Lelouch ♟️

As you take off your jacket and sit down in your bedroom chair, you shake out your hair and wipe the sweat from your forehead before lying back, breathing deeply and slowly. You can still feel the adrenaline coursing through your veins, raising goosebumps... in a pleasant way. After a few moments, you begin to hallucinate, thinking you hear Zero's voice calling you... and then there's a knock at the door. Oh. It wasn't a hallucination, it was real. Zero is at your door, talking to you.

"Hey, could you open the door? I'd like to talk to you."

You feel the hair on your body stand on end; his voice fills you with a strange sense of euphoria. Probably because you associate his voice with missions and the general activity of the Black Knights, which makes sense. Grasping the doorknob and opening it, you're met with the familiar sight of the tall man in a cloak and helmet-like mask. You can't see his eyes, but he seems to be looking down at you, and you can feel his gaze. "Thank you." You could almost hear a faint... smile in his voice, something odd and unusual.

"Listen, I'd like to take you somewhere tonight."

The smile was now much more prominent in her voice.

"You've done an extraordinary job for the Black Knights... I'd like to invite you tonight. I recommend you take off your uniform and put on something you can wear in public, as I will."

At his statement, a realization dawns on you. You're going to see Zero... without his mask. And without his cape. Or without any of the clothes he wears as Zero, you're going to see... the man behind the mask. He turns his back to you, before looking back at you.

"I'll send you a message with the location where I'd like us to meet, and I'll walk with you from there to our destination."

It starts to walk away, disappearing from your sight soon after.