#My daughter that i adore...my kanto champion...

[kashmimo]

Leeeeeeaaf

[alolanrain]

Not sure if this was mentioned but how did everyone react to Ash being pregnant? Also how was the actual pregnancy itself? Did he have typical cravings, mood swings & all that jazz?

Did I info dumped? Hells yes. Do I really care? No because it’s about my fan kids and their family dammit!

There was a lot of... mixed reactions. Generally the more common one was joy and happiness! Most of Ash’s friends were excited when he gave them the news and swarmed both him and Raihan any chance they can get. The girls are the first children to be born in their large group surprisingly.

Celest, Raihan’s mother, didn’t really congratulate her son and Ash. More just... acknowledged? I would say. She was much more interested in Raihans every changing progress of being hammerlocks gym leader. Though Raihan and Ash are surprised when she still wants to keep tabs on Ash’s pregnancy. They both chalk it up to having to watch her daughters go through multiple miscarriages and her one grandchild born severely early. They take what warmth they can get and Ash is usually the one explaining things since Raihan gets Squeamish in hospital rooms and prefers to stay outside in the waiting room, that doesn’t stop him from constantly cupping Ash’s belly or laying kisses to it before they both go to sleep. She’s a lot more involved in the triplets pregnancy. Helping out a lot more and keeping in close contact with Ash to see if he needs anything.

Raihans two sisters, Minx and Venix who were twins as well, were down right jealous of Raihan. They each had more then one pregnancy lost and only Minx was able to have a baby boy who is just a few months old and still in the NICU because he was born at 7 and a half months old. Everyone is just surprised that he’s alive. When they found out that Ash is having twins they despised Ash even more. They wanted the life Ash was currently living. Sweet adoring husband, twins on the way, a steady career, a large group of friends who don’t try and leech from Ash’s bank account. Ash had it all in their eyes.

Though this doesn’t stop Ash from trying to bring the twins into anything baby related. Raihan had explained after the initial sudden backlash from the twins. it was usually kept in the dark because his family is well known and very rich, this could potentially ruin both of the girls reputation if people found out. Especially since they were basically infertile at this point in life. Ash had started asking simple things; what color would look good in this room? I like this theme but this one is also pretty nice? would you like to help pick out some books? Raihan once again had to pull him aside and explain that what he’s doing is sweet, and even Celest acknowledges Ash’s actual goal, but it’s hurting the twins because they feel like this is some backhanded way of Ash gloating.

Ash denied venomously, which Raihan quickly dispelled, that he would never do such a harmful thing. He just wanted to see if the twins wanted to be apart at all. Since Minx is still a mom to a few month old baby and she hasn’t even set up her nursery still. Raihan agrees again that what Ash is doing is good in thought but not in practice. He’s still peeved but he leave’s he girls alone and goes so far to apologize through Raihan in fear of mixing the pot even more.

Forest, Raihans older twin, is much more involved in the pregnancy. Usually helping Raihan move furniture around and help set up the big nursery. He isn’t very warm, anyone but Raihan in his family isn’t warm, but again Forest is much more involved. Especially since he has his own twin’s, a daughter and a son, and he and Raihan jokes that twins just seemingly run in the family. He brings the little ones around for Ash to “get a feel” for kids, Ash snickered because their about the same age Max and Bonnie were, but smiled at the kind gesture. Even though Raihan jabbed at him that he was just looking for free babysitting while he’s here.

Rose doesn’t even know Ash is pregnant. Ignoring Raihans calls that are not on chairmen tk gym leader level and any card he gets goes straight to the mail without him even knowing. Know Oleana on the other hand knows and since she has to keep Rose’s best interest, and knowing that the older twins and Celest don’t really care for Ash, she decides that it’s best to sabotage the pregnancy. Rose finds out after getting an angry call from Venix laminated that Raihan, her younger brother, has a successful marriage and now two new born twin girls before she did. It takes Rose into complete shock before he immediately leaves his desk and books it to Hammerlocke... where he’s barred from entering and or seeing the couple and their babies. 

Rose is furious and calls up Celest to demand what the hell is going on. It isn’t until then what he learned what Oleana has been trying to do and how Raihan had tried to get Rose involved but ultimately Rose never answered Raihan which was enough for Raihan to go very low contact unless it’s for league reasons. Rose is silenced and dejected. He really Had done all those things, it’s only right thag Raihan doesn’t even want him to see the babies. After getting back to his office in the same day, and cutting down Oleana’s pay by a good chunk, he keeps to the sidelines.

It isn’t until Ash is pregnant with the triplets does he personally visits Rose in the office to ask if Rose is still willing to be in their little families life. They still need their grandpa after all. Rose immediately jumps at the chance and soon becomes the biggest help besides Delia again. Making sure that Raihans workload is cut slacked and even asking a few gym leaders closer to him to be a little stronger so Raihan doesn’t have to face to many challengers since it’s mid season and will be near the end when the triplets are born.

Delia is very involved with Ash. Coming so far to rent a month in a AirBnb just so Ash can stay off his feet and Raihan isn’t to stressed between Ash and his gym. Celest actually takes time from being a very important CEO of her company and to come help Delia help with Ash. Though she’s more into lecturing and talking with Ash then actually doing stuff around the house.

Red calls daily, Green and Blue usually heard in the background with their joint kids Tracey and Mackenzie, at least twice a week. It’s short calls, just a check up on how he’s feeling and if he’s craving anything Red can Champion Express Mail over from Kanto to him.

Silver usually just texts, he loves his brothers but they can be talkative in their own way, but he constantly assures Ash that the moment they get the notice that he’s in labor almost everyone is flying out to Galar. Gold agrees through actual call’s with Ritchie by his side, his new top elite four, and that they already have shit ready and packed.

