BACKUP: series of Unlikely events: story 2

[karumachan]

Time for the second story, which i had already posted up on FF.net and am now posting up here

beware it's Suza/Lulu

Code Geass: A series of unlikely events
Story 02: You may kiss the bride!
Summary:
Milly is bored and decides to have a wedding festival and guess who are goign to get married! =D
Category: humour, romance
Warnings: of course yaoi
Status: Complete, plus three bonus stories

you can always read it and review through FFnet..
which can be found here

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4117561/3/Code_Geass_A_series_of_unlikely_events

the last two bonus chapters are set in R2



Story 02: You may kiss the bride!

“Wedding festival...?”

The Japanese asked as he put down his pen on the table...
On the other end Milly nodded as the rest of the council looked at her with surprise and yet shock...
Because the student council president had made up another plan... one that would most likely end up with torture for the others...

“Uhn! Wouldn’t it be fun to have a wedding?”

She said as she placed her hands on the table... not only forcing everyone to pay attention but to also show her enthusiasm for the idea...
Somewhere in the back Lelouch sighed...

“I think that will be going too far over our budget... Kaicho”

He quietly complained and Milly placed her hands on her hips as she yelled at him...

“You always have to ruin my fun... since when do we have a budget for our own parties?”

“Since you put me in charge of the financials...”

He answered back in a casual tone...
The threat was causing no fear in him... Suzaku however shrunk further into his chair as Milly walked over him and slammed a hand on the table...
Lelouch looked up to her as she smiled in a sinister way... it was only then that his pupils started to shrink as she said something to him...
The sheer tone and words she used made goose bumps run over his skin and the hairs in his neck straightened...

“Then you might as well be the bride...”

She had told him...
Everyone dropping in a loud ‘eeh?!’ as the words left her mouth...
Shirley rose from her seat and leaned over the table as she yelled out...

“Lulu can’t be the bride! He’s supposed to be a bride! He’s not even a girl!”

“But he did look good in a dress before... didn’t he...?”

Rivalz added and Shirley glared at him...

“Rivalz!”

“Gomen...”

He quickly said as he ducked as if suspecting an incoming blow from his classmate...
But non came...
It wasn’t as if Shirley hated the idea of Lelouch being a bride...
There were other factors involved because if Lelouch was a bride... then who would be the groom?
It certainly wouldn’t be one of them... or would it...

“Kaicho... don’t you think you’re going to far?”

Kallen added as she looked at Lelouch...

“Don’t you think that once in a dress was enough...?”

“I suppose you want to take the position as bride then... Kallen...”

Milly smiled as she said this...
Kallen quickly backed away a few paces as the words rang through her head...
She could almost imagine herself in a dress with him...

“Eeh?!”

Kallen gasped as her cheeks heated up...
Shirley turned to her and looked at her surprised...
Almost as if she smelled the competition...

“Kaicho! I refuse!”

Lelouch finally yelled out as he snapped back to reality...
He looked at the rest of the council, everyone had turned silent and it evolved in an eerie atmosphere...
They looked at him strangely and he could even see a taint of redness on the cheeks of some of his friends...
Shirley and Kallen but also Suzaku... his eyes widened at his expression...
And he realised that they were all trying to picture him as a bride... he looked up at Milly when she clapped her hands...

“It’s settled then! Lulu is the bride!”

Sweat dripped down the side of his face as she saw her happy attitude...

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The next day wasn’t any better...

“Now... put your cards in the hat!”

He was sitting in his chair...
Arms folded as he tried to ignore the happy going atmosphere...
He had never thought of getting married one day... but if it was going to be like this then he would surely refuse...
Then again he wasn’t going to play the bride at his official wedding...

As he thought about that he looked at the others, his eyes lingering to his childhood friend who was busy laughing like the others... putting a note with his name in Milly’s large hat...
The hat would decide his fate... it would decide who he would marry to...
His frown grew deeper as he thought about it and more and more he became embarrassed and annoyed...
His chin falling down to his chest as he closed his eyes... trying to block out the many giggles he heard as he tried to think...
He tried to think of a way to get out of this without it resulting in his sudden death...

“Guts!”

He heard somewhere in the distance and a roll of paper made fast contact with the top of his head...
He grunted a little before looking up again...
Seriously... Milly was enjoying every little part of torturing him...

“You don’t want to miss the important answer do you...?”

She smiled before putting the roll back on the table...
Lelouch following her every move as her hand dove into the hat...
Moving from left to right and in circles as he could feel himself growing more anxious...
Curious yet afraid as she smiled at everyone... creating even more anxiousness as she took her time for it...

“Hurry up already...”

Lelouch eventually complained and she raised her hand from the hat...
Between her fingers one of the notes that was written out by the rest of the council...
Hands were raised to their mouths as they waited in anticipation to hear whether or they were going to be Lelouch’s groom...
The hat was put down on the table and she unfolded the carefully before gasping at whatever was written inside...
She crumbled it up between her fingers as she looked around...

Everyone waited in enthusiasm...
Shirley leaning with both hands on the table... Kallen had one hand against her lips...
Rivalz was already standing as he tried to read the note from his distance...
Nina was quite neutral about it and so was Suzaku though he didn’t notice that Suzaku’s hands were gripping his uniform underneath the table...
The Japanese even swallowed loud enough for the rest to hear as Milly started to laugh...

“Well thank goodness for Lulu... I’m not going to be his groom...”

Well that was one disaster out of the question and he sighed...
Though that still left him with numerous other choices...
His eyes scanned Milly as if he was trying to read the answer from her mind but her grin grew wider... she turned to the other members behind her and said loud enough for them all to hear...

“In fact... non of the girls will be!”

“What do you mean...?”

Shirley asked as she stood up straight again...
Her eyes moving across the room as if the person who was chosen was just within her reach...
Kallen sighed deeply and quickly told her...

