#BrightTomorrowShipping

[mamasplat]

i was on vacation- the aggression chart???? lmao

nicee 👍👍 loving the work

also the themed playthroughs seem fun :)

Oh I’m having a great time with my true calem run, just got through shalour city

And while I’ve yet to piece together the aggression chart I will use this as an opening to break down the relationship chart that started as an unholy consequence of me trying to fit calem into anime plots

Starting from the top:

Shauna having feelings for Calem is something that is laid on very thick in the firework scene. Anime wise I almost linked Shauna to Serena too but I ended up backing off the idea because I was lacking evidence.

Tierno, i don’t think i need to explain this much if you’ve watched the anime, his crush on Serena was something he was very open about.

Miette, I actually don’t think she had a thing for Ash, like at all, she does not try to pursue him at all in the anime she just likes to talk about it, it’s a tool to get under Serena’s skin. But that alone would make her a valued piece of the unholy love triangle amalgamation so I added her to the chart.

Calem, specifically, Rival Calem: okay I think I need to explain this one a little more blatantly. Calem’s character arc cannot exist without Serena. His entire journey is dedicated to her mere existence, and pokemon masters really hammers home how important she is to him. She is the blueprint to his every move and step forward because in his mind she deserves better than he can offer so he will fight to be better. The way he talks about her when she isn’t around is unapologetic admiration and I cannot ignore the writing on the wall. He likes her. He’s got it bad.

Serena, specifically anime Serena of course. Her emotional attachment to Ash isn’t just surface level like Tiernos attraction to her, being around Ash gave her the courage to be herself, to stand up to her mom and make her own future, to keep going even when she’s lost and lost hard. She used Ash as a moral compass to keep her head in the game and that only strengthened her connection to him. The end of the series kiss scene was far from unwelcomed, it was over due.

Ash….this boy is oblivious as shit. I’m sorry Serena was not sly nor slick she fumbled at every turn and you STILL didn’t know??? I and from what I can see, many other fans, have come to the only conclusion that Ash just doesn’t do romance. He has ignored so many clear cut love interests and left them one sided because he doesn’t recognize or want romance. He just wants to be the best like no one ever was, love isn’t on his mind, therefore he is clueless to the love induced war going on around him. He is an unintentional ladies man.

And ALLLL of that is just the information i collected from rewatching the whole of X&Y while also replaying through pokemon X and ALSO going through pokemas events. Its all connected, i haven’t done anything else with my free time, its all kalos baby. ALL KALOS.

Blame Pokemon ZA being announced (I say as if I hadn’t started this before that)

[glaceplatz]

Shauna with Calem and Serena.

[hupla222]

This User Ships...

Decided to make this and put this out there for anyone who is curious about my taste in ships. Enjoy Tumblr and feel free to comment your own opinions if you feel like it. Lists are organized alphabetically.

AnimeVerse

AvalancheShipping (Sidian x Coral)

BraveOlivineShipping (Friede x Orla)

CherryAssistantShipping (Ren x Chrysa)

ContestShipping (May x Drew)

GeekchicShipping (Clemont x Serena)

GuruminShipping (Liko x Dot)

HandymanShipping (Tracy x Daisy)

HeatTagShipping (Dawn x Conway)

JellowShipping (Lillie x Mallow)

LuckShipping (Brock x Lucy)

OrangeShipping (Tracy x Misty)

RocketShipping (Jessie x James)

SpokeShipping (Bianca x Stephan)

WarmBreadShipping (Alex x Lucca)

WishfulShipping (Iris x Cilan)

GameVerse

AcarameladoShipping (Tierno x Trevor)

AloeVeraShipping (Lenora x Hawes)

ApplePieShipping (Victor x Mallow), MastersVerse

BrightTomorrowShipping (Calem x Shauna)

ChefsKissShipping (Crispin x Lacey)

CompletionShipping (Dexio x Sina)

DeadlyRoseShipping (Rose x Oleana)

DualRivalShipping (Cheren x Bianca)

EphemeralArtShipping (Hassel x Brassius)

FallerShipping (Looker x Anabel)

GaiaShipping (Cheryl x Gardenia)

