Hey! I just realised a mistake I made about Caitlyn's parents being alive, which really helps to be honest so sorry for the change of story, I'll go back and edit that past chapter soon.

The frequent beeping of the heart monitor was the only thing Caitlyn could hear, despite the multitude of people bustling around her. She found her eyes locking to small details. A half full glass by a bedside table, a purple leaf that had blown in through a window. Everything else was blurry.

She'd taken a blow to the head, crashed the car intoxicated, that's what they told Caitlyn.

Comatose.

She went home when they wouldn't let her stay anymore, one of the nurses always let her stay late, she liked that one. At home she tried to eat, wash and sleep, but every movement she made was robotic and monotonous. She just wanted to be there.

It was her fault. She let this happen and Vi was right she was married to the job and maybe this was proving that to her, but she couldn't even think about work right now. They called her to say that Jinx had been released, and they were hunting her down, as much as she thought she would be best she had to leave it to them. Her attention was focused somewhere else.

Vi didn't move, only the peaceful rise and fall of her chest, Caitlyn didn't realise how grateful she could be for that. Her face was full of innocence now, her face was pale and clean aside from the bruising, they'd taken her nose and ear piercings out. The only thing that said Vi anymore was the hair and the tattoo, not to mention how stubborn she can be. Another thing to be grateful for. She smiled weakly remembering the amount of times she'd told Vi how to do something for her to argue and do the complete opposite, it worked, most of the time anyway.

Caitlyn had called to apologise for her absence, she'd never chosen to take time off before even though she new she could, they understood, maybe more than her.

Two weeks had passed before the doctors said she might not make it through this, Caitlyn blanked out that thought and still came back everyday. She'd sat closer and closer to her each time, she fell asleep on the chair next to her sometimes. Holding Vi's limp hand made everything seem a little easier, she traced the scars with her fingers just like she did the night they kissed. She thought about her lips. She just missed the warmth. She missed her constant playfulness as irritating as it could be she would give anything for her to be winding her up right now. She missed Vi.

Four days after the doctors forewarned her, she was holding Vi's hand and she felt her twitch slightly.

"Vi? It's me Caitlyn, can you hear me?" She said desperately, holding her hand, begging for response. "Vi?" Her eyelashes flickered slightly in a few of the longest seconds Caitlyn had ever experienced her eyes opened, glistening violet eyes, finally staring back at her, Caitlyn was confused as to how she'd never realised their beauty before.

"Who- who are you? Where am I?" Vi's eyes darted around the room and she tried hard to sit up properly. The heart monitors beeping increased slightly, a doctor came over and tried to calm her down and explain.

"Vi please try and remain calm, you were involved in an accident and you're in Piltover Hospital, you took quite a blow to the head and we must monitor you to make sure you're safe and healthy." She stared at the tubes going into her wrists.

"Why are you here am I arrested? You wanna ask questions?" Her eyes bore into Caitlyn as it dawned on her. She'd forgotten. She didn't know what to say the last thing she wanted was to tell Vi she'd forgotten the past six months of her life.

The doctor pulled Caitlyn aside.

"Sheriff, it's highly possible that this is a permanent side effect of the trauma or the blow to the head, it may be irreversible. I'd recommend reminding her of a few things and gently explaining what she has forgotten, I think the effects would be best if you told her as opposed to me. She's calmer when you're next to her." He put his hand on her shoulder gently reassuring her. It didn't work, she knew how Vi could be.

She sat next to Vi again, moving her chair back a little. Vi smirked at her.

"You're not gonna be much use here aside from lookin pretty sheriff, I don't remember shit." Caitlyn cleared her throat and straightened her back.

"That's the thing Vi, um, you've forgotten a lot more than you think." Vi furrowed her eyebrows. "You came to work for the price department, we were partners." Caitlyn knew she'd laugh thinking it was some kind of joke. "Please listen..."

"You're not joking are you..." She shook her head.

"Was I good?" Caitlyn smiled.

"You were the best, even if a little unconventional." She chuckled.

The doctor came over with a few pills for her to take, and suggested she got some rest.

She curled up on the chair next to Vi's bed, for the first time in forever she'd worn leggings and a giant t-shirt in public. The nurse that Caitlyn liked had taken this night shift, which meant Caitlyn could stay as long as she did.

She thought about all of the memories that Vi had forgotten, the kiss kept flashing through her mind, she wondered if Vi would have thought about it as much as she did. She might have been drunk but in that particular minute she was stone cold sober, and she loved every second of it.

This is the worst moment to realise how you feel about someone.

I have an essay due in soon oops..