“It means we’re not on the note...”

“But that means...!”

Nina was the one who finished her line because she was in such a state of panic...
Her hands pressed against her mouth as Nina finished her sentence...

“Rivalz and Suzaku... it’s one of them...?”

Lelouch’s eyes widened and he looked at the two... both of them were looking at each other and laughed quietly...
Accepting the situation completely for what it was...

“But... two guys can’t get married!”

Shirley added in again...
She sounded desperate... her heart broken from her missed chance...
Milly laughed again as she read the note...

“Then who of them is it...?”

Nina asked and Milly turned to her...

“That’s a secret...”

“You can’t mean that!”

There were numerous complaints from the other members who wanted to know who it was to be Lelouch’s future to be groom...
The Prince sighed heavily as he massaged his brows with one hand...
This idea was surely one of the worst she had ever had...

“Enough about the wedding now! Lulu, get me those papers about the next club festivals! We have work to do...”

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“Did she tell you anything...?”

It was probably the seventh time he had asked him that within the hour...
It had been three days and still no word of which of the two would be his groom...
He had tried everything... had approached Kallen about it but she was gone after the first day and still hadn’t come back yet...
Shirley was avoiding him and every time she saw him she would just freeze up out of embarrassment or something... he wasn’t sure what her problem was, but he guessed that it had to do with the fact that the groom was actually male...
He wasn’t bothered with that part... because this wedding was nothing more than a joke...
But what agitated him was that no one would tell him which of the two it was...

Rivalz or Suzaku... and with that he stared at the other, who had decided to joint hem for diner tonight to cheer up Nunnally...
He had just told her about Milly’s scheme and she was delighted to hear that her brother was getting married...
He seriously wanted to whack Suzaku across the head for filling her mind with such absurd ideas...
Suzaku smiled as he lowered his held cutlery before telling him the same answer he had heard all day...

“No... it doesn’t matter how much you ask this... I made an oath not to tell...”

His hands reached for his cup in the mean time and he drank for it as Lelouch responded...

“So you’re my groom...?”

Suzaku almost choked in his drink and most of it was spilled over the table...
Lelouch frowned at this response but Suzaku shook his hands madly...

“I never gave any indication that I was...!”

Nunnally laughed as she mingled into the conversation...

“There is as much of a chance for both... Onii-sama... you shouldn’t tease Suzaku like that...”

He sighed as he realised it as well...
The chances were 50 though...
Rivalz or Suzaku...

“But what if I was...?”

“Then I would kill you...”

He answered coldly and continued his diner...
The table was being cleaned up by him in the end...
He carried the plates back to the kitchen and noticed how the two had been talking in the distance...
Whispering almost... making it unable for him to hear...
He wondered what they were talking about but decided not to interrupt their conversation...
Suzaku wasn’t around as much as he hoped... his time with Nunnally was limited... he shouldn’t bother them that much...

“But what if I was...?”

He dumped the plates in the sink...
Leaving them there so he could clean them later... more things would probably follow, cups from tea and it was better to wash everything in one go...
His mind lingered on that possibility and his cheeks heated up in response...
For Suzaku to be his groom... he wouldn’t necessarily mind that, would he...?
He walked back to the living room moments later with some tea...
He put it down on the table and readied Nunnally’s tea before taking care of his own...

“What were you two whispering about...?”

He asked them as he passed Nunnally her tea...
Telling her that it was still hot before sitting down on one end of the couch...

“Suzaku and I were talking about your wedding dress”

“Isn’t it bad luck for the groom to know about the dress...?”

He said as he stirred his tea, the soft rankling being the only sound in the room for the moment...
It was awfully quiet, too quiet...
He was trying every possible ting to get the other to admit it... he guessed that it didn't work because Suzaku knew him too long...
But he didn’t show any worry instead he put his tea back on the table and got up...
He had totally forgotten about the biscuits he had saved for tonight because of this ordeal...
Suzaku noticed him standing up and so he said to him...

“I forgot ab-”

His hand was grabbed and he turned around...
Suzaku had taken a hold of his wrist and smiled at him before saying...

“I guess it’s better to do it now after all before you really find out... you’ll be my witness right Nunnally?”

“Of course!”

She answered in a cheery tone as Suzaku got on one knee...
Lelouch eyes widened as he reached into his back pocket...
His mind was set on one thing at that time... and that was the conclusion of his question...
Suzaku... was he going to be the groom...? then what was he doing now?!
His hand revealed a small box and he could feel his heart beating faster...
He knew what was inside the box... he knew the scenario... but even still he found it unbelievable and he found himself growing more and more nervous... his fingers shaking gentle as the other held his hand...

“Lelouch...”

He said as he opened it...
Holding up a simple golden ring as he smiled at him again...

“Will you marry me...?”

He was uncertain about his answer and felt his cheeks heathen when Suzaku smiled...
That smile... it was able to melt anything...
The smile he remembered so dearly...
His heart was pounding very loudly... as if it was trying to make its way up his throat and out of his mouth...
He found himself rather speechless and raised his other hand to the collar of his uniform... widening it as if it could release the heat he was feeling right now...
Suzaku looked at him and noticed his fast breathing but it was when Lelouch’s knees wouldn’t support him anymore that he dove forward...

“Onii-sama?”

Lelouch fell backwards on the wooden floor on his behind and kept on staring at him as if he had just gone into shock...
Suzaku asked him as he tried to shake him back to reality...

“Answer me... are you alright? Lelouch...”

The other blinked and eventually laughed before placing one hand against his forehead and looking down on the floor...
It was as if he had lost his mind... but in fact he was laughing at himself... at the irony and coincidence of this path...

“Lelouch...?”

“I’m alright... Surprised that’s all...”

Suzaku sighed in relief as he stood up again...
One hand reaching as he helped the other up...
Nunnally still looked around in confusion but Lelouch assured her that everything was fine...
Having not received his answer, Suzaku interfered...

