A/N: Yay for breaks…and its summer in the story right now, and you know what means. And I recently got an idea for another LelouchXC.C. fic based on Spice and Wolf but that won't be published for a while. And I just realized after re-watching Code Geass, Euphie is spelled Euphy. I like "Euphie" better anyways.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass

Chapter 14

The cicadas buzzed loudly in the blazing summer morning sun. Despite the early hours, the humidity in the air already hung heavy and wet; but inside the Lamperouge mansion, the heat outside was ignored by the black haired young man sleeping peacefully. He had the curtains drawn so as to block out the sunlight and the air conditioning made the inside of the mansion cool and comfortable. The young man's peaceful sleep was disturbed by the loud ring of his cell phone and so he groggily sat up, got out of bed and walked over to his desk where his phone flashed.

"Good morning Lelouch!" an excited voice of a girl yelled through the phone.

"Milly," Lelouch pulled the phone away from his ear for a moment before putting it back and saying, "what is it Milly? It's only eight."

"It's summer Lelouch so we have to go to the beach," Milly said excitedly. "Besides, you haven't left your house once since coming back from your vacation."

"That's because I was tired," Lelouch said. "And I'm still tired so I'm going to skip out on this one."

"But I've already invited everybody," Milly whined.

"So?" Lelouch said simply.

"I even invited C.C." Milly said sweetly.

"So?" Lelouch repeated, though the image of C.C. in a bikini flashed across his mind.

"If I can't convince you to go…" Milly trailed off and hung up.

Lelouch looked at his phone, confused, but decided to give up and go back to bed. He had been back home for the past three days but hasn't gone out, and opted to stay home and sleep off the effects of jet lag. The gifts he bought for everyone sat on the floor by his desk, still in their bags, unmoved since being left there on his first day back. There were one and half more weeks of summer vacation until the second semester starts. As Lelouch got comfortable on his bed, he heard a knock on his door.

"Sayoko-san, I'm sleeping in today too." Lelouch called, thinking it was Sayoko coming to wake him up again.

"It's me Lelouch!" Euphie's voice drifted through the door. "I just got a phone call from the president and she said we're going to the beach."

"Go ahead," Lelouch yelled back.

Another voice joined Euphie's, this time much more excited and shriller. "Onii-sama, Milly-san just called and invited us to go to the beach and to wake you up."

'So that's how she planned to make me go,' Lelouch thought. His phone rang again and the screen flashed Milly's name. "Not good enough Milly." He smirked.

"Are you sure?" Milly said slyly. "Nunnally-chan and Euphie will be going too. Don't you want to watch over Nunnally-chan? I mean she is getting to that age…and Suzaku will be with Euphie."

Lelouch's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, "are you saying you'll leave her alone?"

"Of course not," Milly said innocently. "We would never, but the beach is crowded. Suzaku will be with Euphie most of the time and they would like their alone time right? Kallen too since she might be bringing a guy, and Rivalz can't be depended on, while me and Shirley are still just girls."

"What about C.C. and my alone…I mean," Lelouch faked a cough before continuing. "What about C.C.?"

"She'll be with you of course," Milly said happily. "You shouldn't leave a girl alone at a beach full of hot guys; you never know who might snatch her away. C.C. doesn't seem like she would mind watching Nunnally with you. And don't worry about Shirley; I talked to her about it so you don't have to feel guilty about being with C.C."

"That's not the problem here…" Lelouch sighed.

"I guess you don't have to come but Nunnally seems excited about coming with her beloved onii-sama,"

Just then, Nunnally's voice came through the door into his room again, "you better get ready onii-sama, we'll be going soon."

"Fine, I'll be there." Lelouch said and hung up.

They all agreed to meet at ten but when Lelouch arrived; most of the others were already there. He and his sisters went into their respective changing rooms once they waved at the others, telling them that they're here. Lelouch wore a simple pair black swim trunks and a white button up shirt. He looked out at his gathered friends while he waited for his sisters. So far, Suzaku, Milly, Rivalz, Shirley, and Nina had arrived. Apparently C.C. was late and Lelouch could only hope she didn't get lost like her first day in Japan.

