A/N: Okay, there are two different endings. One is…sad *bows head and falls to the floor* DON'T HIT ME! The other is more like bitter sweet because people cry sad tears and happy tears. This one is the happy one! It's the next one that is sad.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
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We'll See Each Other Again
Suzaku struggled to smile as more people walked into his room. The sunlight came in from the open windows and lit up the tears in the people's eyes. He turned his head slowly as he watched an aged Nunnally hold his hand tightly. It had been a long been a long seventy years, but Nunnally had been there for all of them. He counted every year.
Suzaku felt tears come to his own eyes as Nunnally began to chuckle while sobbing. "Suzaku…" It had been sixty years since he had seen the face of his little Takumi. His ten year old son stayed imprinted in his mind even as Suzaku began to forget his friend from work. It had been sixty nine, almost seventy, years since he saw Euphemia. He remembered when Nunnally had first introduced them. He had become a bumbling idiot. Worse than he was already; it was a good thing that Euphemia wasn't a mean person. They had been together for five years before she died.
And lastly, he had lived eighty four years without Lelouch. There were times he thought that he wouldn't make it. When he just felt like giving up. But he was never alone.
Gino, the old dog, had stuck by him, along with his beautiful wife, Kallen. Hell, they were both in chairs next to his bed, holding each other's hands. Gino was crying and praying silently while Kallen, for all her feistiness and teasing, smiled at him kindly, calling him a fool. And Milly was there as well, still trying to keep Rivalz from getting too close while shedding her own tears. She had always thought that, since she was older, she would go long before him. It seemed that the ninety-six year old would have to watch as her best friend, whom she had always considered a younger brother, faded away. Suzaku, though he was in a bit of pain because of the IV attached to his arm, felt relax and at ease. And it was all because of the presence he felt to his right.
Suzaku tilted his head slightly upwards when he felt someone pet his hair. And he was greeted by Lelouch's beautiful face. Suzaku smiled up to the spirit with all his strength. He had been seeing Lelouch for at least a week now. He had been just about to sleep one night when something caught his eye. Lelouch had been looking out the window and Suzaku, wondering if he was hallucinating, called out to him. The raven had snapped his head to him in shock and asked if Suzaku could truly see him. They had talked every night since. They would talk during the day even after the other patients began to look at Suzaku like he finally cracked. It was only when Suzaku began to become weaker than what was healthy when they stopped speaking to each so much. Lelouch kept hushing Suzaku whenever he tried to speak, especially since he almost always fell asleep during their conversations. Yet Lelouch would make it up by petting his hair like he was doing now.
"He's…he's here…" Everyone in the room looked towards him before jerking their heads around. They began to believe him when he started to tell them that Lelouch had appeared to him. It had seemed like a ludicrous idea at first but then signs began to appear.
Suzaku smiled and raised the arm that didn't have an IV attached toward the pale ghost. Lelouch looked hesitant before grabbing onto the shaking arm. "Is…is it…time?" Lelouch felt a tear fall from his eyes as he gave a heartbreaking nod. He had to look away as Suzaku nodded towards him before turning back to everyone else.
"Th-this is…good bye…" As he began to close his eyes, he saw and heard as they all began to either shout or whisper objections. Kayli, Nunnally's daughter, even went as far as to grab and shake his hand roughly, asking her uncle to stay longer. He let the darkness envelop him as he heard and felt Lelouch step away.
The ghost himself was practically sobbing as he made his way to the complicated machinery that surrounded his beloved's bed. He knew which wires would do nothing, which would cause the entire room to fill with dangerous gas, which would explode and send them all into an inferno. Instead, he pulled a single wire, threw it to the ground, and watched as all the equipment in the room shutdown. There were a few yell of terror and anger as some of them ran away and others stuck firmly to a now dying Suzaku. A few smarter few began to look for the wire but Lelouch, not wanting to have to do it again, kicked the cord under some rolling tray. The poor ghost collapsed with his back to the bed as Suzaku began to thrash weakly with pained grunts. Lelouch brought his white clothed knees up to his chest and hugged them while burying his face in his arms. His unfeeling body ached with the need to help Suzaku escape the pain yet knew that this was for the best. Suzaku's life ran its course. His life could have ended much sooner but in a way that would have most certainly led him to hell. He only sobbed harder when he realized that the bed stopped moving and everyone was either screaming or crying.
A sob caught in his throat when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
He quickly twisted around and stared up at Suzaku as the idiot smiled down at him from his spot on the bed. Lelouch felt his face crinkle up as he began to cry harder. The raven then threw himself up to the now younger looking Suzaku who readily caught him in a bear hug. The force of the jump caused them to fall back onto the bed, right through most of the living people's bodies. "S-S-S-Suzaku!" Lelouch yelled as he continued to sob into Suzaku's chest. The brown haired ghost tightened his hold on his first love and cried his own tears silently. They stayed like that; surrounded by weeping people. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, a breeze swept through the room.
