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"Thresh is missing, be careful."
I pinged to warn the rest of my team. He didn't return to lane after he and Caitlyn had recalled. Caitlyn was back in lane killing the minions under her turret. I anticipated Thresh's passive when she killed the cannon minion, but not a single soul dropped. This meant that Thresh wasn't in the area.
I moved to place wards in the river, leaving my AD carry to farm on his own. I didn't want him to fall behind from me leeching his experience.
"Oh shit!" Adept cursed as the enemy Thresh appeared in his lane.
"Found him," I said sarcastically as I roamed towards his lane. 'I warned him!' I shook my head at his lack of wards.
Adept was in the middle of his lane when Thresh arrived. He managed to sidestep the 'Death Sentence' with the help of his 'Command: Dissonance' but the enemy Jarvan IV appeared on the other side, near his tower.
"Damn, they really want me," he muttered.
"I'm coming," I informed him and Adept diverted his pathway towards the bottom side of the river. The enemy Ziggs used his 'Satchel Charge' to get closer and continue the chase. Jarvan IV threw his 'Demacian Standard' down and quickly used his 'Dragon Strike'. I interrupted him by sending a 'Howling Gale' his way. My disengage didn't stop the chase.
Jarvan IV flashed towards us and used his ultimate, 'Cataclysm' to encase us in terrain. I swiftly used my ultimate, 'Monsoon' to push him out. Jarvan IV and Ziggs were now clumped together. Adept quickly placed The Ball on top of them and used 'Command: Shockwave'. Right at that moment our jungler, Kha'Zix jumped into the fight.
Thresh threw his 'Dark Passage' at his teammates, and Ziggs safely took it out. Unfortunately for Jarvan IV, he was left alone. He immediately died to Kha'Zix's isolation damage.
"Nice shockwave," I complimented, shielding Kha'Zix with my 'Eye of the Storm'. We were doing Dragon now that the enemy Jungler was dead.
"I try," he said haughtily and I just rolled my eyes. 'Well then.'
"It's a good thing I came and saved your ass," I smirked.
"Psh, I could've made it out!" Adept argued.
"It's okay, there's nothing wrong with being saved," I said innocently.
"My hero," he drawled in return.
"Save the sarcasm Romeo," I retorted. I waited for my champion to fully recall before browsing the shop. I had a decent amount of gold now.
"Romeo? I didn't know you found me charming," Adept boasted.
"I would hardly characterize Romeo as charming." I quirked an eyebrow.
"Oh? Then what?" Adept asked curiously.
"More like stupid," I admitted.
"Ouch. Hard to please, aren't you?"
"More like realistic. Anyone who thinks Romeo is charming clearly didn't read the play," I said.
"What do you mean? I thought girls liked this Romeo and Juliet stuff."
"Romeo and Juliet knew each other for one day and then decided to get married," I explained.
"That's like what happened in Frozen with what's her face… Anna? And that prince," Adept pointed out. It was like a recurring theme.
"And we all know how that ended," I rebutted.
"Good point, but still! Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers. Even though their families hated each other, he charmed his way into her heart!"
"And her dress – you find that charming?" I questioned. I made my way back to lane and joined my AD carry, now equipped with my Mejai's Soulstealer. It was just a normal game, so why not? "They're like the prime example of 'That escalated quickly'."
"They were in love?" Adept said weakly. He probably knew he wasn't convincing me.
"Sure, whatever you say," I said. I wasn't focused on our conversation anymore. My Tristana just jumped into the enemy Caitlyn. Thresh immediately flayed her away and I shielded her. He landed his 'Death Sentence' on her, but I stopped him from moving towards her with my whirlwind. Tristana used her 'Buster Shot' to knock them away.
"I didn't mean to do that," Tristana confessed after we got out of that mess.
"What happened?" Adept asked.
"Tristana pulled a Hurtle," I said and Adept laughed. "This game is too much for my heart," I sighed. It was hard having to protect everyone from their mistakes.
I was watching old LCS videos when Adept messaged me on League to play. I was surprised to find out it was just him. He said that Cyan had a dentist appointment, and Hades was running some errands. Hurtle was already ten minutes into his ranked game so we decided to just play a casual game.
It was nice to get to know each of the individual members on our ranked team. They felt more like friends rather than strangers over the internet. In fact, we recently met Hades in person. Or well, found out who he was.
"Hey Adept," I started as I clicked towards Baron. I wanted to make sure I had a ward there before I returned to my AD carry.
"What's up?" he asked.
"Do you know Hades in real life?" I asked, curiously.
"Yeah, we go to the same school," he answered, "Why'd you ask?"
"That's cool. Hurtle and I bumped into him at Semi-Finals last week," I told him.
"Wait, the day that History Written was playing Modest Vixens?"
"Yeah, that day," I confirmed.
"Whoa! Cyan and I were there too," Adept said in astonishment.
"Really?!" I said surprised. I thought back to that day. I recall Hades being with two other friends. That petite girl clinging onto that tall male. "Ohh, that was you two," I said. The two looked like they were dating.
"Yeah, so you were that Poro girl," Adept said.
"W-what. Poro girl?!"
"Yeah, the girl with the Lulu hat. She was super attached to her Poro – well I mean you were, that was you right?"
"…" I didn't want to admit it. Was I really that obvious?
"So it was!" I imagined him grinning. "Don't worry, it was cute," he teased. I felt my cheeks burn. Talk about first impressions. I looked at Hunter who was sitting on my bed staring. He was so cute, it wasn't my fault. I frowned at him but he just looked at me with his tongue hanging out, all happy and stuff.
"Oh man, that means the guy in the Veigar hat was Hurtle, right?" Adept asked for confirmation.
