Alright, people. This is it. The big one. The most fluffiest and dramatic heart-pouring conversations between our favorite people, Suzaku and Shion...Although Shion actually pours her life stories out more than Suzaku does...
BUT...
While it may be good and all...it may be a little teensy tiny bit OOC, as in I may not have captured their correct ways of telling and explaining things (Isn't that what OOC means? Sticking with their original personalities and stuff?)
Waah, y'know how I said feel free to critize my story if you think something's off? DONT DO IT ON THIS ONE! I feel nervous about this chapter already! D:!
Ah, well, enjoy!
Chapter 7
"This isn't good..." Shion muttered as they got in, Suzaku turning on the lights and closing the door, "How am I going to get home at this rate?"
Suzaku shrugged, "You might just have to wait until the rain stops." He shook his head several times as a way to dry his hair.
"WHAT?" Shion whipped to him, water flying, "But I'm soaking wet!"
The brunette looked around awkwardly, "Well, then, how are you supposed to go to your house then?"
Shion went over to his balcony door, moving her hand on the curtains, "Well, I'm sure it's not too bad outside."
When she pulled the curtain back, a rumble of loud thunder greeted her. Shion squinted, closing the curtains, only to find the thunder abruptly stop.
Suzaku and her both blinked. Shion muttered, "Um..Maybe I should check again."
She opened the window and more thunder came, but stopped when she closed it.
Suzaku came up behind her, and she looked over her shoulder and grinned.
"I have perfect timing!" She said happily, opening the curtain once more and closing it.
She did it a couple of times with a smile on her face. Suzaku titled his head, actually finding the scene of her timing quite amusing.
Shion then opened it again, expecting thunder but not expecting a really bright flash of lightning and the thunder to be ultra loud.
The green-haired girl yelped in fright and she tripped backwards, falling right back against Suzaku's chest. She felt his hands on her arms, keeping her upright, but she was still leaning against him. But other than that, he was quiet.
"Whoops." She said, blinking and turning slightly red, "S-Sorry, Suzaku."
Suzaku still didn't reply. What, was he shocked that a girl fell into him or something? Suddenly she felt his body shaking against her own. Shion blinked, watching the rain fall, not knowing what to do. She couldn't see his face, could he possibly be...
When she heard a stifled noise behind her, the blush on her face spread spread even more and turned even darker.
"Oh...my...god..." She whispered through clenched teeth, "Suzaku...you're..."
She shoved herself forward and turned to him, "You're...YOU'RE LAUGHING AT ME!"
Suzaku's brown hair covered his eyes, but the side of his hand was over his mouth. He was shaking so badly.
"N-No, I'm not.." He managed to choke out.
Shion's eyes narrowed in fury and humilation, "I can't believe you..."
"Not...laughing..."
"Yes, you are!"
Clenching her fists, Shion bared her teeth. How dare he mock her! She went up to him and yanked his wrist down, and gasped.
Poor Suzaku really was laughing. Not laughing loudly or anything, just laughing. Shion was so shocked at this she stared.
Eventually the older boy calmed down, finally looking up at her, a small smile still there.
Shion titled her head, "Hmm...you have a very cute smile."
This shocked Suzaku, and the smile vanished, leaving a faint blush behind.
"I...haven't laughed like that in a long time..." He muttered, putting his hands in his pockets.
Shion knew the he didn't want to dwell on the embarrasing, unexpected and uncalled for moment so she changed the subject.
"Well, I am a little grimy from school today, and the rain did an add-on, too. I guess I'll take a shower."
"Huh?" Suzaku widened his eyes, "A shower? Here?"
"Don't get too excited, you pervert." She responded haughtily, turning away, "I'm going to lock the door. Besides, this storm isn't going to let up any time soon."
She blinked mint green eyes and sighed, "I guess we're gonna be stuck with each other for the entire night, huh?"
Suzaku knew this too, he just looked down, "Yeah, I guess."
"Well, at least I can wash myself with happiness as my main emotion." Shion headed to the bathroom, but she looked over her shoulder at him, "Don't tell anybody, but Onee had set up a secret club game to see who can make Suzaku smile and/or laugh first."
She winked as Suzaku came up by the doorway, "Nobody will ever believe me being an idiot was the key the entire time!"
Shion then had that angelic smile at him again, then she literally slammed the door in his face. He blinked in a daze, hearing her voice.
