Title: Taste of Oranges

Author: Warangel88

Pairing: C.C./Lelouch

Warnings/Spoilers: Spoilers up to end of S2

Author Notes: In this fic Lelouch is alive, personally I think that he is alive and I think a lot of evidence points that he is. However I would probably write fics where he isn't either. Thanks a bunch Ellie for betaing

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass

Jeremiah glanced at his former emperor, Lelouch, and empress picking oranges, or maybe teasing each other and goofing off.

Not like he was necessarily complaining, he preferred Lelouch to be happy and he could honestly see that the emerald haired beauty made him happy and vice versa.

He remembered the tears of sadness that rolled down the young empress's face who was obviously grieving for her dead king as he walked into the chapel with his dead emperor's body in his arms.

He knew how his empress felt because he was grieving over him as well, and it had been very hard for him and the people who knew the true meaning of the Zero Requiem to accept his plans to 'die' even though the latter seemed to have backfired on him.

He could still remember C.C. calling out to him, saying that he was alive; he supposed that even Lelouch was surprised as well from the way that he acted after.

He remembered Lelouch's request, asking if they could stay on his orange farm considering it was in a secluded place, a perfect spot for a dead man, and, naturally, he agreed to it.

He would always serve Lelouch, much like Sayako swore the same oath, even though Lelouch requested that he simply called him by his name and no longer serve him. He also requested that he would pull his own weight around her by picking oranges or whatever tasks he asks of him to help him on his plantation.

"Hey, you two, quit flirting and get back to work," he playfully called out, causing a slight blush to cross both of their faces. While the old him may have been shocked to speak to a member of the royal member in such a manner, no matter how playful it might have been, he considered both Lelouch and C.C. to be his closest friends. He gained a lot of amusement from their relationship.

"Yes, sir," Lelouch obediently replied, yet he had that playful tone in his voice, before turning his gaze back towards his female companion. "You heard him, witch get back to work."

"He was talking to both of us, idiot," she replied, glaring at him, but the former knight could still hear the playful tone in her voice. He could see the witch's golden eyes falling on him before a mischievous smile appeared on her face. "Jeremiah, I'm not feeling well, can I go inside?"

Jeremiah nodded his consent, knowing why she wasn't feeling well and could hear Lelouch muttering something along the lines of, "Stupid witch, leaving all the work for me."

C.C. smiled brightly as she skipped back to the two story cottage her bright, lime green hair pulled back into a braid, bouncing against her back, before brightly calling back to her lover, "That's because I'm pregnant, two months to be exact. "

"What?!" he called after her as she walked towards the manor before turning his gaze towards his loyal knight.

Jeremiah nodded with a slightly amused expression on his face, "It's why C.C. wanted to go with me into town yesterday. She wanted to confirm her suspicions and asked me not to tell you."

He watched as his former emperor chased after her before glancing down at the pink haired girl, "You were recording the whole thing weren't you, Anya?"

The pink hair child nodded

-the end

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