Moon/Lillie [Fluff, Established Relationship, Post-Canon, minor Age-up]
Set some time after Lillie's return from Kanto after two years; both are aged around 16. Note that I'll be going with Selene instead of Moon as the name for the female MC, I just much prefer that one.
The sound of thunder, shortly followed by a rather strong rain pattering on the roof makes me look up from my book. I quickly check to make sure the roof isn't leaking anywhere, but it looks like it's holding. Good. At least until the Professor gets carried away with his research once again, but for now I'm staying nice and not-rained-on.
I don't really like rain, I can't stand the wet and cold. At least from inside a dry and warm place it's kind of cozy. As I tuck myself in my blanket to resume my book I muse how much Selene would probably disagree; she's got a hard time sitting still for any length of time, and she most certainly won't be told if she can or can't go out just by some weather.
...Oh dear. Selene and I were going to meet here this afternoon. I really hope she doesn't go outside during this rain. ...Yeah, I probably should call her and tell her to- Knock knock.
Really? This girl and her impeccable sense of timing. I swiftly hop down from my loft and open the door, and as expected Selene is standing there with a sheepish grin, her hair and clothes completely soaked. "Sorry, I got a little wet. I was just about to get going when it started raining, but I wasn't going to let some weather tell me what to do." ...Figures.
As usual she tries to greet me with a hug, but frowns when I stop her with my hand. "No you don't, or I'll be drenched too. Stay right here, I'll get you a towel. And some spare clothes."
"Hang on, I just remembered something. You have more than just one single set of spare clothes, right?"
"Of course. Who do you take me for?"
"Good. Then come with me."
"Wha- Hey!" Before I can stop her, Selene draws me closer and gives me a wet, squishy hug, then takes my hand to pull me after her – right out into the pouring rain.
I'm not even wearing shoes or socks, but I barely manage to stumble after her and not fall flat on my face as Selene runs over the beach in the general direction of Ten Carat hill, until we're on a small stretch of flat grass between the sand and the tall grass, where she turns around and grins at me.
"What's the big idea?" I pout, placing my hands on my hips, but all that achieves is make Selene embrace me again and lightly brush her lips against mine. The rainwater collected on them tastes a little sweet.
"You're adorable when you do that, you know?" She says, apparently heedless of the fact that we're standing outside in the middle of a rainstorm; I'm already soaked to the bone, my clothes are sticking to my skin, and my hair is gonna take hours to fix.
"Remember, back then, the first time we traveled together, on Exeggutor Island?" We got caught in a rainstorm too, but that time Selene had the sense to stay in the cave and keep – mostly – dry. What's she getting at? "You told me about that one time you ran out to dance in the rain after seeing it in a movie."
"Yes." In retrospect, I think this was around the time I started truly opening up to Selene, or I never would have told her about that. ...About me and mother.
"So I thought that sounded like a great idea that I had to try some time too. And then this perfect opportunity presented itself. So here we are."
"You do remember the part about me and mother catching a cold, right?"
"You worry too much."
"I'm speaking from experience."
Instead of an answer Selene places a swift kiss on my lips as she wraps her arms around me. "Relax. We'll be fine." She lets go and stands with her arms outstretched to her sides and looking towards the sky, as if she wants to embrace the rain itself. "And besides, now you're already wet, so it doesn't really matter, does it?"
...Even though I only got wet after she dragged me out here. I giggle at Selene's own unique brand of logic, then follow her example. The longer I'm out here, the less cold the rain seems, and the droplets feel nice on my skin.
"Come!" A few moments later Selene takes my hand again, our fingers intertwined, as she takes off again, towards the field of tall grass, which is bound to be even wetter if that's possible, her beautiful clear laughter sounding over the rain, and I can't help but join in.
We laugh and run and dance in the rain. Through the grass, over the beach. We jump and twirl and splash in puddles. Each on her own, then together again, spinning as one before Selene all but carries me in her arms as we both dip dangerously close to the ground. Kisses me and then she's running again. I trip and fall straight into the tall grass and Selene decides the best course of action is to jump right after me. We get up and keep dancing.
To any onlooker – if any were stupid enough to brave this rain – we probably look like a pair of madwomen, or at least incredibly immature and childish, but right now we couldn't care less, the only thing that counts is the two of us, in this fleeting moment.
However, like everything, that moment has to end eventually and we slowly wind down, exhausted and shivering as the cold finally catches up to us, yet completely content and happy.
We return to the lab, but before Selene can enter I grab her shoulder. "Stop, you'll get water everywhere." ...But what to do? However it appears like Selene has the answer, as she wipes her bare feet on the doormat, wrings the water out of her hair best she can, hops up and down to get rid of the loose drops of water – and then just takes off her drenched t-shirt and shorts, dropping them into a wet heap on the floor.
