You Must Always Check Your Bed Is Empty Before Getting In.
Fresh sunlight slipped into The Right Incentive, and Mallori a 16-year-old employee who had a room on the second floor finished straightening her long light brown hair. She slipped into her usual 'tomboy' attire and went to rouse her boss and co-worker.
As she approached the door to his room she started complaining loudly hoping that he was awake to hear it. If not she would hit him with her skateboard.
"Seriously 'Low!" She grumbled spitting out her boss' nickname with contempt. She opened his bedroom door. "Why do I have to drag you out of bed every morning! You are supposed to be running a business here-!"
Mallori froze her skin turning pale at the horror that lay before her eyes.
Willow Alexander, the young entrepreneur who ran a jack-of-all-trades business with two of his friends, slowly opened his eyes and brushed his dark brown hair away to glance up at Mallori.
"Eh? Why are you looking at me like that?" He droned tiredly. "I'm not that ugly…" He turned over and found himself staring into the face of a girl. Her sapphire blue eyes slowly opened and stared back at him.
Willow started sweating profusely his expression frozen in a state of horror.
Blue smiled at the panicking teen. "Morning 'Low."
That did it for Willow. He leapt from his bed (in his boxers and red t-shirt) screaming in a manly way.
"WHAT DID I DO? !" He wailed flailing his arms as Mallori continued to stand in the doorway frozen. "It was only a few drinks, how did THIS happen? !"
"Willow…" Blue yawned trying to get his attention, but she was ignored.
Willow curled up in the corner and started rocking himself gently. "Everyone calm down… w-what w-we need I-is a-a t-t-time machine…"
"You are the one who needs to calm down!" Mallori snapped at him, her face turning a shade of scarlet. "What did you do last night? !"
"I don't know…" Willow continued to rock himself gently. "I was sitting in the café… I had a couple of drinks… then…" He frowned. "I don't remember…"
Blue burst out laughing. "Oh man your expressions are priceless! Alright Low don't worry, I needed a place to sleep so I let myself in."
Willow and Mallori let out sighs of relief.
Blue tapped her chin thoughtfully. "I wonder if Green's back at his gym yet?"
Willow stood up slowly still shaking slightly. "Oh god if Green walked in here right now he would get the wrong idea."
"Oh don't worry." Blue smiled innocently. "I'll just tell him we slept together."
"While that might be true, I'm sure he would get the wrong idea…" Mallori deadpanned.
It was at that moment Green burst through the door panting. He paled when saw Blue in Willow's bed.
"Hey Green." She waved happily. "I was just coming to see you."
"Green…" Willow raised his hands in surrender. "I know this looks bad… but I assure you… I did nothing."
"We slept together." Blue added.
"DON'T SAY THAT!" Willow roared. "When I woke up you were in my bed! I did nothing!"
Green's face remained serious. "Silver's been stabbed."
At that moment the room went silent. Blue's eyes widened in horror, before anyone could react she was standing in front of Green.
"What happened? Where is he? Is he alive?" Blue spat out questions one after the other before Green could even respond. Before she could rush off he placed his hands on her shoulders.
"He is safe." He comforted her. "Crystal found him and immediately treated his wound, she was also able to cure most of the poison before it caused any massive damage."
"W-where is he?" Blue stuttered.
"Violet City Hospital." Green spoke his expression suddenly grim. "Whatever poison it was… its put him into a coma. If Crystal hadn't found him when she did, then it's most likely that he…" Green trailed off looking away from her.
"Is now a good time to point out that Blue and I didn't do… 'That'?" Willow awkwardly added earning him the glares of everyone in the room.
Green, Blue and a couple of his Gym trainers – a tired Akira and a stone faced Flynn – sat down in the Viridian City Gym.
Akira had Blue sit down at a table, while Flynn rushed off to get her something to drink.
"Hey…" Akira started, feeling some sympathy for the silent girl. "How are you doing?"
"You know how I'm feeling…" Blue shot back.
"Its okay to be worried about him." Akira sighed. "But it isn't healthy to dwell on it. At present there is nothing you can do until my boss can arrange an emergency flight to Violet."
"I can make my way there by flying." Blue told her. "I can't just sit around!"
"In your current state of mind that would be unwise, trust me, I know you want to do something but you can't." Akira told her. "Leader Green is worried about you. He doesn't want you rushing off."
Blue lowered her head. "Akira… your sister has health problems right?"
Akira flinched slightly before nodding slightly. "Yeah… She won't tell me anything about it though, she doesn't want to worry me."
"How do you cope with it?" Blue suddenly asked, immediately regretting it.
Akira closed her eyes. "You try to stay focused on other things… but… the longer you wait for news the harder it gets."
Silence fell between the two and Flynn returned with some tea, setting it down in front of Blue before leaving again. Akira glared daggers at him as he left; he seemed to ignore her existence.
"She loved him you know…" Akira started, lowering her head. "She actually loved that bastard."
Blue frowned. "What happened?"
"I can't stand him…" She muttered. "From the very beginning I've hated that guy…" Akira sighed. "I heard the whole thing, she confessed her feelings to him and he rejected her. Saying he didn't care about her. He completely crushed her heart."
Blue clasped her hands together. "T-that's terrible! How could he be so heartless?"
Blue noticed Akira glaring at Flynn as he spoke to Green, Akira reached out and grabbed a nearby butter knife and played with it in her hands. Her glare not once leaving Flynn.
Yellow screamed and backed away. Her face as red as a fresh tomato. (A/N: rotten tomatoes aren't usually red you see…)
"Uhh sorry Yellow." Red, the raven-haired champion of the Kanto region chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. His handsome 18-year-old face locked in a wide smile. "I didn't mean to scare you."
"How much did you see! ?" Yellow held her sketchpad tightly, trying her best to hide her drawings.
"Uhh… nothing?" Red looked confused. "Why is there something you're trying to hide from me?" He leaned forwards and tried to get a look at Yellow's drawings, but the girl's desperate flailing prevented him from seeing anything.
Eventually Red gave up and sat down by the riverbed. "Geez if you want to hide it that badly fine." He glanced up at the sky for a few moments and watched the clouds pass by. "Say Yellow?"
Yellow who had calmed down by now shot the boy a small smile. "What is it Red?"
"This is sorta like a date isn't it?" Red chuckled and continued to stare at the sky. Completely unaware of Yellow's shocked expression.
For a time things were quiet.
Red's Pokegear rang.
Red's smile faded.
