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echantedtoon · 1 year ago

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Love Doesn't Do Encores Ch27 Christmas With Piers

(Artwork is NOT mine. I found it on Pinterest and belongs to the rightful owner. Just picture Piers in some winter wear like this. The songs Piers sings All I Want For Christmas- MINOR KEY! ft. Chase Hotfelder and Carol Of The Bells the rock version by The Living Tombstone. Links to all songs are below.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KxiP0Xgtc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDACj0tkD-s&list=LL&index=5

What was left of the night was a giant big blur. After your small blow up at Mr. Rose, you quickly dashed away and caught up to Leon just as he was herding the three kiddos into the lift back down towards the exit. Thankfully you and Silver were able to slip back within the group without Leon knowing you were gone. It was a blur of Leon acting as if whatever happened didn't happen and shift the topic to treating you four out to dinner at the nearest local curry place much to everyone's (especially Gloria's-) delight. When Leon eventually herded you four out of Rose Tower you noticed Piers and Marnie wasn't there anymore. They must've taken the chance to go back and gather Team Yell as you said. Good. You didn't want anymore conflict between anyone. Long story short, Leon did indeed direct you all to a cafe that seemed pretty low key and bought the lot of you curry to eat. Letting the three kids chat excitedly about how they managed to get to Rose Tower or the semifinals. You tried to ask Leon about what Mr. Rose said but after he deflected the topic twice you didn't bring it up again. No matter now much it nawed at your guts you shrugged it off. Whatever it was wasn't any of your business anyways. Whatever it was between Mr. Rose and Leon was obviously none of your business and as you wouldn't be here at the end of the year anyways, you shouldn't get too involved and cause trouble for anyone here anyways. Besides, you dreaded to think what bad things might happen if you disrupt the storyline thus far. After the meal Leon walked with all of you through the cheery night full of excited smiles right back to the hotel and you were surprised after learning that the other Gym Leaders and Marnie was staying there too with you all. But you guessed that made sense. The Rose of Rondelands was a BIIIG hotel and it was close to Wyndon Stadium and where the Christmas Festival would be taking place but that also most likely meant Piers and his group would also most likely be staying in the hotel as well, but you hadn't seen them yet. Maybe because they were all already asleep or you hadn't been out of your room much before or after the semifinals. But after escorting the four of you to your rooms and bidding you all good night, you almost immediately fell asleep dropping to your sleeping bag after a quick shower with a sigh. Tomorrow was going to be a big day. It was Christmas and you had already accepted a day out with Piers. How that was going to go you had no idea, but for now you slipped off into dreamland. The next morning you were only awoken by someone accidentally stepping on Silver's tail making him yell out so loud next to you that you instantly woke up to what the commotion was...only to pretty quickly realize what had happened when Silver was glaring at Gloria holding his tail to his chest as she gave him an apologetic look.

"'M so sorry, Silver, Lad!," she apologized holding up her hands as you sat up there blinking. "I nah knew you'd be under mah foot!" Silver gave her an angry chirp before crawling his way over to the bed and climbing onto it, only to curl up lazily. Gloria blinked before looking to you when you yawned. "Sorry, Y/n. I really didn't mean ta step on your pokemon."

After your brain finally registered what she said you yawned again before waving a hand. "Nah. Don't be sorry. It happens. You're up pretty early on a holiday. What's up?" You asked gesturing to her all bundled up warmer than a yeti.

"Dontcha remember? Lee's taking us all ta the fair today n' tomorrow!," her smiled brightened as she explained. " 'E's gonna be takin' us on a grand tour 'round the city visitin' all the famous shops n' landmarks for Victor to capture for his blog and then we're hitting all the booths n' games before linin' up to see the big ol' Wyndon Christmas Parade!! And then tomorrow we're visitin' the fair again for the rides n' anything else we missed the first time!!"

You smiled widely. "Wow. That's great, Gloria. I'm glad you guys finally get some time to take a break and enjoy yourselves."

She nodded. "Yeah. Hey, why don 'cha come? M' sure Lee wouldn't mind havin' ya along?"

You shook your bedhead. "Nah. Believe it or not I actually have plans for today without tagging along with you guys." You got up.

Gloria blinked as you did in surprise. "Oh really?"

You nodded. "Piers invited me to come hang out with him today. Granted I think it's because he feels sorry for me.." You paused sadly before shaking your head. "But it'll be a good chance to hang out with someone and make friends right?"

Gloria's brow rose. "So...He just asked you to hang out with 'em on Christmas unprompted?" You nodded again. And her eyes narrowed as she hummed. "...I dunno, Mate. It sounds like he's askin' ya out on a date?"

You paused..."WHAT!?" You swear you never moved so fast in your life than when you snapped your head to her eyes wider than plates.

She nodded. "I mean I could be wrong, but this sounds like he's takin' ya out on a date."

"G-GLORIA!!,'' you sputtered face suddenly going very red. Oh god..I mean she did kinda have a point from an outsider's perspective, but that was FAR from true! You were freaking almost tearing up in front of the guy yesterday for crying out loud!! He probably just felt bad for you and being the kind guy he was wanted to cheer you up. Like how Leon was nice enough and wanted to pay you back for your kindness even though he didn't have too. "Gloria that is NOT what's going on!! I-If Leon invited me to come h-h-hang out with him does that mean he's got a crush o-on me?!"

Gloria shook her head no to your relief. "'Course not. Everyone knows he likes Sonia. But I dunno 'bout this Piers bloke. He might like ye like Raihan."

You held up a finger red faced but deadpanned. "Ok. Firstly, I've already been told by Sonia Dragon Boy likes to flirt with her and others too, so no. That's just h-h-how he is. Secondly, Gloria. IF this even was a date, Which it is not! He just wants to hang out on Christmas. There's a few things wrong with that c-conclusion." You counted on your fingers as you lifted off your reasons. "Christmas is FAR from a romantic holiday. The only thing romantic about it is mistletoe and I'm staying FAR away from that knowing Raihan's around town. I've only met the guy a total of at least three days throughout the entire year put together! That's not enough time to develop a crush and ask someone out. And even if he were to ask me out, why on Christmas? Like I said that's the LEAST romantic holiday only if you're into cheesy-romance-christmas-miracle movies. He would've gone with some other fitting holiday like Valentine's Day or my birthday!" You crossed your arms. "Plus I'm pretty sure I'm going to be hanging out with his pals and Marnie too considering their all a package deal. It'd be awkward to date when so many people's third wheeling. And trust me. Dating is THE last thing on my mind right now. I haven't got time for that." Considering you'd be leaving at the end of the year anyways and leaving this world, and you had enough on your plate worrying about how to deal with your mother when you got back. Why date someone when you wouldn't see them ever again after New Years? "And you've seen Piers yourself. The guy was nice enough to help us BREAK INTO Rose Tower! It's logical he would be nice enough to cheer someone up too!"

Gloria held up her hands. "Geez, lassie. I get ye point. I was jus' pointing it out is all."

"Y-Yeah? Well I get it too!" Both of you were suddenly interrupted by a knock on your door. You both stared for a moment before you spoke up. "You can come in."

The door opened and Hop was the one holding the doorknob with Victor bundled up thicker than a brick wall behind him. "Hi, Y/n! Hey, Glory!" He greeted with a big smile to his best friend. "Are you ready to go, Mate? Lee's waiting for us in the lobby!"

Gloria instantly brightened up and nodded. "Yeah! I'll be right there!" She took a moment to look back at you and gesture to the guys. "Are ye sure you don' wanna come?"

"No. I'll meet you guys later today back at the hotel anyways. Go on and have fun..." You smiled brightly. "And Merry Christmas. Tell Leon I said so too."

"Ok then. We'll see you later, Y/n. C'mon Glory!"

You waved good bye to the three who disappeared out the door they closed behind them...before sighing and turning around. "Whelp. Better go get ready for my not 'date today." You joked but it still brought a bit of pink to your cheeks which you shook off with a sigh. "C'mon Y/n. Pull your head out of the gutter!" Your hands came up to pat your cheeks before inhaling and exhaling feeling better focused. "Right! Time to start the day and try to have a nice time for once!'' It was only a quick shower, and change into your winter clothes and you were ready to go. Fixing your hair up into a neat do and walking towards the door. "Hey, Silver. Are you coming?" Silver whined looking upside down at you from his position on the bed...before slinking off and crawling his way towards you as you chuckled. "Up for an adventure again huh?" He made a tired noise but followed you out when you opened the door and closed it behind you, stepping out into the hall, and just a few rooms down from you near the elevator someone else did as well. The figure turned and was followed by another smaller person dressed in black and hot magenta themed winter wear. You finished locking the door and turned walking down the hallway a little ways- Before you stopped. Pausing and blinking at the two figures walking away from you towards the elevator. "......Piers?"

It was an almost instant reaction. The smaller figure turned first revealing herself to be Marnie, meanwhile the taller figure in a much longer coat and hood covering his entire head turned a lot more slowly revealing Piers's face and his fringe poking out from his hoodie. His blue eyes blinked in surprise for a moment before relaxing back into that calm bored face. "Oh, Y/n. What are ya doin' here?" His bold brow rose. "I thought we was gonna meet over at the plaza."

You nodded walking towards them again, Silver in tow. "That's where I was just heading." You jabbed a thumb behind you towards your room. "I'm sharing a room with a friend, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you guys would be here too....Where's your gang at?"

"Team Yell?" You nodded and he hummed. Whelp. He certainly wasn't really expecting to run into you so early, but it did make sense you'd be at the very same hotel too waiting for the finals. His pale hand gestured to the elevator. "My guys are setting up for the parade opening or jus' havin' a good time at the fair."

"Oh. Is that where you're heading?"

He nodded again and turned to Marnie who gave the faintest of smiles. "The parade doesn't start until seven 'night. Since I'm opening for it, I don't have to be there until about six o' clock. Which gives me plenty of time to spend with Marn-Marn, and you if you still wanna accept that extended offer."

You smiled and nodded. "Yeah. I'd love that. That is if Marnie doesn't mind either. I don't want to intrude on your time-"

"'M good with it," Marnie was quick to say and she rose a brow at her brother. Piers sending her a small frown. Please don't make another girlfriend joke- She looked back to you. "It's nice to see my big bro make new friends outside our team and the league." ..Piers felt himself let out a sigh of relief at her answer. "An' he seems to really like speaking about ya too."

Piers felt himself tense again and you blinked. "....R-Really?"

Marnie nodded. "You two must be really good friends."

Piers felt himself lowering into his hood as you chuckled what she said off. "Well I'm sure glad he thinks so." You smiled towards him. "So Rebel Man." You crossed your arms. "You're gonna be taking us to the festival huh? Ok. I can't wait to see what everyone has set up at the fair!" You then pointed to the elevator. "Should we go?"

Both agreed and together the three of you plus Silver went over to the elevator and took it all the way down to the lobby and from there the lot of you walked out to the front of the hotel where Piers paused blinking towards the spot where the taxi would usually park before humming more.

"Bullocks."

You turned to him with a raised brow. "What's up, Hot Pink?"

He lazily gestured to the reserved parking for flying taxies with a sigh. "The bloody taxi's gone. N' with so much people with the fair and parade settin' up traffic's gonnna be a pain in the neck." He sighed before shaking his head. "It'll take at least two hours with all them people walkin' there."

You hummed. It sounded like Piers wanted to get there early, and it sounded like Leon must've taken the last taxi out of here with the guys. But thankfully Marnie seemed to have found a solution when she turned her head, spotted something, and then pointed. "Why don't we take that there?"

Both of you looked over to where she was pointing and it was right at a mudsdale that seemed to be perfectly free for anyone looking for a ride. Immediately you lit up and Piers paled a bit more. "Hey! Good idea, Marnie." You both began walking towards it as Piers SLOWLY trailed behind. Certainly not as fast as a taxi or train, but it'll surely get you there faster than walking. Plus while you certainly had never ridden a pokemon this couldn't be much different than riding a horse. The snow crunched under your feet as you both walked up to the tame mudsdale who turned it's head to you but didn't react beyond that as you reached a hand over and patted his side. "This'll do just fine. Should we get on?" Marnie nodded and made a motion with her hand to the giant horse pokemon who to your surprise lowered it's frontal legs until it was easy for you three to climb onto it's back. Marnie climbed on first latching onto those longer dreadlocks of it's mane, and you gently picked up Silver in one arm as the water type sighed and climbed onto the pokemon's back behind her. Wow. Guess these Mudsdales were really trained well to behave so nicely. And you both sat there for a moment...before you looked up confused as to why Piers hadn't climbed on behind you. "Uh...Piers? What's the hold up, Dude?"

Marnie turned to to her brother slowly blinking, "Did you change your mind about coming to the festival with me?"

Piers stood there hesitantly before shaking his head. "N-Nah. It's just.." You both caught his blue eyes eyeing up and down the ever patient pokemon. "I think i'd rather walk."

"Why? You even complained about there being no taxies. This would be faster to the fair wouldn't it."

He hummed. "It would. It would....But I'm not exactly too sure 'bout...actually ridin' a pokemon."

And that's when it hit you. You frowned. "Piers...Are you..scared of riding a mudsdale?"

"Absolutely bloody not!," he quickly protested frowned, "I just...rather not put my trust in a pokemon big 'nough to buck me off."

"Piers! I particularly don't enjoy riding around super high in the sky in a taxi but yet I put my trust in a pokemon big enough to fly off with me. C'mon." Your hand patted the mudsdale's side. "He's a good boy, and he's too majestic. You wouldn't do anything like that would you?" The mudsdale gave a pleased whinny to your compliments. "C'mon! You were brave enough to want to mess with Oleana and that woman's scarier than any pokemon. And they're specially trained. I doubt he's going to buck us off unless you provoke him hard enough."

"She does have point," Marnie agreed seeming to share no fear with her brother, "And I would prefer to get there before it gets too crowded by the holiday rush."

Seeming to have two against one seemed to finally get Piers to relent. He looked between the two of you for a moment before giving a grown followed by a sigh. "Alright fine." Of all the things I get myself into." You both watched as Piers shuffled up to the Mudsdale and it took Marnie turning around fully to raise a brow at him for him to finally throw a leg over and sit on the pokemon's back. As soon as he sat down the giant pokemon stood back up. "HAH!!" You yelped when suddenly two hands gripped your arms and you threw a look over your shoulder only to find Piers with his blue eyes blown wide in panic looking over the sides of the pokemon....You snickered at his reaction and he threw a look at you. "O-Oi! Ain't funny!"

