A/N: For the sake of this story, Moon's mom's name will be Aurora.

Lillie's POV

"You want me to do what?" Lillie exclaimed to Hau in horror. He couldn't be serious, could he?

Hau nodded sagely, hands folded calmly in front of him as he leaned across the table from Lillie. They were in Hau's house and the latter seemed to be deep in thought, but the mischief in his chocolate eyes belied his intentions.

"It's simple, Lills, really." Hau smiled innocently, his eyes twinkling madly, "To get the girl, you have to seduce her."

Lillie tried desperately not to let a blush creep onto her cheeks. The meek and mild girl from five years ago was practically gone, but she couldn't help but feel awfully bashful at what Hau was suggesting.

"Hau." Lillie cringed at how whiny she sounded, "I can't just…seduce Moon."

The end of her words had lowered to a whisper. The thought of such a thing was so scandalous to Lillie. She could hardly believe that he was suggesting this to her. Lillie could do a lot of things, but seduction was something completely out of the question.

"Why not?" Hau shrugged, leaning even closer to Lillie over the table, "You're not…scared, are you?"

The smirk on his face insinuated that regardless of anything Lillie would say, he already had his impression.

"I'm not a seductress, Hau." Lillie insisted, "I'm calm. Collected, and –"

"One of the hottest people I know." Hau finished bluntly. At Lillie's sharp glare, Hau raised his hands in surrender, "Alright, alright! Not what you wanted to hear. I'm totally flexible, but this is something you have to do. Every successful love story begins with seduction."

Lillie rolled her eyes. She couldn't believe how sure of himself Hau sounded.

"Says who?"

Hau grinned, and Lillie immediately regretted asking him. If she had learned anything in the week since she had been back in Alola, it was that age had made Hau even more provocative than she remembered.

"Well, when Acerola and I first got together –" Hau began before Lillie covered her ears abruptly. She didn't want to hear this.

"Hau!"

Hau burst out laughing, so hard that he fell out of his seat. As Lillie continued to glare at him, streams of tears left Hau's eyes from how hard he was laughing.

"I'm keeping it PG, Lills, I swear." He managed between guffaws, leaning up to sit on his knees on the floor, looking at Lillie before laughing a bit more, "I'm sorry."

Within a few minutes, Hau began to calm down, rubbing the remnants of tears away from his eyes. Lillie crossed her arms over her chest and glared at Hau. This wasn't funny.

"Are you done?" she frowned.

Hau nodded earnestly. His eyes were still glinting with mischief, but he had reigned in his laughter fully by this point.

"Alright, as I was saying." Hau began once more, "When I first got together with Acerola –"

Lillie braced herself for information that she probably didn't want to hear.

"I was in your position. Nervous. Flighty. Innocent." Hau was now pacing around, his hands behind him like some sort of professor giving a lecture, "So, being the easygoing person I am, I decided that the best way to woo her – seeing as my smile wasn't enough at the time – was to show some skin. Show her the perfect abs of the Hau-ster."

At this, Lillie raised an eyebrow. What abs?

Before Hau could further explain, Acerola showed up unannounced in the room, her eyebrows raised in incredulity. Hau immediately stopped pacing, engulfing the smaller girl into a tight hug. Her lips tugged up into a sincere smile and she hugged Hau back in return, and Lillie felt the inner romantic in her collapse in admiration. They were so sweet.

Just as the thought appeared in Lillie's mind, Acerola pulled back and flicked Hau in the back of his head, grinning sweetly as Hau winced. A loud laugh escaped Lillie before she could cover her mouth.

"Don't listen to him, Lillie." Acerola took the seat that Hau was previously occupying and levelled Lillie with a faux serious look, "He most definitely did not seduce me."

"Then how did you two get together?" Lillie pondered aloud. Five years ago, Lillie couldn't see the purple haired girl and Hau together, but seeing how affectionate they were with one another today, it made sense. She was just interested in the story.

Acerola smiled, a wicked glint in her purple eyes as Hau gesticulated wildly, silently begging her not to tell the story.

