Once again, Talon opened his eyes, only to realize he was back to his trans, that had opened. He exited it and looked around the place.
He found out that there are 10 rooms in the Chambers with one trans each. Both team's respective transfers were located on opposite sides.
As he took a look at the next room, he saw Riven exiting her own, and headed towards her.
"That was one hell of a game; you did mean it when you said you could hold your own." – He commented – "I wouldn't mind having you on my team again."
"Thanks." – She said, much to her embarrassment; she wasn't used to get complimented so bluntly – "I'm already heading home, it's in the Noxus Sector, so see you around, Talon." – she informed, smiling.
"I'll escort you, I live in that Sector as well." – He told.
Both headed for their Sector, and once they entered the elevator, Talon brought out his White Gem that transported his elevator to his hallway; the hallway 4. Riven seemed surprised to see Talon with a White Gem.
"You live in Hallway 4?" – She asked.
"Yes. I'll see you later." – He announced, as he started leaving the elevator.
Riven followed him and kept walking by his side.
"I live here too." – She informed.
Suddenly, Talon looked at the bedroom door 4 that he had wondered about before. Such coincidence that a summoner's rift teammate lived right there, in the hallway mostly shared by the owners of the DuCouteau mansion. The Blade's Shadow assumed that they couldn't fit her anywhere else, since she is presumed dead and the DuCouteau household seems to be about the only neutral group inside Noxus, if we count the mad scientist Singed out.
Turning to her once again, he offered a small, almost fake smile, to show some excitement about the coincidence.
Riven went inside her room, as Talon stood by her door until she closed it, showing respect. Meanwhile, at the same time, Katarina left her room and saw Talon with Riven.
What Katarina saw:
"I shall go back to my room, dear. I hope to see you soon." – Riven, blushing
"I'll miss you, but I shall bear with it, love." – Talon, caressing Riven's cheek
What actually happened:
"See you later." – Talon said.
"Sure, stay well." – She replied.
As soon as Riven closed the door, Katarina walked up to Talon at an actual fast pace, only to face him.
"What are you up to? Are you 'seeing' the Noxus poster child?" – She bluntly asked.
"I think there is a misunderstanding from your part." – He briefly said, as he headed back to his room.
"Don't just walk away from me!" – Katarina demanded, though Talon simply headed back to his room, at the same time raising his right hand and shaking it once, bidding a 'see you later'.
Katarina then knocked on Riven's door as Talon entered his apartment.
Sitting on his couch, Talon laid back to relax a bit, placing his arm blade on the couch's arm and taking off his hood. He ended up closing his eyes and resting for a while. It had been a tiring day, after all.
10 or 15 minutes later, he heard a knock on his door. Taking a deep breath, he got up and answered it.
"Who is it?"
"It's Riven."
Opening the door, Talon cut straight to the chase.
"What do you need?" – He asked, with a half lazy voice.
"I just wanted to talk" – She answered, entering the apartment and sitting on Talon's couch.
'So that's what you call making yourself at home' – Talon thought.
Taking a seat next to her after closing the door, he leaned back and closed his eyes.
"Talk about what?"
"Well, your friend Katarina knocked at my door and had a talk with me and… Well… She asked me if we're seeing each other. Did you tell her that? – She wondered.
"That's a misunderstanding on her part, don't mind it." – He answered, annoyed.
"… I also learned that you were looking for someone, Marcus DuCouteau, and that you are wary and suspicious of Jericho Swain." – She continued.
"Yeah, so?"
"I just wanted to let you know that I too am wary of Swain and that if you need something, you can count on me… That's all."
'… Despicable. Unbelievable. Idiotic. She came all the way to simply let me know of something as trivial as this?!' – He thought.
The idea that she came to his apartment for the sole reason of telling him this irritated him quite a bit. Even so, the more he thought about it, the better he felt about his objectives, and more certain he felt about success.
Such a feeling disappeared as soon as he heard a familiar moaning.
'I swear to god.' – He thought, as he stood up.
*Pant; gasp* "Hup! Hello again Talon and Riven! I just wanted to welcome you bo—"
Once again, Talon interrupted him by grasping the Yordle by the leg, and the moment he elevated him into the air, Teemo exclaimed:
"W-WAIT! WAIT JUST A SECOND!"
Such exclamations should not bother Talon on a daily basis, but this time he decided to give him a chance to talk, while the curious Riven decided to silently watch them both interact.
*Phew* "Thank god." – He said, sliding his right hand through his forehead to clear the sweat – "Whatever I might have done for you to act in such a way that looks like hate, I apologize."
"I've been told nothing good comes from socializing from you." – Talon admitted.
"Who said that?" – Teemo asked, shocked.
"It's a rumor between summoners."
Facepalming as hard as he could, Teemo said:
"Summoners have a thing or two against me because of my Summoner's Rift ability kit. They hate my blinding dart, my extra movement speed, my passive poison on every dart I launch, my poisonous mushrooms… Pretty much everything." – He explained – "Either way, those rumors spread around mostly through low rank summoners, who call every champ they can't play against of 'Noobchamp' and 'Skillless champ'."
Reflecting for a bit, Talon held his chin with his right hand, giving the matter a lot of unnecessary thought. After a few seconds, he reluctantly extended his right hand to Teemo.
"I must apologise for my previous behavior, I suppose."
The Yordle, unsure of what to say, accepted the apology by shaking Talon's hand.
"If you need any help, count me in." – Teemo said, as he proceeded to leave Talon's room. – "And by the way, welcome to League of Legends."
Riven couldn't help but laugh a bit, which sparked Talon's curiosity, who tilted his head when he looked at her.
"You two already sound like good friends." – She told them.
"Don't misunderstand, this doesn't make me his friend, it just placed me in a neutral position towards him." – he stated, keeping up a serious face and sitting down again. – "If you're done here, I don't think there's any reason for you to prolong your sta— "
Talon, once again, got interrupted by an echoing voice, which Riven seemed to hear as well.
'You have been summoned for a Twisted Treeline match, please present yourself at the League Chamber's second division at once.'
"Twisted Treeline?" – He asked.
"You heard it too? I suppose we're on the same match again. It's a 3v3 version of summoner's rift, except it's on the Twisted Treeline."
"I see. Let's go then."