Lelouch stared in disbelief as he took in the scene of his children standing still in the doorway with Sayako standing behind them, panic gracing her features. His children stared questioningly as Kallen turned so still in his arms that he had to touch her cheek to check that she was still breathing. Her azure eyes were glazed over as she stared at Alvin and Andrea before she started trembling in fear. Her breathing became irregular and she started to panic. Lelouch's attention was immediately drawn back to her panicking condition.

"Kallen!"

At the sound of his voice, Lance immediately rushed in, fully clothed in formal attire. He took Kallen from Lelouch's arms and laid her down on her bed. Sayako, who had dashed off when Kallen had started panicking, came back with a bottle and an asthma pump. Lance expertly supported his lady as Sayako performed the neccessary treatments that would calm her down. Lelouch attempted to approach her when Sayako whispered in a voice so low that he could barely hear it.

"Take care of your children first, you Highness, Lance-kun and I will settle this." She whispered before adjusting the asthma pump. Lelouch nodded before giving his children a stern look and motioning them to follow him as he swept out of the room. Once they were seated in Kallen's living room, the prince turned steel plum eyes on his twin children before crossing his legs.

"What were you doing back there?"

Alvin bowed his head as he comtemplated what to say to his father. His twin who was more straightforward however plunged into the topic right away, looking at her father in the eye.

"What were you doing with Lady Kallen back there?"

Lelouch was amazed by his daughter's bluntness and rather taken aback by her question. His children loved their mother and would do everything to protect her, even going against their father for it. Andrea looked at her father with honey-coloured eyes identical to her mother's, tears welling up in them as she faced her father, the man that she admired, the daddy that she loved and the daddy that she believed that loved her mother with all his heart.

"Andrea, I-"

"Don't deny it, daddy. You were kissing her back then, we heard your conversation last night with her," she shot her brother a look that said "don't deny it". Alvin went on chewing his lip, unsure of what to say as his sister went on. Lelouch narrowed his eyes at her words. For a mere second, he really considered slapping his daughter.

"Andrea vi Britannia, it is terribly wrong to eavesdrop, you know-"

"So what? Daddy, what you are doing right now is terribly wrong as well. What will Mummy think when she sees you having an affair with another woman? The same woman that-"

"-protected me to the cost of her life and sacrified her own happiness for me!" shrieked Lelouch at Andrea before standing up in rage. Despite her anger at her father for kissing Lady Kallen fueling her courage, Andrea shrank back in fear as her father loomed over her with an unforgving air. He looked truly dominating as he glared at her.

"She has every right to love me. She sacrified everything she had for me, during and after the war. Even now, she continues to suffer in silence for my sake. It was all my fault for not admitting my true feelings for her eight years ago! If...if I had done so, she wouldn't be like this! So mentally unstable, so frail, so fragile... Kallen...I really..." Lelouch dropped down on his knees and buried his face in his hands, crying into them. Andrea and Alvin had never seen him like this, especially Andrea, who was horrified at the sight of her father so broken down. She couldn't stand it as she watched her father cry like some woman.

"Enough."

Alvin and Andrea looked around to see Kallen standing in the doorway, supported by an anxious Lance. She looked over the situation with weary eyes and her cerulean eyes settled on Lelouch. Her gaze softened as she took in Lelouch's depressed figure kneeling on the carpet. She shrugged off Lance's anxious hands and walked over to Lelouch, who looked up at her with weary eyes. Her gaze suddenly turned hard and she slapped Lelouch across the face with an angry expression on her face. This earned her an surprised look from Lance and a rather despairing look from Lelouch who stared at her, startled.

"Snap out of it!" she yelled in his face, angry and hurt. "You shouldn't be beating yourself up like this, just for me!" Lelouch stared at her dismayed as Jeremiah suddenly rushed in, his expression anxious.

"Your Highness, Lady Kallen, it happens to be that the E.U. is attacking."

! This chappie is so SHORT! probably because I had writer's block halfway through...anyway to all of you, I did not flunk my chinese test thanks to your reviews ^^ I think I even passed with flying colours, listening to the teacher say ^^ Thanks ^^ please read and review :)