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"What's wrong?" C.C. asked as she heard him re-dial a number.
"Nothing, just mind your own business." He growled as he pressed his ear to the phone again.
'Well someone's moody...' C.C. huffed as she returned her gaze to the road.
Lelouch hung up and called again, biting the tip of his thumb in anxiety.
'Why do I have this bad feeling? Something must be wrong with Shirley. Damn it! I can't just ask her to turn around.' Lelouch thought. After three or five more times he finally gave up.
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It was silent up there on the rooftop. So excruciatingly silent, that if Suzaku wasn't the one that had caused it he would have spoken. It seemed like hours but the last firework had went off not that long ago. The brunette boy let a couple more minutes pass by, enjoying the fact that he was still holding her, before he began talking.
"Sh-Shirley...?" He whispered. The orange-haired girl's eyes widened, his words sinking in. She immediately pushed him away, shocking him. They looked at each other with wide eyes.
"Um Shirle-?"
"Y-You know what? I think I left my phone in the gym!" She began, her face a bright crimson. Her arms outstretched even after she pushed him as if to keep some distance between them. "I-I think I should go and get it!"
"Shirley, wait." Suzaku tried to close in on her but for every step he took, she took a step back.
"I'll just see you tomorrow Suzaku!" Shirley concluded waving a quick good bye before running out the door and down the stairs.
He didn't try stopping her, and even if he did, what would he say? "Woops, sorry but I love you." Or, "Sorry about what I said, but I totally meant it so you want to be my girlfriend or what?" Those weren't right. He just sighed and turned his attention to the sky, quietly praying she wasn't thinking bad things about him.
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With Shirley...
Her heart was pounding so hard she swore that people miles away could hear it. She couldn't believe it, he said he loved her! Her of all people! She stopped as she opened the door to the gym, low and behold there was her cellphone. She picked it up off the table she had been sitting at previously, flipping it open. The screen lit up and showed her she had 7 missed calls.
'Strange, I wonder who called me.' She thought, absentmindedly checking her call log. Low and behold there was Lelouch's name written seven times. Despite him breaking the promise they made, she couldn't help the warm, bubbly feeling she got. It was so unlike him to call her and this time he did it seven times! That was a new record!
"I should call him." Shirley pressed his number and called waiting a couple moments before someone picked up.
"Hello?" A masculine voice answered, one that she recognized immediately.
"L-Lulu! Hi!" Came Shirley's flustered response, since he almost never answers when she calls.
"Shirley! Are you alright? I've been calling you..." Lelouch trailed off, embarrassed with how worried he sounded in front of C.C. Shirley giggled.
"Yes, I'm fine. Sorry about not answering, I was outside to watch the fireworks and I left my phone here."
"Oh, okay then. Sorry about bothering you with my calls." He let out a sigh of relief while Shirley shook her head even though he couldn't see her.
"No, no! It didn't bother me at all!" She blushed, "So, uh, what did you call me for?"
"Yeah, about that. I wanted to-"
"Lelouch, who are you talking to?" Interrupted a feminine voice on the phone. Shirley froze. She recognized that voice, it was the same one as the girl who accompanied Lelouch to the ball. What was her name? C.C.? What was he doing with her? All too suddenly she remembered the broken promise about dancing together.
"Be quiet!" Was all she heard on the other end.
'He was probably with her the whole time after he left!' Shirley thought, rage taking over her emotions.
"Lelouch! How dare you break our promise! And you broke it so you could be with that C.C. girl? Trying to make me jealous and saying you care for me in that way! I can't believe I believed you and how dare you play with me! I'll never forgive you!" She screamed into her phone before quickly hanging up.
'How could he lie to me?' The orange-haired girl thought barley able to hold back her tears. She crouched low to the ground and buried her face in her knees. Slowly, she let a constrained and muffled sob escape her.
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With Lelouch...
He heard the line go dead before he could tell her to wait.
"Dammit!" He cursed out loud, almost throwing his phone at the window. How could she think that? It's all C.C.'s fault!
'That witch knew I was talking to Shirley and did it on purpose!' The prince thought angrily.
"What's wrong?" The so called "witch" asked.
"Shirley hates me now and it's all your fault!" Lelouch snapped at her. "Why did you have to talk?"
"Well, I was curious." Came her monotone response. Lelouch tried to call again, but Shirley wasn't answering. He ran a hand through his hair in frustration, what should he do?
"C.C. turn around." The green-haired women continued to drive straight.
"I will not."
"What?" He was surprised, "And why not?"
"Because the Black Knights are in need of your assistance. Have you forgotten that already? One measly girl over a whole organization?" C.C. looked at him for a brief moment. "You've worked hard to get these members, are you going to let the Black Knights crumble because Shirley said she wouldn't forgive you? You must be joking if you pick her."
Lelouch thought about this for a moment while his hand subconsciously grabbed the seat he was sitting on tightly. She had a point... but Shirley was important to him.
'What's come over me? Before I wouldn't have given her a second thought when I left school because of the Black Knights. Now I'm asking C.C. to turn back!' He ran his hand through his hair again, she was right. Shirley was important but he needed to look at the bigger picture. The Black Knights were going to change the world for the better. If he achieved this then that would mean Shirley would live in a better place and they could continue their relationship when he came back. After he begged for forgiveness of course.