Giovanni is envolved but in the distance. He originally planned on pacing up the process of taking over the world but half of his spies, gown to spy on Ash and Raihan, had come back nearly mauled. Soon almost all of his grunts and even higher up goons were being dragged into HQ’s around the world, bloody and beatened. It took some time to figure out that it was Ash’s Pokémon doing most of the damage, in Galar and Kanto, while the rest were from legendaries. The only team that can get on by is Jessie, James, and Meowth. Though they seem to immediately get the memo to stay at a distance from Ash at all times, never to enter personal property, and to keep all scheming on the down low and out of rang where Ash can’t be stubborn and get up to go help. So Gio has to be content to just sit and quietly wait as he watches Ash give birth to his second set of grandkids. He gets to watch Delia when she comes around so that’s nice, Gio actually misses her dearly.

The pregnancy itself gave them a few scares. The biggest being that Ash is actually pregnant. which takes a lot of arguments about Ash having to be more careful and even forcing them a month apart without talking, this is and still is their biggest argument yet in their relationship. The second biggest scare was Oleana actively trying to spike Ash’s nonalcoholic drinks with alcohol, certain drugs, and other means they haven’t found the answer to.

Since Ash is technically the physical link between Pokémon and humans, what every thinks and also how he has all these abilities, certain human drugs make his body shut down and reject anything. Putting him in life threatening condition immediately to the point where the twins are unable to be saved.

Ash wasn’t expecting how big his stomach would grow. He originally thought that the baby, yes one baby at the time, would take his size. Unlucky in that department both girls have taken near Raihans size, though Cadenza is closer to Ash’s height still, and that also means big babies and equally streatched stomachs. There was a lot of sleepless nights and crying sessions. Ash was abnormally lazy and tired for himself, though expected, and the only cravings he’s gotten was curly fries and vanilla and chocolate ice cream.

[sexysilverstrider]

Silver x Lyra

im less sleepy tonight LETS GO

• when or if I started shipping it.

mmm when i was 19??? i realized gen 2 has a remake so i played it and ofc i played soulsilvershipping. needless to say that changed my life

• my thoughts:

HNNNNNNNGGG TSUNDERE ASSHOLE AND BUBBLY SUNSHINE i love!!! their chemistry!!! silvers character dev and kotones adorable design just make it so fun to write about them!!

• What makes me happy about them:

the way it feels so natural when i write about them!!! ive written so many genres about them from the saddest shit to the stupidest thing possible. i love imagining about them and even their canon ingame interaction makes me happy ;w;

• What makes me sad about them:

the fact that they dont have full voice acting??? lmao and also maybe theres no canon story of silver being the heir of rocket. that wouldve made the angstiest sss that has ever graced this earth and i breathe through that

• things done in art/fic that annoys me:

mmmm the way silver is portrayed as having too much stereotypical tsundere tropes??? like the blushing n stuttering rude bitch tsundere even in postgame like dude. also kotone being utterly….completely….annoying……

• things I look for in art/fic:

silver being the silent calm passionate lover in postgame while kotone being the sweet understandable sweetheart!! when they date it feels so natural and silver in time is actually affectionate. kotone is adorably annoying but shes so understanding about silvers past and in the end they casually tease each other as they get more comfy w each other :’) 

also in art hit me with that rocket boss silver and kotone trying to defeat him. bih

• Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: 

HMMMMMMMMMM for silver………no one he dies alone lmao. for kotone………..maybe red i like that red becomes enamoured with the person who finally defeats him after 2 long years of isolation

• My happily ever after for them:

happy and loving with a daughter named Emery. kotone is the johto champion while silver is the kanto champion. they rule both regions and are unstoppable and lovey dovey

• what is their favorite non-sexual activity?

snuggling w each other!! kotone places her legs on silvers lap while silver casually traces his fingers and hands on her skin!!! they have cute small talks n soon enough before they know it kotone has actually scooched and snuggled his chest :3c

[mysidewriting]

Though the Storm

Through the Storm Page "Soundtrack" From the Start--Previous Chapter

Chapter Twenty Six

Getting out of the cave was much easier than getting in, a lot of the stress I was under had vanished now that I had that ball at my waist. We were out in no time and I immediately started to head towards Lillie's house while attempting to explain what it felt like to have mewtwo speaking inside my head. Gladion had calmed down as well but that part was still bothering him, the speaking to my head and the choking part. I'd thought getting the beast to agree to work with us had been so easy but he disagreed entirely for those reasons. Worried that somehow mewtwo still had some psychic grip on me. I doubted it did, but I understood his concerns. That's what had happened to his mother last time there was a run in with a crazy powerful pokemon.

Speaking of which, I finally brought up what Lillie had asked of me. "So, Lillie asked me to check on Lusamine if I had the time and we clearly do have the time..." I glanced to his face to gauge his reaction, definitely annoyed. "Do you mind stopping there? If you don't want to see her I can just go in for like five mi-"

He cut me off with a heavy sigh, "No. It's okay, we can both go over there."

I stopped walking, forcing him to stop as well. "Are you sure? You really don't have to go if you don't want to. I don't want you to feel forced to see her."

"I don't feel forced." A small smile appeared on his lips, "it's fine, Moon. It will make them happy if I stop by and besides, what else are we going to do for the next day." His eyes rolled at that. "Let's go."

I grinned and quickly took the lead, "We can stay there for the day if it doesn't bother you. Then it'll be warm, and we can make food, and maybe watch a movie, and sleep in a bed." I said, gaze up on the clouds as I thought of the house. Those few weeks staying there with Lillie and her mom had been so great.

He chuckled, looking ready to make a comment about something but he just shook his head and took my hand instead. "That all sounds great, hopefully mom will stop talking long enough for that."

"I'm sure she will." I laughed, tugging him towards the house.

Gladion sucked down a long breath before nodding and I knocked at the door. A shouted 'one second' came from beyond the wood and I covered the giggle that escaped in reaction to his cringe. He sighed, shaking his head before focusing again. Lillie would be so happy and proud of him for this, I'd have to send her a text as soon as we were inside.

The door opened and a very healthy looking Lusamine stood behind the screen. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail and I couldn't help but notice the little paint splatters on her arms. She gasped as she saw both of us, rushing out to embrace her son in what looked like a crushing squeeze.

