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the bodyguard meme

the bodyguard meme

never let her out of your sight. never let your guard down.

You're a pop star, or a royal, or maybe even the last of your kind who will bring about the Earth's redemption. Whatever the case may be, you're in a position that may be a bit dicey if you attract the wrong kind of attention.

And you're a bodyguard, a soldier, a knight - a protector. Somehow, you've been roped into protecting this person. You'll be rewarded, of course. The work may be cut out for you, but just do your job, keep your head down, and it'll go smooth.

Except for when the two of you break the bounds of professionalism and feelings begin to flourish. Being in such close quarters may get you to see the other in a different light, and saving someone's life just may be the ultimate form of intimacy.

Could this be the real danger? To feel so strongly for the one you've sworn to protect...are you compromised?

How to Play
1. Comment with your character and preferences, being sure to put if you want to play the guard, the guarded, or either. Also, you may want to put if you prefer fluffy, angsty, or smutty interaction - or have no preference.
2. Comment to others.
3. There are no prompts, because there are so many potential options there could be a hundred. Feel free to play anything: the beginnings of the relationship, just meeting, getting used to each other/not getting along at first, the obligatory first time, a threat on the protected's life and how their protector responds, how the feelings between the two has changed the protection, etc. Your only limit is you.

never fall in love.

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[Suzaku gives a shrug of his shoulder.]

He is who is he is. You know that just as well as I do. Even if you haven't known him as long. His Majesty is liar, manipulator, but at the same time, he genuinely does care for this world and it's people. This started with Nunnally but it ended up being so much more, even if he won't admit to it.

[He sighs, straightening.]

I will admit that I did not like most of his methods, after all, our philosophical differences were vastly different, and at times, still are, but I trust him with my life. If it hadn't been for him, we wouldn't be here right now.

It shouldn't be long now. He was talking to the UFN when I passed him the note.

[She nods, always the attentive listener. Though, she was getting tired again so she gave a quick look around of the area and saw a comfy looking spot near a window. Don't mind if she walks a little bit away from you to go over there. You can join her if you want.]

Sorry, I just couldn't stay standing up for much longer. I have been teased that my two favorite positions lately is sitting down or laying down, so this is me proving them right, once again. [A small tease directed to herself. It was true, wasn't it?]

But, yes... without Lelouch, a lot things wouldn't be possible right now... maybe even the two of us meeting. [She probably would have never met someone like Suzaku if he wasn't attached to Lelouch. Or like anyone else she knows because of Lelouch.]

[He will, one because Ryou's pregnant and he doesn't want to leave her alone and two, she is still under his protection.]

Well, considering your condition, it's easy to see why they would be.

[Suzaku glances down at the top of her head as she speaks of their meeting.]

If we did, I doubt it would have been like this.

[Well, it's not like she's in danger here, and she's not feeling sick or in pain, so... She can at least enjoy his company.]

...If not for him, I'd probably still be on the streets back in Japan, just living out a miserable existence. [Life was not easy for the Japanese after the Invasion, after all.]

How about you? Where would you be if you had never met Lelouch?

In the ghettos.

[Where he was shot trying to protect Lelouch after reuniting after seven years.]

That would depend, I would think. On if you meant that he and Princess Nunnally were never exiled to Japan or if we had never reunited after the invasion?

[It did feel a bit odd hearing Suzaku referring to Lelouch and Nunnally by their titles. She knew he couldn't refer to them like that when they were out in public, but now that they were back here... Maybe he only does it with Lelouch and Nunnally personally. Still, it felt a bit odd...]

...Maybe a little bit of both? Truth be told, I don't know that much about you. [She at least figured he came from a family of high power if he was able to associate with Lelouch and Nunnally in the first place, being that the two were royalty. And the marrying his cousin thing.]

I-if it's okay to talk about something like that. Y-you don't have to if you don't want to. [Some things are better left buried in the past, after all.]