GlitterShipping (Candice x Maylene)

GymShipping (Misty x Brock)

HeartSoulShipping (Ethan x Lyra)

HoennShipping (Brendan x May)

IgnitionShipping (Flint x Volkner)

JovianShipping (Saturn x Jupiter)

LionHeartShipping (Leon x Sonia)

MagmaAdminShipping (Tabitha x Courtney)

NavistarShipping (Atticus x Penny)

OriginShipping (Steven x Wallace)

PostwickShipping (Gloria x Hop)

SecretSeaShipping (Iscan x Palina)

SequelShipping (Hugh x Rosa)

ShedinjaShipping (Morty x Bugsy)

SnowLilyShipping (Hau x Lillie)

SparkSurferShipping (Sophocles x Lana)

SweetSteelShipping (Molayne x Whitney)

ToxicBloomShipping (Koga x Erika)

TwinleafShipping (Barry x Dawn)

UltraSunReconShipping (Dulse x Zossie)

ValetShipping (Caitlin x Darach)

WaterLilyShipping (Milo x Nessa)

WingChunShipping (Tulip x Dendra)

MangaVerse

AgencyShipping (Black x White)

ChosenShipping (Silver x Green) 

FranticShipping (Ruby x Sapphire)

HaughtyShipping (Pearl x Platinum)

SpecialShipping (Red x Yellow)

[ballguysaysitscanon]

brighttomorrowshipping canon? 😳

Sure!!

Brighttomorrowshipping is Canon.

[the-depressed-shiny-buneary]

Family Members: Corvin Gabena

Corvin is Serena’s second cousin and the son of X and Shauna. Corvin is a nice guy and much like his father, he’s a Mega evolution successor, having a Key Stone as a brace on his left wrist. But he wanted to be a bit of a star like his mom, however, since contests didn’t interest him and Showcases were female only he didn’t know what he wanted to do. Soon he went to PokeStar Studios and saw that there was an audition for the main character of a hero movie, Corvin signed up and passed the audition. The movie was so well received that there was a demand that a TV show was made from it so Corvin was cast as the main character. He soon got cast to play a villain in another movie and he ended up getting another show where he played the same villain. He’s very good at being an actor and can get into his roles easily despite not knowing much about the character or the role. 

Hero character- He plays as a straight-A student named Eugene Smith who is actually ‘Justice Knight’. As Eugene, Corvin is a shy, timid and clumsy boy that some people make fun of. He has a small group of friends that stick up for him and is at the top of his class. As Justice Knight, he’s brave, courageous and fights for the good of others no matter what. He’s confident in what he does and he does his own stunts.

Villain character- He plays as ‘Black Ryoto’, the arch-enemy of the main character of the second show he plays in. As Black Ryoto, he’s manipulative, sneaky, and not afraid to use others for his own benefit. He also isn’t afraid to hurt or ‘kidnap’ anyone of the characters and threaten them in front of the hero.

His main colors as himself are red, purple and indigo. From red, he’s passionate and determined to do what he does as an actor, it also stimulates his energy so he’ll always be ready to act even if he’s tired. The shade he’d wear is crimson as it indicates his determination to succeed. From purple he’s imaginative and creative as he’s able to adlib on the fly should he forget what his lines are, it also helps with how he can avoid getting mobbed when someone thinks he might be the actor that plays the characters they like. Indigo represents how he’s devoted to what he does, as well as his knowledge of acting lingo and how to do his own stage makeup, he’s also faithful to Pokestar studios and wouldn’t want to go work for another company.

His Pokemon:

