And there is another chapter. I really enjoy writing those. Now it is easy for me, but I still remember how nervous I was 3 months ago when I published the first chapter of Best Enemy :D Anyway, enjoy :)

Chapter II

"...and that's why this is my favourite book so far. I just love this powerful message at the end.", Nasus spoke. They were talking about many books, poetry, drama, fantasy etc. They have been exchanging their thoughts for a long time now, it was almost 2 pm, but they didn't notice. The time has passed extremely fast for them.

"Yeah, I like that kind of books, too.", Warwick added.

"So, what about…", Nasus pondered for a moment, trying to remember any interesting title, but then his sight wandered to the clock. He realised he was there for quite a moment. "Oh my, I think I may have overstayed here.". Warwick followed his eyes and looked at the clock himself. His eyes widened when he saw the hour.

"Holy...has it really been 4 hours?", he asked with a chuckle. Nasus forced a little smile, but his surprised expression made it look weird.

"Renekton must be worried. I should go.", Nasus spoke as he was standing up. "Thank you for a great time and tea. We should repeat it tomorrow.", he added.

"Well...I…", Warwick mumbled to himself. Despite having an amazing time himself, he wanted to protect Nasus. Especially now when he got to know how kind he is. He wouldn't forgive himself if he did something to him. "I don't know if it's a good idea.".

"Warwick…", Nasus sighed slightly when he was getting ready to leave. He came closer to him patted his head. Warwick looked at him confused.

"What are you…", he asked, not particularly sure how to act.

"Don't worry, even if something happens, I know how to defend myself.", he sent him an eye and turned around. He pushed the handle and waved to Warwick as he left. He just sighed and looked at the ceiling.

"What an idiot…", Warwick spoke quietly to himself. He lay down on a couch and took a nap.


"I'm home.", Nasus spoke when he entered his room. Silence answered. He hanged his jacket and went towards the kitchen. Suddenly his brother Renekton emerged from his room.

"Nasus? Where the hell have you been?", he asked him visibly concerned. Nasus wasn't the type of person to just disappear without any previous information. He just laughed and scratched his head.

"Hehe, sorry brother. I visited Warwick and the time has passed so fast, I didn't even notice.". Renekton raised his brow.

"Warwick? You mean that dude Singed messed up?", he asked.

"Yeah. You won't believe, he likes books!", Nasus spoke in excitement. Even his tail wiggled slightly. Renekton blinked a couple of times in disbelief.

"Warwick? Books? What?", he spoke out loud. He couldn't believe that someone like him would like it.

"Don't judge the book by it's cover.", Nasus said.

"I don't know if that was supposed to be pun or not. Nevertheless, it sucked.", Renekton commented.

"Pun? What do you-", Nasus asked him confused, but then realised his word play. He chuckled slightly.

"Well, whatever. Anyway, thank you for replacing me today. I prepared your favourite meal.", Renekton said. Nasus opened his mouth in astonishment. Renekton actually repaid him.

"Is this what I think this is?", Nasus asked, being almost sure it's salmon, his favourite fish.

"Sure it is, sit down, I'll prepare everything.", Renekton spoke with a smirk. Nasus immediately washed his hands in a sink and sat down. Then Renekton took a silver serving plate with a lid. And placed it in front of Nasus. He whistled when he saw that.

"Well, well, well, I see you are serious about it.", he commented.

"Yeah, you may call it this way.", Renekton spoke. Then he removed the lid. "Bon appétit.". When Nasus saw his creation, whole excitement and joy disappeared from his face. He looked at Renekton, clearly annoyed.

"And you decided to serve me...a dog food?", Nasus spoke. A can of wet dog food was hiding under the lid this whole time. Renekton couldn't hold much longer and he burst in laughter.

"Gahaha! Holy shit! Your reaction was priceless! Haha!", Renekton was shouting through tears of joy. Nasus obviously wasn't amused by his taste of jokes. Quite honestly, he had enough. He slowly stood up and opened the can. When Renekton heard this sound, he looked at Nasus. He tilted his head, not knowing what to expect. Nasus then looked at Renekton and smiled viciously.

"I heard that good cooks always taste their dishes before they serve them…", he spoke slowly, looking straight into his eyes. Renekton wasn't smiling anymore at that point.

"Well, yeah...but I didn't make it, so…", he started excusing himself. Nasus started coming closer.

"But still, you served it. It is your duty to make sure your food is edible.", Nasus was continuing. He didn't stop smiling even for a moment. Despite calm face, something dangerous was lurking deep down his eyes, or at least that's what Renekton thought. He gulped loudly.

