Thank you again for returning to read Suzaku, the Good Boy for the fourth time! Sorry for the slow update compared to the last one, I have not gotten any motivation to write recently. But with the update of the Death Note fanfiction Another Detective, I can say I've gotten a little excited to write again.

Note that at the moment, it is 11:30 (pm) and I should be sleeping. It's late, so the story might be lacking or really bad spelling wise.

And to think, I am planning to update Retribution of R2 and work on my secret project tonight as well. If you hoping for another SuzuxLulu fic though, I'll have you know that it is a ZeroxSuzuxLulu (dun dun dun!) fic. Look forward to it!

Slight focus on Kallen on this chapter, because I wanted to explain what Kallen meant last chappie.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or any of its characters.

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[ June 18, 2018 ]

(Lelouch's home)

Suzaku Kururugi was the brown-haired green-eyed companion of Lelouch Lamperouge, the poor boy barley making it in society with scholarship funds. He had always been a good dog, waiting for his Master and being a good boy. But things have changed. Before, Suzaku was only scolded for little things like digging through the trash or chasing the neighbor's cat Kallen. However, due to the previous night's incident, Suzaku found he wasn't the dog he thought he was. Suzaku learned he was a wolf.

So today, his Master had decided that Suzaku needed to be punished. He chained up Suzaku outside his shack-like home and left him all day in the blistering late-June heat. Master had refused to let Suzaku inside with the fan.

Suzaku had a lot of time to think, despite the burning rays that constantly made him dizzy, about things in his life. If he wasn't a dog, then should he continue to act like one? If he was a wolf, then should he have a wolf's pride? He frowned at himself. No, no matter what he was he had to be loyal to his Master. What made him different from the wild ones is that he was loyal to his Master. He had a faultless loyalty.

As Suzaku lay out and about, hoping that by dozing off time would pass by quicker, a sudden streak of red fur caught his eye. Suzaku rolled on his back and granted the intruder a gentle bark.

"Hello Kallen."

The cat stopped and turned to look. She gave him a questioning brow.

"Why so familiar, Wolf? I thought you would hate me." Kallen snapped tartly.

"Why should I?" Suzaku's eyes dropped, "It was never your fault anyway."

Kallen continued to stare at Suzaku, before approaching Suzaku and nudged him with her muzzle.

"Stop it. Stop it with all the Mr. Nice Guy talk!" Kaleen growled.

It was Suzaku's turn to raise a questioning brow. He rolled over and got on all fours.

Kallen snorted.

"I hate it when you act like a stupid dog. You're not a dog! Live up to your heritage, you stupid mutt!" Kallen backed it up with a hiss.

Suzaku cowered back by instinct, not expecting the outburst, but soon regained composure afterwards.

"Feel free to strike me, Kallen. But I refuse to be like a filthy wild…"

Suzaku didn't finish his sentence because the sudden pain from an outstretched paw.

"You stupid wolf! Stupid wolf! Are you an idiot, you must be!" Kallen jeered without much thought put into it.

Suzaku clamped his teeth together, bracing herself for another strike.

"Why can't you see, Suzaku? You could have ran out of here, away from that stupid scientist Lloyd, and be a free animal?!"

Suzaku paused. What about Lloyd?

"What does that have to do with me…?" Suzaku wondered aloud.

Kallen stopped, realizing her slip up.

"Just because I'm a liger," Kallen stated simply, "He loves using me in all of his crazy experiments that involve creating super powered suits and whatnot. I think it's crazy. It is driving me insane."

Before Suzaku could voice his surprise on learning Kallen wasn't a cat (who would have figured?) Kallen started complaining again.

"Strength of a lion, prowl of a tiger, he says stuff like that all the time. It drives me nuts!"

Suzaku paused, and then mumbled a bit out loud.

"So this whole time you were making fun of me, it was because you were angry that I didn't run away when I had the chance..?

"Exactly!" Kallen cried, "I've never been able to escape because he always finds me. With this chip in my head. I can never escape!"

Suzaku stared with his mouth ajar.

"Couldn't you have told me this when I hated you for your constant teasing?"

Kallen scrunched up her face in disgust.

"Now you're stuck with me! You lost your chance, Wolf."

Suzaku was about to reply with something just as tart, but his attention shifted to the red truck that could only belong to his Master. Without a 'good bye' to Kallen, Suzaku left her bristling while he returned to his spot in front of the house and waited for Lelouch.

Lelouch opened the door of his red truck, frowning at the scratching noise as the door opened. It was just another broken part of the truck. There was enough broken parts on that truck that he could spend on just buying a newer car, so he dare not even try to fix it up a bit. He slammed the metal door shut and looked over at his tiny home. As expected Suzaku sat by the door, tail wagging. He followed to wolf's gaze to his hand, which he remembered the white bag and reacted by holding it up.

Lelouch really didn't need to explain to Suzaku what was in the bag, since it was likely Suzaku wasn't going to know by English words what it was anyway, but he felt it was right in this situation.

"It is a diamond hairpiece."

Suzaku looked at his Master to the bag. He didn't understand.

Lelouch removed the hairpiece from the bag, revealing the glittering pink-and-green diamond flower in his right hand. Suzaku oogled at its beauty.

"It is for an important someone Suzaku."

Lelouch approached Suzaku and positioned the flower above Suzaku's left ear.

"Maybe Suzaku, if you will be a good boy, this flower will be yours."

Suzaku knew what that meant. If he was a good dog, he would get that flower. He wanted that flower.

Lelouch smiled, placed the flower in his bag, and went inside.

Suzaku's gaze went from the door to his feet.

Perhaps Master had bought that for him?