[He's only using their titles now since they are in the palace. Normally, Suzaku really couldn't care what any of those who were around thought of him, but he didn't want to drag Ryou into that mess. Palace politics were a messy thing and while being the Knight of Zero pretty much gave him power only second to Lelouch and perhaps Nunnally, he was never one to flaunt if it wasn't necessary.

The last thing he wanted was for Ryou to get caught up in any of the palace gossip. Not until they were unable to hide it anymore, at least.]

My father was Kururugi Genbu, the last Prime Minster of Japan before the invasion. That's how we ended up with them staying at the shrine. They were supposed to be hostages, after all.

If that hadn't happened, I'm not entirely sure what would have happened. I was a bit of a brat when I was younger.

If we hadn't been reunited, I would probably still be a private in the military, trying to raise through the ranks and change the system from within. That had been my plan when I joined, to be honest.

[She had an easier time imagining Lelouch as a brat, given his personality now, but Suzaku too? The image was quite adorable, imagining a younger Suzaku being a little brat around all of the officials that no doubt surrounded him.]

[If she had a little boy, would he turn into a brat as well?]

[Here's hoping that, if a boy, he doesn't pick up any subtle clues about behavior from the both of them.]

I see... Maybe we would have crossed paths with you being a private. Just... probably not under as... favorable of circumstances. [Him being an Honorary Britannian in the Britannian military and her, being Japanese. Things probably wouldn't have ended well.]

My father was also a famous researcher, so... maybe he could have met once or twice with the former Prime Minister. We could have met that way too. [Though, if he was a brat at the time, like he said, and she was just a shy little thing, particularly around boys, things probably wouldn't have ended well then either.]

[Good thing for Lelouch, right? Right.]

[There's a bit of a twitch of the lips.]

No, probably not. Hated by the Britannia for the crime of being an Eleven, hated by the Japanese for selling out and becoming Honorary.

[Have a half hearted shrug.]

Sometimes, I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to call myself.

[He knows what he identifies as, but what he thinks and what everyone else thinks are usually two different things.

There's a moment where he regards her silently, because what she says pulls at something within him, but he can't remember what it is.]

Perhaps. It wouldn't surprise me. Father met a lot of people before the invasion and his death.

...I doubt I would have hated you. Strongly dislike and probably more scared of you, but not hate. [She doesn't honestly feel like she can hate someone. Maybe the Spirit, maybe. She has a hard time hating on people, okay.]

Most of the time, I just ask people to call me by my name rather asking if I'm Honorary or not. It's certainly better than being called a 'filthy Eleven' or a traitor with their favorite female derogatory term accompanying either. [She's heard worse. There were even comments she heard when she was out with him today. But she didn't want to say anything and just let it slide. They had wanted to keep a low profile, after all. Saying anything about that wasn't going to keep their profile low for long.]

It might be something to ask my father... if I ever see him again. It's doubtful, though.

Hm. More then I got at Ashford when I first enrolled.

[He gives her a sort of lopsided smile when he says it, but it was the truth. The harassment didn't really die down until Lelouch had publicly declared him his friend. Then he had been named Euphemia's Knight.]

Unfortunately, my name was put out there when I was put on trial for Clovis' murder.

[Lelouch had been making strives when it came to world peace and undoing the damage Britannia had done, but it wasn't overnight. Even though they rightfully could be called Japanese again, Suzaku had found that there were still plenty in Britannia who had long memories and even less desire to change status quo. They normally didn't say it to his face, but he knew it still existed.]

You never know. Maybe he'll seek you out when your name becomes more tied to the

...This might come off as a bit... sad, but would you believe me if I said that I've never been to high school? [Yeah, it does seem a little sad when you think about it.] After the invasion, and with no parents around to take care of me, I was passed around a lot between the relatives. I certainly saw a lot of elementary schools and middle schools of varying degrees in those times, but I never stayed there very long. It didn't help that I was having a lot of memory lapses at the time and... strange things were happening all around me that my relatives got suspicious, scared, or even outright hated me. Soon, I just got lost in the system and just... never got found again.

