NOTE: this is my early christmas gift to you guys, the other chapters will probably be up after christmas.

The month had gone by like the wind and it was now December. Three days from Christmas to be exact and Milly of course had everything planned out. This would be different than Thanksgiving since when she'd had Lelouch make a huge feast for everyone. Arthur had jumped on the table and knocked everything over, and the student council ended up having to go out to eat while Lelouch had stayed home to sulk. Suzaku could have sworn he saw a tear fall from said boy's cheek when he had entered his room. But now it was Christmas time, and not even Lelouch would act like a scrooge at this time of year.

Milly had planned a school wide Secret Santa thing and the teachers of every classroom were going around with a hat for the students to draw a name from, and that would be the person that they had to buy a gift for. The council members were called down to a meeting at this time to have a drawing among themselves. But there was more, for we all know Milly would never settle for something so simple.

"It'll be easier this way because we all know each other and what we like," replied Milly when Shirley had asked.

"Okay, is everyone here?" she asked as the student council settled into their respective seats.

"Everyone except Suzaku. He told me to tell you guys that he was sorry that he couldn't make it, but he had military duty today," said Kallen as she slipped onto her seat.

"I already knew that. I meant anyone other than Suzaku," replied Milly.

"No one else is absent otherwise," said Lelouch. Kallen was silently fuming in her seat because her response had been dismissed as if everyone knew. Which they did.

"Okay then," said Milly pulling out a hat, "it's time to draw names." She went around the table and everyone picked a name. Kallen got Shirley, Shirley got Lelouch, Lelouch got Rivalz, Rivalz got Milly, Milly got Nina, Nina got Euphy, and Euphy got Kallen.

"And we'll all pitch in for a present for Suzaku since he always works so hard as a Knight of the Round," said Milly. 'I'm going to get Suzaku the best present of all, and then maybe he'll like me,' thought Euphy with a smile.

"Oh no, you guys look! Arthur got out again," shouted Shirley as she watched in dismay as the gray cat jumped out the window and dashed away. Luckily they were on the first floor.

**Meanwhile**

Suzaku sat staring at the plate of jelly filled onigiris and swallow a bite of the one in his hand. It had been a slow day and eating Cecile's onigiris was about the most daring thing he'd done all day. Suzaku polished of the first onigiri then gulped down a glass of water. He turned to Lloyd, "Lloyd I know I'm a soldier, but don't you think this is too much? They train you for combat, not for bad food," said the young Japanese soldier. Cecile had gone on an errand and wouldn't be back for a while, and she had made them jelly filled onigiris for lunch, so Lloyd and Suzaku decided to make a bet. They had a pair of dice and tried to guess the closest to what it would land on. The one closest was the winner and the loser had to eat one of the rice balls. They had played the game six times and Suzaku had a total of six onigiris on his plate. To Suzaku it was like Fear Factor. Then out of either bad sportsmanship or a stomach ache, he'd quit and they decided to lounge around and mess with things, but Suzaku still had five more onigiris to eat which was what he was currently whining about.

"Yes, Suzaku you have to eat them or else you shouldn't have played the game," replied Lloyd as he tried to solve a Rubik Cube.

Suzaku sighed and shoved another one into his mouth, "What are you doing anyway?"

"Trying to solve this thing." Lloyd held up the Rubik Cube.

"Oh." To say the least things got pretty boring when Zero wasn't attacking, and Suzaku knew it was wrong, but he wished Zero would attack. There was a dead silence in the room as Lloyd focused intently on solving the cube in his hand and Suzaku drifted to sleep. Needless to say, Knight of the Round or not, life in the military was boring most of the time.

"Piece of CRAP!!!" shouted Lloyd breaking the silence as he slammed the Rubik Cube onto the floor. His shout reverberated off the walls. Suzaku was jolted out of his slumber and fell out of his seat sending it sliding across the room. Cecile entered the room at that moment only to see a chair roll by. Suzaku sat up and looked over at the person in the doorway.

