Chapter 10

As the gentle rays of sunlight fluttered through the window, light enveloped the two people sleeping in the room. The birds sang a cheerful tune, and a gentle breeze whistled through the streets of Demacia. Ahri slowly opened her eyes. It was warm... She nearly screamed when she realized where she was. She was wrapped up in Ryou's arms, their legs interlocked... They really did look like lovers. After a few moments of hyperventilating, she settled down and closed her eyes again.

"He really is warm..." she whispered to herself, gently snuggling closer to the boy.

She opened eyes again to look at his sleeping face one more time- and was met with orbs of brown.

"Uh, g-good morning," Ryou stuttered out, blushing insanely.

"I-I-I-I-IDIOT!" Ahri screamed, kicking him with the force of a thousand Sions.

"AAAAAAAGGGGHHHH WHY MEEEEEEE!?" Ryou cried as he was launched out the window.

"You know, I could have died," Ryou sighed, picking a piece of straw from his hair.

"Shut up. Be thankful there was a traveling haystack to break your fall," Ahri shot back coldly.

"Jesus, she could freeze Lissandra at this rate," Ryou thought to himself. "Speaking about that, that situation was way too perfect... I kinda felt like a character from a video game," he pondered aloud.

"Who cares? At least you're alive."

"Are you still mad about this morning?"

"Shut up, before I serve you a bit of "Demacian Justice" with my fist," the kitsune growled menacingly.

"My lips are sealed."

Man, why did she have to be so angry? It wasn't his fault he woke up like that. She was really cute when she mumbled in her sle- Ryou smacked himself in the face, getting a weird stare from the gumiho. The two checked out their hotel room, and apologized about the broken window to their bewildered host. Ryou made a personal stop to say thank you to the hay cart driver that happened to pass by when he burst through the window. Granted, he still would have been alive and well if the cart wasn't there due to healing magic and whatnot, but it saved him quite a bit of time and headache. The traveling duo stopped by a restaurant to eat and plan their next destination.

"Where to next, oh Goddess of Navigation?" he dramatically requested, with a mouthful of casserole.

Ahri nearly choked in disgust, but she simply gave an annoyed groan and looked at the map.

"Hmm... Kumumu Jungle?"

"No."

Bilgewater?"

"No."

"Noxus?"

"Definitely no."

"Zaun?"

"NOPE."

Freljord?"

"Are you trying to kill me?"

"Shadow Isles."

"Yup, totally trying to kill me."

"Ugh, fine!" Ahri grumbled with exasperation. "There only two places left we can go, Piltover and... Ionia."

Ryou noticed her hesitation. Her eyes gave away her feelings of reluctance... and fear. Well, whatever. As desperate as he was to go home, the last thing Ryou wanted was to get the girl hurt. He fancied the kitsune, and he was definitely sure now it wasn't her charm. But he had no way of telling her how he felt. Besides, how could he be sure that she was just treating him as a crush and not as a close friend? He definitely didn't want their current relationship to turn for the worse. Ryou swallowed the rest his casserole and patted her head comfortingly.

"Hm, well then, looks like we're going to Piltover. If they don't have anything, then Ionia won't either."

A slow smile spread across the fox girl's face when she realized Ryou understood her discomfort. She nodded slightly in agreement with his proposition.

"Okay."

I know this is one of the shorter chapters in this fanfic, but it's necessary. People might say Ahri is being a little mean right now, but trust me, if you happen to stumble across a girl enjoying her guilty pleasures, she'll make sure you shut up real quick. XD Also, obvious AC reference is obvious. More importantly, it's a wonder Ryou isn't dead yet. To be kicked with a force of a thousand Sions... Ahri's legs must be really strong. She runs everywhere anyways so I guess they would be. Hope you guys got a laugh or a smile out of this chapter, I always appreciate a Favorite, Follow, and Review! Check in next week!

EDIT: I know I don't usually do this, but I was so dissatisfied with this chapter I uploaded so I went back and added to it. Enjoy!