"Hey, mom." Gladion said awkwardly, sounding a bit breathless as he pat her back. "Been a while."

She stepped away, wiping at her now damp eyes as she nodded. She wordlessly waved to invite us both into the house and I thanked her, stepping in happily. Gladion followed close behind, looking around like I had the first time. Nothing was out of place or odd at all, thankfully. It didn't seem like anything had gone wrong while Lillie was away. I stopped in the kitchen as Lusamine went to the sink and started washing the paint splatters off her arms. I was about to ask what she had been working on but she spoke first.

"What are you two doing here? Lillie told me she went to Hoenn to see you two and Hau before she left." She span around, flicking water off her hands. "I thought it would be Lillie at my door not..." she smiled sweetly towards Gladion. “My grumpy son and the Alola champion."

I hesitated, not knowing how much I should disclose to her. She didn't need to know that both her children were in moderate danger at the moment, or that it was my fault that they were. "It's a long story, to make things simple I had to come back to Kanto to get something and Gladion didn't want me to go alone."

She laughed delicately, "I'm not surprised you're protective, Gladion. How sweet of you."

His face went red and for some stupid reason his blushing made me embarrassed as well. I'd stood in front of Lusamine as many things in the past, as an interested trial goer, as an enemy, as a hero, as her daughters best friend... but this, this whole having mutual but unspoken feelings for her son thing, was weird. I felt awkward, and uncomfortable, and didn't know how to handle the situation. He cleared his throat and changed the subject, thankfully... "What's been going on? Has everything been okay without Lillie around?"

"Of course, of course." She waved off the concern. "I've filled the boring silence with some painting and music. I can't wait for her to be home again though."

He nodded, "She will be soon."

"So tell me, how is Aether?" She asked.

He cringed but managed to cover up the recoil with a cough fairly well. I doubted she noticed his hesitation or aversion to the question. "It's fine, Mom. You know I can't talk about it with you." His gaze was steady and assertive, nearly a glare.

"No, no. I know... I'm asking how it's going for you? I feel terrible that all that work and responsibility was dumped on you so suddenly. You're far too young to be running that organization." I was even shocked by her words...

His shoulders drooped, face going blank. "Ah, it's fine. I don't mind it."

I regretted opening my mouth the minute I did, but I'd already screwed myself over as they both looked to me. "You're too busy all the time though, it's so hard to even talk normally." He looked troubled by the comment.

"See, that's what I was worried about. You should be able to spend time with your friends and find what you want to do with your life. Not be stuck with your parents' work." Lusamine continued, waving to me for added momentum. "I'm so sorry you were pegged with it."

He shook his head, looking a bit uncomfortable. "I basically volunteered, don't worry about it. I get plenty of help when I need it and I'm fine doing the work."

The smile she gave him was sad, her eyes expressing her remorse for the situation. "Either way, I'm very proud and thankful of you for dealing with all of this. I hope you still make the time to spend with your friends and Moon, here."

He threw a hand behind his neck, gaze drifting to the floor. "Thanks..."

She asked how long we would be around and that's when I explained that we had until the next morning before we had to rush back to Hoenn. She was more than willing to have us over for the day and threw on a tea kettle before inviting us to the living room to talk more. She reminisced on some old memories with her family, back before the research on ultra-beasts had been so serious. All these stories about my best friends as kids that I'd never thought I'd hear. It was so refreshing. A ton of tension rolled off Gladion as well, his guards dropping bit by bit. He was actually warming up to her.

M//Hey, guess what

L//What?!

M//I'm sitting here with your mom and your brother and they're actually talking and laughing c:

L//REALLY?! Gladion is actually talking with her? //He actually went?!?

M//yep! //Also, we got mewtwo to help us.

L//Thank Arceus! What a successful trip you're on! //Steven said you won't be back until tomorrow morning?

M//Apparently, yeah

L//okay, I'll see you then! Thank you for getting my stubborn brother to see mom. //and feel free to use my room tonight if you need too!

M//Thanks lol

L//Just don't use my bed for you know... that sort of stuff... okay! ;p

M//WHAT? //YOU DONT NEED TO SAY THAT T-T

L//hahaha

After a long while of talking with the two of them and watching Gladion's reservations about his mother break away we were asked to run to the store for ingredients. Lusamine had found an interesting pasta recipe that she wanted to make but couldn't do alone. Instead of waiting for Lillie, she wanted to cook with us. I thought the idea was adorable and Gladion wasn't opposed whatsoever. So we ran off to a grocery store with a list of all these weird ingredients. I was forced to wear my hood up over my face and Gladion hovered close to me again, trying to avoid unnecessary exposure. Apparently the person at the counter recognized him, though. He'd seen both Lillie and Lusamine enough times to be able to recognize him as one of the family members.

On the way back, with handfuls of heavy plastic bags, I couldn't help but pester him about this. "So, you're getting along really well with her." I bumped his shoulder, grinning.

He laughed, "Yeah, well, she doesn't sound like a 90 year old woman anymore." He took a step closer so our arms brushed against each other's with every step.

"I'm glad you think so. Lillie is really happy you're talking with her."

"Yeah?" He sighed in a kind of content way, smirking. "I guess I am too."

Most of the day was spent making that meal. I chopped up veggies while Lusamine stirred up some sauce. Gladion helped me with the meat, laughing when I tried cutting it up and saying I looked like an idiot doing so. Apparently he knew a lot more about cooking than I did? Lusamine told a few stories about cooking with both him and Lillie and attributed it at least partially to those days. He agreed, saying Wicke had taught him a lot back at Aether as well. I took a step back once everything was ready to go on heat, watching them fuss over whether or not the veggies were done sautéing. I stole a few secretive pictures of them to send off to Lillie, grinning stupidly at the cute images. Family bonding at its finest... if only she could have been here as well. I certainly would have felt like I was intruding, but just seeing the three of them together would have been amazing.