"Wh-what are you..." Completely ignoring my embarrassed reaction, Selene traipses through the lab in only her underwear – a dark blue bra and panties – leaving a trail of wet footprints as she purposefully opens a drawer to pull out the two largest, fluffiest towels she can find, then waves to me. "Hey, you coming?"
"B-but that's..."
"Well, how else are you gonna get dry, duh? And besides" Selene adds with a wink "It's not like that's anything I haven't seen before either." All that comment serves to do is make me blush even more, but it's not untrue either. With a defeated sigh I wring out my hair and brush as much water as I can off my arms and face, then step inside to at least close the door behind me before stripping down to my underwear as well.
This is embarrassing; I'm wearing white underwear and it's all clinging to my skin and almost translucent- "Here you go." Selene drapes the towel over my shoulders – without so much as a dirty remark, for a change –, and once I take it and properly cover myself, she hands me a smaller one to wrap up my hair for the moment.
"Thanks."
Selene returns my smile with her usual grin. "Now what? We need a fresh change of, well, everything."
"Right. I think there's some underwear in the drier right now." Halfway drying myself off, but keeping the towel around me, I lead Selene downstairs. Poliwhirl briefly looks up and makes an amused noise as if to say 'Humans.', then returns to its training weights as I open the drier and produce two sets of white bras and panties. "U-um... Here."
This is still all kinds of embarrassing, but letting Selene go entirely without would feel even... less right. Though I suppose it's not as bad as it could be, at least plain white is nothing too too embarrassing, and we're relatively close in height and size, so it should fit well enough. And as usual Selene sees absolutely nothing wrong at all.
"Great! Thanks a bunch. So, is one of us gonna go upstairs to change, or..." It looks like my furious blush is answer enough as she just grins. "Right. I'll just do that, then." And with that, she disappears upstairs.
It's moments like these I kind of hate the Professor's 'open space' living concept. Normally it's nice and spacious, but you also don't really have any privacy anywhere. Turning my back to the center of the room, for all the good it does, I strip down completely, thoroughly dry myself off and put on the fresh underwear, then turn the towel inside-out and wrap it around my midsection again to somewhat cover myself up.
Returning upstairs I find Selene has foregone the towel entirely, adding it to the pile of wet clothes next to the door. We should probably take care of those. But first we should get dressed properly. "Come on." I climb up the ladder to my loft and Selene follows me. "Alright, now let's find you some proper clothes, lest you catch a cold."
"Oh, I'll be fine. ...Hey, come here."
"Hm? Hey!" As I turn around, with one swift motion Selene pulls away the towel I was covering myself with, drops it to the ground and drags me into a tight hug. Suddenly I become very aware of the warmth of her body so close to me and the touch of her skin against mine – as well as the heat rising in my cheeks as I try, and fail, to formulate a proper response.
"If anyone, you're the one who's cold." Selene's hot breath right against my cheek sends a shiver down my spine, but at least I manage to find my voice again.
"W-well, only because you dragged me out into the rain."
"Don't worry. I know just the thing to warm you up." Without waiting for an answer, because when did she ever, Selene grabs my arms and pulls me to my sofa-slash-bed, and I end up sitting right next to her, as she drapes the blanket over the both of us, then wraps an arm around me, resting her head my against my neck. "See? Nice and warm."
"Y-yeah." It really is. For a timeless while we sit in silence, cuddled up against each other under the blanket, just enjoying the moment and each other's warmth and closeness as outside the rain keeps drumming on the roof, even accompanied by the occasional crack of thunder.
The melody of the rain, and the feeling of my girlfriend next to me, and the warmth – both outside from Selene so close to me, moments like these one of the few times she's ever truly calm, and inside, this completely happy, almost blissful feeling – is enough to make me feel a little sleepy. "Hey, Selene?"
"Hm?"
"Can you kiss me? I want to be sure this isn't a dream."
"Of course."
...Maybe I do kind of like rain after all.
Herein we have Lillie being flustered, Selene being just a little dirty-minded, and me being unable to think of a third thing. This story was obviously inspired by that scene in the game proper (as well as me having to run an errand in the rain a few days back).
Any sort of feedback or constructive criticism (on this or any future chapters) is always greatly appreciated; it's the only way for me to keep improving my writing (and a big part of what keeps me motivated). Also experience has shown I tend to do better at pure writing than coming up with plot ideas; that means if there's some pairing/story you'd like to see, feel free to leave some suggestion/request/prompt, I always love to get some input.
That being said, thank you for reading, and (hopefully) see you next time. Peace out
