Orientation
Zed - age: 20 | likes: friends | year: second | concentration: dark arts
Syndra - age: 19 | likes: dark chocolate | year: first | concentration: dark arts
Irelia - age: 21 | likes: winning | year: third | concentration: weaponry
Leona - age: 20 | likes: summertime | year: second | concentration: weaponry
Pantheon - age: 21 | likes: Leona | year: second | concentration : weaponry
"Damn it, Zed. Will you hurry up and find a place to sit already? You're holding up the fucking line."
Zed rolled his eyes and ignored the annoyed Ekko as he took his time to scan the auditorium that was quickly filling with students. He was looking for Syndra in hopes that he could sit next to her - that would definitely make putting up with orientation day a whole lot better for him. Unfortunately for him, Zed could not find her in time before Ekko and Vladimir took it upon themselves to drag him towards open seats.
"Sorry, Zed. But she didn't leave behind a glass slipper for you to find her."
"Who said I was trying to find Syndra? I'm just looking for better people to sit next to than you two."
With a smirk, Ekko replied, "I didn't say you were looking for Syndra specifically but now that you mentioned it…Vladimir you owe me five bucks."
"The hell, man? I agreed with you."
Zed looked back and forth to both of the, "agreed to what?"
"Oh, that you couldn't wait even a single day without trying to see Syndra again." Ekko gave a fake disappointed sigh as if Zed broke a promise or something.
"Well, I -"
"Nah, nah. Don't even try to deny it, Zed. You've been in a better mood ever since yesterday, we both know you have the hots for Syndra."
"Okay, but -"
"Look, man. It's okay, she's pretty good looking - not really my type, but maybe she could be in your league. If you need any condoms, you can always ask me, we're buddies. Course I'm pretty sure they would fit too big on you…"
Already annoyed with his friend, Zed raised his voice a little higher than he should have in attempt to avoid being cut off again. "I like Syndra, so of course I wanna see her again!" Although his attempt to get his point across to Ekko was successful, Zed did not take into account that they were in an auditorium and, well, loud sounds do echo. To make matters worse? The auditorium was already dead silent a few seconds before his announcement thanks to the headmistress gathering everyone's attention - but of course, now all the attention was on Zed.
With a whisper, Ekko leaned close to Zed. "Dude, that's some balls you got."
"I fucking hate you."
"In conclusion, the University of Ionia is a place to excel in academics. Yes, controlling your abilities and honing your skills in battle is important, but it will not get you far if you don't stay on top of your academics. So please, try not to put off studying for parties… that is all, please feel free to roam around and familiarize yourself with the campus." With a short pause, Headmistress Fiora dismissed herself from the stage, leaving the students to talk amongst themselves and make their way out of the auditorium.
"Blah, blah blah, blah. They couldn't have condensed that speech into fliers? None of that information was important."
"If they did that, I'm pretty sure no one would even bother to read the fliers," Zed pointed out.
"Well, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be worse than confessing your love for Syndra to everyone."
"Fuck you, Ekko. If you would have just let me talk I wouldn't have had to raise my voice."
"Hey, hey. You should be thanking me! Now everyone knows that she's off limits." Ekko patted Zed's back as the trio slowly made their way to one of the exits of the auditorium. "You're very much welcome."
Zed frowned at Ekko, "if anything I should knock your tee-"
"Hey, watch it!"
His attention had been so focused on arguing with Ekko, he failed to realize that people were still shuffling slowly in front of him, causing him to bump into a dark haired woman. "Oh, I'm sorry."
"Yeah, you better be. Witch-lover."
"What?"
"You heard me, Syndra is a witch." And with that, the female disappeared into the crowd, not leaving Zed a chance to defend the girl he was interested in.
"Who the fuck was that?" Zed turned to Ekko and Vladimir in search for some answers to alleviate his confusion.
An unfamiliar voice butted into their conversation, "That was Irelia. She's not always like that… she just doesn't like Syndra."
"Leona, there's no need to lie. Irelia is always a bitch." Another voice joined in on the conversation, belonging to a very masculine male.