Gallade- Gallade was Corvin’s first Pokemon when he was a Ralts, he and Corvin did almost everything together when they were younger and it didn’t take long for him to evolve into Kirlia. Whenever he would start evolving again, he would always stop himself when he finally asked he said he didn’t want to evolve into a Gardevoir and he wanted to go to his other evolution Gallade. So Corvin gave Kirlia an Everstone so he could stay as a Kirlia until they found a Dawn stone, they were soon given a Dawn stone by Grey seeing as he found it and had no Pokemon to benefit from it. Corvin took the Everstone away from Kirlia and gave him the Dawn stone, having him evolve into Gallade. As a Ralts, Gallade wasn’t shy or timid at all it was energetic and eager to train so he could evolve but he also had a brother bond with Corvin. As a Kirlia, he calmed down and gained a bit of a regal streak but not as bad as Ashley’s Kirlia and once he evolved into Gallade his personality shifted to a strong but silent Pokemon that enjoyed battling with his new abilities. Soon while he and Corvin were training he sensed something and went to see what it was, there he saw the Galladite and picked it up. That was when Corvin and Gallade got matching braces to hold both stones and they performed Mega evolution. Gallade is one of the three Pokemon that acts alongside Corvin in the hero show as Corvin’s main Pokemon.

Caught in a Pokeball.

Ability is Steadfast. Mega Gallade’s ability is Inner Focus.

Moves are Night Slash, Close Combat, Swords Dance, Psycho Cut, Poison Jab, Thunder Punch, Drain Punch, Zen Headbutt, Rock Slide, and Giga Impact.

Swellow- Corvin caught Swellow when he was a Taillow, no matter how many times he was knocked down by Gallade’s attacks he would always get back up ready to fight again. Because Corvin didn’t want Taillow to get too hurt he ended up throwing a Heal Ball at him and caught him. As a Taillow, Swellow was stubborn and headstrong, he refused to retreat from a fight even against a Pokemon stronger than him and anyone with a type advantage against him. After he evolved, he mellowed down but was still very stubborn when it came to battling and would refuse to give up no matter how much he got hurt during a battle. Swellow is one of the three Pokemon that acts alongside Corvin in the hero show.

Caught in a Heal Ball.

Ability is Guts.

Moves are Brave Bird, Air Slash, Focus Energy, Agility, Work Up, Double Team, Sky Attack, Heat Wave, Steel Wing, and Giga Impact.

Stoutland- Stoutland was a Pokemon that would protect anyone who needed help. He happened to appear during a shoot for an episode of the show when he thought one of the actors was in actual danger, while the camera crew and the director was freaking out, Corvin managed to adlib the entire scene and the next scenes of the show and encouraged the other actors to adlib as well. When doing the end scene, Stoutland rubbed his head against Corvin’s hand and asked if he could join his team, Corvin agreed all while being in character and caught Stoutland while the crew was filming. When Stoutland realized he crashed onto the set he apologized for ruining their show but in actuality, the episode he debuted in was well received by fans of the show because they didn’t expect Corvin to catch a Pokemon on screen and they were very excited to see more of Stoutland. Stoutland is a loyal and friendly Pokemon, he’ll let anyone pet or play with him and he’s always ready to work with his trainer.

Caught in an Ultra Ball.

Ability is Intimidate.

Moves are Ice Fang, Thunder Fang, Fire Fang, Retaliate, Play Rough, Giga Impact, Crunch, Return, Last Resort, and Facade.  

Ariados- Ariados can be one of two personalities, he can be easy going and relaxed or aggressive and cruel. Outside of the show where Corvin plays as a villain, he’s always relaxed and doesn’t do much aside from sleep or eat and there will be times he’ll play with kids by giving them a ride on his back or having them play in his web, he can control if the web is sticky or not so if he wants to he can make his web into a trampoline for any kids. But when he’s acting with Corvin he’s a Pokemon that gets aggressive and often uses his webs to restrain the actors that are playing their parts, he also fights with the hero character’s Pokemon as the other Pokemon on Corvin’s villain team are made for different roles.

Caught in a Net Ball.

Ability is Sniper.

Moves are Swords Dance, Poison Jab, Scary Face, Agility, Cross Poison, Spider Web, Electroweb, Stomping Tantrum, Megahorn and Night Slash.

