The sound of the gunshot didn’t reverberate throughout Ashford Academy’s courtyard as the bullet that ended Mao’s life traveled through the silencer he, himself, had prepared.
It was barely louder than a footstep on grass.
Yuuji held C.C’s hand after he took the gun from her. The hand she used to pull the trigger.
It was trembling. Her whole body was trembling, and it wasn’t from the cold of the night.
She looked down onto the dead man before her, his eyes still opened in shock yet lifeless.
She stared at them silently, when Yuuji suddenly turned her around and pulled her into a warm embrace, averting her gaze from Mao.
“You should return to your room and take a rest, C.C.”
“...What about you?”
“I’ll deal with him.”
“I’ll he-”
“No.”
Yuuji tightened his arms around her, before he began stroking her smooth, lime-green hair.
“No… You go first. I’ll follow after I’m done.”
“...Okay.”
She ed her arms around him, hugging him as tightly as she could before removing herself from him.
“...Don’t take too long.”
Yuuji nodded and gave her a reassuring smile.
“I won’t.”
C.ced at Mao for a bit, looked at Yuuji, and turned around to make her way back to her room.
Yuuji tio watch her back recede into the distail she was out of sight. Theurowards Mao.
“You would’ve caused muisery… And hurt C.C even more than you have. I hope you know that at least you won’t be hurting anyone anymore after this.”
A golden gun appeared in his hand, aimed right at Mao’s lifeless body.
“I wish you happiness in your life.”
He pulled the trigger, and with that, the spell <
Ihan a blink of an eye, Mao’s body disappeared into nothingness, along with the blood that had seeped into the ground and grass.
The golden gun disappeared from his hand as he lowered them. Then, he pulled out his phone from his pocket and begaing a message.
Tsubakihara Yuuji: “Mao decided to attack tonight. C.d I took care of him. I’ll be back as soon as possible to give you the details.”
After sending it to Lelouch, Tatsuya, and Satoru, he closed his phone a out a sigh.
Then, he felt his neckce tightening around him and the obsidian diamond-shaped crystal rising up to his ned moving bad forth as if trying to caress him.
“Ah, thank you for f me, Alice, Aria…”
He rubbed the two Yin Yang Slimes, who were in their neck, with his fingers and kissed both of them.
The , which Alice had turned into, began to shake in pure happiness, while the obsidian diamond, which Aria had turned into, began to shimmer even more. But then, she immediately slid back down into his shirt, hiding in embarrassment.
He chuckled softly at slimes’ adorable behavior.
Yuuji then took a deep breath, ahem out slowly before making his way back to C.C’s room as promised.
He messaged Lelouch as he approached the Student Gover building where Lelouch lives.
Yuuji tapped the door twice with his knuckle, making sure it was just enough to be heard from the living room. And a few moments ter, the door opened and revealed Lelouch, dressed in a simple bck shirt and long pants.
A weak smile appeared on Yuuji’s face as he faced Lelouch.
“Hey… May I e in?”
Lelouch stared at him for a moment before nodding and made way for him to enter.
“Go. She’s in her room. We’ll talk about it tomorrow.”
Yuuji nodded gratefully a inside.
He made his way silently to C.C’s room, and when he arrived, he tapped the door twice, even softer than he did before.
Silence fell for a few moments, before the clig sound of the door unlog was heard, and the door opened.
C.C was still in her jacket and outing outfit from before. And she looked up to him with eyes almost devoid of emotions. But Yuuji knew she was simply suppressing it as much as she could.
No matter what he said to her before, a few words wouldn’t be able to heal the scar in her heart that had bee for decades, or perhaps eveuries.
But, even knowing this, he’ll keep on doing it until they heal.
“C.C…”
Without a word, C.C moved towards him and ed her arms around him and buried her face to his chest.
Yuuji embraced her bad the two stayed like that for a while.
“You should take a rest, C.C…”
He pushed C.C’s shoulders softly and looked down to meet her eyes.
After what had happened, she’d need some time to process it… A good night’s sleep to help her clear her mind.
He leaned down and touched her forehead with his.
“I’ll e again first thing in the m tomorrow…”
Yuuji whispered, but when he was about to leave, C.C ed her arms around him again, preventing him from moving away.
“Stay… Didn’t you say you’ll stay with me…?”
His eyes widened for a moment, surprised by the ued force she was hugging him with. It was as if… she was afraid he would disappear.
