𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐎 ☹︎ VIKTOR ARCANE

CHP 6. THE UNDERCITY

" BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LIVES THEY TOOK FROM US, NO THEY WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT WE KNOW "

Y/N looks at Viktor. "We haven't been in the undercity in a long while", she gets up and fiddles with an arm looking thing that Viktor made, well half made. But she sits on the table as Viktor slouches on his work, he was working on the arm more, trying to figure out how to make it move with his right arm. Fingers and all.

"And why do you mention it?", he lifts one of his eyebrows as he looks up at Y/N. "We should... visit, someday-- as a vacation, since we haven't gotten a break in so long! We deserve it, don't you think?", Viktor shakes his head, his eyes looking back down at his invention, unmoving. "We can't, we have a lot of work to do, plus it is also the undercity we are talking about, Y/N".

Y/N's features are saddened, her usually arched eyebrows are now furrowed as her lips are turned into a frown. "So what if it's the undercity? Viktor we are from the undercity!". Y/N grabs Viktor's face, she was still sitting on the table with her legs crossed as she gently cups his face into her palm, forcing him to look up at her. "Let's book a holiday and leave these gadgets behind for a few days huh? Let's visit Rio, let's go to that port we would always go to!! Oh, oh remember that man who would always give us free bread? Let's go to his shop!", Y/N has already let go of Viktor by now, she walks to the window and stares at the sky and back at Viktor with a cute smile.

"All these people in Piltover would say... 'oh it's a place of evil and that no one should go there and... and--'", Y/N laughs at her joke as her eyes soften. "But they don't know how many lives they took from us, no they will never know what we know". She walks back towards Viktor who couldn't be described better as mesmerised by Y/N. But he was still more focused on his work than anything.

"We are not going, Y/N".

Y/N sulks a little, she hated the way he said that to her, it was only a visit back to their place! THEIR place. Where they grew up and where they became friends.

"Fine, keep being like that, I'll go on my own", Y/N went to leave when Viktor realises what he has said before and yells for her to wait. "Wait, wait! You aren't going on your own, Y/N", she had really wished he had said that he would go, but she guessed wrong. "You don't wanna go, who else could I bring? Of course Sky but she would want to be here with you, and Jayce? Jeez, don't even get me started about how much he despises the undercity". Y/N became annoyed, she crossed her arms together and stared at Viktor.

"Last chance, coming or not?".

"I am not going but you aren't either-- I need you".

Y/N's eyes slightly widen at Viktor's choice of words. She felt herself melt into his words but she shook her head. "Don't say that, you disrespected our home, you can't do that, not after everything Piltover did to us". She leaves the room, the dissatisfied feeling in the pit of her stomach as she tries to hold in the tears.

She was never taught how to express emotions like this, but she was immediately programmed to show affection like a good person.

Deciding, in the middle of the night to sneak out to the bridge and go to the undercity, she was excited, nervous and scared, she was excited to see the sights they used to go to, but she was also nervous to see the different people and scared to see if everything changed there.

But as she waits, she decided to work on a few... things that she has been wanting to work on for a while now. It was for... actually nevermind--

...

Viktor arrived at the bathroom. His hands-on the sink as he stares at himself in the mirror. He knew if he even decided to do at least a bit of running if he was even able to, his nose would start to bleed and his head would start to ache. He still remembers when he was still a little kid, how Y/N would always run ahead of him and find all the new things and tell him about it.

But now, Y/N walks beside him and waits for him.

He decided to take a shower. It was the least he can do for his mental health that was already declining by the second.

The hot water started to run as Viktor touched it, removing his clothes he sighs as he looks down at his legs, wishing it was someone else's, why did it have to be him that has this problem?! Hemoptysis, he got it from the toxins in the undercity.

Trying not to think about anything else he decided to get in the shower. The water soaked his dark brown hair as it clung to his head and neck. One hand on the wall as he lets the water run down his face and body. He stares at his hands and lets himself be consumed by the thoughts he tried to keep away. He couldn't distract himself forever, as he thinks about Y/N and thinks about the Hexcore which now consumed most of his life. He couldn't take the pain and regret of it all.

Why did he decide to help with Hextech? Why did he let it get to him to the point he would do anything for it to survive? Why is he letting himself choose work over his star? His soulmate, soulmate? Is she really a soulmate if he chooses work over her? Is this really how it feels to be in love and have to be quiet about it even around them? He didn't even realise it but the tears were already in his eyes.

"It doesn't make sense, why can't I get anywhere near Viktor when she's there too..?", Viktor instantly looks up, removing hair away from his face as he hears Sky's voice. "It's not fair... she told me that I could have him, she told me that, but it doesn't seem like she means it", Sky sighs as Viktor tries to find the courage to talk. "Oh who am I kidding... it's Y/N, she'll keep a promise with her whole life". Viktor rolls his eyes as he knows why Sky wasn't even listening to everything around her, it was because she was so deep in thought that she can't hear things around her. Viktor takes a deep breath.

"Sky I am... I am in the shower", Sky screams in horror as Viktor couldn't help but let out a chuckle. "It's okay, I only heard you come in now, can you please eh... leave..?", "U-Uh yea! Yea! I am so sorry Viktor I-I really am, oh god... this is so embarrassing", Viktor chuckles once more. "No, it is fine". Viktor hears the door opening and closing, Sky's gone but now a new worry Viktor has to worry about pops into his head as his whole body sinks more into the wall as he tries to wrap his head around the whole situation.

Sky loves him...?