*I do not own Code Geass or any of the characters!!!!
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I couldn't get that damned kid out of my head! Why in the world would I want a kiss from someone for my birthday? Especially him.
I was laying in bed just watching the ceiling, thinking...
"Brother? What was all the yelling outside about?" I turned to see Nunnally sitting on her bed, smiling at me in the dark.
"It's nothing to worry about Nunnally, go to sleep."
"Okay, brother. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Nunnally." I closed my eyes and found myself falling asleep faster than I normally did...but his face was still in my mind.
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I thought I might have scared Lelouch away, so I was glad to see that he was sound asleep in his bed the next morning.
Nunnally and Rolo had asked me to help them make a cake for their brother. I didn't cook, I didn't bake, but I figured I'd give it a try.
"Suzaku the book says we need flowers."
"Flowers?"
"Yep!" Nunnally pointed at the cookbook.
"Flour, it's different." I stood on a chair and reached up to a cupboard and grabbed a bag. "See?"
"Oh! Okay!"
"We need eggs too." Rolo opened the fridge and grabbed a basket of eggs.
"What else, Suzaku?" Nunnally smiled and held onto my arm.
"Uh, butter, milk, sugar and baking powder."
"What's baking powder?" Nunnally looked at me.
"I don't know, but it says we have to put it in." I stood back up on the chair and opened another cupboard, looking around. I came across a small tin that said baking powder on it. "I got some."
"Okay!" Nunnally reached up and took it from my hands and set it on the counter with everything else we had collected.
We mixed together all the ingredients and grabbed a round baking pan. It seemed that Rolo knew more about baking than Nunnally and me, so we let him put it into the pan and set the oven timer.
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I woke up and looked around my room. Nunnally and Rolo had left their beds unmade and their nightclothes thrown on the floor. I got up and picked up their clothing, setting them into the laundry basket before making up their beds.
I removed my clothing and found some pants and a sweater. As I opened the door to the hall, the smell of cake wafted into the room.
"Nunnally? Rolo?" I walked down the hall in my slippers and stopped in the kitchen.
"Happy birthday, Brother!" Rolo and Nunnally screamed. They were standing in front of a poorly frosted cake.
"Happy birthday, Lelouch." Suzaku smiled. "Blow out your candles."
I sighed and walked over and blew out the three candles that were lit. "Who made the cake?"
"We did, brother. Suzaku helped us." Nunnally wrapped her arms around my waist.
"Suzaku can't cook, so you must have done it all by yourselves." I kissed her and Rolo on the top of their heads. "Thank you both. It's early, but would you two like a piece of the cake you made?"
"Yes brother." they both said and sat at the table.
I took out a knife and cut into the cake. It broke apart when I tried to put it onto the plates, but it didn't matter.
"Here you are." I handed the plates to them and smiled.
We ate the cake and it was good. I wanted nothing more for my birthday, I didn't want to be treated different, I didn't want anything to be odd because I was suddenly a year older- I just wanted it to be another normal day.
Rolo and Nunnally, understanding what I meant, took off to play outside. Suzaku and I sat under a tree together and watched them run around on the beach.
"Last night...I'm sorry." Suzaku sighed.
"Sorry?"
"I feel that I was slightly out of line. With what I did, I mean."
"Oh, don't be sorry...You weren't out of line."
"So...do you mind if I kiss you again?"
I blushed and turned to him, kissing him lightly. He kissed back and smiled at me.
"Your lips are soft."
"Don't say things like that..." I was still blushing.
"Why not? We are friends, aren't we?"
"Y-yes...That's right, we are friends..."
"Brother, what's that?" Nunnally pointed to a dot in the sky that seemed to get closer and closer.
"I think it's a helicopter."
"It's a military chopper." Suzaku stood up and ran down to the beach with me.
It got closer and the water rippled and the wind blew. I looked up and saw the green underbelly of the chopper. It was labeled HBE-BA.
"Lelouch, what's that mean?"
"It's...the Holy Britannian Empire-Britannian Army." we watched the chopper land the field that was near us and the propellers die down. I stood in front of Rolo and Nunnally with Suzaku at my side.
"Lelouch!!!" Clovis stumbled out of the chopper and ran across the field to me. "Lelouch!" he threw his arms around me and then hugged Nunnally and Rolo.
"What...what are you doing here?"
"Ah, we've come to take you home."
"No, I'm not going."
"But you have to. Brother's orders." he looked at Suzaku.
"This...this is Suzaku, he's my friend..."
"Your highness." Suzaku bowed.
"It's nice to meet you! But...Lelouch...you have to get your things."
"Brother, we don't want to go..." Rolo frowned.
I stood there trying to comprehend why my brother would want me back after nearly a year of being here in Japan. What devious plot did he have planned for me?
It seemed that my feet moved on their own, I was running as fast as I could back to the house. I slammed open the door and hid in my room under my bed. Tears ran down my face as I laid on my side, curled up in a small ball.
"Lelouch...? Hey...Lulu..." Suzaku came in and knelt down, crawling under the bed with me. "Lelouch...if you have to go, you have to go..."
"I don't want to...You're my first real friend..."
"You're my first real friend too...but I'm sure that when we're older...we'll meet again." he smiled and placed his hand to my cheek.
"Will you write me?"
"Yes...Now...let's get your things before this gets too emotional..." he pulled me out from under the bed and hugged me.
Our first hug might have been our last...And even though we were only ten years old, we found ourselves having strange emotions towards each other.
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I didn't want him to go...
It pained me to see him take his bag and walk outside with it. His siblings were crying, but he had long stopped crying and put on a uniform face.
"Goodbye Lelouch..."
"Goodbye, Suzaku..." he got into the chopper and the propellers started up.
"You know...if you would like to see my brother again, there is a way." Clovis smiled at me.
"How, your highness?"
"Within another three to four years, he'll be looking for someone to be his knight. If you are capable of protecting him and being able to fight in battles for his sake, you could be his knight."
"I-I could be his knight? And always protect him? And be by his side forever?"
He chuckled and patted me on the head, "You're very enthusiastic. I like that. Work at it, Mr. Kururugi. I think you'd make my little brother very happy."
He stepped into the chopper and the door closed. I stepped back, looking at the glossy window and saw Lelouch sit up and place his hand to the window. I started to cry as I watched him leave me standing in the middle of a field, all alone for the first time in almost a year...
It all happened so fast, this morning I was baking a cake for him with his siblings, and this afternoon...he'd stepped onto a chopper and headed back for Britannia... But his brother's words lingered in my thoughts.
I'd sat in that field until the sun fell. "I could be his knight..." I thought to myself. I stood up and took off running full speed to my fathers office. "Father!"
He frowned and turned to look at me. "What is it, Suzaku."
"Please teach me how to be a knight!"
"A knight?"
"I want to be a knight for a Britannian prince."
His frown got deeper. "For that Britannian prince?"
"Yes father."
"Speak to Tohdoh. I'm sure he could train you."
"Thank you, father." I bowed and walked from the room then began to run.
"Sensei!" I got up to Sensei Tohdoh and took a few deep breaths.
"Suzaku? Is everything alright?"
"No. Lelouch is gone...Please, teach me how to be a knight!"
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And so my training began. I was taught how to speak proper to higher ups, how to stand straight, when to speak, how to fight and when to fight. It would take me three to four years, but I would do it...I would become Lelouch's knight and protect him forever.
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Moving too fast? I think so...SORRY!!!