Vi winced as she sat up and stretched, her sides still slightly stinging from the wound she had suffered yesterday. The mage that healed her had warned her that the wound may have disappeared from her body, but the pain would stay for a few more days. She was glad to be alive, and even to get a break from her job. She only had one problem: What to do about the child she had saved. Vi never got the chance to check if it was a boy or girl, since circumstances didn't give her much of a way to do so. She wracked her brain for multiple names that she could use, though most of them were girl names. A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.
"Can I come in?" She heard Caitlyn ask.
"Go ahead Cupcake." She told her and watched as Caitlyn walked into her bedroom, the child, wrapped in a freshly clean blanket, in her arms sleeping soundly. She walked over to Vi's left side and carefully placed the child in her lap. Vi placed her left hand on it's head and rubbed it, chuckling as she watched it sleep. It squealed slightly, which made Vi and Caitlyn go "Awww". The way it did that pulled at their heart strings. Caitlyn politely coughed to get her attention afterwards though, and Vi looked at her.
"Vi, I hope you know that it takes a lot of responsibility to take care of a child… Something I know you have very little of." Caitlyn told her and Vi clicked her tongue.
"Ok 'mom'. Sheesh~! I know it takes a lot of patience and responsibility to take care of a child. I'm not a moron you know!" Vi told her bitterly, while at the same time stroking the child's face lovingly. Caitlyn smiled gently and placed both her arms underneath her well developed chest.
"Vi, i'm only looking out for you, dear. You do have the tendency to be… sporadic and rash with your decisions. Just know that taking care of a child takes time and patience, something you have shown signs of not having." She told her friend honestly. Vi stared at the child while listening to Caitlyn lecture her. She was right, Vi did have the tendency to do things without clearly thinking them through. But… Strangely she felt attracted to the child, as if seeing him all alone with no parents had reminded Vi of herself when she was younger. Vi let out a sigh and looked Caitlyn in the eye.
"Well, this child has the two best cops in Piltover watching over him, I doubt he'll turn out to be a bad kid." Vi tried reassuring her with a smile and Caitlyn chuckled. The child stirred slightly and they instantly stopped their conversation, not wanting to wake it up. When it seemed it wouldn't wake up, Caitlyn decided to continue the conversation.
"Do you know what you will name it?" Caitlyn asked curiously and Vi puffed out her chest proudly.
"I'm naming it Viral! Whether it's a boy or girl, this name will fit perfectly!" She declared.
"Why Viral?" Caitlyn asked.
"Because it has Vi in it and it sounds cool." She told Caitlyn absentmindedly while she poked at the cheeks of the baby. Caitlyn sighed. 'This may have been a bad choice to let her name the child.' Caitlyn thought to herself. Then she remembered something.
"Did you say you don't know if it's a boy or girl?!" Caitlyn asked in shock. Of course Caitlyn didn't know, but she expected Vi to at least know since she took the freaking thing. Vi shrugged her shoulders in reply. She then peeled off some of the blanket that was wrapped around the child's body and peered inside of it.
"It's a boy." She told Caitlyn and placed the blanket back around the boy's body. Caitlyn just shook her head.
"Neither of us know how to take care of a boy. We are both women after all." Caitlyn told her and Vi shrugged.
"What's the worst that could happen? Boys are simple and easy to take care of in my opinion." Vi stated and Caitlyn sighed.
"Well, later we need to get the adoption papers. Don't forget about that." Vi nodded. Now Viral was going to be part of their family, and she was happy she made the choice to take him.
So yeah... i've been up all night and for some reason can't stop writing Vi's Struggles (if you've seen all the chapters i posted within just today...). So I decided to make another bonus chapter, this time when Vi named the child. Kinda random but enjoy!