-Long Road to Be Loves-

~By FalconRukichi~

Chapter II : The Queen tell me the story


"Mother, why are you crying?"

"Mother's crying because she's happy."

"Why are you happy?"

"Because, her Cinderella calling her mother."

"Mother, why in Cinderella story, her mother's hate her?"

"Because, she is a bad mother."

"Do you know why Cinderella chose to smile even she is sad?"

"humhum" she shook her head.

"Because, smile will bring her happiness. even when she sad or angry."

"owh…" Kallen look back at her sand castle.


Kallen popped her head in from the doorway, a doubtful eyes roaming inside the club and spotted Lelouch and Milly inside resting on the couch.

"Why must he here?" Her ratings of happiness drop by fifty percent.

Hearing the door was opened by someone, thus Lelouch turn to look. Their eyes locked.

Kallen.

The person he never want to see or locking eyes.

"All of people, why should her be..?"

Avoiding having her under the same roof, Lelouch decided to out. He picked up the folder he gave to Milly's before and tapping the president head.

"Aww!" Milly glared.

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

"Means..you're not making any sense."

"Owh? Why? I always make sense,Lelouch. It's you who didn't make sense." Her word let him speechless. Of course she did keep the meanings behind that word. He knew it.

She stuck her tongue out at him.

"I'm going, need to fetch Shirley." He took a deep breath, then quickly heading to the door pass by her shoulder cold leaving them.


Outside

He pulled the knob closing the majestic door. For a second, he just stood there and ogle to nothing but an empty hall way. Slowly, their meeting earlier replayed through his head again and again.

This feeling, the feeling he'd always clamp together with him ever since eight years ago, never diminishing for him to ambience peace inside his heart. There's something he cannot hauling out by word to describe the implication inside his heart every time he get nearer to her presence.

Those sensation he consumed actually not precisely deep hate or any negative sentiment, though, maybe a when he was little, he did hate her so much. but after that, he choose to ignore. Maybe. But he can assure it's certainly not love or like as well. To use a word for interpret it, maybe we need Einstein solving it.

"What exactly these feeling…?" He not notices that his hand hard pressing it to the chest and deep frowning appear.

"From now on, I will be seeing her every day? God, Milly… I really hate you now."

"God…" Lelouch sighed. He give a last look at the closed door before continue walking go back to class.


Inside.

Silence.

The club is silent. No one has fathered any conversation, either Milly or Kallen. Kallen in fact still unsure if this is a good decision or bad one.

Feels uncomfortable, Kallen hesitated smile.

"Uh..Maybe… I should go?" Kallen waving slowly to Milly's face stealing her attention.

"NO! NO!" Milly jumping from the sofa and stood before her.

"Uh?" Kallen immediately blocking herself, scared if she suddenly thrashing her that make both falls again.

"No… ignore him, Kallen.." Milly leading her to the sofa and letting her chose where to sit. Kallen take the seat across Milly.

Silence, again?

Milly cannot sit still with silence.

"Ok! Here the deal. Since you decline any club, we're going to make a wise decision for you." She said start the conversation.

" I don't think…" Milly cuts her off.

"You're going to join Student Council!" You can see how spiritful she is by looking into her deep eyes. Kallen waiting her finish the sentence before saying anything.

"You Kallen! Will be accepted as…" she stopped and thinking what exactly best position for her.

"As? You never ask me but, you blackmailing me to come here, President.." Kallen sweatdrop.

"As… oh yeah! As Deliver Document Girl for Student Council! Means, every noted that I demanded will deliver by you." Milly eyes shine brightly crazy waiting the answer. The look in her eyes, enough for telling her to take cautious because this girl, who seat in front of her right now can do anything just to fulfill her own desires. That's scaring Kallen's a bit.

"This girl…" the red hair sighed defeated.

"But…I still need his approval to join, right? He's vice-president after all." she wavered.

"Nope! He just a vice while I'm a president~ I'll be the one will approve any decision in this Club. So, here I am, approving you to be the part of our family! Kallen!" She immediately hugs her.