"I'll only take a few minutes! Don't try picking the lock, I have my ways of keeping the door shut!"
He heard her laugh loudly from the inside.
Suzaku made up the couch, laying one of his bed pillows down, finding a blanket. As he fixed everything up, he listened to Shion sing in the shower. Maybe she didn't know he had good hearing, but...she sang nicely.
Then he wondered what on earth was she going to wear when she gets out?
Going over to the window, he squinted his eyes at the lightning that met him when he looked out on his balcony. Rain literally poured like a never-ending bucket of water on the town. If he was alone, this weather would put an even more useless feeling inside of him.
But, he had Shion with him, and she made him smile.
For the first time in a while, he didn't curse Lelouch.
"Hey, Suzaku."
Suzaku turned and jumped when he saw Shion's torso only wrapped up in a towel. Her hair had been partly dried, her feet and legs were bare, all she had was her school skirt on.
The brunette looked away from Shion's impressive cleavage quickly, "Can I help you, Shion-san?"
"I need a shirt. You got anything?"
He nodded, backing up to his bedroom and darting for his bag.
He came back with a white t-shirt, "Will this do? You need something comfortable to sleep in."
Shion took it from him, smiling, "Thanks, Suzaku. I'll go and change!"
Suzaku went over and sat at the small table, and waited for her to come back out. When she did, he couldn't help but stare.
She put her bra back on, thank goodness, but his t-shirt was rather big on her so she had pulled a big chunk of it to the side and tied it up with her yellow ribbon, revealing her stomach. She was still wearing her plaid school uniform skirt, obviously Suzaku couldn't provide any pants for her...
"Thanks for the shirt." She said a little loudly to get his attention, "Oh, you made me a bed! How nice, for an idiot!"
"H-Huh?" He stood up when she plopped onto the couch, "No, that's..."
When he went over to her, she laid on her back, looking up at him, "Why are you looking like that? You DID make this for me, right?"
"No, I made it for myself. See, I was gonna let you have my bed for tonight..."
Shion's expression softened a little, but she also blinked in surprise. A flash of lightning illuminated the place through the cracks of the curtains.
"Thanks..." She murmured quietly.
"You look like you weren't expecting me to be nice to you tonight." Suzaku sat on the floor in front of the couch, "Don't worry, I'm not mad at you anymore."
"No, it's not that..." Shion turned on her side at him, her damp green hair spilling over the edge. Her mouth opened but a loud rumble of thunder and lightning interrupted her.
They waited for it to stop, then she spoke.
"Besides Onee, Rena-san, Kei-chan..." She lifted her finger for each person, "Satoko, Rika-chama, Kimi-chan, and recently, you..."
She shrugged, "Just because I'm a pretty girl doesn't mean everybody likes me."
Suzaku cocked his head. But, wasn't she part of the Sonozaki family? One of the Three Great Families that rule over Hinamizawa?
"You wanna hear something funny?" She interrupted his thoughts, "Did you know that twins were a sign of disaster to the Sonozaki family?"
"I didn't know that."
"It isn't talked about much. But it was tradition that if twins were born, the youngest of them had to be killed."
Suzaku's eyes widened at this.
"But, now that you see me today, almost 17 years later, it's obvious Oni-baba didn't kill me...but you know."
"What a strange nickname for your grandmother..." Suzaku couldn't help but say aloud.
Shion blushed a tad, laughing, "I try not to say it around her, but it fits. I hate her for still despising the Houjou family."
She turned on her back and stared at the cieling, "It's why nobody likes me. I still support the Houjous by acting all protective over Satoko. It's perfectly fine if people see Satoko with Onee, because she's the next heir to the Head role."
Suzaku noticed the sort of sad expression on Shion's face as she continued.
"And what, with all that happened, that damned Lelouch coming out into the open after 7 years and making the world a living hell..."
She pulled up a leg, "I'm glad he's dead. He was just too selfish." She released a laugh.
"Don't say that."
Shion paused and looked at Suzaku, who looked weird.
"You don't know what Lelouch was like. He might've made the world bad only to sacrifice himself to make peace."
Shion shrugged, "Who cares? I guess his plan worked. Zero killed him and it was over with. Problem solved."
"Sure as hell was solved.." Suzaku added in his mind, "He just never had the time to think about how I would feel after it..."
Shion then sat up, "Just curious, but...what are you running away from, Suzaku?"
