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shivada-jade · 3 years

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modern!au/idol!au

characters: aether, lumine mentions: venti, xiao, kazuha, barbara, azhdaha warning(s): swearing because lumine and aether are siblings

notes: i've been lACKING these idol au's so im gonna write more idol au's because i nEEED it

You were seven when you were introduced to the twins. Coming from a foreign land, you struggled with the language they spoke in, but they were patient with you and taught you their language and much more. The twins were multilingual and explained it was from their frequent traveling and relatives from different places.

You and the twins were close, but Lumine spent more time with you, making Aether whine a lot. He would always poke sticks at you and hide your legendary, full art Pokemon cards to catch both Lumine's and your attention. It does work, but Lumine's mad.

"Aether!" She'd scream with a lisp because of a missing tooth. "Stop doing that!"

Oh, but Aether is a sibling, meaning he'd play the 'innocent' card. "Stop doing what? What am I doing?"

In the end, you'd always have to call their parents when they fist fight at the sand pit. "Aether and Lumine's mom! They're fighting again!"

"Again?" The tall blonde sighed. "Thanks for telling me, hon."

After a good scolding, Aether and Lumine would be totally okay the next minute like nothing happened. You were used to their banter and rightfully took your Pokemon cards back. Lumine stuck a tongue out, blowing a raspberry at Aether when he turned his back, grabbing three large sticks.

"Fight me!" He cried with glee, giving one stick to his sister and one to you. "I will be the grand king of the sand pit!"

You vaguely remember the rest. Maybe you lost the 'sword duel,' or maybe you didn't, but what you did remember was this tall kid playing with his cat and eating the sand. Forget the kid, the only thing you remember is his cat's name called Azhdaha.

Your hands close your story book. You would never admit to your friends, but Lumine and Aether that you still read fantasy. The other kids in the neighbourhood would laugh saying what you were reading is a kid's story.

"So what if it's a kid's story? If you like it, read it," Lumine says aggressively while Aether opens the door for both of you.

"Lumi's right. They think they're all grown up, but they're kids too," he closes the door behind him, waving goodbye to your grandma rocking on the porch. "What's the story about anyway?"

You walk ahead, leading the two to a local mall. Every week, Aether, Lumine and yourself would spend Fridays and Saturdays together.

You and Lumine often joke how Aether doesn't do 'Saturdays are for the boys.' To which, Aether would scoff and reply with, "Boys who say that are stupid, not all but most. Saturdays are for spending time with people you care about. I don't care if they think I'm weak."

You step foot in the bus, tapping the card to pay for your admission. The twins, walk behind, doing the same and sitting next to you on the bus.

"It's called 'Songs of a Siren.' It's cool, you should check it out." You say, scooting a bit closer to the side so Lumine could have more pace to sit. The bus is packed. Teenagers littered inside, only a few adults were there including the bus driver. "Let's leave. Teenagers stink."

"...But you are one."

"Well-"

After the next stop, you push yourself through the crowd, trying to exit. Lumine pushes people, muttering a few 'excuse us' while dragging her brother. Your feet land on the concrete sidewalk and you finally breathe freely.

You see the twins finally get off the bus and tilt your head, "Let's go, the mall isn't gonna wait for us."

Entering the mall, the first thing you pass by is a clothes shop. You and Aether share a look, quietly doing rock-paper-scissors behind Lumine who's beaming to go inside.

Rock.

Aether chooses paper.

You droop to the floor because you're dramatic, knowing that once you go in the shop, you'll be the one carrying Lumine's purchases.

"Alright, Lumine," you say sighing. "Let's go shop."

You see Aether in your peripheral vision, pumping his fist laughing a quiet, "Yes!" when Lumine takes out her wallet.

"I know you did rock-paper-scissors." She counts the bills from her wallet, "But I'm buying for Aether which means even if you carry the things I buy, Aether's gonna have it much worse because he will be trying on everything I tell him to wear." She grins, settling with a black debit card.

After hearing this, Aether tries to walk in another shop to avoid dressing up for Lumine, but his sister quickly catches on and pulls him by the ear and walks in the clothes shop.

"Let's go!" She says to you, "These clothes won't shop themselves!"

...

"This one?"

"No, you look like grandpa in that outfit."

"Well what if I like looking like grandpa, huh? What are you gonna do about it?"

"Some people can pull off the sexy grandpa look. You're not 'some people.'" Lumine pulls out another outfit from the rack. "Try this one," she laughs, seeing Aether's horrified face and pushes him in the dressing area.

This is the ninth clothes shop you three go to, and you were starting to feel bad for Aether who had to wear every outfit Lumine wanted him to wear.

"Lumi," you say calmly, having trouble holding five shopping bags on each arm. She's on a shopping spree and you wonder how she gets all the money to buy these things. "That should be enough shopping for the day. I'm hungry."

The blonde lifts a hand. "Hold on a second," she smiles before banging on the changeroom door, "AETHER LET ME SEE THE FIT."

You can hear the loud sigh from the other side of the door as it slowly opens. He only peeks his head out, shyly mumbling, "This is embarrassing. I don't want to walk out like this."

Lumine rolls her eyes and pulls the door open, revealing Aether in a white dress shirt and dark pants.

Aether lifts an arm, inspecting the design. "It's a bit..." he pauses, thinking of a way to not offend his sister. "It's not my style." His eyes seek for your help to back him up, but you couldn't. The style on him looks so ethereal to him, and Lumine has the same idea.

His twin ran up to an aisle and picked out two accessories: a silk cloth and a floral pin. Lumine shushes Aether who tried to punch her.

"Shut up Aether, you'll look great." She pins the black rose onto the front of his shirt and ties the silk cloth around his neck. She steps a few steps back, making a rectangle shape to symbolize a picture frame and elbows you lightly. "He looks okay for once."

Okay is underwhelming, but to describe Aether better, he looks celestial. The warm studio lights hug every angle of Aether from head to toe. His golden eyes seem to brighten more and the outfit only accentuates his physical traits more.

From the corner of your eye you spot a tall-ish man who has been wandering past the same aisle but never picking anything up. He wears ordinary clothes- a T-shirt and jeans (rather stylishly), but you know from his incoming aura he's more than just an ordinary person.

You tap Lumine discreetly while still holding onto her shopping bags and tilt your head towards the man.

Aether, who keeps picking on the cloth around his neck goes frigid when the strange man walks up to him.

"Hey kid," he says cooly. He looks Aether up and down, lifting his shades to see clearer, and pulls out a small business card from his pocket. "You look like idol material. Ever thought about being a part of a boyband?"

Out of politeness, Aether takes the card and laughs nervously, "Not really" He looks at Lumine and you for help, but you two pretend to not know him when he turns to you.

The man shoves his hands in his pocket, blowing a bubblegum and popping it. His hair slightly tousles when he turns, waving a hand.

"If you ever do decide if you wanna be an idol, auditions are held next week at 10AM," he saunters off. "If they ask who recruited you, tell them a man by the name of Valentin did."

His lavender irises looks back once more before leaving the store, "The people from Teyvat Entertainment are introduced by my very hands. Don't disappoint me."

The automatic sliding doors open for him and he waves the store greeter a goodbye.

You see Aether's eyes scanning over he card Valentin gave. His lashes flutter quickly, signaling you and Lumine he was either shocked, or confused.

Lumine grabbed the paper, a habit she picked up due to being a twin and having to share everything with Aether who won't share. Her lips part, showing the card to you.

Teyvat Entertainment.

A company who created the world's famous DCKZ and the idol, Barbara. Teyvat Ent. has one of the youngest, top rookies of the year because of a group called TVT Dream. A company with many celebrities' and the business card is legit.

A store worker no older than your age meekly walks up to the three of you and asks, "Hey, uh. Are you ready to purchase your clothes?"

...

Aether shoves Lumine (don't worry she shoves him 10x harder) on the stairs while you watch from a safe distance.

You wave hello to their mom before waltzing into their home like you did many other times. You were their third child in their mom's eyes.

You slam the twins' room open and lay yourself on the bottom bunk of their bunkbed. "So do you wanna check Teyvat Entertainment?"

You fish out your phone from your pocket and hand signal for Aether and Lumine to come close to see. Your phone turns on, showing the lock screen of the twins in their embarrassing toddler moments then unlock it. Quietly laughing at the twins who have their faces beet red from the photograph.

"Why do you have that pic? DELETE IT."

"Did mom give that to you..."

You ignore them, opening up Google and typing in the Teyvat Ent. website and search their contacts. You ask Aether for the business card, comparing the two numbers side by side, and Valentin is indeed one of the scouts for the company.

You shut your phone off, hugging the two siblings together tightly. "Whether Aether decides he wants to be an idol or not, we'll still be the best of friends."

Lumine grins, squishing your cheeks, taking a closer look at you. "Well, duh. Are you scared we'll fall apart? No, if anything you should be scared we're never going to leave you alone even if you're 60 and married."

You pinch her cheeks and start to say something until you hear sniffles and coughing. You turn to Aether who was hiding his tears.

