NOTE: okay just so that we're clear on this nunnaly is blind and in a wheelchair just like in the anime. thanks to my awesome reviewers, and enjoy the chapter
Chapter 6: The Apology Party
"Lelouch are you okay?"asked Nunnaly with concern. It was Saturday morning and they were having breakfast. Rolo was still sleeping, and Sayoko was off cleaning somewhere. So they were alone at the dining table eating breakfast which consisted of eggs, bacon, and pancakes.
"Yeah. Why do you ask?" he said, looking up from his still full plate.
"It's just that you seemed really tired last night," she looked down at her plate like she was guilty of something."You know… that you caused Suzaku to cancel his date with that girl. He had been really excited, and she seemed nice," she said keeping her head down."And I know it's none of my business, but Suzaku seemed so happy yesterday when he called me. He gave me the best description he could of her and told me about his plans for the date. He went all out with the reservations and everything. So I was thinking that… since they didn't get a chance to go on their date that we should have Milly plan a party or something as an apology."
"Nunnaly, as nice as that sounds, you know Milly would blow this all out of proportion. Plus we're having the Halloween Festival in two days," said Lelouch. Nunnaly looked up at him with a sad face that would have had a judge on his knees with pity.
"Oh, Lelouch please don't get mad," she was on the verge of tears "but I already called Milly and told her. She said it was a great idea. And that she would have everyone dress up. I'm sorry I thought you would agree!" A tear fell and she turned towards Lelouch. He was massaging his temples to try and stay calm.
"It's alright Nunnaly," he said as he wrapped his crying younger sister in a hug. She sniffled and he stroked her hair to calm her.
Then a frightening thought pushed its way to the front of his mind, 'What if Milly makes me wear an embarrassing costume like that cat one?' he shivered and pulled away from Nunnaly.
"There's nothing to worry about," he said to reassure her that he wasn't mad.
Soon Syoko took Nunnaly to get washed up. Lelouch stayed a little while longer to contemplate how to get out of the predicament he was in.
***
Suzaku's dorm was neat except for two things. One was the girl that was asleep on his couch and the other was his friend and fellow student council member, Rivalz, that lay bound and gagged in the corner with his eyes taped open as he wriggled about trying fruitless attempts at getting loose while an episode of Barney played on loop on the television in front of him. Suzaku had tried the legal methods and got nothing out of him, so he tried a method of his own. He wouldn't exactly call it "legal", but it wasn't illegal. He knew Rivalz would probably never forget and forgive, and he debated that night whether or not to risk the friendship. He had decided that if Rivalz was his friend he would forgive him and they would laugh about the whole thing later. He was naïve, Rivalz wasn't that forgiving.
For some reason Milly had called him and told him to report to the student council room in two hours, she had also asked if he had seen Rivalz. He had said no and hung up.
"Rivalz," he said snatching the tape off his mouth. "I'll ask one more time, why did you guys break into here?" he demanded.
Rivalz had given up on keeping the secret and decided he would take whatever punishment he got from Milly, but this was too much.
"Milly had us break in so we could put microphones and recording and tracking devises on your clothes and things. She was bent on knowing what you would do on a date so there was no stopping her," he said.
"Thanks, now which dorm is yours?" asked Suzaku as he untied Rivalz.
Rivalz hesitated then thought that it would be better if he just told him. "It's in the second hallway on the next floor up, the fifth room to the left."
"Thanks, again. Now do me a favor and stay still." Rivals did as he was told and Suzaku went to a duffel bag over in the corner. He came back two minutes later with a needle that had a clear liquid in it.
"Hey, wait! Suzaku we're friends right. So I'm willing to put this behind me and forget. Forget and forgive as they always say. So there's no reason to bring out big, scary needles," said Rivalz. He was panicking there was no way he could get out because Suzaku had military training and could run super fast, and all he had was Stair Master 2000 in his room that was severely underused.
"Yeah we're friends, but I need to make sure you forget," he said getting closer. When he was just a foot away he reached out and injected the liquid into Rivalz's neck. He tensed up and then his body crumpled to the ground. Suzaku picked Rivalz up and peeked into the hall. No one was out there. It was still early in the morning so a lot of the occupants were probably sleeping, so Suzaku took off down the hall with Rivalz in tote and made his way to said boy's room to drop him off.
***
Kallen had been lounging around waiting for a call from Zero, so when her phone rang she flung it open without looking at the caller I.D and said, "Zero, what are your orders?"
Unfortunately it was Milly on the other line. "Kallen? What are you talking about? Do I sound like some psychotic terrorist?"
