This doesn't make sense.

As if it ever made sense. War was changing everything and trying to keep track was so difficult, even for Yi.

It had been three days since he and Yasuo gave their last affection before their future reunion. Three days and it felt so long already but that wasn't the matter at hand.

To put it simply, Yi didn't understand. From what he could sense in their soulmate link, many things had happened on Yasuo's side and none of it followed what he had 'planned' – going back to his school and making sure to take his duty back.

The second day was already odd, because incredible anger flooded their link. It was too sudden, too strong, it even confused Yi while he was fighting in the battlefield. It overtook his mind for a few seconds, to the point he registered it as his own and it would be a mistake to say it didn't guide his blade further in his already deadly path. New rage. Then it decreased enough for him to regain control and realize it wasn't his, just Yasuo's side.

After that, it didn't go away. It kept bubbling up at the surface, like blood boiling low before something drastic. Yi had to put this aside until he was somewhere safe enough to think a little. He simply wasn't in the right moment and state to deal with this, not when he had already such difficulties to endure with separation and moral struggle.

At the end of this second day after their goodbyes, Yasuo's anger was still clear in their connection, seeping like a bad taste. Yi didn't really understand the reason of all this but he would trust his soulmate, this wasn't a mere problem. Even when he had left him behind at the village and woke up alone, there was barely a few waves of anger rolling in their link and nothing more. This was a storm in comparison.

The third day only made Yi more convinced that something bad happened. After being 'still' in one place for more than a day, Yasuo moved again. New distance added between them, new direction taken and nothing predictable. Yi was so lost. What is happening ?

The outburst could only be the result of returning in his sword school and finding somehow a reason to be mad. This wasn't really fair, to push Yasuo to such level of emotion, it had to be serious. For a full day the latter didn't seem to move that place so Yi felt a bit assured that his soulmate had indeed joined his home.

However, this new distance changed everything. Yasuo was still on the move, the anger was strongly mixed with pain and sadness and nothing would help him understand the reason of all this. He was supposed to get here, apologize for his decision and eventually endure the punishment reserved to this. It couldn't have been so bad.

If it wasn't enough to worry Yi, now he could just feel his soulmate running away. It was strange, there was no way to check but he felt the hurry, unlike Yasuo's first travel back home – if that was indeed what happened. What is he doing ?

Was he wrong ? Did Yasuo actually done differently than he said and went somewhere else ? By default Yi trusted him, because the latter was far too easy to read in his words and emotions. Then what was happening ? A change of heart ? A new matter ? It could be.

It was even more concerning because fury reached him sometimes, as if it became too much on Yasuo's side. Something must have deeply wounded or upset him. It couldn't be a small matter. The first night after that rush of anger, Yi also felt pain dripping in the link little by little, until it touched him too and he could just yearn for his soulmate. To be apart was horrible and everything brought him back to this, loneliness.

The only good side was that this pain seemed a bit different from the one caused by solitude. Not a real relief to know but it had to be considered. Whatever Yasuo was enduring or learned made him think less about their separation and its pain. Yi was a bit glad, it could get heavy and painful. On the other side, it meant the latter was hurt on something else.

Please don't be sad or angry. He was one to talk. Easy to police other people on this but it was normal to feel and express emotions. What Yi truly wished was that whatever caused the latter to feel so strongly wasn't serious or dangerous. Likely though.

Why would Yasuo stay on the run ? He would never get an answer all alone. The only time to get it would be once they found each other, which wasn't so sure for now.

The third night hit hard, like the previous but with a specific flavor to it. Even as he went to rest, Yi could sense their link getting thinner as time went. The latter was still on the move. Why ? Even at night. What could push him to this ?

Distance was getting on his nerve without a doubt. The blessing and the curse of having a soulmate, something he never thought possible before discovering it. It felt like it made him sick, nothing too violent but it was still felt physically. Yasuo was hurting, somewhere. They were both alone, so far from each other and still a bit aware of what happened to the other. Like a wall between them.

After having progressed on recovery, it hit Yi again. To the point of tears. Why did he had to feel that much ? Every single feeling was like exacerbated, in ridiculous amounts. They would survive anyway, why cry on this ?

Being aware of the futility of such worries and pain didn't help. It was still there, throbbing as to remind him a part of his soul was missing. Was it good or bad to break like this at night ? At least it wouldn't put his life at risk during the fights but at the same time, it could be the reason it happened only at night. The war and Noxus were good distractions but barely held him during the day. At night, his thoughts returned rightfully to Yasuo and their shared pain.

Stop this, please...