The Exile's Confession
Riven sat on one of the empty tables in the dining hall, where various champions sat and idled, some eating while some chatted with each other.
She likes to keep to herself, not bothering on socializing with the others. Lately though, a certain Demacian Crownguard prevented her from doing so.
Luxanna Crownguard always found her.
She kept bothering and bugging her to no end. At first, Riven glared and said something offending to Lux, which made the blonde tear up and look as if she was going to cry a river, which in turn, caused the Exile's conscience to strike upright her head.
In the end, the Lady of Luminosity has left her mark in Riven's thoughts.
Lux always joined her whenever she gets caught eating alone in a table. Well, not that she's actually hiding or anything.
Riven often found herself, if not thinking about upcoming league matches and such, thinking about that particular female champion whenever she's relaxing or just plain lost in thought.
Lux is also the reason why Riven has become quite well-acquainted with a few champions.
Those particular champions are Leona, Ahri and Fiora. She would have considered joining Ashe and Vayne to the list of her fellow well-acquainted champions, but she found the two literally just plain and flat out literal acquaintances.
Usually, when she was dragged by Lux and was 'forced' to join their table, she mildly conversed with the Leona, Ahri and Fiora.
Mostly, Ahri, since she's almost as talkative as Lux. The Nine-Tailed Fox always speaks and voices out almost everything that comes into her mind, practically holding one-sided conversations sometimes.
Leona usually starts the conversation and lets Ahri take over from that point, adding a few statements and words to support a topic or so to keep the conversation going, if it ever starts to falter or become boring.
Fiora just speaks and joins in the conversation when the topic is either connected to the League and upcoming matches. But she often ends up as one of the listeners in the group, only speaking when she has a thought about their topic.
Vayne and Ashe remained detached from the conversation though.
Vayne usually tinkered with her equipment or cleaned her steel bolts with a piece of cloth. Some moments, Vayne mutters inaudible comments and remarks to and about their conversation, but Riven never understood a single word.
Ashe is always seen reading a novel or just remains silent for the whole duration of the moment. Honestly, if Riven hadn't heard Ashe excuse herself from the table that time, she would have assumed that the archer was mute, just like Sona.
Right now, a match was ongoing. In the blue team are Lux, Yasuo, LeBlanc, Miss Fortune and Lee Sin. In the red team are Tahm Kench, Nasus, Heimerdinger, Caitlyn and Master Yi.
Since Lux is in the said match, Riven now sat alone in one of the tables in the dining hall, quietly eating the food in front of her.
Several thumps then sounded in front of her and beside her, three soft ones and one loud one.
And just like that, her solitude disappeared.
Leona, Fiora and Vayne sat across her while Ahri settled beside her. What made Riven quirk an eyebrow was the obvious fact that none of the four had any plates of food. They only bought themselves and their weapons, of course.
"What?" Riven finally asked after she swallowed the food in her mouth.
"When are you going to tell her?" Ahri abruptly asked back from her left, looking at her with a smile that she tried to pass off as innocent.
"Tell who what?"
Fiora rolled her eyes. "When are you going to admit to Luxanna your feelings?"
Riven almost choked on the water she was drinking that moment, causing her to get into a small fit of coughs, while the females around her patiently waited for her to recover.
"Feelings?" She finally sputtered out.
Leona sighed before flashing a somewhat understanding smile. "Riven, let's face facts here. You obviously harbor feelings for Lux."
Riven was silent for exactly two seconds before she answered, "No, I do not."
"You hesitated." Vayne surprisingly spoke and pointed out, making Riven shoot her a surprised look for a moment.
"Wait a minute," Riven waved her hands slightly in front of her. "Where did this stupid conclusion come from?"
"You call your own feelings stupid?" Again, Vayne was the one who spoke, who maintained a stoic expression, despite the Exile shooting her a brief glare.
"I suggest you act out on your feelings. Now." Fiora interjected, crossing her arms as she shot Riven a look.
"Act out on what feelings?" Riven questioned, denial practically coating her voice. "I don't have feelings for her!"
"Ezreal is starting to make a move on her~!" Ahri said in a sing-song voice. Riven shot a death glare at Ahri, who in turn smirked at her deviantly.
"What about the time when Lux slipped on a puddle and she almost fell face first to the dirt?" Ahri abruptly started. "You caught her and used your own body as a cushion for her to fall on when you both fell down the ground, taking the pain instead of her."
"What, are you saying I shouldn't have helped her?" Riven challenged, keeping her glare straight and focused on Ahri.
Leona then added, "Vayne was right beside you and nearer to you. Vayne also slipped and ended up into the pond since she was in a bind between you and a tree, so she had no choice but to tumble into the pond."