"Oh," she faked a couple coughs and put her mask of a sick weak girl back on again. "I'm sorry I just woke up and had a dream-"
"Say no more! Just make sure you report to the student council room in two hours!" Then the line went dead. 'Whew. That was close,' she thought as she settled down beside her phone again. She had time until she had to deal with whatever Milly had in mind later. So she decided to take a nap.
****
Lelouch was told to report to the student council room with Nunnaly. Rolo had to stay in is room so that he wouldn't offend Kallen again. Rivalz was called down too, and so were Nina and Shirley. Shirley had woken up in Suzaku's room and he told her that she fell asleep there and he didn't want to disturb her while she was sleeping. Somehow, she easily accepted that explanation and didn't question him.
The council members, except Suzaku and Kallen of course, had to set up the apology party for the couple. The first thing they had to do was get into their costumes. Milly wanted them to dress up as some cupid/angel hybrid. She had claimed that she wanted the couple to feel the love in the air even though it was time for Halloween terror, not love, but they had to do it or else she would put the clothes on them herself. Lelouch realized that when they had the welcome party for Arthur. The girls wore red dresses that had heart shaped embroidery. The dress ended mid-thigh and were strapless; they also wore high heeled red shoes and white fluffy wings. Nunnaly only had to wear the wings because Lelouch said if Milly made her wear the costume he would find some way to make her pay. He was ignored, but Nunnaly requested that she only wear the wings because her brother wished it, and Milly simply couldn't go against her.
The boys wore diapers and had the cupid bow and arrow on their backs. They wore sandals and also had white fluffy wings on. Everyone wore a head band with red bobbing hearts on them.
Then came the decorating. There were multi-colored streamers hanging from the ceiling and the walls. Milly had a large net filled with balloons that was also hanging from the ceiling that was concealed by the streamers. They had confetti that would pop out of its hiding place at the touch of a button and then there was the food. They had pizza, soda, candy, cake, cupcakes, pastries, chocolate covered fruit, and shrimp cocktail.
There was ten minutes left until Suzaku and Kallen were due to arrive, and Milly was standing at the food table smacking Rivalz hand every five minutes because he kept trying to eat the pastries. He now had a big red mark on his hand, but that didn't stop his attempts.
Lelouch was sitting down grumbling to himself about how wearing a diaper was demeaning, while Shirley sat down next to him trying to flirt, but she was ignored and soon gave up because Lelouch was too absorbed in his complaining to even take notice of the girl beside him.
***
Kallen looked at her clock, she'd taken a shower and was dressed in her uniform because she didn't feel like looking for anything, she had ten minutes to get down to the student council room. She got up and ran out the door, slamming it behind her. She was never late, and scolded herself for not watching the time.
Suzaku had left early and was halfway there when he saw Kallen figure running towards the club house, too.
"Kallen," he shouted, waving to get her attention. She ran up beside him and they walked the rest of the distance in a comfortable silence.
"You got called down here too, I guess?" asked Suzaku, breaking the silence.
"Yeah. Wonder what she has in mind. Probably something crazy, or maybe some last minute adjustments to the decorations for the Halloween Festival on Monday," said Kallen hoping it wasn't just another one of Milly's meaningless parties. Unfortunately it was, but she wouldn't know till she arrived.
When the couple arrived at the student council room they opened the door and confetti fell from the ceiling and puffs of colored smoke erupted. Kallen jumped and Suzaku had a surprised expression on his face. Milly looked at him and laughed.
"SURPRISE!!!" they yelled at the top of their lungs.
"We're sorry for Lulu ruining your date, and for breaking into your dorm Suzaku," said Shirley as she approached the two awestruck teens that stood in the doorway to put a headband on them. kallen gave him a look, and Suzaku whispered, "I'll tell you later."
"Lelouch, come apologize," said Milly turning around to face him, but he was gone and the chair he was sitting in was spinning like he had taken off as soon as the door opened. Which he had.
Lelouch was at the top of the stairs running towards his room. 'No way am I going to Kallen see me like this,' he thought, 'The cat suit is one thing, but this, this is 100 times worse.' He scowled and pushed open the door to his room. The first thing he did was change clothes. He threw on a black sleeve less shirt, a brown jacket, and some black slacks. He knew Milly would send someone for him, so he headed back to the student council room.
***
"Where'd Lulu go?" asked Milly in a whiny voice.
"I don't know, he was here a minute ago," replied Shirley
"I'll go find him," said Suzaku.
"But Suzaku, it's your party!" said Milly
"It's fine. I'll be right back," he said as he took off down the hall.