He blinked, "What do you mean?"
"Well, you're obviously lying about your age. 17? Seriously, you look older. You're never talking about your past, your family, nothing. Are you really that private?"
She smiled softly, "Or maybe you're just scared of something?"
Suzaku looked down on the floor.
Shion swung her legs over the side, watching him, "You don't have to answer me if you dont want to..."
The brunette still didn't respond. Was he considering telling her his life story or something? Or just waiting for her to change the subject? Shion wasn't the kind of girl to let things go so easily. But her questions had already caused the boy to look even more depressed.
And that was not her mission for tonight. She may find Suzaku annoying, but everybody in this world...
"Everybody in this world deserves to smile..." She accidently said out loud, causing Suzaku to look up at her.
Noticing what she said, she continued softly, "Even if everything is not going your way, you hate living or even wish to die...smiling sometimes makes it better."
Her hand picked up the pillow she was just laying her head on, "Most of my entire life I had no reason to smile. I spent my early years being treated..." She paused, looking down, "...I was treated fine actually...until there was a misunderstanding. But the damage was done and it changed both me and Onee's life."
Suzaku could only wonder what had happened.
She shrugged, "After this mistake, my life didn't get to be so happy anymore...and by the time me and Onee became pre-teens and teenagers, I was sent to a private school in Britannia, and I don't know what Onee has been doing. She might have been sent to a school, as well, but I don't know what it was called."
Smiling, she hopped off the couch and sat cross-legged in front of Suzaku on the floor, susprising the latter.
"Anywho's, almost 2 years ago I snuck out of my private school and made my way back to Hinamizawa. It was around the time the Black Knights appeared, around June, perhaps? Can't remember."
Shion then tilted her head, "That time I lost even more reasons to smile. I was discovered by my Oni-baba that I had escaped my school, and I was punished for it. After that, I was allowed to stay in Okinomiya, the town next to ours, and take minimum classes, but...Then I realized..."
She reached out and took Suzaku's tanned hand in her pale one, standing up and pulling him over to where the terrible storm was going. She pulled the curtain back a tad.
"Just look..." They both stared out the window as she continued slowly and quietly, "The way my life was a while ago, it was like being caught in this storm. Afraid the lightning would hit me, the thunder terrifying and surprising me everytime it rumbled, the rain constantly washing my happiness away. It made me want to crawl into a corner and bury my face into my knees and hope the storm would end soon."
Suzaku's eyes never left the rain and the dark clouds in the night sky, and he found himself tightening his grip on her hand.
"But it's not the right way, you see?" She turned to him, "You need to smile. Even in that desolate and violent storm, I learned in my despair to smile. And when I smiled, I learned to laugh at the dark clouds, and to ignore the rain and imagine the sun. Then finally..."
The green-haired girl smiled, "You learn to take the hands of your friends. The ones that love you and want to make you feel better. That's how it all works. Onee and her friends held their hands out to me, and though I hesitated, I took them eventually."
Silence soon followed, only lightning, the pattering of rain, and thunder filled it up.
Suddenly Shion laughed a little, "Haha, sorry, was I rambling about the weather again?"
Suzaku wasn't laughing. His eye's were fixed on her, as if mesmorized by something. Was he staring at her this whole time?
She glanced down at their clasped hands, remembered something, then let go quickly, backing up a step. Suzaku blinked a second, coming out of his trance.
He stared at his empty hand, "But what if you have no hands to take?"
Shion looked at him with confusion.
"What if you have nobody..." His sage green eyes didn't stray from his open hand Shion just had hers in, "What if you have no friends...no people that love you...Nobody..."
Suzaku finally looked up at her, "Does this mean you'd be trapped in the storm forever?"
Shion stood there. Suzaku must've successfully plucked something. But her sudden guffaw surprised him.
"You idiotic pervert!" She leaned against the window, laughing, then she faced him, "You've got us, stupid!"
"Wha-?"
"Rena-san, Kei-chan..." Shion had a sheepish smile, "Satoko, Rika-chama...they're all willing to take your hand, Suzaku! Stupid, you just have to let them! Just like how you told me to believe in you!"
She shrugged, placing her hands on her hips, "Once we rescue Satoko from her abusive uncle, our main focus will be to get you to smile, y'hear?"
"You guys have only known me for a few days." Suzaku protested, even though he knew it was a losing battle, "How could you guys care so much about me like this?"