It does make me wary though, about when my name becomes more attached to Lelouch. It's not that I don't want to see them again, but... them seeking me out just because my name is attached to him and not just for me... I'd rather be cut off from them rather than they try to use me to get something out of Lelouch.

I-if you can, if anyone does come saying that they are related to me... could you... o-or one of the other knights, stay with me? I know that nothing will probably happen, but... I just don't want to feel like I'm being manipulated.

It hadn't been for Princess Euphemia, I wouldn't have either. I was sent to live with extended family, but that didn't last too long and I joined the military as soon as I was able. Once I decided that I wanted to go the Honorary route and join the military, they didn't want much to do with me.

[It wasn't that he liked to dwell on the past, he had been seeking atonement for as long as he could remember, but there were some things that he didn't bother thinking about it.]

Is that when you fell in with Zero?

[Suzaku would admit to being a little bit curious about that.]

Of course. Do you have a preference as to which one you would like with you?

[It was a simple enough request, especially since he was already planning on adding her to guard list anyway. He knew Lelouch well enough that he would it and Suzaku wouldn't be his Knight if he couldn't anticipate his Emperor's needs.]

I-it doesn't really matter to me. Whoever's available when the time comes is fine with me. [Even Gino. His flirting ways might even be a comfort to her when her family is basically trying to leech off of her.]

I might be too old now, or even too far behind, to try and go to a high school now. I don't have too many problems with reading and writing, just some minor things whenever I try to read in English. [She can speak it just fine, she's just more familiar with her home language with writing and reading.]

But, yes. That was around the time that I got involved with Zero. Just a lonely little girl wandering the slums and back alleys with no home outside of shelters for other homeless Japanese and meeting places for the Black Knights.

It was actually one of the Knights that brought me to Zero. [She briefly wondered if she should be telling this story. They were talking low enough, but still, not exactly a well known story.] He had noticed something strange about me, about how one minute I was terrified, surrounded by a group of thugs, the next minute 'I' was walking away without a scratch and with all of the thugs on the ground in a catatonic state. After that, I was brought into the Black Knights because of that power. Some of them wanted to use that power to their advantage, whether or not my consent mattered on the issue. Zero saw both sides, I believe. He saw the me that was still vulnerable and scared of just about everything going on, and the one, the darker one, that wanted vengeance, no matter the cost.

Have you ever mentioned it to Lelouch? He could probably set you up with some kind of tutor or something to help you with the things you don't know. Or maybe I could help, depending on what it is.

[Suzaku was silent as she told her story.]

Did he? Use you, I mean.

[And against her consent, because if there was one thing that he remembered Lelouch telling him once, it was that he had never used Geass on the Black Knights to make them follow him. They had all done that on their own free will.]

It's usually simple things that get to me, but I can usually find the answer later on. It's not that big a deal. [English is hard, though. So many rules, some that even contradict each other. It's so confusing at times.]

Lelouch? No. He was against it. He had repetitively said no to my involvement. [She became quiet again. It wasn't going to explain this to him.]

There was... someone else. He made sure I was involved with some of the Black Knights' missions, whether I wanted to be apart of them or not. [Oh, how to explain this.]

There's a reason I asked you what you knew about the Millennium Items, or why I would sometimes refer to myself as if I was a different person. I don't really know how to explain it with English words, but... it's... mou hitori no watashi... the Other Me. That's who took away my consent and went against Zero's orders of not involving me, for better or for worse.

[He nodded.]

Still, the offer is there if you want to use it.

[He lets out the breath he had been holding. He knew the truth of the circumstances surrounding Euphie's death. It was still a sore spot between the two of them - but Suzaku knew that Lelouch had treasured and loved Euphemia almost as much as he does Nunnally.

A terrorist he might have been, Lelouch was protective of those who had come under his care.

Suzaku paused, studying her thoughtfully.]

