Ahri dashed out of the study and made her way to the living room where she looked over at the couch...
To her surprise she didn't see anything, her eyes focused intently on the room and the surroundings surveying the living room. Scratching her head, she turned around and made her way into the kitchen before picking up some faint breathing coming from the living room sofa. She walked slowly over to the blanket that was on the sofa immediately recognizing that it belonged to Ezreal's room, she lifted it slowly revealing Ezreal lying there curled up hands clasped between his legs. Her eyes widened as she knelt down beside him, placing her hand gently on his face. "Sorry, I couldn't be a little sooner." she whispered feeling slightly guilty yet surprising calm despite deducing what had just happened to him.
She sat on the couch, allowing him to rest his head on her soft legs, though he didn't open his eyes, her soothing scent was all he needed as confirmation. He tried desperately to open his eyes but found he didn't have the energy to even do that much, he lay there smothered in her scent while she submissively rubbed his back and head. He felt himself drifting away again, a meadow of calamity greeted him in his dreamlike state, he felt his heart beating slowly, his breathing become more docile and his ears tentatively listening to Ahri as she hummed a song softly to herself. They stayed like that for an hour before Ezreal opened his eyes again, surprised that Ahri was still there with him.
He pushed himself up slowly, rubbing his eyes gently to clear his vision before looking into Ahri's eyes, they were absolutely breathtaking. He could see her charm and nurturing nature, "I'm starting to think you just like sleeping on me" she teased sticking her tongue out at him. He smiled slightly, giggling at her comment "Yeah.. heh sorry about that! You didn't have to.. you know?" he apologised to her. She shook her head, "This is the last day we'll see each other for a while, I'm just glad to get to be spend this time with you. Besides you're rather cute when you sleep especially when you're around me" she hinted. He felt slightly nervous, "Did I say something in my sleep again?"
Ahri giggled at his innocent cluelessness as she pulled him closer pressing her body against his, licking his neck with short strokes. "You didn't say anything but I know what happened to you. You don't have to be so uptight silly. I'm not mad at you or anything. I had a little talk with Vayne earlier and it made me realize that to win you over, I'll have to let you go first."
She caught him slightly off guard as he couldn't help but stare into memorising golden eyes as she spoke her crystal clear resolve. A feeling of extreme desire, emotion and hopeless spread through his body like a virus, as he involuntarily leaned forward pressing his lips passionately against hers. Her touch intoxicating, luring him closer and closer to her physically as well as mentally as wrapped his mind around her, embracing her tightly. Her lips exhilarating, arousing the hairs on his arms as the continued to make out oblivious to the world around them. Something he wished would last forever, but even forever wouldn't have been long enough at this very moment to satisfy his growing inclination and yearningness for her.
She finally pulled away from him slowly, looking back into his eyes "But, that doesn't mean I'm not slightly jealous! Hmph! Why does Vayne get to show public affection while we have to hide it? Not fair at all!" she jokingly pouted with him. He pulled her close rubbing his face against hers, "You're making my face hurt! I'm grinning way too hard! You're so cute and perfect! It'll be us soon enough" he told her floating on cloud nine.
"As much as I'd like that don't abandon Vayne, she might be pushy and aggressive. But there's definitely a story behind it, she has been through a lot more than she'll ever let on. Besides, I'm always up for a little challenge. Hehe" she told him a serious yet joking tone all at the same time. Ezreal didn't really understand Ahri's statement at the time, but he nodded regardless, to prevent himself from looking insensitive. The two sat on the couch for the next couple hours talking to each other until Jarvan and Shyvana, came into the living room.
"You two seem to be having a pretty good time." Shyvana said noticing how close and touchy both of them were being with each other. Ahri had her head resting on Ez's shoulder, snuggling up with him under the blanket as she smiled back at Shyvana. "We'll be having dinner soon, you two should at least help us set the table" Shyvana told them. They both got up and helped prepare the table with dinner, their eyes locked onto each other the entire time. Once the table was set, the others slowly started to pile in from their rooms until both teams were sitting at the table eating the prepared meal. "Guys I have a great idea! Let's all sleep in the living room tonight! It'll be like a real sleepover!" Ashe suggested standing up from the table with a chicken leg in her mouth. Everyone looked at her and started laughing, Lux stood up beside her "That's a great idea! Count me in! Janna, Akali, Vayne, Sona? Cmon guys! Who knows when we'll all be together like this again." she added, as discussion stirred around the dinner table.
