Chapter 6 – I Just Learned about the Details
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or the characters!
Summary: Kanon brings Anya to work. Anya takes an IQ test. Kanon has a run in with Lelouch, and learns about the younger boy's relationship with Suzaku. Then Jun visits The Rouge and gets into a fight with Jeremiah. Kanon starts to understand his true feelings towards Jeremiah. Suzaku has his going away party.
Warning: Swearing and adult content
Monday,
"So which one is it?" Jun's words echoed, no, they pounded in Kanon's head. He was lucky that day, because Schneizel had came and dragged him away from Jun, before he could answer back. And that was the least of his worries…who was the man next to him? "He was cheating on you." One voice said in his head, and the other said, "He never loved you! He got over you in two weeks!"
But then again, Kanon hadn't loved Jun, so he was over him in less than two weeks…but, again, that was completely different. A third voice came into his head, "Jun loves you so much, but he wasn't sure that you would stay with him, so-" The voice stopped before it was done talking. The younger male's vision snapped back into reality. Anya was standing in front of him now, so he shook his head before standing from his bed.
"Big brother, Kanon; are you alright?"
"Yeah… It's just that things are becoming more complicated…"
"Oh…"
"I have to go to work soon, but you can come with me if you like."
"Okay," She nodded in agreement.
Maybe today would be a better day…
"Who is this?" Gino was in Kanon's personal bubble in no time. His deep Safire eyes gleamed down brightly towards Anya, while she just looked up at him with her usual blank, emotionless expression with her diary in her hand. She startled Gino when she raised her dairy and it made a "snap" sound.
"This is Anya," Kanon pushed her dairy down so it was no longer covering her face, "and she's my little sister." Gino looked astonished and then stock out his hand and grabbed her hands, which still held her diary, and said:
"My name is Gino Weinberg," he shook her hand gentle. "I didn't know you had a little sister."
Kanon laughed nervously, "Yeah me neither…"
"Wait then she's-"
"Can we talk about it later?" Kanon interrupted and pulled his "little sister" out of Gino's reach. "I'm going to take her to Milly, so she can walk around without me babysitting her."
"She can follow me around," Gino volunteered eagerly. Kanon flicked the younger boy on the forehead.
"Do you not like Suzaku anymore?" He reminded the other. "Or maybe you forgot, because he isn't here anymore."
Gino gave him a shocked expression and looked like he was on the verge of falling over and having some sort of seizure, "I didn't even get to say good bye!"
"Relax Gino," Kanon patted his friends shoulder, "Thursday is his last day."
Gino sighed in relief, "Don't scare me like that, Kanon! I thought you were telling the truth. Anyway I have great news!" He was trying not to jump for joy, but he couldn't help it. "I talked to Jeremiah, and he said that there were two job openings for body guards, and he said he would give me the job. I'll be able to see Suzaku once in a while, but it'll be worth it."
"Are you sure you want that kind of job, Gino? I mean you could end being shot or something…"
"That's why they have bullet proof vests!" He exclaimed. "And plus it isn't always about guarding the person your assigned to you're kind of the person's personal assistant."
"You could end up being harassed or have to fight someone…"
"I can fight back Kanon! It's no big deal."
"It's still dangerous…" There was another snap sound and both of the men looked down at Anya, who had her dairy covering her face and was placed towards Gino and Kanon. "What are you doing Anya?" She closed her dairy and held it to her side.
"I was writing…"
"Oh isn't she cute," Gino pulled poor Anya into an embrace, "It's impossible to ever be angry with her." Kanon swore that Gino had the weirdest mood swings or the weirdest ADD he had ever seen, of course ADD couldn't truly be called "weird," because he was already peculiar to begin with, and his mood swings could be classified as bi-polar disease, but still! Gino wasn't someone who was considered "normal" in Kanon eyes.
"Yeah," Kanon agreed, "So why did you say that he had two job openings? Are you accepting me to join also?"
Gino laughed while pulling away from Anya, "Of course not!" He slapped Kanon nicely on the back. "You're too much of a girl to ever properly protect someone."