"Family..huh?" Kallen's thought. Ok..now, I almost chocked! She's going to kill me!

"President! Im..im…" almost losing her soul, Milly automatically lose the hug.

"Ops~ hahaha~" she patting her back while the red haired girl try catching her breath.

"You almost…k..kill me, pres…"

" I figured out that you hardly to die. "

"Prez…" Again, she sweatdrop.

"Ok, then, now settled! HAHAHAHA" she laughs evilly sending a chill to everyone who can hear it.

Milly Ashford was a year older than her or Lelouch. Eventhough she recently saw her antique before but to seeing her as a leader? Not once a chance except everytime the event was held, Milly will be the one in charge.

Noticing she is so insisted, Kallen accept.

"I guess, okay." Kallen bowed respecting her after their short discussion.

"Good" She paused. Then whispers slowly "Another slave~" silently the evil eyes narrowing toward the empty ceiling. Imagine the great punishment to create.

"Sorry? What did you said?" Kallen did catch her devilish grin, and surely heard something.

Milly hands patting her shoulder making her little bit startle.

"Nothing to worry about, dear~ since we're settling now, let's go home!"

Milly jumping from the sofa to the big dining table grabbing her beg while Kallen already walking toward the door. Seeing the girl will going out first, Milly hurrying chase her and pulling her left wrist making Kallen turn 360 facing her.

"Pres!"

Milly staring at her.

"Kallen…" she begins.

Pregnant pause.

After a couple second later, Milly permitting her hand go.

"If there's anything you want to talk, I'll be here, ok?" her eyes soften matching her blue sky orb. She can't tell, but can feel something inside those cerulean eyes.

The sudden change from Milly build up little bit curious to her. Why she say that? The meaning behind those words felt so heavy. Sounds like sympathy? No, more than that. Ignoring the curiosity, she giving her assures.

"Ok." Kallen smile then walk out leaving her alone.

"…"

"AHHH! This going to be hard! But…maybe good?" she punch on the air excitedly.

The day she hopes the spark will appear between them.

"Kallen and Lelouch. I do hope you two will be a good friend. I hate seeing people unhappy. You better right, Milly Ashford!"

How smooth their names slipping out between her soft lips.

Milly never saw the violet and the red fiery hair having social between each other. Never once! Maybe an accidentally glance? Nope. Narrowing eyes sharp? They never talk or look in the eyes. What exactly they fighting of? They're not even befriending since the beginning. How can this happen? She can't hold any longer how stupid Lelouch now. The conflict with no head title should be deleted from the daily life box.

Maybe. But, she will make a different and will make it! Let's have a miracle this year.


"They said, my eyes are different from my brother. Is it bad?"

"No. you have a beautiful eyes. Blue like a wide sky. It's not bad to be a different, Kallen, its good"

"But, why they said I am a bad girl?"

"Because, they're jealous with you." Marrianne put kallen red hair behind her ear while she continues eating.

"Mother, why you giving me bread like Cinderella mother give to her?"

"No, mother gives you this bread because mother baked it special for you, and you are not a bad girl, kallen."

"But why mother ...and Naoto and father leave me…" Marrianne put her arms around the little girl slender shoulder soothing her before she could continue the speech.

That time… it was something one could never forget. The child's sorrowful.


"Marrianne. Are you sure for what you merely asking for?" Charles shocked.

"Yes …"

"You know the consequence for having he marrying to the one he never wants?"

"Yes…"

"And one more things…" Charles pause and repairing his seat position to face her wife clearly.

"Isn't he too young for weighing the marriage, Marrianne?" his eyes locked to her waiting the reasonable excuse from his wife. It's not like he didn't agree but the marriage is not something they can take easily especially for their son's age.

"I'm not saying they need to bearing a child in this young age…merely tied them as one. I'm not hindering to continue their study or anything they want to do, just…"

"Do you think everything can turn back normal just like before?"