"Well consider it payback for laughing at me getting bombarded by Raihan."

"Wyndon Park," Marnie spoke and the pokemon began walking.

You did cringe a bit as Pier's grip increased on you. "Crikey. Oh crikey. I knew I should've j-jus' walked."

You chuckled again earning another frown from him but he seemed to be paying more attention to the walking pokemon as you all left the hotel. To say it was very crowded outside was an understatement. From what happened between when you first arrived and now, it was STILL VERY MUCH crowded with people walking and bumping against one another on the side walks and streets. Above you all loads of flying taxies were taking off around you and you briefly wondered if one of them was the one that had your friends in it. Thank goodness the mudsdale lane seemed to be mostly empty, it was a much more enjoyable ride in your opinion than the taxies. Although by the way Piers never stopped gripping your arms and cursing under his breath, he didn't seem to be enjoying it as much as you or Marnie. You busied yourself with looking around all the bright lights and different buildings as you passed by them all seeing all kinds of christmas decorations and lots of people carrying colorfully wrapped gifts meant for others. From some stores you could hear faint christmas music from open doors and through the dark snow clouds above you almost swore you would see Santa any moment now. After some time of this you could see the pink high walls of the Wyndon Stadium a few sky scrapers away as you all passed through the crowds, which begged the question.

"Hey. How fair is the festival anyways?"

"It's being held at Wyndon Park," Marnie explained pointing forward, "It's jus' a little bit past the stadium. Shouldn't take too long to get there at this rate."

You nodded before looking over your shoulder at Piers who looked a lot paler if that was even possible and still gripped onto your arms. "Hey, Hot Pink. How are you holding up back there?"

"B-Bloody peachy!," he stammered out, "I-Is it possible ta get car si-sick on a pokemon?"

You cringed a little bit. "I...suppose so. But if you feel sick then you should ask us to stop so you can rest your stomach."

He shakily shook his head. "N-Nah. T-The sooner we get there t-t-the sooner I can get OFF this bloody creature!" The mudsdale turned it's head slightly narrow eyed and snorted making Piers flinch slightly. ...Before he groaned and leaned his head back. "I knew I shoulda walked. I knew I shoulda walked. I knew I-"

"Hey." He snapped his head back down and blinked when your free hand that wasn't holding Silver reached up to pat his nearest hand as you smiled. "Don't think about it if it bothers you that much. Just do what I do when I need to clear my head. I replay some of my favorite songs in my head that relaxes me the most. So instead of thinking about the hor- Uh...Mudsdale! Why don't you think about what you're going to be doing for that show of yours tonight?" Piers blinked at you again, and Marnie turned her own head to catch a glimpse of your interaction, before snapping back around once you faced forward. "Plus we're almost there anyways. Right Marnie?"

"'Bout ten minutes tops."

"See? We'll be there in no time! Just hang on for just a little while longer."

Piers didn't answer you when you turned back around but you three once again passed a store than played loud Christmas music from within and you smiled...before blinking as the faint sound of humming came from behind you...And you smiled wider hearing Piers hum. While he didn't loosen his grip on your arms which by now was starting to hurt, he did start softly humming the song that was playing. There it was. Can't say it wasn't pleasant hearing music as the mudsdale continued until you all FINALLY reached a break between the tall buildings and you were met with awe. A GIANT park was greeting you as hoards of people flocked towards it. Filled with trees and beyond the trees you caught sight of a ferris wheel further into the park and your eyes grew in wonder. A fair. You're very FIRST fair ever!! The mudsdale brought you through the crowd and stopped across the street from the park entrance before leaning down enough for you all to get off. Piers was the first one off practically leaping off the mudsdale like a swimmer off a diving board and scrambling to lean against a nearby lamp post taking deep breaths as you both slowly dismounted the horse pokemon. Marnie sighed at her brother's actions as you put Silver down and walked over to Piers groaning.

"Hey, Piers. You good?," you asked.

After a moment Piers took a giant inhale of cold air and stood back up to his full height before turning to you looking better than he did riding on the pokemon. He nodded. "Y-Yeah. 'M good." To change the subject he gestured back towards the entrance as Marnie stood awaiting for you guys. "We should go in before it gets too crowded."

Nodding you agreed and followed him as he began walking off towards the park entrance. Marnie joined walking alongside you and Piers after you warned Silver to stay close to you while crossing the street and into the entrance you went. There was a lot of people walking around you all as you went through the snow covered streets with the snow crunching under your feet, and being able to see your breath. The cold hitting your face as you looked around. It was really beautiful and perfect for Christmas, but you couldn't imagine actually living somewhere always cold like Circhester. Walking with Piers and Marnie you all eventually heard and saw it. The many screams of delight, the smells of popcorn and other fair foods, distant fair music, and then the absolute menagerie of colors that hit you once the flood gates. Your eyes widened seeing the many MANY booths lining the many splits and different sidewalks that the parks pathways split into. There was more than the ones in front of the Wyndom Stadium yesterday. Lots were selling different items such as gym leader merchandise, Christmas themed things, food, or some were games. You could still see the giant Ferris wheel in the backgroud so you guessed the actual rides were further into the park not that you'd want to go on the really high ones.

Piers must've noticed your wonder filled eyes because he let out a small 'Heh' under his breath before putting his hands in his pockets and looking up. "So. Where do you gals want to go first?"

"How 'bout the food courts?," Marnie suggested which was quickly backed up by Silver who gave a chirp after her, "Haven't had time to eat yet n' I could use somethin' to warm me up."

Piers hummed before nodding. "I'm down for that. Can't do my best tonight if I'm just lettin' my stomach grumble more than a starvin' snorlax."

With you agreeing the group made your way to the left path where the smell of food was a lot more prominent and soon found yourselves walking down booths of popcorn, candied apples, some kind of meats on sticks, and of course the regular carnival foods of hot dogs, funnel cakes, sodas, corndogs, and the like. You were drawn to one particular booth that was selling a variety of those items. Silver came right up to the booth and immediately pointed at one of the giant boiled eggs before looking at you and giving a curious noise. Piers coming up beside you with a small tray of drinks in his hands.

"Oh. Is that what you want?," you asked and Silver nodded. "Will you behave if I get it for you?" He nodded again and you smiled. "Alright then. Hey, Piers." He blinked as you smiled at him. "You want something?"

He....blinked. Before holding up a hand. "Nah. 'M good, Mate-"

"Oh no you don't." You patted his shoulder and he blinked again at you. "Listen. You invited me to hang out with you. You helped me yesterday. And you bought me hot chocolate. The very least I can do is buy you breakfast."

He blinked again at your words. "I thought we were already even after I got your shoulder fixed."

"We're equal in terms of the shoulder, but I owe you one for the drink and invite." You smiled brightly. "Besides it's Christmas. Isn't the holiday about giving back to one another? C'mon. Pick anything you want. It's on me this time. I'll get something for Marnie too." It was the least you could do and you had plenty of money to spare from working four months at the store.

Piers gave you a look as if he wasn't believing what he was hearing, before turning his head to the food booth quietly. "...Well...I know Marn-Marn likes those dumplings n' that pickled meat's pretty good."

You smiled and turned back to the guy handling the booth. "Consider it done. Hey! Can I get a couple orders this way please?"

And forty minutes later you three were walking your way back the way you came after looking through the other booths there. All of them were some kind of food go figure, and by the end of it the three of you walked out with hot coco courtesy of Piers and each of you all having something warm to fill your stomachs. Marnie with her dumplings and some kind of crepe, Piers settled on what you understood to be some kind of meat they pickled raw before frying it on a stick...(odd), and you settled on just a cheap hot dog. Silver by now had already swallowed the entire boiled egg and kept eyeing your food but you weren't about to go give it to him. Not sure where you'd be going now but Piers seemed to be following Marnie's lead so you went along with it as she slowly looked around the booths you passed with people shouting at you all or entertaining other people one caught your eye and you suddenly paused, Piers did too when you suddenly weren't next to him. What caught your eye was a booth with a woman who was selling key chains with all kinds of cute and shiny metal pokemon charms. And as the small sign suggested all were just a dollar and by the size of the booth there was a decent amount.

"Somethin' caught your eye?," Piers questioned looking around the booth also.

You opened your mouth to answer- "PIERS!!" Both of you turned as Marnie pointed to a particular game booth. "They're givin' 'way morpeko plushies as prizes. Win me one will you?"

Piers turned back to you. "Hey. Don't worry about it. Go win Marnie something nice and I'll meet you in a second after I grab a few of these for my friends." Piers nodded after a moment and turned to walk away before you turned back to the lady of the booth. An idea forming in your mind.

"Are you interested in anything you see, Young Lady?"

You nodded. "I need four duraludons, two silveon, a charizard, five wooloo, a morpeko, a mochamp, genger, onix, frosmoth, sobble, a yamper, and a ninetales." The booth owner stared at you. "Oh. And an obstagoon if you have one."

With a newly acquired bag you smiled and met back up with Piers and Marnie, noticing she was carrying a brand new morpeko plush in her arms Piers assumedly won for her. "Oh hey. You're back...What's in the bag?"

"I'm glad you asked!" Well you rather give it to them sooner rather than later anyways. Both watched as you went rummaging through your bag before pulling out two of the shiny metal tinkets and holding it out to them. "TA DA!! Merry Christmas you two!"

Both blinked and stared at the small key chains you present Surprise more on Piers's face than Marnie's, in fact it was Marnie who reacted first happily taking the small little metal morpeko to match her own plush at the moment. "Oh wow. ...This matches up with my team so well." The faintest of smiles appeared on her face. "Thank you."

"Hey! Think nothing of it! It's all in the spirit of the holiday!"

Piers was...much slower to take his from you. More surprise in those blue eyes than you've seen as he looked at the charm and then to you slowly. "You....bought this? For me?"

You nodded. "Yeah. I got everyone one." You gestured shaking the small bag a bit to reveal the metal clanking inside. "I mean everyone's been working hard and has been really nice to me. It's Christmas too, so everyone should at least get something."

"....Oh." He glanced between the Obstagoon key chain in his cold hand before nodding. Of course she'd get something for everyone for Christmas, not just him. Even Marnie right next to him had gotten one. "Of course." He turned back to looking at the small keychain in his hands.

"Hang on a second." Your head tilted and he followed your gaze behind him as you both realized Marnie was gone. "Where'd Marnie go?"

Piers's eyes immediately wide as his head snapped around and behind you both...before sighing when he realized Marnie was just a few booths away from them looking very interested in a booth that displayed some kind of rotomi machine next to it that resembled more of a techno-fied gumball machine with a screen. What the world was THAT?? Both of you walked on over to where she was with Silver tailing after you until you walked right up to the booth and the man behind it.

"Hey Marn-Marn," Piers greeted looking into the booth and stopping next to her. "What's goin' on 'ere?"

The man behind the booth, who had short brown hair and was bundled up enough to cover half his face with pink eyes, seemed to perk up upon seeing more of you trailing up to the booth. "Greetings and salutations!" He greeted the both of you gesturing his arms out to his booth. "Can I interest you fine folks in some rotomi adoption?"

"Rotomi...adoption?"

The man nodded to you before slapping one hand on the machine thing. "We're giving away many of the abandoned pokemon in the rotomi system to people who'd offer them all good homes and we already made a grand stride in giving away a good portion of the little guys! After all what better gift to give your kids for christmas than a pokemon of their very own!?"

"That seems a bit counter productive," Piers spoke and you blinked at him as he pointed to the machine. "Pokemon aren't toys to just distribute out like that. They're living breathin' creatures that have feelings like any other person like you or me."

"Er.." The man seemed to falter a little bit at Piers's blank stare before coughing. "Well we don't really push THAT point of view. I-It's more about finding them all good homes this year." Piers hummed and you watched as the man's attention slowly turned from Piers over to the bottom of the both at your feet. More specifically at SILVER as the shiny water type chirped and attempted to peer over the side to see what you were all looking at. And it was like a switch flicked in his mind as he hummed, hands on his hips, and leaned over to get a better look at Silver who blinked. You blinked too looking between them. "Well..We also do trades of all kinds as well if you nice folks are interested."

You IMMEDIATELY snatched Silver up into your arms as he gave a startled noise suddenly being lifted up into the air. You GLARED at the guy as he blinked. "Sorry. Silver is NOT for grabs. At all!"

"Are you sure? We have plenty of good deals fo-" An arm shoved itself between you and him.

Blue eyes narrowed. "She said she wasn't interested, Mate." With a stern tone Piers gently grabbed Marnie's shoulders and started pushing her away. "C'mon, Girls. Ya don't want any pokemon from here."

You were happy to follow the Spikemuth siblings giving one last look behind you at the man as you left. But rose a brow as you saw him leaning up from under the booth with a small cage and go into the covered back of said booth. What the heck was that about? Oh well. Silver was happy to have a break from walking in the cold snow and flopped against you as you carried him after the siblings. You all but soon forgot the encounter when Marnie directed her brother's attention over to another game booth which had the classic knock down the pins theme. You were surprised when Piers was able to knock down all three towers of pins with a single throw, but you guessed he'd have a good throw from being a gym leader and doing all those fancy tricks with his mic. He won what was a small Pichu plus but when Marnie declined wanting it he opted to give it to you which you didn't mind. You didn't take Piers for the type to want a plus anyways. You paid for your own shot at a couple games while you were there and ended up winning a small handful of trinkets and buying yourself one or two things you found interesting at the merchandise stalls. At one point you even ran into some groups of people. One was Raihan with his little trio of trainers chaperoning them around the fair most likely. You both said hi and you gifted the four of them the duraludon keychains as a sort of apology for sicking Silver on them the other day. Raihan..gave a flirty look but did back off when Piers directed you away and he was swept up by a few people wanting an autograph. Allister getting piggy backed around by Bea looking at a display of ghost type pokemon which you understood why and he seemed really happy when you gave them some more keychains. And then trio you traveled with with a badly disguised Leon. To his credit it did seem barely anyone else recognized him, they were happy to have ran into you so far arms full of either food or things from one of the booths. And even happier when you gave them the wooloo charms and Leon offered to deliver the rest of the gym leaders' gifts for you and mail Sonia's hers when talking about joining the others for the parade. Which you kindly took him up on his offer so you weren't carrying them around all day. After bidding them good bye Marnie ended up directing the three of you towards the ride section which you didn't mind but when she expressed interest in some higher rides like the roller coaster or ferris wheel you declined using the excuse of watching Silver or wanting to save more money which seemed to suffice for them. It went from the roller coster, ferris wheel, and sling shot to ones you did join like bumper cars, an all ages merry-go-round, and Rapidash rides....Piers absolutely refused to join you and Marnie on the last one and used the excuse of watching Silver for you which you didn't mind as well. There was some other games and rides but as it was nearing lunch time you were starting to get hungry again after the small breakfast and being out in the cold for hours now. Piers offered to take you both back to the food booths to pick up around round of hot coco and some food for lunch. Sounded good to you. However it wasn't until you were halfway into the food area did a VERY loud whistle blow and a female voice shouted out across the cold night.

