AKA Pokewrite Drabble No. 2. Added some more detail. Prompts used were "make me someone I don't wanna be", "just let the moments sweep us both away", and "I can't help myself from looking for you".
Disclaimer: If I owned Pokemon, there would probably be a Black/White 3...but I don't, so there's not.
Like a Bird
"Nothing is really lost. It's just where it doesn't belong." - Suzanne Miller
I know you're not here anymore, but I look for you in the crowd anyway. Sometimes I swear I see your pink-and-white baseball cap and long dark ponytail bobbing among the masses, but then I see it's just something with a similar cap and a similar hairstyle. Well, you did inspire so many here in Unova, so I shouldn't be surprised. Sometimes I even expect you in walk into my new Gym, though that doesn't even make any sense. Even if you did, you'd probably say something like Oh Arceus, Cheren, you've become more of a nerd than ever! A school-themed Gym with you as the teacher? Really? or C'mon Cheren, take out that little noob with your Haxorus!
And sadly, even that would make me happy, when before it would have made me feel awkward, or even furious. I took myself way too seriously back then. You didn't take things seriously enough, even when Team Plasma plans began to click into place. Even when he managed to befriend the legendary dragon. Even when you befriended the other legendary dragon. But I guess we just let the moments sweep us away before we even knew what was coming. I didn't even get to appreciate the time we had traveling together because of that damn Team Plasma. Because of that damn N.
I can't help myself from looking for you. I know you're looking for him now. That's why you're not here anymore, vanished like a bird Pokemon set free. I guess there was nothing for you here, in the end.
… I hate being this way, the forlorn one just hoping to see your face again. It's not who I want to be. I can't concentrate on anything these days. Not even Bianca cheers me up that much. She misses you too, you know. Everyone misses you. Why did you have to go? You only knew him for, what, a few months? And yet…
…Maybe, I should be the one who leaves Unova next. I know you're out there somewhere. I'm tired of feeling like a caged bird.
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Cheren and Checkmateshipping need more love. So what did you think? Feel free to let me know!