"Hey, Nasus. It's just a joke, let's not get angry abou-".

"Wither!", Nasus casted a curse on his brother. Renekton tried to run, but to no avail. His limbs refused to work properly. Nasus was already behind Renekton. He turned around, scared of what was going to happen. Nasus' face was surely going to haunt his dreams for at least a week.


"Are you ok?", Nasus asked Renekton, who was occupying the bathroom. Apparently his dish wasn't the best and made him vomit.

"I...can't believe…you made me eat th- BLERGH!", Renekton spoke, but another puke stopped his sentence. Nasus himself thought he got carried a little away, but maybe this time Renekton will consider not pranking him, especially after doing him a favour.

"Well, I can't believe you served me this. Maybe next time think twice before you decide to play a prank on me.", Nasus said. The only thing he could hear was quiet whining. He went to the kitchen and decided to make something for Renekton, at least to kill the taste. He opened the oven to take out the casserole, and to his surprise, there was a salmon in it and it was already hot. Nasus chuckled nervously when he realised his mistake. When Renekton was done, Nasus shared his meal with him.

"Eat slower Renekton, it's not gonna run away from you.", Nasus scolded him.

"But it's so good~", Renekton said, not bothering swallowing before speaking.

"Wow, modest as always.", he commented.

"Well, everything tastes heavenly after eating dog's food!", Renekton replied, still mad at him.

"I already apologised…", Nasus spoke. He was still embarrassed because of the fact that he fed him with it.

"I know, but I'm still angry.".

"Let's call it a payback for all those nasty pranks in the past.", Nasus said. Renekton just looked at him. He rolled his eyes and returned to eating.

"Well then, tell me something about him.", Renekton asked. He himself was curious, not everyone had any opportunity to talk with Warwick for more than 5 minutes, especially off the Rift.

"How to put it together…", Nasus thought out loud. "Patient, for sure. He likes books. He's a tea addict as well as me. He's just nice.".

"Then how come he is isolating himself?", Renekton asked, not understanding.

"Well, that's where things fall apart. It's because of, how he described it, a curse that Singed left on him.", Nasus replied. He explained Renekton what is going on with him when certain circumstances occur.

"That's fucked up!", Renekton commented.

"I can't deny that. It really is.", Nasus admitted. Despite being well aware who Warwick used to be as a human, he couldn't help it but feel bad for him. Singed may have picked a random criminal from a street, but it doesn't justify his actions.

"Any plans for today?", Renekton asked.

"Well, I guess not. Reading, bathroom, sleep, as usual.", he replied.

"Okay, I'm leaving. I have a meeting with Kha'Zix, I promised to teach him more recipes.".

"Sure, I'll be reading books in my room. Don't come late.", Nasus spoke.

"I'm not going to drink there. Who do you think I am? An alcoholic?". Nasus just raised his brow, that's what he was thinking. Renekton just snickered and after a moment he left. Nasus went to his room and lay down in his bed. He turned on the lamp, put on his reading glasses and got entirely swallowed by the book.


Nasus opened his eyes slowly, the sun was hurting him. He sat on the edge of his bed, it was morning. He must have spaced out and fell asleep. He picked his glasses and laid them on a shelf. His long yawn made him want to go to bed once again, but he fought the urge and got up. He headed to the kitchen and made himself a coffee and a sandwich. He looked at a clock, it was 8 am, still very early. He wondered if Warwick was up or still asleep. He decided to check. After eating his breakfast, Nasus left and went to Warwick's room. He knocked gently, loud enough to be heard, but not to disturb sleeping.

"Maybe it's too early.", Nasus thought when nobody came. Just as he wanted to leave, he heard the key turning.

"Who is i- oh, Nasus.", Warwick said, not hiding his surprise.

"Hello. I woke up too early and I didn't want to spend this morning looking at the ceiling, so I decided to come by.", he explained.

"Well, then I guess you're lucky. I knew you would come, just wasn't expecting you so early.", Warwick said. He let him in and made him tea. "I just woke up, I didn't even eat or wasn't under a shower, so…".

"Oh it's okay, I can wait.", Nasus spoke. He knew it was quite unexpected of him to come that early. When Warwick was washing himself, Nasus thought that he could prepare something for him. He wasn't as talented as Renekton, but making a simple breakfast doesn't require a lot of skill. He decided to prepare an omelette with sausage and herbs. He scrambled eggs with herbs and poured it onto hot pan. In a meantime he started cutting the sausage into smaller parts.