"Oh, hello Miss Cecile," he said.

"Hello Suzaku," she replied, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah."

"Suzaku your needed up—"

"Yes!! I'll get the Lancelot warmed up," said Suzaku.

"Let me finish," snapped Cecile, "I was saying that your needed upstairs. Sir Weinberg found a gray cat stuck in a tree and says he can't climb as well as you."

Suzaku sighed and his face fell, "Oh. I'm on my way." He started towards the door with his head down, silently sulking and whining that this would probably be the most exciting thing to happen during the day, which was pitiful.

Suzaku had retrieved the cat from the tree after getting bitten more than five times, and just when he was about to slap it out and watch it fall, it jumped onto his shoulder and stayed there until they were safely on the ground again. Once the deed was done he got a better look at it, "Arthur, how did you get here? Miss Cecile, I have to return this guy to my school. I have no idea how he got out, but I know he has to get back to the school."

"Oh, alright, but hurry back," she said as she turned to face him, but Suzaku had already taken off in the direction of Ashford leaving dust in his wake.

'Finally, a reason to leave,' thought Suzaku as he ran as fast as he could to Ashford. He arrived not too much later and entered the clubhouse, his destination: the student council room. When he entered said room everyone turned and looked at him in surprise.

"Why do you guys look so surprised to see me?" he asked as he approached the table they were all circled around. Euphy sprang up from her seat and threw herself onto Suzaku in yet another awkward hug and gave him a small kiss on the lips. Kallen sat fuming, but once again ignored them. 'I hate that new girl. Throwing herself all over my Suza—'she paused and her eyes widened slightly, 'Did I just say 'my Suzaku'?!!'

"Oh my gosh! What's wrong with me?" she groaned softly, but Lelouch heard her. He quickly scribbled down a note and passed it to her, it read: ' Can we talk after the meeting?' she wrote down 'yes' and passed it back to him. Euphy's actions had made Suzaku forget all about the papers he had seen on the desk. He just stood there frozen, the already red blush on his face turning darker. Then Arthur decided he had waited long enough and he bit Suzaku's finger.

"Ouch!" he yelled out as he dropped the cat and glared at him accusingly.

"Oh, does it hurt much?" asked a concerned Euphy as she held the finger up to examine it.

"No, I get bitten all the time so it's fi—" he paused when he realize Euphy had put his finger in her mouth. He yanked it out and went to stand beside the person closest to him which, unfortunately, was Milly. She only pushed him forward and he stumbled and tripped, landing on Euphy. His hands were on either side of her head and his legs were on either side of hers. Suzaku quickly pushed himself off her and helped her up. His face was redder than Kallen's hair.

"I-I just came here to drop off Arthur!" he shouted over his shoulder as he ran out of the room. Euphy ran after him, and Kallen, no longer able to contain herself took off after them. The other occupants of the room just stared until Lelouch stood up and started towards the door.

"Meeting adjourned," he said

"Lelouch this meeting isn't over yet," Milly called out to him, but he only glared at her and left as if daring her to stop him.

Kallen was the first to catch up with Suzaku, and she was angrier than she was when Rolo had insulted her at dinner that night. She securely tucked her fingers into the back of his jacket and stopped, but Suzaku kept running causing her to slam into his back. 'It was a crappy plan anyway,' she thought.

"Euphy get off!" yelled Suzaku.

Kallen grabbed him by his wrist and turned him around.

"Do I look like that pink haired airhead to you ?! Suzaku what do you think you're doing? Is Euphemia your girlfriend or something!? Huh, or are you just trying to make me jealous, because if so congratulations you've succeeded!!"

At that moment Euphemia came up behind Suzaku and hugged him then she walked around him so that she was in front of him and hanging off his arm. Kallen's face grew red with anger and she yanked Euphy off Suzaku and pushed her into a wall. This time Kallen gave him a hug and a kiss, which were both returned kindly. She pulled away with tears in her eyes and pointed to Euphy.

