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Love conquers all.
For many, it was true. For those who had known betrayals, love was a foreign concept. Love couldn't excuse all. Nor could it conquer broken hearts. Never would Lelouch forgive Suzaku for having thrown him in the lion's den, helpless, confronting his father in a battle he couldn't win. Neither would Suzaku forgive Lelouch for having murdered his own sister, the woman Suzaku loved above all. Love couldn't conquer all. Not this kind of love, moved by the hearts, not by ideals.
But as the sword pierced through the tyrant's flesh, the loveless dictator stroked the mask he once wore, and love united the broken souls once more.
A love for peace, that pushed one in the abyss of nothingness, the other thrown on the path of loneliness.
I loved you.... // But I hated you even more...
An agreement they ignored if born from either hatred, common sense, or lost affection sealed the fate of all, at a cost none would ever recover from : Their string, red of the culprits' blood, snapped, the souls forever drifting apart, as the crimson trails left by the tyrant's corpse carved the destiny of the one who was forbidden to love.