“But... you never said...”

He said in a hesitating tone...
Almost feeling neglected for not hearing a straight answer...
But Lelouch smiled and said...

“If it were Rivalz I would’ve probably said no... but to you...”

His lips moved and partly it was as if Suzaku’s world had just stopped moving...

“...Definitely yes...”

“Thank goodness...”

He cried out as he bowed forward... probably to relief tension and to thank him as well...
These were some of the things that still showed Suzaku’s original traits... the ones that were not removed through Britannian discipline in the army...

“But why a witness...?”

Lelouch eventually asked and looked at his younger sister...
She quickly answered for him...

“Milly told Suzaku... he needed to propose just like a normal couple does... but he required a witness to proof to her that he had done that”

He switched from his little sister to his best friend and soon to be... husband...
The mere thought of it made his cheeks redden up again... and he could feel himself losing it again...
He quickly fell back on the couch where he remained for the rest of the night...
His mind racing with these newly made discoveries... hardly settling down to relax even when he went to bed...

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He sat on the other side of the table... his brows frowned deeply and his hands steadily shook as the girls on the other end of the table were busy picking a dress from a magazine...
His hands tied against the back of the chair as he was being forced to make a decision... he had tried to elude them for the entire day and they grew tired of it... and thus it ended with him being tied to the chair and being forced to listen to them as they read magazine after magazine...
Every now and then would they look up at him and giggle... or they would shake their heads before turning the pages again...
A marker settled next to them to cross every dress that might fit him...

Just like then the dress wasn’t official... Milly with her cosplay obsession had taken a couple of magazines to look through... trying to find something that could serve the purpose as a wedding dress... partly he was glad that he wasn’t taken to a boutique to fit one on and to have his sizes taken...
There was another thing he didn't have to do... and that had to do with the vows...
Since he wasn’t taking everything as serious as he should have, well according to Milly he wasn’t, he wasn’t planning on making them...
Maybe if he had to he would say something about him being a good friend but that was it...
There wasn’t more he would be allowed to say because it would reveal too much about his past...
He was still very content about his identity and knew he had to be careful with it...
The rest of the council knew that he used to be friends with Suzaku as a child but they never did know about his real heritage... he wished to keep it that way and thanked God that Milly agreed on this... and thus the vows were scrapped from the list...

“Ne, Lulu... what do you think?”

They raised it and showed him a picture of a girl posing with a long white dress...
It carried no sleeves because it ended above the breast area, but the edge was worked off with small pearls and was split in the middle of her chest, the two parts that were split were worked off as if the were wings... spreading out towards each side as they lined to her back...
The bottom was worked off with pearls as well...
She also wore long gloves that went up to her upper arms, they were worked off with the same method...
In her hair she had a veil made of roses, which were placed as a crown on her head, followed by a piece of tulle fabric that ran till the lower part of her shoulders...
He gulped softly as he looked at it... the dress was even worse than the one he had to wear during the cross-dress festival... it was far more exposed... his shoulders and neck would be completely visible... and he blushed a little at that idea...
Without even hearing his opinion the magazine was snatched from his view and the girls clapped each other’s hands as they cheered...

“I think we’ve got it!”

His eyes widened at the realisation that this dress was going to be his...
He almost wanted to look up and scream...
They were already talking about the wig he wore last time... and how they were going to attach it to the veil...
They even said something about bridesmaids... and how they had to find a fitting suit for Suzaku...
Suzaku would see him in that dress... ‘THAT’ dress!
But there was nothing he could do to stop them... and he hoped that Suzaku was going through the same rough situation... though much to his dislike he was actually liking this...
He watched him from a distance but never noticed any nervousness from him at all...

He sighed loudly as he made his way out of the classroom... their decision about his dress was decided... there was no changing to it now...
He walked through the hallways as he checked his phone... no incoming messages which was a good thing... the last thing he had on his mind right now was the rebellion...

“You’re already done...?”

He looked up and noticed Suzaku in the distance, he closed his phone and tucked it back in his pocket as he walked up to him...

“...Yes”

He answered in a depressed tone...
Suzaku noticed this and watched as the other continued to rub his wrists...
Suzaku grabbed his hand and rolled up the sleeve, he looked at the red line that ran around his arm with worry...

“Milly tied me up... it’s nothing...”

His heartbeat was increasing again...
His cheeks heating up again as the other pressed his finger against the red rim...
He wasn’t sure about what he was going to say but Suzaku was the one to start the conversation...

“Your heart is beating pretty fast... are you nervous...?”

He looked at the other and was a little stepped back when he saw his reddened cheeks...
He let go of his wrist and pressed a hand against his cheek, Lelouch flinched a little as it made its way to his forehead...

“You’re not warm...”

“I... don’t think I’m getting sick...”

He said and Suzaku smiled...
Seriously how thick headed could the other be... he knew what these feelings meant...
Though he had never experienced them himself... he knew their meaning...
But he didn’t enjoy it... he tried to deny it partly because of his current situation...
Being Zero... leading a rebellion... he couldn’t do things like this... he shouldn’t be doing them...
Suzaku’s hand went down to his cheek again rubbed it once before retreating back to his side...

“Did you pick a dress yet...?”

“Yes...”

He laughed at him, loud enough for Lelouch to snap back to being himself...

“Don’t laugh about it!”

“Don’t worry... my torture is about to begin as well... Milly had someone from a boutique dropping by for me...”

“You’re receiving a complete suit?!”

Suzaku could see the other’s eyes widen... not out of surprise but mostly out of rage...
Being in charge of the financials and to hear such an expensive thing happening, Lelouch must seriously be losing his mind over this...

“I think she’s having her revenge for missing my proposal...”