"I don't know..Charles..I don't know about the future yet for them, but as a mother, I could feel… they will find happiness although on the way to that journey, thy will accounter a lot of experience." She paused. Her eyes couldn't stop from tearing.

Slowly, Charles put his arms around her shoulders and pulling her close to his neck. It's hurt seeing her cry.

Silence.

After a long silence, Charles let out a small sighed, he did understand why she trying to illuminating. Her conditions.

Marrianne Lamperouge was suffering uncured diseases. The disease was told by the specialist, there is no cure yet for this type of disease she'd suffered. They just can prevent the virus from spreading to other organs and delay the time for dying. Atleast, the disease does not threaten the family lineage or pregancy.

"Dear…that's the only wish I appreciated if you and Lelouch could fulfill it before …" she paused.

"Don't ever say it, Dearest."

"Charles…Please…I'm certain, Kallen is the right person who can giving him happiness."

"You realize this wish will …"

"Yes…"

"And now knowing he actually had a girlfriend?"

"Yes."

"Dear, I still doubt about this marriage, first of all, I never once saw him like or even talk to her, for living together as one? Impossible."

There is a pause between his words before Marrianne cut him.

"I promise to myself on the day I adopted her…I will send my prince to protect her…" she remembered the day she make a vow to the little child, the prince she means is Lelouch, her own son.

"I'm still not quite understand for whole these years, Marrianne…your sudden action taking her into our family, and now her become part of us. I really …" Marrianne kiss on top his lips.

"Please…" she pleads.

"I hope you're not hiding something, Marrianne." Charles cupped her face and look into her eyes searching the answer.

But, nothing. She's just like that girl. Hiding something he can't even understand.


JAPAN, Taito Highschool

The last bell had stopped ringing while ago, sign of the school already ended for today. The sounds of student leaving the school building make the whole evening kind of strident by their chatting.

Class today really was taking a toll to his body, but more to mind exactly. Even though no sport or gym activity in their schedule, but, sitting in the class and heard the teacher babbling about this subject, that subject? God, the mind needs rest. He thought the whole class should be more entertaining than having dull teaching by old teachers. This school really needs to replace their instructors to more active and young. The one who could speak loudly and blend with teenager mind.

Rai didn't move from his seat even heard the last bell already ringing to all students vacating the building. He yawns and makes a stretching for release his sore body for sitting the whole day. After several times stretch out, he could feel the freshness then put his head on the table, taking a little bit rest. Meanwhile almost all his friend already out to go home leaving him alone to finish the task by closing the class door.

"Bye Rai, see you tomorrow." One of his friends bid him before joining her group. Rai simply reply by waving her.

"Hai~ take care." Once the group gone from his eyes, he back on his last position.

Outside of the windows, the shine of evening sun captivates his observation now. The orange bright mixed with the red shine on the head sky really beautiful. Slowly, the old memories recalled inside his mind now. His beautiful blue eyes stuck out the windows appreciated the memories.

"It's a doll! And you should play a doll than sand!" Rai giving a baby dolls to her but she pushed it to him.

"Why should I play doll when I like sand?"

"But, dolls for a girl, and sand for a boy! You girl!" Rai shoves the doll again but the girl only shoving it to his face back.

"if you like dolls, why don't you play? Beside, you look more like a girl than me!"

"Eeh? "

Rai shocked. He started to think that this girl hates girly stuff. Then he makes a new strategy.

"What?"

"Let's switch. I become a girl and you boy." He was extending his hand to shake with her. The girl who saw it, proudly stand up and accept it.

"Humph! So I can be a prince with white horse and you will be a Cinderella!" the girl smirking telling him she is a winner.

"eeeh?! Cinderella?!" no wonder.

"Cinderella huh…" He tore his glance outside the windows.

The memories still fresh inside his mind. That day, the day where he had throwing his pride as a little boy who should be the one who protect reversed being the one who need protect. He chuckled alone remembering the recollection when they were kid.

"Pretty…sunset." A soft smiles graven on his lips while relishing the quite evening until someone interrupted it.

