"I really should get going, nice to stay and chat with you Lulu but I don't want to delay your date with Veigar." Varus laughs, waving to the purple Yordle and walking to the designated meeting place for the meeting.
"This place is packed..." Varus says to himself.
"Come sit with me then." Zyra says to him.
"I really can't find you through all the other champions here." Varus says as an excuse to sit beside someone else as he walks through the auditorium looking for a seat.
"Oh come on~ I don't bite."
"You do, and you know that."
Varus hears someone call out to him from nearby.
"Look what the tide brought in today, greetings Varus." Nami greets Varus.
"Ah, hello Nami."
"What are you doing here?" Nami asks.
"I'm here for the meeting, isn't that what everyone is here for?"
"No I mean, you rarely show up to these meetings, this is one of the first times I've ever seen you at one of these." Nami laughs.
"I guess something drew me to come here..." Varus sighs.
"You can sit with me if you'd like, it's rare that I see you anywhere other than in lane." Nami smiles, motioning to the seat beside her.
"No it's fine, I believe someone was waiting for me." Varus cracks into a half smile.
"Oh well, have you seen Lulu anywhere? I haven't seen her all day."
"I think she's spending time with Vei, seems like she was waiting for a moment with him her whole life." Varus exclaims.
"Ah I do recall that she had a huge part of her heart saved just for him." Nami giggles, seeing as Lulu was head over heels for Veigar.
Varus notices Zyra in the distance in one of the seats near the front, a rose bud on the chair beside her to occupy it. Sitting patiently she plays with her long red hair waiting for him.
"I'll be on my way now, thank you for the chit chat though."
"It was my pleasure," Nami sits back, humming like she was doing before as the corrupted archer made his way down to where Zyra was sitting.
"There you are Darling~ I saved you a spot." She smiles at him, kindly.
"Thank you, Zyra." He says, letting Zyra remove the rose bud and allowing him to sit beside her.
As Varus gets comfortable in his seat, Zyra suddenly turns to him and twirls her finger around a couple strands of his pure white hair.
"What are you doing..?" Varus asks her.
"Just admiring the purity of the colour in your hair. As white as snow ah? It does suit you." She says as she stops fiddling with his hair as the meeting begins.
A few summoners walk onto the stage.
"We are gathered here to inform all Champions of the upcoming renovations to the Rift." The first Summoner exclaims.
"In order to reduce failures in the improvements we are scheduling a break for all Champions and Summoners," The second one says.
"And by break we mean some time to yourselves as we tend to the rift,". The third one says.
"Some may be happy about it, some may be sad but we have already decided on this." The last one says.
"What you do during the time of maintenance is completely your choice, you may train, you may visit the other factions, anything you desire to do during that time is up to you." The third one explains.
"Any questions on the matter?" All four say in sync.
"So you're technically saying we get a vacation off of the rift for a bit?" The Yordle, Tristana asks getting hyped up.
"Yes, perhaps you could say that." The summoners reply.
"Will the institute still be open to us?" Lux, in the third row asks.
"It will indeed be accessible to all champions and summoners during that time." They say
"When will the work end 一I mean, the Summoners are gonna miss the Draven." Draven says, cockily as always.
"The work will commence today, and will end in 2-3 weeks." The Summoners say with a smile.
"Anything else?" They say.
"This meeting has been adjourned." The 4 summoners say, as people flood through the doors of the auditorium.
"Zyra, what do you plan on doing for the break?" Varus asks her.
"Nothing special, darling. I just want a little bit of time with my past, that is all." Zyra sighs.
"So you'll be visiting your home?" He asks tilting his head at her.
"Not... Quite..." She whispered, looking to the side sadly.
"O-Oh... Well I plan on heading back to Ionia for a week or so." He tries to change the subject.
"Sounds fun, you will be there for the annual Moon Festival?" Zyra says.
"Yes, I always end up going every year just for the moon cakes." He smiles.
"I've never tried one." She wonders about what the treat would taste like.
"I'll have to drag you along with me to Ionia then." Varus chuckles.
"Maybe darling, maybe..." She says.
Zyra got up, stretching slowly.
"Where are you going?" Varus asks.
"To my room, you aren't going to follow me are you?" She laughs.
"Well I'll be in the courtyard, I'll see you later." He waves at her before she disappears from sight.
A Few Hours Later...
Varus had returned from his archery training in the courtyard of the Institute. As he sees his room he notices a note on the door. The note seemed to be written in pinkish red ink, with very skilled calligraphy imprinted with it.
"Dear Varus of Ionia,
I have a favour to ask of you, darling.
Meet me at the garden at midnight to
discuss it.
Love Always,
Zyra."
He reads the note, scratching his head afterwards.
"Wonder what she needs..." He thought to himself.
He takes the note off of the door, and enters his room. Leaving the note on the kitchen table, he notices the once empty vase that was given to him the time he got the room now had a pink rose in it. He smiles warmly for once, completely knowing who put it there. "I'll have to thank her later..."
To be continued.
(New chapter will be released tomorrow :3)