[Zero doesn't flinch at the tone, but that means little. He's just as on edge, knows how Lelouch gets when he doesn't have everything under control. It's torture, being like this, but all the same Zero is thankful to know that it's even possible. Even if he knows it could be defying his punishment to seek anything out as Suzaku, he can't really help this. Lelouch is...
Ah, leaving. But that step makes his heart lurch, and he can't stop the step forward. It's too unexpected, too sudden; strange that it should be, considering their conversation, but it is. Because the last time he'd seen that, been standing at a similar angle (though nearer than this), there had been blood on this mask and Nunnally had screamed, and Lelouch had left them.
When Zero speaks up, his voice is thick, and really it's hardly Zero there.]
You know where to find me.
[Come at your leisure, because I won't force you. The invitation is open.]
pain and suffering?
Ah, leaving. But that step makes his heart lurch, and he can't stop the step forward. It's too unexpected, too sudden; strange that it should be, considering their conversation, but it is. Because the last time he'd seen that, been standing at a similar angle (though nearer than this), there had been blood on this mask and Nunnally had screamed, and Lelouch had left them.
When Zero speaks up, his voice is thick, and really it's hardly Zero there.]
You know where to find me.
[Come at your leisure, because I won't force you. The invitation is open.]