Chapter 8 – An Unwanted Guest
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or the characters!
Summary: Kanon meets some of Schneizel's siblings and learns a lot more than he planed too, and why is Jeremiah working for Clovis now? Kanon tried to ask why, but Jeremiah only walks away. Jun is no longer going to wait for an explanation from Kanon. He might just break into a house to get a few answers.
Warning: Swearing and adult content
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Monday,
Kanon was in a daze all morning. Gino was no longer there to snap out of it, and Milly was literally locked into her office with a party of the Britannian family. Schneizel was up there with her of course, but he wasn't the only Britannian there. Kanon had seen a few of his family members, which their looks surprised him, because none of them looked a like. He wasn't expecting them to all look the same, but all of them were so different!
One of the female siblings was a very broad, tall woman, who looked pissed off for some unknown reason. He also noticed that she slouched a little and her eyes projected boredom and pain of some kind. And then he realized that all of Schneizel's siblings all had one thing in common:
They all had purple eyes! The purple varied from each sibling, but all had the same tantalizing effect.
"Kanon?"
The rose haired man's eyes dilated back. "Yes?" He blinked a couple of times before he saw Milly in front of him.
"Schneizel wants you to join the meeting up stairs." She informed slowly. Kanon followed the blonde to the kitchen and up the stairs. "Kanon."
"Yes?"
"Don't have an outcry. I don't want them to think that I'm a terrible manger, because I can't control my employees." She sounded mournful and tired. Her eyes looked distant and plain. Once they were at the office door, she knocked softly and there was a familiar, "Come in." Kanon followed Milly in swiftly, not wanting to attract any unwanted attention.
"We can start again." A woman with her light purple hair that was wrapped on the top of her said quiet angrily; she had added a hiss at the end of her sentence.
"No Guinevere, we're not in a rush," Schneizel said in a semi-sarcastic tone. He then gestured towards Kanon, and pointed at the empty chair next to him. Kanon nodded slightly, walking over to sit on the empty chair. Guinevere, Kanon realized that she was the same woman he had seen earlier. She still wore that same bored expression.
"Nice to see you again, Kanon," Odysseus said. He was sitting on the other side of Schneizel. On the other side of Odysseus, Guinevere sat slumped over, while giving Kanon an annoyed look.
"Yes, it's nice to see you again, also, Odysseus." Kanon nodded towards the older male.
"Oh, so this is Kanon Maldini." A different female voice said. Kanon looked over to see who had said it. Another purple haired sibling in the family, but her hair was darker than Guinevere. She also wore a darker hue of purple lip stick, which to Kanon's surprise didn't stand out as much as he thought it would have. "I'm Cornelia Li Britannia."
"Um… Nice to meet you Cornelia."
"So this is your new little pet, brother." A male voice sneered. "How long are you planning to keep this one?"
"Clovis!" Cornelia hissed at the blonde next to her. Clovis had the same blonde hair as Schneizel, but his hair was a lot longer and was pulled back.
"It's alright Cornelia," Schneizel said smoothly, "Kanon is not a 'pet' Clovis. I expect you to show him some respect."
Clovis snorted, "I'll give him respect when he earns it from me."
"Enough of this!" Guinevere snapped, "I want this to be over soon."
"The Black Knights are a threat to us!" Cornelia snapped back at Guinevere. "What happens if we don't do anything about them, hmm Guinevere?" They could easily take us out of business if we're not careful enough."
"Plus Lelouch left without another word." Odysseus added. "Can we deal with that kind of loss at a time like this?"
"Isn't the Britannia Company thriving?" Kanon asked. Everyone in the room stopped to look at him. Clovis was giving him the, 'are you an idiot,' look.
"Yes the Britannia Company is thriving, but the company is facing a real challenge. "Cornelia explained.
"We can deal with the small businesses, but the Black Knights are not going to help us in the long run." Schneizel said. "We cannot afford to battle with another company when we have are hands tied somewhere else."
"What do you mean by that?" Kanon asked.
This time Milly stated to explain, "The Britannia Company has been trying to merge with the 'Chinese Dynasty' for years. If they do merge with the Chinese Dynasty, the Black Nights wouldn't be a threat anymore."
"The problem is that the Black Knights might want to merge with the Chinese Dynasty." Cornelia informed, "If that happens the Black Knights and the Chinese Dynasty would try to bring us down."
"Stupid Lelouch," Clovis snickered, "I bet he's behind the whole 'Black Knight' company."
"We cannot safely assume that." Schneizel said, defending his younger brother.
"Why are you defending that traitor?" Clovis said in an outrage of fury. "Why are you always on his side?"
"Now, now, Clovis. There's no need for this kind of conversation when we're trying to save our families company."
"That's it, I'm leaving!" Guinevere got up from her chair and made her way to the door. A man that stood on one side of the door followed after her.
"Guinevere you get back here!" Cornelia charged out of the office to follow her infuriated sibling.
"This meeting is over." Schneizel got up as well as Odysseus and Clovis.
"We should conduct a meeting with father next time." Odysseus said to Schneizel.
"Yes, we should." Schneizel agreed. "We should have this all figured out before next week.
"We shouldn't even have to worry about this." Clovis said crossly. "This Chinese Dynasty will not merge with the Black Knights. Are they even smart enough to know that the Black Knights could control the aspects of the market?"
"Stop being naïve. There is always a chance for opportunities to arise." Schneizel said to the longer haired blonde.
"The percentages are low for the Black Knights to even compete with us or with the Chinese Dynasty. There is no reason to worry about this matter." Clovis said, defending his ideals.
"The meeting is over," Odysseus interrupted, "We can talk about this when father can join is in an appropriate meeting and manner." The older male left the room without another word. Clovis followed the older siblings with a grunt towards Schneizel. His purple eyes meet Kanon's Safire ones. The eye contact gave Kanon goose bumps, so he shuttered away from the others poisonous glare.
