Here's the explanation for why this little fic exists: I've spent Valentine's Day in Australia accepting pairings in my tumblr ask box and then quickly writing short stories based on what I get. Figured I might as well post some of them here, as they didn't turn out completely terrible. (:
And since it's still Valentine's Day in America, yes, my ask is still open to pairings if you want to request anything.
Alder had the cutest disciple of all time. If Judapus was half as cute as Cheren, Alder could totally understand why Jesusachu would let him in despite knowing that Judapus would get him nailed to a tree.
Case in point: it was Valentine's Day, and Cheren had come to find him. Typically, Cheren would hang around Victory Road battling high-levelled pokémon and making hopeful Trainers cry with his own extremely high-levelled pokémon. Though he was a strict Trainer, Cheren had a powerful bond with his pokémon and would have no problem wiping the floor with the Elite Four. Alder was pretty sure that he would lose, too. Yet Cheren kept insisting that he had more to learn and kept training under Alder. Alder knew it wasn't an issue with confidence — at least, not confidence in his party. It was more an issue of Cheren not wanting to run out of excuses to hang around Alder.
It was all very adorable.
On that Valentine's Day, however, Alder was off exploring the forests off Lacunosa when Cheren jumped down from his unfezent and stared at Alder expectantly.
"Hello," Alder pleasantly said. "Fancy seeing you here."
"I tracked you down," Cheren bluntly replied. "Today's the day. We're gonna battle."
"Oh, all right," Alder replied. "Sounds like fun."
"There's one condition," Cheren continued. His cheeks heated. "If you lose, we're going on a date."
Alder laughed. "Couldn't we just go on the date?"
"…no," Cheren muttered.
"Okay." Alder pulled a PokéBall from his neck. "But if you lose, we're going on a date."
"Fine," Cheren muttered, so cutely.
Alder smiled. "Happy Valentine's Day, Cherry."
Note: 'Judapus' is an inside joke. My friend constantly overhears the 'Judas' in Lady Gaga's song of the same name as 'Judapus'. And Jesusachu is just a variation on Godachu. Yep. Cos if they have Christianity in the PokeWorld, it'd totally be told through Pokemon. I'm not trying to offend any Christians; I love Jesus Christ Superstar.
