"My Sweetheart"

That's Not Good

I wake up and stare at my ceiling, remember last night with Silco, my smile was interrupted by an aggressive cough, as my throat feels like a million ants crawling up and down, I cough into my hand and take a deep breath. As I look down at my hand, I see blood splattered all of my palm, 'that can't be good ' I get up slowly and look down at my outfit, still in my usual clothes, I walk out of my room and see Silco talking with The Old Man, Silco's eyes widen as I enter the room, "Azi, you're as pale as paper" he gasps rushing over to grabbing my arms as my legs become weak, "I'm fine don't worry, probably just hungry" I laugh it off. All morning, Silco has been watching my every move, constantly checking in on me. "Are you ok, Azi?" he asks looking at me furrowed eyebrows, "for the love of Piltover! I'm fine, Silco" I yell, Silco suddenly turns serious and looks annoyed, that all changes within a second as I feel my body going cold and my vision goes black, everything seems to be in slow motion when I see Silco and the Old Man rushing over to me, "Azi!" I hear Silco's muffled yelling as I hit the floor.

SILCO'S POV:

"Are you ok, Azi" I ask for the fourth time this morning, she was only getting more pale as she tried making more breakfast, with furrowed eyebrows, I notice Azi looking at me angrily as she lifts her hands to her head. "For the love of Piltover! I'm fine, Silco!" She yells, I jolt in my seat before noticing her eyes fluttering and roll to the back of her head before slowly falling to the ground, "Azi!" yell as I rush over and hold her body in my arms for a moment before lifting her up and walking her over to the couch in the corner of the room. Singed has a guilty look on his face, 'for what? this isn't his fault' I hurry over the table and grab a cloth placing it under the tap that ran cold water onto the material, I rush back over to the couch and see blood coming out of Azi's ears and slightly covering the inside of her lips. "Do something!" I yell at Singed, he just sits there, still looking guilty and shocked, I watch as he frantically looks around for something. A short moment passes and Singed still hasn't come up with anything, "oh forget it, we'll wait until she wakes up" I grin in disappointment, Singed nods his bald head and quickly walks into his lab leaving me and Azi alone, 'what is he up to' I think to myself, focusing my attention back on Azi waiting for her to wake up.

AZI'S POV:

After what felt like two seconds of being unconscious, my eyes flutter open and I see the back of Silco's head resting on my outer thigh as he sits with his back leaning against the couch, I groan quietly and lift my upper body to sit up and lean my back on the arm of the couch, Silco snaps his head around to face me and gets onto his knees holding my left hand, "Azi, you're awake," Silco says, I look over Silco's shoulder to see Singed with a worried look on his face and an awkward stance as they both wait for my response, "what happened to you?" Silco asks lending me his hand as I stand off the couch, I once again look over at Singed before I respond, Singed looks guiltily at the ground and nods his head giving me the approval to tell Silco, "Singed and I have been working together to better the Shimmer," Silco looks confused and worried as I continue, "but what does that have to do with you passing out and coughing up blood?" Silco asks slightly raising his voice, "well you see, before we gave it to you, I had Singed inject me with it incase it could do you any damage," my eyebrows furrow in fear of how Silco will respond. I look up and Silco with his eyes widened and his eyebrows create a V shape on his forehead. In anger, Silco turns around to look at Singed, he slowly walks towards him and stops right in front of Singed, for a moment it was silence and stillness between us all, until Silco quickly grabs Singe's collar pulling him aggressively towards his face, "you were using my girlfriend as a test animal! AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME?!" Silco yells, saliva spatters all over Singe's face as Silco unintentionally spits. Singed closes his eyes and turns his head sideways with fear scattered all over his face, "Enough, Silco! It was my idea, he didn't even want to do it until I forced him to" I exclaim causing Silco to slowly turn to face me, walking back over to me, he caresses my cheek and takes a deep breath before talking, "and what made you think of that?" Silco replies in an angry yet calm tone, I look him in the eyes, "I can't risk anything happening to you," I answer, "but what if something has happened to you!" he exclaims causing spit to fly across my face. "I'm sorry!" I lie, "you're a horrible liar, sweetheart" Silco grunts. With his thumb and on his left cheek and his other flingers spread across my right, he squeezes them together tightly making my lips pout, "well I suppose it's a bit late for that, huh" he whispers letting go of my face, "Silco I'm fine, I just need a break from the testing" I Silco turns his head still with his face to the ground, "a break?! I don't care if I have to tie you to a chair and hand feed you meals, if that's what it takes to get you to stop the testing all together... You're all I have left, I can't lose you" he snaps lowering his voice, "what about Singed, you have him" I say sarcastically 'healing the world with comedy ' my mind wanders. Silco rests his face being unimpressed with my comment. For a short second, it was quiet, I look at Singed as he looks to the ground, Silco looks back to Singed, "I don't care what she says or does, do not touch her with the shimmer, am I clear?" Silco points his finger and looks intensely at Singed. "yes, sir" He replies unenthusiastically, I roll my eyes and fall back onto the couch once again coughing into my hand. Silco looks over at me and obverses as I wipe the blood splatters off my hand and onto a handkerchief. I hear his footsteps followed with a sigh, I look up to see him towering over me as offers me his hands, taking his hand, he pulls me off the couch and immediately into a tight hug. I see Singed walking back into his lab before I nuzzle my head into Silco's shoulder. "please, Azi... promise me you won't go further with the testing," Silco mumbles, he slowly pushes me out of the hug holding my shoulders, "I can live with the side effects, we can test on animals, just not you" he continues furrowing his eyebrows, a genuine worry flashes over his face, "Silco you know it's not the same with animals..." I say in a calm placid tone, "promise me... Azia," he whispers completely ignoring what I just said, I look up at his face and focus on his eyes, 'he never calls me "Azia" is always been, Azi' I sigh quietly, "alright fine," I pause for a moment, "I promise" Silco holds out his hand with his pinky pointing at me, I look at him with my head tilted down in confusion, "are you seriously asking me to pinky promise?" I ask chuckling slightly, "oh I'm very serious" A grin grows on his lips in amusement, I continue to link our pinkies together and shake on it, "god" I whisper under my breath before walking past him as I laugh at his gesture. "thank you," Silco says in an upbeat tone as he adjusts his vest turning his chin upwards.