"Don't mind him," Schneizel had his hands on Kanon's shoulders. He whispered, "You don't need his so called 'respect.'"
"Why did he call me your 'pet'?"
Schneizel began to hum. He turned the younger male so he was facing him. "I had lovers in the past, so Clovis decided to call them my pets." The blonde pushed a piece of auburn hair back behind Kanon's ear.
"He makes it sound like they don't stay as your lover for long… Is that why he calls them your pets, because you don't keep them for long?" Kanon's voice became shaky and uncertain. "Am I one of your 'pets' Schneizel? Are you just using me because you just find me interesting for the moment?" Schneizel lets out a sigh. He presses his forefinger and thumb on the bridge of his noise. "Tell me!" Kanon snaps at the older male.
"Kanon you shouldn't jump into conclusions," the blonde began, but the rosette just snarled back in discussed.
"You're using me aren't you?"
"I'm not 'using' you. I already told you that I plan to stay with you when you have your baby."
"I bet you're lying to me!" Kanon cried out. "You and Jun are both the same! You both just want to use me, because you just think that I'm just and emotional hot head that can't-" He clasped a hand over his mouth. He wished he could just grab the words he had just said and shove them back into his mouth and push them back down his throat. The rosette began to weep uncontrollably, falling to his knees as he did so. Large, clumps of round tears began to roll off his pale cheeks, hitting the carpet bellow him with an infinitesimal splash.
The blonde said nothing. His gaze was fixed on nothing but the floor space between him and Kanon. The younger male froze for a second when he felt something brush his hair. It's probably Schneizel's hand, Kanon thought. "Schneizel?" He barely chocked out.
"We're going home." The words didn't sound like a command, but just a statement with no hidden meaning behind it. Schneizel had bent over to take both of Kanon's wrists so he could pull him up. Kanon was resistant at first, but he gave up anyway; not wanting to be a thorn in the blonde's side. Once he was pulled up from his knees he felt the other's hand glide across his face. Wiping the access tears that had stopped running from Kanon's now swollen eyes; he gentle pulled the younger male towards the door.
"Schneizel, I'm sorry." Kanon whispered. He saw the other male nod, slowly and understandingly. Kanon's heart leaped a little when he saw Jeremiah waiting for them at the door. Was he there the whole time? Kanon thought with a gulp. Jeremiah gave him a blank look on his way out the door, but his oval orange eyes sparkled with thoughtfulness and…love? The rosette shivered unconsciously at the thought of Schneizel's subordinate loving an emotional pin head like him…although Schneizel liked him, and loved him…
Once they were down stairs and out of the building, the rosette was guided to a near by car, where a driver opened the door for Schneizel. He shut the door behind Kanon when they were both in the stationed car. His blue orbs followed the driver to the front of the car. Blinking, he felt more tears run down his face, but soon they were brushed off by the blonde's soft and careful fingers. Brushing across his tear stained checks the fingers glided down to his chin.
"I thought we were done crying?" Schneizel said as he lifted up the rosette's tearful face. The blonde's expression was kind and appealing, just like on the first day he and Kanon met.
"I'm sorry," Kanon sniffled a little bit, trying to hold back unwanted tears. "I'm so sorry." He felt the other let go of his chin so he could wipe away another stream of watery tears.
"There is no need to apologies to me." The blonde leaned in to whisper in the rosettes ear, "Everything is fine."
"B-but I compared you to Jun," Kanon half snapped, half chocked out. He coughed a little, leaning the other way so he wasn't coughing in Schneizel's direction. He tried clearing his throat, but something that was sitting in the back of his thin throat wouldn't come up.
"Do you need something to drink?" Schneizel asked, leaning to the other side of the car to open a side compartment and took a bottle of water out of it. He handed it to Kanon, who was still trying to clear his throat drastically.
"Thank you," Kanon coughed one more time before taking a large swig of the chilled fresh water. The water ran down his throat in one swallow swop, which gave the drinker goose bumps. He shivered a little, but he felt the lump in the back of his throat gone, and he was able to speck without having to clear his voice or sound like he was chocking. "Better..." He said.
"Good." He took the bottle back from Kanon and put it back into the side compartment. "How are you holding up?" He asked when he faced the rosette. Kanon nodded and replied:
"I still feel bad." He said. "But I know that you don't find it important anymore...something like that..."
"Don't feel like you are hurting my feelings because you compared me to Jun. You had the right to assume that I was treating you as one of my past lovers. But next time," He bent over to kiss Kanon on the check, "Don't listen to what Clovis says about me. He just wants you to get mad at me so you leave me. That is what he does when he's bored."
"What a stupid thing to do when you're bored."
The car stopped to a halt. Schneizel had to hold Kanon back so he wouldn't fly into the front seat with the driver. The rosette thanked the blonde for helping him, but he just received a peck on the lips before the driver came around to open the door for them. Once they were out the driver bowed and said, "Have a good rest of the day, Schneizel." He bowed towards Kanon and then walked back into the car, driving away without another word. He probably didn't know my name, Kanon thought. He let out a faint squeak when he felt himself being lifted by Schneizel bridal style towards that door.
"Schneizel put me down!" Kanon insisted. "I can walk on my own."
"Just relax." Schneizel cooed. Somehow he had unlocked the front door without strain or hesitation. Schneizel carefully swung the other in without hitting the door frame or door. "Just relax." He cooed again when Kanon began to struggle against his strong hold on him. Once they were in the bedroom he dropped Kanon on the bed and started to unbutton his shirt, keeping his purples eyes only on Kanon as he did so.
Kanon gulp in anticipation as he pushed himself up and moved back, so his butt was now on the soft pillows and his back against the head board. "You wouldn't- Not with Anya around and-"
"Anya left with Lloyd and Milly this morning." He let his shirt drop to the floor, showing off his firm, broad chest. "She's no longer staying with us." The blonde made his way on the bed. He kneeled on the opposite side of the bed starring hungrily at the other male.