"HEY!! YOU THERE!! STOP!!," a woman's voice shouted but you three didn't pay it much mind other than a look over your shoulder and sharing a shrug with Piers. "THE ONE WITH THAT SHINY POKEMON!!"

At this you did pause, and turn around as did the Spikemuth sibs. Some faces were looking over too as a woman with green hair and a shiny golden badge pinned to her winter coat came charging over to you with a glare that could crack diamonds. And your brows rose. "Officer Jenny!?" What was a policewoman doing marching her way over to you?

Officer Jenny stomped her way right up to you all before pointing a finger straight in Piers's face who didn't even blink. "You there! Where are you going with that shiny pokemon?!" She demanded.

Piers...blinked. "Huh?"

"Don't play games with me! Now I asked you a question! You better tell me if you don't want to be questioned at the station!"

"Silver's my pokemon!," you cut in making them both look to you as you frowned at Jenny. The last thing you need was Piers getting in trouble over....over..Well you didn't know that yet. You crossed your arms. "Is there a problem, Officer?"

The woman nodded hands on her hips. "I'd say! You mind telling me where you got him?"

"I've had him ever since he was a sobble!" You reached down and Silver didn't protest when you picked him up. "What's the big deal?"

"The big deal?!," She asked in a tone that sounded like she didn't quite believe you, "The big deal is that there's been cases of someone taking and selling shiny pokemon illegally from rotomi boxes within Wyndon City! An anonymous tip said there would be someone doing that within the fair!" Again she eyed Silver in your arms. "But so far the only shiny pokemon I've seen around here is that one! Has he been in your possession this entire time?" You nodded. "Can anyone vouch for you?"

"I can vouch for that," Piers agreed much to your relief knowing you had back up, "That pokemon sticks to 'er better than super glue. Def not the kind of bond they'd have if she jus' bought 'em from a poke poucher."

Officer Jenny looked him up and down for a moment narrowing her eyes. "You look oddly familiar. Have I seen you somewhere before?"

"You might've." Reaching a hand up Piers ended up grabbing his hood and pulling it back enough to show his entire face to her. "The name's Piers. 'M the Gym Leader from Spikemuth."

Surprise bloomed across Jenny's face for a moment before her face returned to that frown as she hummed. Looking him over and then you before nodding. "A gym leader...Alright then. You're free to go. But if I was you I'd keep a real close eye on that drizzlie of yours with those shiny poachers running amuck. It's not uncommon for them to snatch up others' pokemon."

"Thanks for the tip, but I'm sure I'll be fine with a strong gym leader and trainer with me." With a salute in respect to Piers Officer Jenny left as Piers returned his hood onto his head. You watched her go...before turning to Piers. "Shiny hunting is illegal in Wyndon?"

he shook his head no. "No. Not shiny hunting. Shiny hunting is different. It's one thing ta actually go out and capture a wild shiny for yourself or trading one or even adoptin' one from abandoned boxes. But pokemon hunters sell pokemon with rare abilities or more commonly shinies to the highest bidder cuz they're rare n' all that. I believe I told ya that back in good ol' Spikemuth." His eyes narrowed. "What poachers do for a profit disgusts me."

You nodded fulling agreeing with him. It was like poachers back on your planet. That jerk! You hoped Officer Jenny caught whoever it was that she was after. Safe to say you'd definitely be keeping a closer eye on Silver for the rest of the night. You three made it back to the food booths where you took a small food break and of course you bought Silver another giant boiled egg to eat although you did have a bad feeling wash over you for some reason. By now it was around noon which meant Piers still had about five hours until he had to go and ready himself for the concert. Despite you feeling cold with your nose a pink and being able to see your breath, you still felt alright to be out. Silver didn't seem to mind much either so maybe he was more durable against the cold than you thought he was. Once you all were finished, Marnie expressed going back to where the gaming and merchandise booths were and looking at one who sold punk and goth themed jewelry. Well you all still had five hours to kill and Marnie seemed to be having fun so why not? It was only when you were walking back through when you stopped...And remembered that one booth. With the guy who was giving out pokemon from abandoned rotomi boxes, and the one who you had SEEN carrying a small cage big enough to hold a sobble in....Why would someone who's giving away pokemon for FREE need a cage? Especially one so small. You ended up stopping eyes wide in thought. Making Piers stop as you had been walking beside him and having him raise a brow at your wide eyed look.

"Hey. What's the hold up there with you?," he asked raising a brow as your mind whirled...and you suddenly looked at him.

"Hey! Do you guys remember that guy giving away pokemon?"Instantly Piers's face soured as he narrowed his eyes but Marnie nodded. You started walking again past them as they followed you with their gazes. "We need to go there. NOW." Both siblings looked at each other for a second before following you. Your eyes narrowed into one of anger as your hold on Silver increased. Walking past people and swiveling your head around looking for one booth in particular and stopping. There it was. And there HE was. The man with a big smile on his face happily handed over a pokeball to a happily smiling couple who seemed to coo over the pokeball in their hands before walking off in a big smile. There he was.

"Oi! What are you bloody up too?," Piers asked finally catching up to you and glancing where the booth was before back to you. ".....Are you really thinkin' 'bout tradin' that drizzlie of yours after all? Or gettin' a pokemon?" Silver gave a noise of alarm at the news and gave you a startled look. His frown deepened. "I would highly advise against it for moral reasons-"

"Nope! Not even close." In a swift movement you handed Silver to marnie who didn't look the least bit surprised to have even been made to hold Silver. "Hey Marnie. Do us a favor and distract him will you? Silver should catch his attention but don't actually let him touch him."

Piers stared flabbergasted at what you just asked his own little sister to do. "WOT!?" Marnie gave a thumbs up before turning with Silver still looking worried in her arms and walked off towards the booth. ?! Piers held out an arm towards her. "MARNIE WAIT- ACK!?"

His protests were cut short when your hand grabbed his and you quite literally began dragging him off quickly off the beaten paths, between two booths and now behind most of the booths along the sidewalks, you two started stepping through snow right towards the one booth in particular. You watched as Marnie walked past booth after booth until she stepped in front of the dreaded one you were checking out. Stopping right behind the one next to it, you peeked around the back of it at an angle where you could see them but only Marnie could see you. Like you suspected the man noticed Marnie just standing there with Silver in her arms, and the man IMMEDIATELY lit up upon noticing the shiny she had. Behind you Piers was ...well...at a loss for words as he stood there watching you peep out....Before looking down to where you were still holding his hand and stared at it for a fairly long moment. Only blinking when you as quietly as you could snuck one booth over to the one Marnie was currently in front of, dragging him along with you. What were you doing!? Were you trying to bloody get them all in trouble!? Was Marnie in danger!? Meanwhile you paid no attention to Piers's having internal panic behind you. Now was your chance. If there was one thing you knew from watching so many pokemon episodes, it was how to spot an obvious plot point. A man giving out free pokemon and a shiny poacher on the lose and you had seen him with a cage? It was a dead giveaway as was the way he took specific interest in Silver. You could spot a Team Rocket like mystery a mile away...but you had to check just to make sure. The back of the booth was openable by a flap entrance made for easy access out the back way. Suspicious. Turning to Piers who looked about ready to drag you back out of there you silently held a finger to your lips in the universal signal to be quiet and he didn't say anything. Ever so slowly you turned back to the flap and grabbed it, opening it just enough for you and Piers when he leaned above you to peer inside....It was an INSTANT reaction. A hand flew up to your mouth and Pier's blue eyes widened to the size of dinner plates at what you two had stumbled upon. Cages. Not just one but FIVE of them. Inside of the five cages each was a different pokemon. A pikachu, a zorua, a zigzagoon, an espurr, and a sylveon. But that wasn't what all of you have such reactions. It was the fact that all four looked so scared, small, huddled in on themselves shivering but you couldn't tell if that was because they were cold or scared. .....YOUR TEMPER FREAKING R O S E!! Instantly gaining a glare that could rival Oleana's, Piers jumped as you pushed your way inside the closed in booth. Thank Arceus Marnie was still keeping the guy busy. Your hand instantly reached out for a cage, but a sudden pale hand grabbed yours making you blink and whirl around to Piers ...and frown. Because WHY did he stop you!? You got your answer when he silently pointed to the cages or more like the strange device like thing on top of each of them. You didn't get it at first..but the more you stared at it you eventually understood why. The cage was rigged to keep the pokemon in in a way that would make them scared, the only place that looked safe to touch was the hook like lock on the outside of the doors and the handle on the top that made it safe for a human to carry. Level Two Anger Activated.

"Piers...Would these pokemon all be considered shinies?," you whispered to him. And he nodded.

Piers paused as you wretched your hand from his, but rose his brow as you then proceeded to unzip your coat and take it off. Good thing you wore a thick wool sweater today. He proceeded to watch silently as you laid your coat on the ground before turning to him anger clearly evident in your face.

"Piers. Do you think you can open these cages and wrap these guys up using that?", you asked gesturing to your coat.

Piers gave a bewildered expression but nodded. "Yyyyesss? Why tho?"

"Let's just say you should be glad you're not the one I'm mad at."

Piers blinked but didn't really question you as you, more angrier than the onix that had chased you back in the wild area stomped towards the front and with a hand you shoved the curtain. Back in the front Marnie had been asking the man a few odd questions here and there about different type of pokemon that were a 'good trade' for Silver hypothetically even though she had zero intention of actually trading him much less without your permission. And the guy had been going on for a bit now. Talking about psyducks or maybe a beartic would be a good trade off for a much weaker water type. She wasn't expecting someone to come bounding up to her.

"MARNIE!!," a cheerful scottish voice called out to her. The girl slowly turned her head and blinked as Gloria full arm waved to her walking right up to her with a bright smile on her face and cotton candy in her other hand. ''Haven't seen ya in a while!"

Marnie blinked as Gloria stopped in front of her. "Gloria. What are you doin' here?"

She waved a hand off. "We're on our way to this cafe Lee wants us ta try out. Says they have the best cakes in Wyndon." Her eyes tilted downwards to the pokemon she was holding and blinked as Silver chirped at her......The scottish gal pointed. "Is that Y/n's drizzlie?"

"Yes."

"......Where is Y/n?"

No sooner had they said that then they had suddenly been sprayed by snow making Gloria yelp in surprise as Marnie just...blinked. And to their absolute SHOCK watched as you wrestled down that guy from the booth within the snow. What HAD happened was that you had angrily shoved the blinds out of your way seeing red and seeing that the guy was standing there totally oblivious and Marnie was out of the way...Well...You football player style tackled him causing the both of you to tumble out of the booth and onto the ground below spraying up snow in your wake.

Piers kneeled down near the closest cage with the shaking Sylveon who upon noticed the hand fiddling the lock on the cage and opening it, cowered away. "Shh. Shh." The man gently leaned down to peer inside of the cage and the poor shaking pokemon. Making eye contact with the small creature and giving it a smile. "There there." The hand reached in further and the sylveon flinched when he just barely grazed it's back. "C'mon now, Lil Guy. Don't be scared now." The hand was joined by another and still shaking, the Sylveon didn't fight back when Piers wrapped both hands around it's front and gently pulled it out. It blinked in what he assumed was surprise when he didn't make any forceful actions and instead carefully sat it back down on the coat. One hand gently stroking down it's back in a hopeful attempt to calm it down. "You're goin' to be alright."...He looked back up as the guy gave off a scared sounding yelp. "....Him however I ain't so sure."

With an iron grip on the man, as soon as you tackled him to the ground he started squirming around like a rabid snake on a sugar rush thrashing around and cursing at you bet the adrenaline rush pumping through your veins combined with the anger you felt made you an unstoppable force to reckon with. When he realized he couldn't thrash you off of him, he made the bold move of flipping over and slamming your back against the ground. Winding you for a moment as he attempted to get away- Only to faceplant as she struggled to get up and instead met your foot lifting up as he crawled to his hands and knees kicking his behind, sending his face first into the snow. Sending out a snarl you pushed yourself up faster than a raboot's quick attack, grabbed the man by his leg, and YANKED his screaming body back to you. You weren't sure how, it was all a blur, you ended up on top of him pinning him down with one knee on his chest as hands gripped fabric so hard your knuckles turned white and the man found himself pulled up and staring into the eyes of the deranged beast that was you.

"UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO SHOVE YOU INTO ONE OF THOSE JOY BUZZER JAIL CELLS YOU"LL STAY DOWN YOU SPINELESS POKEMON POACHING JERK!!!," You bellowed at his face making all the color drain from him until he could blend in with the snow.

Silence rang out all around you as many people stared including the two girls behind you as you stared down this absolute jerk.

".....Y/n?" ...You looked over your shoulder at the familiar voice only to find Gloria staring at you wide eyed staring at you. ....Uh oh- Her hands flew up to clutch her head as she stared at you in shock. "HOLY BLOODY RAPIDASH CRAP!!!" her arms gestured to you. "WHAT ARE YE DOIN'!?"

"GLORIA!," a grown man's voice called. Double uh oh. And you froze as Leon jogged up from the staring crowd followed by the other two guys. Did I mention triple uh oh? Leon pushed his way past all the watchful eyes on you that refused to move- "Are you ok!? I heard yell-....ing." ...until he saw you in what you were sure looked like a deranged monkey holding a person hostage as you sat there silently staring at one another....before he sighed and reached a hand up to rub at his face. "Oh goodness gracious....What did you guys do now?"

