Heartstrings R2
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rkoldTitle: HeartStrings R2 (when Heartstrings comes back with plotholes, deus ex machina, and fan-service!)
Author: Rkold (me!)
Series: Code Geass
Pairing: Gino x Suzaku
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers through episode 08 of Season 02.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jusrecht put out the challenge that someone make a happy ending to her fic Heartstrings, since it was based on my prompt, I felt compelled to do so. So be warned fluff ahead! And uhh unbetaed.
Suzaku lips continued to softly find his own, the mix of hope and horror from what he could possibly be losing clawing at his soul, before he gently pulled back from Suzaku. Eyes feverishly bright and serious as he finally stared at the younger man and saw his own pain mirrored in those large green eyes. The obvious marks of tears trailing down his cheeks.
"Yes, yes I do love you," came the barely audible answer from the knight standing before him and for a second it was as if time stopped. Suzaku did love him, someone, something had listened and he had managed to make it in time and could carry off his love like a knight in one of the fairy tales his nursemaids had read to him as a small boy. "But I can't go with you..."
Gino's heart started to shatter, and the tears he'd kept hidden away for the parents who had never had time for their youngest son as well as those for a small Japanese boy trapped by a sense of duty and obligation forced to marry a man he obviously didn't love welled to the surface. "But Suzaku.."
"Very touching", echoed a haughty voice as the cause of their misery entered the small vestibule, clapping his hands as if this was some sort of performance rather than their lives and future happiness. "But Suzaku and I have a ceremony to finish. Come my bride."
Clutching at Suzaku's shoulders so hard his knuckles whitened and he left tiny bruises, Gino refused to let his chance at happiness depart. After racing here, he was not going to just let a chance at victory go, not as long as he was sure that the boy felt the same way as him. There was a reason Gino Weinberg was a Knight of the Round.
"Suzaku, you can't do this, what they're asking you to do, what is this saying about the Japanese, allowing yourself to be sold to this--terrorist" He was unable to fight the bitterness and contempt he felt for the masked man blocking their only exit from the room. "And how can you even ask something like this!"
"Suzaku is not Japanese, he's an honorary Britannian and a Knight of the Round he knows his duty. Do you know yours, Gino Weinberg?"
Growling, Gino could feel the flinch of the smaller knight in his grasp and sense the look of betrayal he was sure was on the younger man's face. If perhaps Suzaku really loved who he was marrying, if perhaps that person really cared for Suzaku, but to let him go to someone like this. Gritting his teeth, Gino's eyes became tiny slits. "How dare you say that!" he hissed. "Suzaku is Japanese, has always been Japanese and if a self-centered bastard like you can't--"
"Enough!" Zero held out his hand. "Suzaku allowed himself to be bartered, he knows what is expected, it's time to finish the ceremony."
Searching foolishly for his sword which was somewhere back on his charter plane or possibly even back in Egypt, Gino didn't care if he was risking another war and more lives, to have someone like this steal away with what the blond had recently come to understand as the only thing of value in his life was unforgivable.
"I'm sorry, Gino." Suzaku closed his eyes and wiggled from his grasp and it felt like Gino'd been punched and he was suffocating from the pain, gasping desperately for any air, but the room seemed to have become a vacuum. "There is no other way."
"I'm glad you've finally seen the light, Suzaku, let's--You!"
A green-haired woman Gino had never seen before was pushing backward into the vestibule, another body trapping him and Suzaku from any chance of fleeing. The only positive to this development that the blond was able to quickly ascertain was it stopped the progress of Suzaku leaving him forever.
Stopping half-way towards Zero, the smaller knight's eyes widened with recognition at the strange woman. "You.. you're.." the teen questioned numbly, his voice quiet even in the sudden crushing silence.
"Witch! What are you do--" Zero trembled as his voice rose in decibel as it became clear that the green-haired woman was not alone, but was carefully bringing a fifth person into the already overcrowded room.
"Suzaku-san, please don't do this. I don't want to see you sacrifice your happiness like this and neither would Euphie-nee-sama," Head tilting and expression accusing as she attempted to search for someone else. "And so should Onii-sama."
It took Gino a full minute to realize that it was Princess Nunnally with the stranger. He knew the princess was a special friend to the younger knight he loved, but to take a risk like this by confronting Zero the man who had killed two of her siblings and might restart the attacks that would end her successful SAR seemed unexpected. Particularly with only a woman he's never seen before as a bodyguard.
"Nunnally.."
"Onii-sama, let Suzaku-san go," the princess pleaded with the masked man, reaching out ineffectively, to try to take his hands in hers. "Is it really worth this?"
"Nunnally..."
Acting on pure instinct, Gino stretched to grab a hold of Suzaku and dragged the boy back against his chest, hugging him tightly and only semi-comprehending the conversation now taking place. Heart pounding in his chest, Gino felt determined to keep himself from even coming close to losing Suzaku again. Letting his training as a knight guide him, the larger blond began trying to calculate his chances of being able to push past the 3 people blocking the door while still holding onto Suzaku. Perhaps if he used the princess as a diversion. Suddenly, the princess' words clicked and he stared, mouth agape, as the fragile seeming girl continued to both lecture and beg for Suzaku's sake.