It took forever to finish cooking the noodles. We had enough time to throw some desert in the oven as well which I would never complain about. Lusamine had us both sit at the table and brought glasses of wine, hesitating before giving me one of them. Gladion laughed, "She's fine, it's not like we're going anywhere for a while anyway."

I stuck my tongue out at him as she handed me the glass. "I handle it better than you do, dork."

His eyes rolled in response.

Everything tasted amazing, of course. Lusamine asked about my family, if we ever cooked together or had any interesting traditions. It was a bit harder for me to talk about considering what was going on with my family at the moment, but I did talk about times with my mom and grandmother. Figuring she just wanted me to talk some more too I told stories about the league while we ate. Stupid challengers and the few times everyone in the elite four and myself had gone out for fun. After finishing everything, all of us too full to even think about eating for a long time, Lusamine thanked us. "Thank you for spending time with me, both of you. It was so nice."

"It was nice." Gladion muttered with a small smile.

"Moon, thank you for bringing him here." She laughed, "I'm sure he wouldn't have come if you didn't say something."

I shrugged, laughing as well as Gladion nodded sheepishly. At least he was honest. Lusamine just smiled, not bothered by that fact.

"Well, I'm sure you two were hoping to get some time alone together. Don't feel like you have to hang around with me all evening." She stood and took the dirty plates off to the sink. I wasn't about to question her intentions with that statement but the blush growing on Gladion's face lead me to believe he was thinking the same thing I was. "I'm going to work on that painting a bit more." She said cheerfully before vanishing to a back room. I couldn't help but feel like she was forcing us to be alone with how quickly she had disappeared. Had we done something? Had she assumed something about us...?

Gladion just laughed awkwardly, rubbing at his red face. "You wanted to watch a movie?"

I shrugged, "it sounded nice, if you want too then I'd like too." Today was feeling like a dream. Distant and detached from the realities of the world. It didn't even feel like we'd been in those caves facing off mewtwo a few hours prior. It was nice, I just couldn't get too comfortable in this blip of calm during the storm.

"You know the house better than I do, so lead the way." He said.

The tv and movie player in Lillie's room were the only ones I knew how to operate properly so we sat in there with the movie. All the lights off and the only light coming from the tv screen, like a real movie theater. It was something random off Lillie's shelf, a flick about people with Pokémon powers that were basically superheroes. It was interesting enough but I was definitely distracted by a ton of things - by what could happen after we got back, by memories of sitting here with Lillie, by the way Gladion and I were leaning against each other with our hands intertwined. The movie that had probably been remade and redone hundreds of times before wasn't eye catching enough to distract me from those things at all.

I let my eyes fall closed, mind drifting back into those weeks where I thought this crazy experience-building trip was going to be great. Even then there had been terrible things happening, not death, but divorce and drama. That had been terrible to cope with, still was terrible - if anything worse now... but it seemed so innocent compared to the last month. A sudden flash back to my first week at Lillie's filled my mind, laying on the couch while Gladion drunk texted me. He'd never explained why he'd drank so much that night, had skillfully talked around it when I asked. He'd probably tell me if I asked now, right? Now that he was sitting next to me on the same couch I'd been on when that call happened. It wasn't important, but I was still curious. That was so unlike him...

As the ending credits rolled across the screen I shifted to lean my head against his shoulder. I contemplated how to even phrase what I wanted to ask him, wondering if he even remembered the call happening at this point. "Can I ask you an invasive question?" I started.

A short laugh shook his chest, "I guess so?"

I sat upright again, giving myself a good view of his hesitant face - cast over in shadows by the dramatic lighting of the tv. "Do you remember when you drunk called me? Back when I was here with Lillie?"

His eyes rolled but I could tell it wasn't because I was bringing up the event again, he seemed more annoyed with himself. "Of course." He grimaced. "Why?"

"You never told me why or how that happened." I pressed, leaning in a bit as a guarded look took over his features.

A rumble of thunder and loud patters of rain filled the silence between us as he scanned my face with an empty gaze. "You're still holding onto that after all this time?" He asked with a quiet laugh, the smile on his lips not reaching his hesitant eyes.

I grinned, "It's on the list."

That brought some light into his eyes, a more genuine sounding laugh escaping him. The credits ended and the menu for the movie popped up, a disgustingly cheerful tune looping through the speakers. "I thought we finished the list?" I just shook my head, unable to get that smile off my face. He groaned, "Arceus, Moon, are you really going to make me explain this?" He pressed a hand to his face.

His reaction was just making me more and more curious. I'd figured it'd been some fluke, that he'd just accidentally lost count of his drinks or been out with coworkers or something. Clearly there was a lot more to the story if he was being so reserved and stubborn about it. "Why can't I know?" I asked.

He sighed, "You can, I just... Wasn't planning on telling you now." His hand drifted to rub at the back of his neck, awkward... nervous... that was the only way I could read that gesture.

Now I was really interested. "Why not now? What were you waiting for?" I laughed, settling on top of my knees and facing him. I was beyond ready for story time.

"Okay, okay." He sighed, giving in to explaining this oh-so-important tale rather than answering those questions. "Let me see your phone."

Though I was confused, I didn't hesitate. I pulled the device from my back pocket and placed it in his outstretched hand. It opened to Lillie's chat log and I nearly jumped to close it before he could read what she had said earlier, but that would only make him suspicious. He didn't seem to notice the hinting text anyway and instead switched into our chat log. He scrolled for a few minutes to get back to the time frame I was referencing, continuing on past the garbled drunk texts before finally stopping and holding the phone up so I could clearly see the screen. He pointed at that first message he'd sent me when I arrived in Kanto.

G//hey //you busy tonight?

"Remember this?" He asked, his hands were shaking a bit. What the heatran is he so nervous about?! How could that night be linked back that far?

I simply nodded in response.

He gave me back the phone with another heavy sigh, gaze drifting off to rest on the tv instead of my eager and curious face. He practically had to heave the words out. "I had this... admittedly stupid, plan to ask you out that night." My heart dropped to my stomach, it felt like all my nerve endings had been electrocuted or set ablaze at those words. Seriously?! That's why he was so reserved about this... My heart rammed in my chest so hard I thought it was going to thump right up my throat and out. I didn't expect this, at all.

