A/N- Okay I know this chapter is really really late, but i did say i didn't know when I'd get it up. and i really am sorry 'cause i didn't mean for it to be out this late. my microsoft word was acting up and i had to reinstall it and i just didn't know what to write. But anyway Thanks to my awesome reviewers: Trey of the Rebellion, MoonlitxAngel, & thepinkmartini. Now please enjoy the chapter! ^-^
Chapter 19- Kallen's Final Choice
As Kallen and Lelouch leaned closer the elevator doors closed, but before their lips met the door opened again and a timid Nina got on. Kallen and Lelouch immediately righted themselves. Lelouch cleared his throat and looked away. Kallen had a light, but noticeable pink blush on her cheeks and had turned the opposite way to prevent Lelouch or Nina from seeing it. Nina coughed. Then it was quiet, and the silence was filled with soft elevator music. It seemed like forever before the doors opened, but when they did Kallen grabbed Lelouch by the wrist and yanked him out, leading him out of the building and off campus.
Kallen led him through trees and paths that went every which way before finally letting go of Lelouch when they came to a cliff. It had a breathtaking view, overlooking the ocean. There were flowers of every kind and grass all around them, and they could hear the wave crashing against the sharp rocks at the bottom of the cliff. It was simply beautiful, but the best thing about it was that they had a spectacular view of the sunset. It took a minute for Lelouch to notice the picnic basket sitting off to the side.
"A picnic?" he inquired.
"Yup," Kallen replied nodding. "I made it myself," she stated proudly. Kallen was on her knees hunched over the basket digging through it. "Ugh, now where did I put that –Ah, here it is." She said pulling out a red and white checkered blanket. Kallen unfolded it and smoothed it out on the ground before she began to set the food on top of it. Lelouch knelt down to help, and in no time the blanket was covered in assorted foods and drinks, both Brittanian and Japanese.
"Wow it looks delicious," Lelouch said. Just the enticing aroma of the food was enough to make his stomach growl.
"Go ahead, dig in," Kallen said handing him a plate. And just as Lelouch was reaching for a sandwich they were interrupted.
"Aha!" Kaguya shouted jumping out of the nearby bushes. "I knew you guys had gone off somewhere without me, so I disguised myself as Nina and followed you guys here."
"Where did you get such a convincing disguise?" Kallen asked.
Kallen's reply was a shrug. "I have my ways," Kaguya said smirking. Lelouch scoffed and rolled his eyes as Kaguya walked over and sat on the blanket between Kallen and himself giving them each an overly sweet, innocent smile. Kallen frowned slightly and Lelouch just scowled menacingly at the girl. He stood up and walked over to the edge of the cliff. He sat down and let his legs dangle from the edge. He took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, not taking notice of Kaguya as she crept up behind him and grabbed the back of his shirt giving him a rough shove forward, which caused him to emit a surprised squeak, then she pulled him back before he fell.
"Saved you life!" she said laughing as she let go of his shirt and took in the horrified look on his face. 'All it takes is one shove, and I'll get to enjoy my date with Kallen,' Lelouch thought imagining himself shoving Kaguya over the edge of the cliff and listening to her scream. 'Wow that was pretty morbid, even for me,' Lelouch thought with an equally dark chuckle.
"Don't ever do that again!" he shouted before going back to join Kallen.
"What did she do?" Kallen asked.
"Nothing, never mind," Lelouch muttered.
After another hour of dealing with the straggler that had accompanied them on their date uninvited, A.K.A. Kaguya, Kallen and Lelouch had decided to go home. In other words, they got tired and fed up with Kaguya and she just wouldn't go away. She'd even pulled out this scrapbook that had random, out of focus pictures of Lelouch in it, which resulted in Lelouch attempting to toss it over the side of the cliff much to Kaguya's horror.
It wasn't a surprise that when Lelouch dropped Kallen and Kaguya off at their dorm, Kaguya was blatantly ignored by Kallen.