"Shit!", Warwick shouted when he dropped his dryer on the ground. Nasus jumped in place, his shout startled him. Then he left the bathroom with a towel around his waist.

"I'll have to buy myself a new one...Hmm what's that pleasant smell?", Warwick asked when he smelled the food.

"Ahh it's nothing, just an omelette with-", Nasus paused when he looked at a sausage he was cutting a moment before. He saw a small amount of blood dripping from the tip of his finger.

"What is i-".

"Don't breathe!", Nasus yelled immediately. Warwick was confused, but only for a second. He quickly realised what happened and covered his nose. Nasus turned off a heat under a pan and removed the sausage from the cutting board. Knife, board and his finger all landed in a sink, under a stream of water. In a meantime Warwick opened a window and started breathing fresh air. Nasus sighed, relieved that nothing bad happened.

"That was close. Do you have any adhesive plasters?", Nasus asked.

"In a medkit, second shelf on the left.", Warwick replied. Nasus reached his hand and picked it up. He opened a lid and took one plaster. After covering a wound he got closer to Warwick. He was looking somewhere far.

"And this is exactly why I didn't want you to befriend me in a first place…", he spoke suddenly. Cold wind blowing on his face reminded him what he is. Nasus just remained silent. He knew he was pretty reckless and it made Warwick upset, but he didn't want to leave him just like that.

"I promised you that it wouldn't happen, I'm sorry.", he finally broke the silence.

"Heh…", Warwick chuckled, "You have nothing to be apologising for. It was me who believed it.". He sighed. "How could I be so foolish…", he thought. "I think it will be the best if you leave, the later you do it, the harder it will be.", he added. Nasus looked at him, disappointed in himself. Even if he was seeing him for one day, he knew what his face was saying. Despite smiling, he was genuinely hurt. He placed his hand on his shoulder and turned him the way that they were facing each other.

"Warwick, I know I disappointed our friendship, I promised that you wouldn't have to worry about this burden around me, but I lied.", Nasus spoke. He was upset. "I don't deserve to be calling you my friend. I'm just...I'm sorry. It was great meeting you.", Nasus said with troubles. It was hard for him to give it up, but he knew that he was hurting him. He turned around and made his way to the door.

"Wait!", Warwick said. Nasus looked behind. "I…I don't want you to go. I'm just...I'm just scared of what might happen…", he admitted. He shed a single tear. Nasus saw that he was holding his emotions tight on a leash. Almost everything can lead to anger, that's why he was trying to get rid of his emotions, but it's impossible.

"I'm not going anywhere unless you really want me to.", Nasus replied as he was getting closer. He wanted to cheer him up somehow, but didn't know the best way. Without much thinking, he hugged him. "He probably hasn't felt that for years.", he thought. Warwick opened his mouth in slight surprise, but he didn't deny the hug. After a moment he released him.

"Thanks, I needed that.", Warwick admitted shyly. He looked at Nasus and smiled slightly.

"It's okay. Everyone need a hug from time to time, to know that they matter.", Nasus said. Warwick chuckled nervously at this comment. Nasus just indirectly told him that he matters, which was something he wanted to hear for a long time. He sighed.

"So, how's my omelette?", Warwick asked while closing a window.

"Probably cold, little bloody, but I assure you, definitely tasty.", Nasus replied with a smirk. They both laughed.

This time Warwick was much more talkative than the day before. They prepared dinner together, but this time Warwick made sure Nasus wouldn't use anything sharp. He sent his brother a text that he wouldn't come until evening.

"Tomorrow 4 pm then?", Nasus asked.

"Yeah, I have two matches in a row, so earlier hours are out.", Warwick replied. "See you.".

"Yeah, see you!", Nasus replied cheerfully and waved. He was happy that he convinced Warwick to stay in contact with him. When he returned home, Renekton was already sleeping. He was tired, too. Apparently talking about books can be exhausting. He entered his room and took off his clothes, leaving underwear only. He lay down and covered himself with a quilt.

"Warwick...you're a good person. You just have to grow a little more confidence in yourself…", Nasus spoke to himself before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

I'm sorry if you feel that this chapter was a little short, but if I started writing another sequence, then it would be like 5k words, so that's why I decided to publish two chapters next week! Chapter III will be on Thursday and IV as usual on Sunday, that one should have normal length of approximately 3.5k words. First signs of their relationship will probably occur in chapter IV, but Nasus will start questioning himself in the next one. See you on Thursday then :D