Suzaku was wearing a pair of white swim trunks that had a gold line running down both side. Milly was in a frilly navy blue bikini with the same color cloth wrapped around her waist while wearing a straw sun hat. Rivalz was in a dark blue swim trucks and he was staring at Milly like an idiot. Shirley was in a simple blue two-piece while Nina wore the school swimsuit. As Lelouch waited, his mind wandered to what C.C. would be wearing. He was broken out of his thoughts when his sisters came out. Euphie was wearing a white two-piece that if Cornelia saw, she would be screaming for Euphie to change. Nunnally on the hand was in a conservative and rather childish looking one-piece with a skirt. Lelouch had convinced her to bring this after what Milly said to him, although it left her back exposed. Lelouch had made Nunnally wear something over it when she isn't swimming.

"Yo Lelouch," Suzaku grunted a greeting after a rather passionate greeting with Euphie. "Finally out of the house eh?" Lelouch had gotten used to their behavior over the past year so he didn't think much of it.

"Did you become a hikkikomori," Rivalz said sarcastically, his attention turned away from Milly when Lelouch walked up to them.

"So where are our gifts?" Milly said excitedly.

"I have it right here," Lelouch said with a slight smirk and gestured to the bag at his side. "But after such a rude question, I'm having second thoughts about handing them out."

Euphie and Nunnally were already handing the souvenirs they bought to everyone already so Lelouch waited until they were done by asking Milly, "So C.C. hasn't arrived yet?"

"Nope, but she'll be here so you'll get to see your C.C. soon," Milly cooed.

Lelouch decided to ignore her and instead, started to hand out the souvenirs he bought. "Suzaku, here." Lelouch tossed a rolled up parcel to him and Suzaku caught it with one hand since his other arm was wrapped around Euphie. It was a shirt that said in bold letters, 'I'M DATING MY BESTFRIEND'S SISTER' along with illustration of a male and female stick figure holding hands and another stick figure stalking them from behind. "It seemed quite appropriate don't you think?" Lelouch laughed.

Next Lelouch dug out a round package and handed it to Rivalz. It was one of those mixers bartenders used to mix drinks along with a book on how to mix certain drinks. The sides were clear so one can look at its contents while it was being mixed. "You worked at a bar for a while and learned how to mix drinks before they found out you faked your age right? Well here's one for you to use and learn." Lelouch told him.

Lelouch reached into the bag again and took out a small rectangular box and gave it to Shirley. "Here," he said as he handed it to her without looking at her directly. It has been a bit awkward talking with her ever since her confession – if you can call it that – during the festival, so her gift was the second hardest to find next to C.C.'s because Lelouch didn't want to give her the wrong idea. So he settled for a pair of designer sunglasses with small diamonds – probably fake – encrusted on its rim.

"Thanks Lulu," Shirley said brightly and smiled. Lelouch didn't know what to make of it so he moved on.

"Here you go, Nina." Lelouch smiled and handed Nina a small shopping bag. "I wasn't exactly sure what to get you so Euphie helped out a lot when choosing this." It was true, although they were both in the student council, they did not talk much, Nina was always on her computer doing one thing or another and Milly was the only one who could approach her casually. Lelouch was quite surprised when Nina's face lit up with joy.

"Thank you Lelouch," Nina exclaimed in joy. "I love it." It was a small dark green purse that Euphie thought was cute and that since she got Nina a wallet, it would go well together.

"And now yours Milly…" Lelouch smirked. He reached into the bag and withdrew an object that looked like a diary. It had a leather cover and a pen was attached to the cover.

"A planner?" Milly asked when she opened it. "Cheapskate!" Milly smacked Lelouch on the side of his head with the ringed spine and Lelouch just laughed.

"I thought it was a good idea since you're always rushing us to finish paperwork that you forgot," Lelouch chuckled. "I know that's a bit cheap so Euphie made me get you something else, although keep the planner because I really think you need it. But you'll have to wait because I couldn't bring it since it's rather big."

The group continued talking to wait for the two who still hasn't arrived yet. It was well past 10:30 when they saw Kallen from the table they were sitting at in front of a small shop. Kallen was wearing a white shirt and short jean shorts that accentuated her nice figure and long legs. She was also carrying a bag of beach supplies similar to the others. Beside her walked another young man their age, that Lelouch recognized as the same person from the festival and that day he went out with C.C. His thin rimmed sunglasses glinted in the sun. He wore a white t-shirt and black swim trunks with white stripes down the sides.

"Sorry we're late," Kallen said as she jogged up to them. "We missed the first bus because Yoshitake wanted to sleep in."