In the end, everyone decided they would hang out in the living room and have a few drinks together to celebrate their newfound friendships and bond together as two teams. Everyone made their way into the living room Jarvan and Shyvana quickly snuggling up on the sofa while Janna & Ashe paired up, Sona and Lux paired up, Vayne and Akali matched up and Ahri and Ezreal took their seats beside Vayne. Jarvan got up and walked back into the kitchen bring back an aged bottle of Whiskey, some Strawberry Rum and a handful of fruity drinks for the girls to have, which he quickly passed around to everyone before uncorking and taking a swig of Whiskey before passing it around. One by one, everyone grabbed their drink of choice and toasted and cheered to the final night together for a couple weeks or months, no one really knew.
Ezreal looked over at Ahri who had taken her first sip of the rum, as her eyes grew wide, this was her first time tasting alcohol. He watched eagerly as she first sipped it, licking the residue from her lips, a big grins appeared on her face as she offered him some. He politely refused, looking around at everyone else who were minding their own business, chatting amongst one another and casually drinking their drinks. He smiled to himself, *Wish it were always this peaceful and nice* he thought to himself as he noticed even Sona, Vayne and Lux were smiling and having a great time mingling with Shyvana's girls. He looked back over at Ahri who was now chugging the rum; he quickly reached over grabbed the bottle out of her hands, "Whoa! That's enough for you! You'll get sick drinking so much so fast!" he scolded to her as everyone else looked at her rosy cheeks, and disheveled demeanor and began to laugh and drink some more.
"Careful Ez! She might just get ya!" Jarvan teased finishing off the bottle of whiskey. He looked back over at Ahri whom was beginning to sway back and forth smiling at him as she leaned over throwing her arms around him giggling beneath her alcohol doused breath, "You're really *hiccup!* cute... you know that?" she slurred out pressing her chest against him and sloppily losing her balance onto him. He tensed up quickly stabilizing her, "Ahri are you okay?" he asked concerning noticing her abnormal behavior.
"Whadda mean am I *hiccup!* am I okay? Of curse, I am okay! Gee, just let me *hiccup!* lean on you for a bittle." she managed get out putting more of her weight against him. Vayne and the others looked over at her, "Ahri! Get off of him!" she exclaimed as Ahri continued to climb further and further onto Ezreal. Jarvan and Shyvana burst into laughter, "I'm pretty sure she's drunk by this point Vayne! Let her have her fun, I've never seen her so open and straight forward before!" Shyvana told them in between her laughing. Vayne frowned up her face mumbling to herself "That stupid fox... you'll pay for this"
Sona looked over at Ezreal shaking her head as well, he noticed her disappointed look and innocently shrugged his shoulders, mouthing to her "What am I suppose to do?" Sona's motherly voice entered his head, "Just enjoy her for now, like Shyvana said Ahri's rarely interacts with the others so I'll let it slide for now! But, you better not take advantage of her!"
Ezreal laughed to himself, *She doesn't have any idea...*
The night continued and Ahri became over and more aggressive pushing Ez to his back and throwing herself on him, wrapping her arms around his waist, "Heyy, whoaaa!" he called out as he was pushed to his side by the drunken Ahri. By this point, many of the others had passed out only Jarvan, Shyvana, Sona and Janna remained awake with Ezreal and Ahri. Sona looked down at Lux who had fallen asleep with her head in her lap, *Glad she had a good last night here...* she thought to herself looking over at Ez and Ahri in slight jealousy.
"Ezreal, you truly are one of a kind. I've never seen Ahri have so much fun and be so open with someone before. Especially a guy, sorry if she's causing an inconvenience." Janna told him as she yawned. At this time, Ezreal had managed to sit with his back against the wall with Ahri between his legs, her head resting beneath his chin on his chest as she lightly slept. "It's no big deal, I'm just glad we were all about to spend time together. Really feels like a family event or something" he whispered back to Janna. Janna and Ezreal continued talking to each other as Sona & Shyvana slowly drifted off to sleep as well, Jarvan reached in his pocket and pulled out his phone. "It's already 2am, maybe we should get some rest Ez. Our train is suppose to leave at 8am tomorrow."
