a/n Yes, I am a week late I am terribly sorry *bows* I had a little trouble writing the end of the chapter...
Anyways, let's proceed shall we?
I don't own CG.
Chapter 13 ~Accident~
"Put that thing down… Father." Lelouch hissed at Charles.
"Move away, Lelouch! Something as filthy as those two shouldn't be alive!"
"Darling, please, put the gun down!" Marianne plead her husband. "It's dangerous, so please put it down!"
"Listen, Marianne! I will not have my son dating this, this thing! Nor will I allow it to stay at my mansion!" Charles eyed C.C. and the still sprawled on the floor Kallen.
"It is my mansion, Father. You placed it under my name so I can let anyone to stay in it, especially my girlfriend and her friend." Lelouch spat back.
"Why you—Move it!" Lelouch was pushed away due to his lack of strength and the angry Emperor was now face to face with C.C. with a gun pointing at her head.
"Die you filthy woman!"
BANG!
"MOTHER!!!" Lelouch's eyes widen as Marianne took the shot that was meant for C.C. and he ran towards the two.
Charles was clearly shocked as all he could do was stare.
Euphy screamed, Kallen screamed, Nunnally and Rolo held on to each other then screamed, Gino's mouth dropped open, C.C. was hard as stone, Haha-ue quickly ran away.
"Mother!" Lelouch cradled his mother. "What do you think you're doing?! Father! Are you crazy?!"
Charles snapped out and roared at Lelouch, "I WAS AIMING FOR HER!" He pointed angrily at C.C. "You! You're the reason this happened! This time I'll definitely hit you!" Charles once again pointed his gun at C.C.
"NOW'S NOT THE TIME!" Lelouch yelled at him, "We need to take Mother to the hospital!"
"Charles… Darling… Theses girl… They're good girls…" Marianne said while reaching out to Charles and smiling. "You believe me… don't you…?"
"I-I…" Charles said holding Marianne's hand, "Let's get you to the hospital!"
Silence filled the white hallway as Charles paced back and forth. Lelouch sat next to C.C. who just sat there silently, not saying a thing. Kallen and Gino went somewhere to talk privately, Euphy sat down next to Nunnally and Rolo who were crying and tried to calm them down.
"It's my fault… isn't it… Lelouch…" C.C. whispered.
Lelouch pulled C.C. into a hug, "No, it's not. Don't' think of it like that. Mother was just trying to convince Father and didn't expect him to pull the trigger."
"He's going to kill me after this, isn't he?" C.C. asked unconsciously leaning deeper in to Lelouch's warm embrace.
"I won't let him." Lelouch said firmly. "No one will hurt you."
Charles eyed the pair, This girl… To make Lelouch care about her even though she's a prostitute…
"Your Majesty." A white haired doctor greeted Charles.
"Lloyd, how's Marianne?"
"She's fine, Your Majesty. No need to worry, thankfully the bullet hit her shoulder instead of her heart. I have to ask though, what happened?" Lloyd asked.
"It was an accident." Charles said with finality and Lloyd didn't further question it.
"You may see her, Your Majesty."
Charles walked in to Marianne's room and saw his wife waking up, "Charles, how's everyone?"
"They're fine. Nunnally and Rolo were crying though." Charles answered."Why did you do something so reckless just for those dirty trashes?"
"Darling, listen to me will you? Those girls are good girls, they took care of Euphy all these years. Be nice to them, will you? Lelouch is no fool, he knows what he's doing. We both know he's not one to do something blindly over a mere girl. C.C. is special, I can tell. It would have been better for us to know about their past but that just it. It's passed, Charles. The least you could do is take them in, no? Euphy was one of them for 13 years, will you kill her too?" Marianne asked raising her eye brows.
Charles answered sternly, "Of course not!"
"So, please. Reconsider your decision. Give them a chance?"
Charles grunted, "Fine. But if anything comes up… We're kicking them out."
Gino sat across Kallen in the hospital cafeteria for almost 5 minutes already and the both of them had not said a word. He was surprised that Kallen was once a resident in a brothel, but somehow it didn't really bother him.
"Kallen—"
"Shut up."
"But—"
"Just shut up first!"
"Okay…"
Kallen let out a loud sigh, "Look, it's not going to work out, I know. So let's just get this over with okay?"
Gino sighed, "Okay."
Kallen immediately looked at him, hurt filled eyes stared at him, JUST LIKE THAT?!
Gino walked away not sparing Kallen a second glance and she was left there alone, heartbroken and sad.
"J-just… just like that…?" Kallen whispered, her voice cracked and tears were forming in her eyes. Kallen slumped on the table and buried her face in her arms. "It would've never worked out anyway. I guess no one wants to be with an ex-prostitute after all… They're dirty."