Shion moved her shoulders once more, "I'm not sure. I still think you're an annoying twit."
"Oh, do you?"
"Yep."
"After all that advice..."
"You're still annoying."
"I see."
Suzaku glanced at the windows covered by the curtains once more. This girl was so weird.
"Tsutaete kono omoi kaze yo hoshi yo, shinjite matte iru koto wo..."
They both turned to the table at Shion's cellphone playing the song. The ringtone was now playing the piano.
Suzaku recognized that voice from the shower, "Is..that you singing?"
"N-NO!" Shion turned and ran over to the phone, "Just a song I really like. That's all. Give me a moment.."
She answered it, "Onee?"
There was a loud noise on the other end, Mion probably yelling, Shion held the phone away from her ear for a second before putting it back.
"Onee, I'm fine. I walked Suzaku-san home and then it was raining so hard that I couldn't get back!" Shion laughed a little, "Besides, I've lived here before. I'm friends with the manager and he loaned me a room for the night! I'll be in school by morning, 'kay?"
She nodded and smiled a few times, murmuring 'yes' and looking at Suzaku and shrugging, then she grew silent.
"You guys did?" Shion's face fell, "And what happened? Really? Rika-chama? I've never seen her do that before..."
She sat at the table, expression turning to shock, "But, why won't they do anything?" After another moment, "Oh my god, no way...and I thought-"
Suzaku sat opposite her, watching with quiet curiosity.
"But, Satoko-" She was continually being interrupted, and she was quiet once more, "I see...so I was right the entire time?"
Mion said something else, Suzaku could tell she was confirming whatever Shion was right about, and Shion closed her eyes, lowering her head.
Then she spoke again, "If you guys went there right when we left school, it must've rained on you hard, huh?"
A guffaw was the response on the other end, and Shion couldn't help but smile at her elder sister's words. Then she yawned.
"Well, Onee, I know we'll do something tomorrow. Kei-chan must have a plan by then. He's not going to give up so easily. Anyway, me and Suzaku-san will be at school tomorrow, 'kay?"
She nodded, "Got it. Bye!"
When she hung up, she said, "Man, Onee can be sooo worried sometimes..."
"What did she say?"
Shion glanced at him, then slumped in her chair, "Her and the others went to the Child Welfare building a little way's from the school to talk to them about Satoko."
"Even when it was going to rain?" Suzaku asked, thunder and lightning complimenting on his question.
"Onee said they didn't care. They did get very wet but they all managed to get back to their homes safely."
She cleared her throat, "Chie-sensei and the principal had already called Child Welfare earlier and they sent an agent over to Satoko's house to inquire about her health."
Suzaku nodded. Of course this was the right thing to do. Satoko would just say she's being abused and...
Shion's face didn't seem any better. Like she was still upset.
"Shion..." He leaned in a little, "Isn't this a good thing?"
"Yeah, if Satoko asked for help. In which she didn't." Shion clenched her fists, "The agent asked Satoko if she needed help, and she said no. She said that Teppei wasn't abusing her."
There was a bit of silence, "...You're kidding me." Suzaku murmured.
Shion buried her face in her hands, breathing raggedly, "It's just as I feared. Satoko is only doing this because of..."
The brunette finished, "...Because of Satoshi?"
She looked up at him with wide eyes, "How did you-"
"Maebara-san told me." He confirmed, "He disappeared almost 2 years ago, right?"
Shion's voice was strained, "Y-Yeah...But." She changed the subject back to Satoko, "The only reason his sister is not doing anything is just like I predicted: She's atoning for her sins of clinging onto Satoshi-kun!"
"You mean..." Suzaku had already thought about this, "...when Satoko and Satoshi's parents died, they had to live with their aunt and uncle..."
Shion nodded, and he continued, "Of course, they abused them both, and since Satoko was so little and so vulnerable, she always hid behind her big brother, and he always protected her."
"But then he vanished..." She whispered, "..Just a few days after the Watanagashi festival. And even though Satoko smiles and looks happy, she believes it's her own fault he's gone."
"It's why she won't call for help."
"Yes."
Suzaku closed his eyes. He opened them when he heard a thump, and saw Shion smacked her upper body onto the table, her cellphone rolling out of her hands, spinning on the table's white surface.
"Shion...?" Suzaku leaned in a bit.
Thunder crashed and lightning struck, startling Shion to sit up again, her green hair in disarray.