"Excuse me?" Kanon raised an eyebrow, "What's this about being 'too much of a girl'?" Gino raised his hands up diversely and said:
"I mean that you're pregnant right now and that you're a very feminine guy… I mean just look at you." Gino inched his way from Kanon and said, "You probably couldn't even hurt a fly."
Kanon brought his hands together and began to crack his knuckles, "I'm sorry I'm not masculine enough for you." He inched his way towards Gino, and the other would step back as well.
"Now Kanon there's no need for violence," Gino said nervously.
"But Gino," Kanon's lips pulled up in an evil grin, "I thought you could fight back. Am I wrong?"
"I can't fight a pregnant person." Gino was walking backwards, and somehow maneuvering around the tables and not bumping to anything. Kanon on the other hand was stocking forward, his eyes gleamed murderously towards the boy in front of him. This went on for another minute or so while they went around the menu rack. Any had stepped away, and one of the cashiers was just glaring at the two for being so childish. "Kanon can you please-" Gino didn't even try to finish his sentence because Kanon flung himself towards Gino. The blond turned around running towards the break room, so he wouldn't disturb the other costumers.
"Hold still so I can show you how feminine I am!" He cried out, but Gino shock his head and still kept running. Ten seconds or ten minutes later, didn't really matter to Kanon he felt his right hand being tugged back. Strange, he thought. There wasn't a thing in the restaurant that could accidently grab hold of a piece of clothing and hold it in place. As if he was being pulled back by a dance partner and spun back into something…human.
"You shouldn't run like that." The voice whispered into his ear. It was a voice he recognized to his surprise, so he looked up to meet one orange round orb who stared back at him affectionately.
"Jeremiah?" Kanon's heart felt like it was going to leap out of his mouth. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm trying to hire new employees so I can fill up the gap that was made this week." He sounded irritated, but he kept a warm smile on his face. "I just hired Gino, but now I'm looking for one more person. Do you know anyone who is trying to find a job?" He let go of Kanon's arm so could give the other space.
"I don't know anyone who wants to be a body guard right now, but-"
"No, I'm not looking for someone who can do a body guard type job, but someone who can keep records with one hundred percent accuracy."
"That sounds impossible to do."
"Yeah, we had an employee who could do that, but she decided to leave and take a better job offer."
"That's too bad."
"It is, so do you know anyone?"
"Nope."
"Big brother Kanon, where did Gino go?" Anya had fallowed Kanon rather slowly, because she was typing in her dairy and walking at the same time. "Who are you talking to?"
"This is Jeremiah; he's one of the main body guards at the Britannia Company." Kanon explained. Anya brought her dairy so it was covering her face and then there was a click sound, which sort of startled Jeremiah.
"What are you caring?" He asked Anya.
"This is my dairy." She said in her simple monotonous voice.
"Oh… How old are you… um and what's your name?"
"Anya and I'm fifteen."
"Hmm." Jeremiah brought out his cell phone and started to dial a number in. "Do you know you're current IQ?"
"No…"
"Why do you need to know my sister's IQ?" Kanon demanded. He didn't feel comfortable with Jeremiah's sudden questions. "If you're thinking that she'll be good for the job, you're wrong and- Are you even listening to me?" Jeremiah put his index finger over Kanon's lips. "Yes, this is Jeremiah. I would like to freshen up on the rules of hiring someone who is under sixteen. Yes I'll hold."
Kanon pushed Jeremiah's finger away. "I will not allow this! And my parents wouldn't agree to this ether!" Jeremiah grabbed Kanon's arm and pulled him closer, so his lips were up to Kanon's ear.
"Kanon, I'm on the phone right now." Kanon blushed feverishly, and took a couple steps away from Jeremiah. Why was his heart racing again? "Yes, this is Jeremiah." He paused and then said, "All right, thank you." He put his cell phone back into his pocket. "Anya do you mind taking an IQ test. You don't have to take it right away, but sometime this week would be nice."
"Okay…"
"No!" Kanon pulled his little sister towards himself. "I will not allow that!"