"Yeah, that was him." Kha'Zix and Adept tried to tower dive the enemy Ziggs, but Jarvan IV appeared out of nowhere to counter.
"Ah crap!" he muttered, dodging Jarvan's combo. Kha'Zix got stuck in the 'Cataclysm' and died to one of Zigg's 'Bouncing Bombs'. "That was bad," Adept commented before continuing on with our conversation.
"Cyan wanted to buy matching hats after she saw you guys," Adept admitted, only helping me confirm that they were dating. "But the store closed," he said. He sounded a little relieved.
"A yordle hat would've looked cute on her," I said, thinking back to when I last saw them. Cyan was a pretty girl.
"Yeah and I would've looked like a ridiculously overgrown Yordle," Adept complained and I laughed.
"Well if Hurtle could pull it off, I'm sure you could!" I insisted.
"Maybe it's because he had a cute little Lulu next to him," Adept claimed.
"I'm not little!" I whined, denying his claims. 'Gosh, what's with all the teasing,' I mused. "Besides, Cyan could have been your 'cute little Lulu'!" I said making air quotes even though he couldn't see them. Adept and Hurtle were both pretty tall compared to Cyan and me.
"So you admit that you were a cute little Lulu," Adept said, completely ignoring my suggestion.
"I didn't mean it like that!" I objected, feeling a little flustered. I didn't say anything after that and decided to focus on the game.
Tristana and I managed to get a kill in bottom lane which helped turn the game around for us. We managed to get the outer turret and roam for the second dragon. Adept and our jungler joined us after a couple of pings. I went to go ward the enemy's blue jungle while the others took down dragon.
"Sorry, you're just too fun to tease," Adept apologized after a few minutes of silence.
"This is why Hades is my favorite," I joked.
"Ouch, you better not let Hurtle hear that," Adept responded a little late. Maybe he was just distracted by something else.
"Hurtle knows he can never be replaced," I reassured, "even if I end preferring Hades over him… but just in case, this conversation never happened."
"Whoops. I'm talking to Hurtle right now…" Adept said slowly. I facepalmed. There was no way I was going to let him continue teasing me. It was getting way too obvious.
"See, this is why I like Hades more than I like you," I sassed. I moved Janna away from the middle lane where Adept was dying.
"Wowww I see how it is!" Adept scoffed as his champion died.
'That'll teach him not to mess with me,' I thought mischievously.
"Guys, we should make a team," Adept announced once we were all gathered for a game.
"Adept, we already have a team," Cyan remarked as Adept sent us all an invite.
"Yeah, we've had this team for a while now," Hurtle reluctantly agreed. Him and Cyan still didn't get along that well. Once I teased them for having a love-hate relationship and they both freaked out and corrected me. Cyan also made a couple of threats. Let's just say that the topic was never brought up again. Adept said it was fine as long as it didn't affect the team atmosphere. Adept had a scary girlfriend.
"I mean, let's have a challenger team," Adept corrected himself.
"Well, we're almost there, right?" We were in Diamond I and one game away from our promotion matches. We didn't play every night, but often enough where we were consistently climbing.
I heard Adept sigh in the background. Clearly we were all not getting something.
"Wait – you don't mean…" Cyan trailed off and I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. What were they talking about?
"Yeah that. I was thinking that…" Adept started but was interrupted by Cyan.
"No. We can find–"
"Cy, where are we going to find–" Adept sounded a little frustrated.
"I don't know! But we can do–" Cyan shot. She didn't seem happy with this.
"Well Hades thought it could be a good–" Adept tried to reason with her.
"WHAT! You confronted Hades before–"
"You were at the dentist office!" Adept defended himself. Finally one completed sentence.
"But still!" Cyan tried to reason, but she couldn't find anything to add.
"Can you guys have your lovers' spat somewhere else?" Hurtle asked impatiently.
"Oh shut it Hurtle," Cyan huffed and left the call. She also left the lobby. I heard Adept sigh once more.
"Sorry guys, let me talk to her," Adept apologized before leaving the call as well. He didn't leave the lobby however.
"Well.. that was interesting," I muttered, slouching on my chair.
"So what was he talking about, Hades?" Hurtle asked curiously. That's right. Adept did mention that Hades had already agreed to it.
"It's probably best if Adept explained it to you guys," Hades said quietly.
"Aw c'mon! You guys just can't leave us hanging on a cliff," Hurtle protested.
"It's fine, I'm sure we can wait," I disagreed. It seemed kind of serious.
"Well what are we going to do now?" Hurtle asked. A huge smile formed on my face.
"There's three of us…" I hinted, knowing what Hurtle's immediate reaction was going to be.
"No. Stop it. Don't even bring it up," Hurtle interjected.
"Don't bring what up?" Hades inquired.
"We can do ranked… Twisted Treeline!" I exclaimed, leaving the lobby.
"We can do that," Hades agreed.
"Don't encourage her," Hurtle cried. I made the lobby and invited the two of them. Hades joined immediately, but Hurtle wasn't accepting.
"Pleaseee Hurtle," I pleaded. It has been so long since I played this mode.
"No," Hurtle answered. I pouted and tried to think of a way to convince him.
"Well I guess mister #1 in Challenger can't win a Twisted Treeline game for his life," I taunted him. If there was one thing about Hurtle, he almost never backed out of a challenge. I learned that the hard way when we were 13 and I told him that he wouldn't be able to build a ten foot snowman. He spent three whole days working on it, and in front of our house was a ten foot snowman. But Hurtle had also caught a cold and was bedridden for the rest of the week.
Within a few seconds of my taunt, Hurtle was in the lobby.
"We're going to get to challenger," he declared, fired up.
"Let's just get through placements first."
11/21/14
