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Next prompt : #35 – Bonds
#07 – Chocolate
Sapphire held out the poorly wrapped box to Ruby, softly muttering that it probably wouldn't taste good, but the boy instantly knew that it would be the sweetest thing that would ever touch his lips.
PM : Chocolate
We laughed at the scene taking place before us.
We couldn't help it! Really, it wasn't intentional at all!
Her antics were just too laughter-inducing.
However, as the wooden spoon clattered loudly on the pale kitchen table and she set the bowl full of hazardous brown goop near the sink, our giggles faded away. We watched on curiously as an upset frown crossed her dirty face.
We grew worried; Sapphy was hardly ever troubled. We wondered what had happened.
Had we gone overboard?
We eyed each other expectantly, before coming to the conclusion that it probably wasn't our fault. (Not this time at least.)
As quickly as we could, we ambled towards her as she undid the knot of the white, chocolate-covered apron and took it off with a thoughtful and wandering gaze. Underneath, she had been wearing that signature blue dress shirt and those black bike shorts. Jumping skillfully onto the table, we pushed aside a few containers of mysterious salts and sugars before seating ourselves in front of her comparatively large frame. Though tempting, we took care to avoid touching the kitchen appliances, Sapphy wouldn't have liked us playing with such 'dangerous' tools.
(We found the eggbeater and mixer most entertaining, but that's a story best left for another time.)
The usually upbeat female had lost her cheerful personality; we could tell from the disappointed look on her face as her distant eyes signaled that her mind was elsewhere. We cooed, hoping that she would tell us what was bothering her.
"W-What? I'm alright." Sapphy jumped back as she realized we had positioned ourselves before her. The young female crossed her arms defensively, refusing to admit whatever she was hiding from us. Upon realizing that she was still wearing those bulky green oven mittens, she made haste to throw them carelessly aside, silently muttering indiscernible words under her breath. We perked our red and blue ears, but could not catch her statement.
Sapphy straightened her posture and indignantly strolled to the tap to wash her hands and face, ridding herself of the sweet substance that had stuck itself on her tan skin.
"- I just feel like a complete idiot." she sighed against the running water.
We cocked our heads in unison as she started to crack, and leaned forward, hoping to grasp onto more details as the girl turned the handle, causing the water to cease its flow. Sapphy wiped her hands messily against the front of her clothes, smearing them with water. Of course, she was never a neat-freak like Ruby, so she continued on unfazed. The girl picked up a star-shaped cookie cutter with her hands, and twirled it absent-mindedly between her drying fingers.
"I can't believe Ruby's right." She softly mumbled in defeat as she picked up another metal shape (this time, in the form of a Mudkip's head) with her other hand.
Then, with not-so-surprising strength, the innocent cutter was crushed in her palm as her body began to shake violently. Anger seemed to stream from her entire being as we realized that she was incredibly bothered by the fact that what Ruby had said was actually right.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" Sapphy screeched out in frustration and banged her head against the table, causing us both to leapt back with shock. We watched on as her hands clasped the sides of her forehead and ruffled her hair as she tried to extinguish the raging fire, fed by her utter defeat. The cookie cutter fell out of her grip and tumbled to a stop in front of us.
It was now shaped in a weird circle.
We shuddered and thought fast, not wanting to meet the same fate as the Mudkip.
The two of us immediately sprang to our feet and joined our paws together. The tingle of electricity surged through our bodies as bright sparks danced from the tips of our small fingers. We growled encouragingly in sync and waved the pom-poms, determined to cheer Sapphy on. The groans emitting from her gradually ceased as she raised her crystal blue eyes to us.
The girl blinked at our Helping Hand technique, her initial unhappiness seeming to wash away as we grabbed her attention and whisked her out of her misery.
"Y'think I can bake?" she inquired as she sat up straight on the wooden stool, her elbows resting on the messy table as her hands cupped her tomato-red cheeks. Her eyes searched hungrily for the confidence boost she needed.
We squeaked as loudly as we could in agreement, and flashed our sparking paws gesturing towards her. When a weak but hopeful smile finally spread across the girl's face, we lowered our arms. Tilting our heads coyly to one side, we were glad that we had lifted her out of her initial sadness.
"Right! So I'll just hafta' make a new batch of those chocolates, yeah?" Sapphy punched a clenched hand into the air and we called out in approval.
While the girl gathered up the ingredients she needed to make a new batch of chocolate mix, we bounded off the table and out the kitchen, intent on aiding her to our fullest. Over discarded balls of crumpled paper and lonely pencils; we flew, hopping from desk to desk; searching for Sapphy's personal workspace Papa had designated her in the cool interior of the lab.
By purely accidental reasons, one of us slipped (now, we won't say who) over a stray piece of paper, and the two of us subsequently tripped over; we landed unintentionally into a rather large pile of documents.