'Hmm. If I were Lelouch where would I be?' he asked himself as he made his way up the stairs.
****
Lelouch walked into the student council room, took his seat, and began reading.
"Lulu!" shouted Milly as she smacked him in the head with a bunch of rolled up papers, "Where's your costume?"
"I switched clothes. That one was just too demeaning to wear."
"Well. Where'd you put it?"
"Why don't you go find, because I'm not going to get it just so you can force me into it again," he said crossing his arms.
"Lulu!!"
He remained quiet.
"Well since Lulu's back shouldn't we get Suzaku?" asked Kallen
"He'll figure it out. Hey, where'd Rivalz go?" she asked
"He was at the food table a second ago. I don't know where he went. What about you Lulu," asked Shirley?
"I don't know. Maybe he went to change his clothes, too. Honestly, Milly those have to be the worst costumes you own," he said.
"Oh yeah, well this is what you have to wear when we honor the swim team," she said pulling out a very skimpy pair of red Speedos.
Lelouch cringed, "I stand corrected."
Kallen turned around to see what they were talking about. "Oh, my gosh!! They have to wear that?!!" she busted out laughing. "Jeeze, Milly have some decency."
"Oh, and do you want to see the swimsuit I picked out especially for you?"
"No! "
Then Rivalz came back in the room. He had obviously gone to the bathroom because there was a piece of toilet tissue hanging from his diaper that he had failed to notice.
"I stand corrected again," said Lelouch as he glanced at his friend.
"Lelouch, why'd you change? These things are comfortable," said Rivalz as he picked up one of the pastries.
"Because I care how I look," he said, and then he started to read again.
****
'If I were Lelouch… I guess I'd be in my room,' thought Suzaku as he opened the door to Lelouch's room. He froze. On Lelouch's bed sat a girl with waist long green hair that was dressed in one of Lelouch's t-shirts. She was hugging a plushy, but Suzaku couldn't tell which one it was, and she was also eating pizza.
She looked up at him, with her piercing pale golden eyes, staring almost right through him. Suzaku slammed the door shut and ran down the stairs. He tripped and tumbled down the last five, but recovered quickly and ran towards the student council room.
He burst in through the door. "Lelouch I need to- - wait, why is Rivalz wearing a diaper?" he shook his head and said, "Never mind, Lelouch I need to talk to you!" he grabbed said boy's wrist and yanked him in to the hall slamming the door behind them.
Rivalz looked at Milly, "What was that about?" he asked.
"Only one way to find out." She replied cheerily as she skipped over to the door and put her ear to it. "Come on guys, don't you want to know what they're talking about?" she whispered as she beckoned to the other members.
"Sorry Milly, but I have some self control," said Kallen, "And I think you should learn some restraint, too."
"Aww. They're not even there anymore. I heard their footsteps leaving," said Milly as she stood up again.
"That's what you get for trying to eaves drop," said Shirley wagging her finger at her.
***
"Lelouch, come here!" shouted Suzaku as he ran to Lelouch's bedroom and threw open the door. The girl was in the same place that she had been.
He pointed to her, "How do you explain that?!"
Lelouch lazily walked up behind him, "Explain what?" he asked turning to where Suzaku pointed. "W –well. I… C.C!!!"
The girl looked up, "What?"
"So you do know her," said Suzaku.
Lelouch slammed the door closed, "You can't tell Kallen."
"Why not?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"You know exactly why."
" Yeah, and it's beneficial for me."
"Suzaku, please."
"Well," said Suzaku drawing out the word as if he were contemplating it, "On two conditions."
"Oh, and what are they?"
"You don't follow me and Kallen around on anymore period, and you give up on Kallen and let her be with me."
"No way!"
"Alright then," said Suzaku as he headed for the stairs.
"WAIT!! Isn't there anything else I can do to convince you not to tell her?" Lelouch hated begging, but he didn't want Kallen to hate him either.
"Hmmm….. Well, I'll think it over. Until then I'll keep it a secret, but you never know it could slip." He said strolling down the stairs. He now had some leverage over Lelouch.
****
After that the party was uneventful. Milly kept pestering them about what they were talking about. Kallen ignored almost everyone. Though, she glanced at Suzaku and Lelouch every now and again thinking over which one was best for her.
"Kallen, why so you keep looking at Suzaku and Lulu?" asked Shirley.
"No reason. Why are you sticking your nose in my business?" retorted Kallen.
"I was just asking," said Shirley and she walked away a little offended.
