A/N: All right. Welcome to CG:AotCT, the side stories! It should be rather obvious, but this project does not stand alone. You will have to be reading my epic Code geass fanfiction, Code Geass: Age of the Chaotic Truth, for these little shorts to make any sense to you. Anyway, what you'll find her is an assortment of extras; character pieces, pointless comedic fluff, fanservice, and even extra sex. Please enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass. I do own my characters.

Setting: Several months before the start of the story, Maldini Private Academy.

"So does anyone have any idea what the entertainment for this event should be?" asked Richter Novak in a half bored voice. The Student Council was gathered in the Student Council room. They were currently planning out an event celebrating the end of the first school semester.

"Not really," Ava li Britannia said, more than half bored, rolling her eyes. There was so much more she should be doing out there. Why was she stuck in this school, playing games with children?

"I don't have any ideas either…" Astrid Weinberg said mostly under her breath, shaking her head.

"Well, we could…" Margaret Enneagram started but trailed off, unable to think of anything, despite her obvious want to do so where Ava had failed.

"We could always pull something else from the box?" said Miya Ashford smiling as she pulled a large cardboard box out from under her chair. Papers were spilling out of the top. On the side were written the words "Mom's Student Council Activities."

"Umm, the last few ideas we've used from there have led to strange levels of chaos and disorder," said Richter, frowning slightly.

"Well, you don't have a better idea, do you, Richter?" asked Ava, just wanting the meeting to be over.

"I suppose not," said Richter, shaking his head.

"The box it is then!" Miya cheered as she shoved her hand in the box and pulled out a random slip of paper. She read it once over and smiled. She then handed it to the Student Council President.

"Hmm," said Richter as he read the idea over himself. "This sounds ridiculously stupid." He then passed it to Margaret.

"Eh, well, I don't know… it sounds kind of fun…" Margaret said averting her eyes from Richter. She handed the piece of paper to Astrid. That girl read it.

"Oh…! I-I think we should do this, Ava…" said Astrid in a shy voice, passing the paper finally to the Princess. She looked at it. "My Graduation Event: Cupid's Day!" was the title.

"Well at least this one doesn't involve a giant pizza," the princess said, tilting her head.

"True enough," said Richter giving a nod. "Very well. As this does not involve pizza, we shall do it. Are we all agreed?"

Everyone nodded.

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"Students and Faculty of Maldini Private Academy, I Miya Ashford, a representative of your Student Council, hereby welcome you to the end of the semester celebration extravaganza!

"Kicking off the festivities, we will be playing a special game. All of you have already been given heart shaped hats, blue for the boys, pink for the girls. After the game starts, we girls are to try and snatch the hat of the boy we like and replace it with our own. In doing so, the two will become recognized as lovers by the Student Council!" Miya spoke in an excited voice amplified by a megaphone on a platform above a crowd of students and teachers outside Maldini Private Academy, the rest of the Council standing next to her. Most of the men groaned at the announcement, well the girls giggled excitedly and put their hats on.

"But wait, that's not it!" started Miya. Ava looked at her confused. Those were the rules of the simple game. What else was there to say?

"Even though she's a girl, anyone who claims the hat of the Student Council Vice President, Princess Ava and shows it to me, will be rewarded with their club budget being increased ten fold!" Miya announced to Ava's complete horror. What the hell was this?!

"What the hell is this?!" Ava started to Richter, looking not too happy.

"You didn't read the back of the card, did you?" Richter laughed.

"The back?" Ava started.

"Read here," Margaret pulled out the slip of paper pulled form the box and showed the back of it to Ava.

It read: "To make this event twenty times more fun, I set the vice president of our council as a target of the entire school by offering a a ten fold increase to the club that brought me his hat!"

"Astrid! How come you didn't tell me about this?" Ava started, somewhat panicked.

"I didn't see it either," Astrid said shaking her head.

"Damn. Well, I can't stay here any longer," Ava said, before jumping from the platform and running back into the school.

"Okay now! Everyone, go!" Miya shouted to the crowd, as a heavy bell rang.

Almost immediately the entire school was running after Ava. The event already would have been bad. She was the type of girl who, despite the nature of the event would be swarmed by men begging her to take their hats. She was already dreading this day, but now thanks to Miya and her insane mother, the masses of men, and even other women had permission to take her hat.

She ran past an entire sea of students, all trying to tackle her. It was too much. She trained her body rigorously through fencing practice, but that wasn't enough for this. She was out of breath. Finding herself caught between two sports teams, she ducked into a classroom. She found Dr. Wilde inside, passed out at his desk on which a blue hat rest. She quickly hid behind the man and his desk.

The door to the classroom opened and the school's volleyball team entered. A small cute girl squealed as she spied the blue hat on the table; she replaced the hat with her own and began rubbing herself up against Wilde's shoulder.

"Gee, you really are into older men, aren't you Laura?" one of the other team members started. The girl wearing Wilde's hat giggled.

Unfortunately, it was then that the teacher awoke and sat up, He looked over at the much younger girl hugging on this arm and nodded in approval. His shift of position also revealed Ava's hiding position. She shot up immediately and ran toward a window, throwing herself through the glass, making damn sure not to lose the hat. Brushing broken glass out of her hair, she stood and started to ran; Immediately several other clubs outside began running after her.

Breathless and in pain, Ava decided to try hiding again, this time in a small open courtyard. She slipped past the school theatre troop and the chess club fairly easily, and hid behind a line of bushes. She panted heavily.