Then that's why those thugs were eyeing you inside the bookstore. That's who they were looking for.

Do you know who or what this 'other you' is?

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[She looks at him pleadingly, like 'please, don't think I'm crazy for saying this.' As if her story wasn't insane enough.]

He's... a spirit. It's the best way I know how to describe him. He uses my body as a means of communicating with the outside world. The first time we spoke, he was... disturbingly giddy. He... called me his...'yadonushi... his 'landlord' and to thank me for...'lending' my body to him, he could grant any wish that I had, and he would protect me from anything that would try to hurt me.

[But, as you can probably tell by her tone of voice, this was not a happy little setup they had going on.]

He... reminded me of a small group of Britiannian soldiers that had been ...harassing me earlier that day. [You know, those kind of guys.] He said...'I'll take care of them for you, in honor of our first meeting.' After that, I blacked out, only hearing about what had actually happened on a later news report, how a group of Britannian soldiers had just mysteriously fallen into comas right in the middle of the street. Just like how the thugs had been 'taken care of' when the Black Knights found me. It even explained my long memory lapses from childhood, about how bullies and friends alike would just... disappear, if they were ever involved with me in some way or another.

[Suzaku frowned as he listened.]

Bullies, I can understand, if that's his mindset, to 'protect' you...

[He wouldn't condone the methods of course, but he could understand them. He himself had killed his father in order to protect Japan and his best friends.]

But why your friends?

Friends, bullies, teachers, even a neighbor, once.

[She could be cheeky and say that friends could hurt you just as much as your enemies could. She knew that Suzaku would understand that. But, that simply wasn't the case with her and the Spirit.]

To be honest, I'm not completely sure. There was a wish that I had as a child where I wanted to stay and play with my friends 'forever.' He must've picked up on that, somehow, and my friends' souls were transferred into dolls. He had been doing this since I was a child, even before I had known about him. But, even then, it still doesn't explain why he kept on doing it, even after I had outgrown that wish, repeatedly telling him that I didn't want that anymore. For some reason, he just continues to want me as isolated from others as much as possible. It's changed somewhat since then with the Rebellion, the Black Knights, and being involved with Lelouch, but I still feel as if there's still a possibility that he will hurt anyone even remotely close to me if given the chance.

It's his way of trying to keep you under control, maybe.

[It was said thoughtfully, after a few moments, as Suzaku turned Ryou's words over in his mind. Geass wasn't the only way to control someone, after all.]

Does he know of your.... 'involvement' with Lelouch?

[The stress on the word should clue Ryou in as to what type of involvement he's actually talking about.]

[She does agree with him though, about it being his way of keeping her under control. Doesn't mean she likes being treated that way.]

[Though, that was the eternal question. How much does the Spirit know, especially about that one night?]

It's... hard to say. I wasn't wearing the Ring that... that night. That's... the drawing that I made earlier? That's the Ring, Millennium Ring to be more precise. But, a lot of that night is a jumbled mess so I don't remember exactly what happened. And I couldn't be wearing it during a doctor's examination. I haven't put it on since then, not since I found out...

But you can't be too far from it, right? Because otherwise, I would think that you would have throw it into the ocean by now and be done with it.

...No, I never can be too far away from it. If I do get far enough away from it, it'll just... reappear near me, somehow. There have been times when I had thought that it was gone for good, having been stolen by thugs or something. But, no. It will find its way back to me sooner or later, even against all possible odds.

It's one of the things that Lelouch is researching outside of his duties as Emperor; to find a way to separate... 'us.' To make it so the Spirit doesn't have to control me anymore. [She still had no idea how he's going to do it, but she'll see what Lelouch can come up with. She hated the Spirit after all. She didn't want him using her anymore.]

If anyone would be able to do it, it would be Lelouch.

[Lelouch does end up keeping his promises, even if he goes about it in a way that no one else would ever think of. They have referred to him as the Man of Miracles before.]

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