Brother My Brother [Closed]

[readsthelines]

Date & Time: Backdated to after the conversation with that green haired witch. (Feb. 5)
Location: Nunnally's apartment
Characters: Moe Little Sister (readsthelines) and Derp Brother (kingside)
Summary: Siblings from parallel worlds meet...or is it reunite?
Warnings: Possible cavity inducing because it's Nunnally.

While someone is currently on their way to see her, Nunnally has no idea about him being in the city. Her last memory of him is that of a hug and vanishing into the night, becoming the Demon King who would be in conflict with those trying to achieve peace.

She also would've made a post on the network asking if anyone knew him or anyone else from home but she hit a little snag: a cold.

First week in and she's sick and it's hard to get up from her bed at times. She blames all the rain.

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[kingside]

In contrast to his ailing sister, Lelouch had been filled with a nervous energy from the moment he'd heard she had arrived, and if he could be said to be sick with anything, it would be worry. Nunnally in this place? But it was far milder than their world in many ways, cushioned as they normally were by the Initiative and their geographic separation from the UE. That was easy enough to rationalize, of course, but from a practical standpoint, there was nothing in the world that could stop Lelouch from worrying about his sister.

She must be scared. Alone. Lost. C.C. may have had made contact with her, but how was she really doing, here, on her own? At least on their world Suzaku and the rest of her royal entourage had kept her company; here she was entirely on her own.

That was more or less the case Lelouch had made for himself to drop everything and rush to her side, at any rate, and since as he had told C.C. there was literally no reason whatsoever to keep himself from making contact with her on this world (no royal spies to track him, no one to realize he'd regained his memories, no Emperor), well, drop everything and rush to her side was damn well what he was going to do.

The scant floors that separated from her were easily conquered, from that perspective, even if he did take the elevator rather than the stairs, and before too long, he found himself outside of her apartment, rapping his knuckles smartly on the door and hoping the sound would carry. With any luck, his sister would actually be present to answer the summons. God only knew how long it would take him to track her down if she weren't home.

[readsthelines]

To be honest, yes. She was scared to be away from home and the task that she had yet to do. She had hope in the world and to create that dream that she had wanted for such a long time but to only be brought to a future where the world lost that hope and far out of reach.

No, not lost...just further away than expected.

Nunnally was about to fall asleep again just as she heard the knocking of the front door. Who would be visiting here at this time? She didn't know about her other roommates friends or relatives so it was assumed it was for them. But the thing is that she's the only one there so answering the door was her responsibility. Which meant leaving the warm bed behind.

...she could always take a blanket with her.

And she does as she waddled over to the door and opened it without any problems...only to see someone from her past standing there.

"Le...louch?"

[kingside]

Although it could very well have been someone other than Nunnally answering the door, Lelouch was instantly relieved the moment it swung open, and he straightened reflexively, eyes searching around wheelchair height for his sister. The figure that stood beyond the threshold was considerably taller than that, though, and he quickly adjusted his gaze, meeting... lavender eyes?

"Nunnally?" he breathed, hardly daring to believe it. Nunnally, standing on her own two feet? The opened eyes he'd been at least partially prepared for, given C.C.'s parting remarks, but to see Nunnally fully upright again was something he'd only ever dreamed of. The doctors had told him that her legs were damaged beyond repair, so how had she managed this? Had there been some technological advancement between his time and hers? How much further along in their world's timeline was she?

Whatever questions he had at seeing her were quickly drowned out by his relief at seeing her at all, though, and he summoned up a warm smile for her, dropping to one knee almost entirely by reflex. That left her taller than him rather than at eye level, but surely just this once it wouldn't matter. "I'm here. I'm not going anywhere."

/slides in and crashes

[readsthelines]

It really was him.

He was standing in the threshold without any signs of a hologram or an illusion. He was flesh and blood...and real. Without any warning, the younger sibling moved forward and wrapped her arms around Lelouch. The last time she had done this was before he had to leave her for good. In order for him to do the task that was given to him, they couldn't be together.

As much as she knew it had to be done, it didn't mean she liked it.

He felt so warm, almost like being home again and happy. She didn't want to let go of him ever again.