Very uncharacteristic of him, Kanon thought. He gave a worried glance before asking, "You wouldn't make me if I didn't want it right now, right?"
"Of course," Schneizel unexpectedly licked his lips and went on all fours. He now looked like a tiger about to leap on a cornered prey, "But," he said giving another hungry expression, "with your legs spread open like that, it makes me want to take you right now."
The rosette blushed madly. He was embarrassed that had hadn't realized how sexually spread out his legs were in the first place. He gulped again and deciding to spread his legs even wider. Schneizel was going to take him if he wanted him too or not, so he might as well enjoy it, Kanon lets out a surprised yip when Schneizel grabbed his legs and pulled him down the bed. His work shirt was pulled some what up when he was forced down, exposing a patch of skin.
Kanon's arms were over his head. (His body natural wanted to grab onto something so he wasn't pulled down.) His heart began to quicken as he closed his eyes. He felt the blonde position himself in between his legs, and felt Schneizel hands rest of ether side of his head. The rosette opened his eyes lazily; once they were open he was staring into purple ones. Kanon's breathe hitched when he felt one of Schneizel's hands move down his neck, around the curve of his shoulder and hip, stopping at his thigh, where he began to caress it softly with sweet and nonaggressive.
"I thought you want to take me?" Kanon face was still red from his earlier embarrassment.
"It's all up to you." The blonde leaned in to kiss the upper part of Kanon's jaw. "So here are your choices," He said nipping at Kanon's left ear. "I ether get to skip the foreplay and just take you rough and hard or-" his hand that was caressing Kanon's thigh had moved over to play with the zipper on Kanon's work pants, "-get to take my time on you, making you wither in pleasurable agony and then take you rough and hard."
Kanon's blush became even darker when he heard the second option. Which one was he going to choose? Ether option was going to get him rough sex, which he was actually getting excited about. (This side of Schneizel wasn't regularly seen.) The difference between the two was the timing. The first option was going to get him to the rough sex faster, but he knew if he chooses the second option he would make Schneizel wait. And this waiting would make his body more "into it," so to say. If he made Schneizel wait he would make the other have to bottle up his wanting to "maybe" pound Kanon to the bed.
Kanon's blush became even more impossibly redder, but then a thought popped into his head. Schneizel wasn't the type to get all sexually worked up like this, there had to be a reason. He didn't seem to be stressed up at work, even though it wouldn't be natural to not to be stressed out from any type of work style. Clovis, Kanon thought! He's mad at Clovis and he's taking it out on me in a sexually way! "You don't want to do this to me. You're mad at Clovis for calling me one of your 'pets' and you want to take that angry out during sex!"
Startled, Schneizel moved back, staring at him with an astonished look on his face he replied, "I think you're right." He moved away from the other male and straightened himself up before he sat away from Kanon. "I'm sorry Kanon," he apologized while pinching the bridge of his nose. "I didn't realize that I was using you in that way…"
"It's okay…" Kanon sighed, leaning forward so he could grab onto one of the blonde's arms. "…I still want to do it with you, but I don't want you to take out your anger on me. I would like to be able to walk tomorrow." He couldn't help but snicker at the thought, "I really don't want to lie to my co-workers. They'll start worrying about me."
"I promise I'll be gentle with you."
Tuesday,
"Kanon you're going to be late for work if you don't wake up soon." The rosette felt something warm press down on his forehead, when he woke that morning. "Common sleepy head; wake up."
He let his eyes open slowly, feeling the warmth that was once on his forehead trace down his heart shaped face in a gentle manner. "Did my alarm turn on?" Kanon asked, letting his heavy lids close shut.
"Yes, you were out cold." The blonde chuckled, "I was gentle with you last night, right?"
Kanon nodded with a grin, "Of course you were."
"Good," Schneizel sounded relieved and tired. "Am I going to have to carry you out of bed?"
"No, but that does sound nice." The rosette picked himself up from the bed and grabbed his discarded underwear from the ground and puts it on. "Where did my uniform go?" Kanon looked around, finding that his uniform was no where to be found.
"I washed it last night when you pasted out. It's in the laundry room." The blonde informed, putting the last part of his outfit on.
"Oh," Kanon was about to leave the room, but was stopped.
"I'll go get your uniform, so you can go take a shower." The blonde left the room without saying another word. Kanon shrugged, seeing that Schneizel was only trying to get him into gear, so he wasn't late for work. He wouldn't be surprised if he was to arrive a little late that Milly would just make up some excuse saying that he should just stay home and rest, and not strain himself for the sake of the child that he was baring.
Once in the shower, he let the warm water drench his cool body. It was nice to feel the lukewarm drops hit his skin instead of sitting in a bath tube. Kanon heard the bedroom door open and the footsteps that could only be Schneizel's walking towards the bed. He then heard a knock from the bathroom door.
"Your uniform is on our bed." Schneizel informed. "Breakfast will be ready soon."
"Alright," Kanon made sure he said it loud enough for the other to hear. He heard the blonde leave the room shortly, hearing the bedroom door shut a few seconds later. Hmm, Kanon thought to himself, it feels like it's going to be a good day today.
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The day went by in a blink of an eye, but it wasn't until it was a few minutes until closing time when Kanon felt his stomach drop. A bubble of dread and anxiety formed in his stomach as he saw blonde hair enter the room. Blonde hair was usually a good sign for Kanon, because it usually represented Schneizel, his safety and shelter, and lately he had been extra carful when he saw Jun's dark colored hair come into the restaurant. Yet it was this time he feared blonde hair, because this blonde hair did not belong to Schneizel's. It belonged too: Clovis!
Clovis entered the door way with a pissed off expression that he knew oh so very well. Jun had a similar type of pissed off expression that could send shivers down any ones spin.
"Oh, hello Pet." Clovis hissed at Kanon at first glance. "It seems everything is okay between you and my brother." He stood before Kanon with a smug look on his pale face. "Too bad really, it was going to save you a lot of heart ache."
