The Time We Spent

How Do I Feel?

Veigar stepped into the summoner lobby, he was exhausted. He had barely had any rest all week. Of course so had all the other champions on the free week list. Unfortunately for the small yordle, it was much worse. In his quest for knowledge he had stayed awake for countless hours reading through ancient scrolls and books. The champion rotation had changed though and luckily now he could go back to his solitude. He was exhausted and all he wanted to do was lay down. Quickly he exited and made his way down the corridor coming to his room. He opened the door and walked inside, closing it behind him. Taking off his heavy armor and clothing, he stared at himself in the mirror.
His scars were highly visible and he could still feel them ache when he looked at them. Veigar let out a sigh and walked to his dresser, pulling out normal night clothes. He put them on and slipped into bed, letting his heavy eye lids shut and falling into sleep.
How long was it? He was locked away, lonely. Driven mad by the isolated place. Veigar knew he still felt lonely, despite other's trying to get close to him. He didn't know how to trust anymore. Even though he desperately wanted friends, he was afraid of getting hurt again, he pushed them away. He always told himself it was because he was evil, and evil had no need for friendship. After awhile of acting cold and bitter, all of the other champions stopped trying to become his friend, they stopped talking to him altogether. All except one.
A purple yordle with a red dress and huge hat, much like his own. Her little pixie following her, protecting her and others when they were in danger. She was always so happy, excited, care free, and curious about the world around her. Some might even say she was crazy, and Veigar couldn't imagine not knowing her. He still remembered the day they had met, the first time he was confused about his surroundings.
He had appeared once again at the summoner rift platform, Veigar was middle laner like usual. Garen top lane, Talon jungle, Vayne bot lane with... who was the support? He'd never seen her before, who was she?
"Alright guys good luck!" She sang, quickly grabbing her items and skipping off to lane. Veigar stared after her, a look of disbelief on his face.
"Who is that girl? Her amount of excitement and happiness annoys me." He wasn't talking to anyone in particular, but he received a response.
"That's the new champion, she just joined the institute." Vayne said, grabbed her items and running after her down that lane.
"Her name is Lulu, she's a yordle like you and some of the others." Garen laughed as he walked away.
Veigar quickly bought his items and rushed to mid lane, Talon followed, splitting off to get the wraith camp. The game had began. A Nasus top, Shaco jungle, Akali mid, Miss Fortune bot, and Soraka support. After about 7 minutes, Veigar had poked Akali down enough that she had to return to base while he pushed to her tower. Veigar took the opportunity to head back and buy some new items. As he returned to the summoner platform he saw Lulu there, healing up and buying her frostfang and sightstone.
She turned to him and smiled. "Hi, I'm Lulu." she said extending a hand.
Veigar stood for a moment and contemplated taking her hand and shaking it, but he quickly dismissed the thought and slapped it away. "You're new right, I hope you know what you're doing out there." He walked over and started to ask the merchant for items.
"Oh yes, I most certainly do! But hey, since I am new here, why don't you be my friend?" Lulu clapped and hopped up and down. Veigar stopped for a minute from grabbing all his items. Slowly he turned to her.
"I hate to burst your happy little bubble of sunshine, but I'm Veigar. I'm Evil, and evil doesn't need friendship, especially from annoying girls like you." He said coldly, returning to lane. Lulu just laughed and skipped off back to lane.
After successfully taking two towers, everyone started to focus mid. Veigar started seeing more of Lulu and became more irritated. He felt uneasy.
"Veigar, Veigar! Get 'em! Yay!" She shouted whenever he would pursue an enemy. Her unexpected chanting made him miss his Ult on Shaco and hit a full health Miss Fortune instead. At that point he snapped.
He whirled around to face Lulu. "Will you shut your mouth?! You're such an annoying little pest! Just go aw-" He fumed, but before he could finish, he saw a shadow over his on the ground. Nasus stood over him, about to hack him down.
Veigar's eyes drew wide, he couldn't move, he knew this was going to be a death. Next thing he knew he was on the ground, staring a purple yordle in a pool of blood.
"An Ally Has Been Slain." Those words rang in his ears.
He quickly got on his feet and ran back to turret, he started to recall, still staring at the support, laying in her own blood. "She pushed me out of the way, knowing she would die. Why? Was it because she is the support?"
He appeared on the summoner's platform, his hand curled into fists, tears brimming his eyes. Why did he feel so guilty? Why did he even care? Vayne finished her purchases and stared at the small yordle.
"Are you ok?" She asked, making Veigar jump. He pulled his hat down and started walking back toward his lane. There was no way in a million years, that he would care about her.
After the match had ended, they both returned to the summoner lobby. Almost immediately Veigar ran to Lulu, grabbing her wrist and dragging her with him. Once alone Veigar slapped her on the back of the hand.
"Ouch! That hurts!" Lulu whined.
"You are such an idiot!" Veigar shouted, causing Lulu to freeze. "Why did you push me out of the way?! Why did you save me?!"
"I just thought..." she trailed off, on the brink of tears. She took the hat off of her head and held it to her chest. "I'm sorry."
"You scared me to near death itself! Don't be so stupid next time!" He snapped back, his hat fell off in the process and for a moment, Lulu could see the the tears brimming his eyes.
"You were scared? You were worried about me? Does that mean you care about me?" Lulu's eyes were wide as she stood in shock.
Veigar tensed up grabbing his hat and pulling it to hide his face. "I just felt bad for being as cruel to you as I was." He turned away and started to leave.
Lulu locked her fingers together, as if in a prayer. She closed her eyes and smiled, tear escaping her eyes. "Thank you, I hope you'll let me be your friend." She said, causing Veigar to stop.
He looked back and smirked. "I'm evil, I don't need friends." he quickly turned back and left.
It had been so long since that day, but ever since then she'd followed him around. She tried to get close, and eventually she started to understand him. And the more he learned about her, the more he understood her. Eventually he stopped trying to evade her and gave himself up to it. What once was irritation and wanting nothing more than for her to leave him alone, became a comfortable ground. And although she annoyed him to no end, he couldn't see himself without her by his side.
He realized he never once called her his friend, but what if he did and she stopped trying as hard as she does. He liked that she was always trying, he hated it at the same time. He liked that she took a fascination to him, yet he despised it more than anything. He had caused her so many tear, so much sadness, maybe he could stop that if he told her how he felt.
'How do you feel?'
Veigar's eyes shot open, he expected to see the ceiling, but to his surprise he didn't. Instead he saw a set of light purple cat ears, surrounded by silk dark purple hair.
"Veigar!" That voice was all too familiar, he looked down and saw her smile, her bright emerald green eyes, and her tiny little body pressed against him. "You woke up!"
She sat up and started to shake the bed. Veigar sat up after her and just watched her, her words not even reaching him.
'How do you feel?!'
She looked so happy and excited, he wanted to treasure it. For some reason, he hated to see her upset, he always wanted her to smile and be happy.
'I don't know how I feel."
Veigar wrapped one arm around Lulu's waist and the other held her head as he hugged her. She was tense, frozen, shocked. He's never liked touching her, and screamed at her every time she had touched him in any little way. Yet now he was holding her, so gently, as if she was breakable.
"Thank you Lulu, for being my friend." Veigar hugged her tighter and nuzzled his face into her hair. Lulu started to calm down, tears slipped from her eye. She was so happy, he finally said it, after so long.
Slowly she wrapped her arms around him and hid her face in his shoulder. "Veigar..."