章 8: Chapter 8:Akeno
In fact, he infinitely preferred her silent companionship to the vapid conversations most of his classmates tried to involve him in.
He didn't want to make her sad for much the same reason he didn't want to make any of those he at least somewhat cared about sad.
He had a heart, even if it was old and out of use due to his experiences forcing him to harden it to protect himself.
The door to the club room opened up and two girls walked in.
One he instantly recognized as Rias, and the other he assumed was Akeno. Lelouch stood up and held out his hand, surprising Rias and her friend.
"I never got the chance to thank you for saving my life Rias." He said as she shook his hand. "Koneko told me quite a bit, but I want to know more before I decide to join your Peerage.
" He smirked hollowly. "I'm sure you can understand." He returned his hand to his side and flexed his fingers, she had a good grip.
He sat back down on the couch, leaning back into the comfortable cushion.
"Very well, Lelouch." Rias stated before making her way to the curtain separating the shower from the main room.
"Akeno can handle most of your questions as she is my Queen. She's been with me for a long time.
" She removed her clothing smoothly, slightly surprised to not hear a gasp from Lelouch, before stepping in the shower and closing the curtain.
Lelouch blinked in surprise at seeing Rias strip so casually before looking at Akeno with wide eyes. "Does she do that often?
" The last person he'd seen with such little regard for clothing had been C.C. and that had been after centuries of being an immortal had permanently dulled her sense of shame.
Akeno giggled at his surprise. "Not too often, at least around newer members, but Rias is a nudist." She said.
"She has very little care about whether she's seen naked or not. In fact, she prefers going without clothes sometimes, says it's more relaxing." Akeno found Lelouch's somewhat gaping mouth amusing.
"I assume you have many more questions than just that."
Lelouch closed his eyes. Looked like this group was going to be far more interesting than he had thought, quirks upon quirks it seemed.
"Why did Rias bring me back to life?" Koneko had told him Kiba asked, but he assumed there was more to it than that.
Akeno walked and sat on the desktop, kicking her legs out as she replied. "Kiba asked, according to her." She sighed quietly in annoyance, second hand information was never fun.
"I wasn't there so I don't know the conversation, but apparently, he said you didn't deserve to die." She gave her handsome classmate a hooded look.
"From what I heard he was rather adamant that you deserved another chance at life. Maybe there's a little thing going on between the two of you?"
Lelouch choked in surprise at the insinuation, and he wasn't the only one. Koneko's face went red as she coughed down the chocolate.
He turned to her and pat her on the back, helping it go down. "Not funny, Akeno." Koneko rasped out.
"Ruined my last piece of chocolate." The petite girl gave the older girl quite the glare and Lelouch patted her on the shoulder.
"I'll get you some more later okay, I still have questions." Lelouch doubted Koneko could do the same thing to Akeno as she had done to the one fool he had seen make her mad, but he wanted answers to his questions first.
"To answer your question," he turned to Akeno before responding, "no, Kiba and I are barely acquaintances.
The closest we've ever come is hiding from a couple girls in the school library at the same time when they started to become too much for him.
" Lelouch still thought it wasn't Kiba's brightest idea egging them on by treating them like he did.
Then again, Lelouch's strategy of ignoring them and hoping they went away or just flat out leaving their presence whenever possible didn't seem to work either.
Lelouch shrugged before moving on to his next question. "What Piece did Rias use on me and what are the attributes it granted me?
" He had been curious ever since Koneko had shown him her strength and mentioned the different Pieces and the fact that they had differing attributes.
It had been a long time since he played his favorite game and he was intrigued.
"Rias told me she used her second Knight Piece on you."
Akeno answered, standing up from her position on the desk and wandering about the room.
"As for your attributes, aside from the enhanced strength of a Devil, your main attribute will be a speed increase.
" She half-turned to Lelouch to wrap up her explanation. "However your main weakness will be low defense and damage to your mobility, your legs."
Lelouch pondered the irony of the fact that he would be resurrected as a Knight and a Devil, he probably found it funnier than he should have, but be managed to suppress his amusement.
"I don't have any more questions right now, thank you for clearing everything up.
" He thanked her as he fell silent, watching as Koneko moved behind the desk and pulled out another stash of chocolate.
When she sat back down on the couch next to him, she answered his questioning look with, "Emergency stash.
" before taking a bite of the sugary treat. She held out a chocolate piece on a toothpick for him and asked, "Want some?"
Lelouch leaned forward and took a small bite, leaving the rest for Koneko. It was pretty good. "Thanks, it's tasty." He said after swallowing the treat.
"Still, I need to eat some real food later, I can't subsist off of only sweets like you somehow can." He joked before falling silent and leaning back into the couch to relax.
He closed his eyes and tried to rest, a lot had happened in the past day or so.
After a few minutes of silence, a few minutes Lelouch was grateful for, the door opened once again.
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