Chapter 1: Disagreement

"What? I'm not attending." Lelouch Lamperouge disagreed.

"Lelouch. Your mother has accepted the invitation several months ago, and the resort owners has been looking forward to it. We can't back down now. Even I was not informed about the mini concert right away," Villeta Nu told him, trying her best to convince him.

"Do my band mates now about it already? And how long?"

"Yes…" she said, almost ashamed. "They've been told about it. And it will last for…for more than two weeks, if I remember correctly…." His manager answered, her voice trailing off.

"Why the hell didn't they tell me?" His eyes glared in anger as soon as he heard the answer.

He was annoyed. He groaned in frustration as he thought about his plans for Nunnaly. A month ago, he made plans and promised her sister to spend this time with her before she goes to United States to study. But the fact that he would be spending this summer by having a concert at a resort, much more a tour, meant he wouldn't be able to comply with his promise to her.

He went for the door.

"Lelouch? Where are you going?" Villeta asked.

He stopped briefly before he makes his way outside. "I'd tell my mother to postpone the schedule. I don't give a damn to those resort owners."

Then the door shut loudly.

…

He slammed his car's door and turned on the vehicle.

As the engine went on, he pushed the pedal so hard that his car went screeching on the road. His temper was controlling him.

His car stopped in front of a green cottage his mother visits by the country sides whenever she decides to leave work for a while. He makes his way towards inside by the cemented steps. He took no time to knock at the door and he instead banged the door open.

He found his mom sitting on the couch, her hands resting on her lap delicately as her dark, ebony locks hung behind her back. She was wearing her usual blue dress. She turned his head around and saw him standing by the door step.

For a while, he saw a shine of surprise on her eyes.

"Lelouch, you happened to visit here. How nice," she greeted him with a smile. The raven-head was panting heavily, but he uttered no word.

Marianne's lips turned down. "I see that you didn't come here to visit, but to talk about something," she gestured him to sit at the chair in front of her, "May I know what's wrong, dear?"

He chose not to sit and not to waste the time so he spoke in a composed voice. Even though he was quite angry, he was never the type of son to act rudely towards his mother.

"Mom, why did you accept Geass Island's invitation when I wasn't even informed?" he demanded.

"Lelouch, the owners have been our family friend for so long. We can't afford denying them," she told him coolly.

"But mother, it's a two-week tour! And the scheduled date for Nunnaly is within the first week of the tour. We've been talking about that for so long. I promised to bring her to the grasslands of Osaka," he sighed. "And we can't move our schedule, because she'll be going to America after it!"

Her mom smiled. "If Nunnaly's the issue, then you can talk to her, she's here." She looked at the room, and there she is, standing, smiling. He realized how much he missed her by the time he saw her. And so he embraced her tenderly, his lips placing a kiss on her hair.

Nunnaly chuckled in his chest. "What brother? Don't worry about me. We can spend time at the beach remember? It's not like you're going to play there every minute."

"Nunnaly, I thought you're coming back tomorrow…why did you come back now?"

He let go of her, but he still held her hand.

"Well… mom told me about your tour. So I came here to talk about it, because our schedule and your schedule is the same, so I decided to come to your tour, it's not an all time singing, right? It's an island too!" her voice became excited. "We'll have a great time there! And guess what? Ms. Shirley is your guest singer!"

Shirley?

He thought. Shirley Fenette had been his friend for long and the thought of meeting her once again was sure giving back the memories. She was one of the people he acknowledged as his closest friends. He loved her a lot.

"Oh really? That is nice. I'd love to meet her again."

Nunnaly smiled at him mischievously but she still spoke with words that didn't comply with her expression.

"Ms. Shirley Fenette is so nice. She gives me presents, and I love her smile a lot.

He and Shirley were celebrity couples. People saw them usually get along quite nice. And before the both of them knew, they were paired up until news had spread the mania. Shirley Fenette is a renowned singer and actress, one successful artist to have received many awards in her career.

Lelouch Lamperouge is the vocalist of the famous band named Black Knights band. It was the band they made when they were in high school, back when they were still 16. Let's just say it's all because of boredom. Black Knights is famous around the world – one thing they never expected. As for the Black Knights, it was a band that achieved fame and glory in a short time. They were recognized by their remarkable talents and by their of course, members. Their first tour outside the country was when they were 18, having sponsored by Milly Ashford's grandfather.

Their other band mate, Li Xingke, left for China. In change, Rollo Lamperouge became the next drummer; the youngest of them all, and the cousin of Lelouch.

Rivals Cardemonde was their keyboardist. Gino Weidenberg, half German, was a blond-haired man with a pair of bright blue eyes. He plays the bass. The guitarist was Suzaku Kururugi, mostly known as the Japanese heartthrob and he was the best friend of Lelouch.

Lelouch never liked the keyboard in the first place. When he was a child, his mother began teaching him but had given up. He lacked the enthusiasm as the pressing of many keys annoyed him a lot. Nunnaly was the one who fell in love with the instrument.

Nunnaly held his hand making Lelouch look at her; she smiled at him.

"Nii-sama, have you proposed to Ms. Shirley already?"

Lelouch flinched. Nunnaly hasn't said anything naughty during his lifetime.

"Nunnaly…!" He could feel warmth creeping its way on his face. He wished he wasn't turning reddish.

His mother chuckled. "My son really is growing up. Time really passes by so fast, isn't it?"

"Of course I do, mother. And I hate the fact that you're trying to destroy such a great relationship just because of what you see like."

"Dear, it's not called 'destroying.' We're just taking your friendship to a whole, new level. And don't say that, you'll hurt her feelings. You won't like seeing a girl cry, will you?"

Her mom stood up and took Lelouch in her arms, nuzzling him in the crook of her shoulders. "Seems like the girl you'll choose is really fortunate. It means you chose her among all girls in the world." She gave him a pat in the head, "Am I right?"

Her son chuckled, "What about no?"

Marianne pinched his cheek. A mischievous glint in her eyes. "What about yes?"

"Depends on you."

a/n: Yosh. Finally. Done for an edit. Please take time to read my next chapters.

You gonna read? Depends on ya.