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Summary: C.C. is a lazy and gluttonous girl who only cares for pizza. And Lelouch is the man that may fall for her, ahem, charms.


Green Silk and Golden Orbs

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Chapter 13

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The sun was brighter than expected, however it matched perfectly with the pure white theme of the golden afternoon. Chairs were lined up facing an exquisite gazebo. It was decorated with lace, pearls, ribbons and a various array of white flowers. The only colours visible were colours from nature: the luscious green grass, the clear blue sky and the small yellow, pink and purple wild flowers in the horizon.

It was a white wedding.

A wedding perfect for a prince and a princess.

Lelouch stood by the alter dressed in all white. It was necessary for him to be dressed beautifully. It was a special day after all. However, he wasn't as nervous as expected. He assumed that at that very moment he would be a bucket of nerves. But he was almost perfectly calm. There were a couple of stray butterflies in his stomach but that was expected.

The Bridal March was beginning. Starting off with two little flower girls dusting the white carpet with white petals. Between them was a young boy looking proud to be carrying the pillow that held the rings. This bridal party had no Bridesmaids. The Bride didn't feel a need for them; she only wanted a Maid-of-Honour. And the Maid-of-Honour was as radiant as ever, almost as much as the Bride; it made Lelouch smile.

Then the infamous song began to play melodiously on the pearl white organ just behind him. Lelouch tensed up as everyone in the audience stood to pay respects to the Bride and to get a better glimpse at her marvellous beauty.

He caught the glance of a pair of golden eyes. The eyes managed to calm him down for a bit.

It relaxed him down as soon as Euphemia placed her hand delicately into Suzaku's.

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The reception was taking place in the cooler parts of the day; early evening. The giant orb in the sky just set making way for the silver moon. Blue and purple met were the sun just bid farewell for the day. Stars slowly began to pepper the sky, joining the mysterious moon as it reflected the rays of the sun. Cheerful music filled the air. Music that celebrated the joining of true love. Just like the music, people at the reception were over the moon for the two who just pledged their lives together.

Lelouch sat on a lonely seat out on the deck of his home. He strayed away from the lively party indoors, opting for a quieter evening with just his thoughts. He was glad, probably more than anyone, for Euphemia and Suzaku. His loving younger sister and bestfriend were finally married. And it was all thanks to him.

He managed to change the mind and ideal of his father and tradition. No couple should wait for another couple to marry just because of tradition. If two people really loved one another they should wed whenever they pleased. It would be nobody's decision but their own.

If Lelouch hadn't changed the mind of his father, Euphemia and Suzaku might have to wait two years before marrying. And that wasn't fair since the pair were ready to be married to one another the day they laid eyes on each other.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

Lelouch looked around to see C.C. twirling a copper penny between her fore finger and thumb. Her classic smirk was laid on her lips as she closed in on him and the empty seat opposite of him. She sat down, laying the penny flat against the glass table. She slid it over to him, never failing to lose her usual expression.

"I was just being happy for Euphemia and Suzaku," he answered concisely.

Her smirk faltered as her eyebrows furrowed together.

"By yourself? In the dark? It seems more like you're out here wallowing."

"Y'know the party life isn't for me, C.C.," he told her for what felt like the hundredth time. C.C. was more than aware of his displeasure of social gatherings, especially ones that he was so heavily involved in. "And besides the air is much more refreshing out here."

C.C. titled her head slightly.

"I guess you're right. You're much more useful out here than you are in there." Another snide remark. Another uncalled for remark.

"What is that supposed to mean?" His reaction was a calmer version of snapping at her. Lelouch didn't want to lose his temper at the reception of a wedding.

"If I remember correctly, you weren't a very good dancer the last time we danced."

Now Lelouch felt like snapping at her.

"You were the one pounding my feet with your heels," he growled as a counter attack. "It's hard for me to dance with a person without any grace or poise."

C.C.'s smirk reappeared again. That wasn't a good sign. Well, that wasn't a good sign for Lelouch.

"That makes two of us. How can you expect me to dance well when my partner was a scrawny out-of-breath teenager?"

He frowned at her and her hurtful comment.

"Maybe if you didn't eat pizza all the time I wouldn't be out of breath," Lelouch retorted, picking at her pizza eating habit. "How can you expect me to twirl you around when you eat about ten boxes of pizza a day?"

Lelouch braced himself for knock out comment. C.C. almost always won their bantering because she uttered the most unbelievable things. Her brain conjured up the most out-of-the-world statements. It was her speciality to answer with a win.

"I think we've been spending too much time around one another," she said, changing the subject completely, "we're staring to sound like one another."