"I don't want to get in the way of your relationship with her and I'm sorry, but I've wanted to do that for some time now, Suzaku Kururugi," she smiled through her tears, but it didn't reach her eyes as she turned and ran back to the student council room to get her things.

"Kallen, wait!" Suzaku yelled, but it was in vain. For whether she heard him or not she didn't turn back or even acknowledge his shout.

"What was that? Oh well, now I have you all to myself," said Euphy as she tried another attempt at hugging him.

Suzaku was suddenly angry and he took it out on Euphy, "Oh my GOSH!!! Euphy I can't believe you haven't noticed yet!" he yelled pushing her away.

"Noticed what?"she asked in a soft voice, her head down and fingers clasped.

Suzaku almost felt guilty, but it was drowned out by anger and sorrow. "I'm not interested in you in any way, shape, or form!! You're annoying to me in the least, so just stop!! Stop with all the hugs and kisses and love notes that practically slit my throat when I open my locker. I'm tired of it and because of you, I just might lose the only girl I love. So Euphy please, we might be able to be friends, but I don't want any other kind of relationship with you."

"Oh, I'm sorry for being such a bother," she said standing there as Suzaku took towards where Kallen had gone. "I will make you fall for me, Suzaku Kururugi," she whispered to herself as she skipped happily to the car that awaited her outside. 'All I have to do is get that red head out of the way,' she thought with a grin.

Kallen had bumped into Lelouch in her fit of tears.

"Kallen what's wrong?" he asked, gently putting a hand on each shoulder. She shook her head.

"You can tell me anything," he said in a soothing voice pulling her into a hug.

"S-Suzaku i-is with Euphy, and there's nothing I can do about it," she wailed in to the crook of his neck.

"Suzaku may have let you down, but I wouldn't if you gave me a chance. You don't have to cry over a jerk," he said.

Kallen nodded. "I'll walk you home if it's what you desire." Another nod. The two went to retrieve her things and then headed for the girls dorm.

They walked in a comfortable silence until Kallen turned to face Lelouch.

"You don't have to do this. You don't have to deal with my sadness," she said breaking the silence.

"It's alright Kallen because it's unhealthy to keep your feelings bottled up," he replied with a smile. Comforting people was not his thing, but he was doing a good job at it.

"I shouldn't have fallen for him anyway. It was my mistake," she said.

"…"

'You fricking fell for him!!' he yelled in his head. He unconsciously stumbled away from her. "Y-you fell for him?"

A nod and the tears were back flowing. "I knew I shouldn't have, but there was something about him... "Kallen's voice was too choked up for her to continue her sentence. She turned a sprinted towards the girls' dorm, leaving behind a very confused Lelouch. He didn't bother pursuing her. He knew he wouldn't be able to catch up with her even if he'd tried. So he just turned and headed back to the council room to get his things that he had forgotten.

Upon arriving in said room, Lelouch found a very dismayed Suzaku sitting at a desk with his head down.

"Where's Euphemia?" he asked, but got no reply from the brunet.

"What breaking one girl's heart isn't enough?" he asked with a mock laugh.

"Shut up," mumbled Suzaku.

Lelouch bent down beside him, "What was that?" he asked.

"Shut up," the reply came with more force than before.

"Huh?"

"Shut up!!" shouted Suzaku lifting his head to glare at Lelouch.

"Well, Suzaku, I don't think you should be the one that's upset—"the rest of the sentence died on Lelouch's lips as he was grabbed roughly by his shirt collar and slammed into a wall by an angry Suzaku.

"Shut up! Shut up, shut up!" he yelled. Then his gaze softened and he dropped his supposed best friend to the ground as if he had a change of heart. Lelouch didn't move, he just watched as Suzaku headed to the table. He then grabbed his things and got ready to leave, but approached Lelouch once more and kicked him one good time between the legs and bent down next to his ear and whispered, "Merry Christmas." Then he left without another word.

END NOTE: sorry about the drama ^^" it just sort of happened Now u can review as a present to me MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!