"I just wanted to you come and wake me up, Kallen." the person named Yoshitake teased. He turned to the group and started introducing himself. "My name's Han Yoshitake and I'm a second year at Sano High. Nice to meet you guys."

"Ooo Kallen," Milly cooed, draping an arm on the redhead's shoulders. "Boyfriend?"

Kallen jumped back in surprise and started stuttering an incoherent answer so Yoshitake answered for her. "Don't be so shy Kallen. We're already on first name term so yes, I am her boyfriend." Kallen didn't object to this so they just took his word for it, though they could see a slight blush forming on her cheeks.

"I haven't told anyone yet so that's why I was a bit taken aback…" Kallen muttered.

C.C. arrived soon after Kallen and brought with her two other girls who Lelouch recognized as Nunnally's friends. Nunnally quickly ran up to greet them while C.C. walked toward them. "Sorry I'm late, my cousin came over just as I was about to leave and said she wanted to come along. So we had to go back to her place to get her stuff then we had to meet her friend." C.C. explained calmly.

"Its fine, its fine," Milly said. "Now that everyone's here, let's go!"

"Wait, don't you need to change?" Lelouch asked C.C.

"I'm wearing it under my cloths already."

The large group of teenagers marched off, trying to find a deserted spot big enough for them. It wasn't even noon yet and the beach was already quite crowded. They wound their way through the mass of beach goers until they found a nice, big, and clear area. Shirley and Milly had brought a net and poles for beach volleyball so they went to set up with Suzaku and Euphie. Nina inflated the various inflatable objects like beach balls, rafts, and plastic animals with the electric pump while Rivalz helped her. Yoshitake and Kallen had gone off to buy ice to fill the ice chest and Nunnally and her friends laid the various blankets on the ground and put up the umbrellas. This left Lelouch and C.C. alone with nothing to do.

"Been a while, hasn't it?" C.C. said nonchalantly.

"Yeah…" Lelouch said nervously and looked away, "Nice to see you again though." He glanced over at her and saw her pulling her dress over head and he jumped back in surprise. "What are you doing?!"

C.C. pulled her dress of before answering him, "I'm changing into my swimsuit, why?"

"At least give a little warning before you start taking off your cloths." Lelouch said a bit annoyed but as he looked her over, he couldn't help but keep staring. C.C. was wearing a white one-piece but it might as well be a bikini. It left her back completely exposed as well as her sides because all that held the front and back together, along with the shoulder straps were several thin strings. The front of the swimsuit was split down the middle so it only covered her breasts, leaving her stomach exposed and it was only cut off just below her stomach.

"What?" C.C. asked, noticing his stare.

"Nothing," Lelouch answered quickly and looked away.

"Like what you see?" C.C. teased, edging closer to Lelouch.

"Anyways, here's something I bought for you on vacation." Lelouch said and handed her a box.

C.C. stopped her advance and looked at the box for a second before taking it out of his hand.

"It's not anything special, I got everyone something." Lelouch said as he tried to sound casual. "Speaking of which, I forgot to give Kallen her gift."

"A pizza bracelet," C.C. sounded as if she didn't even hear what he said. "How sweet, thanks Lelouch." C.C. leaned in and kissed him on cheek before he had time to respond. "You know exactly what I like don't you?"

"Onii-sama and C.C.-san…!" Nunnally covered her mouth in surprise. "So you two really are together."

"Nunnally!" Lelouch just noticed that their friends were all looking at them. Milly's expression was that of someone plotting an evil scheme. "It's not what it looks like!"

"Nemo, did you know? Since when?" Nunnally asked.

"I don't know what's going on," Nemo told her. "She never tells me and when I ask her, she either ignores it or gives me some weird answer; though I should say she has never denied anything."

"Oh so you two are actually together eh?" Yoshitake said. He and Kallen had just reappeared, each holding a side of a large ice chest now probably filled with ice.

"No we're not," Lelouch answered. "I don't know why she did what she just did but we're not." He avoided looking at C.C. but everyone seemed to have gotten the message. He was rather tired of their teasing.

"I guess not then," Nemo commented.

"Come on, we're at the beach so let's go swimming!" Milly said.

"Right behind you," Rivalz said running after Milly.

Shirley grabbed Nina's hand and went after the two as well. C.C. was goaded into a race by her cousin and also followed the others. Euphie tried to pull Suzaku in but Suzaku told her to go ahead and Suzaku made his way toward Lelouch as Euphie took Nunnally and Alice with her.