Kanon wrinkled his noise at the shorter boy. "Well I don't think that your lies are going to persuade me to break up with Schneizel." He retorted to Clovis with a hint of bitterness.
"Oh really?" Clovis puts his hands on his hips. "Are you sure they're not lies, because Schneizel did tell you that he did have 'pets' in the past, right? So what makes you think that you're any different from the rest?" Clovis reached up to grab a piece of Kanon's hair and pulled on it slightly so Kanon's head would move forward, "You are pretty, and it's too bad you're not my type."
"Excuse me Clovis," a hand was placed on Clovis's shoulder, "but we didn't come hear to flirt with your brother's boyfriend." Kanon pulled back as Clovis let the rosette locks fall threw his fingers.
"Jeremiah you're no fun." Clovis shifted his shoulder away from Jeremiah's hand. "I'm guessing Milly is upstairs." He said looking at Kanon. The rosette nodded, even though it was probably a question towards Jeremiah. "Remember Kanon, you are only a 'pet' to him." The blonde went on ahead without Jeremiah.
"Jeremiah…?"
The knight kept his eyes down, "Hi…Kanon…"
"Um, how are you and why are you escorting him around?" Kanon said trying to make conversation with his boyfriend's knight. Jeremiah yet again kept his eyes from Kanon.
"I'm fine…" He mumbled. He finally looked up at Kanon. His eyes expressed seriousness and worry. "I asked if I could work under Clovis for a while."
"Ah that's good…Wait…what?"
"I'm sorry…"
"Why are you being sorry for, and why are you working under Clovis now?" Kanon watched the orange eyed knight shack his head and start to walk off after the long haired blonde. "Jeremiah…? I don't understand what's going on…?"
"What's with the long face?"
"It's nothing I-" Kanon froze.
"Ah too bad, you usually do a good job hiding from me when I come in." The voice purred. Kanon felt a hand grasp his shoulder. He was still frozen to his spot; horror crept up and down his back bone.
"Jun…" The rosette was surprise to hear that his voice was even and strong willed. "…Why are you here?"
"Hmm, I wonder why?" He felt the hand on his shoulder squeeze him slightly before it left him. "You know you keep avoiding that question, and it's starting to get on my nerves, my dear Kanon Maldini."
"I'm sorry sir, but we're closing in a couple of minutes." A co-worker walked up to Kanon and Jun. Her arms were crossed when she stopped in front of him. "Could it be that you're Jun?" She asked the dark haired male with a bitterness that could make anyone jump back. Her eyes looked at him like daggers.
"And if I am?" He asked. Letting out a snort of annoyance, he stepped away from Kanon. "I still want an answer from you, and I will get it." Jun jaws snapped closed, walking out as fast as he could.
Kanon relaxed for a moment, the co-worker who just saved him from Jun's clutches was someone he'd never seen working today, or maybe he just didn't notice, but she had to be new. He'd never seen her around until now. "Thank you for saving me…but I don't know who you are." She did not wear a name tag, and she only wore half of her uniform, as if she was in the middle of putting it on, or maybe even in the middle of taking it off.
"My name is Elizabeth Maria Feliciano." She bowed towards the rosette. "I'm an old friend of Schneizel's. He asked me to protect you from Jun if he ever came when you were working. From now on," she said with a grin on her face, "I am the eyes on the back of your head."
"Elizabeth I um-"
"Please, just call me Feliz." She laughed out loud with no worries, "I know it's a strange name, but everyone seems to remember it well." She turned to the kitchen door. "Wait here, I'm going to take you home in a minute."
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Elizabeth Maria Feliciano, Kanon thought as he watched Feliz talk on the phone with Schneizel when they got into a car. She was a very beautiful woman, and looked very young for her age. She looked like she was nineteen instead of being a year younger than Schneizel, who is twenty seven. He had gotten this information when she explained to him how Schneizel and she had met.
Feliz's face was framed by her very light brown hair. Anyone could have thought she was a dirty blonde, but she would have informed them that she was nothing but a brunette. Feliz liked blonde hair, and she had nothing against it, but she never liked the thought of herself as a blonde. The thought would just eat at her from the inside. She admitted that it was weird for a person to feel that way towards a hair color, but she said she didn't really care what people thought of her. She had a slight wave in her hair which was masked by unnatural curls that took the first few layers. Her eyes were a gentle green. Not too bright and not too dark.
Her size was a different story. It did not match her outer voice. She was rather small for someone who could voice themselves as well as she could. Kanon had to really think about this. She wasn't a tiny person, but she wasn't very muscular ether. She had a slight curve to her body, but at the same time someone could tell that she worked out. Feliz had that feminine look, but she also looked like someone who could defend herself very well.
"Okay we'll meet you back at your house, talk to you later. Bye." She hung up the phone and sat it down on her lap. "He's coming home early." She informed with a smile on her face. "I'm sure you feel like I'm your body guard or something."
"Um…Yes, it sort of does." Kanon admitted. "Thank you for saving me from Jun. It's hard for me to know what to do when I'm around him now. I feel as if he's unpredictable…"
"Hmm," Feliz started to play with a curly strand of hair. "I think we all feel like that towards certain people." She said, sounding very reassuring. "Sometimes it's for the better or for the worst."
"Why would it be for the best if someone was unpredictable?" Kanon shot her a confused expression, which only deepened her already smiling face.
"Did you every known someone who was so unpredictable that you thought it was fun to try to figure out what that someone was going to say or do next?" She explained. Her eyes expressed that she was going through a few memories of her past. "I guess it doesn't really matter." She said letting go of the strand of hair she was twirling around. "Not everyone goes threw the same events in life. Hence the reason why we're all so shaped differently."
"You think a lot, don't you?"
She winked at him playfully, "Yeah, my doctor told me to try to stay at one thought for more than two seconds." She laughed at her self and said, "Just kidding, but that sounds about right. Anyway," She cleared her voice, "Don't feel like I'm your body guard, okay? Like I said before; just think of me as the eyes on the back of your head."