"I'm tired." She mumbled, standing up, swaying a little, "You don't mind if I go sleep early, do you?"
"No, not at all, go ahead." Suzaku followed her to the couch, and when she plopped on it, he asked, "You sure you don't want my bed? It's...more comfy?"
"I'm fine, Suzaku." The girl replied harshly, "I've already over-stayed my welcome. I can't leave anyway. But...don't tell Onee I spent the night here. She worries about me enough already."
Suzaku nodded, "Right..."
He was surprised to see her smile warmly up at him, "Good night, Suzaku."
Blinking, Suzaku's expression softened and he said, "Good night, Shion."
He flicked the lights off when he went to his own bedroom.
Shion untied the knot on the white shirt, letting it go down past her waist, and then moved the blanket over her body, cringing at the lightning and thunder. She faced the back of the couch and burrowed herself there, trying to block out the scary sounds and flashes.
How was she wet? And how did she get onto Suzaku's balcony? Oh yeah, there was a storm. But why was she in it?
She was there apparantly, the wind whipping a little too hard at her damp hair. She looked around, only to see everything was blurry. She didn't see the small buildings of the town, didn't see the lights from the streets. It was all dark and cold over the railing.
She started to shiver, gripping her shoulders to keep from shaking. The cold water felt like it was absorbing into her skin, freezing her even inside.
"Why am I here?" She thought frantically, "Why did I come out here?"
Her hair clung to her face and arms, pausing suddenly when she heard something. She looked around the blackness, letting go of herself to grab the railing, gasping at how cold it was.
"M-Muu..."
Her eyes snapped open, "Sa-Satoshi-kun?" She shouted, wincing in fright at the thunder in response.
"S-Shion..."
"Satoshi-kun!" That had to be him! It was his voice! His soft, kind voice...Almost feminine for being so soft...
"Muu...it's so dark..."
He was out there? In that darkness, all by himself?
"Hang on, Satoshi-kun...!" She cried out, leaning forward, "I'll come find you!"
"Muu...Don't do that..."
"Don't...?" Her eyes widened, "But-!"
She couldn't hear him anymore, and suddenly lightning flashed, causing her to scream and back up. Then her feet wasn't on solid ground anymore, and she found herself falling, falling into the cold blackness below.
She only clutched her shoulders and screamed as she fell.
"Shion, wake up! Shion!"
Her mint eyes snapped open faster than they should've. Above her she saw Suzaku, staring at her with wide eyes and a worried expression.
"Suzaku..." She whispered, eyes still wide, "Why are you-"
"Hey hey, calm down..." His hands were suddenly on her shoulders, and she realized she was shaking. Her legs felt bare, and she noticed her blanket had slid off her body and lay on the floor.
No wonder she was cold.
"It's alright, it was just a dream.." Shion realized Suzaku was still trying to help her. She sat up and shook her head.
"I'm fine, I'm fine..." She mumbled, breathing deeply and slowly, "Is it still raining?"
Thunder was her only response. Her eyes were still open, and when she blinked, she noted with shock at two teardrops that flooded down her already wet cheeks.
She felt too freezing cold to move. She closed her eyes and bit her lip.
Her whole body felt numb.
But then she felt Suzaku's somehow warm hand brush against her face, wiping away the tears that just fell.
She opened her eyes and looked at him.
"I heard you tossing and turning in your sleep." He said quietly, already answering her unspoken question, "I didn't know what to do...I don't know how to touch a girl properly..."
His eyes went to the floor and in the darkness she swore she saw a faint blush on the brunette's tanned cheeks.
"Anyway, you started screaming and that's what got me up. I just noticed how cold it was in here. I think I left the air-conditioning on too high..."
Shion could only nod, and Suzaku nodded, "I'll sleep on the couch tonight, okay? You're already shivering, and my bedroom's warmer."
She didn't want to argue, for some reason. The normal Shion would protest and claim she was perfectly fine where she was now, but this was the frightened beyond all reason Shion. The Shion who's never had a nightmare like that before. And the Shion who wouldn't mind burrowing into something warm.
They both stood up, Shion's bangs covering her face. Suzaku didn't know what to do next at the moment...
So he decided to simply say, "Whatever nightmare that was...I hope you don't have it again."
"R-Right.." She turned away from him and simply headed into Suzaku's bedroom, stumbling a little in the darkness. But she found the bed and laid in it slowly, feeling relieved that she found a warm spot where Suzaku was just laying.
