title: the journey continues... i guess!
pairing: marissonshipping / alain/alan x mairin/manon
prompt: mairin's journal on mega evolution
disclaimer: not mine!
notes: if by "following the prompt" you meant "kind of vaguely using the prompt for something other than it's intended purpose" than you have come to the right place! i am terrible at following prompts, i am so so sorry ahaha. either way i hope you enjoy this and a quick shout out to users Ten-Faced and TheUltimateShipper27 who gave me the excellent idea/headcanon of mairin getting a mega evolving pokemon! you are why the ending of this fic happened congrats. anyway, enjoy!

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"Ugh, this is impossible!" You looked over just in time to see Mairin smack her face into the book. You bit back a chuckle.

"I told you I'd help you if you asked," you replied, shifting your weight on the Pokemon Center bed.

The two of you had been traveling for awhile now, doing research together for Professor Sycamore on Mega Evolution. After going to wherever the professor sent you, you made your way back to Lumiose to get instructions as to where to go next. Really, you could just call the professor, but Mairin enjoyed Lumiose City so much you didn't have the heart to tell her no.

Currently, you were in Ambrette Town for the night, as you were heading to the Glittering Cave the next morning. There was a rumor going around about a Mega Stone for kangaskhan being in the cave, and the professor had asked you to go check it out. You were pretty indifferent on this one, as kangaskhan was a pokemon that didn't particularly interest you, but your traveling companion, on the other hand, was ecstatic.

It was probably due to the fact that she had just caught a kangaskhan recently, but she was insisting otherwise.

You had been so lost in your thoughts of tomorrow that you didn't even realize Mairin had thrown something until you felt a pillow smack you in the face.

"I told you I wanted to learn this on my own!" She cried, crossing her arms over her chest and sinking into her chair pitifully.

You sighed, and sat up on the bed, but not before placing the pillow she had thrown back into it's rightful place. "Do you still have that journal you had on Mega Evolution?"

She turned around to look at you and scrunched up her nose in thought. "Um, maybe. What does that have to do with this, though?"

You couldn't help but let out a chuckle this time. "What are you studying, genius?"

Her cheeks flushed and she let out a mock glare. "Yeah, I'll go look for it." And with that, she climbed out of the chair and sat down on the floor, throwing her things out of her bag. Chespie, who had been sleeping peacefully in the corner of the room, shot her an aggravated look as one of her potions nearly hit him.

"Sorry, Chespie!" She called, returning him to his PokeBall for the time being. You nodded in agreement, the room was a little bit too cramped for the three of you due to Chespie's new size as a quilladin. You had returned charizard before even entering the room.

After Chespie's PokeBall was resting safely on the desk, she went back to throwing her clothes and other items wildly around her to find what she was looking for.

You knew this could take awhile, so you were about to lie down and go back to relaxing, but a call of "found it!" pushed those thoughts away. She climbed onto the bed next to you, holding the journal out for all to see. "What did you want this for? I'm pretty sure I remember everything I wrote down..." She trailed off, unconvincingly.

You rolled your eyes. "I'm sure. I'll quiz you," you told her, motioning for her to give you the book. You watched as she bit her lip, doubtful.

"You promise you won't make fun of me if I don't remember?"

"Weren't you just saying how you'd remember?"

She scowled, and handed you the book. "Alright, give me your best shot!"

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Two hours later, the two of you were wiped. You had been asking her various questions on Mega Evolution - ranging from type changes to stat changes all the way to the very basics like how to achieve Mega Evolution - and she had done fairly well. You had known she would, though. From experience, Mairin was terrible at trying to study on her own, especially from text books. They talked in circles and she could never wrap her mind around what they were trying to get at, which you guess you could understand.

Sprawled out on the bed, Mairin looked over to where you were still propped up by pillows, holding the worn journal. "Thanks for helping me, Alain," her words were close to a whisper, and she slowly made her way closer to you.

You reached down to stroke her hair quickly, before getting up to put the book back in her bag. You did your best to ignore the lump in your throat and deep heat in your cheeks, willing yourself to calm down.

"No problem," you muttered out, choosing this time to sit on the chair instead of going back to the bed.

"Do you think," she paused, closing her eyes, a frown forming on her face, "I'll ever get Kangy to Mega Evolve?"

Oh. Oh. This was what had been bothering her since the two of you had set off from Lumiose City. You had noticed something had been off about her actions, but you hadn't found it in you to ask quite yet.

You gave her a rare, real smile. "Yes," you said, with confidence and what was that other emotion filling your voice. "I believe you can."

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notes: aaaaaand done! thanks for reading and i hope you enjoyed. i know these have been pretty short, for the most part, but that's because i've also been working on an AMV for the actual shipping day (october 5th, for those of you who don't know!)...and also, the fact that my day 7 entry is going to be REALLY long. so there's something to look forward to! enough rambling though. hope you enjoyed and see you tomorrow!