Chapter 69: Staircase
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"Good news, aside from that odd scar of yours, you should be fine. You'll probably be lethargic for a while due to the amount of energy you spent, but so long as you rest enough over the next few days your recovery should be complete." Asia squeaked with a vibrant blush as Lelouch stood up, exposing himself entirely once again.
Ignoring Issei's indignant cry of "Dude!" and Asia's squealing, Lelouch looked at Rias' Queen. "Fire up the Transportation Circle Akeno." Lelouch ordered the dark-haired beauty whose eyes dropped precipitously when he stood up. "Hey, Queenie, my eyes are up here." Lelouch quipped, ignoring his discomfort with being so exposed. He just wanted to get back home so he could find a pair of damn pants.
And he'd need a new pair of shoes too, dammit he hoped this wouldn't become a theme.
"Oh, I know." Akeno replied, her eyes not shifting for a solid five seconds before they flickered back up to Lelouch's eyes. A smile, one that promised unholy amounts of teasing in the future, graced the Queen's face.
"And, really? Queenie? That's the best you could come up with?" With a flare of magic, she created the circle for Lelouch behind her.
"I just got possessed, my clothes disintegrated, I'm cold, and exhausted beyond all belief." Lelouch answered as he walked over, failing to suppress a yawn as he stepped in.
Koneko stepped into the circle next to him, her eyes focused entirely on the opposite direction of him. "So, sorry if I'm not exactly feeling creative." As the magic began to activate once he and Koneko were inside, Akeno pulled one last stunt.
"Oh don't worry, I'll punish you for your impudence some other time." And, before Lelouch could vanish with Koneko to return home, Akeno smacked the Knight on his bare ass.
"Dammit Akeno!" Lelouch jumped as he found himself back in Koneko's living room, dizziness overtaking him for a moment halting his anger. That had stung, damn Devil probably used a small lightning spell or something.
He found himself being supported by Koneko's strength as she wrapped one of his arms around her shoulders, though she still refused to look in his direction. She helped him sit down on the bed before rushing over to where he stored his clothing and tossed him a pair of black boxers.
"Put these on, please." Koneko's voice was flat, but her red face betrayed her true feelings. Her eyes were glaring daggers at nothing, angry at what Akeno had done before the Transportation Circle had returned them home. Her eyes softened once she heard Lelouch hiss in discomfort, but she only turned around once he finished.
Lelouch gratefully pulled on the boxers, hissing slightly as he felt his muscles protest any sort of physical action. 'The adrenaline must be wearing off.' Lelouch guessed, before speaking aloud.
"I'm decent now, well more decent than I was." He said, prompting Koneko to turn and stare at him. "I hope that whatever happened while I was possessed wasn't too much trouble.
" He had no idea what that spirit did, but once he was free the only thing he could think of was destroying it for daring to touch his mind.
"Let's just get you comfortable." Koneko whispered to Lelouch quietly as she walked over to stand in front of him. "You don't need to worry about anything, I'll take care of anything you need.
You just focus on resting." Koneko gently helped her friend shift under the covers once it became apparent his muscles would keep locking up sporadically due to his exhaustion.
Once he was wrapped up under the covers and about to nod off, she couldn't help herself. "Hey, are you going to be alright?" She asked as she gently brushed her fingers over his cheek in a comforting gesture, both for her, to reassure herself that he was still himself, and for him, so that he would know she was there for him. That it happened to be the place where she had kissed him was purely coincidence.
Purely.
Lelouch closed his eyes and relished in Koneko's kind touch, though not sure how he was supposed to feel. He rose his hand and grasped her fingers for a moment before he pulled them away from his face.
"I don't know." He answered truthfully. Being possessed like he had was almost worse than when his father had wiped his memories of everything he cared about.
"I'm going to bed, but if you need anything please just call." Koneko whispered, gently squeezing the hand of the young man who had been in her care too often for her tastes.
"I will." Lelouch promised his friend, darkness encroaching upon his vision again. And this time, the person he was with allowed him to drift off into the peaceful darkness of sleep.
As she watched Lelouch drift off to sleep, Koneko smiled at the peaceful look she witnessed appear on the Knight's face.
All she wanted to do right now was make sure her best friend would be able to feel that kind of peace for a long time to come, and the first step towards that was helping him recover from this night's harrowing ordeal.
She just wanted Lelouch to be safe and healthy again.
Lelouch awakened violently as thunder crashed in the sky above and the living room was illuminated by a large flash of lightning.
He took a number of deep breaths as he tried to calm himself down, wiping the sweat from his forehead as he slowly rose from his prone position on the bed.
"Damn." He muttered quietly as he realized he had accidentally summoned his gauntlet in his sleep and destroyed Koneko's spare sheets. "I hope she won't be too upset." He allowed the energy to dissipate, returning his right arm to its normal appearance.
"I'm not." Koneko's voice sounded quietly by the staircase causing Lelouch to turn his head sharply in her direction.
"Are you okay?" There was another thunderclap and Koneko dropped the pillow she had been clutching to her chest as she dove under the blankets at the foot of Lelouch's bed.
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