Notes: this chapter is set after the end of R2, and has some spoilers for the series.

Milly of the Letchery

Three: Nina

Nina Einstein's black hair fell in two braids atop her bare breasts as the younger woman moaned in pleasure, her shirt hanging off her arms, hampering her movements. Milly Ashford leaned forward to kiss each of her breasts, licking at the taut nipples as the girl gasped softly.

"Milly," Nina moaned breathlessly as the young scientist leaned back on the cluttered lab bench, "we shouldn't... not here!"

"Don't tease me," Milly nibbled on Nina's neck as the reporter stoked the front of Nina's trousers as she said, "I didn't have the chance to do this before, when we met while you were touring with Prince Schneizel."

Panting Nina gasped out weakly, "It's been a long time, Milly!"

Milly pressed a finger hard against the seam of Nina's pants, pushing against the swollen mound as she purred, "Really?"

"Ah," Nina gasped helplessly as she spread her legs willingly. With a wicked smile Milly kissed her way across Nina's thin belly to the top of her pants before delicately unfastening them and tugging them down past her hips.

"Hmm," Milly breathed deeply as she murmured, "I remember that smell very well. Especially on a certain table...."

"Milly!' Nina blushed, vividly remembering that time she had masturbated against a table in the student council rooms.

Wiggling the pants down a bit more Milly brushed the girl's lightly haired black triangle, then down across her reddened pussy lips. "I'm glad I caught you," Milly mused as she let her fingers slip into her wetness, "or we wouldn't have been doing this."

Nina bit back a moan as she was penetrated, then swiftly succumbed to Milly's expert touch,. The woman teased and touched, alternating between stroking within and caressing her throbbing clit until Nina nearly felt her knees buckle. Finally with a gasping cry she came, her juices soaking her panties as her legs gave out beneath her.

Milly helped support Nina, the two sliding down to the floor together. "Are you all right?" Milly asked gently, brushing Nina's hair away from her face.

"I think so," Nina said wryly, feeling that she was sitting in a pool of her own cum. "You never change," she murmured, shifting aside as she dried herself with a napkin.

Milly smirked as she asked, "Would you want me too?"

Fumbling to do up her pants and button her shirt Nina looked away, blushing as she confessed, "No, I guess not."

Milly reached out and brushed some of Nina's hair back as she said gently, "I know it's been hard for you, Nina. With everything that's happened...."

"I...," Nina fought to put her feelings into words, express her confusion about all that happened but she couldn't.

"Or maybe you don't think it's been hard enough?" Milly asked her perceptively. She sighed as she stood up, pulling a wobbly Nina up beside her.

Nina looked over at her in surprise as she asked, "How did you know?"

"I know you," Milly said, looking around the deserted science lab filled with shining computer terminals and modeling equipment. Looked back at Nina she briskly asked, "Are you working on anything urgent today?"

"Well, no," Nina admitted, "I was just setting up here for my new researches...."

"Then come on," Milly saidas she grabbed Nina's hand, dragging her after Milly out of the lab, down the hall past a bemused looking secretary and out of the research complex that had been built not far from Ashford Academy.

In the aftermath of the death of Emperor Lelouch and the fall of the Britannian Empire they had settled in Japan, each for their own reasons. For Nina it was a attempt to atone however much she could for what she had done, while Milly had built a life here as a television personality and chose to pursue it, despite some anti-Britannia backlash.

Not quite dragging Nina along behind her Milly found them a quiet cafe, taking a corner table and ordering then each a drink to start with. "Milly," Nina said quietly, "you don't know...."

"I know more than you think," Milly said firmly. "You developed F.L.E.I.J.A. and were here when it was detonated in Tokyo Settlement, correct?"

Nina looked at her in surprise as she confessed, "Yes."

Milly's expression softened slightly as she quietly asked, "You developed it to avenge Euphemia's death, right?"

"Yes," Nina admitted softly before adding, "But in the end, I couldn't even bring myself to kill Zero with it...."

"We're lucky, then," Milly noted, gently reminding her that Zero had also killed the mad Emperor Lelouch. Supposedly mad, anyway, Milly had her doubts about that.

The waitress arrived with their cups, setting them down in front of them as well as containers of cream and sugar. "Did you want any cakes or a snack?" she waitress asked sunnily.

"We're fine," Milly said, waiting before the woman walked away to swiftly pinch her bottom.

"Oh, you!" the maid laughed, hurrying off with a blush.

Milly leered after her, winking then she turned back to Nina. "All in all, I'm glad Zero didn't die," Milly repeated.

"I suppose you're right," Nina drank from her drink, a strange coffee mix.

"I know you pretty well," Milly said seriously, "you didn't develop the technology behind F.L.E.I.J.A. as a weapon, right?"

