Wow…I can't believe this is the penultimate chapter! I won't say my farewells as yet, I'm going to wait until chapter 20. Anyway, it seems I have been spelling Ohgi wrong in the previous chapter, my bad! Sorry! I always make those silly mistakes!

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass, however, after my get rich quick plan takes off…

Chapter 19: Reuniting

Two inconspicuous figures walked down the hallway of the relatively large house, both with their heads down, their caps pulled forward as if to hide their identity. The smaller, leaner one was sweating profusely…or at least she should have been.

Kallen had donned an outfit similar to what the gang members acting as guards normally wore- thanks to Ohgi. He had explained to her a theory, that the best place to hide something was in plain sight. Now, she and Ohgi were casually making their escape, both trying to maintain a calm aura, both obviously failing. Fortunately for them, the other gang members weren't sensitive enough to sense that something was wrong and though Kallen and Ohgi kept expecting every guard they passed to pull their gun out and aim it at them…no one did.

Kallen let out a sigh of relief when she realized that their plan wasn't just working, it was working excellently. She turned her head a fraction of an inch to flash her savior a tiny, barely noticeable smile, but Ohgi's face was as serious and as focused as ever, only the trickle of sweat dripping down the side of his face was out of place. She set her eyes on the path in front of her and almost gasped out loud when they almost ran into Lelouch, who had just exited Suzaku's private room. As Kallen tilted her head back to take in his facial expression she figured the reason Ohgi had looked so alert was because they were passing the headquarters of their leader. But…what did it mean by Lelouch exiting the room.

"Lu…lu…" she whispered, her voice catching in her throat as a wave of desire rushed through her and then vanished. His eyes fell to her upturned face and his expression softened immediately, though not by much. It was obvious he was trying to keep up his poker face.

'Ha! You're really bad at hiding your feelings, Lelouch,' Kallen thought as she gazed into his amethyst eyes. His eyes always told the truth, it was something she had noticed about him. He had candid eyes.

He tore his eyes from Kallen's and let them rest on Ohgi. Kallen could sense the silent words they exchanged, amazed that they were able to understand each other without knowing the other.

"Escort me out," Lelouch said and Ohgi pressed his gun to Lelouch's side.

"Ohgi!" Kallen exclaimed, immediately realizing her mistake. She bit down on her bottom lip as the near-by guards turned to look to their direction. Lelouch's eyes fell to hers yet again and it was as if she could hear exactly what he was thinking, much like earlier when he and she were…

She followed Ohgi's actions and pushed the memory to the back of her mind, her heartbeat speeding up as she thought of Lelouch wrapped in her arms. He legs wobbled below her and she was wondering if it was her emotions or her tiredness.

"Let's get rid of him," Kallen continued, her voice lowered so as to mask her gender. And just like that the three of them had walked out of imprisonment and into freedom.

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"Where to next?" Suzaku mused to himself as he stood at the train station, a bag slung over one of his shoulders. Leaving hadn't been a hard decision to make. It was clear to him now that it was time to move the hell on. And what better way to do this than to leave? He hadn't given his goodbyes to anyone, no one meant that much to him. That one person was dead. Thinking about her, about him leaving her behind made him feel physical pain. He winced as the train he was to board pulled up, slowly coming to a stop.

"I have to go Suzaku! I can't let my brother fight them alone I love you, but…" and she had trailed off there, leaving a lot to be said and the both of them in a deep silence. Euphie…why hadn't she stayed? He had been asking himself this for the past 6 months even though he knew it was an impossible question to answer.

He watched the people step down out of the train and run to meet awaiting relatives, friends and lovers. He felt a pang of jealousy. How many times had he talked to her about getting married and having children? She had agreed, despite her being a princess and him a Japanese immigrant.

The last passenger stepped out of the train, a beautiful young raven haired teen. Her eyes fell on Suzaku. She hurriedly diverted them to the ground, a pink blush speading across her cheeks as she hurriedly scurried away. He watched her hasty retreat, his resolve final.

He took great strides toward the train, the promise of a new beginning, the symbol of his escape and he stepped up the tiny steps as the conductor appeared to call out to all boarding passengers.

"Thank you, Have a wonderful journey," the man said upon taking Suzaku's ticket. The brunet scoffed to himself as he mad ehis way into the rain, settling at a window seat, looking out at the world. He didn't want to admit it, but…somewhere inside of him something had been festering. Hatred. And it wasn't toward Kallen…neither Lelouch…not even the obvious option of himself. It was…Euphie. He pressed his lips together as two very conflicting emotions fought for prevalence.

