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[ June 17, 2018 ]

Lelouch's cell phone rang, playing that catchy tune that came up when Lelouch had a caller with an unknown number.

Lelouch was having dinner with C.C at an inexpensive pizzeria not to far from her home. It was a nice little date they were having together but it was nothing compared to what they were planning later that night. C.C glanced over at Lelouch's pocket, and after swallowing the cheese she had been chewing in her mouth she inquired.

"Aren't you going to answer that?"

Lelouch sighed and withdrew his cell phone from his pocket. Without looking at the caller I.D, he opened it and gave his lazy greeting.

"Hello?"

There was static on the other side, but the caller gave no answer.

"Don't prank call, kids. Now if you will excuse me…"

Before Lelouch hung up though, there was a reply on the other end.

"Hello Lelouch Lamperouge, this is Milly Ashford from the Ashford County Wildlife Control Center!" the caller gave with much enthusiasm.

Lelouch's jaw dropped.

"H-Hello Madame President..?"

"I'm here to talk about your pet that we gave you a license for?"

"You mean Suzaku…?"

C.C watched suspiciously from the other side of the table.

"Yes, that the one!" Milly's voice was obnoxious and annoying.

"You see the animal in question has attacked a civilian today, so we took him under our custody today. He is showing signs of aggression, something we cannot have! We are going to keep him under our surveillance for the next two weeks…"

"No!" Lelouch declared, startling both Milly and C.2.

"N-No?" Milly questioned from the other side of the phone call.

"No," Lelouch sighed, "I'll come pick him up. Now if you will excuse me, Milly."

He hung up the phone before Milly could protest.

"C.C I…" Lelouch started, not knowing what to say.

"Just go Lelouch." C.C was agitated.

How many times were their dates interrupted because of that damned mutt, she would never know. Before she was about to complain and give Lelouch a piece of her mind, Lelouch was already gone out the door. She grimaced at her situation.

"You know Lelouch," she muttered under her breath, "It's rude to leave the lady with the bill."

[ June 17, 2018 ]

( Pulling up to the Wildlife Control Center )

It was hard for Lelouch to stay optimistic about the situation. It was a good thing Milly and her crew found Suzaku before anyone else did.

Suzaku could have gotten wounded.

Suzaku could have been tranquilized and sent off somewhere.

Suzaku could have been detained by outlaws.

Suzaku could have been killed.

However, Lelouch remained aggravated. He was only gone for thirty minutes and Suzaku had to go off on a crazed rampage. It didn't make sense. Suzaku could wait for hours for him to come home and not even complain. What difference did thirty minutes make?

As he pulled into a parking space he easily switched the stick to park and left the car idle for a moment. What was Lelouch going to do when he went in there?

He felt worse than a mother being called in because her child did something bad. The type of situations when your offspring was caught burning down classrooms while class was in session or carrying a deadly weapon and attacking other students. It was something downright horrifying to relate to. Didn't Lelouch raise Suzaku better than that?

Milly did say Suzaku attacked someone. Are they alright? Did Suzaku hurt them? Perhaps Suzaku had killed them? Lelouch didn't know what to think.

He opened his car door to meet a rush of cold wind. It felt an awful like a bad foreshadowing.

When Lelouch opened the door of the large building he was immediately given reception by the blonde woman Milly Ashford herself. She gave him one of her pleasant smiles that sent a sickening feeling to one's stomach.

"We have Suzaku out back," Milly motioned her hands to the given direction, "If you want to see him, you have to follow me."

Lelouch gave Milly a curt nod and proceeded to follow her.

As they were walking down the hallway, Lelouch couldn't help himself but ask.

"Did… anyone get injured?" he tried his best to beat around the bush.

"No," Milly said in a voice almost out of character, but soon recovered, "Well, Rivals got a bruise."

Lelouch couldn't help but give one of the lightest of smiles.

Milly approached a door and entered a quick key combination.

"Well will be there shortly." Milly said with a smile.

When they came around the large cage that held Suzaku, Lelouch was horrified. It was dark, cold, wet cage that was there only to keep large animals detained if they were proven to be hostile. However, Suzaku was exactly the opposite by the posture and mood. Suzaku looked downright miserable, trying to push himself farther and farther in the moldy corner.

"Suzaku…" Lelouch gasped.

Suzaku's fluffy ears perked at the light sounds of his Master's voice. He quickly turned his head around, looking directly at his Master's face. Then he remembered the all too familiar words of a certain red-haired feline.

"You're anything but a dog, Suzaku. You're a wolf. You are a big, scary, mean, angry, Master-eating wolf. And you know what else Suzaku? Your Master hates you. I overheard him tell my Master that he is going to give you to those wild-dog-handlers, you see. It's because he does not want you!"

Suzaku hid his head in shame, some how or another he managed to force himself further in that dark corner.

"He's been like this since he detained him." Milly remarked with zero sympathy.

Lelouch was outraged at Milly's attitude towards Suzaku's welfare. By God, Suzaku was beyond pouting. He swiftly approached his cage, ignoring the cautions set by Milly and a few others. He stuck a hand in and gave Suzaku a familiar call. He made quick noises by keeping his tongue over the roof of his mouth.

"Suzaku, I'm here boy. I'm here. Why don't you come over to see me?"

Suzaku didn't even bother to look at his Master. It was not like he was his dog or anything.

Lelouch frowned before trying a different tactic.

How he was going to regret this later, he already knew. Lelouch sighed. Was there no other way could he persuade Suzaku to stop mourning?

After thinking he just gave up. He took a breather and started to sing.

"I'll be by your side,

Wipe the worries off your mind,

So close your eyes,

Like the night,

Slip slowly in my arms,

Deep,

Like the sun sinks into the sea,

Beyond the horizon…"

Lelouch drifted off. Suzaku had slowly crept up next to him and gave his signature bright eyed expression. But as Lelouch started to stop, it seemed Suzaku came to some horrid realization and began to pout again.

Lelouch stroked the wolf before it could retreat again, carefully caressing it's ears.

"Suzaku, stop it. Let's go home. You know what? I'll spend all of tomorrow with you. You'll always be with me, alright?"

This immediately got Suzaku's attention.

Master had said they would always be together.

So they weren't going to part… ever?

Suzaku's eyes gleamed.

Milly intervened, however.

"Lelouch, I told you we have to watch over Suzaku in case of…"

Lelouch scoffed, "He's fine, Milly. I'll take him home and keep a close eye on him. If anything changes, I will give you a call."

Someone had already opened Suzaku's cage and wolf was immediately by his Master's side. Lelouch quickly reacted at Milly's frown. He took out a leash from his coat pocket.

"Milly, I'll put him on this for the time being…"

It was Milly's turn to scoff.

"You think your flimsy body can keep Suzaku still? I think not. Unless you're thinking about singing to him again, Snow White, I think you might need something else…"

"Drop it Milly." Lelouch simply stated.

Suzaku and Lelouch left the building, ignoring the heated expression from the Madame President.

Lelouch gave Suzaku a soft smile.

You are one attention hog, Suzaku.

A/N: The song Lulu sings was kind of a spur of the moment thing. When I sing it to myself, it sounds like it could be a lullaby. Maybe at the end of the story I'll make an extra chappie with the whole song. :)