Kanon nodded, feeling a little at ease now. The car stopped suddenly to a halt. Luckily their seatbelts kept the two passengers from flying around in the vehicle. The driver hissed in irritation as he rolled down the window to yell out, "Are you some sort of idiot? Seriously who jumps in the middle of a road when a car is coming?"
"I wonder who it is?" Feliz's had cat slit eyes, and her voice gave out suspicion and curiousness. Her fingers curled into her palm. She looked like she was ready to jump out of the car and pounce.
Kanon rolled down his window without another thought, and peaked out. A woman with long green hair stood in front of the driver's window. She turned her head towards Kanon, and her pupils dilated as she looked at him. "Kanon…" She mouthed.
"It's you…!" Kanon remembered that he had met this woman before at his work. She had warned him that Jun was mad at him. "Why are you…?"
She looked at him with a monotone stare. Her eyes expressed nothing, as if they were emptied out by someone. "Kanon Maldini, I would watch out if I were you." She blinked a few times before she turned away from the car, leaving without looking if a car was coming from the opposite side.
"Do you know her?" Feliz looked like she was about to jump out the car, but the driver started to drive again.
"Crazy woman," the driver muttered to himself.
"She came to my work before, and told me that Jun was mad at me, but I…"
"She must be crazy," Feliz concluded, "Does she even know Jun?" She asked crossing her arms. It seemed to calm her down a little. Kanon shrugged and said:
"Jun's never told me about her." Kanon explained, trying to remember if there was a time when Jun explained the greened haired woman, but nothing came to mind. "I wonder what she means by that…"
"She's just crazy!" Feliz completely ignored what Kanon was saying. "Seriously, who runs around without some sort of flashlight at this time of day? And how did she know that you'd be in this car?"
"You give her too much credit," Kanon sighed, "No one rides in these cars unless they're from the Britannian Company. She most of found out which one is Schneizel's and-"
"But how did she know that you would be in this car? You're not part of the Britannian Company, and no one knows that you're dating Schneizel. The Britannian family likes to keep their social lives in secret, so knowing that you're even apart of Schneizel's life would take some undercover work." Feliz explained. "Unless…"
"Unless what?"
Feliz looked at Kanon seriously and shockingly cold, "Unless someone in the Britannian family told her."
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Kanon sat in bed, while Feliz and Schneizel were talking down stairs. He wasn't in the mood to talk about the woman with the green hair, or what Jun had said to him at the restaurant. Jun had sounded determined to get that answer out of Kanon, and the rosette was sure that by now Jun would probably do just about anything to get that answer. What if he did run into Jun alone with no protection from Schneizel or Feliz? What would he tell Jun? The truth? No then Jun would probably go to court and pled to get some sort of custody over their child. Kanon didn't want that at all! Jun had to stay out of his life, not wiggle back in it. Maybe he could get a restraining order against Jun…
How would he get a restraining order on Jun anyway? It's not like Kanon could really prove that Jun was intentionally going to The Rouge to talk to him. It wasn't like Jun was stocking him ether…
He heard Feliz voice. Her voice was strong and well collected even though she was yelling. Did Schneizel say something that disappointed her? Kanon wouldn't really know. The woman was still unclear to him. He decided just to stay put, listening if he could catch what she was rambling on about. Her voice had become softer as if she knew he was trying to listen in on her and Schneizel's conversation.
"What ever…" Kanon just laid back in his bed. He let his eyes close, and his mind drift off to his subconscious…
Wednesday,
Kanon felt the bed move before he realized that he had fallen asleep. How long had he been asleep…? Five…ten minutes, or one or two hours…? His eyes shot open as he turned to look at his digital alarm clock. "Holy…!" His eyes bugged out even more. "Why is it twelve in the afternoon?"
"Don't worry I called in and Milly was happy to give you a day off from work." Kanon turned angrily at the blonde, who was sitting on the other side of the bed. "You were so tired that you slept through your alarm clock." He smiled warmly, saying, "I just got back from a meeting."
"Damn it…!" Kanon removed the unwanted covers away from his body, "I'll just work for…!" The rosette gasped as he was pulled into Schneizel's ready parted lips. "Schneizel…!" Kanon pulled away as long as possible. "You can't just keep telling Milly to give me time off of work! I'm only been pregnant for a few weeks. The baby isn't affecting the way I work."
"But the way you work is affecting the baby." Schneizel sighed and kissed Kanon's check. "Stop worrying about work all the time. Besides, Jun doesn't know where you live, so he can't bother you if you're at home with me."
"But-"
"Just let the stress leave your body. Just relax today."
"Oh fine…!" Kanon huffed out. "But only with one condition."
"And what condition is that?" The blond said coolly.
"You have to take me out for lunch…well breakfast."
"I'm fine with that," Schneizel gave a short nod of approval. "Where would you like to go?" He lazily started to play with a loose strand of Kanon's hair. "We can go anywhere you want."
"You know, now that I think about I'm really craving Strawberry funnel cake…with honey!" Kanon then added, "Pickles sound really good also." Schneizel could only laugh. It was a hardy laugh, a sweet pure hearted one.
"I know a good breakfast place we can go to." He kissed Kanon on the check one more time before getting off of the bed. "We'll leave when you're done getting ready."
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Kanon was surprised to say that the restaurant they went too looked well normal. It wasn't for the rich or for the famous, but for everyone that wanted to have a good hardy breakfast. Even Schneizel looked normal. He didn't wear is regular clothing that expressed his higher power. Another thing that surprised Kanon was the he actually got what he wanted at the restaurant! He got his strawberry funnel cake, honey on top, and pickles on the side. The server didn't even seem surprised that Kanon wanted something like honey on his funnel cake.
Now that he thought about it, it wasn't as weird as he thought. Honey was a common sweet that people wanted to use on food. People used honey for chicken and…he couldn't come up with a list since Schneizel was looking worriedly at him.