Ezreal looked over at Janna who was staring at the two attentively, "I reckon, he has a point. Here ya go!" she whispered to him tossing him a pillow to prop his head on. Ezreal closed his eyes, and immediately began to doze off to sleep.
In the morning, Ezreal was the first to wake, stretching carefully as to not wake up Ahri whom was still deep in slumber. He pulled his phone from his pocket, "It's already 7:15am..." he whispered to himself looking down at Ahri as he stomach tightened up with uneasiness. He wasn't ready to let her go, he had grown very attached to her in just the short week that they had been there. Jarvan was the next to wake up looking over at Ez signalling for him to help him get the stuff together and put it near the door. Ezreal carefully got up delicately placing Ahri on his back as he began to carry her out of the living room and up the stairs to her room. Her breath still laced with alcohol, as he fiddled with her door finally getting it open and laying her gently on her bed. He took a few steps back, admiring her one last time, "I'll visit you soon, I promise.." he whispered to her leaning over and kissing her cheek. He turned around the doorway and saw Janna standing there with a smirk on her face, as his eyes grew wide.
Janna smiled at him as he closed Ahri's door, "Hehe, your secret is safe with me." she assured him as he blushed slightly saying goodbye to Janna. He headed to the stairs, "Wait!" Janna called to him from the hallway, she rushed over to him handing him a torn piece of paper from Ahri's book, "She gave this to me yesterday before dinner and told me that if she wasn't able to give this to you herself, that she wanted me to do it." Ezreal smiled back at her, "Thanks" he told her putting the piece of paper in his pocket without even getting a chance to look at it as Jarvan and the others called to him from the bottom of the stairs. "Thanks for everything Janna! Hopefully I'll see you guys soon!" he called to her softly from the bottom of the stairs as he joined his teammates.
Shyvana and Jarvan said their final goodbyes as Ezreal's team made their way to the train station for their 6 hour train ride home. Everyone fell back asleep on the train ride except Lux and Ezreal. Ezreal continued to look at the window, his mind replaying all the dearest moments he had with Ahri and the fun times that they managed to get into. He remembered meeting her the first day and being so intrigued by her presence, and their first meeting in her room, their adventure to the hot springs, the constant interruptions and their final passionate morning of glory and intimacy.
Lux was sitting across from him, staring at him while he continued to reminisce about better times. She felt indifferent about the trip and even about her feelings for him, a constant struggle within herself as she contemplated her next plan of action with him. She eventually mustered up the courage to speak, "Hey.. Hey Ez?" she whispered to him trying not to wake the others who were still sleeping. "Hm?" he replied softly looking over at her, "What's up? You need something?"
Lux froze up not really knowing what to say, "Can I borrow your jacket, I'm freezing!" she asked softly completely avoiding her initial plan all together. He handed her the jacket and resumed staring out the window as Lux sat there covering herself with his jacket, *I'm so stupid.. I can't even bring myself to talk to him about it.* she thought to herself as she closed her eyes in self disgust and fell asleep.
The train arrived at the station and the five of them gather their things and headed back to their house, "Ah! Home sweet home! Jarvan called loudly as they turned the knob of the front door. The five quickly entered the house, "Remember guys we have a game today so rest up and be ready to leave on time!" he reminded them as everyone went to their doors. Ezreal immediately unpacked his clothes placing most of them into his dirty clothes bin but keep a few shirts out on his bed. He climbed into his bed with one of the shirts, and inhaled deeply as Ahri's lingering scent flushed into his nose and a grin appeared on his face, "Miss her already.. hah" he whispered to himself as he fell back asleep.
He was awoken by Sona and Jarvan who were knocking on his door, "It's time to go kiddo, I hope your ready" Jarvan called to him as he frantically looked at the time. "Oh my god! I've been asleep for so long!"
He quickly got dress and they headed out to the Arena for their first match against Hiemerdinger's team. There was a bigger crowd than normal, but Ezreal felt no nervousness, no doubt or uneasiness, off in his own little world he was completely focused on the task at hand. They took their positions on the Rift as the announcer sounded the beginning of the game, before the announcer's voice could even fade, he ensured his team their victory as he solo killed the bot lane at level 1 while Sona was leashing Jarvan. Once he started, there was little to no hope for the rookie team from last season as he killed them again as they returned to lane with the aide of Sona.
