CHAPTER TWO
Connection… Restored (but why Aatrox and…?)
"Say, did you recall back how it happened?"
A large figure was having a conversation with a smaller figure beside a campfire, right beside a wooden cabin which is around 10 feet tall. The large figure was apparently 6 feet tall in his sitting position, while the smaller one is just like a regular lady. There was a huge dark blade as well, being well put beside the titan.
"I don't know, Aatrox," the smaller figure responded, "It's like… Rakan was trying to fly, but I didn't trust his wings-"
"Wait a minute." The Darkin Blade raised an eyebrow. "Xayah, I didn't recall anything about any Vastayan with wings."
"We have wings, but we would open those once in a while." The violet Vastayan was taking a sip of herb tea, her eyes focused on the horned maroon titan named Aatrox. "And Rakan seized the opportunity to bring me around. I hate flying."
Aatrox let out a sigh and patted her shoulder.
"See, I know that feel, my dear Xayah," well, this was how Aatrox addressed his bird partner since Valentine's Day dating, "Because you feel like you are a half human."
The question is about why they were currently together. It all started after the incident where Xayah lost connection with her partner Rakan when he was bringing her flying. Blame the grip strength of the charmer, actually. She had no idea how to contact him back, nor the routes to reach him, as the magical forest of Ionia is pretty unpredictable.
And she hates flying.
So, instead of waiting for his arrival to have her back from the forest, she trained herself into a survival amateur and a hunting expert. Using her sharp feathers as an advantage, Xayah built a small cabin within the woods using the woods chopped down from her surroundings. Her cabin is a one-room type with an area of around 320 square feet, and the cabin is pretty large enough for a normal human or two to live in. While she had time to manage her cabin, Xayah explored outside of her cabin too. She did some hunting to get some meat, but sometimes she had fallen into guys who were also pleasure-seekers.
She lived that way until she met the Darkin titan, who was in search of a partner for the Valentine's Day. Having no fear to anything, Xayah approached Aatrox, and they had a successful date in the middle of the open field across the forest. In exchange for the Valentine's Date, Aatrox trained her to be a better Vastayan assassin, and her accuracy of throwing her quills has been improved drastically throughout the training session where the Darkin titan led his Lhotlan partner into forest to hunt down the preys.
"Xayah, I have bad news for you." Back to the campfire, Aatrox said with a rather sad tone. He would miss her although they were together for several weeks, starting from a week before their date on the Valentine's Day.
"What is it?"
"Actually, this will be the last time we're here together."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm going out to hunt bigger and more challenging monsters. No worries, I'll be safe."
Xayah leapt onto the shoulder of the Darkin titan's shoulder, before sitting beside his head and rubbing his horn gently.
"I'll miss you, Aatrox," said the violet Vastayan before giving him a smooch, "I wish I'll be going along with you, because you know, I'm getting excited of hunting bigger and more challenging monsters as you said, but too bad-"
"Don't be too bad about me. I'll be fine as always."
"Please, Aatrox, let me finish my sentence first."
Aatrox nodded.
"What I mean too bad is not about you actually… But yeah, I do hope you'll be safe outside, but what I mean is about Rakan-"
Cue somebody stumbled onto the ground, not far away from the couple.
"Hang on, dear, you'll stay here or you'll end up scaring him away."
"What-"
"Just stay, Aatrox."
With a shrug and a nod from Aatrox, Xayah hopped down from the shoulder of the titan, before revealing two of her feathers from her cloak while approaching the figure, who was still lying down on the ground. Xayah walked towards the figure slowly.
"Help… me…"
"Wait, is that the familiar sound I heard?" Xayah could recognize the voice, and she kept her feathers away quickly while approaching the figure slowly.
"I think I broke my leg…" the figure was moaning in pain, and the sound could be heard more clearly as Xayah was approaching closer to the figure, "Help- Wait, Xayah?"
At this point, Xayah was standing in front of the figure.
"Rakan?"
"Yes, miella?"
"Oh god, I miss you so much-" Xayah hopped onto Rakan without thinking the fact that he was injured. With her hand embracing his face slightly covered in dirt while sitting on him, Xayah couldn't hide her feels upon finding her Vastayan partner successfully. She had tears of joy dripping out from her face.
"Silly, I'm here now." Rakan tried to get up, but to no avail because of her weight.
"Is anyone okay there?" Aatrox shouted from afar.
"Who's that?" Rakan asked.
"Let me explain that, later." Xayah stood up before lifted Rakan up, having his left arm over her shoulders, before both of them walked towards the campfire. Fortunately, Rakan's bird legs were fine. Following up Rakan's walking pace, Xayah was on her way towards where Aatrox was sitting while holding the charmer beside her. "Say, a lot of things happened while our connection has been lost. Don't be surprised."