"What?" Kanon asked.
"You looked like you were thinking hard. What were you thinking about?"
"Oh nothing," Kanon slightly laughed, "I was trying to list a bunch of food that people usually use honey with." The blond raised an interested eyebrow.
"What did you come up with?"
"Oh just chicken," Kanon couldn't help but laugh at his own simple mindedness. "What made you think of this restaurant anyways?"
"One of my sisters owns this restaurant." He said. He watched Kanon as he waited for some sort of reaction from the other male.
"I've never heard of this restaurant before. It can't be a chain restaurant, correct?"
"Yes, Euphemia felt that this restaurant didn't need to be a chain restaurant." Schneizel explained. "She finds that more people want to go to this restaurant because it isn't a chain."
"What's Euphemia like?" Kanon asked.
"Well I think you would like her. She's Cornelia's little sister." Schneizel added, "She's very optimistic, and likes to compromise on everything that can be compromised."
"Oh…how is Cornelia anyway?"
"She's doing fine. She's just a little tired of Clovis right now." The blond explained. "I think everyone is a little tired of Clovis, but what can I say? At least he's trying to get his point across."
"But his point is not to worry about the Black Knights, but you insist that they will merge with the Chinese Dynasty. Why do you keep letting him fight for something that's probably wrong?"
"I think there's a high chance of them merging," he corrected the auburn, "There needs to be some sort of arguments between our own company. It makes us stronger, but I will admit that these arguments are half of our down fall."
"Here's your food." The server made his way to their table. He handed Kanon his funnel cake and Schneizel's pancakes.
"Thank you." Schneizel thanked the server. The server only nodded and turned away. "I hope you enjoy your food." He half snickered, "I don't think I've ever seen anyone want that kind of a combo before."
"I'm guessing you've been around pregnant woman a lot?" Kanon toke a bite of the funnel cake and couldn't help but smile in delight, "Because the only person I've been around with who was pregnant was my aunt, and boy was she hungry all the time."
"Hmm I have to say yes, but it wasn't as if I was around many different pregnant women, but maybe a couple that I knew very well." Schneizel added, "It was usually my step mother's… Hmm maybe it was a few friends I knew back a couple years ago…" Kanon giggled a bit.
"I don't think I've ever seen you so caught up in your thoughts before." The rosette commented with a smile on his face.
"My thoughts are not always clear to me." The blonde admitted. "But we all have those moments." He smiled sweetly towards the rosette.
Thursday,
Kanon watched cautiously as he walked into work. He didn't know if Jun would be there or not, so he entered the kitchen quickly without looking back. One of the cooks gave him a worried look while the other one rolled his eyes. The rosette ignored both as he walked up the stairs to Milly's office. He then wondered if Feliz was here also, since she was going to be his new 'eyes'." He jolted back as he heard someone yell. He slightly covered his ears when he reached Milly's office door. She was defiantly the one yelling, but who was she yelling at?
He knocked vigilantly. He heard Milly stop yelling and heard someone stumping towards the door. The door opened without a sound, and Milly emerged with a pissed expression across her face, but soon changed into a warm smile when she noticed it was Kanon.
"Oh…Kanon you can come in." She gestured him into the office. Kanon looked around, but no one could be found in her office. "Sorry if you heard me yelling. I was talking to Lloyd on the phone, which reminds me I just put him on hold…" She sighed and walked to her desk.
"Oh…" Kanon just stood next to the now closed doors. "What did he do?"
"Nothing…" Milly sighed again before picking up the phone and putting it up to her ear. "I will have to call you back." She said and the hung up before Lloyd could answer back.
"Is everything okay, Milly?"
"Nothing that you need to worry about, Kanon," Milly said mildly, "How was your day off yesterday?" She said trying to change the subject.
"Schneizel took me out for breakfast and we spent the rest of the day at home and..." He trailed off because he found himself caught off guard by Milly's gentle smile. Her eyes looked mournful, but her smile had warmth to it.
"I'm happy for you Kanon." She said as if she was going to cry, but no tears left her eyes. "I really hope your relationship with Schneizel lasts longer than when you were with Jun. Don't let the things you feel for Schneizel scare you away. He's good for you, and you're good for him."
Kanon blushed, "Well all I know is that Schneizel wants to help me raise my child, but what if the relationship goes sour or I can't take the pressure when we move up in our relationship?"
"You practically live with him already." Milly pointed out. "Let me tell you something Kanon. He's no longer staying at his family's mansion. He's living in your house with you. That step you were so afraid to take with Jun is a step you've already taken with Schneizel."
"I guess you're right..."
"And," Milly went on, "he takes the time to make sure that you're well rested, that you're not working all the time. He makes doctor appointments for you, he makes sure he's not getting into your private space, and that protection that he gives you is not too overwhelming you." She sat down in her desk chair and closed her laptop. "Everything he does for you are given a second no third look through before he goes with it. He cares deeply for you, Kanon. Don't scare yourself with you relationship issue."
"I get your point." Kanon felt a little guilty from what Milly had just said. Schneizel cared deeply for him. Would he be the one to destroy it will his habits? "Thank you for telling me that..."
"I'm your friend Kanon, that's what friends do for each other." She shifted in her chair, while her eyes flicked to her door. "Now if you don't mind. I have a meeting with a certain twit." She grumbled.
"Clovis?"
"Yes," she sneered, but it wasn't towards Kanon. "I don't understand why he needs to keep talking to me. I wonder if he's trying to get me fired or something. I would actually like you to leave before Clovis has a chance to say something crude and uncalled for to you."
"Right." Kanon left the room without another word. Clovis stood in front of the door with Jeremiah by his side. Clovis didn't say much. He only gave Kanon a frown and entered the room without saying anything to the rosette.
"That's...weird..." Kanon commented as he went down stairs. "He usually says something to me..." He nearly shirked when he felt his arm being pulled back. He was about to leave the kitchen also.