This caused the two reunited spirits to look up and towards the window. A blindingly white light shown through and seemed to beckon them closer. Suzaku stared down to Lelouch as he sat up and looked at him questioningly. The black haired ghost smiled and nodded his head towards the window while wiping away at the tears that were still leaking out. Suzaku grinned once more before moving to stand up. Lelouch followed after him as the brunette walked towards the bright windows. When they reached them, the two turned around and sat on the sill while looking towards the people crowding around the bed that held Suzaku's physical body. Lelouch leaned against Suzaku's shoulder and watched as they finally found the cord, plugged it in, and began to try and bring Suzaku back to them. The brunette himself felt a tug and flinched in surprise.
"Do you want to go back?" Suzaku looked down at Lelouch, smiled, and wrapped an arm around him. He then pressed a kissed to the raven's temple and breathed his scent in.
"No, I want to be with you now."
Suzaku then let them fall back and out the window.
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For a second, when he first opened his eyes, Suzaku was blinded by sunlight. He quickly sat up and stared at his surroundings in surprise. He was under a tree on a hill. The blue sky was dotted with beautiful looking clouds. Below, was what appeared to be a sea of sunflowers and, after twisting around a bit, a forest. When he looked down, Suzaku found himself in a white button up shirt, dark pants, and dark shoes. "What…?"
"Suzaku!" The brunette jerked around and was greeted by Lelouch running up the hill towards him.
"Lelouch!" Suzaku yelled as he stood up and ran towards Lelouch. The two met in a jarring hug that caused them to lose balance and roll down the hill that Lelouch had been struggling to climb. When they came to a stop and looked up, they were surrounded by towering sunflowers. "Suzaku…"
The brunette looked back down to the heavily blushing Lelouch and then realized just how close they were.
"Ah! Sorry Lelouch!" Just as he began to pull back, Lelouch wrapped an arm around Suzaku's neck and lightly tugged him closer while putting a hand on the young, tan face. "Lelouch…?"
"Sorry," Lelouch said as he stared at Suzaku's lips. "It's just that…when I was alive…" Lelouch pulled Suzaku closer; ever so slowly. "I had always wondered…what you would look like…" They were merely an inch away. "…when you were older…" Almost…there…
"Daddy!"
The two jerked away from each other and blushed heavily. Suzaku snapped out of his staring contest with Lelouch when he felt something heavy hit his back and caused him to collapse on the ground. When he looked up, he was slightly surprised to see his own green eyes staring back down at him.
"Takumi!?"
"Daddy! It is you! I knew it was!" Suzaku felt tears spring into his eyes before he grabbed onto Takumi and hugged him tightly.
"Takumi…" Suzaku said as he began to rock the two of them. "Takumi…I missed you…" The ten year old looked surprised before wrapping his own arms around his dad.
"Y-yeah Daddy, I missed you too. But I only saw you yesterday, ya know?" This caused Suzaku to jerk his head back and stare at the boy in surprise.
"Bu—but Takumi… I haven't seen you in at least sixty years!" Just as a confused Takumi opened his mouth, he was quickly cut off by two very familiar voices.
"Time flows differently here Suzaku."
"Yeah, so to us, it feels like only yesterday."
Suzaku jerked his head up and felt his jaw drop as he came face to face with two women in beautiful white dresses. Euphemia and Rin Kururugi looked down towards them with smirks.
"M-mother? Euphie?" Before he could get up completely, he was practically shoved to the side as Lelouch ran past him.
"Mrs. Kururugi! I mean Kururugis! I mean…it's good to see you!" Both Rin and Euphemia gave each other smirks before hugging Lelouch at the same time.
"Don't worry, Lelouch. We've known for a while."
Suzaku and Takumi could only tilt their heads and looked confused as Lelouch began to blush while looking mortified. "Daddy, what are they talking about?'
"I have no idea, Takumi." It was then, that Rin pulled away from the two siblings and turned to her son. She held out a hand, which Suzaku grabbed, before tugging her son into a quick hug.
"Come on. I'm sure everyone can't wait to meet you!"
"Who's everyone?" Suzaku asked as they were led out of the sunflower field.
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Suzaku collapsed onto the ground as everyone did the same. By everyone, Rin meant everyone. Suzaku never knew he had so many cousins and uncles and aunts and nieces and nephews and—god his head hurt trying to get them all straight. Plus he had to meet only some of Lelouch and Euphemia's side of the family. Tomorrow they would have to meet the rest.
He turned his head when he noticed that someone else was lying down next to him. Lelouch smiled back before extending Suzaku's arm and using it as a pillow. "What are you thinking about?" he asked as he got comfortable. Suzaku smiled and raised his arm up to push some stray hair away from Lelouch's face.
"Nothing much really. But…mostly how this all seems so unreal." At Lelouch's confused expression, Suzaku decided to expand on his meaning. "Like how, just what could only be a few hours earlier, I was ninety four and on my deathbed with my friends around me. And now I'm young and with my son and wife and…and you." Lelouch's eyes widened in surprise before a blush appeared on his smooth cheeks. This caused Suzaku to give a breathy chuckle.
The raven then nuzzled Suzaku's neck affectionately while pressing a smile full of happiness into the tan skin.
"Well you better get used to it, Mr. Kururugi because this will be how it will be for the rest of our eternities."
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Comments:
I actually don't really like the fact that I'm ending this fiction like this. I feel like I'm getting too religiously involved instead of focusing on the fact that it was supposed to help alert people to cancer. Hah, oh well. Next one is the one I consider a worse fate than going to hell.