"I understand, but Anya would make a good addition to the Britannia Company." Jeremiah tried to sympathies with Kanon. "Please don't get all worked up."
"I said no!"
"Kanon my dear, you're scaring away the guests." Schneizel said, emerging from the break room that was behind Kanon. "What did you do to make Kanon act like this, Jeremiah?" The orange eyes Britannian worker bowed before he said:
"I think Anya would make a perfect candidate for the job position that is being offered right now, Sir." Jeremiah explained, "But Kanon doesn't want anything to do with it. What do you think?"
"Well she is fifteen…" Schneizel thought, "Hmm, but I guess you shouldn't make Anya take the job if Kanon doesn't want her too. It's only fair."
"But sir!"
"No 'buts' I don't want you to bother Kanon and Anya about this anymore."
"Yes, Sir."
"But I want to take the test…" Anya mumbled. Kanon pulled his closer to him. "Can't I, big brother Kanon?" The older sibling laughed nervously, and gave Jeremiah a death glare.
"You're only fifteen, Anya. You should wait."
"But I want too…"
"If she wants to take the test then she should." Schneizel advised. He was standing next to Jeremiah now. "But she doesn't have to take the job if she meets our Company's requirements."
Kanon frowned, his eyebrows twitching with irritation, but the look in Anya's eyes begged him to let her take the IQ test. "Fine…" The rose haired boy sighed deeply. "You can take the IQ test if you really want too Anya."
"Good," Schneizel commented, "If you don't mind Kanon, some other applicants are taking an IQ test tomorrow, so I think Anya should just go to that one."
"That's fine…" Anya said.
"Perfect."
Tuesday,
Kanon was sitting in the far corner of the break room. The clock on the opposite side started to annoy the pregnant man. Click, click, click… The time was going by unbearably slow, and it was starting to eat away Kanon. It's been an hour sense Anya had left to go take her three to four hour IQ test. He had almost changed his mind, but he couldn't do that to his new little sister. Her face showed no emotion, but her eyes were shinning like the glittering star in the midnight sky. He hopped that she would have changed her mind, but he knew somehow Jeremiah or maybe even Schneizel would try to change her mind. Jeremiah had personally gave Anya a ride to the Britannia Company head quarters, where the test was being held, and Schneizel had left early that morning to have a meeting with Milly and his father.
He hadn't meet Schneizel's father yet, and wondered if his golden haired lover had even told his father about their relationship. Kanon gazed helplessly ahead, what if Schneizel's father doesn't like me? The rose haired boy asked himself. What if his father makes him stop dating me, because I'm pregnant! Kanon sat his head down on the table gently. "Would he even believe that I was pregnant?"
"You're pregnant?" A new voice asked.
Kanon head shut up. He met rather light purple eyes, and an interesting smirk crossed the raven haired boy's face. "You're Lelouch." He said automatically without thinking.
"I recognize you." Lelouch crossed his arms and started his way towards Kanon. "You're the whore that had a one night stand with my dear older brother, Schneizel." He said Schneizel's name with utter disgust. "Did he make you pregnant, whore?"
"My name is Kanon." He snapped. "And no, he didn't have a one night stand with me."
"Hmm…" When Lelouch arrived at Kanon's table he put both of his hands on it and leaned into Kanon face. "I think this is the table." He mussed and perked up another smirk. "I'm guessing you know Suzaku, am I right?"
"What about him?"
"You know those rumors about this room and the candle? Because I thought it was fascinating what people can come up with. I mean, where's the evidence?"
"I haven't heard any of those rumors." Kanon tried not to lean in and chock the raven haired boy.
"Well then, should I tell you one?" Lelouch shifted his head to one side and moved in closer to the older male. "Someone had sex in here." He whispered.
"So?" Kanon rolled his eyes inpatient.
"And they lit a pretty strong candle to mask the smell; so no one would ever find out."
That was true about the candle being strong, Kanon admitted. "And?"
"That rumor was true." Lelouch crossed his arms again, and leaned back. "You are pretty. I can see why my brother wants to date you, but he'll soon grow tired of you."
"And?"