Salamence- Corvin found Salamence when he was a Bagon, he was trying to jump off a cliff in an attempt to fly and Corvin quickly caught him before he could seriously hurt himself. Bagon was always aggressive and headbutting Corvin when he was in a bad mood, as well as trying to jump off anything high in an attempt to fly. At some point, he ended up jumping off a cliff and into a rapid river, without thinking Corvin jumped in to save Bagon and managed to call Ariados to pull them out with his webs. That was when Bagon finally accepted Corvin and became part of his team. He trained hard and ended up evolving into Shelgon and after more training, he evolved into Salamance. Salamence is often seen flying around whenever he’s out of his Pokeball, there will be rare times when he’ll be on the ground sleeping or just relaxing. He only allows Corvin to ride on his back, because of that in the show where Corvin acts as a villain he’s often seen giving Corvin a ride as a way to intimidate the hero. He found the Salamencite one day and managed to gain the ability to mega evolve. 

Caught in an Ultra Ball.

Ability is Intimidate. Mega Salamence’s ability is Aerilate.

Moves are Fire Fang, Dragon Claw, Steel Wing, Hydro Pump, Dragon Dance, Dragon Rush, Thrash, Giga Impact, Brutal Swing and Flamethrower.

Krookodile- Krookodile was in an of a group of Sandile but when he evolved into a Krokorok he left as he deemed himself stronger than them and wanted to make it out on his own, he soon met Corvin and challenged him and his Gallade to a battle to which the two of them accepted. Gallade managed to beat him in a battle and thus, Krokorok would often challenge Corvin and Gallade to a battle and each time he would get beaten by Corvin’s Gallade. Krokorok was frustrated and wondered why was he always losing when he was the only Sandile to evolve, then he realized that Gallade was stronger because he had a trainer with him and he soon demanded that Corvin capture him so he can get stronger. Corvin didn’t mind and caught him. Krokorok did everything that Corvin asked when they were training and got stronger, soon Corvin had used him in a battle against the hero character in the other show he plays in and mid-battle Krokorok evolved into a Krookodile, Corvin was surprised about it and managed to adlib his lines once again. Krookodile is a bit of an egoist and is always up for a Pokemon battle, he also enjoys his role as a villain’s Pokemon too much and can sometimes forget he’s not supposed to win but because of Corvin’s adlib skills, it works out well for him.

Caught in an Ultra Ball.

Ability is Moxie.

Held item is the Black Glasses.

Moves are Power Trip, Earthquake, Bulk Up, Crunch, Brutal Swing, Aerial Ace, Iron Tail, Thunder Fang, Fire Fang, and Stomping Tantrum.

[refrigeratedboombursts]

Okay but like ‘canon’ relationships between characters in the Pokémon games/anime are pretty weird not because they're like, bad per se, but because it's either other people telling the two characters, who up to this point haven't had any romantic interactions, that they seem like a couple, one of the characters being implied to have a crush on the other while the other(usually the player character) just... doesn't comment either way, or both. Which is weird because when it comes to CotDs, or NPCs in a relationship, they're pretty cute, and most of the canon ships would work better as friendships(penguin, amour, heartsoul, fortune, etc.)

I, for one, would've either preferred no romantic subplots(espicially for the main characters), or a romantic subplot where they're both into each other.

[nautiscarader]

My shipyard - post version

The following is a post version of my subpage, since apparently, on mobile they cannot be accessed (because why would they, it’s tumblr...). Always refer to that page for the latest updates.  

This is a collection of ships I ship (English is a wonderful language…), listed by the show they’re from.

Bold ships indicate pairings I not only ship, but I have written for in the past (i.e. I have put words in sentences, and then mixed those sentences to create what some people insist on calling “stories”)

Italicised ships are those ships I haven’t written for, and I would like to, if someone, say, requests it when I open the prompt floodgates.

Regular ships are, well, regular. I don’t plan on writing for them, but I do let out the tiniest of “aww”, when I see them.

If a ship doesn’t exist on this list, that doesn’t mean I don’t ship them - I might have forgotten about it. I do not ship incestuous ships at all.

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last change: 2023-05-27, blog version

This is a collection of ships I ship (English is a wonderful language…), listed by the show they’re from. 

Bold ships indicate pairings I not only ship, but I have written for in the past (i.e. I have put words in sentences, and then mixed those sentences to create what some people insist on calling “stories”)

Italicised ships are those ships I haven’t written for, and I would like to, if someone, say, requests it when I open the prompt floodgates.

Regular ships are, well, regular. I don’t plan on writing for them, but I do let out the tiniest of “aww”, when I see them. 