His tension broke a bit after that, sounding a bit more natural as he continued. I had to suck down my sudden bursts of energy to listen to the rest of his story. "Then I was going to meet with Hau later to ask what he thought you'd like to do, I thought he'd have some better ideas than I did, I'm not so great with the romance thing. He spends a lot more time with you too, so..." He paused a moment, green eyes flicking around the room - anywhere but at me. "I did have this old wine bottle that mom had sent me a while ago and was half planning on sharing it with you." A nervous laugh escaped him as he shook his head. "Again, not good with the romance thing. I saw wine in movies, I thought it fit.

I struggled to keep quiet, not romantic my ass. This was adorable. He couldn't stand Hau, yet he'd planned to talk to him about this?! Of all things I would never expect Gladion to tell Hau how he felt about anything<\i>.

"You were gone though, clearly. So I couldn't do any of that, and after months of trying to work up the nerve and figure out how to do it... I kind of figured it was a sign I should give up. Gone for six months, going to every region and meeting every champion... I was so sure you'd end up dating someone else, honestly."

That explains why he was so upset about me being gone... and why he had been so jealous of everyone I hung out with. Had he thought Green was going to ask me out? I wanted to laugh but I bit it back.

"So, all caught up in the emotional bullshit I had a beer or two and after that I kind of drank that whole wine bottle. Like I was trying to spite myself about all of it." His eyes rolled.

I couldn't keep quiet about that. "Two beers and a bottle of wine?! Seriously, Gladion?! No wonder you sounded like an idiot on the phone!" I shouted, playfully shoving his shoulder to his surprise. He actually stumbled a bit from the force, laughing as he caught himself from falling. "That's some serious 'drowning your sorrows'."

His gaze finally met mine again, still nervous. Clearly trying to judge how I'd taken all of that. Could he not tell already? "I know, it was stupid. My timing was horrible too, I'm sorry." He muttered.

I gave a dramatic pout, all my sparking and explosive energy and excitement from his confession was being expressed through my gestures. "Stop apologizing, dork! I told you before, it's fine." I laughed.

A soft smile appeared on his lips, gaze taking on that warm look that had sent shivers down my spine so many times already. If I had any less will power than I did I probably would have crushed him in a hug in that instant... but I was able to hold back, just barely. "Okay." He replied.

My nerves couldn't handle this much longer, I crossed my arms over my thundering heart. "There's one crucial question I have about this story of yours." I said, mocking a sleuth-like tone.

He leaned away, looking defensive. "What's that?" He asked warily.

"Why didn't you try again?" I said, grinning like an idiot.

His face went pale, the music looped again - back to the start of that stupidly cheerful song. "What?" How did he not know what I meant?

"Why didn't you try asking me out when we met up again?" I asked, "I didn't end up with anyone else."

He jumped, eyes going wide and stuttering over his words. I doubted he ever even considered that before, he was so shocked by the idea. "B-because someone's trying to kill you! Y-y-your life takes priority, Moon!" I didn't think I'd ever heard or seen him as frazzled as he was now.

I would have entirely agreed with him just a day prior. "I understand but, Lillie made a good point yesterday." He cocked an eyebrow, confused. "Putting a label on how we already are together wouldn't change much. If anything it just makes my days a little less stressful." Even passively addressing how we'd been treating each other recently felt strange. My excitement was at bursting point and even my hands were trembling now.

I grabbed his hands, cutting off whatever he was about to say with the action. We both relaxed, like the touch had grounded all the electricity and all that shaking stopped. I was mesmerized by his skin against mine for a while. Studying the way our hands fit together, how the lines and cracks seemed to match up like puzzle pieces. After a long moment he started running his thumbs up and down the backs of my hands, the sensation shooting goosebumps up my arms.

"Do you want to be my boyfriend?" I said quietly without even really thinking about it. The words just slid out of my mouth and although I didn't regret them at all, I still felt totally awkward. There had to be a better way to phrase that... it felt so cheesy. I didn't look up, just kept staring at our hands as my cheeks turned bright red.

He laughed and leaned forward, my heart stuttered in my chest and my breath rammed up in my throat. He rested his forehead against mine, "Yes." I could see the grin on his lips. It definitely wasn't the first time I'd wondered what that smile would taste like.

"Will you be, then?" I said, running with the cheesy traditional lines. I could hear the blood rushing behind my ears, couldn't even try to hold back my own painfully wide grin.

That was when he closed the distance between us, leaning forward just that little bit more. His lips timidly brushed mine, the touch feeling like a static shock that rattled me deep into my core. He released one of my hands and placed his own on the back of my neck as his lips pressed firmly against mine in a much more determined, wanting kiss. Like every second that we hadn't kissed had been a tragedy and he had to make it up to me in that instant... And I could feel it, could taste it. I melted into it, unable to hold onto any other thoughts than the notion of him, his warmth, his touch, everything. How had I held back all this time? I took a handful of his shirt and pulled him closer, kissing him back with the same vigor. I could feel his heart pounding in sync with my own as we parted for a breath, a short chuckle escaping him. His fingers tangled in my hair, still holding me just as close. "Of course." He said in a hot breath that bathed over my face intoxicatingly. I kissed that grin of his eagerly, loving the feeling of his mouth moving to catch the kiss as well. His other hand wrapped around my waist and he somehow managed to pull me even closer, getting me onto his lap.

I hugged him as we broke away again, dropping my head to his shoulder while gasping for air. His hand slid from my neck to my back and he embraced me as well. We stayed like that for a long while, just breathing, it felt like my body was humming, as though I'd been strung like a guitar chord and the sound was still ringing out. My head was spinning, I'd never been drunk but I imagined this was how it would feel.

Gladion's head rocked back, resting on the back of the couch. "Arceus..." he muttered through a sigh. “Is today even real?"

I laughed, sitting up so I could see him. "What do you mean?" I was sure I already knew the answer to that question, today had felt like a dream.

