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Chapter II - Fabricated emotions

Rengar was walking nervously around his house. Kha'Zix was gone for at least three hours, who knows what he was up to. Nidalee was keeping him company to calm him down a bit.

"I think you're overreacting…" Nidalee said when Rengar made sixtieth circle around the table.

"I'm overreacting? Nidalee, a month ago he had no fucking clue about a concept of emotions. You know what he might do?!" Rengar almost shouted. He was worried, but also equally angry.

"I know what he's capable of, but do you seriously think he would go on a rampage there?" Nidalee asked him. Rengar looked straight into her eyes.

"He might." Rengar replied quietly. Despite all of that time spent together, he still couldn't forget that sight when Kha'Zix slaughtered Connor and the rest of his crew. Nidalee sighed and got up from the bed.

"Back then he had a reason. Now he's just a little bit frustrated." she said. Rengar chuckled.

"How come that he is my boyfriend, not yours, but you're standing behind him more than I am?"

"Because you're judging him by what you think is best for him. Rengar, he needs freedom, just like you and me." she replied. Rengar's grin disappeared and he slowly shook his head. He knew that, but he didn't want to risk losing him or something worse. Nidalee came closer to the window and rested her back against the wall.

"So what do you think I should do?"

"I don't know, I've never had a boyfriend." Nidalee replied and shrugged. "But maybe not locking him up would be a good start?" when Rengar heard it, he got slightly more angry.

"For fuck sake, I'm not locking anyone! I'm just making sure he won't do anything dumb!"

"Yes? That's basically locking him up!" Nidalee had enough, she yelled at him. Rengar was surprised by her sudden change of attitude. He has never heard her yell, at least not like that.

"I...I'm doing it for his own good." Rengar said. Nidalee exhaled slowly to calm herself.

"By doing it you're making it worse. Maybe for once ask him what he wants? Heck, even without that he just speaks up." she spoke.

"Yeah, maybe you're-" Rengar said and stopped when he saw a movement outside. After a second, Kha'Zix emerged from behind the trees. Nidalee followed his gaze and when she saw Kha'Zix, she looked at Rengar again.

"Well, now is your chance." she said and pointed at the door with her head. Rengar sighed and approached the door. When he opened them, he noticed that Kha'Zix was actually smiling.

"Hey, Kha'Zix, I-"

"Shh, don't say another word, it's okay. You're just worried and I appreciate it, but you should ask me what I want first next time." Kha'Zix said almost immediately. When Nidalee heard it, she peeked outside with a confused look. "He can read minds?" she thought.

"Uhh…yeah, that's…actually that's what I wanted to say…" Rengar replied, confused as much as Nidalee.

"Woah, really? I guess she was right!" Kha'Zix put his hands on his waist and grinned. Rengar raised his brow and tilted his head.

"Wait, what "she"?" Rengar asked. He couldn't be speaking about Nidalee.

"Oh, right. I made a friend out there." Kha'Zix replied proudly. Rengar froze for a second with a shocked expression.

"You made a what?!" Rengar said loudly.

"A…friend?" Kha'Zix repeated confused. "I think I said it loud enough."

"Yes, you did, but what the hell were you thinking about?"

"Am I forbidden to talk to people now?" Kha'Zix asked. His expression changed from confused to slightly irritated.

"No, but…Kha'Zix, you're a Void creature!" Rengar replied.

"Yeah? So what?"

"You are terrifying, that's what!" Rengar shouted at him, but the moment he did, he regreted it. "Wait, that's not what I-"

"Oh, no, no, it's fine. It's perfectly, fucking fine!" Kha'Zix yelled back and leaned forward. It sounded slightly like a threat. Rengar took a step backwards when he did it. Kha'Zix closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. Then he turned around and ran away.

"Wait!" Rengar shouted, but to no avail. He kicked the nearest stick and cursed very loud out of anger. He was angry both at Kha'Zix and himself. Nidalee was just looking at him, not saying a word. Rengar looked at her.

"Yes, I know! I fucked it up!" he shouted and kicked another thing near him.

"I'll…be going now. You should try to make a good apology before he comes back." Nidalee said as she was passing by. She placed her hand on his shoulder to reassure him. Then she said a simple goodbye to him and left.

"Lucy…nice name. Very simple." Kha'Zix replied.

"To be honest, my full name is much, much longer, but I don't think I have enough air in my lungs to say it." Lucy said and giggled. Kha'Zix chuckled as well, but then he looked down.

"So…what happened between you and that person?" Lucy asked.

"He…he thinks that I would cause trouble in places like that. Probably because of my rather uncommon appearance." Kha'Zix admitted after a moment of silence. Lucy nodded, she understood him.

"Listen, I'm sure that whatever he said, even if he was yelling, was just because he was afraid and wanted your good." she said confident. Kha'Zix raised his head and looked at her surprised.

"How can you be so sure?"

"I…used to have two older brothers. We would yell at each other from time to time, but we all knew that it was for our safety." Lucy replied. "Maybe try talking to him? Tell him that you need freedom, need to socialise a bit." she added. Kha'Zix smiled when he heard her warm words.

