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"It's so fluffy!" I squealed as I rubbed my face against my new Poro. The line for merchandise was long, but it was definitely worth the wait.

"Aphy, people are staring," Hurtle said as we made our way back to our seats.

"Don't exaggerate, they're probably just wondering how you could afford all of this merch," I said, rolling my eyes.

We bought a lot of stuff – most of which Hurtle was carrying now. Uncle Turtle was going to regret giving us his credit card. We both got two posters each and a champion hat to wear. I had my Poro and Hurtle opted for the Fishbones pillow. Hurtle was wearing his Veigar hat while I had my Lulu hat on. I was a little disappointed when they didn't have the Winter Wonderland Lulu hat. It would have went well with my new Poro.

I sat down on my chair and plopped my Poro on my lap facing the stage. I wanted to make sure he could watch as well. "What should I name him?" I wondered aloud.

"Him? How do you know it's a guy Poro?" Hurtle questioned me.

"Because I said he's a guy Poro," I answered, idly playing with my Poro's horns.

"I don't think your parents are going to like that," Hurtle said playfully. I looked at him confused, but he just had a big grin on his face.

"What, why not?" I asked him before looking at my Poro once more. "Don't worry Hunter – don't listen to him. My parents will love you!" I said to my Poro.

"Hunter?" Hurtle quirked an eyebrow.

"Yep! Hunter – that's his new name," I announced.

"Oh man, this is going to be great," Hurtle grinned. I could tell that he was plotting something.

"What do you mean?" I wanted in on this.

"Imagine the look on your parents face when they find out you've been cuddling with Hunter," he smirked.

"What's wrong with cuddling with my Poro?!" I asked indignantly.

"Nothing, but they won't know that Hunter is your Poro." His grin grew even bigger. Okay, I wanted out.

"No. NO. We're not going to do that. Absolutely not. Do you hear me Jasper?" I used his name to show him how serious I was. Sure it would be funny for a moment, but then I was going to have to deal with my parents afterward – or at least until they realize it was just a joke. I cringed at the thought of my parents freaking out over Hunter.

"Oh c'mon Stellz, it'll be fun!" Hurtle whined.

"Hurtle, the last time you said that we gave two kills to the enemy Tristana, remember?" I gave him a doubtful look.

"Wow… that was a long time ago," Hurtle said. He squinted his eyes as if he was trying to look into the past and remember that game. "Gee, was that really the first thing you thought of?" Hurtle questioned me suspiciously.

"W-what. What's wrong with that?" I asked, hugging my Poro.

He had a small smile on his face that just grew larger with each passing second. I didn't like the look on his face.

"That's also the game where we met Hades, right?" Hurtle asked. I blinked. Was Hades in that game? I tried to think back.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I said. I probably should have worded it better because the grin stayed apparent on his face. It probably seemed like I was hiding something.

I knew Adept was in the game since he added me right after. Cyan was in the game because I remember her banning out Katarina the next time we joined a game together. I guess it was only natural that Hades was in that game too.

"Yeah I remember, he was playing top lane like he always does. That was our first game with him."

"Okay, what's your point?" I asked. I knew what he was suggesting, but I could be overthinking it. "You know I turn off summoner names anyways, so it's not like I knew he was in the game," I pointed out. Maybe that would stop his teasing.

"It's interesting how you both have names from Greek mythology," Hurtle continued. He was beating around the bush.

"Yeah, what a coincidence, but I still don't know what you're getting at," I told him, feeling a little annoyed.

"I don't know…" Oh but he did know, otherwise he wouldn't be playing these mind games with me.

"Jasper…" I said in a warning tone.

"And you guys duo together a lot." Hurtle was now just saying a bunch of random facts.

"Well, my best friend," I glared at him as I emphasized those words, "left me in platinum all by myself. Then he decided that he wanted to spam ranked games to reach the first spot in challenger so I couldn't play with him anymore."

"Hey! That's not my fault you didn't want to rank up with me," Hurtle defended.

"Yeah I know, I just wanted to throw that out of there," I shrugged. I wasn't mad at him for it. I hated playing ranked games because they were much more stressful, but Hades helped change my view of them. "Besides, I don't always duo with Hades! I've played a couple of games with Adept," I informed him.

"Really? I thought he always played with Cyan," Hurtle said, a bit surprised.

"Only a couple. He's a better Katarina than you are." I stuck my tongue out at him.

"It was only one normal game!"

The teams were back on stage and the castors were talking. They entered champion select and proceeded with the bans.

"Anyways, back to what I was saying before," Hurtle said, not very interested in the pick and ban phase. "You and Hades."

"What about Hades and me?" I sighed, giving him a tired look.

Before Hurtle could go on any further, WildTurtle appeared next to him.

"Alright just in time!" Uncle Turtle said, taking the seat next to Hurtle. "Cute Poro, Aph," he commented as he reached over to ruffle Hunter's fur.

"Thanks Uncle Turtle," I grinned, giving my Poro another hug to show him how much I liked him. "His name is Hunter."

"He's a guy Poro?" Uncle Turtle questioned.

"That's exactly what I said!" Hurtle quipped. I rolled my eyes, 'Like father, like son.'

"Anyways, how was the second game? I didn't get to watch it," Uncle Turtle asked.