Rivalz had tried several times to shoot Milly with his bow and arrow thinking that if he hit her she would fall in love with him. On his eleventh try he finally hit her and she turned around to glare at him. Rivalz wasn't paying attention and he ran up to her with his arms spread wide and said, "Now, Milly Ashford, LOVE ME!!!" then he tried to kiss her. Milly whipped around and slapped him so hard he fell into the food table and sent food flying everywhere. A pie hit Kallen in the back of her head, and she was instantly on alert. She targeted Shirley and threw a cupcake at her, which hit her in the nose. Lelouch hid under a table trying not to get dirty, but Suzaku picked up the bowl of chocolate that had been for the fruit and dumped the whole thing on him, soaking him in chocolate. Food flew in all directions, splattering the walls, and the ceiling. Nina leaned back, trying to protect her computer, and she accidentally hit a button that caused the balloons and confetti to fall. Suzaku was surprised and threw a piece of cake in her general direction. Nina was to slow to deflect it away from her computer and it hit the screen. She looked at her computer, it has chocolate icing and sprinkles all over it. She burst into tears and sat on the floor sobbing. Then a cup of pop was flung that way, and it hit the keyboard, and the whole computer short circuited. Nina stood up and shouted at the top of her lungs, "STOP IT!!!!" Everyone paused, and as the confetti settled everyone looked in the direction that the shout had come from. Nina stood in front of her laptop, tears streaming down her face, practically bawling her eyes out. Then they noticed her computer, and Milly put a stop to the food fight, it had lasted for a good fifteen minutes. Milly, Shirley, and Kallen left trying to comfort Nina, and Rivalz followed close behind trying not to laugh. Suzaku and Lelouch were left to clean up.
"So, Lelouch, why is that girl in your room anyway?" asked Suzaku. He was mopping the ceiling, having to dodge falling food every once in a while. There was no other way to get it clean.
"It's really none of your business," said Lelouch as he reached to get a cupcake down from the book shelf.
"It's my business now, if you don't want Kallen to know about her," said Suzaku as he slid out of the way of a falling piece of cake.
"Well…"
"OH, SPIT IT OUT LELOUCH!!!" A chocolate covered strawberry fell onto Suzaku's head, but he didn't notice it.
"You don't have to yell."
"Well then tell me."
"Well, I found her and she doesn't have a place to stay. So I took her in. Nunnaly doesn't even know about her." It was a bit of the truth. Lelouch knew if he told Suzaku, no matter how understanding he may be at times, about Geass and that he found her in a metal sphere that was supposed to contain poison gas Suzaku would look at him like he was crazy, and definitely tell everyone else including Kallen. And here was no chance he would let that happen, so he lied.
"Okay. Now tell the truth," said Suzaku.
"That was the truth," said Lelouch, crossing his arms.
"Yeah, whatever. Let's just hurry up and clean, I need a shower."
Once they were done cleaning, they left for their rooms. When Suzaku got back to his dorm, he took a shower, it wasn't until then that he discovered the strawberry on his head and he cursed Lelouch for not telling him it was there, then he cleaned up where Rivalz had been. Putting the chair back at the counter, hiding his duffel bag that was full of mysterious items, and promptly went to sleep content that Rivalz had forgotten everything.
When Lelouch went back to his room, C.C hadn't moved from her spot. Lelouch glanced at her. "Witch," he said.
"Psychotic terrorist bent on taking over the world," she shot back.
"I'm not psychotic, and I'm not bent on taking over the world," said Lelouch.'Okay maybe a little,' he thought.
"Whatever."
"Witch, why didn't you hide when you heard the door open?"
"I thought it was you."
"Well thanks to you, Suzaku now knows that you're here."
"Geass him," she simply stated.
"I won't do that."
"Why?"
"Because he's my friend."
"Friends betray."
"I just won't do it."
"Then leave me alone. Go whine to your friend," said C.C as she snuggled into the blanket on Lelouch's bed and promptly fell asleep.
That was the most he could get out of her that night so he gave up and went to check on Nunnaly. She has been wheeled out by Sayoko before the food fight had started. Lelouch wondered how Sayoko had know, but dismissed the thought as he headed down to the twins' room only to find Rolo's bed vacant.
END Note: for those of you that didnt know this, suggestions r always welcome, but i cant use them 100% of the time, kay? where do you think Rolo went? tell me. GIVE ME UR OPINION. THAT GREEN BUTTON DOESNT BITE AND I DONT EITHER. and Euphy may just appear in the next chapter because all that reviewe my other chapter wanted the story to take place before her death. the next chater will be up by Sunday like always. that i can promise you. ^-^ just remeber when you suggest things that this fanfic is rated k+ therefore i will stick with fluff and in the future