Hey, guys sorry if I'm flooding these chapters. I'll be gone for three weeks working and can't type on an oil rig. So I'm just burning the midnight oil cranking these out. Sorry, if theres any lack of quality control, if the story starts to feel stale please let me know! Enjoy and write a review!

Ahri, sat there waiting for his response. Even then he didn't look at her as he slowly chewed his food. She took this moment to reach into her purse and slowly pulled a flask and took a swig of whiskey. This gesture made him laugh a little and she could see the left side of his face scrunch up to form a smile.

"Tough day hu?" Pantheon, said turning his head to face her. His brown eyes bared the same haggard look of Leona's but he was smiling at her. Which made Ahri blush.

She, replied in a playful voice "want some?" as she scooted closer to him. Pantheon reached over and took the flask from her. He took a swig and coughed a little, which made her chuckle.

He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and looked over towards her. He slowly handed her back her flask. He gave her a warm smile and spoke "Thank, you" She could see him contemplating his next words. His words seemed tense as he spoke "so, Ahri….why have you been following me?"

Her, cheeks turned red from embarrassment, she hid her face behind her hands. "You, knew I was following you all along?!"
Pantheon, just snorted "well, it is the benefit of having two ninja buddies. Stealth is kind of their forte, plus it's not very hard to miss the only nine tailed woman I've ever seen"

She, ran her hands through her hair looking down at the ground hiding her smile as she thought "so, he has notice me!"

"Well I've been found out, guilty as accused." She quickly tried to change, the subject. "So how did you become friends with Zed and Shen? I thought they were worst enemies or something like that?" Her voice sped quickly as she nervously talked her face still blushing with embarrassment.

Pantheon, stuck his hand out to his side pointing at her flask again, she handed it back to him. He took another swig and handed back to her as she did the same. He just sighed and began to speak "well, when we…I, when I arrived here from Mount Targon I didn't really know many people. When I had free time, I would walk around a lone and found this loading dock. Over time I met Shen and Zed here and notice they were men of few words like myself and we sort of….got along."

Ahri, rubbed her chin, softly hearing his deep yet soft voice was somehow soothing to her. It was a new feeling of being spoken to by a guy, while not looking at her assets. "Well, that makes sense? I thought they were enemies, yet they seem to favor each other's company."

"I thought so too, but apparently someone named Akali, was playing the both of them against each other. When both of them found out, they made amends and when not in League matches their either back here drinking beers or spending time with their new girlfriends" He looked over to Ahri, with a smirk, but you didn't' answer my question, "why are you following me?"

She sat there scratching her left arm with her right hand nervously trying to come up with a reason that didn't hint at her vanity. "Well, you just seemed like a very interesting guy. You never speak…and you always ware your helmet whenever you follow…" Before she could finish, Pantheon cut her off.

"I am far from interesting and…I'd rather not talk about the other rest…if you don't mind.." He stated bluntly. His face showed a hint of pain, but he forced himself to smile when he looked back at her then laughed softly.

"I've been here for almost a month and this is the longest conversation I've had with anyone, thank you."
She looked back at him, taking one last drink of her flask and shook it as it made a quiet sloshing sound. "Want to kill it?" and handed it to him.
Pantheon, just shrugged "sure why not" and it was a lot more than he expected he coughed "wow, this stuff is pretty strong. Nothing like having a few drinks for lunch."

They both sat there in comfortable silence looking at the birds fly and sing. From the moment Ahri, had seen Pantheon she had been drawn to his stoic silence and the fact that he didn't acknowledge her presence had annoyed her beyond belief. She had been following wanting to toy with him, see if should could make him pursue her, get some confirmation of her beauty. But she never would have thought things would end up like this, the two of them in a warm summer day sharing a flask and just talking.

For the first time since Ahri could remember she was scared. In the past before joining the League she had used men. Drawing them close and using her beauty to charm them and steal their life essence slowly draining them of their life. Eventually she grew regretful of her actions and could no longer bring herself to feed off them. It stopped her transformation from being completely human, she was stuck in limbo between half fox and human. The years, of doing this had made her feel debased, used up and empty. Sex, was the only way she could consume them, and she hated herself for it.