"Long story short," Acerola started dramatically, "Hau has always been a man of great action. One hot summer day a year ago, we were all on the beach in Melemele Island when Hau said – and I quote – 'Acerola, lemme strip for you.' He took off his shirt, but in his haste, pulled the string on his shorts loose."

Acerola paused, grinning as a smile appeared on Lillie's face as Hau begged her not to continue.

"Acerola, please –"

"I saw everything that day." Acerola finished proudly, "And I mean everything. That's when I knew I'd want to be with my Hau bear."

Hau grumbled to himself as Lillie erupted in laughter.

"It's not that funny." Hau murmured quietly, crossing his arms over his chest as Acerola gave him a soft kiss on the cheek, "And it didn't happen exactly like that, Ace."

Acerola shrugged, wrapping her arms around Hau's torso from behind. It was kind of cute to see how easily she fit around him.

"Nothing's wrong with a little embellishment, darling." Acerola grinned before turning to Lillie, the eager glint in her eyes making Lillie feel a sense of dread, "Hau's right though. Seduction helps a lot. It'll be sure to have Moon…well…over the moon."

As Acerola chuckled at her own pun, Lillie clamped her hands over her face.

What was she gonna do?

Gladion's POV

"You want me to do what?" Gladion's voice took on a high pitch that he hadn't heard since he first entered puberty, "Mother, I don't think –"

Lusamine hushed Gladion's rant with a wave of her hand. Even after all this time, her presence was still somewhat domineering. They were currently in Gladion's small home in Iki Town – he had moved there shortly after all the drama that happened with Teams Aether and Skull five years ago – and he had invited his mother over to further discuss ways to win over Moon. What he didn't expect, however, was for Lusamine to be so…suggestive with her ideas.

"Seduction is the key to all you could possibly want in life." Lusamine insisted, the gleam in her eyes far too amused for Gladion's liking, "When Mohn and I just met –"

Gladion cringed outwardly. He really wasn't interested in hearing the more intimate tale of how his parents got together.

"Listen first before you judge, Gladion." Lusamine sniffed, crossing her arms over her chest in a manner that insinuated her desire for Gladion's full attention, "When your father and I just met, he was so interested in his science stuff. No matter how much I tried to get his attention, he was always so focused on his research."

Gladion exhaled a breath that he didn't know he was holding. This story didn't sound too bad so far.

"So one day, I decided to become science." Lusamine declared proudly.

Gladion stared at her incredulously. Become science?

"I dressed up in his lab coat and waited for him in his house." Lusamine continued, a small smile on her face in reminiscence, "After that day, I just knew I'd gotten him."

"What's so special about a lab coat?" Gladion blurted out. He'd seen his mother in a lab coat at least twice during his time at Aether, and nothing really impressed him about it.

The way Lusamine smiled in response to his question made him wish that he never asked.

"I was in his lab coat," Lusamine paused, her smile giving way to the smirk that Gladion was becoming more accustomed to, "and nothing else."

Gladion's nose scrunched up and he began to feel sick. This was not helping him in his endeavor to gain Moon's affections.

"Don't be such a prude, Gladion." Lusamine chided him with a roll of her eyes, "Now take off your shirt. I need to know what I'm working with here. I need to know how much work has to be done."

As Gladion took off his shirt, cringing as Lusamine judged him silently, he began to rethink his decision to let his mother help him.

Aurora's / Moon's Mom's POV

To say that she was surprised when she saw Lillie and Gladion in her home, each on the opposing side of Moon, would be a lie. She had always had the distinct feeling that both blondes had some semblance of romantic feelings for her daughter, Moon.

It was a different story, however, when she considered her daughter's reaction to the siblings.

Aurora couldn't believe that someone related to her could be so…dense. Gladion was practically flexing his muscles for her, yet Moon showed no signs of realizing his efforts.