20 minutes into the game, it was 25 -0 where Ezreal had managed to pick up 20 kills while the other 5 were spread evenly amongst his teammates. Dinger's team threw in the surrender vote as both teams walked off the Rift into the lobby, the crowd could be heard talking about the recent match "Did you see how he killed them at level 1?", "I heard he's the best ADC in the region at the moment!?", "He single handedly carried that game, from start to finish!", "Eh, it's the last place team from last season! I'm not convinced yet! He might be good, but he's not god!", "They're going to be number 1 this season! That was truly impressive!"
He ignored their comments pushing through the mob and back onto the train, Jarvan joined them a few minutes later, "Great job guys! That's how we want to start off the season." he congratulated them before leaving to go to his seat. Ezreal and the others discussed the game briefly as Vayne and Sona had already begun to talk about their next couple opponents. "Don't show all your tricks on the easy teams, kid. Save it for when it counts" Vayne scolded him as Sona mentioned their schedule for the upcoming week. Ezreal nodded his head, looking over at Lux who had fallen asleep again. "What's wrong with Lux? Sona?" he asked her. Sona explained to Ezreal that she believed she had drank too much last night and the effects still hadn't worn off yet. They arrived at the station and Sona tried to wake Lux up, with no luck, only a few groaning sounds as she turned the other way. "Oh this girl..." Sona mumbled to herself, but to her surprise Ezreal had already hoisted Lux up and placed her on his back, "Let's go home" he told them as he walked past Vayne and Sona.
Ezreal carried her all the way from the train station to the house, as Jarvan unlocked the door for them. He carried her up the stairs and went in her room carefully setting her down on her bed before leaving for his room to shower and get cleaned up. A few hours later, Sona went into Lux's room to check on her and found her sitting on the edge of the bed, "How did I get here?" she asked in a weak voice. Sona placed her hand over Lux's forehead, "Your temperature finally went down. But, if you must know Ezreal carried you here all the way from the train station." she informed her. Lux's eye grew big as she stared at the wall, "Ezreal? Carried me?" she repeated. Sona nodded her head, "You can thank him tomorrow, it's already 10pm. I'm sure he's already sleeping."
Back in Ezreal room, he had just crawled into bed with his phone in one hand and the piece paper from Janna in the other. He unfolded the paper and looked at it carefully, " 455-556-0000 Ahri~" read the piece of paper as he grinned from ear to ear, punching her number into his phone.
"Hey there?" he texted.
Ahri immediately answered "Ezreal!? ^^ What took you so long to text me!?"
He read her text and couldn't help but laugh, "Sorry, I fell asleep as soon as I got home! Did you feel okay when you woke up?"
Again she replied quickly, "Of course I did! Janna told me that you carried me all the way to my room and even snuck a kiss! ;) I hope I didn't do anything regretful!"
His face turning slightly red, "Oops! I didn't notice her! You were all over me last night! No more drinking for you! I will say you're pretty damn cute when drunk! :P"
Ahri grinned, "Only when I'm drunk? You're pretty cute all the time, ahhh I can't believe I slept through the entire morning! I didn't even get to say good bye :("
Ezreal, "No no!, You're beautiful all the time! Now who's the sleepyhead! I'm sure we'll see each other soon! Maybe I'll come whenever Jarvan heads over again!"
Ahri rolled around on her bed, "Oh you're too sweet! And that'll be nice.. I think I need a fixing of you pretty soon if you know what I mean ;-)"
He felt his body tingle as he read her message aloud to himself before answering, "Ahri! It's only been a day! But.. I wouldn't mind that."
She replied quickly, "I'm hopeless! It's only been a day yet, I'm lying in bed half naked awaiting for your triumphant return!"
He felt himself becoming partially aroused by her flirtatious text messages, "Mmm.. don't tease me! I'll be there before you know it!"
Ahri took a sniff of one of her sweater, "Hehe, I wish I could see your face and smell you! I'm stuck here with this booze scented sweater! But, it's getting pretty late and we have a game first thing in the morning! I'll text you tomorrow and let you know how it goes! Tell me about your match tomorrow as well! Good night Ez! Don't dream about me too much, ya perv!"
"Good night! And Good luck! I'll try my best not too! Kidding ^^! Talk to you tomorrow" he replied back as he rested his head back on the pillow, he didn't want to admit it at time but he reread their conversation multiple times grinning to himself before finally falling asleep.