"So what's wrong?" Suzaku said sitting beside Lelouch.

Yoshitake and Kallen also went into the water after shedding the outer layer of their cloths to reveal their swimsuits. Kallen was wearing a simple red two-piece.

"Nothing," Lelouch answered casually. He looked out into the water, keeping an eye on Nunnally.

"We've known each other since we were nine," Suzaku said matter-of-factly. "I think I'd know better than anyone if something was wrong with you."

Lelouch glanced over at the brown haired Japanese boy before saying, "does it really look like me and C.C. is dating?"

"Yes," Suzaku said simply. "And that was rather mean, you know."

"What?"

"When you said flat-out denied that you guys aren't together," Suzaku answered, "could've been more subtle."

"It's the truth."

"I think she likes you though," Suzaku said suddenly. "C.C. is a rather strange girl from what I could tell. She doesn't try to impress anyone, though the swimsuit she's wearing says otherwise. Perhaps she does it unconsciously, trying to impress you and hides it with teases."

"Don't let Euphie hear you complimenting another girl's swimsuit," Lelouch chuckled, but he took Suzaku's words to heart.

They had taken the beach ball out there and began hitting it to each other. It seems C.C. and Nemo had finished their race and joined the others as well. Lelouch watched the group and thought about what Suzaku said; that C.C. liked him. Well that girl was a difficult person to read so he wouldn't know but he has never been aware of such things anyways.

Euphie and Nunnally came up to Lelouch and Suzaku and started pulling the two out to play as well. Lelouch could never say no to Nunnally so he got up to join the others. The cool sea water definitely felt great in this hot weather. They would occasionally get knocked over by a powerful wave that pushed towards the shore. C.C. was still acting like she always was towards Lelouch despite his proclamation earlier. Despite his popularity, Lelouch actually had no dating experience whatsoever. Unlike his brother Clovis who relished in his popularity amongst the female population when he was at school, Lelouch chose to deflect the girls' affections, though apparently that created the image of his cold and hard personality.

Lelouch thought about the day he spent with C.C. before going on vacation and the question that plagued him came back. Was that a date? And if it was, does that mean they were dating? He certainly finds C.C. to be an interesting person, more interesting than the other girls in school. He remembered how C.C. would pop into his mind when he was in America whenever Karin had asked him a question concerning his love life and random times in between.

After a while, they decided to stop and rest. The drinks should be cooled down more than enough and Shirley had made food for everyone. C.C. had complained that there weren't any pizza but everyone knew of her obsession for pizza by now so it didn't seem rude, though Shirley looked a bit put-off.

After the meal, Milly had suggested 2-man team volleyball tournament and that everyone has to join. The couples in the group were automatically teamed together by Milly so Lelouch's plan of teaming up with Suzaku failed, and once Milly decides something, nobody can say otherwise. She then went on to decide everyone else's teammates and Rivalz looked disappointed when Milly didn't pick him for her team. The final teams came out as; Suzaku and Euphie, Yoshitake and Kallen, Milly and Shirley, Rivalz and Nina, and finally Lelouch and C.C. Nunnally and her two friends were placed in a 3-man team because of the odd number and the height advantage everyone had over them. Lelouch couldn't help but think that Milly did this on purpose, putting him and C.C. together.

"Ah, I'm not good at volleyball…" Yoshitake said as he sat beside Lelouch. It was Suzaku and Euphie versus Rivalz and Nina right now. Kallen had gone to the restroom with a few of the other girls including C.C.

"Don't worry, you're not alone." Lelouch chuckled. Milly was keeping score and acting as the referee, but one who was constantly yelling things to the players.

"So, are you and…C.C. was it…dating?" Yoshitake said taking a drink from the ice chest and handing one to Lelouch. "Want one?"

"No we're not…"Lelouch answered casually as he took the offered bottle before adding, "I think."

"You think?"

"I never really thought about it so I don't know."

"Have you asked her?"

"No, why should I?" Lelouch took a swig before saying, "she asked me out before I went on vacation but I don't know if that could be considered a date." He left out the kiss on the cheek part at the end.

"Yeah she likes you," Yoshitake said nonchalantly.

"I don't know."

"Kallen said you're pretty popular in school despite how arrogant you are."

"She said I was arrogant huh?"