He scratched his head and Lelouch made a mental note to ensure that that costs would be taken out of Milly’s private expenses...
However when he tried to say something Suzaku interrupted him that he had to get going...
Probably to get his suit measured out in the room he just came from...
He watched him as he ran down the hall... cursing at this twist of fate that could turn everything around...

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“Do you, Kururugi Suzaku... take this... man... as your lawfully wedded... wife... husband...?”

Lelouch sighed again as he looked at his classmate...
He was really making a mess out of this...
Who ever said that Rivalz was allowed to play the priest?!
This had been the third time that they stopped in the middle for something... he was seriously getting annoyed...

“Just say wife... seriously...”

Rivalz shrugged and changed some of the notes on a piece of paper he carried...
Two days away from the appointed date... and now they were practising...
Milly found it important to do so and after seeing Rivalz pathetic performance he was thinking it was required as well...
Though he would rather just cancel the entire thing for its stupidity...

“Alright... do you, Kururugi Suzaku take this man... as your lawfully wedded... wife...?”

Suzaku however still tall and proud as he answered... not bothered with any of this...

“I do...”

His eyes narrowed and his cheeks heated up a little as he saw him smiling at the blue haired ‘priest’...

“Then do you... Lelouch Lamperouge... take this man as your lawfully wedded husband...?”

Finally a line that he was able to pronounce properly...
He looked at the other and answered in a cold...

“Yes...”

Not one of them was wearing a costume...
They simply wore their school uniforms and in the back only Kallen was watching them...
Probably half asleep as the others were busy doing other things...
He had no idea on what Milly was planning...

“Then you may exchange the rings!”

He glared at Rivalz again...

“Milly has our rings...”

Defeated he raised his hand and accepted this mishap...

“Then we’ll skip that... that means... that I declare you husband and wife! You may kiss the bride!”

He wasn’t sure of what he did afterwards but he was standing over the other with his fist raised in the air...
His face red not only from anger as he had punched the other across the face... not hard because he wasn’t really strong in that section... in fact his hand even hurt and Suzaku pulled him back and tried to calm him down...
Everyone knew that Lelouch was being far to edgy about this... they didn't blame him for it and Rivalz always took the opportunity to put more salt on his wounds... annoying him and pissing him off though non of them had ever really seen Lelouch angry before... not even Suzaku and he realised that the other had certainly worked on his guts in the past years...

“Calm down... he wasn’t being serious you know...”

Suzaku said to him and Lelouch looked at him for a moment... though quickly averting his eyes to something else and he readjusted his collar...
The redness on his cheeks remained as Rivalz got up from the floor, rubbing a sour spot on his cheek as he yelled back at the other...
It continued with that for the rest of the day... and at the end of the day he was so tired that he went to bed early for a change...
C.C. had tried to talk to him but he ignored her and eventually kicked her out of his room for eating pizza on his bed again...
She was going to be staying in one of the guest rooms tonight... because he hated sloppy behaviour... the empty pizza box still standing on his nightstand as he walked back inside...
He wasn’t in the mood for her either... she had nothing to do with the current situation and he didn’t feel like talking to anyone...

“Really...”

He complained as he took the carton box... folding it up as he threw it in the trashcan...
He walked to his windows and opened one of them to try and get rid of the pizza smell that lingered in his room...
Eventually he took of his clothes and readied himself for a quick shower...

He usually took them to think... and right now it was a good time for that because he needed it...
Two days from now he was going to be married... married...
Although it was only a joke festival arranged to torture and annoy him and to fill Milly’s boredom with joy and festivities he couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more behind it...
The feeling it was giving him made it important...
He blushed as he thought of that feeling... the warm sensation spreading out in his stomach again as he thought of it but he quickly tried to shook it off before he would get too excited...
He grabbed a shampoo bottle and started to massage the soap through his hair... his mind however not lingering away form the wedding...
Out of all people he was going to marry to Suzaku... one wearing a dress and the other wearing a suit...
He tried to imagine him in one but found himself un able because he tried to stop thinking about these feelings...
Suzaku was pretty calm about everything... he shouldn’t get his hopes up when it came to interest...
Maybe he saw this like one other festival... just like back then...

He shouldn’t make any sudden moves or anything... not without being sure because unlike a normal relationship this was different... he wasn’t even certain about his own feelings... he was judging them only on his instinct and observance from whatever he felt in his presence...
And he noticed a change... but he wasn’t able to judge about the other...
He could be scaring him... though he was certain that he wouldn’t be hated for it...
Suzaku wasn’t like that... but he didn’t want to feel hurt either... nor wanted the other to feel hurt as well...
These though plagued him as he finally dropped on his bed... remaining on his stomach with his face pushed into the blankets for a while before crawling under the covers...

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The next day was slightly better...
He woke up in the morning hearing that he would be escorted through out the entire day...
He found Shirley outside his door as he left for school...
She followed him around and he wondered what was going on... because she never walked with him before...

“Kaicho send me to keep an eye on you...”

She said as they walked...
She was actually acting quite awkward in his opinion... but he didn't go into it...
He said nothing to her and this displeased her greatly...

“Listen Lulu... you’re not allowed to talk to Suzaku... Milly says it’s bad luck for the wedding... after school I’ll bring you home, Sayako said that she will keep watch on you so that you won’t run away...!”

“Who says that I’m going to run away...?”

He asked her and she pouted her lips... as if it was expected from him that he would...
He was thinking about it but had decided not to...
Though he still found it silly that they weren’t able to talk... because right now that was all he wanted to do...
They split up in class, though her eyes never left him and he was only allowed to watch Suzaku from the distance of a couple of rows...
To ignore him wouldn’t be easy... specially when Milly rubbed it in again that tomorrow he was going to get married... his anxiousness grew...