We picked ourselves up and scurried away from the mess, pretending that nothing had happened. Luckily, Papa was out doing research again; we had escaped from yet another mishap. Both of us high-fived as we approached the mahogany desk where Sapphy drew out diagrams and recorded her observations on the wildlife of Hoenn. We quickly pulled the drawer open and grinned gleefully at the contents within, knowing that she would have chosen to hide it there.
We smiled.
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We walked back into the kitchen, each carrying the essential two parts that made the object complete (the chocolate being the final piece of the gift, naturally), smiling from ear to ear. As the female looked over her shoulder while her hands kneaded the dough, she drew a sharp intake of breath in alarm.
"H-How did ya' guys find that!" She seemed distressed as she abandoned the heap of white to snatch the materials from our paws and placed them high on a shelf located above the sink, out of our reach with Sapphy in the way. We whined as she shook her head with disapproval.
"I'm not gonna use it." the girl stated bluntly, before turning back to the dough.
The two of us quivered our lips in acute unison, before breaking out in furious tears and bawling on the spot, unable to contain the sadness we truly, truly felt.
"Oh please, that may work on that sissy, but it won't work on me." She shrugged us off nonchalantly.
Darn.
"Now get outta' here, I'm gonna finish this in about an hour," Sapphy waved her hands to shoo us away, and we reluctantly dragged ourselves out of the room; disgruntled; but not insane enough to risk a head-on with her infamous rage.
"And I've gotta find a way to give this to that sissy…" she mumbled silently. We still managed to find her worry with our sensitive red and blue ears as we retreated, and even caught sight of a faint blush appearing on her cheeks.
Our ears twitched as an evil plot – Oh, we mean, brilliant idea – brewed in our heads.
We smiled.
&&
Both of us crouched low under the window of the alternate home we had in Littleroot, perking our ears up high as we strained to hear any signal that meant that he was at home.
"BEAUTIFUL~!" came the boy's delighted voice, bringing us a sense of relief; our plan was working well so far.
We proceeded to sneak into his house through the usual-unlocked door (Ruby never learned), and quietly snuck towards the sound of the boy's incessant jabbering and cooing. He must have sown something for his Pokemon yet again. The two of us were thankful that as we were free Pokemon who could come and go as we pleased, we weren't subjected to such torture all the time.
And, this meant one thing – His spectacles were somewhere in that room.
With light footsteps, we neared the first doorway in the hallway and peaked in. The young boy had seated himself at the dinner table, surrounded by his team of Pokemon with Mama positioned behind them, diligently washing dishes. We hesitated for a moment; entranced by the scene; and couldn't help but feel guilt that we were about to destroy it in seconds flat.
However, as our eyes rested on the glasses positioned on his face, we regained focus on the task at hand.
Three…
Two…
… One!
We jumped out of hiding and bolted towards Ruby with all the speed we had, running up Mimi's sleek body and bouncing off Zuzu's large head, aiming for the boy's face. Barks and meows and squeaks ensued, demanding an explanation, but we defiantly ignored our fellow Pokemon, unable to multi-task. As we landed on the intended target, the boy shouted out and nearly toppled over in his chair as we dug our paws into his face. Nana and Coco leaned their weight into it in the nick of time, as we grabbed a hold of the spectacles and bounced off Ruby's face.
The boy leapt to his feet, one hand rubbing his pained cheeks as we did a little mocking dance in front of him, shaking our posteriors and holding the prized object between us.
"What in the world are you doing!" Nana huffed, clearly unamused.
"H-Hey! Return Aniki his glasses!" The Swampert attempted to persuade us.
"Ooo~ Is this a game? I like games!" Coco crooned with interest while Mimi and Popo lapsed into silence, not knowing what to say.
"We're getting Ruby and Sapphy together!"
"Yeah, yeah! Help us!"
The whole group of them brightened upon hearing our voices, and smirked knowingly as their trainer overcame the previous assault we had launched, the suspicions dissipating as quickly as they formed.
"Coco! Nana! Get those back!" he ordered his two faithful companions, who reluctantly began to amble in our direction. However, we soon noticed that they were travelling at a relatively slow pace.
We smiled.
&&
"Give those back, you demons!" Ruby called out to us as we ran down the dusty roads of Littleroot, bypassing simple houses and trees as we made our way to Papa's lab. Behind him, all six Pokemon followed their owner, the cause for their sudden fatigue and drastic decrease in speed unknown.
(To Ruby only, we mean)
"Guys! I'm going to go ahead first!" the boy finally decided. We heard the faint click of a button and gasped in surprise. We had made one miscalculation.
No, not at a time like this! The lab was in sight, looming closer with every step we took! How could we make an error? How? How?
