I'm back another Code Geass story. Hopefully this is a good one. Enjoy.
Chapter 1: The Test:
The young princess stared down at the white stick she had in her hand. She started to get worried and anxious with each second that passed. Soon, a mark appeared. Her eyes widened a little as they started to shake.
"No!" She checked the box again to make sure she didn't get the signs mixed up but there was no denying it anymore. It was positive. She fell to her knees. Her pink her flowed down beside her on the floor. Tears started to swell in her eyes. "This can't be right. I can't be…pregnant."
She continued crying until she heard a voice outside her door. "Euphie?"
Euphemia raised her head and looked toward the door.
"Euphie? Are you in there? It's me Cornelia."
Euphemia sniffed a little. "Yeah...I'm here. Sorry. I can't come out right now. I want to be left alone."
"Euphie?! What's wrong?! Do I need to come in there?!" Cornelia said worried.
"No! I'm just not feeling well."
Cornelia sighed. "Okay Euphie. I'll come around later."
Euphemia could hear Cornelia's footsteps are they started getting quiet. She closed her eyes. For the past few days, she had acting weird around the others and keeping to herself. "If they were to find out who's the father is, then they would never accepted it." She placed her head down on her knees, hiding her face.
After a while, Euphemia got up from the floor and decided to know for sure if the test was really true. She opened the door to the hall way hoping to get around without anyone noticing her but someone was heading toward her. Suzaku and Lelouch returned from school back into the palace, talking. There was no way she could turn around now.
Suzaku turned his head from Lelouch and smiled at her. "Euphie!" He stopped as he noticed how red her eyes were red. "Euphie? What's wrong?"
Euphemia rubbed her eyes, smiling through her sadness. "I'm fine."
"Hey. I'm going to go see Nunnally now. I'll see you two later." Lelouch walked down the hall.
Suzaku smiled back at Euphemia and the two walked back to her room. Suzaku looked toward the floor to see the white stick which she noticed. She grabbed it quickly before he could look any closer.
"What's that?"
"Oh nothing. Anyway. I can't stay long. I have somewhere I have to be."
"Okay. Do you want me to go with you?"
Euphemia shook her head. "No. I can do this alone. Why don't you work on the Lancelot or something?"
Suzaku shrugged his shoulders. "Okay I guess." Suzaku smiled and walked toward her. He placed his hand on her cheek.
"Suzaku."
"Sorry. I should be more professional being your knight and all but I'm just happy to see you."
She smiled.
Suzaku leaned in and kissed her softly on her lips. Soon after, Suzaku left, the smile off of Euphemia face went away as she started to get worried. She walked out of the room and walked inside the castle by herself to the medical room. A nurse turned around and looked surprised. "Princess Euphemia? What brings you here?"
Euphemia closed the door behind her as she didn't want anyone to hear. "I have a flavor to ask of you and I asked that you keep this quiet. Don't let anyone know especially my father."
The nurse nodded. Euphemia looked down toward the floor. "Euphemia?"
"Promise me!"
"Yes. Of course."
Euphemia lifted her head with a serious look on her face as she was ready to face what she was about to do. "Could you-?! Could you schedule me for a pregnancy test?!"
The nurse's eyes widened. She was speechless. "Pri- Princess Euphemia?!"
"I know but please. I can't let anyone know right now and the less I tell about this the better."
"The secret will eventually come out you know."
"I know and when the time comes, I will let everyone know but right now I have to know for sure myself."
The nurse saw how sad she looked and decided to go through with it. Euphemia sat on the table as the nurse started to ask questions. Toward the end, the nurse let a question slip out. "Okay. The signs are there but who is the father?"
Euphemia looked up as she was at a lost of words.
"Sorry. I've shouldn't have asked that. It's okay."
Euphemia put her head down. She didn't want to tell anyone right now.
"Just rest and the results will come in a few minutes."
Euphemia nodded and the nurse walked into another room. Euphemia placed her legs up on the table and laid down as she started to wait. Thoughts started to cross her mind about how her secret was going to come about and how someone would be in trouble more than her. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door which made her jump. She started to shake a little but then the nurse walked back in and nodded toward Euphemia to assure her it was okay.
The nurse poked her head outside the door. "I'm sorry but this room is closed for now. If you need medical assistance, then please ask one of the other nurses." The nurse closed the door and smiled at Euphemia to help her calm down. The nurse walked back into the room and Euphemia laid down again. A few minutes later, the nurse returned. Euphemia laid still as she prepared herself to hear the news.
"Princess Euphemia. You are pregnant."
It didn't shock Euphemia to hear that she was. She sat up as she kept looking ahead.
"Thank you. Please don't tell anyone about this."
"I won't."
Euphemia was about to get up but then there was a knock on the door. The door opened a little and a brown-haired young man walked through. The nurse put her fingers to her lips as her eyes widened. She was caught by surprise. "Suzaku?!"
"Sorry to bother you but I was looking for Princess Euphemia. I heard she didn't leave the castle."
Euphemia held her hand to her mouth as she stood on the other side of the door where Suzaku was.
"I'm sorry but she didn't come here."
"Oh. Thank you."
She looked over to see Euphemia with her hand on her stomach as she looked down. The nurse arched her eyebrow in suspicion. Suzaku turned around and walked away.
"Thank you again for helping me again." The nurse watched as she walked down the hall with her hand to her stomach.
As Euphemia walked, she tried not to let her eyes get swollen with tears again. She opened the door to her room. No one was inside. Her knees hit the ground by her couch, thinking how she was going to get through this.
Behind her, Nunnally had come in as she could hear Euphemia sniff a few times. "Euphie?"
Euphemia rubbed her eyes and turned around. She was glad she couldn't see how her face looked.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Why are here by yourself? Suzaku is looking for you."
"I know." she whispered.
"Then why are you hiding here?"
"You wouldn't understand Nunnally."
Nunnally came over toward her big sister with a smile on her face. "Try me."
Inside, Euphemia wanted to tell someone. Then maybe a little of the pain would go away. Nunnally was bound to find out eventually. She sighed. "You can't tell anyone about this especially father about this."
Nunnally held out her pinky which made Euphemia smile a little. In return, she squeezed Nunnally's pinky. She took in another deep breath and exhaled as she prepared herself.
"Euphie?!"
"Okay. Nunnally…" Euphemia smiled. "You're going to be an aunt."
At first, Nunnally sat unsure about what to say. "An aunt? Then that means you're going to have a baby?"
Euphemia's hand slid onto Nunnally's on her lap under her hand. "Yeah."
Like Euphemia, she didn't know whether to be happy or not. "Well. I'm happy if you are."
"That's the thing. I don't know whether to be or not." Euphemia placed her hand on her stomach. "I mean I kind of imagined what it would be like but not this way. I'm not going to get rid of it so I'll stick with it until the end."
"Good."
There was a moment of silence between them as Nunnally had something on her mind. "Euphie? Who's the father? Is it…?"
Euphemia looked down. The answer to that question had to come out eventually as well. "Yes. It is… It's Suzaku's."
This is far from over. There's much more of this story to come.