"This sure is a chaotic mess," said a voice from beside her. She looked over. There was Richter Novak, the student Council President, also hiding.

"Isn't it? I can't believe you didn't tell me of this part," Ava said in a harsh whisper.

"Miya insisted we keep it a secret," said Richter smirking.

"I guess every girl that doesn't care about some club is after you, right?" started Ava, looking at the man more closely. There were scratches on his body which looked like they came from fingernails.

"Exactly. Such stupidity. They are all so very annoying," Richter shook his head and sighed.

"We really should get rid of that box of Miya's; it always leads to messes like this," said Ava feeling particularly agitated.

"Perhaps we could exchange hats, Princess. It would solve both our problems," suggested Richter in an even voice.

"Heh, perhaps that is the best option," said Ava. "I don't see why not." Ava was about to remove her hat, when suddenly a voice sounded behind her.

"Everyone! The princess is right here!" It was Margaret.

"Margaret, why?!" Ava started at the girl.

"That hat is mine!" Margaret shouted as she lunged at Richter trying to tackle him. He moved quick enough to avoid her and started to run away. Margaret ran after him desperately.

Ava was now being pursued again. She broke into a heavy sprint. She cursed Margaret. Thanks to that girl and her stupid crush, she was now being forced to avoid all sorts of people and projectiles. It was a lucky thing that at such a prestigious, bookish school, even the athletes weren't very able. You'd have to be a ninja to last through this event at a normal school.

Ava slipped back inside the school and quickly found a small storage closet while the football team wasn't looking. She panted as she stayed there for like ten minutes. Eventually she noticed the noise die down outside. She opened the door and stepped outside. Almost immediately the hat was removed from her head from behind. She turned around, ready to punch the bastard in the face and take her hat back.

She stopped when she realized that the "bastard" was Astrid. She looked at the girl oddly as she placed her hat on Ava's head and Ava's on her own.

"Astrid, what are you doing?" asked Ava looking at the other girl.

"Helping you. It troubles you having to run from everyone, doesn't it?" Astrid said, looking slightly to the right of Ava.

"Well yeah, but I'm not sure the game works this way unless you plan to bring my hat to Miya," said Ava, tilting her head.

"Oh, uh, yeah, you're right," Astrid said with an uneasy laugh. "Still…"

"There she is! It's the princess!" started someone in a massive crowd. Everyone began running straight for Ava.

"Stop! I already traded hats with Ava!" Astrid said in a bold voice, stepping in front of the other.

"What?! But you're both girls!" said a male student in the crowd.

"Yeah, that's not allowed!" said some random girl.

"Nah, I think it's fine," another voice said. This one was Miya Ashford, who stepped out of the crowd wearing a blue hat on her head but also carrying a blue hat and two pink hats in her arms.

"The student council hereby recognizes Princess Ava and Astrid here as lovers! Congratulations!" the carefree girl said in a cheerful voice smiling at the two.

"Tch, that's no fun," said some guy.

"Damn lesbians…" said another shaking his head.

"Hey, we still have time to get the guys we like!" a girl from one of the sport's teams said. Chaos soon reemerged, though Ava was no longer at the center of it.

"You really didn't have to do that, Astrid. It was a silly game. I should have just let some random girl who was only after me for her club take the hat and show it to Miya. I wouldn't have minded it," Ava said in a soft voice. "now it's likely you'll get teased."

"I don't mind. It was worth it to help you Ava," said Astrid in a very soft voice, looking at the floor. "I just wanted them to stop troubling you."

"If only we had known that Miya was in the crowd, you could have just shown it to her then," said Ava in a sigh.

"That's not fair!" a loud voice called. Ava turned around. Margaret, still wearing her pink hat was following behind Richter who wore nothing on his head.

"What happened, Margaret?" asked Ava, head tilted.

"The President here destroyed his hat," Margaret complained, looking defeated.

"It seemed the best way to end this annoying game," said the Student Council President, giving a long sigh.

"I know, I'll just take your hat princess and win Miya's game!" Margaret started.

"No can do! I've already recognized the Princess and Astrid as lovers!" said Miya excitedly.

"Huh, you two really are gay for each other?!" Margaret exclaimed, shocked.

"No you fool, we exchanged hats just to end the game," Ava spat, realizing that Astrid was embarrassed.

"Oh, I see! Of course..." Margaret started.

"Anyway, I think that's enough of your mother's box Miya. It's just too much for us," said Ava shaking her head.

"Aww, but mom had such fun ideas back when she was in school," Miya sounded disappointed. "I mean we've yet to dress up in catsuits or make a giant pizza!"

"There will be no giant pizzas while I am president!" Richter announced in a strong voice.

"Awww… but the giant pizza sounds tasty…" said Astrid, sounding disappointed.

"Don't worry, Astrid. We'll just have to make the giant pizza next year," said Ava nodding.

"Yeah, let's!" Astrid smiled brightly.

Ava smiled as well. She felt she belonged doing something more, but these carefree times maybe weren't as bad as they seemed.

A/N: Okay, a fun little short I think. I always enjoyed the Ashford school scenes in Code Geass, but unfortunately had no point to insert anything similar. I began wondering how my cast would react to Cupid's Day a while back when I was re-watching the series. This is how I envisioned it. Pretty cute I think. You all knew Astrid was going to get Ava's hat in the end, didn't you? It's interesting seeing these characters n an environment like this after so much heavy stuff has happened with them all in the main story.