It was true. Many of his friends had told him that what he said either sounded like he picked up from C.C. or something C.C. would say. Lelouch didn't know what they meant by that until he began to replay the conversation he had with C.C. mentally. Then it hit him. They were starting to sound like those couples who have ventured off into the depths of life and back. They mimicked the ways of a veteran couple in love; a couple who fought, argued, cried and hurt but still managed to pull through everything that life threw their way; a couple whose bonds knew no end.

Lelouch heaved a sigh.

"We're starting to sound like a married couple."

C.C. smiled, not smirked, but actually smiled.

"I beg your pardon? We've always sounded like a married couple."

He chuckled heartedly.

"A married couple who probably have been married for about eighty years and are still going strong despite fighting ever minute or so," Lelouch added teasingly. "A married couple who people thought would have never lasted."

C.C. arched a brow at him.

"Are you implying that you think we can last forever?"

Lelouch's answer was just a smile. He wasn't going to give her any more than a small yet charming smile as he got up and turned towards the banister. C.C. got up too, copying his every movement. Her arms were even perched on the wooden railings, her left elbow bumping his left one.

"Well, witches do live forever," she spoke again. "And if I'm a Witch, what does that make you?" Her question was rhetorical; she already knew the answer.

Lelouch glanced down at her as she looked up at him.

"A Warlock."

And he kissed her, for the first time.

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Euphemia sat on the wooden porch of their cabin. Suzaku and her bought a comfy cabin just a few minutes from the city. They wanted a place for their very own but without the busyness and stress of the city. It was their first purchase together as a married couple. It was their home away from home. The place they sneaked away when the city life was too much too handle.

A place where good news always seemed to show up right at their doorstep.

Well, in this case, in their mailbox.

It was a Wednesday when Euphemia decided the day was perfect for reading a book on her porch swing. Suzaku was out in the back, building a dog house for their Black Labrador, Milo. Milo was a present from C.C. and Lelouch.

Three months after Euphemia and Suzaku married, C.C. and Lelouch made an announcement. Everyone assumed wedding and they were all wrong. Being the unpredictable couple that they were, the pair announced they would be travelling the world together.

It's been two months since then and no word on the couple yet.

The mailbox had its' flag raised straight up, indicating there were letters inside. Euphemia failed notice as she was much too focused on her novel. Setting the book aside, she skipped down the steps of the porch and continued her merry way to the mailbox outside the white picket fence.

She opened the latch and usual mail flooded her hands.

But there was one unusual letter that drifted on top of the pile.

All it said on the back was To Euphemia and Suzaku.

Euphemia didn't want to open it without her husband since it was addressed to the both of them.

"Suzaku, come here to the porch for a moment!" She called out for him as she head back towards the swing. Laying the other non-important letters down, Euphemia waited for Suzaku's arrival.

"What is it?" Suzaku asked as soon as he appeared in front of her.

"This letter is addressed to the both of us but their is no sender address," she explained cautiously as she studied the small square ivory envelope.

"Well, open it." For one thing, Suzaku was excited for the contents of the mysterious letter.

Listening to her husband and no longer being able to control her curiously, Euphemia neatly opened the envelope. And once the contents of the letter was clear to the pair, their eyes reflected a bit of shock but immense happiness.

You Are Cordially Invited To the Formal Wedding Of
Cecilia 'C.C.' Celeste
&
Lelouch Lamperouge

On Wednesday, The Thirty-First Of October
At Three O'Clock In The Afternoon

Millennium Winery


Author's Note: I know it says 'Complete' but this story isn't done yet. There are two more chapters. An Epilogue and a Bonus chapter. The Bonus chapter seemed more fitting, at first, to be a related one-shot but I'll just add it on here when it's typed out.

Why is there a Bonus chapter? Two reasons: 1) I promised you guys this would be sixteen chapters, thus, a Bonus chapter was needed, 2) I scraped one chapter from this story, which would have been the chapter before this, so, I needed the Bonus chapter.

I'm calling it a Bonus chapter because the writing style will be different since it was planned to be a separate yet related one-shot [technically a serious of one-shots but I'll explain that in the next or final [Epilogue] chapter. You can expect the Bonus chapter to be long, way longer than the recent chapters I've updated with.

I'm sorry for making you guys wait but I've been surprisingly busy. I had so many things to do, so many things in my mind and I just didn't have time to update this or any of my other stories. I'm still kind of busy now but I promise to finish this by the end of March OR early April. So, please, bear with me a little longer.

Thank you so much for your undying support! From the bottom of my heart, I am sincerely grateful.