Thanks to the person who asked where little Nuna is. I hate seeing her as being handicapped so once again, I'm making her able to walk and see in this story, also, for the person or persons who wanted C.C…I hate her so if you want to hate me for the role she plays in this fic…
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass, but I have a plan. It involves cheddar cheese, a flock of reviewers and a whole case of blanks DVDs. XD
Chapter 5: Meeting
Kallen padded into her room, dripping water all over the carpet, but not caring as the only thought was to leave…immediately. She grabbed her barely empty suitcase, thankful that she hadn't really unpacked her things. She wrapped a towel around her body as her trembling hands gripped what little clothes she had folded neatly into the drawers. She decided after a few minutes of things falling out of her hands that she would come back for her things another day…maybe. She zipped her suitcase and spun around to pull it out of the apartment. Lelouch stood in the doorway, still damp from the bath.
"What is your problem?" He asked, his eyebrows furrowing slightly. She shook her head.
"I am not getting involved in this," she said and turned back to her suitcase, opening it and rummaging around for a dress to throw on.
"Get involved in what? I just saved your ass out there! I could have let them take you!" He yelled.
"Do you regret rescuing me?" Kallen screamed after him. She was surprised that she had just shouted that at him.
"Well, I do now, bitch!" He yelled back at her. She felt a twinge of fear that kept her feet firmly planted in her spot. Seriously, what had she gotten herself into? She was afraid that he would finish whatever the men who had attacked her earlier had wanted to do.
The words left Lelouch's mouth before he realized. He swore to himself when he saw the paradoxical expression Kallen now had on her face. It was one of fear but she somehow managed to look brave. They lapsed into an uncomfortable silence: Kallen waiting for Lelouch to make his first move and Lelouch trying to make up an intelligent sentence to apologize to her. He opened his mouth to simply say, "I'm sorry," when a knock came at his door and an oh so familiar voice sounded her arrival. His eyes widened and the importance of the situation with Kallen lacked in proportion with what he knew he was going to face.
"Lelouch! Brother! Are you here?" The voice of Nunally echoed through the house.
"Shit," Lelouch said and ran into the living room, totally throwing Kallen off balance. Her shoulders fell and she raised an eyebrow in confusion…what was going on?
"Come on, brother! Open up before Mr. Rolo opens it for me!" She continued, her knocking incessant. Lelouch ran to the front door and fiddled with the locks for a few minutes until finally, it swung open revealing a short girl wearing a beautiful dress. She stepped inside without any invitation from Lelouch, glancing disdainfully at the furniture…actually it was the whole apartment that she was staring disdainfully at. Kallen wrapped a towel around her body and walked to the doorway, peeking out to look at the girl who had called Lelouch, 'brother'.
"Hello, little sister," Lelouch said, happy that she hadn't asked Rolo to open the door for her. Last time, he had gotten a battering ram made from rotting wood, so not only was Lelouch's door greatly abused, but his apartment stank for the rest of the day.
"Why do you continue to live here? Please allow me to take care of you big brother. I hate seeing you live like this. No one should be living like this and yet you are…Prince of Britannia, living in a lowly apartment," she said, throwing herself into his arms. She had missed him, immensely. Without him with her, it had become harder for her to survive. Her other brothers and sisters didn't love her as much as Lelouch did, in fact, they all wanted to get rid of her. Hell, they wanted to get rid of each other!
Lelouch wrapped his arms around her and inhaled her childish scent. His little sister was growing up and he was missing out on the whole process.
Kallen, on the other hand, was trying to prevent herself from falling on her face from Nunally's statement. Prince of Britannia?!?! No way! What would a prince be doing outside of his castle, or mansion? Or whatever princes and princesses lived in now-a-days!!
Nunally pulled back gently and smiled up at him. He smiled at her too.
"So, where's this wife you were telling me about couple months ago?" She asked, looking around the apartment from her spot. Lelouch's eyes widened when he realized that he would have to tell her that they had broken up.
"Umm…wife…" He said, stalling for time.
Kallen rose her eyebrows as she mouthed the word, 'wife' to hjerself. Was he…had he been married?
"Married?" She asked, the words accidentally coming out of her mouth instead of rotating in her mind. She slapped a hand on her mouth. Uh oh…the little princess had definitely heard her! She tiptoed backwards, running into her suitcase and falling with a short yell onto the bed, her towel fluttering to the ground. Nunally's head snapped to Kallen's doorway and she walked off to see what or rather who had caused the noise.
