought, as he fell on the bed and slowly drifted away in his sleep.


"So this is it," Gino said softly after he had came out from behind the wall.

"It came sooner than I thought," said CC, who also came out from behind the wall.

Apparently, CC had told Gino about Lelouch's identity back when they were having a private talk. Gino was half in suspicions but everything that happen live just now proved that CC was right, again. Even so, the whole argument was heard by the both of them, only them though. CC and Gino had made sure that everyone was not there when the fight broke out.

"The secret will still be safe from now. Suzaku won't be telling anyone soon, since he was still confused right now," Gino explained.

"I don't know, but I won't let him hurt Lulu anymore. I'm taking him with me," CC replied.

"Where will you be taking him?" Gino asked. Though he was not happy about it, but CC do have her own ways of dealing things some time.

"Not like I'll tell you," CC replied.

"Knew you won't, but would you tell me if I could make Suzaku change his mind?" Gino asked.

CC thought for a moment. She sighed, "It's not like I'm really happy that they fought and broke up. I really love having them together, but with the secret out already, Lelouch won't be safe in here anymore."

"You didn't get my question."

"No patience?" CC asked, annoyed.

Gino smirked, "Sorry, please continue."

"I'll tell you where we'll be if you can be 100% sure that Suzaku still have feelings for him," CC replied as she started walking towards Lelouch's room. It was definitely lock, but the door knob was not going to stop her from getting in.

"I'll definitely make him feel miserable during Lelouch's absence. Just wait," said Gino as he turned away. Before he got to the stairs, he peeked at CC who was picking the lock. He was surprised when the lock did give up and CC could get into the room easily. Gino left soon after he heard the door closed and locked.

"This task won't be easy, CC," Gino muttered to himself as he thought of ways to torture Suzaku emotionally.


That's all for now! Aren't you excited? I'm excited myself! I wonder what the next chapter would be. Should I let Suzaku suffer for a little while longer? Or maybe Lelouch would have to be gone for a while? Which would you prefer? Suzaku's part first or Lelouch's part first? VOTE! XD

Stay tuned for the next chapter! Hm…I wonder what CC had in her mind. ^^