"Zero.. is.."
The teen in his arms stared up at him, while the rest of the room continued to ignore him in the drama playing out between the masked man and the girl in the wheel chair.
"Yes."
Gino's eyes narrowed as he tried to process this new piece of information. No wonder Zero needed to marry Suzaku. Rumors had reached Britannia that things in China were not going as intended. The Chinese were not proving to be quite as amendable to giving up land and rights to the Japanese exiles as originally expected and had put extensive restrictions on the new immigrants. There was a lot of unrest, particularly with the Chinese expecting the former Black Knights to fight in their military campaign against Britannia. Some spies had even claimed that a few of Zero's prime supporters including Sumeragi Kayuga had been killed in a recent earthquake due to the poor construction of the refugee's residences. And if Zero was in fact a Britannian prince and not even Japanese, his position would be more precarious. Suzaku's star had been in ascension, despite the complaints of several members of the Britannian government over the knight's allowance of the one million exiles. However his words and ability to prevent more bloodshed had finally won the hearts of the millions of his countrymen still in Area 11 and the SAR thanks to that was a success. Plus it hadn't hurt that Second Prince Schniezel, Governor-General Nunnally, Earl Asplund and Knight of the Round Lord Weinberg and Lady Earlstreim, had defended the choices Suzaku had made within Britannia.
"I'm sure another suitable marriage partner can be found for Onii-sama, but you can't do this to Suzaku-san, I won't allow it."
"But Nunnally.." choked out Zero, unable to argue against his beloved sister.
A sudden loud booming sound shook the room as a part of one of the walls collapsed revealing daylight. Smiling inside the cockpit while still dressed in her bridesmaid dress, Anya decided that this might actually be interesting.
"Exit."
Not waiting to be told a second time, Gino tossed Suzaku over his shoulder, ignoring a squawk of protest and fled with him through the rubble and ran towards his still parked Porsche, feeling doubly blessed that his new egress had brought him even closer to their escape. Dropping Suzaku into the passenger seat, Gino gunned the engine and raced from the cathedral, not really wanting to be there for the aftermath, despite the princess' obvious approval of their actions.
"I love you, Suzaku."
Trying to frown, the teen failed miserably and instead gave Gino the sort of soft smile he'd always treasured on the younger man's face. "And I supposed this is just our destiny then?"
Ignoring the road to steal a quick kiss, Gino laughed. "No, I think this is our happy ending."
Author: Rkold (me!)
Series: Code Geass
Pairing: Gino x Suzaku
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers through episode 08 of Season 02.
jusrecht put out the challenge that someone make a happy ending to her fic Heartstrings, since it was based on my prompt, I felt compelled to do so. So be warned fluff ahead! And uhh unbetaed.Suzaku lips continued to softly find his own, the mix of hope and horror from what he could possibly be losing clawing at his soul, before he gently pulled back from Suzaku. Eyes feverishly bright and serious as he finally stared at the younger man and saw his own pain mirrored in those large green eyes. The obvious marks of tears trailing down his cheeks.
"Yes, yes I do love you," came the barely audible answer from the knight standing before him and for a second it was as if time stopped. Suzaku did love him, someone, something had listened and he had managed to make it in time and could carry off his love like a knight in one of the fairy tales his nursemaids had read to him as a small boy. "But I can't go with you..."
Gino's heart started to shatter, and the tears he'd kept hidden away for the parents who had never had time for their youngest son as well as those for a small Japanese boy trapped by a sense of duty and obligation forced to marry a man he obviously didn't love welled to the surface. "But Suzaku.."
"Very touching", echoed a haughty voice as the cause of their misery entered the small vestibule, clapping his hands as if this was some sort of performance rather than their lives and future happiness. "But Suzaku and I have a ceremony to finish. Come my bride."
Clutching at Suzaku's shoulders so hard his knuckles whitened and he left tiny bruises, Gino refused to let his chance at happiness depart. After racing here, he was not going to just let a chance at victory go, not as long as he was sure that the boy felt the same way as him. There was a reason Gino Weinberg was a Knight of the Round.
"Suzaku, you can't do this, what they're asking you to do, what is this saying about the Japanese, allowing yourself to be sold to this--terrorist" He was unable to fight the bitterness and contempt he felt for the masked man blocking their only exit from the room. "And how can you even ask something like this!"
"Suzaku is not Japanese, he's an honorary Britannian and a Knight of the Round he knows his duty. Do you know yours, Gino Weinberg?"
Growling, Gino could feel the flinch of the smaller knight in his grasp and sense the look of betrayal he was sure was on the younger man's face. If perhaps Suzaku really loved who he was marrying, if perhaps that person really cared for Suzaku, but to let him go to someone like this. Gritting his teeth, Gino's eyes became tiny slits. "How dare you say that!" he hissed. "Suzaku is Japanese, has always been Japanese and if a self-centered bastard like you can't--"
"Enough!" Zero held out his hand. "Suzaku allowed himself to be bartered, he knows what is expected, it's time to finish the ceremony."
