A/n: WOOOHH, the third chapter :D. I guess the second chapter was shorter than the first, probably because I got lazy doing descriptions and whatnot. Thanks for the alerts and reviews ;A;, I really appreciate it. I hope I can upload this because my internet has been acting weird lately (maybe because I forgot to pay the bill ).

Well that leaves less distractions XD.

I DO NOT OWN CODE GEASS!

Chapter 3

Lelouch stares at me intently with his deep violet colored eyes. I look at my hand to which it was still hovering in the air, ready for slapping. I quickly hid my hand behind my back so I don't cause any suspicions.

"I.. uh" I began mumbling.

He gets up from the grass and sits in a sitting position. He let out a big sigh and then looks at me. I could feel my cheeks heating up, "Why does he have to be so attractive", I thought.

He lets out a chuckle and looks at me, "Thank you".

I didn't know how to respond. Why did he say thank you? Is it perhaps that he didn't know how to swim or maybe he fell in and got a cramp. All these thoughts ran into my mind and all I could say was, "Eh?".

I could see that rolled his eyes and looks at me. His face begins getting closer and closer to me. I didn't know how to react so I just stayed put, however I could feel my face heating up. My face is probably red as a tomato right now.

"Maybe I could hide my face with my hair" I thought to myself.

Soon we were centimeters apart and my bright blue eyes stared into his deep violet eyes.

"Why is he so attractive?" I let my sweat dropped.

He then heads toward my right ear, "Thank you for saving me. If you weren't here, I would have drowned", he whispered.

I could feel his breath tickle my ear. He then leaves my ear area and looks at me again. This time he was sheepishly smiling and scratching the back of his head. Even more questions blew up my mind.

"Why did you drown?" I curiously asked him.

He quickly turns his head away from me and covers his mouth. I could see the side of his face turning red. He coughs and then turns to me again, "I can't swim".

My eyes widen in shock, "The great prince doesn't know how to swim?", I tried to hold in my laughter.

I could see light shades of red glowing on his cheeks. He gives me a pouty face and turns his face away. I couldn't help but giggle at the scene.

"Please don't laugh at me", his voice suddenly became childish.

I still continue to giggle and then pets his head, "I'm sorry".

Still retaining his pouty face, "Don't tell anyone about this! I came to practice here by myself and I end up getting a cramp. If you weren't here I probably would have drowned, but thank you for saving me".

"Now I know why so many girls are attracted to him" I thought to myself.

The way he said those words can make any girl's heart skip a beat. Not to mention again how attractive he is, however I can't come to "like" or "love" him as any other girl would. The way he insulted me and the poor still sort of offends me. I didn't want to get any closer to him than I am now. I buried my chin between my knees and look towards to water. It was indeed really pretty. The glow of the spring water brightens up the pitch black forest. I could feel a tap on my shoulder. I slowly turn around and saw Lelouch staring at me.

"Are you the peasant girl that fell into the mud puddle in front of the bakery?" he asked me.

I didn't know how to respond back. I could either say yes and let him be mad at me for "insulting" the nobles earlier or just say no and lie. Lying isn't really my thing and I don't want to face to consequences after so I just told him the truth.

"Yes, I'm that peasant girl from earlier" I quickly respond and turn my head to the sight of the glowing water.

"May I ask you why you were here late at night?" he questions me.

"Well, I wanted to clean myself up after that event from earlier" I turn to look at him, "I heard a splash and then I found out that it was you".

I look over his attire. It wasn't the fancy attire I saw earlier in the day. Since he went into the water, he had no shirt on but black shorts to swim him. I was scanning the forest for the rest of his attire.

"Are you looking for my clothes Miss?" he gave me a sly smile.

I didn't turn to look at him, "Yes, I was just wondering where you put them".

He pointed to an area of bushes near the waterfall, "I've put them over there so no one could have seen them if they passed by here".

"Ah I see, smart move prince" I gave him a thumbs up.

"You can call me Lelouch" he scratches his head and gave out a groan, "People always call me 'prince' or 'sir' and I'm getting sick and tired of it".

I can now see why he would get sick of that. If I was royalty in any way I would have been sick being called "princess" or "mam" all the time. I would have preferred to be called my name. I nodded my head, "Okay".

"May I ask for yours?" he broke the clam silence.

"Excuse me?" I responded. To tell you honestly I didn't hear what he said. I was too busy staring at the beautiful spring.

He chuckles, "I asked for your name".

"Kallen, Kallen Kozuki" I responded.