However, as Ruby flew towards us, kicking up dirt and air with his Running Shoes, we felt someone grab onto our bodies gingerly, and pretty soon, we outran Ruby. We released the air we held in our throats and grinned, very relieved.
"Thank you!" We said in time with each other.
We gazed up at Nana and Coco gratefully, receiving a simple nod and quick wink as a reply.
"Excellent work Nana, Coco! Now, bring them bac-" Ruby stopped short as the two of them ran towards the lab.
"HEY! Where are you two bringing them!" The boy, though unfazed, had not switched off his Running Shoes, and was about it catch up -
SPLASH!
Ruby fell over into a wet puddle as Nana and Coco reached the doorstep of the building, and their mouths gaped open. We fell from their grip and landed onto the warm grassy ground, instinctively looking into the skies. No rainclouds in sight, then why was there water?
"S-Sorry Ruby! I'm really sorry! Sorry! Sorry!"
We snapped our heads towards the towering Milotic as she apologized franticly in her high, musical voice.
"I-It wasn't intentional, really! Well... maybe it was. But, but, I did it for you! Don't be angry!" She continued on as Ruby got to his feet and gave her an affectionate pat on the side. Though he couldn't understand our language perfectly, the tone of Mimi's call probably gave him a rough idea.
The boy recovered his bearings quickly, and stuck his tongue out as he saw that his black pants and shirt had been dirtied.
"GAH! YOU TWO-!!" He glared at us. We mean, really glared. We were almost too afraid to move, but the Mightyena and Delcatty helped us out once more, pushing us through the open door as Ruby began stomping over.
"THERE'S NO ESCAPE NOW!" We heard him growl outside and felt the icy fear tingle through our body, much like electricity, but so much colder.
We quickly swerved into the kitchen, stopping short of breaking the undisturbed environment Sapphy had had for the past hour. We saw her with her back turned to us in the white apron; it was smeared with a new layer of chocolate. The oven was left wide open and a certain smell permeated the air.
… It smelled like something had just died.
We covered our poor noses and watched on, Ruby's glasses hanging idly between us.
The girl sighed heavily as she reached up and brought the red gift box down from the shelf. She undid the pure white ribbon on the cover and carefully opened it. She picked up a few of the brown lumps on the metal tray next to her and proceeded to let them slide from her palm into the box. They landed rather loudly; like stones; and we couldn't help but flinch.
Sapphy released another tired breath of air and scratched her head. Though we couldn't see her face, we realized that she must've been pretty sad. Absent-mindedly, the girl reached for the shelf again and brought down part two of the ultimate gift. She fiddled with the yellow note in her hand, embarrassed despite the fact that no one seemed to be around.
She covered the box and tried to tie the ribbon back into place, failing miserably as the result turned out to be more of a Spinarak-Tangela hybrid rather than a Butterfree knot.
Sapphy slammed a balled fist onto the surface of the table, crushing the note in her hands.
"Damn, I suck at this." One hand covered her forehead as she finally decided to turn around, coming face to face with Ruby.
The boy had appeared at the door without our notice, apparently. We wondered how long he had been there. Judging from the distance between his jaw and upper lip, we supposed that it had been long enough.
"Is that for me..?" Ruby cautiously ventured, causing Sapphy to turn a bright red.
"N-NO! I-I was j-just fooling around!" She made a fruitless attempt to cover herself up, as she opened her hand to reveal the crumpled note.
Ruby, it said, scrawled on with untidy, almost unreadable handwriting.
The boy lowered his gaze and smiled cheekily as the girl crunched the yellow piece of paper in her hands again, only this time her arm was shaking. She looked mortified.
"Oh come on, hurry up." He taunted the girl, who hastily whipped up the box and thrusted it at him with the note next to it. She probably just wanted to get it over and done with to avoid further embarrassment.
"You told me I couldn't cook, so I wanted t'prove you wrong. That's it." She deliberately avoided Ruby's eyes. He closed his hands not around the chocolate, but under her shivering hands instead. Sapphy tried to pull away upon contact, but Ruby was stronger (which was weird, this didn't happen often). The female immediately stopped trying to fight back; she knew she wouldn't win when Ruby grew so serious.
"That's really it?" The boy prodded, and she growled something inaudible.
"Excuse me?"
"It's gonna taste bad." Sapphy repeated, louder this time.
"Really?" the young male mused, a smile playing on his face.
"Let go of me, sissy!" She struggled but was stopped short as the boy leaned forward and pecked her lips ever so lightly. Sapphy was instantly silenced as Ruby drew back, a blank expression crossing her features. The box and note tumbled out of her grip and onto the floor.
The two of us clenched our cheeks and marveled at the scene before us, paralyzed by an unknown force.
"I believe it's going to be the sweetest thing that will touch my lips," The boy announced rather than opinioned.
"Other than you, of course."
And we couldn't help but smile.