...And that is why you don't fall for the pretty ones.

Kris stared at her friends as each of them nodded yes. She felt like hyperventilating. In fact, she was pretty sure she was. She lowered her face into her hands and silently slapped herself, for being an idiot. Why didn't she realize this before!?

"...Wait, you like him!? Really!? Out of everyone, you had to choose him!?" Barry jumped hyperactively in her face, making her cringe from the rapid movements and her eyes weren't able to follow him, wherever he was.

...Oh Arceus, why can't I die now!?

"..Er...You seriously didn't know he was gay?" Kris peered at Hilbert, who stood awkwardly, scratching the back of his head. He looked kind of ashamed at how Barry was acting, but decided not to berate him for that. Hilbert was always a shy and quiet one. "I thought it was pretty obvious. I-I mean, the dude obviously isn't interested in girls, because if he was, then he probably wouldn't be blushing and stammering around Gold all the time. Plus, he only does that around Gold, and his personality changes whenever he's near his friends or Lyra."

Kris stared at the ground, not wanting to believe it. Then again, she's always had her doubts about his sexuality, even when she first met him. I mean, he was pretty adorable when she first met him. He was kind and sweet, always talking with respect and maturity with her. However, as Kris thought about it more, he was really mean and aggressive towards Gold and Lyra.

...He's...kind of mean to the ones he cares about...

...And Kris wanted to go slam her head against the wall. Because didn't that make her useless in his eyes?

There was a tap on her shoulder.

"... Kris? You there?" Kris tore her eyes away from the ground, looking at Hilda, who looked at her curiously. Well, as curiously the girl could. The girl was still as silent and mature as always.

"So whaddya gonna do about it?" Bianca suddenly piped up, putting her hands on her hips. Cheren, who was silently reading in the corner, sighed a little at her upfront statement. Kris cringed at the bad grammar, wanting to scold Bianca for it. After all, she was really picky about grammar, and that was not cutting it-

That's right, what will I do?

Silence filled the air, because no one really knew what to do then.

"The awesome me is here!"

The door suddenly banged open, and Gold walked in, having just come from talking with Silver. He had several bruises on him, probably from when the boy was embarrassed and punched Gold for being an idiot, and he grinned cheekily at Kris, who only scoffed in return. Arceus, the boy always had to have a dramatic entrance of some kind, didn't he? He would be good in the drama club. He would be the queen.

"What's everyone so down about?" He smirked. "Skitty got your tongue?" He stuck out his tongue waggling it around, making Kris really want to punch him right now. May sent out her Skitty to hopefully tackle him and rip out his tongue. She ordered Skitty to use Scratch, only to find that Skitty was asleep. She sighed, returning Skitty.

May, knowing that Gold would soon get serious and suspicious if no one told him anything, quickly said an altered version of the truth. After all, hearing that one of your friends had a crush on a boy who was gay for you wasn't anything anyone would want to hear. Especially the gay for him part. No one wanted to face a horrified Gold and a crushed Silver, even if Silver wasn't part of their group.

"Kris has a crush on a boy, but he's gay."

They wished that Gold would leave it alone. They held their breath. Just leave it at that, please. Can't you let something go for once...?

...Just so you know, Gold wasn't one to live up to expectations.

"Isn't it easy then!?" The boy shouted, making everyone flinch at the louder than intended volume. Arceus, the boy could be a megaphone too.

Oh yeah? What's your idea, smart-ass? If you're so awesome, why don't you think of something?

She thought too soon.

"Just let Kris pretend to be a boy and get him to fall in love with her then!"

Kris gulped.

That's the stupidest idea ever! Why in the Distortion World would you think that would work!?

To her horror, her friends all stood up straighter with that idea.

...

Her friends never did have mind reading powers.

A/N

And lo and behold, this is my new story! *waves flag dramatically.

XD So just so you know, the boy they're talking about is Silver, and I have to admit, with a tiny bit of shame, that this is similar to my life now. *sulks

Some intended pairings are: Redemption, Chess, Hoenn, Visor/Sequel (Love triangle) and maybe one sided SoulSilver.

...The guy I like is in a punk band, really kind and sweet around me and people not so familiar to him, sarcastic and rude around his friends, and is almost glued to the hip with one of his best friends (who I'm not friends with, thank arceus. That would be too awkward.) ...And he blushes around his best friend, hesitantly tries to hug him all of the time, tries to get him to participate in anything he's doing, and he smiles like a maniac when his best friend says yes.

...I'm still not sure if I should confess or not. If I do, then it'll be my first confession...And I'm pretty sure I'll get rejected...

Well, I have a tendency to write really long author's notes, so you can just skip these. XD