"Shut up, I'm not crying." He harshly wipes away the water falling from his eyes, "When I go famous, I'm going to give you my autograph so you can sell it and eventually get 20 cars and houses."

...

You were a teen when the dark-haired Valentin scouted Aether to be a trainee in Teyvat Ent.

You note that without Aether, their home is extremely quiet. It's odd not seeing Lumine scream at Aether for taking her hair clips. It's odd not seeing Lumine aggressively pull on the colourful flower hairclips on Aether's hair, just to get the clips back. It's so odd not seeing Aether is general.

Lumine scrolls through her phone, looking for furniture to add to her new apartment she shares with you. The only thing in the newly bought apartment is three mattresses, three plates, and three cups, just in case Aether visits. Though, Aether visiting is rare. His visits only happen during December for Christmas, but even then he had not visited. It's been two years since you and Lumine last saw him.

You stare at your last sent messages to the blonde boy.

▶ hEY. (threatening)

▶ take care okay? lumine's worrying all the time for ur health bc she keeps watching yt vids on how idols over-do themselves from training

haha thanks for telling me

are you sure it's not you who's worrying 🧐🤧

the last thing lumi sent to me was "FUCK YOU"

▶ well the last thing you sent to her was "U BUTT"

▶ and she took that seriously

are you siding with her?

▶ yes

oh okay, frick you too seen three months ago

Your feet pad against the wooden tiles, grabbing a glass of water while scrolling through twitter. You lift the glass to your lips and almost choke from the water you drink.

You click the link on the phone with the title "Debuting boy band already claiming the hearts of many! Please welcome 4nemo!" Four boys stand in the picture, one being Aether.

You place your glass to the sink and run to Lumine, sitting next to her and who her your phone. She reads it over and visibly shakes. You swear she was about to cry until she takes the phone from your hand and starts throwing it, "AETHER THAT BITCH. HE DEBUTES AND SAYS NOTHING."

You're mortified and pull your friend away from your phone, "THAT'S A NEW PHONE, STOP." You push her away and run to your device, clicking on the link.

"One, two, three! Hello we are," Aether, the familiar blonde says.

His group members follow after him. "4nemo!" They say in chorus. One by one they start introducing themselves.

"Hi I'm Aether!"

"Kazuha," one says with a raise of a hand.

An energetic member steps up with a grin, "And I'm Barbisabeto!"

"He's Barbatos, forgive him." Teal undertones make it's way to the camera, "Hello, I'm Xiao.

The one with twin braids step up, mischievously grinning. "Please take care of us and support us during our journey through the music industry."

His teal eyes squint behind the camera, whispering to the member behind him. "Psst, Xiao. I can't read I'm blind."

Xiao rolls his eyes and steps up, slightly bowing, "Please support our debuting group, we will see you in our music videos."

But Lumine and you never paid attention to what they were saying. Both of you just started crying insults of endearment to Aether because he looks so... different. His face had mature and he's a real idol now.

Reality sinks in.

Now that Aether had a growing fanbase, it's going to be harder to contact him.

"Lumine, how are we going to talk to him now?"

Lumine ponders a bit, resting her chin on her hand before smirking. "Let's create an Aether hate page."

"Yes, let's do it."

After a quick recording of Lumine and yourself, you posted the video online, and soon enough, it goes viral.

Lumine laughs, replaying the video.

"This one's for the boys with the booming system," You say monotonously in front of the camera like what you said was a speech instead of a song. "Top down, AC with the cooler system."

Lumine comes on screen, flipping her middle finger at the camera. "When he come up in the club, he be blazin' up. This one is actually not for the boys with the booming system. This is for the BITCH, AETHER WITH THE BLONDE BRAID. Look at you with your ugly ass smile," She speaks in one breath and it amazes you. "Make sure you get millions of hits or it's all for nothing. Oh Aether's an ass."

The screen shows your hand scooping the phone up and waving good bye with Lumine still dissing Aether.

You nudge Lumine, showing a comment written at the bottom of the video, covering a laugh.

"who's aether?"

"huh??! aether?"

"lOL Why Does The Person On The Left Look Like Aether?"

"OH 4NEMO DABUTE. SHUTUP YOU ANTI. THEY'RE GORGEOUS. YOU'RE THE ONE UFLY" ➡ "ahisfdh you obvi didnt watch the whole video. she said "make sure get millions of hits"

Lumine grins, commenting at the people calling her ugly and Aether way better looking. "Lol, IKR. the one on the left is trying too hard to look like Aether. it's like shes tryna be a twin or smthn"

Though, because of your viral "hate" video, 4nemo's popularity sky rockets because of the unknown 'Aether' of the group.

...

Aether watches the video on the news channel, because that's how popular the video got. He looks at his manager, "Can I send a hate video back?"

"Aether, no."

But the winds are troublesome as the ocean, because a boy with teal tips on his hair snatched the managers phone, running and giving it to Aether. "AETHER. DO IT RIGHT NOW."

...

It was a shock to you seeing people follow your twitter account.

"LUMI, [NAME], IM SRRY I LOST MY PHONE AND DIDNT WANNA TELL ANY1 OR THEYLL GROUND ME," said the tweet, tagging you in comments.

Lumine doesn't have twitter, so when she looks over your shoulder seeing the tweet with her name on, she grabs the phone and locks herself in the bathroom, "R U FR AETHER?U DIDNT REPLY TO MY HAPPY BDAY. WE SHARE A BDAY DUMBASS"

She calmly unlocks the door, giving your phone back casually while you whine, "Lumine! This is twitter! They're gonna cancel me!"

"I'll cancel them back."

Ding! You receive a post with you name under the comments again.

hello, i have to apologize for our member stealing the manager's phone to tweet that. i swear that kid's the most responsible, but he's been triggered. #kazuha

You quickly type back, under the hashtag 'kazuha.'

"@/4nemo sorry uh thats one of ur members twin & shes mad that aether never gave her a bday present when she gave 1 to him #kazuha"

notes: psst here's where i got aether's outfit inspo when they were outfit changing at the mall

#genshin x reader #genshin impact x reader #4nemo #aether x reader #lumine #aether #lumine x reader #genshin fanfic

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dantelionwishes · 4 years

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poppy’s team: lore dump ahead!

this is gonna be super long since I may have just copy-pasted stuff from my old notes AJSGJAHJASGJH I hope the blocks of text are to your liking!

ELIAS THE LUCARIO

As a pup, he actually broke open from his egg alone without any parent or adult pokemon nearby

This explains his lonely nature

He wasn’t exactly taught how to get through life and had to figure everything out by himself

Pokedex entry: ��It can crest three mountains and cross two canyons in one night,” SO he goes on a trip, rather, training journey around sinnoh to try and take care of the loneliness ended up in route 217 since its from the other side of coronet mountain

Ended up in route 217 since its from the other side of coronet mountain

This was where he met the kirlia who got annoyed by his standoffish nature and decided to fight him

He was already pretty beaten up from all the shit he’s recklessly been doing his whole life so far so it shocks him on why this kirlia isn’t using any psychic moves to finish him off

Before any of them can do a finishing blow on each other, they sense a powerful, hurting presence

Pokedex entry: “It has the peculiar power of being able to see emotions such as joy and rage in the form of waves.”

They decide on a truce to check it out (they’re both emotional pokemon so their instincts put this up on front

They find the trainer who seems to have fainted from, what they assume would be, the cold

He’s shivering and stuck inside the acuity cavern and they realise he doesn’t even have any pokeballs…how on earth did he even get there? You needed at least a pokemon (with rock climb) to get there if you were a human

Because this riolu is so used to being alone and against the world, his initial decision was to leave him alone, but the kirlia convinced him to give the trainer a chance

Because of the suggestion of a chance, he himself wanted another chance at life too, so he agrees and, alongside the kirlia, helps him to bring the knocked out trainer to snowpoint city, where the nearest pokemon centre is

GALAHAD THE GALLADE

In the wild, as a ralts he was part of a family that mostly consisted of adults who were gardevoirs (and others, ykno, other kirlia and other ralts)

There gallade wasn’t much of a thing in the wild bcos dawn stones were rare, and before male kirlia knew it, they would already naturally evolve into a gardevoir

He accidentally ran into a trainer once who owned a gallade and it amazed the young ralts, realising he could evolve into that made him excited

He started to train in knight-like ways with makeshift swords, acting valiantly, becoming brave, the protector of his siblings in the family

Because he trained so much, he ended up evolving into a kirlia

He didn’t want to end up accidentally evolving into a gardevoir but still wanted to train

(Idk who but an intrigued trainer) ended up making him an actual sword with the hilt of it being made out of everstone

He treasured this unique item and trained with it more to improve his attacking skills

He ended up saying goodbye to his family in order to train in other places

He ended up in route 217 where he encountered a riolu

The two had rubbed off each other in a bad way so he wanted to defeat the other which ended up with both pokemon having a long battle

Although he was psychic type, he wanted to try fighting the other with physical moves instead of special moves

