Pokeshipping Week - Day one: Brock's role in the relationship. (Bonus set.)

"Red."

"Blue."

"Red."

"Blue!"

Brock was rubbing his temples.

"Red!"

"Blue!"

"Alright, enough." he held up his hands. Ash and Misty both paused to look at him. He heaved in a sigh and took a step forward, holding out one arm to each of them.

"You two have been going at it for ten minutes. This isn't going to solve your problem."

The pair returned their sights back on eachother and scowled, but didn't say anything. Pikachu was sitting at their feet as well with a couple of confused glances from one to the other.

"I don't see what's wrong with red." Ash remarked.

Misty rolled her eyes. "What's wrong is that blue is a better color."

Ash snorted. "You're right. That is wrong."

"Enough!" Brock played referee as he stepped inbetween them. "Both of you need to learn how to cooperate already. I can't believe this is something to bicker about. It's a simple decision, if you really think about it. And all you two are doing is making it more complicated than it is."

He pursed his lips and looked between them as if they were being a couple of unruly adolescents, despite the fact that they were both well into their twenties now. Some things with these two would never change. And here they were now, glaring daggers at eachother. Their arms were folded against their chests and everything.

That's when Brock suddenly began to laugh under his breath. This distracted both of the other two as they turned to look at him. They exchanged a glance with eachother before looking back to him.

"What's so funny?" Misty asked.

Brock pointed a finger between them. "You guys."

He was shaking his head now as he placed his hands on his hips. "I swear, it's like I've gone back ten years."

"You think he's lost it?" Ash mumbled to Misty, who looked at him and shrugged.

"I haven't lost it, Ash." Brock said through the last of his chuckles. He stepped away from them by now and ran his hand over his chin. Ash and Misty both said nothing as they watched him, curious about where he was going with this.

"Alright," he finally concluded. "Forget about red and blue."

"What?!" they simultaneously exclaimed. But he held up a hand, silencing them both as they began to speak at the same time.

"Forget about red and blue." he repeated. "Neither one. They're off the table. This is the only way to resolve this, so just go with me on it."

Ash and Misty narrowed their eyes suspiciously.

Brock smirked. "What do you guys think about purple?"

They both opened their mouths to speak, but then closed them and glanced to eachother. Their shoulders fell as they seemed to communicate through expressions because the next thing Brock knew, they were finally smiling at eachother.

Ash shrugged a shoulder as he looked inbetween them now. "I guess purple isn't so bad."

Misty nodded her head in agreement. "Yeah, I don't think I mind it either. It might actually work."

Brock crossed his arms with a smile of his own. "There, you see? It all comes down to compromising."

Ash and Misty traded an almost apologetic look with a couple of shy faces.

"Remember that." he pointed out to them. "You two are about to be married. I can't always be here to solve an argument.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Ash waved a hand while Misty smiled over to him.

"I'm just glad we finally decided on a color for the wedding."

"Well... technically Brock decided it for us." Ash corrected her, holding up a finger.

Misty squinted her eyes at him. "Well he wouldn't have to if we weren't fighting about it in the first place, you know."

Brock's face fell as he watched what was happening, holding a hand to his forehead.

"No. Not again."

Pikachu comforted the breeder by placing a paw on his shin. "Chu."

But then Ash and Misty both turned to him, looked back to eachother, and then over to him again.

"Gotcha!" they both pointed to him with a grin. "Just kidding you that time!"

Brock just smiled and wiped his face with his hand, too tired to laugh. Then he looked over to Pikachu and nodded his head back to the others.

"Their kids are gonna be a handful. I just know it."

"Pi." the pokemon crossed his arms, nodding with a smile.