"Damn you, Euphie," he growled, his fist tightening. His knuckles were quickly turning white from the lack of blood flowing to them. It was happening…fast too. He was hating the woman he loved.

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Ohgi sighed as he sat on the sidewalk of a fairly decent street. His shoulders slumped as he rested his outstretched arms on his knees. His head fell as relief washed over him. He had managed to escape…finally!

He lifted his head and observed his surroundings. Little boys sped down the street on their skateboards while a group of girls jumped rope on the lawn in front of him. He felt his eyes burn with tears. It had been a while since he had come home. He got to his feet and his mind brought him back to the attractive red head that had fainted and the over protective young man that had been driving.

'Lelouch and Kallen, I wish you the best. Young love,' he thought as he sauntered up the path to a lonely house. He stopped on the porch, took a deep breath, raised his hand and rapped on the door a few times. He tried to control his pounding heart as someone shouted, "I'm coming!" in a rather impatient voice.

He remembered what it was like to be their age and to be in love…an absolutely amazing feeling which only grew stronger and more indescribable as time went by. That was why he didn't envy them for as the years had flown by, he only loved her more and more every minute. He smiled and laughed to himself as he heard hurried footsteps. How would she react?

'Kallen, I will leave you to Lelouch. He is more capable than me,' he thought as the door was jerked open. The slim lady who had answered the door gasped.

"Oh…Oh…Ohgi," she stuttered as tears sprung to her eyes without hesitation. His cheeks became wet with his tears. He said her name gently, enjoying how it rolled off his tongue after such a long time.

"Villeta," he said and she fell onto his chest, managing to hold back her tears of shock and relief. Ohgi wrapped his arms around her, feeling her warmth and comfort as he cried. How many nights had he craved this feeling? Too many to count.

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"You found her!" Rivalz shouted as he flew up from Lelouch's couch. He sniffed and sub-counsciously rubbed his eye. Millay's eyes widened somewhat through the puffiness around them. She had been crying on and off for the last few hours as she worried about Kallen and Lelouch's absurd plan to rescue her all on his own. She had been bawling her eyes so much that she even got Rivalz to cry too. Hence, the sniffing and rubbing of his eye. She scrambled to her feet, antsy for more information.

"Ok…we're coming!" Rivalz said, his mouth becoming a line of seriousness. He hung up the phone and Millay lost no time in trying to drag all the information from him.

"Where are they?" She asked, her expression one of determination. Rivalz found it hard to accept that this strong girl who was holding on to him so desperately had been crying her eyes out all day.

"The hospital," he said and watched her face crumble. He could just read the thoughts going on in her head.

"The hospital?" She asked and her grip on his hand tightened.

"Don't worry, it's nothing serious…Lelouch is just worried," he lied. Lelouch hadn't given him a single detail, he had been rushing to drive Kallen to the doctors at the hospital.

"We have to go," she said, letting go of his hand to find her shoes. Rivalz pocketed her car keys and shoved his feet into his shoes also.

"Already ahead of you," he said and they rushed out, almost forgetting to close the front door.

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Kallen hadn't stopped asking for Lelouch since she had woken up and found herself in a hospital bed. The last thing she could remember before was feeling extremely tired and weak after her days of being incarcerated in a normal enough looking house run by gangsters. She hadn't slept much while there, neither had she eaten much of anything and as for her mind, it was in such turmoil that she was amazed that she hadn't gone mad. She could remember getting into the backseat of a car, Ohgi and Lelouch at the front and then…then the hospital. Damn, she hadn't even reunited properly with Lelouch!

"He'll be here soon Ms. Stadfeld," a nurse told her as she hid behind the clipboard in her hand.

"But why isn't he here already?" She questioned, amazed that he hadn't stuck around to watch her gain consciousness after saving her from a prostitution ring. This made her nervous and she couldn't help but chewing on her already chapped bottom lip. Wasn't that how it was supposed to go? You rescue the woman you love, have her collapse in your arms and then wait by her bedside night and day until she regained consciousness. Or was her idea of love torn from the pages of a fairy tale or acted out in an overly romantic movie? She sighed and lay back on the bed, silence finally finding her. The doctor quickly checked her stats and with a neutral face hauled his butt out of the room, the two nurses following him. None of them wanted to tell the young red head on the bed why the man who had brought her to the hospital wasn't at her bedside.

