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Chapter 13: Revealing

Even before she rolled groggily out of her bed, Kallen had a feeling that her day would be filled with absolute boredom. She had no Millay to talk to, no school to attend and Millay had done all of the red head's assignment, so no schoolwork to complete either. Plus, Lelouch probably had to go to work…not that she wanted him to keep her company. Maybe she would call Mr. Kururugi. Nah, he probably had to work too. She sulked as she drew her T-shirt onto her shoulder. With bare feet she sauntered over to the door. Maybe she should grab a shower and then figure out what to do. She opened the door and her eyes almost fell out of her head. So…maybe she was wrong. Maybe her day would be interesting.

There stood Lelouch, butt-naked, toothbrush in mouth, standing at the entrance of the bathroom which so happened to be closer to her room than his. He glanced casually at her.

"Something wrong?" He managed to ask through the foam in his mouth.

"Ah…ah…um…huh?" Kallen managed to get out quite intelligently as she stared at him. He smirked and shook his head.

"I'm betting you wished you hadn't made those rules, don't you?" He asked. Kallen gasped and hurriedly slammed the door, hoping to save her eyes and herself from further embarrassment. She felt blood rushing to her cheeks in a blush. Maybe she should just skip the shower.

Meanwhile, on the other side of her door, Lelouch was doubled over in laughter, his hand over his mouth to prevent messing up the hallway. He strolled into the bathroom to wash out his mouth, a smile still spread across his face.

20 minutes later Kallen still hadn't gotten out of her room, and Lelouch was dressed for the day. His plans…nothing. He was spending the day at home with Kallen. They had a lot of things to talk about. He strolled out of his room and came upon Kallen's closed door. He sighed and knocked on it, leaning his shoulder against it, feeling as if he would have to wait a long time before he got her to come out.

"Hey, Kallen…we really need to discuss some things, you know, like our future," he half-shouted. He listened carefully for any sign of life behind the door. There was not even a squeak. The door opened unexpectedly and Lelouch almost fell flat on his face as Kallen stood, hands crossed protectively over her body, her T-shirt billowing around her.

"Our future?" She asked, meeting his eyes. Ok, she had gotten over their encounter. Maybe he wasn't giving her enough credit, underestimating her even.

"Yeah…I assume you don't wish to live with me for the rest of your life, so I came up with a plan last night while I was lying awake, imagining you strutting into my room and into my bed," he smirked. She blushed. Ahh, she probably had images running through her head now.

"Great, now I've got images running around in my head, and the monstrosity I ran into this morning didn't help either," she mumbled. His smirked widened as he grabbed his crotch.

"I agree with you, it is undeniably monstrous in appearance," he said. She blushed even deeper and he wanted to explode in laughter.

"That was not supposed to be a pun," she said and her eyes darted all over the place, trying to avoid looking at the hand that was still resting on his crotch. Lelouch's smirk turned to a grin. This was fabulous! Making her uncomfortable was so much fun. He would stop the torture for now, surprisingly he had important things to settle between them.

"I'm going to get breakfast up and running, you can take a bath and join me in the kitchen. Don't take too long now, I might be forced to come in and get you out," he said. She narrowed her eyes at him.

"Whatever, Lelouch," she said. He shook his head at the inappropriate fun he was having and turned away from her, deciding that toast and bologna would make a great morning meal. Kallen watched him disappear at a turn-off down the hall. When he was out of sight she dashed into the bathroom, finding the lock and locking it as quickly as she could. Would the rest of her stay there be filled with worrying about Lelouch crashing into the bathroom and destroying her privacy? She hoped not. How long would she even be staying there anyway? She frowned as she tugged her tee over her head. That was a question she should ask Lelouch.

She stepped into to the bathtub, sliding the transparent door behind her. She twisted the hot and cold knobs simultaneously, causing a mixture of warm water to patter against her skin, washing away all the filth, albeit not much, from her body. She quickly ran through the bathing ritual, ears cocked to detect any sounds of someone entering the bathroom.

When she was finished she noticed something.

