Although Riven had the worst time of her life trying to fall asleep in the hospital bed, when she woke up the following day, her body seemed surprisingly fine.
Her muscles were not in any pain, though she could feel that being restrained for so many hours affected her not in a good way.
For the first time she felt tired, maybe even exhausted, but not because of her rough training, but by spending too much time in the bed. It seemed really weird as she thought that she would feel definitely rested.
When her movement was freed from the invisible chains, she barely managed to raise her hand. It took her a while to get used to that feeling.
Although her body was fine, her mental state was kind of blocking her well being. As a type to mostly do something, it felt highly uncomfortable for Riven to stay still and let the time flow. She wasn't really the type to meditate and slow her pace down at all.
When she finally sat on the bed and put her feet on the floor, the man who took care of her looked displeased at the soldier.
"Your body won't take much in such a short time, so as for now you have to take it easy and not use too much strength. I would suggest you to only do agility training if you just can't wait a week to fully heal. That would be it." The medic looked over the card he had prepared earlier. "I will need you to sign this."
"What's that?" the soldier looked confused at the paper.
"The results and bill. You have to sign this to show that you're aware of the things I've told you." The short explanation was almost to point out that Riven was not familiar with this stuff, or maybe even mock her in some way.
"Uh, oh... Right." With not so sure grip on the pen, she signed the paper and prepared herself to leave.
It was not the medic's fault that she wanted to leave so soon. But she really didn't feel like staying in the hospital any longer as she would never go in there by herself in the first place.
There was only one downside to all of this. Although she was a proud Noxian, Riven was not really familiar with the Capital's area.
As an orphan raised near the Capital, she could only hear about this place, and first time she reached it, it was only to became a soldier. Se never had the time for sightseeing.
"I've been waiting!" A cheerful voice greeted her just as Riven exited the building. At first she didn't realize that the sentence was meant for her, but as soon as she noticed the person standing few meters away from her, Riven froze.
Cassiopeia Du Couteau was standing in front of the hospital, waiting for her.
At that certain moment, Riven got seriously concerned if she should be more afraid of the older or the younger sister.
"Uh, hello." The awkward greeting was the only thing, soldier could think of. Cat got her tongue.
"I thought that you wouldn't be fresh today, but I thought that taking a shower wouldn't be needed..." A kind of disappointed voice took Riven off guard.
With a confused look on her face, the soldier just opened her mouth to close it, repeating the action few times while trying to think of the good reply.
"I guess it can wait, I wouldn't want to show up with someone not properly dressed." Not minding the soldier's reaction, Cassiopeia continued. "Would you mind if I waited at your place until you're done?"
"Excuse me, what." Riven finally spoke, making her question not really sound like one. She just spat out her confusion with it.
"Oh sweetie, we're going for lunch! Maybe that way I'll convince you to introduce yourself." The playful wink appeared on Du Couteau's face, before she closed the distance.
"Didn't your sister tell you that? I'm Riven." The soldier couldn't make her face expression change from confusion into the neutral one. At least she thought that with this simple answer she would get away from the younger daughter of the General Du Couteau.
"Of course she did! But I wanted to hear it from you." Cassiopeia put her hand on Riven's elbow. "That is still just a mere excuse, as I may know more than you think."
The fingertips of the younger Du Couteau put pressure on Riven's arm and, though her words didn't seem friendly, the smile appeared once again on her face.
"Shall we?" The last question made Riven think once again about the part of which one of General's daughters she should be afraid of. At this moment Riven was sure she just got her answer.
