AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have depressing news to tell you…I made a very stupid mistake in the last chapter and I almost wanted my profile pic to commit suicide (T.T):
"The night where Kallen confronts Zero and the Knights saw the two kissing…" should be "The night where Kallen confronts Zero and the Knights saw him and CC kissing…"
I recently edited it but if you want to stick to the first one that's fine with me :(
I'm terribly sorry for the confusion, (I'm really embarrassed right now) and I wish that this very idiotic error shall remind me to quadruple-check my fic before submitting, and in the future shall not be made again… X(
But anyway please enjoy
A dip here and a swab there: With Sayoko's super mop and magic pail, the elevator was instantly made to look like an interior of a brand new vault. Yeah it was like a vault…because it can be only be opened and operated from the outside.
In no time Lelouch was lent pants from Rivalz closet. And soon the group found themselves at Lelouch's ruined unit where CC was able to find clothes for her, Nunally and for the babies as well and she quickly dressed herself and the sister. They let the two little ones lie down on the displaced bed…with the Cheese-kuns guarding them from falling off. CC was wiping them with a wet towel all the while playing with their little feet, kissing the small toes and rubbing them on her face.
The friends strongly insisted that CC should seek medical help soon but the Lelouch blatantly refused:
"I have to tell you guys that the reason why CC can't go to a doctor is because she has doctorarescaryphobia…"
"What is that!?" Suzaku was astounded to hear a very technical medical term that was really just invented by Lelouch. The council waited for his answer…
"It is the fear of doctors, simply to put….she's unstable in their presence and it is very unhealthy for her…" Lelouch told them in a serious manner.
Rivalz retorted "HAHA why would she have a fear like that!?"
He sneered back "You should understand that certain traumatic events can cause severe psychological damage; in CC's case, her irrational fear has something to do with the presence of a physical…"
"Ok we completely understood." Milly put up a thumbs-up to Lelouch while the others' mouths remained gaping with Lelouch's very genius words. "By the way Lelouch, I'll move you to a better room!"
"Thanks Milly, actually you don't have to worry; only the doors and some furniture were broken. Also, we can manage; CC is very strong both physically and in immunity…"Lelouch assured them.
…
"Ahhhh…Lelouch…how about nurses?"
Lelouch was loosing his cool "They look the same as doctors Rivalz!"
"Shhhhhhh…you might wake up the babies…"CC softly told them. They forgot that they were conversing beside the room's wrecked door.
Then the front door suddenly swung open with a large bang sound.
"Brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Sisterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! I'm here-" Suzaku had arrived at the scene on time to shut up the pink-haired girl in shades with his hand. "My princess…what are you doing here?" How did she know that her brother Lelouch was here?
"I'm here to visit my bro and sis Sir Suzaku!"
"How did you know...?"
"I bumped at him months ago (at Kaminejima Island actually) and we remained in touch since!"
"Ohhhhhh….okay."
Euphie smiled at Lelouch who was peering from the door (ajar) of the bedroom and who was so shocked to see her there. "Hi Lelouch, how's CC?" Then she could read Lelouch's lips telling her to go away. She waved at him…but he frowned back. Slowly the council was coming towards the commotion to see Princess Euphemia Li Britannia at the living room. "My-my I don't know what happened here but the door knob was destroyed by a chainsaw…"
"Big sister Euphie! Nunally cried in delight hearing the voice of the sister she longed for years.
"Nunalllyyyyyyyy!!" They hugged each other tightly.
"What's going on here?" Shirley was eyeing the energetic princess crying with Nunally. "Why is her highness here?"
"Lelouch by accident was my chatmate for months! And I call him 'brotha'….and I call his sister 'sistah' and I want to visit him…so I went here!"
"You seem so happy to see her…" Kallen was having suspicions: Why is the third princess friends with Zero?
"Umm-um it's because when he told me about Nunally I was so touched by her story…"
"Ohhh…okay."
Milly suddenly came in "You're so fortunate your Highness!" Milly excitedly said to her "CC gave birth today!"
"Really!?" Euphie clasped her hands together and squealed. "YAYYYYY!! Let me see let me see…"
"But they were just in grave danger from a maniac's attack; they were still just recovering…"
She quickly butted in "So what? Where is the baby?"