"Kanon Jun is here." Kanon realized that it was one of the cooks who pulled him away from the doors. "Don't worry; I think Elisabeth is taking care of it..." The rosette nodded and the cook let his arm go.
"Thank you..."
"I don't like Jun, that's all. He doesn't deserve the right to bother you like this." The cook explained.
"Um...thank you." Kanon said again, but the cook just shook his head.
"You're not an employee so you can't come back here!"
Kanon flinched, that was Feliz's voice!
"Milly said this might happen." The cook muttered. "Kanon get in the back. No one will ask why." The cook pushed him to the back of the kitchen and into the far back corner, where they cooked the bread and pizza. "Bastard..." He stomped back to his normal place. Kanon heard the cook cuss again. Was Jun in the kitchen already?
"Do you want me to call the cops sir?" Feliz said with a stern, even voice. "You know you're not supposed to be back here, so leave before we kick you out of this restaurant for good."
"We should just ban him right now." The cook said. "He knows better."
"Common guys can't you give me a break. I'm just trying to find my ex. He's keeping a very important answer from me and I would like it to be answered as soon as possible." Kanon could tell that was Jun. His voice sounded different. Maybe he had a cold or something...
"Milly doesn't want you here." The cook informed Jun. "She doesn't like people causing trouble to our staff. Do you understand or is your brain too dumb to process something like that?"
Wow, Kanon thought, He really doesn't like Jun, does he?
"That's not very nice of you to say to a customer."
"You're not a customer. You're an unwanted guest."
"Whatever," Jun snickered, "I'll just have to get him some other time."
Kanon heard the kitchen door swing open and then shut. He heard someone walk towards him quickly. "Are you okay Kanon?" It was Feliz with her eyes looking worriedly at him.
"I'm fine. I didn't even see him." Kanon explained to the short female. Feliz sighed and pinched her nose. "I don't even know the guy, but he already pisses me off." She said with a hiss. "I can't stand people like him. He thinks he's better than everybody."
"He's gone now, Elisabeth. Let Kanon work in peace." The cook was right behind Feliz with his hand on her shoulder.
"Right," she said walking away from Kanon's hiding place. "I think it's safe."
"Thank you...both of you." Kanon murmured. He knew the other two didn't hear him, but he could hardly care. He was just thankful that there were people here to protect him from the evil clutches of Jun...
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It was nauseating to think that he would have to face Jun tomorrow at work, but then again maybe Milly would just kick him out for good. She had a good reason too, because he wasn't there to sit down and eat food. He was after Kanon... He wished that Jun would be forever banned from The Rouge for good! Then it would be one less place he could worry about seeing Jun.
A jolt interrupted his thoughts.
"Kanon, we're here." The driver said with a smile, "Do you have a lot on your mind sir?"
"Umm yes, but its okay now." Kanon nodded and opened the car door. "Thank you." He thanked.
The driver just shook his head. "It's my job Kanon. There's no need to thank me."
"Well thanks anyway." Kanon smiled back at the driver.
"You're a very kind person Kanon." The diver smiled back. "I wish more of Schneizel's family members were like you."
"If people were more like me we would have problems." Kanon laughed uncomfortably.
"How so?" The driver was confused on Kanon's comment.
"I'm not as perfect or nice as you think." Kanon admitted. "If you really knew me," the rosette began with a sigh, "you would know I have a relationship complex that pisses off ever other ex I've ever had."
"Not everyone's perfect." The driver said, "Well anyway, Schneizel told me to tell you that he was going to run late tonight. There was some meeting with his father and such. He wants you to call Elizabeth or even me if you have any problems."
"Um thanks..." Kanon sighed, "I'll make sure I lock up when I go inside."
The driver nodded, "Yes I think that would be a good idea."
"Yes...I'll see you tomorrow." Kanon shut the door and waved good bye as the car drove away. "I'm hungry," the rosette commented, "I wonder if we have anything good to eat here...since Schneizel ether cooks for me or takes me out to eat." He made sure he locked the door behind him and started to make his rounds around the house. He would feel safer if all the windows on the main floor were locked.
Once he checked every window he walked back into the living room and into the kitchen. The fridge to his surprise was full of food. There was even a plate wrapped in plastic in there. He reached for the plate, realizing that his name was written on a note that was attached to the plastic. It read:
"Dear Kanon, I made this for you so you didn't have to worry about making yourself something to eat. It should have a good amount of vitamins and minerals you and the baby needs. I also scheduled an appointment for you for next week to go to and see the doctor. I want to make sure that the baby is growing on track, even though it's only been a couple of weeks. I want this baby to be strong, so make sure you eat everything my dear Kanon. Love Schneizel."
Kanon couldn't help but smile, but he couldn't ignore the fact that he felt guilty. He didn't deserve this…but then what Milly had said to him earlier made him change his mind. Schneizel needed him as much as he needed Schneizel.
The rosette flinched when he heard a noise coming from above him. Did he just hear footsteps? His heart dropped when he heard the noise coming down from the stair way. Did someone break in the house? But he had checked all the windows…He ducked behind the counter, keeping his body as close together as possible.
"Kanon I know you're in here."
Kanon froze. That was Jun's voice! How did he get in here?
"Oh how cute." The voice was on the other side of the counter. "So you are going out with that Schneizel guy, and well you look at that you're pregnant also. I wonder who the father is." Kanon guessed that Jun had a smug look on his face. "Well it's ether my baby or you were cheating on me with this rich punk. You're not the type to cheat, so I think it's my baby. It would explain why you left so suddenly. You would do that too. You're not the type who wants to commit to something. I don't know why you're always afraid of opening up to people. It's really a down fall, because you're such a lovely person." The voice moved away from the counter and into the living room. "You have a nice house. I noticed that you have all your clothes here, and that he only has a few outfits here. Does he not live here? It's kind of a big house for one person to live in."
Kanon breathed out silently. What was he going to do? His cell phone was in his bedroom, and the nearest phone was next the fridge. What if he moved and Jun saw him?
