The Time We Spent

Different

Lulu sat on her bed, her legs swinging off the side. Recently she had been confined to her room. She could not take part in matches of any sort and was considered 'Defective'. As many know being alone and confined can damage a yordles mind, corrupt them, make them go insane. Fortunately for Lulu, she had a friend. Pix sat on her head, mimicking her leg movements while dangling his tiny legs in front of her. She talked to him and played many games while waiting for the release from her room.
She wanted to go and see her friend. Well at least she thought he was her friend, even if he had never said it. She hadn't seen him in a while, a week and three days to be exact. Lulu kept count.
She started humming one of the many songs she had heard while in the glade, Pix hummed along. He lifted himself from her head and flew in front of her face. Lulu smiled brightly and started bouncing up and down. Slowly the two started to sing, then dance. Swinging and spinning around the room, jumping high in the air and twirling to a stop before falling on their backs.
As they both laughed, there was a heavy knock at the door. They both turned their heads and smiled brightly. Quickly Lulu jumped up and ran to the door, flinging it open and smiling at the hooded figure outside of the door. He jumped a little in surprise but returned to a calm composed look.
"Your suspension is over and the issues have been fixed. You are free to go." he said, holding out her staff to her. She took it in her hands and twirled it around quickly, laughing as her feet left the ground and she began to levitate. The hooded figure quickly left, giving no attention to the young fae sorceress.
"Pix hurry!" Lulu yelled as she pulled on her hat, she sat on her staff; much like a witch on a broom stick. Quickly she zipped through the halls, smiling and laughing the whole way down.
She stopped as she came to a black door with what looked like the universe on it. Lulu jumped down and knocked on the door. "Veigar, my suspension is over!" She shouted, only hearing a groan in return.
Opening the door, she peered into the dark room. Lit with blue flame torches, the walls were lined with book shelves. There was a dresser in the corner, next to it was a full body mirror and a reading table with one small lamp light. She looked to the bed, in the middle of the room, pushed back against a wall.
There Lulu saw him, walking over to the bed. She sat next to him and looked down at his sleeping face. "Veigar." she said softly. All happiness had left her face, and what had replaced it was wonder and a mesmerized stare.
He looked so peaceful, with out his gloves, armor, and hat, he look like a normal yordle. Most people would think he was, if it wasn't for the scars on his face. Veigar told her about the trading mission gone wrong, the prison, and the torture. She felt so bad for him, she wished she could have helped him.
Veigar had also been told about Lulu's past, how she was taken to the glade, and when she returned home, was centuries later. After telling him, she could tell he felt bad for her. But that is a story for another time.
Lulu stared at Veigar, gently tucking a piece of white hair behind his ear. Veigar was captivating and rather handsome from Lulu's point of view. Lulu thought back to the first time Veigar had showed her any kind of affection.
Veigar walked through the twisted treeline, pushing branches away and letting go to try and smack the small yordle behind him. She was persistent and ducked just in time to not be hit, each time this occurred,
"Veigar! Wait!" Lulu insisted, running after him. Veigar turned around and glared at her, trying to murder her with his eyes was a better interpretation of what he meant to do.
"What do you want? Just leave me alone already, you are giving me a headache." He snapped.
"I want to give you some thing." Lulu said, reaching into her bag and pulling out a red box with a green bow tied around it. "Merry Christmas!" She shouted loudly.
Veigar stared in disbelief, first at her, then the present, then back to her. "You're joking right?" he said pointing at the bright wrapping paper. Lulu shook her head and smiled, Veigar simply laughed but stopped almost automatically. "I'm evil, the bad guy. Bad guys don't get presents, they don't give them either. I have no need for such trivial things, now leave me alone." He shook his head and waved her away, but she was persistent.
"I will leave if you take it and promise to open it on Christmas day." She replied, shoving the box a little closer.
Veigar stared angerly at her, "If I do, will you finally leave me alone?" Lulu nodded and smiled as he snatched the box away from her. "I will, now shoo, you insignificant pest." he growled, once again waving her off.
A few days later came Christmas and Lulu waited for a reply from Veigar of her gift, but to no avail. She waited until it was dark out and all the other champions had gone to bed. Staring out the window she realized that Veigar wasn't going to come, and once again he wasn't going to be her friend. The small yordle made her way to her bed, already fully dressed and ready. She layed down and tucked her knees to her chest, her ears drooped slightly and she looked close to tears.
"What's wrong?" Pix asked flying over and sitting down in front of her. Lulu shook her head.
"No matter what I do, he wont acknowledge me at all. Even now." she sighed, Pix huffed and crossed his arms.
"Why does he even matter to you anyways?" Pix insisted.
Lulu looked at her friends then at her knees. "He has no friends, no family, no companion. I felt bad, I wanted him to at least have one person to depend on."
Suddenly a knock was heard at the door. Lulu stood and walked to the door, slowly opening it. But what she saw on the other side, was something she wasn't expecting. Veigar stood there, blank expression of the eye, his arms crossed and tapping his foot.
"Veigar?" Lulu question, stepping aside as to invite the yordle in.
Veigar shook his head and waved a hand. "That will not be necessary." He said, looking back to the yordle, he scratched has forehead. "I appreciate the gift, it helped a lot." he stated plainly. Lulu's eyes widened in shock but turned into a smile.
"Really?! I'm so glad you liked it!" She sang. Veigar looked at her and sighed.
"Unfortunately, I have no gift to give you in return." Lulu stopped and looked back at the taller yordle.
"It's alright," she said, "I'm just happy you liked it, I don't need anything."
Veigar placed a hand on her shoulder. "I still don't feel correct about it, so if you'll except it, this will have to do as a present. But only this once."
Quickly, Veigar pulled Lulu into him and wrapped his arms around her. Lulu was too shocked to react or hug him back, but she knew she was blushing. What seemed like only a few seconds, had lasted a couple minutes before he released her. "Well, bye." he waved as he walked back down the hallway, leave a dazed and mesmerized Lulu standing in the doorway.
But that was all too long ago, and no such encounter has occurred since. That was a different Veigar, the old Veigar. Somehow Lulu could tell that the yordle who hugged her back then, had changed and was now the yordle that lay in front of her now.
Back then her heart beat so fast, it felt like it might burst from her chest. Her cheeks were red and her face was burning. She felt sick, like something was fluttering around in the stomach, but it was a nice feeling. Somehow looking down at Veigar, sleeping so soundly, it made her feel some of the same emotions.
"Veigar, you make me feel happy. Even though you make fun of me and call me stupid and annoying, I still feel happy being around you." Lulu stared down at Veigar, moving closer and leaning over him. "You make me feel different, not like anyone else, not like any of my other friends, not like Pix or anyone." Lulu's face sat inches away from his, her green emerald eyes focused on him. "And I hope it doesn't end."
Ever so gently, Lulu placed her lips softly on his. It only lasted a second, before Veigar began to stir. Lulu's eyes went from being shut to fully wide as she lowered her head to his chest.
'Don't wake up! Don't wake up!'
"Veigar!?" she called hoping he didn't hear her and was still asleep. Slowly he lowered his eyes on her, her's focused on him. "You woke up!"
Lulu scrambled to get off of him, she sat on the side of him and began to shake.
'Oh gosh, he knows!'
"Look Veigar, I can explain. You see I had never seen you so peaceful and I got so entranced by you that I just couldn't help myself and I always wanted to see what you felt like and I-" Lulu explained, being cut off by Veigar.
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..."