Chapter 1
“VIOLET, COME TO THE OFFICE”, yells the owner of Vi’s part time job, Heimerdinger’s Pizza. It was a smaller pizza shop up in Piltover, a few minutes away from her house in Zaun so it was easy enough to get to and from work. Vi sighs, running a hand through her hair to push it back as she abandons the broom, letting it drop to the wall beside her when she walks to the office in the back. She isn't shocked by the sudden call, Vi finds herself in the office often whether it be for her refusal to wear proper uniform or because she got into fights outside the restaurant, inviting assholes from her school over so she could beat them up on her break.
Vi walks in not looking at the owner but her phone, “I’m sorry i’ll do some work off the clock if you don't write me up”,she says almost as an instinct. She looks up she sees that it is not just her and the boss in the office but, there was a girl she vaguely recognizes. Vi looks at the new girl, she has to be Vi’s age or about it, maybe she goes to the same school as Vi that's why she thinks she knows her, the new girl has long dark navy hair pulled into a ponytail reaching just below her shoulders, she sits with her legs crossed and hands folded neatly on top of them.
Heimerdinger’s voice breaks her out of her thoughts, deciding to investigate the girl later ,”-and she will be working here part time starting today”, says Heimerdinger. Vi looks at him having only caught the last part waiting for him to start over for her, once he realizes she had not been paying attention he rolls his eyes and does just that “ Violet this is Caitlyn Kiramman she is a student at Piltover Heights High School, a senior to be precise, and she will be working here part time starting today”, Heimerdinger coughs, stopping for a second before continuing “ i would like you to train her, since you guys are so close in age and at the same school i hope you will be good friends”. He hands Caitlyn an apron and shoos the girls out of his office telling Violet to start at the line for training.
Once out of the office she turns to the girl, Caitlyn, now that they are standing she can see she is quite a bit taller than her making her instinctively straighten out her posture as she looks at her. Vi opens her mouth to speak but, is cut off by Caitlyn, “Hello Violet, it’s a pleasure to meet you”. She smiles at the red haired girl when saying this. Vi scoffs and smiles, “How polite of you Cupcake but, it’s Vi, don't call me by my full name again please and thank you”, she says crossing her arms. She has this accent Vi at first just thinks its some stupid posh Piltovian accent but, it’s different it sound almost like its from out of the country.
“ Cupcake? Don’t you think it’s a little too soon to be hitting on me Vi, we’ve only just met”, Caitlyn retorts , emphasizing the nickname. Vi walks a little closer to her, “It’s a fitting nickname, Miss Kiramman sweet as a cupcake with her ‘it's a pleasure to meet you’”, she steps back,” So you go to Piltover yeah?”. Caitlyn looks down at the girl, confused by her antics she talks in this joking tone but the way Vi had gotten to close to her inspecting her felt quite bizarre but, she pushes that to the back of her mind for now.
“ Yes, I do, uhm are you a junior as well, I think I’ve seen you around before.. Do you play for our school?”, she asks Vi who’s demeanor changes to something a little more friendly at the mention of school teams. “Yeah I do Cupcake, I’m a starting player for our varsity basketball, shooting guard”, Vi says happy to be talking about something she actually likes,” I am a junior too but I’ve been on varsity since sophomore year, didn’t try out till then”. Caitlyn tilts her head a little, wearing a small smirk noticing the change in attitude when it came to the switch in conversation. “ Oh, nice are you close with Jayce then?”She continues, Jayce is a shift lead at Heimerdinger’s and a player for the boys’ basketball team at Piltover,but, also one of Caitlyn's childhood friends, he is the one who got her this job. “ You could say we are close, yeah we practice together and since his little boyfriend or whatever Viktor lives in my neighborhood he drives me home a lot plus we work together so…”, she trails off not having much more to say about the older boy.
“Boyfriend?”, Caitlyn asks,” I thought he was dating the Student Gov. President,Mel”. The girls just look at each other for a second, Vi shrugging her shoulders and Caitlyn just looking at her for a response. “ I dunno know, I just see the two of them together all the time and I don’t think friends ever act like that”, Vi responds, “ Anyways let's get started on some real work, I don’t think Heimerdinger is paying me extra for this so you just gotta watch me Cupcake”. Vi walks off going to grab some gloves before getting ready to make the ticket that has been sitting on the counter for some time. ‘AH-wait but Jayce”, Caitlyn stutters out before rushing after Vi grabbing gloves as well and standing behind her. True to her word Vi does not offer much advice but works as she usually would with Caitlyn watching her.
After Vi is finished with her training, letting Caitlyn watch her make 3 orders, she tells Caitlyn to try and make her first one. “ I-I don’t think you trained me enough I barely watched you do anything, will you be helping me with this one?, she says holding the dough not wanting to mess up. “ You’ll be fine Cupcake it’s not that hard and if you fuck up that bad, who cares, it just means we get a free pizza”, Vi responds, watching the girl expectantly moving her hands in a motion telling her to hurry up. Caitlyn sighs but starts anyways, she wasn’t as bad as she thought she was going to be but, how hard can making a simple pepperoni pizza really be. Once it’s finished she holds it up to Vi with a smile, “ how did I do Miss Vi, pretty good right”. Vi blushes a little at the face Caitlyn makes at her, leaning closer to the pizza to hide it. “Ehhhhh, for a newbie I guess it's alright whatever”.