"Leon! I swear to you this isn't what this looks like," you tried to assure him just imagining what was going through everyone's minds at the moment. You yanked the guy up a bit. "This guy's a poacher!" Leon's eyebrows shot up all of a sudden at the bold claim. "I'm SWEAR to you I am NOT making this up! We had a whole slew of shinies just trapped in the back."

"THIS GIRL'S A LUNATIC!!," the man suddenly shouted and you blinked at him. "I was just trying to bring joy to everyone and finding homes for those abandoned by their trainers cold hearts! Clearly she's suffering from the cold! Look at her! She's not even dressed for this weather!"

"Leon! You gotta believe me please!!"

You could see the Champion's face stone to a serious expression looking at you and for a moment your face faltered. Would he believe you? Was this it? Was this where you finally got in trouble after all this time? Whelp..No. Someone from above must've answered your payers because your guardian angel in the form of Piers arrived. Coming from the booth, your bunched up lumpy coat in one arm and in the other one of the cages, Leon instantly looked to him and seemed to be a bit more surprised seeing him standing there.

"Piers?"

"Leo."

"What in Galar are you up to now?" He got his answer when Piers placed the cage down in front of him. "...What's this?"

"HEY!! I know what that is!" Hop to the rescue you thought as All eyes turned to the Champion's younger brother who's mind sped up to a hundred seeing the cage. "It's an Electro-Capture Four Thousand. Professor Magnolia invented them. Electric companies use 'em to safely capture small electric type pokemon like joltic to keep 'em from tampering with electric lines and power generators. But they're not supposed to be used for other types other than Electric."

"So why's one here?"

"One? Heh." Piers rolled his head to his side as Leon watched him carefully look towards the back. "Try five of these cruddy things."

Leon stared silently at Piers...Snow crunched under the Champion's feet as he walked right up to the rebel punk and both stared at each other. Prime gold eyes meeting electric blue ones. Piers made absolutely no move to stop Leon when he reached out to your coat and pulled it out a bit to peer at the passengers inside. You watched as he with the same unchanging face closed the coat Piers was holding back and inhaled closing his eyes.....Before turning back around and...and-.....Smiling?? At you?? You blinked as the Champion smiled and beckoned you to get off him.

"Again you all never cease to stop the help every time I turn." He turned away from Piers and gestured for you to get up. "Come on, Y/n. Let's release the guy for now. I think I can handle it from here. SOMEONE GET OFFICER JENNY HERE!!"

You were...reluctant to actually do that but you trusted Leon enough to actually slowly get off of the guy. You guessed you could've just had gotten Officer jenny or someone else to deal with this but you swore you weren't gonna do soemthing like this again. Speaking of Officer Jenny the scuffle had attracted her attention and she came charging over with two other officers and a arcanine. She seemed confused seeing you again but luckily Leon took lead and explained to her what exactly what had happened. Giving a statement as Jenny handcuffed the man and the other two officers closed off the booth before more officers arrived in order to collect more evidence. At one point Piers even handed your coat filled with the shiny pokemon over to an awaiting officers' hands mentioning they'd have to be taken to the pokemon center for an emergency look over which you agreed whole heartedly. Standing off to the side you finally got a moment to breath, taking Silver who seemed bored back from Marnie and then sighing.

"THAT WAS BRILLIANT!!" You jumped at the sudden yell and turned to look at Gloria who was beaming up at you with a wide smile. "Ye was all like 'Don't ye move or 'm gonna shove ya in a cage' and he was like 'please don' hurt me'!!"

"Or it just sounds to me that she can be a pro wrestler," Victor deadpanned making Gloria roll her eyes.

"Hey. Don't be praising me like that," you said, "I wasn't thinking clearly and shouldn't you three get back to Leon? I think he's almost done talking to that officer."

Leon was indeed finished giving a statement and returned to your group. He...semi scolded you for acting so irrationally and you took it. Before piers suggested you all skidaddle before being swamped by any mobs of unwanted attention, you fully agreed with that too and the whole lot of you retreated back towards the park's entrance. From there your two groups bid one another good bye for now, after all Leon was taking the lot to a fancy lunch before heading off for the parade. Piers suggested going ahead and heading off towards the parade grounds early despite there being about another three hours until it actually started, but it was probably for the best that you all did to avoid anymore drama from the crowds. There was two free transports there. One was a flying taxi that Leon's group quickly claimed and a free mudsdale. You suggested it but Piers IMMEDIATELY shot that idea down. Quickly making it quite clear there was NO way in Galar he was going to be riding on the back of another pokemon and suggested you all walked to where the parade would be starting. ..Well, you all did have three more hours to kill. So why not? Marnie didn't have any objections. Gathering your things and Silver in your arms, you followed Piers as he took lead in walking off with marnie beside him but she made a face at him raising a brow.

"So she likes joining your rebel justice too? Are you sure you two are jus' friends?"

"Marnie!"

Luckily you didn't seem to hear them over the crowd of people walking all around you and only followed Piers who gave his little sister one last frown before shoving his hands into his pockets and walking through the crowds of people. You followed them through tons of people, past busy stores and streets, marveling and cringing at how noisy and crowded the entire place was as people brushed past you. You couldn't imagine living in a crowded place like this your entire life. Soon enough the people on the side walks became more compact and you noticed that there was metal fencing on the sidewalk keeping them from getting on the streets that seemed to now be completely empty. For the parade? Squeezing your way through the tough crowd you clung onto Silver still following Piers lanky form through the crowd until you all came to a particular roped off area that was being guarded by none other than Team Yell! He recognized the three of you in an instant. Piers said something to the grunt you couldn't hear over the crowd but the grunt pulled the rope between you all and the area back. With a 'follow me' gesture from Piers you and Marnie both followed him into the area and you blinked at what you saw. In front of the building was a couple chairs on the side walk safely where some people could be able to watch the parade as the members of Team Yell had set up some kind of speaker system on the cleared road with some intruments. Obviously some kind of set up in order for Piers to do the opening performance for the parade. Also on the sidelines you could see a couple people with those news cameras pointing at various angles down towards the road or towards where the set up was. Lights were on everywhere in the city now as it had gotten darker and darker until the sun looked like it would set any minute now. Piers directed you two to some of the chairs safely off to the side and you blinked. This was a front row view to watch the parade!

"Mr. Piers!," you three were stopped by a woman's voice and Piers turned his head towards a woman who approached him with her hair up, wearing a head mic, and a clipboard in her hands. Clearly someone manning the parade. Maybe even an event organizer by the looks of her. Either way Piers gave her his attention when she approached him. "There's one hour until showtime. Why weren't you here for makeup and wardrobe earlier!?"

"Sorry 'bout that. I got a lil..." He glanced at the two of you standing there. "...Side tracked."

"Uh huh. Well now we have to rush things and get you all ready if we're all going to keep up scheduale here!"

"It takes that long for you to do someone's hair?"

He turned back to you. "It does with mine. Y'know. Gotta give Galar that signature Spikemuth look they all know from me." He paused...noticing you shaking slightly before pointing at you. "Oi. Ya cold or somethin'?"

You blinked, looking down at yourself and noticed you were indeed shaking a bit. As thick as your sweater and sweat pants were, you were noticable a bit colder without your coat, and after rolling around in the snow to stop that poacher. It had also taken at least two hours for you all to walk here. ..You shrugged. "I-I guess a bit yeah. Sort of lost m-my own coat a little while back."

Piers regarded you for a moment before he silently began removing his own coat. Reaching up to take the hood off showing his flat hair instead of it's normal do, cascading down his back in a water fall of shiny black and pretty pale white mixture. Unzipping the long coat open until he could shrug it off his own shoulders. You blinked as he removed his arms from the sleeves, shook the long thing out, before in a fluid motion throwing it into the air over you before pulling it down over your shoulders. You blinked as Piers pulled it over you and gave a small pat to your shoulder before pulling his hands away. The coat was...surprisingly warm, makes sense as Piers had been wearing it for a long time so it should be the trick to warm you up. Marnie stared...First at you looking up and down at the hot pink and black coat you sported. Then at Piers who still wore that blank face meeting your surprised one.

"You two should go sit down and wait for the show to start," he finally said gesturing towards the empty chairs making you blink. "I'll be back after the make up team fixes me up photo finish for the show. Jus' sit tight n' everything should go well. Kay?"

He didn't give you a chance to answer before he turned and followed the woman with the clipboard away. You watched them go before blinking again and looking at yourself and the coat drapped over you. .....What was that all about? You flinched when Marnie tugged at your side and gestured to the seats Piers had pointed at to you.

"Let's go sit down n' rest for a sec."

Not knowing what else to do at the moment you complied and followed Marnie on over to the chairs to sit down in. The next hour was spent with you rubbing your cold pink face to warm it up every so often, and go between watching the crowds around you or Team Yell who seemed to be putting any last finishing touches on the set ups but one woman's voice caught your attention as you peered over to where the loud and close voice was coming from. And low and behold there was the same blonde reporter lady and her camera man from the hotel the other day. She ran her hands over her blonde hair and coat making herself look 'presentable' for the camera man pointed the large and heavy equipment over her shoulder at her.

"Gillian! We're live in five. Four. Three." In an instant the woman plastered a happy fake smile for the camera as her camera man began counting down. Mic to her mouth. "Two. One!"

"Welcome! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays for all!," she spoke with a sweetly forced voice you found slightly annoying, "This is Marcos Cosmos Newscast with Gillian coming to all you folks at home live at a very special celebration that we've had for years now and what many folks have been lining up for hours to see now. The Annual Wyndon City Christmas Day Parade! This year we have a spectacular event lined up for the audience including over thirty two floats, fourteen giant balloons, and performers of all kinds awaiting the signal to come walking down Wyndon Main Street with special guest star interviews like our very own Chairman Rose and rising star actress Gwen Admins. " Her arm gestured behind her to the opening set. "But perhaps the most anticipated scene is the opening event that's being done by none other than the very musically talented Gym Leader of Spikemuth, Piers. Already well known for some of his more famous hit songs such as The Love Purugly and The Caterpie Girl. Truly quite the Christmas gift to be giving us this year." The woman looked towards the direction you were in all of a sudden and brightly lit up. You rose a brow where you sat. "And it looks like we're live just in time to capture the opening act about to begin!"

You were confused at what they were looking at before you turned your head and blinked as Piers walked past you all and towards the lit area set up on the road as it had finally gotten fully dark now from the sun setting. Only now he was sporting his usual punk look. The crowd on either side of you all perking up as the rebel gym leader walked up to the lit micstand in the light with the same blank face and slouched form before grabbing it. The mic made a small noise as he grabbed it before inhaling closing his eyes-...Before doing a complete 180 and like the day before that same confident smile and look in his eyes appearing before giving a confident point off to the crowd.

"'ELLO GALAR!!," he shouted amplified by the mic throughout the calm city night enlisted an immediate response in the form of a cheer from the crowd. "How are we all doin' tonight?" The camera's pointed right at his face as he smiled back to the crowd. "Sounds like we got a good crowd tonight! Probably one of the best lookin' crowds I've had in a long time! To thank ya'll for gracin' me with your presence, how 'bout I deliver some tunes befittin' for this holiday yeah?" The crowd cheered more to his presence and you admitted you were excited too. After all this would technically be your second concert you had gotten to see if you counting that one you stumbled into back in Spikemuth. Piers pointed off to the side. "Hit it!"

Somewhere on the side lines one of the staff noticeably fiddled with the giant speaker set on wheels (Wheels??) in the dark out of Piers's spot light until music blasted out. And you stared at what you could only describe as a rock version of Carol of the Bells seemed to blast out for the world to hear. Odd choice, but hey. It was Christmas themed so you guessed it was fitting. Piers let the first few bell chimes of the music that echoed throughout the night to grace play before drums dropped in to join the beat and he visibly took in a long breath.

"Hark how the bells!~ Sweet silver bells!~ All seem to say throw cares away!~ Christmas is here!~ Bringing good cheer!~ To young n' old!~," he shouted out and you watched as he picked up the pace of his voice to match the speed of the song hands firmly gripping onto his mic stand. "Meek n' the bold!~ Ding dong ding dong!!~ THAT IS THEIR SONG!!~ With joyful ring!~ All carolin'!~ One seems to hear words of good cheer from everyone!~ Fillin' the air!~ OH how they pound!!!~ Raisin' the sound!!!~ O'er hill n' dale!!~ Tellin' the tale!!~'' ...HOW!? How was he able to do all of that in just one long breath like that!? Your mind bobbled at the thought just watching him STILL go without looking tired at all. "GAILY THEY RING WHILE PEOPLE SING SONGS O' GOOD CHEER!!~ CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!~ MERRY, MERRY, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!~ MERRY, MERRY, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!~ On, on they send!~ On without end!~ Their joyful tone!~ To every home!~"

He paused in his moment of singing as the rock music began dropping a good few beats- Silver made a startled noise and backed up against you when all of a sudden caught a flash of lights. Red, green, and then a regular but REALLY bright white light blasting all about Pier's body. Your hand came up to block half the light show from your face as Marnie watched completely unphased at all...And it took you a good while of blinking and getting your barings to realize that it was in fact indeed a light show organized to flash around Piers to highlight the show. ...OH!! Duh!! That's why they were in Christmas colors. The audience sure seemed to like the display of fancy lights, as did you once you managed to get your eyes used to the bright display. Piers meanwhile was taking a few deep breaths before readying himself for the next fast verse.

"Ding dong ding dong ding dong!!~ Ding dong ding dong ding dong!!~," his voice cut back through as the light show abruptly stopped letting his form be visible to the masses again. You blinked not quite used to the sudden changes in light and dark. "HARK how the bells!~ Sweet silver bells!~ All seem to say throw cares away!~ Christmas 's 'ere!~ Bringin' good cheer!~ Ta young n' old!~ Meek an' the bold!~ DING DONG DING DONG!!~ That is their song!~ With joyful ring!~ All caroling!~ One seems ta hear words of good cheer from everywhere!~ Fillin' the air!~ OH how they pound!~ Raisin' the sound!~ O'er hill n' dale!~ Tellin' their tale!~" Blinking your blinking you did seem to notice that Piers sucked in a very quick breath before singing the next verses. "GAILY THEY RING WHILE PEOPLE SING SONGS 'O GOOD CHEER!!~ CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!~ MERRY, MERRY, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!~ MERRY, MERRY, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!~ ON ON THEY SEND!!~ ON WITHOUT END!~ THEY'RE JOYFUL TONE!!~ TA EVERY HOME!!~"

This time you had the insight to quickly put up your hand again as the lightshow returned and sparing yourself from the second light attack as the beat dropped and continued on for a good long moment. Silver resorted himself into shoving his face into the coat you wore to escape the light as it continued on until finally with a few bells chimed the song ended and the lightshow immediately cut out with Piers standing back there smiling. An absolute UPROAR only matched by that of the stadium crowd's cheers rang out from everyone around you and you weren't ashamed to smile brightly and clap along yourself. Your heart pumping through your chest and electric excitement rushing through your viens from the performance. That was an amazing display!! Although Silver was less than impressed and let you know it in the form of a grumble as he firmly stayed put where he was.

