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Chapter 4: Surviving
Lelouch could hear all the guys oohing and aahing from behind the hood of a convertible. He lowered the hood just a little to see which hot mama had stepped into the shop. It was either a hot girl, or a hot car and if today was their lucky day, both.
"Whoa, Blondie is mine," he could hear Rivalz say.
"Then I call dibs on Reds," Manuel said in his deep voice.
'Damn, missed it,' he thought. Well, he had gotten plenty of the pretty girls that came to get their cars fixed, he would allow them these two. He was ok with that until he saw the two girls they were talking about. He slammed the hood down and pushed past both Manuel and Rivalz as he approached them.
"Hey! No fair!" Rivalz said running to catch him up.
"I'm not losing out this time," Manuel said and crossed the distance between him and the girls with a few long strides.
"So, which one is Lelouch?" Millay asked as she leaned against her car, looking at all the guys staring at them and the three making their way quickly over to them.
"The one at the front," Kallen said with a smile as she saw him, heading the pack, flipping his hair out of his eyes. Her mind placed him in slow motion and she blushed a little.
"Hey, Kallen," he said as he stopped in front of them.
"Hey Lelouch, this is my best friend Millay. She gave me a ride," she said. He turned his eyes to her and Millay smiled.
"Nice to meet you," she said holding out her hand. He raised an eyebrow and her eyes dropped to his dirty hands. She retracted it quickly.
"Hey girls," Manuel said as he stopped beside Lelouch.
"Sorry, Manuel, this red head is mine," Lelouch said his eyes resting comfortably on Kallen's face. Manuel surveyed her and knew that he had lost…once again.
"No way you can have both," Rivalz said, smiling at Millay. Millay smiled back. She was thinking that he was kinda cute. Lelouch turned to Millay and Kallen noticed how the sun fell indirectly on his eyes. She held her breath. Wow.
"Hi. I'm Millay," Millay introduced herself to Rivalz. He held out a clean hand to her and she took it. Kallen and Lelouch watched as he led her away.
"Where are they going?" Kallen asked, a little concern brewing for her friend.
"Don't worry, Rivalz is one of those romantics, he's probably gonna read her some poetry or some shit like that," Lelouch said resting beside her against the car. Kallen smiled.
"That's sweet," she said. He raised his eyebrows at her.
"So you're one of those chocolates and roses girls? I'd have to wine and dine you before I capture your heart?" He asked.
"Kinda, at least that's what I'm used to," she said. He snorted.
"I got you on top on your second night in my house and I didn't have to do any of those things. Guess I'm the exception," he said. Kallen smiled. He was right.
"You don't count," she said.
"How are you so sure?" He asked and Kallen's heart skipped a beat.
"I'm not," she answered truthfully. And they just looked at each other for a few minutes.
"I know you're having fun and all, but you got work to do!" Manuel broke them up.
"Don't let me distract you, you have too much to do," she said. He looked behind him then at her. He stood up and gently took her hand in his.
"Hey! Now I'm all dirty," she said, making no attempt to pull her hand from his. He intertwined their fingers and smirked mischievously.
"Doesn't matter. Come and help me," he said and she walked with him to the car he was working on. He hoisted the hood and she stared at the complex inner workings of the car.
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Kallen watched the scenery unfold in front of her eyes as the bus rushed through the street. It was night and she was a little scared of walking into the apartment building alone. That was why she was glad she had stayed with Lelouch and they were both going home together. She looked at him from the corner of her eye. He was sitting beside her, slumped in the seat, his head resting on the back of the seat, his gaze on the ceiling. She turned to look back on the outside and thought about the evening.
She had totally disregarded studying so that she could hang out with him. And it had actually been fun. Now they were on their way home to some much needed rest and maybe more role-playing.
The bus stopped and Lelouch and Kallen made their way off. They walked together for a while in silence, Kallen's grumbling stomach breaking it.
"So…um…what's for dinner?" Kallen asked as she looked up from her moving feet and blushed. Lelouch screeched to a halt with the sudden realization that there was absolutely nothing in his fridge or in his cupboards to be precise.
"Umm…" he answered. Kallen's stomach grumbled impatiently yet again and she wrapped her arms around it, wishing it would just shut up.
"There's nothing there…is there?" She asked.
"Absolutely nothing. No problem, we've got huge rats, can't go hungry on that diet," he said with a little smirk. Kallen shivered at the thought of eating rats and drew her lips into an expression of disgust. He laughed.
"You're joking…right? Right?" She asked. He nodded.
"There's a grocery store right around the corner. We can stop and get something to eat," he said. Kallen relaxed.
"Good," she said and her stomach gave its input with a happy grumble. Lelouch's eyes fell to her stomach and he reached out to touch it.