To tell you honestly, Kozuki isn't my last name. It was my mother's maiden name. My real name would have been Kallen Stadtfeld, but ever since my father had died my mother didn't want anyone to know we were the family he left behind to join the royal knights. Well he didn't leave us behind, more like he had a bigger duty to "attend" to.

"Kallen.." he grabs a lock of my hair and kisses it.

My face flushed red. In response I quickly got up and did some awkward pose, "This is not good for my heart" I thought and sighed in the process.

Lelouch also gets up and begins chuckling. He covers his mouth and continues laughing. He then turns to me and bends down one of his knees while the other stood up and offers a hand.

"Would you Kallen, teach me how to swim in this fair night?" he said slowly.

I didn't know how to respond to him. I could feel that he swallowed his pride in order to ask me that. He must have been really desperate to learn how to swim. I thought about it for a bit and came to a conclusion that if I helped him swim I could use that reason to always get back at him. I chuckle a bit but then I accepted his offer.

"I will Lelouch" I put my hand in his hand.

I could feel that he tighten my grip and gets up. He gives me a huge smile and out of impulse he hugs me. I didn't know how to respond to this hug so I just didn't bother to hug him back. He quickly lets go of him and turns around realizing what he has done. I gave a small laugh, but I still think he was a huge jerk. As the night continue I began teaching Lelouch how to swim. We started off at the shallow end and I told him to move his arms first and uses his legs as support. I also told him that if he wanted to swim properly he always had to stretch first before entering the water and that he must be relaxed. He soon got use to the movement and then goes onto deeper waters. As soon as I know it, he was swimming.

"Lelouch is a fast learner" Kallen expected.

He soon gets out from the water. I could the drops of water dripping down from his body. I got to say that he was glowing too, maybe because of the water. His body was perfect. You can see the muscle on his abs, but it was expected.

"I wonder how many girls would have been screaming if they found out I was here swimming with Lelouch" I thought to myself.

I shudder at the thought of it. The girls would have probably raided my home and the gossip would have spread throughout the village. I don't think this would leak out though. Lelouch was really serious about keeping this a secret, maybe due to the fact his pride must have been hurt when I found out he couldn't swim. As I was lost in deep thought, Lelouch came closer to me and puts his hand on my forehead.

"Are you okay?" he had a worried tone.

I took his hand off my forehead and nodded my head, "I'm fine, I was just in deep thought for a while".

"Oh.." I could see his smirk, "Were you thinking of my body?".

My face turned red out of anger and embarrassment, I slapped him during the process, "NO! Of course not!".

"Aww that's too bad" he returned to his pouty face, but you can tell he was just messing around with me.

I didn't look at him and coughed, "Well when are you going to go back home?".

I could see him walking to get his clothes from the bushes near the waterfall. He came back with his clothes on. It consisted of a white dress shirt and black capris. There were also suspenders connecting from his front and back of the capris. In addition he wore a black cap to hide his face.

"I'm just going to go now, I have to be back at the castle before the crack of dawn" he explained to me.

"Ah I see, you must have a lot of work" I didn't want to sound like I care, however it must have turned out like that in his ears.

"Aww so you do care" he teased me.

As expected, "Haha you are so funny" I said in a sarcastic tone.

He puts his hand on my head and pets my head, "I was just teasing you" he then gives a small grin, "Do you want anything in return?".

I was shocked by his question, to this some arrogant prince would return the favor. I thought about it for a while, I don't really need a favor from him.

"Are you in deep thought again?" I could see his face only a few centimeters far from mine.

I closed my eyes and gave out a big sigh, "I want you to take back what you said about the peasants".

"You mean how I thought they were all 'rude'?" he questioned.

I still kept a straight face, "Yes, I don't care about what you think of me, just don't assume everyone else is like that", I sounded so noble.

He smiles and pets my head once more, "Alright, I won't assume anything bad about them further".

He lets go of my head and begins walking away. I continue to look at his back, "He was so slender", I thought to myself.

Surprisingly he quickly turns back and runs towards me. "What are you doi-", before I could finish my sentence he gave me a light kiss on the cheek and smiles at me, "I hope we meet again someday Ms. Kozuki".

He then runs back and I continue to watch him until he disappears. I put my hand on the cheek he kissed me on. I kept rubbing it, in shock of what he did.

"He kissed me" I whispered to myself.

I shook my head to forget the image, "Kallen get a hold of yourself, he's a rude and arrogant prince", I began slapping my cheek.

To forget what has happened, I took off my clothes and went inside the spring that was connected to the river. I could finally shower now that Lelouch was gone. I got out of the water and dried myself off and put my clothes back on. I took the lantern that was next to my clothes and quickly walked back to the village. In the nick of time I made it back home before dawn arise. I went to my bed and close my eyes. Soon after I was able to drift off into my slumber.