If a ship doesn’t exist on this list, that doesn’t mean I don’t ship them - I might have forgotten about it. I do not ship incestuous ships at all.

Gravity Falls

Wendip, Mabifica (more as a side-ship to Wendip, honestly), Soos/Melody,

OT3: Wendibry

Wakfu/Dofus

Yumalia, Tristeva, Simone/Julie,  

Ot3: Yumalia+Cleophee, Yumalia+Trtisteva, Yumalia+Elaine,Yumalia+Elaine+Cleophee

Miraculous Ladybug

Ladynoir, Ladrien,Marichat, Adrinette, DjWifi, 

OT3+: any part of Ladynoir  + DjWifi, Bunnix+Ladynoir/Djwifi+time shenanigans, Adrien/Kagami/Marinette

 SVTFOE

Starco, Marcapoo, Marco x harem, Jarco, Jantom,

Ot3+: Marco/Harem

Goof Troop/Goofy movie

Max/Roxanne, Bobby/Stacey

ot3: Max/Roxanne/Stacey

Phineas and Ferb/Milo Murphy’s Law

Phinbella, Ferbnessa, Ginger x Baljeet, Canderemy, Zalissa (Melizack), Milanda

ot3: Canderemy + Stacey, Zalissa+Jackie/Veronica

How to Train Your Dragon

Hiccstrid

Avatar the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra

Kataang, Tokka, Sukka, Makorra, Borra, Korrasami, Kainora, Jinko,

Ot3+: Korra/Mako/Asami/Bolin, Sokka/Toph/Suki, Sokka/Toph/Suki/Ty lee, Zuko/Jin/ty lee  

MLP: FiM

Sparity, Twiflash, Starburst, Soarindash

ot3: Sparity+Coco Pommel, Starburst+Trixie

Boku no hero Academia 

Izoucha, TodoMomo, Froppy/Tokoyami

IzukuxHarem

Zootopia

Wildheopps

Kim Possible

Kim x Ron

Ot3+: Kim/Ron/Yori, Kim/Ron/tara

Teen Titans

Robstar, BBrae, BBTerra

Adventure Time

Finntress, Bubbline

Ot3+: Finn x harem

The Dragon Prince

Rayllum

Caldia (reformed, or AU),

Ot3: Clauida/Callum/Rayla (same as above)

Infinity Train:

Jesse/Lake

Glitch Techs:

High Five/Miko

High Five/Zahra

High Five/Zahra/Miko

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power:

Catradora

Glimbow

Voltron legendary Defender

Shallura, Allurance, PidgexHunk

Steven Universe:

Connverse

The Owl House

Lumity

Luveety

Willow/Gus

Pokémon (be prepared for descriptive names for the ships)

Pokeshipping (Ash/Misty), AureliaShipping(Ash/Lillie), GalarShipping (Victor/Gloria), WaterLilyShipping (Nessa/Milo), LionHeartShipping (Leon/Sonia), BurningLeafShipping(Red/Leaf), HeartSoulShipping (Ethan x Lyra), HoennShipping (Brendan (Ruby) x May (Sapphire)), SequelShipping (Rosa x Hugh), DualRivalShipping (Cheren x Bianca), KalosShipping (Serena x Calem), BrightTomorrowShipping (Shauna x Calem)

Ot3+: Ash/harem, Gloria/Victor/Marnie, Calem/Shauna/Serena

Loud House/Casagrandes:

Lincoln/Ronnie Anne

Lincoln/Ronnie Anne/Stella

Lincoln/Ronnie Anne/Sid

Lincoln/Ronnie Anne/Sid/Stella

This case is a bit different here: while I certainly enjoy the games, I have stopped watching the anime a loooong time ago, and only caught random episodes here or there. So, while I could attempt, say, write Pokeshipping, I would need to BS my way around various plotpoints or so (the again, Ash seems to be immortal, so nothing really develops). I’d be much more willing to try some game-verse stuff, like ships between protagonists, or protagonist/gym leader, etc. If you are curious, just ask :)  

[tyranitardude]

Calem?

He is the rival/NPC in my AU.

