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Ekko gripped the edge of the stool he was seated on, still trying to decipher exactly what happened to the girl in front of him. His eyes looked over her for what had to of been the hundredth time in the past ten minutes. Admiring her now mature face as she tinkered with fishbones. Pow pow sat on the end of the long oak table with tools strewn around it, evidence of a good tune up. She picked up the launcher and held it up, giving it a good look with one eye before placing it back on the table. She was perfectly silent, ignoring him almost, glancing over in his direction once or twice in hopes that he would go away. He didn't know why he followed her to her hideaway, the clock tower, but he did. His mind continued to wander back to a small girl with short blue hair as he looked at her. Replying the memories in his head like a silent film over and over again. He envisioned her playing hide and seek in the slums. The awkward encounters they had over the years, not quite old enough to know what love is at the time. The joy he felt whenever she smiled. Then to the awkward eleven year old preteen that was him, oogeling her as she had just started to mature. Not even knowing what it meant or how he actually felt about her, he was just too young. Even to this day it still makes him cringe. Then to that one faithful day she was gone. The day he walked to her house excited to see her, only to find her and her sister weren't there, like they had never been there. No one seemed to remember them, not even the rest of the gang they ran with, just him.
That was until he joined league of legends. The only reason he did was to continue his work on his zero drive. Maybe one day he could go all the way back and figure out exactly what happened. He could find them, or stop them. He yearned to see her again so badly he left his home land.
Then he saw her again.
She was sitting in a tree, one leg dangled as her body was cradled by the branches. She looked down Blankly at him as he stared in awe. Something clicked in her eyes after a while, a small grin teased at her lips as her eyes tinkled with a mischievous excitement. Without a word she flung a hat at him and he grabbed for it out of instinct.
He was still fuming from that incident. It didn't need much explanation. As he was the one holding Caits hat when she walked up.
His eyes trailed over to her hair, tracing it along her back line then down to the small tufts at the end of her braids. She was different then he had imagined. She was shorter, but not too short. He was almost positive that was because he had grown much taller though. Her body was almost boyish but still had a feminine touch to it. She was thinner, but in a good way. He noted the tattoos that lined her body. They complimented her now though; she was so pale now that it brightened her skin. Her eyes had to be what he liked the most through; they had changed, from a dull pink to a bright vibrant one. He liked them, a little bit too much, cherishing the small glances she sent him. He noted the Zaun inspired fashion she had, although he had to say he didn't like his childhood friend being so exposed all the time.
She had definitely grown up.
"Your hairs longer now," he managed to say, breaking the still air.
"Your Mohawk has gotten taller," she replied, her eyes never leaving the rocket launcher. She twisted a small bolt out of fishbones jaw and set it on the table. Ekko's eyes turned into darts, his nostrils flaring. He made a grab for one of her braids. A trivial move for the now nineteen year old. He didn't care through, after all this time, all his searching; this is what she has to say. Jinx gave a small hiss in protest, glaring back up at him.
"After all this time that's what you have to say?" he pulled on it harder. He growled at the silence that she offered in response and dropped the braid.
"I moved, what's there to say. You knew I was going to weeks beforehand, I don't know why you're so upset," she said back flatly after a brief pause. Ekko immediately stood up; the stool he had planted himself on earlier crashed to the floor. It rolled for a moment on its side before coming to a stop.
"No you disappeared, you were there one day then you were gone! Tell me the truth Jinx, what happened to you and Vi," He demanded. Stepping closer to her her and pushing fish bones to the far end of the table.
Jinx looked up with a confused look. "You mean the Piltover cop? Vi?" she questioned, pointing to a picture on the wall with a pink circle around it. Ekko looked over at the photo; squinting his eyes at it at first, then widening them.
"Wh-…. Why is she on your wall like that?" he yelled at her, pointing at the wall of pictures and newspaper clippings. Jinx just shrugged and moved to pull fish bones back to her. Ekko slammed his hand down on the gun, throwing off the table and onto the floor.
"Hey don't make me put you on my shit list too, because I will," Jinx finally stood up to face him. Her brow furrowed as she became angry at the boy in front of her.
"Listen, all I remember from when I was a kid is you, or maybe not you, the person I remember looked like you, and was much shorter…" Jinx trailed off staring up at Ekko as she held her chin in-between her fingers. She started to walk small circles around him. Tracing her fingers across his bicep on the first round, looking him up and down. She teased a small strand of white hair between her fingers. laughing when he growled and shook his head. Then flicked the tip of his weapon, smirking as it made a hollow sound. Stopping to face him again she inspected his face. One lone finger ran down from the center of his forehead to his nose. She rubbed the white smudge on the tip of her fingers for a few seconds before wiping it off on his chest "and a lost less…mature. And I remember moving, I lived on the outskirts of piltover for a while. I don't understand what you're talking about, you didn't seem to care, you never even came to say bye…" She trailed off.
"No it was me, and you didn't just move, you vanished," he growled through gritted teeth. There's no way it couldn't be her, she knew his name, he knew hers, he was positive. He was also sure something wasn't right. Why wouldn't she remember? Even if she did what would be the point in lying? His zero drive made a satisfying thump as it hit the dusty wooden floor. The baton like weapon followed next as his eyes glanced around the room.
Gears turned away on the ceiling. Working to turn the dial placed just outside. He pondered briefly what it sounded like when the giant bell goes off at midnight and noon each day. After a while you don't even notice the crunching sound of the gears turning anymore, it turns into almost a lullaby. The was sun setting just outside the window. The entire wall under the face of the clock was filled with different colored panes of glass with the center circle clear. Letting in one circle of unfiltered light.
With a heavy sigh Ekko walked over to her unkempt bed, throwing himself down on the end of it. He rolled over; his legs dangling off the edge. His height let his feet rest firmly on the floor. He placed his forearm over his eyes, letting out a frustrated sigh. A few moments passed before a set of bare calf landed on Ekko's mid-section. He removed the arm from his eyes and looked over at Jinx. A creepy smile played on her lips as she swung a braid in the air like a lasso. She crossed her legs and leaned back on her head board, closing her eyes while smiling.
"what are you smiling at?"
"oh nothing, just thinking of ways to blow stuff up," she replied.
With a gloved hand Ekko grabbed her braid once more, this time lovingly as he felt its texture. It was soft, smooth, something she took care of. Something he had missed for so long.
"Your hair..." Ekko whispered, his eyes glazing over. Jinx opened a single eye, her head tilting to the side, she give a small hum in question, "It's so much longer…I like it."
Eyes locked as Jinx stopped swinging her braid. A large bang rang through the room as the clock face outside changed. Bells began to ring as moon light set in.
He had finally found her, and wasn't going to let her forget it.
I love this ship so much, got into it when Ekkos quotes came out.
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