The rest of the day went on like that... though after school he remained home and was sitting against his bed for most of the day... a book lying by his side but he was not in the mood to read...
He had tried but couldn’t get passed the second page...
He was too nervous actually... half worried that something would go wrong... not just something but that this would affect the outcome to everything...
Worried that they would take it too seriously or that he would lose himself...
That was probably his worst fear... losing himself... what if he said something stupid... something that could indicate his feeling or something else... because he wasn’t emotionally invested at all...

No word from Suzaku either... it seemed to him that the other didn’t care...
It was however around 12 that he heard something buzzing on his nightstand...
His phone vibrated loud enough to be heard from a close distance and he groaned before reaching out to it...
One hand waved through his hair as he lay on his side, looking at the number on the display as it continued to vibrate in his hands...
Suzaku was calling him... at this hour... he flipped open the mobile...

“What’s wrong... it’s almost midnight...”

He complained as he pressed the phone against his ear, turning on his back as the other started to talk...

“Sorry... I just... couldn’t sleep I guess...”

“It’s alright... though I had no trouble in getting to sleep... until you called...”

There was a short silence on the other side of the line and he could hear some movements...
He listened for a moment and tried to think...
Suzaku couldn’t sleep... was he feeling that nervous...?

“Ne... Suzaku”

He asked and the movements stopped for a while...

“What...?”

“You’re nervous aren’t you...”

He cold hear Suzaku sigh on the other end...
It answered his question...

“I guess I am... but I guess I’m also excited...”

“About what...?”

He asked and leaned back on his side again...
Waiting for an answer... but Suzaku answered very quickly... he could only register half of what he was hearing from him...

“I wonder how you’ll look like tomorrow...”

His eyes widened and he sat up abruptly before yelling into the phone...

“What?!”

Suzaku laughed and he could feel his cheeks blushing up vividly...

“Aah? Nothing... sorry for bothering you... Goodnight... Lelouch...”

The line was broken and his grip loosened on the phone so it dropped down on the mattress...
His mind still stuck on what had just been said...
Suzaku was actually excited about seeing him tomorrow... the way he said it...
It certainly wasn’t normal... could it be...?

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He didn't get much sleep the previous night... the reasons were obvious for that...
He sighed as he held up the dress...
Milly standing behind him together with Nina to help him put it on...
Milly knew his sizes from their cross-dressing festival and this time as well... it was a perfect fit...
He held on to the top edge as Milly zipped him up from behind, releasing the feathery edge again as she finished zipping him up... the dress was tight around his chest and waist... the bottom running down with a bow and it had a double layer... something he hadn’t seen in the picture...
He raised his hand towards the feather like edge again to pull it up a little... his shoulders were completely exposed and he felt slightly embarrassed about it... his cheeks glowing in a soft taint of pink as Milly observed him from the mirror...

“Perfect!”

Nina nodded in response and went to fetch his silk gloves...
He stepped of the stool and on to the ground... turning in a small circle to see how he looked like in the mirror...
This was more out of curiosity rather than being stuck up... because he wasn’t feeling pretty in it at all...
He looked at Milly and the grin never left her face...

“You surely are enjoying this...”

“I’m just doing what’s best...”

She answered in a playful tone and took the gloves that were given to her...
Lelouch took them and put them on one by one as he watched Milly...

“No... Nina... I don’t think the stuffing will fit... besides I think he looks good as it is without them... now go see if Rivalz is ready to begin the ceremony and see if Shirley has the rings!”

She commanded the small girl and she ran back to store the cotton balls in the closet again...
They were the ones they used during the cross-dressing festival and Lelouch mentally sighed as Milly prepared his veil...
He turned to the shoes and sat down on the stool to put them on...
He had to wear heels for a change... though he had experienced their horror only once...
Walking on them wasn’t necessarily hard but it was his endurance that was the problem...
He put the white shoes on as Milly settled his veil... making sure that the wig part, which was attached to the veil itself, was in order so it ran partly down his shoulders and down his back...

His eyes narrowed as he pulled back a string of hair...
Just a little more...
He sighed and noticed that the blonde was observing him from the front...
Milly stood in front of him, arms crossed as she looked him over for any mistakes...
As if there was something missing...

“What is it...?”

Lelouch asked her and she smiled again before walking over to her large purse...
Walking back again a moment later with some ear rings and a necklace...
Lelouch remained calm and still as she clipped the ear rings on his earlobe, he shook his head slightly and could feel the round golden balls tick against his skin...
Milly also put on the necklace and carefully made sure that non of the veil was stuck to the clipping...
Now she finally clapped and said to him...

“There! All perfect!”

She raised one fist to declare her victory and continued on with her rampage about his beauty and this being her first major success...
There was nothing to be successful about and Lelouch hardly listened to her... instead his mind was fixated on other things...

“It’s time! Hurry Lulu!”

He had barely time to think as he felt a bouquet being pushed in his hands as he was dragged forward through the door...
Somewhere his mind stopped during that time... and it only registered several things at a time...
The CD player was set on play as he was led forward... towards his unofficial wedding...
Their classroom changed towards another festivity place...

The door opened and he followed Milly inside, everyone else looked at him with amazement but he didn't notice...
His cheeks glowed vividly as he stepped through them and down the small aisle and up to the front...
His eyes turned upwards from the ground and it was then that he saw him...
Light brown hair... green eyes... and he looked graceful for a change...
Wearing a completely white suit... one that fitted with his dress...
His thoughts lingered back tot heir phone call and he tried to read his expression but it could’ve just been surprise and amazement that covered it... just like everyone else’s...

“We are gathered here today!”

Rivalz finally began and he was even given a priest like outfit...
Though he hardly followed his ceremony...
His thoughts were stuck on Suzaku... his mind engaged in an inner struggle for what eh thought was right...
Was it righteous for him to give in to his feelings... but to risk everything else he had been fighting for in the future...