She got her body under the covers, still shivering, and she winced when she felt something sharp poke her back.
Sitting up, she reached behind her and pulled out some small item that was on the mattress, near the pillow.
Shion couldn't see what the object was, so she turned on a lamp that was on the nightstand. She squinted at the light, blinking several times to adjust, and finally she saw what it was.
It was supposed to be a pin, or so she thought. But it looked very nice. It was blue and gold and it had sharp white wings potruding out of either sides of it. She recognized the symbol on the front. Wasn't it like the Britannian royal symbol or something?
She was too engrossed in examining the well taken care of object that it took a little bit for her to notice a certain brunette standing RIGHT by the bedside. When she turned her head and saw him she jumped a little.
Their eyes locked, both not saying anything. After a moment, Shion's hand, which was holding the pin, slowly extended out to him.
"You left this here." She said quietly.
Suzaku blinked, taking it from her, "Thanks." He for some reason did not look tired at all, like he had just been laying there in the darkness, not getting any sleep.
"I'll be in the other room, if you need me."
Shion was suddenly seized with panic. He was leaving? What if she had that God-awful nightmare again...?
Her fists were clenched, squeezing the covers, and Suzaku must've seen the fear that probably spread over her eyes.
"You don't want to be alone, do you?" He asked her quietly.
She felt embarrased and stupid, not wanting someone to leave. She felt like an ignorant child, afraid of the dark and the dark dreams that would probably come.
Suzaku was watching her with an unreadable expression, and all he did was shut off the lamp on the nightstand.
Shion inhaled sharply, suddenly feeling frozen again in nothing but black. She forced her freezing body down onto her back, keeping a hard grip on the sheets. The warm spot Suzaku had made had somehow vanished.
Where did Suzaku go? Did he not want to help her and just left the room?
Shion opened eyes she didn't remember closing when she bounced slightly, and realized Suzaku had silently laid down under the covers next to her, the moving of the mattress giving him away. She swallowed, suddenly feeling much better someone else was there, releasing her life grip.
But she was still cold. She didn't know why, but just every part of her felt like ice.
Lightning flashed through the cracks of the curtains, and she grit her teeth, finding herself scooting closer to Suzaku. Realizing what she was doing, she cursed herself and turned on her side, away from the older boy and the window.
"Shion."
She almost jumped, but she bit back, "What?"
"You're still shaking."
"G-Gee, thanks for pointing that out, Obvious-san."
"Was your nightmare really that bad?"
Shion's anger froze up along with the rest of her body, and she sighed, "Yeah. It was that bad. It scared me, okay? Must be a shock, how Sonozaki Shion, the girl who never let people hurt her and anybody else, is frightened beyond all reason. Happy?"
God, this boy had no sympathy, did he? All he did was act so emotionless and ask the dumbest questions...
She wished she could just absorb into her pillow or something, but wait...she's too cold for that.
There was nothing for several seconds. This would definately kill her, not being able to fall asleep again in nothing but darkness for a few more hours with nobody but a boy who was the equivalent of a dead body laying next to her.
Turns out Suzaku was still alive, as she felt him move around a bit more on the bed.
"What the hell are you doing now?" She said to him, "Can't you see I'm trying to-"
An arm was thrown over her, instantly halting her words. She tensed up, staring at the wall with wide eyes as Suzaku moved up next to her on his side, his chest was pressing itself against her back.
"You won't stop shaking." He sounded so close now, his voice was near her ear, "This will probably help."
After a few seconds, he felt her body relax and sort of fall back against him. His left arm was over her torso, his right was sort of being squashed between their bodies, but he didn't mind it.
Then he heard very very very faintly from the girl he was holding, "Thank you..."
He was so warm. So warm she could help but snuggle. She felt the traumatic ice inside her melt. She liked being in his arms. It felt good.
She almost cried with happiness, but she only let one tear slide down as one hand went up and held his left one, which was right nearby.
Oh my, I actually made Shion find Euphie's pin. Isn't that a shocker. But Suzaku doesn't seem to mind considering the last bit 3
Alright, maybe I went a little overboard with the last bit, but don't get mad! I just wanted at least SOME Suzaku/Shion before the next chapter! DEAL WITH IT D:
Anywhos, I don't know how long chapter 8 will take, but we'll see! Hope you lieked this one ^^