"Nunally…you really shouldn't," Lelouch tried to stop her, but it was too late, she had already reached Kallen's room and was peering inside. Her eyebrows almost flew off of her face when she saw Kallen sprawled, rather seductively, in the middle of her bed with her underwear in full view and her hair damp and ruffled. Lelouch appeared in the doorway beside his sister and bit his lip when he saw Kallen. They were definitely in trouble.
"Why didn't you tell me you two were busy? I wouldn't have looked," Nunally said, slightly blushing as she pulled her eyes from Kallen's skimpily clad body. Lelouch stared at Kallen and she tried to mouth words to him.
"Married?" She mouthed, her eye wide. He nodded, his eyes equally wide. Kallen's mouth dropped open and she adopted a look of total disbelief before collapsing completely on her bed.
"Not that it's much of my business, but why are you and you wife…in the spare room. Your room is much bigger," Nunally said, looking at Lelouch who was in turn looking at Kallen.
"Umm…she likes this room better, it's more private," he said. With that statement came a pillow that hit him squarely in the face and made him take a few steps back. Nunally giggled.
"You should finish what you started big brother. She's getting a little impatient," Nunally said. Lelouch smiled awkwardly.
"Yeah, impatient," he said. Enter another pillow hitting target solidly once again. Nunally giggled again.
"I'll be back tomorrow to have dinner with you two. I'm so anxious to meet her…you know…fully dressed. Goodbye, big brother, and goodbye big brother's wife," she said.
"I'll just go and umm…umm…finish," he said. Nunally nodded as Lelouch stepped inside the room and gently closed the door. Nunally pushed her ear to the door, anxious to hear what was happening behind it.
"What the…" Kallen started to shout, but Lelouch ran over to her, jumped on the bed and put a hand over her mouth.
"Do this and I give you back your rent and help you find a new place, in a better apartment, in the richest part of town for half the price," he said. She slapped his hand away.
"Pretend to be your wife? I think I've done enough pretending already, Lelouch. I want to leave," she said.
"I'm actually begging you to do this for me, please, please, please. It's my sister for crying out loud, my little sister," he whispered, his eyes begging desperately with Kallen. She narrowed her eyes and surveyed him for a few seconds.
"What did she mean by Prince?" She asked, placing emphasis on the 'prince'. Lelouch sighed and his head fell to his chest as Kallen waited for an answer.
"Can I explain later? Nunally is probably listening at the door," he whispered, raising his head to once again look at her. Kallen's tough girl face fell when she saw his pleading eyes once again. Why did she have to be so soft? She bit her lips and furrowed her eyebrows, unable to believe what she was going to say.
"Fine," she mumbled and felt like slapping herself. It was official, she was an idiot. Lelouch grabbed her into a huge hug, relief making him go a little insane.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch," she said as he crushed her bruised arms. He pulled back, eyes blinking guiltily. Kallen noticed a trickle of blood down the side of his face.
"Sorry," he said, making an attempt at keeping his hands to himself. Kallen wanted to laugh. What had she been afraid of? A guy who couldn't even stand up to his little sister! This was just plain weird. She stifled a giggle as she reached out and touched the source of the blood trickling.
"You're bleeding…right here," she said and he raised his hand to touch the wound on the side of his head only to touch Kallen's fingers. Their eyes met and she could see his violet eyes darken. She blinked and drew her hand slowly away from him.
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Kallen nibbled on her pencil as she worried about having dinner with Lelouch's sister later that night. What was up with the whole 'Prince of Britannia' thing? Was the little girl an actual princess or had they allowed her out of the asylum to visit her brother. Maybe she was a crazy murderer and had killed her parents when she was 10, but loved her brother too much to hurt him! Now…why did that idea sound so familiar?
"Ms. Stadfeld! Get your head out of the clouds or take yourself out of my class!" Kallen's teacher yelled, roughly pulling Kallen from her worries. She blushed in embarrassment, sliding down into her seat a little. The green haired teacher shook her head in disappointment at Kallen before turning back to the whiteboard to continue teaching. Kallen frowned as she observed her teacher from behind. She was a strange teacher. No one knew her real name; she simply went by Ms. C.C. Not only did she not have a name, she had a strange obsession with pizza and her students. Other lecturers couldn't care less if Kallen or anyone for that matter day dreamed in class. She on the other hand did.
