She lifts him up.

Veigar isn't known for his optimism. The small Yordle's very appearance is menacing, and his spells don't disappoint. Solitary confinement is a dangerous thing for such a social creature, and it has twisted his mind beyond repair. His focuses linger on death and destruction, pain and suffering. He knows how to cast his spells, inflicting the most pain possible on their targets as they hit.

But she lifts him up. She, who is almost completely his opposite, reminds him that the world is brighter than he would believe. Lulu's warm, bubbly personality is constantly at odds with Veigar's dark soul. Where he wants to destroy, she wants to create. Where he seeks to cause pain, she tries to protect. Even her attacks turn enemies into harmless, furry creatures, or sending Pixie to float around them. Granted, these are still attacks; but the mentality behind them is completely different. She is everything happy, good, and pure.

He isn't sure what it is they have, though he's fairly certain it's not romantic; there's no place in his heart for love, not with the darkness it holds. But he can't help but feel happy whenever they are together. Whether it is fighting together in the ring, or opposed, or simply spending time outside of the League to talk, exchange stories, and escape duties every once in a while. Each time, he is happy.

She tells him not to dwell on the negative. He tries; he really does. He tries for her, to make her happy. And sometimes he hates his darkness, simply because it brings him down. In those rare moments, he thinks he can really change. But the moment passes, leaving the knowledge that he is what he is, and that he will never change. Nobody ever truly does.

But she is not discouraged. She still talks with him, still spends time with him. And for that he is eternally grateful.

Veigar is a dark being, trapped inside the blackness of his mind. Lulu is the light, the small, sometimes dim, but visible light that gives him hope. Even if it's a false hope, she serves to remind him that there is good, that there is light in the world. And even if he can never experience it, the knowledge is enough.

She lifts him up.

He keeps her grounded.

Lulu isn't close minded or oblivious, per se. In her own words, she has "an acute case of optimism. Quite incurable." Everything in her mind is seen through several layers of rose-colored glass, with a backdrop of happy paintings and kittens and bunnies and squirrels. Many times, troubles and problems seem to fly right over her head, and she isn't always sure when something bad has even happened.

But he keeps her grounded. He, with is cold remarks and sarcastic wit, with his dark words and actions, reminds her that the real world is darker than she would believe. Veigar knows pain more than most Yordles. His experiences have pushed him to the brink of madness, and occasionally, he still comes dangerously close to the edge. And while it hurts her to see her friend in such a position, she is grateful for the knowledge, because it reminds her what a dark place the world can truly be.

Early on, in whatever relationship they may or may not have, she had tried to fix him. She had encouraged, sweet-talked, listened, and pushed as much as she possibly could. Occasionally, from time to time, it seemed as though he just might change. But she eventually realized that he would never truly change; his tortures had forever corrupted his mind. Still she remained on, knowing that, in the very least, her presence would help him.

It wasn't long, however, before she realized that their friendship was helping her as well. No longer was she blissfully unaware of the cruelty around her. No longer was the world perfect rainbows and sunshine; occasionally there was a storm, and occasionally there was pain. And she was happy; not because she enjoyed the bad, but because it made her a better person. Because she knew that she was more complete, and that he was the reason.

Lulu is imaginative and happy and carefree. But she knows that the world isn't always good; and she knows this because a dark Yordle serves as a constant reminder. And even though he'll never change, she values their relationship.

Because he keeps her grounded.