"It's not my fault...-!"
"You could have helped Vayne easily and let me or Ahri come to Lux's assistance." Leona cut off in a polite tone, smiling innocently. "After all, we were walking behind you three that time."
"But instead," Fiora started, supporting Leona's point. "You chose Lux, who didn't really need much help in that very moment."
"You even jumped and dived in just to catch her." Ahri pointed out with a wide smile.
"She's the only person that has made you smile." Vayne surprisingly spoke again, her expression still remaining stoic.
"I also recall that you even took Jinx's rocket one time during a match for Lux to remain unharmed." Fiora added like an after thought. "Despite Lux having full health that time."
"I'm starting to prefer Ashe's company right now." Riven murmured as she let out an annoyed sighed.
Fiora and Leona quirked their eyebrows at what Riven said while Ahri smirked teasingly.
"Soooo, are you saying you prefer Ashe more than Lux?" The fox asked, teasing her.
"No!" Riven instantly hissed, scowling. "I didn't mean it like that!"
"Good," Ahri let out a fake relieved sigh. "It's because Ashe is already taken."
"Yeah, yeah, she's married to that barbarian." The Exile muttered, waving her hand dismissively.
Leona's shoulders shook lightly as she contained her laughter with a hand on her lips, Fiora chuckled as she shook her head, Ahri bluntly laughed with her usual touch of seduction while Vayne remained stoic as ever. Their reactions, except Vayne's, somewhat surprised and same time confused Riven.
"What?" Riven questioned, clearly confused.
"Their marriage is only political. No feelings involved." Leona stated, her lips curved up into a small smile.
"Meaning, they are both unofficially permitted to practically have an affair." Fiora added calmly.
"To prevent on jeopardizing their political marriage, they keep their secret affairs, well, a secret." Ahri explained, smiling widely while a knowing gleam shined in her eyes. "Only me, Leona, Fiora and Vayne here knows about who Ashe's other 'partner' in love."
"Not even Lux knows about Ashe's affair?" Riven asked, mildly surprised.
Ahri nodded. "Yep, and now, you also know that Ashe has an affair with someone. I'm sure you'll meet the person soon."
Riven was given a short moment of silence to ponder about what they just said before Fiora thought of an idea.
"Actually," The Grand Duelist began, instantly catching everyone's attention. "Maybe Riven can ask Ashe for some advice on how to handle her feelings."
"Won't Ashe mind? You know how Ashe is when it comes to her affair." The Radiant Dawn asked worriedly, her expression changing into concern.
"There's a 50-50 chance that Ashe may or may not get angry if Riven ever decides to ask." The Night Hunter informed, arranging her red eyewear for a second.
Ahri smiled and nodded before she turned to Riven and grinned. "What do you say, Riven?"
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Riven sighed as she wiped a hand on her face in an exasperated manner as she made her way to the training area. The four females from earlier are currently walking alongside her, Ahri chattering about something the Exile hasn't been paying attention from the very beginning.
When they entered the training area, Riven audited the environment. She usually trained alone and maybe out in a forest, practicing her slashes on innocent trees.
Honestly speaking, this was Riven's first time seeing the training hall. She instantly noticed that it wasn't very flashy or anything like that. She also noticed that only a few champions were there, and some of them actually shared the other training sections and equipment peacefully.
Riven even saw Kayle and Morgana practicing their magic on a few target dummies at one side of the room, which greatly confused her.
"I thought Kayle and Morgana hate each other." Riven muttered, which was heard by Leona.
"Here in the training hall, the Institute purposely provided only few and limited equipment and limited space to practically force other champions, rivals or not, to share and maybe work together in training."
"It's sort of a peacemaking stunt." Ahri abruptly joined in, obviously eavesdropping in their conversation. "Obviously, it works."
Riven's gaze then landed on Katarina, who practiced throwing knives on the wooden targets at the end of the area. Beside the Du Couteau, Ashe practiced with her bow, shooting the wooden targets beside Katarina's own set of targets.
They watched as Ashe and Katarina stopped in unison and walked towards their targets, pulling their arrows and blades out and off the wood.
"Yeah, obviously." Riven murmured, eyeing the unusual pair. "Is that why Ashe is sharing the targeting range with Katarina?"
Leona and Fiora chuckled, Ahri tried her best to suppress her laugh while Vayne remained stoic, again.
"More or less." Fiora answered with a shrug before they advanced towards the Noxian and the Freljordian.
While walking across the area, they noticed that Kayle and Morgana had finished their training and instantly left the training hall, both separating from each other as soon as they walked out.