Suzaku wouldn’t forgive him if he knew he was Zero... he detested his methods and had said so many times before...
But would it be alright for him to remain like this... to move forward without regretting it in the future...
If everything was in place then what was left for him...? there would be nothing because he never took that opportunity...

“Lulu...”

He blinked and looked at his side towards Shirley... she was softly calling his name and he noticed how everyone was looking at him...
Rivalz loudly coughed as he repeated himself...

“Do you... Lelouch Lamperouge... take this man, Kururugi Suzaku... as your lawfully wedded husband...?”

His gaze then turned to the Japanese and his fingers tightened around the bouquet...
Suzaku really didn't notice him at all... but the way he smiled invited him to create a bond...
It had always been like that...

“Yes...”

He answered in a quick tone and quickly averted his gaze as Rivalz continued...

“Then you may exchange the rings!”

He handed his bouquet to Shirley and both were given their rings...
A wedding was supposed to be the start of something beautiful... but this...
This wouldn’t start anything... nothing would begin and nothing would end...
He gave Suzaku his hand as the other slipped on the golden ring...
His fingers steadily shaking as he did the same...

“Then I declare you now, husband and wife!”

He could hear soft firecrackers going off in the background and noticed how Milly was pulling the string on some festivity indoor fireworks...
Pulling the string as confetti sprung out with a soft pop and she smiled at them...
Suzaku’s hand never loosened his grip though what he really wanted to do right now was to run away from this...

“You may kiss the bride!”

His eyes widened as he looked at Rivalz, his expression finally changing for once...
But instead of attacking him like last time he remained still...
Half regretting this because it would never happen...
He shouldn’t wish for anything... because it would never be fulfilled...

The other hand tightened around his and he was forced to look up...
His own lips parted to say something but he stopped...
His eyes widening as his mind started to register what was happening...
He felt something warm push forward against him and he could hear everyone expressing their own astonishment as he realised what had happened...
He was being kissed... Suzaku was kissing him... kissing him!
His own eyes closed slowly as he felt himself being pushed backwards and he titled his head just slightly as the other pushed forward...
This wasn’t just a normal kiss... he could feel Suzaku’s tongue trying to access his own mouth...
He parted his lips slightly but only felt it caress his mouth shortly because the other parted again...
He was left stunned by his sudden actions and could even make out a slight blush on Suzaku’s cheeks...

“Suzaku! Pervert!”

“He did it?!”

Suzaku turned to the onlookers and scratched his head before responding to them...

“Sorry... I thought it was part in the ceremony...”

Non of them believed it of course and Shirley stared at them with shock...
But the festivities continued with him left in a daze...

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Story 02: You may kiss the bride!- Bonus chapter 1

“I’m going to change...”

He had said coldly after getting up from his seat, the rest of the group looked at him and wondered why he was acting so strangely...
But it was expected at leased from some of them, though others merely thought that he was angry and even said to Suzaku that he was going to witness Lelouch revenge some day... some day in the near future that was...
However the Japanese showed no worry... well on the outside...
He enjoyed the festivities where as the other merely acted like a fifth wheel...
Lelouch walked towards the door and Milly gave him a slight nudge before he got up himself and followed after him...
Shirley of course saw this and yelled at her president...

“Why are you doing that! You’ll just make things worse!”

Milly saw her jealousy and laughed it off before telling her...

“Don’t worry...”

On the other end of the hallway Suzaku closed the door behind him and quickly ran through the hallways to catch up with the bride...
He found him walking slowly around the corner...

“Wait up! Lelouch!”

Lelouch stopped and turned, his face expression not what everyone else thought he was feeling...
It showed pain... not physical but in his heart...
Suzaku walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder...

“Are you alright...? I’m sorry if...”

Lelouch slightly bit his lip as the other talked...

“Don’t be...”

Suzaku blinked...

“It wasn’t as if I regretted it...”

That lifted a weight from his shoulders... from both actually...
Lelouch found it hard to tell him while as the other thought that he might be regretting the kiss...
But that wasn’t true...

“I guess I’m just... stunned that’s it... I was surprised by your actions...”

Lelouch finally took the courage to look him in the eyes and smiled for the first time that day...

“But like I said... I don’t regret it...”

He grabbed Suzaku’s hand and held it against his cheek before he caressed it...
He closed his eyes as he said in a quiet and yet shy tone...

“Because...”

He shifted his weight to his other foot but without warning gave out a yelp as he started to tumble down that side...
The hand that held Suzaku’s quickly pressed against the wall as his other lifted the dress a little...
He had gone through his ankle and hissed as he tried to shake of the pain...

“Lelouch...?”

Suzaku questioned him as the other removed his shoes... Suzaku remained quiet and observed his actions...
His ankle slightly reddened as he leaned on it only to hiss again in pain...

“These damned shoes... I can’t understand how women walk on them...”

But without warning Suzaku put one hand around his waist and the other against the back of his knees...

“Suzaku!”

He yelped out as he was scooped up in the air...
His hands reaching out and clenching around his shoulders as if he was afraid to fall and once he realised what had happened he looked at the Japanese, his cheeks flushed and his eyes expressing shock as he yelled out...

“Put me down, idiot!”

Suzaku ignored him and continued to walk, the shoes being left in the hallway...
He wondered where they were going and tightened his grip around the other’s white suit...
Suzaku’s expression never changed and the smile remained... this made him feel all the more flustered.

“Where are you taking me?!”

“Home... you wanted to change right...”

“I can walk by myself!”

But Suzaku ignored his many pleads and complaints...
Lelouch later found out that it had no use and his grip finally loosened as he calmed down...
One hand let go of the suit’s fabric but the other remained...
Placed against Suzaku’s chest as a last lifeline...

They continued to walk and it was when Suzaku stopped that he raised his head from his shoulder to look at whatever was going on...
They had come to his house... but the porch had a trail running up to the door...
The trail was made of red leaves from roses that began at the stairs and followed through the already open door...
His mind was being over flown with thousands of theories and he remained quiet as Suzaku walked up the steps...
Milly probably did this... that witch!

