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Chapter 2

Aya

A sharp pain that lasted two seconds peirced my stomach, as if someone had just stabbed me. Those two seconds felt like two extremely long minutes, and then, nothing but darkness.

I couldn't see, feel, hear…Every one of my senses were cut off. Nothing but darkness.

The darkness lasted for what seemed like many hours. I couldn't tell the time of course. For all I knew, it could've been just a few seconds.

Suddenly, I was floating.

The darkness did not leave me, but somehow I felt like I was floating, higher and higher, drifting away…I heard Suzaku-kun calling my name…His voice seemed to be miles away…

Was I dying? I couldn't tell. Suzaku's voice disappeared soon enough. I wanted to call his name myself, to pull me back down to earth, but I couldn't force my mouth open. I wanted to cry, for I didn't want to die yet…

Suddenly, it struck me. If I died, I would see my beloved Lelouch again. I cheered up a little.

But what of Shi-chan? I've always wanted to be married, have many lovable children and have a wonderful family…And to change Britannia from the inside…

And Earl Lloyd…He had been teaching me about the mechanics of Knightmares…I had always wanted to create one of my own, one superior to the others…

And what about Nunnally? I knew she was still alive. She would hate for me to die…

And Suzaku…I keep getting this strange feeling everytime I think of him…

I really don't want to die.

Lelouch

I finally breathed, yet I was still in shock. Aya was Schneizel's fiancé. The moment she was shot, I felt as if the bullet had gone straight through me as well, a second stab in the heart.

I still had strong feelings for Aya. They had never left me. Finding out that she was engaged, and the fact that she was just shot; these affected me more than they should have. My knees grew weak, I felt like crumpling into a ball, crying. I stopped myself. No one knew that I was Zero besides Rolo. I knew that I was being watched carefully.

It was difficult not to show any emotion except for a little bit of surprise so I could look like the others, who had their memories of Aya completely erased. They didn't know Aya except for the fact that she was Britannian and used to be a part of the Black Knights. If I hadn't regained my memories, I wouldn't have been feeling this enormous amount of pain right then.

I left the room, trying to look uninterested and entered my own room. I closed the blinds, locked the door, and tears immediately flowed down my face. It was unnatural for me to shed tears, but this was the one exception.

I wished I could just die.

Suzaku

My tears stained my white suit even more as I sat beside Aya, who breathed through a tube. The cardiac arrest nearly killed her entirely, and she was technically "dead" for more than a minute. I wished for her to finally awaken and get better. She was steady for now…

I lifted my head when I heard the machine move. Aya had finally awakened.

"Oh, thank goodness!" I cried, taking Aya's hand. Aya gave me a weak smile.

"Suzaku-kun…" she said in an unnatural meek voice when the tube was removed from her mouth.

"Don't talk…It'll only make your chances of…surviving…go down…" I interrupted her.

"Suzaku-kun…You need to know…" She continued, refusing my plead for her to stop hurting herself by talking. "About Lelouch…And Euphie…"

I burst of furious rage flew through me, but a struggled to keep my face emotionless.

"Leloush loved Euphie like she was his true sister. When he used the Geass on her…It was a pure accident." She said. I looked at her questionably.

I didn't say anything. I wasn't sure what to say or do. I didn't know if she was just protecting Leloush…

"No." I said, determined. "You're wrong."

Aya's eyes grew sad. I stood up to leave.

"Suzaku-kun." She said. I turned.

"Revenge may tame your anger, but will release regret out of its cage." She said wisely. "Anyways, Lelouch is dead, so I don't think it really matters…"

I nodded slightly and left the room. I leaned against the door.

She didn't know that Lelouch was alive? Apparently, Prince Schneizel made sure no one would tell her so that she wouldn't break off the engagement and run off to find Lelouch.

I thought I heard Aya whimper behind the door.

Aya

I cried when Suzaku left. It was no use. Suzaku was determined to get his revenge. Nothing that even I could say would change his mind.

I remembered what my father taught me long ago, when my parents were still alive.

"Revenge may be sweet at first, but it is exactly what starts wars." He had said.

"But what if you're avenging someone's death? I mean, it's bad if they did murder for no reason, right?" I asked.

"No. Yes, it is a crime to commit murder, but if you avenge someone, aren't you committing murder yourself?" my father answered. I pondered at the thought.

"Revenge is what awakens regret. You will understand someday…" my father finished, and he looked up at the sky…

That was back when I was but a small child. Now I understood what father had meant. Suzaku may have killed Lelouch, but he must be beginning to regret it deeply. I would have only made it worse. Why oh why is it that I only make everything worse?!

Lelouch

I calmed myself in my room and heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" I called, masking my broken voice as best as I could.

"It's Rolo." Rolo's muffled voice answered.

I opened the door. Rolo didn't say anything about how I had left the room suddenly, or about my eyes, still shedding one or two tears.

I calmed myself down for a minute as Rolo patiently waited.

"What is it?" I finally asked.

"Nii-san, what are you planning to do now?" Rolo said.

"I don't know. I won't capture her yet. We'll just see how everything goes." I answered quickly.

"You still like her, don't you?" Rolo then asked. I bowed my head.

"Y...Yes." I answered. I knew it wasn't true. Aya was something more to me. Not like a sister, but she wasn't just any girl to me.

I loved her.

Suzaku

I collapsed into a chair, my hands covering my face. I knew it hurt Aya that she thought Lelouch was dead. He was a part of her, and she a part of him. I almost couldn't bear watching her suffer in pain like this. Something was strange between us, and I couldn't quite figure out what exactly it was…

"Suzaku-kun, are you alright?" Cécile asked. I sighed.

"Cécile, would you go check on Aya, please?" Lloyd asked. Cécile looked at him, confused, but obeyed.

"You're in love with Aya-chan, aren't you, Suzaku-kun?" Lloyd said. I stuttered and my head lifted up quickly.

"What?!" I cried. It couldn't be true! Aya was engaged! I didn't mind. I always thought of her as a sister, but…

"Do you think it is that impossible?" Lloyd asked, obviously enjoying all of this. I didn't answer.

Maybe he was right. After all, even though I was very happy for Aya when she got engaged, I did feel a small part of me that was filled with sadness.

And of course, when Aya got shot, all I cared was for her safety, holding her hand when she woke up…

Lloyd was right.

I loved her.