"THANK YOU!!", Piers spoke back up waving a hand real quick, "It's a down right honor to be here in Wyndon and entertain all you 'night! An' it looks like m' not the only one." He tilted his head down the long street to the left and you couldn't see where you were sat with Marnie but the outlines of lit up floats and people were slowly making their way down towards them. "But I think I got time for one more song for such a beautiful audience! How's about it?!"

With the people's cheer of approval Piers tilted his head towards the people handling the many sound equipment and instruments off the sidelines as they ready themselves. With a breath he turned back to the floats still heading towards them slowly as if calculating the best song to sing with the limited time, before taking another inhale and exhale. But you were surprised instead of any rock music soft piano music instead flowed out making you raise a brow. ..Wasn't that not Piers's usually genre of music?

"I don't want a lot for Christmas.~" Your attention turned back to him as he sang in probably the softest most gentlest tone you had ever heard him sing other than the time you had stumbled on him strumming his guitar. As he gentle sang with his eyes closed. "There's jus' one thing that I need.~ I don't care 'bout the preasents underneath the Christmas tree.~ I just want you for my own.~ More than you could ever know.~ Make my wish come true.~" The People in the sidelines manning the instruments either raised their hands or grabbed the certain tools needed to suddenly amp up the music's soft voulume to eleven. "All I want for Christmas is...YOUU!!!!~" You jumped when all of a sudden guitair and drums were added to the mic of piano now as well as the music took a sudden jump in volume! Piers snapping his eyes back open now. "OH BABY!!~ I won't ask for much this Christmas.~ I won't even wish for snow.~ I jus' wanna keep on waitin' underneath the mistletoe.~ I won't make a list an' send it to the North Pole for Saint Nick.~" Piers tilted his head back a bit singing a bit higher. "I won't even stay awake to 'ere those magic stantler click.~ I jus' want you here tonight.~ Holdin' onto me so tight!~" He gave what you could've called a sultry look to the audience. "What more can I do?~ ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS-...You.~"

A Christmas..LOVE SONG!?!? Well you had to admit it DID fit the holiday aesthetic very well and Piers's small acting skills of tossing a small smirk or look every so often to different people was getting the swoon on. The reporter lady seemed to certainly blush when Piers gave her a small smile and side glance. He certainly wasn't a casanova charmer like Raihan, or know how to model a good shot like Gordie, but he still had a charm about him that only he and certain singers from your world could pull off being a singer. ....And his blue eyes were pretty to look at too you guessed. And his voice was VERY nice to listen too.

"All of the lights are shinin' so brightly everywhere.~ An' the sound of children's laughter fills the air.~," he continued singing softly as the solo soft piano returned, "And everybody's singing.~ I hear those sleighbells ringin.~ ....Santa wont'cha bring me the one I really need!?~ Won't you please bring my baby to me!?~" And just like that the rock dip with guitar and drums returned. "I don't want a lot for Christmas!!~ This is all m' askin' for!!~" He sang loud and proud in that rock tone you knew so well by now. "I jus' wanna see my baby standin' right outside my door!~ I just want YOU for my own!~ More than you could ever know!~ Make my wish come true!~ All I want for Christmas is..." There was a pause in both the music and Piers before he suddenly lifted his head head to the heavens. "YOU!!!~" The rock style really picked up now. "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU BABY!!~" He sang loudly pointing back towards the audience. No doubt you were sure he made someone swoon out there. "YOU'RE THE ONE I WAAAANNNTT!!~ ALL I WANT IS JUST YOU BAABYY!!~" The music stopped as he sand one last sentence softly. "All I want for Christmas is you, Baby.~"

You could've sworn he glanced over to you and Marnie's way before quickly snapping back towards the audience but you brushed it off. Instead clapping wildly enough to jostle Silver in your lap as he looked annoyed. Marnie absolutely caught his look though and stared hard at him...before looking to you oblivious to it....and then back to Piers like nothing happened. He bowed to the audience and noticed the floats were indeed VERY close now. Everyone on the side lines hustling to remove the sound equipment from the road (OH! So that's what the wheel were for!) back to the side walk and out of the way of the approaching parade.

"Thank you! You've all been a great audience! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! Please support and consider donating to combat the power crisis!!," Piers shouted and with a wave picked up the mic stand with one hand and promptly sped walked his way off the street and back towards you both leaving the cheering crowd behind him and the reporter to pick up the slack

"*ahem* A-Anyways. Wasn't that just a great opening into what Surely's going to be an exciting Christmas with the parade and later Santa coming tonight? I hope you've all made it onto the nice list because behind me is our first gift of the night in the form of the first float of the parade making it's way down the streets as you can see-"

Piers visibly sighed and let his body untense as he walked over towards you two carrying the mic stand. When close enough he handed the stand off to one of the workers passing by him. Before walking his way up to the both of you sitting there smiling at him. "That was a pretty good show you put on out there." You complimented and he blinked at you. Before you chuckled "The best start to a parade I've seen actually."

He stared at you for a moment before looking away and one of his hands reached up to fiddle with his choker again. A habit he seemed to do a lot. "Yeah?....Thanks. This your first parade too?" He asked changing the subject.

You nodded excitedly. "First everything today for me actually. First fair. First concert. First parade. First time in the city..You get the picture."

He hummed....before slowly sitting next to you as the first float approached which looked like a giant pikachu. "....You warm?"

You again nodded. "Yeah thanks. But what about you?"

"'M fine." he was quick to answer. "If ya want I can take ya home after this. I mean...I'd feel bad if ya got lost on the way back with it being your first time in Wyndon after all."

"I'd like that actually. It's very kind of you."

Marnie leaned forwards looking between the two of you again.....before turning her attention back onto the parade as a giant balloon of an eevee was next being manhanlded down the streets by a large amount of people. You enjoyed the next two or three hours sitting there wrapped in Piers's coat happily watching and marveling at all the colorful floats and balloons bigger than your own house going by or the performers than did back flips, dressed as clowns, danced in costumes, or other tricks down the streets between all the floats and balloons. Each more different and exciting than the last being lit up by the bright lights of the city. Every so often Piers would glance over at you, catch a glimpse of your awestruck face, and then quickly look away when Marnie looked over at him feeling his gaze turn. In turn she'd raise a brow at her older brother...before thankfully going back to watching the parade come to a close. At which point...you were VERY tired. How long had you been staying up? As the last float and cheers from the audience made it's rounds you let out a yawn that caught the rock star's attention. He made the suggestion of you all going back to the flying taxi that in between all the floats and things, he had asked one of the staff members to reserve for all of you. Guess he didn't feel like walking back or taking another mudsdale ride. Too tired to argue, you agreed as it meant getting back to the hotel faster and the warmth it provided. The trip back there was a blue in your tired mind. All you remembered was briefly getting shoved by people when Piers escorted you through the crowd with an arm around your shoulders, getting ino a taxi, and only being jostled awake by the sudden lurch the taxi gave upon take off and the cold air hitting you that made you bristle and pull the coat over you and Silver more. Gosh it was SO cold! It wasn't too long until the three of you got back to the hotel and went inside. You shook more than a leaf in a tornado! How was Piers not phased by this?..Or maybe he was but could hide it really well? As you three went towards the elevator none of you noticed the police officer with the bunched up coat in his arms, but he certainly noticed you three as the elevator doors closed. Rising to the floor you three were staying on, you exited and walked until the Spikemuth siblings stopped in front of what you assumed to be their room and you took the moment to give Piers back his coat with one hand with a smile and put Silver back down.

"Hey. Thanks for letting me borrow this. I just hope you won't catch a cold because of me."

He shook his head taking it from you. "It'd no trouble. An' if I do get sick it's not gonna be cuz of you. It was my choice to let you borrow it."

You smiled a lot brighter than before. "Still what you did for me today....Well I can't remember the last time I ever had so much fun on a holiday before. Minus the poke poacher of course."

"Hehehe." He chuckled and the faintest of smiles appeared on his face. His brow raised. "Well can't say it wasn't entertainin' to watch you give someone a piece of you're mind that wasn't Rai-Rai for a change. 'M sure he'll he happy 'bout that."

"Yeah," you agreed. "And Piers." He hummed and FROZE as you once again hugged him, platonically of course as thanks before releasing him quickly after and smiling. "I mean it. Thank you for everything. You really are a great gym leader. Spikemuth's lucky to have you." With that you turned and waved them good bye feeling this would be a good time to leave them off and you were so tired that you feared you'd just drop in the middle of the hallway out of exhaustion. "Good night. Merry Christmas!"

Piers stood there for the longest moment...before feeling eyes on him. Blue eyes met another pair of electric blue eyes as Marnie stared at him..then at your retreating form, then back at him. ".....So did Raihan introduce 'er to ya or did you meet your 'not girlfriend' somewhere else?"

"MARNIE!!"

You paid no attention to the siblings' banter as you headed to your own room. You were very tired, and very cold. All you wanted to do was curl up into your sleeping bag and fall asleep for the rest of the night. But upon opening the door you realized you weren't alone. Gloria was there! Having had been going through some things from her back pack on the bed..but she smiled when she realized it was you.

"Y/N!," she greeted as you walked in closing the door behind you. "There ye are! I waitin' forever for ya to get back!"

You waved with a yawn towards her. "Hey. How was your day out with Leon?"

She beamed. "IT WAS GREAT!! We flew 'round the city and saw all the cool landmarks, and checked out the fair, an' then lee took us to see the parade!! We had ta leave it early though. Some kind of emergency with the stadium. But Lee promised he'd take us back to the fair tomorrow so we can see what we missed! How 'bout you?"

You smiled. "It was alright. Mostly just did the same things you guys did. I think I'm just gonna hit the floor and call it a night-"

No sooner had you said that then a loud wrapping at the door sound out making you both jump. Whirling around, both of you ended up staring at the door for a moment. And looked at each other again when another knock came from it. ...After a moment you approached the door and Gloria hopped herself off the bed to see who it was too. Maybe it was one or the guys or Piers? Grabbing the door knob, you opened the door but was shocked into silence upon seeing a POLICE OFFICER on the other side!! And not just any officer, it was the one from the park who took your coat with the pokemon back towards the pokemon center. ...What happened?! Were you in trouble!? Were you going to be arrested for something!?

"Excuse me, Miss," he started out looking at your frozen state. You blinked as he held up your bundled up coat and looked strangely a bit bulky. "You didn't come by the station to get these, but we didn't have any way to contact you so I figured I'd wait for you here since you were with the gym leader and Champion. It's too cold to be running around without a coat on, and I wouldn't want your pals to get caught up in more trouble again."

......You stared at it...before deflating in relief. Oh..He was just returning your coat. Gloria was nice enough to take it from him looking at it curiously before turning around and walking back into the room. You smiled and nodded. "Oh...T-Thanks. That's really nice of you." You closed the door a few inches. "H-Have a nice night, Officer." With a nod the officer turned and started walking back towards the direction of the elevator and you closed the door with a sigh. "Uuuuuh. Man. Can I go one week without getting a heart attack around here?"

Gloria meanwhile was looking at your coat curiously. Wondering why it was so bunched up and lumpy before opening the coat to the room. And her brown eyes instantly widened to the size of plates. "Uuuuuuh...Y/n?" You hummed looking from the door to her. "I think there's been a mix up."

Confused you walked on over to where she was and you dawned the same googily eyed expression as her when you realized what was in the coat. "......Oh no..." Inside the coat all curled up and asleep was five SHINY pokemon. The same pokemon that you had seen from the fair. Gloria blinked when in an instant you whirled on your heel and charged to the door, flinging it open and shoving your head into the hallway to look around. ...But it was too late. The officer was Gone. ".....He's gone!" You said turning back around to see Gloria's expression.

"WHY THE BLOODY HECK DID A COP GIVE YA SHINY POKEMON!?"

"I don't know!," you insisted closing the door back behind you looking panicked back towards the sleeping pile of shiny fluff. Silver looked as confused as you staring at the pokemon with confusion. "The last time I saw them was when that guy took them to the pokemon center HOURS ago!"

Gloria stared at you...then paused. As if a lightbulb suddenly popped into her head. ".....We're they wrapped in your coat when he took 'em?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Well....You DID let them know that ...you didn't actually own them right?" You stared. She pointed. "You were really angry when you tackled the guy, an' you already have a shiny...and they were wrapped in your coat. It woulda looked like you were their trainer....Y/n. Ya DID clarify to 'em you didn't own these shinies. Right?"

You stared at her for a long silent moment. She stared back at you for a long silent moment. ......You INHALED bringing your hands clasped up to your face before you pointed at her. "Do you have any extra pokeballs?"

"Yeah. Why tho?"

"We're gonna need them."

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bravegroupie · 1 year ago

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❝ hey ! you might wanna chill on the coolness factor you're giving off here. some of us might think you're too good to hang with us. ❞ it's become a sort of weird clique like thing in the shatterdome that pilots sit with other pilots , the j - techs sit together in the corner of the mess hall & him & hermann are usually nowhere to be found , only coming out in the middle of the night to grab something & retreat back to their little hidey hole in k - sceince. it's rare when newt is among other humans like this so out in the open , but he felt like mixing it up a bit today & upon seeing carol retrieving her lunch , he knows he made the right choice. she was one of the few people who tolerated his loudness & weirdness , & would be totally fine with sitting with him despite the looks she'll probably get from others while doing so. sheesh , for a bunch of people supporting a rebellion , the people in the shatterdome do have a tendency to be so totally not punk rock. it's a shame. carol though ? she reeks it , especially dressed the way she was today.

