Dead in The Family

Lelouch, on the other hand, speaks impeccable English with perfect structure, perfect grammar, perfect vocabulary and pronunciation - his excellence indeed. However, Black Knights don’t speak English between each other, Japanese is the language they prefer, maybe with some alterations and occasional English additions with heavy accent - japanese-english, not English. Lelouch doesn’t speak enough to fit in, he doesn’t understand the slang, Suzaku didn’t teach him that, but everyone assumes that he’s too serious to get it anyway - they let it slide. When Reid joins, when they bring in more international figures into the game, Lelouch quietly breathes out - it’s so much easier to speak “fake” English than to pretend to know perfect Japanese and hide the occasionally slipping out English accent.

No matter how perfect of Japanese Suzaku had been teaching him - he is not here anymore, there is no time for that. Maybe when he establishes something more stable, makes Japan Japan again, maybe then they’ll have time to catch up, and he’ll get to know all those silly words the knights use between each other, maybe he will be able to properly understand all those jokes the meaning of which he cannot quite grasp.

Lelouch: ..🥺?

Suzaku: … for Britannia”

- we have Lucifer at home

Lucifer at home:

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