"Everything is going too well." He said, breaking his gaze from mine and brushing a hand through my hair - watching that instead. "Mewtwo agreed to work with us, mom isn't crazy, you..." He just smirked for that and I stole a quick kiss, giddy that I could do that now. "After this last month it doesn't seem real."

"I know..." I muttered, "Let's hope karma doesn't come around and bite us in the butt after this."

His eyebrows bunched up and he pulled me into a tight hug, "Don't say that." He laughed nervously, "Don't jinx it. Everything will be fine." He rested his chin on my shoulder, his words reminding me of articuno... that warning, had that jinxed me too?

"We have mewtwo, and a ton of super powerful trainers. Everything will be fine." I said, trying to believe my words.

"We need to be careful, and don't you dare even think about leaving my side. No matter what." He practically snapped at me, his grip tightening around me. "I refuse to lose you again."

My chest swelled in this all-encompassing warmth and I nestled my head against his. "I won't leave your side, and you won't lose me. I need you to watch my back anyway."

Putting a 'label' on this had given us a lot more to lose... At least it felt like it in that moment.

The plan was to get up around 3am, we'd have enough time to both shower and eat before going to meet up with the crazy plane guy again. We spent the rest of the evening laying on the couch, knowing eventually we'd fall asleep so the earlier we were ready the more rest we would get. It was hard though, between the anxiety for the next day and the excitement from today... sleep was nearly impossible to achieve. There was a lot of sleepy kisses and cuddling, the touch of his lips on mine sending sparks of drunk giddiness into my system every time. It was funny how someone so familiar and trustworthy could become so foreign and new to me with just a kiss like that. Not that he wasn't still familiar and trustworthy, but it was like we'd opened a door to a whole new world together and every second like this was unmapped territory. Exciting and intimidating at the same time... but I knew everything would work out fine, it was him after all. My friend, my trusted partner in crime.

[emptypokedex-blog]

More Pokespe Fan Children

I want to talk a little more about my Pokespe Fan Children (1 2 3) because I think they are cute. These aren’t so much headcanons, as I don’t think any of this in the actually canon of the series with some minor changes. Instead, consider it to be more of an AU taking place after the events in the manga. I’m also guilty of shipping some of my fankids...so that’s a thing. 

If anyone wants, I might post a comprehensive list of all their teams later, but not in this post. This one’ll only refer to some of their Pokemon. It’s kinda long, so the rest is under the cut.

PS I’d love to know what you guys think about them!

All of their first Pokemon (not starters) were:

Orange: Eevee, Grey: Zorua, Teal: Growlithe, Turquoise: Vulpix, Bronze: Wooper, Nickel: Slugma, Cobalt: Duskull, Garnet: Spinda, Peridot: Lotad, Waleria: Raltz, Quartz: Burmy (Trash), Beryl: Burmy (Plant), Zircon: Burmy (Sandy), Coral: Chingling, Amber: Pachirisu, Copper: Combee, Slate: Roggenrola, Zara: Goomy.

All of their starters are:

Orange: Bulbasaur, Grey: Oshawott, Teal: Squirtle, Turquoise: Charmander, Bronze: Chikorita, Nickel: Totodile, Cobalt: Torchic, Garnet: Mudkip, Peridot: Treeko, Waleria: N/A, Quartz: Turtwig, Beryl: Chimchar, Zircon: Piplup, Coral: Piplup, Amber: Turtwig, Copper: Chimchar, Slate: Snivy, Zara: Froakie.

Silver is majorly protective of his daughter, Nickel. He doesn’t want her to end up like him, kidnapped and fucked up. So it becomes a little absurd, but she knows how to work around his odd rules.

I’ve said this before, but I’ve started shipping Orange and Grey (honestly because they were right next to each other in their post) and, though I know nobody cares about shipping fan characters, I’ve called their ship RocknRollshipping because Orange is psuedo-punkrock (she’s a fucking badass) and Grey is a total geek (roll as in rolling dice). I just thought it was cute and wanted to share.

Now, just to talk about them as people. Orange is very punkrock, but earthy like her mother, determined to all hell like her father, and airheaded like both of them. Meanwhile, Grey get easily attached to things like his father and has the work ethic of his mother. I think it’d be cute for them to be paired together based on the personalities I’ve given them.

...why do I feel like I have to justify myself?

Orange likes to see him in in her denim jacket, even if it’s a bit tight, but she only thinks that makes it cuter.

They’re meeting was entirely accidental. Orange and her family were on vacation in Unova, they encountered each other, and became friends. The rest is history.

Grey’s Zorua likes to turn into Orange’s Eevee to confuse their owners. Ten years later, Zoroark still likes to turn into Umbreon for the same reason.

Long-distance skyping.

I kinda think of them as the “main characters” of this AU.

Orange is not a natural battler, so it takes a lot of effort for her to progress as a trainer. Her Pokemon journey was very difficult, creating stress that there’d be an expectation to do as well as her father, the once champion of Kanto.

Orange’s favorite Pokemon is Skorupi and it’s a shame she doesn’t have one.

I haven’t decide whether Orange or Nickel are Children of Viridian. It’s either one of them or neither of them. I’m leaning towards Nickel.

Grey is more of a backseat trainer. He’s a tactician who will help whoever he’s with by giving them information or tips on what to do next, all while using his own Pokemon for buffing or healing support if needed.

Nobody calls Turquoise by her name. Instead, they called her TQ or Tikki.

Most of Teal’s and Turquoise’s Pokemon are based on version exclusives for Red and Blue. Teal has Pokemon Red’s and Turquoise has Pokemon Blue’s, with the exception of their starters and Nidoran.

Teal and Turquoise rarely fight. They are very close, and any conflict would likely result in both parties sulking on their own or with their friends. Unfortunately, they also can’t let the other win and the argument would probably continue for days on end.