"!"
Kallen jumped and raised her head, "GINO?!"
Suddenly a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around Kallen's small waist, "Kallen!"
"Y-Yes?" Kallen was shocked.
"You're not getting rid of me that easily!" He said smiling widely.
"H-h-huh???" Kallen was then confused.
"You really think I'll let you go? You're one weird girl!" Gino's smile got wider.
"T-T-Then why did you say 'Okay' just like that?!" Kallen was now angry.
"I just wanted to see whether you actually care! Kallen cares!"
"W-Well…" Kallen was then embarrassed.
"Don't worry, Kalley! Your past doesn't bother me!" Gino nuzzled her neck.
"Even though I ran away from home and was taken to the brothel at the age of 5?"
Gino nodded.
"Even though I've slept with different kinds of men?"
Gino nodded.
"Even though I didn't tell you the truth and made up a person that never existed?"
Gino nodded.
"Even though I'm Kouzuki Kallen and not Kallen Stadtfelt?"
Gino nodded and this time Kallen shut up.
"Kallen is still Kallen! The moments I spent with you all this time, whether it was Kallen Stadtfelt or Kouzuki Kallen, it was all you!"
Kallen felt tears roll down her cheeks, "G-Gino…"
Gino kissed Kallen's cheek, "From now on, if there's anything you want to tell me, go for it! Okay?" He said giving her a thumbs up.
"O-okay…" Kallen sniffed and smiled shyly.
Gino pulled Kallen into an embrace, "You can lean on me…"
Kallen leaned into his embrace, "Mm…"
"So lean on me…" Gino said stroking her hair.
"Thank you… Gino." Kallen said smiling.
"C.C.! Are you done?!" Lelouch called, knocking on C.C.'s room door which was right next to his.
"Patience is a virtue, Lelouch." C.C. replied from inside, "Beauty takes time."
"It doesn't take one hour!" Lelouch exclaimed.
C.C. finally came out, her hair was let loose and she was wearing a black knitted one piece with a white cotton turtle neck under it, she wore black thick stockings and white leather boots. She was carrying a dark turquoise hand bag that had a key chain that said "LLCC". They made it a day after they went official at a stall in the Pentagon, C.C.'s was violet and Lelouch's one was gold.
Lelouch eyed the keychain, "Do you have to wear it with you all the time?"
"Says the guy who uses it on his phone." C.C. rolled her eyes. "Careful, someone might be jealous and try to break it."
Lelouch sighed, "Fine, fine, now let's go already." He grabbed C.C.'s hand, "Visiting hours doesn't last long, you know."
"Yes, Your Highness…" C.C. said mockingly.
"Hush now…" Lelouch paused, "You look nice."
"Why thank you."
"Still, it doesn't take one hour to get ready."
"I look nice, don't I?"
A grunt came from Lelouch, "Yes…"
"So don't complain."
"Lelouch, honey! You came to visit Mommy again!" Marianne said gleefully. "With C.C. too!" The wound on her shoulder wasn't bad but the doctor told her to stay for a week because she wasn't able to move her left shoulder.
"Mother, don't get too excited." Lelouch said placing the fruits he bought on the end table and rubbing his temple.
"I'm fine." Marianne said relaxed. "C.C., my husband didn't do anything to you did he?"
C.C. shook her head, "No, Your Highness."
"Oh please! Call me 'Mother'! Better yet, call me 'Mommy'!" Marianne clapped her hands.
"Uh… Mother…" C.C. said uncomfortably.
"Mommy!"
"Oh, uh… Mommy…" C.C. said even more uncomfortable.
"Mother, stop it." Lelouch sighed.
"Oh, Lelouch. Aren't you glad? I already like C.C. so you won't need to go through the hassle of making me like her and get married!"
And that made Lelouch splutter, "W-Wha—Mother we aren't there yet!"
Marriage… C.C. thought to herself, Never imagined that to happen in my life…
"Oh, Lelouch! Your words will hurt C.C., you know?" Marianne said pouting.
"I said we aren't there yet, Mother. It's not like I don't plan it…" He said the last part in a very hushed voice that only the person next to him would hear, which was C.C. who blushed when hearing it.
"Oh well, no need to waste your youthful time here! Go on a date or something! Kallen and Gino had come over just now, I told them to go and have some time with each other since it's the weekends!" Marianne literally 'shoo'-ed them out.
"Kallen came over huh…? With Gino even, they're still together?" Lelouch asked no one in particular.
"I guessed he doesn't mind about her past." C.C. muttered.
"Luckily." Lelouch added.
"Oh well, let's go shall we? Even if we go back in your Mother will throw us out again anyway." C.C. held Lelouch's arm. "We'll come back again tomorrow."