-My NOTP for them

Calem/Prof. Sycamore (KerrShipping). I see Professor Sycamore as Calem’s uncle.

-My BROTP for them

Calem/Trevor (CustardShipping), Calem/Shauna (BrightTomorrowShipping), Calem/Tierno (LoureShipping). Everyone is getting along with each other. :)-My OTP for them 

Calem/Serena (KalosShipping). I think they’d be a couple during the XY postgame. And this ship is my third fave ship. I DON’T CARE, I SHIP IT!

-My second choice pairing for them 

Of course Calem/Shauna (BrightTomorrowShipping). If the player is a male, Shauna will say that she has never watched fireworks with a boy before. I see her as straight due to this.

-My fluffy pairing for them

Calem/Serena (KalosShipping). Calem says that he and Serena are alike. In fact, they are.

-My angsty pairing for them 

Idk tbh. He’d just stand for peace.-My favorite poly ship for them

Shauna/Calem/Serena. -My weirdest pairing for them

If I paired Calem up with a Gym Leader, it’d probably be either Calem/Korrina or Calem/Valerie. I ship Korrina with Chili and Valerie with Cress, though. I ship Cilan with Clemont if you ask me.

[tadakunii]

Kalos fankids got some updated refs for the first time since… January 2014

[mamasplat]

Don't be shy tell us more headcanons!!!! I'm eating this up.

has my blog finally found a main purpose? i post my headcanons here? hell yeah

Miscellaneous rival cast headcanons | XY

a lot of my headcanons are based on a mix of fanon, manga, anime, pokemon masters, and main game elements put into a blender

calem and serena are 18! not as much a headcanon and more implied canon, they can’t be older than 19 because they are clearly still teenagers but they can’t be younger than 18 because emma (who is canonically 16) makes remarks about them being old. 16 and 17 are too close for that to be the case, so they are at least 18!

shauna is 17, as well as tierno.

trevor is 15 being the youngest, though the smartest and most reliable member of the group.

calem and serena are both trans (calem FTM, serena MTF) serena transitioned before moving to vaniville and helped calem transition with the help from her experience in fashion when he came out.

serena is the protagonist, while calem is the rival as that’s how it’s set in masters.

serena is childhood friends with shauna, and trevor. while calem is childhood friends with serena and tierno, the friend group formed over several years of naturally growing together before they all set off on a journey together

shauna is the type of girl who is a little crush crazy, always hopping from one guy to the next to fawn over. she pretty much instantly fell head over heels for calem when they met (based on her dialogue during the firework show) however, her crushing for calem ends up back firing because of how often calem and serena are near each other; growing into another crush on serena at the same time. hijinks ensue.

grace considers calem to be like one of her own, he’s always welcome in their home no matter what. she occasionally refers to him as her son in law.

serena and calem have insane romantic tension they are utterly oblivious to but everyone is painfully aware of, including shauna who is stewing in very complicated jealousy.

tierno is calem’s closest friend other than serena, anything he can’t bring up to serena for one reason or another gets told to tierno.

tierno is really good at reading people, he pays attention by second nature and despite coming off as rather unserious he has a way of calming people.

tierno had a crush on serena at some point after meeting and has asked her out on three occasions, all being declined. he’s a good sport about it and isn’t afraid to play it for laughs

trevor is very sick and tired of his friends reckless shenanigans, tierno and calem especially.

trevor is the team mom here, he didn’t agree to it but he is.

shauna is a little slow on the uptick, but a big gossip. which means everyone else is a gossip by proxy.

going off of Y’s habit in the manga of being too shameless for her own good with getting dressed in semi public places, serena has the same habit. you get used to it after a while.

despite seemingly having her head in the clouds, shauna will bitch you out if prompted.

serena’s mom, grace, is a single mom. serena is the product of a fling during grace’s younger years as a rhyhorn racer, which is why she’s so overbearing about serena’s future, she wants her to have a good life to overcompensate for that fact.

trevor lives with his grandparents in santalune, his parents work overseas.

tierno lives with his parents in aquacorde town, as does shauna

please consider with me for a moment, serena/shauna/calem. do they have a ship name i think the chao they’d make is beautiful-

[agentchimendez]

Finally getting back on this! Very late Day 7 of OC-tober. I'm doing an art trade with pokemon fan kid OCs and it compelled me to draw some of my own for this challenge. So here's Kentro (Dexio/Sina), Salem (Calem/Shauna) and Cherie (Trevor/Serena). They're traveling partners

[asktrevs]

What would you do if Shauna admitted her romantic feelings for you?