"She's not a bitch, Pantheon. She's just...passive aggressive."
Pantheon looked from Leona to Zed and slowly mouthed: a bitch
"Why doesn't she like Syndra?" Zed was almost baffled by the idea that someone in this world could have something against the wonderful woman. How can anyone dislike Syndra? She was kind and friendly to everyone. At least, that's what he noticed so far. He didn't wanna think about the possibility of her putting up a facade and later turning into an abusive person.
"I don't really know the details, but it's something to do with Syndra being picked over Irelia to study under someone important when they were kids…"
"You forgot the fact that Syndra then killed that important person later on…" Pantheon whispered into Leona's ear which resulted in the brunette jabbing her elbow into his chest. She had no business telling the whole story, she would leave it up to Syndra to decide whether or not it was right to tell Zed about her backstory.
"I have an idea! Why don't we get the two gals together in a room to sort things out...maybe get a little cat fight going?" Ekko nudged and winked at Zed. "You can join in too, beautiful."
Pantheon wrapped his arm around Leona's shoulder in attempt to get Ekko to back off but it seemed Leona was handling it pretty well with a simple response, "You couldn't even leave a scratch on me if you tried."
"Ooh, a fiesty one."
Zed rolled his eyes. His friend never knows when to back off until he gets a black eye. Even then, he still probably would continue to be annoying. "Well thanks for the information, Leona and Pantheon." He waved goodbye to the two as they finally exited the auditorium and parted ways from them, leaving poor Zed to be with Ekko and Vladimir.
"So what's the plan?" Vladimir asked, mainly looking to Zed for a realistic plan.
"I heard that the Noxian brothers are gonna throw a pool party tomorrow night, and I want in so...I'm gonna go get that invite." Ekko grinned before separating from the pack to find Darius and Draven.
"He's a fool." Vladimir shook his head.
"You don't think he's gonna get invited?"
"Zed, where am I from?"
"Noxus."
"So I have an invite, which means I can bring you fools."
"Right…" Zed didn't really care about the party, well before he did because he was on the one track mind with Ekko about girls, but now he was on a one track mind about Syndra.
"Go."
"Huh?"
"Go find Syndra. I'll be back at the dorms - I heard our fourth roommate just moved in so I'm gonna go find out who it is."
And with that, Zed walked a little faster than normal to get to Syndra's dorm.
Knock Knock
Zed waited patiently outside of what he hoped he remembered correctly as Syndra's dorm. In his head he ran through several reasons to explain to Syndra why he showed up at her dorm. 'Because I like you. No I can't just say that. Did you wanna go get some food? Maybe that could work… I wanted to see your abilities. Uh, that's kind of demanding.' Before he could decide on an explanation, a blue haired girl opened the door and waved without saying a word.
"Hey, uh. Does Syndra live here?"
The female simply nodded and continued to stand at the doorway, leaving Zed to deal with the awkward silence.
"Oh, uh… is she here right now?"
Another nod followed by more silence.
"Sona, who is at the do- oh, it's Syndra's boyfriend!"
Zed recognized the other female who appeared by the silent girl's side. She was the one that hung around Ekko and Vladimir yesterday. What was her name? The only possible names he could think of were pet names Ekko and Vladimir had given her, and Zed was not about to call Syndra's best friend any of those names. Speaking of names and other things related, what did she just call Zed?
"Oh, I wouldn't uh... say boyfriend. We're not officially together."
"Oh hush, you're her boyfriend, I saw you two making out. In fact, it was right where you are standing."
"What? We didn-"
"No need to explain yourself! Come in, come in." Ahri pushed passed Sona and grabbed Zed by the wrist and pulled him into their dorm. It was much cleaner and inviting compared to his dorm but that's probably because his roommates were Ekko and Vladimir, and those two, well, didn't give a damn about impressing people unless it was through combat. "Syndra! Your boyfriend is here." The fox dragged Zed into a room where Syndra was found laying on a bed and reading.