"Oh man…no towel," she grumbled. She bit her lower lip and cracked the door, peeping out to check for any sign of the mechanic. Once she assumed she was in the clear, she bolted out of the bathroom and streaked down the hall and into her room, slamming the door behind her and letting out a sigh of relief. She would have to remember from now on to bring a towel with her; she had gotten lucky this time. She searched through the chest of drawers that was pushed to a side of the room. To her astonishment, she found a drawer full of towels, rags and sheets. Ah, he hadn't completely forgotten that she was coming.

She took out a towel, flapped it out and pressed it to her nose to smell whether it had been sitting in its spot for a long time or not. It smelled fresh, like it had been washed the day before. She nodded her head in approval. Yes, he had definitely remembered.

Quickly, she dried herself and slipped into her clothes, her tummy rumbling – the universal sign that she was starving. Before she could leave the room, her phone rang. She fumbled with getting it out of the pocket of her jeans before answering it.

"Hey, Kallen," Mr. Kururugi's voice came over the earpiece. She smiled shyly, remembering his innocent kisses the night before.

"Oh…hi…hi Mr. Kururugi," she answered, stumbling over her words.

"Did you sleep well?" He asked.

"Yes, I did…did you?"

"To be honest, I did. All night I dreamt about you." He left off the part about her taking her clothes off. This got Kallen blushing.

"Oh…I was too emotionally exhausted to dream." Her stomach rumbled, reminding her that she needed to get some grub.

"You haven't told…um…him about me, have you?" He asked.

"Yes, I did, but I didn't tell him your name. He only knows that I have a new boyfriend," she answered. A reason she hadn't told Lelouch about him was because she didn't know his first name and he would think it was ridiculous to be involved with someone and not know their first name. He would humiliate her and definitely tease her about it. Best to keep Lelouch out of the loop.

"Oh. You're a very intelligent girl, you know. That was why I called you. I was going to ask that you not mention me so often. I don't have a death wish as yet…I bet he was jealous."

"Oh yes, yes he was," Kallen laughed, "could I call you back later? I'm kinda starved right now and I need to go eat," she added.

"I have a better solution, how about I come by, pick you up at 7 and we spend the night together," he proposed. Kallen's face lit up. Their first date!

"Ok! I mean yes! Yes! I'll be ready by 7. See you then," she said, excitedly.

"Ok, see you, bye," he said and hung up. Kallen let her phone drop to the bed as she tried to stop herself from skipping down the hall and into the kitchen where Lelouch was cooking up a storm and talking on the phone, that he had put on speaker, at the same time.

"Clovis is bringing me to her grave today. I really miss her!" The voice of Nunally was unmistakable.

"Oh…I forgot about that. How long ago was it again?" He asked, putting a teabag into a cup of hot water.

"I can't believe you, big brother! It was just this year! Not more than 6 months ago! I can't believe you've forgotten!" Nunally was upset.

"Jeez, Nuna. Don't get your royal drawers in a knot. I never liked her…I never liked any of them," he said, shaking his head and flipping something in a pan – it was pancakes. Kallen sat at the table that was to her left, taking in her new home.

"I know! But you could be a little more sensitive! I wonder how Kallen puts up with you? Especially in her darling condition!" The little princess exclaimed. Lelouch looked up, finally noticing Kallen sitting at the dining table.

"Maybe you should ask her yourself. My little ray of sunshine has finally dragged herself out of bed," he said, eyeing Kallen.

"Oh! Good morning dear sister-in-law! How are you? Is my big brother doing his job and taking care of you?" Nunally asked. Kallen narrowed her eyes at Lelouch. Why did he do that? He knew she didn't exactly like Nunally!

"I'm great, couldn't ask for a better…" and she trailed off.

"Husband?" Nunally finished for her.

"Yup…sure…husband. Could I maybe talk to you at another time? I need to help Lelouch with the cooking. I can smell his burning pancakes," Kallen said.

"Sorry to have intruded for so long. Enjoy your breakfast!" And with that she hung up.

"I'm going to kill you Lelouch!" Kallen screamed.

"Calm down, Bunny, at least she's not going to drop by anytime soon. Anyway, I've make pancakes, toast, bologna and tea. I was feeling more like just bologna and toast when I started cooking, but then I remembered you were pregnant, and I know pregnant women love to stuff themselves," he said, turning off the flame under his pancakes which were, by the way, not burnt. He shoveled them off the pan and into a plate, along with two pieces of toast and some bologna.