Her pass had come back to haunt her and she would hear everyone snicker as she walked by, laughing at her calling her whore, tramp, slut. Bringing her to tears and she found solace in drinking alone trying to drown out the insults and dressed very ostentatiously she hoped if she was envied and objectified she would feel no pain. She could hide behind it using her looks and body as a shield. She had yet to experience the emotions she had seen in Pantheon that day at the garden. Where his emotional armor had been peeled only to be hurt and thrown aside. Any man she had met, was either dead through her own doing or had assumed she was just an object for their sexual release. Cat calling her and when she didn't return their intentions they would call her names, it got to the point where group of men would stand around calling her over taunting and whistling at her. She spent most of her time in her room hiding from everyone's judgment. Reading romance novels wondering what it would feel like, to fall in love. If love was anything like what Pantheon had experienced she didn't want it. Yet something about him, comforted her. He had yet tried to make a pass at her, call her names or ogle at her like a hungry dog eying a piece of meat. What scared her the most was, that maybe he didn't know her past. If she got close to him and found out would he reject her and treat her like the others?

She softly wiped the dirt from her skirt and she stood up to walk away. To leave Pantheon alone, her thoughts of pain made her not want to form any connection with him.

Pantheon, didn't know if it was alcohol, her beautiful or how indifferent Leona had become towards him in the last few months but he was lonely. He hated eating alone being alone, he and Leona had become inseparable since child hood and through his actions he had driven her away. As he saw, the nine tail fox stand up to walk away something inside him made him speak.
"Wait!" he spoke more excited and louder than he had hoped. "You never asked me, my name."

Ahri, had her eyes closed with her back to him. Giving her-self a sigh of defeat knowing it was wrong for her to get her hopes up. She had hoped if that by just walking away and not talking to him, she would forget about her lapse in emotional self protection. But he called out to her, his voice in a pleading tone which stopped her in her tracks. She didn't turn to face him as she spoke "what's your name?"

"Pantheon, my name is Pantheon"

"Well, Pantheon…it was nice to meet you…but I have some errands I must run." The lie burned her tongue and she couldn't bring herself to face him as she spoke.

She took a few steps and heard his deep voice soften, "well…to be truthful. I hate eating alone…if you'd like. There's a restaurant a few blocks from the institute I've been wanting to try. I mean…I'll pay for your food or whatever…no commitment…just company. It's called Symphony…I'll be there at seven tonight…if you'd like to join me?"

Ahri's eyes still closed she regretted hearing every single word he spoke. His voice nervous, excited and pleading all out ones. The scene of him sobbing alone in the garden kept being repeating over and over in her mind. Her mind kept telling her "no! no! no! You'll end up hurt just like him!" But all she could say in a voice lacking emotions and almost a whisper "maybe."

She walked away, without glancing back at him. Not until she was sure, she was out of his sight did she lean against a concrete wall. Her head on her forearm and she took slow breaths. She spoke to herself "why…I'm. Not good enough for him…I'm just a whor…." She wouldn't let herself finish the sentence and she walked back to her room. Contemplating, if she was ready for future ridicule.

Pantheon sat alone, watching Ahri walk away. He had lost his appetite, not knowing if he offended her or something. But even though the sun was out and the birds were singing. The lack of her presence, made the moment somber. Something about her, radiated and he was surprised how much he missed the stranger. He quickly assumed it was just his longing for Leona that was causing him to feel this way. But, those thoughts were quickly replaced as he mouthed her words "maybe….maybe..is that a no or a yes?"

Before he could ponder any longer two figures appeared at his in front of him. It was Shen and Zed both man looked down at him. Their voices playfully taunting him "Sounds like someone has a date tonight!"
Both the ninjas gave each other high fives then a chest bump, Pantheon looked up at them with a smirk
"You two, were watching the whole time?!"

"What's the point of being a ninja if you can't spy on your friends nervously asking a pretty girl out?" Zed looked into Pantheons eyes giving him a reassuring glance.
Shen, put his arm on Pantheon's shoulder and squeeze it tightly "time to take you shopping for some fancy dinner cloths, a skirt and sandals won't do. We must stand United!"
"IT'S NOT A DATE!"