"I don't mieli- Whoa-" Rakan moved his head up and he could see a titan sitting right in front of him. Rakan shivered before hiding right behind Xayah.
"It's okay, Rakan. He's just my partner-"
"Your partner? Why didn't you tell me about-"
"Where were you at the first place?" Xayah shouted after she turned around towards the Vastayan charmer. They were arguing but as for Aatrox, there were two birds chirping in angry tone.
"Miella, I'm…"
"C'mon, Xayah, is that Rakan you're looking for?" Aatrox sighed, "Let me tell you, she had found the one who can protect her-"
"Hey!" Rakan moved away from Xayah before standing in front of Aatrox, and his fear of the titan was gone instantly, "I can protect her for all costs! She is my miella!"
"Stop it, don't fight verbally!" Xayah shook her head. "Let me explain, Aatrox is about to leave but I'm staying here looking for you." Aatrox nodded.
"Seriously?"
Aatrox raised an eyebrow. "She's telling you the truth. I'm going to hunt more monsters out there because there would be more challenging compared to the Ionian forest. Plus, she always wonders about your whereabouts during these few weeks we're been together. Nothing lasts forever, and so does my relationship with YOUR miella."
Rakan was in utter shock. He had never heard about the relationship between the titan and the bird until now. And the titan said they're breaking up. Rakan was confused. "I-"
"Don't worry, mieli," Xayah added while patting on Rakan's shoulder, "Aatrox was right. It was been a ride with him, but I admit the fact that I couldn't sleep well because of you. Don't you worry about me of my whereabouts; I built my own house and Aatrox brought me hunting. Look." Xayah threw one of her feathers at random direction, and it ended up stuck in one of the outer walls of the cabin. Rakan took a closer look towards the direction of where the feather landed, and he was amused that Xayah could hit a fly with ease.
"You… are… AMAZING!" Rakan leapt towards Xayah and gave her a warm embrace. Xayah was pissed off slightly at first, but she couldn't resist the hug so she embraced her support in return.
"My, my, what a reunion," Aatrox chuckled as the two love birds had their connections restored again, "Guess what, my dear Xayah- I mean, just Xayah, it's time for me to depart. I don't call this a break up, but…" The Darkin titan lend out his hand towards Xayah, attempting a handshake.
"Thanks for everything, Aatrox," Xayah replied, "I will take care of this little bird-"
"No, I WILL take care of her," Rakan interrupted.
"Whatever, Aatrox trained me well," Xayah rolled her eyes before returning to approach the larger male's hand, and she ended up leaving a kiss on his palm.
"I was expecting a handshake, but a kiss will do better." The titan said before he stood up, putting his blade back to his back as he could carry it easily, "Well, don't you worry about me, I'll be back in peace."
Xayah backed off as soon as the titan stood up, before Rakan went on embracing his former and current lover back. The newly crowned couple would then watch the Darkin titan who was on his way to parts unknown. Without turning back, Aatrox managed to wave goodbye by raising his left hand up for a moment. "Don't miss me, I'll be fine. Don't wait me for my return."
"Sure, I promise!" Xayah waved goodbye towards the titan, although Aatrox didn't look back.
And that was the last time Xayah had seen the Darkin titan, who walked into the darkness.
"So… Here we are," Rakan smiled, holding both hands of Xayah, "I will never lose you again."
"Promise you won't?" the violet Vastayan asked.
"I won't bring you flying again," the golden Vastayan giggled.
As they were about to enter the cabin, Xayah's ears twitched. She could hear something not far from where they were standing, this time it was from the opposite direction from where Rakan had landed. And the sound was made as a result of someone falling down.
"Another intruder? Or is Aatrox coming back?" Rakan asked.
"No, it cannot be," Xayah replied while she was walking towards the source of the falling sound. Rakan quickly shielded his carry, with a bright light from his golden cloak brighten up the darkness around the cabin.
As the Vastayan couple approached the source, they could see the figure roughly. To their surprise, they couldn't recognize the race of the fallen figure.
"He is not a Vastayan," Xayah said, "but he's in pain. Rakan, help him up."
This chapter is dedicated to Rakan x Xayah day, which is 19th of April actually. I'm posting this beforehand because there is another character from Dota 2 which shares the same release day and month as well. Plus, the mention of Xayah and Aatrox ship is dedicated to my Xayah muse who partnered up with the Darkin titan previously.
As there is no connection between the previous chapter and the current chapter, the current chapter will be connected to the next one instead.