Array
(
[text] =>
“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 groom! 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, 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.
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 while 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…”
“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 and he put it down on the table before readying Nunnally’s tea followed by taking 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 thing 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.
[text_hash] => 31318d01
)