"Thank you…that's the nicest thing I have heard recently." Kha'Zix replied. Lucy giggled.

"You're welcome Kha'Zix." she replied. They were jumping from topic to topic, sharing their thoughts about them, despite Kha'Zix's rather limited knowledge about the world.

"You don't look like these people." Kha'Zix mentioned suddenly, referring to people around them. "Your skin is lighter."

"You're correct. In fact, we're from Piltover." she replied.

"We're?" Kha'Zix repeated.

"Oh snap! Right, my friend is somewhere here, but he instantly left me to look for souvenirs."

"Oh, I get it. But I'm afraid I have no idea where this whole "Piltover" is." Kha'Zix said. Lucy looked at him puzzled.

"You're joking…no, wait, you're serious?"

"Yeah, I am. Is it that weird?" Kha'Zix asked her.

"Well…taking into account that it's the biggest, most advanced place in the Runeterra…"

"Rune…what?" Kha'Zix asked her again. She laughed quietly, but when she saw how serious his face was after this question, she silenced.

"How do you not know any of this stuff?" Lucy asked. "Are you living in the jungle?" she said jokingly.

"I'll surprise you, but I actually live there." Kha'Zix admitted. Lucy's eyes sparked when she heard it.

"Wait, you live in Kumungu Jungle?" Lucy asked just to confirm.

"Yeah, I just said that."

"I-I know. I just…wanted to make sure I heard correct." she explained. Lucy couldn't believe that she would meet someone like him. "Have you ever heard of-" but then she paused. What if he doesn't know anything about the Void creature and by saying it to him she will scare him? No, she thought, she needs to be more careful.

"Ever heard of…what?" Kha'Zix repeated after her, anticipating the question.

"Of…a…anything dangerous in there?" Lucy quickly fixed her mistake.

"Well, the whole jungle is a one big hazard to your life."

"But…anything in particular? Like a creature, or…I don't know, something especially deadly?" she added. Kha'Zix squinted his eyes and tried to think about anything that would fit her description. Then he smiled widely and placed the side if his fist on his palm.

"Grass rhinos." Kha'Zix replied.

"Oh, grass rhinos…" Lucy replied.

"What? You sound disappointed."

"Uhh, I mean, that doesn't sound very threatening." Lucy chuckled to sound clueless.

"Believe me, there are huge! And extremely fast! Without a help, I wouldn't be able to kill it!" Kha'Zix said and extended his arms to show how big it was.

"Wait, you're a hunter?"

"I think that you could call me that way…though I have never considered myself one." Kha'Zix said.

"Oh." Lucy said. "You mentioned "help". You have, like, friends out there?" Lucy decided to pry a little bit further. Kha'Zix wasn't sure how to respond to that. Would he count Nidalee as his friend yet, or was it too early?

"Well, I have one. Well, actually that's the person I was talking about…" Kha'Zix remembered why he was there in the first place. He looked down once again.

"Oh, sorry." Lucy apologised.

"No, it's fine." Kha'Zix said and forced a small smile on his face. "But why are you so interested in this jungle?" he asked.

"I…" Lucy mumbled. She didn't want to tell him her true goal, so she went with something indirect, "I wanted to, you know, visit it, know how it is there."

"Ahh, right…" Kha'Zix scoffed.

"Is something wrong?" Lucy looked at him confused.

"I just…have a bad experience with "visitors". The last ones I met set bear traps and I stepped in one of those…" Kha'Zix said with a little grimace of pain when he remembered that horrible feeling. Lucy was looking at him with shock. Her father told her what equipment Connor took that day. He told her that he took some bear traps, even though it was rather immoral and he was risking being called a poacher.

"That's…very unfortunate indeed…" Lucy commented. She'd rather not tell him that it might have been her brother's doing, she didn't know how he would react.

"Well, anyway, I think that I should go and talk with him. Thank you for your advices." Kha'Zix stood up and turned around. Before he left, Lucy stopped him for a moment.

"Wait. Will you…be here tomorrow, perhaps?"

"I…think I might come. Conversation with someone new was a nice experience." Kha'Zix admitted. Lucy sighed with relief, but it was unnoticeable.

"Same. See you tomorrow." Lucy said. Kha'Zix nodded and left. Just after he was gone, Noah joined Lucy with a bunch of snacks in his hands.

"Lucy! You gotta try it! It's sooooo good!" Noah said in excitement and almost put something looking like a dried tentacle with a sauce on a stick in her mouth.

"Calm down! I have hands!" Lucy chuckled and snatched it from his hand.

"Anyway, were you talking to someone a moment ago?" Noah asked with his mouth full of food.

"Oh, yeah. He knows a little bit about the jungle. I asked him to come tomorrow, I'll try to convince him to help us find Rengar." Lucy replied.

"Hurray! Lucy found us a guide!" Noah jumped in place in joy. Lucy just rolled her eyes, but couldn't hide her smile. There wasn't a thing that could make her smile better than Noah's careless attitude. Sometimes she really envy him.

