Shadows of our end - KDA x Male Reader (Original)

Act 1 - 13

***   Akali POV   ***

Finishing up with my solo training I feel extra exhausted, it doesn't help that today is a scorcher. Not to mention going out of my way to make sure we don't have an entire group war with Evelynn siding with someone who just has a talent for getting on people's bad side. I won't ask questions but it can't be that hard to ignore someone like that can it? Or maybe I should have kicked both their asses and maybe the guys could bond over that.

Isn't that how guys work? Then there's last night... yeah I'd just rather not think about it.

With my towel I wipe myself off and reapply my deodorant; I am going to have to hit the showers soon enough but I already have a little meeting with Erika to run through our usual schedule. But a part of me wants to get the drama out of the way before it becomes a problem.

"Yo," she looks at me.

"Hey, Evie said something happened?"

I arch my brow at her surprisingly chipper tone. "You two talking again?"

With a nod. "I guess, kinda. Don't know why I am getting angry with her when I know how she is." She twists her lips to the sides as if wanting to say more but instead shakes her head. "What happened?"

"Your boy is fucking with Evelynn's boy to put it lightly."

With a chuckle. "Did you need to word it like that?" She exhales with a sigh. "Should have just ignored it and let both of us go on with our lives, that would just have worked out better for both of us that way."

I then drop down next to her, sitting in the shade. "Going to talk to him? Troy I mean."

She nods. "I will, I'll get him to back off and just leave (Y/N) alone."

"How are you going to deal with it though?" she looks at me, "Eve isn't going to just stop keeping him around just for everyone else's sake and I just don't want to have a little war between our friends. Doesn't mean you have to be the bigger person for her sake either though."

"By just staying away from him," she sighs. "Even if I tried to talk about anything I'd probably get shut down instantly because trying to mend whatever is left will probably just make things worse and cause trouble with Troy."

"Your boyfriend needs to calm down. This has got nothing to do with him, not like you two are going to end up together again."

"Hm mhm."

Tapping the side of her leg. "Come on, let's get training 'cause I don't want to spend my entire day worrying about silly shit."

She groans. "Sure," I grab her hand lifting her to her feet, "What do you think about him?"

"So far? Probably a little too good at getting into trouble with others. Don't know much about him other than that," then shaking my head at myself. "But I bet if that wasn't the case he'd fit in with the rest of us, Evelynn likes him and she's the hardest to impress."

"Are you sure? She got attached to him quickly."

I nod slowly. "It's the powers I think. All of her prior 'interests' had powers that complimented hers and maybe the darkness and shadow just felt like home for her. I don't know, like how people chase after appearance she has the same thing but with powers."

"Maybe."

***   Normal POV   ***

I finish up with my solo routine of training. Right now focusing on trying to use the shadow and smoke to take different forms to use them to attack things from a distance. Some of it fails - others just hold for a couple of seconds.

I am just not getting a hang of it.

It's already day six and I've been keeping mostly to myself trying to just keep my head tucked between my shoulders and not end up causing fights for existing. I could just not engage them and that would win all the battles by default. Or they get grumpy because I am not paying them any mind.

I shake my head trying to pull my attention away from it but I just find myself going back to it. O wipe my sweat from my brow before looking up at the open sky above; been here all day and it feels like I am not even making any progress.

Maybe I am just not used to this form of training. I am trying to push myself to my own limits but I am just not reaching it as I should. Maybe my head is just not into it right now, I rub the back of my neck as I hear someone step closer to me.

"Still here?"

"Hey, Rey," I cross my arms looking at her. "What's up?"

"Swung by and figured you'd still be here considering I didn't see you at the dorms," then gesturing with her head. "Going to meet up with a group of freshies and see what's what before we start with classes tomorrow."

"Sure," then leaving the training area with her, "A lot of people?" I ask her.

Shaking her head, "Probably like five others, just going to hang out till we decide it's time to head back to the dorms to get some shut-eye before we go through all sorts of things tomorrow."

"Fun."

"You have been keeping out of trouble?"

I chuckle, "Make it sound like it follows me."

"You did fight someone on the second day," my stay here has been way too eventful in the first week alone.

"I thought it would be an absolute pain in the ass getting anything done and it pretty much got dragged into the majority of it."

"Probably because you are a Champion."

"Maybe," I nod. "Then again maybe I am just not too good at shutting my mouth."

Though a lot of this I owe to Evelynn I think - and can probably blame her but that wouldn't make sense. Just move on and enjoy it, as long as they don't start shit with me then I will be fine.