Was she, Kallen, going about everything the wrong way? Was her perception of love…wrong? Her hand idly settled on her slightly bulging stomach. Thousands of other questions popped up in her mind. Was her baby ok? Was it a boy? Or was it a girl? What would she name her…or him? Would she keep the child and live with Lelouch? Was it wrong to doubt his feeling for her when he had waltzed into the enemy's domain alone, somehow managing to escape alive, bringing her and Ohgi with him? She didn't know. She glanced at the machines around her and came to the conclusion that she was just disappointed because no one was there to greet her.

The door to her room burst open and she flew to a sitting position in a second, surprised and hopeful.

"Kallen!" A teary eyed Millay ran into the room rather comically, stubbing her toe on absolutely nothing and falling forward onto Kallen's bed. Millay got her feet to work properly and practically jumped on Kallen, grabbing her friend up into an embrace.

"Mil…ll…lay…" Kallen choked out as Millay's hands wrapped themselves around Kallen's neck, cutting off most of Kallen's oxygen supply.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" Millay exclaimed and drew her hands from around Kallen. She shifted more toward the end of the bed and silently wiped the tears from her eyes. Kallen rubbed her sore neck before looking up at her best friend.

"I guess I owe you…" Kallen started.

"Don't say anything about an apology, Kallen. I finally understand your decisions…and the reasoning behind them," she said, her eyes clearing just for a little knowing spark to show. Kallen's eyes widened in surprise that Millay had guessed correctly and she blushed, looking down at her white sheets and biting down on her bottom lip.

"Well…seems you already know everything," she said.

"No…no I don't," Mially said then she sighed, a sigh that cut Kallen deep. It was a depressing sound and Kallen knew she had made Millay worry too much about her, but it want as if she had asked to be kidnapped.

"Millay…" Kallen started, unsure of what to tell her friend, but the girl cut her off before she could say anything else.

"You have no idea how worried and upset I was about you Kallen. I spent the last few days living in terror and jumping to conclusions about you and your well-being, even worse when I heard there were gangsters involved. I can't describe to you how I felt. Then…then I began to regret everything bad I had ever said to you…especially about Lelouch. It was mainly because he was freaking out more than me when he heard what had happened…and he went for you…and he got you back. I didn't realize that he loved you and you loved him back. If I had known…I wouldn't have stood in your way so much," Millay said gently, smiling at Kallen.

"I only figured it out while I was there…in that house. I don't even know what it looks like…I don''t even want to know what it looks like. But it was there that I realized I did actually more than like him…and I don't know why I do. I mean…he hasn't exactly been a gentleman to either of us. He was rough, uncouth and he even knocked me up. He's such an asshole," Kallen said and laughed at how she was catching on to him and his potty mouth. Millay didn't seem surprised.

"When I heard he had found you and he was bringing you to the hospital, I was on the verge of freaking out. I thought something terrible had happened to you and that you were about to die! I mean you were gone for a few days but it felt like forever! I'm sorry for all the arguments we had, Kallen! Can we just agree to be best friends again?" Millay asked.

"Of course, Millay! When we had that argument I knew we would probably never be as great friends as we were…I knew we'd be much closer after we got through this, even if it took years," Kallen smiled. She was excited to see Millay again and to put her best friend out of her worrying…but she was even more anxious to see Lelouch and her eyes kept drifting to the door. It didn't take long for Millay to notice.

"He'll be back soon," she said. Kallen jumped out of surprise and blushed yet again. Millay rolled her eyes.

"Stop being all girly and shy! Look how many guys you've had in your life!"

"Yea! But I've never loved any of them!" Kallen retorted, slumping in the bed. Millay cocked her head to the side.

"What are you thinking?" She asked.

"I'm wondering why he isn't here already," Kallen said. Millay straightened her head and gained a pensive look.

"Hmm…maybe it's because he went to get something of importance to you. What do you think? Absolutely selfish to run home and get you something nice, don't you think?" Millay teased.

"Millay…stop that!" Kallen said, waving the girl away.

"Stop worrying, Kallen. He loves you. He'll be here." Millay looked Kallen square in the eyes, reassuring the red head. The door opened and Rivalz entered.

"Hey, Kallen. How are you feeling?" He asked, placing a hand around Millay's waist. She reacted perfectly to him, snuggling into his side, the two of them fitting together like matching puzzle pieces. The perfect couple.

"Rested, but slightly worried," she answered.

"He's coming," Rivalz said.

"Hey! That's what I told her!" Millay said with a wide smile. Kallen blushed as Rivalz smiled.

"I'm not just worried about him…what about my baby?" She asked. The smiles came crashing off their faces at Kallen's concern. How would they tell her? She noticed the look on their faces and worry immediately etched itself into her brows.

"My baby will be alright, right?" She asked, prodding them for an answer.