"Oh, come on. I had fun," Kaguya said jabbing Kallen in the gut. "Come on react. Smile. Talk. Come. On!" she said shoving Kallen into the couch she was sitting on. She started jabbing her over and over again, alternating between her right and left hand. A jab emphasized every syllable. "Come. On. Come. On. Come. On!" After thirty more seconds of this Kallen got annoyed and grabbed a huge pillow.
"See there you go. Wait what are you doing- Oof!" Kallen had swung the pillow with all the force she had and it hit Kaguya square in the face. The Japanese girl fell backwards onto the floor and lay there defenseless as Kallen continued to beat her with the pillow several more times.
"Ow! Kallen sto- Oof! Kallen calm dow- Ouch! Stop!!!" Kaguya screeched. Kallen paused mid swing.
"Jeeze- Oof!" Kaguya grunted as the pillow came in contact with her face one more time. The pillow was then tossed away, and Kaguya sat staring at Kallen as if she was going to do something worse.
"…"
"…Soooo," said Kaguya trying to break the silence with conversation. Kallen stood and left, slamming the door on her way out. Kaguya knew she was headed to see Lelouch, but decided to leave them alone. For now.
"Sheesh, what's her problem," she grumbled, making herself comfortable on the couch and flipping through the channels on TV.
When Kallen arrived at the club house, Sayoko opened the door for her.
"Master Lelouch will be down any second," she said leaving Kallen in the living room. And when Lelouch finally did come down he looked like he'd expected Kaguya or something.
"Lelouch, I'm sorry Kaguya had to ruin-," Kallen started.
"It's not your fault, so don't worry about it," Lelouch said waving his hand dismissively. "You can have dinner here if you like."
"Sure," Kallen said.
"Just a second." Lelouch went into the kitchen and Kallen heard murmuring befreoe he came back out.
"Okay," he said motioning for Kallen to follow him into the kitchen. He, Rolo, and Nunnaly were just about to eat when she'd arrived, so the food was already set out on the table ready to be eaten. Lelouch handed her a plate, and everyone grabbed a portion of what they wanted. Lelouch had warned Rolo beforehand that he was not to utter a word to Kallen if he liked his face the way it was, to which he gulped and solemnly nodded. So dinner was uneventful, but Lelouch didn't miss the dirty looks that Kallen frequently threw at Rolo. 'It really wasn't a good idea to get on her bad side,' he thought.
After dinner Kallen went back to her dorm only to find Kaguya still lying on the couch, but this time she was reading a book.
"Back so soon?" she said peeking over the top of her book at Kallen who ignored her. Kaguya just started reading her book again, and Kallen took a shower and changed into her pajamas.
"It's 11:48, time for bed," Kallen said turning out the lights.
"Wait, I have to finish this page!" Kallen rolled her eyes and turned the lights back on.
"Only that page, we have school tomorrow." Kaguya nodded and started reading. Twenty minutes later Kallen snatched the book from her and snapped it shut.
"It doesn't take that long to read a page!" she shouted, throwing the book over her shoulder.
"A page? I thought you said two chapters," Kaguya said. Kallen rolled her eyes. It took all she had not to just snap at the girl. She took a deep breath and turned out the lights. She then crawled into her bed and promptly fell asleep.
The next day Kaguya announced Kallen and Lelouch's relationship to Milly, who told the rest of the student council, and it eventually spread throughout the school. Leaving Kallen flustered and Lelouch mildly annoyed. It was no big surprise to Suzaku. He'd noticed them going out a lot, but for some reason it didn't bother him as much as it used to. And much to his surprise, he found that he actually missed Euphemia. The day she left was the day he realized that he'd really liked her no matter how annoying she'd been. 'Maybe I can patch things up with her when she gets back,' he thought.
A/N- yeah i know, this chapter was pretty short. even for me. I try to get at least 2,000 words in every chapter, but i just wanted to get this out already! well this was the last chapter. what a crappy way to end it right? but I couldn't think of anything else. i hope u enjoyed this story. to tell the truth I'm a bit relieved it's over. I've already started another story that I'll be posting sometime between this month and the next, so now i can concentrate on that one. PLEASE REVIEW! ^-^