Ha! It's out! I told you!... Erm... Sorry about that, well here's the long awaited Chapter 2. I told you March was going to be our lucky month. ^_^


Chapter 2 The Date

Silver awkwardly sat at the table in the restaurant he was told to go to waiting for whoever this "secret admirer" Blue had tried so hard to convince him to see was. Silver found it particularly annoying that Blue insisted he dress as nicely as he could. He didn't really want to do this, he wasn't really a romantic person, but if anyone knew just what to say to get him to do something, it was Blue. Her and her guilt trips. He fiddled with his hair; he wasn't used to it being tied up in a ponytail. His hair wasn't too long so neither was the ponytail but Blue insisted he keep his hair from meeting his shoulders. He wasn't sure what game Blue was playing or why the style of his hair mattered at all.

He was wearing a clean, plain black T-shirt, lightly tanned pants and a newer pair of black shoes Blue got for him. It wasn't that he thought he didn't look nice, he just didn't see what the point of trying to look different was, especially if this person was attracted to him anyway. Just as he decided it didn't matter why Blue had to spruce him up, he heard the bell by the door ring. His table was near the entrance and he could see whoever came in. Silver remembered when he asked what this secret admirer looked like, all he got was "you'll know her when you see her".

And the person who came in definitely fit the bill but… nah it couldn't be. Could it? What else could they be doing here dressed like that? They were here to see someone else. That's it. But maybe not. Yellow walked in dressed in an all white outfit consistent of a sleeveless dress that was a little too long to be hip length but a little too short to be knee length, gloves that reached halfway up her upper arms, long socks of basically the same length since Silver couldn't see where they ended and nice looking shoes with gold buckles. She spotted him and her jaw almost dropped.


Yellow was headed to the place that was so fancy Blue told her about. She was set up for some sort of mystery date with a so called "secret admirer". She wasn't sure originally, a blind date just seemed stupid to her, or at least not safe or smart. But Blue would never steer her wrong. Would she? Well this could've been anybody for all Yellow knew; she was put up to this primarily because of guilt.

Blue was good at that. She came up to the door and stopped herself to take a deep breath. She looked down at the outfit Blue got Ruby to sew together for her. It fit her nicely and was made of a very comfortable fabric, and she really liked the color, a creamy white. But it was a little small, and walking all the way over here in what felt like an overly fancy outfit did make her really nervous.

Well, realizing she was never one to be shy, she just decided to stop thinking about it and go inside. She had no idea what this mystery boy looked like, all she got for a description was "you'll know him when you see him". Wasn't a very detailed or assuring description. She headed in the door and looked around slowly. She had to wonder what Blue meant when she said "you'll know him when you see him". What did she mean by that and how was Yellow supposed to discern-…

Her mouth opened and her jaw nearly dropped. No it couldn't be. He fit the description, she knew him, he was the only person in there she could've known. But… him? Really?

Silver groaned silently to himself, "Oh no, Yellow is the girl Blue was talking about?"

Yellow waved and forced a smile that she knew must've seemed very shy, "Oh no, Silver's the boy Blue was talking about."

She slowly walked over to the circular table he was sitting at. He switched between a calm, expressionless face and an annoyed one by slightly furrowing and unfurrowing his eyebrows.

"Okay Silver." He said mentally to himself, "Play this as gently as possible, you don't want to hurt her feelings."

"Okay Yellow, get through this gently, after all you don't want to hurt his feelings."

They had to wonder if this would be more or even less awkward if they were complete strangers.

"Hi Silver." Yellow said softly.

"Hey." He replied blankly.

"…How are you?" Yellow knew Silver wasn't really a talker, so she thought she would have to do a lot of the talking.

Of course Silver was getting slightly different vibes from this, "I'm managing alright. You?"

"I'm okay. J-just okay." She said and looked to her right to avoid his gaze.

"Should we order?" Silver asked.

"Um, yeah let's." She replied reaching for a menu.