❝ is cool girl too cool to sit with a nerd like me , or can i humbly ask you to grace me with your presence this fine lunch hour ? ❞ newt's smile flashes all too widely in a well recognized grin , the kind that reads of too little social interaction mixing hardcore with the large amounts of caffeine in his system. ❝ c'mon , it's been too long since we chatted , which i knows is mostly my fault. but c'mon . . . i'll even give you my jello dessert to sweeten the deal. ha ! get it ? ❞

˗ˏˋ ᶠᶤᵍ ᶤ· cool girl & science guy. ﹙ ft. @warbyrds ﹚

#warbyrds #˗ˏˋ ᶠᶤᵍ ᶤ· ﹙ ic ﹚ ﹕ the doctor is in.#˗ˏˋ ᵉˣ· ﹙ experiment i ﹚ ﹕ of monsters & men.#YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH #im so excited for this #ugh let the ridiculous convos begin again gngjndng

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shop-korea · 11 months ago

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dontsh0vethesun · 3 years ago

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Diagonally Cut Toast and Pop Tarts

A/N - I'm posting some of my one shots from AO3 onto here and will continue to post them on here as well as there from now on. This was my first ever fanfic :')

Pairing - Carol Danvers x Reader

Summary - Breakfast with the Avengers ft. Fury not eating toast when it's cut diagonally

Warnings - literally none, pure fluff

Word Count - 1010

"Wake up, wake up, wake up."

I groaned at the disturbance, trying to yank the blanket further over my face and bury myself back in my dreams. My attempt however was just that - an attempt - as a hand grabbed the cover and pulled it away from my body, cold air flowing across my bare skin. I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, not suitable attire for the cool room.

"Babe. Please no." I mumbled, squeezing my eyes shut in hopes of falling back into slumber.

"Y/N, rise and shine." She sang, a whine lacing her tone and no doubt a pout on her face. I peeled my eyes open and I was right; she was kneeling beside me looking down at me with puppy dog eyes and a pout across her lips, turning into a proud grin as she saw my eyes on her. "Morning." She smiled before leaning down to place a kiss on my forehead.

"Morning Captain Marvel."

"Ugh, I've told you not to call me that." She rolled her eyes.

"I know." I smirked up to her, stretching my arms to hold onto her. I pulled her down to me for a cuddle, peaceful in her embrace as she cradled me back. She pressed gentle kisses against my neck, my jaw, my cheek until she lingered on my lips.

"Come on, we're on breakfast duty today." She added as she started to leave the bed. "Fury's coming over!" She beamed, her smile so infectious in her enthusiasm. She threw one of her oversized sweatshirts at me to wear as she skipped out of the room, I pulled it over my head and revelled in her floral scent left behind on the fabric.

I padded into the kitchen once I'd rubbed the sleep from my eyes and stretched my back with a satisfying crunch, finding her preparing waffle batter in a bowl. I crept up behind her and snaked my arms around her waist, resting my chin upon her shoulder. She gasped at the sudden touch but soon relaxed against my body and pressed her back flush against me, we swayed our hips together along to the music coming from the radio.

I pressed a kiss to her neck, exposed as her hair was in a ponytail, "What do you want me to do?" I murmured.

"Chop up some fruit for me?" She asked, pointing towards the packages of strawberries and raspberries on the counter.

"Yes chef." I mocked, placing a final kiss to her cheek before going to complete my task. I cut the stalks from the strawberries before slicing them and piling them into a bowl. We continued to hum and sing along to the music, Carol occasionally using the wooden spoon as a microphone making me giggle.

"Morning." Natasha spoke as she wandered into the kitchen, taking a seat at the kitchen counter, I handed her a cup of coffee as I said good morning back and she took it with a grateful smile. "I love it when you two are on breakfast duty."

"Overdo it at the party last night?" I laughed - I knew she had, we ended up singing karaoke together.

"Never. Drinking. Again." She returned with a groan, Carol and I laughed. "Shut up, you two left me when you disappeared to do God knows what." I glanced over to Carol with a smirk and she smiled back to me with a slight blush on her cheeks. "Ugh, you two are gross."

"Good morning." Wanda exclaimed as she came into the kitchen and took a seat beside Natasha, I gave her some coffee too which she took with a smile. "Aw, Nat are you hungover?" She teased, poking her in the arm - Natasha scowled at her in response only making the three of us laugh.

The four of us chatted about nothing in particular as Carol and I prepared waffles, fruit, toast and coffee for everyone; after a while Tony, Steve, Thor, Pietro and Bucky filtered in, taking coffee with thanks and joining in with conversation. Just as we were finishing up Fury arrived, greeting Carol in a hug; her happiness when she sees him always makes my heart warm.

The group made their way to the table, helping us carry everything over as well as any toppings, plates and cutlery before taking a seat. A plate stacked high with plenty of waffles for all of us sat in the centre of the table, a plate full of buttered toast cut diagonally through the centre and a large bowl of strawberries and raspberries sat beside it. Maple syrup, a pot of coffee and a container of orange juice were there too and everyone began to dig in; I saw that both Thor and Fury were slightly hesitant though so before I took my seat beside my girlfriend I ran back to the kitchen.

A few moments later I returned with two plates in hand. I placed the first in front of Thor, a plate stacked high with pop tarts. His eyes lit up and he gave me a gleaming smile, "Thanks Y/N/N, this is why we're besties." I laughed slightly and gave him a light pat on the shoulder as I walked past and over to Fury who sat at the end of the table, Carol beside him.

I lay the plate of uncut toast in front of him with a smile, he smiled at me at first but then his face contorted into one of confusion. "How did you know?" He queried as I took my seat beside Carol.

"I might have told her." She spoke sheepishly, his eyebrows furrowed in slight annoyance. "What?! She is my girlfriend, I tell her everything." She shrugged, holding back a laugh.

"Your secret is safe with me Nicky, don't worry." I added, tapping the side of my nose with my finger.

He rolled his eyes with a smile tugging at his lips, "Fine, thank you Y/N/N."

"What secret!?" Tony yelled from his seat, making Carol and I burst into laughter.

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stay-tinystars · 3 years ago

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Sleigh Ride: Butt Hunter edition

Ship: Lee Minho (Lee Know) x reader

Established relationship, non idol au, Christmas time, ft OT8 (sort of),

Word count: 456

Warnings: butt slapping

A/N: I had this idea while driving and listening to Christmas Music. I couldnt stop laughing. Enjoy! **included is the song**

I smiled as I glanced around the living room. The Christmas party was in full swing. Dinner had been eaten, presents had been given, and now everyone was just enjoying drinks and each other's company. My boyfriend was next to me leaning against the wall as we watched the two Australians of our friend group singing Aussie Christmas carols. Laughter filled the room as Felix got super into the song with actions. The song ended with cheers from the party goers. Friends and couples alike snacked and chatted as music continued through the room.

"No! I swear this wasn't on the list!" Chris said as Sleigh Ride by The Boston pops came on. I looked confused as I watched the boys who had all been friends the longest looked at me with fear in their eyes. I cocked My brow and then looked at Minho who stood beside me. His mischievous smile told me he had come up with a plan.

"I know I added it to the mix when I got here" Minho smiled as he pushed off the wall. A few of the boys hid behind their guests while Felix, Han, and Jeongin huddled in the corner. I watched as the song played, Minho dancing happily as he went towards the huddled group. When the first whip cracked Minho's hand made contact with Felix's butt. I then understood why no one wanted this song. My boyfriend, the butt hunter, must've played this every Christmas season to his friends' amusement then horror.

I laughed as I watched him make the rounds. Until the song began to close. Instead of heading towards Hyunjin, the last one of his longtime friends, like I expected he headed straight for me. My eyes grew big as he drew closer. I knew the song well, and knew there was only one whip crack left, and I was the intended target. His smirk grew as he went to slap my butt. Only for me to dodge out of the way, smacking his butt. The sound resounded around the room as everyone stared. Then laughter filled the room as Minho turned to ogle me. I couldn't help but laugh as he pointed at me then his butt.

"Alas the butt hunter of Gimpo has been butt hunted!" Hyunjin cheered. Laughter and cheers filled the room. Minho walked over and smiled as he placed his arms around my neck, staring into my eyes. His lips drew closer to mine. I closed my eyes as I felt his breath on my cheek, his hands traveling down. Then a loud slap, followed by my butt stinging.

"I'm the only butt hunter here sweetheart." He whispered in my ear then kissed my cheek and walked away.

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faithalenora · 3 years ago

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Paring: Park Jimin x gn!reader ft. best friend!Taehyung

Word count: 2.3K

Genre: Crack; Maybe fluff if you squint.

Warnings: Bad singing; “dying whale” references; the use of the word a-hole and hell.

Credits: This lovely idea was not made by me but it was in fact conjured up by the sexy brain of my soulmate @a-methystus. (Also picture above was edited by a lovely user over at Pinterest!)

A/N: Friendly reminder this is part #2 of the 12 days of Giftmas series! Please do consider checking out part 1 and don’t hesitate to let me know what you guys think of them! I love hearing feedback and it helps me keep going! Hope you all enjoy it!

Giftmas day #2 goes to… @aglassofpinkchampagne! Dae this whole thing is basically a crack fic and I just couldn’t help but think of you while writing this. You are one of the funniest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of chatting with and I’m so happy to have you as a friend. Your puns are out of this world and crack me up all the time. So, this is for you and I hope you enjoy this whole blurb of madness.

Sypnosis: When you learn that Park Jimin is going to be directing this year’s annual Christmas caroling, you can’t help but want to join just to be around him. There is just a tiny problem. For all that is good, you cannot sing.

Y/N L/N was a prideful individual.

You prided yourself at being freakishly good at your job, You were good at cooking -something your roommate Taehyung greatly appreciated. But most of all, you prided yourself in knowing how to work hard and achieve the things you wanted to achieve.

So, when Taehyung had come barreling in through the door of your apartment, scaring the living hell out of you in the process, telling you that this year’s annual Christmas caroling was being directed by none other than Park Jimin, you’d jumped at the chance to volunteer. Except there was one tiny problem. For the love of all that is good, you were bad at singing.

When most people tell others that they are bad at singing, they never really mean it. Most of the time, they are just shy or have never really tried to give singing a try so they just assume they are horrible at it. You, however, were the exception to the case. When you tell others you are bad at singing, you really are bad at it.

You’d never even noticed how bad of a singing voice you had until you and Taehyung had to share a tiny apartment with equally as thin walls. The first time you had belted out singing, granted you were cleaning your room with headphones on, Taehyung had come barreling through the door thinking you were dying.

(“What the heck, Tae! Why did you barge in through my door like that?”

“Are you okay? What was that noise?”

“What noise? I was just singing.”

“In what universe is that singing? I sincerely thought you were dying!”

“... Was I really that bad?”

“Uh, no? You just sound like a dying whale, that's all.”

“You asshole!” )

After Taehyung had finally left your room, not before making fun of you for a good 10 minutes, you decided to listen to yourself. Really listen. As soon as you opened your mouth to sing, you couldn’t help but cringe. Taehyung was right. You did sound like a dying whale.

Since then, you had promised yourself you’d never sing a single word ever again no matter what. Even drunk you knew singing at the karaoke bar would be a regretful decision. (Even when your friends would be way too drunk to remember.) Not only for you but for every poor soul that had found themselves there that night. However, here Taehyung was telling you about the one thing that might break your no singing rule.

Park Jimin

Park Jimin was the resident apartments’ sweetheart. He lived only two doors down from your’s and Taehyung’s apartment, so you’d always cross each other in the mornings and when returning from work. Jimin was honestly the most drop-dead gorgeous man you’d seen in your life and that was saying something considering you lived with ‘Adonis’ looking Kim Taehyung. Although he was shorter than most males, he had this powering aura around him. You’d seen him rock different hair colors and different styles of clothing. Everything this man wore or did was just perfect. Not only was he good-looking but he was also the sweetest and kindest man.

Every time you crossed paths with him, he’d always greet you with a smile, before asking about your day. He would pay close attention to every detail, and seemed to remember things you’d mentioned in passing. Jimin was literally an angel and no one could convince you otherwise. Everyone within a mile radius could tell you were crushing on Park Jimin hard-core. Well, everyone but him.

“I should join!” You blurted out from your spot on the couch in the living room, Taehyung now standing in front of you after sharing the great news.

“Y/N, love of my life, the peanut butter to my jelly.” You glared at him with a frown and eyebrows pulled downwards but that didn’t deter him at all. “The bread to my butter. In case you forgot, you sound like a dying whale when you sing.”

“How could I forget when you remind me every single minute of my existence?” Your glare was still directed at him yet he only had the decency to cheekily grin at you. However, you knew he was right. You couldn’t sing and you did sound like a dying whale. But maybe… “What if I took vocal lessons?”

“The Christmas caroling is in like less than two weeks, No matter how good of a coach you find, there is no way they’ll be able to help you.” Taehyung shrugged, finally throwing himself on the couch, wiggling until he was practically on top of you. Once Taehyung had settled on top of you, you mindlessly wondered if you could somehow magically learn how to sing better. (You really doubt it.)

“What if you got Jimin to teach you? I heard he was gonna give lessons to Poppy.” Taehyung suddenly suggested.

“I don’t know Tae. I mean, you did say I was practically a lost cause.” You frowned dramatically at your best friend, who only rolled his eyes at your antics.

“Please! This is a great excuse to see him and spend time with him. Plus maybe he’ll be lucky enough to somehow fix you in time for the activity.”

You were silent for a moment, contemplating what to do. On one hand, you knew fixing your voice in less than two weeks was impossible. But on the other hand, you were determined and Jimin was a great motivation.

“You know what? I will learn how to sing in time for the Christmas caroling and I'll be so damn good, Park Jimin won’t know what hit him.”

In retrospect, now that you were standing in front of Jimin’s front door for your first session, this whole idea seemed stupid. How did you manage to let Taehyung rope you into this, you’ll never know.

(“I’m never letting you convenience me into caroling ever again.”

“But I didn’t!”)

Before you could ponder more, or rather flee the session altogether, the door opened. Standing there in nothing but the comfiest baby blue sweater with white joggers, Jimin looked as handsome as you could remember.

“HI, Y/N! Come on in!”