Lelouch raised a midnight eyebrow, "We were the ones having sweet sex in here."
"What?"
"Suzaku really enjoyed himself even though he wasn't all thrilled about it at first. Sad how a little pleasure changed the mind." Lelouch commented. "I hope they cleaned this table, because we didn't have time to grab a condom."
Kanon shut up from his seat and took a step away from the table. "That's just sickening!" He half screeched. "How could you do such a thing in public?"
"Because it's fun," that was Lelouch's simple answer.
"Lelouch what are you doing in here?" Schneizel was glaring had his little brother. "What are you saying to Kanon?" Lelouch shrugged and started his merry way to the door way.
"How about you ask him," Lelouch said, "Because I don't have to explain anything to you, big brother." The younger boy left without another word and Schneizel looked as if he was trying his best not to grab his little brother and yell at him.
"But he'll soon grow tired of you…" Lelouch's voice echoed into Kanon's head. He could feel the warmth of tears roll down his heart shaped face. Will he get tired of me?
Kanon had left home early. Milly had told him to leave, because he wasn't concentrating enough, which was probably an excuse to get him to go home and rest. Luckily, Schneizel hadn't noticed Kanon's uneasiness, which made Kanon feel a little better.
He watched his fingers dance on the kitchen counter. Anya should be arriving home soon for her IQ test… "Shouldn't she be home?" Kanon asked Schneizel, who had gone home early also.
The blonde laughed and said, "They grade the test right after you turn it in. It takes a while my dear."
"Don't call me that!" Kanon wanted to say, but didn't. Lelouch's words were still bothering him, but that wasn't the only thing ether. Who was that man next to Jun? The man wasn't a man though… because now that he thought about it the man looked more like a boy, and the boy's eyes reminded him of Schneizel and Lelouch's purple eyes.
"Kanon," a sweet breath blew over his senses. "What's bothering you?" Kanon moved slightly away from his blonde lover, but paused and moved his head back so it was resting on the other's shoulder.
"I was just thinking that's all."
"About what?"
"Nothing…"
"Hmm, are you wondering about Lelouch and Suzaku?"
No…"Um, yes I am wonder about those two."
Schneizel shifted his shoulders a little. "Care to share?"
"He just admitted to me that he had sex with Suzaku in the break room and that's about it."
"Well he forgot to mention that he had done that more than once."
"Really?" Kanon didn't move his head from Schneizel's broad shoulder. "They haven't been caught before?"
"No, I caught them once." Schneizel let's out a chuckle. "For two months Suzaku was embarrassed every time he bumped into me and Lelouch gave me death glares for a week."
"Wow."
"Yeah…"
"If Anya does well on this test are you going to hire her even though I don't want you to?" He could feel the vibrations of Schneizel deep chuckles.
"What makes you think that?"
"Because she might be useful to you, and you don't like when useful people walk away."
"True," the blonde mussed and began to play with a loose strand of Kanon's hair, "but I'm not going to make her if you don't want her to have the job." Schneizel gentle lifted Kanon's head away from his shoulder, "I think they're back."
Both of them sat up at the same time, walking over to the door to check if Anya and Jeremiah were actually at the door. Soon enough Jeremiah was at the doorway with Anya at his side with her dairy in her hands.
"How'd it go?" Schneizel asked before Kanon had a chance to ask. Jeremiah handed over a sheet of paper, which Kanon guessed was the sheet that showed Anya's score. With a startling jolt from Schneizel, Kanon wondered if the jolt meant she had done well or terrible. "I would never have guessed…" The blonde sounded astonished.
"She passed the requirements almost three times." Jeremiah said. "We need her."
"So it seems, so it seems."
Wednesday,
"Stop acting like you have a stick up your butt Kanon and smile!" Gino pointed right into Kanon's face. "Besides, I think this would be a good long term job for Anya."
"You only want her to be around you, because you have a crush on my little sister now." He growled back. "'Besides' I think she should wait when she's actually sixteen or even eighteen."
"That's not true." Gino was blushing. "I still like Suzaku."