“I think we have to follow it...”

Suzaku said as he turned around to push the door open with his back, Lelouch hardly noticed that he was still in his arms because he was too busy thinking...
Inside the trail followed to the stairs and they walked up to the top...
It stopped in front of a door and they both recognised it as being Lelouch’s bedroom...
With that panic struck the Prince’s heart because he was now worried that Milly had also been doing something to his room...
But seen from her behaviour she didn’t find his mask nor Zero attire... so that was a huge relief...
Once in front of the door he noticed that he was still being held and quietly said...

“You can put me down now...”

“...Ah”

Suzaku agreed with him in his always Japanese clinking accent and gentle put him on his feet again...
The bare feet making way into the leaves as he opened his door for an inspection...
The door swung open, several of the red leaves floated away from the air force and he made his way inside, Suzaku of course following...

“This...?”

He wondered to himself as he looked around... his bed was covered with a new pair of sheets and more rose leaves covered it as well as the area around it...
His eyes widened as he quickly looked around, hoping to find his suitcase in which he had hidden his mask and outfit... but it was no where to be seen, in fact all his properties were carefully tucked away to reveal a tidy room that looked as if it was never used before...
Next to the bed lay a small envelope and he walked over to it to read it...
His face going from zero to embarrassed as soon as he read it...
For Milly to write such vulgar things... unbelievable!

“What does it say...?”

He looked over his shoulder and laughed a little as Suzaku walked up to him, quickly hiding the letter behind his back as he turned to him fully...

“Nothing... important...”

Suzaku tried to look over his shoulder but he turned away from him...
No matter how much he tried he wasn’t allowing the other to get his hands on the letter...
That was until he was thrown on the bed somehow with Suzaku on top of him...
He noticed how the other folded the paper open to read the inside and he blushed vividly at that idea...
Suzaku carefully read it and in his mind he probably read it two or three times because he was taking so long...
Suzaku laughed as he looked at the flustered Prince below him... he was sitting firmly on his hips with one hand on his knee as the other held on to the paper...

“So she really thinks that way...?”

It occurred to Lelouch that he showed no shame what so ever...
Instead he smiled and threw the letter over his shoulder...

“Does she really expect things to go like that...?”

He wasn’t sure if this was a question but slowly Suzaku leaned forward and pressed one hand on the bedding as the other took a hold of his arm, holding it tightly as he leaned forward again...
Lelouch closed his eyes in response and wondered what the other was planning to do but he gasped loudly when he felt something wet move against his chest... just above the feather like end of his dress...

“I don’t mind though... doing that...”

His eyes opened again and he saw Suzaku smile at him in a strange fashion...
So Suzaku didn’t mind doing ‘that’?
He mentally sighed and realised what was going to happen then... mostly out of irony but also because he couldn’t think straight... specially not when another man was sitting on top of him and was licking his chest while muttering something about following instructions written on a paper that described what someone else would be expecting them to do on the ‘wedding night’...

“But that reminds...”

He tried to sit up a little but Suzaku’s hand pressed him down on the bed again...

“Suzaku...?”

“Why didn’t you regret it...?”

His eyes widened and he realised that he had never finished that sentence...
But right now he found it hard again to admit it and half regretted that he never finished it...
If it wasn’t for those damned shoes he would’ve been passed that point already...

“That...”

Was all he managed to get out and he saw that Suzaku enjoyed every minute of him being speechless... probably because he never was...
Nothing was said between the two because Lelouch never gained the chance to finish his line...
Instead Suzaku bend forward again and kissed him deeply...
Lelouch was pushed back into the sheets and tilted his head backwards as he felt Suzaku propping through his lips with his tongue...
It was carefully caressing him inside his mouth... exploring every inch of this new territory with grace before he nipped at the other’s neck...
The veil thrown on the ground on the other side of the bed after being removed by him as well...
Lelouch gasped and kicked his leg a little in response to Suzaku’s touches...
Suzaku was sitting back a little and one hand was making its way underneath the dress...

“Suzaku... what are...”

He tried to get out...
He tried to stop him because this wasn’t supposed to happen...
Nothing was supposed to happen...

Suzaku’s hand made small circles around his inner thigh and he could feel himself growing hard underneath...
His hand then made it’s way upwards again and gentle removed his undergarment...Suzaku pulled back from his neck as he grasped the others hard member, the smile never left his face as Lelouch gasped out once again... trying to burry himself in the mix of sheets and rose leaves...
He gently started with stroking and watched as Lelouch squirmed as he continued...
The drool slowly running out of his mouth as he looked at the other...
The precum already covered his hand as he gently stroked the top to create more time...
He leaned forward and kissed Lelouch gently...

“You don’t have to say it...”

Lelouch merely looked at him while catching his breath a little and as he tried to gain control over his limps again...
Slightly regretting that the other had stopped, because he didn't hate this...
These feelings were different from what he had imagined... he had only read about them in books of tragedy and literature... of history and love...
But a book couldn’t describe his feelings nor could they describe what was running through his body and soul at this moment... who would’ve thought that it was this good...

“But do know that I would want to be more...”

As he regained control again he lifted his hands and pressed them against the sides of his face, Suzaku slightly shocked by the other’s actions was forced to lean downwards again before he was being kissed against his forehead...

“I would like that too... Suzaku...”

And he smiled at him...
Why wasn’t he allowed to have something for himself...?
Why wouldn’t he be allowed to be loved and to love in return...?
Even if the future he predicted would be harsh and possibly his end... he might as well enjoy these days of peace and quiet for what they were...
Because they were his light that helped him through his dark days and his reason to fight...
It wasn’t just Nunnally he was fighting for... it was Suzaku as well...
And to make him happy he would do anything...