"Hey! I resent that! I'll let you know I haven't got any cravings for anything specific and I do not like to stuff myself," she said as Lelouch placed a plate stacked high with food in front of her, a cup of tea descending to its side. She groaned. There was no way she could manage all of that!

"Bon appétit!" He said, backing away so as to get his plate that was stacked as equally high as Kallen's.

Ten minutes later both Kallen and Lelouch were looking at their empty plates, their stomachs packed to the max.

"I can't believe I just ate all of that," Kallen said in disbelief as she stared down at her plate. Lelouch burped, loud and long. Kallen twisted her face into an expression of disgust.

"Yup, that was some good grub," he said, slumping in his chair.

"How long do you intend to keep me here?" She asked suddenly. Lelouch looked up in shock at the suddenness of her question and the shift in the mood. He straightened up in his chair, leaning forward on his elbows to answer her.

"I know that, right about now, you kinda hate me and can't see yourself living with me for the rest of your life. So…I was thinking, why not give Nunally the baby. She'd take extra, extra care of him or her. Our child would grow up having the best of the best. And most of all he..."

"Or she," Kallen cut in.

"Or she," Lelouch added, "…would have the two of us. I could visit, or she visit or you could visit. The other royal shit-heads won't mind. Our child will be innocent and not be worthy of suffering our wrongs, at least that's how they'll look at it. You won't have to stick around here after you give birth. I just want to take care of you…while you'll let me," he finished.

"Our wrongs? I did nothing wrong!" Kallen said.

'I only made the mistake of sleeping with you,' she added in her head.

"Yeah, I know, but they don't and I don't think you'd want the royal family of the country you live in to know that you bore a bastard's bastard child. Let them think we're married. Its best they see you as someone decent enough to marry a man before you had sex with him. One of the many issues we disagreed on," he said, mumbling the last sentence.

"Who are you, Lelouch? You've had me wondering about that ever since we met," she said. He sighed and relaxed more in his posture.

"My name is Lelouch Vi Britannia, 23 years old and as I told you already, I am an exiled prince of this piece of shit country. They basically kicked me out on the street and disowned me. I had…a lot of problems with them. We believed in completely different things. I didn't fit their idea of a perfect prince," he explained.

"Why? I thought princes and princesses were raised a certain way, learning certain etiquette and what not," she said, listening keenly to what he had to say.

"Well, yes, I was taught all of those things…but I was just a little different than everyone else, and trust me, there's a lot of everyone else left in that palace. I'm glad I could escape. But I'm also glad that Nuna wasn't cast out with me, she's so small and angelic…I don't want this life for her. She deserves to have someone at her beck and call. She deserves to have all her dreams come true and her wishes granted," he finished.

"Has it ever occurred to you that you can't keep her locked away in her own little world for much longer? She's getting older; she's going to realize that there are bad people in this world who will readily take advantage of her."

"Don't you think I know that? But I want her childhood to last as long as possible, I want her to experience what it's like to live carefree for just a while longer. I don't want her to end up like me."

"To end up like you? I highly doubt it." Kallen couldn't help the snort that followed her words.

"You may think it's ridiculous but when I was about 15, and Nunally was turning 5, our mother was murdered. It was hard for Nuna, but even harder for me. I had to take care of her. Everyone else didn't care, they just went about their daily activities as if nothing had happened." Kallen could hear the crack in his voice and she knew that it was the first time he was opening up to someone. She reached over to him and touched his arm in support.

"Don't think I'm trying to make a move on you or something, I'm just trying to show you that I'm here for you, you can tell me everything," she whispered softly, a smile on her face. He laughed, a short bout of laughter, before continuing his story.

"Even now I don't know the specifics of her death, I only know that she was shot to death during an attack on the palace…you might remember that, it was a huge deal in Britannia."

"Actually…I don't remember that. I haven't been living in Britannia my whole life you know."

"Really?"

"Really. I'm half Japanese, I was in Japan with my parents during that time I guess, we used to travel back and forth."