Just try to imagine the situation they're in. Each one believes the other has a crush on them, and thinks the other is being shy in their own way. Yellow continually struggled to think of ways she could at least enjoy herself and not make Silver feel bad. Meanwhile Silver thought of ways he could get out of the situation before ultimately deciding he couldn't. If they could talk about it they'd agree it was going to be a long day.


After some time, the waiter came with Silver's steak, Yellow on the other hand, had told him; "I don't have much of an appetite today thank you." She looked at Silver as he cut through the first bite of his steak, watching him up until he put it in his mouth. She turned her head down, then lifted her eyes to look at him, "So." She started, Silver didn't respond or seem to be listening at all, "…Watcha thinkin' about?" She asked.

"Oh, nothing of importance." He replied.

He was lying. Of course what he was really thinking about was how awkward this was. And, believing she was his secret admirer who'd probably asked Blue to set them up for a blind date, he thought of what to say next.

"Sorry I'm not very talkative. This must be… awkward, for you." He said to her.

"Oh, no, Silver, I'm fine, really." She said, "You sure you're okay though?"

Just imagine this for a moment. The situation they're in. Yellow is asking Silver if he doesn't find it awkward or nerve-racking because she thinks he has a crush on her, while Silver thought she was asking if it didn't bother him that she had a crush on him. The reality of the situation was that neither of them were attracted to each other. But that's just not what they thought.

"I'm. I'm fine, thanks for asking." He finished before putting another piece of steak in his mouth.

Similarly, Yellow reached for her drink and sipped it quietly and shyly. They each thought they had to sit through this situation. So they each knew that it was vital to talk to each other and find something to talk about, lest they be driven crazy. But what? They each asked themselves what they could possibly have in common. Well there was their Pokémon, they had that in common, but what were they supposed to say? Their relationships with said Pokémon were very different.

"Is there anything you might wanna talk about?" Yellow finally asked.

"Nothing that comes to mind." Silver admitted, "Unless of course, you have something to talk about and just aren't sure that I would want to talk about it."

"Not unless we find something we can talk about. Listen to me," She said in a chuckling tone, "I'm going in complete circles aren't I?"

Silver shrugged, "It happens."

Another awkward silence came. All they could do was reach for what they had in front of them to justify their silence. Silver and his steak, Yellow and her drink. It got to the point where Yellow completely finished the last two thirds of her drink before Silver decided;

"This is ridiculous." He thought, then said; "So, are there any…" Yellow looked directly at him to listen to what he had to say, "…hobbies, or something you might have?"

"Oh. No, they're, they're stupid." She replied.

"Well you might as well share them anyway, it's not like we have a whole lot else to talk about."

"Well, when I'm not busy taking care of my Pokémon, I'm usually either fishing or drawing." She admitted, "Why, what do you do in your free time?"

"I'm not much of a hobbyist." He replied.

"Well you have to do something to keep you from going nuts." Yellow said kiddingly.

"First it was find my roots, then it was find the masked man and do missions for Lance in return for a favor, then find my roots again, and just training in between."

Yellow looked at him astonished, "So you… You-You've never… had any, I mean." She couldn't find a proper way to word it.

"I told you I wasn't much of a hobbyist." He said blankly.

"Well, now you've done all of that, there must be something you do to preoccupy yourself."

"Yes. I speak with my father, I call Blue, I still train and speak with my Pokémon, and I still say hi to Gold and Crystal every so often."

"So you just talk to other people?"

"I guess."

Yellow giggled.

"What?" Silver asked.

"It's kind of funny. People say I'm the warm and inviting one, but if all of that's true, then I must spend more time alone than you do." She said with a bubbly smile.

Silver let the smallest smile Yellow had ever seen tug at his lips.

Maybe, if for any reason they realized this was all set up, they could call it off and go home, maybe even laugh about it. Little did they know, a certain someone had other plans. Because this certain someone knew that even the slightest hiccup would send it all crumbling down. This certain someone cared about these two like their own mothers, so she was doing this out of the kindness in her heart. But it was so deceptive and clever, who says she couldn't have a little fun with it?
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There it is, I hope you enjoyed it.