"I can see someone is jealous of all the attention the twins are getting," he said and Kallen blushed deeper with his statement. They rounded the corner and Kallen stared for a few seconds at the tiny, rundown excuse for a grocery store.
"Yo! Lelouch!" Someone called out to him. Lelouch turned to see who was calling him, one foot in the door.
"Who are you?" He asked the approaching figure.
"Dude, you don't know me, but I heard you're the best mechanic ever! My car's kinda acting up a little," he said.
"I have working hours, dude," Lelouch spat the last word at him, "so go push your car home and tomorrow we talk," he said, making another attempt at going into the store. The man's eyes fell on Kallen and glinted dangerously. Kallen caught it and immediately she knew something strange was going on.
"Just hold up. I know you're not working now, but I just need a little advice. Won't take more than five minutes. Just hear me out, man," the strange man said. Lelouch dug into his pocket and gave Kallen some money.
"Go get us something to eat and I'll deal with this idiot," he said. Kallen nodded and stepped into the store, uncomfortable. She glanced about the store and saw with a quick count: 3 men, and a girl at the counter. She tried to shake off the feeling she had and started walking around the store. She spotted cereal at the back of the store and headed for it. As she grabbed it from the shelf, she realized something…the three men were much closer to her. As a matter of fact, they seemed to be closing in on her. Her throat tightened as she tried to convince herself that she was just being paranoid.
"Excuse me," she murmured as she tried to move past a slim blonde guy. He smiled joyfully at her as he leaned against the shelf, still blocking her. She turned around to try another route out but found that the other two guys were standing there.
"Hey there princess," the blonde one said and she screamed Lelouch's name at the top of her voice as the thickest man grabbed at her. She swung her fists around and caught the thick one on the jaw. He stepped back with the unexpected impact, allowing the dark haired one to step forward and grab at her hands. After a few fists to the chest, he managed to grab her hands securely as the blonde grabbed her waist from behind.
"Help! Help! HELP! LELOUCH!" She screamed as she continued to fight. The two men who held her were wondering how much longer she would put up a fight, they surprisingly were having a hard time securing her completely. Kallen glanced over at the counter and saw the lady push her earphones into her ears and open a magazine. Oh no, she was dead.
The two men restraining her pushed her face first into the shelf, knocking a few things off of it.
"Damn, I think we might have to do more than kidnap her guys. When Suzaku said a girl, I didn't think he meant one as good-looking at her," the thick one said. They murmured in agreement and spun her around. The thick one gently took her skirt into his hands and ripped it suddenly. She screamed and kicked him in the shin.
"I thought you had her!" The blonde said. The door burst open and a tousled and angry Lelouch ran inside. He tackled the thick one, the two of them going down in a heap of flailing limbs. Kallen rammed her heels into the toes of her two kidnappers. They cried out in pain and she yelled as she tried to pull her arms lose. It was like a ghost had inhabited her body. They let her go and her arms hit them in the face and chest, driving them backwards.
Meanwhile, Lelouch was punching the senses out of the thick guy, his anger blocking out all the pain he was feeling. It had been a plan. When Kallen had disappeared inside the store, the man who had approached Lelouch had attacked him. When Lelouch had heard Kallen's screams, he knew he couldn't let her get hurt. He had shoved the other guy head first onto the pavement and that was where he still was, probably dead. His hands were bloody now from hitting the man's face again and again. But he didn't stop until the body stopped moving under him. That was when he looked up at Kallen who was throwing food at her other two attackers, screaming in a language he did not know. Kallen picked up two tin cans and flung them aimlessly at the two who now were trying to escape. Coincidentally, the cans collided with their heads, sending them sprawling on their back.
Kallen breathed heavily as her aching arms hung lifelessly by her side. Tears were streaming down her face as she willed her trembling legs to hold her up.
"Kallen," she heard Lelouch say. She looked down at him and tried not to vomit. He was covered in blood, a lot of it being his.
"Lelouch," she said. He picked himself up slowly, wincing as the pain started. She reached over to help him up, her arms barely able to do much. He leaned against the now empty shelf and examined Kallen. She was bruised, that much he could see, but he saw red when he realized her skirt was gone. He could feel new energy flowing through him. He pushed himself off of the shelf and went up to the two other guys who had so far survived his wrath. Every hateful word and every curse word he could think of erupted from his lips as his feet stamped in the chest of one and kicked the ribs of another.
"Lelouch! Stop!" Kallen said and the lady at the counter looked up and about to see the damage done.
"This is original," she said and continued to read her magazine. Kallen didn't have time to gape at the lady, she touched Lelouch on his arm and he turned to her, a madman. Her eyes widened and he realized that he was frightening her more than her attackers had. His face melted into a soft expression and he backed away from the two writhing bodies on the floor. He peeled off his bloody shirt and gave it to her.
