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So...well I know that this...is EXTREMLY short, But I WILL make up for it by uploading chapter 4 by tomorrow night at the VERY latest. So read and enjoy. KK Bye ^^

Chapter 3

Did He Just call Me Cute?

So, here I am, faced with my latest issue. (As if I needed any more…)

Apparently…I was…hmm…I don't even know. I don't want to say I had a crush on Lelouch…but I don't want to lie to myself…or do I? Great Idea!

"And this my dear friend, is Arthur." Milly Giggled as she pointed to a mangy charcoal colored cat with gray spots. He didn't look very special to me.

"Umm…hi…Arthur?"

"Meraw." Arthur arched his back and spat at me.

"Um…That's…an interesting ahem, meow you've got there."

I backed away slowly, I didn't like the way he was looking at my face…or how he started hissing…or his claws, GOOD LORD! This cat was psychotic

"Arthur, be nice." Suzaku bent down to scold him, it didn't look like he was any better with cat's than I though. Arthur jumped upon his head and began pawing at his face.

"Oh my!"

"Haha, don't worry, it may not seem like it, but Arthur and Suzaku are best friends. Arthur is just a little more physical about their relationship than Suzaku." Lelouch turned to me and smiled.

I didn't like it…well I did…but I wasn't going to let myself know that I did. I shouldn't get my hopes up, it would just cause me pain in the end. Or at the very least hours of boring teenage angst. Sitting in a corner writing love letters to a guy you'll never work up the courage to give them to wasn't exactly my style. Well…if I had a 'style' anyway, that wouldn't be part of it.

"Well enough fuss about Arthur and Suzaku's lover's spats, let's go get you introduced to everyone else.

The rest of the day was for the most part uneventful. I met Rivals, perverted and once again much to hyper, Kallen, who kind of scared me a little though she seemed nice enough, Nina whom I liked a lot, she was quiet, that was good, and last but certainly not least; Nunnally.

Nunnally was Lelouch's little sister. She was perhaps one of the sweetest people I'd ever met, and Lelouch had an almost creepy connection with her. I later learned why…or at least I think it might be why. She was the only family he had left. Apparently his family had been killed by terrorist's. almost the exact opposite of what happened to mine, but still the same. Nunnally had been caught up in this event as well. And as a result she was left paraplegic and blind. I'm sure that he would have waited on her hand and foot, but apparently to continue his studies, he had a hand maid named Saioko who took care of her.

So Lelouch -despite his exterior- had suffered a fair amount of hardship himself. I hadn't expected that…not exactly. I knew there was something off about him. You could see it in his eyes, he was always thinking…but about what? I found myself wanting to know what it was that he thought about…NO!

I didn't care, I wouldn't care…I couldn't care.

"Miss Demerson, would you care… to tell the rest of the class what exactly it is that you're so preoccupied with?"

"Hmm…" I turned to face Mr. Gibbson. Again with the daydreaming. I needed medication! I stood up.

"N-no sir, please excuse me."

"Don't let it happen again."

"Yes sir…" I sat down. Everyday, life just got better and better. Today was just one of those truly special ones.

Let's see, in the past…1-2-3-4-5 about six hours, I had been 'rescued' by a handsome Britanian, drafted into the school's student council -credit to handsome Britanian- found out that said…handsome Britanian had a…would you call it dark past? And had NOT developed a serious crush on him at all! Oh yeah, and I wasn't suffering from a severe case of self induced denial either.

Now, in another hour, we would be permitted to go back to our dorms, or my case, my run down excuse for a home. Then I would eat supper -probably left over miso soup- finish my homework, take a shower, and spend another night trying -unsuccessfully- to sleep. Wonderful.

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No one else said anything about my "spacing out" for the rest of the day. I helped clean the classroom at the end, then gathered my stuff and prepared myself to leave. I almost made it to the front gate, when suddenly…HE was there. Why, did he know something that I didn't want to know I knew?

"Hello Rose." He smiled at me as I approached. His face was dazzling…I mean I didn't care!

"Hi…L-Lelouch…" CRAP! Now I was stuttering when I saw him, great as if the blushing didn't suffice.

"Umm…w-what are you, I mean what can I…Do you need something?"

"Not really, I thought maybe, if you didn't mind I would walk you home."

"Sure…but why?"

"Well, not that I really have anything better to do…but mostly because I'm worried that you might faint on your way home, and I would feel awful if something happened to you that I could have prevented."

"Faint?"

"I'm fairly certain you have a fever, and every time I see you, you look just a little more flushed."

"Oh...t-that…" Crap, he noticed it to.

"So may I have the honor of walking you home?" Another dazzling smile.

"Mmm…"

"Is that a yes?"

"OH! Y-yeah, I mean yes…"

"You really are kind of skittish."

"I'm sorry." I said, looking down, great he thought I was an illiterate idiot.

"I think it's kind of cute."

He began walking towards the alley I had crashed into him in earlier.

"Cute?"