"I'm so happy you're here." she managed to get out but only as a murmur due to her face being buried into his clothes. "I missed you so much."

/catches

[kingside]

The sudden movement prompted a small laugh, and the sound was just as quickly cut off again as Lelouch returned the gesture, his face hidden against her hair. Nunnally didn't seem nearly as breakable now as she had the last time he'd seen her, but he was still careful with her as he held her, the dam holding back his emotions already threatening to break. Just a few seconds of seeing her and nothing more than a hug and he was already moments away from-- from something, he wasn't sure what, how pathetic. He couldn't help but remember their most recent interactions, though, that awful phone call and the failed attempt to rescue her in particular, and with those weighing on his mind...

He allowed himself the grace of tightening his hold just a little bit more, his eyes closing. The last thing he wanted to do was upset her. He had to keep himself in check until this was over.

"I missed you, too," he responded, voice as even as he could make it. It had been a year. A year. The only other time or reason why they'd been separated for that long was because Nunnally hadn't been born yet, and that didn't count. "It's been too long."

I WILL DO THIS EVEN IF IT KILLS ME RAWR!!!

[readsthelines]

He was right to notice how much stronger the young girl had become; it was her choice to go to Shinjuku Ghetto that day and set the path for who she is now. Nunnally wanted to cry in joy at the fact that her beloved brother is with her once again, to be able to share special times with even in a place like this.

To herself, she chanted one line over and over: 'Please, don't let me go again'.

It may have been a year for him but it was only a day for her. That was long enough.

"It felt like it." she replied quietly as she sniffled. Oh right...that was a problem. There was no way she wanted Lelouch to catch her bug so she lifted her face up.

"I'm sorry, I caught something when I got here. Maybe we should get inside."

[kingside]

It more than felt like it, but far be it from Lelouch to correct his little sister when that wasn't the issue at stake right now. Besides, he still had no idea when Nunnally had seen him last; for all he knew, the two of them had been spending time together directly before she'd been taken. It was a heartening thought.

The small sniffle soon distracted him from these thoughts, though, and immediately concerned, he pulled away just enough to properly examine her, one hand lifting to gently feel her forehead. "A cold? Or is it something else? What symptoms do you have?" The chances of his little sister being afflicted with some deadly mutant strain unique to this world were slim (probably), but he could hardly stop himself from breaking a lifetime habit. Taking care of Nunnally was second nature to him now, and letting this illness go untreated was unthinkable.

He carefully unwrapped himself from her and straightened, attempting to turn her back to the door and herd her inside and chiding himself all the while. He shouldn't have let himself get so distracted. "Let's get you back in bed," he said, apparently only just noticing the blanket. Definitely distracted. "Would you like me to prepare some tea for you? Does your apartment even have any tea?" His own did, but it was far too late now to charge back up to it and fetch some. Damn this was inconvenient. "I'll put in a request with the Initiative to have us roomed together as soon as possible."

[readsthelines]

That is an odd thing about timelines: people can be pulled from anywhere and things can either remain the same or become something so different that it's almost unrecognizable.

She couldn't help but smile again at her brother fussing over her. Some things will never change. "It's alright, I probably got it when I was standing in the rain for so long." she replied as she remembered when she had arrived in the apartment. The other roommates weren't there and right when she got in, she just felt a little queasy. Nunnally had thought that it was a side effect of the transport machine but the next day...well, it didn't go away.

"I'm feeling a bit better than I was before and I'm sure we have tea somewhere in here." She didn't know actually, have mostly been drinking water and eating crackers and soup so her stomach didn't have to have a fit. But she didn't say anything when Lelouch ushered her back inside, thinking that he was sweet to be that way. But then again, overprotective siblings seem to be a theme in their family. There was a stray thought about him never learning about what happened when she made the contract with Nemo: Nunnally wouldn't know if he would be outraged that she gained Geass or the fact that she piloted a Knightmare in nothing but her birthday suit.

...definitely never saying that one.

"Do you think they'll be alright with it?" she asked him. Moving in together was perfect by her and she would prefer it but she wasn't too sure about their hosts.