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Lyricoe: well, I guess?

Chapter 6

By the time that Jinx and Ekko got to school, the blue haired girl was already back to normal from the ridiculous drama from the morning. Ekko decided not to mention it, because she was already unstable as it is.

"Let's go to science," Ekko said gently. Jinx simply nodded, sending a small smile in his direction.

By the time it was lunch, Jinx was already back to her loud self. Currently, she was talking about couples. "They're face smashing everywhere," Jinx complained to Riven. "It's like a crazy love dove disease. Ew, why would anyone want to face smash?"

Riven laughed. "But it seems like you observe them very much. And you like them," she smirked. "I should introduce you to Katarina. Let's go!" Riven ruffled Yasuo's hair and stood up. "She's probably in the gardens of the school," Riven explained, helping Jinx to her feet. "'Face smashing' Garen or something. I know I said to Yasuo not to ship that, but they want it secret. Either that, or Kat's spying on some couples."

"Sweet," Jinx grinned. She bumped her foot against Ekko's as she left, waving. "See ya," she called.

Riven strolled into the garden with a chattering Jinx beside her. The white haired girl paused, looking around. "There!" She pointed at a lock of hair sticking out from the bushes. The two hurried over to the bushes. "Hey Kat!" Riven whispered. A face popped out of the bushes in surprise. "Riven? And who's that?" A light scar ran over the red head's left eye.

"This is Jinx," Riven introduced. "Jinx, this is Katarina. What are you doing?"

Jinx stared at the girl. "Aren't you my gym coach?"

Katarina motioned for the girls to hide in the bushes with her. "Doesn't matter about the coaching stuff, I'm the helper. Also, I caught Varus and Diana together," Katarina said gleefully. "I asked why they were sitting at lunch together. Diana said he owed her a favor. But I doubted it. So I followed them." She smirked. "And of course they never noticed."

"You're too sneaky for your own good," Riven sighed. They all eyed the other side, brushing leaves out of the way. "There," Katarina whispered. She pointed at a purple clad boy with white hair and a bow, sitting alongside a silver clad girl with moonsilver hair and a scythe. "Doesn't it look casual?" The redhead laughed. "But they really aren't. Look closer."

The two named Diana and Varus were discreetly holding hands, trying to hide it behind their bodies from anyone curious enough to look. They sat incredibly close together. Diana's already pale face was tinged with a rosy pink. Varus was looking away into the sky. He was struggling to keep his face emotionless. Riven was staring at Katarina. "How can you see all of this from that far away?"

Katarina's eyes glinted. "I have my ways. Also, I have good eyesight. Hey, wanna see if there's any other 'couples' out there?" She looked at Jinx. "You've been pretty quiet. From what I've heard, you're a loose cannon."

Jinx took a deep breath and gasped. "I really wanted to say something but you guys were spying so I did my best to shut up and when I do that I can't talk and have to hold my breath so I have no air to talk. Do you get me?"

Katarina laughed quietly. "I see now," she said. "So, do you wanna go check out other people?"

Jinx twirled her braids, tangling them in the branches. "Sure-sies!" she giggled.

Katarina leapt out of the bush elegantly, leaving Riven and Jinx clambering behind, pulling branches and leaves from their hair. "Could you choose some more easy spots to hide?" Riven complained. Katarina looked at her. "Isn't it obvious? If we choose somewhere nice to hide, then the people we're looking for will see us!"

Katarina led the two girls to a crumbly ledge at the side of the garden. "Nobody looks here," Katarina explained. "It's also pretty covered by the underbrush."

Riven settled herself on the ground. "Well," she said. "Do your spy work and tell us when you see something. I'm just gonna be social and talk to Jinx. And keep her sane."

Jinx giggled. "Yeah," she said. "I really wanted to talk for a really long time, did you know that? Hey, how's you and Yasuo doing?"

Katarina whipped around. "You didn't tell me you two were and item!" Riven blushed. "We aren't! Jinx is just getting some crazy ideas in her head."

"Tell you what," Katarina turned to Jinx. "I totally agree with you." Jinx pumped her fist in the air. "Yes!"

Katarina slapped her arm roughly. "Shhh!" she snapped. "People will hear you!"

Jinx lowered her arm. "Whoops," she said quietly. Katarina sighed annoyedly and turned back to the underbrush. "Hey, look!" she hissed under her breath. Riven and Jinx hurried over to where the redhead was. Kat pointed. "Look at Aatrox and Kayle," Katarina chuckled. "Those two are like exact opposites. But look at that."

The girl, who seemed like a girl in golden armor and angel wings to Jinx, was standing next to the fountain awkwardly, her face heating up. The other boy, who seemed like a devil angel guy to Jinx, was beside her, holding a box of chocolates. The three girls strained to hear what Aatrox was saying to Kayle. "You told me you liked this chocolate," Aatrox said gruffly. "I thought you'd like it."

Kayle hesitated and then hugged him gently. "I love these," she sighed. "Thank you, Aatrox! You're not a heartless ass after all." Aatrox, because his of his skin tone, wasn't pink faced, but the way his arms trembled gave away everything. "Well, I am not dead and heartless like a zombie," Aatrox mumbled.

Riven giggled. "Wow, they really are quite smitten with each other. Opposites attract, I guess."

Jinx giggled loudly. "They look like they wanna face smash. Gross!"

Katarina tilted her head. "Face smash?"

Riven quickly explained, "It's Jinx's version of saying 'kissing'."

Katarina shrugged. "You make kissing sound a lot more gruesome than it actually is. You try kissing a guy. It'll feel better than it looks."

Jinx wiggled her eyebrows. "And you would know that how~?"

Katarina huffed, "It's none of your business." "Are you sure~?"

The redhead turned away, scanning the garden again. "Well, we're off topic here." Jinx poked her eye out to the garden. "Oooh, ohhh look!" She jutted a bony finger out to the right. "Who're those two? In the shadows?"

Katarina followed the girl's finger. When she spotted the two, her jaw dropped. "Is-Is that?"

Riven tilted her head, following Jinx's finger as well. "Oh," laughed Riven. "Look who it is."

"What, who is it?" Jinx asked. Katarina's eyes flashed. "That's Talon," she said stiffly. "My brother. And apparently, he decided not to tell me that he's all goody goody with that bird girl."

Jinx peered closer at the two shapes she had spotted. A boy in a dark purple cloak was in the arms of a girl with short purple hair clad in blue and gold. They were leaning intensely into each other on the wall. "Ew, they're like, basically face smashing and bumping uglies," Jinx wrinkled her nose. Katarina glared at her. "Excuse me? Bumping uglies?"

Jinx glanced at her. "You know, the junk? Doing the do?" she rattled off more versions of her grotesque language. Katarina's temper began to flare beyond her control. "Do not," Katarina spat. "Ever. Say that. When it comes. To my brother!"

"Well," Riven shrugged, ignoring Katarina's temper, "They are pretty close."

Katarina whirled around to glare at the white haired girl. "RIVEN!"

Too loud. Talon and the 'bird girl' whirled in their direction. Talon's eyes narrowed down to the underbrush where the three girls were hiding. "Come out," he said. His voice was deep and too gravelly for Jinx's taste. Katarina sighed. "He found us," she grumbled. Talon repeated, louder, "Come out. I know you're there."

Katarina pulled on Riven and Jinx's arms. She reluctantly dragged herself and the other two girls out of the underbrush. "Hey, Talon."