"You mad?" Yoshitake asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Not really, Nunnally says so too. Or it could be just her friends influencing her."

"So do you like her? C.C.?"

"I actually don't know how to answer that," Lelouch chuckled. "She's certainly the most interesting girl I've ever met."

"This is just what I think so you don't have to listen," Yoshitake continued, "I think you do like her but you are denying it. Why? I don't know. Though you should hurry, otherwise someone else might come along and steal her away. I mean, she is pretty good looking."

"Better not let Kallen hear you say that," Lelouch laughed. "And here, give this to Kallen, I haven't had the chance to give it to her. It's a souvenir." Lelouch gave him a box and he opened it.

"Red lotus hair pins?" Yoshitake asked confused.

"She'll understand what it means and Kallen is such a tomboy; this is to enhance her femininity."

"I'll tell her that, though you know she'll probably never wear it right?" Yoshitake laughed before he got up to go find Kallen.

Their "tournament" continued with Suzaku and Euphie's win, although it was mostly Suzaku's work. It was Kallen's team's turn next but not before she tried to pummel Lelouch for his comment on her femininity. So she enjoyed herself quite a lot when she played against Lelouch and C.C. Kallen and Suzaku being the most athletic of those here, easily became the last ones standing and went against each other. The volleyball match between Suzaku and Kallen ended in a close victory by Kallen, their partners barely did anything except setting it up for them.

While that was going on, Rivalz, Shirley, and Nina had disappeared somewhere only to return to with several watermelons and a bat. What was a trip to the beach without the traditional watermelon smashing? They each took it in turns to be blindfolded and spun and attempt to hit the watermelon based on the instructions yelled by everyone around them. The tricky part was discerning the real instructions from the fake. Kallen took this chance and started edging toward Lelouch's voice with the bat, pretending to follow the directions everyone was giving her while C.C. just watched and everyone laughed. Being blindfolded and dizzy, even with his dismal athletic skills, Lelouch was able to dodge the attempted the swings.

After they ate the watermelons, smashed melon carcasses lay on the hot sand, their red juice and insides looking like blood spilled over a violent scene of battle.

They all dispersed to go home when the sun started setting, though they all took the same bus to the train station. By the time Lelouch got home, it was well into the night already so he just asked Sayoko to bring food into his room. As he ate, he began thinking about the events of the day and his mind lingered on the relationship between him and C.C. In any case, he felt bad about how he just bluntly denied the fact that C.C. was his girlfriend that morning, even if she doesn't like him that might still hurt. So he picked up his phone and called her.

"Hello," C.C. said through the other side.

"Hey, so you got home safely then," Lelouch said. "Didn't get lost?"

"I'm not a klutz," C.C. said tiredly. "So what do you want?"

"About what I said this morning," Lelouch stopped and tried to think of what to say next. "I should apologize."

"What did you say?"

"You know…about you not being…my girlfriend."

"Eh…so the prideful Lelouch Lamperouge is afraid of hurting others' feelings." C.C. teased

"It's taking a lot just for me to say this okay…"

"Its fine, what you said is true though. We're not dating or anything."

"Yeah…that's right," Lelouch laughed nervously.

There was a moment of silence between them before C.C. broke it. "Is there anything else?"

"Ah…nothing, I guess." Lelouch said, snapping out of his daze. Then he remembered the kisses. "What did the kisses mean? Do you…"

But C.C. had cut him off, "good night Lelouch."

Before Lelouch could say anything, she hung up. He stared at the screen of his cell phone and decided that he'll ask her some other time.

A/N: In which I'm a horrible, horrible, horrible person.

All the gifts are completely made up on the spot but I try to make it something real and something for the specific character.

Yoshitake is my OC and his name came from the Japanese reading of a Chinese name. Sano High is a real school in Japan by the way, except it's not Tokyo but for this, let's make it so. How do I know? I spent two weeks there as an exchange student two summers ago. And I've done watermelon smashing before too, it's like a funnier version of hitting piñata.

I'm not a particularly huge fan of GinoXKallen, read my profile.

This ended up way longer than I expected. I think the next one might be quite short…just maybe.

I just had a sadistic moment with the watermelons because this fic just seem so lighthearted, sorry. And it's like 1:30 a.m. right now…writing is my outlet.

Hikkikomori is someone who stays home all the time playing games and other things, and rarely if ever, go outside.