Quartz, Beryl, and Zircon all got Burmy as their first Pokemon because they’re stupid-looking and they all thought it was funny. Quartz named his Trash-Candy because that’s what it looks like, Beryl named hers Madame Flowers, and Zircon named his Pebs. They got them at the same time, at 6, 4, and 2 years old respectively. It was later realized that the 2-year-old Zircon meant to say Pebbles.

Zircon doesn’t let his Pokemon evolve because he thinks they’re cute. If anyone asks, he claims he’s just waiting for them to learn certain moves before evolving. It’s a lie.

Quartz is an unapologetic meme-lord.

Coral is a stone-cold bitch.

Coral and Quartz grew up together and they battle regularly. They are evenly matched and the current score is Coral: 52, Quartz: 50.

Cobalt has no desire to go on a Pokemon journey.

Peridot and Cobalt have the ultimate bromance.

Cobalt calls him Dot.

Peridot get a Lotad as his first Pokemon because he thought it was the most amazing thing he’d ever laid eyes on and needed to have it.

He never nicknamed it, but Cobalt calls it Jeeves because it is often used to carry things like a butler.

Now it thinks it’s name is Jeeves.

Garnet likes to boop her Spinda on the nose and watch is wobble around in confusion.

Garnet is tiny, but doesn’t care.

Peridot is a lot taller than his dad. Emerald doesn’t like this.

Bronze is torn between going into breeding or on a journey to discover new Pokemon.

Nothing Bronze wears ever looks good.

Copper doesn’t understand the first thing about battling and ends up with a garbage team, but tries his hardest anyway.

The only reason he got his first gym badge is because he caused the ceiling to cave in.

Amber once knocked out all his Pokemon, so he punched her Machamp in the face.

Amber is convinced her Machamp is absolutely adorable.

It’s name is Tulip.

Waleria’s health is questionable, but it is nowhere near as bad as her father’s, so it’s all good. It’s why she always wears comfortable slippers.

I have no information for Slate or Zara yet. I made them just to even out those posts, so I don’t have much to say.

Here, have a height chart with estimated/bullshat ages. Think of it as...an AU where the original Dexholders ages are compressed. I know the chart isn’t perfectly accurate, but you get the basic idea. (I’m really bad with height bc I’m 5′0″, so everybody looks tall to me and I don’t know what ‘too tall’ really is). The posts with the images of them, those are all of them at the same age. This would be them at different ages in real time.

[sage-nebula]

Alright pokemon for games please!

All right! Keep in mind that I do answer gameverse questions in accordance with my ‘verse, just as a general rule. :)

My favorite parent-child relationship

LOOKER AND EMMA. The postgame was my favorite part of the XY games hands down, and Looker and Emma were entirely the reason for that. I absolutely adore their relationship, how Looker took Emma in and taught her how to read and write, gave her a home and the love she had never felt from a parent beyond that point. I love, too, how Emma latched onto him so quickly, how she was protective and defensive of him, how when that one woman who came into the Looker Bureau started badmouthing him Emma was just not having it. Emma was willing to do whatever she could in order to help Looker, and was willing to do whatever she had to in order to stay with him---so the fact that he left her behind, even though he gave her the Looker Bureau and was sure she would be able to take care of herself, still tears me apart. I don’t care what his excuse is, he needs to go back to Kalos and get his daughter asap. Stop going to Alolan restaurants and go get your kid, Looker, ffs. 

My favorite sibling relationship

As far as confirmed siblings go, this is going to have to go to Gladion and Lillie. Unfortunately, Gladion was treated rather poorly by the plot in that he was barely in it, and as such his interactions with Lillie are extremely limited. To that end, he’s stuck at Aether Paradise whereas she is stuck with their abusive mother at the end, so that’s extremely disappointing (and gross) as well. However, it’s still obvious how much they care about each other, and before Gladion left there’s no doubt in my mind that they were each other’s best friend. I have a thousand scenarios in mind for how they reconnect in the future, for how they grow closer again and find strength in each other. They’re definitely both the best twins and best siblings.

My favorite family relationship (other)

In my ‘verse, Lance is Red’s godfather, and I have to say that I’m really attached to this headcanon because of all the angst and heartache that comes with it.

Essentially, Red’s father, Rusty, was Lance’s best friend growing up. The two were extremely close, and so the decision to name Lance Red’s godfather was an obvious and easy one. Unfortunately, when Red was about a year old Rusty was murdered by Team Rocket (possibly by Giovanni himself---see, I said yesterday that even I like to make them more dangerous than they are canonically, and this is true). Lance was so grief-stricken over this that he couldn’t honestly bear to look at Red’s mother or Red himself in the eye, and as such was never around for Red’s childhood. In fact, Red didn’t even learn that Lance was his godfather until they met at the Indigo Plateau, and Lance recognized who he was immediately due to how much Red resembles his father.

But that said, although Red learned the truth and has tried to have a relationship with Lance, Lance keeps him at arm’s length. This is for a few reasons; to start with, it’s still hard for him to spend time around Red due to how similar Red is to Rusty, mostly in appearance, but also a little bit in personality. Although it has been about twelve years by the time Lance and Red finally meet, those twelve years haven’t done much to soothe a wound that Lance is deliberately keeping open in his crusade against Team Rocket. Aside from that, Red is the Kanto Champion, and Lance’s pride has left him feeling rather salty about this. He, whether it’s justified or otherwise, sees Red as a rival, and as such only really interacts with him when he’s challenging Red for the title. This, of course, hurts Red; he really wants an actual relationship with his godfather, especially since he never knew his father, but Lance just won’t give it to him and Red can’t bring himself to ask directly. (Like, he tries to get Lance to, say, get milkshakes with him after the battle---but Lance always refuses, and Red doesn’t push it.) So there’s a lot of angst and hurt feelings here, and that’s painful, but it’s something in my ‘verse that I’m attached to nonetheless.

