Horny Dangerpunk (KDA fanfic)

Akali's Playlist is Lonely

"She's such a bitch!"

Akali sighed for not the first time that night, blowing a stream of air to tousle her bangs. The rain sucked all the soul out of Busan, leaving the streets empty and the sky dark. Seoul at least had neon lights and a nightlife; this far away from the city center meant Akali had neither of those things to enjoy. Still, she was glad to be away.

"Why don't you make me another drink?" Kai'Sa suggested, pushing an empty glass across the bar. As far as offers of distraction went this one was fully transparent, but Akali grabbed the glass anyway, spinning it across an open palm before washing it. If there had been anyone else in the bar she'd just grab a new one, but it was Wednesday and Kai'Sa was her only customer.

"What do you want?"

"Nothing with alcohol," Kai'Sa said. "Ahri's picking me up in an hour and I don't want to be drunk."

"Lightweight," Akali accused, all bark.

"I'm not like you or Ahri," Kai'Sa conceded with a resigned shrug.

Akali shook the cocktail shaker in perfect rhythm before responding, the delay giving her time to choose her words. "You're remembering a me from a while ago," she said, straining a light pink drink into Kai'Sa's martini glass, topping it with a sprig of mint. "I'm probably just as lightweight as you by now."

Her mother had never approved of her. She was as traditional as they came; Akali was. . . not that. Instead of a tomboy daughter, her mother would've likely been happier with a son, or no child at all. Instead, she got a wild child that she had to pick up from the police station after she got caught tagging a homophobic politician's house with illegally imported phosphorescent paint. A daughter that was made to transfer schools every few years because her methods of "defending her friends" were a little too violent for the school board to stomach. Heck, Akali couldn't even wear the uniform correctly. Finding a stash of alcohol hidden under Akali's bed had been the final straw, the resulting fight leaving a rift where love that never existed should've been.

The clinking of multiple small bells heralded the arrival of a second patron. "Good evening," Akali said with a plastered-on smile, only to see that it was Ahri who strode in. "Oh, hey boss."

"Ahri!" Kai'Sa was up and leaping into Ahri's arms before she had time to prepare herself, nearly bowling the two of them over. Multiple tails sprouted next to the first in surprise as Ahri shifted low, catching Kai'Sa in her arms.

"One of these days you're actually going to catch me by surprise, and then will we be?" Her fox ears flicked with annoyance, but her face calmed the second Kai'Sa pecked her on the lips, unable to stay mad. "But for the record, I missed you too."

Ahri deposited Kai'Sa back on her barstool, having carried her effortlessly across the room from the doorway. If Akali hadn't grown up alongside Kai'Sa and therefore been desensitized to the quirks of those less-than-human, she'd have been impressed. Ahri took the seat next to her girlfriend, letting her fox tails fan out behind her to slowly drip rainwater onto the waxed floor. "How has the day been Akali?"

Akali shrugged, gesturing to the empty room. "Nothing too busy, it's been pretty quiet all day. At least, it was until this one showed up." Kai'Sa stuck out a tongue at her for a split second, schooling her face back into the picture of purity when Ahri glanced over. "Anyway, can I get you a drink?"

Ahri accepted a mojito with half the usual alcohol content, citing an early morning as her excuse not to have anything stronger. Akali began cleaning up and preparing for closing over the next half hour while Ahri and Kai'Sa talked, fading in and out of their conversation, contributing piecemeal to their talk. Her attention was called back when Ahri and Kai'Sa looked her way simultaneously.