thekingsgambit | IC: Dreampostin~

All right, big sister.

And mhmm, turtles! He said most of them were babies but one of them was this big [showing with her hands IT WOULD INDEED BE A BIG TURTLE] and I'd really like to meet him. It'd be much~ easier to find him if you'd help me.

[Giving Cornelia an anxious look but still not budging from his spot.]

What she finds it and it's a biting turtle?

[Turning back to Euphie.]

It's better to leave them alone, or we'll end up carrying Euphie home.

Lelouch! I'm not going to bother him, I just want to meet him and maybe get to know him a little. We're neighbours after all, and I don't think Oscar was very kind to him, so I'd like to apologize too.

[Coming out of the water and taking Lelouch by the hands, trying to pull him into the water with her.]

And when we find him, I can introduce him to my favourite brother, and if it goes well then maybe one day we can bring Nunnally along with us so she can meet him too — oh, if big sister Cornelia wouldn't mind coming back with us, so she can be sure~ we're kept out of trouble?

[... looking less supportive of the idea. Biting turtles.]

You promise to be at your most careful?

I promise twice and thrice over!

[Still tugging.]

Come on, Lelouch!

[Still looking less than keen on the idea but finally letting her pull him in with a big sigh.]

I still think it's silly. How are we supposed to apologize to a turtle? They can't understand us.

That's what you said about Lady Bernadette's cats too, and Lord Darlton's dogs, and the mice they found in the basement at Pisces, but I've been able to talk to all of them. Esquire especially is very artic...u..., articulate.

Ah, articulate.

[Laughs a little.]

Euphie's picking up some new words.

And I've never heard any of them so that means they only talk to you. I wonder why that is.

Maybe it's because they know I'll listen. A lot of people here aren't the best at listening, and... hey Lelouch, where do you think's a good place for turtles to live? I, um, don't know where I should start looking.

[Just shakes his head at her and starts pulling her toward the more rocky area, although he makes sure not to let either of them step close enough to get caught up on the slicker stones.]

They're going to be hiding because they don't like being disturbed. So we have to find the best hiding spot in the area. Also, it should be a place with lots of smooth rocks since that's where the crabs they like live.

[DELIGHTED.]

Oscar didn't tell me that there're crabs here too!

He really doesn't know much about turtles, does he? But we're not going to touch them because otherwise the turtles will think we're stealing their food.

[... LESS DELIGHTED.]

Food?

Yes, they're their favorite. And mollusks too. Just like how Euphie enjoys ice cream. You see, they don't have any of that out here.

So they fight?

[Spins away toward Cornelia for confirmation, but catches her foot on a rock and trips into the water.]

Eek!

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Euphie!

Euphie!

[Frantically reaches out to grab her hand. And of course goes in the water with her.]

[Sopping wet.

And giggling because Lelouch, who is also sopping wet, looks completely ridiculous.]

Oh my. I'm sorry. Are you all right, Lelouch?

[Has a slightly scraped knee from the fall but is ignoring it to try and pull Euphie out of the water.]

A-Ah, I'm all right. You didn't hit any of the rocks, did you?

Only when I fell. And we've probably scared the turtles away...

[So she is allowing herself to be pulled out of the water.]

[Frowns and turns away.]

It was my fault for confusing Euphie...

[Spins around him to give him a kiss on the cheek.]

Well, it's all right! We can try again another time, so I'll get to spend even more time playing with you. And— and maybe by then I'll have learned how to use the washing machines well enough that I can teach you after. Lelouch teaches me so much, I'd like to help him learn something too... even if it's only something small.

[Blushes heavily at the kiss.]

W-Well, you always teach me things about animals that I never find in my books, like about their families and their favorite colors. So you don't have to worry about me being the only teacher all the time -- I mean, I'd like to hear about the washing machines too, when we see each other again.

[HELLO have an overbearing big sister.]

Are you two unhurt? Euphie? Lelouch— goodness, look at your knee. Come the rest of the way out of the water, the sun will dry you off.

I'm okay, sister! And~

[Kisses her fingers and gently presses them against Lelouch's knee.]

Lelouch is too, right?

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