[villomaru]

source | artist

[naegichiis]

source

[michaelas-pyre]

Art dump :P

[sticktogetherright]

You're the One | AU Drabble of Bullfuckery

"I've never watched fireworks alone with a boy before."

Shauna looked back up at the sky, her hands tracing the marble in front of her, finishing her rambles while trying to find the balance between straightforward and playing it safe. Maybe it wasn't too late to make this sound like friendship stuff, just in case. 

Silence. And then fireworks. 

Blues and pinks and yellows and greens, drizzling rainbows from the evening sky, the colors darting across Shauna's eyes and making her grin excitedly enough that for a few good minutes, she'd forgotten that she had just been trying to elicit emotion out of a pretty boy who was just a little too old.

"...Wow!" 

The fifteen year old lowered herself from toes she hadn't noticed she'd started standing on, leaning back just enough that she might have lost balance had it not been for her hands on the balcony. She didn't know what to say. But she said a lot of it anyway, words once again spewing out of her mouth so fast that before she realized it... she had crossed that friend line again. 

"OH! I almost forgot!"

And thankfully, he finished for her. Shauna let out a quiet exhale, relieved, momentarily, that all of her gushing didn't seem to affect a thing. But that was only for a moment. Calem walked ahead of her, back to business, as usual, and it hit Shauna that all of that not changing anything wasn't what she wanted at all. To take a risk and get nothing... she almost would have rather outright failed.

"Why are you traveling, Calem? Everyone is working really hard at what they want to do. But I'm just all about memories! I'm kinda just goofing around..."

She should have been accustomed to these awkward silences by now. But here was Shauna, hoping for an answer, something to make her feel less dumb for not knowing, less silly for running into him whenever he could, and... she looked up at him and already knew the answer wasn't going to come fast enough, if at all.

She forced a smile. "Just kidding! ♪" 

And then she took off. She had to take off. Even though she'd originally wanted to walk the swamp with him, to have just a little more of his time to herself; she couldn't shake the embarrassment. And maybe even the fear. How many times was she going to make a fool of herself, exactly? She didn't know. Maybe though, a long run through the mud would be enough to get her looking chipper and independent and friendly before he caught up to them.

"I'm really amazed when I think about the five of us that were chosen in Kalos! I mean, if I hadn't been chosen, I wouldn't have met you, Lil' C! ♪"

Shauna looked down at Calem. For once, he sat. On his own porch, but it was one of the few times since they'd met that Shauna ever saw him "relax". 

Her smile began to fade the longer she watched Calem's face. Here again, she couldn't read him. Maybe it was just because she was trying so hard to get an answer from his body language that her usually natural ability to read emotions was failing her. 

Shauna wrinkled her nose, fiddling with her fingers while she looked everywhere but at Calem before making a quick decision to sit a couple of inches from him at best. She but her hands behind her, leaning back a little while she suddenly found her outstretched legs to be very interesting. 

"Hey, Calem...?"

She didn't want to, but Shauna didn't know how she could ask this without actually looking up at him. For once, she got a solid response that she understood: a "yeah?" and his undivided attention. And, certainly not for the first time, Shauna found those stern grey eyes of his to be intimidating. She bit her lip, seriously considering re-thinking this. But that wasn't a thing Shauna could do. This was, from what she could remember, the only chance she'd ever had. 

Shauna watched his eyes. She pushed herself up with her delicate olive hands and watched with a modest satisfaction as his eyes closed for her. And then: her lips against his, soft and innocent, vaguely reminiscent of those kinds of kisses she'd seen in animated fairy tales. 

And Shauna figured this would be what her happy ending would look like: a kiss that paved the say for holding hands down undiscovered routes in regions they hadn't seen yet. Another adventure, another set of fireworks... the same amount of gushing with the promise of tangible certainty.