"You can still have a crush on my sister even though you like Suzaku." Kanon explained. He stood up and started his way out of the break room. Gino followed. "I have to talk to my parents about this anyway."
"Do your parents even know you're pregnant?" Gino asked with a sly tone, "Because I think this would be a good time to get them up to date with the whole dumping Jun thing and now living with one of the richest people in the world."
"You're starting to be a monkey on my back, so stop it." Kanon informed with a soft hiss. "I'll tell them, sooner or later."
"It's not good to keep this from your parents."
"Thank you captain obvious!"
"I'm just trying to help."
"I know you're trying to help Gino, but can you please stop worrying about me." Kanon said with a sympathetic expression on his face. "Just worry about Suzaku's going away party tomorrow."
"Don't remind me." Gino sighed.
"Kanon, there's a visitor here for you." A female worker walked up to Kanon when they were next to the kitchen door. "He said it was an emergency."
"Did he tell you his name?"
"No, he just wants to talk to you."
"Can you do me a favor?"
"Yes?"
"Can you tell him I'm on my break, and casually ask him his name?"
"Sure." She nodded and walked away.
"Why are you being all cautious?" Gino asked, in a questioning tone. "Wait!" He exclaimed. "You think it might be Jun!"
"Be quiet." Kanon hissed. "I don't want him to hear you."
"Should we go back to the break room?"
Kanon snorted, "No, I'm going to go to Milly's office," He made his way in the kitchen. "He can't go up here without Milly's permeation, which he won't get, because I won't let her."
"Wouldn't she say no anyway?"
"I don't know." The auburn shrugged. As they made their way up stairs, they heard a clash sound in the kitchen below.
"Sir you can't be in here." One of the cooks yelled.
"Kanon, I'll go down and help out."
Kanon nodded and ran up the rest of the stairs as fast as he could. Once he was in the main hallway of the second level, he made his way to Milly's office. He could hear Gino's voice, mixed with the other voices of the cooks. "It must be Jun." Kanon decided, and then he paused. He knew I was going to go hide in Mill's office because customers can't go into the kitchen... Damn it!
"Kanon what's wrong?" Milly stood in front of him now, with Jeremiah waiting behind her.
"Jun is here..." Kanon blankly explained.
He heard Jeremiah growl in a low pitched tone, while Milly scrunched up her eyebrows. "The nerve of him!" She howled. "I'm going to kick his ass when I see him." She moved Kanon out of her way and went he marry way down the stairs. "Stay in my office with Jeremiah." She called back.
Jeremiah had a scowl on his face now. "Why can't he leave you alone?" He guided Kanon towards Milly's office.
He pushed Kanon gently into Milly's office. "I'll be right back." He said before shutting the door on Kanon.
"Sure I'll wait," Kanon whispered. "Just come back soon..." His heart rate began to go up. "What is this feeling? He touched the smooth wood door frame. "Why is there warmth when I see you? Do I love you? Or is this just a crush, like Gino has on my little sister?" His hand slide down the frame of the door, and watch it return to his side.
Thump, thump, thump, bash! Thump, thump...
Fighting?
Crash! Thump, thump, thump...
Should I look at see what's happening?
Bash!
"Kanon open this door!" Jun's voice was heard on the other side. Kanon didn't even flinch back when he heard his ex's voice. "Open it! Damn it!" He heard him grunt and walk away from the door.
Is he fighting someone?
"Kanon luck the door!" Jeremiah commanded.
Do I really want to lock the door?
Bang!
I should be the one fighting Jun!
Kanon opened the door, watching as Jun and Jeremiah throw punches at each other. Jun was bleeding, which didn't surprise Kanon. Jeremiah was the superior fighter. Jun's eyes snapped towards Kanon, and he swung at Jeremiah, but missed.
"Kanon!" He screamed, and started his way towards his beloved ex.
Kanon brought his hand out; his fingers curled into his hand, but kept his palm bare. When Jun was close enough his arm shut out and bashed his open palm into the other's nose. The auburn moved to the right to let Jun fall forward, his hands was now holding his fresh broken nose. Kanon walked towards Jeremiah and pulled the other into a hug.
