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'Red Thread'

"You know, they say that everyone is connected by a red thread…"

Cecaniah, or better known as C.C. heard the girl sitting at the table next to her spoke. Gently taking a bite out of her limited edition cheesy-cherry pizza, Cecaniah tried to listen to the conversation that passed between the two friends near her.

"A red thread? What is that?" The girl's companion asked her. C.C. continued to listen on as she brought the hot steamy cappuccino to her lips and let its warmth slide down her throat. Red threads… yeah, C.C. pretty much knows what it is, but it's always fun to hear how people react to it. Besides, there's not much to do till one o' clock p.m., her classes don't start till then.

"A red thread they say is attached to your pinky…" The girl said holding up her hand and showed her pinky quite enthusiastically.

"…then that red string extends and is also wrapped around the pinky of your soul mate!" The girl continued and the two of them begun squealing.

Reaching out for the table napkin beside her knife, C.C. slowly dabbed it around the corners of her mouth and placed a few tips on the table. Grabbing her black leather sling bag with a cheese-kun logo and a cheese-kun key chain, she started to make her way out of the small café and pastry shop. She had only thirty minutes before her classes start and so she set off.

As C.C. left her table she noticed that the two girls were wearing the same uniform as her; beige blazer over a white shirt, a green necktie and a black skirt. She felt the girls gaze fell upon her, and they suddenly were quiet placing her pink headphones over head she ignored their stares and proceeded on her way.

C.C. was new in this town, and although she was schooling in an all-girls school, she still didn't feel comfortable making friends. As she waited for the bus near the bus stop a small rain came pouring in and C.C. had to seek shelter under the waiting shed. As minutes gone by the small rain suddenly became a heavy downpour and C.C. was not bothered by the thought of her getting drenched in the rain. Maybe, she'll head home for now, though.

As she waited for the bus she saw a tall lean figure of a man, drenched in rain running towards her. As the man reached the waiting shed he began to talk about his sentiments as if C.C. did not exist and could not hear him. It was also then that she realized that the man was actually a student of their neighboring all boys' school. He also had raven hair, and a deep set of amethyst eyes that was actually quite mesmerizing.

"…stupid Suzaku, he had to go on a date with his girlfriend thus leaving me with no means of transport. Stupid Rivalz, he has to be sick today, thus leaving me again with no means of transport. Stupid bus stop for being so damn far, thus causing me to be drenched in rain. Stupid rain, you had to pour on the day that I have no convenient means of transport. Stupid parents for not buying me a car until my 18th birthday when I actually have a driver's licensed…" The boy lamented.

C.C., though listening to her headphones, heard his lamentation quite well. Being a sarcastic girl that she is she added…

"…stupid boy, you're pretty handsome and have not thought of hitching a ride from a lady friend…" C.C. told the boy with a smirk.

The young boy who had been busy drying himself finally looked at her with surprised eyes as if he had not expected her to speak.

"I thought you weren't listening." The boy replied.

C.C. slowly removed her pink cheese-kun head phones and gaze upon the completely soaked boy.

"If walls have ears then a human being is likely to hear better than a wall." C.C. replied and carefully placed her headphones back on and listened to the music the blasted in her ears.

The boy beside her smirked and checked inside his pockets and waved a cheese-kun ball pen in front of her. Seeing her platinum ball pen with her initials engraved on it, she hastily grabbed it from him. Removing her headphones, C.C. gazed at him with her ever stoic expression.

"Thank you for returning it." C.C. simply said and reverted her gaze back on the road.

"To be honest, I've been watching you some time now. To be specific, since two hours ago…" The boy told C.C., but she could not care less. This was just some random boy that she won't even remember on the next day even if he was obviously handsome.

Finally, a bus stopped in front of them and C.C. hoped on it. She was surprised to find Lelouch not ridding on it, even though the bus stops in front their schools. Their schools were located just across one another to be specific.

But just before the bus door closes all C.C. remembered distinctly was boy's grin and his soft cool voice calling out to her…

"See you around C.C.,"

Being who she was she turned her back without even a reply. But one thing was for sure, she didn't even know who he is, and yet he knows who she is, how else would he have known that the pen belonged to her?

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AN: This maybe my first time doing this. This is actually intended to be a one-shot but I've decided to make this into two or three chapters that do not exceed 2k words per chapter. I actually wrote this in twenty minutes... so sorry it was rushed but i had to get it out.

I want to contribute as much stories that I can to my favorite fandom and reignite my slowly fading love for them.

So I hope you enjoy this and review!