Chapter 1: Silver x Blue
For as long as he remembers, Silver has been looking up to Blue. She is afterall, a full 3 years older than him, towering over him for much of their childhood. It was only when he reached puberty and had his growth spurt that he finally towered over her in height. But he still looked up to her as he always did, seeing her as the strong and determined spirit she is.
They have always been close, sharing their deepest secrets, thoughts and fears with each other. Except for one thing - Silver can never bring himself to tell Blue that she is more than a sister to him. He is afraid. What if telling her will change their relationship for the worse? And a part of him doesn't believe it will ever work out between them when he is three years younger. Afterall, they were already like siblings the moment they had met.
He can count the number of times he had seen her crying with his fingers.
The first time was when they first met, when Green was kidnapped and brought to the Masked Man. She was sobbing from the traumatic experience, right before the mask of ice was placed upon her. They reached for each other for comfort, and from then on, they supported each other through the terrible experiences as a Masked Child.
She never cried again during their times as a Masked Child, repressing her tears to be strong for herself and Silver. Even when she was upset and afraid of the Masked Man when he lashed out at her for wanting to nickname her Pokemon, she never let her tears drop. "It's a sign of weakness," she says, and he believed her, even though her body language says otherwise.
Of course, she uses her tears to her advantage when she needed to. "Boys are easy to fool when girls cry," she says. And of course he trusts her on that. He can never stand it when he sees others cry, and he is thankful that Blue isn't the weepy kind. But Blue breaks down too - that time when she was exposed at the Pokemon League, when she was forced to face the Legendary Birds that kidnapped her at the final battle against the Masked Man, having her parents disappear right in front of her eyes.
And then there's right now, as Blue cries on his shoulder like it's the end of the world.
"He's a jerk," she whimpers, tears rolling down her cheeks, staining his jacket wet.
"It's alright, you don't need a jerk like him," he soothes, though he is feeling murderous inside.
"He said that he would never ever go out with me even if I was the last person on earth," she continues sobbing, the blunt words slicing her heart apart.
As Silver sees Blue crying so pitifully after she is rejected by Green, he decides that Blue needs him more than he needs her. She has stayed strong for him for so long, why can't he do the same for her? So he lets himself move on, so that he can be the constant rock in Blue's life that she can turn to, and not the one that she has to turn away from.
A/N:
Hope you liked the first installment of my new series. Each chapter will be a one-shot featuring a specific pairing but everything joins up together to form a story plot. If you like how this is going, please do follow and come back for the other shippings. There is going to be a lot of heartbreaks in this story, since this is a story about the Dexholders finding their right one (and for some, many wrong ones along the way). Generally, the later the shipping appears, the more stable the ship is, though there are some exceptions to this rule.
Not all stories are as short as this. It varies depending on the pairing. There isn't any need for too much context for this pairing so I wrote less. Please review as well, and let me know if you liked this (or not) and any improvements you feel is required. Constructive criticism is very much appreciated (: