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Half of me wanted to post this chapter and half of me wanted to scream and tear this apart before begging you not to read it…
But Nilie (who for those who are still clueless, is my collab partner for the account Nilie & KiKi) told me it's good and I should post it… so yes, here it is.
And yes, you can kinda tell I got bored of writing this chapter about half way down because I rushed through the rest like crazy
Chapter 14 – Slice of Lights
C.C. realised that the girls around her roommate resembled lights in some way. What brought on this thought, she didn't know – maybe it was because of the new Cheese-kun disco ball that Lelouch absolutely refused to get her.
Milly was like one of those disco light ball things - fun, brimming with energy, constantly moving and forever the focus of attention.
She was forever cheerful and sparkling with humour - One is always ensured to have fun in her company. She was vibrant and beautiful like a rainbow but what people tend to forget is that the disco lights have many colours. When people thought of her, many think of sunshine yellow, crazy oranges and bright fresh greens.
Those that see past those initial bright colours will see the sly purples that she cast on her dance floor (a.k.a. her student council and all her slave…er… fellow students) and the romantic pinks that came with almost every girl.
But what people did not always see, were her gloomy blues. C.C. had seen it but she always liked to think herself more perceptive than others on these things. Disco lights always had blues, didn't they? They had a more subtle effect compared to the rest of its colours but they were still always there.
Milly Ashford hid her blues well though. She hid her secrets and unhappiness with her arranged marriage and splashed out more of her other colours to hide it. Her disco light kept moving, along, in the middle of the dance floor, so that she could roll and splash her brighter colours out in order to pull the blues away but they kept coming back, reflected. She was cracking slightly from pressure and deep inside Milly wanted others to see her rays of blue which was why no matter how much she tried to spin the lights about, the blue would always come back.
Yes, Milly was like a disco light…
C.C. briefly wondered if Milly would be crazy enough to get her a Cheese-kun disco ball. Surely if she explained that it was to annoy her roommate or to use it as an excuse to have a Disco Ball Festival, she would agree…
Unless Lelouch or Einstein-girl were present to talk her out of the idea… though Einstein-girl might be too timid to even think of such a thing as objecting Milly's decision.
Speaking of Einstein-girl (Ninny? Nilly? Ni? Nemo? Whatever, she had the same surname as that relativity physicist), C.C. thought she was like a desk lamp. She didn't know the genius girl much but she gave her the impression of a desk lamp – forever working, focused on her work and leaving the rest of the places dim.
She was shy which was probably why her lamp usually was all covered except for that one area which the light shines through. The limited area she could light up showed she only allowed certain things to become close to her whilst the rest were left in the dark (and if they were Eleven-related things then they should have been to the other side of the room, no, house… no outside the house maybe even, where her light would never reach and they could never touch her).
C.C. frowned slightly as she tried to think of the position of the lamp. Milly's disco light was attached to the ceiling and it showed in Milly's high classed birth but Einstein-girl's was situated almost constantly on a table… how should she read that? What should she make of that? Unless Einstein-girl had something with tables…
Hm… obsession… Lelouch called her a pizza-obsessed witch today. Maybe she should call for pizza. She hasn't had one in four hours…
She heard a noise in the hallway and knew Nunnally was back from school thus Lelouch couldn't be far behind.
Nunnally? What sort of light was Nunnally?
Why, the sun of course. Lelouch's life revolved around his younger sister like a planet around a sun. Nunnally wasn't just any sun either. She was the morning sun – fresh, young and gentle.
Her light quietly and shyly slips in at dawn, from the window when the curtains are drawn. Shy, comforting, full of promises and enough to make you want to wake and start anew.
She was the ray of sunshine in Lelouch's life and like the sun, if her stupid brother strayed too close, he would get burned… or just get teased a loli-con.
Hmm… perhaps she should go downstairs and greet the ex-princess. Maybe she could convince Lelouch to buy her the Cheese-kun disco ball for her.
C.C. rolled over in the bed until she was near the edge and the blankets were wrapped about her body like a cocoon. She needed pizza.
Her hand slapped blindly about the bedside table in search for the phone and Lelouch's credit card. Where did she leave that… she looked up and cursed inwardly. Stupid boy took his card with him.
She sighed and placed the phone back on its stand. He must have thought she would buy the Cheese-kun disco ball secretly so he brought his card with him today.
Silly boy, if he was so unkind to girls then he would never find himself a girlfriend!
Seems like she would just have to wait until Lelouch came home. What else could she do to pass time?
Oh yes, lights.
Let's see. Who else was there? Herself, Kallen and Shirley…
The images of the red-haired pilot and Lelouch's ginger-haired friend came to her mind along with her own cute green locks.
Traffic lights.
Yes, C.C. truly was a genius.
Traffic lights.
Redhead, ginger and green – the three colours on a set of traffic lights.
Kallen can be stop, Shirley can be proceed with caution and herself shall be go.
Kallen's bright red is a stop sign for Britannia. Proceed when her stop sign is showing then they were likely to come face to face with danger… which usually came in the form of Guren Nishiki's radiation wave or whatever Lelouch's brilliant mind came up with. Kallen is possibly the only one who can actually stop the stupid boy physically too – Lelouch wouldn't last a second against the girl.
Shirley's flashing amber meant that she'd only let Lelouch go if it was safe and even if it wasn't, she didn't really have much of an ability to stop him – though C.C. was willing to bet the girl could wrestle the boy to the ground if a push comes a shove. Lelouch should really get some muscles on his body.
C.C. was green for go because… well she liked the colour green. Plus, her colour on the traffic lights mean 'Go' and Lelouch could practically get away with anything with her. Dangerous or not, she would let him go and she would just get a laugh from it later…maybe. As long as it did not kill him, she was pretty sure she would let him proceed, if he failed along the way then all the more teasing material.
Besides, it wasn't her place to get in the way of his dreams. Whatever his reason for living, whatever his goals, she was his accomplice in helping him achieve them. She was not to judge him. She simply couldn't.
"C.C., I'm back," Lelouch's voice rang as he stepped into the bedroom and dropped his schoolbag on the floor. He raised an eyebrow at her rolled up state. "What are you doing?"
She blinked at him then to his surprise threw the curled up blankets off her shoulders and came towards him with a serious face. "Credit card. Pizza. Now."
She didn't wait for him to extract it from his wallet; instead she snatched it from his hands. She was on the bed the next time he blinked and already rattling her orders down the phone.
Used to her actions, he shrugged and started pulling out his homework. He must have been searching for his pencil case when she snapped the phone shut and tugged on his sleeve like a child. "Can I get the Cheese-kun-"
"No." was his immediate reply.
She frowned at him before flopping onto his bed like some abandoned doll and hugged Cheese-kun to her chest.
Click, TV was on and C.C. was officially throwing her version of a huff.
He sighed loudly, other girls whined, protested and sulked loudly but what did this silly witch do? Act as if everything was normal and like she hadn't just asked for something ridiculous whilst giving off the aura that he was the one at fault and that he should be feeling guilty for not buying her the product.
He tapped his pencil against his textbook lightly in thought before sighing loudly again. "Fine, as long as you don't put the stupid thing up."
Honestly, he spoiled her too much.
She clicked on the remote control as she flipped the channels, "good because I already ordered it."
She ignored Lelouch's flabbergast splutters and wondered what kind of light Sayako was.
END OF CHAPTER 14
Crisshinn: Best Lelouch x C.C. I don't think so (blushes) thanks for the compliment anyways.
Annstar5647: Don't worry, I intend to keep writing no matter what (whether I get readers or not) so this fic will not be disappearing any time soon.
DT: More Park-boy? Very well. Your wish is my command
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SPECIAL THANKS FOR NILIE WHO BETA-READ THIS EVEN THOUGH SHE'S DEAD TIRED AND HAD TO STAY UP JUST TO CORRECT THIS (and add a line or two). Nilie, you are the most precious collab buddy ever!
KiKi Hayashi