What did surprise her was how…underdressed Lillie was. The blonde girl was laying on her back on a beach chair, reclining in a way that allowed her fairly short tank top to rise up, exposing her midriff. Every so often, Aurora would see Lillie make eye contact with Hau, her facial expression nervous as the malasada-loving boy gave her a thumbs up in return. Moon's rotomdex couldn't be any more obvious with its comments.

"I can't believe you think that…never mind." Aurora heard the rotomdex sigh, "Power me up again when you can see what I see. You can't be that dense. You're the Alolan champion for Alola's sake!"

As Moon tried in vain to apologize to the rotomdex, Aurora chuckled softly to herself. Her child was something else.

"Fun day, don't you think?"

The familiar voice startled Aurora and as she turned around, she was met with vibrant green eyes.

Lusamine

Aurora hadn't seen Mohn's wife since around the time Moon was born. Anyone who had known Professor Mohn was bound to know his eccentric, perfection-obsessed wife.

"Lusamine, what are you –"

Lusamine hushed Aurora with a finger to her lips, gesturing for her to keep her voice down.

"Long time no see, old friend." Lusamine's smile was kinder than she had remembered, but that may very well be a ruse. She recalled Moon telling her about all the cruel things Lusamine had let her children endure for the sake of greed, "Looks like we'll be in-laws, no?"

At this, Aurora raised an eyebrow. Sure, she had briefly entertained the thought of Moon falling for one of Lusamine's children, but she certainly didn't think so far into the future. They were only sixteen (eighteen in Gladion's case) after all!

"Lusamine." Aurora started gently, her tone calm so as not to set off the potentially fragile woman, "Don't you think it's a bit too…soon to start contemplating marriage?"

Aurora had barely finished her statement before a frantic look came over Lusamine's face. The blonde woman retreated quickly into the kitchen area, leaving Aurora no choice but to follow her. Once there, Lusamine began wildly pacing back and forth, muttering a few words under her breath with an intensity that almost scared Aurora.

"Lusamine, I –" Aurora started but cut herself off as Lusamine abruptly ceased her frantic pacing.

The blonde woman strode up to Aurora and stopped just in front of her, so close that she could smell the sickly-sweet fragrance that she wore.

"You listen to me, Aurora." Lusamine's voice was low and her green eyes were alight in partial madness, "I will have my perfect grandchildren! Do you understand?"

Aurora could only blink at her in confusion. Grandchildren?

"I could care less which one of my children ends up with your daft daughter." Lusamine continued, "Alola's accepting. Same sex marriage shouldn't be a problem, and I'm sure there's some way they can have children. Now if Gladion gets with Moon, that's a different story –"

"My daughter is not daft –"

"The only thing that matters is your daughter's status." Lusamine finished, her hands tightly grasping Aurora's shoulder as she shook the other woman roughly, "She is the Alolan champion. Do you know how much prestige I'll get for being associated with her?"

Aurora removed herself and refrained from laughing in Lusamine's face. This woman was crazy.

"And you think that your children will let you….wait a minute." It all suddenly clicked for Aurora, "You're helping Gladion aren't you? And Hau's helping Lillie, isn't he? Is that what this all has been about?"

Lusamine clapped slowly. She'd always been dramatic.

"I'm glad someone in your family isn't slow." Lusamine drawled as she moved towards the front door, "I'll let myself out. In the meanwhile, I want you to think about names for our future grandchildren. I'll let you pick the first name, and I get the rights on the remaining four."

As Lusamine departed, Aurora was left alone in her kitchen. She knew what she had to do. She'd been prolonging this for far too long.

She walked over to the screen door leading to the backyard and opened it. She could see Hau grinning wildly and followed his gaze to Lusamine's children. Both Lillie and Gladion were standing in front of Moon, half empty lotion bottles in their hands. Gladion appeared to offering to let Moon lotion him, puffing out his chest proudly. Lillie, on the other hand, seemed to be offering to lotion Moon, gnawing nervously on her bottom lip.

Aurora pursed her lips in amusement.

"Moon." she called out, her lips twitching in amusement as both blondes abruptly dropped their lotion bottles and backed away from Moon, "We need to have a talk."