"That's true," Nina agreed sadly, "I wanted to develop a power source other than Sakuradite. The contention over that mineral caused the first war that turned Japan to Area Eleven, I thought if a new source of power existed we could leave the Japanese in peace."

"You got over your phobia about them?" Milly asked, curious.

"Mostly," Nina blushed slightly, "before I met Suzaku I hadn't really met any Japanese, just seen scary stories in the news."

"True," Milly admitted. Getting back on topic Milly fixed Nina with a stern gaze, "Nina, you are not to blame for Prince Schneizel taking advantage of a grief stricken woman, damn it!"

"I'm not sure the Japanese would agree with you," Nina sighed wryly.

Milly had some of her own coffee, "Then keep working on the underlying technology. Maybe you'll create something that saves Japan."

"Maybe," Nina agreed as she drank. She still felt guilty for what he had built, probably always would, but she did feel a little better.

Milly gave Nina a thoughtful look, sipping her coffee. "Where have you been staying?" she wondered, knowing from the news that she had only returned to Japan recently.

"I'm staying at a business woman's hotel," Nina admitted a bit sheepishly. Seeing Milly's raised eyebrow she added, "I'm looking for a suite to rent, but with all the rebuilding going on...."

"I know," Milly agreed, "one of my first serious news stories was on the rebuilding of the Settlement and the Japanese slums." She took a drink, "However, I think I have a suggestion...."

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"This is a very bad idea," Nina noted as she carried her suitcase into Milly's apartment, looking around her curiously.

"No, it's a very good idea," Milly corrected cheerfully as she carried Nina's other bag in. She packed remarkably lightly for a woman, though she supposed Nina had been living out of suitcases and working in the lab.

Nina looked around at the neat if small apartment, her expression mildly amused. "It's a bad idea because I'll get in the way of your hedonistic lifestyle," she noted.

Milly carried the bag in and set it down by the couch as she admitted, "I'm not as hedonistic as I used to be."

"Shirley?" Nina guessed.

Milly nodded sadly, "Shirley."

Their classmate and friend Shirley had been close to them both, a good and loving friend. She had died in the Tokyo Settlement shortly before the F.L.E.I.J.A. detonation and officially it had been deemed a suicide. Both Milly and Nina found the idea of cheerful, happy Shirley taking her own life preposterous, but there was little they could do to change the result of the investigation.

"Do you think it had something to do with the Black Knights?" Nina asked as Milly walked into her kitchen, finding a nice bourbon and some glasses.

Milly poured for them both then loosely did up the cap, setting the bottle on the counter. "I don't know," she said as she carried the cup over to Nina, "it's possible she knew too much, or maybe was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"I still find it hard to believe Lulu lead the Black Knights all that time," Nina shook her head as she took a drink, "and was really a prince."

Milly took a drink of her own as she mused, "Or that Nana was a princess. Have you been invited to the palace yet?"

Nina shook her head, "We've talked, but that's about it." She smiled slightly as she admitted, "I think Nunnally is a bit overwhelmed by the job she's facing."

"I know how that feels," Milly conceded. As Nina looked at her questioningly Milly shrugged, "Because of who I am and the connections I have, I broke several stories around Lelouch and the new Empress. Now that everyone is taking me seriously as a reporter, it's... taking some getting used to."

"A lot like me being a civilian scientist, finally," Nina admitted. She looked at Milly searchingly, "Is that why you invited me over?"

"We're both in similar situations," Milly admitted, "we can help each other out."

"That makes sense," Nina admitted as she sipped a bit more of her drink. On one hand she felt relieved, yet she also felt oddly disappointed Milly didn't have a more... primal motive.

Seemingly reading her mind Milly added, "Plus, you're great in the sack."

"Milly!" Nina yelped, blushing.

Milly winked at her roguishly, "Don't tell me you didn't have fun in the lab."

Nina looked away shyly but couldn't fight back her blush. "Well...," she sighed.

Gently brushing her cheek with her hand Milly met her eyes with a surprisingly serious look. "I know you miss what could have been with Euphemia," she told her, "hell, I miss Shirley more than I ever expected. Maybe we can help each other with that, too."

"Maybe," Nina agreed, surprising Milly with a soft kiss on the lips.

End

Notes: My conception on Nina is that she's going to be bearing a fair degree of guilt over how her invention was used, possibly long after the end of R2. She's also still hung up on Euphemia, IMHO, or at least her idealized image of Euphy.

I don't know if Milly, in canon, used the knowledge she had on Lulu and Nunnally to write stories as a reporter, but once Lulu revealed himself I don't think he would have minded. I suspect she's not used a lot of Nunnally's stories our of friendship, and possibly for a tell all biography later. ^_~

This is the end of 'Milly of the Letchery' at least for now. I DO have an idea for another chapter but to be honest I'm not sure if the idea is either tasteful of appropriate: A Milly and blind Nunnally story. I may attempt it at one point, if I can figure out how to handle it....