An Unexpected Match

Part II

Silver was so naïve. He foolishly thought that the silliness of Valentine's Day would only last a day. Nope. Nope. He was wrong; so very, very wrong. For a whole week Blue had been completely out of it—randomly staring out into space, running into chairs, and not nearly making the amount of noise she usually did. He didn't want to pry, it wasn't his style. Still…he shifted his eyes and looked at Blue who was a few feet away staring at the corner again.

'I have to give it back to him sometime.' Blue told herself. She bit her bottom lip. 'I could send it to him…no that's the coward's way out. I guess I could go to the Viridian gym and just find him. But…'

"Okay!" She declared suddenly and leapt out her chair. "I'm off Silver, be back tomorrow."

"Wait Blue we haven't fed the Pokemon—", but Silver was too late. She had already snatched a green gift bag from the corner and ran out the door. He could only sigh.


"Wait Green! Where are you going?"

Green turned around and saw one of the trainers at his gym running up to him.

"I'm going to visit an old friend Pallet Town. Watch the gym for me Ida." He said and went out through the huge, white double doors.

"Wait you should take a jacket!"

"…Don't need one." He said brusquely and the doors closed behind him.


Blue sighed after she narrowly caught the the train from Goldenrod to Saffron City. She struggled to find a bar that she could cling to. It was lunch time so the train was overflowing with people. Even though it was chilly outside, she was quickly warmed up by the concentration of body heat. Blue looked down at the neatly folded dark jacket that lay in the bag she was carrying. A tidal wave of memories from a few nights ago washed over her and she could feel her cheeks burn.

She had replayed that night over and over again in her head and it haunted her almost every waking moment. His confession came out of nowhere… Not a single memory of him indicated that he had feelings for her. They had always been just friends…right? Blue wasn't sure why though—their personalities were pretty different. Suddenly a tone sounded and Blue braced herself as the train screeched to a stop.


Pallet Town was a quiet but charming place. The houses were modest but carefully tended to by their owners. Green walked up to a house with a red roof and rapped on the door. After a few moments the door swung open and Red was standing in front of him with his dark hair sticking up in different directions.

"Green!"

"Red." Green smirked. "It's one in the afternoon and you still haven't brushed your hair?"

"Oops ehe." Red tried to force his hair to lie flat. "What are you doing here?"

"I heard you went back home. And I believe congratulations are in order?"

Red gapped at him. "How did you know?"

He rolled his eyes. "How else? Straight from the mouth of the mastermind."

"The mastermind…" Red echoed and then gave him a confused look. "Wait you saw Blue?"

"…I saw her on Valentine's Day."

"Oh I see… Come in, come in! Want anything to drink?" Red asked, scurrying into the kitchen.

"No thanks." Green said as he walked in and sat down on a couch.

"Yeah so Blue helped me out a bit with the proposal." Red said sheepishly as he came from the kitchen a few moments later with a cup of coffee for himself.

"I know. She wouldn't stop bragging about it."

"So you guys hung out for a bit?" Red took a sip of his coffee and sighed in contentment.

"We went to a festival."

"Blue's persuasive skills are phenomenal." Red said in awe.

Green scoffed. "Is that what you call physical coercion? Persuasion?"

"Well did you guys have fun?"

Green was silent for a bit as he debated internally about spilling. "…I did something stupid that night Red."

"What'd you do? Confess your undying love for her?" His friend laughed.

Green didn't say anything but his face became somber.

Red's jaw dropped. "No you didn't!"


Blue grasped a cold metal door handle and sighed. 'You can do this.' She reassured herself. She tentatively pushed the door open and shuffled inside. The Viridian Gym was dark and quiet as usual, even though sunlight streamed in through its massive windows. 'Green should really redecorate.' Blue clutched the bag tighter as she walked down the main hallway, her footsteps echoing loudly, and her heart thumping loudly in her ear.

"Who are you?"

Blue spun around and saw a girl and guy in matching red jackets emerge from the shadows and a corridor that she completely missed. The girl didn't look very happy for some reason but the guy looked absolutely giddy.

