If You're Homophobic, then Why Are You Kissing Me?

Chapter Two: Festival

Chapter Two: Festival

Lelouch blinked his eyes open, yawning widely. The warmth around his body made him sleepy again. He tried to fight it off though. He couldn't fall asleep. School would be starting any moment now...

He forced himself to open his eyes, shock jolting through him as he realized the situation. Here he was, with Suzaku's arms wrapped around his body. He was pulled to the boy's chest and he couldn't move an inch. He tried to wriggle around, but it was futile. What was he to do now? If Suzaku woke up, he would completely freak. He didn't want Suzaku avoiding him for a month.

Before he had a chance to figure out what could possibly work, Suzaku flipped over and sprawled out on the bed, giving Lelouch a chance to escape. He slipped off of the bed quietly and went to the bathroom to get ready for school.

Suzaku jumped to his feet, still half asleep, and kicked at the loud noise that had woken him. It wasn't until he blinked several times and saw a shattered alarm clock on the floor that he realized he wasn't being attacked.

Lelouch burst into his room, looking from Suzaku to the alarm. "Sorry, about that Lelouch," Suzaku mumbled, looking away. It took a moment or two to realize why Suzaku was acting strange.

He chuckled nervously, answering, "Sorry Suzaku. Let me just get some clothes real quick..." Lelouch was only in a towel.

After Lelouch had his school uniform on and he had helped Nunnally get ready, he walked back into his bedroom, where Suzaku was fully dressed and was just finished with drying his messy hair. He was attempting a futile attack on his hair, but once he had the knots out, he gave up.

"Are you ready for breakfast?" Lelouch asked as Suzaku began to turn around. He had leaned against the doorway, observing Suzaku.

"Yeah. Is Nunnally up yet?"

Lelouch nodded. "She should be waiting downstairs for us." When he noticed Suzaku's slightly confused look, he added, "Sayoko helps Nunnally in the morning."

Suzaku nodded and, as they walked towards the kitchen, asked, "Do you mind if I stay here for a little while?"

Lelouch cocked his head to the side and asked, "Why do you need to? I thought you had a place on the military base. Not that it's a problem," he added.

"Well, we've been recruiting so many new soldiers to the base that we've needed to cut short on the members staying on base. It happens that the Elevens are kicked off first."

Lelouch scowled. He hated how the Britannians discriminated against the Elevens. Thankfully, since Zero had stirred up quite a mess in Area 11, he had turned most of everyone's approach against the Japanese. It's too bad they were still called Elevens, but at least they weren't treated like scum anymore. Usually.

"I might go have a chat with your superior later," Lelouch growled.

"Don't do that," Suzaku argued quickly. "It's fine, as long as I have a place to stay."

"Well you do. And I can make sure you have your own room. I've been talking to Milly and, with Rolo moving in now too with us, I need extra rooms. It's a perfect time, I can just make sure to have one more extra room after this."

"Thanks a bunch, Lelouch."

The two walked into the kitchen at that moment. Nunnally gave the two an eye-closing smile and said, "Good morning."

"Morning, Nunnally," Suzaku and Lelouch replied, Suzaku leaning down to give Nunnally a hug.

Lelouch smiled at her and said, "Nunnally, guess who's staying with us for a while?"