Jimin’s apartment was almost a carbon copy of yours and Taehyung’s. Except instead of the walls being filled with crazy picture frames of art you and Taehyung had collected over the years, Jimin’s house was cozier and inviting. His walls were filled with pictures of, what you could assume, were his friends and family. Small plants were scattered around and there even was a tiny cactus in the middle of his coffee table.

“Make yourself at home! Is there anything you want? Juice? Water?” Jimin was staring at you, waiting for an answer, while you were standing there trying not to make a fool of yourself.

“Water is fine.” You managed to speak without messing up. That was a total win in your book.

Jimin nodded before turning around and disappearing through the entryway of the kitchen. You decided that your best bet was to go sit in the living room and wait till Jimin got back. It wasn’t long before Jimin had returned with a glass of water in his hands, which he handed to you before sitting on the opposite end of the couch you were in.

“So, do you have any experience with singing?”

Ah, so straight to the point then.

“No. Not really. Karaoke with friends doesn’t count.” You chuckle nervously, not mentioning the fact that your friends were black-out drunk that night and couldn’t remember your awful singing (thankfully).

“That’s okay. That just means we will start with warm-ups and then test to see where your vocal range is. That way I’ll be able to place you in the correct range in the choir.”

Huh, that didn’t sound so bad.

“So, are you ready?”

You take a deep breath and nod.

“I’m ready.”

You were not, in fact, ready.

After Jimin had asked if you were ready and you had dumbly said yes, you both stood up in the middle of his living room -moving the coffee table out of the way. He’d first instructed you to loosen your arms (“Helps with breathing better!”) and shake away anything that might have been distracting. (He wasn’t counting that he himself was one but whatever.) Then the warm-ups finally began.

The warm-ups had started relatively well. Just humming and pronouncing vowels. It seemed easy enough and you were doing great. No whale dying sounds were being heard. That was until Jimin decided, after a while of warmups, that it was time for you to sing one of the Christmas songs to test your vocal range. That’s when everything just went downhill.

At the beginning of the song, it was relatively easy. You started slowly and softly afraid to sing it out loud. However, Jimin reminded you to speak up and sing louder so he could hear you in order to test the vocal range. You closed your eyes and sang louder. You just knew you’d messed up.

Jimin didn’t even let the song finish, shutting off the music in the middle. Shocked by the sudden silence, and the finishing dying whale sounds coming from you, you opened your eyes just to find Jimin staring at you with an unreadable expression in his eyes.

Oh god. You just messed up big time.

“That was… wow.” Jimin huffed, coughing into his hands and you knew he was seconds away from laughing.

“It was bad and you hated it.” The tone of your voice sounded hurt and Jimin’s eyes slowly widened.

You honestly weren’t. Embarrassed? Heck yeah. But hurt? Nah. Taehyung made you grow a thick skin against comments about your singing.

“Oh no! It was lovely.” Jimin was lying through his teeth and honestly, it was endearing that he was trying not to make you feel bad.

“Jimin, it was awful.” You snickered, a smile overtaking your lips. And apparently, that was the last straw he needed before he began giggling out loud.

(“Bells Taehyung. He laughs like actual bells.”

“Damn, you are worse than I thought.”)

Seeing Jimin bend over in laughter, almost tripping on nothing, made you laugh as well. You knew you were a lost cause but if your bad singing caused Jimin to laugh, then maybe the suffering was worth it.

“I am so sorry but-” He erupted in laughter again, clutching his stomach with his arms. His eyes were barely visible due to the scrunch of his cheeks and you found it so cute and hilarious that you kept laughing with him.

Eventually, after a while, his laughter died down to mare giggles here and there. He did, however, make eye contact with you. You couldn’t decipher what the look was for but couldn’t help but stare right back at him.

“I am sorry about laughing. I usually handle myself better.” His voice was sincere and you couldn’t help but feel your heart melt.

“Jimin, it’s okay. I know I am a lost cause.” You reassured him while he only nodded.

“Do you mind me asking you something, then?” You nodded unsure of where he was going with this. “Why did you decide to join the Christmas carol?”

Your cheeks burned bright pink at his question. For a moment you contemplated lying, but then decided against seeing as he was genuinely curious about your death wish.

“I’m gonna be honest with you. I only joined because of you.” His eyes widened in realization but you continued, “Taehyung, my dork of a roommate, told me about you being director this year and I thought it would be a good excuse to see you. It would have worked out if I didn’t suck so badly.”

Speaking it out loud made it sound stupider. You knew you were fidgeting in your place, hands bounding up in front of you in hopes of calming your nerves. Jimin was still quiet and staring at you with a look. You didn’t know if it was a good one or a bad one but it was a look.

“Y/N would you like to go on a date with me?”

Now it was your turn to stare at him with wide eyes. What the hell just happened? Did Park Jimin just ask you out?

“What?” You blurted out, confusion evident in your face. Jimin seemed to notice your confusion and took a few steps forward till he was a couple of inches away from you.

“I asked you if you wanted to go on a date with me.”

“No no. I got that part but why?”

“Maybe I just like the sounds of dying whales.” You could help but stare in disbelief as he cracked up at his joke. “In all seriousness, I’ve had the biggest crush on you since forever.”

What were your ears hearing?

“I never said anything cause I thought you and Tae were together.” That made you snap out of the daze you were in.

“Ew! No-no-no. I’d rather sing than be in a relationship with him.” You gagged, for effect and dramatics, of course, Jimin laughing at your expression. “I can’t believe you thought we were together!”

“You’ve got to admit you both do cling to each other a lot.” You nodded at his point.

“That’s cause Tae doesn’t know what personal space is. But the point is, you like me? Even though I sound like that?”

Jimin laughed again, this time bringing his hands to cup your cheeks.

“Definitely like you. Even more, now that you sound like a whale.”

Maybe you should break your promise of not singing more often. Especially if it landed you in the arms of a certain Park Jimin.

(“So, just a suggestion but you shouldn’t join the choir.”

“Why not? I thought you loved my singing?”

“Yeah, of course. But I don’t want my other singer’s ears to bleed.”

“Jimin! You are so lucky you are cute you little…” )

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thrillridesz · 4 years ago

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all i want for christmas | eric

in part of the deobi secret santa project and dedicated as a gift to @channiewoo ✨ ( i hope you like it >< i tried my best! )

➳ pairing: college student!eric x reader ( ft juyeon, kevin, chanhee and sangyeon with jacob mentions! )

➳ genre: fluff, fantasy, time travel!au, time loop!au, christmas!au, university!au, love triangle!au ( ish? )

➳ warnings: n/a (PG13)

➳ word count: 4.6k

➳ inspo: lotus inn by why don’t we

➳ fic playlist: all i want for christmas - big time rush ft miranda cosgrove | lotus inn - why don’t we | christmassy! - the boyz | you belong with me - taylor swift | crush - david archuleta

a/n : this is my christmas secret santa gift to eri @channiewoo ^^ also hi, i’m your theb secret santa! thank you for being such a sweet person to talk to throughout this month and honestly you really made my first secret santa here on tumblr pretty memorable! i know we’ve just exchanged a few asks here and there but i genuinely did like talking to you though im not the most frequent secret santa anon out there >< i sincerely hope you can forgive me for that. but anyways, i hope you like your gift!!

+ also unedited for now because i really wanted to post this on christmas day... and tags are still not working but i don’t want to delay this any longer

The Christmas spirit could be felt in all corners of the house that night as the sweet aroma of freshly baked cookies and crackling log fire from the fireplace wafted in the air while party guests swayed to the upbeat Christmas music playing on the stereo and chatted merrily amongst themselves. Outside, fine white snow was falling and against the black canvas of the night sky, it made the streets seem almost serene and even beautiful. Looking out, one could easily feel the Christmas mood as neighbours held their own christmas parties and family gatherings. Everywhere they looked, they would see beautifully decorated houses adorned with Christmas wreaths and intricate fairy lights. Sometimes, one would even see the occasional snowmans displayed out in the neighbours’ yards, covered in scarves and hats with the ever familiar carrot nose. From a distance a few doors down, one could also hear singing - a telltale sign of the local group of Christmas carolers making their rounds in the neighbourhood like they did every year.

This was what Christmas is all about - enjoying good food with loved ones, receiving amazing gifts, going door to door caroling and feeling at home with the people you appreciate and cherish while the winter snow falls outside. Yet, Eric felt anything but. In fact, his heart was pounding against his chest as he sipped nervously at his mug of hot apple cider. Around him, the party guests were mingling and laughing at the college Christmas party as they shared funny stories from the year they had, feeling particularly merry. Normally, it would have been easy for him to get in the mood but not this time.

“I don’t get what you’re so nervous about.” Kevin said, shaking his head. “Why can’t you just talk to her?”

“I don’t want to make a fool out of myself. What if I mess up?” He replied despondently, his eyes softening as he glanced at you from across the room.

There you were - decked out in a cute Christmas outfit just standing by the fireplace, your hair falling around your face and framing it, looking more beautiful than he had remembered. The smile on your face made his heart flutter ever so slightly and he could feel his face grow warmer despite having a huge mug of apple cider just in front of him. The santa hat you wore added just that little touch of sweetness and adorableness to you and Eric couldn’t help but feel his heart start to pound in his chest. If you weren’t already stunning to him, you were breathtakingly beautiful to him now. Every little smile or shy glance made his heart beat just a little faster and he reached up to clutch softly as his chest.

“It’s better than not trying at all, Eric.” Kevin pointed out, taking a bite out of his gingerbread cookie. “You ought to have a little bit more faith in yourself.”

Eric sighed in resignation. “It’s so much easier talking about it than actually doing it. Everytime I think about doing it, I chicken out. I just can’t seem to stop fearing about possibly screwing it up, Kev.”

Kevin regarded him with a sympathetic look before patting him reassuringly on the shoulder. “I understand. Look man, if you don’t feel ready then you don’t have to force yourself to talk to her.”

“I promised myself that today would be the day.”

“Yeah, I know you did but still, you don’t have to force yourself. Your face is turning pale from the anxiety.” The latter said, concerned.

“It is?” Eric asked, alarmed as he quickly turned to the window beside him, checking out his reflection. He narrowed his eyes as he reached up to ruffle his hair in an attempt to make it look somewhat better though all it did was make it seem more tousled.

Kevin watched him, chuckling softly. Men in love are truly a different breed.

“Hey, Kev! I nearly forgot, do you want to listen to my newly curated Christmas playlist? I’ve been meaning to ask but I couldn’t find you.” Sangyeon suddenly appeared from behind the duo, with a joyous grin on his face. Kevin gave Eric a questioning look which he waved away.

“I’ll be fine.” He smiled.

“Alright… If you need anything, just call me!” Kevin said, casting him a last fleeting glance as he walked away with Sangyeon.

Holding the mug of hot apple cider close to his chest, Eric leaned against the cold glass panel of the window, staring out listlessly despite the steady pounding of his heart. He shot a furtive glance in your direction and quickly looked away, his cheeks reddening. At this rate, it would not be long before he turned as red as Rudolph’s nose.

“Get a grip, Eric. Why are you being such a wimp?” He chided himself. Looking around, Eric couldn’t help but observe his surroundings wistfully.

Everyone was seemingly in their element - snacking on Christmas snacks, dancing and just having fun. By the boombox, he watched as Hyunjae engaged in conversation with a girl who he did not recognise. The way they were laughing and the way she so flirtatiously slapped him on the shoulder, giggling at something Hyunjae said made Eric feel so deeply envious. Even from where he was, the smitten look on her face was undeniable and he wondered why he couldn’t have been more of a ladies’ man like Hyunjae was. Things would have been so much easier for him. Why is it that whenever it came to you he was suddenly the most awkward person to grace the face of this earth? It just didn’t make sense to him.

Sighing, he took another sip of his hot apple cider, feeling the liquid burn at the back of his throat. Suddenly, he frowned, his eyes narrowing. Who was that?

He had one of the most attractive faces Eric had ever seen - with soft, fine dark hair, a strong build and a warm smile that simply lit up the room. There he was, talking to you and you sliding your hand over his shoulder, not in a seductive or flirtatious way but in a friendly way though it was still enough to spark jealousy in Eric’s heart. He watched intently as you leaned in to whisper something in his year, his smile growing wider at your words.

Eric longed to know what the two of you were talking about, his grip on his mug growing tighter and firmer.

“Lost your chance, buddy.”

Swivelling around, Eric nearly spilled his apple cider as he turned to face a pink haired boy with an upturned nose. He didn’t remember seeing him around but there was something odd about him that Eric couldn’t quite put his finger on. Not to mention, that statement really did rub him off the wrong way.

“Excuse me?” His tone was slightly icy as he furrowed his brows together, frowning at the stranger in front of him.

“Didn’t you want to talk to her?” The boy asked, taking a swig of his hot chocolate, seemingly not noticing the confused look Eric was shooting him.

“Do I know you?”

“Oh right! I’m sorry, I should have introduced myself. How rude of me… I’m Chanhee but you can call me New. Everyone does,” he smiled warmly, “you’re Eric?”

Eric narrowed his eyes suspiciously. “Yes? How do you know my name?”

“I just do. I know everyone,” He waved away his question nonchalantly, “I see you have a Christmas sweetheart.”

He tipped his mug in your direction and Eric felt his face grow hotter, annoyance setting in at the same time.

“How is that any of your business?” He snapped, his tone indignant and confrontational.

“I am here to help so watch your tone around me.” New rolled his eyes, looking at him in disdain though there was a twinkle in his eyes as he continued, “I can help you get the girl.”

Eric cast you a sideway glance before turning back to New with a skeptical expression. Whoever this guy was, he was weird, odd. Yet, the proposal he had proposed was a tempting one and despite himself, he felt inclined to listen. Watching you from afar, Eric’s heart sank just a little deeper as the guy you were talking to suddenly reached up to brush your hair away from your face, the both of you looking into each other’s eyes as he did. The irritation and jealousy he felt came back stronger than ever and before he knew it, the words were out of his mouth before he even knew it.

“How can you help?”

At his words, New grinned, drawing a small crystal vial from his pocket. The vial was filled with a mysterious sparkly, glowy pink liquid and smelled distinctively of roasted chestnuts though Eric was almost a thousand percent sure the liquid was not made of any kind of roasted chestnuts in any shape or form. As New popped open the cap, the scent grew even stronger and Eric shot him an alarmed look.

