Lucas carefully picked his way through the grove of trees that covered the path to the cape. His expression was calm, but the hands that gripped the bouquet of flowers betrayed his nervousness and embarrassment. The other Trainers on the route had tried to stop him for battles, but when they spied the flowers in hand, they grinned widely and let him pass, much to his chagrin and gratitude
( ... )
Hearing Lucas' voice made her smile. She stopped the splashing of her feet. Then she turned and stepped back on dry land, took the flowers from his hand and smiled even more.
"Flowers, for me? Wow, I'm... I'm not sure what to say."
They were pink roses. Pink was one of Dawn's favourite colours, besides blue. They were beautiful flowers, blooming vividly and smelling lovely. Taking a whiff of their aroma, Dawn held the flowers in her arms as she gestured for Lucas to sit on the blanket.
"You're not late at all. If you take a seat beside me, you can take off your socks and shoes and dip your feet in the water. It's quite cool at this time of night. Was it a hard journey up here?"
Lucas laughed a little and readjusted his beret. "I guess you don't really have to say anything. I thought you'd like them, and, I wanted to do something to apologize for the, ah....incident...with the PNG."
Smiling, he gave a quiet "thank-you" as he seated himself next to the Sinnoh Champion. He did as told, leaving his shoes and socks next to the blanket, and rolled up the bottoms of his pants a little to avoid getting them wet.
"It wasn't bad at all, to be honest," he replied, looking out over the waters. "The Trainers left me alone when they saw that my hands were full. What about yourself? Did they try to battle you?"
Clefable pricked up her super-sensitive ears and stared into the water's glassy surface. She knew she had heard another Pokemon in there, but it wasn't the usual Water Pokemon. Lucas noticed her confused curiosity, but dismissed it as simply being interested in the water.
"It's not your... fault at all..." Just the thought of the various incidents over the PNG made her want to crawl into a hole and hide there like a Diglett.
"Nevermind that. I had no problems getting up here too. A couple of them tried to battle me but ended up backing off after Piplup started being a little bossy penguin and started pecking their trainers..."
She coughed and rummaged in her bag, taking out the two meal boxes each looking like this with two Swinub riceballs. She handed one to Lucas and then settled one on her lap before taking out the flask of tea and placing it between them. Finally she moved the bag and placed it on the other side of her.
"You must be hungry, so I bought something for us while I was at Celadon. They're kinda cute, they're almost too good to eat..."
He was late, and if Barry hated anything the most in this world, it was people being late. He would have to make sure to fine himself later for this
( ... )
With the tears streaming down her eyes, Dawn didn't see that she was running straight into someone. And she could barely hear around her for the quick beating of her heart.
It was almost inevitable then that Dawn collided with Barry and knocked the both of them over.
The dull pain of the impact threw Dawn backwards and she landed very ungracefully on her behind. She lay back on the grass and soon enough Mesprit floated over her with a concerned look.
Mesprit glared at Barry, then descended beside its trainer to help her sit up.
"Owww..." moaned Dawn as she struggled to get over the dull pain. Soon enough she opened her eyes and blinked.
Barry was knocked to the ground, but got up in almost an instant, being used to these sort of collisions. He also reached his hand out to Dawn in order to help her get up, avoiding her angry Mesprit's gaze who was attempting to do the same thing.
"What am I doing here?" Barry said nervously, trying to find a way to avoid telling Dawn that he came here to spy on her and Lucas. "Well I'm still training for the Gyms around Kanto, and I heard there was lots of tough trainers up here near Cerulean Cape, so I decided to go take a look! Man you should have seen how awesome the battles were, those weaklings on Nugget Bridge didn't even stand a chance against my..."
He smacked himself both physically and mentally. "Gah, who cares about me right now! Why are you crying?! Did you get hurt or something?!"
She took Barry's hand as she stood up and straightened herself up as best as she could, brushing the dirt off her skirt. At the mention of the word "crying", the tears welled up in Dawn's eyes again.
"... Barry."
With a short sniff, she gave him a hug and started crying.
"I did something silly." Dawn murmured between sniffs. "Actually I did something..." Another big sniff. "Really stupid."
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"Flowers, for me? Wow, I'm... I'm not sure what to say."
They were pink roses. Pink was one of Dawn's favourite colours, besides blue. They were beautiful flowers, blooming vividly and smelling lovely. Taking a whiff of their aroma, Dawn held the flowers in her arms as she gestured for Lucas to sit on the blanket.
"You're not late at all. If you take a seat beside me, you can take off your socks and shoes and dip your feet in the water. It's quite cool at this time of night. Was it a hard journey up here?"
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Smiling, he gave a quiet "thank-you" as he seated himself next to the Sinnoh Champion. He did as told, leaving his shoes and socks next to the blanket, and rolled up the bottoms of his pants a little to avoid getting them wet.
"It wasn't bad at all, to be honest," he replied, looking out over the waters. "The Trainers left me alone when they saw that my hands were full. What about yourself? Did they try to battle you?"
Clefable pricked up her super-sensitive ears and stared into the water's glassy surface. She knew she had heard another Pokemon in there, but it wasn't the usual Water Pokemon. Lucas noticed her confused curiosity, but dismissed it as simply being interested in the water.
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"Nevermind that. I had no problems getting up here too. A couple of them tried to battle me but ended up backing off after Piplup started being a little bossy penguin and started pecking their trainers..."
She coughed and rummaged in her bag, taking out the two meal boxes each looking like this with two Swinub riceballs. She handed one to Lucas and then settled one on her lap before taking out the flask of tea and placing it between them. Finally she moved the bag and placed it on the other side of her.
"You must be hungry, so I bought something for us while I was at Celadon. They're kinda cute, they're almost too good to eat..."
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It was almost inevitable then that Dawn collided with Barry and knocked the both of them over.
The dull pain of the impact threw Dawn backwards and she landed very ungracefully on her behind. She lay back on the grass and soon enough Mesprit floated over her with a concerned look.
Mesprit glared at Barry, then descended beside its trainer to help her sit up.
"Owww..." moaned Dawn as she struggled to get over the dull pain. Soon enough she opened her eyes and blinked.
"Barry, what are you doing here?"
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Barry was knocked to the ground, but got up in almost an instant, being used to these sort of collisions. He also reached his hand out to Dawn in order to help her get up, avoiding her angry Mesprit's gaze who was attempting to do the same thing.
"What am I doing here?" Barry said nervously, trying to find a way to avoid telling Dawn that he came here to spy on her and Lucas. "Well I'm still training for the Gyms around Kanto, and I heard there was lots of tough trainers up here near Cerulean Cape, so I decided to go take a look! Man you should have seen how awesome the battles were, those weaklings on Nugget Bridge didn't even stand a chance against my..."
He smacked himself both physically and mentally. "Gah, who cares about me right now! Why are you crying?! Did you get hurt or something?!"
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"... Barry."
With a short sniff, she gave him a hug and started crying.
"I did something silly." Dawn murmured between sniffs. "Actually I did something..." Another big sniff. "Really stupid."
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