"We don't…we don't know," her best friend said, diverting her gaze. Kallen felt like screaming at them to tell her the truth.

"Why don't we go and find a nurse ra doctor that you can ask?" Rivalz asked. Kallen nodded, afraid that she would yell at them or burst into tears if she spoke. Silently, they left her room and she tried to relax on the bed and not think about her child.

When the door opened for the third time she figured it was the doctor and blurted out her most nagging question.

"Is my baby ok?" She asked, no, more like demanded of the person who had just entered. A few weeks ago she had been willing to give up the child as soon as it was out of her, but now…now she didn't want to do that, she wanted to keep her child, she wanted him or her to grow up and become his or her own person. She had warmed up so quickly to carrying around a little human being in her arms. She barely heard the steps the doctor took toward her, she only felt the bed sink slightly beside her and a figure pull itself up against her body. She gasped, jumped and tried to push the person away when arms slid around her waist and a kiss was planted on her neck.

"Yes…your baby is ok. He's right here," Lelouch said and a strange feeling washed over Kallen as she glanced over her shoulder to look into his alluring violet eyes. She felt all her fears wash away as he held her.

"Lelouch," she said in relief and managed to prop herself up on her elbow to look down on him. He gazed up at her. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. And she had been out of his grasp for longer than he had wanted her to be.

"Kallen, I beg you, kiss me," he said, not ashamed to ask her for it and feeling more than impatient. He would have gotten down on his hands on knees if she had said no. But she didn't refuse. She fell to his lips without hesitation and shocked him completely out of his wits at the intensity of her passion, her lust was evident to him now and the fact that her body was garbed in a thin fabric was of no help to him. He could feel every single part of her as she subconsciously rubbed her body against his, her moans striking up erotic thoughts in his head. His hands travelled to the small of her back where he could feel her naked skin beneath her hospital wear. Surges of desire ripped through him and he gasped lightly into the kiss.

They broke apart but Kallen did not remove herself from off of him. It felt too good to have him so close to her…she didn't want to let him go. Neither did he as he trapped her to him with his body.

"Seriously…what about…" Kallen began.

"Our child?" He asked, settling the both of them comfortably in the tiny bed. She nodded, gazing at his face in complete satisfaction. She couldn't have chosen anyone better than him. It was hard to deny his attractiveness, but that wasn't the only thing about him. There was more, much more. She just had to figure it all out.

"I spoke to the doctor a few minutes ago and he said everything's fine, he said that surprisingly both you and the baby are ok," he said and Kallen smiled and breathed a sigh of relief. She felt all the muscles in her body relax.

"Thank goodness."

"I heard you were missing me. Couldn't stand me not be here, couldn't you? Since you're probably super damn horny…just like me," he said and kissed her on her chest, right above her breasts. Kallen didn't have the willpower to refuse him as he ran his hands over her body, touching almost every inch of it. He pulled back, not really doing much perverseness.

"Wh…why did you stop?" She managed to say, a bit breathless.

"Somehow I don't find this completely satisfying…plus, you're not supposed to like it, you're supposed to go ape shit and hit me over the head or cause me some physical damage," he said settling comfortably on the bed as he watched Kallen's face contort into a look of confusion.

"And you're supposed to do something extra perverted," she said, astonished that he had actually withdrawn from her. He smirked.

"Kallen," he called her name.

"Yes Lelouch?" She asked a tad annoyed. Why was she getting upset at him not continuing with his sexual harassment on her.

"I love you," he said and his words reverberated throughout her whole body and touched her very soul. She glanced into his eyes, his very honest amethyst eyes and she was sure that he loved her. It was the first time he had admitted it to her, at least the first time that she could remember. Her thoughts flew all over the place and she gulped, trying to capture them. Lelouch was patiently waiting on her. He knew that she felt the same way, he wasn't worried about that.

"Lelouch…I love you too," she found herself saying and suddenly this intense and immense happiness surrounded them. She was going to make a family. She wanted to laugh at the absurdity of it. She was going to make a family out of an banished prince turned mechanic, a university student and the child of both awkward people.

Lelouch leaned his forehead against hers and closed his eyes. He wanted to remember this moment forever. It was such a peaceful scene he was sure. He pecked Kallen on the lips and gained a simple pleasure from just that. He had so many regrets right about now. He regretted being so young and stupid when they had thrown him out. If he had only met her then…if he had only met her then.

I know! I know! Two crappy chapters back to back! But I was once again rushing! Oh boy, I think I may have to end up doing some major editing once this fic is done. I may decide to rewrite a few chapters. Someone said it was actually a good chapter, but I can't help feeling uncomfortable with it.