Chapter 14: Jealousy
It's been two weeks since Elise and Zyra were together, two weeks since that unexpected kiss, ever since that passionate night, and a week since Zyra decided to move into the Spider Queen's quarters. Everyday was exciting for the spider mage, since she never had a relationship before, or maybe she did when she was a mortal being. She couldn't recall when it was though, but that was a very, very long time ago and that didn't matter anymore. All that matters was that she's with Zyra, and she was more than satisfied. They spent their moments with sweet small talks, small notes left at the night stand when someone had a match in the morning, the kisses they exchanged, especially the small pecks, sometimes on the cheeks. But no matter what, a kiss is a kiss. Especially when they kissed in public, as Elise wanted to show off that she and the plant mage are a thing. She was proud to show her love to the Rise of Thorns.
Her most favorite moment of showing off so far was when Zyra escorted Elise to the summoning chambers and they kissed in front of the other champions and summoners. When Zyra turned around and went to her destination, Elise also turned and saw them all in awestruck on what they just witnessed. They all couldn't believe what they saw; the heartless predator, the Arachnid Queen Elise, found love. Elise deviously smirked at them and said "Yes?" Most just shrugged and walked away, some still standing in awe, some even congratulating her. After a while, they all resumed on what they were doing and waited to be transported to the rift, but their faces were priceless. Elise just quietly chuckled at their expression.
And as expected by the Spider Queen and the Rise of thorns, their relationship spread like wildfire, a little impressed by how words spread faster than she thought it would be. Maybe it's because of those hex-technologies, Elise thought.
But they don't care about the trending gossip about league champions. All the two mages wanted to do is to live and spend the rest of their lives together.
But there was something that the Spider Queen was bothered about in their current relationship. Something to do with the well-known, half dragon Shyvana, and Zyra's latest skin, the Dragon Sorceress. The council gifted the red haired mage with the skin, and it was a very beautiful and magical suit, no doubt. Elise agreed that Zyra looked good on that skin, very mischievous and sexy. But not only the image gave her the ability to look like a Dragon Sorceress, it also gave her to understand the language of the dragons (some skins do have secret abilities, other than just looking good), and so Zyra asked Shyvana for some help to further her knowledge about it.
At first, the spider mage wasn't bothered by it. After all, her lovely plant mage was just asking help form the Half Dragon. Nothing to be stressed about it. But now she noticed that Zyra was spending more time with Shyvana than with her. Sure, she was a little busy woman because of attending matches and taking care of the Institute's gardens, but now she had gotten much busier thanks to that skin. After attending her matches and attending to her garden's needs, she goes straight to the Half Dragon. Every morning when Elise woke up, she sometimes didn't get her natural wake up morning, because she knew Zyra sets up the alarm after waking up early and goes straight to Shyvana, along with written notes about it left on her nightstand.
It has been a week like this. Oh, how the Spider Queen missed those mornings where the two mages woke up naturally, no alarms, just waking up on their own, and the first thing that they'll see were each other. Oh, how she missed the "good morning kisses", and their shower together. Now they only spent time together on nights or when they call a day off and sometimes, if the spider mage ever gets lucky, when they have a match together.
Speaking of matches, she even saw too often Shyvana and Zyra (in her Dragon Sorceress skin) together. One time, it was even more irritating that the two were on the opposite team.
"Welcome to Summoner's Rift" the announcer said. Elise blinked her eyes a few times and saw her teammates: Thresh, Xayah, Syndra, and finally, Jarvan the Fourth.
"If you ever try to put me in your stinking lantern, like what you did to Lucian's wife, Rakan will kill you, you wife stealer." Xayah threatened Thresh. The Chain Warden just laughed maniacally as the two went to their lanes, along with the others as well.
"Summoner, who are we facing against?" Elise asked as she and the Demacian Prince were waiting for the blue sentinel to spawn.
"Our opponents? We're facing uh… Fiora, Kassadin, Ashe, Janna, and Warwick" a male voice of a summoner said.
"Good, there's no Shyv and Z this time. Elise sighed with a bit of relief, which the Demacian Prince noticed.
"Something wrong, Spider Queen?" Jarvan called.
"Nothing." the Arachnid mage replied said coldly and plainly, not even bothering to look at him, but it was obvious for the Exemplar of Demacia that there was something wrong by the way Elise said.
"It's about Shyvana and Zyra, isn't it?" Jarvan guess. This caught the Spider Queen's attention as she finally looked at the Demacian Prince and gave him a look of 'how do you know?' face, and groaned that she made it obvious. Jarvan just lightly chuckled at her expression.
"Let's discuss it after this match. Right now, we must focus." Jarvan said as he helped Elise leash the blue sentinel.
"Victory" the announcer cried. Elise just made a heavy sigh at her win. Very tired from their close call, neck-to-neck match. Once the formalities were done (with a bit of curse words from the enemy team), Elise walked and approached Jarvan.
"Alright. You said that we'll talk after the match. Now, we talk." Elise said firmly.
Jarvan shrugged. "I just wanted to know why you groaned when I mentioned Shyvana and Zyra." Jarvan said.
"Don't you think you are prying too much over something that isn't your problem, Prince?"
"Yes, I am aware that I may be taking a risk by asking, but when I heard you groaned at my spouse's name, that is where that must intervene. Is Shyvana somehow bothering you or something…" Jarvan paused, then he continued "...about her spending time with Zyra, is that what bothering you, am I correct?" At this, Elise just felt a little bit surprised.
"I am starting to think that you have the ability to read minds, Prince."
"Haha. No Spider Queen, I assure you, I do not."
"Well, alright. Then are you aware that Shyvana is spending more time with the Rise of Thorns?"
"Yes, I am aware"
"And you are not bothered by it?"