THUD!

"Hurt!" Rai rapidly turn around to see who the person is dared to interrupt his charming smile for peace.

"Speak of the devil…" he throwing an evil glared while rubbing the hitting spot checking if a bump grows from the hit.

"You still alive? Thought you die got sucked by a school ghost." Yuusuke pull a chair in front of Rai and sit facing him.

"Yuusuke.." he paused and give an annoying look.

"What? I heard Cinderella. Day dream eh?" the boy named Yuusuke raised his eyebrow.

"Couldn't you just be gentler?" he rose up straight and pulling out the brown beg's on the table.

"Gentle? Aww. You're girl?" Seeing his bestfriend still unpacked, he decides to wait.

"I'm tired you know…that teacher really have knowledge of how's to control us using his "powerful speech"." Rai begin to packing his bag.

Yuusuke laugh.

"Who's the Cinderella you dreaming about?" he changes the subject.

"No one."

"Lie."

"Nope."

"lying."

"NO ONE! It just a memory!" Rai feeling annoyed. He then started packing his beg to go home. He will not telling him that embarrassed memory or he will get laughing like an idiot.

"nah- We're friends, right?"

"No."

"Aww….dont be so cruel, dude. I never know you already had your OWN Cinderella since every SINGLE one female IN this school try to confess or stealing your heart, you refuse. Now, tell me or I'll tell the whole school that you actually gay."

"You not dare." Rai narrowed his eyes sharply to Yuusuke, if looks can kill, he should be dead by right now.

"Try me." He dared him. Smirk. Evil smirk.

"OKAY! I have this girl…when I was a kid." he paused to take a breath. "And we're playing drama. You satisfied?" he sighed.

"Ooo….Who's that girl?"

"No one, we just met several times, I don't even ask her name. That's it."

"Really? Impossible…if she's no one, why you still kept her in your mind?" He raking his chin and acting like a detective, that's enough to annoy Rai.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Rai finish packing his bag then he tugged Yuusuke's back collar pulling him together out of the class.

"I'm tired. Let's go."

"What? You promised we're going karaoke today?!"

"nah- Im sore, beside the whole transferring matter caught me." Rai squeeze his forehead. Catching a little bit headache.

"Sore?" Yuu turn around facing him with a shocking face.

"Yeah. Sore. Why?"

"How many girls you'd slept?" pervert grinning appear on his face. Absolutely need to punch.

" .hentai." Rai running from him keep a wide smile on his face. The good punch for perverted thought.

"Hey! That's hurt! You know I'm joking!" rubbed his sore belly, yuusuke chasing him to the gate, then both take a separate path to go home.

"Yuu!"

"Yeah?"

"I'm transferring."

"What?" Yuusuke had taken a back. His step break from continue moving.


Ashford Academy.

On the rooftop, there's a lovebirds actually resting peacefully adoring the evening. Lelouch and Shirley were seeing comfortable lying beside each other. The calming on their face told universe for not disturb the time for being in love.

Taking is eyes from the sky, Lelouch looks over at bubbly girl who lying next to him. Observing her cuteness with eyes closed, he trailing his delicate fingers across her face slowly. His action stirring her. Then she looks at him.

"Lulu…"

"Hei. Sorry, I just…"

"Lulu, Do you love me?" Shirley move her body to face him.

"Why you asking me that question? You know I never doubt my feelings toward you." He smile by her statement.

"Hahaha~ I like to hear your voice and how the word coming out from your lips. It's letting me to know how real it is."

"Nah~ you sound like i'll be leaving you."

"You will?" her eyes widen. Lelouch smirk. His smirk enough melting the any girl's hearts who saw it. He is so damn attractive.

"Of course, never." Then he kisses her top lips. Shirley makes a small moan having the taste of his lips on her but the heaven feeling stopped when Lelouch pull out. They're not passionate kiss, just a normal kissing but for the bubbly girl, enough making her feet uncontrollable. How come one person is able to take almost half soul out of the delicate bodies? She felt so grateful to have him loves her.