Syndra nearly dropped her book on her face when Ahri said those words and when Zed made an appearance. "Ahri he's not-"
"Okay, I'll leave you two lovebirds alone then. I'll be right next door if you need anything like a condomorsomething, okay bye!" Ahri slammed the door shut, leaving Zed and Syndra alone together.
"I'm sorry if Ahri gave you a hard time…" Syndra let out a sigh as she folded the current page she was on in her book and set it down before sitting up on her bed. "Don't just stand there, come sit."
"It's alright, I didn't mind being called your boyfriend." Zed blurted out before instantly regretting not biting his tongue. He accepted her offer to sit next to her, but it was rather awkward after what he said. It clearly made both of them blush in silence, so Zed attempted to break it. "I didn't see you at orientation."
"Oh, yeah. I didn't go. Ahri said it wasn't really a big deal and I unpacked my books so I was just reading all day."
"Yeah, nothing really happened. But, uh...after I ran into this girl, Irelia?"
"Oh, how is Irelia? I haven't talked to her in so long! I didn't even know she went here. I'll have to go find her and catch up later!"
Zed was silent for a bit, unsure of how to respond. Did Syndra not know that Irelia disliked her? Was it just completely one sided? Assuming so, he chose not to mention the way Irelia talked about Syndra. "Yeah, she's good. I just accidentally bumped into her and she scolded me for it."
"Haha, that's Irelia for you. She doesn't like people getting into her personal bubble."
"Yeah, that's what two other students said."
"Anyways, what brings you here, Zed? Couldn't get enough of me?" Syndra flipped her hair over her shoulder and giggled.
Scooting closer to Syndra, Zed nodded. "Yeah, you're right. How could I stay away from such a beautiful woman like yourself?" He slowly lifted his hand up and carefully ran his fingers through her hair, checking her facial expression every other second to make sure she was comfortable with this.
Syndra's face was completely flushed with red, but she didn't dare flinch, she enjoyed the attention. "You think I'm beautiful?"
"Of course I do. And I definitely wouldn't mind having a beautiful woman as my girlfriend."
"Are you asking me out? Don't you think that's a little too early?"
"It probably is, but I wanna keep getting to know you. Besides, Ahri already thinks we're together so why not make it official?"
Syndra thought about it, she did like Zed a lot. As a bonus, she'd gain access to free food for as long as they're together and gain the privilege to steal his shirts and sweaters. "I'd love to be your girlfriend."
To be honest, Zed didn't think she would say yes but he was extremely happy that she did. He gently lifted Syndra's hand and attempted to plant a kiss on top. To his surprise though, his girlfriend had pulled her hand away from him. Looking up to her face, he could now see why she had done that - she was pointing to her lips. Gladly, Zed leaned in close and brushed his lips against hers and unlike last night, he was able to steal a couple more before pulling away. "So, there's a party tomorrow, did you wanna come with me?"
"I was gonna go with or without you anyways, Ahri is very persistent when it comes to parties."
"Well, now you can come with me instead of her?"
"I'm pretty sure you just wanna see me in a swimsuit or something." Syndra teased, knowing well enough that was partially it after a light blush appeared on Zed's cheeks. "I'd love to go, Zed."
"Great." Zed leaned in and kissed her again. "So, now what? Do you wanna go outside? Do I stay here? Not really sure how to spend our first day together."
"Well, I don't know about you but I'm gonna continue reading. Lux is going to be cooking dinner if you wanted to stay." Syndra wasn't entirely sure what to do either, all she knew was that she didn't want him to leave so soon. Picking up her book, she laid back down and continued to read.
Normally, Zed would have been bored out of his mind if he was just watching someone read but it was Syndra. The rest of the time, he laid next to her with his elbow propped up to support his head and watched her read.
Sorry for the long wait, wasn't quite sure how to go off after the first chapter.
I know some of you like LeonaxDiana, I'm personally a LeonaxPantheon fan but I promise I'll work in some love triangle thing in the later chapters.
If there are any other champions you wanna see more in the chapters, let me know in the comments.
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