The two of them ended up stopping the fight bcos since they were both emotion/aura sensing pokemon, they sensed a strong presence up in lake acuity

Pausing from their fight, they decide to check out who is pretty much dying in their senses to find a trainer knocked out cold, literally, shivering inside the acuity cavern

The riolu wasn’t fond of doing anything at first, but was persuaded by the knightly act of kirlia

The two decide on a truce to bring the trainer to snowpoint city

They vouch and pretend to be the trainer’s pokemon until he recovers

Pokedex entry: “If its Trainer becomes happy, it overflows with energy, dancing joyously while spinning about.”

he has never actually felt the need to dance, especially after focusing on his life in the future to become a gallade he doesn’t exactly see poppy as a trainer yet, only vouching for the trainer until he gets better, but once the young man actually laughs and smiles for once (bcos he’s been pretty silent, depressed, confused ever since he woke up bcos apparently he’s lost his memory), the kirlia suddenly feels the need to dance

He is unable to stop this feeling, so he dances in reaction to poppy laughing/being happy/enjoying the Pokemon’s company

LATTE THE (shiny) LOPUNNY

As a buneary, he was abandoned by previous trainer who was a contest contestant

trainer always spent time with him and got frustrated because he wasn’t evolving into a lopunny yet

went and did contests all the time, but never appealed because of his “non-cute” personality, (he was rowdy)

was fed poffins (probably overfed tbh) to raise his cuteness stats but as much as it was raised, it never worked because of his personality

trainer got fed up and abandoned him (LMAO TRAINER DIDNT EVEN KNOW HER BUNEARY WAS A MALE, talk about an asshole,)

Afterwards, he started to frequent the poffin house to steal poffins made by other trainers, getting the attention of the house owner

He keeps stealing and eating poffins to raise his cuteness stats, wanting to return to his old owner

Poppy comes to the poffin shop, experiences latte actually stealing the poffin from him, and hears the story from the house owner before deciding to follow the “thief”

Poppy follows the buneary from eating the poffins to finding him in the contest hall trying out to perform once more

Latte sees his old trainer and is overjoyed, running to meet her but realises she is with a different pokemon performing and is heartbroken

But before he can leave, he is pushed to perform under the spotlight without a trainer but Poppy saw this and had come from backstage to the front to vouch being Latte’s trainer

During the contest the buneary actually evolves into a lopunny (to which even Poppy is fucking SURPRISED AS HELL)

They actually win the contest, to the previous trainer’s dismay and confronts Poppy that she’s the og trainer, wants her pokemon back, and wants the contest badge

The contest judges intervene and questions what’s going on and to who the trainer really is: but seeing as Poppy vouched for Latte and that Latte stuck to him instead of her, they decide that she was a liar and they escort her out of the contest hall for throwing a tantrum

Poppy is confused as fuck as to how the goddamn buneary evolved so quickly, but this is probably because the pokemon was in such depression and desperation that when pulled out of that combined with a true trainer/partner, it opened the possibility for evolution via friendship

Pokédex entry: “You can tell how it feels by the way it rolls its ears. When it's scared, both ears are rolled up.”

When he was with his trainer until before he met Poppy, his ears were always rolled up

Now that he’s Poppy’s Pokémon, his ears have calmed down

ZACHARIE THE TOXICROAK

Previously owned by a galactic grunt

it was very disobedient towards its original galactic grunt trainer (I guess a good example would be Brock and his croagunk?)

even though it was disobedient, it was a lot more intelligent than a regular pokemon and so it often hated how the galactic grunt would handle things since it knew somehow it could do better than that

despite being part of the terrorist group, it always ran into Poppy (who was trying to stop team galactic) and often gave clues and helped him out a lot

poppy is chaotic stupid so this special Pokemon, literally working for the enemy team, would literally tell him what to do

In the end, when the galactic grunt faced off with a fight against poppy, the croagunk, when commanded to attack, instead attacked his oWN FUCKIGN TRAINER LMAO

decides he doesn’t like being on the evil team and joins Poppy’s team, helping him to the point of even removing the clothes of his galactic trainer to help Poppy disguise himself and go undercover in team galactic’s hq

Pokédex entry: “Inflating its poison sacs, it makes an eerie blubbering sound for intimidation,” but instead of making a strange croaking sound it would sound as if he was chuckling, making fun of you kind of laugh

despite being part of poppy’s team he is still very “my pace” as he tends not to listen to poppy, acting more independent as if it were a wild pokemon

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redsdesktop · 7 years

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Namelessshipping: What If...

Felt like I left this date hanging for too long. Will do more prompts tomorrow.

Chapter 10

Pairings: Red x Green Oak

Warnings: None

AU: Canon Divergence

After about thirty minutes into their journey, Green finally stopped complaining. Red had promised Green a date, but Green should've realized that Red wasn't the normal kind of guy who would take his partner out to a nice restaurant or a movie. While he wanted to impress green, he also wanted to show his childhood friend what he could offer. Red wasn't going to put up a front, to pretend he'd enjoy the closed in buildings and crowded tables where other people were holding their own conversations. It was just too much for Red, he wanted peace and quiet, maybe not too quiet since he was taking Green with him. And the spiky haired male was anything but quiet. but it also reminded Red that he wasn't alone. Not anymore, hopefully.

Red had taken them out of the town, away from the civilized world where he could allow Green to just be himself. He wasn't sure how long Green could just relax and not put up this facade that convinced everyone that he was a self-confident man with no insecurities. In one of Red's hands was a portable cooler he had filled with their lunches and drinks. It made him feel a bit nostalgic, the sun and clear skies with just the two of them. Back when they were kids and Green would drag him out on their small adventures, Red's mom would always pack them lunch and they would spend all day out in the wild expanse of land surrounding Pallet Town. Red wanted to remind Green what it was like to just stop and relax every so often.

"Where are we going,Red?" Green asked for was likely the third time in the past five minutes, Red could only heave a amused sigh and shake his head. He wanted it to be a surprise as he climbed up the rocky slope, though he could already hear the sound of waves crashing against rocks. Once Red finally made it to the top, having made their way through winding outcroppings and narrow canyons to reach a secluded spot covered in grass. While Green paused to admire the view before him, Red made his way to the lone tree that would provide them shade for their picnic. Stretched out before them was the ocean, the sun hitting the water to make the waves give off a sparkle. The wind off the ocean kept the tropical heat at bay, offering a nice place to sit and eat lunch.

As he set down his cooler, Pikachu jumped off his shoulder, already running up to Green's legs. Not that Pikachu tolerated Green, but he was more interested in calling down Eevee from her trainer's shoulders. Unlike Pikachu's eager and reckless jump from his trainer's shoulders, Eevee waited until Green set her down on the ground so she could play with the yellow rodent. In the meantime Red began setting everything up, which didn't require much effort. Since they would be eating without a table, Red had kept lunch fairly simple. Sandwiches, fruit salad, and bottles of water, all kept cool by packs of ice. While it was likely nothing Green was used to when he went out on dates, Red felt that it was the sentiment that really mattered here.

Red sat down on the grass, turning his head to look over at Green who had only moved a little closer but he was staring out at the ocean. While Green admired the view Red had picked out, Red took the moment to admire Green in turn. Not too long ago Red thought he'd never see Green again and would never be a part of his busy lifestyle. Now that Green was giving Red another shot, Red wasn't certain if he could let Green slip through his fingers again without Red coming out damaged in the end. It was just a risk he'd have to take, a moment of love and happiness, no matter how fleeting, would be worth it in the long run. So while he had the chance, he would soak up the moment, to emblazoning it in his memory. While he didn't particularly like the idea of thinking about the idea of Green leaving him, Red had already felt Green's absence once, so he couldn't get that worry out of his mind.

He didn't realize he was staring until Green turned his head to catch him in the act. That familiar teasing grin making those hazel eyes light up in a way that made Red's heart flutter a bit. Embarrassed at being caught and not wanting Green to point out his warming cheeks, Red ducked his head, using the brim of his hat as a way to hide, He busied himself with pulling out the plastic container with their sandwiches out, hearing Green walk over and sit on the grass next to him. Finally, Green broke the silence between them, taking a bottle of water out from the cooler. "I should've expected this would be your idea of a date."

Red looked up, Green didn't seem at all sarcastic about his words, despite the way they could've been taken. Instead, Green sounded a little surprised and pleased with it, putting Red's nerves a bit at ease. Red nodded and opened the plastic container, pulling out a triangle of a sliced sandwich to offer it to Green. The auburn haired male reached out and took it from him, but not before the briefest touch of his fingertips brushing against his own. Red felt a little warmth flood in his chest, not knowing that even such a small touch could feel so intimate. Scarlet eyes flicked up, curious to see if Green had the same reaction, spotting a light dusting of pink on his cheeks. Red hoped that was from him, not wanting to be the only hesitant fool in this date.