Nidalee was getting back to her place. She wished that she could help Rengar somehow, but didn't know what to do. Nidalee sighed as she was going. It felt horrible knowing that the two people closest to her are in a bad relationship. But then she pondered. Closest? Could she consider Kha'Zix close to her? He was kind of nice to her, and she must admit, he was funny and charismatic. But as Nidalee was getting further, she suddenly heard a faint noise. It was very quiet, but she couldn't tell if it was because of the distance between her and the source of this sound, or because it was just very quiet. Out of curiosity, she decided to investigate it. After a moment she knew that it was a little bit further, because it was getting louder and louder, but still rather quiet. Then, Nidalee was sure that she is almost there. It sounded like it was right behind a tree in front of her. It was…weeping? Slightly like a cry of little animal right after birth, or maybe animal in agony. She slowly looked what was behind. It was hard to believe that what she saw wasn't an animal, but in fact it was Kha'Zix. He was sitting rolled up, resting against a tree. He was crying. Nidalee has never seen him like that, she was shocked. It really did affect him badly.

"Hey, Kha-" Nidalee started, but when he heard her, he quickly jumped on two legs, turned around, and bared his claws. "Hey! It's just me! Chill!" she raised her hands up. She must have scared him.

"Ah…sorry…" Kha'Zix replied and hid them slowly. The robe had very wide sleeves, so his claws had no troubles going in and out.

"I was going back and I heard something. I followed the sound, and I found you." Nidalee explained how she came here. Kha'Zix looked down, tears were still flowing occasionally down his cheeks. He sat down once again, he didn't have strength to be standing.

"What…am I doing wrong?" Kha'Zix asked her after a moment. He sounded very upset. Nidalee grabbed her arm and looked down.

"I don't know, really." she replied, almost whispering. "But I don't really think that it's you. I think it's Rengar."

"Why can't I just…understand?" Kha'Zix turned his head to her. Despite his appearance, because of the tears and sad expression, Kha'Zix was looking as pitiful as every other crying person, even to Nidalee. "Are my emotions even real? Or are they fabricated copies?" he asked her.

"They're true, you just…need some more time."

"But what if I never understand…?" he asked quietly. Nidalee didn't know how to reply to that question.

"You will, I'm sure of that." she said, trying to sound cheerful, but his sorrow was also affecting her mood. They were standing like that for a while, not saying a word.

"Maybe…this time you should really go and talk?" Nidalee broke the silence. Kha'Zix calmed down a bit, but his voice was still shaky.

"And what will it change? He will yell and shout at me again…"

"Kha'Zix, Rengar is very sorry for what he said. He didn't mean to say it that way." Nidalee explained.

"...I know, he meant others…" Kha'Zix said quietly. But even though he knew it, it still hurt. They were silent once again. After a moment, Nidalee spoke up again.

"I'll leave you now so you can think about this. Trust me, it should be fine." she said and started walking away.

"Thank you…" Kha'Zix said quietly, but too quiet for her to hear it.

Rengar was sitting at the table, staring at his fingers. It was early evening. Kha'Zix was gone for a while now. Rengar just wanted to say sorry, apologise. He hurt Kha'Zix, he was sure of that. Sometimes he wished Kha'Zix's emotions weren't that strong. Rengar sighed. He laid his head on the table and tried to think about what he will tell him. He already prepared a short speech, but he was afraid that the most part will have to be improvised. Before he could even think about it, he heard a quiet squeak. He almost jumped out of his seat on the straight legs. He was so glad that after the door opened, he saw Kha'Zix there. He was looking down, but then his eyes met Rengar's.

"Hi…" Kha'Zix said quietly. There was a short pause. "I wanted to-" he spoke up again, but Rengar literally threw himself at him, wrapped his arms around him as tightly as possible, and started crying.

"I'm…so, so sorry!" Rengar managed to say through his weeping. When he saw Kha'Zix's face, he felt something squeeze his heart mercilessly. It was pain worse that anything he has ever felt. It was like a thousand stabs in the guts at the same time.

"Rengar…" Kha'Zix whispered, he was surprised, but then he broke into tears as well. He returned the hug and snuggled his face closer to Rengar. He didn't care anymore, he already forgot about everything. This one little act was louder than any word spoken.

"I was just afraid…of losing you, and…" Rengar mumbled after a couple of minutes, but his voice was trembling anyway.

"I know! I know…" Kha'Zix replied, trying to calm down, but this sudden rush of emotions made it impossible. But he knew that at least those were true. He may have questioned some of them, but this one is true. His love to Rengar isn't fabricated, it's a real thing.

It isn't the longest chapter, but I think that it needn't anything else to add. Anything more would kill this charming moment. Anyway, I'm already during the process of rewriting Best Enemy (in the meaning of fixing mistakes and changing dialogues slightly). I already "fixed" two first chapters. I think that starting tomorrow, I will be rewriting 1-2 chapters a day, so if you by any chance want to read them again, in couple of days you will be able to do it without any mistakes (or at least I hope xD). Anyway, as always, if you have any question or anything, feel free to PM, comment, add me to favourites and follow me to stay tuned, and see you next week :D