Day II: ChessShipping
Black: RedAbsol doesn't own;
White: The Pokemon franchise,
Black: Any rights or claims,
White: Or the computer this story was written on.
Serperior: HHHiiissss (Read and Enjoy)
White walks down the main street of Castelia City, breath fogging in the early winter light. A Seviper slithers alongside her, leaving a small ditch in the snow as they trudge towards Skyarrow Bridge, making their way back to Nuvema Town.
"Good trip, miss!" calls the bridge operator as White scans her pass card and the electronic gate opens slowly.
"Thank you, happy holidays!" the brunette shouts over her shoulder, waving slightly before turning and focusing on not tripping over her partner's tail. In fact, she was so focused on not tripping that she didn't notice the other figure striding in her direction, not paying attention either.
"Oof!" the other teen gasps as they both fall in a tangle of legs, failing at avoiding the ground.
"Oh, Arceus, I didn't see you there! Are you okay?" the other kid questions, getting back to their feet before White.
"Ow, yeah, I'll be fine- I've had worse." White answers groggily, rubbing the side of her head where it had hit a metal pole.
"White! Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry. Let me help you up," White blinks at this, slowly realizing who it is. She reaches up and takes Black's offered hand and the boy pulls her to her feet.
"Thanks, Black." the girl says, smiling slightly at the sight of her childhood friend.
"You're welcome, I'm not saying that about running into you though." Black says, a slight accent still tainting his voice even after all these years in Isshu.
"Good, I'm not thanking you for that, you idiot." White retorts, turning to pat her Seviper on the head to reassure it that she was okay. Her friend reaches out to steady her as she wobbles, the bump on her head making it so that her vision was slightly spotted.
"Maybe I should make sure you make it back to Nuvema in one piece before I go see the musical, huh?" he laughs slightly as White leans her weight on him and starts to walk back towards the opposite end of the bridge.
"That'd be nice, yeah." Black pulls White's arm over his shoulder at this then slides his arms under her, one under her thighs and the other behind her shoulder, picking her up off of the ground. He doesn't notice the girl blushing furiously at that, instead talking to her while making sure that they don't have any other unexpected collisions.
"Thanks, Black." the girl says sleeping, resting her head on his shoulder. "I love you, for Christmas- this works."
The words shock the dark brown-haired boy, but he doesn't say anything, knowing that his friend had fallen asleep. Her hit to the head was obviously making her thoughts jumbled, he reasons to himself, but there is one part of him saying that it would be nice if the girl that he harboured feelings for liked him back.
Black shook his head, that would be too simple, maybe a gift would be even more complicated than that because the girl didn't like things to be easy. Oh well, it was just nice to hold her in his arms, if just for now.
A/N: and we're back with a four-note theme. Ahem, thank you to Galadriadhar, who was the first reviewer, for taking time to review the story. And, yes, Dawner and Alibi will return, in this same story in fact! So look forward to that! Thanks for reading, g'nite!