"Do you often take people on dates like this, Red?" Green inquired, looking casual, Red couldn't really get a read on him as he pulled out the other half of the sandwich for himself. Red simply shook his head at Green's question, thinking that would be enough of an answer. Green didn't seem to think so as he pressed for more, which only gathered Red's curiosity. "So you've taken people out on dates before?" This served to make Red sigh out as he took a bite of his food, making Green wait since he knew where this line of questioning was going. Since they were alone, he felt comfortable talking, but even then, he barely raised his voice. This made Green really have to listen in over the distant cries of Wingulls.

"This is my first date."

Green looked over at him as if he didn't quite believe it, then it seemed the pieces finally fell into place. At least some of them, since Red had always been the loner type and no one went out of their way to know Red like Green had when they were younger. After Green left to follow his dreams, Red closed up even further. Only his care and love for Pokemon kept him in society, wanting to do something to benefit Pokemon and helping Professor Oak was a good way to do that. Green, on the other hand, had dates and even Red knew that. When he first met Green in Alola, he had a girl on his arm. From what Red had seen on TV, Green always seemed to have a different girl on his arm every other week it seemed. Red could only hope he wasn't one of those flavors of the month for Green, while Green had come clean about his sexuality to Red, he hadn't to the public.

It made Red wonder about why Green even bothered keeping up such a facade, the girls clearly thought Green was interested in them. If that was so, there was other things Green could've identified with. Red wasn't exactly knowledgeable in sexuality, he hadn't even really explored his own. Red took another bite of his sandwich, staring out at the ocean, this place really was beautiful once he escaped the hustle and bustle of the tourism. Green was quiet for a while, causing Red to look over at him in concern but only to find Green seemed to be content in the silence for once. Red glanced away, fighting back a subtle smile on his lips so Green wouldn't see. Red sat up a little more, pointing out at the waves.

"Its about time, watch." He said, his soft voice drawing Green in, wondering what Red was pointing at. It took a moment, but suddenly the water parted, revealing a Mantine leaping from one of the waves, soon followed by another and another. Across the sunlit waters, the spray of sea waves announced the flock of Mantine leaping out of the water. They seemed to be enjoying themselves from their cheerful cries. Soon a few brave Mantyke joined their adult counterparts in the play, testing the way it felt to have air under their wings. Green gasped and leaned forward, unaware his hand fell to rest on top of Red's, drawing Red's attention. He'd already seen this magnificent sight in his research on the Pokemon here, but watching Green enjoy himself. Truly enjoy himself, was a rare opportunity Red didn't want to miss.

Without Green letting on, he made sure to take a picture of him. This one he would keep just for himself.

#namelessshipping #originalshipping #trainer red #trainer green #what if #trainer blue #green oak #blue oak #fanfiction #fanfic #au #alternate universe #canon divergence

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kirishwima · 7 years

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Get to know me tag!

Tagged by @teakoii

1. What is your full name? Don’t really want to give out my full name on tumblr lol, but I’m Sophia (and if we’re going for embarrassing details, I got a middle name, Marina lol)

2. What is your nickname? A lot of people call me babushka? Or just shortened versions of my name like Soph and stuff

3. What is your zodiac sign? Cancer

4. What is your favorite book series? Hmmm this is hard lol. The only series I can honestly admit to have read entirely is the Hunger Games :p

5. Do you believe in aliens or ghosts?

Aliens are 10010% real and probably want nothing to do with earth, LOL. Ghosts...it’d be so cool if they’re real. Highly doubt it though

6. Who is your favorite author? Neil Gaiman!! He’s amazing!

7. What is your favorite radio station? Mix fm...any cypriot reading this will know lol

8. What is your favorite flavor of anything? Of anything...probably coffee taste lol. Or mint? One of the two

9. What word would you use often to describe something great or wonderful? Hmm, amazing? Awesome? idk lol

10. What is your current favorite song? Current favourite is probably Andromeda by the Gorillaz :p

11. What is your favorite word? in english?? no clue hahah :p

12. What was the last song you listened to? Despacito ;u;

13. What TV show would you recommend for everybody to watch? Voltron obviously hahah, um, maybe American Horror story? But only season 2 lol, or Black Mirror bc it’s amAZING

14. What is your favorite movie to watch when you’re feeling down? Ghibli films! Especially Howl’s moving castle or Spirited Away! c:

15. Do you play video games? I do but not as much lately bc of uni

16. What is your biggest fear? Uhhh if we’re going for deep dark fears, probably the entire concept of eternity? Like the thought of something having no real start or end just freaks me out lol

17. What is your best quality, in your opinion? I honestly can’t think of one hahah, i’ve been thinking for a couple of minutes and can’t think of anything :p maybe that i’m an easy person to get along with

18. What is your worst quality, in your opinion? I can make a list tbh lol, absolute worst would probably be that i’m way too sensitive & care too much about what other people think

19. Do you like cats or dogs better? NO DON’T MAKE ME CHOOSE I LOVE THEM BOTH I LOVE ALL ANIMALS ;-;

20. What is your favorite season? Summer!! :D

21. Are you in a relationship? Nope

22. What is something you miss from your childhood? I don’t miss much. Maybe not having this much of a workload if anything lol

23. Who is your best friend? Why have one when you can have 3? :D @faded-r0ses @now-this-is-wtf @ibreathestucky <3 <3

24. What is your eye color? Brow

25. What is your hair color? I change it every few months lol, it’s currently black!

26. Who is someone you love? So many people :p Friends, family, a lot of people! c:

27. Who is someone you trust? The squad obviously, but p. much all of my friends?? Like if we’re buddies then that’s it, i trust u lol

28. Who is someone you think about often? Like i think about my dog a lot bc i haven’t seen his fluffiness in like four moths now but i think about a lot of people often? not one set person

29. Are you currently excited about/for something? I’m excited for an eternal slumber tbh, or like, vacation. I need a break TuT

30. What is your biggest obsession? Voltron probably, and also random but history?? i love. history lol

31. What was your favorite TV show as a child? POKEMON! It was a Sunday morning ritual to watch pokemon :D

32. Who of the opposite gender can you tell anything to, if anyone? Anything? Probably no one :p

33. Are you superstitious? Not really?

34. Do you have any unusual phobias? Like, I’m afraid of small white rooms with no windows. Random? Yes. Unusual? Idk?? :p

35. Do you prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it? I’m insecure af but like photography so behind it lol

36. What is your favorite hobby? Writing! :D

37. What was the last book you read? I mean i read a shitton of anatomy and physiology books throughout this year, do those count? Ah and The anatomy of being by Shinj Moon, though it’s a poetry book

38. What was the last movie you watched? Avengers Age of Ultron probably

39. What musical instruments do you play, if any? Nothing, sadly TuT

40. What is your favorite animal?

I can’t. ChoOOSEE I LOVE SO MANY. If i can have like a top 3?? It’d probably be dogs & cats (in one place bc i can’t choose), foxes, and lizards? or i think they’re called newts in english? ya.

41. What are your top 5 favorite Tumblr blogs that you follow?

Definitely @teakoii they’re they’re the literal cutest & amazing artist, definitely 2/3 the squad: @ibreathestucky (she’s a fandom goddess ok <3), @faded-r0ses (aesthetic ho right there), (((our remaining 1/3 @now-this-is-wtf not included bc she nEVER LOGS IN)) Also @wipengineer <-the queen of angst

and @maristine :D Quality voltron content right there~

and also a LOT of other blogs, some that i interact with and some not but i’m too shy to mention/tag >.<

42. What superpower do you wish you had?

Being able to breathe/survive underwater. Bye bye humans. I’m a fish now. You’ll never catch me. Also shapeshifting would b awesome bc. Cmon. You could become a dragon. Take that responsibilities.

43. When and where do you feel most at peace?

The beach, definitely. Or anywhere near large bodies of water? Give me a lake or river any day and I’ll probably never leave lol

44. What makes you smile?

A good ol’ meme never failed me so far, also good music? And coffee, and cuddly animals or just hugs in general i love hugs

45. What sports do you play, if any?

I do some swimming and begrudgingly go to the gym when my roommate drags me along but that’s pretty much it lol

46. What is your favorite drink?

CoFFEE. I swear my blood has been replaced with caffeine by now

47. When was the last time you wrote a hand-written letter or note to somebody?

I wrote a post-it note to my roommate to let her know i’m out does that count?

48. Are you afraid of heights?

Nope! I love looking down when standing somewhere v high or in a plane and stuff lol

49. What is your biggest pet peeve?

I had to google what a pet peeve is TuT

Hm, i can’t really think of anything? Not a lot of things bug me tbh, except for big things like you know, like rudeness or belittling someone else e.t.c

50. Have you ever been to a concert?

Yup!

51. Are you vegan/vegetarian?

Vegetarian!^^

52. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Define how little. I had a big phase of wanting to become a Power Ranger so.

According to my family i was always between vet or doctor though lol

53. What fictional world would you like to live in?

Ohh boy, i can’t just choose one!! :p Something magic-related definitely

54. What is something you worry about?

Something? Something? More like everything. TuT

55. Are you scared of the dark?

Nope!

