∫ thirty-one;; voice. again.

[geassed]

Honey, I'm home!

Sorry to have kept you waiting; What was for dinner?

...If it's pizza again, I'll make my own meal.

[ooc; Lelouch is back home from a canon update. He was updated just after speaking to Orange, and thus still is unaware of Shirley's ... er ... circumstances

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[mybffcheesekun]

Pizza's in the kitchen, baby. Help yourself.

Where were you?

[geassed]

Ah, got called back to the home world for whatever reason.

....Pizza again?

[mybffcheesekun]

It took you long enough. [And C.C's going over to give him the obligatory kiss on the cheek for a welcome-home greeting, lazily glancing back at the dining table.]

It's probably not something you ate back in the home world. You could make something of your own.

[geassed]

I simply couldn't get away as fast as I'd have liked. [Offers her a somewhat tired smile, brushes off his shoulders. Traveling is dusty -- and, of course, exhausting.

He eyes the pizza on the table; usually, he'd be so sick of it but ... well, he's a bit too lazy to bother making something new. He'll have the damn pizza. So he steps towards the table, picking up a slice from the nearly full box.] So what have you and Rolo been up to in my absence?

[mybffcheesekun]

[C.C contemplates that, seeing his exhaustion before she sets a glass of water for him on the table. Her shrug is careless, easy, even as she says,]

It's been dull while you were gone. [At least...mostly. The doorbell rings then, and she goes over to answer it.]

[geassed]

Dull? [A small smile; of course, they missed him. Of course. He hears the doorbell, frowns.]

Who could that be at this hour?

OH GOD WHY IS HE DOING THIS

[killer_yo_yo]

[And the door opens for the second time that day. But this time it was for something a little more than pepperoni and cheese. He still carries a box with him, though, just for appearances.]

A delivery for a Mrs. Lamperouge? [Voice is monotone, and there's no expression on his face. It is a perpetual poker face that gives nothing away.]

BECAUSE GOD HATES HIM. AND BY GOD, I MEAN KENDRA?

[worldlike]

[Rolo frowns at the intrusion as he enters the room to see just who it is at the door.]

You're here again?

BY ALL RIGHTS I'M A PRETTY FUCKED UP ATHEIST, YEAH?

[killer_yo_yo]

[He ignores Rolo's obvious meaning, says in a deadpan tone:]

You ordered more pizza, didn't you? [Looking at the mother, not the son, for confirmation, he says] That'll be fourteen ninety-five.

AH, YOU HAVE ISSUES, BB.

[mybffcheesekun]

Ah, about time. [C.C spares Chikusa the faintest of smiles, before glancing back at Lelouch and Rolo, lying smoothly. She knows very well that the box is empty, but it's impossible to do anything with them so close.]

I called for another one for breakfast tomorrow. Let me get my wallet. [With that, she goes to retrieve her purse, slipping a note into the dollar bills.]

WHEN I'M GOD EVERYONE DIES~.

[geassed]

...Pizza ... for Breakfast? [Lelouch suddenly has difficulty swallowing that last bite of crust. He's no longer hungry.]

Really, don't you think we ought to have something else for a change? [He calls after her as she heads out of the room to presumably grab money. More cash, wasted.]

OH SHI --

[mybffcheesekun]

Why? [She calls back, shrewdly tucking the note into the bill before she goes back, pressing them into Chikusa's hand and lingering just a little longer than usual. Her eyes flick up to look him over, so very briefly.]

Pizza's not a bad thing to have.

>3

[killer_yo_yo]

[Ignoring the conversation between the family members, Chikusa takes the money. It's just a twenty, and Chikusa has the change for that in his pocket. He hands her the pizza, pockets the cash and the note, and thumbs off enough bills for change.]

Thank you. [He turns, heads back to the car, and reads the note on the way down the steps. He supposes he'll see more of her, if not the rest of them, very soon.]