Searching foolishly for his sword which was somewhere back on his charter plane or possibly even back in Egypt, Gino didn't care if he was risking another war and more lives, to have someone like this steal away with what the blond had recently come to understand as the only thing of value in his life was unforgivable.
"I'm sorry, Gino." Suzaku closed his eyes and wiggled from his grasp and it felt like Gino'd been punched and he was suffocating from the pain, gasping desperately for any air, but the room seemed to have become a vacuum. "There is no other way."
"I'm glad you've finally seen the light, Suzaku, let's--You!"
A green-haired woman Gino had never seen before was pushing backward into the vestibule, another body trapping him and Suzaku from any chance of fleeing. The only positive to this development that the blond was able to quickly ascertain was it stopped the progress of Suzaku leaving him forever.
Stopping half-way towards Zero, the smaller knight's eyes widened with recognition at the strange woman. "You.. you're.." the teen questioned numbly, his voice quiet even in the sudden crushing silence.
"Witch! What are you do--" Zero trembled as his voice rose in decibel as it became clear that the green-haired woman was not alone, but was carefully bringing a fifth person into the already overcrowded room.
"Suzaku-san, please don't do this. I don't want to see you sacrifice your happiness like this and neither would Euphie-nee-sama," Head tilting and expression accusing as she attempted to search for someone else. "And so should Onii-sama."
It took Gino a full minute to realize that it was Princess Nunnally with the stranger. He knew the princess was a special friend to the younger knight he loved, but to take a risk like this by confronting Zero the man who had killed two of her siblings and might restart the attacks that would end her successful SAR seemed unexpected. Particularly with only a woman he's never seen before as a bodyguard.
"Nunnally.."
"Onii-sama, let Suzaku-san go," the princess pleaded with the masked man, reaching out ineffectively, to try to take his hands in hers. "Is it really worth this?"
"Nunnally..."
Acting on pure instinct, Gino stretched to grab a hold of Suzaku and dragged the boy back against his chest, hugging him tightly and only semi-comprehending the conversation now taking place. Heart pounding in his chest, Gino felt determined to keep himself from even coming close to losing Suzaku again. Letting his training as a knight guide him, the larger blond began trying to calculate his chances of being able to push past the 3 people blocking the door while still holding onto Suzaku. Perhaps if he used the princess as a diversion. Suddenly, the princess' words clicked and he stared, mouth agape, as the fragile seeming girl continued to both lecture and beg for Suzaku's sake.
"Zero.. is.."
The teen in his arms stared up at him, while the rest of the room continued to ignore him in the drama playing out between the masked man and the girl in the wheel chair.
"Yes."
Gino's eyes narrowed as he tried to process this new piece of information. No wonder Zero needed to marry Suzaku. Rumors had reached Britannia that things in China were not going as intended. The Chinese were not proving to be quite as amendable to giving up land and rights to the Japanese exiles as originally expected and had put extensive restrictions on the new immigrants. There was a lot of unrest, particularly with the Chinese expecting the former Black Knights to fight in their military campaign against Britannia. Some spies had even claimed that a few of Zero's prime supporters including Sumeragi Kayuga had been killed in a recent earthquake due to the poor construction of the refugee's residences. And if Zero was in fact a Britannian prince and not even Japanese, his position would be more precarious. Suzaku's star had been in ascension, despite the complaints of several members of the Britannian government over the knight's allowance of the one million exiles. However his words and ability to prevent more bloodshed had finally won the hearts of the millions of his countrymen still in Area 11 and the SAR thanks to that was a success. Plus it hadn't hurt that Second Prince Schniezel, Governor-General Nunnally, Earl Asplund and Knight of the Round Lord Weinberg and Lady Earlstreim, had defended the choices Suzaku had made within Britannia.
"I'm sure another suitable marriage partner can be found for Onii-sama, but you can't do this to Suzaku-san, I won't allow it."
"But Nunnally.." choked out Zero, unable to argue against his beloved sister.
A sudden loud booming sound shook the room as a part of one of the walls collapsed revealing daylight. Smiling inside the cockpit while still dressed in her bridesmaid dress, Anya decided that this might actually be interesting.
"Exit."
Not waiting to be told a second time, Gino tossed Suzaku over his shoulder, ignoring a squawk of protest and fled with him through the rubble and ran towards his still parked Porsche, feeling doubly blessed that his new egress had brought him even closer to their escape. Dropping Suzaku into the passenger seat, Gino gunned the engine and raced from the cathedral, not really wanting to be there for the aftermath, despite the princess' obvious approval of their actions.
"I love you, Suzaku."
Trying to frown, the teen failed miserably and instead gave Gino the sort of soft smile he'd always treasured on the younger man's face. "And I supposed this is just our destiny then?"
Ignoring the road to steal a quick kiss, Gino laughed. "No, I think this is our happy ending."
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Date: 2008-05-30 05:48 am (UTC)C.C., Nunally and Anya saves the day! :D
great work. it's great that I chose to read this fic after being offline for a few days XD;
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Date: 2008-05-30 01:04 pm (UTC)