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The Attack of the Aunt
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As Euphie spoke to the group, Lelouch and CC were sitting on the bed observing the two who were sleeping again. Euphie won't bring destruction to my plans anyway…but Kallen…I don't think she'll suspect me of having an affair with the princess, nothing as stupid as that. Suzaku and Milly know my relation to her so I think it'll be okay…I'll have to think of the Black Knights later-
"Lelouch…let's assign roles."
"Ahhhh…sure." He gulped as he prepared himself for what he had to hear.
"Obviously I'll feed them, but you'll the one who'll make them burp."
"Ok-ok…"
"They must be fed in approximately every two hours so that means: goodbye to sweet sleep and… other things we do at night…"
His eyes widened in disbelief "Other things? You mean…we cannot do…"He leaned closer and whispered in her ear:
"…terrorism?" Lelouch cannot bear to think about taking a leave from being a genius mystery hero.
"No not that! I'm sure I can bring those two at the headquarters and you can use your phone to contact the others… What I mean was the other things we do…"
"Oh, I see…that would be best for now…" Lelouch gulped again.
CC spoke like she's commanding him instead of making a request. "I'll prepare the milk formulas and you'll change their diaper."
"D-Diaper?" He quickly looked at the two with horror.
"Yes the diapers!"
"Why!?"
"SHHHHHHH be quiet! It's because I think you can do it better than me…you have so much talent in housework you know?"
"B-But-"
"What's the deal about changing diapers?"
The man and the woman looked each other in with narrow eyes. After a long deep breath Lelouch finally accepted defeat "Ok, ok, if that's you want, being a mother is harder anyway….I-should-be-a-supportive father" he told her in a singsong manner.
"Good"
No words were spoken for a while.
"CC…"
"Yes Lelouch?"
"I think we should avoid quarreling…"
"Seems impossible…" she responded flatly.
They stayed silent again, but inside their brains, they were now asking to themselves this question: Why do we speak more words when we argue than we agree?
Lelouch was about to speak again when the door opened and bumped into the bed(CC used the bed to cover the door from Mao so it was still near the bed.) "Oops…sorry…"Milly spoke in hushed tones "The princess wants to see the babies..."
"The BABIESSS?" Euphie's voice echoed through the walls.
"SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" The council chorused.
"S-sorry…"but she still excitedly entered the room. "Oh my…twins…"Her eyes widened in delight. "Boys or girls?" Soon her face was closely observing the two fat-heads' faces.
"Both…"CC answered while shooing her away.
"Their names?"
Lelouch proudly told her "Aurora and Eirianell…"
Euphie giggled "Beautiful, love them! 'Dawn' and 'bright?' Were you living in the dark lately?" Euphie was teasing him.
"No really, you certainly know what those names mean don't you?" He asked his sister.
"Of course! I'm a lot smarter than I seem!" She sarcastically replied to Lelouch.
Those two are a lot closer than they seem… Milly smiled at the thought of Lelouch reuniting with his sister again.
…
But CC suddenly remembered the grim reality: they still lack in supplies! She has some milk and diaper cloths but they were just samples and would not last for a day. "Milly...we need diapers and milk now!"
"What?" Lelouch looked at her with disbelief "You haven't prepared those!?"
CC responded defensively "Of course I did not! I was barely seven months!"
Milly sensed that the couple's Mt. Quarrel shall erupt soon so she quickly butted in "W-we''ll take care of that! Well buy right now so please stay calm!" She turned her head to the direction of the living room "Guys! Come here!"
The group raced to the door of the bedroom, with Suzaku "What is it?" Kallen asked pretending to breathe hard after running.
"Guys…Lelouch and CC need out help now." Milly preached at them "They need baby supplies right now! So Lelouch what do we-"
Hearing the word "need" Lelouch quickly scanned the area for his bag. "CC… my credit card?"
"I don't know…" she said looking around the room littered with clothes "Mao searched the closet too so he kinda messed up…"
"Wait…WAIT!!" Euphie interrupted with his princess-like royal speechy tone "I, Euphemia Li Britannia, third princess and Lieutenant-Governor of Area 11 shall fund the needs of this blessed couple!"
Lelouch was embarrassed "Your Highness you don't have to…"
"Eat your pride commoner! This is an order from the princess… a-also I order you all to call me Euphie!"
"Yes your Highness!" The council, in unison, bowed at her.
