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Chapter 2: Lullaby

The girl sat up on the bed, trying to reach up for the glass that Lelouch put beside the bed. She tried to but the glass slipped out from her hand and fell down. "Ugh..." she groaned. She can still feel the pain and it hurts. 'What happened to me?' she asked herself. Without an answer to her question, she pretended to sleep. But eventually, she fall asleep.

"I'm home" Lelouch said as he closed the door. "Welcome back Nii-sama. How's Shirley?" she asked. "Fine as always" he said.

"Shall we have a dinner?" Lelouch asked. Nunnally nodded happily. Lelouch wheeled her wheel chair to the dining room. "So, nii-sama, tell me more about your date with Shirley" She squalled.

"Well, we went to watch some movie and had lunch in her favourite restaurant. We do everything that we usually do when we went on a date..." he said quietly.

"Did you two kiss?" she asked. Lelouch choke out whatever he ate. He can feel his face heating up. "Nunnally... Tha.. tha-ts..." She looked to him with twinkling eyes. Lelouch sighed.

"Yes, we did" he answered, defeated.

"I thought so too" They both laughed happily.

...

"Good night onii-sama" Lelouch smiled.

He patted her head then nodded. "Night, Nunnally"

Lelouch walked out from Nunnally room and went to the kitchen. He took out some leftover food and bought it to his room.

'She must be hungry' he thought. He opened the door and said

"You're awake"

The girl looked up to see her saviour. Lelouch placed the tray full of foods beside the bed and sat beside her. "What's your name?" he asked.

No answer.

"Won't talk, huh? Here, I brought you some food to eat" Lelouch picked the tray and placed it in the girl's lap. She took the spoon and started to eat it.

"It's... delicious..." the girl said quietly. "Really? Sayoko cooked it. She made an extra since she know you are here" he explained as the girl continue to eat until nothing left.

"What's your name little girl?" Lelouch asked again. But he knows he won't get any answer.

"C.C"

Okay, he was wrong. She does answer his question.

"Initial? That's weird. You don't have any name?" she shook her head.

"I have no obligation to tell you" he chuckled. "What's so funny about it?" C.C asked.

"You're 7 years old but you acted like you are older than that" he said. C.C just shrugged.

"This body might be 7 years old but my personality is older than it. Does is bother you so much?" she asked.

"The way you talk, the way you respond to me, you don't look like a little kid at all. You're not an adult yet. Stop acting like you are" she stay quiet.

Lelouch is comparing her to his sister. Even tough years older than C.C, Nunnaly seemed more innocent than the girl he picked up this morning. C.C cleaned the tray and put it back beside the bed when he was deep in thought.

"What's your name?" she asked.

"Lelouch, Lelouch Lamperouge"

C.C eyes widen, but as quick as it appeared, it disappeared again. C.C adjust herself comfortly on the bed and plopped her head into the pillow.

"Hoamm..." she yawned. "Lelouch... Lock the door or your sister will find out you pick a stray little girl and she might get jealous" Lelouch quickly locked the door but stopped in his track.

"How did you know I have a sister? Wait, how did you know I didn't tell her that I picked you?" he said half-yelled, half-irritated.

She quickly leaned back to the pillow and toom the blanket to cover her up. "And when did I tell you that you can sleep in my bed?"

"I already sleep here for almost a day, thus this is my bed. After all, you're not cruel enough to let an injured little girl sleep in the sofa, right Lelouch nii-sama?" She mocked him.

A little girl mocked him. Never in his life that happened. At the end, Lelouch just sighed, walked to his wardrobe and took out a blanket and pillow. He placed it on the sofa as he climb up to sleep.

Even though Lelouch is sleepy, he can't sleep at all. He bet that girl sleep very soundly since he can't hear any noise. "Say... Lelouch..."

He is wrong, she's still awake. "hn?" he asked. "Sing me a lullaby" Lelouch eyes twitched. "Sing you? Why should I?" he asked.

"Because I can't sleep..." This time she said the words with the tone of a little kid. Like a kid who need their parents when they can't sleep. Lelouch walked away from the sofa and sat beside her.

"Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I..."

C.C cut him before he could continue. "Can you sing something more from your imagination? I don't think such song fit both of us" she commented. Sarcasm can be heard in her tone.

"I'm not a musician C.C. I can't made a song just out of my imagination almost immediately. Beside, what's wrong with that song? Nunnaly love that song whenever i sang it for her" he sighed.

"I don't hate the song, I just... had a bad recollection of it"

She answered, head looking down. He quickly pitied this girl. Something must have happened to her in the past. To made such fragile body full with wound like that.

Sleep, little one, go to sleep,
So peaceful birds and the sheep,
Quiet are meadow and trees,
Even the buzz of the bees.
The silvery moon beams so bright,
down through the window give light.

O'er you the moon beams will creep,
sleep little one go to sleep.
good night, good night.

Listening to Lelouch soft voice, C.C find it hard to keep her eyes open. But she tried her best to keep it open just because she needs to know what that song called.

"What's that song called?" C.C asked after he finished the song.

"Curious aren't you? It's called Mozart's lullaby". C.C just nodded.

"You don't know this song?"

"I just felt that I heard it somewhere before. But I can't remember. Anyway the voice sounds wrong in some part. And it sounded so harsh. It's nothing like a mother sings for her child" she lied. She lied and she knew it. Why did she had to lie?

'This little girl, just who is she. Is she even real' he asked inside his head.

"I'm not your mother"

"But..."

"Thank you Lelouch" Lelouch couldn't understand this girl. In one time she'll act all bratty and sharp but in other time, she'll act so innocent and cute. A very little girl act.

Why does he feel like he has seen her before?

"Go to sleep C.C, your wound will open up if you don't have enough rest" C.C snuggled into her blanket. Lelouch slowly patted her head, taking her hand in his. He can felt her trembling hand, she is afraid. Afraid of what? He don't know it either.

"Good night, Lelouch" she said slowly. Lelouch snuggled his face closer to her, closing his eyes and said "Good night, C.C"

He watched her steady breath, after he finally jumped into a conclusion that she is asleep, he walked out of the bed and climb back to the sofa.

Let's dream a sweet dream tonight, right, Lelouch?

He gasped after hearing that words. A girl, telling him to have a sweet dream in a very sad tone. He just ignored it and went back to sleep.

Yes.

He dreamed that night, a dream full of happy memories with his family and a girl. A girl that he doesn't know, not her name, not even her face.

Just, who are you?