"Um my name is Blue."

"I'm Ida, one of the trainers here." The girl said. "Who said that you could enter the gym without permission?"

Blue took a step back. "Sorry I didn't—."

"Psh like she needs to be invited to come in Ida! Don't worry about it miss!" The guy interrupted with a cheerful smile that looked really out of place. "I'm Elan." He bowed. "How may I be of service?"

Blue blinked. "Hello. Uh is Green here?"

Ida crossed her arms. "Are you here for a gym challenge? You realize you have to get past us first and also—" her eyes narrowed, "you don't need to see Green to battle, his Pokemon battle perfectly fine without him."

"Oh no," Blue waved her hands quickly. "I'm not here to earn a badge. I'm just looking for Green."

Ida eyed the bag Blue was carrying on her arm. "You're not another fan girl are you? Green doesn't have time for that kind of foolishness."

"What?" Blue choked. "I'm not a fan girl; I'm just a…friend of his." Those words bothered her for some reason, even though they were true.

"Like I haven't heard that one before" Ida said, still looking at her with suspicion. "Well it doesn't matter anyways since Green isn't here."

"H—he's not?" Blue felt relieved and yet strangely disappointed.

"Green went back to Pallet Town to visit someone." Elan told her. "But I'm here Blue." He winked.

"Right…um thanks. I'm sorry for the intrusion, I'll be leaving then." Blue hastily made her way back to the entrance.

After she was out of earhot Elan sighed. "I don't understand why all these beautiful girls come and pine after Green when they could have me. He doesn't even pay them any attention."

Ida rolled her eyes. "That's because he's not an idiot."


"Green you're such an idiot! How could you just leave it at that?"

Green frowned at Red. "It's not like I could have done anything else."

"You could have told her why you like her!"

"It's not like I was trying to woo her. It just sort of…slipped out."

Red cried out in frustration. "Who uses the word 'woo' anymore? And what were you thinking?"

"It's true that I had planned to keep quiet." Green said slowly. "I had hoped that I would eventually stop feeling this way about her."

"Right that was the plan that we decided on!"

"Didn't work though in the end…"

Red sighed. "I just want the two of you, my best friends, to be happy."

Green stood up and clasped Red's shoulder. "Don't worry about us. You just enjoy your engagement with Yellow. Congratulations again by the way." He started to walk out.

"Wait Green what are you going to do about Blue?"

"Nothing. I told her to pretend as if nothing ever happened."


Blue collapsed onto the white marble steps in front of the gym. She really was useless. This jacket and the confession was going to trouble her for forever.

"Blue!"

Blue looked up and saw a petite girl with her long blonde hair tied into a ponytail smiling curiously down at her.

"Yellow!" She stood up unsteadily and embraced her friend fiercely. "Oh Yellow congratulations! I'm so happy for you and Red!"

Yellow giggled. "Thanks! But how did you know? We haven't told anyone yet."

"Oh um Red told me a few days ago haha…"

Yellow pouted. "What? I wanted to tell you, he knows that… Well that doesn't matter, I'm so happy to see you! But why are you here at the gym?"

"Oh I um, I just wanted to give Green something."

"Hm?" Yellow noticed the bag she was carrying. "A gift?"

"Sort of." Blue blushed. "Anyways why did you come to the gym Yellow?"

"Oh!" After a few seconds of rummaging in her shoulder bag Yellow pulled out a crisp white envelope. "I wanted to personally invite Green to our engagement party. I'm guessing he's not here though."

"No he went back to Pallet Town."

"Hm he probably went to see Red, though I wonder if Red has gotten up yet…" Yellow mused. "Oh Blue do you have time to come back to my house for some tea?"

"Yeah sure, I would like that." Blue smiled.

"Hold on let me just leave this invitation on his desk."


They were in Yellow's house and Yellow was pouring the steaming tea into mugs while she evaluated her friend. Blue was quieter than usual and she wouldn't stop glancing at the emerald bag she brought. She was strangely attached to something that was Green's.