"No, of course not. Are you?" The Spider Queen was even more surprised by this statement that she paused for a few second before she spoke.
"M-me? N-no, I'm not!" Elise said as she looked down angrily and blushed. The Demacian Prince just chuckled at her stuttering. Elise groaned at him.
"I apologize, Spider Queen. I did not mean to laugh, but I'm sure that you will ask on why I am not bothered about Shyvana spending more time with Zyra, am I correct?'
"If you're not really reading minds, you'd make a convincing prophet, Prince." the Demacian chuckled again before he spoke.
"Well, the reason why I'm not bothered about it is because Shyvana was so happy. She now thinks she's not the only half dragon here in the Institute, despite that it's just a magical costume… er... whatever the summoners call it. I have forgotten. Anyway, Shyvana was so thrilled about it because she was getting lonely, for she is the only half dragon. When she is happy, I am happy. And if I were you, I would not be too jealous, not too over-possessive to Zyra and not be angry to Shyvana, and also to the summoners who created that magical costume".
"I... I... I'm not jealous and... and angry!" Elise stuttered, Jarvan just smiled.
"Deny all you want, Spider Queen. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have duties to attend to." Jarvan said sympathetically, as he turned around and went to his destination, leaving a still standing, mouth-agape, Spider Queen. Elise shook her head and blinked a few times, before she too walked out from the summoning chambers.
While the arachnid mage was strolling through the Institute's hallways, though her physical state was present, her mentality was not as she was thinking about Jarvan's words.
"I'm not jealous, and I'm not angry at Shyvana. I'm so not jealous, and so not angry to Shyvana. She just steals Z's time from, well, majority of her time, which was supposed to be for Z and mine only! Oh Vilemaw! If she ever try to steal her away from me! I want to slit her throat! Lay waist to her corpse! Feed it to Lord Vilemaw! Behead her! I...!"
Elise's rage of thoughts were interrupted when she bumped onto Shyvana, clearly not seeing her, too busy thinking on how she wanted to torture the Half Dragon. The Spider Queen calmed herself as she tried not to give a murderous vibe.
"Hey! Watch where you going-! Shyvana said, as her anger disappeared instantly at sight of Zyra's lover.
"Oh Elise, s-sorry! Um, I've been noticing that you come to the gardens everyday just to see the Rise of Thorns, and I just want to say that that's really sweet. Also, I have a lot of fun discussing about dragons to her. Sorry that I keep taking much of her time, but our discussion about that is done by the way. She's free for you now. Well, if you excuse me..." Shyvana then brisked past Elise. The spider mage blushed when she mentioned going to the gardens everyday. Elise just sighed and continue to walk.
Elise finally reached the Institute's gardens and saw Zyra. As she expected, Elise saw Zyra attending her favorite flower. Zyra looked up from her flowers to the spider mage as she smiled warmly.
"Hey." Zyra called happily.
"Hey." Elise smiled halfheartedly as she sat beside the red haired mage. Zyra noticed something wrong immediately, but she didn't mention it yet as she continued to take care of the flowers.
"So, how's the match dear?" Zyra asked.
"It... went great, we won." Elise said plainly, looking at the flowers. Now the plant mage was sure something was wrong.
"El? Is something wrong, love?" Zyra asked gently.
"Oh, nothing." Elise said sarcastically.
"Oh come on El, tell me what's wrong".
"I said, nothing." Elise replied irritably as she looked at Zyra now, but the plant mage smiled deviously and suddenly clasped the back of the spider mage's neck as she removed the black piece of clothing around Elise's neck very fast. Elise was surprised and was about to say "Hey!", when she was tackled by the plant mage. Zyra laid Elise's back on the grass field and dove her lips into the spider mage's neck, making Elise gasp at the contact.
"What the?! Z! What are you doing! Aah! That felt so goo-! St-stop it! We're outside! Stop it! Aah, Vilemaw!"
"Not until you tell me what's wrong." Zyra said seductively as she continued to lick and kiss Elise's neck.
"Okay! Fine! I'm angry because you kept spending more time with Shyvana! There! I said it!" Zyra then stopped her assault as she looked her lover.
"Aww, I'm sorry. Hey, it's alright. I guess I am spending more time with her instead with you. But don't worry, I'm not cheating." Zyra said gently.
"You're not?" Elise asked skeptically, which Zyra chuckled on how childish Elise think that way, but she didn't mind though, at least she knows that Elise cared for her and got jealous over her and Shyvana, and Zyra thought it was sweet.
"No, of course not. Oh, you. Always getting the wrong idea. I will always love you, El. I'll always be your beloved flower."
"I love you, too." Elise said, now smiling with relief. They then locked their lips together, kissing the pain and worry away from Elise.
"Now, let me make it up for you." Zyra then returned to Elise's neck as she continue to give love pecks and her right hand went down and rubbed the Spider mage's thigh.
"Z! Oh my! Z, stop! We're outside! Have some... decency! Oh my!" Elise said through her ragged breaths.
"I'm sorry El, I just can't get enough of you. I missed you." Zyra said as she sat straight up now. Elise sat up also.
"Can… can we um, continue this... at my... room?" Elise said as she blushed and looked down and scratched her cheek lightly with her clawed finger.
"So, you forgive me then?"
"Ye-yeah." Elise replied, and felt a little bit surprised to herself on how easily she forgave her lover. Oh, how she both hated and loved how her lovely plant mage can easily manage to make her anger and worries go away. Zyra giggled as she stood up gave a hand to Elise, then gave her clothes back.
"How about we continue it here, deep into my gardens." Zyra said as she smiled seductively. Elise just sighed as she accepted Zyra's hand and stood up.
"Yup, in the forest... again." Elise thought with glee.
AN: Hope you enjoy the fluff. :D