Jeremiah hugged him back and asked, "Are you okay Kanon?"
"Yeah... I just feel bad that I broke his nose."
"How are you feeling?" Schneizel asked.
Kanon was lying on his bed with his arms crossed, hiding his closed blue eyes. "I feel like crap." He muttered, "But I feel a lot better also." The blonde lay next to his pregnant boyfriend and laughed.
"You feel bad that you hit him, but you feel better because you just let out a bunch of held in angry. Are you relaxed now?"
"Yeah... But I feel kind of tense now."
"Oh?"
Kanon heard the other move, so he uncrossed his arms. He meets semi purple eyes. He felt his boyfriend's blonde hair tickle the sides of his face. "What's this about?" He asked.
"I can help with your 'apprehension'." He pecked Kanon on the lips and moved back slowly.
"If you're planning on doing naughty things to me, you're wrong. Do you want Anya wondering what we're doing in here?"
"She doesn't have to know." Schneizel trailed his kisses down the other's soft neck and stopped at the conjunction of Kanon's shoulder and neck. "Are you afraid that she'll hear us?
"No, I don't want her to see us." He pushed Schneizel away and sat up on the bed. "We can't do these types of things when Anya is around, so please don't get yourself all hard, (Kanon means this literally) and why are you looking at me like that?"
"You're cute when you're trying to act all responsible." Schneizel kissed the other's jaw line. "Can't we just kiss?"
Kanon shock his head, "No, I would be teasing you, and I don't want that."
Schneizel sighed, "Kanon what you're wearing right now is teasing me."
"Oh..." Kanon looked down at himself. He was wearing rather short, shorts and a tang top covered his upper half. One of the straps was hanging seductively off his shoulder. "I'll change."
"No," he pushed Kanon back, "you're not. You're fine the way you are."
"But I don't want to tease you." Kanon whined.
"Don't worry." The blonde reassured, "I'll be fine."
"No you won't!"
*Click*
"Big brother Kanon what are you doing?" Anya was standing in the door way with her dairy out in front of her.
"See," Kanon hissed at Schneizel in a whisper, "I told her she would see us."
Thursday,
"Thank you everyone." Suzaku thanked. The party was coming to an end after three hours of standing around talking and saying good bye. Kanon was sad that the younger boy was leaving. Suzaku was one of the best part times servers in The Rouge. Gino of course was the saddest that he was leaving, but he was wearing his normal "I have to grin really big all the time" smile.
Milly was happy, but Kanon could tell that she was gloomy that Suzaku was leaving also. After Suzaku said his last thanks he went up to Kanon. "Can we talk?" He asked. He looked a little flushed.
"Um... Sure." The auburn said as he followed Suzaku towards that break room. Kanon asked once they arrived at the break room, "Is there something wrong?"
"It's about Lelouch." He began. "He told me that he told you."
"Yeah, and?"
"Please don't judge me!" He exclaimed.
"Why would I judge you? I really don't care who you have sex with," The older male explained.
"I just didn't want you to think I was a sex addict. Lelouch just likes... You know."
Kanon giggled slightly, "Please don't worry about it."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome."
Friday,
"Why did you do that?" Kanon exclaimed. He was walking around in circles in the living room. Schneizel was sipping tea on the sofa. "My parents don't need to be here! I don't want to tell them... Not yet anyway... I'm not ready to tell them!"
"I invited them over so we can talk about hiring Anya, but telling them that you're pregnant can be another topic we can talk about."
"I don't want to talk about my pregnancy. It's not even your baby!"
Schneizel sat his cup down and grabbed Kanon's wrist to stop him from running around in circles. "I don't care if I'm not the biological father, but I will be the father of your child."
"B-but Schneizel..."
"I don't care if the child looks like Jun, and acts like Jun. I will help you raise this child, even if I'm not its biological father. I will not leave you Kanon Maldini."
Yeah I'm done! T_T It took me the last three days to write this. I keep getting writers block, so I apologies for taking so long to write this. The next chapter won't take as long so I'll have that up within a week or so... I hope...