"Here you go." Yellow said as she placed a navy mug in front of Blue. "I also baked some cookies this morning."

"Thanks Yellow! These look delicious." Blue grabbed one eagerly.

"Are you off from work?" Yellow asked as she sat across from Blue.

"Oh no I um sort of left Silver alone at the lab." she said guiltily.

Yellow giggled. "Poor Silver. But Blue—" Yellow leaned in a bit and looked closely at her friend's face.

"W—what is it? Are there crumbs on my face?" She wiped the area around her mouth quickly.

"You're acting strange today."

"Really?" Blue laughed nervously. "I guess I've been a bit preoccupied with something, nothing serious though."

"Blue." Yellow set her cup down and looked at her seriously. "I'm your best friend. You can tell me."

Blue looked into her kind eyes and before she knew it the whole story just came pouring out.

"So after that we argued for a bit…got caught up in the moment and then he said he already had someone he liked." Blue swallowed. "I joked that it was me but he just stood there, not saying anything. I thought he would tell me that I was stupid and that it wasn't me but he didn't."

Yellow gasped. "Oh Blue…"

Blue placed her hands around her mug and stared down at the tea leaves that had sunk to the bottom. "I…was completely blindsided."

"And then…?" Yellow asked cautiously.

"He left. Walked away. And he left his jacket. I haven't seen or talked to him since that night"

Yellow frowned. "You haven't given him an answer?"

"I—I haven't been able to, I don't even know what to say."

Yellow was silent for a moment. "Do you like him Blue?"

"I…don't know." She said almost desperately.

"Blue…who was the last person that you dated?"

"Um I guess it would be Alton? Yes, Alton."

"Didn't that last for only two dates?"

She blinked. "Well yes but we just didn't click."

"That's what you also said about Yuji and Warren." Her friend pointed out.

Blue shrugged. "They asked me out, they were cute, and they were perfectly nice guys but…I just didn't feel anything."

"Maybe your match has always been standing there right beside you?"

Blue didn't know what to say to that.

"Give it some thought Blue. Green will wait."

"He told me to forget about everything he said."

"He doesn't mean that." Yellow smiled softly. "Not if he really likes you."

The two girls sat in thoughtful silence until Blue stood up slowly.

"Thanks Yellow. I feel better now."

"No problem. If you still need to talk, just call."

Blue slipped on her coat and Yellow walked her to the front door.

"Oh could you wait a moment Blue?" Yellow said as she strode over to table in the living room and rummaged through a stack of pearly white envelopes and handed one of them to Blue. "We were going to send these out soon but I'll just give you yours now."

Blue looked at the envelope that had her name printed on the front neatly.

"This is an invitation to our engagement party. It's going to be on March 14th—White Day. The perfect day don't you think?"

"Ooh yes definitely!" Blue nodded in approval and she took the envelope and felt the thick paper with her fingers. "I can't wait! Well I'll be off then, thanks again Yellow."

"No problem." Yellow opened the wooden door for her. "I know this sounds cliché Blue, but I think you already know how you feel about him." Yellow smiled. "At least your heart does—your head just hasn't quite caught up yet."


"Welcome back."

"Oh Ida." Green looked at the girl standing in the doorway of his office. She looked like she was trying very hard to retrain herself from exploding. "Was everything okay around here while I was gone?"

"Two girls came looking for you earlier today." Ida bit out.

"Oh." Green replied without a trace of interest. He sat down in his chair and picked up a white envelope that was on his desk.

"One dropped that off."

Green looked at it and saw his name scrawled on the front with what seemed like Red's poor attempt at writing neatly. "Oh it was probably Yellow."

Ida's mood didn't improve when she heard a name. "The other one said she was a friend, she had a bag with her."

Green momentarily looked up from the envelope. "What did she look like?"

"Long brown hair, blue eyes, pretty tall…do you know her Green?" She pressed.

Green tore the envelope open. "Yeah I do." He murmured. He slid the letter out and read:

You are cordially invited to

the engagement party of Red and Yellow

to be held at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pallet Town

March 14th at 7:00 pm