Just got into Caitlyn's room through the window; Caitlyn left the room with her parents while Vi waits in the room for her return.
Vi stares is awe of the massive room in which she now stands. Taking in the glass skylight and large window to the pillars that hold it. Unlike the abandoned building in which she grew up in before her parents died and taken in by Vander.
She begins to walk around the room seeing young photos of Caitlyn with her riffle to her at camp and with her family throughout the years; Vi can't help but smile at the woman she has grown fond of. Starting to see the world in which she comes from being very different from her own. As she looks at the ground she notices the photos, map and notes that Caitlyn used to find out who stole the gemstone. Wondering towards the bed she lays down looking at every detail that was written; seeing Stillwater Prison on the map made her think of that got her there. Knowing how long she spent being beaten daily and blaming herself for ending up there in the first place; how she wish that she was there for Powder because even though she killed their adoptive family it doesn't take away that she's still her sister whom she loves dearly.
Drowning in thoughts of what is and what could have been; Vi hears the door open. She looks up to see Caitlyn walk in, shuts the door and walks to take a seat on the bed. Vi half laughs "And I thought Powder could get obsessed." Caitlyn seeing the pain that resides behind those walls around Vi's heart, she warm heartedly look at Vi "What happened to her, it's not your fault." Vi lays down to search for comfort while overwhelmed with all she's seen after coming out of prison. "When my parents were still alive... me and Powder used to share a bed like this. Except, maybe, half the size." Seeing the need to vent Caitlyn mimics Vi's laying position to make her feel more at ease to let it out. Vi continues "We played a game where we pretended to be bigger and bigger monsters. So she would say, "I'm a slug monster with venom for ooze." And I'd say, "Well, I'm a slug-eating crab with razor spikes." Sometimes, I... I'd get carried away and she'd get scared. I didn't want her to start crying and wake my parents up, so... I pretended to chase my own monsters away. I'd say... "No monster's gonna get you when I'm here." Then a real monster showed up. And I just ran away. I left her." As Vi curls up to try to force back the pain and repress the emotions the way she was taught to until she feels a warm hand brush across her face. Not wanting to lose that moment she grabs Caitlyn's hand before it becomes out of reach; the gentleness of Caitlyn was very new to her but it was all she craved.
They spend awhile just looking at each other, Caitlyn wonders what else happened but knows that now was not the time for that. She uses the hand that is being held tightly by Vi to pull her into Caitlyn's arms. She holds her close telling her "During the meeting the Councilors will help. Tell them everything about Silo, shimmer and all that we got from Ekko. I know that you blame yourself for what happened but, none of it is on you and we can help the others. No one else has to go through what you went through. Trust the Councilors, trust me. Everything will change, we can make it better. It will all be alright." Vi quietly listening to her voice; for once in her life she relaxes in the warm embrace, loosening the tension and looking up at Caitlyn who just smiles at her. Vi gets comfortable rotating her back to Caitlyn finally feeling as if she doesn't need to bear the weight of it all, she has Caitlyn and can just enjoy the moment to be vulnerable but safe, as if there was a shield around her knowing that no harm was going to get her. Not there, not now, finally safe.
As Vi gets situated in the new position, Caitlyn nuzzles into her to kiss her cheek with a promise "When this is all over, I'll show you around Piltover same as you showed me the Lanes. Think of this as your home now and I'll always be here for you." Setting into Vi's neck she hears a very soft voice whisper "I'd like that, when this is all over. Thank you for this Cupcake.. Thank you for everything, without you I'd... I'd still be in that place.. I wouldn't know that Ekko was still alive or what happened to Pow-... to Jinx... Thank you for being there for me, for saving my life, for all of it I am eternally grateful for you."
The two rested till the time of the meeting, cuddled up to take that long needed breather.