'Just wait for me Shirley.' Lelouch thought as he gazed out the car window. 'I'll make it up to you somehow.'
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With Suzaku...
This was definitely not how he wanted to see her...
Suzaku had decided after waiting a short amount of time after Shirley had left to go down to the gym and see if she was maybe still there. When he found her hunched over and close to the ground he was startled and immediately got on his knees before the girl and asked if she was okay.
When she lifted up her head, which she had kept hidden, he saw that her eyes were red and swollen. Clear signs that she had been crying, or rather she still was as stray tears ran down her cheeks. She looked a bit broken, like she had just found out something awful.
"Shirley? Are you okay?" He asked again.
"S-Suzaku..." Her eyes seemed dull, not like how they usually were. "I-I..."
Not really knowing what he was doing, he pressed his lips to hers gently. Taking them both by surprise when he pulled back. He immediately regretted doing that though, as she began to cry again and bury her face in her hands.
"I-I'm sorry!" He apologized, embarrassed at his lack of self control.
"Suzaku were you lying when you said you loved me?" Shirley's questioned. Though it was a rather random question to him and he was confused, he took it very seriously.
"No. What reason would I have to lie to my most important person?" He responded reaching over and giving her shoulder a light squeeze, hoping she would once again look at him. He succeeded as she lifted up her head, a small smile tugging at her lips despite herself. At least he wouldn't lie about these things.
"That's good to hear." She whispered, so quiet he almost didn't catch what she said.
Connecting the dots, Suzaku asked, "Shirley did something happen between you and Lelouch?"
"Please don't ask me that right now." She answered, her face once again frowning. Suzaku understood what that meant. it did have something to do with Lelouch. 2. And it deeply hurt her. But what he couldn't figure out was how exactly did they speak if he wasn't even here? Probably by cell phones.
"Okay, do you want me to walk you home?" He asked, changing the subject. She nodded and he helped her get up.
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The walk home was dead silent, you could hear the wind blow every once in a while.
"Suzaku?" Shirley spoke up after she felt better.
"Y-Yes?" The brunette wasn't expecting her to start talking so soon. They had just left the gym a couple of minutes ago.
"W-Why did you kiss me?" She kept her gaze to the ground.
"Oh, uh, well... you seemed really upset and I didn't know what to do so, although I wasn't aware of it, I guess I tried to kiss it better? Haha pretty lame huh? I'm just not good with seeing you cry, but I tried." Suzaku scratched the back of his head, his face turning a light pink. "I'm sorry about doing it though."
The boy heard a small giggle from the girl beside him and looked at her. She looked a lot better than before, her eyes weren't red anymore and they seemed livelier. He smiled, "Hey are you laughing at me?"
Shirley laughed softly, meeting his gaze. "A little," she teased. "But I haven't had somebody "kiss it better" since I was 6 or 7 years old."
"That's cause you make me all crazy when you cry, I don't think straight." Suzaku reasoned. It fell into a comfortable silence as they continued their walk to her home.
"Oh, we're here." Suzaku spoke up.
Shirley stopped and looked around, ah there was her house. "You're right."
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow." Suzaku said as he turned to her. She gave him a confused look.
"Tomorrow we don't have school, don't you mean Monday?" She asked, Suzaku walked up to her and rubbed her head aggressively.
"You forgot that you promised me dance lessons? How could you!" He smiled as he successfully messed up her hair.
"O-Oh yeah!" Shirley mumbled, trying to fix her messy orange locks.
"Now that you've remembered I can leave, see you tomorrow at 12." He began to walk past her, but a tug on his sleeve stopped him in his tracks. He looked behind him and saw the orange-haired girl. "Is there something wrong?"
Realizing what she had done, the girl pulled her hand back and let it fall to her side. "N-no, I'm sorry."
"Are you going to be okay?" Suzaku asked a little hesitant to leave her now.
"Yes but, uh, you live alone right?" This made the brunette raise a brow.
"Yeah. Why are you asking this?" Shirley blushed a bright red.
"I-If you don't have anyone to return to then why don't you spend the night at my house? I-I mean if you want to! I can imagine it must be rather lonely by yourself in an apartment and my mom isn't home." Shirley couldn't help asking, she didn't want to be by herself.
"I-I can't simply let you stay here alone, so I guess that's okay. If you're willing to, I mean what happens if something bad were to happen right?" Suzaku's face now resembled a tomato, he was blushing so hard.
"Exactly! And we wouldn't want that and it's okay if you stay if all you're going to do is watch over me." Shirley stated as she walked to her front door, Suzaku following close behind.
"Yeah, we're both responsible people here after all." He said as Shirley opened the door and let him inside.
The orange-haired girl nodded before leading him into the living room, "Are you hungry? I could make you something."
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To Be Continued...
And that is how the chapter ends! I'm so sorry for not updating soon! Dx I'm awful! Please forgive me as I tend to be a procrastinator. )'x I'll try to update as soon as I can, since I'm fighting off writer's block! Reviews help though :P somewhat at least it get me motivated to try. Ideas are welcomed and greatly appreciated! Tell me if I messed up on something.
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