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Now that the two rivals slash sisters left, it only left Ashe and Katarina in the hall, if you don't count Riven and her little group.
Katarina, with senses as sharp as ever, instantly took notice that the two left and that only Ashe's friends are with them in the hall.
"Let's play a game," Katarina challenged, making Ashe quirk an eyebrow at her as they pulled their arrows and blades off the targets. "The champion who hits all the targets in both our sets gets to do whatever she wants to the other."
Ashe stared at Katarina for a moment before nodding. They both finished collecting their ammunition and returned back to their position at the opposite end of the targets.
"Ready?" The assassin asked, a knife unsheathed and already in her gloved hand.
Ashe hummed as she loaded an arrow in her bow, arrow locked in to a target already. Katarina let out a small chuckle before she shouted.
"Go!"
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Riven watched as arrows and knives shot forward and out of the archer and the assassin's grasp one by one. Each arrow and blade hit every center mark on the targets, tips buried deep inside the wooden material.
And in a flash, all the targets had something embedded on the center of it.
The Exile carefully audited the wooden targets, mentally counting up how many arrows were shot and knives that were thrown to the targets.
They were already near the pair when she heard what Katarina said after the Noxian counted the knives embedded on the center of the targets.
"That's nine arrows on point," Katarina stated before she smirked in triumph. "And that's eleven knives on point."
Ashe rolled her eyes before she turned away and faced Riven and her companions. The Frost Archer placed the ice bow just beside Katarina's other equipment on the bench behind them before occupying the vacant space, grabbing a dagger that belonged to the Noxian and inspecting it quietly.
"What's with the little entourage, Riven?" Katarina asked the Exile before she walked towards the targets to collect the arrows and knives.
"She's not here for you, Du Couteau." Fiora said, keeping her tone formal. "She's here to talk to Ashe."
Katarina was quick and she collected the arrows and knives and walked back to the bench.
"Really?" She asked with a hint of sarcasm as she handed the arrows to Ashe, who silently took them and placed it all inside her quiver. "And what may you want to ask her?"
Riven decided to ignore Katarina, turning her gaze to the archer. "Ashe, can we talk for a second?"
"Hey!" Katarina hissed, annoyed. "I was asking you...-!"
Ashe raised a hand as she stood up, making Katarina cut herself. The Frost Archer waved Katarina off and the Sinister Blade rolled her eyes and muttered a few curses before she turned back to the wooden targets.
"Looks like you have Katarina all wrapped around your finger, Ashe." Ahri commented with a sly smirk, earning an over the shoulder glare from the assassin and a blank stare from the archer.
"What is it, Riven?" Ashe asked, her tone formal, face remaining emotionless.
"Well, this is new." Riven suddenly said with a small hint of sarcasm, getting out of topic. "I never thought you actually spoke."
"What is it, Riven?" Ashe repeated, her voice much serious this time, which snapped Riven back to the purpose why she's there.
"Right, sorry," Riven muttered. "I came here to ask for some advice."
"About what?" Katarina asked for Ashe, not bothering on looking to them as she listened in to the conversation.
Riven glared at Katarina's back for a moment before answering. "I... don't really know how to, umm, approach my feelings to Lux and I sort of need your help. These four advised me to ask for your own opinion on this."
Ashe scoffed before smirking, "It's about time."
Riven stared at her, all confused while a small blush tinted her pale cheeks. "W-what?"
"You have two choices," Ashe began before raising one finger. "First choice, you can confess to her and tell her your feelings during a date, an occasion or a private time. This is the usual and simple method."
"What's the second option?"
Ashe lifted another finger. "Second choice, bluntly declare your feelings to her wherever she is and accept whether you meet with rejection or not."
"If you don't get rejected," Katarina abruptly interjected. "Go for the kiss and turn the said kiss into a make-out session. After that, you two can have wild uncontrolled sex in the nearest random room."
Riven's face became bright red at what Katarina said, while Ashe slightly turned to Katarina and shot her a glare.
"I'm guessing you chose the latter, Katarina?" Ahri asked teasingly, which made the Noxian scoff.
"Obviously, since I'm not really the shy type," Katarina turned to them and smirked. "Now, am I?"
Katarina seemed oblivious to the spine-chilling glare Ashe is currently giving her. Either that, or she decided to ignore it.
"Like you have a lover, Katarina." Riven retorted in a murmur, trying to hide her blush by lowering her head a little.
Katarina looked at her, an amused gleam in her green eyes. "My lover's standing right in front of you, Riven."
