Curiousity killed the cat

[swordofzero]

Characters: Suzaku and Lelouch
Setting: Starting in dorm floors and going to floor 101
Format: Either
Summary: Suzaku has been good, done what Diarmuid told him and left Lelouch well alone. But curiosity gets the best of him at the end
Warnings: Angsty, angry boys, mind wipe, betrayal, Code Geass awfulness also spoilers

Suzaku had been working hard all month, focusing on the collar researching and doing his best to avoid Lelouch and Rolo. But he couldn't put the matter out of his mind. Diarmuid had told him to leave it but he had to know. If this was a Lelouch from another world then his worries would be for nothing. Even though it was still not healthy for Rolo it was safe and Suzaku couldn't exactly begrudge happiness, since these would be the last months Rolo was alive. Even if the worlds were restored... Rolo was dead.

However is Suzaku was right, if this Lelouch was from his own world, having lost his memories due to Geass. He could be dangerous to Rolo, and to others if the glamour went off. It had flickered a bit the last month and Suzaku had heard nothing, but he needed proof.

So he was at his door, Arthur in his arms, teeth sunk into a finger and his gun at his side like always. He knocked.

Comments

[doasisay]

"Something selfish, as usual." Lelouch didn't even comment about Euphie. It was an accident and he regretted it... Now it was just thrown back in his face.

"Did you earn your place? Did you change things? Because that's what I was doing before you stopped me." That was obvious, of course. He continued to glare, staring the other down, "What now? What will you take from me now? I remember what was told to me when I came here. I don't have much else to lose, Suzaku. You took my chance away and everyone else is dead." He hesitated, glancing away. "...Including Nunnally."

[swordofzero]

"Of course." He brought his head back up, "I changed things," They had changed things, but it was to complicated to explain and Lelouch wouldn't listen, not at the moment. Perhaps not ever. He wouldn't remember this once he left this floor.

"But it doesn't matter, like you said everyone is dead." And neither of them had much to lose at all. "You needed to be stopped, you were out of control."

I have no yelling icons :,(

[doasisay]

"It looks like it. I can see the difference that you've made." Every word he spoke either was dripping was sarcasm or hatred toward the other, "I was not! You were afraid of someone else making a change, just like everyone else was."

"This must be some kind of hell. I don't get to do what I promised; I don't even get to apologizing for being a horrible brother or for failing Nunnally. I'm forced to stay here with a false brother and you. There's too many things that I could call you."

cry. I will pretend they are yelling

[swordofzero]

"It was much like the difference you made." Involving far too many deaths. Arthur bit him again and Suzaku let go of him, the cat darted off, away from the two of them. Smart cat.

"Say what you have to say, I'm not stopping you."

[doasisay]

"And just what are you wanting me to say? That I hate you? Or something else?" Lelouch's eyes darted over to Arthur, looking surprised, "What did you do to him also?!"

[swordofzero]

"The truth. There have been too many lies between us." He blinked and also watched Arthur go. "He has been in this place for two years, I didn't do anything to him."

[doasisay]

"You already know the truth... You're-- You were my friend and you basically gave me over to the Emperor. You can figure it out from there."

[swordofzero]

"You were my friend, yet you fought against me. Manipulated people, cursed me to live, murdered Euphemia." He doesn't even sound angry, more resigned, these things still hurt, but he had been so angry about them, had fought with Lelouch about them. And who Lelouch was was so confused in Suzaku's mind. He was this angry person, but he was also the emperor and he was also the one who was going to create the world anew.

[doasisay]

"That was an accident and you know it was!! I would've let Euphemia do whatever she pleased. She already knew who I was and wanted to work with me. You've always been against me... I did what I needed to do while you ran off to whoever would accept you and put you on a pedistal." Now he was just angry and trying to get some reaction from the other. Anything besides that blank and serious expression. It made him even more angry.

"What will you do with me now? I'm not leaving here. As soon as I do, I will return to how I was."

[swordofzero]

"An accident that you used to your advantage and used as an excuse to kill hundreds more than had already been killed due to your accident." His voice was still calm, cold, empty.