I could feel the hot summer sun peak through my blanket which I made as a door. I got up from my bed and notice no one was home. I'm assuming my mother went out to get some food. Judging by the amount of sun leaking through the alleyway, it was pretty late into the day. I quickly ate my breakfast of cold soup my mother left for me and ran out of the alleyway.

"Everyone must be wondering where I am" I told myself.

I quickly ran to the usual spot and saw my friends there. As a routine Milly would run up to me and hug me, which she did.

"Kallen! We were just about to go get you!" Milly shouted.

"Get me?" I questioned her.

She lets go of me and looks at my face, "We all saw your mom walking by and she told us that you were still snoozing away!" she gave me a wink.

"Ah I see" I scratched my head in embarrassment.

Suzaku came up to Milly and puts his hand on her shoulder, "Now that we're all here what did you want to point out Milly?".

Milly turns around back to everyone and clears her throat, "I declare that we should all go explore and swim at the forest!".

I had a sense of de ja vu hit me. I was just there last night. I didn't want that memory of Lelouch to come back so I shook my head at the thought of it. Assuming what Milly was thinking, she probably wants us to explore deeper. Due to the amount of waterfalls in the forest I wouldn't be surprise that the deeper we explore the bigger the waterfalls are. I just hope we don't run to any soldiers from neighboring kingdoms.

"I agree with Milly" Ohgi jumps into the conversation, "Since the sun is blazing hot today we should all go explore and swim afterward" he suggested.

Milly points at Ohgi and gave a big smile, "EXACTLY!".

"But I have to be back here before the sun sets, my mother would want to know where I was" he then looks at me.

I knew what Ohgi was thinking. Today was one of those nights in which we had to go steal from the nobles.

"I agree with Ohgi, I don't want my mother to worry about me either" Kallen agreed and gave a quick wink to Ohgi.

"Okay then! Then let's all go right now then!" Milly exclaimed.

"You're always so enthusiastic Milly" Rivalz gave a shy smile.

She looks at Rivalz and gives a smile, "Oh why thank you sweetie".

I could see the redness crept into Rivalz face. I almost forgot that Milly asked Rivalz to be her boyfriend yesterday. The thought of seeing the couple made me wish that I had that special someone, but I had goals and love can wait.

"You guys are so cute together" Suzaku gave a small smile.

"Shut up!" Rivalz and Milly said in unison. They both look at each other and laughed afterward. We couldn't help but laugh along with them.

We quickly went to our homes and got the stuff we needed. I grabbed a small blanket that I used as a towel and a loaf of bread (just in case we get hungry). We all met up near the end of our village and walked to the forest together. The more deeper we explored the more everything starts looking the same.

"It's so beautiful in here" Milly sounded awed.

Indeed it was beautiful. I love how peaceful it was compared the noisy village. We would pass by waterfalls here and there, but knowing Milly she would want to go to an area that had a huge waterfall and spring. I observed my surroundings. I could see all the bloomed flowers. Ranging from pink to yellow, the flowers complimented the forest. I could also hear the birds chirp above us. The chirp gave some noise to this forest, but it's all part of the natural feel of this forest. We soon saw a bright glow from a corner. Milly took my hand and we both ran towards it leaving the others behind. We ran through a bush and fell out. We both landed on the grass which was on the other side of the thick bushes.

"Wow.." we both said in awed.

The waterfall was simply magnificent. It was much bigger than the one I swam in last night. By comparing the one from last night is like comparing an ant to a human.

"Kallen! Milly!" I could hear Suzaku scream from the other side.

"We're over here!" Milly shouted.

The boys walked through the bushes and they were just as awed as we were.

"WOW! It's huge!" Rivalz shouted.

I had to agree with Rivalz here. It was not only beautiful but it was also huge. I could see the waterfall being connected to a higher landmass. And that landmass would lead us deeper into the mountains which could also be another route to a neighboring kingdom. There were patches of flowers and bushes surrounding the spring in which the waterfall came down to. The spring leads into the river and the river probably leads into another waterfall. I could see the steam of the water surrounding the waterfall. We all sat down our stuff near the bushes and patches of flowers. As I sat my stuff down I saw Rivalz winking and me and then pointing at Milly.

"Oh no.."I thought to myself.

Rivalz quickly grab Milly from her waist and jumped into the spring with her.

"This is going to be a fun afternoon" I chuckled to myself.

A/N: Okay done! :3! Thank you for all the reviews and alerts :D I really appreciate it!