Thanks to Uncle Turtle, my conversation with Hurtle was finally over. Hurtle started to tell his dad the details of the second game. I knew Hurtle was going to ask me if I liked Hades. Which I did – but not in the way he thought I did. Hades was a really good friend. We got to know each other from duoing together. We weren't super close like Hurtle and I, but I thought we were good friends. I made sure not to tell him too much about my personal life because in reality, I didn't know who he was. I knew his voice – kind of. But people sounded a little different online than they did in real life. Plus, I didn't even know the basics-like his name. I've always just called him Hades.

'Maybe I'll have some fun with this,' I thought, smirking. Hurtle and I were always joking with each other and I knew I could definitely use this against him. I'll just casually beat around the bush whenever he decides to ask me. 'It's not like I'm ever going to meet Hades anyways.'

After formulating my plan, I turned my attention to the stage. The teams were about to enter the game and the audience was cheering.

The games were finally over for today. History Written beat the Modest Vixens 3-2. It was really close, but positioning cost Modest Vixens the final game. Their mid laner was getting her blue buff when she got caught out. However, they still have a chance to make it into Worlds with the third place seed.

People were bee-lining out of the studio so the three of us decided to sit back and wait until the crowd left.

"Man, I thought MV was going to win that one," Hurtle commented.

"She was too greedy," Uncle Turtle stated and I nodded in agreement.

"There were no wards in that side of her jungle," I pointed out. I watched as the players started packing up their belongings. I saw the disappointing looks from MV. Their mid laner was still sitting in her chair with her head in hands. One of her teammates walked over to her and patted her on the back to let her know it was okay.

HW on the other hand looked elated. They knew for sure that they had a spot, be it the first or second place seed.

"Oh hey, isn't that Hai's son?" Uncle Turtle said pointing at the tall Asian. I looked over and he was with his friends. Dimitri looked over and waved to us. We all waved back and he said something to his friends before walking over to us.

"Hey Dimitri," I greeted. Uncle Turtle said hi before getting up to leave. He was going to talk to some of the staff members before we left. Dimitri took Uncle Turtle's seat.

"Did you guys enjoy watching the games?" he asked us.

"Meh, I expected more from professionals," Hurtle shrugged. I rolled my eyes, Hurtle would say something like that.

"Maybe you should show them how to play," I suggested.

"Next season," Hurtle grinned, "it's almost my time. As they say, slow and steady wins the race."

I just shook my head. I couldn't imagine Hurtle being that patient. What about you Dimitri?" I tried to bring him back into the conversation. It was really easy for me to just talk to Hurtle and exclude others from the conversation.

"I fell asleep during the last game," Dimitri admitted, "but my friends seemed to enjoy it." Hurtle and I laughed at his confession.

"It's okay, you didn't miss much," Hurtle informed, "MV's mid laner threw the game."

We continued chatting for a little bit.

"DIMITRI!" his female friend shouted. I forgot that his friends were waiting for him. "WE'LL BE OUTSIDE," she said before she left with the other guy.

"Oh, sorry. Do you have to go?" I asked him.

"It's alright, I'll catch up with them in a moment," he said, standing up. "There's actually something I wanted to ask you."

I rose an eyebrow, "Oh? What's that?"

"No you can't have her number," Hurtle joked, giving him a stern expression. Hades flushed a little but shook his head.

"That's not what I meant," he muttered.

"Ignore him, what was it?" I felt a little bad for the teasing.

"Well, earlier you called Jasper… Hurtle," he said slowly.

"Oh. Uhm, yeah I guess I did," I said, scratching the back of my head.

"It's my summoner name," Hurtle stated. I guess there was no point in hiding it. "You've probably seen me on top of the challenger ladder," he shrugged. Hades nodded and then looked at me.

"That must mean you're Aphrodite, right?" Hades inquired. Hurtle and I looked at each other before looking back at Dimitri.

"W-wait. How do you know my summoner name?" I asked him, feeling a little startled. He had a small smile on his face.

"I knew you seemed familiar," Hades said, not answering my question. I gave him a quizzical look. "I know because we duo together," he continued.

"I knew it!" Hurtle exclaimed out of the blue. This caused Dimitri and I to both look at him.

"Wait. If we duo together that must mean… you're Hades?" I asked. He nodded again.

"Whoa – who would've thought?" I said in shock. 'Dimitri is Hades. Hades is Dimitri' I repeated in my head.

"I had the suspicion when we first met," Hades admitted. "But I didn't want to say anything until I was certain. Once you called Jasper, Hurtle – that's when I knew you had to be her," he concluded.

"She's not very good at hiding stuff," Hurtle commented.

"Hey! No one asked you," I swatted his arm and gave him a frown.

"Alright, I should get going," Hades looked down at his watch. I nodded.

"It was nice meeting you in person, Hades," I grinned, "but I guess we've technically already met."

He laughed. "Yeah, talk to you guys later, Aphrodite, Hurtle," he said before walking towards the exit.

"I knew my assumption wasn't stupid!" Hurtle said once we couldn't see Hades anymore.

"The thing from earlier?" I asked him. He nodded. "Well, you're the one who called it stupid," I teased, standing up.

"Yeah, yeah," he mumbled. We left the studio with all of our merchandise. It was time to find Uncle Turtle.

'Welp. There goes never meeting him,' I thought to myself. Time to throw out that plan.

11/20/14