56. Do you like to sing?

No unless I'm either drunk enough or blasting the radio loud enough for no one to hear me hahah

57. Have you ever skipped school?

I was way too much of an ‘example student’ in high school so no lol. As for lectures in uni though..well. ;u;

58. What is your favorite place on the planet?

The bEACH. ANY BEACH. IS THERE WATER AND SAND? THEN I LIKE IT. :D

59. Where would you like to live?

Italy! My dream is to move to Italy after i graduate!

60. Do you have any pets?

Yes, a cute lil’ bean of a doggo~ (or as my friends very...politely say, the chubbiest, clingiest chihuahua they’ve ever met lol)

61. Are you more of an early bird or a night owl?

Both? It depends lol

62. Do you like sunrises or sunsets better?

BOTH I CAN’T CHOOSE TuT

63. Do you know how to drive?

Yup! Although parking is an entire different story LOL

64. Do you prefer earbuds or headphones?

Headphones, earbuds are annoying ;-;

65. Have you ever had braces?

Yes. I pretend that that time period never happened ;u;

66. What is your favorite genre of music?

Hmmmmmm. Hmmm??? I can’t choose? Probably either indie/chill music or punk rock but i listen to so so many genres

67. Who is your hero?

I can’t really think of any celebrities, but if we’re talking people, probably my grandma? She was a badass woman that was raising two kids in her twenties whilst studying & graduating med school, then moved on to become the first woman gynaecologist in her country. Hats off to her really.

68. Do you read comic books?

A bit!

69. What makes you the most angry?

Honestly people that just. Can’t. Respect. Others.

So racist/homophobic/transphobic/sexist people, people who can’t respect someone else, people that think they’re superior to anyone, and also people that hurt/abuse animals- it’s like hey buddy. Find the nearest trash can and shove yourself in it, it’s not nice to litter.

70. Do you prefer to read on an electronic device or with a real book?

Real books. I understand that electronics are more convenient but there’s nothing better than actually holding a book in your hands and flipping the pages ;u;

71. What is your favorite subject in school?

History and english lit! And greek literature! All theoretical subjects really, lol

If we’re talking currently, then it’s embryology, definitely. I love it!!

72. Do you have any siblings?

An older sister and two older brothers

73. What was the last thing you bought?

Bananas and vegetables, lol

74. How tall are you?

165cm. I think it’s 5′5″

75. Can you cook?

I mean i nearly burn the kitchen down every time but i try

76. What are three things that you love?

Animals, good books, coffee

77. What are three things that you hate?

Rude/mean people (aka every single person with a Trump-like mindset, the dude himself included ofc), that’s pretty much it? it takes a lot for me to hate something

78. Do you have more female friends or more male friends?

Female

79. What is your sexual orientation?

Pan! Still figuring out if that’s Panromantic or Pansexual :p

80. Where do you currently live?

Czech Republic

81. Who was the last person you texted?

My roommate

82. When was the last time you cried?

Like, 2 days ago i think? I was stressed, tired and sick lol

83. Who is your favorite YouTuber?

Markiplier! Also a lot of creepy pasta narrators, Lazy Masquerade being my fave probably :p

84. Do you like to take selfies?

Sometimes? it really really depends on my mood lol

85. What is your favorite app?

Instagram probably

86. What is your relationship with your parent(s) like?

Ehh. I get along great with my dad although we don’t talk much, and i get along as well with my mom, just wish she’d realise i’m not a kid still lol.

The older i get the better we get along i guess, although there’s some things we’ll never agree on

87. What is your favorite foreign accent?

I like Spanish accents a lot? I have a lot of Spanish & Portuguese friends and love their accent when they speak english :p Also Russian accents?? Don’t ask me why. I just really like them lol

88. What is a place that you’ve never been to, but you want to visit?

Japan! I really want to go to Japan. And USA? And Canada? Like, big-city places because I’ve never been to one ;u;

89. What is your favorite number?

90. Can you juggle?

I got the balance of a tomato on an acid trip, so that’s a no hahah

91. Are you religious?

Not...really? I was raised in a very religious house and the more i learned about church the more i disliked it. I still like some aspects of it though so...I’m figuring it out still

92. Do you find outer space of the deep ocean to be more interesting?

I CAN’T CHOOSE THEY’RE BOTH SO FASCINATING I WANNA FLING MYSELF INTO SPACE AND DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE OCEAN IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK

93. Do you consider yourself to be a daredevil?

With enough alcohol in my system and good friends, ya. As it is? Nope, I'm that one friend in horror movies that says ‘hey guys, this is probably a bad idea’ and promptly dies lol

94. Are you allergic to anything?

A bit allergic to dust but that’s pretty much it i think

95. Can you curl your tongue?

No ;-;

96. Can you wiggle your ears?

How do people dO THAT no i can’t

97. How often do you admit that you were wrong about something?

If i know I'm in the wrong i always admit it & apologise, or so i hope :p

98. Do you prefer the forest or the beach?

The forest is fun too but...the beach. Definitely. ((Plus there’s no bugs at the beach! ;u;))

99. What is your favorite piece of advice that anyone has ever given you?

If you try your best and work hard, the result won't matter because you gave it your all and that’s what counts.

100. Are you a good liar?

Not at all, you can immediately tell if I’m lying because I start to giggle lol

101. What is your Hogwarts House?

Hufflepuff!

102. Do you talk to yourself?

Yes. It’s actually funny bc i keep switching between languages when i do

103. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Introvert ;;

104. Do you keep a journal/diary?

Not exactly. I try to keep a journal but it usually ends up with doodles and scribbles from class lol

105. Do you believe in second chances?

Most of the time, yes.

106. If you found a wallet full of money on the ground, what would you do?

Honestly? I’d probably leave it, OR if there’s any shops nearby, I’d take it to a store clerk, since the person that lost it is more likely to go into a nearby shop and ask if they’ve seen their wallet than to a police department, I think? idk

107. Do you believe that people are capable of change?

Yes, definitely!

108. Are you ticklish?

Ridiculously ticklish. @now-this-is-wtf and @faded-r0ses have a field trip with this fact T-T

109. Have you ever been on a plane?

Yup!

110. Do you have any piercings?

I got a lot of piercings on my ears and had nose ring but I think it’s healed now? Will be getting a septum piercing in July though~

111. What fictional character do you wish was real?

Lance. Lanceeeeeee. How could i not want my fave ever to be real lol

112. Do you have any tattoos? Not...yet. Soon though!

113. What is the best decision that you’ve made in your life so far?

It wasn’t exactly my decision, but switching schools back in middle school. Would have never met my tiny best friend otherwise, or met some other amazing people & teachers

114. Do you believe in karma?

Not really

115. Do you wear glasses or contacts?

Glasses, can’t put on contacts to save my life

116. Do you want children?

I don’t really like kids so. Ehh.

117. Who is the smartest person you know?

Hmm, people are smart in different ways and aspects. So I don’t know one person who’s the absolute smartest!

118. What is your most embarrassing memory?

Probably that one time at Comic con when i had a skirt-too-short problem (bless my backpack and the random leggings i had shoved in there for some reason lol), or that one time i got asked for an ID when i tried to buy a beer. At a supermarket. And they still wouldn’t believe me until I showed them my university card as well. (Sad thing is it wasn’t even for me lol)

119. Have you ever pulled an all-nighter?

yup, way too often lol

120. What color are most of you clothes?

Black. So many black clothes lol. At least that makes laundry much easier :D

121. Do you like adventures?

Yes!

122. Have you ever been on TV?

Only for some small interview clips when I was in high school lol

123. How old are you?

124. What is your favorite quote?

“Sometimes, I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living”

125. Do you prefer sweet or savory foods?

I don’t like sweet stuff much so savoury! OK, NOW, WHO TO TAG~

Squad, do it if you’re up for it @ibreathestucky @faded-r0ses @now-this-is-wtf (esp. you Guac I know you’re a free potato now with exams over~), and my tumblr buddies @maristine, @wipengineer (and yes i know u got the google doc but hey! :D), @the-blood-in-your-bruise and honestly, whoever else wants to do it, that’s it, you’re tagged by me hahah ^^

#get to know me tag #ofc you don't have to do it if u don't want to @the tagged ppl! <3

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kendracs · 8 years

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How to find

Summary: "Doesn t mean anything to you that I come this far to find you?"

"Doesn't mean anything to you that I come this far to hide from you?"

"No, no it doesn t. Because you weren t running from me. You were running from yourself. But you can’t leave me behind. I’m selfish and the only way I know how to love is selfish too. I won’t let you go again"

M rated for adult themes.

Disclaimer: I don`t own pokemon. Though I did get inspiration from some scenes of Grey`s Anatomy, Gossip Girl and some fics I read a long time ago and I can´t even remember the names but some scenes got stuck on my head.

A/N: Again My first tongue is Spanish not English so forgive my grammar and misspelling mistakes, I couldn`t find someone to help me edit this, (please if you want to help me imbox?) Also the chapter was going to be much longer but I think it was good to leave it where it is.