“I want you to be with me...”

He said as he sat up and they kissed again, this time not one sided but both showing their passion towards each other...
Nipping and biting as the Prince started to remove the suit... not caring about the stained hand in the process of it nor about the other’s nudity... they sat across each other, Suzaku still wearing his white pants but they were zipped open now...
He placed his own hand against Suzaku’s chest as he read his heartbeat... it was beating fast as well... showing his nervousness but also his drive...
Suzaku’s hands made their was around his waist where he gently zipped his dress open from his back, Lelouch placed both hands against him as he did this...
Looking up to the ceiling as he felt Suzaku nuzzle him in his neck...
Was this the right decision then...?

He was interrupted when Suzaku continued his previous business after the dress was opened up fully... it was slowly being raised over his head and removed completely... leaving him only with the white gloves and for the rest completely vulnerable and exposed...
His hands tightened around the tanned shoulders and his breaths grew short and heavy once more at those touches...
In the mean time he felt something else and his eyes widened at that feeling... Suzaku was entering him with his other hand and it started with one finger but was soon followed by another...

“What...ar-”

Was all he managed to get out between the gasps and moans he emitted but Suzaku gently whispered in his ear...

“Don’t worry... it will only hurt a little...”

He trusted the other and thus the scissoring continued...
It felt uncomfortable because he was still not relaxed in that section but as time progressed he felt accustomed to those movements and noticed how Suzaku’s hands stopped with his erection...
Instead the hand was placed firmly against his hip and he felt himself rising upwards a little...
He looked downwards towards the other who once again assured him that he would be careful when he was being pushed downwards again...
Tears springing in his eyes as he felt himself being entered... he squealed a little as he held on to Suzaku and forced himself to calm down a little when he was inside him completely...
His face leaning against his chest as he tried to slow down his breathing...

Suzaku shifted his hips a little before forcing Lelouch to look at him, he kissed away the tears as he placed both hands on his hips, on instinct did Lelouch wrap his legs around Suzaku’s waist and he gasped when Suzaku shifted Lelouch’s hips with his hands...
He continued these movements and guided the other before Lelouch followed them himself...
His own face showing the same expression as Lelouch looked at him, moaning and gasping as they continued in a rhythm...
The Prince tensed as he looked upwards and with one last gasp came against Suzaku’s stomach...
But the Japanese was close to his own climax as well and leaned against Lelouch’s chest... the other’s cum dripping down his face as his heavy breaths continued... moaning as well as a little later he himself did the same...

Lelouch hardly realised because he was effected by his own euphoria, his hands growing limp against he other’s shoulders as he fell back on the mattress, Suzaku pushing him back and catching his breath against his chest...
The remaining tears ran down his cheeks and on to the sheets as he looked at the ceiling in his room... that view would now always remind him to this...
He could feel Suzaku drawing out from him and he heard him mumble something about a shower before leaving...
Lelouch turned his head to his side when the other left and looked at the large bag tugged away between the desk and the window... the bag containing his mask and costume...
The future was undetermined and this might as well have been his biggest mistake...
But he was going to remember this no matter what would happen in the future...

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Story 02: You may kiss the bride!- Bonus chapter 2

He woke up in the middle of the night...
A hand running through his brown hair as he sat up again...
The same dream... the same feelings... the same regret...
Turning to his alarm clock he noticed the time and how he had managed to wake up again in the middle of the night...
It wasn’t a unfamiliar sequence... because it had happened before...
Ever since that time it had happened a lot...
The gun shot... the cracked mask... everything...

He got up from his bed and turned on a light on his desk before opening a drawer...
Picking up a small box that he had taken with him...
He looked at the cat that was still asleep on his bed, unbothered by his behaviour because it happened so frequent...
His hands slid over the lid and opened it, showing a golden ring inside that he remembered so dearly...
His eyes closed as he sighed deeply while he caressed it in his fist...

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Story 02: You may kiss the bride!- Bonus chapter 3

“Nii-san, are you done yet?”

Lelouch looked back towards the still open door towards his little brother who was carrying a box filled with old junk...
They were having a clean up in their house because without realising it he had never thrown away anything old...
He still had lots of paperwork lying around that he couldn’t even remember making and was right now standing on his chair as he searched his closets...

“Almost, Rollo... once I finish this closet then I’m done...”

Rollo smiled and set his box down on the ground before walking in his brother’s room again, avoiding the many trash bags filled rubble...

“You shouldn’t keep everything nii-san... this is really turning into a bad habit...”

Lelouch put another pile of books on the ground before climbed on the chair again...

“But I don’t even remember collecting this much... normally...”

He stopped when he saw something in the very back... but because the top closet was too high for him to look properly in and the back was too dark to make the item visible he was unable to reach out to it...

“What is it, nii-san?”

He didn't answer and instead jumped up, trying to dive further into the dark cabin to try and get the item...
Rollo looked at him with worry and quickly walked up to his side as Lelouch crawled forward a little...
Eventually he backed up again and fell back with his feet on the chair with Rollo’s help...
His face covered with a small portion of dust as he looked at the item in his hands...
A small brown box...

“A box...?”

Lelouch carefully opened it and looked at the inside, a golden ring was placed inside between to folded up papers so that it was pointing upwards...
His eyes widened a little at that sight...

“What is it...?”

Rollo asked and looked at him, he gasped however when he noticed something different about his brother and called out his name...

“Nii-san!”

Lelouch blinked and then noticed himself, one hand raised to his face and moved across his cheeks, pulling back he realised that it was covered with tears...
Was he crying...?

“Are you alright...?”

Rollo asked him as he sat down on his bed...
The tears didn't stop... they continued to run down his cheeks without him having the slightest clue as to why this was happening...

“I don’t know...”

He held the ring in his fingers and wondered why it made him feel this way...
Why was it making him so sad...?