Chapter 9: The Event

Lelouch lay there as the pain subsided. Once it had done so he gathered his things and tried to act as nonchalant about what had happened as he could. Now was not the time to reflect, it was the time to act. He had to do so while Kallen was still angry at Suzaku. He dropped his things off in his room and headed for the girls' dorm to talk to Kallen.

When he arrived at her door, he saw Suzaku pounding in vain on said girl's door.

"Kallen, I just want to talk to you," he yelled.

"I don't want to talk to you though, so you can leave right this very moment because I don't have time to deal with you! Why don't you go talk with your precious girlfriend, I'm sure she'll appreciate your company," came his reply. With a sigh of defeat Suzaku sat down with his back to the door. He knew she would check to see if he had left sooner or later and he would be waiting there. He'd heard the pain in her voice and it only made him feel guiltier. He then took notice of the raven haired boy that had probably been watching him for some time.

"You just won't leave her alone will you," said Lelouch as he stepped past Suzaku and knocked on the door.

"Suzaku go away!" yelled Kallen.

"It's me, Lelouch. I need to talk to you." Kallen opened the door slightly to see if it was Lelouch, but the door slammed open since Suzaku had been leaning on it.

"Okay, come in," she said paying no attention to the brunet that now lay on his back. She turned and started towards the couch. Suzaku scramble up off the floor, push Lelouch back, and stepped into Kallen's dorm. Lelouch sighed as the door was slammed in his face and he heard the lock click into place. With another sigh he sat down against the door, it was his turn to wait.

Kallen had her back towards the door, so when she heard it close and lock she thought it was Lelouch. At least until she turned around.

"Suzaku! Get out!" she yelled as she picked up a vase, that had been sitting on the table beside her, and threw it at his head. Kallen's accuracy was right on par, but Suzaku was too quick and he dodged it. The vase shattered against the door. Lelouch, who had been leaning against the door, was slightly startled by the sound and thought it would be a better idea to sit against the wall in case Kallen threw any knives.

"What part of I don't want to deal with you don't you understand!!?!" she screamed. tears were streaming, unnoticed, from her eyes as a flood gate of emotions was opened.

Kallen was crying now, no longer able to keep her feelings bottled up. She felt regret for not going for Suzaku when she had the chance. She felt anger and sadness towards him for acting nonchalant about Euphy's actions. Tears rolled down to her chin and fell to the floor without making a sound. Her head was faced downwards, so her red hair covered her eyes. There was a dead silence other than the sound of Kallen's stifled sobbing. Suzaku took a cautious step forward, when Kallen didn't show any sign of reacting he walked slowly up beside her and pulled her into a comforting hug that was hesitantly returned.

After getting Kallen to calm down, Suzaku sat her down on the couch.

"Kallen, we need to talk," he said looking her in the eye. Kallen, on the other hand, was still angry. She crossed her arms and looked away.

"There's nothing to talk about," she said, "Why don't you go talk with Euphy since you love her so much."

Suzaku sighed, "Why do you keep saying that? The only one I like is you," he said. "So why can't you just accept that?"

"I don't know. Why don't you figure it out for yourself," Kallen retorted. 'Sugary words may ease up on the pain, but it doesn't heal the hole in my heart. He's only trying to comfort me. He and I both know he's falling for Euphy,' she thought. And with every other thought similar to that one her resolve to be angry at Suzaku grew.

"Kallen be reasonable. Why do you hate Euphy so much?"

'Because she throws herself all over you and you let her,' she thought, but she said, "I don't know. Why don't you figure it out for yourself?"

"Kallen, why are you being so aggravating!? I just want to know what's wrong so that I can fix it, but I can't fix anything without your cooperation."

A shrug.

"Kallen," whined the brunet.

"You can leave now."

"I don't want to leave; I want us to be at least friends again before I do leave."

A shrug.

Suzaku sighed, "Fine, be like that. You can stay angry at me as long as you want, but don't say I didn't try to mend our relationship from its tattered form." With that Suzaku left slamming the door behind him.

"You just don't understand," she whispered under her breath.

"Jeez, I'll never understand girls," said Suzaku with a sigh as he made his way down the hall. Lelouch had probably long since gone home because he had been in there for at least an hour, and when Suzaku did finally leave Lelouch was nowhere to be found.

Lelouch woke up the next morning to find that C.C had decided to throw Cheese-kun somewhere and use his to cuddle up to. He remembered how when he had come home last night C.C was nowhere to be found, so he'd collapsed on his bed and fell right asleep. Now he was trying to wriggle out of the grasp of the witch to get ready for school. 'Either I'm really as weak as people say I am, or C.C has a really strong grip,' he thought. He was making good progress until C.C had punched him in the head and mumbled, "Be still Cheese-kun."

Lelouch was tired, he had to get ready for class, and he was entirely fed up with this green haired witch.

"C.C, get off me!" he shouted shoving her away. The shove was just enough to wake her up. When she noticed the boy that she had been hugging so tightly a few seconds before, she shoved him away causing his to fall on the floor with a resounding thump.

"C.C!" he hissed glaring daggers at her.

She peeked sleepily over the side of the bed and grinned, "Oops," she said with a shrug. Then she snuggled back under the covers and promptly went to back sleep.

"Witch," grumbled Lelouch as he got up and dusted himself off. 'Ugh another day at school,' he thought as he made his way to the bathroom for a shower.