"You're half Jap?"

"Oh my goodness…I can't believe you didn't know!"

"You didn't tell me so how the hell was I to know? Do I look like some crazy ass stalker?"

"Umm…do you really want me to answer that question?" The mood had changed so drastically from somber to buoyant. He cocked an eyebrow at her, playfully.

"Continue with your story Kallen-chan," he said.

"Oh, so now you're educated, Lulu-kun" she teased.

"You have no idea how educated I really am. Now, finish your story, I'm learning some new stuff here."

"There's not much more. I have two parents who are still married and a brother who I used to love so much when I was a kid but haven't spoken to in a while and basically…my family is filthy rich," she finished.

"Why?"

"Why are we filthy rich?"

"No, why don't you and your brother talk?"

"Similar to why you and your family don't talk."

"You threw a party and invited Playboy bunnies to your palace too?" He asked, mockingly.

"No, we…you threw a party? At your palace?" She almost screamed, "Were you mentally ill?" He laughed.

"I'm just kidding, I wish I did, but I didn't. I got the ultimate banishment when I started getting involved 'sexually' with various outsiders," he said.

"You're a sex maniac, you're so disgusting."

"I actually didn't have sex with them, we just did…stuff, really kinky stuff. They were worried that some type of media would get a hold of it and embarrass the royal family, so they kicked me out and all that jazz."

"Wow…my brother and I just had a disagreement about my future. He wanted me to stay in Japan and study but I wanted to come to Britannia. I don't exactly love this country, but they have a great program going on at the University for physical therapists, plus Millay lives here and she's my best friend. I decided that the best move for my future would be this."

"How long ago was that?"

"Almost a year ago. We haven't spoken in a year. I miss him sometimes; he used to be the only person I could talk to if Millay wasn't there. We used to be so close."

"So why not call him and try to salvage what little of the relationship you have left?"

"Because…because I just can't. My family shares the same views as your family about marriage and babies and sex…I'm just a disappointment to them now, a failure. They might not disown me…but I don't want to deal with their guilt and accusations. I haven't spoken to any one of them since I found out I was pregnant, they're probably wondering if I'm alright. I can't let them know about this…I just can't," she said. It was Lelouch's turn to reach across and rest his hand on hers.

"I wish you'd think I'm trying to make a move on you, but for now I'm just trying to show you that I'm here for you, you can tell me everything," Lelouch whispered back her earlier words, with some additions of his own. Kallen laughed.

"I feel satisfied now…I know so much more about you," she said.

"Me too…including the interesting fact that you're half Japanese…who knew?" He smiled, but Kallen only fell silent as a thought ran through her head.

"What are you thinking about that's got you so upset so quickly?" He asked, gazing at her.

"I was just thinking about how long I've known you for. I was only at your house for 4 days before this happened," she said pointing at her stomach, "that isn't helping my self-esteem right about now. I feel so…cheap," she admitted.

"I don't know where you get these things from. Stop picking at who you are, you're a great person and it was a stupid, silly mistake why this happened. I want you to know that I'm not a bum, or a dead-beat, I'm going to claim this child as my responsibility for the rest of my life. I'm going to be his or her dad, no doubt about it," he said and smiled encouragingly.

"I never knew you could be sensitive, Lelouch. I never knew you could hold a civilized conversation with me," she said, truly amazed at the different person she was seeing.

"I guess I don't know who I really am. Being a bad ass provides a distraction from all the worries of the world, but being a sensitive guy can have its perks sometimes," he confessed.

"I like this part of you, it's more normal…more loveable."

"Does this mean…"

"No, I'm still off limits to you. I have a boyfriend, I should remind you."

"Well, tell him he's got competition."

"And who would that be?"

"Me."

"Oh please, Lulu, you cannot compare to him, your proclamation is absolutely ridiculous."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Then you're out for a colossal surprise."

Ok, so now their pasts are revealed, I hope I answered all your internal questions. Things are taking a turn for calm, or at least that's what I want you to believe. Don't you think Lulu and Kallen made a huge step in their blooming relationship in this chapter? I do.

P.S. Sorry for compromising Kallen's loyalty to Japan, but it was necessary.

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