Aside from that, I really do love Professor Oak’s relationship with both of his grandchildren, because in my ‘verse he raised them after their mother died and their father was worthless. More to the point, their father pretended that Daisy didn’t exist and emotionally abused Green (from a distance) by imposing impossible standards and toxic masculinity on him, which led to Green’s horrid behavior prior to his character development. Professor Oak was a little tough on Green near the end of that journey as a result---to get through to him, and specifically to break through the garbage mindset Hunter (Green’s father) had imposed on him---but through that Green came to see that it was his gramps who really cared about him, not the father who never showed him a shred of pride (much less love), and their relationship became much better for it. Green loves his gramps, and that’s a fact.

My favorite friendship between two people

Morty and Eusine! ♥ This one is a no-brainer for me, honestly, hahaha. Whatever their relationship is, their bond is as solid as folded steel. Although Morty and Eusine are very different individuals, and although their differences lead to near-constant bickering and banter that comes so easily I could probably write it in my sleep, their differences add to more complements than clashes and the fact that they’ve been friends since they were children speaks to how well they work together. They cherish each other dearly, and will always be my favorite duo in the Pokéverse. 

My favorite friendship between a group

THE NUVEMA TRIO, as if anyone even has to ask, haha. Lea, Cheren, and Bianca are an unbeatable team. They’re friends, technically, but on a more real level they’re family. They’re soul siblings. In fact, I would go so far as to say that these three are all platonic soul mates with each other, because that’s just how close they are, that’s how much they love each other, that’s how unbreakable their bond is. Even when it’s stressed, even when it’s tested, at the end of the day these three will always come back to each other. Nothing could ever truly separate them. They’re the best of best friends, and they would do and sacrifice anything for the sake of each other. No question.

My favorite mentorship

I really, really love how Bianca becomes Professor Juniper’s assistant. ♥ Professor Juniper taught Lea, Cheren, and Bianca as they grew up, but Bianca is the one who decided to pursue research and study under Professor Juniper, and I really love that, particularly since it’s an awesome lady teaching another awesome lady. It’s great. ♥

My favorite rivalry

Hmmm . . . prior to ORAS, my answer to this was honestly Archie and Maxie.

I’m talking mainly about Emerald Version, here, in which they’re both actively working to resurrect the legendary of their choice in order to bring about the end of the world. Before ORAS completely reworked their personalities (and did away with the Emerald plot, sadly), the way I was led to see them was as two rivals whose rivalry simply escalated to the point where it very nearly doomed the world. It wasn’t so much that either of them passionately believed that expanding the sea or the land was truly what was better for the world, but rather that they had known each other since they first set out on their journeys and their rivalry just got really, really, really out of hand. Their desire to always one-up the other led to them forming rival gangs, which led to a series of escalating events until finally they decided that whoever could resurrect their chosen legendary and accomplish their goals first won. Well, of course this doomed the world---but they weren’t thinking about that. They were only thinking about how obsessed they were with defeating the other. A long time ago I had a fic planned from Courtney’s point of view about how out of control everything got, but obviously ORAS came along and jossed everything, heh.

In any case, since ORAS has taken that rivalry away, mmh . . . Lance and Clair? The two are cousins, and I’ve always seen their relationship as similar to Edgeworth and Franziska from Ace Attorney. Clair hates losing, and I feel that she has a really passionate, stubborn desire to defeat Lance, which she hasn’t been able to accomplish yet. So their relationship could certainly count.

My favorite hatred/antipathy

MMMM . . . the answer to this is probably a tie between Ghetsis and Lea, but also Ghetsis and Cheren. More accurately, I guess it would be best to write it as Ghetsis vs. Lea & Cheren, haha.

Ghetsis loathes Lea because he blames her for turning N against him and the plan. In his eyes, Lea “corrupted” N. She’s the one who made him consider that perhaps not all trainers were evil, that perhaps his plan to permanently separate the populace from pokémon wasn’t the best, that perhaps Team Plasma was in the wrong after all. (This is actually only partially true. Lea helped break N from his black and white way of thinking, just as N helped break Lea of hers, but what truly changed N’s mind and made him back down was . . . well. That’s #spoilers.) As such, in the two years that pass between Book 1 and Book 2, Ghetsis lets that hatred and resentment fester. He wants his plans to come to fruition, yes, and he’ll do whatever he needs to in order to make that happen---but if he ever gets a chance to have revenge on Lea, to utterly break her to the point where he can make her wish for death, then by Zekrom he will take it.

As for Cheren, well . . . Ghetsis does not have particularly strong feelings against Cheren, though he recognizes Cheren as a direct opponent much later on in Book 1. (In my ‘verse, they actually get to exchange words.) However, due to plot circumstances that I can’t exactly talk about at this point because of #spoilers, Cheren also recognizes Ghetsis as his opponent, and as such as a rather severe and passionate hatred for him, given the fact that Ghetsis has created this entire situation that Cheren now has to deal with (which will directly endanger Lea’s life, and indirectly endangers Bianca’s). Of course, there were other factors that led to all of this as well, but none of it would have occurred had Ghetsis not decided to form Team Plasma in the first place, so Cheren blames him.

Finally, Lea’s distaste for Ghetsis is probably obvious. Part of it is because of N, a much larger part of it is because of Unova in general (and the fallout from Plasma’s actions, the consequences are far more violent and dire in Reversi than in canon), and part of it is due to how Ghetsis does single out Cheren at the end, targeting him, which makes Lea feel about as friendly as a ravenous mountain lion whose cub has just been threatened. N is one thing, but you do not even vaguely threaten either Cheren or Bianca in Lea’s presence. You just do not. (Not that Ghetsis threatens Cheren, per se, but Lea doesn’t want Ghetsis to even look in Cheren’s direction. She wants him nowhere near Cheren. She will claw his eyes out with her dull and dirty fingernails, do you hear her? DO YOU HEAR HER???)

So yeah, that little tangled knot is probably my favorite.

My favorite potential relationship between characters who never talk in canon

I really, really, really want Kukui and Burnet to adopt Gladion as well. He’s Lillie’s twin brother---there’s no reason why they shouldn’t also adopt him, and be his parents just as much as they are Lillie’s. The boy needs loving parents just as much as Lillie does, and I really, really want Kukui and Burnet to give that to him. I really do. ♥