During his first class of the day Lelouch's thought were interrupted by the all too familiar bing-bong hat signaled an announcement. Milly's voice filled the room.

"Good morning everyone, guess what! I have a Christmas present for all the girls in the school. You get to vote for one of boy you would like to see on stage in the costume of your choice! The top two will do a special performance for you. Isn't that exciting!? The ballots will be passed out during lunch and you only get to vote today so don't forget. It will be held today after school, so don't miss out on this great opportunity! As soon as the bell rings everyone is to gather in the auditorium and we will announce the winners," the announcement ended and all the girls were talking about who they would vote for and what costume. Lelouch heard his name several times and each time he cringed. 'This is all Milly's fault,' he thought.

Lunch was a hassle for all the student council members and students. Getting past the squealing girls was so difficult it wasn't even funny. Rivalz had dropped his lunch and when he tried to pick it up, it was trampled by anxious girls.

Rivalz sighed, "I don't see what the big deal is about your event, Milly," he complained as he scraped up the remains of his lunch from the floor.

"Well think about it this way, if you could choose one girl to go on stage in the costume of your choice…" said Milly.

"Oh, I get it." Rivalz was practically drooling on the floor.

"If you ask me it's just stupid and demeaning," said Lelouch as he took a bite of his sat down in the grass. As a response he was hit on the head with a piece of rolled up paper.

"Well, no one asked you," said Milly.

"I agree with Lelouch though, the whole idea is pretty embarrassing. I mean if I were voted up there it would really suck," said Suzaku. "And we all know Lelouch will be voted into the top two."

"Hey you guys, I just got done filling out my ballot!" shouted Euphy as she jogged towards the group of friends. "Would you believe those lines? I voted for you Suzaku, and put you in a green puppy costume." She said excitedly as she sat down beside him. Kallen snorted.

"Now there's a thought," said Milly grinning

Suzaku groaned, "Please tell me you're kidding," he said looking at her with hope in his eyes.

"Nope," she said. His hope crumbled

'What possessed her to think that I would want to be in that stupid event? But I guess it wasn't up to me. Milly did say the guy of their choice,' he thought with a sigh. He sat there hoping that no one else voted for him.

All student council members were let out of their class half an hour before school actually ended so that they could start counting ballots.

"We wouldn't be here if Milly hadn't decided to throw some crazy last minute event," Rivalz complained as he sorted through the pile in front of him.

"Wow, there are a lot for Suzaku and Lulu," said Shirley, "You guys must be really popular."

"I'm pretty sure Lelouch is, but I'm not that popular among the student," said Suzaku. "I don't know why I got so many votes," he mumbled.

"For once I'm glad I didn't get any votes," said Rivalz, earning himself a glare from Suzaku and Lelouch.

After another half hour all the ballots were counted and Milly headed to the auditorium to announce the winners.

"Good afternoon everyone!" she shouted into the microphone, "Would you like to know who the winners of this event are?"

"YES!!" screamed the crowd.

"They are…" she opened an envelope and read the two names, "Lelouch and Suzaku!" there were squeals and shouts coming from every girl in the room.

"I'll be right back with our two winners," said Milly as she departed from the stage to find the two unfortunate boys.

"So other than you, who do you think won Lelouch?" asked Suzaku.

"Don't say that Suzaku. I really hope I didn't win and I don't give a crap who did," replied Lelouch.

"You may not have wanted to, but you, I, and everyone else knows that you won."

Lelouch shrugged. Then Milly entered the room.

"Oh Lulu, I need you to accompany me, and I need you too Suzaku," she said grabbing their arms and giving them a tug.

"Why?" asked Suzaku. Lelouch rolled his eyes.

"You're the winners silly," she replied.

"I'm not going to participate in this stupid event," said Lelouch yanking his arm free.

"Sorry Milly, but I don't really want to take part in it either," said Suzaku with a shrug. "People already hate me, I don't need them getting black mail material."

"Oh well Suzaku. You won, so you don't have a say in the matter." Milly gave their arms another tug. "Now come on."

Suzaku pulled his arm free of her hold and dashed off, "Sorry," he shouted over his shoulder as he turned a corner. 'There's no way i'm doing this,' he thought as he made a break for his dorm. Lelouch attempted the same, but only got so far before he was dragged to a dressing room literally kicking and screaming. Milly was upset that her winners didn't want to do it, so she made Lelouch dress up as a girl with extensions and all. She then left him with his dress and Shirley as his choreographer. Every time he refuse to do something she had permission to hit him with a ruler.

"Everyone, I need your attention. One of our winners for the Christmas Dance event that's being held in the auditorium has escaped! His name is Suzaku Kururugi. We need to scatter and find him before he gets too far! The student that finds his gets their budget increased three times its actual size, so hurry!" said Milly's voice over the intercom. There was an immediate crowd of students took off in every direction. No one thought to look in his dorm.

NOTE: i've decided to stop putting notes at the top cuz something tells me some people just ignore them. anyways, sorry for the angst and drama in this and the last chapter ^^"

now the drama is over and i tried and get some humor into this chapter, but i think i failed epically. tell me what you thought and what costumes Milly should dress up our two winners in. remember that even though i dont put this every chapter that suggestions are always welcome. ^-^ hope you had a Merry Christmas and that the 2 chapters i put up this week made up for my late one last week.

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