Arcane: World Two - AU (Non-binary reader)

VII - Love You

"Is that all?" Silco asks, turning to Sevika.

Sevika places the gun on a wardrobe on her left. Turning back to Silco: "No, we got a report on Vander's kid, the one who handed themself in" She pulls a file out from behind her and puts it on his desk.

"Thank you, Sevika. You are dismissed" He says as he goes to reach for the file while she leaves the room.

An hour later, the sound of Silco throwing glass at the wall can be heard.

***

Yard time, there is gym equipment outside that you've been using to pass the time. While you're out there, a girl with short, white hair is playing basketball with some other inmates. She looks your age and has a small tattoo on the back of her neck. You watch her play as you run on the treadmill, she's terrible at the game and can't throw for shit. You continue to watch until you catch yourself and look away. By this point, she had seen you but didn't seem to mind your attention. You keep your head and gaze down.

Later that day, you eat in the cafeteria while thinking about your family back home. You hear your mother's voice coming from behind you: "You know, some friends wouldn't do you any harm" She had said this to you when you were very young. As you look back on this, you feel someone's hand rest on your shoulder.

It's another inmate, he looks younger than you but only by a year: "Hey, big fella"

You look at him: "Can I help you?"

The inmate sits next to you, he moves his hand off your shoulder: "See that guard over there?" he points at a guard, their average height and doesn't look like they pose any threat at all. 

You nod: "I see em"

He gets closer to your ear, almost whispering: "I heard that some say some baaad stuff about your mama"

You move away from the inmate: "You think I'm stupid?"

The inmate is confused about why his attempt to rile you up isn't working: "No? I-I'm saying that guy said something bad about your moms. Come on, don't you care about your mama? Big fella?"

You see what he's trying to do. Make you fight the small guard so a prison riot starts. He's trying to get you to kill an innocent man: "I'm not your lap-dog, little guy"

He gulps slightly: "I must've misheard him. I-I'm sorry, I'll be out of your hair"

He goes to leave, grabbing his food, but you stop him from taking it with him. He doesn't resist and leaves his food behind.

***

Back at Benzo's, a man walks into the shop. He looks around for a while while Ekko is in the backroom.

Benzo is writing in his logbook while the customer looks around, they're dressed ruggedly and are wearing a mask over their face. They look around for a while until they turn to the front desk and pull out a knife: "Everything in the register. Now!"

Benzo can't fight for anything, let alone the small amount of cash in the register. He takes it out and throws it to the robber: "That's it? What here is worth the most"

Benzo gulps as he points to an old shield: "Th-that, the shield" He goes over to grab it but as he releases his footing, Ekko grabs him from behind: "Let go of me, little shit!" 

Ekko eventually pulls him to the ground and takes the knife from him. He points it at the robber: "Run away, and don't come back" The robber stands up and makes his way to the door, once there, he bolts it away. Ekko drops the knife and turns to Benzo: "You okay, Benzo?"