Hours pass by fast for the two as they lying in each other arm on the ground at the rooftop of school. Hearing the school ground getting deserted, Lelouch getting up.

"Shirley, let's go,I take you home." He gazing her face.

"Okay~" Shirley saw Lelouch staring at her and decide to ask.

"Lulu? There's anything on my face?" she clueless.

"ah? Nothing…I actually have something important to ask you…"

"Yes?" waiting like an hour, lelouch holding her both wrists.

"After the school end, will you be my wife? I know i may sound rushing, but, that's the only way we can never be separated." Those violet irises gaze deeply inside her eyes. Waiting her shocking eyes reply, he knows the question will take a time to be accepted, but looking at how she loves him. He may got the "Yes"

"Lelouch….I..I" she speechless the take a deep breath to answer him, someone interrupted their important moments.

"YES!" Kallen make a faster pace chasing CC who leaving her behind.

"I'm not."

"Yes, and you are!" CC eyes flickering with smirk on purpose teasing her.

"What? I'm just telling him the truth. About how you wasting your sexiness and the sound of mour…Umph!" her mouth covered by Kallen's hand. She can't take it anymore! This girl….this girl..so pervert!

She could feel now her face by now red resembles her red hair. So red!

"Umph! Umph~"

"You still won't stop are you.." Kallen sweatdrop.

"Hmmphhmph~" she giggle behind her hand.

"Where the hell you got that idea, CC..?" sighed.

From far, two pair of eyes observing them. There's a shock on his face looking at the scene on the ground.

Kallen.


On the rooftop.

Lelouch carefully watch the scene before his eyes. Obviously shocking appear on his face but he cover it.

The scene he never knew he will witness or actually he against to see, the smiles of her.

For these eight years, never once he saw her smile or laughing or whatever expression human should except stoic or fake in class. For that reason, even she was adopted to his family, they had lived separate. She was brought by her mother her own house and taking care by one of his maid and butler.

Meet or play together? No way. He negated.

Today he was presented by a fate how lively the girl is.

"Is that Kallen?! Lelouch!" Shirley also stunned by it since they're shared a same class and of course never saw too. His gazes never leave the two of them for several second, until he was interjected by Shirley hand hold his elbow, he turn.

"Let's go home, Shirley" Lelouch pulling her from the fence before pick up their bag to go home.

"Lelouch…"

Silence.

"Yes?"

"About earlier…are you serious?" she bowed shy by his sexy gazes.

"Yes."

"So.." she seem fidgeting by nervous. Her cheeks turn to really bright pink, embarrassing to answer him. The question she longed to hear for long time ago since they were official an item. Shirley Fennette replies his gazing eyes.

Their eyes met.

"Yes. I love to be your wife, Lelouch Lamperouge."

Then, under the sunset, both embrace each other, showering by the bright neon of evening sunset. Taking a time to enjoy the moment, the imaginary of future they will hold created already inside their mind.

The proposing, who can never be a reality.

Taken by destiny to be with someone you destined to be.

It's called Fate.


Kallen interjected.

It's hurt. Like someone just stabbing her heart to pulling it out. Hurt. So hurt.

"What is this feeling…?"


"Kallen, when the Prince coming into your life, can you be strong?"

"Yes! Because, Kallen is strong!"

"Good girl~ then even you sad, can you smile?"

"Yes! Mother said smile will bring happiness!"


Tada!

The second chapter of Long Road to be loves~ I'm not really good in making any scene even i already read soooo many fanfiction really, romance? so weird for me to wrote. but to draw? yes. i do hope you will see any improvement in my story and yes, my story is my own. there's a lot will happen soon starting on chapter 3. i know the 1st 2 chapter really slow. maybe? but,please bear with it.. beside, i do need help from reader and writer for making this story more interesting. i love fighting scene but I'm bad to write politic and anything connected with heavy plot even i loves heavy plot. this fic will change to M if I said so.

R/R~