Vi stands up and turns around quickly saying she is going to go get something. Caitlyn watches her walk away before setting down the pizza and taking out her phone.
Cait : hey Jayceee
Jayce : yeah what's up??? First day of your new job going well sprout :p
Cait : it’s been good :) i have spent the last hour ‘training’ on how to make pizzas with this girl
Cait : Vi
Cait : I wanted to ask you about her
Jayce : Oh im sure its been fun having her train you xD
Jayce : she hates training she just makes the new employees make a pizza right off the bat with no help
Jayce : But why did you wanna ask about her ?? Is she annoying you???
Cait : no it’s not that it’s just she is
Cait : she is quite idk straightforward?blunt ?
Cait : I have known her for all of two minutes and she calls me ‘Cupcake'. What is that about ????
Jayce : LMAo
Jayce : r you being serious XD
Cait : yes !!!
Cait : Why ???
Jayce : she probably thinks your cute dork
Jayce : she is so stupid lmao im texting Viktor about this
Cait : waittttt are you being serious ?!?!?!?!
“Hey Cupcake who you texting”, Vi says as she leans over her shoulder to spy on her messages. SHocked, Caitlyn jumps pulling her phone to her chest, “No one! Back up”, flustered she puts her phone in her back pocket and turns to the other girl. “ Ok ok ok, my bad but, my shift is almost over which means so is your training shift”, Vi says leaning forward onto the line, “Heimerdinger says we can get something to eat, what do you like Cupcake”.
Caitlyn walks closer to Vi looking from behind her to the pizza she had started. “ Are you sure it’s ok??? I don’t want to impose or go too far”, Caitlyn says not wanting to seem rude. “Relax Cupcake it’s ok Heimerdinger is totally cool about this stuff, so what do you”, Vi putting extra cheese on the pizza, “ I want extra cheese hope that's cool with you”. “Yeah I have no problems with it, I don't care much about the toppings, do whatever you like”, Caitlyn responds, she says she doesn’t care much but, she really just doesn’t want to seem weird she only ever gets 1 type of pizza and has never tried anything else before.
Vi nods to that and gets to work, as Vi makes the pizza, Caitlyn follows her down the line and they just talk about work and what not. Vi puts the finished half cheese, half supreme pizza in the oven and then Vi leads Caitlyn to where the drinks are kept so they can get some. “ What do you like Cupcake we have all the basic sodas and some juice or water," she says, grabbing herself an orange juice. She turns around still bent down at the knees by the lower part of the cooler looking for a response. Caitlyn grabs water from beside Vi’s head and thanks her.
Vi can’t help but smell her hair when she leaned down, it was something sweet, maybe some fruit like strawberry or peach whatever it was, Vi was a fan. Once again blushing because of this girl she just met she closes the cooler door a little harshly and turns around and walks back toward the oven. The girls wait about 10 more minutes talking before their pizza is ready, once it is they take it to a table in the backroom and sit down to eat.
“ Hey, what type do you want, Caitlyn?”, Vi says, holding her plate and a serving spatula. “ Wow what a gentleman Vi”, Caitlyn says while pointing to the cheese side, “ Using my real name and getting me a piece first, it feels like a date”. She grabs her plate from Vi’s outstretched hand with a thanks, looking up at the girl who is once again flustered. “Yeah right , a date”, Vi says, pushing her hair back with a hand, “ Cupcake we just met and you’re already hitting on me, bold”. Vi takes a bite out of her pizza after sitting back down. Caitlyn laughs at the girl for her embarrassment pushing her hair behind her ear as she does so.
The girls sit and eat at the table getting to know eachother better. Comparing schedules and talking about their friend groups and what not. Caitlyn tells Vi she does cross country and Vi responds by challenging her speed. They spend almost an hour just eating and talking before Caitlyn’s phone rings, it's her mom. “Sorry i have to take this, it's my mom”, Caitlyn says to Vi pushing out her chair to go take the call. Vi waves her off and starts gathering the dishes and taking them to the sinks. “Hi mom”, Caitlyn answers the phone. “ I am here to pick you up dear, me and your dad have been texting you for the past 20 minutes please hurry”. Caitlyn rushes out an apology to her mom before hanging up.
She goes back to the table to find it empty except for their drinks, “ Everything alright Cupcake”, Vi says from behind her. “ Yes, my parents have been waiting on me for 20 minutes not and i’ve been ignoring them on accident I need to leave”, Caitlyn says grabbing her bottle of water, purse, and her apron, “Thank you so much for the training and for the food afterwards, will you be working tomorrow?”. “Yep I start at 4 right after school”, Vi responds. “Perfect! Me too I’ll see you then Bye!”Caitlyn walks out the door waving to Vi.
She watches her leave until she can no longer see her through the door then turns to clock out and grab her own stuff. She thinks about her time with Caitlyn today, about the way she smiled and laughed, the smell of her hair, and her weirdly pretty accent. “Stupid accent, whatever”, Vi mutters to herself, bringing herself to blushing again with just the thought of the girl. She shouts out a goodbye in the restaurant letting the other employee’s know she is leaving and closes the door behind her. She gets on her bike, puts her bookbag on and heads home.