"Nothing. I told you. I had to know so that I could protect Rolo from you. Before you hurt him even more than you already have."

[doasisay]

"How have I hurt him? All that I remember is having been kind to him since he has been with me." He didn't comment on the first bit. He knew what he had done was wrong... He regretted it and if he could apologize, he would.

[swordofzero]

"And if you met him here, on this floor would you be so kind?" He pressed on, angry that he had just brushed off the first comment.

[doasisay]

Lelouch was quick to answer that one, "No, he's not my brother. He's not anything to me."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku stepped into his space within moments, hand coming to grab the front of Lelouch's shirt. "He cares for you. If our powers get turned off, if you end up on a powerless floor with him. You won't do anything to hurt him. I will not allow you to break his heart."

[doasisay]

Lelouch was quick to move the gun underneath Suzaku's chin as he was grabbed and threatened. He glared daggers at the other, almost daring him to try something else.

"Why do you care so much? Are you the one that put him up to pretending to be my brother? I'm sure you told him to keep tabs on me since I'm so 'out of control' as you say. If he gets in my way, I will get rid of him; just like I'll get rid of you as well. You're both enemies of mine and I will never forgive you for your betrayal."

[swordofzero]

"I put him up to nothing." He glared back at him, daring him to pull the trigger. The words tore into him but he let them, they were the hatred he craved, the punishment for all his crimes. "But I care about him. I won't let you hurt him, I will not let you hurt anyone in this tower. This is not Britannia, and if you try anything I will stop you."

[doasisay]

"You should know by now - I'm not afraid of you. I'm not afraid of anyone here. Even if I don't have my Geass, I will do what I can to get out of here. I'm not finished with Britannia or the Emperor. You can live a lie as long as you'd like with my fake brother, but I will not."

[swordofzero]

"I am not living a lie." His eyes glinted, "I am fighting to get out, I won't stop you in that. But I will not allow you to hurt the others here, to throw their lives away as well."

[doasisay]

"What does it honestly matter, Suzaku? They're just as much garbage as everyone else we knew at home. They're insignificant and just in the way. This place could get overpopulated someday... What do you think those administrators will do?"

Lelouch's lips curled into a small smile as he looked at the other, staring at his eyes, "You hate me too, don't you? I've always been the villain to you. You don't understand anything at all and I don't think that you ever will."

[swordofzero]

"See this is why..." He took a deep breath, he wasn't going to get angry. It wasn't worth it. "No one is insignificant. If you wish to fight to get home do so, but do not sacrifice others to get there."

He shoved Lelouch at that, but did not let go of his shirt. "I don't hate you. But it is you that doesn't understand anything at all."

[doasisay]

Lelouch retaliated at the shove, slapping him across the face as hard as he could. It hurt to be shoved and then pulled back but now ot was almost like he was trying to shake him like he was some child. That pissed him off. Now he was mad; furious, even. So furious that he had forgotten about the gun in his other hand since he moved it out of the way when he slapped Suzaku.

"What don't I understand?! Explain to me what makes everything look right and how nothing is wrong for you!"

[swordofzero]

His head turned slightly at the slap. It was the fact Lelouch had slapped him, rather than the slap itself that hurt. He didn't move though, just stared at Lelouch steadily.

"Our worlds are similar but not identical, everyone comes from a different world." He told him, his voice struggling to stay calm. "In the world I am from I am ahead of you in time."

[doasisay]

"What are you talking about?! You're speaking nonsense! Let me go." He continued to glare, annoyed that the slap didn't even phase him.

[swordofzero]

"It is not nonsense. Just a fact of this place." He glared back, not letting go at all. "I come from a time further ahead than you. That is why you understand nothing."

[doasisay]

Lelouch grabbed a fist full of hair on the other's head, jerking him as he continued to yell, "Let go of me! I am not listening to anything else you have to say! You're a liar and you betrayed me, Suzaku!"

He looked pained, yanking the other's head again as his voice cracked, "You ruined everything that I had worked so hard to do! I did it all to make things better - for Nunnally; for you even!"