You have a bright future in front of you, being the daughter of one of the most financially powerful families in Piltover. You have always behaved, but you don't really feel right, you can't fit in.
You meet someone at the Progress Day's fair, someo...
«It's been just a week, I'd suggest you keep it for one more week at least »
« Fine, then I will remove it myself and you will explain to Silco why I lost my leg too»«Okay, you win.» Singed, scientist and doctor, told me before removing the cage my leg was trapped in.
Now I can finally move, but I must use crutches.
« And now you slowly put it down. » « Is it normal for it to hurt? » « Yes. Your brain will think that you still have your foot for some time, so lay it gently and your brain will be quiet.» Sevika has been helping me out with my new mechanical foot. It's not easy, but she's a patient teacher and that makes it much easier. The weather is warm, we can finally exercise outside since my leg gets frozen up most of the time.
«Wait, not like that!- » she screams as I lose my balance and fall in her arms. At that very moment, Silco comes back home «What are you doing?» «Would you prefer if I let her fall? »
«She's right sweetie, it was my fault.» He just scoffs and goes inside. He's extremely jealous of Sevika for some reason. «Okay, we're done for today, not trying to get killed. We'll do it again tomorrow. Go inside to your lovebird.»
The physical pain is still ten times lower than the emotional one. I don't have any more tears to shed, I'm just numb. It gets better when Silco is with me, or Jinx comes to show me her upgrades to Mr. Fishbones, but other than that I'm not interested in the outside world.
Now I have my room, and it's beautiful: it's cozy, Christmas is close so it's full of wood decorations, and he made me a corner for painting. My bedsheets are always pastel colors.
My old room looked like a doll's house, but in this one, I can be me.
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Even though his building develops underwater, our rooms are next to each other, on the surface, while Jinx's room is in a cave Silco found when he was building Singed's lab.
I go to my room to find him sitting on my bed. «Can you stop letting Sevika be inappropriate?»
«Silco I swear I was just falling. It doesn't take an inventor to see that I'm deeply in love with you and you only. Stop being jealous of her.» «She picks you up so effortlessly and that does not have an effect on you?»
«She's not my firefly.» A smirk starts brightening up his face as he gets up.
«...I got your lilac» he comes close to hand me the paint and kisses my forehead «Oh my God! I finally have it thank you so much! How was the world today?» he starts playing with my hair.
«Pale without you,» I blush, he's always flirty but I don't think I will ever get used to it.
«Sit with me for a second, dove»
«your parents are organizing the funeral. Apparently, they bought an underground corpse to hide that they haven't found yours... do you want to go? It's an open ceremony. They're doing it on the 25th since you loved Christmas.»
«I don't know...»
«Just promise you will think about it. For yourself, not for them. You might regret it otherwise. I did.» «I promise... do you want to talk about it?»
«It's an old man's story» « Well but it's my old man we're talking about.»
«I had a brother. Vander. We used to work at the tavern together as kids. I was given the opportunity, to give a future to the sons and daughters of Zaun. Our undercity.» he tells, taking a small flask of shimmer from his pocket. « Power, real power, doesn't come to those who were born strongest, or fastest, or smartest. No. It comes to those who will do anything to achieve it. And I've always wanted it.» he throws the flask in the air and puts it back in his pocket as soon as it lands on his hand.
«My brother clearly had different views. He tried killing me. Ever wonder what it's like to drown, Y/N? There's peace in the water. Like it's holding you. And every problem in the world will fade away.»
«I'm so sorry. » «It was a long time ago. I'm really tired today so going to bed now, goodnight dove. » I grab his hand as he gets up, «Please, sleep with me tonight.»
When I was still in his room, he'd sleep with Jinx. Now he sleeps in his bed. I want to feel his warmth. We haven't been close since that night.
«Uhm, I don't think it's a good idea...»
«Do you not like me anymore, Silco?» «Don't even question it. It's just that I'm scared I might hurt you, you're still in a fragile state, your leg bleeds if you stay up too long-» I can see he's being honest, his eyes got wider and he stuttered while telling me.
«Then hurt me I don't care I want to stay with you. Do you want me?» I take his hand and caress my cheek with it.