Both teens walked further away from Marianne's room, not realizing that Charles had been watching them all this time, Marianne, you really trust these two girls? He had been watching from when Kallen and Gino had came and brought flowers for the Empress. For several days already he's been watching Kallen and C.C. without them knowing it, all they did was visit Marianne and talk. Sometimes Lelouch would come with them on their visit.
Who would've thought, Charles was actually considering the thought of giving C.C. and Kallen a chance?
"C.C.! LELOUCH! WE ARE FINISHED!!!" Kallen screamed when Lelouch and C.C. entered the mansion.
"Kalley, calm down!" Gino tried to calm the screaming redhead.
"HOW CAN I CALM DOWN! FIRST HIS FATHER WANTED TO KILL US NOW THIS!" Kallen screamed flailing a newspaper.
"The newspaper?" Lelouch questioned, "What's wrong?"
"This article! This stupid article!!!" Kallen wailed throwing the blasted newspaper on the floor and stomped on it.
"Kallen, away from the paper." C.C. commanded.
Kallen huffed and punched Gino, "YEOW! You sure can punch!"
"I'm ANGRY!"
C.C. gave her a look and picked the now crumpled gray paper up, "Lelouch…"
Seeing C.C.'s eyes widen meaning something isn't right, Lelouch quickly join in and have a look at the article, "What the—Who wrote this?!"
"His name is Diethard Reid. When I see him… I WILL KILL HIM!!!" Kallen started to punch Gino's arm while the latter just smiled.
"There, there, Kalley."
Lelouch and C.C. were too preoccupied by the title of the article to even look at the weird couple, "'Britannia's Black Prince Dates A Prostitute?!'??? What the hell?!"
"Who… who else found out?" C.C. asked.
"Apparently this stupid reporter did…" Kallen said voice filled with venom.
"Why are you so angry?" Lelouch asked Kallen.
"Read, idiot, read!" Kallen said pointing to the article.
"Britannia's Black Prince really outdone himself this time, who would've thought that Lelouch vi Britannia would actually drop so low and date a prostitute? A picture from the annual charity event in Ashford Academy shows him with his green haired girlfriend, the mysterious C.C. Questions have been flying around and finally the truth came out. C.C. belongs to the famous Love Me, along with Kallen Stadtfelt, she entered Ashford Academy to catch big fishes—"
"LIES!" Kallen screamed.
C.C. was boiling with anger, the article showed a picture of her wearing her black kimono from her earlier days in the brothel, "That hostess…"
"That stupid hostess got involved, she must've spilled the beans." Kallen hissed.
"This doesn't say anything about Euphy though…" Gino pointed out.
"Of course not!" Kallen spat, "She's a princess after all!"
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh-oooh-oh-oh-oh! Caught in a bad romance.
Rah rah ah-ah-ah
Roma roma-ma
GaGa ooh la-la
Want your bad romance
C.C. stifled a chuckle, "How appropriate, Lelouch."
"A bad romance indeed." Kallen eyed him while smirking.
Lelouch sneered at C.C., "You have the same ringtone." Then he proceeded to answer the call, "Lelouch speaking." Suddenly his face hardened, "What?"
The person on the other line spoke and Lelouch's eyes widen, "I-Impossible… Are you sure?"
The person spoke again and Lelouch sighed, "Alright. Thank you."
"What is it, Lelouch?" C.C. asked concerned.
Lelouch rubbed his temples and sighed heavily, "One problem after another…"
"Who was that?" Kallen asked curious.
"It was the private eye I hired to investigate on Euphy's case…" Lelouch looked at the three of them.
"They found out who tried to kill her."
a/n Whee~ Cliffy! Well there you go, wonder what Charles' reaction will be when he sees the news??? Find out 2 weeks from now! Marianne is nice here, so no evil empress, just evil Charles x)
All of you must realize it by now, I update every 2 weeks (or 3 if i'm late and 1 if I'm early) excluding that one month delay, that shan't ever happen again I promise. So those who are asking when I'll update, please note that I update 2 weeks after the latest chapter.
Enough of that, on to the review replies!
jenny5961 - Oh believe me she will *evil laughter* SHE WILL PAY! Thank you for reading!
patleaon909 - Yes she is quite handful, but don't worry, I'll get rid of her *evil glint* Calm down now, he may be a douchebag but he's just looking out for Lelouch... Ah who am I kidding, HE'S EVIL!!! Don't worry I won't let him^^ Happy New Year to you too :D
sakurahanaalice - Marianne will be the one convincing here ^^ But Lelouch will have to work next chapter on! Yes, well it IS fun messing with him xDDD
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Well, I'll see you all in 2 weeks!
Toodles.