A/N: Nothing… Sorry for putting this up.
Chapter 9: A New Start?
"Here, right?"
Zen reached a house with a door that looks like Braum's 'shield'. Assuming it's his house, Zen formed the plant back to its original state, not paper but a live, fleshy plant, and knocked at the door. Braum appeared,
B: He-Hey! What brings you here, my friend?
Z: You forgot your plant yesterday.
B: I see… Well, a truly rare plant indeed. Thank you, would you like to come inside?
Z: No thanks. I got a few errands to run.
B: Alright. See you soon.
Zen walked away as he tries to find a way out of Freljord. Even in his crane form, he couldn't see his way out of the winter wasteland. What he found, though, was a figure wandering around, wearing a helmet of one ice horn at the right side of the helmet. Sejuani.
He returned to his human form on the ground, receiving a cold, arctic breeze over his shoulders. As he made his way towards her, he saw her taking off the hard pieces of armour and dove straight into a nearby freezing, but not frozen, lake. He knew she could survive its harsh temperature. He walked towards the lake, seeing Sejuani surface.
Z: Even I wouldn't dare to do that.
Sejuani was shocked after hearing him and turned.
S: Oh. I didn't see you there.
Z: Thank you again for earlier.
S: …
Z: You feeling lonely?
S: No…
Z: Are you sure?
S: Yes…
Z: …
S: Sigh, I am feeling kind of alone.
Zen remembered when he felt lonely, no friends, no parents, he was alone from the day he lost his dear parents. Currently, he has friends now, whom he treated like family. Sejuani was like a sister to him, though he did have a sister alive but lives somewhere else.
S: Would you like to come to my house?
Z: Sure, why not?
Zen followed Sejuani as she led him through the harsh blizzard. He was amazed on how she was able to find her way through the snow storm. And by the fact she wasn't affected by the cold impressed him. They reached a house where was on the highest point of a hill full of smaller houses. He was aware that she was from the Winter's Claw. She welcomed him into her house,
Z: This place is incredible…
S: Thank you.
Though made of mostly wood, everything was in neat condition, walls were carved with battles of Sejuani's tribe, furniture were in neat condition, even the floor isn't dusty,
Z: Do you clean your house?
S: Yes, a house cannot just be left dirty.
Z: I hear that.
S: … are you hungry?
Z: No, not really.
S: It's ok, we have meat to spare.
Z: Alright.
She cooked the meat on a campfire. She was also feeling hungry and decided to split it in two. Zen helped place the stone plates as she readied the delicious smelling food. Both sat across each other on the table. The only utensils they had were forks and knives. It was enough, though. In every meal that she had with her tribe after every victory they had, Sejuani was the only one who had good table manners. So she was shocked when Zen had good table manners, as well as her's, maybe even better.
Z: This is good! How did you find meat like this? It tastes delicious.
S: It's not really good, it's the meat of a pig.
Z: Pig or not, this is good. You learn how to cook yourself?
S: Yes, I did.
Zen even talks with his mouth empty, unlike the male barbarians in her tribe. Sejuani could really feel that she was loving him. When he burped softly, he was polite enough to say 'excuse me', unlike those disgusting male barbarians. Sejuani even blushed slightly, knowing no other person to be polite and friendly.
Z: That was delicious.
S: I'll bring the plates back.
But when she was about to, Zen stopped her,
Z: Please, let me. You cooked the food, the least I could do is help clean up.
Sejuani has never heard this. In every private meals she had with others, they always leave quickly, leaving her with the dishes, but no, not Zen.
S: T-Thank you.
Z: It's the least I could do. Well, I have to go.
When Zen was at the door, Sejuani stopped him,
S: Wait. Please stay a little longer.
Zen was surprised in this request, but all he could do was smile and agree. Sejuani toured him around her house at the moment. Zen saw all the paintings of their history, the artefacts of their discovery, even her family history. He was amazed how her tribe became so strong, which explains why Ashe was a nuisance to her.
She even took him on the balcony of her house's second floor. The view of her village was a beauty to his eyes,
Z: Wow, I never though a village in a snowstorm is still visible from here.
The two noticed the sun setting down, as the blizzard started to stop. As the moon rises up, Zen remembered Diana, but he thought he had to move on. When the moon reached its highest peak, the village was far more visible, with lit torches illuminating the area. To Zen, their time together was amazing. But to Sejuani, it was more.
Z: This was fun, but I have to go.