"You know that new lady at your restaurant is starting to annoy me. I mean she's always in my way. I just want to talk to you Kanon, why are you hiding from me?"
Because you're psycho!
"It really breaks my heart that you won't tell me if you're having my baby or not. Does it make a difference if it's my baby? Oh wait it does!" Kanon put a hand over his mouth when he heard something shatter. Was that a lamp he just broke? "I want to help you raise our child Kanon! It's a right I have as the father!"
Kanon gulped and started to make his way towards the phone. If Kanon was right Jun had started to walk in an area that was impossible to see if someone was in the kitchen. He snatched it and hissed because he felt that he was making too much noise. Once he was back to his original spot he stared at the phone. Should he call Schneizel? No, because what if he couldn't pick up because of the meeting? He had to call Feliz! She would help him. He punched in the number quickly and put the phone to his ear as it began to ring.
"Kanon is there something you need?" The blond had picked up the phone the second it started to ring.
"Jun is in my house…" I said slowly and quietly.
"Kanon I can't hear you….can you speak up?"
"No…"
"Okay, then…hmm okay so I'm guessing you're in your house…did someone break in? Oh my God! Did Jun break in? I'll be right there Kanon. I'll call the police in a second okay? I'll be there in a few."
"Thank you…" I sighed. He flinched when he heard something break again. It was closer than he thought it would be since Jun was further away…or was he? Did Kanon miscalculate where Jun was? And if he did, how did that happen? He heard footsteps going back in to the living area near the kitchen. Feliz will be coming soon, so don't panic Kanon! Kanon held his breathe as the foot steps stopped at the kitchen counter again.
"This is starting to piss me off Kanon." Jun hissed. Kanon heard the other male pick up the container and chucked it somewhere in the house. Kanon covered his mouth as he shrieked when he heard the container hit another lamp in the living room.
How many lamps is he going to break? Kanon thought but he froze when he heard Jun move into the kitchen more.
"Do you think I'm stupid, Kanon? Did you really think that I wouldn't notice the phone missing? Who did you call Kanon, the cops? It doesn't matter…they won't get here on time." Kanon's heart stopped. Jun was in front of him, looking at him with an insane smile that was kept growing sickly across his pale skinned face. Kanon gasped, looking at Jun more clearly. He had rings under his eyes. There were dark circles that consumed the out parts of his eyes, and his eyes were shot red. These were all symptoms of him not sleeping or resting properly.
"Jun…" Kanon started to pity Jun. The darker hair male had started to go crazy all for one reason: To find out if Kanon was holding his child.
"Don't look at me with your phony sympathetic eyes of yours!" Jun spat at him. "You're the cause of this suffering! Why can't you just tell me?" Jun looked like he was ready to cry. His fists clinched so tightly that his knuckled became white. "How could you do this to me? I loved you…I still love you and you left me as if what we had was nothing! You tried my out like a pair of shoes and decided that you didn't like to wear me anymore and threw me out like garbage! Kanon you're better than that! I know you're better than that!"
"It was all one sided…" Kanon whispered, but Jun heard him.
"How can that be? Couldn't you just have told me that you didn't love me anymore and moved on without having some rich bastard take you away from me? Was it fair to do that to me? Was it, Kanon?" Jun lifted his arm up and swung it to his side, but he had noticed that Kanon had flinched from his action. "I'm not going to hurt you Kanon…you're pregnant, and I would get into more trouble if I hurt you and the child you're holding." Jun sat down next to Kanon and put his hands over his face. "I would be just falling into that ass holes trap…he just wants me to stay away from you forever…I can't have a restraining order…I just can't…"
"You broke into my house…doesn't that give me a right to give you a restraining order?" Kanon sighed, and finally relaxed his body. "Can't you see that I'm bad for you? I just keep breaking your heart over and over again, and I try to push myself away from you. Doesn't that give you a reason to stop loving me…? I've hurt you so many times and yet you just keep on loving me even though I don't love you back…"
"Love blinds all…" Jun laughs into his hands. Kanon saw a tear drop from his chin and onto his pants. "Can't you see that I just want to help you raise the child that might be mine? Is it so bad for a father to want that responsibility?"
"Love sucks…" Kanon said and added, "I don't want you to help raise this child even if it's yours. Schneizel is in my life right now, and he wants to help raise it as much as you do."
"It's not fair…" Jun sobbed.
"Life isn't fair…" Kanon closed his eyes with a bitter sigh. "You should probably leave before Feliz gets here. She'll probably kill you if she sees even a strand of your hair…"
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Geez the "T's" I used as a line break for the last chapter didn't even show up, so now I'm just going to write in "line break" when there's a line break. This is getting annoying! Rawr! Sorry if there is any confusion when reading any of my past chapters… I'm going to go back to my past chapters and fix grammar errors and put in "line break," where there's a line break. Hopefully it'll make the story less confusing.
Sorry it took so long for me to write this chapter. My sister had bought Trauma Team over the summer and we ended up beating the game in four days :P By the second day I really wanted to write a fanfiction, so I did.
I'd also lost interest in the story for a few weeks, so I didn't want to write the chapter… And when I wanted to start writing the chapter again, but then I got a job, and now that takes about ¾ of my life and school takes the other ¼… It sucks because I really want to write more, but I don't have the time anymore… I'll try my best to write chapters faster and more efficiently in the future.
I had hoped that I was going to finish this chapter before the New Year, but I didn't want to rush through and have all these unnecessary grammar errors. So I think this is a good way to start the New Year in February xD
I really hope my readers like my "Feliz" character. I really wanted some random character who acts like she has bi polar disease or something. xD Comic relief, right? I really like the "WTF" moments in my story, so I'm apologizing for my randomness in my story. I can't really help it…
Cornelia: *sniff, sniff*
Me: What's wrong?
Cornelia: It's…it's just so beautiful! *Runs out of the room*
Me: I don't understand! Come back! *Runs after her*