Riven's head slowly lifted up and she met Ashe's hard gaze. She stared at the archer for more than a few seconds, causing Ashe to raise an eyebrow at her intimidatingly, looking as if she was daring Riven to utter a comment about it.
"What?" The Frost Archer almost harshly questioned, a scowl on her face.
"N-Nothing."
Ashe rolled her eyes. "I suggest you do the first choice. Judging by your character, that would suit you better."
Riven nodded before she murmured her thanks and turned away, wanting to get as far as she can from Ashe as soon as possible. Fiora, Leona and Ahri said their goodbyes, Vayne merely nodding her head before they followed the blushing Riven walking away from them.
Riven stopped while the four champions passed her, too engrossed in Ahri's chatter to notice the Exile halt her footsteps. With a small amount of hesitance, Riven risked looking over her shoulder.
Only to see Ashe calmly cornered up and against a wall, Katarina leaning over her like a predator.
Riven whipped her head back to her front and fast-walked to the exit. Not learning her lesson though and with curiosity burning inside her, she looked over her shoulder again.
Only to see Katarina making-out with the Ashe, slowly undressing the archer with her gloved hands.
"Are you going to stay there and scar your brain with that sight?" The Night Hunter's voice came from in front of her.
Riven's face turned red again before she dashed out of the training hall, Vayne calmly following behind her.
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"Nice match, guys!" Lux bid over her shoulder before she practically skipped away.
Lux abruptly stopped when she remembered Miss Fortune and their conversation earlier. She looked over her shoulder and instantly caught the Bounty Hunter in her sights.
"Miss Fortune!"
Miss Fortune turned away from Caitlyn and met Lux's gaze, quirking an eyebrow in question.
"Thanks for the advice!" With that, Lux skipped away and made her way to her room.
She was so excited to see Riven again. Since she just finished a match, she has to at least take a shower before she presented herself to the Exile.
She was already planning to tell Riven tonight.
The Demacian Crownguard was just two halls away from her room when Ezreal suddenly popped out of nowhere, instantly striking up a conversation with her.
Being polite, Lux found herself stuck with Ezreal. After all, he won't stop bombarding her with different subjects and topics to prevent their conversation from ending.
"I guess Riven can wait for now." Lux thought.
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Riven sat across the door of Lux's room, holding a bouquet of flowers that Ahri forced on her to give to the blonde Crownguard.
It's been half an hour ever since Lux's match finished, but due to her lack of presence, Riven assumed she must have met some friends on the way or something.
Unfortunately, Riven was too 'jumpy' to wait for her. The Exile stood up before she made her way down the hall, deciding to find Lux and finally tell her the feelings she has unknowingly developed to her.
"Hopefully, all goes well." Riven thought as she walked down the hall and turned.
When she was about to make another turn, she heard Lux and Ezreal conversing. She instantly felt happy to hear Lux's voice.
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Lux, too distracted from thinking about a certain champion, didn't notice Ezreal was leaning towards her to give her a kiss.
Before she could react, a form jumped into sight and attacked Ezreal with a bouquet of flowers, immediately making the persistent champion leave after a short assault of flowers being slapped on him.
Lux waved the flower petals away before she caught Riven in her clear vision, holding a now destroyed and previously beautiful bouquet of flowers.
"Riven?"
Riven scratched the back of her head as she gazed down at the mangled bouquet before she shook her head and threw it over her shoulder. She took a step forward and made eye contact with Lux.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I need to tell you something."
"What is it, Riven?" Lux asked, settling on giggling while she tried her best not to laugh out at what just ensued in front of her.
Riven gazed at Lux for a moment before letting out a breath and saying her confession.
"I love you, Lux."
That stopped Lux's giggles.
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Lux didn't know what to do. Riven just confessed to her that she loves her, and... and...-!
"Lux?"
The Lady of Luminosity snapped out of her trance.
"If you can't say anything, just kiss her." Sarah Fortune's advice swam in her thoughts, the words clear as day. "It's better to express rather than to voice it out."
Following Miss Fortune's advice, Lux reached forward and held Riven's shoulders, pulling her towards her before capturing the Exile's lips with her own.
When Lux pulled away after a few moments, Riven's eyes was wide and a light pink color tinted her cheeks.
"I love you too, Riven."
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Author's Note: I got too 'typey' and hyper with this chapter, so yeah! Inspired by a different fan fiction of Riven and Lux! ¶(^_^)¶
Leave a comment about what you think about this chapter. It will really make me happy to know your opinions and reactions to my one-shot stories.
I bet they're all practically pretty crappy, huh? :3
Also, it was 2:30 a.m. here in the Philippines when I typed this, so yeah, I hope that's enough of an explanation. :P