S: WAIT!
Zen opened the door, but even a small opening let the viciously cold air give him frostbite. To Sejuani, it was like a breeze. But to Zen, it was not only cold, but painful as well.
S: The temperature at this time is devastating to outsiders of my tribe. They are used to this, but not you.
Z: I should have listened. If I can't go outside, I might as well stay here for the night then.
Sejuani, couldn't believe what she just heard. He was spending the night with her?! It was reasonable though, but she was on the verge of passing out.
S: You… w-want to sleep i-in my r-room?
Z: Alright, as long as you're comfortable with me.
Sejuani only have one bed, enough to fit two. Because of that frostbite, Zen couldn't make a bed for himself, so she invited him to her bed. Zen took off his top, leaving only his white shirt with sleeves enough to cover his arms, though a bit of tears here and there because of Zyra's bushes earlier. He kept on his jeans. He was used to the coldness in Sejuani's house.
Both couldn't sleep for the moment, considering the fact that they're sleeping next to each other. Both only looked at the ceiling of the room.
Z: Today was lovely. Really.
S: I-I guess so.
Z: …
S: …
Zen turned to face Sejuani, her beauty was enough to make him speechless for a while, the same goes to Sejuani,
Z: Thanks for everything.
Sejuani could only blush a deep crimson. She slowly moved towards him to kiss him. Each kiss they made was more passionate than the last. Sejuani felt her tongue inside Zen's mouth, as their tongues danced with each other. Zen knew that going too far would have her looking for more, more than this, so he broke the kiss.
Sejuani was aware that he was a reasonable man, knowing he wasn't ready for deeper actions, so she could only embrace him. He was clearly a warm person, and she was clearly a cold one. The two fell asleep, despite their temperature differences.
…
The two woke up. Zen heard Sejuani's yawn, thinking it was cute. The day warmed up the air, so it was safe for Zen to go outside.
S: Wait… Can I, c-come with you?
Z: Sure.
The two wore their clothing and head off,
S: Where are we going?
Z: Honestly, I thought of going home but with you, I think it was just stupid so now I don't know.
Zen was clueless to where he would take Sejuani to. He couldn't just take her to his house, but she insisted.
Sejuani led Zen out of Freljord and back to the training stadium. From there, Zen was finally able to take the comfort of the warm air. Sejuani was able to keep her cold temperature even outside Frejlord.
S: Is your house made of paper?
Z: Not really, but it is full of paper furniture and stuff.
The two could only make a conversation during their walk. Balth, who was on his way to buy a new red guitar, noticed Zen with Sejuani.
B: Found someone else huh?
Zen waved at Balth, but tried to refrain from talking about his new 'GF'. As Balth continued his way onto the guitar shop, Zen noticed that Sejuani wasn't very relaxed. She said that it's just because of classes, she was always getting ¾ of the total marks for her tests. It wasn't bad, but she aimed higher.
Z: I think it's because of stress. I know where we could go instead.
Zen took her to the bathhouse. It was also full of champions as it was a weekend. He ordered a room, which was way over to the west side of the bathhouse. Zen wasn't comfortable much as the room was near Veigar's room, not that he would do something evil to them, Zen has complete discomfort near Yordles.
The room was quite classy. The circular tub was in the centre of the room. Sejuani thought that the water would feel too hot for her, because of her temperature preference. The system was prepared for this though. A box of pills appeared on a table. It says that the consumer would be able to feel the water in their preferred temperature, without needing the change of water temperature.
She took a pill, which could last until she exited the room. Both changed to their preferred clothing for this. Zen wore only an underwear and blue, long shorts while Sejuani wore only her 'bikini'. She doesn't mind showing off her body to Zen but yet, he blushed.
The two dipped into the pool. Both were comfortable with the water,
Z: Feeling relaxed?
S: Yes, I do.
The calm atmosphere made Sejuani fall asleep, on Zen's arms. Zen as well fell asleep.
…
The two woke up from a very relaxing sleep. The two dried themselves and wore their clothing. They left the bathhouse,
S: Thank you for helping ease my mood.
Z: No problem.
With that, the two went their separate ways. Sejuani knew that she loved him, to the point of foretelling that, in the future, they would be married, though she knew it was unwise to think about it so soon.
Zen reached his house. He found a note on his door.
Thank you for giving me time with Leona.
Hope you could find someone else.
Zen smiled at this, as he already found someone else.
A/N: : D