"Wrap it around yourself and hurry and get out of her, before the cops come," he said. Kallen wrapped it around her lower half and they fled the store together. She had no idea how they made it to their apartment, but they did. There had been no one around to see them in their bloody state.
Lelouch closed the door behind him and fell against it, disoriented from the immense loss of blood. His world was spinning as Kallen draped his arm over her shoulders and brought him to the shower, discarding the blood soaked shirt he had given her. She turned on the tap and plugged the bathtub, mixing the water till it had a comfortably warm feel. Lelouch swayed on the toilet seat, trying not to fall off.
"Lelouch, Lelouch, don't fall asleep," she said urgently as she unbuttoned his pants, blushing in the process. He nodded as she moved him gently from the toilet seat and into the warm water. The water immediately became bloody as Lelouch sat in it in his boxers. Kallen wet a rag at the face basin and pressed it softly to his face. He winced at the coldness of the rag as she swept it over his face, cleaning his wounds.
"Kallen, I'm fine. Clean yourself up," he said as he looked up at her. She ran the rag over his swollen lip and shook her head.
"No. You can't do this by yourself. I have to help you," she said and wiped the dried blood at his hairline, thankfully not his. He clasped her wrist, his hold weak.
"I don't want you to do this," he said.
"I want to do this," she answered, pausing to look into his violet eyes. His hand slipped into the red water and she continued to clean him up. She unplugged the tub and allowed the water to drain away. She plugged it back again and filled it with warm water. Her arms were more than tired, they felt about ready to fall off. She slumped against the tub and closed her eyes for a second. She felt Lelouch's hands around her arms.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Noth…"
"Don't say 'nothing'," he said. She smiled a little.
"Ok, my arms hurt and I'm a little bruised," she said.
"Come on in," he said. She blushed immediately.
"What?" She managed to get out.
"I said, come on in," he repeated and motioned to the clean water.
"I…I…can't…no…I…I…no," she stuttered.
"I have that bubbly stuff you girls like. Stop torturing yourself and get in the tub," he said. Kallen's face remained red as she stripped down to her underwear and stepped into the tub with him. He reached for a bottle and poured about half of it into the tub, bubbles covering them in a few seconds. Lelouch wrapped his arms around her shoulders and brought her head to rest on his shoulder. He used his other hand to brush her hair back from her face then he started to gently massage her hands. She tried to ignore the pain but he realized and he stopped and lifted her arm up to have a look at it. As expected, blue spots lined her arm. He kissed them, one by one. Kallen heated up even more, not just from embarrassment but from something completely different.
"I think…I think you should stop," she said in a breathy voice.
"Why?" He simply asked, raising his eyes to look at her. And she suddenly didn't know what she was saying. He kissed her on her neck, soothing another bruise that was there. She wanted to get smaller and disappear into the tub, but he wasn't allowing her to do it.
"Lelouch," she whispered, "please, stop," she added, her voice shaky. He pulled back a little, but still there was barely any space between them. He continued to massage her hands.
"Relax, Kallen. I'm not like that…most times," he added. Her body tensed and he laughed a little.
"You're a little scary right now," she said.
"No, I'm not," he said and he leaned against the tub, his arm still around her.
"Yeah…you are, pretty much," she said, extremely uncomfortable.
"You don't know what was going on through my head, Kallen. You don't wanna know what I was thinking," he said. Obviously he was talking about the earlier attack.
"Maybe…maybe I do want to know," she leaned back with him. His eyebrows met, elegantly, angrily.
"I wanted to kill them, I think I did. I wanted to send them to the deepest depth of hell to burn forever, beyond the stretches of time for trying to hurt you, for simply touching you," he said. Kallen stared at him innocently. What was he saying?
"When I see Suzaku, I'm going to make him feel all of that. I'm going to burn him alive. I'm going to drench him in gasoline and turn a flamethrower on him and when he's on the verge of death, I'm going to extinguish him and…" he said. Kallen interrupted him with a hand over his mouth.
"Stop talking. Just stop talking. It's over, ok? It's done. I'm fine, you're fine," she said, her hand slipping away.
"You're fine for now," he said, staring into her eyes and she sensed that he was seeing her as something else other than his roommate and she was scared. She had only known him for a few days and he was sounding obsessed. She couldn't remain there with him.
"I have to leave," she said, still looking into his eyes.
"What?" He asked, confusion coming over him.
"I have to leave," she said and she pushed herself out of the water. She didn't know what she was going to do or where she was going to go, but she knew that she had to leave, before things got worse, or before she started to feel what he was feeling for her. And he was feeling something for her, she was sure of that.
"Kallen," he said her name and she fought not to look back. This wasn't right and she left the bathroom, dripping water, her mind made up. She was leaving…tonight.
I decided not to hold anything back while writing this fic. Normally I'd use something like this toward the end of the fic, but, it's just chapter 4 and I'm bringing out the big guns!! Whooo hoo! Lol!
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