“...Alright.”
He embraced her once again and stroked her back with a helpless smile, and only then did she loosened her hug slightly.
C.joyed his embrace for a few moments, before pulling him inside.
She sat on the bed, which was even more bedtossed than usual, and patted the pext to her.
“Sit here…”
The two met gazes for a few moments, before Yuuji made his way to her bed and sat down.
And the mome, C.C pushed him down onto the bed and id dowo him, resting her head on his chest.
“...Let me stay like this for a while.”
“...Alright.”
Yuuji ed an arm around her shoulder and began stroking her hair softly. The sensation of her silky smooth hair was very f, perhaps even more so than what C.C was experieng. Though if C.ew what he was thinking, she would simply snort and ent on how stupid he was for being s.
But, as they ehe fortable silence, C.C broke it with something Yuuji would’ve never expected.
“...Tell me about yourself one day. Your true self…”
His hand stopped, auro look down at C. his chest.
He looked at her in silent surprise, his eyes widened in shock. But after a while, Yuuji let out a sigh aed his head ba the bed.
“Since when did you find out?”
C.orted through her nose softly.
“Someoh that kind of fad a geass appeared out of nowhere and was so chummy with someone like Lelouough to bee a trusted member of the bights and bee the ace pilot with a knightmare thought to be lost for decades… It’d be more strange if I think nothing was wrong.”
“...It does seem strange when you put it that way.”
Yuuji sighed deeply and began stroking her head once more as C.C adjusted herself to snuggle even mainst him.
“I promise I’ll tell you everything about me sooner or ter… But not now. I’m sorry.”
“Mm. It’s fine… I promise I’ll also tell you my name… My real name, by then…”
“Alright.”
A few moments of fortable silence fell upon them. And before he k, he noticed that she had fallen asleep.
He looked down to her and saw her peaceful resting face, breathing in and out slowly on his chest, and smiled. He kissed the top of her head before ying back down with a sigh.
I really fall in love too easily…
The figure of a certain tomboy with red hair fshed in his mind. But he shook his head, pulled C.C even closer, and tio stroke her hair while staring at the ceiling, repying the events that transpired that evening.
And before he k, he fell asleep along with her.
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Karen id on her queen-size opy bed.
After a long day in the base, preparing for the bight’s operation, she would’ve normally fallen asleep, especially when the bed she was sleeping on was the high quality bed in her Britannian parents’ mansion.
But she kept moving from side to side, ging positions, and looking up at the ceiling of her opy bed, uo fall asleep.
Her mind was filled by the hateful idiot who she could never get out of her head even though she had never seen his fabsp;
He was currently undergoing a secret mission from Zero that no one, not even the bights executives like herself and Ohgi knew.
And because of that, he hadn’t been able to e to the base ahem with their preparations for their operation, even though he was one of the most important and vital members of the Bights, givehe pilot of one of their two most powerful units.
At the very least, he should’ve told her where he’s going and when he’s going back!!!
Suddenly, Karen got up to her kurned around, and began pounding on her goose feather pillows.
“Arrgh…! That stupid idiot…! Why am I even thinking about him?!”
In her mind, she imagihat pillow to be the man a full-body suit armor and devilish mask. She tio punch it for a few moments, before plopping back down to her bed and hugged the pillow tightly.
“Just what are you going that you ’t even tell us…?”
She uood, with her logical mind, that Mordred couldn’t have shared anything about his mission. It was a secret mission from Zero, and if Zero deemed it unnecessary for others to know about it, then it will stay betweewo.
But… No matter how much she wao deny it, deep in her heart, she couldn’t help but worry about him.
Seeing as his mission was of a higher priority thaheir operation in Port Yokosuka, there’s aremely high ce that the mission he’s undergoing was extremely dangerous.
And if he got into trouble… No one would be able to help him.
What if he got captured? What if he got hurt? What if he got into danger and needed help, but she’s not there with him?
tless sarios that ched her heart from just the thought of it tio circle around her mind.
Then… even more thoughts about the time she had spent with him, idling, sharing a meal, versing, w on Guren, and pying around with the others in the Bights soon repced them.
A myriad of expressions began to appear from Karen’s face. From nostalgic, to angry, to embarrassed, and finally, happiness.
In the end, all she could do was let out a sigh and id on her back, staring up at the ceiling.
“...Be safe. Idiot.”
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