A/N: Hey everyone. I had this idea a few weeks ago, but I was a bit scared to put it out on the World Wide Web, but… Here it is…

So basically, this scene was inspired from Euphemia's death scene (I cried during that part… She really didn't deserve it… She was so kind, but… sigh). And so it brought to mind what it'd be like if the roles had been switched, where Suzaku and Euphemia's roles would switch with Lelouch and C2 respectively. And this is the end product. So… Yeah. I hope you like it!

Lelouch could only stand there, horror splayed across his face as blood dripped down from his fingers to the floor. The red liquid stained his clothes, but he couldn't care less. Lloyd and Cecile stared at him in shock before rushing forward to help him. Taking the limp body from his arms, they immediately rushed the dying woman to the emergency medical quarters.

. . .

The raven-haired man sat outside of the operating room, head in his hands. Struggling to control his panic and frantic emotions, he shook as he begged, as he prayed, to someone, to anyone, it didn't matter who, to just save her.

When the doctor came out, the two scientists stood up and looked at the surgeon with hopeful expressions, but the physician removed his mask and simply shook his head apologetically. Numb with grief, Lelouch dragged himself into the large, white room, only to nearly fall from seeing C2's paling body underneath a white sheet.

Cecile removed the glass covering and the breathing aid for him before wordlessly leaving the room with Lloyd.

The Britannian sat in silence, besides the witch, trying to control his breathing, when he heard, "… Le… Lelouch…"

"… What is it, C2?" he tried to swallow his tears.

"Lelouch, why is… Why is everything so white?" her golden eyes looked past him and around at the medical instruments, "Where am I?"

"Somewhere safe. You're safe now, C2." his face contorted and he blinked, trying so hard not to let a single tear fall in front of her. Turning her attention back to him, she smiled wryly at him and questioned, "Isn't it so pathetic? After all this time… After all of this time, I never got my wish…"

"No! No, you did. You did!" he shook his head furiously.

"I did?" her eyebrows furrowed, confused by his protests.

"Yes!"

"… Who?"

"Me! I love you, C2! I love you! So don't die. Please, just don't die. Here, I'll… I'll return your immortality to you, just… Just don't die, C2. Don't leave me here, don't go somewhere where I can't reach you." with a shaking voice, he pleaded to the emerald-haired woman, who only replied in a surprised tone, "You love me?"

"Yes! Yes, I love you! I love you, despite your penchant for pizza, the way everything you do is for your convenience; I love the smile you have when you're amused by a joke that only the two of us could understand, I love how you hug me in your sleep when you have nightmares. I love you for understanding me and for being with me. I love you for being you, C2, so please… I'm begging you. Don't go. Don't leave me." hopelessness turned his imploration into a desperate whisper.

She laughed weakly, "You're crying. You foolish, weak boy."

Raising a deathly pale, shaky hand, she placed it on his cheek and murmured, "You're so warm…"

"C2, I swear, if you die, I'm not going to be able-" his tears slid down, disappearing between her fingers.

"When did you begin to love me?"

"…. When you went to see Mao. I realized how precious you were to me."

"You acted as if you hated me though."

"I'm as stubborn as you are, C2."

"Ah… I should've known…" she closed her eyes, and he ordered, "C2, listen to me. Listen to me! I need you next to me. You can't die. You must not die. C2, don't die on me!"

"… You should have told me earlier, idiot. Then I could have told you this at a better time."

"Wha-"

"I love you, Lelouch."

Weeping, he grabbed her hand.

"C2, don't leave me. I'll have no one to turn to, to comfort me. To smile with me. C2, I have no one but you; please don't leave me…"

"Ever the child…"

He only gripped her hand tighter and she asked, "Lelouch, can you do me one last favor?"

"It's not the last one. It won't be the last one."

"Can you prove to me that you love me? That you love me sincerely?"

He didn't reply and she whispered, "Don't cry…"

"#######, I love you." he said quietly before kissing her. When they broke apart, she wiped away the water on her face and complained, "You cried all over me…"

"C2, I-"

"It's much better." she gave him a small smile, and his heart twisted at the possibility of never being able to see it again.

"Better?"

"Than the last time you addressed me like that. You've found the missing warmth."

A sob escaped from his lips as he said, "C2, don't die. I order you not to die!"

"How many times do I have to tell you that Geass doesn't work on me?"

"C2, don't-"

"I'm sorry. For not being able to be with you for the rest of your journey. I would have liked to have seen your vision turn into a reality."

"C2, you will. You will see it, just-"

"I love you, Lelouch."

Inhaling shakily, he yelled, "NO! No, don't say it like that! Don't say it like you're saying goodbye! It's not a goodbye, this isn't a goodbye! C2… C2, you have to get up and take my credit card without my permission and order ten boxes of pizza a day again! You have to sleep next to me, taking the entire blanket for yourself even in the middle of summer! You have to… You have to make your snide comments again, make insides joke with me… You have to be here! With me! You… You promised me you would down the path I chose with me, I promised you I would become your warlock, I promised… I promised you a happy future, a future where you're loved. C2, don't die! Don't die, God damn it, don't! Don't leave me like this, C2, not- C2! No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!"

The doors slid open and the medical practitioners tried to pull Lelouch away from C2's still body. He fought them and kept howling, tears streaming down his face.

When he had been pushed outside, he fell to his hands and knees, shamelessly crying. Covering his head with his hands, his heart-wrenching screams echoed in the hallway as he voiced his unfathomable grief, denying the truth's existence.

"No… No, no, no… C2! C2, you liar! You deserter! How can you do this to me! How can you… You traitor, you… *******!"

Trembling, Lelouch continued to shed tears, cursing the day that his witch had left him, cursing the person who had stolen his love from him… He got up shakily, and with a malicious look in his eyes, he swore to catch the person responsible for her death and to inflict the pain that he was going through… The furious raven-haired man growled, "Suzaku… Suzaku, I'm going to take what's most precious to you as you have done to me…"

He hissed, "I'll make you suffer, just as C2 suffered, but I will never… I will never allow you to die. After all… After what you've done… Death would be too kind of an act for you."

A/N: I think it would be fair to tell you guys this… Recently, I've been considering terminating my account of . It's just that… I feel like I've lost my "touch" to write stories (if I even had one in the first place). Like… For instance. The last chapter… I didn't like it. I hate it. Maybe I should rewrite it… Or maybe I just shouldn't write at all. I've been thinking about it, and I've asked my friends what I should do, and well… I don't know. The verdict is out. But I just thought it would be fair to give you guys (particularly the people who are nice enough to read my fanfictions) a heads-up. 'Til next time then.