Whoops! I am SUCH a big procrastinator! Really I'm supposed to be working on my other fics, you're probably like, "wtf, pokemon?" at this moment. So sorry about that. I just had so many good ideas! But I'll update on that soon, since I just got a new LAPTOP! WOOT! Anyway enjoy the story. It may get... innappropreitate at the end though. Not for young'ns!

Barry didn't know it, but I had had a crush on him for an extremely long time. Ever since we were little. In fact, I remembered the date exactly that I developed the crush. It was October 8th. I was sleeping over at his house for the first time. We were both 8 at the time…

"Oooh let's make some popcorn!"

"Totally! I'm starved." Barry yelled. He ran to the kitchen and tossed a bag of corn kernels into the microwave. He pressed a button then ran back over to me. We play fought until the microwave beeped again, and he went back to retrieve the popcorn. "Ready?" He asked me as we ran upstairs. I sat in front of the television and he fumbled with the DVD player. Seconds after he sat down, the title screen for Pete Pikachu: Lost in the Haven appeared on the screen. I remembered the DVD I had that I snuck from my dad that morning.

"Hey Barry?"

"Hm?" He was already digging into the popcorn.

"I think I have a better movie…" I said. I crawled to my duffel bag and got the copy of The PokeDead. I showed him the cover and he squinted to see the bloody graphic on it. Obviously wanting to sound tough, he said:

"Oh awesome, dude! Let's watch that!" He popped it in, and the menu started playing. Clips of the movie rolled as it waited for us to choose an option. Pictures of bloodied up pokemon were shown, and a close-up of a pale Raichu stumbling towards the camera made my eyes widen. It was a disturbing image. I knew why Dad hid these kinds of movies in the drawer now.

"You sure you want to watch this?" I asked him. He nodded, but I felt that he was tense too. The movie started playing. We both sat in silent, watching the events unfold while we munched on our buttery popcorn. Scenes started playing and it was terrifying. I watched in horror as one of the extras was devoured by a gross-looking Luxray. The Pokemon had skin and fur peeling off of its body and an eye was missing. I vowed not to turn away, but Barry did the opposite. He pushed the empty popcorn bowl away and crawled onto my beanbag, snuggling up to me and turning his head into my chest.

"Lucas I don't want to watch this anymore…" He whined. I completely agreed.

"Okay just stay here." I leaned forward and pressed the power button on the DVD player, and the room turned dark. We had only been 20 minutes into the movie. The room was quiet again, and the only sound was Barry's breathing. It was irregular and heavy. I'd never seen anyone that terrified before in my life. To pass the time, I gently rubbed his back with my palm.

"I want to go to bed…" He trailed off. A couple seconds passed.

"Well, I was wondering if you could sleep with me." I said that was fine and I got up. Barry clung onto me, and we walked to his small bed. I didn't know sleepover etiquette, I thought that that was the norm, but I later learned I should've brought a sleeping bag. I laid down and he did too. We pulled the blankets up to our chins and I protectively put my arm around his waist. His breathing slowed and we both fell asleep. We hadn't talked about the event since.

Over the years (approximately 7) my crush had developed into something more real. Instead of being simply being attached to him every second, and asking to spend the night at his house all of the time, hoping to replay that one night's events, I started being thoughtful. He had trouble with girls and I helped him as best as I could. I gave him the perfect gifts every year when his birthday rolled around, and always listened to his troubles.

Ugh sorry if this doesn't make sense. I wrote this whole little story thing and decided it needed its own chapter, but then the rest didn't make sense, so lots of edits were made. Sorry if it's confusing but there's definitely more to come. I promise to update this often, because with my first story, there wasn't constant updates and I know how frustrating that is. Anyway subscribe, do whatever, and I will post some more chapters soon! Toodles!