FF.net (chapter 1 is here too)

Chapter 2

.x.-----Colors------.x.

What she find is not a beginning at all. Is more like that dream-like-place you drift to with closed eyes when you have nowhere to go.

News about her father spread fast and soon enough is what everyone is talking about. People buy magazines and newspapers eager to find out what happened to one of the most beloved gym leaders of Hoen. The gossip is so big that even people in the secluded town in Aloa- where she is staying- are talking about it.

“Did you hear? He had an affair with a girl younger than him”

“Surely it was that kind of girls you know. I truly feel for the wife though. There is always someone younger and more beautiful”

“They said there is a child! Can you believe it? A child out of his marriage! How scandalous”

“Their marriage is ending up so messily, I heard that their kid, a young trainer, is stepping up to take care of the gym”

“I could have swear that they had an older child, a girl”

“Oh, she is coordinator, and not a good one I think”

May just make herself tiny and ignore the conversation around her, as little by little color keeps draining fromf her sight.

Everything is shades of gray, black and white this days.

-» «-

When she first landed after days and days of traveling she had find out that she was in Aloa and there was still 5 months for the contest season to begin.

It was only a week later that the news about her parents divorce spread and part of her wanted to go back home and support her mother, hear her father, hug her brother. But when she had called, Caroline had dismissed her and told her to keep a low profile. Max had been send to the Orange Islands with Professor Eve to study.

Her mother had been protecting her children from the painful way media had reacted.

There were articles about her family everywhere, about everything. Some true, some false. Mostly hurtful.

Her friends had tried to reach her.

Misty –even if they only met once so long ago.

Ash –Surprisingly since they had lost touch years before.

Brook – Fatherly Brook that now was some sort of doctor or something like that?

Solidad –Dearest sisterly-motherly Solidad.

Harley- Like…Really?

Brianna –She barely remember her but she had called anyway

Dawn –Witty, sweet Dawn that has kicked her ass so long ago.

And… and Drew-She could barely think about that one without flinching.

She ignore them all and turn off her phone.

They portrayed her father as an awful person and her mother as a stupid woman.

She knows they are not. But some part of her is so bitter because they were exactly that.

They never talked about the happy times, about their love. At this point –where there lawyer in the middle, scandalous trues coming to light by both sides and acrimonious words exchanged- May truly believed that even her parent had forgotten about it.

May didn´t and perhaps that was what wounded the most.

Maybe it was only part of life. Love and forget. She was still waiting for the later.

Drew.

She loves him. She knows she does. But this love is nothing like love was supposed to feel, like she always dreamed when she was a little kid.

No this feel like falling in black abysm, a bottomless abysm. She feels like falling even though she already hit the floor. And it hurt, oh, so much. But the feeling doesn´t stops because even if she reached rock bottom the emptiness in her stomach, the sensation of vertigo remains and is killing her, ripping her to shards.

Because when everything is going downhill she thought she would have him. But she doesn´t and so she sinks into that sensation because there is nothing to hold her back.

-» «-

The girls in Aloa are so beautiful with tanned skin and slender bodies. Their hairs are so colorful – bright pink, light blue, daring violet, sexy red and shiny yellow- And May feels so plain beside them.

She can´t help to remember the beautiful girl with summer sunlight in her hair that stole Drew´s heart. How her curves were seductive yet elegant and how her own are not that impressive, she even feels kinda round in places she shouldn’t. Her skin doesn’t look as flawless as other girls does, and when she is the street or other places where are a lot of people she want to hide so she looks at the floor and pretends that she is not there.

Her self-esteem is so down in the floor that is buried by piles of dust and mud.

That is until she meet Gary Oak.

-» «-

She meets Gary the second month she is in Aloa when she bumps into him. Till this point no one knows where she is, she hasn´t told anyone and had keep interaction with other people to minimum. So when Gary start talking to her she is half glad half apprehensive. They click in all the right ways. He is loud and exuberant, flirty and arrogant, sassy and with a brash manner that May find very refreshing. He is also very funny in a more dark-sarcastic way. But she can take his attitude and bite back because they are so much alike being so damn different

“Why did you decide to talk me?” She ask one day when they are having ice cream and she is stealing of his cone.

He chastised her hand with a playful spal before looking at her “I don´t know. I guess I could see myself in you. I don´t want to be alone either” He says casually, but she understands all the hidden implication.

She knows he is a famous researcher, one of Ash childhood friends – Oh imagine the surprise- and he also had his heart broken. Just like her.

Apparently the two broken people chose the same place to scape. How fitting.

Soon enough is obvious they are attached by the hip, where one goes the other follows morning coffees, late dinners, and silly old movies in lazy afternoons. And when he is around she doesn´t feels so lonely anymore. Drew is still in her head, he is like that annoying raw place in the eyeglasses that don´t let you see clearly, but you can`t take the glasses away because then you can`t see at all, so you`re stuck with this constant annoyance at the side of your eye if you don`t want to go blind into the world.

Blind sounds so appealing sometimes.

But now thing are better because Gary is there to give color to her days. He is like the soft brown of the earth, grounding her to reality, showing her a whole new path.

He is different than her in a lot of things, he likes partying, for one, and she never been in a party, so in her seventeen birthday, the legal age to do everything, he insist for them to go to a club.

She don´t want to voice her insecurities but he seem to catch on it anyway. And he is so understanding. So when he takes her to one of those clothes stores –“Take this as your gift, I, the great Gary Oak don´t go shopping with girls. I mean come on what do I look like? A Gay friend?”-And she is only slightly hesitant when he shoves a black little dress at her – I think that will do, he says- When she is out of the changing room he is flirting with one of the workers of the shops so she only rolls her eyes and laugh.

The dress shows all the curves she didn´t know she had, is sultry but somewhat elegant and when Gary´s thumb goes up she doesn´t hesitate to take it home with her.

But the dress is only the beginning. Because after he is shoving her in front a woman that start working in her hair and her face.

She can barely believe that the girl-woman that look at her from the other side of the mirror is her. She doesn´t recognize herself.

“See? You are beautiful” The Gary in the mirror says, she can see his smirk in front of her and feel his warmth behind her.

Their relationship is not romantic, they are the best kind of friends really, even if sometimes she doesn´t understand quite well what the implication of this friendship are. But his words do make her feel really beautiful.

This is the first time in so long that she felt really beautiful. The first time she feel in control just like when she was in a scenery making a performance.

-» «-

The club is thriving with people, energy and happiness. She is truly awed and doesn´t realize that she is frozen in one place close to the doors they had come in until Gary shoves her shoulder with amusement showing in all his face.

There are so many colors!

The lights shine in a dance of color that change with the music beats. Red- bum- Purple –tun, tun tun- blue –ban- yellow –dum dum- Green –prum, prum- yellow –thum- and all over again.

She doesn´t like to think in yellow or green. Because her hair is yellow while his eyes are green. And the ache in her heart. Oh the ache.

Just for that, sometimes she is grateful that all she can see are shades of gray in her day-by-day life.

But when Gary press a glass with blue liquid in her hand, and when she drowns it and it´s sickly sweet flavor hits it´s warm way in her stomach and dizziness overcomes her head, she sees all kind of colors, and for once Green and yellow are not that bad. They don´t hurt. Nothing does.

Glass after glass make wonders in her body and her mind and the more glasses find its way to her hand less and less her problems seem to matter. Because in the sweetness of her little magic potion there are no place for her mother, her father or Drew. And as the music drowns all her worries she find herself moving her hips and arms in synchrony with the beats of the music.

For the first time in so long she feel completely and totally unlost.

She loves it.

-» «-

May and Gary find a safe sanctuary under the neon lights and the fuzziness the sweet drink brings them. This place it’s happy and nothing can haunt them here.

Here she is beautiful and she is free.

Here the broken part of her start gluing together making something new, making sense even if only for a few hours before they are shattered again. But in that time her broken self is only a ghost so far away.

Here there is no Drew to drain her thought with ghost words or vivid images.

-» «-

It have been two more months and the contest season is just around the street. She doesn´t know where the time flew.

They been traveling around, trying new clubs and staying long enough if one of them catch their attention too much.

Their dynamic has changed in all the right ways. They still not romantic involved but the walls of the prudency and modesty had fallen.

They start sharing a room, sometimes even a bed, since when? She doesn´t know, and they don´t mind too much because they only use it to stumble and pass out early in the mornings.

Gary holds her hair –Long, every time longer because pretty girls have long hair- when May is hunched over the toilet, those times when the biting cold of the tiles on her bare knees of the bathroom makes her feel dirty and stupid. And May caress his hair those nights when he start crying for reasons he won`t tell her, she never mentions noting the next morning because she know he doesn´t remember.

They also save each other when unwanted company try to get too close in the club, not that they reject all company altogether. Sometimes with her marshmallow senses and muffled awareness she find herself kissing a pretty boy, she almost never remember their names or faces but she know that they were pretty. As for Gary, well she doesn´t ask when he doesn´t go back to their room some nights.

There are limits they don´t cross, they are not interested in discover what is behind that invisible line they both draw together. Maybe they are just afraid to find out.

It doesn`t matter life is so good right now.

-» «-

She didn´t train too much for her first contest in this new, wonderful region. She knows that early training when her head is still kinda dizzy and her thoughts kinda muffled or afternoon when she can`t wait for the night, are not the best way to train her pokemons.

Still she gives her best because she loves her pokemon and they deserve a good trainer. Also because if she busy herself enough with her attacks and performances there is no room to think of anything else, of anyone else and she can have a productive day until night comes and she can get back to her heaven where she is untouchable.

This new paradise she just meet gives her a fresh perspective and she tries to simulate the bright colors and shiny lights in her performances. Maybe this look like a new stile and technic for her, but the true she doesn´t want to face herself is, that she is truly just trying for her night life to mixt with other aspect of her life, That way she can feel powerful for longer than a couple of hours.

Gary helps with battle training and gives her tips here and there.

It´s not that she feel confident enough when she decide to go for the first contest of the region to get her first ribbon, is just that she doesn´t care all that much as long she can either celebrate a victory or nurse a lost in the night.

Paparazzi go crazy when they see her and the attention is so overwhelming that she wish she could taste one of those blue drinks and pretend the flashes of the cameras are nothing more than a pretty cacophony of color in the night.

They ask question she can´t fully understand and they shout to get her attention, to say tight about other things she doesn`t want to think about. All she want to do is sink in the floor and disappear.

And then Gary is there taking her away from the preying eyes hungry for her to make a mistake so they can bring her down, down, down.

“If they going to talk at least give them something to talk about” He says in a hushed tone.

The next morning there are news about her.

How she kicked everyone asses in the contest and won the first ribbon of the season.

How she apparently is in a romantic relationship with Gary Oak. They both scoff at this, and then a fit of laughter overcomes them.

Both news treated with equally importance for the media.

She doesn`t truly know to which of them Gary was referring to when he said she should give them something to talk about.

She doesn´t care.

-» «-

Her whole style has changed, she finally feels pretty like the girls on the streets and magazines, her skin is flawless, her hair longer and the constant outing and dancing made her skinnier, her legs are slender when she put on dresses or shorts, and her waist is tinier, even her face has lost all the baby fat she didn´t know she still had.

Her clothes too, changed, she no longer uses bandanas or biker shorts. Gary usually tell her what looks good on her so she can be sultry and enticing in the night and more subtle and fresh in the morning.

People like it, so she do it for them to like her too.

People are not going to like too much this particular day though.

She is wearing a faded jean short, sneakers and tank top, her hair is messy and under her eyes are bags. She feels so ugly.

At least skitty doesn´t think so because she is nuzzling her head in her leg and pressing her wet nose in her calf, May absently pats her head.

Two day away from her next contest and she is out of ideas, her head still foggy from last night and her stomach constricting every time she sips of her mug of coffee.

She is sure she is so un-pretty right now.

But this has to go away, she has to win her next ribbon. Because this is her third contest and could be as well her third ribbon to.

If she wins people will not care she is un-pretty, they will like her anyway. She firmly tell herself.

So she is unaware of the catune that is wildly gesturing to her and her skitty. However she have little time to be surprised before she is enveloped in a bone crushing hug by a wailing guy in a costume similar to the pokemon that is looking at her with wide eyes. She doesn´t understand what the hell the guy is saying and that make her head hurt.

Please. Please just shut up.

“… And we were so worried, where…”

“Stop!, just… stop” She says, positively cutting him off of his babbling.

He takes her in, and he doesn´t seem all together happy to what he sees. She feels awful when his eyes scan her.

Back to ugly. So ugly. A loser.

His eyes dries up and narrow in an inquisitive frown.

“Where have you been?” Ask Harley in a collected manner, his voice has not the usual high pitched quality he always carry on. And that takes her aback. “Why didn´t you take our calls? We were so worried!” He seems almost serious and that make her uneasy “with all that happen with your pare…” And then he stops abruptly, there must be something in her face, because he is looking at her in a weird way.

Lies. He lies. He doesn´t worry. He never did. No one never did.

Harley green eyes are piercing through her. And there is the green, all in him is green and she still doesn´t like green at least is mixed with other colors and glimmer lights and loud music. And suddenly thing go back to be black again, and that’s the history of her life and black and white and gray are easier to handle sometimes.

There must be silence for a long time because she can see how his worriedness increase. Harley is so expressive.

“What are you talking about?”

And he sits in front of her as he tells her that Solidad, Drew –

Oh god, why, why. Please no

…and he had spent this five months trying to reach her. That they are worried for her…

Liar, liar pants on fire

…that they know what happened with her family…

Everyone know, all of them

…that they want to help

She doesn´t need help, she has she pretty color and fruity drinks. She is fine!

…That as soon as the new about her fist contest extended to other regions

Not because she won, she thinks bitterly

…they took their things and came her

It´s not fair, it´s not. This is her place, this is hers.

He speaks and she is numb, oh so numb.

She doesn`t listen because it hurts, the throbbing pain always pulsating in her blood, pumping constantly in her heart, that pain that dulls in middle of the pretty color and blinding light, is back in full force, and she is bleeding again, bleeding and bleeding and dying.

He looks at her as she is a ghost as she leaves and she doesn´t find in her to give a damn about it.

Later May drowns glass after glass and her pain is forgotten behind the burning sensation in her throat.

However the night end up with the pretty girl with brunette hair sliding down the hard wall to lay in the cold floor of the bathroom, cleaning her mouth with the back of her hand and letting the tears wet her skin. She fall sleep to the smell of her own puke.

-» «-

She didn´t win the contest.

But she can`t be disappointed. In fact she is happy. Happily dazzled.

Because yesterday she was introduced to this little white pill.

It looked so unintimidating but when it made her life positively burst in colors, and made her dance so gracefully and so free, the little white pill was a blessing. The white gave her back all of her colors and let her vanished in euphoria and it was pretty, pretty so, so, so pretty.

And she was beautiful again. She was in control again and once again, she wasn´t she. She was better.

Even now when, she close her eyes she can still see the glitter paint and neon lights, the beams of blue, specks of red, lightning strikes of purple. All behind her eyelids and dancing through her eyelashes.

She feels how the numbness of the night slowly crawl it´s way to the day. And she is happy. And free.

And then there is Solidad, there is Drew and there is Harley. And she feels pain the moment Drew eyes connect with hers, she can`t read anything in them because the green is so overwhelming.

And why is so Green.

But then Solidad is hugging her and for a moment she doesn`t need her little white pill because she is Solidad and Solidad is warm and her hugs chase the shadows away. May hugs her back, because in her arms she can be a scared child just for a little while.

“We came as soon as Harley called us” She says taken her shoulders to put some distance but she is looking at her face with worry in her eyes.

We.

Right. WE.

And no, no, Solidad why aren´t you hugging me anymore?

But out of the safety of her arms she is no child anymore and with the pill in her system she is not scared either. So she smiles.

“I don´t know what Harley told you, but don´t look so worried. I´m fine!” And she giggles goofly because she feels like it.

She can feel the calculating and unmoving glace Drew is giving her. But she discovers that if she concentrate in the pretty sensation the little blessing have in her not even him can bother her that much.

But he gets close and no, no, not even the remains of her magic pill can numb her feelings or made them pretty this time. Not whit how little of it remain running through her veins.

He is in front of her –when did Solidad moved?- and she feel shame, there are other things but the shame overpowers them and pain because that’s a constant so she doesn´t count it anymore. Because it´s pretty clear she is pain, right?

“May” He says, and he is still so beautiful that it´s not fair. His voice is deep and rich and with that world he is shattering her word into nothingness. Again.

And they are talking, Solidad and Harley are there too, she tries so hard to look collected, normal that she fails to notice what they are talking about. They are so close to her, like they afraid that she is going to run and they would be unable to catch her if they are not with one hand ready to stop her.

It´s suffocating. Solidad`s soft and sweet voice, saying thing like she is talking to a child, Drew concerned eyes piercing her soul leaving her defenseless, and Harley wary posture like she is made of glass and it´s about to fall. That all she is capable to catch in the little pauses of clarity she has.

All she been working to do with herself is slipping through her fingers and she is going to break. This was what they want? They are going to break her! They want to see her broken.

They pause and Drew is touching her face, the concern in his eyes almost tangible and Solidad is running her fingers in her hair equally alarmed. Harley gives them a look, like he knew this was going to happen.

And just like that that moment is over because Gary – Dearest Gary - is there in the blink of an eye. He still seems to be dazzled as he put his arm around her shoulders breaking her from her rivals… no, no, not her rival she don´t deserve to be that. She is such a bad coordinator.

Gary barely register their presence before dragging her away “You have to meet my friends. You going to love them!” He exclaims and she is relived and right now she loves Gary so much. With a tiny wave to the three astonished people she is leaving behind she is out of their grasp again.