Kallen turned to glance at Millay who was sitting next to her, ready to pinch her friend to blame her for her distraction. However, she saw that Millay was also day dreaming. As a matter of fact, she was scribbling in her notebook, drawing hearts and writing "Rivalz + Millay 4ever" in the hearts…WHAT? Kallen shoved her friend, instead of the subtle pinch she had intended to give her. Millay let out a surprised sound and fell right off her seat, pulling Kallen with her.
"Ouch," Kallen said as she landed awkwardly on Millay, with her legs tangled in the over turned chairs.
"Kallen," Millay grumbled as she tried to wiggle her way out of the disaster on the floor.
"I'm sorry, I just can't believe," she said, rolling off of her best friend. She looked up and she knew she was in trouble when she saw Ms. C.C. staring down at them, with half of the class snickering, the other half taking pictures and probably thinking up a way to make it seem funnier on the internet than it was in real life.
"I want you two to go and sit in the library right now and wait for me," she said. She took up Millay's book and closed it, placing it firmly under her arm and heading back to the front of the classroom. Millay and Kallen stood up, trying not to disturb the class. They shoved their things in their bags and quietly left.
"Thanks a lot Kallen," Millay pouted as they walked into the empty hallway. Kallen's shoulders fell and she drew her feet behind her as they walked to library.
"I said I was sorry…I just…you were drawing hearts, Millay! That's more than enough reason to shove you off your chair," Kallen said rubbing her still sore arms. Millay's sullen face immediately lit up with a huge smile and stars dazzled in her eyes.
"I can't help it, Kallen! He's just so sweet!" Millay gushed, turning to Kallen. Now this was surprising, Millay was totally infatuated with Rivalz and she couldn't hide it.
"But you guys only met yesterday! What could have possibly happened after I left you two?" Kallen asked, looking strangely at Millay.
"Nothing happened, you stupid Bunny," Millay said and waved her hand dismissively.
"Then, what's with the happy talk?" Kallen asked.
"Oh, Bunny, he wrote a poem for me and it's the best poem ever. I sat there and watched him write it. He's just so good! And…and…and…" she stuttered.
"And what?" Kallen asked suspiciously as they stepped into the relatively empty library. Millay glanced around quickly then leaned in to whisper into Kallen's ears.
"We kissed," Millay whispered.
"You what?" Kallen shouted, making all heads turn toward her. Millay ducked behind a shelf and pulled Kallen away from all the curious eyes.
"Shhh," Millay said, her cheeks red.
"But I thought you vowed never to let a guy get the best of you…including him proving himself worthy and you not touching him until the 5th date," Kallen whispered.
"I know, but, he's just so different, he is the most amazing guy I have ever met," Millay said as she strolled down the little aisle, books on either side. Kallen followed her.
"Seriously, something must have happened after I left," Kallen said, certain that someone had kidnapped Millay and replaced her with a cyborg that was badly programmed but definitely up to date.
"Nothing happened after you left, Kallen. I drove myself home and did my weekly 5 page essay…but the time I spent with him…absolutely magical. We talked about Britannian literature for a little and it turns out…we share the same favourite author and book! How awesome is that? A guy in touch with his smart side! You don't see that often!" Millay continued. Kallen smiled. Her best friend was right. Guys didn't do literature.
"This is definitely strange," Kallen said, following her friend to a seat, far away from everyone.
"I'm going back to Wheels this evening…are you going back to Lelouch?" Millay asked.
"Umm…" Kallen said and her eyes flew all over the place. She knew she had to tell Millay.
"Umm, what? Did you two have to actually have sex this time?" Millay asked, the question sounding like a joke but was actually much more serious.
"No," Kallen blushed, "His sister visited…his little sister…and this time…we're married," she said. Millay's mouth opened in amused disbelief.
"You are joking. Did you snort something this morning?" She asked.
"Nope. I'm serious, so serious that she's coming over to have dinner with the happily married couple," Kallen sulked, dropping her head to her arms, immediately regretting it. Damn, her arms hurt.
"Was that all that happened last night?" Millay asked.
"Nope, I was attacked and almost raped," Kallen said. Millay's words didn't leave her mouth as Ms. C.C. sat in an empty seat around the table at that exact moment.
"Girls, I need to have a serious talk with you," she said. She removed her glasses and looked at the both of them, totally serious.
"First, I will begin with…the birds and the bees," she continued.
'Oh crap," Kallen thought.
I thought this chapter was definitely different than the previous ones, but it did have a little humour, a lot of OOCness, some fluff and well, a little of everything! But boy do I have plans for this story. Wait until you see who C.C. used to be…and it's not a prostitute like Shirley who also will have more appearances in the future. Oh, I'm excited. Please review!!!
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