"Lelouch Lamperouge, what do you need?"
He weakly answered "Diapers, baby clothes, milk, pacifier, bottles, mittens, tissue papers or wipes…"
"Leave it to us!" Milly snapped!
-break-
With a whistle Euphie summoned a pink limo in front of the dorm building. They left hurriedly to be able to discreetly go out of the school before the last game ends. Euphie commanded Suzaku to take Nunally with them not wanting to leave her alone.
"Milly…where should we go?" Euphie asked.
"I think we should buy from the best, it's a little far from here…But leave it to me!"
Milly directed the driver as Euphie instructed the group who was crammed with several of her bodyguards. "Listen, we will be divided into two groups: the boys and the girls. We girls shall go to a baby store to buy textiles, bottles and other things not disposable, you two boys shall buy milk! Yes milk! And diapers also! Don't worry; I'll lend you my other credit cards! You guards shall shut up and watch us shop and prevent people from coming near me, I don't want any disturbance!"
"Yes your Highness!" They enthusiastically answered her.
The limo raced through the streets ignoring every traffic sign and police whistles as the princess commanded. Soon they were being blocked by a number of traffic police officers with spikes on the road.
"Come out reckless driver! You're actions were dangerous and shall be answered by the law!" said the person in the megaphone."
The guards stepped out from the car with their M-16's and Euphie came out after them "You mean police! I AM THE LAW!! Let us through NOW! I, Euphemia Li Britannia, shall sentence you to guillotining if you fail to comply with my kind request!"
They let her through.
The shopping mall was filled with people (since Ashford was the host of the inter-area soccer competition) and the group was frustrated. But good thing nobody recognized Euphie with her wig and shades as she ran with the girls to the baby shop. The boys headed straight to the grocery.
"Guys get only the most expensive ones for Eirian (his new nickname) and Aurora!! Euphie commanded.
"And only what they need right now!" Milly followed.
Kallen quickly scooped all the nice looking bottles and pacifiers into her basket (especially those ones popular designed with Zero masks) while Shirley was grabbing pink and blue mittens and the best diaper cloths.
"Euphie, I think I should take Nunally to the boys…"
She understood what Milly meant "Good idea…that way we can finish faster!"
The wheelchair was raced out all the while Kallen and Shirley showed what they got to Euphie but they were dismayed to see a long line. "Leave it to me!" Euphie reassured them.
She removed her wig and shades and shouted with a royalty voice "ALL OF YOU COMMONERS!! LET PRINCESS EUPHEMIA LI BRITANNIA FIRST!"
"YES YOUR HIGHNESS!!" The moms and dads quickly responded.
Meanwhile at the grocery, Suzaku and Rivalz had filled the cart with diapers, milk and wipes. They were last in looooonnggg line when Milly and Nunally found them.
Rivalz bashfully apologized to Milly "Guys sorry if we're taking too long…the line was well…too long."
"That's why we're here for!" Nunally replied to them as Milly took hold of the grocery cart.
…
At the Handicapped/Senior Citizens lane, Milly was pushing Nunally's wheelchair and Nunally was pushing the cart. The counter girl looked at the strange sight and said to Milly "Ma'am you could just have shopped without the crippled girl…." She continued scanning the items but Milly didn't reply.
"We apologize for the strange sight… but my sister is deaf and mute while I'm blind and crippled and my retarded brother needs the milk and diapers right now. My mother is dead and my father is a…"
The lady waited for a grim answer.
"…my father is man-ho, he has too many women." Nunally continued her kind, teary reply.
So they finished very quickly, not more than two hours, and returned to the couple on time that was grateful to have the supplies they needed but Sayoko was shocked to see a hundred diapers from every brand… with different sizes… in their living room.
Again, I'm terribly sorry for the mistake and I hope that this chapter could make up for it. I updated hours later than the usual because I need research and to encourage myself again, I also chatted with a troubled friend last night.
Second to English being my second language, my greatest difficulty are some very minor symptoms of dyslexia: One example is sometimes the word "and" looks the same to me as "ang"(a tagalog word) so most of my attention in editing is checking those details. But still, I don't consider it as an excuse for making errors.
So my new motto is: "Write fanfic everyday and make your grammar okay!"
I wonder what will happen if Cornelia was the one IN there instead of Euphie.? Haha must be martial law…
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