They are not far, she can feel their burning stare in the back of her head. But in that moment with Gary´s arm in her waist and her face in his chest, with another guys in front of her cracking loud laughs and smiling brightly, she doesn´t care. She doesn´t want to care.

Gary is safe and their relationship is not romantic, they just do this for each other. Let the darkness consume them and put fake lights so it´s not so bad for them.

They love each other but are in love with other person. And that`s how they work. That`s how they hurt together.

Catching glimpses of the hard stare Drew is giving her every time she moves her hear to the left, May can´t help but wish Drew can see the way Gary buries his nose in her hair when he is laughing, or how sometimes his hands wanders a little bit while he is talking, and perhaps feel some of the pain she carries inside her.

She know that is not going to happen. But she hopes anyway.

-» «-

She doesn´t know in what moment that girl star showing up in all the places she and Gary go to have fun. But she know that’s the moment everything start to go wrong.

Her name Is Leaf Green. And Gary is so sad when she is around. May feels she is losing him because every day he seem to be slipping between her finger and she can´t hold him.

Yes physically he is there but still he is somewhere else. He start leaving earlier and always with a different girl. Never with the other brunette, but May knows this is her fault. Therefore when she is in the bathroom alone and no one holds her hair or rubs her back she curses the other girl with words she can feel and pain she can´t comprehend.

She is alone again.

-» «-

She didn´t enter a single contest since her spiky brunette haired friend starts to drive away from her. Because she knows she eventually is going to bump with one of the coordinators that can´t keep their trap shut and start disarming her carefully constructed fantasy word with their words and questions; and how is she going to face that without Gary?

However she know she have to keep getting more ribbons. Because people love her when she win ribbons and will forget her if she stop entering contests.

Gary forgot her, she doesn´t want anyone more to forget her.

Because if they don`t acknowledge she is here, she will disappear.

The contest is full, and there is no Solidad, there is no Harley, oh if she only could be so lucky Drew wouldn´t be here either. But she is not lucky, luck left her so long ago, and so, here he is.

The beautiful brunette still loves him. Her love is masochist and always hurts her.

She doesn`t know how to unlove him so she does the best she can. She evades him.

All day she just keep finding ways to be away from him. It´s not that difficult not that easy, May is actually very clueless about his behavior. At first he seems like he is trying to catch her, to corner her; but then he is there everywhere she goes close enough for her to talk to him but looking indifferent at her presence.

And that makes her angry. Because he is there, every fucking second of every fricking minute, but doesn`t do anything. Not. A. Single. Thing.

And she is angry, and she is confused. And those feeling makes her feel so…

Small.

Powerless.

Still, in the end she wins.

Drew got beaten by someone and she defeated that someone. And so, one more ribbon.

The green haired boy –Green again, that color- seemed to be out of it from the whole contest. Like he couldn`t bring himself to make the right moves or react fast enough –and smart enough- to his opponent. She can tell because she knows him so well

May doesn`t want to worry about it but she does anyway. And that constant ache in her heart jut incrassate, and it not fair! It´s not fair because after all she`s done to make it hurt less and forget, just forget – inwardly she knows she accomplished nothing in that regard- is enough with his crestfallen expression and his out-of-his-game attitude for her to be upset again.

Because no matter how bad she want not to care, she still does.

Later in the day she sinks that worriedness with sweet fruity drinks in a dizzy head.

That night she kisses this guy she was dancing and having fun with so hard, because maybe if she does the eternal memory of Drew lips on her will stop burning in her mind.

She is not successful, granted, she had kissed boys before, this time her actions haunts her.

Next morning she wakes up at the pounding of the door. Her eyes are unfocused and her mind blurry and this awful feeling creeping in her stomach, like she did something wrong.

Gary is by her side without shirt, a shoe on and the other off hair messy and so far by the side of the bed they shared that she may fall off any second now. He is completely knocked out too.

And if he is here then who`s at the door?

-» «-

Drew is sitting in front of her in a little coffee close to her hotel.

She really shouldn`t have open the fucking door.

His face is stone and his jaw clenches and unclenches almost rhythmical, although his eyes were a softer shade of green the moment she opened the door, from the moment he had spotted Gary in the bed his expression had hardened, his eyes particularly were uncharacteristic heated. An irritation she could barely recognize from those far between moments when he truly was livid.

Maybe he had drawn the wrong conclusion. She couldn’t bring herself to care or correct him. She is still mild lightheaded and her body still tingles.

Drew is looking at her and her heartbeat is rising. Nop, she is too sober for this.

“Well” He demands.

“Well” she echoes, challenge in her voice. For this is the only way they know how to be with him. And no matter how many time she had already backed down, this time he is not winning because she doesn`t have any left to lose. Not while she is these sober anyway.

“Who’s that guy?”

“Does it matter?”

“Fuck May don`t give me that!”

“Give you what? Truly Drew who that guy is and what my relationship with him is, is not truly your business” You chose it that way, is what is left unsaid

“Says who?” Sensing this dconversation was taking another direction. An unwanted one, she quickly redirected the conversation

“Look Drew my head is hurting. I don`t need this right now. You wanted me to come here, here I am. You wanted to talk about something, so please just do so”

He looks at her barely conceiting his shock. She herself was a little dumbstruck at her own bitter yet cool way to handle the situation. Since she was prone to lash out at the tiniest incentive, her reaction caught both of them off guard.

“Ok… just, ok. Look there is… We need to talk about so many things” She tilts her head in curiosity, this is the first time he is stuttering in front of her. He notice this and compose himself, and that is the Drew she knows always putting a cold mask, she loved him that way too “But the most important thing right now is you. How are you faring? You know, with what happened with you parents”

“Aw, come on, are seriously asking me that?” Like you really care.

“I am. Now answer the question" A pause "Please.”

“To be quite frank at this point I don`t really care” And it´s part true. She is generally so numb that she can barely care about anything anymore.

“Don`t believe you”

“Why wouldn`t you?”

“Really” He challenges her. She doesn`t back down and keeps his stare raising an eyebrow to make a better effect “For start this” He make a loose gesture in her direction “is so out of you character” He glares at her shirt. Gary`s shirt she picked out of the floor before opening the door early that day. But regardless that he is scowling at her shirt she knows he is trying to signal her whole appearance, from her messy hair and short shorts to her reading glasses and pale face “And secondly, you forgetting May, that I have known you for years now and if there is something I can tell about you is that you feel too much. Too strong. This couldn`t just pass you by without having an effect on you”

“Is that so? Is that what you believe? Well then, please illuminate me, cause I`m seem to be at lost in this regard” She is getting angry, her heart picking up the pace.

“You are emotional person May. Your heart have more weight than your head in any situation. Don`t try to look me in the face and lie, cause I know better”

“Oh! You will have to excuse me then your great grace that apparently know it all. I had no idea had figure out my character better than I am”

“Didn`t I?”

He seems so sure, he may even be right. She hates him all the more for it.

“Fuck you Drew”

“Can you stop being too defensive and pick out a fight? In normal circumstances I would glad to humor you and engage in one of the silly bickering that you seem to like so much. But I`m trying to stay serious now.” He is getting frustrated now. She can tell for the look in his eyes and the way his lips slightly purse updown.

“Yeah, because patronizing me makes this such a thoughtful conversation”

“Ok, fine. Please stop May. I`m trying here, this is not my kind of thing, I´m not the one whose good at peep talk and the sort this is Solidad kind of thing”

“And why are you even trying? No one ask this of you”

“No one did, that`s right. I`m doing because I care”

A red alarm goes on inside her head. This is an off topic. Maybe if she doesn’t acknowledge this subject it will not hurt anymore.

“Oh, yeah because that so obvious. Could have fool me”

“You are doing it again. Trying to shoot me off”

“Well it would make well it you take a hint

“This isn`t you” His eyes calculating, his posture tense. But there is something else, he seems sad.

“You dare to come here and tell me what I am? Who I am and how I feel? Who the hell do you think you are?” She hiss, barely containing her rage.

How dare he?

“I`m your friend. I`m someone who cares. And I’m worry for you”

“I don’t need it Drew! I`m fine, I`m happy and I don`t need you not I want anything to do with you” May lash out, her voice higher at the end.

She is standing with every intention to leave but hand clasps around her upper arm stops her with a steady hold.

“I know you are not! There is something off about you, your mood changes and… and, look I know something it`s not right. I`m not stupid, I know you are not good dealing with your emotions and I know that you usually take it against yourself.”

Drew`s hand drops hers. The skin where he had touched her dousing in a bitter cold that immediately spread all the way to her heart.

“Ok, that`s enough. I don`t have to stand for this, you have zero right to meddle in my life like this. You didn`t care before so why don`t you go to pry in your girlfriends life where you may be more welcomed and fuck off”

May begs for her voice not to crack.

This time she turns around a leave. However she can hear Drew calling her name but in the end he doesn`t stop her and he don`t follow her.

That night she doesn`t go out, and the lack of magic in her veins make her more aware of the pain settling in her heart and weighting her limbs.

That night she cry herself to sleep.

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