“What is that? A drug?!” Looking around frantically, it felt like nobody was paying the two of them any attention, being too preoccupied with their own conversations. How is nobody noticing this?

“Calm down and don’t get your panties in a twist.” New scoffed, “It’s a time travel potion. Or a time loop potion if you will.”

This guy is actually crazy. Eric almost wanted to laugh out loud at the ridiculousness of it all but barely managed to suppress it.

“Okay…?”

“Yup, I made it myself. Took me like half a year to brew it to perfection but it should work now. I followed each step really closely so there should be no problems.”

“Yeah, sure man. Thanks for wasting my time. If you don’t mind, I’ll be leaving. Thanks for the false hope.” Eric grumbled, taking his leave and not even bothering to consider the chagrined look on New’s face. Mayhaps Christmas is not his time either. He wondered how long this would drag on. When Valentine’s Day rolled around, he chickened out and said ‘next time’. When Halloween rolled around, he chickened out yet again and promised to make a move by Thanksgiving yet when Thanksgiving rolled around, he settled for Christmas. Now…

“Maybe it’s just not meant to be. Maybe I’m just too much of a coward.” He whispered to himself, pushing his way through the crowd of people. As he took yet another sip of his hot apple cider, he couldn’t help but keep his eye on you. The way you were now looping your arms over the guy’s neck and the way he had his large hands on your waist made Eric want to leave the party. If only he had a little bit more faith…

“What time is it anyways?” He murmured to himself, wanting more than anything to leave.

9:04pm. Damn. It wouldn’t be until two hours later for the party to end. Sure, he could always leave early but he would hate to be seen as disrespectful to everyone else especially Jacob, the host of this lovely party.

He stared at the mug of hot apple cider he had in his hand, scrunching up his nose at the taste of it.

Was it just him or did it taste slightly… Off?

Eric gazed at it for a moment before he shook his head. I’m overthinking everything, he thought. However as he stood over the snack table, he felt a sharp pain at the back of his head. It was like having someone slap him at his head before his vision turned blurry. His limbs were beginning to go soft and his mouth dry. What was happening? He blinked rapidly but to no avail. It felt like he was falling in a deep pit…

When he opened his eyes again, everything felt fine. Patting himself lightly on the face, he looked around his surroundings in confusion. Just what was that? Did he imagine all of that? The mug of hot apple cider was still in his hands and the reindeer horns band was still on his head. He was wearing the same clothes and everything had become clear, there were no more blurry visions. The pounding in his head had stopped and it felt like whatever happened earlier was merely a figment of his own imagination.

“Eric…? Eric!”

The voice shook him from his stupor and with a start, he lifted his head to see Kevin regarding him with a questioning look on his face.

“You okay? You zoned out for a minute and I mean, really zoned out.”

“Y-Yeah… Aren’t you supposed to go listen to Sangyeon’s playlist or something?”

Kevin raised an eyebrow.

“What playlist?”

Eric frowned. “Didn’t Sangyeon ask you to listen to his Christmas playlist?”

“Um… No? Even if he has one, he hasn’t asked me yet.”

Eric looked at Kevin with confusion in his eyes. What was going on? Last he remembered, that was exactly what happened. Swivelling around, the confusion got even stronger when he saw you standing all alone at the other corner of the house. Were you not with that guy?

Instantly, he remembered what New had said. “Time travel potion…” He mumbled under his breath, his eyes widening when the realisation dawned upon. No way…

Whipping out his phone, it felt like his heart was about to pound right out of his chest when he saw the time. His throat felt dry and tight as he stared, unable to believe his eyes.

8:46pm.

Eric suddenly recalled the weird taste he had gotten in his cider and instinctively, his hand reached up to cover his mouth. There was no other explanation for this other than the fact that one, that New or was it Kyu guy had not been lying when he spoke of a time travel potion and two, he had slipped him the potion on purpose when he wasn’t looking. He could feel the anger bubble up within him - the nerve of that guy! With pure, unadulterated fury in his eyes, his gaze swept across the room, looking for him. Kevin looked on, thoroughly puzzled.

“...Eric? Are you okay? You’ve got a weird look on your face.” He asked, concerned. “Eric?”

All anger had just dissipated from his being as his sights finally landed on you. There you were, standing all alone at the fireplace with a drink in your hand while your friend danced. The look on your face was one of loneliness and even from a mile away, anyone could tell you looked extremely awkward at having been left alone while she swayed up against Haknyeon, a guy he recognised from his Medieval History module.

From the corner of his eye, he could see the same dark haired guy he had seen approach you ‘earlier’. Following his gaze, Eric could feel his stomach drop as he realised that they were on you. From his body language, it was clear that he was about to make his way over and take his chances with you.

Just then, a voice at the back of his mind whispered softly.

“What are you waiting for?”

Taking a deep breath, Eric squared his shoulders and hurriedly straightened the jacket he was wearing. This is it. This is actually it. He was going to do it. His legs were moving now, one step after another in large strides towards you. The sound of his heart pounding was practically deafening to his ears and he could feel his legs turning into lead, each footstep heavier than the next. Squeezing past the crowd, another voice - this time insistent and panicky - suddenly cried out.

“No, don’t do this! What if you embarrass yourself and make yourself out to be a fool?”

Eric’s face paled. No, this is a mistake. What was he doing?

“Hello?”

Shaking out of his thoughts, Eric almost jumped back in shock at the sight of you just right in front of him. Before he even realised it, he had made his way over. It is now too late to back out. Had he been standing there like an idiot this whole time?

“I-I… Hey!” He squeaked out, his heart almost leaping out of his chest.

“You’re Eric right? Eric Sohn from Professor Kim’s introduction to accounting class?” You asked kindly.

From the corner of his eye, he could see the guy from ‘earlier’ approaching, pushing past the crowd and judging from his demeanour… It seemed like the competition was still in the game.

He needed to pull this off.

“Yeah, I am. Y/n right? It’s a pretty cool party, isn’t it?”

“Mhm! Pretty great so far! My friend is over there dancing but I’m not much of a party dancer so here I am,” you smiled and Eric almost forgot what he was about to say.

“I-”

“Hey, how are you guys enjoying the party?”

Eric looked up and his brows furrowed into an annoyed and anxious ‘v’. The dark haired competition merely grinned back at him though there was a certain glint in his eyes which made Eric clench his jaw tightly. It was the sort of gaze that was long enough to send a goading message - game on.

He smiled and extended a hand towards you, completely ignoring Eric. “I’m Juyeon, roommate of Jacob’s. I saw you from afar and thought I’d come say hi.”

You shook his hand, oblivious to the tension between the two guys. “I’m y/n. It’s nice to meet you.”

Juyeon briefly lifted his gaze to Eric and without anyone’s notice but his, he winked slyly.

“Revolting.” Eric thought angrily.

“I heard they have some really cool peppermint treats at the candy table, wanna come?” Juyeon asked and quickly Eric said, “I heard they have a great log cake at the snack bar though. I’ve heard people raving about it!”

You looked at the both of them, seemingly a little disconcerted. “Uh… I…” Juyeon shot Eric a scathing look which he returned with a smug smile.

“Who doesn’t love a good old log cake?” He asked, to which Juyeon rolled his eyes at.

“I mean… I do love peppermint…” You trailed off and Eric turned to you with wide eyes as big as saucers and Juyeon’s lips lifted into a smug smile.

“Excellent choice! I hear they have so many varieties…” Juyeon chattered on, placing his arm over your shoulder, leaving poor Eric speechless and red faced, watching helplessly as the two of you walked away from him. Turning behind you, you had an apologetic look on your face but said nothing.

“That’s too bad. I was rooting for you, you know?”

Eric swivelled around to find New standing behind him yet again, this time chewing on a piece of toffee. The time on his watch was clear as day as the red, glowing digits stared right back at him - 9:04pm. It had come full circle. He had the chance to turn things around but he had failed. Somehow, the nonchalant look in New’s face irritated him but he tried to remain calm. His gaze drifted down to the bulge in the man’s jacket pocket, tracing the faint outline of the tiny vial that contained the potion from earlier.

“At least we know now that I’m legit, right?” He winked at Eric, smirking as he did though it dropped when he saw the look on the latter’s face.

“Why are you-”

“Please, give me one more chance. Please just let me turn back time this one more time.” He pleaded. Eric was not one to plead but this time, he was feeling particularly desperate.

New looked at him like he had just sprouted an extra head before he burst out laughing.

“How’s that for a turn of the tables, Mr ‘thank you for wasting my time’?” He asked, still giggling. Clearly, he was taking much joy in this new dynamic - something Eric didn’t look too pleased about though he was not about to act on it. After all, it was New’s potion that allowed him this one more chance which he had quite unspectacularly let slip from his grasp.

“Alright, I suppose I could let you try this one more time though I’ll definitely be charging for your next usage.” New sighed, whipping out the vial. “I did want you to succeed after all.”

As Eric gulped down his drink, the familiar feeling of dizziness washed over him yet again, along with the looseness in his limbs and before he knew it, he found himself standing right where he was with you standing where you were previously.

This time, Eric squared his shoulders and ran a hand nervously through his hair. There you were yet again, standing by the fireplace with that drink in your hand.

“No hesitation this time,” he whispered to himself before he made his way over. He barely even paid attention to Juyeon coming in from the side as he struck up a conversation.

“Hey, y/n from professor Kim’s introduction to accounting right?”

You turned to him, looking a little surprised before you smiled warmly at him.

“Yeah! Eric, is it? It’s nice to see you here.”

“How’s things going so far at the party?” He asked, trying to keep the edge out of his voice. His nervousness was getting to him quickly but the thought of messing up yet again reined him back in and his smile stayed on.

You wrinkled your nose as if considering his question before you replied, “Well, it’s going alright so far. I’m not really a party sort of person but I thought I’d make an exception since you know, Jacob’s my friend.”

“I see! I don’t usually mind parties but I do like…” He paused as he saw Juyeon approaching, the gears in his head whirring away and you looked at him curiously.

“Eric…?”

“How about we go get some peppermint? I hear they have a variety here.” He suggested quickly, his eyes darting towards Juyeon’s direction.

You stared at him, looking a little perturbed but then grinned and nodded. “Sure, I love peppermints.”

Before Juyeon could even make his way over, the two of you had walked away, squeezing past the dancing crowd. The bass beat of the music was so resounding throughout the house that it almost seemed as if the walls were vibrating as well. The glitter and lights all around all looked stunning but perhaps a little too stunning as Eric made his way through the crowd with you just right by him. From all sides, people were accidentally bumping into each other and more than once, he almost lost his balance.

As the two of you neared the candy table, Eric realised too late that perhaps pushing past the crowd had been a bad idea and that a smarter way would be to stay out of the dance floor when he felt himself fall forward. Someone’s foot had been there and without looking, he had tripped over and landed with a huge thud on the floor, flat on his belly. His chin collided with the ground and if he had hit it just a little harder, had the impact been just a tad stronger, he might have suffered a serious injury.

Since you were just trailing behind him, his unexpected fall had sent you falling as well. As the both of you crashed against the ground, some members of the crowd audibly gasped as people shuffled out of the way. Though it may have hurt when he fell, Eric’s heart ached much more than the bruise he would no doubt sport on his knees tomorrow. Seeing you sprawled next to him and knowing all of this happened only because of him, he wanted nothing more than to dig a hole right there and then and leap right in.

A few partygoers reached out to help him up and right next to him, Juyeon appeared in front of you, extending a hand with a look of concern. Eric watched as the two of you looked into each other’s eyes and like in a fairytale princess bedtime story, you reached out tentatively to hold onto Juyeon’s hand as his heart fell to the ground with a messy splat.

“Y/n-”

“Are you guys okay?” Juyeon asked though it seemed as if he was only asking you in general.

“Yeah, we’re alright. Thank you.” You said softly, still seemingly a little frazzled.

“Come, let us go get you seated somewhere.”

Eric couldn’t help but simply stand there and look helplessly as the both of you wandered away, his heart feeling like it was about to shatter into pieces. A second chance he was given and he screwed it up and if that wasn’t enough, he was offered yet another shot which went worse than his first. Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be. Maybe no matter how many times he tried, tonight was just not the night. Or perhaps nothing was ever destined to happen between you two. The jolly christmas music was still playing but he no longer was in the Christmassy spirit anymore.

All he wanted for Christmas was you but it seemed that that didn’t seem so possible anymore, if not impossible.

As the partygoers resumed their dancing, all he could do was plop himself down on the nearby couch and do nothing except nurse not just his fallen pride but also his feelings which never had the chance to express themselves before it got completely shut down.

Grabbing a bottle of ginger ale from a nearby pack, he took a swig and felt the ale burn as it ran down his throat. Usually, he would have loved it but tonight, it just left a bitter taste in his mouth. Keeping his head down, Eric exhaled deeply. He ought to just give up completely.

“Hey, Eric.”

At the sound of your voice, his head snapped up and he gazed up at you with wide eyes. There you were, standing before him and looking down at him as he wallowed in his own feelings. How long have you been standing there? Why were you here?

“Y-y/n?”

You gave him a bashful glance as you sat yourself next to him. “Are you okay? Did you get hurt?”

“I… I… “ He simply stared at you, his mouth gaping like a fish and looking absolutely flummoxed. “Didn’t Juyeon-”

“I couldn’t possibly leave you alone.” You hurried to say and when he didn’t reply, you continued. “Do you… Do you mind if I sit here with you?”

It took Eric a second for it to register in his mind what you had just asked of him before he grew flustered just as the joy in him began to spark.

“Do I mind? No! Of course not! You’re welcomed here! Please, sit with me!”

As he chattered on nervously, you couldn’t help but admire the way his eyes would light up whenever he talked and how charming his smile was. He was in the habit of moving his hands around a lot which though some might find annoying, you only found to be endearing. You could feel your heart beating quickly which always happened whenever you were near him, saw him around class or even just at the mere mention of his name.

As you looked into his eyes, you felt yourself clench on tightly to the couch, the excitement in you simply immeasurable. You couldn’t help but smile as you felt the weight of the vial in your pocket. A worthy bargain indeed from the mysterious pink haired boy.

This was all you wanted for Christmas.

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Love Doesn’t Do Encores Ch27 Christmas With Piers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KxiP0Xgtc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDACj0tkD-s&list=LL&index=5

Piers's winter coat

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